Lord God: Times have changed

Chapter 215 The war has begun
In a clearing in the woods below the giant redwood, the traces of flames were commensurate with the frost, and the imprints of thunder and broken stone shields were superimposed, proving that there was a confrontation between elements here.

However, it can be clearly seen that the land in front of Zhou Ming has almost no traces of elements, while the land in front of Ai Ruiwen has been ruined enough.

This can already tell the level of the two people's magic attainments.

Zhou Ming thought for a while and said, "Your accomplishments in elements are very good, but when you use and control elements, you are rough and don't know how to do it. For example, when you control fire elements, you can..."

He taught Ai Ruiwen some of the skills of controlling the power of heaven and earth among Zhou Liuliu's virtual skills.

Ai Ruiwen was taken aback for a moment, then listened carefully.

After listening, he looked respectful and said, "I didn't expect you to be a respectable arcanist. I'm really sorry for my bad attitude towards you before."

This time, his attitude was even higher than before.

It all boiled down to those three words he said.

Arcanist!
The so-called arcanist refers to a special existence in the magician. They study magic, gain insight into its mysteries, acquire magic knowledge, and then improve or even directly create magic based on this knowledge.

It is equivalent to a researcher in a magician.

Arcanists are all magicians, but not every magician will become an arcanist.

However, any magician, if he wants to improve, will eventually become an arcanist.

The reason is also very simple. When the speed of progress slows down and it is difficult to move forward for several years or even decades, any magician will start to study the mysteries of magic and seek the possibility of progress.

During this period, they mastered the knowledge of magic, thus possessing the ability to transform or even create magic.

In this way, they naturally became arcanists.

Because of their insight into the mysteries of magic, when arcanists cast magic, they can completely modify the magic they cast according to their own habits and hobbies.

This kind of magic is naturally more powerful.

For the same kind of fireball, ordinary magicians are by no means opponents of arcanists.

Ai Ruiwen was still wondering why Zhou Ming's fireball could be fused so easily, but now he understood that it was because the opponent was an arcanist who had already understood the mysteries of fireball.

As a well-known elemental mage, he is actually studying the mysteries of magic recently, but after all, he is young, so he has just started on this road, so he is naturally far inferior to Zhou Ming.

Speaking of this, I have to talk about another magic system in the Western Fantasy world-witchcraft.

Arcane and magic are essentially the same, but witchcraft is different. Generally speaking, spells cast by borrowing power from other things in any way are called witchcraft.

Most witchcraft users have an object of worship, or communication object, such as heaven and earth, vegetation, gods and ghosts, communicate with them, and use their power to perform magic. Such a type of person is usually called a wizard.

The source of many wizards' power is evil devils, and the reason why these devils lend their power is not for pure purposes, which leads to the bad reputation of wizards.

But it would be wrong to think that wizards are all bad.

Strictly speaking, magic performed after borrowing power from the gods is also a kind of witchcraft.

But no one has ever dared to say that magic spells and mages who perform magic spells are not good.

Strictly speaking, arcane, magic, and witchcraft are all spells, but the way of use and source are different, so the distinction is made.

However, this distinction is only valid in the Western fantasy world. In the Eastern world, this spell system cannot be divided.

Zhou Ming went through the common sense of magic in the Western Fantasy world in his mind, and said: "The world of magic is full of endless mysteries, and I am just a newcomer in this world, so I can't be called an arcanist."

"You are humble." Ai Ruiwen said.

He hesitated for a moment, and then said again: "Master Linley, in fact, I have also been studying the mysteries of magic recently, and created a new kind of magic. Could you please give me some pointers?"

Oh?This guy actually has a skill?
It is also a hero unit in a tower defense game. Aridan only has three active skills, but this guy actually has five?
The difference is so big!

"What kind of magic? You can cast it on me and see."

"Ah? No!"

Ai Ruiwen immediately refused, saying: "I just created this magic, and after it is cast, I can't control it myself, just in case..."

"There will be no accidents, so don't worry."

Zhou Ming talked all kinds of things, and finally got Ai Ruiwen to agree to this matter.

