The Truth of Magic

Chapter 394

394 Close-combat damage off the charts

Compared to the 300HP ultra-giant mutated Scorpion, the giant ones only had 150HP left after losing half, the Super-large ones had 75HP left after being halved, and the large ones had 32HP.

Even the medium ones with 13HP and the small ones with 6HP could be easily dealt with by Vivian with a single sword.

In order to increase his attack power, Zhao Xu’s first reaction was to look at the two skills that he had that could increase his attack and damage.

Insect-type creatures weren’t part of the dark knowledge’s range of effect, and they also had a limited duration, so Zhao Xu didn’t consider them.

His [ devotion of knowledge ] ability could be put to use at this time. As long as he fought with the corresponding creature, he would be able to improve.

Insects belonged to the category of natural knowledge, and Zhao Xu had only raised this skill to Level 5. With the 8 intelligence adjustment points that came with his 27 intelligence, his knowledge (nature) skill was now at level 13.

The higher his skill check was, the higher the attack and damage bonus he would receive.

Zhao Xu was no longer the noob that he used to be, who could only get a little bit of bonus points for his skills after using all his tricks.

For a skill bonus that others couldn’t do anything about, all he had to consider was whether it was worth it to exchange it for a spell slot.

Zhao Xu immediately cast two level 1 spells that could increase the rank of any skill.

[adventurer zhongxia, you have cast a level 1 mechanical puppet spell ‘skill enhancement.’ The selected knowledge (nature) has gained a level 7 environment bonus (7 = 2 + level 11/2). Duration: 110 minutes (10 minutes per level)]

[adventurer zhongxia, you cast a 1st-circle wizard spell ‘song of knowledge'(spell duration). The selected knowledge (nature) will receive a 10-level performance bonus (10 = 4 + level 12/2). Duration: 24 hours (originally 12 rounds)

In an instant, Zhao Xu’s level 13 knowledge (nature) skill was strengthened by 17 levels, making it a full level 30 skill.

Just two simple level 1 spells that most people wouldn’t be able to learn had allowed Zhao Xu to pile up all his knowledge and skills to the level of a master.

Or rather, it was a level that most players would find difficult to reach in their entire lives.

Zhao Xu could still continue to stack his spells, such as the level 2 divine knowledge, which could give all his knowledge skills a level 10 insight bonus.

This meant that he could continue to level up to level 40 knowledge skills.

That meant that in the knowledge source, the secrets below level 40 were no longer secrets to him. Even if it was level 60, he could still successfully retrieve it if he performed perfectly.

Basically, the world had become transparent to him.

Level 40 knowledge skills were connected to the source of knowledge, so he could get any kind of gossip.

Even after Zhao Xu had accepted Vivian, with the support of his level 40 knowledge (other world) skill, he had been able to search for a secret that was level 44 in difficulty-the mother of demons, Cang ye’s own appearance. Even she herself was afraid of it, and any living creature that looked at Cang ye’s true appearance would die.

But Zhao Xu wasn’t focused on the gossip at the moment. He continued to improve his attack power.

[ adventurer zhongxia, you have activated ” devout knowledge. your knowledge (nature) has been checked to Level 42 (30+D20) against the Scorpion variant. It has exceeded the fifth difficulty by 36 levels. Your attacks and damage have gained +5 levels of insight. ]

After receiving the bonus from the level 5 insight skill, Zhao Xu’s attack power had exceeded level 11.

At this time, once he came into contact with the mutated Scorpion, the ability brought by the insight bonus would make it easier for him to see through the mutated Scorpion’s flaws and break its defense.

Zhao Xu’s level 11 attack no longer needed to increase his own attack.

This was because the defense of the mutated scorpions was built on their natural defensive armor.

With the long-lasting ” ghost strike “, he could penetrate all armor.

The mutated scorpions, from small to super large, were all Level-10 or lower without their armor.

And so, the current Zhao Xu was an existence that would definitely hit the target for the mutated Scorpion.

