Chapter 274

Chapter 273 Special Permanent Defense Field Magic

Chapter 273 Special Permanent Defensive Force Field Magic

Locke was in the Everdusk Garden, and he didn’t know how long he had been fighting. Even the [Cortical Charging Plug], [Cycad Purple Intoxication], and [Spiritual Spring Soul Surge Potion] that were left over from the last battle were all used up, but he killed so many people that the front of the manor was full of rubble.

All the memory fragments belonging to the first-ring wizards poured into his mind and became Locke’s own.

From these memory fragments, Locke even sorted out what the permanent defensive force field of this first-ring wizard was during his lifetime. It was the first-ring magic [Stone Legion] of the Transfiguration School.

Therefore, as long as he is in a place, the statues and stone statues in that place will automatically be given [continuously changing forms], thus gaining [action capabilities] sufficient to destroy any enemy.

Even if there is no stone statue in a place, this formal wizard can use the spells of the school of Transfiguration during his lifetime to easily use the surrounding materials to create the statue he wants out of thin air.

This is the power of the permanent defense force field magic. Even if it is all one-ring magic, the permanent defense force field occupies the important soul structure of the wizard – the magic pressure level, so its consumption is very small and the casting speed is very fast.

The type of permanent defensive force field magic often determines most of a wizard’s combat effectiveness.

Many wizards learn and develop spells after the first level to assist their own permanent defensive magic.

This is also what Locke realized during the battle in this secret realm.

When the bell in the clock tower rang for the third time, time was reset again.

Driven by the spell model of [Every Tree and Grass Sees Enemies], the Black Sword Bamboo once again collided with the two-handed sword in the hands of the expressionless angel statue soldier.

Locke noticed that the other party’s overall level had indeed improved a bit.

This meant that it took some effort to deal with such a small stone soldier.

But as of now, these stone soldiers that have been reset for the third time are still within the range that he can deal with.

Locke quickly retreated, but for a moment, he was stunned. “This feeling is…”

“These statues have transformed three times! Is there no limit to the strengthening of this permanent defensive force field [Stone Statue Legion] of the first-ring shapeshifter?”

“Why can time within this secret realm be reset over and over again? This secret realm follows the magical rules of that First Ring wizard’s lifetime, and this isn’t even his prime. Calm down. The Transfiguration School shouldn’t have the ability to truly alter time. The ability to alter time now is probably because this is a secret realm.”

“You must think calmly to find a way out. This is the true meaning behind this secret realm.”

During the battle, in the ever-changing situation, the black iron sword in Locke’s hand was covered with an invisible layer of magic power. That layer of magic power was like a rubber band, connecting the rare magic plant in Locke’s hand with the two-handed sword in the hand of the angel statue soldier, and began to stretch when Locke retreated.

When it was stretched to the extreme, the invisible rubber band transformed by the transformation magic suddenly pulled Locke himself over.

At the same time, two stone soldiers transformed into eagles attacked Locke’s chest with their sharp claws, trying to kill him.

At the critical moment, Locke took out three Rotten Earth Konjac Kings from the Star Ring, and used the [Mayfly Firework Cannon] to let the three rare magic plants bombard the statue soldiers repeatedly, and he used scorched earth bombs to blow up the attacking stone soldiers.

Locke seized the opportunity and used the natural magic eye on his forehead to sweep across the statue soldier who had locked him with his transformation magic power, and blasted it into pieces.

In this way, the super rubber band formed by the transformation energy between it and itself will break by itself.

Otherwise, it would be too troublesome to deal with. You would either have to give up the magic plant in your hand or be led by the other party.

A larger fragment of memory fell into Locke’s mind.

Locke’s eyes narrowed. “I see. I understand.”

“The strength of the stone soldiers driven by Transfiguration has its limits. Stone soldiers can’t keep getting stronger. Although three transformations may seem incredible, they can’t be that powerful. So, it’s actually me who’s getting weaker.”

Locke looked down at the manor and saw a huge Transfiguration School magic circle rising from the ground. “The essence of Transfiguration magic is [changing form], so even I am constantly changing form.”

“Time is unique and holds a very high position in Transfiguration Magic. Time is a measure of whether an object has transformed,” Locke recalled the basics of Transfiguration Magic from his course on everything. “Everything changes under the scale of time. Without time, there would be no change.”

