piratefiction Chapter 372 Naraku Meditation Technique, Combat Power Surges!
Chapter 372 Naraku Meditation Technique, Combat Power Surges!
Chapter 372 Naraku Meditation Technique, Combat Power Surges!
Believers offer their faith, and gods provide protection;
Wherever the gods point, believers are willing to sacrifice their lives.
Although the Ark's Apostle Soul Channel currently lacks any coercive or binding force, the fact that such a concept's power appears in a mere upper-level Black Iron undead creature seems far too extraordinary.
Fang Zhou pondered to himself that if this ability became widely known, it might attract tremendous attention and controversy.
He decided to keep the discovery a secret for the time being and apply it gradually when the time was right.
At the same time, he also realized that this ability could not only help him cultivate a group of loyal and powerful apostles, but also play an unexpected role in future development.
Another idea quickly popped into Fangzhou's mind.
Instructor Su Xinyan and Master Sandru had long ago practiced the apprentice-level Skeleton King Meditation Method he deduced, and became apostles of the clone.
But why wasn't this kind of soul channel found in the two apostles before?
Fangzhou glanced at Sylvanas sitting in front of him and quickly came to a guess.
Perhaps this is because Instructor Su Xinyan and Master Sandru, as Gold-rank necromancers, possessed souls far more powerful than their own.
According to Fang Zhou's own perception, with the combination of his clone and his main body, his soul essence may now be higher than that of a Black Iron-level professional, but it has not yet reached the strength of a Bronze-level professional.
Compared to the gold-tier soul essence of Instructor Su Xinyan and Master Sandru, the difference is simply too vast.
How can believers be more powerful than gods?
In contrast, Sylvanas, who had just visualized a skeletal clone and established an apostle connection with the Ark, was merely a low-ranking Dark Iron necromancer.
Her soul essence was naturally far inferior to that of the Ark.
That is why he was able to easily sense the Apostle Soul Channel in Sylvanas that he had not sensed in the previous two Apostles.
After studying the Apostle's soul passage for a while and finding no new discoveries, Fangzhou dared not do anything under the noses of the two Gold-rank Archmages.
Therefore, he refocused his attention on Sylvanas.
At this moment, Sylvanas was casting a spell to test how she felt after successfully transforming into the Corpse Warlord Meditation Technique.
She chanted incantations and moved her hands precisely, unleashing a series of spells in quick succession: "Summon Zombies!"
Space cracked open, and several rotting zombies crawled out, moving slowly but posing a threat.
"Summon Skeleton Warriors!"
Then, several skeleton warriors equipped with simple weapons appeared beside her.
Their bones are stronger, clearly reinforced.
Under her command, the skeleton warriors lined up in neat rows, like a well-trained squad.
"A web of corruption!"
She then cast another area-of-effect spell.
A black, net-like substance emitting a foul odor covered an area, and anything that touched it was quickly corroded.
The net trembled in the air, seemingly containing a powerful corrosive force.
"A barrage of death missiles!"
With her gesture, a series of black balls shot from her fingertips, striking the target not far away and creating a series of explosions.
These missiles are significantly more powerful than before, and their blast radius is also larger.
"The Eye of Frailty!"
Finally, Sylvanas stared at a simulated puppet, her eyes flashing with an eerie light.
The beam of light pierced through the air and struck the target, whose surface seemed to instantly lose its vitality and become dull and lifeless.
Under the watchful eyes of Ark and the others, Sylvanas skillfully cast spells, testing out all the Dark Iron rank undead mage skills she possessed.
Finally, Sylvanas's silver-grey eyes shone with excitement as she addressed the Ark and the two Gold-rank archmages: "I have just begun to learn the Corpse Warlord Meditation Technique, but the benefits it provides to my necromancer skills far exceed those of the Zombie Meditation Technique, which I had previously mastered."
I can feel that by visualizing the Corpse Overlord, the connection between me and the Netherworld is becoming stronger and stronger, and the efficiency of my mana manipulation to mobilize the energy of the undead is also much higher than before.
