Chapter 162: 166.Chapter 166 Armored Orchid Knight? No, it's the Brainhole Knight

166. Chapter 166 Armored Orchid Knight? No, it's the Brainhole Knight.

It's been a long time since such an interesting little guy appeared.

Outside the secret mirror, Lao Bu Si watched Lin Ke sink into deep sleep and let out a sigh.

With his level and eyesight, how could he fail to see what the 'seed' hidden in Lin Ke's sea of consciousness is?

With his status and rank, a brief check revealed Lin Ke's identity and the origin of the 'seed'.

"It turns out to be a 'foreign' soul; no wonder the academy let you have an 'otherworld' seed."

Lao Bu Si, since his lifespan was nearing its end and breakthrough hopeless, has sat here for over a decade, and it's been a long time since he last communicated with anyone.

Upon encountering something slightly more interesting, he couldn't help muttering to himself:

"Are you planning to cultivate it into a 'domain', a 'gate', or perhaps be bold and cultivate it into a 'world'?"

"Come to think of it, cultivating it into a 'world' is still the best."

"But you must watch over it closely and make it grow quickly."

"Don't let all your hard work go to waste by having it plucked away."

"That would be so uneconomical."

"What about a lifetime of painstaking effort?"

Perhaps it was because extreme stillness breeds motion, or perhaps he wanted to add some obstruction to the academy that had 'squeezed' him his whole life, especially its pure-blood faction.

Lao Bu Si suddenly had the thought of playing a trick.

Once this idea popped up, it wouldn't go away, firmly occupying Lao Bu Si's mind.

The old man lets loose his youthful fervor.

Anyway, it's just a casual flick of the finger.

His profound gaze lingered for a moment on the unknown, and Lao Bu Si gave a faint sneer:

"If you want to play, then play; I'm an old man with no descendants to look after, so what's there to fear? Spending a lifetime hesitating, then going crazy at the brink of death isn't so bad."

Saying this, Lao Bu Si reached out and pointed at Lin Ke, who was sound asleep in the secret realm.

A streak of emerald light pierced Lin Ke's brow and entered his sea of consciousness.

Disregarding the defense of the Brain Seal Technique and the confusion of the Hall of Thought, it precisely shot into the true form of the 'seed' beneath the lake.

An intense vitality surged forth, spreading to every part of the 'seed'.

As the spirit of the primal seed, Fu Lan Duo, who slept alongside Lin Ke, and the 'seed' itself all benefited simultaneously.

Her figure instantly swelled to over ten times its size, then instantly contracted back to its original size.

From the outside, it appeared as if nothing had changed.

But upon close observation, one would see that Fu Lan Duo's previous life form was too ethereal, like wispy smoke that a gust could blow away.

Now she is akin to a real person.

No, not merely akin.

Fu Lan Duo is now a true living being, not a puppet-like 'spirit'.

A spark of liveliness has appeared in her eyes.

All of this—whether the changes in the 'seed' or her own qualitative shift—Fu Lan Duo remained unaware, still deep in sleep.

This is also quite normal.

How could the methods of the foremost sixth-level sage in the Wizard World be seen through by Fu Lan Duo?

After doing these things, Lao Bu Si did not continue to 'pull up seedlings to help them grow'; instead, he returned to his former statue-like state, indifferent to everything in the world.

Time passed slowly.

Three days later, Lin Ke awoke under the urging of his biological clock.

He felt refreshed and exceptionally comfortable.

Lin Ke straightened his waist, twisted a few times, and moved his body.

Then he woke Fu Lan Duo and ordered, "Swallow it."

"All right, sir."

Fu Lan Duo obediently agreed, controlling the 'seed' to launch an 'attack' on the Armored Orchid seed.

The Armored Orchid seed had already, when Lin Ke imprinted his natal witchcraft, turned from substance to illusion and entered his sea of consciousness.

The greatest difference between the natal witchcraft 'Armored Orchid Battle Armor' and the ordinary first-circle witchcraft 'Armored Orchid Battle Armor' lies precisely here.

The natal witchcraft 'Armored Orchid Battle Armor' requires no casting material.

The ordinary first-circle witchcraft 'Armored Orchid Battle Armor' consumes a precious Armored Orchid seed each time it is cast.

Aside from that, there are huge differences in casting time and casting effect.

Natal witchcraft undoubtedly overwhelms ordinary witchcraft in every aspect.

Soon, the 'seed' devoured the Armored Orchid seed.

The speed far exceeded Lin Ke's earlier calculations.

"What's going on?"

Lin Ke exclaimed in surprise, quite puzzled.

"The calculation results could not possibly be wrong!"

"With multithreaded thinking, Fu Lan Duo gathered the 'seed's' source power; under these two boosts, how could there still be a miscalculation?"

"Lin Ke might as well just bump his head on a block of tofu and kill himself."

So, it must be that during his sleep, the 'seed' underwent some change.

Focusing his attention and carefully sensing, Lin Ke still couldn't pinpoint where the change was; he only had a strange feeling.

