Am I a god-tier talent in all my professions?

Chapter 123 Gathering of Monster Tide

"Haha, I won't keep you any longer. I also need to carefully reflect on the insights I've gained over the past few days."

"Once I've finished summarizing, I'll go and advance to level 6 enchanter."

Lu Cang nodded and stepped out the door: "Thank you, Uncle Ai Jin. I wish you a successful promotion."

The door is closed.

Lu Cang held a black staff...

This is a huge and long staff.

I now need both hands to fully grasp it.

Of course, with my current physical strength, I can hold it with one hand.

It's just a little inconvenient to grip.

It seems this staff was designed with the user's growth in mind.

Lu Cang used "Flesh and Blood Reshaping" to make his hand a little bigger, like that of an adult.

It's just right to hold.

Indeed, it is designed precisely for the height and hand shape of adults to grip.

"That certainly shows you've thought things through very far."

As for the necklaces and bracelets, the necklaces serve to protect, shield the senses, and resist mental interference, respectively.

As for the bracelets, they are a bit special.

This is a storage bracelet, but it has the function of quickly launching stored items.

……

Once outside the city within the circle, Lu Cang's body flew like a streak of light.

"Source Body·Instant White Flash"

Release yourself like a flash of white lightning!
The perpetual effect allowed Lu Cang's body to maintain extreme speed.

The speed can be fast or slow, and the current speed is just right to be sustained for a long time. The speed is estimated to be 2 kilometers per second.

And fast is the extreme speed of an instantaneous burst.

The speed will be ten times faster than it is now!
How fast it is depends on how high the level of magic is.

Swish!
In less than a minute, Lu Cang had already arrived at the Thousand Caves of the Remote Domain.

Whoosh!
In the next instant, Lu Cang landed on the ground.

I landed on the ground as lightly as the wind, and there was a fourth-tier dungeon in front of me.

I'm too lazy to accept quests from the Adventurers' Guild anymore; the rewards are barely enough to fill a tooth...

"Ugh……"

Of the 20 million gold coins, more than 8 million have already been spent.

Although most of the money was spent on that fortune teller, Lu Cang now only had twelve million gold coins, which made him feel a little insecure.

Lu Cang stretched out his hand, pointing it at the underground city in front of him.

"Sacrifice - 5 Souls"

……

Entering the dungeon, the sky was blood-red... tens of thousands of monsters roared and surged about.

Twelve fourth-tier, nation-destroying level units.

Lu Cang gathered magic power in front of his staff.

"Thunderous minefield, fourth company."

boom!
The entire space suddenly trembled!
A sudden explosion occurred within a 15-kilometer radius centered on the twelve nation-destroying demonic creatures!
Rumble—rumble rumble!

Thunder exploded!

Swarms of demons collapsed in an overwhelming wave, and even the twelve demons capable of destroying entire kingdoms trembled violently and roared in pain!

All monsters of the King level and below were instantly killed.

Three of the monsters, capable of destroying entire nations, were killed instantly.

The remaining nine were also extremely weak.

"So strong..."

This is my own wide-area damage spell.

A larger area naturally results in lower lethality.

Even so, it still instantly killed the nation-destroying monsters... Back then, it took me 5 souls of spirit blasts to bombard their weak points 20 times to kill those nation-destroying monsters.

Including triple casting, that's a total of 60 casts...

And now... a four-hit combo of area-of-effect skills wiped them out?

"What a powerful force."

Lu Cang sensed that the staff amplified the power of his spell by at least six times.

The effect of enchanting is roughly doubled, while the staff itself has power, range, distance, etc. that increase with proficiency, which is roughly tripled.

Is it... a 1% bonus for each level of proficiency?

For the average person, a 10-20% bonus to all spells when the spell reaches level 10-20 is indeed quite good, but it's not overpowered.

But for Lu Cang... this is a 300% full bonus.

Moreover, the bonus will only increase as your mage level increases.

"The remaining nine..."

"Crustaceans, worms, myriapods..."

After learning about the classification of monsters, Lu Cang found that he could recognize these monsters, and their weaknesses became very obvious to him.

Although I haven't seen it specifically in the encyclopedia, based on what I've learned...

Lu Cang raised his staff.

It was aimed at the creature covered in armor.

"Instant white flash"

boom!
A thick, white light, combining four elements, suddenly burst forth!
In an instant, it completely penetrated the gaps in the armor of the creature covered in armor!
"The feedback has been very good..."

Sensing the feedback from the magic hitting the monster, Lu Cang clearly felt that the attack had pierced directly through its heart.

The "Ethereal Ring Staff" is truly perfect.