To put it simply, through the simple test just now, the mana cost of casting Iron-tier necromancer skills such as Summon Skeleton Warriors and Summon Zombies has decreased by at least 30% compared to before.
The skill's effect is enhanced as the concentration of undead attribute energy increases.
Although it hasn't been precisely tested, based on my feeling, it has improved by at least 30%.
I felt as if I were visualizing a being from the Netherworld representing the will of death.
He was silent, yet he provided me with much help.
As my proficiency with the Corpse Warlord Meditation increases, my connection with the Netherworld will become even stronger.
This is absolutely incredible.
I've never felt so exhilarated casting spells before!
As the apprentice of Master Sandru, the most powerful necromancer, Sylvanas naturally received the most complete and traditional necromancer education.
It can be said that, apart from Fangzhou, she is one of the best among the new generation of necromancers, and her talent in the necromancer profession is beyond doubt.
However, despite this, due to the inherent separation between the living and the dead, Sylvanas's training speed and actual combat strength were not ideal.
As a rare profession, the necromancer, aside from the enhancements from equipment and artifacts, her actual combat strength is probably only about the same as that of an ordinary low-level Black Iron professional.
Sylvanas's predicament is actually a microcosm of the predicaments faced by other necromancers.
In the traditional cultivation system, necromancers face various limitations and challenges.
They not only have to overcome the instability of magical power, but also improve their skills and combat capabilities with limited resources.
However, with the Skeleton King Meditation Method and the Corpse Warlord Meditation Method derived from the Ark, everything has changed dramatically.
At least during the apprentice and Iron stages, this series of meditation methods provides enough boosts to the necromancer's various skills and increases training efficiency to rapidly enhance the necromancer's combat power.
Take Sylvanas as an example. When she was practicing the Zombie Meditation Technique, she could only summon 20 low-ranking Dark Iron Zombies after exhausting all her mana.
It sounds like a lot, but the combat skills of a Black Iron-level professional are a huge leap compared to those of an Apprentice-level professional.
If they were to fight head-on, an average Iron-level professional would certainly be no match for 20 zombies.
But nobody's a fool.
Victory against a necromancer can be achieved simply by beheading the incredibly fragile summoner.
Therefore, Sylvanas needs to reserve a significant portion of her mana to unleash self-defense abilities to ensure her safety.
However, with the added benefit of the Corpse Warlord Meditation, the situation has fundamentally changed.
If Sylvanas were to recklessly exhaust all her mana, thanks to the new meditation technique's reduced mana cost and enhanced skill effects, she could summon 35 zombies of the same level at once.
20 and 35, that's almost double the difference.
The improvement in Sylvanas's combat power goes without saying.
Those present were all elites among the necromancers, and naturally understood the importance of the Corpse Warlord Meditation Method deduced by the Ark for necromancers.
Sylvanas's increased combat power is just the tip of the iceberg.
The changes brought about by the Ark's meditation method will affect the development of the entire necromancer profession.
This unprecedented breakthrough not only gave hope to every necromancer present, but also filled them with boundless anticipation for the future of the Ark.
Master Sandru took a deep breath, and his incredibly aged face seemed to radiate a long-lost enthusiasm and vitality.
He gently raised his right hand, feeling the undead energy fluctuations brought about by Sylvanas's spell, and exclaimed, "Ark, with you here, we necromancers finally have a chance to redeem ourselves."
Looking at the bloody history of Earth over the past few decades since it entered the Mythical Era, every profession needs pioneers.
It is thanks to the pioneers who braved hardships to open up new paths that we humans have such a diverse and unique range of professions.
Only then could they withstand the attack of the abyssal demons despite being inferior in both quantity and quality.
Unfortunately, we necromancers have never had such a pioneer.
Everyone says I'm the strongest necromancer right now, but I know in my heart that my contribution to the necromancer class is negligible.
Without resolving the inherent gap between life and death that exists between the living and the brink of death, the problem of necromancers' slow cultivation and weak combat power cannot be truly solved.
I have gathered the wisdom and strength of many people, but I have only managed to refine and perfect our necromancer meditation method to the level of the previous skeleton meditation method and zombie meditation method.
