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Chapter 424
chapter 331 part 2
The upper limit of the power that the "Magic Sealing Crystal" could store far exceeded that of tier magic.
"Strange. Logically, the Great Tomb of Nazarick shouldn't be short on Magic Sealing Crystals. The Bone King also mentioned that they weren't particularly rare."
Tang Zheng clutched the Magic Sealing Crystal, a flicker of doubt in his eyes.
"Why has it never been used? After all, unlike a scroll, a Magic Sealing Crystal can be used repeatedly."
"Using it against the people of this new world would be a waste, but it wasn't used against Shalltear either. Instead, an hourglass—a cash shop item that eliminates the casting time for Super-Tier magic—was used instead."
Tang Zheng thought silently. With limited information, he could only speculate.
One: The method for storing Super-Tier Magic might be special, requiring the skills of a dedicated life-class player.
Two: Casting Super-Tier Magic from a Magic Sealing Crystal also requires a casting time, so it's no better than casting it yourself.
He shook his head.
These were just guesses in the end. There could be other possibilities; perhaps they simply had no intention of using it.
"In any case, the 'Magic Sealing Crystal' is something that can truly be called a resource."
Tang Zheng admired the crystal for a moment before reluctantly placing it into his item box. He had not mastered any Super-Tier Magic, so he couldn't even conduct experiments.
Currently.
He only had two things that could barely be considered resources: the newly acquired Magic Sealing Crystal, and his stockpile of tenth-tier scrolls.
He had started making them on January 15th of this year, averaging one per day. He had now stockpiled 75 blank tenth-tier scrolls.
It should have been 80, but he had spent five days in the hills and was unable to produce them in secret.
The acquisition of the "Magic Sealing Crystal" could be considered compensation for that loss.
He looked at the alliance leader's corpse.
"There have been no signs of resurrection."
"Does this mean there's no one hiding behind the Alliance Leader?" Tang Zheng pondered for a moment.
If so, taking control of Zuranon would be much simpler.
"First, to test the other major gain." Tang Zheng's spirits soared as he looked at the information on his status panel.
Tenth-Tier Magic—*Grand Ritual: Armageddon (Good)*!
"Casting one spell actually costs 80 mana and 1.5 million experience... *Hiss*..."
"This is too ridiculous!"
Tang Zheng hadn't looked closely before, but now, seeing the spell's cost, his brow twitched.
He knew of some special spells that required not only mana but also had an experience point cost or a cooldown period.
The cost of 80 mana alone did not surprise Tang Zheng.
Among tenth-tier spells, the mana cost of some was not fixed.
For example, there was *Reality Slash*, which had one of the highest mana costs, and *Mercy of the Sala Twin Trees*, second only to it.
There were also types with continuous costs—like *Memory Manipulation*.
That was a huge mana drainer!
According to the Bone King, erasing five days of a person's memories would consume an enormous amount of MP, exceeding the limit of a typical magic caster, which was 1300 mana.
Even for someone like the Bone King with his exceptional MP pool, when he tried to search the lizardmen's memories to find the location of the dwarves, the rapid mana drain forced him to perform only a shallow search.
"A cost of 1.5 million experience..."
"Experience is already scarce, and the ways to obtain it are limited."
Tang Zheng had a bit of a headache.
That's right!
He almost forgot about the Mad Mage's class skill, *Mad Meditation*, which could negate the cost of a single spell casting.
"Tenth-Tier Magic—"
"*Mad Meditation: Grand Ritual - Armageddon (Good)!*" Tang Zheng activated his class skill and let out a low chant.
*Omm—*
A massive vortex of sacred bubbles appeared above Tang Zheng's head. A dense holy light surged, dyeing the valley, already illuminated red by the light and heat of the magma sea, a silvery white.
*Flap, flap... Clink, clank...*
*Flap, flap... Clink, clank...*
The sounds of flapping wings and scraping armor came from within the white bubble vortex.
The next moment!
A dense swarm of Guardian Angels was the first to fly out of the vortex.
Tang Zheng immediately activated *Ninjutsu: Detect* to observe them.
128 Second-Tier Guardian Angels (Level 10)
64 Third-Tier Flame Angels (Level 20)
32 Fifth-Tier Purifying Powers (Level 30)
"Hm?"
Tang Zheng was taken aback.
Why were there no fourth-tier angels? It jumped directly from third-tier to fifth-tier.
