If I upgrade, I can win prizes

Chapter 522: Magical Powers and Lottery (Part )

Learning pseudo-magical powers is simpler and more cruel than learning spells and arcane arts.

It does not need to spend too much time releasing it over and over again, trying again and again, to accumulate proficiency bit by bit. It only needs to incorporate the corresponding spiritual materials into its body, endure the initial physical pain, and then use spiritual power to eliminate the cost.

After trying for another week, you will be able to upgrade the pseudo-magical power that has become an unorthodox skill from Lv0 to Lv1. It is very simple and fast.

In fact, Lu Ang spent most of his time recuperating and planning his body's capacity for spiritual materials. After all, spiritual materials are more or less voluminous, and the human body is only so big, so there is an upper limit to the amount of spiritual materials that can be accommodated. Theoretically, it is impossible to learn all these seven or eight hundred pseudo-magical powers.

Naturally, the first things Lu Ang learned were the minor magical powers belonging to the Earthly Evil Magical Powers, and the first one he chose was [Flying Sand and Rolling Stones].

The reason is very simple. Currently, he still has a low-grade earth spiritual root. Several minor magical powers in [Flying Sand and Rolling Stones] are related to the earth element. After sublimation, maybe he can improve his spiritual root and get a Taoist body to play with.

Moreover, the magical powers of creating things out of thin air are indeed curious, and Lu Ang is very interested in figuring out their principles.

The spiritual materials are all available, and it is very easy to practice:

"Congratulations, your unconventional skill "Stone Making" has been upgraded from Lv0 to Lv1, and you have won a chance to win a prize."

Lu Ang tried this stone-making technique and waved his hand. In less than a breath, a stone the size of a human head appeared in the air.

If you continue to inject magic power, you can create more, bigger, or harder stones. These stones are all condensed from spiritual energy, turning the invisible spiritual energy into something tangible and solid.

After the stone is created, it will last for more than ten minutes before it suddenly disperses and turns back into colorless, odorless, ethereal and traceless aura, which is quite magical.

It’s a pity that it was not created out of thin air as Lu Ang imagined. It has a principle behind it, which is a little disappointing.

As expected, the reward was silver. With one click, there were three fifth-level talisman making instructions.

"Soul-Fixing Talisman": A soul-attacking talisman that can preserve the souls of companions in extreme situations, allowing the powerful to reshape their bodies and thus bring them back to life.

"Eight Gates Golden Lock Talisman": Forms eight gold chains to lock the enemy. It is especially effective against wood enemies. If set up in advance, it can even lock the opponent's flying soul.

"Liaoyuan Talisman": A large-scale fire attack talisman that can instantly ignite all space within a thousand miles and last for ten breaths, but its lethality is insufficient and can only burn to death a cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.

There is nothing much to say, just put it away and use it as the sect’s foundation.

Speaking of it, among the external elders in the sect, there are only two or three who have reached the stage of God Transformation, and they are quite old and have no possibility of breaking through to the stage of Return to Void. These things are already considered the sect's top resources.

……

"Congratulations, your unconventional skill "Sand Drawing" has been upgraded from Lv0 to Lv1, and you have won a chance to win a prize."

The principle of this magical power is actually similar to that of "Stone Creation", but it does not condense stones, but metal gravel, which belongs to the metal element, and tends to be quantitative.

Even if you pour mana into it madly, you can only create more and harder metal gravel. At most, the shape of the gravel will become more irregular and the edges will be sharper, but it cannot make the gravel bigger.

This time it's a gold reward, a rare talent:
[Talent: Absolute Pitch]: The ability to know the name of a certain sound the moment you hear it, and to accurately identify the direction and source of the sound.

[Talent: Mecha Control]: Possessing the nerve reaction, dynamic vision, anti-vertigo physique, finger sensitivity, spatial recognition ability and other professional mecha control abilities of the ace Zaku pilot level.

【Talent: Immunity to All Poisons】: Immune to all toxins, including but not limited to neurotoxins, cardiac toxins, bleeding toxins, hemolytic toxins, muscle toxins, etc.

There is nothing to choose from. Although I listen to music occasionally on weekdays, I am not interested in the music among the hundred arts of cultivation, so this [Absolute Pitch] is directly ruled out.

[Mecha Control] I can only say that it came at the wrong time. I sold the Gundam to Momen, so what does it mean to give me a mecha control? Moreover, mechas are clumsy and stupid. Even if they are well controlled, they are useless in a place like the cultivation world.

