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Chapter 567 Competition between quality and quantity!

Chapter 567 Competition between quality and quantity!

 The two forces collided together. Locke's five permanent defensive force fields had a large amount of energy, while Diana Witch's full moon barrier had a higher quality.

 The two collided together and did not appear. Locke expected Diana's permanent defense field to collapse. Instead, his five permanent defense fields actually began to collapse in a chain.

  "This is..."

 Hunter appeared behind Locke. He used the plant mimicry technique: Green Dragon, and quickly flew into the sky. The ground where he was originally was shrouded in moonlight. The moonlight seemed to be raining down from the sky. The entire ground was covered with moonlight ice, condensing into an ice abyss.

 A pair of skates appeared on the soles of Diana Witch's feet again, and the Luna Laurel tree appeared behind her, but this tree was thicker and more powerful than half a year ago.

  Diana Witch stepped on a pair of skates and gracefully crossed the sky, catching up with Locke. Her permanent defense field collided with Locke's five-layer permanent defense field again, causing Locke's permanent defense field to collapse.

 Locke frowned and could only use plant mimicry: Green Dragon to quickly dodge the opponent's continuous slashes.

 Every time the opponent swings the bay leaf scimitar, he can summon a huge amount of ice magic power.

 This is because Diana Witch had the second-ring characteristic half a year ago, and now, she has become even more powerful.

Locke saw for the third time that his five-layer permanent defense field collided with her full moon barrier. As a result, his five superimposed permanent defense forces collapsed each other, while the opponent's permanent defense field remained intact.

  Locke's eyes flashed with interest. "As expected of the famous breeder genius in Yunze Wetland, it only took half a year to find a way to restrain my multiple permanent defense fields. 』

     This efficiency is really too high. 』

    But I also want to thank her. If it weren’t for her, I wouldn’t have discovered the flaws of the multiple permanent defense fields. 』

 Diana Witch laughed, not out of pride, nor because she was chasing Locke at this time, out of anger suffered in the Yunze Cup.

 It’s because she worked hard overtime for half a year and used up her fragmentary personal time to research something that has indeed been verified.

  Today she successfully asked Locke to verify her guess about the multiple permanent defense fields. Tomorrow, she will go to Edgar to verify her guess about the natural incarnation of the Ancient Tree of Life.

  Half a year of hard work, she finally got the reward today!

 Diana Witch said: "My guess is indeed correct. The reason why your multiple permanent defense fields are powerful is not because of how powerful this idea is, but because you have the second-ring characteristic."

 "What makes your multiple permanent defense fields powerful is the second-ring characteristic."

“That second-ring characteristic allows you to gather the power of many people into one person. But this does not mean that mindlessly superimposing the number of permanent defense fields is the right way.”

 A full moon rises again behind Diana Witch, which is the Botanical One-ring permanent defense field, the full moon barrier.

 The full moon barrier enveloped Locke, and behind the full moon barrier, the scent of osmanthus connected to the Luna Laurel Tree Man could be seen. The scent of osmanthus continuously provided magical energy to the full moon barrier, so that the full moon barrier also had the characteristics of a second ring.

 Hence, Locke's five-layered one-ring permanent defensive force field collided with the full moon barrier, which was amplified by the magic energy of the scent of osmanthus and acquired the characteristics of the second ring.

 This resulted in the permanent defense fields of both sides being evenly matched, with even Diana the Witch being superior.

 Essentially, it’s a battle between quality and quantity.

 Locke looked at Diana Witch, who was chasing him on a pair of skates on the ice track in mid-air.

 Fighting with him did make him feel something different. It was something that other wizards could not feel. It was the pressure that people from the same path could bring to him.

 The last time I felt this kind of pressure was during my battle with Haishan.

  "She noticed that multiple permanent defense fields are essentially superimposed and nested on top of each other. If impacted by enough force, the multiple permanent defense fields on my body will collide with each other, causing some energy loss, just like turbulence in flowing water."

"In other words, multiple permanent defense fields have turbulence phenomena that interfere with each other, and they will never be an opponent of a powerful permanent defense field of similar magnitude."

