The Truth of Magic

271 Nine Swords system (1/3)

Anti-magic field!

this 6-circle arcane spell was also a priest 8-circle divine spell.

In the end, the mage community did not use it much. Instead, it was used by various classes to deal with mages.

If a warrior wanted to fight a mage, they had to solve the problem of mobility.

a level 3 or 4 mage had the ability to fly, teleport, and dimensional jump.

Even rich people like Zhao Xu had the buff of Swift burst.

Warriors did not have any instant teleportation skills, so they could not get close to them easily.

at the lower levels, most people believed that distance was the greatest defense.

At the sixth-circle, even the most uneducated mages would be able to learn the core trigger spell.

For a mage of this level to be killed by a warrior in close combat, he must be out of his mind.

in other words, a mage who had used up all his spell slots would not be able to live long enough to continue fighting.

as for the anti-magic field, which had a radius of only three meters, it was a sure-kill skill for warriors against advanced mages.

it was just that most warriors lacked the means to instantly cast the ‘anti-magic field’.

Just like what Zhao Xu knew, a high-level magic storage ring that was worth 90000 gold coins could store a total of 10 magic rings, and the wearer could release all the spells stored in the ring.

It was just that he would have to find a spell caster to store the spells again afterwards, which was very cumbersome.

so even if zhao xu became a legendary wizard, he would still avoid spells like anti-magic field and wizard disjunction that were especially targeted at specific targets.

in the future, he would also build his own defense against these spells, so that he could automatically avoid and counterattack.

Relying on one’s own strength to fight first was in itself the most unreliable performance.

A true wizard had to make sure that when the target spell appeared, the spell combination on his body would automatically respond and solve it.

All of Zhao Xu’s responses, including the starry cloak he was wearing and the evasion ability he would get after combining it with a spell, were all built on spells.

An ‘anti-magic field’ was enough to break through his layers of defense.

moreover, he couldn’t cast spells in the anti-magic field. even if he had monstrous abilities, he had to get out of the three-meter radius.

The ” Iron Heart strength ” that appeared now could help him escape from the ” anti-magic field ” state, as well as a series of corresponding negative states that affected his spellcasting.

it was an ability to forcefully remove negative states.

however, there was no such thing as a free lunch.

the prerequisites for advancing to a profession had stumped countless people.

Even though Zhao Xu could simulate feats, he was still limited by the prerequisites.

at that time, he was able to use his ” potential points ” to simulate ” cleave ” only after he had obtained the additional warrior specialty ” violent attack ” from the level 2 spell ” spirit possession “.

the specialty [ martial arts study ] allowed a layman like him to perform the moves he had chosen once in a short period of time.

The specialty itself was no secret.

The most valuable part of this specialty was the Iron Heart strength, one of the top nine sword moves of the eastern land Empire.

that was what zhao xu had been dreaming of.

But when Zhao Xu looked at the prerequisites for this specialty, he felt a headache coming on.

“The more powerful it is, the more complicated the prerequisites are.” Antonya looked at the expression on Zhao Xu’s face and chuckled.

It was obvious that she knew what Iron Heart strength was.

“mentor, you have this ability too?” zhao xu asked.

“That’s for sure,” Antonya chuckled. as your teacher, I can’t possibly say that you know something and I don’t.

Zhao Xu immediately realized that something was amiss. are the contents of these truth fragments all the same? ”

But Antonya just shook her head. that’s not for sure. I don’t have any specialties, either. I have other resources. you’re wondering where i got the learning method for ‘iron core strength’? ”

“When the Empire of the eastern land was founded, I also contributed a little. Naturally, I know all of their systems by heart, but at that time, I swore an oath that I would not reveal their heritage to the outside world.”

“otherwise, do you really think that i was suppressed by the anti-magic field just now?”

When she saw the look of realization on Zhao Xu’s face, Antonya continued, ” after I activate Ironheart strength, my potential points will automatically recover. At that time, I can also directly recover my spell slots, not to mention that I still have a series of other methods on me.

“Lacus, take a look.” Zhao Xu cursed in his heart.

“hehe, i thought you didn’t do anything.” at this moment, lacus knew that she was in the wrong when she tried to persuade zhao xu to jump on her, so she quickly shrank back and didn’t say anything.

the system of the nine swords of the east was actually named after the nine major martial arts schools: Iron Heart, Stone Dragon, White Crow, desert wind, steel soul, Twilight, devotion, Tiger Claw, Shadow Hand. The moves and stances were also divided into nine levels.

under the nine swords system, there were three basic pugilist classes: military swordsmanship (warblade), sword of heavenly judgment (crusader), and sword of the sage (swordsman). each of them had mastered a few styles and used different moves and stances.

