Chapter 128

Very good, skip.

As a low-level monster, even if a Puji was equipped with [Mana Storage], it only had one mana node in the center, which had no reference value at all.

Opening the second chapter, it talked about endogenous mana and environmental mana.

Hmm... endogenous mana was probably his own blue bar, and environmental mana was the active mana in the surroundings that could be drawn.

The process of casting a spell was to construct an effective spell path in the body with endogenous mana, and then draw in environmental mana to finally achieve the spell effect; Puji could only achieve this through magic crystals.

The book also mentioned that spell power = endogenous path efficiency x environmental mana concentration.

This also explained why the Gold-tier mage in the fog was so strong; it was purely because the environmental mana was too enriched; just by mobilizing it casually, it was several times the mana amount of the outside world.

Similarly, the general function of magic crystals was to gather the surrounding free mana, making the environmental mana more concentrated when casting spells.

As for endogenous path efficiency, it seemed to be linked to the magic level.

High-level magic had so-called minimum casting requirements; if the path efficiency didn't meet the standard, one couldn't use it even after learning the spell model.

Continuing to flip back, there were some basic structural models.

Don't say, the opening of this book was really easy to understand, but as he continued to flip back, the situation took a turn for the worse.

The single-ring structure and double-helix structure at the beginning, although looking a bit complicated, were still within the range of being able to be understood.

Quickly flipping to the back, he found that there were also multiple overlapping models, triangular linkage models, and the like; after a rough look, it made Lin Jun immediately regain the feeling of studying advanced mathematics...

Looking back at the title of the book, "Foundations of General Spell Construction."

This was foundation?

Lin Jun didn't believe it; were all the mages in this world top students?

Closing this book, he opened another one, "Common Fire Magic Models (Tiers 1-3)."

Sure enough, limiting it to within 3 tiers, it felt like there was no knowledge that was beyond the syllabus.

Lin Jun chose a Tier 2 magic, Fireball, to study.

Although Lin Jun hadn't used a single spell until now, in fact, [Mana Control] was already at the lv5 level.

This was naturally all thanks to the credit of [Greed] and the selfless dedication of the adventurers.

Due to the need for spellcasting, a specially made magic Puji was generated.

[Mana Storage lv7] + [Mana Control lv5] + [Fire Magic lv5]

The three basic skills required for spellcasting were complete, and he equipped the Puji with a D-level magic crystal to be used as an external spellcasting device.

He couldn't count on the Puji to cast spells automatically; with these skills, the Puji didn't have knowledge related to spell models, and everything was Lin Jun's manual operation.

Controlling magic Puji No. 1 to use [Mana Control lv5] to outline the Tier 2 magic model could be said to be quite easy.

But because it was the first time casting a spell, Lin Jun still spent 10 minutes connecting the spell path of the Fireball in the magic crystal.

The last path completed the closed loop, and under Lin Jun's traction, mana indeed gathered toward the magic crystal in large quantities!

The temperature of the magic crystal rose rapidly!

Hmm?

Wasn't it a Fireball? Why did the magic crystal temperature rise?

Before Lin Jun could figure it out, the magic crystal directly turned into a fireball, burned off the mycelial tentacles, fell to the ground, and was still continuing to heat up!

The abrupt explosion sound flashed and disappeared in the mushroom forest, and also flashing and disappearing were that magic Puji and 10 square meters of fungal mat...

Damn, the magic crystal was roasted and exploded, was that okay?

Where did the problem go wrong? Lin Jun saw that other people's spells were formed outside the magic crystal.

Fortunately, the two books were placed far away and weren't damaged.

Another Puji ran out from the forest, helping Lin Jun flip through the textbook again.

Half an hour later, Lin Jun finally figured it out.

He was only focused on constructing the magic path and forgot to connect another exit for it; just now, the mana circulated repeatedly in the path and finally exploded after exceeding the limit.

Having learned the lesson, magic Puji No. 2 finally successfully rubbed out the first Fireball in Lin Jun's mushroom life.

