Chapter 342: The Extremely High Threshold Ultra-Massive Spell (22)

Natural Empire.

High-Energy Spell Research Base, Giant Spell Experiment Area.

From the name alone, one can tell that the mages in this laboratory specialize in researching how to increase the scale of spells.

Before this breakthrough, the Natural Empire's single-target spells could at most accommodate the mana of 20,000 Luosen.

Luosen has always used it, and it's very effective; against powerful Void Gods, it's overwhelming.

But against Great Gods it's somewhat insufficient; for defending against nuclear missiles, it's even more of a gamble with one's life.

Although one can raise the spell limit by stacking multiple layers, the casting speed drops significantly, making it unsuitable for responding to sudden situations.

And this breakthrough is academically described as: 'Greatly increasing the scale of single-target spells.'

This meets the demand, so Luosen is somewhat anticipating it.

When he stepped out of the laboratory door, he saw young faces filled with excitement and pride.

Altogether 30 mages came to greet him, average age 28, the lowest base strength being 8-ring, but everyone had the Scholarly Crown's blessing, so everyone was a legendary powerhouse.

These are all newly risen genius mages from recent years, all unfamiliar faces, and they normally have no interaction with Luosen, this emperor.

Without Laifu's talent database assistance, Luosen couldn't even call out a single mage's name, let alone remember their past experiences.

This is also an inevitable phenomenon of the empire's development.

After all, the Natural Empire has six hundred million people.

Moreover, although living conditions have greatly improved, traditional notions haven't had time to change; young couples are having children as much as possible, with annual newborn numbers exceeding thirty million! Six hundred million, when spoken, is just two words, but if you counted one per second, you'd need to count continuously for seven thousand years! Nevertheless, whoever can appear before Luosen, this emperor, are the geniuses among geniuses, and their names and experiences naturally deserve to be remembered by Luosen.

Under the protection of the already legendary powerhouse Ailiya, Luosen walked slowly toward the mages who had come to greet him.

He shook hands with them one by one familiarly, called out each mage's name, and incidentally said a sentence or two of related trivia.

The young mages already held the emperor in high esteem; after Luosen's few warm words, each became hot-blooded and excited, their faces turning red.

Luosen silently sighed: 'Ah, this empire relies on me too much.'

There are both good and bad aspects.

The good news is, he has unparalleled absolute control over the empire.

The bad news is, if he ever accidentally dies, the empire will face a huge power vacuum, causing it to collapse rapidly amidst chaos.

What to do? As the ruler of a great empire, one naturally must consider the occurrence of various contingencies.

Therefore, Luosen has made as many arrangements as possible to cope with his absence.

Moreover, when he goes out to have fun, he will also be as careful as possible.

His thoughts returned to the present; Luosen entered the laboratory amidst the young mages' entourage, then said to the lab supervisor: 'Master Anadi, show me your new achievements.'

Master Anadi is a young mage in his early thirties, with light gold short hair and upright, resolute features; most striking are his amber eyes, very deep.

He is naturally also a top-tier imperial genius, currently a nine-ring mage, wearing a five-level Azure Scholarly Crown.

At this point he had long been ready; he immediately issued orders in order, began displaying the new results, and simultaneously started explaining.

"Your Majesty, this is a comprehensive achievement based on the 338 preliminary high-energy results obtained from 47 high-energy laboratories."

Just this sentence alone suffices to show the immense threshold of this new achievement.

This thing is a good thing that requires countless human and material resources, countless flashes of genius, and even the favor of the Creator to obtain.

It is the result of countless ordinary people uniting as one.

Even a single mage, even if a Great God, or even Luosen aided by Laifu, absolutely cannot craft it by hand.

"Besides many original casting techniques, its core spell component is a powerful twelve-ring magic artifact. Because of its strong performance and special structure, we call it the 'High Mountain Magic Cube'."

The twelve-ring magic artifact is called a 'first-rank divine artifact' by the Void Gods.

The reason is, starting from twelve rings, it becomes a complete high-energy spell domain; each additional ring increases power by an order of magnitude and also exhibits many special legal attributes.

Compared to previous ring power, this is the result of absolute overwhelm.

At the same time, the laboratory mages displayed a giant cube 'Magic Cube' with a diameter of six meters.

"Your Majesty, look, this is the first finished product of the High Mountain Magic Cube; its volume is somewhat large, but this is done mainly to better observe the flow of mana, and it has ample room for improvement."

"In theory, if entirely made of high-energy spirit material, it could be shrunk to less than five centimeters in size."

Luosen was very satisfied.

"Not bad."

"Then, what performance can it ultimately achieve?"

Master Anadi told his assistant: 'Begin infusing mana.'

