Above the mage

Chapter 784 [Stopping the Waves] [Yuan Jing]

The fourth-tier Mandora's Eye has three core abilities: Farsight/Microscopic Vision, Insight and Calculation, and Illusion Detection.

Each ability is very useful.

Even the seemingly most limited and unpopular skill, Breaking Illusion, becomes increasingly useful as a mage's level gradually increases.

The reason is simple: low-level mages have limited options, and magic combatants mainly rely on simple and brutal evocation and conjuration spells.

However, Master Gao Huan's knowledge spanned a wide range of schools of thought, and his methods of illusion and deception were constantly evolving. As various forms of deception became more and more common, the value of his ability to see through illusions naturally increased.

After completing its fifth-tier transformation by relying on the essence of high-level ice elements, the Mandora Eye's abilities have received a comprehensive upgrade.

First, the most basic farsightedness and microscopic abilities have been steadily improved.

The threshold for clear facial recognition with farsightedness has been increased from 2500 meters to 3800 meters.

However, the upper limit of being able to discern outlines at 10,000 meters remains unchanged, but it is already sufficient to adapt to most scenarios.

The microscopic precision has been greatly improved, and it is even possible to observe the energy lattice inside the magic crystal, which greatly enhances Gaode's ability to perform various high-precision operations.

Following the basic abilities, the abilities of insight and calculation have also been significantly upgraded.

The Demon Eye's original five golden insight patterns have increased to seven, with the golden lines corresponding to a significant enhancement in insight capabilities.

The calculation speed has been greatly improved, the calculation time for complex models has been greatly reduced, and subtle magical deviations that were easy to ignore in the past can now be accurately captured.

The blue lines also increase, representing the expansion and strengthening of the ability to see through illusions.

In addition to the original illusion-detecting technique, it also has the effect of recognizing and concealing aura.

The most crucial and transformative improvement of this fifth-tier advancement is the newly formed silver patterns on the Demon Eye, or rather, its derived abilities:

Insight and benchmark.

In the world of mages, there is no intuitive way to determine their level.

At most, you can tell that the other party is a mage, but you can't find out their specific level of mageship.

Outsiders can only vaguely perceive the strength of the magical aura emanating from others, just as when looking at a fire from afar, they can only distinguish between light and dark, but cannot determine whether it is a candle flame, a campfire, or the raging flames of a furnace.

Given that the target deliberately conceals their aura and intends to hide it, even a high-ranking mage can only rely on experience to make a judgment.

This makes it easy to misjudge, and it often leads to the embarrassing situation in the world of mages accidentally provoking powerful enemies or people they shouldn't have provoked.

Or perhaps due to excessive caution and timidity, they missed opportunities.

However, the insight standard of the fifth-order Mandora's Eye breaks through this constraint.

The moment the silver patterns spread out, they could automatically filter out all the deliberately disguised false aura, suppressed aura, and external concealment on the target's body surface, allowing direct vision of the closed-loop magic flowing within the magic meridians of the mage's body.

A mage can conceal the faint magical light floating outside their body and dilute their outward magical aura, but they cannot hide the total amount and quality of the magical power continuously circulating within their body.

Within the mage system, the total amount of magic power corresponding to each level of mage varies greatly.

Therefore, since Gaode can clearly see the magic flowing inside the mage's body, he can use the clear benchmark in his mind to distinguish the other party's true strength from their false strength at a glance.

Of course, this can only determine the opponent's basic mage level, and there is a possibility of error.

For example, if the opponent's cultivation method is characterized by a total magical power exceeding that of other cultivation methods, then it is possible that the level of the high-ranking cultivator is slightly overestimated.

But no matter how abundant one's total magic power is, it is impossible to advance to a higher level.

Therefore, the accuracy rate of judging the mage level at higher ranks can be basically guaranteed to be 100%.

This is only a rough function of the ruler.

In addition, the scale can roughly determine the opponent's remaining mana, almost like seeing through the enemy's "mana bar balance".

It has extremely high practical value in battles.

Without a doubt, the fifth-tier Mandora's Eye did not waste that precious high-level ice element essence.

Unfortunately, Mandora's Eyes were already completely saturated, with all her abilities reaching their limits and no room for further improvement.

But he didn't have any negative emotions like disappointment.

The Mandora's Eye originated from the fourth-tier magical plant "Tears of Mandora." To break through the shackles and advance to the fifth tier is already an incredible opportunity and an unexpected joy.

Du Wei did not keep Gao De waiting for long.

Three days later, a servant came to visit and respectfully handed Gao De a box about two feet long.

The entire box is engraved with intricate runes, forming two overlapping rhomboid magic circles with a wavy arc in between.

The runes on the box surface shimmered with a faint silver light, confirming that the seal was intact.

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Gao De thanked him, took the box, and returned to his room.

