RNP Chapter 317 Self-created Spells
Chapter 317 Self-created Spells
Lin Yan flashed into the space and went straight to the territory of the Golden Core stage demon beasts in the Myriad Evolution Mountains. He temporarily put aside the improvement of his cultivation and devoted all his mind to the practice of the "fusion of techniques" passed down by his ancestor.
What he envisioned was a product that combined three different types of power in a brutal yet exquisite way: wind as the bone to create a rotating force field, metal as the blade to condense sharp throwing knives, and fire as the soul to give it a violent burning effect.
"Let's call you 'Wind and Fire Flying Blade,' simple and direct," he muttered to himself, his gaze fixed on the valley ahead—where a group of his chosen test subjects, seven or eight mid-stage Golden Core Earth-Splitting Apes, were dwelling.
These giant apes are over ten feet tall, with bulging muscles and brown fur that gleams like rocks. They are masters of earth magic, possess immense strength and astonishing defense, making them perfect targets for testing the power of new spells.
Lin Yan made no attempt to conceal himself and landed openly in the center of the valley.
His appearance immediately caused a stir among the Earth-Splitting Apes. The giant apes, whose territory had been invaded, let out deep roars. The leading ape king pounded his chest with his powerful forelimbs, producing a muffled sound like a war drum. Then, he led his tribe, accompanied by the tremors of the ground, in a savage charge towards Lin Yan!
"Well done!"
Lin Yan neither dodged nor evaded, but held his hands in front of him in a loose embrace, his golden core circulating within his body, and a surge of powerful spiritual energy bursting forth.
Step 1: The wind picks up!
The airflow in front of him suddenly accelerated, emitting a sharp whistling sound. A visible blue whirlwind with a diameter of more than three meters instantly formed, swirling up the sand, stones, grass, and trees on the ground.
Step Two: Solidify the Blade!
With a thought, the hundreds of ordinary iron throwing knives that had been prepared in the storage space were all thrown into the whirlwind. Amplified by the violent wind, the throwing knives transformed into streaks of silver light, spinning wildly within the wind wall, cutting through the air with a teeth-grinding "whoosh" sound.
Step 3: Attach fire!
Lin Yan flicked his finger, and a wisp of pure alchemical fire shot into the center of the whirlwind.
"boom--!"
As if a giant barrel of kerosene had been ignited, the entire cyan whirlwind was instantly dyed crimson! The originally silver throwing knives were now burning red-hot, and the whirlwind transformed into a scorching fiery tornado. The intense heat distorted the surrounding air, radiating an aura of destruction.
"go!"
Lin Yan pushed his hands forward, and the Wind and Fire Flying Blade, a three-in-one technique that combined the speed of wind, the sharpness of metal, and the explosiveness of fire, roared towards the charging Earth-Splitting Ape horde with the momentum to crush everything!
The two Earth-Splitting Apes, bearing the brunt of the attack, relied on their thick skin and protective yellow aura to try and withstand the onslaught.
But they underestimated the power of this complex spell.
Chi Chi Chi -!
The rapidly spinning, scorching knives, accelerated by the wind, easily tore through the earth-based protective shields on their bodies. The red-hot blades cutting into the tough fur no longer produced the clanging of metal against metal, but rather a heart-stopping tearing sound like a hot knife slicing through butter, accompanied by the smell of charred fur and instantly burnt flesh.
"Awooo—!"
A scream immediately rang out. The Earth-Splitting Ape's defense, strong enough to withstand the bombardment of magical artifacts, proved incredibly fragile under the continuous cutting and burning from the combined effects of these attributes. The two giant apes at the forefront were instantly severely injured, their bodies covered in deep, bone-revealing, scorching wounds, and they collapsed to the ground howling in agony.
Upon seeing this, the Ape King was both shocked and enraged. It stood upright and slammed its fists into the ground!
"Boom!"
A thick earthen wall instantly rose from the ground, attempting to block the fiery tornado.
However, how could an inanimate object withstand a tornado that had been combined with the force of the wind? The blazing tornado directly "gnawed" at the earthen wall, cutting with wind blades and scorching with flames. The solid earthen wall was disintegrated and crumbled at a speed visible to the naked eye! Although the momentum had slowed down slightly, the wind and fire blades that broke through the earthen wall were still heading towards the Ape King.
The ape king rolled away in a sorry state, but was still grazed by several throwing knives, leaving charred wounds on his body.
Lin Yan stood at a distance, calmly observing the effects of the spell.
"Its area-of-effect damage and armor-piercing capabilities are good, especially against groups of targets. However, its control is not precise enough, its penetration against a single, powerful target is slightly insufficient, and its spiritual energy consumption is also relatively high..."
As he summarized, he once again concentrated his spiritual energy. This time, he no longer pursued an extremely large range, but instead compressed the whirlwind into a more solid form, concentrated the throwing knives, and increased the temperature of the flames!
A smaller, more concentrated, almost incandescent wind and fire blade took shape again, like a living, fiery serpent, precisely biting towards the strongest ape king.
The ape king sensed a deadly threat and roared as it erected three stone walls in front of it!
"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"
The incandescent tornado, like a red-hot iron rod, pierced through the snow, penetrating three layers of defense before finally crashing into the Monkey King's crossed arms in a blockade.
"Snap!"
A clear cracking sound rang out.
