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Chapter 280 Deductive Variation Meditation Method, Second Level

Richard possessed the body of a black-robed man whose face was obscured, stood in the center of the cave, and began chanting incantations. In his mind, he began to compare the differences between the Rodrigo Mutation Meditation Method, which he had created earlier and which was suitable for first-level wizards, and the Rodrigo Orthodox Meditation Method.

Richard began attempting to sketch out all the sorcery runes involved in the first level of Rodrigo's orthodox meditation method.

The first level corresponds to the stage where a third-level wizard apprentice reaches the limit of becoming a first-level wizard.

The second level corresponds to the stage where a first-level wizard advances to a second-level wizard.

Clearly, judging from the opponent's sorcery runes, their first innate sorcery spell is definitely not a level one mental sorcery spell—Mental Shock.

Rodrigo's orthodox meditation method initially involved a powerful single-target shadow spell, which Richard was quite familiar with—a single-target spell: Death Ray.

With the surge of inspiration, Richard's understanding of this matter became increasingly clear. It turned out that the legendary necromancer Rodrigo's design for innate sorcery was a series of interconnected and tightly linked elements.

The Shadow-based single-target spell "Death Ray" generated in the first level of orthodox meditation was actually laying the foundation for another, more powerful Shadow-based single-target spell, "Death Finger," generated in the second level of orthodox meditation!

"Death Finger"?

Hiss! Richard couldn't help but gasp!

This level-two single-target spell was renowned among ancient wizards, and was considered one of the most powerful offensive spells and a trump card for necromancers.

But it's a pity!

This incredibly powerful level-two single-target spell probably won't become Richard's innate spell.

Because don't forget that Richard's mutated meditation method is the first level, and the corresponding innate witchcraft is a level one mental witchcraft - Mental Shock.

Wanting to switch majors now is nothing short of wishful thinking.

It would be a lie to say that Richard wasn't disappointed!

But there was nothing he could do. Richard recalled that if he hadn't spent a huge amount of energy points to deduce the subsequent mutated meditation method and successfully advanced to a formal wizard, he probably wouldn't have had the chance to come to Baselus Island now and follow in the footsteps of the legendary necromancer Rodrigo.

They've probably already died in various battles and conspiracies!

Thinking of this, Richard's disappointment lessened considerably.

Richard shook his head slightly and focused his mind again on the two meditation methods that could be said to have the same origin but were completely different.

The orthodox meditation method truly lives up to its name; Richard gained considerable benefits simply from using it as a reference!

Soon, Richard seemed to have a vague grasp of the subsequent path derived from the first-level mental magic "Mental Shock," namely, the second-level talent magic.

Because the corresponding innate sorcery was rather vague, and the chosen path was not unique, Richard, with the help of a wealth of inspiration, basically found his first innate sorcery—Mental Impact, the corresponding level two wizard innate sorcery.

One of them is the Mental Shockwave, which is an area-of-effect mental attack spell. Its power depends on the specific situation. If it is against a group of small Karami, it can naturally wipe out a large number of them in one move.

However, against other equally powerful level two archmages, the attack power of this move would likely be insufficient.

After all, the stability of the spiritual sea of ​​each second-level archmage is not so easily shaken.

Another option is the Mental Impact Drill, a powerful single-target spell whose power is comparable to Death Finger, but it is slightly less versatile.

After all, if you're facing a puppet-type enemy, who doesn't have a mental sea, your mental impact drill attack won't be very effective. On the contrary, the super-powerful shadow energy of Death Finger is more versatile.

But Richard thought about it and realized that the Mental Impact Drill would be more useful than Death Finger when fighting other physically powerful creatures, such as sea monsters, because the physical bodies of those extraordinary creatures are much stronger than the Mental Sea.

Compared to the Death Finger, which directly kills the physical body, the Mental Impact Drill, which directly attacks the mental sea, is much more powerful.

So, after thinking for a moment, Richard decided to deduce this path!