Several assistants then began drawing mana from the Endless Crystal Array and, using special techniques, infused it into the High Mountain Magic Cube.

The latest model of Endless Crystal Array with a capacity of 30,000 Luosen actually drained thirty blocks completely, and all that mana was poured into a single spell.

Once the spell formed, a pure energy light sphere over one meter in diameter condensed above the High Mountain Magic Cube.

The energy intensity is so high it's somewhat absurd, to the point that light passing through it shows visible bending to the naked eye.

Thus, what should have been an imperceptible static energy spell to the naked eye instead appeared as a faint outline.

This is also the second visible energy phenomenon Luosen has seen; the first was the Sun Core Binding Force Field.

But unlike that, the Sun Core Binding Force Field is a super combination spell cast with the aid of numerous magic formations, extremely huge in volume, and requires countless mages to cooperate.

Whereas the spell before us, however, is a single-target spell.

Luosen sincerely praised: 'What an elegant spell.'

Master Anadi's face showed the self-satisfaction common among scholars, and he continued his explanation.

"Your Majesty, look, a single pure energy sphere ultimately holds about 900,000 Luosen of pure mana."

"Also because the High Mountain Magic Cube uses mana superconducting material internally, theoretical calculation shows that the casting time of this ultra-massive spell can be shortened to less than four seconds."

Luosen understood, meaning that within four seconds, 900,000 Luosen of pure mana can be infused into a single spell, and the assisting divine artifact can be shrunk to less than five centimeters in size.

Whereas before, Luosen's best level was to infuse the mana of 20,000 Luosen into a single spell in about one second.

So, this truly is an extremely huge breakthrough!

But Luosen still felt it was insufficient and asked, "Is there any possibility of further improvement?"

Master Anadi nodded: "If we employ the latest parallel combination casting technique, forming a joint formation of multiple mages, we can, within ten seconds, create a Super‑Gigantic Composite Spell whose scale reaches 24 million Luosen."

"Such a Super‑Gigantic Composite Spell is extraordinarily powerful, especially against convergent spells, where it performs exceptionally."

Convergent spells, as the term implies, refer to spells whose structure is convergent.

In practice, this means the spell is extremely stable and reliable.

Under normal circumstances, defensive spells are essentially convergent spells.

Thus, Master Anadi's point is that this latest achievement is especially suited for forging Super‑Gigantic Defensive Spells.

Luosen nodded in satisfaction and evaluated, "If such a Super‑Gigantic Scale Spell is combined with a sturdy elemental shield, its ultimate defensive performance could reach an extraordinarily astonishing level."

"Have you conducted corresponding tests in this regard?" "We have."

Master Anadi handed a thick set of experimental data to Luosen.

"Your Majesty, we have developed a mature Super‑Gigantic Hardened Spell and used it to reinforce a lime wall one meter thick and a hundred meters long and wide."

"The data contains the various strength tests of the hardened lime wall."

Luosen took the data, examined it carefully, and cross‑checked it with figures extracted from Laifu's database, then reached a conclusion.

That conclusion was that this Super‑Gigantic Hardened Lime Wall can, at close range, hard‑resist the blast of a TNT nuclear bomb under 100,000 tons.

In other words, if an ordinary person stands between such a one‑meter‑thick wall and a nuclear bomb, the person would emerge unharmed.

Considering that limestone is not the optimal hardening material, using various special materials to construct the protective wall would only increase its strength.

Therefore, relying solely on a pure magical shield may find it hard to hard‑resist a nuclear explosion, but a magically reinforced elemental shield is no major issue.

Using this approach to build various blast‑proof shelter structures allows easy countering of the enemy's nuclear strikes.

Luosen decided privately, "Now that we have a usable method, we will begin constructing nuclear defense installations throughout the Empire to cope with any future high‑energy wars that may erupt."

As the Natural Empire continues to develop, the risk of high‑energy wars breaking out also rises continuously.

The threat of Warlord Haigelite is negligible; the real danger comes from the solar system's first high‑energy civilization, the Abyss.

Back then, the Dawn Empire was so powerful yet collapsed rapidly; there were certainly many internal reasons, but the Abyss undoubtedly played a disreputable role.

"As for me, I can forge a special elemental armor that looks like ordinary clothing most of the time, but can instantly transform and reinforce when needed, absolutely preserving my life to the greatest extent."

In about six months I have an appointment with Adela, so I'll use this time to convert this Super‑Gigantic Spell achievement into combat power.

With this thought, Luosen continued touring the laboratory's spell demonstrations.

After the demonstration, he followed the established reward system to grant generous bonuses to each mage in the laboratory.

These included higher‑grade housing, higher‑quality lightning‑cars, more vacation days, higher salaries, and various assorted daily perks.