Locke looked back at the full moon barrier that Diana Witch was enveloping towards him.

 However, this method can only be accomplished by a super genius like Diana Witch.

 Why do you want to build multiple permanent defense fields?

 Because a wizard can only have one permanent defensive force field, even if he uses the forest sanctuary, he can only use one permanent defensive force field at a time. Only by using the five-headed snake magic plant can he use multiple permanent defensive force fields at the same time.

 The strength of a wizard's permanent defense field has an upper limit, so this leads to multiple permanent defense fields, which must be stronger than a single permanent defense field.

 But Diana Witch relied on her back, and the osmanthus fragrance that was comparable to the Luna Laurel Treant of the Ancient Tree of Life received a powerful increase in magical energy and acquired the second-ring characteristic. In this way, it increased at least four times the original strength of her permanent defense field, thus breaking the strength of the single permanent defense field, resulting in the current situation.

 But generally speaking, ritual magic can only enhance one's certain power by three times. This is already the limit of enhancement. Any further enhancement is neither possible nor very dangerous.

 Nidhogg is a precedent.

But Diana Witch used a special method to enhance the power of her permanent defense field by at least four times through the Luna Laurel Tree Man.

 In a sense, the special ability of the Luna Osmanthus Tree Man she cultivated is indeed amazing, but I don’t know what the specific principle is.

 Loke suddenly stopped moving and held his right hand empty. "You're right. Diana Witch, whether it's my idea of ​​multiple permanent defense fields or your idea of ​​doubling your permanent defense field, it's actually the same."

"In the final analysis, it's all the result of our thinking about the second-ring characteristics."

"Quantity and quality are not important. How to break through the limits and obtain the second-ring characteristics is the most important."

The three force fields in Locke's hand merged and turned into a natural force field. Mist's power turned into an emerald green highly compressed axe, and then Locke suddenly swung down towards the full moon barrier in front of Diana Witch.


 At present, both Locke and Diana are wizards in the first-ring crystallization stage. As long as they work hard without using ritual magic, the gap between them is not that big.

 The power of Mist is also a magic with the characteristics of the second ring, and also has the special characteristic of breaking the permanent defensive force field. Therefore, with one blow, it directly split Diana's permanent defensive force field.

The laurel leaf scimitar in Diana's hand made an ice mark and landed on Locke, but was blocked by the life heavy equipment summoned by Locke.

   Diana Witch was stunned for a moment. "How is it possible? It's not multiple permanent defense fields, but a special permanent defense field that is completely integrated together?"

This means that Locke's two special permanent defense fields have no turbulence problems.

 At this time, Diana Witch and Locke, who was holding the Mist Power axe, fought several times and faced each other head-on. However, her leaf knives were all blocked by Locke's life heavy equipment, but Locke's Mist Power was able to cut through her full moon barrier time and time again.

 Hence, Diana could only turn around and start running away, and while Locke was chasing her, she began to think about how to solve the situation.

Sweat dripped from Diana Witch's forehead. "The ax formed by condensing special power is actually so powerful. It can break through my defensive field in an instant. I didn't see him use it during the competition half a year ago." "So, that guy Edgar must have made great progress. Previously, I thought that I could quadruple my permanent defense field and all the magic by just borrowing the Luna Laurel Tree Man. I was already unrivaled and the best among my peers. But now it seems that I am a little arrogant."

 Diana turned the scent of osmanthus into her own mana.

   "In that case, let's fight him for endurance. I have the floral fragrance provided by the Luna Osmanthus tree man to supplement my magical power. I will wait until his strength declines, and then find a way to break his new permanent defense field."

   Half an hour later, Diana suddenly stopped running away and smiled bitterly. "I won't fight, I surrender."

 Diana Witch put away all her magic plants, and Locke also took advantage of the situation to remove his Mist power and life reloading.

   Diana the Witch smiled bitterly and shook her head. "You are still powerful. I thought that I spent half a year to find the weaknesses of multiple permanent defense fields and could defeat you and avenge my shame. But who would have thought that you would gain new power."

Locke nodded and said: "Diana, your method of quadrupling the permanent defensive force field is also very subtle."