Those high-level monks have amazing escape speeds and full defenses. They cannot be hit or injured at will by weapons like beam rifles and plasma laser swords. They are completely useless.

Only the last one, [Invulnerable to All Poisons] might be of some use. When I was riding the Dream Journey Flying Boat before, I passed by a fairyland that specialized in practicing the art of using poison. The people on the boat kept their distance from the cultivators from this fairyland.

The poison that can kill an immortal is definitely not an ordinary thing. I often eat and drink a lot outside, and it would be troublesome if I got poisoned. With this talent, I don’t have to be afraid and can enjoy delicious food with peace of mind.

……

"Congratulations, your special skill "Calling the Wind" has been upgraded from Lv0 to Lv1, and you have won a chance to win a prize."

According to the annotations, this magical power is also one of the important minor magical powers among the Earthly Evil Magical Power [Call the Wind and Summon the Rain]. The principle is the same. The spirituality of the spiritual material connects with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, transforming the spiritual energy into a strong wind that sweeps across the sky with a howling sound.

The reward is still silver.

This time, I chose a sixth-level mercenary summoning scroll, which can summon a Return to Void level character from movies, TV shows and novels, and have him obey my orders for a month.

This is not so bad. The previous mercenary coupons were useless, but if you are at the sixth level of Return to Void, you can be considered the backbone of those top sects and it can still be of some use.

……

"Congratulations, your special skill "Encirclement" has been upgraded from Lv0 to Lv1, and you have won a chance to win a prize."

This is a magical power that manipulates inanimate objects on a large scale to form a maze. It is different from the formations in the world of cultivation. It uses the visual, tactile, and directional perception deceptions formed by the objects themselves, and does not contain any magical, aura, or illusion properties.

Its most important function is to gather together all the things created by other magical powers to prevent them from dispersing and existing in only one area.

Come to think of it, even if the skill of controlling objects is practiced to the maximum level, there is a limit to what can be controlled. How is it possible to control billions of metal gravel one by one?

The reward is still silver, which is disappointing.

This time it was a fifth-level magic cultivation method, called "Demon Transformation". Simply put, if your spiritual roots are inferior and you can't continue to cultivate, what should you do? It's very simple, just merge with a demon, use the source of the demon's magic, such as the demon heart, demon brain, etc., and merge with your spiritual roots, transform into a demon spiritual root, and become a half-human, half-demon existence, which can absorb demonic energy and spiritual energy at the same time for cultivation.

This thing is obviously the most evil magic among all the magic skills, and is much more evil than any other schools of magic cultivation. However, Lu Ang has never heard of any magic sect of this school, or people practicing this kind of magic skills in the human-demon border area.

There's nothing much to say about this kind of thing. Just put it at the bottom of the ring and never take it out for the rest of your life.

……

"Congratulations, your special skill "Light Loss" has been upgraded from Lv0 to Lv1, and you have won a chance to win a prize."

This is a blessing skill that can bless items with a special "damage light", allowing the items to have the ability to damage other items. If it is blessed on metal gravel and stones, it will obviously have a great inhibitory effect on other people's various defensive equipment and even body protection skills.

Likewise, it can greatly increase the power of [Flying Sand and Rocks], making it more threatening.

The reward is still silver, and this time it is a little better, as it is the cubs of two fifth-level tamed spirit beasts.

"Colorful Scaled Carp": The scales have extremely strong resistance to the five elements' magic, and are the main material for making fifth-level protective gear. The meat is delicate and can be used to make various fifth-level spiritual food.

"Mountain Guarding Frog": It has a huge body and a natural talent for petrification. It can turn into a mountain guarding boulder at any time. It is the main material for making a fifth-level earth formation. The more there are, the more powerful the formation is.

Fifth-level tamed spirit beasts are extremely rare. As far as Lu Ang knows, even the top sects don't have many of them. Each one is a flagship commodity in the bulk commodity transactions between sects, with extremely high profit margins.

There is no way. The higher the level, the more intelligent the monsters are. Who would want their descendants to be kept in captivity by humans for generations?
The domestication of each demon beast into a spiritual beast requires the continuous efforts of more than a dozen or even dozens of generations. It is extremely time-consuming and labor-intensive to continuously select the most obedient and friendly breeds from generation after generation of cubs for breeding.

……

"Congratulations, your side art "Dusk Light" has been upgraded from Lv0 to Lv1, and you have won a chance to win a prize."

This is also a blessing skill. Different from the direct attack increase of "Loss of Light", it adds an abnormal state, which can make people have negative effects such as cumulative dizziness, loss of direction, interruption of thinking, weakened memory, etc. when the blessed item touches people.