With the massive consumption of energy points, Richard quickly and successfully deduced a part of the second layer of the Mutant Meditation Technique, which involved the magical runes required for the path of the secondary talent sorcery following Mental Shock—Mental Shock Drill.

With Richard having analyzed all of these magical runes, the derivation of the second level of the Mutant Meditation Technique was about one-third complete.

Richard took a deep breath, calmed his excited heart, and began to think again.

Next, we'll deduce the second innate sorcery.

Previously, the innate sorcery generated by my mutated meditation method was 'Magic Armor'.

Magic Armor Technique: Consumes three points of mental energy to condense the power of dark elements and bones, forming a black bone armor with extremely strong physical and magical defense.

Rodrigo's orthodox meditation method generates a talent spell called Bone Shield for the practitioner, which is more focused on physical defense.

Then, the second layer of orthodox meditation, based on the first-level bone shield, further generates the second-level talent sorcery bone barrier.

One link after another!

The bone barrier is far more applicable than the bone armor for self-protection or Richard's current magic armor.

According to the records of orthodox meditation methods, the Bone Barrier can raise a wall-like barrier made of bones at a designated location. Obviously, this can be used not only to protect oneself, but also to protect friendly forces or designated creatures.

The importance of defense is self-evident!

Richard expended a great deal of energy points on this, referring to orthodox meditation methods and, based on that, combining his own variant meditation methods, he began to deduce its effects.

With various inspirations for defensive sorcery such as Magic Armor, Death Aura, Dark Element Shield, Bone Armor, Skeletal Armor, Bone Shield, and Bone Barrier filling his mind, a new type of talent sorcery, based on orthodox meditation and combined with mutated meditation, was about to emerge!

A flash of inspiration struck Richard!

A prototype of a level-two talent sorcery appeared in Richard's mind.

Driven by a flood of inspiration, the gestation process accelerated instantly, and a faint, entirely black, phantom image appeared in Richard's mind the next second!

The phantom was about three meters tall and was something like a spirit.

Richard had never seen or heard of this level-two magic in the Shadow faction, so he didn't know what to call it.

However, a thought flashed through his mind, and a few words instantly came to mind.

"Shadow of Death!!"

It's called the Shadow of Death; its appearance is strikingly similar to a shadow that foretells death.

This Shadow of Death will absorb all damage that could harm Richard's true form, possessing a stronger dual defense of physical and magical defense than the Black Bone Armor of the Magic Armor Technique.

It can be considered a result of combining the Magic Armor Technique with Rodriguez's orthodox meditation method, the mutated meditation method, and Richard's own defensive sorcery.

At this point, the progress of the second-level mutated meditation method has reached about 60-70%.

Next is 'Soul Link', where 50% of the damage taken by the caster is shared by their undead summons; this effect can be swapped. If there are multiple undead summons, one must be selected as the primary summon. Once activated, this effect lasts until the summoning ends.

Just as Richard was about to continue deriving the last item, namely the second-level talent spell based on the third talent spell "Soul Link", a dizzying sensation occurred, and Richard's soul returned to the small room.

Wow! What a pity!

Richard opened the panel and checked it.

The original 200,000+ energy points were now completely empty, displaying a bright "0".

This left Richard speechless!

He thought it would be enough for him, but alas!

Seeing Richard's helpless expression, Stephania stepped forward and asked, "Master, is it not going well?"

"No, it went very smoothly. We were just a little short of finishing! What a pity!" Richard explained with a smile.

This left Stephanie staring at her master in disbelief.

"Master, you're amazing! This is the legacy left by the legendary necromancer Rodrigo from ancient times. You've mastered it so quickly!" Stephania had already overestimated her master enough, but at this moment she was speechless.

The master's expression just now, according to the master, seemed to indicate that it was called "Versailles"?

"Let's go! Let's check out the alchemy area."

Since he could no longer deduce the final part of the Mutant Meditation Method, Richard decided to take a stroll through the Alchemy Zone first.

After all, without relying on energy points for deduction, this would be almost a hopeless situation.

Therefore, only after we get out and have enough energy points can we complete the derivation of the second level of the Rodrigo Mutation Meditation Method.

