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

Chapter 124 The Invincible Magician
Lu Cang raised his hand again.

Another thousand souls burrowed into the body of the Thousand Army Ant Mountain.

Thump thump thump thump!
The jumping rate is more compact!

The sound was as loud as war drums! The ant swarm spewed out like raindrops!
Wow!
Lu Cangfei flew out of the cave.

We came up to the sky and looked out into the distance.

All that could be seen was a gray, surging tide of monsters, with monsters from all directions converging on this one place.

"Gather together, then transform using a mountain of ants..."

"Wouldn't that eliminate the monster tide?"

"It might be a good research direction, but it's also possible that it has already been studied by others."

Lu Cang pondered to himself.

Power is indeed not scary; rituals that can gather monster tides can also be used to eliminate them.

It has even now been transformed into its own power.

With only less than 20,000 souls sacrificed, the Thousand Ant Mountain generated a production efficiency of tens of thousands of souls per second.

Lu Cang returned to the seal.

Take out a desk and a recliner from the storage space.

I placed the borrowed and purchased books on my desk, lay back in my recliner... and began to open a copy of "Fundamentals of Ritual Studies".

As the monster tide gradually thins out—

Lu Cang then infused the ritual with five thousand souls.

It's like adding a piece of charcoal to a gradually dying fire, making it burn even brighter.

……

"Monsters... there really is so much to learn about them."

One afternoon.

Lu Cang read more than ten books.

My reading speed isn't as fast as a scholar's, but it's not slow either.

Moreover, Lu Cang believed that he could thoroughly understand and comprehend the meaning of all the books he had read.

After reading most of the book.

Lu Cang also took the opportunity to improve his proficiency in the "Demon Tempering Technique" style, which also improved his Soul Sacrifice skill, but Lu Cang still seriously practiced a few sets.

The "Demon Tempering Technique" consists of 11 different combat skills.

The most unique aspect is that this combat skill doesn't necessarily require a warrior's level, but rather a mage's level.

Ordinary combat skills are like magic with different ranks; a level 3 warrior cannot master a level 4 combat skill.

However, the requirements for this Demon Tempering Technique are that both mages and warriors can learn it, but warriors must have magic power as a prerequisite.

This temporarily saved Lu Cang the trouble of changing his class to warrior.

The first technique is Magic Tempering—it allows you to use your physical body to make your magic more refined, and refined magic is the reason why you can release magic efficiently.

Magic can also nourish the physical body, making it stronger.

The second move is "Demonic Sweep/Downward Slash/Upward Kick". Different kicking techniques, while kicking, also gather magic power in the leg, and the magic power is slashed out like a scythe.

After learning this combat skill, Lu Cang finally understood what it felt like.

So that's how sword energy and ranged slashing techniques are released.

The third move is "Penetrating Magic," which imbues all melee attacks with a magic penetration effect.

……

At Lu Cang's current level, he can only unlock the ninth form of his combat skills. The remaining tenth and eleventh forms can only be learned by a level 4 mage.

However, during this period...

Lu Cang also trained this set of "Demon Tempering and Refining Techniques" combat skills to level 301, and evolved each of the combat skills he learned in different directions.

"So... whether it's combat skills or techniques, the maximum proficiency level is calculated based on my mage level?"

"No, it could also be based on my highest job level, except that my highest job level right now is mage."

Five thousand more souls were infused into it.

The ritual still showed great appeal, however... it didn't attract many monster hordes anymore.

"Ugh……"

Lu Cang left the cave and looked around.

All I could see was the air around me, crisp and clean, with only a few specks of pollution that seemed to appear out of nowhere.

"It really is, very clear."

The book says that the monster tide arises out of thin air, and the reason for its occurrence is unknown...

However, because there are always monster tides in the wild, it's as if the water was created out of thin air, but the entire environment is an ocean.

Where can you tell which part of the water is produced?

Now, the monster tide in the air has been completely sucked out.

The foul odors that appeared out of nowhere were now fully exposed.

"It actually sucked it dry."

After an afternoon of experimentation, Lu Cang roughly understood the effect of the number of souls sacrificed on the ritual.

