Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 565 Life Armor and the [Peach Blossom Thorn Arrow] Magic

In the demiplane of the Druid's Ring, because the four elemental rings now stabilize this plane, Locke dares to use magic directly within it.

He first chanted a spell, and the oak magic armor descended upon him. Then, an oak crown appeared on his head. The oak crown was shaped like three intertwined oak branches woven into a ring, with seven green oak leaves extending from both sides. In the center of the oak crown was a blank headband.

If used alone, the Oak Crown spell grants the ability to share life force, allowing the user to share their own life force with their defensive magical plants, thus indirectly enhancing their defensive capabilities.

But to be honest, the reason why this sharing ability is not listed as T0, or even T3, in Lilith's Hut's defensive magic is quite simple.

It's obvious at a glance.

Wizards need a permanent defensive field to enhance themselves, but the Oak Crown spell actually shares its own life force to strengthen its own defensive magical plant.

This is putting the cart before the horse.

If this magic weren't related to the legend of Lady Myster, it would be very difficult for this defensive magic to have been passed down.

Locke saw that he had summoned the Oak Crown, but the Oak Armor remained unchanged. So Locke chanted the incantation again, and at the same time, the five-headed hydra plant that was wrapped around his left hand and hidden under the wizard's robe became active.

Then, he summoned the oak belt, and a belt appeared around his waist.

It was a white wooden belt.

When used alone, the oak belt converts mana into magic resistance, making it a powerful spell that can counter curse or prophecy magic. However, because it is highly targeted in its use, botanical wizards generally do not choose it as their permanent defensive field, but rather as an auxiliary option after becoming a full-fledged wizard.

At that moment, a white oak belt appeared around his waist.

The moment they were summoned, the oak belt and oak crown seemed to be accessories that were originally made of oak magic armor, and they were deeply integrated together. The three magical plant armors that he had summoned combined, nested, and merged with each other, and their forms changed.

Finally, a brand new set of magical armor appeared on Locke's body.

This brand-new magical outfit is composed of white and green. The entire outfit is made of the sacred white of oak, but it is green in a few key places, full of the solemnity of life.

This magical outfit looks like a set of oak plank armor worn by a king, with a moon in the middle of the belt and a full moon at the top of the crown.

"I see." Locke pondered, "The oak crown and oak belt are actually just components of the oak magic armor. The oak crown represents sharing, the oak belt represents transformation, and the oak magic armor represents absorption."

"Sharing—transformation—absorption: this is another manifestation of the power of the natural cycle. The harvest force field—withering force field—life force field constitute the power of the natural force field cycle, which is the power of the four seasons. And sharing—transformation—absorption constitutes a new power of the natural cycle."

"It is the power of life's rise and fall."

At this moment, Locke, wearing the Life Armor, squatted down and placed his palm, covered by the Life Armor, on a plant on the ground. He then shared his life force, and soon the apprentice-level plant grew lush and green. After growing vigorously, the plant matured rapidly, bloomed, and bore fruit. Then, the seeds were blown away by the wind, the plant itself withered quickly, and the seeds sprouted and grew in other places after scattering.

Next, Locke began to reclaim the power that the plant had given him.

First, there's the original portion of power that I lent out. But the miracle of nature is that it can purify the originally impure power and increase the originally scarce power through natural cycles.

Therefore, the power that Locke originally lent out, after a natural cycle, returned with double the power.

This is the principle behind the cycle of life's renewal and decline.

Life Armor differs from the Mist Force; it is not a special power formed by the superposition of three major forces, but rather a special power formed by the activation of two types of magic on the oak magic armor, based on a precise combination.

By utilizing existing natural mechanisms, one can increase the life force one shares and then return it. Thus, as long as one wears the armor of life and is in nature, one can continuously share power to ensure that one's own power is inexhaustible.

To reach a state where... magical power is continuous.

Of course, this isn't true infinite mana; it's just exploiting a bug. This state is very similar to Locke's special state in the Emerald Dream.