After several attempts.

Currently, the amplified spell power is at least six times, with significant differences depending on the spell type, ranging from 6 to 12 times.

The casting range is increased by about twelve times, with the maximum distance being 160 kilometers. However, some spells with shorter casting ranges have a casting range of about 80 to 120 kilometers.

The increase in scope is three times the increase in radius, but if calculated by area, it's squared, and if calculated by volume, it's cubic...

The improvements are all quite dramatic.

besides……

Duration, casting speed, spell travel speed, and all other properties have been significantly improved.

Lu Cang is currently researching how to amplify the magic he releases through his own body using a staff.

After all, one can manifest the Dharma through one's own body without the aid of a staff.

In this world, equipment doesn't automatically gain permanent and full enhancements just by holding it...

As for the corpses of these monsters...

Lu Cang was too lazy to accept it.

We only accept monsters capable of destroying entire nations.

I need to go to Ant Mountain later. After the "Death Exchange" spell was upgraded, I can now use smaller corpses.

The slightly larger black ants can satisfy their exchange needs.

Lu Cang didn't know how to collect, so he could only seal the monster corpses with "Sealing Bones (Tier 2) (LV: 301)".

You can either sell it directly or have Akari dissect it.

When I passed by Wanhuo Mall today, I saw that they were launching a major auction. I guess they want to use the gimmick of a monster capable of destroying a nation to create hype.

Having acquired so many world-destroying monsters and such a large merchant guild, Lu Cang didn't believe they wouldn't use it to their advantage.

The profits they can get are definitely much higher than what I get...

"The raw materials cost 120 million, and they might be able to make a profit of over 1 billion."

These are Chi Cheng's original words.

After leaving this dungeon, Lu Cang went on to explore seven more fourth-tier dungeons.

They killed 96 monsters capable of destroying entire nations.

The average value of one is 200,000. This trip earned nearly 20 million gold coins and took about two hours.

The main problem is that finding the dungeon is a bit troublesome.

It only takes less than five minutes to clear the area, and the main thing is to familiarize yourself with the staff's features; collecting the corpses takes much longer.

If it were truly a matter of speed, it would probably only take five seconds from going in to coming out.

The corpse filled two storage bags, which were then placed into the "Advanced Storage Bag".

"Advanced storage bags" are containers specifically designed for storing storage items.

It has only one cubic meter of space, but it costs 8000 gold coins...

It has no other special features, but its biggest feature is that it can store the vast majority of ordinary storage items.

After defeating these monsters, Lu Cang arrived at the sealed area of ​​the Thousand Army Ant Mountain.

“We can give it a try now…” Lu Cang opened the seal.

All I could see inside was piles of black ash.

The body did not completely disappear; instead, it turned into ashes and piled up.

Lu Cang whipped up a whirlwind, drawing out large amounts of ash from the cave and throwing it outside.

After cleaning it up, they went inside.

After entering, it scanned the area with its senses and then closed the seal again.

"Finally, I can give it a try..."

A bottle of viscous blood appeared in Lu Cang's right hand.

With a flick of the wrist, a gust of wind lifted the bottle and popped the cork off.

"Blood of the Demon"

The blood of evil creatures may come from the undead, vampires, demons...

The fire has been extinguished.

The Thousand Ant Mountain was now shrouded in a massive wall that had risen high.

Using the "water manipulation" spell, Lu Cang controlled the demon blood to float in mid-air, recalling the way the ritual array was drawn.

This was the first time Lu Cang had ever arranged a ceremony.

I've heard that there are many strange and wonderful rituals in this world. The main characteristic of a ritual is that you sacrifice something in exchange for a certain response.

In theory, rituals can accomplish a great deal.

However, the downside is that... the setup is quite difficult, and the cost involved may be unaffordable.

"The cost of defining rituals."

"Knowing what response you will receive after the ceremony is completed."

"This is a necessary procedure for initiating the ceremony. If this procedure is not followed, it is very likely that a huge price will be paid and endless suffering will be incurred."

This is the most important rule of ritual studies.

"Kumironi has already been identified..."

The demon's blood was smeared on the hard, black iron ground, drawing circles upon circles, and then connecting them with lines at different points...

That should be it.

Depending on the requirements of the ceremony, it doesn't necessarily have to be perfectly standardized.

At least this doesn't need to be too standard.

Then, Lu Cang placed some small ornaments that seemed to enhance the ritual's effect.

Monster carcasses, monster blood, items that emit light...

"Then……"

“Sacrifice your soul and you will receive a response.”

Lu Cang closed his eyes and touched the ritual array with his hand.

The ceremony has been completed.