“Iron Heart strength” was the “Iron Heart School” move, and its level was not high, only Level 3.

however, the prerequisite for learning to use it was to master an additional ‘iron heart style’ technique.

so if zhao xu wanted to use this move directly, he would have to first use his martial arts learning specialty to master another move of the iron heart style.

This meant that he had to use two specialties to successfully use Iron Heart strength once.

Zhao Xu was going to go to the death demiplane next, where he would have to fight to the death, and that would only give him the guaranteed iron will specialty.

As he thought about this, Zhao Xu couldn’t help but look at Antonya. mentor, how did you do it? ”

” i’m also a martial artist. ” Antonya said.

Zhao Xu couldn’t help but sigh.

as expected, antonya hadn’t easily climbed into the cabin of the mysterious golem for no reason. she had really received martial arts training.

But Zhao Xu immediately realized that something was off.

arthur didn’t randomly choose a secondary class, and there was no punishment for advanced classes.

However, if the difference between the basic professions was more than one level, the punishment would increase the difficulty of leveling up. It was estimated that every additional profession would be about 20% slower.

For example, if a level 5 warrior multi-professioned as a level 1 priest, he would receive this punishment, unless the other party was a level 1 Warrior multi-professioning as a level 1 priest or a level 2 priest.

however, humans were born with a racial talent that allowed them to be exempted from the punishment of a subclass.

that was why zhao xu’s level 1 cleric and level 4 archivist subclass was all because the human race had ignored his level 4 archivist subclass.

it was probably the same for antonya. the other party definitely had a level 1 priest. as long as they were all level 1 or 2 and were similar to a priest, she wouldn’t be punished.

However, if it was that simple, the mages would have taken up part-time jobs long ago.

the level of the subclass did not increase the spellcasting ability.

And so, Zhao Xu was now a level 5 character, and because he was a level 1 cleric, the archivist was one level slower in learning spells.

“Teacher, shouldn’t mages not take up part-time jobs?” Zhao Xu asked.

If he wasn’t a double elite, he probably wouldn’t have multi-professioned as a level 1 cleric.

“Well, yes, because this will affect the progress of obtaining high-circle spells. the main thing is that i’ve only started my secondary profession after reaching the legendary level. i’m able to release the nine-ring soul masters on both sides of the divine and arcane side, so i’m naturally unaffected.” Antonya said.

he’s indeed a bullying legendary mage. lacus interrupted again.

But Zhao Xu didn’t say anything. He was thinking about the gains and losses.

everything had to be decided. antonya would wait until she reached the legendary level before she could obtain iron heart’s strength. by then, the growth rate of her spellcaster level would be very small, and she would receive more benefits than when she had worked part-time as a martial artist.

But Zhao Xu couldn’t drag this out for so long.

compared to antonya, he needed to face the problem of his early part-time jobs much earlier.

This was because in the path that he had designed for his future, the red jade guard would be the advanced class for Nine Swords. It would have to master one of the pious heart style moves and the stance of the devout heart style to begin with.

the sect of devotion was a unique sect of the sword of heavenly punishment. if he did not multi-profession at level 1, he would not be able to advance to the red jade guard, which would also destroy the balance of the world.

Iron Heart sect, where iron Heart strength was located, was also a unique branch of military saber sword. He had to multi-profession at Level 1 military saber and learn the prerequisite moves before using his martial arts learning specialty to master the level 3 move Iron Heart strength.

Zhao Xu’s head hurt just thinking about it, so he immediately looked over to the third specialty, mastery of arcane.

Zhao Xu took a quick look at this specialty and found that it was indeed quite average.

when mages cast spells, they had to overcome the “magic resistance” unique to some creatures.

It was just like how Zhao Xu had fought the pit fiend. He had to first weaken the pit fiend’s magic resistance before he could successfully throw the hammer of justice at it.

As for the penetration resistance check, it was based on Zhao Xu’s spellcaster level and the “performance rating” of the spell he cast that time, so it would be around the performance level of a level 1 to 20 spell. If the result exceeded the resistance, then the spell would take effect. Otherwise, it would be blocked.

mastery of arcana allowed zhao xu to keep his current performance at level 10.

From then on, before he threw out his spell, he knew whether he could successfully penetrate the other party, and it no longer depended on his performance or luck.

And mages indeed preferred things with certainty.

in the future, zhao xu wouldn’t necessarily have to use his specialties to master it. He could directly use his “potential points” to simulate it when he needed to use it at the last minute.

Unlike Iron Heart strength, if he wanted to use his potential points to simulate it, he would have to face the predicament of not having any temporary potential points under the anti-magic field.

which one should he choose between ” simulation of supernatural powers “, which he could use immediately, and ” iron heart strength, ” which he could only use after a long time?

“mentor, are there any options that i want?” Zhao Xu asked casually.

“There is.” antonya replied casually.