Launch!

The fireball hit a mushroom tree and blew a hole about two meters in diameter.

!

Successfully casting a spell for the first time, Lin Jun couldn't hide his excitement, controlling magic Puji No. 2 to use Fireball many more times in succession.

He was using it more and more smoothly; from the initial 10 minutes to construct one Fireball, to now being able to rub it out in tens of seconds.

And Lin Jun was very sure that this time could continue to be shortened with practice!

The mushroom tree in front of him as a target was already riddled with holes; fortunately, there was a fat Puji filled with water nearby to extinguish the fire at any time, otherwise, it would have burned a large area long ago.

After using Fireball again, magic Puji No. 2 suddenly died.

Hmm?

Checked it... mana used up, starved to death...

Unlike humans, whose mana being empty would at most cause dizziness and fainting, for monsters like Puji that relied on mana to act, excessive mana consumption would cause them to hang up directly.

Even with [Mycelial Reorganization], it couldn't be resurrected; although the corpse looked complete, in fact, most of the mycelium inside had starved to death, which belonged to the damage degree exceeding the standard and couldn't be repaired, so it could only be thrown into the swamp for recycling.

Lin Jun thought for a moment and felt that this problem could be solved by having the Puji connect its tentacles to the fungal mat, replenishing mana while casting spells, so he wouldn't be afraid of suddenly using it up.

The small episode didn't affect Lin Jun's enthusiasm for casting spells, and soon magic Puji No. 3 took over the post from its predecessor.

One day later.

The magic Puji held the magic crystal, the surrounding mana surged, and 10 seconds later, a Fireball was blasted out.

This time the power was a bit larger than the initial one, and the diameter of the explosion reached 3 meters.

However, Lin Jun wasn't very satisfied.

10 seconds, this time was still too long for combat.

You know, the mushroom cannon only needed less than two seconds from aiming to firing.

Other human adventurers casting spells in battle generally could rub it out within two or three seconds.

After all, when constructing spells, mages couldn't move around for stability; a reading time that was too long was a living target in battle, pure suicide.

But the problem was, rubbing out a Fireball in two or three seconds was the result of years of practice by others; Lin Jun had only been playing with magic for one day, and 10 seconds was the current limit.

Afterward, he could only rely on constant practice, bitter grinding of hand feel to shorten the spellcasting time...

No, I've already used [Greed] to open a cheat, why do I still have to brush questions to improve?

Weren't there any skills similar to quick casting? After thinking about it, it seemed he really hadn't seen one.

Then were there any methods to quickly outline spell models?

Speaking of which, could he directly draw the spell model in the Puji's body to cast spells?

Bang—

Magic Puji... he didn't know what number, anyway, daily loss +1.

The cow-horse Puji ran out from behind the mushroom tree to wash the ground, cleaning up the Puji fragments all over the ground.

Sure enough, magic wasn't that simple.

The method of crudely pinching the spell model directly into the Puji's body didn't work; it either couldn't be released or exploded after mana overload.

He didn't know where the problem was.

Although he had expected it long ago, Lin Jun still couldn't stop feeling disappointed.

After all, if every spell required Lin Jun to spend a lot of time practicing, then the practical value of spells for him would be greatly reduced.

It was far less practical than practicing skills to a high level.

Looking at the dozen or so magic-related books on the ground.

Could it only be used as a hobby, occasionally rubbing it for fun...

In his helplessness, the title of one of the books attracted Lin Jun's attention again.

Magic Array...? ——

In the employee mushroom house, Norris woke up leisurely.

"I am...?"

The memory was still stuck on the hot soup given by the boss...

"You're awake!"

The blinding strong light made Norris have to cover his eyes.

What was that?

Squinting into a slit, Norris saw it; it was a Puji standing in the light.

No, that Puji itself was light!

"Puji... god?"

Norris didn't know that the Puji in front of him was the crystallization of Lin Jun's life learning—Illumination Puji!