The moment the box was opened, a very faint, refreshing scent wafted out.

The scent was similar to the clean smell of freshly melted snow.

Two extremely thin spools were placed side by side inside the box.

On each side of the scroll, there is a transparent crystal bottle.

The two crystal bottles were exactly the same shape, but the liquid inside them had two different textures.

The bottle on the left is crystal clear, with tiny, silvery-white specks of light suspended within it.

The light spots moved slowly within the bottle as the liquid swayed gently.

The bottle on the right is a translucent silver-gray, and the liquid is thicker, like diluted mercury.

Occasionally, a very thin halo appears on the surface, only to quickly fade away.

Gao De picked up the crystal bottle on the left and glanced at the label at the end of the scroll:

The bottle on the left corresponds to the first spell in the Silver Dragon language, and the bottle on the right corresponds to the second.

He immediately opened the two scrolls one after the other, skipping over the complex underlying spell models, and first looked at the complete effects and mechanisms of the two dragon spells.

【Zhi Lan [Silver Dragon Language]】 (Defense System):

Self-cast spell, instantly cleansing yourself of all negative statuses: curses, poisons, magical corruption, and residual spell effects.

Unlike conventional spells, Zhilan can forcibly remove even high-level curses that cannot be removed by conventional means.

This spell can only be applied to oneself and cannot protect others.

The more negative states that need to be cleansed, and the higher the level of cleansing, the more magical power is required.

【Yuan Jing [Silver Dragon Language]】 (Defense Type):

As the dragon's whisper settled, silver light descended upon the target, calming the restless magic with the power of order.

Forcefully neutralize all buffs, Berserk, Mana Amplification, and Status Overdraft effects on the target, including Bloodlust,

Spell amplification and Berserker buffs are all temporarily disabled.

During this period, it prevents any new gain states from being added.

Conventional methods cannot repair this state of delamination.

This spell can only be cast on a single target and has a short duration.

The higher the target's mana level, the higher the spell cost will be.

Even though he had anticipated it, Gaode's eyes still showed a clear shock.

too strong.

These two dragon magic spells are unparalleled in both practicality and strategic value compared to ordinary spells.

One line of defense protects the enemy from all negative influences, while another line of targeted strikes seals off the enemy's maximum combat power.

The difference between dragon magic and human magic is reminiscent of the Trisolarans and primitive humans.

As Gao De pondered this, he picked up a water glass from the side and filled it with clear water.

He placed his palm over the rim of the cup, drawing upon the magical power within his body.

[The Miracle Medicine].

Magic flows into the cup like water.

The water in the cup did not ripple or boil, yet a fundamental change quietly occurred.

It is no longer ordinary water, but the [Hyper-Memory] elixir.

Gao De picked up his water glass, drank it all in one gulp, and then looked down at the spell model diagram on the scroll again.

The diagram is densely packed with the positions and connections of thousands of spell stars. Because it is a three-dimensional model, it also has two-dimensional views from various angles.

Their lines intersect and nodes are densely packed, making them look like an extremely complex celestial star chart. In addition to their extremely high status, the Dragon Magic has another major characteristic: it has no hierarchy.

That is, any mage of any rank can master these two dragon spells, as long as you have the ability to construct the corresponding spell model.

However, this is only theoretically feasible:

The spells 【止澜】 and 【渊净】 have different numbers of spell stars. The former has a total of 5375 spell stars, while the latter has more than 4,300.

This is on the scale of a fourth-circle spell or even a fifth-circle spell.

Fortunately, it does not require the level of the spell stars, so with his mental strength far exceeding that of other mages of the same level, Gao De was fully capable of constructing spell models for two dragon spells, at most it would just take a little more time.

With the help of the memory boost from the [Super Memory] potion, Gao De looked through all the star layouts of [Zhi Lan] from beginning to end, and then from end to beginning.

The orientation of every node, the angle and length of every connecting line, are clearly etched into his memory.

No need for repeated confirmation or backtracking; line by line, it was archived, arranged, and fixed in his mind.

After reading [Zhi Lan], Gao De's gaze turned to [Yuan Jing].

The information on the arrangement of nearly ten thousand stars on the two scrolls was completely absorbed into the depths of his memory during the duration of the Hyper-Memory Elixir.

After confirming that he had memorized the two spell models, Gaode put the scroll away and returned it to the box.

Then, he looked at the two crystal bottles in the box and remembered something else:

The dragon spell potion corresponding to a dragon spell without a rank should also be a dragon spell potion without a rank.

Although the raw materials for concocting potions are rare and priceless, surpassing even ordinary fifth-tier potions, it is still a tierless potion.

In other words...

With that in mind, Gaode did something else.

He picked up the crystal bottle on the left, uncorked it, and a very clean scent wafted out.

