Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 762: Boundary and Domain

Five days later, Tianmai Dragon Island.

"Boss Black Sword, are you interested in my Ice Prison barrier?"

A surprised question came from the forest. In front of the stone table, Liu Bing looked at the black-haired young man in front of him with a look of surprise in his eyes.

"Well, I've been studying the magic field I got from the magic book recently, and I encountered some problems, so I came to consult you, Liu Bing."

Xin Lailai nodded slightly and admitted it very generously.

In the past few days since they perfected the Crystal Spirit Healing Technique, they have basically maintained the process of burning souls and refining minds - learning theories - finding people to discuss - testing spells. Not only have they successfully pushed their own mental strength to a height of 113.12, they have also improved the Crystal Spirit Healing Technique, and perfected it to the limit of what can be done at the current stage.

Since the two newly developed spells had temporarily reached a bottleneck, Xin Lailai simply shifted his attention to other spells he had mastered. After repeated screening, he set his sights on the magical field provided by the Book of the World.

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[Magic Field·Fire: LV.MAX (Active)]

Activation cost: 100 magic points

Maintenance consumption: 1000 magic points/minute
Skill Effect: Immediately generates a magic field with a maximum radius of 500 meters. During the duration, the consumption of fire magic skills other than this skill is reduced by 30%. At the same time, all melee attacks will be accompanied by the "explosion" effect, causing 3000 points of fire damage. During this period, you can use the magic power in the field to form a pedal with a strength of 300 points to move in the air.

*Tip: The amount of mana consumption reduced by this ability will depend on the Pioneer's own level of mana manipulation. If the mana consumption of the current magic release has reached the optimal state, the magic skill consumption reduction effect provided by this skill will be "invalid".

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Magical field·Fire.

This thing is the new spell skill that the Book of the World brought to them when it broke through to the legendary level. It is also a necessary ability for magicians above the zero domain in the Black Four Worlds.

In fact, speaking from the effect alone, although they could only obtain a weakened version of the magic field because the Book of the World was bound as their secondary weapon rather than the main weapon, their Book of the World was so good at its foundation that even a weakened version of the magic field could still play a good role in their hands.

Well, in the past.

As an inherent magic ability provided by equipment, the magic field is indeed very powerful when it is below the second or even third-level super-top echelon. Whether it is a 30% reduction in magic consumption, or an explosive effect that causes 3000 points of fire damage with each melee attack, or a magic pedal with a strength of up to 300 points, it is very useful in many cases.

And that's it.

Just as indicated in the skill information, the magic consumption reduction provided by the magic field is not a mechanism for regenerating energy out of thin air, but simply allows them to consume less magic to control the elements corresponding to the current magic attribute from an elemental level.

Simply put, if the magic power consumption of casting a spell is regarded as a test paper with a score, then the role of the magic field is to optimize those 60-point test papers to 80 points or even higher.

When their control over magic power and understanding of spells reached a near-perfect level, the magic power consumption reduction effect brought by the magic field began to gradually lose its effect due to the upper limit of 100 points on the 'magic power consumption' test paper.

Including the description of the melee attack adding 3000 points of fire damage in the effect. Although the content does not describe the cooling time, in fact, the attack enchantment effect provided by the magic field essentially comes from the magic power used to construct the magic field.

Therefore, once they trigger the attack effects of the magic field too frequently, the magic power required to maintain the magic field will also increase sharply.

At the same time, due to the upper limit of the response speed of the magic field ability itself, when their attack frequency is so fast that the magic field cannot react, even if they launch multiple attacks in an instant, in the end they can only trigger the last explosion effect.

In addition to the above, the pedal formed by the magic field can no longer keep up with their current strength requirements, which is gradually becoming a new problem. When these problems are summarized, they actually all lead to the same conclusion:
——That is, the magic of the magic field has begun to fail to keep up with their current needs.

Be it the magic consumption reduction effect that is no longer very effective, or the explosion damage that is only 3000 points per time, or the magic pedal that is only 300 points strong when developed to its limit...all of them remind them of the limitations of this skill.