Sitting up in a panic, Norris suddenly felt something stuck in his throat.

"Cough cough!"

[Saliva Arrow lv5]

[Neurotoxin lv4]

The red toxin turned into a water arrow, piercing through the Puji in front of him, and even opened a hole in the mushroom house...

The light Puji flickered twice, the light went out, and it fell into the mushroom house.

Although Puji weren't afraid of neurotoxins, they couldn't stand [Saliva Arrow] directly shooting through their bodies.

Why was the power of his own spit so great?

Looking at the dead Puji, Norris also reacted that this was probably a new variety made by the boss, and he seemed to have caused trouble again.

"Boss... I'm sorry..."

Norris said with a crying face, praying that this Puji wasn't too important, and he wouldn't be locked in the slime room again?

"It... doesn't... matter... Nor... ris..."

The terrifying voice coming from behind almost made Norris roll out.

Crawling to the opposite corner of the mushroom house with his hands and feet, Norris finally looked back and saw clearly what made the sound—a long-strip-shaped Puji...

"Boss... what is this again?"

The long-strip Puji twisted and said: "Sound... generator..., wear... it."

"Wear it? How to wear it?"

Then Norris looked at the Puji wrapped around his neck with a bitter face...

After finally accepting this boss's mouthpiece around his neck, Norris also asked about his changes.

"Boss, what happened, why is my... spit, so powerful?"

Not only did it shoot through the Puji, but it even shot a hole in the mushroom house; it was about the same power as a bow and arrow.

Lin Jun explained to him that he had processed his body again, and now he had more powerful skills!

Powerful skills...

[Saliva Arrow] and [Rolling Charge]?

Putting aside these two suspicious skills, the other items were indeed very useful.

[Acceleration] and [Evasion] made Norris feel as light as a swallow; if he encountered those three adventurers back then, although he wouldn't say he would be unscathed, Norris should be able to beat them by himself.

[Sonic Detection] was a bit hard to evaluate; the skill could indeed detect a large range, but at the same time, because the detection range was too large and there was too much information, every time he used it, Norris's brain would hurt...

Understanding his new body, Norris was happy that he had become stronger again, while also sighing that he was further away from being human.

Looking at his fingernails that had grown longer, he should trim them...

However, Lin Jun felt that he hadn't experienced the new skills yet.

"Norris, you should also try the remaining skill!"

"No need for now, boss..."

Norris's evasive appearance made Lin Jun feel heartbroken.

"What kind of talk is that? How can you guarantee the practicality of a skill without testing it?

Norris, you have to know, this is all for your own good!

Use it, and if there's anything inconvenient, I can help you improve it next time!

What's there to be embarrassed about? In battle, between life and death, are you going to die just because you're embarrassed?"

A series of principles made Norris ashamed, only feeling that his awareness was still too low.

Gritting his teeth!

[Rolling Charge lv7]

"Hahahaha!"

Amidst the boss's inexplicable laughter, Little Black, who was sitting in a shiny little nest, saw a silver big ball rolling past her mushroom house quickly.

With a "bang."

Attracted out by the big shiny thing, what Little Black saw was Norris, curled into a ball, embedded in the rock wall after a car accident, unconscious.

After thinking about it, Little Black pulled Norris out of the rock wall.

She sent him back to his mushroom house, and then happily took a dozen beautiful silver scales back to her little nest.

Little Black discovered that these silver scales stuck to the wall of the mushroom house could make the little nest much brighter, and she hoped that one day she could fill the little nest!

Lin Jun was also very happy.

Skills were really magical; humans could actually roll into that shape!

[Rolling Charge] must have changed some joint structures or muscle toughness on Norris, otherwise, it would be impossible to achieve this effect.

However, after adding so many skills, Norris, this blank sheet of paper, was almost at the end.

The next strengthening would probably be the last round.

Speaking of which, what would happen if a human added [Wake Jet]?

Forget about Norris; next time there's a captive, he can try it.