Duke, the eight-armed king, galloped for a moment in the barren land with the shape of pulling the wind.

He also called out Xiaodou, Acorn, Chicken, Oghan, and the two elves who have traveled through the world in the past few years and contracted one after another, Maca and Raphael, to fight and gallop with him, enjoying the wanton swaying of psionic energy, fighting spirit, and the qi of all things.

It is worth mentioning that Maca is bred by the 3-ring elf Tree King - Erect Maple Fragrance, and Raphael is bred by the 3-Ring Elf Tree King - Earth Dragon Grape.

Both are from the Cold Continent.

That is, the world where the whirlwind god Harpias is located, is filled with endless wilderness powers, and the ways of the druids and shamans prevail.

"Come on, let's show the True Dragon Avatar!"

As soon as Duke said his word, Xiaodou quickly fused with him and entered the state of true dragon symbiosis. Then the five elves merged into his body in turn, and the monstrous true dragon symbiotic body was inflated into a five-meter-tall sturdy body like a balloon.

Airplanes!

The dragon tail sword, which was originally twisted from the tail of the small pocket, was also turned into a seven-meter-long hideous sword, and was renamed the current "Elf Dragon Tail Sword" from the original "Butterfly Frog Dragon Tail Sword".

"This sword is even more powerful than the sword of the dragoon!" Duke holds the Elven Dragontail Sword in one hand and the Arcane Shield in the other.

The eight arcane arms suspended behind the back, consisting of the Hand of the Arcane No. 1 and the Hand of the Arcane No. 2, hold the Scepter of Growth and the Sword of Dragoon, respectively.

The other three Arcane Hands and one Forbidden Hand did not hold weapons, as they were originally spellcasting platforms and did not require weapons.

But.

The four-ringed sand eagle hovered over Duke's skull, as if it merged with the hideous armor helmet.

Outside the eight arms, there are ten wurm weapons suspended, one is a penetrating dragon spear, and the other nine are long swords, with the blood sea fighting qi force field, you can control the sword with qi at the same time, and perfectly control each wurm weapon.

"Hmm." Looking at his new shape in the recondensed water mirror, Duke thought about it for a while and made corresponding changes.

He manipulated the Hand of the Arcane No. 2 and exchanged the dragoon sword in his hand with the penetrating dragon spear that controlled the sword with qi.

Such.

The ten weapons that control the sword with qi are all swords.

And with the 5-ring arcane weapon - the dragon riding sword as the head, and the other nine wulong swords as supplements, forming a perfect sword formation.

"It's harmonious, and I like symmetry." Under Duke's mask, the hideous dragon teeth intertwined, and he let out a silent sinister smile, "Now, with my full firepower, the stars are afraid that they will not be able to get the slightest benefit, even if they use the star cage!" ”

The Star Cage Realm is certainly powerful, but Duke is fully armed and can already be invincible.

"When my four-ring sand eagle is optimized to the limit and sublimated into a five-ring sand eagle, then ...... The stars are fighting me to the death, and I'm afraid I'm going to fall on the spot! ”

Duke's heart longed.

At this moment, he is certainly invincible, but among the means, he still lacks a hammer that can break through the defense of the star cage.

So at best, it's a five-to-five fight with the stars.

And if he doesn't cast the mark of the stars and flee the battlefield, I am afraid that the result will be that the stars will drain his spiritual energy, and he will be defeated in the end.

Stealth, flying.

Duke aimlessly marched west of Cuihai City, crossing the first county seat, Shihu County, which was the fief of the Shihu family created by Cowley, and then the second county seat, Wenshui County, which was the family fief created by Clelinda.

Continuing forward, you can sense through the breathing method that there are many mercenary groups on the ground, chasing and hunting spirit beasts.

They are dominated by knights, each armed with a lightsaber.

At the same time, there are also many Qi Refiners to assist in the battle. Among them, the transformers transform into violent beasts such as black bears, leopards, night owls, and gray wolves, and engage in hand-to-hand combat with spirit beasts to act as shields in battle; The Totem Refiner releases a variety of totems to provide buffs to his teammates.

These totems originated from Duke and were learned from the shamans of the Cold Continent.

Although Dean Frannie Sand Duck is concentrating on constantly exploring the mysteries of the totem, trying to reassemble the new totem.

However, the composition of totems is more complex than rings, and it is difficult to create new and usable totems for a while.

"A new fountain of spirituality lies ahead." Duke was still flying in the air, and through breathing perception, he determined the location of the fountain of spirit, but he had no intention of revealing it, and only leaped over on his own.