At that time, I was blessed by the power of the Emerald Dream world and possessed a natural incarnation.

This state is likely similar to that of Edgar's avatar on the Cloud Cup, where he also possessed endless magical power.

However, Edgar relied on the special power of the Tree of Life.

The Treeman of the Ancient Tree is the strongest Treeman at the first level, with immense growth potential.

Now, by analyzing Lady Mister's ancient power, he has also achieved the same effect that could only be obtained by using the Tree of Life Treants or the power of the Emerald Dream world.

Locke was amazed, wondering what kind of person Lady Mister was in ancient times.

Locke remained in a state of reloaded life, analyzing the advantages and limitations of his current state.

"First of all, in this state, I do indeed possess infinite magic power in a certain sense, making me invincible in a war of attrition."

"and……"

Locke deactivated the life armor on his arm, cut open his arm with a small knife, and saw that his arm was rapidly healing itself.

"Indeed, under the state of life regeneration, I share my life force with nature, and nature shares its life force with me. We are in the cycle of life force flourishing and decaying, so we can only prosper, and thus I have the special effect of an incorruptible body. This is something that even Edgar's natural avatar and his special avatar on the battlefield of the Emerald Dream cannot do."

Locke said, "The Life Armor is undoubtedly the second path that Lady Mister found in order to break through to the second circle, because this magic also has the characteristics of the second circle."

Why did Mrs. Mister seek out so many unconventional roads that attempted to bypass the Second Ring Road?

"Was it because wizards at that time were searching for a stable path to break through to the second ring? Or did Mrs. Mister have other motives?"

Locke realized that the Life Re-Armor was similar to the power of Myster, and attempted to construct a magic similar to a great magic.

Of course, neither the Mist's Power nor the Life Armor is a true ultimate magic, and naturally it is far less sophisticated than ultimate magic.

If my guess is correct, these two spells are probably just unfinished versions of Lady Myster's magic. However, they are sufficient for my current needs.

Moreover, through these two spells, as well as the Forest Sanctuary which also possesses second-circle characteristics, one can draw inferences and better understand ultimate magic, so as to construct one's own unique ultimate magic in the future.

“Of course, there are limitations as well,” Locke said. “My infinite magic power and super self-healing ability are, after all, based on a delicate balance of natural life force. If someone discovers my secrets, with the abilities of wizards today, it wouldn’t be a big problem to disrupt them.”

"It might not work against a true master. But it's enough to catch them off guard."

"Moreover, with such a powerful recovery ability, I can try to use it as the core to build a special magic combination that is unique to me in this state."

Locke left the Druid's Ring.

After leaving the dormitory and reporting to the Public Breeder Laboratory, he went to Dragon Blood Market again, and then to another magical plant shop besides Golden Peach Garden, Silver Plum Garden.

Locke walked in, thought for a moment, and decided to spend 300,000 magic stones from his savings to buy a batch of beech trees, about 45 of them, and gradually transplant them into his forest sanctuary to strengthen it.

After paying the deposit, Locke finalized the contract with the trader and prepared to wait for the forty-five beech trees to arrive before settling the remaining balance himself.

The large-scale transaction of forty-five beech trees would have attracted special attention elsewhere, but in Yunze Wetland, it was just a transaction of forty-five ordinary magical plants, so it hardly caused any ripples.

After completing the transaction, Locke was preparing to return to the laboratory to continue his work, but unexpectedly, he suddenly felt the Wishing Ganoderma vibrate.

Locke took out the Ganoderma lucidum plant, and a video call request from the witch Catherine appeared. Locke quickly walked into the quiet room of the Silver Plum Garden and chose to accept the video call.

The phantom of the witch Catherine appeared before Locke. Upon seeing Locke, Catherine asked, "Have you recently had your student Williams participate in the school team for the Potions Relay Race?"

Locke looked at Catherine the Witch with a puzzled expression and said, "Yes, teacher. That student submitted the application for me, so I submitted it for her. Teacher, is there a problem with that?"

