The effect of this training was very obvious. Salin quickly grasped how to use the mask, and the consumption of mental strength was reduced to about a third of what it used to be. By the time he left the Frozen Sea, Salin could already wear the mask for a full hour.
The only pity was that Salin still could not find a way to stop the mask from absorbing mental strength. As long as he wore this magical mask, it would continue to absorb his mental strength. If it were any other level-five Mage, this mask would be a life-threatening thing. Even if they knew how to use it, other Great Mages could not last more than forty seconds.
Salin was glad that he did not slack off. Even though his mental strength surpassed that of ordinary Great Mages, he still used the badge to train every day, and his mental strength was steadily increasing.
What Salin did not know was that this mask was originally meant for Magic Shooters, and they had to be level-nine Magic Shooters. His mental strength had undergone special training, and had undergone a miraculous change. It was as if it had substance, which minimized the consumption of the mask.
If other level-five Mages really wore this thing, their brains would be paralyzed in an instant.
Shang Lan, who had made this mask, had long surpassed the peak of level-ten. The equipment he had was made for the original humans, and not for people whose abilities had deteriorated.
For any equipment, the stronger the attributes, the better it was. It had to match the user's abilities. For example, Salin's white crystal ring was a gift from Jason. It was a very good ring, made of the highest grade white crystal, and all the magic arrays were engraved inside the white crystal without being visible.
The difficulty of making a magic array was inversely proportional to its size. The smaller the magic array, the more difficult it was to make. Thus, equipment like rings had always been the most difficult to make.
The white crystal ring was very suitable for Salin, because it did not burden him at all. Thus, even though the white crystal ring only had one function, it was very valuable.
On the other hand, no matter how good the attributes of the equipment were, it was still a pile of trash if it could not be used. For example, the Giants' Holy Stone Armor.
This armor only existed in the Giant Plane. Its physical and magical defense were astonishing. Attacks below the level of Magic Shooter would not cause any slight damage to the armor. Even forbidden spells would not be able to completely tear through the Holy Stone Armor. This armor could even repair itself, and its speed of repair would definitely be faster than the armor Salin made.
The problem was that humans would never be able to wear the Holy Stone Armor. When the giants were born, they were already seven to eight meters tall. When they grew up, their bodies were ridiculously tall. Some were over a hundred meters tall. Most creatures were like little geckos to the Giants, and they could kill them with a single slap. They would only summon their Holy Stone Armor against powerful existences.
The human body was more like a badge in front of the Holy Stone Armor. It could not be worn at all.
That was why Salin didn't use the set of Elemental Magic Tomes after obtaining it. He could only use water magic at that time, and the 18 slots provided by the Elemental Magic Tomes were balanced, with each of the six elements occupying three slots. To Salin, the Bronze Magic Tomes were only equivalent to three more opportunities to cast spells, and they corresponded to level-one, level-two, and level-three spells.
It wasn't until Salin learned the knowledge of elemental conversion and grasped this ability that the elemental magic book became more useful. Even so, Salin still didn't use the elemental magic book in battle. This was because these Elemental Conversion Spells needed to be recorded in a Spellbook in advance, and they might not be useful in actual combat.
The mask that Salin had obtained now was still dangerous. If Salin suddenly lost his ability to move when he needed to take off the mask, then the mask could kill him without the enemy even having to attack. This was not impossible. For example, he could be frozen by water magic for more than an hour, or petrified by Petrify.
Sika also gained a lot. This set of full-body armor provided a very strong defense, and it was mainly used against magic attacks. The reason why most magic armors had low defense was because they could not draw enough magic arrays on them. Salin, on the other hand, refined the magic arrays directly into the Dimensional Stone, so he could make as many as he wanted. As long as the Dimensional Stone could withstand it.
This was an extremely extravagant thing. If other Magic Shooters knew that Salin was doing this, they would definitely be willing to exchange better magic armor for these Dimensional Stones.
But Salin didn't care about this waste at all. Anyway, with the Dimensional Stone, he could upgrade Sika's armor at any time.
Sika had gained a lot. She could now freely control the defensive power of the armor, and the bracelet that Salin gave her could also activate the Water Pattern Shield at any time. Unfortunately, she was not a mage, so the Water Pattern Shield could only appear at a fixed place on the left side of her body, and there was no way to save it.