The two returned to the alchemy area, where Richard slowly inserted the ring shaped like the letter 'D' into the transparent barrier.

As expected, everything went smoothly.

Richard and Stephanie immediately exchanged a glance, and then Richard took Stephanie's hand and, as if stepping into a bubble, calmly passed through the transparent barrier.

After the two stepped inside, they realized that the entire alchemy area was filled with a strange smell.

After examining the alchemy table carefully, Richard found many dried medicine residues in the bottles and jars. It was clearly the smell of these things constantly evaporating.

Within the entire alchemy zone, due to the long-term operation of the magic array, the odor could not escape, and even after a long period of time, it still had a strange smell mixed with decay.

Richard first arrived at the bookshelf area to the right of the alchemy section, where he saw many records of experimental research data.

Unfortunately, Richard casually flipped through a few books and discovered that he had never heard of any of the rare alchemical materials used in them.

The few things I've heard of, as far as I know, have disappeared from this world thousands of years ago.

For example, this record states that 10 milligrams of swamp hydra blood essence are required.

"The Swamp Hydra?"

I'm sorry, but it's been at least two thousand years since we've heard of a swamp hydra.

Not to mention the essence of the swamp hydra's blood!

However, it is not entirely without merit.

Although these rare materials from ancient times have long since disappeared, some of Rodrigo's potion-making concepts can still be used as a reference.

Richard looked through each bookshelf one by one.

Soon they saw a bookshelf with several books on witchcraft on it.

Richard couldn't help but be delighted. With his Inspiration Panel, he could naturally acquire all sorts of witchcraft.

"Huh! It's actually a level two necromancy spell that was lost in ancient times, Death Ripple!!" Richard was taken aback.

Death Ripple is a level 2 area-of-effect spell that triggers an instantaneous burst of dark elemental damage, which can inflict massive damage on non-undead creatures within a certain area.

"Ah! This is necromancy that has been lost for many, many years! Master, if you learn it and submit it to the school, how many points can you say you can exchange for it? Hehe~"

As a fragrant breeze wafted by, Stephania heard Richard muttering to himself and quickly walked over.

She was also surprised when she saw the necromancy "Death Ripple" in Richard's hand.

"No, you should keep such important necromancy for yourself. You can use it as a trump card!" Stephania seemed to have thought of something and immediately added.

Richard smiled faintly and said, "After I learn it, I will find a suitable time to teach it to the academy."

"This precious necromancy, the predecessors who created it must have spent countless efforts. If it were to be forgotten in the vast river of history, it would be the greatest loss to us necromancers."

"Of course, I won't do it anytime soon; I'll wait until I reach the level of a third-level wizard."

"After all, doing this requires strong backing; otherwise, it would be foolish to hand over rare witchcraft only to have the enemy learn it and use it against you!"

After a leisurely stroll, I had a very fruitful experience!

Besides the Level 2 sorcery Death Ripple he had just learned, Richard also found a rare and unheard-of Level 2 auxiliary sorcery on the bookshelf—Evil Mark!

Evil Mark: When your enemy is marked with an evil mark, in addition to being located, they will be subject to nightmares and spirit attacks from time to time.

Richard sees this "evil mark" as a product that combines mark-type witchcraft with curse-type witchcraft.

I never imagined that necromancers in ancient times were so creative!

Able to create secondary sorcery with such different effects.

Finally, there is another equally famous form of necromancy—the army of the undead.

The undead army, consuming mental energy, summons undead creatures of different ranks from the underworld to fight. The strength and variety of the undead creatures are directly proportional to the caster's mental energy.

Unfortunately, this "Army of the Dead" is only a level three sorcery spell!

This left Richard both pleasantly surprised and disappointed.

In his opinion, reaching the level of a second-level archmage wouldn't take too long; a few years would probably be enough.

But for level three...

The time it would take is hard to predict!

At that time, this level three witchcraft will be like a carrot hanging in front of a donkey's eyes, something it can only see but not eat every day, which is really too painful!

(End of this chapter)