The Truth of Magic

196 a random divine artifact

when he heard such a shocking inside story, zhao xu’s heart was calm.

in fact, there were many speculations and rumors about the forces on earth in his previous life. many people felt that it was related to the seventh prophecy.

however, no one knew the details of the seventh prophecy, so all the speculations could only be on the surface.

but when he thought about how the seventh prophecy pointed to a future sovereign, zhao xu suddenly felt a bit pessimistic about wang ningwei.

there was no other reason. wang ningwei had jumped out too early, even though she had the powerful wizard association behind her.

if there were only two players on the board, then the one who made the first move to lay out the trap would definitely gain the upper hand.

However, when there were many players on the board, sometimes it was better to make a fortune quietly.

If they showed their faces too early, it would only make all the remaining forces who didn’t have an advantage change their target.

after all, everyone wanted the candidate from earth chosen by their own forces to become the final master god. no matter how bad he was, he couldn’t be an enemy force.

wang ningwei was already very outstanding in his previous life. for those forces who knew the zeroth prophecy and tried to interfere in the arrangement of agents, she was the most obvious thorn in their side.

For example, Zhao Xu might have been the person chosen for the first prophecy. As long as he hid Lux well, he would be able to hide for a long time. When he was too outstanding, he had to abandon the suspicion that he was a candidate for the seventh prophecy.

Just as Zhao Xu was thinking about this, he had already walked back to the intersection where he had first arrived. Zhao Xu had set up a magic alarm here at the very beginning, and it was right next to the other three intersections.

The alarm hadn’t been triggered since just now.

Although the pit fiends had magic resistance, magic alarms ignored all resistance and immunity. Anyone who walked into the area without any precautions would trigger it.

“the pit fiend is in the middle of this path. it’s hiding at the altar and performing its ritual. These Devils who come to the main material plane are not creative. Every time they come, they only think about how to create a portal to another world, without considering whether they have the ability to do so.” Lacus said to Zhao Xu through her mind power.

“i can only activate your transformation divine weapon when i walk to the altar?” Zhao Xu asked.

he had previously used the “mind link” ability to communicate with antonya and reyan, so he was very familiar with this process.

“It’s like this, this is the requirement of the ceremony.” Said Lux.

Zhao Xu felt a headache coming on when he heard this.

for mages, the most hated thing was the unpredictable.

this meant that even his specific battle plan had to be built on many unknown factors.

“But you have six chances.” Suddenly, lacus said in a fawning tone.

six times?

“i’m going to resurrect in mystra, right?” zhao xu asked.

The Lifestone came with a return to the city. If anything happened to him, he would be resurrected near the temple in the big town.

“Resurrect in a nearby temple,” lacus laughed smugly, and she sounded as if she was very proud that she had thought of everything for zhao xu. “then, master, you just have to wait for another week in the temple until my powers recover, and then you can continue with the second experiment.”

“then i can’t go out for a week?”

“That won’t do. The ceremony itself rejects any external participation. when a new power enters, perhaps you’ll have to challenge a lord-level character in hell to complete the ritual.”

zhao xu suddenly felt like he had gone too far.

according to lacus ‘hint, after he died and was resurrected in the temple of life creation, he could choose to resurrect in the temple of nairo, the god of death, by relying on the altar that was barely maintaining its operation.

I just need to test it three to five times. If I fail again on the fifth Lifestone, I’ll go back to Mystra. Zhao Xu said.

It wasn’t easy to get this account. He couldn’t win the bet of binding the eternal sacred artifact. If he became one of the possible candidates for God in the prophecy, he would stop his losses in time.

Actually, he didn’t have to wait until the fifth time. After he used the third Lifestone, Zhao Xu would make a decision based on the details of the challenge and decide whether or not he should go all out to use the fifth Lifestone.

if the chances of winning were really less than ten percent, then he didn’t have to risk his life for the last two lifestones.

“master, don’t worry. the godly item that lux has transformed into is still very powerful.” at this moment, lacus also started promoting herself.

that’s because I, as the will of a divine weapon, can be certain of all uncertainties. Said Lux.

uncertainties?

Zhao Xu was suddenly very sensitive to this term, and then he remembered that he had seen a deck of cards in storage Room No. 1 of ittell’s legacy.

