"A magician who is just starting to build a sanctuary can probably get through two illusions every night. A senior sanctuary like me who has mastered the Brilliant Upper Miracle can only get through ten illusions every night at most, and the average is six."
"Huh? Why? Sister Trozan, you are so powerful that you can at least stay in the virtual world for five hours, which means you can only spend half an hour in a dream bubble?"
"Yes, because the battle in the dream bubble is different from all the battles you have experienced before. Even if I master the Sanctuary and the Hidden Hand Blade, I still have to spend more than 30 minutes to collect intelligence. If the bubble is particularly dangerous, I will even skip it and go to the next dream."
"What bubbles are dangerous?"
"Any bubble that you can't find any clues to the affixes is dangerous."
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Although she knew very well that "every warning from the magician was a summary of countless deaths", Sonia still underestimated the enemy - when she didn't find the clues to the affix of the Sixth Bubble, she still agreed with the witches' idea of "breaking all laws with one sword".
Actually, it’s no wonder. After all, they easily got through the first five bubbles. Regardless of whether there were clues or not, they would immediately tear down the house and start a fight after more than ten minutes.
The first five bubbles all have a single affix, namely "Bubble" (very easy to slip), "Resonance" (all spell effects doubled), and "Gigantophobia" (all attributes increase exponentially with size). Although they are also very difficult to deal with, under the protection of the Sanctuary, Ash and others can still quickly figure out the general situation of the affixes, and even guess the true meaning of the affixes in advance - yes, as long as you can deduce all the affixes, you can pass the Dream Bubble without continuing to fight.
Overall, although Fantasy Bubble is difficult, it is still within the manageable range.
In addition, after passing the fourth bubble, Ash took out the fourth collection from the treasure house in his dream - and it was a colorful collection!
"Colored Collection·Aura Glasses: The wearer receives 50% extra damage, and all units within sight have a chance to trigger a 'flash of inspiration' during combat. The unit's intelligence instantly increases, and one of the three options is triggered: faction experience (90%), summoning new magic spirits (9%), and inventing new miracles (1%). Each time the trigger is successful, the wearer will also trigger a 'flash of inspiration'."
This colorful collection has no effect on current combat power, but it makes Ash and others want to keep it forever - it is simply a magical tool for gaining experience!
The magic spirits and miracles were fine, but the biggest shortcoming of this group of stowaways was faction experience, which was the hardest to improve. For example, Ash could share everyone's experience through bonds, and Diya could occasionally burst out with divine inspiration through the "Gospel", but Sonia had no choice but to rely on her own talents to cooperate with Ash's "bringing up the seedlings and forcing them to grow".
But because of the negative effect of 50% increased damage, neither the Witch nor the Fiora can wear it, and they can only choose Ash and Visery in the back row. But it is a waste for Ash to wear it - because of the shared bond experience, from the perspective of the entire team, if he wears it, the benefit is 100%, and if Visery wears it, the benefit is 130%.
Weisser gladly accepted the collection, promising to include all three of them in her field of vision.
In fact, this was indeed the case. In the battle of the fifth bubble, Ash and the other two all triggered the flash of inspiration. The fiercely fighting Sword Lady and Enchantress even triggered it three times. For this reason, they even slowed down the battle rhythm and fully enjoyed the time of beating up Scales and Blasting Dragon. In the end, their brutality was interrupted by the Scales and Blasting Dragon who couldn't bear the humiliation and blew himself up.
Everyone realized that the goal of their virtual realm exploration tonight had changed. It was no longer about traveling through the dream bubble, but about fighting as much as possible.
So when Ash said, "The next Dream Bubble battle might be a bit difficult," everyone was not afraid but greedy, because according to the introduction of the Aura Glasses, the more difficult the battle, the higher the probability of triggering the Aura.
The Sixth Bubble was a space similar to an underground city. After spending more than ten minutes trying to find the affixes without success, they resolutely started a battle.
Then they finally felt the true difficulty of the virtual realm.
Click.
When Ash escaped to a rooftop, the Orc Sanctuary behind him suddenly pointed at him with a sneer. Although it seemed that nothing had happened, the space where his fingertips were pointing had been torn apart!
However, the Xiayou Dragon in the sky suddenly let out a sinister growl, and its pupils like huge frog eyes stared at Ash. Countless dark thoughts of self-mutilation suddenly arose in Ash's mind, and he didn't even have time to raise his sanctuary, and was thus slaughtered!
Sonia and Diya immediately rushed over to help resist, and Weisser also activated the miracle "Nothing Happened" to help Ash escape from the mind control state!
Although he narrowly escaped a round of combined attacks, there was no joy on Ash's face, because this was not the first time he was rescued.
He looked at the virtual creatures chasing after him and sighed, "I didn't expect that we would die on the first night of our exploration of the Far Away Space."
"This is too disgusting!" Diya complained, "We can only take the beatings and cannot fight back. How can we fight like this!"
As soon as the battle broke out, the magicians quickly discovered a problem - their attacks would automatically bounce back!
Once all attacks are released, they will automatically be reflected back to yourself!
But it doesn't matter, the Witch has 'Witness' and the Sword Lady has 'Hidden Hand Blade', both of which are attacks that can ignore distance, so they can always hurt the opponent, right?
Then the magicians discovered that the virtual creatures Xiayoulong and the orc magician here were actually invincible! They were not affected by any damage, and the attacks of the witch and sword lady would still bounce back to them!
Not only that, the attacks of the Orc Warlock and Xiayoulong are actually effective!
It had been a long time since Ash heard Sword Lady curse "little trumpet".
How to fight this?