It was not his task to find the fountain of spirituality.

As a star and a prophet, Duke doesn't have to sit on the scars of the earth and explore the relics of the gods like the other stars. But the development of spiritual arcane law and the promotion of social progress are his primary responsibilities. Instead of venturing in the forest.

This is also a lot of pioneering wars, often a high-level arcane mage, can be easily solved. But it is still handed over to ordinary arcane mages, leading a group of knights, and fighting for several years or even decades.

Everyone has their own tasks.

Each has its own job.

Let everyone be under this system, by taking responsibility and obtaining benefits, this is the reason for the steady development of the Seven Towers Federation.

Suddenly.

In the mountains ahead, a huge black patch appeared, like a scar embedded in the green earth.

"It's time to stop." Duke didn't come near the black land, he knew very well that it was the scar of the earth that even the stars would change color.

In ancient times, the gods ate the spiritual fountain and merged with the earth to form a strange place.

Once you strayed into it, if you are not well prepared, even the stars will be lost in it, let alone ordinary arcane mages and great arcane mages. In the Federation of the Seven Towers, there have been a limited number of cases of the disappearance of the Great Ao Mage, and the results have all been directed at the scars of the earth.

Duke glanced at the scars of the earth in the distance, turned and left.

He had always listened to the persuasion that the reason why the stars had not yet explored all the land of the Barren Continent was because the undeveloped land could hide the threat of earth scars at any time.

In the records of the Federation of the Seven Towers, there was once a group of stars who took a warship and planned to explore the borders of the Wild Continent.

And then.

The stars never returned, and the Replica Ring fell silent until years later, when the remnants of the battleship on which the stars were riding were found and confirmed dead by exploring a hidden scar of the earth in a newly opened frontier.

Since then, no star has dared to explore uncharted land.

"Actually, I travel through many worlds, isn't it an adventure, but fortunately, I am cautious enough to never look ......at the scars of the earth when I see them," Duke closed his eyes, staring at the scars of the earth, and an urge to devote himself to it swelled in his heart.

It's like a normal person standing on the edge of a cliff, and there will always be the idea of jumping unconsciously.

Duke didn't know why.

But he was definitely sane enough to overcome the impulse, so when the impulsive thought arose, he closed his eyes.

Then turn around and leave.

On the way back, fly slowly, look at the scenery, and wait until the true dragon symbiosis reaches the limit, then dissolve the combination, take the little pocket and the little chicken back to the sea of blood and air, and continue to drum up the wings of fighting spirit and fly close to the forest.

The breathing method works slowly, and the qi of all things moves with it.

"It's a pity that the qi of all things in the Barren Continent is too thin, and now that I cultivate the breathing method, the qi of all things can't be improved in the slightest."

In other words, if he stopped here, he would be a 5-ring elf qi refining master in his life.

Fortunately, he has a solution: "So I still have to find a chance to go to the Cold Desolate Continent to cultivate!" By the way, look for more shamans and learn more totems. ”

The study of totems is also an expansion of the understanding of spiritual mysteries.

If Duke wants to successfully attack the 9th Ring Day in the future, then from now on, he must continue to expand his understanding of spiritual arcane. Gather sand into a tower, gather armpits into fur, only in this way, can we accumulate enough foundation to get out of the chapter of the crown.

Suddenly.

On the holographic screen of Douqi, an abnormal situation appeared in front of it.

On the ultra-accurate 3D map, Xiaoyi perfectly reproduces the situation in front of him, as if everything was happening in front of Duke's eyes.

A group of mercenaries, in trouble.

It was a 6-ringed spirit beast in a rage, the gliding flying squirrel, which had the appearance of an ordinary flying squirrel, but was larger than an elephant. Limbs spread out, shimmering with arcane luster of skin-membrane flesh wings, puffing out countless tornado blades.

These tornado blades wreaked havoc on the forest and killed the mercenaries.

Even if they held up a light shield similar to a lightsaber and unleashed a defensive spirit card arcane, it couldn't protect them.

"Roar!" Some Qi Refiners turned into black bears, but under the cutting of the tornado blade, the skin and flesh opened, and the qi of all things escaped seriously.

"Nature's Spirit Shelter!" There is also the Qi Refiner, who released the shield totem to prop up a thin layer of shield for his teammates.

However, all of this was cut by the tornado blade and torn apart.

