Chapter 1336 Bold Conjecture

If the mythical cockatrice is such an unreasonable creature, Joan and Medea have nothing to say.

However, they are more inclined to believe that the two abilities of the mythical cockatrice to cause petrification, petrification aura and petrification bite, are not as unrelated as they seem on the surface, and are more likely to be based on the same root, but in different directions. direction of evolution.

If this speculation is true, Joan and Medea have reason to believe that the petrified aura is essentially a kind of toxin damage, just like some radioactive minerals, which make the human body sick through radiation.

This kind of conjecture is not just a brainstorming, they can find similar examples in the real magic configuration.

This example is the 3-ring "Poison Strike" that Qiao An is most familiar with.

As we all know, the poisoning effect caused by "Poison Strike" corresponds to the casting material used.

Instead of "Poison Strike", directly pouring a pack of spell-casting materials into the subject can actually cause poisoning.

"Poison attack" itself has no toxicity, and its value is as a medium of communication, as a chamber for loading bullets (toxins), making "poisoning", a complex behavior with a high technical content, easier and more efficient.

As long as a spellcaster has mastered the "Poison Strike Technique", he does not need to learn additional knowledge of toxicology, nor does he need to learn poisoning skills, and the purpose of poisoning can be achieved through a simple casting process.

It's like a child holding a shotgun in his hand. He doesn't understand the principle of firearms at all, but as long as he can pull the trigger and aim, he can kill people with a gun!

No matter what kind of spell-casting material is used, no matter whether the toxin is transmitted through blood or air, when the "Poison Strike" is performed, the toxin will be fully fused with the magic power, turning into a beam of light and shooting at the subject, directly causing poisoning .

What does that magical beam of toxin fusion look like?

Isn't it very similar to the petrified aura radiating from the mythical cockatrice?

By comparing "Poison Strike" and "Petrochemical Aura", Joan and Medea came up with a conjecture.

"Spiritual light" is just a carrier, an "amplifier", and the real root cause of petrification is actually the toxin produced in the body of the mythical cockatrice.

If this conjecture can be verified in the end, even more amazing inferences can be drawn.

The sight of the petrified lizard and the gorgon itself does not have a petrification effect. It is also a medium to load and amplify the petrified toxin, and this toxin is produced in the petrified lizard and the gorgon.

The ancestors of basilisks and gorgons probably also delivered petrified toxins by biting or scratching their prey.

However, when they evolved the more efficient petrification ability of "Petrochemical Gaze", as time went by and evolved from generation to generation, the original inefficient means of causing petrification gradually degenerated and disappeared. Today, only " Staring" is a means of causing petrification.

Based on this ultimate conjecture, Joan and Medea can integrate all creatures with supernatural petrification capabilities in the world, and summarize a set of universally applicable "principles of petrification".

If this set of universal principles can be confirmed, Joan's idea that once seemed illusory - inventing a spell that can protect against all petrochemical attacks, will have the basis for realization.

In addition to cooperating with Medea, Joan also took free time to conduct a physical examination on the mythical cockatrice, and collected some blood samples by the way, and used the "mythical blood interpretation" and the No. 4 rune Ansuz to treat the blood samples. Analysis, from which three kinds of supernatural abilities were analyzed—in fact, all three were mythological abilities!

The first set of magic imprints that Joan analyzed from the blood samples corresponded to the supernatural ability named "Mythical Stone Armor", which is the hard skin of the mythical cockatrice with a mineral texture.

In the previous battles, Nikolai's enchanted scimitar and Bavla's bear claw with the "Magic Tooth Art" were difficult to destroy the hard skin of the mythical cockatrice, but instead suffered a lot of shock damage. It is the function of "mythical stone armor".

"Mythical Stone Armor" is a passive ability that does not require "mythical power" to activate. It will take effect as long as the mythical cockatrice is alive, and it provides two protective effects.

First of all, the "mythical stone armor" can reduce the damage caused by physical attacks. Unless the opponent uses legendary weapons or mythical weapons (including artifacts), every time it attacks a mythical cockatrice, it will automatically reduce the weapon damage by 1.5 energy levels.

In addition, the "Mythical Stone Armor" will also cause 1 level of damage to the weapon that collides with it-unless you are holding a legendary weapon or a mythical weapon, the blade will be damaged after a few slashes.

Next, the two sets of magic imprints analyzed by Qiao An correspond to "myth dodge" and "petrification aura". They are both active abilities and need to be activated in conjunction with "myth power".

"Mythical dodge" is the skill of the mythical cockatrice in dodging the "lightning beam" released by Medea in battle. With a "mythical power", it can greatly improve its own dodging skills, and can often avoid the "lightning beam" released by Medea. Attacks that can't be avoided in time.

The biggest advantage of this mythical ability is that it can be activated instantly. It can be triggered almost at the same time when the idea of ​​evasion arises in the mind, but it can only be used to evade one attack. If the enemy has a follow-up attack, it can only consume another "mythical power" to restart the "mythical dodge" ".

Of course, the premise is that there is still "power of myth" available.

The most important supernatural ability of the mythical cockatrice, "Petrochemical Aura", also needs to consume "myth power" to activate, and the duration is proportional to the level of myth.

"Mythical cockatrice" is a second-level mythical creature. Every time a piece of "mythical power" is invested, the "petrified aura" can be activated for up to two minutes, and the radiation radius is 30 feet. It will continuously cause agility damage to enemy creatures within the range. A creature that loses 1 point of agility every second, and whose agility returns to zero, becomes a stone statue permanently.

Joan copied all the magic imprints corresponding to "Mythical Stone Armor", "Mythical Evasion" and "Petrochemical Aura" into his spell book, and the next thing to do is to try to become a mythical cockatrice, simulating these three items Supernatural abilities.

In the past, Joan used the "mythical transformation technique" to cooperate with the blood awakening agent of the target creature to achieve "perfect transformation".

If his own blood pedigree does not include the creature type of the transformation target, he cannot transform directly, but must build a "bridge" and make a detour.

For example, not long ago in the Baden Wetlands, Joan wanted to become a "green hag" and imitate the "gathering" ability of the hag family, so he had to use the blood of the gray bird to "build a bridge" and "humanoid monster" This supernatural creature The category is included in its own blood lineage, and it can only become a green hag later.

But from now on, Joan doesn't need to bother so much.

Using the 4-ring "Transfiguration" which is more powerful than the "Mythical Transformation", he can almost directly transform into all life species in the world!