Chapter 1206 Petrified Gaze

Sighing secretly, Joan put aside distracting thoughts, sat down at the desk, opened the spell book, and copied down the magic imprint of "Petrified Gaze".

Judging from this set of magic imprints, as Medea guessed at the beginning, the maximum range of the basilisk's gaze attack is only 30 feet.

Beyond this distance, even if the opponent is within the field of vision, the petrification magic power cannot be transmitted through the line of sight.

If the target is within 30 feet and has eye contact with the basilisk, the magic power will invade quietly along the "bridge" built by the eyes of both parties, changing the texture of the target's flesh and blood.

If the body of the stared creature is strong enough, it can resist the erosion of petrochemical magic power only by its own immunity, just like resisting virus invasion, without being affected at all.

Conversely, if the creature's physique is not strong enough to resist the erosion of magic power, the flesh and blood will quickly calcify, and after just one minute, everything from the skin to the internal organs will become cold and stiff rock texture.

All supernatural abilities of the "Gaze" type have a common defect, that is, the magic power must be transmitted through the eyes of both parties, and the "Petrified Gaze" is no exception.

If the creature being gazed at is blind, has blindsight, or has no vision at all, "petrified gaze" is useless.

In fact, Joan took advantage of this inborn defect of "Petrified Gaze" to develop a tactic for hunting petrified lizards.

The magic energy level occupied by "Petrochemical Gaze" is between 15 degrees and 20 degrees, which is equivalent to a 6-level spell.

Joan guessed that the magical imprint of "Petrochemical Gaze" was very similar to the magic configuration of the 6th ring "Petrochemical Spell".

Currently, he does not have the ability to learn 6-level spells, so he can only record this conjecture first, and then compare and verify it when the spellcasting level is raised to the point where he can learn "Petrification".

After transcribing the magic imprint of "Petrochemical Gaze", Joan put away the stationery and spell book, yawned contentedly, walked to the camp bed, got into the sleeping bag, closed his eyes, and soon fell asleep soundly.

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Early the next morning, Joan left a topaz talisman for himself, and handed the remaining five talismans to Klein together with the remaining magic crystals.

The dwarf brother is very satisfied with Joan's super-high efficiency in making magic tools, and he has absolute trust in his craftsmanship. He wears a topaz amulet himself, and distributes the remaining four amulets to Scholz, Hylar, Audrey and Hall pause.

After breakfast, the prospecting team broke camp and set off. As usual, Joan sent blood mosquito agents to lead the way, followed by Klein and four young friends, and Scholz led other dwarf miners to follow up.

Walking in the deep and tortuous navel, everyone including Joan was a little nervous.

The crystal python mentioned by Medea, in everyone's mind, presents different terrifying images according to their own imagination.

The slightest movement in the distance of the tunnel will cause everyone to be vigilant, grasping their weapons in a hurry, looking around, holding their breath and concentrating, always ready to guard against the crystal python attack!

This nerve-wracking and tense atmosphere lasted the whole morning, until Joan and the others passed through the umbilical cord and entered the open canyon, and did not meet a so-called crystal python.

While everyone was rejoicing, they also lamented that "hearsay is not credible" and "scared themselves", but in fact nothing happened.

Joan could tell that although the companion beside him didn't say anything clearly, his words showed some dissatisfaction towards Medea.

Even if she wasn't trying to scare people with mystery, at least she couldn't get rid of the suspicion of scaremongering and spreading rumors.

Joan felt that Medea didn't seem like the kind of person who believed in rumors, let alone intentionally spread rumors to bluff people.

The prospecting team did not encounter a crystal python attack, of course, it may be that the information provided by Medea was not accurate enough, or it may be because everyone was lucky that there were no crystal pythons hunting near the navel during this period of time.

When Medea was still there yesterday, she used her "peeping magic eye" to explore the entrance of the canyon, but she didn't go deep into the canyon for investigation.

In order to avoid being attacked by monsters on the way, Joan used the "mosquito finger technique" to create a blood mosquito spy and sent it into the canyon to investigate first.

Holden told the blood mosquito in a joking tone: "Little guy, be careful, don't let the bat swallow it in one gulp."

Audrey glared at her younger brother angrily: "Shut your crow's mouth!"

Joan doesn't care, anyway, the poor Blood Mosquito spy is always swallowed up by all kinds of cheap flying beasts, he is used to it...

Suddenly, Qiao An came up with an idea. If the "Mosquito Finger Technique" is strengthened so that the blood mosquito has a constant "invisibility" function, it will greatly increase the survival rate of the blood mosquito.

He made a simple calculation, and at least he had to give the "Mosquito Finger Technique" a third-level spell slot to realize this function.

With Joan's current spellcasting ability, it is not difficult to develop the 3-ring "Advanced Mosquito Finger Technique".

The general idea is nothing more than combining the 1st level "Mosquito Finger Art" with the 2nd level "Invisibility Art". It can be completed in a short time.

Qiao An didn't have time to think about it now, so he just recorded this idea in a notebook, and when he found time, he would concentrate on developing the "Advanced Mosquito Finger Technique".

At this time, Joan sensed the mental fluctuations of the blood mosquito coming back from the front of the canyon.

He shared the senses with the blood mosquito, switched to the blood mosquito's perspective, and immediately found that the road in front of the canyon was blocked, and the cliffs on both sides showed faint signs of landslides. Section of the canyon is completely packed.

Joan frowned, took out the navigation compass, and checked the terrain ahead.

"Brother Joan, what's the matter?" Klein followed up and asked.

"The road ahead is blocked by collapsed rocks."

"How long is the blocked road?"

"From the map, it's about 500 feet."

Joan stared at the navigation compass and speculated.

"We spellcasters can jump over directly, but it is not so easy for miners carrying heavy equipment to climb over this collapsed mountain road."

Hailaer pulled his twin ponytails and frowned as he observed the blocked road ahead.

"It's only five hundred feet. It's not an obstacle. I can use any door and take the prospectors to teleport to the opposite side of the blocked road. After a few more trips, it's done." Klein said with a smile.

"But there is another problem. In addition to the road opposite the landslide area, there is a tunnel leading deep into the formation below this area blocked by gravel, which looks a lot like a 'ground umbilicus'."

Joan pointed out the downward sloping road displayed on the navigation compass to his companion.

"It's still not clear which road will lead us to finally find the magic crystal mine."