Seeing that the contract spirit beast that already had a knight died under the tornado blade, the helpless mercenaries could only open their eyes and wait for death.

"I can't do it, I actually want to hunt the 6-ring spirit beast...... "The head of the regiment is a 2-ring phantom beast knight, and the long sword transformed by the phantom beast is quickly waved in his hand, trying to smash all the tornado blades, but the effect is not much stronger than the 3-ring light sword.

Soon, he was hit by a tornado blade and fell to the ground in an instant, the leather armor on his body cracking and scratching one after another.

"Ahh

A young knight, howling in terror, had just embarked on an adventure, and he could not yet face death calmly.

And yet in the next moment.

The rampaging glider suddenly burst into a little blood on the door of his head, and then his whole head exploded in an explosion.

The chaotic Tornado Blade, which did not stop with the sudden and violent death of the gliding flying squirrel, still crushed the mercenaries.

But.

The Tornado Blade no longer had the slightest room for recklessness, and in front of these mercenaries, a faint shield of light suddenly appeared, similar to the shield totem released by the Qi Refiner before, but the strength was not the same.

A large number of 4-ring compound arcane-tornado blades died down in front of the shield.

Waiting for the mercenaries to escape from death, they reacted, and everything around them became silent, and there was no one but themselves.

"What's going on?"

"Spiritual favor, spiritual favor!"

"Someone killed the gliding flying squirrel in seconds and saved us!"

"Who is it? Who is it? ”

The mercenaries thanked them and shouted around, trying to figure out who had rescued them, but there was no response.

Suddenly, one of the Qi Refiners, looking at the slowly dissipating totem shield, his eyes lit up, and he shouted: "I know, I know!" ”

"What?"

"What do you know?"

"Who saved us?"

"It's Lord Duke!" The Qi Refiner shouted with a fanatical expression, "You see, the totem shield just now can even resist the Tornado Blade, at least it is also a shield totem above the 4 rings or even 4 rings...... Who else can there be but Lord Duke, who created the qi of all things! ”

This is a simple logical derivation.

At present, only the former 3-ring elf envoy has been promoted to the 4-ring qi refining master, and around Cuihai City, only Duke is in line.

Some of the mercenaries reacted quickly, some slowly, but gradually everyone came to their senses: "Yes, it's Lord Duke!" ”

"That's right, it's Lord Duke!"

"Lord Duke is a spiritual incarnation, and sure enough, it is right to pray to the spirit!"

"Spiritual favor, thank you for the glory of the knight in the underworld, thank you Lord Duke for saving us!" The mercenaries, in a variety of ways, reverently expressed their gratitude.

However, Duke could no longer hear their thanks, nor did he bother to listen to them.

He just happened to see this scene, then fired a shot, released a shield totem, and quietly left the scene.

When he returned to Oaktooth Mountain, the previous scene faded from his memory.

As if it never happened, continue to enjoy your life.

……

In an instant, the withered yellow leaves fluttered down, and the city of Cuihai entered a cold winter, and the year 4431 of the storm calendar also came to an end.

Duke Sage Mage Tower, exclusive laboratory.

Xiaoyi has re-improved all of Duke's replica rings, and Duke has taken back his replica rings one after another and re-forged them.

Then activate the new replica ring and experience the effect.

The mid-level clone activated by the Intermediate Replication Ring has been increased from fifteen minutes to twenty minutes in the non-combat state. Compared to ordinary arcane mages, the effect of a mid-level clone that can only last about ten minutes is doubled.

Originally, Duke's replication ring, after Xiaoyi's perfect research and development, was better than ordinary arcane mage's replication ring, and now with the power of the super forbidden ring, it has become even better.

This new mid-level replica ring, after being successfully cast, was returned to the Knight's Monastery by Duke and handed over to the Janis Ice Crown for safekeeping.

The high-level clones activated by the advanced replication ring have been increased from thirty minutes to forty minutes in the non-combat state.

In contrast, the high-level clone of an ordinary arcane mage can last for twenty-five minutes at most.

The high-grade replica ring, which has excellent effect, was sent by Duke to the Tower of Arcane and handed over to the Chief Sage's office for safekeeping.

The Earth Clone activated by the Earth Replication Ring has been increased from an hour and fifteen minutes to the current hour and a half in a non-combat state.

Ordinary earth clones generally last for about an hour.

So this earth replica ring was installed by Duke on the battleship of the Third Ring, and he went anywhere to investigate anytime, anywhere.