Nelis only learned some low-level magic, from level one to level three, so Salin could not teach her much. Salin simply taught Nelis elemental conversion magic. This was because Salin only knew the principles of the other five types of magic. To simply cast them, he would have to trouble the low-level mages to personally guide Nelis.
The skills of Nelis's human body were really not that good, but in this state, she could still release scrolls, use spatial equipment, and release her talent abilities, such as Giant Dragon Force and Lightning Protection. With these abilities, Nelis's human body was not considered weak, at least she had a certain level of melee ability.
But without the strong body of a demon as a foundation, Salin did not dare to let Nelis use high-skill weapons such as daggers or whips. These weapons were indeed outstanding, but they were also very risky.
For example, to make a dagger pierce the enemy's body, the distance between the dagger and the enemy must be almost zero. In front of a long weapon, a person using a dagger had to take the risk to shorten this distance. And the difficulty of controlling a whip was almost the highest among all the weapons. If there was a mistake, even without the enemy attacking, the user would be injured.
Other than practicing these skills with Nelis and Shika, Salin refined a Hunter Spider again. The Hunter Spider originally had a Phantom Magic Circle, but Salin erased this magic circle and added a large amount of new materials into the Hunter Spider's body. All the materials had the same attribute, which was sturdiness. The materials that did not turn into powder in the battle between magical beasts were obviously in this category.
What Salin did not modify was the eight legs of the Hunter Spider. These eight legs all had the attribute of anti-magic. Once mixed with other materials, they would immediately lose their special ability. Salin was very satisfied with the material of this puppet. If it were not for the fact that dimensional stones were too precious, he would definitely embed one into the Hunter Spider's body.
But Salin had already mastered some high-level skills of refining magic equipment. He used water flames to embed a dragon crystal shard into the spider's body. In the future, when the spider used its Phantom ability, it would not have to worry about the consumption of magic cores too fast. Salin's decision was not to refine an offensive phantom. He used a non-lethal water magic.
There were three sets of superimposed magic circles in the Hunter Spider's body and a Spirit Brand magic. Two of the three magic circles were driving magic, and the dragon crystal only provided energy for the phantom magic. The other six embedded magic cores were enough for the Hunter Spider to fight for a long time. Now that Salin was rich again, he simply replaced the spider with the purest level-six magic cores.
The phantom magic that Salin refined was a more complicated water magic. This magic itself did not have a fixed name, and only life mages would learn it. This magic could use water elements to simulate a natural environment. This natural environment could be independent, or it could simulate the surrounding environment to hide people or objects in the magic circle.
If it was in the wild, the magic circle of the Hunter Spider could make the body of the spider disappear into the surrounding natural environment. If it was in the city, the Hunter Spider could even simulate a house that was similar to the surrounding buildings.
Salin's original intention was not to make the sneak attack of the Hunter Spider more perfect. He just felt that the room of the Coiled Turtle Alchemy Ship was too narrow. Living in such an environment for a long time would have a negative impact on people's mentality. With this magic circle, Salin could set up a phantom in any corner of the alchemy ship at any time. Even if it was fake, it could create a natural scene that made people feel comfortable in the cabin. This phantom was extremely real. If one was not very strong and deliberately investigated, they would not be able to find out that it was a magic.
Salin knew that this thing was very useful. If he had enough ships in the future, he could consider providing such a resting space for his soldiers.
There were many factors that affected the combat power of an army, and psychological factors were the most serious. So when an army was defeated, its combat power would plummet. It was possible that a large number of soldiers would be chased by a small number of enemies. Living in a cramped environment for a long time would have a greater impact on the soldiers. If it was on land, Salin could spend more gold coins to build a large enough barracks. But on a ship, the cabin space was always limited.
Salin had done this on a whim, but it still made the Hunter Spider a more insidious sneak attack.
After leaving the periphery of the Frozen Sea, the Wing Skeleton raised the Coiled Turtle Alchemy Ship to a distance of only 300 meters from the water surface. At this depth, even a Magic Shooter would have a hard time finding the alchemy ship.
Generally speaking, mages were used to using mental strength to detect danger. The detection distance of human mental strength in the water would be shortened by more than ten times. If a Magic Shooter searched by detecting water elements, they would find that there was a space of a few hundred cubic meters under the water surface without the existence of water elements. In that case, the Coiled Turtle Alchemy Ship would have nowhere to hide.
But such detection consumed too much mental strength. It needed to enter the microscopic level. Even a Magic Shooter would not be willing to consume mental strength like this.
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