Although it is much better than when I first awakened, it has not actually touched the essence of the separation between life and death.
After all, although by visualizing ordinary undead creatures such as skeletons, zombies, and ghosts, we necromancers can establish a fragile connection with the underworld, thereby gaining an increase in strength.
However, ordinary undead creatures such as skeletons, zombies, and ghosts, although they are everywhere, are too weak and too common.
They can only solve the problem of us necromancers going from zero to one, but they cannot solve the problem of going from one to a hundred or even a thousand.
The problem is ten thousand.
At this point, Master Sandru paused slightly.
It seemed like he hadn't spoken such a long sentence to anyone in a long time, nor had he confided in anyone about the loneliness and helplessness he had felt over the years as he explored the necromancer profession alone.
Therefore, once he started talking, he couldn't stop.
"I have previously excavated the ruins of the Naraku civilization many times, wanting to see how the Naraku civilization, as living beings like those on our planet Earth, wielded the power of death."
My final conclusion is that the Naraku civilization occupied a vast and boundless area in the Netherworld by relying on its own racial guardian deity.
This led to the construction of numerous death altars in the underworld, greatly strengthening the connection between the necromancers of the Naraku civilization and the underworld, and blurring the gap between the living and the dead.
A hint of regret flashed in Master Sandru's eyes: "Unfortunately, after my repeated research, all the guardian gods of the Naraku civilization have perished in the bloody battle against the army of abyssal demons."
After the fall of their race's guardian deity, all the death altars they built in the underworld lost their function of visualization and connection.
Let's not even talk about it yet; I haven't found a specific method for setting up a death altar and visualizing connections in the Land of the Dead.
Even if I find it, I don't have the power to operate like the Naraku civilization.
At least at this stage, the methods of the Naraku civilization are not applicable to us humans on Earth.
"As long as the problems with basic meditation methods are not resolved, we necromancers will never be able to turn things around."
Both Ark and Sylvanas, these two novice necromancers, were encountering the secrets of the Naraku civilization that Master Sandru had just mentioned for the first time.
What race's guardian deity?
What is a Death Altar in the Netherworld?
The Ark had never encountered such profound necromancy before.
Judging from Instructor Su Xinyan's expression, she might have heard about it, but she certainly didn't know it as well as Master Sandru did.
Now, half a year after awakening, Fangzhou has made many acquaintances with powerful individuals during his cultivation.
This includes instructors like Lu Hu and Major General Ning Danxin, and even Principal Su Tiankuo—all of whom have reached the Gold Rank, Glory Champion, or even Legendary Crown levels.
Even at General Ning Feihu's funeral, he watched from afar the projections of several human saints on the viewing platform.
Although his own strength is currently only at the lower level of Black Iron, he already has a very comprehensive understanding of the entire mythological world's ranking system.
Starting from the apprentice level, professionals hone their four-dimensional attributes through meditation or breathing techniques.
After condensing an invisible energy core, one can break through the bottleneck and advance to the Black Iron rank.
At this point, the professional's magical power or battle aura will turn into a deep, dark iron color, and its power will naturally increase significantly compared to the apprentice stage.
Following the typical training rhythm, professionals can try to solidify their innate skills when breaking through realms, and can also try to learn various professional specialties, engraving them into the invisible energy core.
As their accumulated energy continues to increase, even Iron-level professionals will encounter formidable bottlenecks.
Only those with exceptional talent have the opportunity to break through bottlenecks, condense a gaseous energy core, and advance to the Bronze rank.
At this point, the magical power or battle aura within their bodies will also transform into a bronze-like, solidified color, naturally of higher quality than the black iron stage.
Subsequently, the professional continued to hone their skills.
Condensing a liquid energy core allows one to advance to the Silver Rank professional level, possessing Silver Mana or Battle Aura;
Condensing a solid energy core allows one to advance to the Gold Rank profession, possessing Gold-level magic power or battle aura.
Among the entire human race on Earth, only a handful of people are able to break through numerous bottlenecks and advance to the Gold Rank professional level; they are truly one in ten thousand.