“Therefore, all the changes in time I felt before were all hints of the magic within this secret realm. This magic circle also quietly changed my perception of time.”

“Similarly, my strength and speed have been slowed by this magic circle’s continuous transformation of my form.” Locke pondered, “This is an advanced application of transfiguration magic. It’s a first-level magic [Weakening Circle] that this first-level wizard used to strengthen his permanent defensive force field magic [Stone Legion] when he was alive.”

“Unfortunately, even within this echo, this first-ring magic is incredibly weak. It can’t even handle me.”

Locke is very excited now. In this secret realm, it is as if there is a first-ring wizard fighting a guidance battle with him. During the battle, the wizard inspires his thinking, forces him to think, and opens up his wisdom.

To some extent, this is the true meaning of this secret realm to wizards.

And Locke also felt it unconsciously.

The time of a first-ring wizard is very precious, and not everyone can enjoy it. A first-ring wizard dissects his own magic and wastes so many resources on himself, just to tell himself about the way of first-ring magic.

Locke used the blood of ancient creatures to strengthen his flying magic plant and increase its flying speed. At the same time, he circled three times over the manor and stopped all attacking actions.

This unusual behavior made the guarding wizard who was observing secretly feel a little puzzled.

“What’s going on? What does that kid want to do? Has he given up?”

“That saves me the trouble.”

“He has transformed three times already. This time, the wizard secret realm consumed too many magical resources. Trouble, if it weren’t for Harlan Vera’s face, I would have kicked him out long ago.”

“That little girl didn’t even make it through the first round. This is the fighting level of an ordinary white wizard. This boy’s fighting level made me think he was an undercover agent from the dark wizard’s side.”

The guardian wizard saw Locke spin several times in the air. The stone statues flying behind him were getting faster and faster. Just when they were about to catch up with Locke, leaving him with no escape, Locke suddenly made a sharp turn and crashed directly into… the center of the manor, the clock tower!

The guardian wizard was shocked. “Oh no, what is he going to do!”

“Stop it!”

At this moment, above the secret realm, Locke’s eyes were firm, his pupils had completely turned into vertical pupils, and his combat IQ was activated to the limit.

While comparing himself with the first-ring wizard from a distance, Locke thought about the key to transformation magic – the ruler.

All shapeshifters have a ruler to measure whether they are being transformed. Without this ruler, they cannot tell whether they have been transformed or not.

Only if this ruler still exists can the transformation magic not get out of control. A large number of shapeshifters have permanently transformed into some kind of magical creatures because their ruler has disappeared.

The invention of the ruler in transformation magic has greatly improved the combat effectiveness and safety of transformation magic, but as long as the ruler is destroyed, the transformation magic will be seriously disturbed or even destroyed.

During the battle, Locke was constantly thinking about how to destroy the opponent’s ruler.

The other party’s ruler is most likely the clock tower in front of us.

It is likely that his own attack power is not enough to destroy the bell tower, so he has to rely on this army of stone statues that are no longer controlled by anyone and are running automatically.

Locke’s burning pea bullets were fired at the clock tower, but they were all blocked by a layer of magic defense shield on the surface of the clock tower. Seeing that his magic attack could not break the clock tower, Locke took the initiative to cancel the flying magic, which made him fall directly from the air and plummet to the ground.

Like a meteorite.

But because of this, he avoided the army of stone statues chasing him from behind in the air. Since Locke was very close to the clock tower, the birds of prey transformed from the stone statues could not stop, and with inertia and stone claws, they directly attacked the clock tower.

“Bang~”

The stone claws of the stone statue army collided with those of the bell tower.

The guardian wizard in the magical mist was almost furious. “It’s over. He’s a student. Even if he damaged the secret realm, do we really want him to pay for it? No way. But I have to pay for it.”

“This kid, is he going to destroy this secret realm that I’m guarding?”

“Is he still the honest, law-abiding white wizard?”

The guardian wizard hurriedly used magic to try to maintain this secret realm, and kept opening magic circles to attract more magic power from the sunflower garden and pour it into the secret realm, trying to use a large amount of magic power to maintain this secret realm.

The consumption at this moment almost drove the guardian wizard crazy.

