Before the establishment of the Spell Research Institute, it was announced through the newspaper.
People living in the Tree Shade, even ordinary survivors, knew what combat skills/spells were. The hunters knew even more.
High-star adventurers could exchange combat skills such as Heavy Slash and Blood Slash. The price was equivalent to a piece of C-grade equipment.
Other than that, there were also the Knight Cultivation Technique, Five Hearts Facing Heavens Qi Absorption Technique, Two Elements One Revolution Cultivation Technique, and other basic cultivation techniques that were more suitable for general use could also be exchanged at the Adventurer's Guild. Their prices were slightly cheaper than battle techniques.
The use of combat skills could condense the power of qi and blood scattered throughout the body into a solid point, bursting out power far beyond the normal state.
It was very exquisite. Even for the Heavy Chop, which was claimed to be the easiest to learn, they would need to first practice the various movements, then integrate them into their own Qi and blood. Finally, they would be able to integrate their Qi and blood into the movements in a short period of time. Only then would they be able to master the Heavy Chop.
Spells were more complicated than combat skills. They needed to use source power to cast them. How did the shelter's higher-ups create these?
Why was the gap between people so huge?!
If Tang Yu knew what the adventurers were thinking, he would also sigh. How did those predecessors create combat skills without any foundation?
The current territory had collected at least one or two hundred skill books, and many Book of Runes as a foundation. That's why Tang Yu had the idea to create spells … let others create them.
… …
Located next to the equipment manufacturing factory, the newly built area of dozens of acres belonged to the Spell Research Institute.
For the time being, there was only one main building. Other areas could be built in the future, or used as a spell experiment area. If it wasn't enough, it could be expanded. In short, the last thing that the Tree Shade lacked was land.
But the housing price couldn't be lowered.
Experimental site.
Surrounded by crystal walls that could absorb energy, there was also a source qi pool buried under the ground to ensure that it was easier and more convenient to cast spells.
On the crystal walls and behind the ceiling, there were Image Recording Crystals that recorded the process of casting spells — this was the version that Kevin had modified. The original one-time Image Recording Crystals were modified into ones that could be used continuously. The downside was that they were too big to be carried around, even if they could be stored in a spatial backpack.
Elaine had arrived early, stretching out her white and delicate palm, an icy blue cold current swirled around her palm, rolling.
Sometimes it turned into ice crystals, and sometimes it turned into water.
From time to time, it would transform into a meter-long spear in his hand, and from time to time, it would transform into an ice-blue shield of ice.
Anyone who saw this level of control would gasp in amazement.
The employees of the logistics department widened their eyes at this moment. Their bodies and minds were captivated by the powerful and beautiful scene in front of them. They had completely become little fangirls.
"But this is not a spell."
Elaine stared at her hands, her hair scattered on both sides of her neck, her expression focused and serious.
Before long, a group of people walked in.
Summoned by the Spell Technique Research Institute, the first to arrive were the major armies and the earth element ability users from the various departments. There were 23 of them in total.
Elaine dispersed the ice source power condensed in her palm. The corners of her mouth rose slightly, and wisps of aura were emitted. She maintained a friendly yet distant majesty … This was what she had learned from a book called "On the Self-Cultivation of Leaders" a few days ago.
Although Elaine didn't know, she already had her own icy aura.
The earth ability user who had just arrived only felt a chill all over his body and couldn't help but shrink his neck.
"Is it going to be cut into pieces for research? I don't want to die young. I'm still so handsome …"
A ripple appeared in Elaine's calm eyes.
It was really … The person who spoke was fat, and there was a scar on his face from the corner of his eye to his chin. He looked particularly terrifying.
She recognized this person. Peng Bo, the peak of the ninth awakening stage. He was the strongest among all the earth ability users. His talent ability was the Rock Armor …
So Elaine's gaze fell on Peng Bo.
Peng Bo was trembling so much that the three hundred pounds of fat on his body almost fell off.
…
The special ability awakened at the beginning could be regarded as the talent of the ability user, and also the source of inspiration for self-created spells.
Elaine's magical techniques were either comprehended from the books, inherited, or extended from her own magical techniques.
The latter had a certain degree of innovation, but it was still a long way from self-created spells.
Her talent was not in the earth element, and she didn't know any earth spells. But it might be difficult to use it. Elaine's understanding of spells was truly the first in the territory.
