Just seeing this scene, Zhao Xu didn't feel guilty.
Having experienced the underground Naraku Temple, he already understood that when encountering a problem, he should immediately go back and search for various clues.
Zhao Xu immediately turned around and ran back. Sure enough, where he first came down, the entrance that was originally unobstructed had been sealed.
You can still see the outside sunlight like a window disappearing into the darkness.
Zhao Xu followed the way he came step by step and stepped on the steps again.
When he first entered, the hole was already covered by the darkness created by magic, and the ever-bright fire he created using 50 gold coins and the second-level spell "Eternal Flame" was also extinguished.
The torch must be freed from the environment shrouded in magical darkness before the torch can regain its light.
At this moment, Zhao Xu could only rely on the one-ring spell "Ebony Eye" to see through the magical darkness.
If an ordinary priest casts a second-level spell such as "dark vision", it will only give him the vision in a dark environment, and he will still not be able to see the magical darkness.
So sometimes, under certain circumstances, low-level spells are not necessarily weaker than high-level spells.
Until Zhao Xu reached the top step, he found that the entrance he had just entered had been silently closed by a stone door.
And there is a sentence engraved on the stone door -
"Only those with a strong will who have passed the test can chant the following spell and start a long voyage."
Under the sentence is a password written in dragon language.
Zhao Xu did not recite the prayer command rashly.
Pass the test
Among the three major saving throws of Arthur's character, they are "Fortitude saving throw" which represents physical strength, "Will saving throw" which represents mental firmness, and finally "Reflex saving throw" which represents agility.
Zhao Xu's "Will Saving Throw" bonus is level 6, of which level 4 comes from professional bonus and level 2 comes from perception adjustment value.
This level 6 bonus, plus his specific "performance level", is the final test result.
The system will quantify his "performance level" in the saving throw as an evaluation on a scale of 1-20.
So his base bonus (Level 6), stacked with performance (Level 1-20), can pass the test as long as it exceeds the difficulty level of the saving throw.
This means that he has failed all Will saves below difficulty level 5, unless the system determines that his performance evaluation is a "level 1" failure.
And if the difficulty level exceeds level 26, even if he performs well, he will probably kneel down. Unless the performance level evaluation happens to be a perfect 20th level, there is no hope of a comeback.
However, Arthur's performance of level 1 or level 20 does not mean inevitable success or inevitable failure. There is a deeper metaphysics in it.
At this moment, Zhao Xu looked at that sentence and actually understood it in his heart.
When he chants the "password" incantation, he himself will receive a will attack.
If he fails the next saving throw, he will naturally go home.
If he succeeds, the disappearing road will appear in front of him.
After understanding this, Zhao Xu couldn't help but sigh.
Fortunately, he is a dual practitioner of Sinnoh.
The mage itself has low reflexes, low toughness, and high will. For example, his current reflex saving throw comes from professional abilities of level 1.
It is completely different from the mage's level 4 professional will save.
Coupled with the second-level reward brought by Zhao Xu's own 2-point perception adjustment, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the one with the highest will save among current Arthur players.
Many control spells, such as the ninth-level spell "Group Monster Immobilization", if ordinary people do not have spell resistance, they basically rely on willpower saving throws.
For example, the spell "Law: Shock" does not require willpower in order to be able to forcibly immobilize one's body regardless of the situation.
The problem that Zhao Xu faces now is that when he performs the test later, the expression of his will fluctuates.
There are some things that everyone is already familiar with, such as the "climbing" skill, you can obtain a stable "level 10", and even if you are patient, the system will give you a "level 20" evaluation.
But Zhao Xu's will immunity has a lot to do with his physical and mental state at the time, whether he slept well last night, and even whether he had been injected with chicken blood just a moment ago.
Therefore, many times, the "1-20 level" results of one's own "performance level" are beyond control.
But the previous "will saving throw" bonus that will not change, as a base, can be temporarily increased.
So Zhao Xu once used spells in the Forest of Whispers to stack his knowledge (mystery) skill bonuses beyond the player's imagination. ���
At this time, the mage who was invisible at the beginning noticed that the cave had been closed by the stone door, and understood that the player who went down for the trial had reached the end of the road, and the entire trial was officially launched.
He shook his head, "You said that if he discovers that no matter how many Will save bonuses he stacks on himself, the difficulty will naturally increase by five levels according to his current level. In other words, he will always only have a 75% chance of passing. Will he feel hopeless?"
The farmer took out a long pipe from his pocket, put it gently on his lips, and took a deep breath with enjoyment, making a choking sound.