"Could it be because of Super Magic Master, which maximizes the magic's effect, so all the levels are multiples of 10?"
"It skipped the fourth-tier angels, which are between level 22 and 28."
Before Tang Zheng could ponder further, angels with an even more astonishing presence flew out from the bubble vortex.
They had three pairs of wings, with the topmost pair looking more like ornaments than actual wings. In its hands, it held a standard, round sun shield!
8 Sixth-Tier Virtues of Shelter (Level 40)
Information about this angel appeared in Tang Zheng's mind.
*Dong—*
A tremor echoed from within the bubble vortex.
It was like the heavy impact of a wheel pressing onto the ground, a humming collision that sounded somewhat mechanical.
The next instant!
A pure, holy flame surged out of the vortex!
Within the flames, an angel with an intensely sacred feel beat three pairs of wings, which had lost any hint of a metallic texture, and flew out!
This was a bizarre, headless and footless angel that looked somewhat similar to an Archangel Dominion, but the halo above its head was brighter and larger!
Its two arms were placed before its chest, palms facing each other. In the very center of its two palms was a flaming wheel, and inside the wheel was a hollowed-out image of an open eye.
The entire wheel, while engulfed in flames, shimmered with a faint, almost imperceptible bronze luster!
4 Eighth-Tier Throne Angels of Regulation (Level 50)
"As expected, just like with the fourth-tier angels, it also skipped the seventh-tier (Level 43-49) Archangel Dominion," Tang Zheng's eyes narrowed.
He felt a powerful aura emerge!
The white, holy flames gushed out from the vortex even more intensely!
*Swoosh!*
Two more angels, almost identical to the Throne Angel of Regulation, flew out of the vortex one after another. Their bodies were enveloped in an ethereal energy shaped like a holy white flame.
An intangible pressure washed over him, even surpassing all the previous angels combined!
Tang Zheng noticed that although these two throne angels looked the same, the flaming wheels in their hands were different—inside the large wheel was an even smaller wheel!
2 Ninth-Tier Throne Angels of Judgment (Level 60)
*BOOM—*
The vortex trembled violently.
A massive figure, nearly six meters tall and far larger than any of the other angels, squeezed out of the vortex, as if the bubble vortex could no longer contain its power!
(end of chapter)
The upper limit of the power that the "Magic Sealing Crystal" could store far exceeded that of tier magic.
"Strange. Logically, the Great Tomb of Nazarick shouldn't be short on Magic Sealing Crystals. The Bone King also mentioned that they weren't particularly rare."
Tang Zheng clutched the Magic Sealing Crystal, a flicker of doubt in his eyes.
"Why has it never been used? After all, unlike a scroll, a Magic Sealing Crystal can be used repeatedly."
"Using it against the people of this new world would be a waste, but it wasn't used against Shalltear either. Instead, an hourglass—a cash shop item that eliminates the casting time for Super-Tier magic—was used instead."
Tang Zheng thought silently. With limited information, he could only speculate.
One: The method for storing Super-Tier Magic might be special, requiring the skills of a dedicated life-class player.
Two: Casting Super-Tier Magic from a Magic Sealing Crystal also requires a casting time, so it's no better than casting it yourself.
He shook his head.
These were just guesses in the end. There could be other possibilities; perhaps they simply had no intention of using it.
"In any case, the 'Magic Sealing Crystal' is something that can truly be called a resource."
Tang Zheng admired the crystal for a moment before reluctantly placing it into his item box. He had not mastered any Super-Tier Magic, so he couldn't even conduct experiments.
Currently.
He only had two things that could barely be considered resources: the newly acquired Magic Sealing Crystal, and his stockpile of tenth-tier scrolls.
He had started making them on January 15th of this year, averaging one per day. He had now stockpiled 75 blank tenth-tier scrolls.
It should have been 80, but he had spent five days in the hills and was unable to produce them in secret.
The acquisition of the "Magic Sealing Crystal" could be considered compensation for that loss.
He looked at the alliance leader's corpse.
"There have been no signs of resurrection."
"Does this mean there's no one hiding behind the Alliance Leader?" Tang Zheng pondered for a moment.
If so, taking control of Zuranon would be much simpler.
"First, to test the other major gain." Tang Zheng's spirits soared as he looked at the information on his status panel.
Tenth-Tier Magic—*Grand Ritual: Armageddon (Good)*!
"Casting one spell actually costs 80 mana and 1.5 million experience... *Hiss*..."