The Ocean Clone activated by the Ocean Replica Ring has been increased from one hour and forty-five minutes to two hours in a non-combat state.

Ordinary ocean clones generally last for an hour and a half.

Therefore, this marine replica ring was sent by Duke to the Tower of Erudite and placed in the office of the Supreme Council for safekeeping.

Two hours was enough to sustain an intense meeting of the Supreme Council.

At the same time, they will also be sent to the Stars conference room to brainstorm with the stars for two hours during the Stars meeting.

All in all.

After all the four clones are optimized and improved, Duke no longer has to worry about his flawless clones, and can take care of the two places of the Arcane Holy City and Cuihai City.

Because Princess Tiffany is currently studying at the Duke Sage Mage Tower, the ocean clone that she originally promised to send to the Snow Shirt Palace does not need to be sent out. Moreover, after being promoted to the Arcane of the Seas, the Star Mark can be continuously activated, and Duke can travel anywhere at will, and there is no need to replace it with a clone.

"It's a pity."

While having afternoon tea and receiving teaching, Duke listened to Xiaoyi's explanation and had a full understanding of the ultra-forbidden ring.

Combined with the performance of the four replication rings, he made a judgment in his heart: "Even with the optimization of the structure of the super forbidden ring, the effect of the earth clone and the ocean clone is still not big enough." ”

He is very satisfied with the optimization of the intermediate and advanced replication rings; I am not satisfied with the optimization of the earth and ocean replication rings.

The original Earth Replication Ring and Ocean Replication Ring, under Xiaoyi's perfect design, are already much better than the replication rings of ordinary arcane mages.

As a result, after the blessing of the Forbidden Ring Technology was integrated, the duration of each clone only increased by fifteen minutes.

"It's a bit of an exaggeration to say that they are quasi-artifacts that incorporate the Forbidden Ring technology." Duke suddenly understood why the stars had removed the Forbidden Ring Technology from the Divine Power Sequence, believing that it was not worthy of being placed alongside the Hyperring Technology.

With the help of the Forbidden Ring, Wulong can achieve the effect of supernatural powers, which matches the release of forbidden spells by humans.

But after all, the potential of the ultra-forbidden ring is too small, and the load of each ring structure exceeds a little bit, and the ultra-forbidden ring structure is formed.

In this way, if the forbidden ring is over-forbidden, the load content is too small, and the effect improvement is not obvious.

As for why the 9-ring wurm can use the super forbidden ring to achieve the effect of supernatural powers. In Duke's opinion, about because they have nine rings. Each ring is overloaded by one point, and the sum of the excess loads of the nine rings is still not to be underestimated.

And the arcane weapon under the nine rings, integrated with the super forbidden ring technology, the load value and the limit value cannot be reached, which is far from the supernatural power.

"I don't know what kind of means I will be exposed to after I am promoted to the stars, the super ring, the super second ring, the super third ring and even the super fourth ring."

Duke imagined the Hyper Ring technique for a while: "Come to think of it, it's definitely more esoteric than the Forbidden Ring!" ”

Dangdang.

Just as Duke was tasting tea, the assistant ibuprofen quickly knocked on the door and came in: "Sir, the Speaker is here." ”

"Please." Duke gestured.

Immediately, without waiting for ibuprofen to pass back, Sersath's figure had already walked into the office, saw Duke drinking tea, and laughed: "What a pleasure!" ”

"I'm bored, please sit down."

"It's a pity that the old man is just a doppelganger, and he can't taste tea." Serthas sighed, and then said the right thing, "Optical Core No. 1 has been successfully developed, and the optical brain tuning work has been completed, when are you going to finalize and promote it?" ”

Gather the Duke Sage Mage Tower, and the R&D strength of the Selthas Crystal Palace, plus a large amount of manpower and material resources dispatched by Selsath.

The research and development of optical brain is progressing rapidly.

There are no material limitations, and Duke's inspiration and ideas can be implemented perfectly. So more than a year has passed, and the optical brain has been continuously improved and improved from a prototype machine to verify the theory, and condensed into the size of an ordinary computer.

Now that the optical core No. 1 has also been successfully developed, it can be said that the home optical brain can be finalized and promoted.

In addition, there are some teams that are constantly stacking optical cores to overcome the "super optical brain" proposed by Duke, which is the so-called supercomputer.

"Can't wait?" Duke asked with a smile.