He then gathered all kinds of elemental energy, and all the stone, fire, ice and electricity condensed together, turning into a mass of sweeping wind.

The violent wind was purple, the flames were burning outside, the ice was freezing inside, and lightning burst out from time to time.

Although the existence of the stone element cannot be seen, Zhou Ming estimates that this element is the key to controlling the fusion of the three forces of fire, ice, and electricity without violent collision when the spell is cast, resulting in a direct loss of control!
"I call this magic 'Elemental Storm', Mage Linley, you must be careful!"

Zhou Ming said, "Don't worry."

"it is good!"

Ai Ruiwen pushed his hands, and the gust of wind formed by various elements in his hands flew out of his hands, and instantly turned into a two to three meter high tornado, rolling various elements, and hit Zhou Ming.

During this period, the elemental tornado seems to have absorbed the power of various elements in the world, and its size has become more and more inflated.

It's just that this speed...

Zhou Ming looked at the elemental tornado that had only advanced more than ten meters in the past two or three seconds, and was quite speechless.

With a forward speed of three to five meters per second, it is estimated that no one can run fast.Even if the target is a weak magician, he can easily dodge it.

However, Zhou Ming soon realized that this magic was not developed to attack single targets, but group targets.

Of course, it is also possible that such a serious shortcoming appeared because the magic of Ariven was initially created and not yet perfected.

However, since the target is him and the spell has been released, that's enough.

[You are threatened by Ariwen's skill 'Elemental Storm', threat level: high! 】

[Skill triggered successfully! 】

[You get the skill 'Elemental Bombing', limited to 10 minutes! 】

High level threat?
It is worthy of being a compound element skill that Ariven condenses various elements to use. Compared with the medium threat from the previous skills, this skill that can play high threat is indeed more powerful.

And the skill 'Elemental Bombing' acquired by Zhou Ming made Zhou Ming's eyes shine even more.

【Elemental Bombing】

Rating: 30/33
Elemental Bombardment: Consume a lot of energy to form an enchantment, stir all the elements within the enchantment range, make them violently collide, and cause an elemental bombardment of all attributes

Chain bombing: You can remove the barrier immediately before the explosion, and the elements of the explosion will affect the same kind of elements outside the barrier, causing them to collide violently and explode.This effect can greatly increase the attack range of Elemental Bombardment, but correspondingly, the power will be reduced
Elemental Rage: When the skill is used and after it is used, the elements within the bombing range will be berserk for a period of time, making all the skills that control the power of heaven and earth within the range unusable. The recovery time depends on the world level and skill effect
Comments: Art is... Boom!

Leaving aside the level cap of level 33, the third effect of this skill, namely 'Elemental Rage', is simply the nemesis of elemental mages.

On a bigger scale, all skills that use the power of heaven and earth cannot be used for a short time after Zhou Ming uses the elemental explosion.

This effect is great!
It is simply equivalent to banning magic!

And it's a group, super-large-scale ban on magic!
Of course, this magic is not invincible, not to mention the reincarnation, even if it is a reincarnation who specializes in magic, I will definitely learn two-handed martial arts to prevent people from being close and unable to resist. .

Even pure magicians do not all use the power of heaven and earth to use the elements in this battle.

Not to mention wizards who borrow the power of gods, gods and ghosts, summoners even summon a group of subordinates directly, without using any power of heaven and earth at all.

But wizards and summoners are only a minority in the entire magic system. Most magicians use the power of heaven and earth and the power of elements to fight.

This skill can restrain most magicians, which is already very good.

Zhou Ming was very satisfied.

So he used a little bit of real skills.

The five colors of light circulated and finally gathered in Zhou Ming's hands, turning into a gloomy aura.

Five Thunders!
Zhou Ming stretched out his hand and pointed, and this gray energy rushed directly into the elemental tornado. There was no need to do too much, just dissolve all the neutralizing stone elements in the four major elements, and the remaining ice, fire, and electricity three The elements collided by themselves, and the elemental tornado that was running well exploded instantly and disappeared without a trace.