"This also lets him know that a mage's pure numerical stacking will eventually encounter an existence that ignores immunity. At that time, he may understand the subtleties of fate, and it will also help him learn things that can change luck and various performance in the future. Spell."
"Changing luck is easier said than done. How many of those nine-ring mages have not mastered it? Even the priests' top-notch nine-ring magic 'picking fate' and choosing the goddess's 'fate' field, there are not many priests who know it. "The mage retorted, confident that the other party would be able to pass.
"Who knows for sure." The farmer gently turned his body sideways so that he could lie down more comfortably on the armchair.
However, there was still a hint of envy in his eyes.
When it comes to the four tests of attack, skill, attribute, and saving throw, you can perform two "performances", and then use one of the better nine-ring magic as the result, which makes many nine-ring mages drool.
Once you master this spell, you won't be teased by fate like this. ���
At this time, Zhao Xu, who was only separated by a wall and was unaware of the discussion outside, was thinking about how high he had to increase the level 6 will save bonus to ensure that he could pass this test reliably.
The simplest way is of course for him to cast the second-level spell "Owl's Wisdom" once, which can temporarily increase his perception attribute by 4 points and also bring a level 2 bonus to his will save.
The duration of this spell is one minute per caster level, ultimately about five or six minutes. Although it is not long for him, it is enough for the short term.
However, before Zhao Xu took action, he still searched the stone door honestly, trying to find more clues.
Having mastered the "Intuitive Action" spell, he was not afraid of encountering any problems suddenly. Anyway, he could open a distance of 7 meters at any time.
Suddenly, Zhao Xu's finger reached into the gap between the stone door and the door frame.
After groping around for a while, he discovered that there were hollow characters carved there.
Having mastered Arthur's common language, he naturally spelled it out one by one according to the shape of the characters, and then formed a sentence -
There are no more than five things.
Zhao Xu suddenly took his hand back and stared intently at the mysterious stone gate in front of him.
This sentence is the characteristic of that demiplane.
Therefore, the number of people involved was strictly suppressed to no more than 5 people.
This also means that for the password in front of him, the saving throw difficulty will always be 5 levels higher than his will saving throw
Of course, it means that his stacking means nothing.
But as long as his performance exceeds level 5, he can pass smoothly.
Zhao Xu knew that the reason why adventurers' performance is divided into levels 1-20 is based on big data statistics. For example, if you perform 100 times, the worst 5 times will be rated as level 1, and the 5 better times will be rated as level 1. Level 2 performance.
Naturally, the five strongest performances are at level 20.
Therefore, the performance bonuses of levels 1-20 are evenly distributed.
This means that if Zhao Xu stays in the same state and recites the spell 20 times, he will fail about 5 times.
From a big data perspective, his passing rate is only 75%.
If two people come here, they will both fall into the 25% failure probability range at the same time, which is only about 6%.
Only Zhao Xu, who came alone, was restrained.
Of course, in the final analysis, it is possible for him to issue a 5-20 level evaluation. So most losers don't dare to complain when they come here and go home.
After all, it is not about throwing dice for them to take a gamble, but about their own real performance.
At this moment, Zhao Xu could only sigh softly when facing this scene.
However, he has mastered the second-level spell - "Prediction of Luck", so he doesn't have to exert himself.
It's no better than the nine-ring spell "picking your fate". You can choose the best one from two future "performance levels" every time in each round.
The spell "Prediction of Luck" only allowed him to choose it once.
But that's enough.
Zhao Xu immediately took out a dice made of gold that cost 20 gold coins, threw it under the steps, and began to chant a spell.
Suddenly the golden dice turned into a faint golden light and then disappeared.
Then the power of fate directly blessed Zhao Xu's body, and his eyes glowed faintly with gold.
Zhao Xu immediately turned around and recited the "password" to Shimen.
Then Zhao Xu saw two golden afterimages appearing in front of him.
Imitate him in the future and make a Will save!
Then he saw a future self whose "performance evaluation" was a level 3 failure.
The "performance evaluation" of another future self is level 10 of success, which just exceeds the upper limit.
Zhao Xu immediately concentrated his concentration, and the two afterimages disappeared in an instant, but the successful afterimage that Zhao Xu chose fed back the feeling to Zhao Xu.
He acted directly on feeling.
[Adventurer Zhongxia made a Will saving throw, and the result was 6 (fixed) + 10 (this performance) = 16. It exceeded level 11 difficulty and passed the saving throw.]
The sound of "rumbling" also came from behind Zhao Xu.
He looked back and saw that at the end of the dark road below, a doorway that did not exist slowly emerged, with light inside.
The road is back.
(End of chapter)