To be more precise, this ritual involves gathering a horde of monsters within a certain range towards the ritual site.

It also acts as a catalyst.

It catalyzes the sudden creation of the monster tide, but the effect is very slight.

Adding more souls significantly increases attractiveness and the range of those attracted.

In the beginning of that afternoon, they were able to harvest more than 400 million souls every hour, but unfortunately, the monster tide was completely drained later, and the conversion efficiency slowed down again.

In just seven hours, combined with the original soul reserves, they had already harvested three billion souls.

Think of this number.

Lu Cang couldn't help but think of a certain infamous magician.

Ah... Messer is actually myself?

Immediately, a chill ran down my spine.

He killed ants himself; that's how he killed 3 billion.

He directly sacrificed three billion living people.

That's really creepy.

Lu Cang put the desk, recliner, and books back into the storage space.

After a whole day of learning.

He had finally fulfilled the perfect conditions for becoming a scholar.

All told, you should have 20 promotion points by now.

With 30 billion souls, that should be enough to handle most unexpected situations...

Lu Cang returned to the City within the Circle.

……

Upon returning, he felt a familiar sensation come into contact with him.

This is Iz's scent.

Izparut is back.

"It's been a long time, Iz."

In front of the fruit stall, Lu Cang came to Izparut's side.

Iz picked up a pomegranate.

"It's been a while since we last met. How have you been?" Izparut lightly tapped his finger and peeled the pomegranate, leaving only the seeds in his hand.

"My growth might surprise you, Iz."

"Haha, can this surprise me?"

Izparut grinned broadly: "I heard about it when I got back. You cleared the 100th floor of the Tower of War and achieved a 500-win streak in the Battle Arena."

"However, I didn't expect you to say that you would defeat Luluwei when you are a level 3 mage."

Lu Cang: "Huh?"

No, when did I say that?

Lu Cang believes he has always maintained humility when facing others.

Although I think I'm very strong and capable.

But they wouldn't say it out loud.

Such arrogant remarks could not possibly reflect one's own attitude.

"Oh? Didn't you say that?" Iz noticed Lu Cang's confusion.

"No."

Iz shrugged: "That's a pity. I thought you would have that kind of courage."

No... I'm not exactly fearless, am I?

I just don't intend to say it out loud.

"So, what do you say?" Iz looked at the staff that Lu Cang was holding.

She then looked at Lu Cang. "Are you planning to challenge Luluwei?"

Lu Cang sighed softly: "Is she very strong?"

Aside from sparring with Iz, the only other formidable enemy Lu Cang encountered was Kaiga.

As for everyone else.

No one can put any pressure on me.

As for Luluwei, who has achieved a 5000-game winning streak, judging from her record, she might be a very strong opponent.

But just how strong... When Lu Cang asked himself this question, he couldn't help but feel a little underestimating him.

It can't be stronger than Kaiga, can it?

However, Izzy gave her answer without hesitation.

"Yes, very strong."

"If she were at the same level as me, it would take me a little more effort to beat her."

Oh……

Why are the reviews so high?
Iz paused again, then said, "If I were a level below her, well... it would probably be very difficult to win."

Was it a very difficult win?

Should I say you're overconfident...?

However, it's not appropriate for me to comment on Izparut.

After all, he was currently hoping to beat Luluwei, and he was indeed one level lower.

"Well, I'll pay attention."

Even Izzy has made such a comment, so it seems Luluvi is indeed an extraordinary person.

In order to ensure that he could obtain the Prophet's Scroll.

Let's find out more about our opponents.

"What kind of opponent is she?"

Iz thought, "Her attack range is exceptionally long... She can do almost everything an archer excels at."

Attack range?

Lu Cang held the magic staff.

My current casting range is over a hundred kilometers...

This should be able to make up for many of the disadvantages.

"others……"

"I don't know much about her. She challenged me back then, but she didn't win in a battle between people of the same level."

"After that, she said she wanted to have a full-fledged sparring match when they were of the same level."

"As a result, she is still at level 4, while I am already at level 6."

Oh, a defeated challenger?

and many more……

It feels a bit like myself.

