It has to be said that Zhao Xu's "Retarded Technique" is not a priority method in a spell battle. Even in this scenario, being able to pass through the "Spell Invalid Barrier" without any obstacles is its greatest use.
"Retarded Spell" itself is a "coercion" spell in the confusion and control system. It has the effect of affecting the mind and is extremely easy to be targeted.
If the opponent casts a minute-level "Protection from Goodness" or a ten-minute-level "Anti-Goodness Array" in advance, they will be directly immune to Zhao Xu's spell.
However, Zhao Xu could not see through the specific condition of the other party, but the magical aura emanating from the surrounding environment did not have this problem.
He was very sure that there was no such thing as an "anti-good/chaos magic circle" aimed at his camp.
Once the "Retarded Spell" hits the opponent and causes the opponent to fail the save, the resulting intelligence and charm will drop to 1, which is completely an excess benefit.
A mage who has almost lost his intelligence means that he can no longer cast spells, understand language, or communicate. He can only rely on instinct to know who his teammates are and whose actions he should follow.
More importantly, removing the curse, a third-level spell that powerfully removes negative states, cannot alleviate the effects of "retarded spells". At the very least, it requires a sixth-level medical spell to work.
Although this spell itself targets will, and mages are the best with high will, the "weak mind spell" inherently has the negative effect of reducing wizards and warlocks by 4 levels.
Therefore, when encountering a group of mages, starting with a "Chain Cast" and combining it with "Weak Mind Technique" can often defeat a group of low-level mages and avoid the possibility of ants killing the elephant.
Zhao Xu's thinking was very clear.
An opponent with a terrifyingly high spell immunity difficulty starts with a defensive card like "Spell Invalid Barrier", which means that the opponent already has obvious "cowardly" and "stable" characteristics.
This is based on the characteristics of the opponent waiting for him to work, and the characteristics of the defiled scholar who has a large number of "spell slots" due to his high corruption value.
In the eyes of this deformed man, he himself is more expendable than Zhao Xu, so he is not afraid of a protracted war with him.
However, Zhao Xu, who has "potential points", is the most capable of fighting a protracted war, and can be called an immortal existence!
As for other attribute damage methods, considering that the opponent is a defiled scholar, who is born to face the blood super demon, there must be enough ways to deal with it.
So Zhao Xu tried this first.
Only a mage who cannot think can be said to have eliminated the last trace of danger.
Even if Zhao Xu had the "power of iron heart" that could relieve all negative conditions in the world, he couldn't think of how to use it when he lost his intelligence.
This is the terrible thing about pushing your "IQ" to the bottom, destroying all possibilities of counterattack, and you will still be in trouble no matter how explosive you are.
However, the defiled scholar opposite him made the same movements as Zhao Xu, and waved the "power staff" tightly in his hand in a dazzling way.
The moment Zhao Xu's "mentally retarded technique" took shape.
Counter spell!
Zhao Xu suddenly realized that all the energy in his hand was dissipated, like autumn leaves withering.
Is there really no immunity to stress effects
Zhao Xu couldn't help but have great doubts in his mind.
He made the first move with the "Retarded Technique", which was essentially a "feint attack", and it was still the level that would overturn the card table.
He can only cast five-ring spells at best, and there are only a few of them. Using this trick as soon as he comes out will undoubtedly give people the "illusion" of being absolutely desperate.
I just missed typing the words "After I finish these three axes, I will kill myself if I can't kill you" on the public screen.
Who could have expected it.
The opponent actually used the "simplest" "spell counterattack"
Spell counterattack is the first lesson for mages in the apprenticeship stage, and it can be said that the effect is truly extraordinary.
This is also an insurance method for multiple people to attack one person in a mage battle.
For example, three versus one is essentially six spells versus two spells (standard action + prompt) each round.
Among the six spell ranks, "two for two" can be achieved by relying on "spell counterattack", so that six versus two spells become four versus zero spells.
This is also the reason why the Mage Association rarely fails to capture the hostile mage who caused the rebellion.
A few targeted mages specializing in the specialty chain paired with spell countermeasures can definitely beat these unseen mages to the point of crying and causing deep self-doubt.
Beings like Antinoya who master the "Legendary Spell Countermeasures" expertise can rely on that expertise to counter spells countless times per round.