Diana said: "But it's not enough, I have to work harder. After fighting with you, my mentality has been corrected. Thank you."

Locke nodded slightly.

 His battle with Diana also allowed him to discover the weaknesses of multiple permanent defense fields and see a special method of amplification.

 It is a worthwhile trip.

  Communicating with these geniuses and confirming each other can indeed improve oneself to a great extent.

 Locke said: "Then, I'll leave first. I have to go to the library quickly to read the book list given to me by my co-tutor."

Diana Witch said: "Well, I have to get busy too. We will communicate again when we have the opportunity in the future."

After the two separated, Locke left Joseph's Golem Shop and went to the library. He currently has a total of 3,000 contribution points in the public library of Yunze Wetland. Because he published a total of two articles in the journal "Green Grass Yunze", each article was awarded 1,500 contribution points.

 This is three times more than publishing an association S-level article directly in the association, which can earn 500 contribution points.

 And Locke spent a total of 300 contribution points to borrow three magic books related to Peach Arc Thorn Arrow, and he currently has 2,700 contribution points left.

Locke borrowed some more related Association S-level and Association A-level articles, and spent another 1,000 contribution points, leaving only 1,700 contribution points.

 It is precisely because contribution points are so important that Locke wanted to find an apprentice to distribute some second-area journals for himself and earn some contribution points.

  After all, if you have enough contribution points, you can also use them to redeem opportunities for yourself and your students to enter the Wizarding Secret Realm.

  "[Peach Arc Thorn Arrow] is an ancient and brand-new magic in Yunze Wetland..." Locke sat on a chair in the library, flipping through books, "So there are many related works. It was very popular among the botany wizards in Yunze Wetland for a long time."

"Later, as more and more new plant magics were used, the [Peach Arc Thorn Arrow] magic received much less attention. But even today, the [Peach Arc Thorn Arrow] magic is still the most classic one-ring magic in Yunze Wetland."

"And the research on it continues, with some small innovations every year."

 Loke's reading book says: "The Peach Arc Thorn Arrow requires a matching peach tree type magic plant, and a matching jujube tree type magic plant. It is a very powerful first-level attack magic, and is said to have the top level of first-level attack power."

 "It also has a special restraint effect on negative energy magic such as psychic magic."

"In contrast, it is quite difficult to construct the [Peach Arc Thorn Arrow] spell model, and the biggest difficulty is concentration. The construction of this spell model requires incomparable concentration. The construction process is long and there is no distraction. You must be in a state of absolute concentration at all times."

Locke was reading the relevant introduction of [Peach Arc Thorn Arrow]. "Constructing the [Peach Arc Thorn Arrow] spell model requires establishing a transcendent connection with some kind of spiritual being, so there is no need for any emotional fluctuations, and the mind is blank. A slight violation may lead to magical backlash."

Locke flipped through an article, which actually recorded all the records of various wizards who were distracted by magic due to the use of [Peach Arc Thorn Arrow] and were confused at the same time, resulting in magic backlash and casualties.

"This is a very dangerous magic. Because of this, such a powerful magic can be learned as time goes by, and fewer and fewer wizards even understand it."

Locke thought: "Teacher Ekaterina wants me to learn advanced meditation before I want to practice this magic just to train my absolute concentration. "

"Just to build this spell, I have to spend a lot of money to buy peach tree magic plants and jujube tree magic plants."

"The key is that I don't have money now..." Locke thought with a headache.

  There is no other way but to learn theoretical knowledge first, wait for the practical part later, and then buy two kinds of magic tree plants when you have money.

Locke flipped through a pile of magic books and began to learn. At the same time, he did feel that the difficulty of learning this ancient spell model was indeed much higher than that of the current mainstream botanical magic.

 Furthermore, during the learning process, I seemed to be in deep communication with some kind of spiritual being.

 Locke was studying hard in the library.

 Time passed by in a blink of an eye, half a month later.

  September 1st, True Love Day, is here as scheduled.

 On this day, Locke was also studying [Peach Arc Thorn Arrow] in the library, taking notes, and opening Wish Ganoderma to observe the sales rankings of Alsace products.

 (End of this chapter)