This is also the reason why Xin Lailai would go to Liubing. Domain and barrier spells are not within his expertise, so rather than letting him and Ling Yuzi mess around, it is obviously a more effective method to ask Liubing, whose core spell is barrier spells, for advice.

"Well~! I roughly understand the situation. To put it simply, Master Black Sword, are you planning to improve this spell called the Magic Field?"

"Hehe, in that case, Boss Black Sword, you have asked the right person. I may not be able to guarantee other types of spells, but when it comes to barrier and domain spells, I'm second to none in our field, and I guarantee that no one will dare to claim to be first~!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Bing chuckled, a smug and confident smile appeared on his face. Although his overall spell level was ranked last among the top wizards who came in this time, when it comes to barriers and domain spells, he was still very confident about it as he had mastered a lot of related theories and knowledge.

"Master Black Sword, just tell me what you plan to improve this spell into? Is it a fixed barrier or a field that can move with you? And it would be better if you could also tell me the main direction of development, such as whether you prefer to use it for output or to provide buffs, or something else?"

"As for the category, I personally prefer the mobile field. As for the function, I personally hope that it can become an ability to directly transform the surrounding environment into one's own home field?"

"This... Boss Black Sword, please forgive me for being blunt, but if you want to achieve the two requirements you just mentioned at the same time, I'm afraid it's... a bit impossible."

"I know, so let's fulfill the first requirement first." Xin Lailai did not show any strange expression in response to Liubing's answer. He just nodded slightly and added.

Although he was not good at domain and barrier spells, as a qualified wizard, he knew something about this type of spell.

Simply put, taking large-scale barriers and domain spells as an example, when the scale of barrier spells reaches a certain level, it is often more suitable to be deployed based on a fixed venue, forming an inherent barrier that can lock oneself and the enemy in it.

The advantage of this approach is that the strength of the barrier can be set high enough, and the consumption of maintaining the barrier will be relatively low. At the same time, by constantly constructing the barrier, you can form an area similar to your home field, making yourself stronger and stronger in battle. The disadvantage is that the barrier cannot move with you. Once you fail to pull the enemy in or the enemy finds a way to break out of the barrier, you can only stay in the barrier and stare blankly, without any way to deal with the opponent.

Taking the core spell of Drifting Ice as an example, the key point of this spell is that it can rely on the companion weapon and the ice energy in the body to form an ice prison barrier with a maximum radius of 894.7m. As long as it is within the barrier, Drifting Ice can use the spells engraved in the barrier to instantly release a large number of third-level or even fourth-level ice attribute spells, and at the same time continue to inflict more than a dozen abnormal debuffs related to ice attributes on the opponent.

Not only that, after the barrier is deployed, the Ice Prison Barrier will continue to devour the surrounding mana and magic power to maintain and strengthen itself, and when it is strengthened to the limit, it can not only bring extremely high all-attribute suppression effects to the enemy, but the combat power of the flowing ice in it will go straight to the outer-level echelon, which can be called a true cross-level magical skill.

Of course, there are actually many types of barrier spells. The Ice Prison Barrier mentioned above is just the one that Xin Lailai knows best. To be honest, in addition to this barrier spell that obviously tends to be a battle mage style and traps both the enemy and the self inside, there are actually quite a few defensive barrier spells in Paradise that can keep the enemy out and then output crazy damage from the inside. However, those are not Xin Lailai's purpose this time.

In addition to barrier spells, the most famous large-scale spell system in Paradise is the various domain spells, such as the Golden Flame Domain of the Sun Priest, or their magic domain and so on.

By the way, although some abilities in the derived world are called domains, they are actually barrier-type spells in nature, such as the cursed power field in Jujutsu Kaisen.

Different from barrier spells, the biggest feature of domain spells is that they are activated based on the body itself. In simple terms, no matter how the body moves, it will always be the "carrier" and "energy center" of the domain. Therefore, domain spells basically have the effect of moving with the body.

The advantage of doing this is naturally flexibility, but the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, the actual combat upper limit is obviously much lower than that of barrier spells. For example, their magic field seems to have a lot of effects, but in fact it is a standard mix of things. Once they become stronger too quickly, they will not be able to keep up with their needs.