Lu Cang felt a slight attraction emanating from the ritual, something that could draw in souls... but the attraction was so subtle that it was imperceptible to anyone without extremely high spirituality.

"Sacrifice..."

"1 souls."

A pure white soul floated out from Lu Cang's body...

It is integrated into the formation of the ritual.

The sealed cave seemed to be suddenly swept by a gust of wind.

Lu Cang felt a powerful suction force emanating from the ritual array.

Lu Cang calmed his mind and saw some turbid energy gathering, and the tide of demons becoming denser.

Since reading The Beginning of Spirituality, I have become much more adept at using spirituality.

Now I can use my spirituality more clearly to see things like monster tides that normal people can't see...

"Sure enough, it's become much richer."

Perception is directed towards the mountain of thousands of ants.

We also observed that the rate at which it produces black ants has increased.

"Then..."

"Sacrifice 2000 souls."

Lu Cang increased the number of souls to be sacrificed...

This time, the ritual could be clearly felt to generate a vortex-like suction force, and the monster tides from all directions were rapidly gathering here.

However, it seems that it's not just a monster tide drawn in from other places.

A surge of monsters seemed to have appeared out of nowhere in the air.

Immediately afterwards, these attracted monster hordes were frantically sucked into the Thousand Army Ant Mountain!
A massive, explosive outbreak of black ants!

Originally, due to the existence of the Thousand Army Ant Mountain, this place was already extremely barren, and the number of black ants produced by the Thousand Army Ant Mountain had become sparse.

Now that the concentration has increased, the rate at which the ant mountain explodes with soldiers has increased to tens of thousands of black ants per second!

call!
A sea of ​​fire ignited, encircling the ant hill.

"So fast... but it still doesn't feel like enough."

Lu Cang's heart stirred slightly.

The soul within the body floated out.

"Sacrifice of Souls - 5000"

boom!
In that instant, it felt as if the entire mountain trembled slightly.

In Lu Cang's eyes, he saw a thick, murky color swirling around him!
Release your senses!

Discovering this mountain is like the eye of a storm, with hordes of monsters converging from all directions!
Five thousand souls, and they actually have such a terrifying effect?

Such a dense monster tide...

Lu Cang's right hand flashed with light, and he held a white test paper in his hand.

Amidst the dense horde of monsters, the test strip gradually turned grayish-brown and murky...

Ultimately, it settles on a color that no longer deepens.

Lu Cang took out the table to check.

“Monster tide density… Level 5”

"This monster tide may give rise to wild Tier 5 monsters."

They actually only sacrificed five thousand souls.

It can condense a fifth-tier monster tide...

The effect of this ritual is truly terrifying. What would happen if I were to sacrifice 50,000 souls in one go?
Lu Cang did not intend to try it lightly...

The consequences could be quite serious.

As the monster tide converged, the Thousand Army Ant Mountain simultaneously transformed a large number of monsters into black ants. In such a dense environment, ants continuously crawled out of every hole in the entire Thousand Army Ant Mountain.

The rate of soul growth was an astonishing 10 per second.

"It's being used up so quickly..."

"But it's still not fast enough."

With a thought, Lu Cang stretched out one hand toward the mountain of ant soldiers.

Souls can be used not only for sacrifices in dungeons and rituals, but also for... enhancing monsters.

However, this applies to the vast majority of monsters.

The enhancement effects only make them more ferocious; they do not increase their output value, nor can they turn them into your companions.

In most cases, it simply increases the difficulty of fighting monsters.

But... as for the Thousand Ant Mountain...

"Sacrifice - 500 souls"

"Enhanced Monster - Thousand Ant Mountain"

Woo~
Countless souls, carrying echoes of praise, poured into the body of the Thousand Ant Mountain!

thump--

Lu Cang felt the Thousand Army Ant Mountain suddenly throb.

Its entire body throbbed as if its heart were beating like a drum!
thump thump——

thump thump——

Thump thump thump thump thump!
With each tremor, a torrential rain of ants would be unleashed. Tens of thousands of holes all over its body would spray out black ants like popcorn!

One spray and a whole bunch of them are gone!

Every tremor is a swarm of ants!
The monster tide was absorbed by it even faster, and Lu Cang felt that the monster tide, which could originally condense into fifth-order monsters, was rapidly becoming thinner!

"We can add more..."

"Ritual Sacrifice - 5000 Souls"

Lu Cang didn't offer too many sacrifices, just 5000!

The ceremony began in a frenzy!
Immediately afterwards, the ants on the mountain worked even harder.

"Even with 500 soul-enhanced anthills, the speed is still too slow..."

(End of this chapter)