It was as if the connection between him and the 'seed', which had previously been separated by a membrane, was now direct and thorough.

More fitting, more tight, more deep.

Then carefully observe Fulan Duo.

The memory palace retrieves all memories of Fulan Duo, comparing them one by one.

Lin Ke suddenly discovered the change.

The original Fulan Duo gave Lin Ke the feeling of being like a paper person, somewhat illusory and unreal, not like a real person.

Therefore, Lin Ke treated Fulan Duo as if she were an AI.

Now Fulan Duo stands gracefully, giving Lin Ke the feeling of being an extremely real little girl.

Moreover, she is an independent life.

She can break free from the "seed" and enter the real world.

This discovery stirred up waves in Lin Ke's heart.

During these three days of his sleep, perhaps some big shot from an academy did something to him.

From the current perspective, it is entirely a good thing.

The permission he held over the "seed" seems to have changed from usage rights to ownership.

Fulan Duo's essence has been enhanced, and the help she can provide in the future will undoubtedly be greater.

But, matters involving the "big shot" are never that simple.

Lin Ke intuitively felt that he had become a pawn of a certain big shot.

One does not know what purpose this unseen big shot wishes to achieve through him.

Just hope it's not too difficult.

Sigh……

Lin Ke let out a barely audible sigh, gathered his thoughts, and pretended he hadn't noticed this.

Otherwise, what could he do?

Clearing his thoughts, Lin Ke continued to implement the plan based on the "seed" devouring the characteristics of the Armored Orchid Seed to cast his life-bound witchcraft.

In the sea of consciousness.

Lake, lakeside library.

Above the lake, a sphere inscribed with the life-bound witchcraft "Armored Orchid Battle Armor" floats in midair, an illusion.

Below the lake also lies a sphere inscribed with the life-bound witchcraft "Armored Orchid Battle Armor", the actual body.

The "seed" entity resides below the lake, while its illusion floats above the lake.

The "Armored Orchid Seed" exists only above the lake, and is an illusion.

With a thought from Lin Ke, the entity of the "seed" beneath the lake flashed a faint glimmer.

The life-bound witchcraft inscription on the meditation law sphere was stimulated by this glimmer and immediately activated.

Click-click sounds rang out in succession.

Within less than 10 microseconds.

A single "Armored Orchid" first drilled out from Lin Ke's brow, then "bloomed", splitting into two paths.

One path extends downward from the brow, covering the cheeks, neck, collarbone, arms, chest and abdomen, wrapping the triangular area, extending from the front of the thigh to the toes;

The other path goes upward from the brow, covering the head, then down the back of the neck to shield the back and hips, extending from the back of the thigh to the heel, and also wrapping the soles of the feet.

The "Armored Orchid Battle Armor" is thus "worn" complete.

The donning process and visual effect were not as cool as Lin Ke had imagined, like the nanotech armor in Iron Man's Avengers 3.

Yet it achieved the segmented, box-like visual impact of the suitcase armor in Tin Man 2.

Moreover, it was faster and smoother.

The streamlined armor enveloped Lin Ke's entire body, forming an internal circulation.

Endurance, recovery, self-healing, and multi-terrain combat ability greatly increased. Defensive ability was comprehensively enhanced, with even the eyes and chin receiving tight protection.

It can be called flawless, with no blind spots.

Waterproof, fireproof, and tough.

Except for defensive strength slightly inferior to the metal and earth systems' class-1 defensive witchcraft, everything else can be called perfect.

Even without wearing the "Defender 3202" set, Lin Ke feels he can absolutely withstand Iris's barrage without changing expression.

If he wears the "Defender 3202" set, stacking defenses, perhaps a present Lin Ke could slaughter all members of the "Pureblood Will" during the Two Districts Grand Comparison.

This is a qualitative improvement.

After some time, once body and soul adapt to the changes brought by the life-bound witchcraft, life essence undergoes a leap, advancing to first-rank official witch.

Lin Ke alone could slaughter all Northern District apprentices during the Two Districts Grand Comparison.

The gap between witch apprentices and official witches is exactly this large.

But, the armor can't just be for defense, right?

It should meet the needs of all-weather, all-terrain combat.

Sensing the various defensive effects of the "Armored Orchid Battle Armor", a flicker of doubt arose in Lin Ke's mind.

What about flight ability and attack ability?

How come there isn't even one?

Is it necessary to equip corresponding magical tools, or are there complementary flight and attack witchcraft to be learned?

Limited by his status, Lin Ke previously couldn't find much information about first-ring witchcraft, let alone obtain a scroll of the first-ring witchcraft model.

He is not very knowledgeable about this area.

Therefore, this doubt can only be resolved after leaving the cultivation secret realm.

As for now……

As soon as the thought moves, the zero-ring witchcraft thorn whip lash is cast out.

This casting is very different from previous multiple castings.

Lin Ke only summoned two thorns, thick and long, holding them in his hand.

Wearing armor similar to a tin man's, with a whip-like shape indented.

With a crack.

