The Truth of Magic

Chapter 40: Ineffectiveness and immunity

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Hearing Antinoya's words, Zhao Xu showed a look of astonishment.

hit

Easier said than done

Zhao Xu is just a level 1 mage. Want to hit Antinoya with a level 1 spell

He did not act rashly, but instead raised his guard and looked at the opponent with all his vigilance.

If there were no spectators at the scene, one would have thought that he was the defender.

Antinoya looked at Zhao Xu and nodded slightly. She was quite satisfied with Zhao Xu's cautious performance.

"Don't worry, the prerequisite is that every time you attack me, the methods I use will not be used again."

The entire ring-shaped arena was filled with Antinoya's echo at this moment.

Will not use again.

"What about immunity?" Zhao Xu asked.

In order for some negative spells to take effect, the subject must fail a saving throw (one of three: Fortitude, Reflex, or Willpower).

Antinoya was born with a high level and had a high immunity. It was not something that a level 1 rookie like him could penetrate.

"What we are betting on is not whether it is effective or not. If you can make me pass the exemption, I will count you as a hit."

After hearing this, Zhao Xu realized that Antinoya was not going to show him her strength to defeat him.

But to let him understand how many methods a senior mage has to resist the opponent's attacks.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xu was no longer excited or anxious.

Suddenly Antinoya remembered and said: "Also, you just used a first-level spell, and now you only have another first-level spell left. To be fair, here is the magic missile you just used. scroll."

A scroll drew a beautiful parabola and fell right into Zhao Xu's palm.

Zhao Xu took it and took a deep breath.

He now has three zero-level spell slots, one first-level spell slot, and a magic missile scroll.

Gradually, as his breathing became even, Zhao Xu excluded all emotions that affected his thinking, and any gains and losses seemed to disappear.

He just stared at Antinoya, who was about a few meters away from him.

For a moment, Zhao Xu was in a trance, as if Antinoya was casting a spell.

He blinked immediately but saw nothing.

The eight major factions of magic are divided into eight major factions: protection, evocation, conjuration, necromancy, illusion, transformation, confusion control, and prophecy.

Zhao Xu only has zero-level spells that cover all factions, and only six first-level spells.

He didn't have many choices for the spell that hit Antinoya.

After taking a deep breath, Zhao Xu directly grabbed a handful of powder from the spell material bag in his pocket, mixed with red, yellow and blue colors.

While grabbing the spell materials, he raised his hand and began to chant and cast spells.

Colorful jet!

A colorful stream of dazzling light covered the front of Zhao Xu in a cone shape.

This kind of spell requires only a standard action to cast, and Zhao Xu can complete it in a blink of an eye, before it takes him long to dig out the materials.

A fan-shaped coverage area with a radius of nearly 5 meters immediately enveloped Antinoya's body.

Although Antinoya has exceeded level 20, that is, the life dice exceeds 20 HD.

But the reason why the spell Seven Color Jet has been able to endure for a long time is that even creatures with 5 HD and above can still shock for a round as long as it takes effect.

Being unable to move for one round means that most of the defense power has been lost, so the negative state of "shock" is extremely overbearing.

However, when the light dissipated, Antinoya still showed no expression, not caring at all.

"The spell resistance directly resists your spell. Next, I will give up the spell resistance and you continue."

Antinoya's words were very calm, as if nothing had happened just now.

Zhao Xu shook his head and tried to wake himself up.

Spell resistance and immunity are the two twins of Arthur's spells. Basically, many spells that control and attack the enemy need to break through the enemy's spell resistance first, and then break through the immunity before they can take effect.

It's just that spell resistance is generally found in some monsters and even other races. Humans have no natural spell resistance.

Now it seems that Antinoya just cast a spell to give her spell resistance.

Or perhaps, she had spell resistance from the very beginning.

Zhao Xu did not pause his actions. He directly grabbed the scroll Antinoya gave him in his hand and started chanting the incantation on it.

A missile composed of magical power appeared in his hand again, flying straight towards Antinoya.

This time he was already familiar with the spell casting.

Magic missiles overcome spell resistance but ignore saving throws.

However, right under Zhao Xu's eyes, just before the magic missile was about to approach Antinoya.

It was as if there was an invisible giant wall condensing in front of her, and the magic missiles dissipated on the spot, not even touching the corner of Antinoya's clothes.

"The fourth-level spell is a secondary spell-invalidation barrier. It can resist spells from one to three levels. I will give up this spell next, and you continue."

Hearing this, Zhao Xu finally realized the suppression of low-level spells by high-level mages.

Could it be that Antinoya, covered by this spell, is powerless until he reaches level 7 and can cast fourth-level spells

However, Zhao Xu would not lose heart and say forget it.

He concentrated his attention, analyzed Antinoya again, and tried to think of what methods he could take.

After previous spellcasting, he had exhausted all first-level spells including scrolls.

Now he only has three zero-level spells left.

This also means that he still has three chances.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xu continued to cast spells and chant.

Acid splash!

A small acid ball condensed out of thin air from Zhao Xu's palm, and then flew towards Antinoya.

This zero-level spell can hit creatures within a short distance. It can cause 1D3 acid damage without saving throws or resistance.

It's just that such spells with ballistic trajectories require long-range contact attack rolls, which is equivalent to them being Zhao Xu's projectiles. There is a possibility that the opponent can block them or avoid them by relying on defense.

However, Antinoya was still like a wooden sculpture, and when the little acid ball was about to touch her, it suddenly staggered away.

It hit the ground directly, making a slight sizzling sound.

The surface of the arena was blessed, and the small pits that had just been corroded by the acid immediately returned to their original state.

And Antinoya seemed not to be the target of the spell in the first place.

"Impossible." Zhao Xu muttered to himself.

If the little sour ball disappeared directly, he wouldn't say a word.

But now it's tilted

"The fourth-level spell ray deflection is immune to remote contact attacks, including ray spells and biological ray attacks. I will give up this spell next, and you continue."

After hearing what Antinoya said, Zhao Xu could only be convinced.

Others don't even need to test, they are just immune.

The latter sentence also advised him not to try to use ray spells again.

At this time, Zhao Xu found that there was already a little sweat on his forehead, which was about to drip at any time. Antinoya's move of standing and waiting for him to launch an offensive put too much pressure on him.

Zhao Xu suddenly had an idea.

He wiped off a drop of sweat on the spot, held it in the palm of his hand and spread it evenly, and used it as a spell material to cast the "Touch of Tiredness" spell.

After the spell casting was completed, blue light condensed on his palm.

Zhao Xu immediately rushed forward. If he did not touch Antinoya within one round, the spell would be ineffective. .

Just when he sprinted within reach of Antinoya, he waved his arms towards Antinoya.

Antinoya is immune to ranged touch attacks.

So what about his melee contact attack

(End of chapter)