Chapter 721 Blood of Warlock
In order to guard against Evelyn, Joan needs to start a research immediately.
For this purpose, he suggested to his companions to end today's expedition early and set up camp outside the spider cave.
After getting everyone's unanimous approval, Joan plunged into his tent and began to study the blood that had just been drawn from Evelyn's body.
With the 2nd ring "Blood Interpretation" and the No. 4 rune Ansuz, Joan skillfully cast a spell on the blood collection bottle, and successfully analyzed all the spell configurations contained in Evelyn's blood one by one.
The "all spells" here are actually not exact.
What Joan can currently analyze is only the part of the blood power that has been fully developed.
In other words, only the arcane arts that Evelyn has comprehended can be revealed through "blood interpretation".
As we all know, the spellcasting ability of a mage comes from reading and studying, and is the crystallization of knowledge accumulation.
The more knowledgeable a mage is, the stronger his spellcasting ability is.
Warlocks are completely different.
A warlock's ability to cast spells is mainly derived from their own blood, relying on talent and potential, and has nothing to do with knowledge.
Even an illiterate person can become a powerful warlock as long as he has a strong arcane bloodline and has fully developed his own bloodline power.
So here comes the problem.
How strong is a warlock's blood power?
In which direction is it suitable for cultivation?
How far can it be developed?
Can Warlock himself give clear answers to these questions?
In fact, the vast majority of warlocks cannot give satisfactory answers to these questions.
Understanding others is difficult, and understanding yourself is even more difficult.
The practice of a mage is a process of constant seeking for knowledge.
The practice of a warlock is a process of continuous self-knowledge.
Only when you have reached a certain height can you know where you should go in the next stage.
Like a person walking alone in the dark night, unable to see the road ahead, every step he takes will leave a glowing footprint behind him.
These luminous footprints are all levels of arcane arts that warlocks have comprehended through developing their own blood power.
The path formed by these luminous footprints may not be the only path in the darkness, or even the path that is most suitable for one's own blood potential.
Deep in the blood of a warlock, there may be other more powerful magic that has not been effectively developed. Unfortunately, the authorities are obsessed with it, and they don't even know that they have this potential.
Just like under the cover of darkness, there may be other better roads, but it's a pity that passers-by can't see them and don't try them.
These missed potentials lie dormant deep in the Warlock's veins, waiting to be awakened one day, or to be abandoned forever.
Joan's "Blood Interpretation", after all, is only a level 2 spell, and its energy level is too low to analyze the untapped potential of casting spells deep in Evelyn's blood.
If the energy level of "Blood Interpretation" is improved, such as optimizing it to raise the ring, or improving it into a mythical spell, can it play a role in analyzing the hidden blood power, helping warlocks guide the maze, and deepen self-awareness?
In theory, this possibility cannot be ruled out, but it is a pity that Joan can't do it now.
After all, he is just a little level 5 mage.
My own studies have just started, and I have neither the ability nor the leisure to instruct others on how to develop blood power.
Dispelling distracting thoughts, Qiao An carefully observed the cloud of glowing blood emerging from the mouth of the blood collection bottle.
The luminous runes in the blood-colored clouds looked like golden snakes swimming slowly, either long or short.
Each golden snake-like rune represents a complete arcane configuration, and the length is proportional to the number of rings.
Joan glanced roughly, and there were no less than 30 spell configurations in the blood cloud.
This shows that Evelyn has mastered more than 30 arcane arts in total.
If you compare it with a mage, this is nothing at all.
Joan currently has nearly 100 arcane spells from 0 to 3 rings.
much?
As far as mages are concerned, it really isn't much!
As long as you have money, the financial resources are enough to go to the Arcane Library to copy scrolls without limit, and learning a few more spells is nothing more than reading a few more books. What's so difficult about it?
But warlocks are different.
Putting a bunch of spell scrolls in front of the warlock, she couldn't learn them based on her knowledge base, and could only discover spells from her own blood.
Warlocks don't need to spend a lot of energy on learning, and have more time to enjoy life. The shortcoming that comes with it is that they can comprehend very few spells, which is completely incomparable with wizards of the same level.
Take Evelyn as an example, she can cast up to 4th-level spells, and the total number of 0-4 level spells she currently masters is only about 30.
Less than half of Joan's.
Does this mean Evelyn is weak?
No, quite the opposite!
As a level 9 sorcerer, she can master more than 30 spells, and she can already be called a "student master"!
Warlocks of the same level can usually comprehend only about 20 arcane spells.
Such a comparison shows that Evelyn has a very high degree of development of her warlock blood.
A warlock develops the spellcasting potential contained in his blood, just like plowing the land.
If ordinary warlocks use the extensive method of "slash-and-burn" to develop their own blood power, then Evelyn's development model can be called "intensive cultivation".
What shocked Joan even more than the number of spells Evelyn had mastered was the quality of these spells.
Qiao An has already mastered the 0-2 ring arcane arts deciphered from the blood, so there is no need to read more.
Among the third-level spells, most of them have already been learned, and only two spells need to be copied.
One is the "human immobilization technique".
When Joan was chasing "Brother Jack" in Port Layton back then, he had witnessed "Big Jack" cast this 3-ring enchantment-type arcane spell, and when he raised his finger, there was a blue light!
If the subject's will is not firm enough, he will be paralyzed in an instant after being hit, unable to move.
The second ring 3 spell that needs to be copied, which Qiao An is no stranger to, is the "acceleration spell".
During the effective period of this spell, it can double the action speed of all recipients, which is quite practical.
When Joan was transcribing the "acceleration technique", he naturally recalled the magic imprint analyzed from the body of the "throat choker" not long ago.
The supernatural ability of the choker is very similar to "speed".
The magic imprint corresponding to this supernatural ability, as Joan had expected, has many similarities with the spell configuration of "acceleration".
When Joan was transcribing the "acceleration technique", he deeply felt that the thought and energy he had spent on studying the choker was not in vain, otherwise he would not have spent only ten minutes transcribing the "acceleration technique" into the in his own spell book.
After copying this spell, he said without humility that he had basically learned it.
If it weren't for the magic imprint of the choker monster to lay the foundation in front, how could it be so familiar now? This is the benefit of "preview".