The ape king let out a painful cry, its entire arm charred and a gruesome sight. It dared not linger in the fight any longer and, with the remaining, wounded members of its tribe, fled in terror into the depths of the mountains.
Lin Yan did not pursue. He dispersed his spiritual energy, stood still, and savored every detail of the battle.
"The approach is correct," he said, his eyes gleaming with excitement. "It has this power just by fusing the spells. If we add the 'cutting' of the wind element and the 'bursting' of the fire element... hehe."
He had discovered a combat path with immense potential. This battle against the Earth-Splitter Apes was just the beginning.
After successfully creating the "Wind and Fire Flying Blade," Lin Yan felt as if he had opened the door to a new world, becoming completely immersed in the wondrous concept of the fusion of spells. He recalled the combined effect of the Myriad Tribulations Thunder Prison and the Endless Netherworld when he was undergoing the Golden Core Tribulation, and an idea took shape in his mind.
"Thunder represents destruction and paralysis, wood symbolizes growth and constraint, and water represents penetration and conduction... If these three are combined, they form a continuously existing domain..."
With this idea in mind, he found a perfect test subject deep in the dark forests of the Wanyan Mountains—a Shadow Leopard at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm.
This leopard was entirely black, with sleek lines, as if it were a hunter born for the shadows. It lurked in the dappled light and shadow, its aura almost blending into its surroundings, its pair of eerie green eyes coldly watching Lin Yan, who had intruded into its territory.
Lin Yan deliberately created an opening, pretending to investigate the surrounding environment and exposing his back.
It's now!
The Shadow Leopard moved! Its figure darted out from the shadow of a large tree like a ghost, without making a sound. Only a black line, fast enough to almost exceed the ability of vision to capture, pierced straight for Lin Yan's back! Its sharp claws gleamed with dark light, enough to easily tear apart the protective spiritual light of a Golden Core cultivator.
However, just as it was about to succeed, Lin Yan seemed to have eyes in the back of his head, suddenly turned around, and a smile of triumph appeared on his lips.
He formed a hand seal and gave a low shout:
"Triple Realm—Thunderous Wood Realm, open!"
Centered on him, a strange wave instantly spread out!
The first thing to appear was water, an extremely dense water vapor, like an invisible swamp, permeating a space of tens of meters in radius. The air became viscous and heavy, and the Shadow Leopard's proud extreme speed suddenly dropped by more than 50% under the sluggish effect of this "water domain"! It felt as if it was running in glue, and every movement required several times more effort than usual.
Next came the wood: from beneath the ground, countless vines crackling with pale green lightning burst forth! These were no ordinary vines; they were exceptionally resilient and, as if possessing a life of their own, frantically coiled around the greatly slowed Shadow Panther. Enraged and horrified, the Shadow Panther swung its claws, severing several vines, but more vines relentlessly coiled around it, tightly binding its limbs and torso. Even more terrifying, the surface of these vines pulsed with tiny arcs of lightning, bringing waves of paralysis, stiffening its muscles, and making its reactions increasingly sluggish.
Finally, and most fatally, came the lightning: above the domain, pale blue lightning bolts darted and flickered like serpents among the moisture and vines. They relentlessly and indiscriminately bombarded every corner of the domain! The Shadow Panther, entangled by the vines, became the perfect lightning rod, as fine bolts of lightning relentlessly struck its body.
"Crackling and popping—!"
The lightning strike brought not only excruciating pain and numbness, but also, when combined with "water," produced a terrifying conduction and penetration effect, allowing the power of lightning to penetrate its body in every possible way.
And all of this is far from over!
Lin Yan stood outside the domain, calmly observing. The core killing move he created for this domain was now truly beginning to manifest—Spirit Absorption!
The vines wrapped around the Shadow Leopard, nourished by the lightning and moisture, seemed to transform into countless greedy straws, forcibly extracting the demonic power and life essence from the Shadow Leopard's body!
"Ugh—!"
The Shadow Panther let out a terrified and painful whimper. It could clearly feel its power rapidly draining away! Its muscles atrophied from lack of energy, its fur lost its luster, and its eerie green pupils quickly dimmed. It struggled desperately, but under the triple control of water's stagnation, wood's entanglement, and lightning's paralysis, all its efforts were in vain.
It was like a flying insect caught in a spider's web; the more it struggled, the tighter the web became, and the faster it was pulled out. The continuous lightning strikes paralyzed its nerves, and the vines tightened their grip, absorbing its power.
The whole process was slow and desperate.
The shadow leopard, which had been so majestic just a moment ago, visibly withered away. Its roar turned into a wail, and the wail into a feeble gasp.
Finally, when Lin Yan dispelled his domain, all that remained was a dried corpse with sunken eyes, withered fur, and an appearance as if it had been dried for countless years. All its spiritual power, blood essence, and even its life force had been completely devoured by that terrifying "Thunderous Wood Realm"!
Lin Yan walked up to the dried corpse of the Shadow Leopard, examined it carefully, and his eyes gleamed with excitement.
"The effect is even better than expected! Control, damage, duration, plus spirit drain... it's practically a perfect hunting ground. The only drawback is that casting and maintaining it consumes a lot of resources, and I'm not yet proficient at it." In Lin Yan's conception, these three elements should be integrated as one, rather than appearing one after the other.
He nodded in satisfaction, once again immersing himself in thinking about optimizing the new spell.