No, I didn't lose, it was just a draw.

Moreover, back then it was a tie with 150,000 souls. Now, if I were to explode with 3 billion souls, even you, Izzy, would probably not be able to withstand it.

Lu Cang plans to observe Luluwei's battle later.

Let's see this opponent for ourselves.

"By the way, Izzy, how's the Messer thing going?"

“Messer, I killed him.” Izparut said this casually.

It seems to be just a trivial matter.

"He has a deep understanding of the origins, but in terms of magical skill, he is far inferior to me."

"Pity……"

"If he can use magic for the right things."

A complex emotion flashed in Izzy's eyes.

Two days ago—

“Yo-Izparut.”

"This is our first time meeting, isn't it?"

The man with the monocle was dressed in aristocratic attire.

This must have been his formal attire when he was a lord in his territory.

The man he faced had long hair and wore a magnificent and flowing mage's robe.

His expression was calm as water, yet cold as ice.

Messer met his gaze.

You can feel the heavy aura emanating from it, making it hard to breathe.

They were both level 6 mages, and he had even advanced to level 6 much earlier and had been exploring at level 6 for a long time...

Yet they felt no hope of winning whatsoever.

They could tell just by looking at each other.

I am not on the same level as him.

“I am your admirer, the most outstanding mage in history…” Messer forced an ugly smile.

Izparut's thoughts spread: "Is that so? Perhaps it is my tragedy to have an admirer like you."

"I don't want those who admire me to use magic to commit unnecessary killings."

A blood-red staff appeared in Messer's right hand.

"Indeed, even a genius like you can't explain it clearly."

"You simply cannot understand the pain we suffer in our pursuit of the root cause..."

"Do you know that I was once a genius? In just six years, I became a Level 5 mage admired by thousands."

"But it wasn't until I reached level 5 that I realized my thinking was wrong, and that my path couldn't prove the real root cause... it was just wishful thinking on my part."

"In order to find the true root cause, I tried many methods..."

"Do you think I want to kill people? No, I don't want to kill them. If they are of no use to me in the pursuit of the root, I have no interest in even looking at them. Why would I kill them?"

"But I had to do it."

"Because I want to prove one thing, I want to prove that the origin is independent."

"I want to prove that the Root itself is concrete and exists. I want to extract Root Magic from ordinary people who know nothing about the Root, in order to verify my conjecture!"

“You are the most outstanding magician, you should know what I’m talking about.”

You should know what I'm thinking!

"Isn't this a brilliant idea? Isn't this a very unique and ingenious way that can prove the root cause?"

Izparut's brow furrowed deeply.

"Haha, it's a rare opportunity like this, why don't we discuss our insights into the root causes?"

"We're all magicians, why do we have to fight to the death?"

"You're curious about my research too, aren't you?"

"You're probably also curious to know what kind of root cause I've uncovered, aren't you!"

"Actually, we don't necessarily have to distinguish between life and death."

"You and me..."

"That's enough." Iz's thoughts trembled slightly between heaven and earth.

Interrupt him.

“I’m very interested in your ideas, but… I also have my own principles.”

"I'm interested, but that doesn't mean I want to know exactly what you've researched."

Messer asked loudly, "If the path to the root is to do these things, then it must go against your own heart, and cause immense suffering!"

"Are you going to give up the path of a magician? Are you going to give up the pursuit of the origin?"

"The root cause will not shift according to your subjective will! Ultimately, we must all seek the true truth!"

"Are you a mage who would give up on finding the source, Izparut?!"

"No, I believe your determination to find the root cause is even stronger than mine!"

"If you were in the same situation, you would definitely make the same choice as me!"

Swish!
He had barely finished speaking when Iz was already pressed close to his body.

“I am not like you, Messer.”

The staff was pointed at Messer's body!
Messer was filled with a sense of impending doom!

Magic is coming!
But from which direction?
A feeling arises in the heart, and the senses suddenly penetrate downwards!

However, they discovered that the sea below had formed a huge cylindrical cavity.

"Detaching from nothingness".

(The last two chapters need some rewriting, so they will be a little later.)
(End of this chapter)