"As expected of an arcanist, Mage Linley, did you also use the mixed element spell just now?"

Ai Ruiwen knew in his heart that the elemental storm he created had obvious weaknesses, and it was a large-scale tactic against a large number of enemies. It would definitely not be effective against a single target.

So he was mentally prepared for the explosion of the elemental tornado.

In contrast, the dark energy that Zhou Ming used just now interested him even more.

Zhou Ming nodded when he heard the words, and selflessly told Ai Ruiwen part of the theory of the Five Elements.

Ai Ruiwen was very grateful in his heart, and hurriedly asked: "Master Linley, thank you for your selfless sharing. If there is anything that needs me to do, please just ask, I will definitely not refuse!"

Zhou Ming said with a smile: "The elemental storm you just cast is quite interesting, why don't we perfect it together."

"How can this bother you? You have told me so many magical tricks that I really..."

"No, studying your elemental storm is also a kind of learning and progress for me."

Other skills are not important, even Zhou Ming can give up the slightly special five-fireball technique, but not the elemental bombardment.

This skill can restrain most magicians, he must practice it to the full level!

Zhou Ming selflessly told Ai Ruiwen the magic skills he had mastered. No matter what happened to Ai Ruiwen, it was impossible for Ai Ruiwen to refuse this request, which was nothing at all, and even beneficial to him.

So, for the next few days, the two studied elemental storms in the woods.

During the period, Zhou Ming would also ask Ai Ruiwen to modify several other skills he had mastered, and brush up the levels of those skills at the same time.

With the improvement of the spiritual will attribute, the skills and knowledge mastered are constantly increasing, and Zhou Ming's understanding is actually constantly improving.

Although it's only been a few days, magic sometimes has a high lower limit and a lower upper limit, so after a lot of hard work, he has brushed up several skills to the full level.

So Zhou Ming left the giant red cedar and returned to Gray Crow Harbor.

On the one hand, after the skill reaches the full level, Ariwen is useless for him.

On the other hand, war is also coming.

The third day back to Gray Crow Harbor is also the No.12 day in this world.

In the woods far from Gray Crow Harbor, Zhou Ming threw five or six fireballs towards Aridan with a wave of his hand.

Ailidan held the longbow in his hand and shot nine arrows like lightning. Six of them pierced the fireball easily, and the remaining three arrows flew towards Zhou Ming.

Zhou Ming was about to knock them off with a wave of his hand, but the movement of his hand stopped suddenly. As soon as he stretched out his hand, he grabbed all the three arrows and flung them to the side with his backhand.

The arrow flew into the depths of the forest at a faster speed.

The next moment, there were three screams, followed by a howl like a wolf.

"what happened?!"

"Damn it, they found it!"

"Then just kill it!"

A complex and rough voice sounded, and then, between the dense forest, pairs of green eyes lit up.

Aridan's expression changed immediately.

"Gnoll!"

Those guys who were hiding around the woods and were shot out by Zhou Ming's three arrows just now were just gnolls who didn't do anything productive and especially liked to plunder.

"Oh vomit..."

A howl of a wolf was the horn to launch an attack, and all the jackals rushed out of the forest in an instant.

The target is Zhou Ming and Ailidan!

Ai Lidan immediately opened his bow and set up an arrow to shoot. Zhou Ming also waved his hand, and the lightning bolts condensed into thunder beads and shot away.

There were quite a few wolf men besieging them, probably between [-] and [-], most of them were jackals with blue-gray fur, wearing a pair of shorts, and holding sticks and rocks in their hands. People bandits.

Gnolls are a race that mainly plunders. Among their race, Gnoll bandits are similar to human farmers. They belong to the basic professional personnel of the entire race, and their strength is the lowest.

There are also a small number of jackal arsonists with orange-red fur and holding a torch.

They were endowed with the power to manipulate flames by materials used by the casters of the wolf family, but they could only manipulate flames and could not generate flames by themselves, so they had to hold torches in their hands when attacking.

In addition, they can only control ordinary flames. The flames generated by other magicians contain the magic power of magicians, which they cannot control.

