I Build a Floating City in the Apocalypse – Chapter 120

Chapter 120

“Lightning Spell!”

Fang Bai extended a finger, and a ring of lightning appeared before his eyes, persisting for a few seconds before slowly fading away.

Looking at this ring of lightning, Fang Bai revealed a satisfied smile and immediately recorded this successful experiment in his notebook.

“Is it too easy to improve this spell?”

Fang Bai couldn’t help but mutter excitedly. He had just easily analyzed the function of each spell structure and directly altered the function of the spell structure by changing the position and magnitude of the spell nodes.

After only a hundred or so experiments, Fang Bai found the trick. He successfully modified the lightning released by the Lightning Spell into a ring shape and, by delaying the output power while maintaining the stability of the lightning, extended the duration of the ring lightning to four or five seconds.

Compared to blindly experimenting with the effects of spell nodes without knowing anything, it was simply too easy to know the effects of spell nodes, understand the reactions within them, and then summarize the functions of spell structures and the reactions that occur when spell structures interact with each other.

The difficulty was much lower.

He now truly realized the benefits of having a solid foundation.

He understood all the spell nodes of the Lightning Spell, and the rest was just the arrangement and combination of spell nodes.

Of course, this time also made Fang Bai discover some of his shortcomings.

Although he had recorded so many spell nodes and figured out the meaning of some of them, Fang Bai just discovered that his understanding was correct but might also be one-sided. What he understood might only be the tip of the iceberg.

It was like the character “乐” could have two pronunciations, but he only knew one. It was like the character “茴” had four ways of writing, but he only knew one.

However, this still couldn’t help but make Fang Bai daydream.

“If I could master all the spell nodes and fully understand the function of each spell node, wouldn’t all spells lose their secrets in front of me? Wouldn’t I be able to create any spell at will?”

Fang Bai thought about these scenes and couldn’t help but feel his heart stir.

Compared to learning a vast number of spells, Fang Bai felt that this method was more practical and effective.

When writing essays, one could memorize a few famous quotes and use them appropriately to improve the score.

However, if one only knew how to quote famous quotes, one would definitely not become a famous person or be able to say famous quotes.

But these did not affect Fang Bai’s continued improvement of the Lightning Spell.

Although the spell nodes Fang Bai mastered were still not many, and although he had not thoroughly studied these spell nodes, the Lightning Spell was not a very advanced spell either.

It was enough!

A moment later, two rings of lightning appeared in Fang Bai’s hand, but they only lasted for two or three seconds.

Even so, Fang Bai still looked at the spot where the ring lightning disappeared with joy. Then, a hand appeared in front of him.

Fang Bai’s Mental Power, apart from sensing and controlling elemental power, did not have the ability to directly interfere with reality.

However, ever since Fang Bai discovered that the projection of the Projection Spell could hold things and possess a certain degree of substance, an idea had formed in his mind.

Mental Power could not interfere with reality, but it could be used to control the Projection Spell.

Since discovering this, Fang Bai often used projections to cast the Projection Spell. He didn’t do anything else but use it to pick up and hand over things nearby. This usage was simply called “Mage Hand” by Fang Bai.

Fang Bai had actually tried projecting only one arm or two arms, but unfortunately, although the Projection Spell didn’t have many spell nodes, he couldn’t understand them.

The internal spell structure of this Projection Spell was like a black box. Fang Bai could use it without any problems, but he just didn’t understand the principle behind it. He could only understand that the level of this spell had definitely left him in the dust.

Logically speaking, this wasn’t a very powerful spell. It could only condense a projection. He didn’t know why it was so advanced and complex.

“What is the purpose of those big shots at that level painstakingly simplifying the Projection Spell to this extent, simplifying it to the point where the people who can use it can’t understand a single thing? Is it just to optimize spell scrolls? Is it just so that even mage apprentices can use the Projection Spell?

What kind of inheritance did I inherit?” Fang Bai muttered.

But in any case, Fang Bai was still quite happy using the Mage Hand.

The Mage Hand held a steel ball taken from a bearing, lifting it in mid-air. Then…

“Lightning Spell!”

Two rings of lightning appeared, sandwiching the steel ball between them. During this time, the Mage Hand touched the ring lightning, directly blasting a hole in the surface of the arm, exposing the bone.

The wound was charred by the electricity, so it didn’t bleed.

Thinking of this, Fang Bai couldn’t help but complain.

This Projection Spell was really not serious.

It was just a projection, but it would really bleed when injured, and its face would really turn pale when it lost too much blood.

The blood that flowed out would dissipate when it was far away from the body, which gave Fang Bai some comfort.

But Fang Bai seriously suspected that this was only because his strength was too low and the Projection Spell couldn’t fully manifest. Otherwise, the blood would definitely not disappear!!!

Ignoring the Mage Hand’s injury, Fang Bai directly released the steel ball.

After being released, the steel ball first sank downwards and then slowly floated in the middle of the two lightning rings.

Tiny sparks of electricity struck the steel ball, and the dense sparks joined together, reflecting in Fang Bai’s eyes.

Clatter!

The lightning rings disappeared, and the steel ball fell to the ground.

“Beautiful!”

“Continue!”

Fang Bai immediately immersed himself in research again, continuing to improve the spell model.

Soon, the spell model in Fang Bai’s hand was modified again. With its release, three rings of lightning appeared in front of him, but the duration of the ring lightning was reduced again, lasting only for a little over a second.

However, Fang Bai wasn’t worried. Whether it was one second or half a second, it was a small matter.

According to a piece of trivia that Fang Bai knew, the lifespan of a tank barrel was only two or three seconds, but the time it took to fire a shell was only 0.005 seconds. The two or three seconds of lifespan did not affect its ability to fire thousands of rounds.

The speed of an electromagnetic cannon shouldn’t be any worse than this, so the time required to fire a projectile should only be a few milliseconds. The ring lightning only needed to last for more than 0.01 seconds. A longer duration would be a waste.

Therefore, after discovering that the Lightning Spell had successfully transformed into three rings of lightning, he calmed down and continued his research.

An hour later, Fang Bai looked at the appearance of the fourth ring of lightning with a chuckle.

Three hours and fifty-seven minutes later, the fifth ring of lightning appeared, and Fang Bai nodded with satisfaction.

However, when the sixth ring of lightning appeared seven hours and thirty-six minutes later, Fang Bai suddenly realized a problem.

The six successful rings of lightning made the smile on Fang Bai’s face gradually disappear.