"This is too ridiculous!"
Tang Zheng hadn't looked closely before, but now, seeing the spell's cost, his brow twitched.
He knew of some special spells that required not only mana but also had an experience point cost or a cooldown period.
The cost of 80 mana alone did not surprise Tang Zheng.
Among tenth-tier spells, the mana cost of some was not fixed.
For example, there was *Reality Slash*, which had one of the highest mana costs, and *Mercy of the Sala Twin Trees*, second only to it.
There were also types with continuous costs—like *Memory Manipulation*.
That was a huge mana drainer!
According to the Bone King, erasing five days of a person's memories would consume an enormous amount of MP, exceeding the limit of a typical magic caster, which was 1300 mana.
Even for someone like the Bone King with his exceptional MP pool, when he tried to search the lizardmen's memories to find the location of the dwarves, the rapid mana drain forced him to perform only a shallow search.
"A cost of 1.5 million experience..."
"Experience is already scarce, and the ways to obtain it are limited."
Tang Zheng had a bit of a headache.
That's right!
He almost forgot about the Mad Mage's class skill, *Mad Meditation*, which could negate the cost of a single spell casting.
"Tenth-Tier Magic—"
"*Mad Meditation: Grand Ritual - Armageddon (Good)!*" Tang Zheng activated his class skill and let out a low chant.
*Omm—*
A massive vortex of sacred bubbles appeared above Tang Zheng's head. A dense holy light surged, dyeing the valley, already illuminated red by the light and heat of the magma sea, a silvery white.
*Flap, flap... Clink, clank...*
*Flap, flap... Clink, clank...*
The sounds of flapping wings and scraping armor came from within the white bubble vortex.
The next moment!
A dense swarm of Guardian Angels was the first to fly out of the vortex.
Tang Zheng immediately activated *Ninjutsu: Detect* to observe them.
128 Second-Tier Guardian Angels (Level 10)
64 Third-Tier Flame Angels (Level 20)
32 Fifth-Tier Purifying Powers (Level 30)
"Hm?"
Tang Zheng was taken aback.
Why were there no fourth-tier angels? It jumped directly from third-tier to fifth-tier.
"Could it be because of Super Magic Master, which maximizes the magic's effect, so all the levels are multiples of 10?"
"It skipped the fourth-tier angels, which are between level 22 and 28."
Before Tang Zheng could ponder further, angels with an even more astonishing presence flew out from the bubble vortex.
They had three pairs of wings, with the topmost pair looking more like ornaments than actual wings. In its hands, it held a standard, round sun shield!
8 Sixth-Tier Virtues of Shelter (Level 40)
Information about this angel appeared in Tang Zheng's mind.
*Dong—*
A tremor echoed from within the bubble vortex.
It was like the heavy impact of a wheel pressing onto the ground, a humming collision that sounded somewhat mechanical.
The next instant!
A pure, holy flame surged out of the vortex!
Within the flames, an angel with an intensely sacred feel beat three pairs of wings, which had lost any hint of a metallic texture, and flew out!
This was a bizarre, headless and footless angel that looked somewhat similar to an Archangel Dominion, but the halo above its head was brighter and larger!
Its two arms were placed before its chest, palms facing each other. In the very center of its two palms was a flaming wheel, and inside the wheel was a hollowed-out image of an open eye.
The entire wheel, while engulfed in flames, shimmered with a faint, almost imperceptible bronze luster!
4 Eighth-Tier Throne Angels of Regulation (Level 50)
"As expected, just like with the fourth-tier angels, it also skipped the seventh-tier (Level 43-49) Archangel Dominion," Tang Zheng's eyes narrowed.
He felt a powerful aura emerge!
The white, holy flames gushed out from the vortex even more intensely!
*Swoosh!*
Two more angels, almost identical to the Throne Angel of Regulation, flew out of the vortex one after another. Their bodies were enveloped in an ethereal energy shaped like a holy white flame.
An intangible pressure washed over him, even surpassing all the previous angels combined!
Tang Zheng noticed that although these two throne angels looked the same, the flaming wheels in their hands were different—inside the large wheel was an even smaller wheel!
2 Ninth-Tier Throne Angels of Judgment (Level 60)
*BOOM—*
The vortex trembled violently.
A massive figure, nearly six meters tall and far larger than any of the other angels, squeezed out of the vortex, as if the bubble vortex could no longer contain its power!
(end of chapter)