By observing a large number of spells of the same kind, she looked for ideas to build new spells.
The first to use it was Peng Bo.
In order to make it easier for the earth ability user to perform better, a large amount of soil and stones were quickly transported from the open space outside the building.
Peng Bo shouted, countless gravel flew and attached to his body. These soil and stones merged together, forming a yellowish-brown rock armor.
It looked ordinary, but its defense was not to be underestimated.
The captain of the garrison regiment who was called to act as a strong man slammed a "heavy chop" on the rock armor. Peng Bo took a few steps back. There were some cracks on the rock armor, but it was generally intact. The "heavy chop" failed to penetrate the defense of the rock armor. Even the tyrannical force was absorbed by the rock armor.
Under Peng Bo's mind, the cracks on the rock armor quickly recovered.
A very practical defensive spell!
Then, Peng Bo showed other unique skills, such as reaching out and throwing a handful of gravel at the enemy. When the gravel came into contact with the enemy, it would become a hard object stuck on the enemy's joints …
Another example was to extend spikes from the rock armor, turning himself into a hedgehog. As long as he charged forward, he could stab the enemy into a beehive.
This was an extension of spells, from a defensive spell, it became an armor of thorns that could attack and defend.
The idea of changing armor was not unusual, but …
Elaine ordered another earth ability user whose strength was second only to Peng Bo to imitate Peng Bo's armor of thorns.
This earth ability user had strong control. He walked forward step by step, and the soil on the ground automatically attached to his body, forming a rock armor similar to Peng Bo's.
The rock armor quickly changed, and sharp thorns grew on it, making people's eyelids twitch.
This imitation was worth 82 points.
However.
The captain of the garrison regiment casually swung his fist, smashed the thorns, penetrated the armor, and bombarded the earth ability user's chest.
This punch was not fierce.
The earth ability user just shook a little and stabilized his body, but the armor attached to his body, with a cracking sound, shattered.
This armor was too brittle!
At best, it was harder and thicker than ordinary soil. It was completely incomparable to Peng Bo's talent spell, "Rock Armor."
It could only be regarded as using the earth source power to manipulate the soil and shape it.
It was not practical.
Elaine was not surprised. While recording and thinking, she let the ability user continue to demonstrate.
This earth ability user, who was only inferior to Peng Bo, took a deep breath and stretched out his hands. Suddenly, the soil under the captain's feet exploded, and countless amounts of soil boiled like boiling water, forming an earth dragon, instantly binding the captain.
The binding was also very artistic.
Talent spell, "Earth Spirit Bind."
It was a control-type spell.
Next, more than twenty ability users showed their special abilities one by one.
Some ability was earthquake, not limited to the ground, it could make materials containing earth elements vibrate, it was a good demolition skill.
There was also the ability to drill into the ground and move quickly, but could not really integrate into the soil — elemental conversion was an ability that only Transcendent Stage 2 could have.
…
Whoosh!
A sharp two-meter-high earth spike instantly pierced out of the soil. The sharpness of the earth spike was very high, easily piercing through the D-grade protective gear. Except for the strong people like Peng Bo who could wrap their whole body in armor, the others all tightened their legs in fear.
This earth spike ability user did not stop there. He waved his hand again, and dense earth spikes drilled out of the soil.
This was the spell he had evolved after many practices, "Multiple Earth Spikes."
If he had the same strength as Peng Bo, the hardness of these earth spikes would not be much worse than the rock armor.
After the demonstration, the ability user took a few steps forward, clenched his hand into a fist, and with a cracking sound, all the earth spikes shattered to the ground.
The earth and stones piled up into a small hill.
"In the future, it is best to experiment in the open air."
Elaine thought.
She knew that as more than twenty earth ability users demonstrated, the number of mud and stones in the experimental area increased.
Like the earth spike spell, it seemed to drill out of the soil, but in fact, part of it was condensed from the earth source energy in the air.
From energy, it had turned into solid matter.
Even if the research institute did not provide the soil, most of the earth special abilities could be used.
"Rock armor," "Earth spirit binding," "multiple earth spikes," these abilities could be directly condensed from the source energy. The existence of the soil accelerated this process, which was equivalent to the field bonus.
"But if I put aside the talent ability and use my own strength to control the earth source energy, and thus condense it into soil, the difficulty coefficient is very high, almost impossible."