He flicked his right hand, shaking the thick, long thorn, whipping the air, producing a crisp sound.

Where the thorn tip touches, he follows up with another thorn wrap cast.

Only to see a smaller cluster of thorns sprout from the tip of the thick, long thorn, quickly tightly wrapping around the imagined enemy.

Then his left hand likewise flicked, swinging the thick, long thorn to lash out, mercilessly whipping.

This isn't over yet.

False natal witchcraft, 'continuous casting', 'parallel casting'.

From his chest shot out one fist-sized water ball after another.

Poof, poof, poof, poof...

Emitting a continuous attack like an automatic rifle.

Immediately after releasing the thorn in his right hand, he opened his five fingers, palm facing forward.

Sharp leaf arrows shot rapidly from his fingertips.

Thick, sturdy wooden spikes shot from his palm, thrusting forward forcefully.

The attack came like waves, one after another, without cease.

Then followed dozens of zero-ring witchcrafts, regardless of attack, defense, or function type, all cast out one by one.

"Playing" was most enjoyable.

Anyway, mental power and magic power replenish as used, no need to worry about consumption.

"Playing" for a while, Lin Ke dispelled all casting states, even putting away the "Ailan Battle Armor".

No matter how combined, the attack power of zero-ring witchcraft still falls short.

It doesn't match up to the one-ring natal witchcraft "Ailan Battle Armor".

It seems we still need to leave the secret realm to find some witchcraft implements and one-ring witchcraft better suited to pair with the "Ailan Battle Armor".

The so-called natal witchcraft is the core of a first-rank official witch.

Not building one's witchcraft system and implement pairing around natal witchcraft is purely foolish behavior.

Lin Ke certainly doesn't want to be a fool.

Feeling a bit tired from standing, Lin Ke sat cross-legged, resting his chin on his right hand, lost in thought.

This time entering the apprentice-rank cultivation secret realm, the original goals were two.

One is to reach mental power 99 and achieve the fourth layer of the "Water-Wood Mutual Growth Meditation Method";

Two is to imprint the natal witchcraft "Ailan Battle Armor";

Now not only have both goals been achieved, but there's also an unexpected joy: realizing the brainstorm of casting natal witchcraft based on the "seed".

This foray into the cultivation secret realm can be called very fulfilling.

Even the cultivation secret realm still has more than six days left.

One can do other things.

What?

Leave early?

Only a fool would leave early.

Such a hard-won opportunity must not be wasted.

Next time wanting to enter the cultivation secret realm, who knows when the year of the monkey and month of the horse will bring a chance.

So, what should we do then?

Idling with nothing to do, Lin Ke simply summoned the "seed" from his sea of consciousness, letting Fulan Duo join him in thinking.

"Old master, I've thought of it."

Not long after, Fulan Duo cried out crisply, her face very excited.

She felt that her idea would surely earn the old master's strong praise.

"Speak."

Lin Ke lazily responded.

He didn't have high expectations.

Surely it can't be that you always have good ideas and brainstorms while I, the old master, get nothing?

Your knowledge is still what I shared with you.

"Old master, since we can cast natal witchcraft based on the 'seed', can we not also meditate based on the 'seed'? Anyway, your meditation method's structure is now a ball."

Fulan Duo's brainstorm is truly fantastical, boundless.

Casting natal witchcraft based on the "seed" is because the "seed" can swallow and digest the "Ailan seed", inheriting all its traits.

How could the "seed" possibly swallow and digest the meditation method's structure?

Lin Ke couldn't help finding it somewhat amusing.

Laughing, laughing, Lin Ke's expression gradually stiffened.

Why wouldn't it be possible?

What is the essence of the "seed"?

The world-origin seed!

What is the essence of the meditation method?

It is the transformation of the virtual and the real, of energy and matter!

The world is real, the origin is virtual.

The "seed" lies between the virtual and the real.

Why is it impossible to meditate based on the "seed"?

The more he thought, the brighter Lin Ke's eyes became.

It seems…… really feasible!

"Fulan Duo, you're great! Very good!"

In his excitement, Lin Ke did not forget the great contributor, repeatedly praising them.

"Hehe……"

Fulan Duo received praise, smiling sweetly, her face full of pride and satisfaction.

Lin Ke very much wanted to immediately put this brainstorm into practice, but this is not a mature and steady approach.

We still need to first gather relevant data, derive a highly feasible plan, then discuss implementation.

"Fulan Duo, the 'seed' has undergone some changes; recently you should carefully explore these changes and make full use of whatever can be utilized."

Lin Ke once again revealed the ugly face of a capitalist, ruthlessly driving child labor.

"All right, master, I'll get busy right away."

Fulan Duo readily agreed, hopping out of the much brighter dwelling, beginning to busy herself throughout the "world".

Lin Ke withdrew the "seed" into his sea of consciousness, continuing to ponder the brainstorm proposed by Fulan Duo.

Looking forward to using another "multithreaded thinking" state card.

Accustomed to the supercomputing state, his brain usually appears dull.

Like an idiot.