That is to say, as long as she has enough spell slots, she can even cancel the spells of hundreds of mages at the same time in one round.
Spell countermeasures are also Zhao Xu's biggest weakness at the moment.
Facing a group of mages, he can't beat the four-handed man with two fists. This is also the key reason why he needs to use the "Red Jade Guard" later.
But the deformed man in front of him was clearly acting alone
You must know that the essence of counterspell is to use one spell to offset another spell.
If you want to use counterspells to perfection, you must learn the "Proficient Counterspells" feat. You can use higher-level spells from the same faction to counterattack.
Otherwise, how can I prepare exactly the same spell
It's just that even if the opponent's spell slots are far superior to ordinary mages, relying on "spell counterattack" to win is not the right way.
For the same spell, if the other party can use defiled spellcasting to target themselves, the benefits will be higher.
If you use a higher ring number, then the opponent will only suffer.
Just when Zhao Xu was thinking in confusion, he suddenly found that the "magic energy" that he had just defeated was condensed again.
And that powerful energy points to the target, which is yourself!
Gusu Murong
Time flies
At this moment, Zhao Xu was in a daze for a moment and then suddenly realized.
No wonder the opponent wants to waste a fifth-level or higher spell on himself.
Archmage professional abilities!
Advanced arcane ability, the "counter-spell control" can only be learned at the cost of seventh-level spell slots!
After an archmage with this ability counters a spell, the spell will be affected like a seventh-level spell called "Spell Reversal" and bounce back to the opponent.
Completely unreasonable means!
In an instant, Zhao Xu's "psychic barrier" recovered after breaking away from the "crazy whispers" directly blocked his own "mentally retarded technique".
Even dodging is useless. There are a series of spells such as "Anti-Evil Magic Circle" and "Martyr's Mercy" behind him, which can shield him from this spell.
Compared with the spell reversal, the information that the other party might be an archmage made Zhao Xu feel even more numb.
This means that the other party is likely to be a "Seventh Ring Mage".
After mastering the "Limited Prayer Technique" at the Seventh Ring, this spell consumes much less life energy than the "Prayer Technique" at the Nineth Ring, and can also create many extraordinary effects.
It is often the key to turning the tide of victory.
For example, if an ordinary civilian faces a "Troll Hunter" who is a part-time ranger of more than ten levels and is close to the legendary level, he only needs to hold a "+1 decapitation sword" (decapitation value +5).
Under the protection of the "Limited Prayer Technique", he will be able to hit the target with his next blow, no matter what the opponent's defense level is. Coupled with the threat of heavy blows brought by "Song of Sorrow", even the troll hunter will still be mercilessly beheaded.
This is also the value of the immune instant death effect.
Therefore, facing a Seven-ring Archmage, Zhao Xu was completely unable to predict the opponent's possibilities.
But he was still confused.
If the opponent really has seven levels, why waste energy with the "Power Staff"? Just use a six-level "Spell Invalid Barrier" with your bare hands.
Not to mention that the opponent could also use the seventh-level "Spell Reversal" just now, which would definitely allow him to throw a rat weapon.
Just as Zhao Xu was thinking like this, a flash of light suddenly flashed in his mind.
wrong.
There is doubt whether it is the seventh ring.
But the effect that the other party seemed to use to reverse the spell was revealed a little bit.
The other party can't see clearly his real details, otherwise it would be clear that he is not afraid of "retarded tricks" at all.
At this time, the deformed man who had completed the counter-spell looked at Zhao Xu with an increasingly fierce and crazy look.
His pupils were already bloodshot, but they were an eerie deep black, as if tiny earthworms had passed through them.
At the same time, the decaying aura from the cemetery that the other party exuded was even stronger. The last time it gave him this feeling was a demigod mummy.
"Who are you?"
Zhao Xu couldn't help asking.
Taking advantage of the fluctuations in the body's breathing skills, Zhao Xu also asked this question.
Even if it only messes up the other party's thinking, he will make a profit.
In the mage battle, he needs to pay attention to every detail.
"You already know that."
The defiler opposite opened his mouth and smiled. At this time, his teeth were like rotten and rusty scraps of iron, and not half of them were complete at all.
Even as he spoke, he kept swallowing the blood that spurted out of his lungs due to the violent movements.
Can this still be alive
Zhao Xu couldn't help but wonder how terrifying the other party's "concentration" level was. It was rare to be able to cast spells in this state intact.