It is precisely because of this effect that the user of [Flying Sand and Rolling Stones] only needs to set up a skill range of several hundred feet to prevent the people inside from getting out for the rest of their lives until they are completely ground into powder by the sand and stones inside.

Finally, finally, this time it’s in color:
[Game Building: Fashion Workshop]: Enter to convert all equipment into attributeless fashion, while maintaining the special effects of the equipment. You can then equip character fashion at any time in the fashion column of the player panel to replace the current appearance.

[Super Nova PLUS]: Randomly awaken a super power of at least S level.

[Trial of Destiny]: You can take a random famous trial and get rewards after passing it. Trials include but are not limited to the Twelve Trials, the Four Sages’ Test of Zen, the Punishment of Sisyphus, etc.

The color bonuses this time were not of high quality.

Lu Ang couldn’t understand why this first [Fashion Workshop] could become a colorful reward. This thing was at best a gold reward!

Turning equipment into a costume with no attributes, isn't this a purely negative effect? ​​If I'm willing to waste it, I can sell the equipment at the auction house and get some spirit stones.

I feel that it only has the function of changing the image, and it simply looks good. After all, not all equipment with strong attributes looks good. It is the favorite of those who love appearance.

Maybe it also has the additional effect of disguise. If you are being chased by someone, you can change your clothes instantly and escape?

But that's not right. The attacks between immortal cultivators are often locked by spiritual consciousness. The aura locks you in the dark, and you can't get away with it by simply changing your appearance.

I really don't understand the basis for this thing. Only a fool would choose it.

The second one, [Super Nova PLUS], performed normally. It seemed to be A-level before, but this time it was S-level. I drew it once before and got [Time Stop]. It feels quite useful. It can be said to be invincible when combined with the Dao.

It's just random. I don't know what skill will be drawn this time. It makes people curious.

The third one, [Trial of Destiny], is new, but it looks very difficult.

I read a lot of novels in my previous life, so I have some understanding of these trials. The Twelve Trials are from ancient Greece, and you have to kill mythical creatures, such as the Nemean Lion, the nine-headed Hydra, the Erymanthian Boar... You also have to steal the golden apples from the gods and find the three-headed dog of hell. It's very troublesome.

Lu Ang didn’t know whether his current strength could defeat these mythical creatures and ancient Greek gods.

The test of Zen mind by the Four Saints was even more perverted. Those Four Saints were Avalokitesvara of the South China Sea, Manjusri Bodhisattva, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva and Mother of Mount Lishan, all of them were famous female immortals. Although it was just a test of lust, who knows how those four perverts operated?
The punishment of Sisyphus is not so bad, it is nothing more than a fight with the king of gods Zeus, simple and rough, just build up combat power.

Maybe the reward is good, but the difficulty is really too great, and you will only choose it if your brain is filled with water.

Without any hesitation, Lu Ang directly clicked on [Super Nova PLUS].

The colorful light spread out and turned into a rainbow light, shooting into Lu Ang's brow. In an instant, he knew the name of this superpower:

[Mind Link (SS Level)]: Can forcibly connect with other people's minds, know other people's psychological activities, and can look through other people's memories at will. Can perform simple mind control on people whose mental power is obviously weaker than oneself.

Very good, very abnormal ability, and it is not the guaranteed S level, but has reached SS level! The same level as the ten-second time stop!
I feel that this skill is the ability of the bald guy in the wheelchair in X-Men. It is a very useful ability to bully weaklings. It will be much easier to deal with those Nascent Soul Golden Cores in the future. You can just issue a mind control to cause a kill, and sweep across a large area.

It should also be of some use against those of the same level or the Return to Void level. If you know what the other party is thinking, you can naturally respond in advance. If you interfere with their thinking, it may also have miraculous effects.

However, when dealing with those at the Hedao level or above, it might not be that useful. As they are in harmony with the Dao, their spiritual awareness is incredibly powerful, and their mental strength must be as solid as a rock, making it extremely difficult to invade.

Once discovered, it will definitely anger the other party completely, which will not be worth the loss. Instead, you can use Chaos. This guy's brain is a mess. If you can control his mind, his actual combat ability will be greatly improved.

Moreover, this skill can be used not only in combat. When exploring other worlds or going on vacation in the future, you don't have to go through the trouble of collecting intelligence and interrogating others. You can just establish a [Mind Link] and know everything, greatly reducing exploration time.

All in all, this color reward is quite satisfactory and worthwhile.

(End of this chapter)