As for real cases... In their cognition, the most perverted domain-type ability they have ever come into contact with should be the Netherworld of the Dead. That kind of ability that is like a top-level barrier with its own time and space, but can also move with the user, is almost the same as having a small world on the body.

Of course, considering the particularity of the Netherworld inheritance, the Netherworld domain of the Death Keeper certainly cannot be viewed with normal domain-type abilities. After all, it is an outrageous inheritance in which a servant derived from a core ability alone can become the pinnacle of the old era, not to mention that the Netherworld domain is just a simple domain-type ability, not a domain-type spell. The reason why this thing is used as an example is simply because they are too impressed by it.

And getting back to the topic of domain spells, just as mentioned before, excluding the special nature of the underworld domain, most of the domain spells in Paradise actually have the defects of being too single in effect or having a relatively low upper limit of strength.

The root cause of this lies in the mobility of the field itself.

Large-scale abilities can move with the caster. On the surface, this should be a positive buff, but everything has its own rules. While solving the disadvantage of not being able to move with the caster, these field spells also lose the advantage of using the surrounding world environment to bear the burden of ability.

Taking their magic domain as an example, if they transform it from a domain spell into a barrier spell that cannot be moved after being released, the magic consumption brought by it in an environment with abundant magic power can be reduced by at least 85% compared to now. At the same time, the gain effect it brings can be greatly enhanced. This is the difference between domain spells and barrier spells.

However, as I said before, everything has its own rules. If we only look at the effects of domain spells and barrier spells, there will be a feeling that domain spells seem to be completely outclassed by barrier spells of the same level except for flexibility. But in fact, the fact that domain spells need themselves to be the carrier of their abilities, although this is a defect in most environments, can become a huge advantage in some extreme environments.

The most typical example is the abyss erosion area. In that environment where there are almost no free natural elements and the surrounding magic and mana are all infected by the high concentration of abyss energy, large-scale barrier spells like the Drifting Ice Prison Barrier cannot be deployed at all, or even if they are deployed, they will soon collapse under the erosion of the environment.

On the contrary, their magic field, although a little weaker in effect, a little more consuming, and a little less damaging, can be used in any dangerous environment, and its environmental adaptability can be said to be far superior to conventional barrier spells.

This is also the reason why Xin Lailai asked that question just now, and why she attached so much importance to the fact that the improved magic field must still be a field-type spell.

For him as a pioneer, the underlying logic of barrier spells meant that they could not be used normally in the abnormal world. No matter how powerful the effects were, they would not be within his consideration.

What he needs now is an ability that can be used in the abnormal world or even in more dangerous environments, rather than an ability that can only be used to bully people weaker than himself in the normal world.

As for why the function of the domain was defined as transforming the surrounding environment into its own home ground, Xin Lailai also had some considerations in mind.

After all, the foundation of the magic field is just an ability from the derived world, and with their current strength, most of the buffs will basically end up being ineffective when applied to them.

Therefore, rather than allowing the magic field to develop towards actual combat, it is better to let it take a logistical route, changing from providing a single positive benefit to being able to continuously transform the surrounding area like an inherent barrier, and engraving their spells on the surrounding world area, so that wherever they go, that is their home ground.

Of course, this is the most ideal situation. Considering the natural flaws of domain spells, it is ridiculously difficult to achieve this, so...

"Tsk, there's nothing I can do, Boss Black Sword. How about I send you some information first, and after you read it, we can discuss the direction of the transformation of your domain-type spell? Otherwise, with my ability alone, I'm afraid I won't be able to figure it out until the end of the world."

"No problem, thank you Liu Bing for your help."

In the forest, Xin Lailai nodded and agreed to Liubing's suggestion very straightforwardly. He came here just to ask for the other party's opinion and did not think that he could solve this problem that was ridiculously difficult just by looking at it in one go.

After all, they had a full two months to progress in this world, and less than half a month had passed. He still had plenty of time to slowly hone his spells that were outdated from the previous version.

What's more, even if they still can't solve it by then, they still have Kagus and 83203, the "hidden energy behind it". Of course, the prerequisite is that they have to confirm that it is indeed a problem that they cannot solve by their own abilities alone, otherwise they will take the initiative to go up and give it up.

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(End of this chapter)