If only the enemy is invincible, they can destroy the scene to create a deep pit to restrict the enemy's movement;
If they just attack the rebound, then everyone will attack the rebound, and they will just consider themselves unlucky, and the exploration will end here tonight.
After all, when a fight breaks out in the bubble, all space gates will become ineffective, and the magician cannot leave the bubble before the fight is over. So the magician either does not provoke a fight, or kills others or is killed by others.
But now the enemy is invincible, Ash and his attacks bounce back, but the enemy's attacks don't bounce back, even the most shameless novel about abusing the protagonist wouldn't dare to use such an exaggerated setting.
If it was any other single-player magician, they would have been killed instantly by the Orc Magician and the Mist Dragon. Fortunately, they were fighting as a team and could still be rescued. Even so, Ash and his team had all been severely injured. If the enemy caught the opportunity again, they would probably die.
Ash and his companions increasingly understood the importance of the Sanctuary - the Sanctuary not only allowed them to pass through the space gate, but more importantly, the Sanctuary gave them a margin of error for first-sight killing!
No wonder the sanctuary is a necessity in the Yaobi Skyspace: without the protection of the sanctuary, the magician would have no time to react at all and would be killed instantly by enemies enhanced by various world affixes!
While running for her life in the underground city, Sonia suddenly swung her hand backwards, and the 'Hidden Hand Blade' was activated silently. However, the orc warlock behind her burst into laughter, and her sanctuary was automatically activated and she was hit by a rebound.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xia Youlong started to stare at her, and Sonia was stunned in place. Ash picked her up and ran away. However, there was no need for Weisser to treat her. Ash used the "Kill Me" miracle on her, and Sonia recovered immediately.
Fortunately, both Riash and Weisser in the team had the miracle of purifying abnormal status, otherwise they would have been wiped out long ago.
The village girl regained consciousness but was still unwilling to give up, and used the 'Hidden Hand Blade' twice more. Naturally, the result was that Ash's sanctuary was stabbed twice, but she was so tired that her magic power was exhausted and she could only hug Ash limply.
"There's nothing we can do." Ash said, "Let's execute the ultimate plan."
"No!" The Witch and Sword Lady refused immediately.
The so-called ultimate plan is suicide. After all, if you do it yourself, the damage to your soul will be much less.
But no matter how minor the injury is, a Sanctuary Magician will need to rest for at least ten days or half a month. How could Sonia and Diya be willing to do that?
"As long as we can come up with an affix, we can get through this bubble!" Sonia bit her nails and said, "Let's think of a way from here!"
Diya asked: "Sword Princess, have you recovered?"
Ash: "There are at least two affixes here. The first affix is attack reflection, and the second affix is invincibility."
Weisser: "And not all attacks are reflected, and not all people are invincible. Both attack reflection and invincibility have a trigger condition."
Sonia: "How are they different from us?"
Diya was a little anxious: "Jian Ji, when you recover, just walk by yourself. The viewer can't free his hands while holding you."
"No hurry, I want to observe how they trigger the affixes."
"Then let me do it—"
Suddenly, the orc magician sneered and pointed at Diya. The space was motionless, but it was torn apart inch by inch. Xia Youlong also roared and stared at Diya, launching a mental attack.
However, nothing happened. The fleeing Diya avoided the combo very naturally, and she didn't even notice that she was being attacked.
"Why?"
Ash and Weisser were slightly startled, and then they both triggered a 'flash of inspiration' at the same time.
"I understand." Ash said, "The trigger condition for invincibility is 'drama'. As long as you make yourself appear very dramatic through words and actions, you can trigger invincibility."
"Attack rebound is related to the attack itself." Weisser said, "All tangible attacks will trigger rebound, so mental shocks and space attacks will not rebound. Sword Princess, your space attack has a faint shadow, so this affix will be triggered."
As soon as they finished speaking, two pieces of information flowed into their minds:
"The theater begins: the stage is sacred, and the actors on the stage are gods and saints! All actors ignore all harm."
"Affix identification reward: a small amount of fate faction experience, a small amount of mana."
"Limited Affix Privilege: You can actively trigger a theater performance, and the effect lasts for 5 seconds."
"Civile audience: Do not throw objects at the actors! All visible attacks will be reflected back at the attacker, and all invisible attacks cannot be blocked."
"Affix identification reward: a small amount of fate faction experience, a small amount of mana."
"Limited Affix Privilege: The next attack aimed at you will be reflected back at the attacker."
Everyone paused, and when they realized that the bubble had not frozen, they realized that there was a third suffix.
"It's okay." Ash said, "As long as we enter the theater performance state, we will be immune to damage, and then we can find a way to get out of the virtual world-"
"unnecessary."
Weisser said: "Since the invisible attack can be effective, then this bubble can be used to clear the level."
"But your space faction—"
"Invisible attacks are not limited to space factions."
"They are in the middle of a theatre performance—"
"Then get them out of their acting mode."
Weisser suddenly stopped, and the 'Thousand Machines' magic spirit in her soul transformed into a brand new sound magic spirit 'Sound Wave'!
With 'illusion' and 'sound waves' as the main magic spirits, a new miracle 'Silent Shock Wave' is created!
As the invisible sound waves passed by, the building below the orc magician collapsed directly. He could no longer maintain his sneer and fell directly, being crushed by the sound waves. Then Weisser transformed "Thousand Machines" into the wind magic spirit "Wild Wind", blowing dust into the sky to cover the Xiayou Dragon.
The moment Xia Youlong showed doubt and stopped roaring, the strong wind blew its body away like fallen leaves.
In just a few breaths, the vicious enemy who had been chasing them for more than half an hour was killed!
The magicians watched all this in a daze, only Diya came to her senses the fastest and quickly put the sword girl down from the spectator's arms.