Even if his attack was extremely clumsy, with the help of his ability, or by luck, or by finding its weakness, he could penetrate the defense of the mutated Scorpion and cause damage.

Even the leaders of the escapees at the foot of the mountain couldn’t imagine that something that they couldn’t even break through before was now like paper in front of Zhao Xu.

A ghoststrike coupled with the [ devotion of knowledge ] ability that had been stacked with knowledge skills was that terrifying.

Vivian seemed to have noticed that something was off about Zhao Xu and she asked, ” “Guild leader, did you increase your attack power?”

Zhao Xu nodded and smiled back.

“It’s just that the damage is too low if you want to rely on the wooden stick in your hand.” Vivian frowned slightly.

The damage dealt by Arthur’s weapon was divided into two parts: AoE damage and fixed damage.

The area of effect damage was naturally the damage of the weapon itself. The final damage was determined by the position, depth, and even the strength of the attack.

For example, the wooden club’s damage range was very clear. A small wooden club’s damage range was 1-4 (1d4), and a medium wooden club’s damage range was 1-6 (1d6).

Fixed damage was the damage added to strength and other fixed additional damage.

Zhao Xu could now deal 1-6 points of damage to the mutated Scorpion with just a casual hit.

In terms of fixed damage, it was as follows: -1 (strength), 5 (insight/Knowledge Devotion), 3 (praise), 2 (magic weapon), a total of 9 points.

Therefore, 10-15 points of damage in one strike was considered average.

However, among the players, it was already an extraordinary existence.

At the very least, a light knock from him meant the death of a medium-sized mutated Scorpion.

As long as Zhao Xu was willing to sacrifice a level 1 spell, then the damage he could deal in that round would double and reach 20 to 30 points of damage.

An ordinary Level 2 or 3 warrior would only have this much HP, and they would be killed by a single blow from the mage.

After that, Zhao Xu and the newly-packed Vivian set off to look for that mysterious mutant Scorpion nest.

Although the night view of the valley was poor, they quickly located the general location since the nest had the same treasure chest.

Vivian also used her rank 12 search skill.

After roughly searching an area of about a hundred square meters, they found a cave. The entrance itself was not very wide, and it was barely large enough. The Super-large mutated Scorpion probably had to rely on its own teleportation door to enter and exit.

Vivian squatted down and gently picked up a hard lump, as if feeling its hardness.

“What is this?”

mutated Scorpion’s feces. That means that their nest is down there. Vivian crushed the lump in her hand without any psychological pressure.

Zhao Xu’s stomach started to hurt a little.

He remembered that in his previous life, Zhang Qi had gone on an adventure with him. After Zhang Qi fell into a strange pile of mud, all the monsters around them felt as if they were facing a powerful enemy. Even wild animals like rabbits went weak on the ground and let them catch them.

After that, Zhang Qi went back to dig up the mud and brought it home to worship.

He planned to take a mud bath to boost his courage before going to war in the future. He was just short of making this a rule of his Zhang family.

One day, a merchant told Zhang Qi that the mud was wet Dragon excrement.

“Guild leader, shall we go in?” Vivian asked. At this moment, she had already raised the Holy Avenger in her hand and was ready to hit the head.

“Wait a moment, I’ll cast another spell.” Zhao Xu said softly.

At this moment, his eyes began to reveal a trace of seriousness.

“I wasn’t sure if I could really find this nest, so I only used a level 1 spell. Now that I’ve confirmed it, I can continue to increase the bid.”

Zhao Xu didn’t just want to kill a large and medium-sized mutated Scorpion with one hit.

His basic attack at rank 3 had not reached rank 6, so he could not learn the combo ability.

So, Zhao Xu could only use all the power in his body to attack once in a single round.

With the help of Swift acceleration, he could barely add one more attack.

With a smile on his face, he raised his hand and started casting a spell.

[ adventurer zhongxia, you have used the level 3 spell ‘advanced Beyonder smite’ to increase the damage of your wooden stick from medium damage of 1-6 to giant weapon damage of 3-18 (3d6). Duration: [ 12 hours ]

The larger the weapon, the more damage it could cause.

