Chapter 23: [Acid Splash]

Drip—

Drip—

Gao De carried the oil lamp, walking in the sewer pipe, and unknown liquids constantly seeped from the pipe wall, then dripped into the turbid sewage flow.

Light came from ahead.

Gao De knew he was reaching the entrance.

He quickened his pace; the slippery and dirty environment around him always made him feel uncomfortable.

After reaching the entrance, Gao De carefully climbed, trying his best not to let his clothes get stained with the unknown liquid attached to the sewer pipe wall.

Just as he was about to leave the sewer, he seemed to vaguely hear an unusual sound coming from the sewer behind him, like the cry of some animal.

Gao De subconsciously looked back.

In the boundless darkness of the sewer, at some point, two strange red points actually lit up.

Deep red.

It was like a pair of eyes, staring at him.

In an instant, a chill broke out all over Gao De's body, and he didn't dare to look back, hurriedly following the hole and leaving the sewer.

Gao De returned to the grocery store and informed Pierre that he had finished the worm cleaning work.

At the same time, he returned the unused insecticide to Pierre and received his meager remuneration—two Three-Leaf Flower silver coins.

"I'll send the ring to you tomorrow, I'll go back first, I smell." After receiving the remuneration, Gao De said goodbye decisively.

In the sewer, even if he was careful, and even used "Mage Hand" to clean, he still inevitably got some filth on his body, and he was in a hurry to go back to wash.

After rushing back to the medicine garden, Gao De first took a shower to wash away the stench, and then went to the restaurant for dinner.

With Yilan's "brilliant" record of night stabbing in front, during this period of time in the medicine garden, other apprentices, except for his roommate Amy, kept him at a distance.

Just like now, Gao De sat at the dining table with his food, and the other apprentices who were still eating subconsciously accelerated their eating speed, seeking to leave the restaurant quickly and avoid being in the same room as Gao De.

Gao De didn't care about these, finished his dinner slowly, packed up his tableware, and walked toward his workshop.

There are two big projects waiting for him tonight.

In the workshop.

Gao De sat cross-legged, concentrating his mind.

"Feng Ling Yue Ying!"

Under the silent recitation in his heart, that simple and familiar interface appeared again.

In the spell column, except for 【Mending+】, there are small yellow plus signs flashing after the other four spells.

Gao De pondered for a while, and finally set his eyes on 【Acid Splash】.

"In terms of lethality, Acid Splash is better than Ray of Frost."

This point addition will only be a choice between the two spells with lethality, Acid Splash and Ray of Frost.

In "professional" terms, under the premise of a big headwind, the limited economy should be used to buy output equipment, which is the only chance to turn the tables.

"Add points!"

No longer hesitating, Gao De stared at the plus sign after 【Acid Splash】.

The next instant, the "Big Dipper" source representing the Dark Swamp Crawler swam out from inside Feng Ling Yue Ying, like lightning, merging into the spell model of Acid Splash.

The two merged, and on the basis of the original Acid Splash spell model, new branches were generated and extended outward.

After a moment, the Acid Splash spell model composed of nine star-seeds expanded into a new model of a full eighteen star-seeds.

In the spell column, the plus sign after 【Acid Splash】 disappeared, and its name also became 【Acid Splash+】.

【Acid Splash+】 (Conjuration, 0-circle): Launch a small acid sphere at the target, with an initial maximum distance of 25 feet (approximately 8.5 meters).

You must make a successful ranged touch attack to hit the target, and the acid sphere will cause strong acid damage.

The acid of the acid sphere will disappear after a few seconds.

Extra: The acid of the acid sphere can be retained for up to one day according to your needs.

"It's done." Gao De was happy in his heart.

The change of 【Acid Splash+】 did not disappoint him.

The acid of the acid sphere itself is continuous damage; as long as the acid exists, it can continue to cause damage until the acid is consumed.

It's just that most of the time, the acid released by Acid Splash has not been consumed, and the duration of the acid has already expired.

So the increase in acid retention time, in other words, is equivalent to the enhancement of lethality.

And the significance of the acid being retained for up to one day is not just the enhancement of lethality, but even has strategic value, expanding more uses for the spell.

For example, what Gao De currently thinks of is that since the acid can be retained for up to one day, he can completely save the acid of 【Acid Splash+】 one day in advance.

When needed, he can indirectly "cast" the Acid Splash spell through physical throwing, thereby breaking through his mana limit.

"Point addition" ended.

Gao De took a deep breath, calmed his fluctuating heart, and began the second big project of the night.

He fumbled in his arms and took out a ring.

The damaged Ring of Divine Guidance.

"Let's try it."

Gao De concentrated his spirit, mobilized the mana in his body, and controlled the mana to flash through the spell model of 【Mending+】.

Mana turned into micro-invisible energy streamlines, gathered in his fingers, gathered into a soft light, and gradually enveloped the damaged Ring of Divine Guidance.

The micro-light accurately entered the crack of the ring, and the light flowed along the crack, just like molten metal liquid flowing into the mold, rapidly filling and healing every damage.

Generally speaking, it ends here.

The role of Mending is only this much, it can only repair physical damage to objects.

But what Gao De has mastered now is not 【Mending】, but 【Mending+】.

So, the repair is still continuing.

On the surface of the ring, the runes representing the source of the ring's magical power were also enveloped by the soft light of Mending.

Thus, a golden line began to extend at the edge of the rune fracture, extending to its end, the original connection point.

It was as if there was an invisible quill pen, dipped in golden ink, starting to sketch at the break of the rune.

With the last ray of light merging into the ring, the surface of the Ring of Divine Guidance shone with its original luster again.

The lost magical power also revived accordingly.

Gao De gasped slightly.

The mana consumed by casting 【Mending+】 was actually equivalent to the amount of casting three 0-circle spells normally.

But the completion of the ring's repair proved that there is gain if there is payment.

He put the restored Ring of Divine Guidance back on his finger, concentrated his mental energy on the ring, and immediately received relevant information feedback:

With the help of the Ring of Divine Guidance, you can cast the cantrip 【Guidance】 once a day without consumption.

【Guidance】 (Divination, 0-circle):

Choose a target to cast this spell, temporarily and slightly improving their performance in a skill in the next period.

Including but not limited to: lock-picking success rate, archery hit rate, item manufacturing success rate. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 24 =====