At the same time, because Locke instantly released the flying magic at high altitude, he was equivalent to falling directly from a height of 100 meters. He climbed out of the mud pit and rubbed his face.

Because of the ancient biological blood transformation he had undergone, he would not die even if he fell from a height of 100 meters. He would not even suffer any fractures, only soft tissue contusions in many parts of his body.

He looked up and saw that the clock tower at the highest point of the manor had indeed begun to collapse.

Locke watched the scene with great interest. “What will happen?”

“This shapeshifter is a formal wizard. Does he have any backup plans?”

“It was really interesting to fight with a first-ring wizard. It really broadened my horizons.”

It was seen that because the bell tower was half collapsed, a large amount of magic of the stone statue army was out of control. The foundation of modern transformation magic is different from that of ancient transformation magic. Ancient transformation magic did not have a ruler system, but now the transformation magic system has a [ruler].

As the ruler fell, the transformation magic began to collapse on a large scale.

The individuals in this legion of stone statues began to shatter one by one.

I don’t know how many crystals exploded from the bodies of these stone soldiers. Some of these crystals were triangular, some were cubes, and some were polygons.

At the same time, fragments of memory poured into Locke’s mind as if they were free, and in a short period of time, Locke greatly improved his understanding of the first-ring wizard.

There was even so much information pouring in at once that a lot of it was lost.

Locke had an idea and took out the bottle of Eye Demon Lord potion from the Star Ring and drank it directly.

I have memorized all the formula and cooking techniques for the Eye Demon Lord’s potion, so there is no point in keeping it. It would be better to drink it and improve my mental strength.

Moreover, the Eye Demon Lord Potion has a side effect, which can enhance one’s mental sensitivity and mental perception to a greater extent than the Eye Demon Potion, and this happens to be helpful when one is accepting these large amounts of memories.

In an instant, Locke suffered the huge side effects of the Eye Demon Lord potion. His self-perception completely changed to that of an Eye Demon Lord floating in the air, and he quickly gained all the memories.

With the help of the Eye Demon Lord’s potion, many tiny memory fragments that flashed by and were originally impossible to capture by the wizard apprentice attracted Locke’s attention.

“Um?”

“Is this a research project on a variable single-ring permanent defense force field? A special research project of Lilith’s Hut five hundred years ago?” Locke seized the fleeting moment and quickly grasped the important information from this complex and fragmentary information.

“This is such a pleasant surprise. I didn’t expect to have such a reward.”

In this huge infusion of memory fragments, Locke, with the extremely enhanced perception of the Eye Demon Lord potion, supplemented an abnormal memory fragment.

Locke learned from this memory fragment that five hundred years ago, Foucault had worked with a first-ring crystallized wizard from Lilith’s hut on a dangerous but interesting project, which was to develop a deformable and permanent defensive force field for first-ring wizards.

By crossing transformation magic with plant magic, he tried to find a botanical permanent defense field magic that could change himself to a certain extent.

This kind of project is very meaningful. If it succeeds, it will be an experiment to change the existing situation in the southeast corner.

A permanent defensive force field magic that can relatively change itself is of unimaginable significance. It can completely turn Lilith’s cottage into a holy place of botanical magic.

But the experiment of this project failed until the end.

Moreover, that special project caused a huge ethical crisis.

Because in that special project, Foucault and another first-ring wizard, Cliff Lewis, actually used the souls of a large number of first-class wizard apprentices for experiments, and even experimented on the souls of some first-ring wizard colleagues without their knowledge.

This led to a serious incident in which many wizards died, and the laboratory was eventually sealed.

But Locke learned from Foucault’s memory that their experiment was very close to success, but they could not solve the last problem [the problem of closer connection between the magic plant and the wizard] until the end, so the experiment failed.

In addition, the serious ethical crisis at the time ruined the reputations of the two men, so they could only die in depression due to the failure of their research, which made Foucault regretful until his death.

Moreover, according to the requirements of the association, his memory of this experiment was originally to be erased by a first-level wizard of the School of Psychic Studies using special magic.

This is the association’s punishment and requirement for him.

But Wizard Foucault, using a special one-ring transformation magic, actually transformed and concealed this part of his mind, and also hid the specific location of his and his colleague Cliff Lewis’s research site in this part of his memory.

(End of this chapter)