Locke was dumbfounded. Logically speaking, such a small matter as an apprentice joining a school team should not be something that could possibly be reported to the Third Ring Throne Wizard.

As a result, even Catherine the Witch knows about it now, which is clearly abnormal.

Although he now knew that the witch Catherine enjoyed secretly observing the various wizards in his research group, given her busy schedule, he estimated that she could only focus on one key figure.

If she were to care about everything, she would be too busy to do anything else, and she wouldn't be able to do any research.

Therefore, the fact that Catherine the Witch suddenly asked her about this matter must mean that someone had complained to her about it.

Ekaterina the witch sat on her sofa. "Well, don't worry. Just like you guessed, someone complained to me. It was a second-circle wizard. You don't need to know, because I've already warned him."

“That’s the Breeders’ Academy, the Senate’s second-circle wizards. Two of your students recently participated in the Breeders’ Competition, taking away his student’s spot, and your student Williams participated in the Potions Relay Race team, taking away his same student’s spot.”

"So, his students are currently extremely resentful, but the most resentful one is himself. He bypassed you and came directly to me to complain..."

“That second-circle wizard thinks you’ve broken the rules. Your student Williams wants everything, while his students have been squeezed out time and time again. He wants you, either to get Williams off the school team or to get Gregor off the breeder competition.”

Locke frowned. "Teacher, I'm sorry to have troubled you. If you find it troublesome..."

Catherine the Witch waved her hand. "No, it's not troublesome at all. In fact, you did a very good job. I've had my eye on those guys in the Senate for a long time."

“I’ve already given that second-circle wizard a good beating. In fact, I hate this kind of distribution of benefits that relies on personal connections.”

Catherine the Witch said, "One is one, and two is two. No matter how much you consider personal relationships, it won't increase performance by the slightest bit. Your two students are better than his students, and that's what he should be reflecting on, not secretly coming to me to complain. In fact, he has angered me."

"To bother a third-ring throne wizard over such a trivial matter... He's got some..." A savage glint flashed in Ekaterina's eyes, the rage of the Red Dragon Queen. The next moment, Ekaterina realized what was happening.

She realized she had lost her composure, frowned, and glanced at Locke.

"It's the bloodline aura emanating from Locke that has awakened the true dragon bloodline within me," the witch Catherine pondered. "Very well. What I need to do isn't to fight, but to merge with my bloodline. Contact with Locke seems to accelerate this process."

'This bloodline is not my enemy, but a part of me. Perhaps the only way to resolve this conflict is to accept the emotions it gives me, rather than choosing to fight against it.'

Half a minute later, the witch Catherine said, "In short, do whatever you want. As long as it's reasonable, you don't need to care about other people's threats."

"I'm here for you."

Locke said to the witch Catherine, "Thank you, teacher."

The witch Catherine said, "Besides that, you should learn a spell... [Peach Bow Thorn Arrow]."

"This is the reading list. Take a look; there are three books in total. Learn this spell as soon as possible. You need to learn this spell before you choose the advanced meditation method."

Locke looked at the witch Catherine with a puzzled expression.

The witch Catherine said, "Advanced meditation techniques have a certain degree of danger. The spell [Peach Blossom Arrow] is the best magic spell produced in Yunze Wetlands in the last ten years. By learning this spell model, you can gain some prior knowledge, which will increase your safety when learning advanced meditation techniques."

"Many wizards encounter accidents when learning advanced meditation techniques. This is not because advanced meditation techniques are inherently dangerous, but because these wizards are unable to access the normal learning sequence, which leads to problems."

"Their mentors themselves don't understand it, or they don't want to get involved in it."

"If you follow the learning sequence I've set for you, you'll be absolutely safe."

The witch Catherine whispered, "But from my observation, many second-circle wizards don't actually understand this part of the content. They can learn advanced meditation techniques entirely through their own talent."

"This leads to them not knowing this part of the content when teaching students, and thus being unable to help their students."

(End of this chapter)