Even so, the Wolf man arsonist is also a rare long-range unit in the Wolf man family.

It's just that whether it's a bandit or an arsonist, they are just ordinary existences of the gnoll race. Perhaps because of their gnoll race, their fighting power is stronger than ordinary humans. , Their strength is really nothing.

Aridan didn't even need to use skills, he could easily kill these gnolls with simple archery.

And Zhou Ming killed the enemy even faster. Several Thunderbirds shuttled through the forest, and dozens of Jackals were electrocuted to death in the blink of an eye.

The two to three hundred wolf men were completely wiped out by Zhou Ming in just three to five seconds.

After the solution, Aridan said: "These gnolls will definitely plunder every time they are dispatched, and it is absolutely impossible to just deal with me. Gray Crow Port is in danger!"

"Then let's go back immediately!"

Zhou Ming patted the long robe he was wearing, and immediately after the energy gathered, a golden roc appeared in midair, with a huge size.

The two jumped, onto the back of the roc, and flew towards Gray Crow Harbor.

At this moment, there is indeed an army of nearly 2000 wolf men attacking Gray Crow Port.

Gray Crow Port naturally also has an army garrisoned by the Elven Kingdom, including [-] soldiers, [-] archers, [-] mages, and [-] druids.

All in all, the number of people was about the same as the number of gnolls who came to attack.

And they are all well-equipped, much better than a wolf man who only wears a pair of pants.

Therefore, when Zhou Ming and Ailidan took the golden roc back to Gray Crow Port, not only was Gray Crow Port not in danger, but they suppressed the Wolf man.

Seeing this, Aridan heaved a sigh of relief, stood on top of the golden roc, and shot an arrow with his bow.

This arrow, however, invested a lot of energy, causing the surface of the arrow to glow with magic and fly into the sky.

In the next instant, countless arrows rained down and shot into the wolf man army.

In the blink of an eye, a large number of gnolls died.

Zhou Ming was also casting magic at the same time.

A huge magic circle blooming with blue light appeared above the sky.

The magic circle was tilted, facing the wolf man below.

"Phoenix's anger and ice falling from the sky!"

With a low shout, countless beautiful big birds condensed from pure ice energy flew out of the magic circle and crashed into the jackals below.

This magic looks really beautiful. The shape of the flying ice bird imitates a phoenix, which is naturally very beautiful. When the ice bird flies, its whole body is reflected by the sunlight, adding a bit of beauty.

When Ailidan saw this magic, he was also stunned for a moment, and thought: This magic is too good-looking, much better than those of Ai Ruiwen's magic!
Turning his head to look down, he found that there was already a sheet of frost below.

There are seven or eight hundred wolf men, all frozen by frost at this moment, with no life in their eyes, obviously frozen to death.

"What a powerful magic!"

Allidan sighed.

Zhou Ming shook his head, patted Elidan on the shoulder, pointed to the south and said, "Look there!"

Ai Lidan was puzzled, looked in the direction Zhou Ming pointed, and was shocked.

What Zhou Ming pointed at with his hand was a large river with a wide course, but on this river course, there was an even wider stone bridge, which was hundreds of meters wide.

In the modern society of Zhou Ming's previous life, a bridge across the Yangtze River was built with a width of only about 30 meters, but this stone bridge was more than three times as wide as the Yangtze River Bridge.

On both sides of the bridge, there is a tall stone statue as the support of the bridge.

But at this very moment, there is a large army of wolf men rushing towards the bridge. The number of them is so large that it can be said to be boundless.

Compared with that army, the [-] jackals in Gray Crow Harbor are nothing compared to that army.

"This... Could it be that the jackals are going to start a war?!"

As a ranger who was extremely good at bows and arrows, Aridan's eyes could be said to be sharper than an eagle's. Looking at the army, he also showed a shocked expression at this moment.

If [-] wolf men attacked Gray Crow Port, it could be regarded as a large group of bandits coming to plunder.

Then there is no other explanation for the gnoll army on the bridge other than war!

(End of this chapter)