There was no smell, like a gust of wind blowing across a snowfield, with nothing attached except for the cold and the emptiness.

Gao De opened his mouth, and a very faint white aura appeared on the surface of his lips.

The light seemed to emanate from inside his mouth, thin and even, like a translucent film of light covering his lips and teeth.

Then, he tilted his head back slightly and poured the potion from the crystal bottle into his mouth.

The moment the liquid entered his throat, he barely tasted anything.

It has no bitterness, no sweetness, and not even the slight burning sensation commonly found in potions.

The drop of liquid seemed to transform into an extremely fine, silvery-white thread, sliding down his throat and into his body.

The next moment, Gao De felt an extremely subtle contraction in his throat.

The potion he had just drunk stayed in his body for less than two breaths, as if it were held in by an invisible membrane and returned along the same path.

A small clump of clear liquid condensed again between the base of his tongue and the roof of his mouth.

Gao De spat the liquid back into the bottle.

The potion that had fallen back to the bottom of the bottle looked slightly clearer than before.

The silvery-white starlight that was originally suspended in the liquid seemed to have been gently combed by something, and its distribution became more even.

【Alchemy Rumination [Rare]+】!

Gao De resealed the bottle and set it aside. Then he picked up the second crystal bottle and repeated the same steps.

A white aura briefly shone between his lips. When the silvery-gray liquid was spat back into the bottle, its texture was slightly thinner than before, and the halo that occasionally appeared on the surface became more stable.

The effects of [Alchemy Rumination] are not strong; the entire process is brief and calm.

But it achieved what Gaode had envisioned:

These two bottles of dragon magic potions are no longer disposable items that can only be used by him.

Gao De carefully placed the two crystal bottles back into the box, arranged them side by side with the two scrolls, and then solemnly put them away.

Having obtained the Dragon Magic spell, he had no reason to linger in the City of Glory any longer and immediately boarded an airship to return to Byro County.

Ultimately, Barlowshire was his true home in the Plantagenet dynasty.

Furthermore, as a Sea Sentinel Mage, he helped the Golden Flower Dynasty Mage Team win the Unparalleled Mage Tournament. This achievement is absolutely a tremendous feat within the Sea Sentinel system.

There's a high chance he'll get some credit from the Sea Sentinel, so Gao De is extremely eager to go back.

The several-day voyage passed in the blink of an eye.

The airship slowly descended to the airport, and the familiar sea breeze, carrying a salty and damp scent, rushed towards us.

Six months later, Gao De returned to Dorne.

As soon as he disembarked from the airship, he headed straight for the White Tower of the Abyss.

The purpose of this trip was very clear: to settle accounts for military merits.

He still had four first-class merits that he hadn't used, and Gao De estimated that he would soon be no longer serving as a sea sentry.

Therefore, there is no need to deliberately keep these accumulated merits. Clearing them out and cashing them in is the safest choice.

Another point is that it also sends a signal to the higher-ups of the Sea Sentinel, reminding them that they have returned.

First-class merit carries immense weight in the Sea Sentinel's merit system. Each one corresponds to the right to exchange for massive resources, high-level magical materials, and even rare spells, making it a truly high-level hard currency.

Gaode already had a complete plan in mind regarding what to exchange for.

He first spent a first-class merit to exchange for the spell recipe of the rare fifth-ring spell [Spell Constant], which he had long coveted.

Although he is currently only a third-ring mage, two major ranks away from becoming a fifth-ring mage, his act of exchanging for fifth-ring spells ahead of schedule is still somewhat strange.

But given his current abilities and record, it's not really that outrageous.

After all, his speed of leveling up as a mage is obvious to all, and his talent is even more visible to the naked eye.

The Fifth Ring Road, which is out of reach for others, is simply a natural progression for him.

Therefore, it's normal to exchange for a must-learn fifth-ring core spell in advance during a "clearance sale".

After acquiring the [Spell Stabilization] spell, Gao De still had three First-Class Merits left.

He originally planned to exchange it for a bottle of top-tier fourth-ring upgrade potion.

His "Secret Transmission of Zhenbing" and "The Longevity Scripture of Qingmu" are both at the late stage of the third ring, and it's time for him to plan his advancement to the fourth ring.

However, after he retrieved the latest inventory list for verification, he had no choice but to give up.

The last bottle of top-tier fourth-ring upgrade potion that was originally stored in the vault was exchanged and taken by another veteran sea sentinel mage last month, and now the inventory is empty.

The remaining potions for upgrading rings were not worth considering by Gao De.

He still adheres to the principle of "better to have none than something bad".

Since there was no hope of upgrading his magic potion, he withdrew his thoughts and slowly scanned the updated list of military merits for exchange. Among the dazzling array of high-level extraordinary treasures, he carefully selected resources that suited him.