“if you change the shape of the wuxiang card, can you let me confirm which cards i will draw?” Zhao Xu asked.

“You can’t,” Lacus immediately interrupted Zhao Xu’s fantasy and said, ” because the all-changing card itself is already certain. There are all 22 cards, and the uncertain one is you who drew the card, not me who drew the card. That’s why I can’t change the uncertainties you have.”

After hearing this rather roundabout explanation, Zhao Xu decided to give up on trying to find a loophole in the shapeshifting God equipment.

master, I suggest that you choose random transformation for the first time and try to make the divine artifact last longer. Lacus suggested.

“you mean you want to bet on a blind cat meeting a dead rat?” Zhao Xu asked.

” wow, master, this is the first time i’ve felt that master finally looks like a mage. ” lacus continued to flatter him, but it sounded a little harsh.

at this moment, zhao xu started to think.

He only knew the standard stats of a pit fiend. He didn’t know if the other party had a secondary class or not.

therefore, the pit fiends they were targeting might be stronger than they had imagined.

in fact, if the other party was also a level 20 wizard, then zhao xu could just go home and use up his first revival stone and give up on this union ritual.

there was a 30% chance that lux’s transformation would be targeted, but the price was that it would only last for a short time. even if the outcome of the transformation divine weapon was not what he wanted, he would still have to bear the price of a short time.

But Zhao Xu only needed to use three Lifestones to transform into the same type of artifact.

Basically, he had a 90% chance of his target artifact appearing once out of three transformations, which was enough.

so, zhao xu could arrange for the second to fourth times to be a short, directional transformation.

The first time was a random transformation, relying on the long duration of the artifact’s effect to explore the pit fiend’s situation.

also, as lux had said, they had to try their luck.

The effect of the artifact might only last for a few rounds in a short period of time. He had to push his actions to the limit for each round, and the margin for error was very low.

even if he got the godly item that zhao xu wanted in the first round of directional change, he wouldn’t have a high chance of winning against a demon that might have other tricks up its sleeve.

this was also the reason why lux did not suggest that he use directional transformation for the first four times.

it was just a test anyway, so he might have a chance of winning if he tried for a long time.

after thinking this through, zhao xu walked straight down the path in front of him until he reached the pitch-black stone door.

At this moment, Zhao Xu gently placed his hand on the Holy symbol of hell that was right in the middle of the stone door. It was a huge sickle that symbolized the harvesting of life.

“the lord is dead.”

zhao xu recited the command that lux had given him.

There were too many ritual spells set up around the altar. Even if he used the gate of phase to enter, he would be retaliated by the altar.

the only and safest way was to touch nairo’s holy emblem and read the password.

The originally pitch-black Holy emblem suddenly burst with a bright red light, and the sickle looked as if it had been forged into a bright red color. Then, a wave of teleportation power entered Zhao Xu’s body through the Holy emblem.

The next moment, Zhao Xu found himself in an extremely large, dome-shaped sacrificial Hall. There was a row of stone statues of the god of death, Nairo, that had already fallen around him.

they all had different forms, symbolizing the image of nairo from different periods. only the sickle was always by her side.

At the very center of the altar was an altar that was glowing with a faint red light. In front of the altar stood a pit fiend that was nearly four meters tall.

the pit fiend’s entire body was covered in crimson scales. as the flames burned, a pair of massive wings wrapped around its back.

The pit fiend’s mouth was wide open, revealing a row of sharp fangs that emitted a foul stench. Two of the most prominent fangs had already touched its chin, and green goo dripped down its fangs.

at the same time, its thick nostrils were constantly emitting black smoke, as if its body was filled with hot magma.

the pit fiend had also noticed zhao xu’s arrival, and it immediately glared at him with a vicious look in its eyes.

“transform!” Zhao Xu immediately ordered lacus.

In an instant, the ” outer layer of suppression ” covering Zhao Xu’s body disappeared and turned into a mysterious blue light that shot up into the sky.

Then, the ball of energy condensed and turned into a lightning bolt. The deep and cold arc of light illuminated the entire sacrificial Hall.

The Azure lightning bolt landed in front of Zhao Xu and took shape.

As a stream of information flowed into his body, Zhao Xu finally understood what it was.

it was a divine artifact that could allow ordinary people who did not know any spiritual spells to cast the spiritual spells recorded in it.

The book of ten thousand spells!