"Little prey, now it's my turn to take action."
The deformed dirty mage sneered, his eyes flashing with a hint of complete madness.
Still can't see through.
Zhao Xu couldn't help but shook his head. If that's the case, then he would defend one more time.
He continued to wave the "Instant Scepter" in his hand, activating its remaining power.
As Zhao Xu, who has the expertise of "Prompt Spell", he can undoubtedly add this expertise to his spells, and then turn them into instant spells, that is, "standard movement" becomes "quick".
Thus, two spells are cast in one round.
But his "Super Magic Control" takes more time and completely conflicts with "Spell Instant".
Therefore, if he wanted to cast a spell instantly, he could only upgrade it to the third level, that is, use a fifth-level spell slot to cast a second-level spell instantly.
This is due to the level 3 ability of his Metamagic Shaper, Metamagic Master, which allows the enchantment effect to be reduced by one level, otherwise it can only be cast instantly by one level.
Therefore, the high-level super magic wand in his hand, which is made of pure metal and can instantly cast a nine-ring spell every day, is still put to full use.
This time Zhao Xu only waved the "scepter", and relying on the "instant" effect, his spell also completed the final compression.
From syllables to gestures and even materials, the entire movement is done in one go.
At this moment, Zhao Xu finally felt the effect of the "Howard Convenience Bag" given to him by Antinoya.
Whatever he wanted, he could just reach into the side pocket and get whatever he wanted.
Otherwise, he might not be able to get out the clay, crystal, glass, or ore pellets required for a "retarded technique" even after digging around in his backpack for several minutes.
As for the mage who made a treasure bag for his robe, making him look like a beggar gang, although each pocket contained corresponding spell materials, when fighting, he just wanted to pick out something from which pocket, and No matter how big the portion is, it will make people confused.
So at this moment, when Zhao Xu took out a very neatly cut gemstone, he did it smoothly and without any gaps.
Five-ring spell—
"Lingbi!"
Accompanied by a stable and whirlpool-like white-green sphere that resembled countless painful souls, it surrounded Zhao Xu.
On the side facing the outside world, he kept letting out extremely low sighs. The sound was like a painful wail, going straight into the depths of his heart.
Any creature facing the Lingbi that fails its Will save will suffer a mental breakdown within the next 1-4 rounds, and then flee wildly.
Any living creature that dares to touch the wall will suffer 1-10 points of damage due to life force disturbance, and if it dares to cross the wall, it will also receive a negative level.
What's even more exaggerated is that this jade surface exists in a semi-material opaque form, which can provide full concealment effect.
And most importantly, it can block magical effects.
Includes all spell-like abilities and supernatural abilities.
In other words, the spell can only take effect if the opponent enters the sphere.
Unfortunately, the opponent is also hiding in the sphere of the "spell invalidation barrier" at this time, and neither sphere can move.
The opponent's spells can no longer penetrate Zhao Xu's "Ling Bi", not even the ninth ring, unless the Ling Bi is dispelled first.
But Zhao Xu's five-ring spell can cross the barrier.
When Zhao Xu used this spell, he also cast stones to ask for directions at a deeper level!
Like a triple threat in basketball, the direction of the breakthrough is determined by the opponent's subsequent response.
As for the tainted scholar opposite, at this moment, his body only swayed a little, showing a thoughtful expression.
As Zhao Xu expected, the other party also applied a layer of advanced flashing technique to himself.
Instantly obtains four effects: 50% invalidation of physical attacks, 50% invalidation of single-target spells, 50% damage of area attacks, and 100% evasion of attacks by prepared actions.
Of course, for Zhao Xu, who can hit the spiritual world, these failures do not exist.
In response, Zhao Xu waited for work and continued to cast spells.
The five-ring spell "Steal the Spell!"
Seize the opponent's spells for your own use.
Finally, this step made the deformed man change his temper, and he immediately adopted a new method -
"Dispel the magic!"
The deformed man then shouted loudly!
Isn't it the sixth ring "advanced dispelling magic"
Zhao Xu's high-spirited heart finally let go.
Immediately, he showed a confident look.
In essence, the dispelling magic competition is based on the "caster level" of both parties!
In this category, he will never lose to anyone, not even the Nine Ring Mage!
(End of chapter)