It was just that without that size, it was impossible to hold the corresponding weapon.

And the high-level Beyonder smite instantly turned the weapon that Zhao Xu’s medium-sized body was holding into a wooden club that a giant was holding and dealing damage to.

It directly crushed the damage of all medium-sized weapons.

At this time, the seemingly ordinary ” wooden stick ” in his hand, the runic magic staff of strength, directly emitted a ring of light, as if its body had grown several times larger.

Right now, Zhao Xu’s wooden club could deal 12-27 damage with a single hit, so he expected it to be around 20HP. If he activated the staff and the damage was doubled, it would be 40HP. If he attacked twice in a single round, he could definitely kill two large mutated scorpions in an instant.

But Zhao Xu wasn’t satisfied, and he didn’t stop casting the spell at all.

[ adventurer zhongxia, you have cast a 1st circle Paladin divine spell, ” rhinoceros’s charge ” (spell duration). The first hit after each charge will cause double damage, lasting 24 hours (1 round) ]

This spell, which had originally lasted for one round, allowed Zhao Xu’s first attack after each charge to deal double damage of 40HP. He could then use the effects of the haste spell to continue his combo, so he still had 20HP left.

Zhao Xu was finally satisfied with what he saw.

As long as he activated the ability of the runic magic staff and doubled the damage, the two staves after charge would deal three times the basic damage.

That was 60 (rhinoceros + staff) +40 (staff)=100HP of damage output.

Arthur’s double damage was calculated by doubling the damage, so the double damage wasn’t four times the damage, but three times.

At this moment, Vivian saw the light from the weapon in Zhao Xu’s hand and understood what he was doing.

Or rather, she had also seen such behavior from lady Wuyue.

He even had a similar strength runic magic staff in his hand.

guild leader, lady Wuyue also likes to add the ‘fearless’ ability that doubles charge damage to her wooden sticks.

Zhao Xu was a little surprised. Fearless?

He seemed to have some impression of it. He took out a book from his backpack that he had been reading recently, the complete collection of enchantment for Arthur’s weapons.

Then, he immediately located this ability and laughed to himself. it’s really rare to find such a good effect in a weapon with A +1 value.

For example, the weapon, sky dance, had A +5 value, and the beheading effect also had A +5 value.

Usually, the +1 value came from the rather ordinary enchantment effects like netherworld.

Zhao Xu had just stacked up his weapon to triple the damage, so how could he not be excited when he saw this?

He immediately read the enchantment’s effect in detail.

Most people would only refer to this information before enchanting their weapons.

And Zhao Xu really did have a spell that could temporarily add an extra spell to a weapon.

[ adventurer zhongxia, you cast a 1st-circle mechanical puppet spell,’self-use enhanced weapon’, temporarily adding a’+1? enchantment effect to the weapon or an effect of no more than 3000 gold coins. Duration: [ 110 minutes ]

In an instant, the strength rune magic staff in Zhao Xu’s hand turned into A +2 fearless wooden club in his character stats.

It was a pity that he had not reached the level of six rings yet. Otherwise, the high-level enhanced weapons that he would use would have a temporary +5 enchantment ability.

But no matter what, the damage that Zhao Xu could deal with charge after activating the staff had become 80HP (4x) +60 hp (3x)=140HP.

Double the rhinoceros ‘charge, double the staff’s ability, and double the fearless ability.

If a giant mutated Scorpion were to stand in front of him, he could kill it with two hits.

In the future, when Zhao Xu obtained stronger spells, he could continue to improve his strength, enchantment, and even his specialties.

Basically, they all followed his train of thought today and continued to improve, and even these spells could be used until he reached the legendary level.

In fact, if he were to increase his stats by a few more levels, his damage output would not be the current 150HP, but thousands of damage.

It was very easy to kill a dragon with a single strike.

“Go in, Vivian.” Zhao Xu put the strength rune magic staff on his shoulder and slowly walked in.

As Vivian looked at Zhao Xu’s back, she felt as if the souls of countless mutant scorpions were wailing in pain.