Elaine pondered. "Although the fire and water elements can do it, the fire itself is a kind of energy, there is no conversion in the middle, and the water element contains a large number of water molecules in the air … Molecules and elements … and the source energy, are completely different, on two different levels."
After a whole day, there were not many clues.
Elaine was not discouraged. After returning to the director's office, she repeatedly watched the recorded video materials, analyzed, thought, and pushed one draft paper after another on the desk.
…
In the next few days, the "Adventurer's Guild" posted a task to assist the spell research institute, and more and more earth ability users came to the research institute to demonstrate.
Peng Bo and the others were also regular visitors, and they could also get rewards from the internal system for assisting with the task.
The work wasn't just to demonstrate the talent spells, some ideas were put forward, and they would also be implemented by the earth ability users.
They also put forward a lot of ideas themselves.
Everyone was incredibly excited to be able to personally participate in the research of spell techniques. It was just like how nobodies were qualified to participate in the nation's space program or the Twin Bombs project … They weren't just doing research on spell techniques, they were also creating history!
Many people said that even if there was no reward, they would still take the job!
…
After a few days, Tang Yu finally walked out of the spiritual space. He was in a trance, but there was no doubt that his understanding of the battle technique had deepened a lot.
After resting for a while, he went straight to the spell research institute.
Late at night.
But inside the research institute, the lights were still bright.
"One of the most common characteristics of the earth spell is its sturdiness."
Tang Yu had just opened the office door when he saw Elaine frowning, the table was already piled with dense draft papers.
He couldn't help but feel distressed.
He wanted to persuade her, but before he could speak, he heard Elaine said. "I'm already a transcendent, it's not tiring to do this."
Of course, a transcendent didn't need to sleep.
But when Tang Yu glanced at the drawings, countless data, lines … he knew Elaine hadn't stopped thinking for a moment to create the earth spell.
Transcendent's thinking speed was fast, but no one could stand it for a long time.
But Tang Yu didn't try to persuade her again.
Just like before he could speak, Elaine had already blocked the words he wanted to say. He also knew it was useless to persuade her.
He immediately sat down, picked up the drawings, and began to analyze them.
…
Tang Yu sometimes frowned, sometimes meditating.
These people, while he was practicing combat skills, he was also constantly thinking about the battle technique itself. He had a unique understanding of the battle technique itself.
Not as good as Elaine, but the exchange between the two could also give some inspiration.
"In other words, the easiest spell to create at present is a kind of spell that makes the soil hard?"
"Yes, most of the earth ability users' talent spells have the characteristic of sturdiness. On the one hand, there is more data to analyze. On the other hand, it also explains the nature of the earth source power.
My idea is to create a circular Earth Shield. The shape of the Earth Shield doesn't have any requirements for speed, and the structure of the circular shield is simple. It's also easier to control when using Source Power to construct it. Furthermore, the Earth Shield is more practical. If it can be created, it's a spell that can be widely used.
Tang Yu understood.
Spells could be used as long as one had enough Origin Power. The Earth Shield Spell could be learned by other elemental ability users or Awakened ones who had reached the Origin Condensation Realm and had condensed a Origin Qi cyclone. It was just that it was more difficult to learn compared to the Earth ability users, and its casting speed was slower.
A spell that had taken form couldn't change its form at will like a talent ability.
But as long as it's easy to learn, it can be promoted and greatly enhance the army's strength.
This was the original intention of creating the spell.
Suddenly, Tang Yu raised his brows, twirled the pen and said, "It's not just the earth shield, but it can also be used on buildings."
"Buildings? You mean fortifying buildings? "
"No, no." Tang Yu stretched out a finger and waved.
Elaine showed a rare look of doubt.
Tang Yu paused before saying, "As long as the degree of firmness is enough, you can directly use the soil to shape a building. Even steel bars can be saved."
In the past, when the earth ability users helped the construction team, they could only turn the soil to lay the foundation, or control it with the earth source power when pouring cement to accelerate the process.
But now … Tang Yu imagined that when building the defense in the future, the earth ability user waved his hand like a 3D printing, and a tall building was formed.
The difficulty is naturally more difficult than the earth shield.
"It may be difficult to cast a spell to form a tall building at once. But if it's disassembled, like building blocks, divided into a few or a dozen fixed shapes, the difficulty is reduced a lot. Moreover, with the earth ability user, there's no need to worry about the firmness of the building block joints."
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