"Haha, you're right, the old man has witnessed the step-by-step development of the light brain for a year, and it can be said that he is being shocked every moment." Serthas said solemnly, "Once the superbrain is released, the old man dares to guarantee that the power is no less than the chapter of the corona!" ”

His gaze became dark: "The Corona Chapter is great, but even if you go through this path, only a few people can walk on the Corona Chapter after all. ”

"Indeed."

"But the light brain is different, once it is released, it will have a huge impact when it enters all the arcane mage families, and even ordinary people's families. Especially our arcane mage, with the help of the light brain, the speed of research on spiritual arcane law will be qualitatively leaped! ”

Indeed, the members of the R&D team can already use the help of the light brain to liberate a lot of research energy. Especially when it comes to the level of calculation, the energy consumption of the arcane mage is huge, and now it will be liberated. ”

"yes." Serthas exclaimed, then asked, "When are you going to release it?" ”

Duke said, "Your Excellency, decide." ”

Sershas didn't refuse, obviously he had a plan for a long time: "Let's put it on the day of the New Year's Festival and give the world a shock." There is just half a month left, and the old man asked people to warm up, so that everyone in the Wild Continent would focus on this moment! ”

"Okay." Duke smiled knowingly.

At the beginning, he also released a big news that shocked the whole world on the day of the New Year's Day, and released the Spirit Rhino Projection Ring technology.

At that time, it happened to be the chief sage of Offata, and he needed to breathe a sigh of relief.

And now, Serthas obviously didn't want to vent, but to use this opportunity to share a little spiritual feedback and help him locate the opportunity of the Corona Sun Chapter. The chapter of the stars, the chapter of the moon phase, and the chapter of the crown sun are not the road of lonely search.

Rather, it is the whole society, which is closely related to the spiritual arcane as a whole.

In a nutshell.

Master Ao's cultivation path has a kind of meaning of "I am for everyone" and "everyone is for me", especially when it comes to the cultivation path of the stars, which requires this opportunity for everyone to be me.

"Then it's decided, when you hold a press conference, the old man will quietly enjoy your performance in the audience."

"The boss doesn't take the stage in person?"

"No, the old man doesn't need these limelights." Serthas stroked his beard and smiled.

"Hmm, okay."

"By the way, the light brain technology, including the superbrain technology that is being developed, but the great ring-level achievement, have you figured out how to name it?" Serthas asked.

Duke nodded: "I've already thought it through." ”

"What's the name?"

"The Ring of Wisdom."

"The Ring of Wisdom?" Serthas's eyes lit up, "Wonderful, the light brain is worthy of the ring of wisdom, with its existence, our wisdom will be infinitely magnified......"

Duke smiled faintly.

In fact, there is a deeper intention behind this name.

When he crossed the earth, it was the era when artificial intelligence was hot, what ChatGPT, what Pangu model...... Even playing a game has to invest AI, not to mention the glorious name of Alpha Dog in the Go world.

So, Duke also wants to rub the heat.

"First do a good job of the light brain, then do a good job of the super brain, and finally integrate AI to create a super intelligent light brain...... Abbreviated as Smart Brain! ”

Sending the excited Sersas away, Duke glanced at the bleak scenery outside the floor-to-ceiling window, and silently communicated with Xiaoyi: "After having a smart brain, Xiaoyi, you say, is it equivalent to every arcane mage who can be matched with Xiaoyi?" ”

"Master, Xiaoyi is associated with the logical fusion at the bottom of the Barren Continent, and it is an existence that transcends the ring structure." Xiao Yi said arrogantly, "The current light brain, the super brain, and the future intelligent brain are finally bound by the ring structure." ”

"Yes, the ring structure, the superring structure, no matter how great it is, it doesn't involve the underlying logic of the world, all this is just the logic of the spiritual arcane."

Duke knows this.

It is his sand eagle pistol, which is the existence of the human world that cannot be reproduced, and no matter how prosperous the spiritual arcane law is, it does not involve the underlying logic of the world.

There is really a day when the spiritual arcane law can involve the underlying logic of the world, and Duke feels that he should all go to the interstellar era, and even become a god: "At that time, this set of underlying logic of the world will still have to be handled by me!" ”

After all.

The creation of the underlying logic of the world is in his spiritual sea - the nine-ring Xiaoyi and the four-ring sand eagle.

"Well, I don't want to go this far." Duke retracted his gaze, sat back in his chair, and continued to brew kung fu tea, "Xiaoyi, help me prepare a manuscript, on the day of the New Year's Day, facing the entire barren continent, I want to appear in front of people again!" ”

Ask for tickets~

(End of chapter)