Such as unique commemorative medals, distinctive uniform designs, mandatory salutations from ordinary passersby, obligatory courtesies from officials everywhere, invitations to various conferences and festivals, and so on.

These minor perks are not necessities, and the Empire need not incur great cost, yet they excellently showcase a sense of superiority—'what others lack, I have'—thereby greatly satisfying the vanity of young mages.

This tactic is also very effective, greatly stimulating the mages' work enthusiasm.

Because the overwhelming majority, after meeting basic survival needs, continually pursue better 'gear comparison.'

Subsequently, Luosen returned to his own laboratory with this powerful spell achievement and began focusing on forging his new magical instrument.

He has two advantages: first, he can enlist Laifu's assistance; second, he can proceed without regard to cost.

Thus, he can operate right up to the theoretical calculation limits.

Of course, he did not forget to forge an elemental body for Beilu Dandi.

The two tasks progress in parallel.

About four months later, Luosen optimized his power to Legendary 19 and crafted three powerful gadgets.

The first is an 8‑centimeter‑sided mountain Rubik's Cube, together with a Super‑Gigantic Soul Defensive Spell titled "Wall of the Soul's Sigh."

When used, Laifu can control it within one second, employing multi‑line parallel combination casting to channel 900,000 Luosen of Legendary‑19 peak mana into the Wall of the Soul's Sigh.

Alternatively, within ten seconds, up to 8 million Luosen of power can be poured in.

Luosen believes that once the spell is activated, any Void God's soul strike is merely a tickle; even the soul shockwave generated by a nuclear bomb within the magical ring can be hard‑resisted.

The second is the "High‑Energy Soft Krypton Cloak," paired with a Super‑Gigantic Hardened Spell.

It is specifically for defending against elemental attacks.

The cloak is thick and spacious, comes with a hood, and feels soft and comfortable in normal use.

When needed, using the Transformation Technique to envelop the whole body and then strengthening it with magic, it can form a solid krypton fortress that hard‑resists nuclear bombs.

Even if a nuclear bomb lands nearby, as long as its yield is under 50,000 tons, it can be outright blocked.

If the distance exceeds one kilometer, even a multi‑million‑ton solar explosion would leave it unharmed.

The third is the Super Solar Core, containing a full kilogram of solar essence, capable of outputting up to 3 million Luosen of power per second and maintaining it for ten years.

This device is specifically designed to power various Super‑Gigantic Spells.

Besides that, of course there are numerous smaller gadgets, a miscellaneous collection of over a dozen items.

Such as pocket oxygen‑circulation bottles, ultra‑compressed biscuits, anti‑interference phase transmitters, high‑energy krypton revolvers, and so on, all crafted to handle various emergencies.

At this point, two months remained before the appointed date, but Luosen planned to meet Adela early.

Because he had some new ideas on this trip.

Just before departing, Luosen asked Beilu Dandi, "How is it? Is the new body adapting?"

Beilu Dandi was circling beside the mirror, observing the elemental body, occasionally reaching out to touch it, with an involuntary look of fascination on the face.

"Much, much better than I imagined—truly flawless."

Luosen laughed, "Flawless is a stretch; there are still quite a few shortcomings."

He pointed to the nearby equipment, "Your soul strength is now at level 15; put on these artifacts and come with me to the Lost Plane for a trip."

These artifacts are essentially what Luosen carries, except the Super Solar Core is replaced with a 'Ghost Resonance Core,' which can draw power from the Super Solar Core that Luosen carries.

Of course, to prevent any mishaps, Luosen still gave her an individual small Sun Heart to maintain the daily basic consumption of her high‑energy elemental body.

Beilu Dandi immediately complied: "The Lost Plane is surely lively."

"Indeed."

"Just the two of us going?"

"Not exactly; the Life God Clan will accompany us."

"Oh~ That's really unexpected."

Beilu Dandi asked again: "As for the affairs of the Holy Elven Empire, Your Majesty, have you abandoned them?"

Luosen shrugged: "Of course not; I'm just waiting for the right moment."

"What kind of moment?"

Naturally, it's waiting for the kinfolk faction led by the Moon God Duola to thoroughly suppress those arrogant and conceited Elven Supremacists, and to reverse the hostile atmosphere among the Elven Empire's populace toward humanity.

According to the current progress, it's estimated to take several years, so for now it's still early.

Beilu Dandi was just asking casually; after getting the answer, she began putting on her equipment.

Luosen added: "This time we'll encounter the War God Clan."

"I know."

"I'll find an opportunity to capture your mother. As for your father, I'll spare his life, but I can't guarantee anything for the other War God Clan members."

Beilu Dandi nodded: "That's enough."

Seeing her ready, Luosen said: "Let's go; we'll head to the Life God Realm first."

(End of chapter)