Chapter 322 Old Witch
As Lucian cut off the flesh and blood on his severed arm and drew line symbols wrapped in circles, a sense of strange mystery gradually emanated, as if it represented the most abstract and profound secrets of the human body and the universe.
Karena watched Lucian set up the magic circle intently, muttering to herself: "These three symbols seem to symbolize spirit, consciousness and carrier respectively, they are the same level, probably representing the soul, those five symbols of the same level are the traditional symbols of the necromancer, symbolizing blood, bones, flesh, internal organs and life force, perhaps used to represent the body, and the remaining four symbols of the sun, silver moon, stars and darkness may represent the world outside the body. Is this a magic circle that combines necromancy and astrological magic? And depending on the location and connection, it seems that it can change differently and play different roles."
The opportunity to see and learn advanced magic circle knowledge is very rare for her.
After drawing the basic symbols of the necromancer "Miranda Twelve Rings of Life" magic circle around the energy pool, Lucian turned the remaining bones and flesh into a semi-solidified viscous liquid, and then used as "magic ink" to draw a unique connection between the twelve rings, with the dark symbol as the core connection.
After doing all this, Lucian applied the viscous flesh liquid as a "magic conductor" to the connection pathway, and finally used Adam's cut flesh to reshape and change the "dark symbol", "blood symbol" and "consciousness symbol".
A faint light full of a sense of life lit up with the urging of Lucian's spiritual power, and quickly spread along the fixed passage, and soon, the entire "Miranda Twelve Rings of Life" magic circle was connected into a whole, and the light suddenly restrained.
The magic circle no longer looks as messy and fragmented as before, and all the symbols and connections seem to form a unique open life form, giving people a wonderful three-dimensional illusion.
Karina stared at this magic circle like a work of art in fascination, constantly analyzing the meaning behind each symbol and every connection.
Suddenly, a voice rang in her ear: "Karina, wait as soon as the energy pool starts to boil, you will use your mental power to stimulate the dark symbol."
"Huh?" Karina woke up suddenly to find Lucian talking to herself.
After Lucian repeated it, she blushed and said, "Mr. Lucian, don't worry, I will seize the timing."
Lucian nodded, at this time he could only fully trust her, after all, he had not yet had the opportunity to learn simulacrum magic, he could manipulate it as a clone, and then turned to the two knights and said: "Alva, Brad, you are responsible for guarding Karina, don't let anything disturb him."
"Obey, Mr. Lucian." Alva and Brad solemnly bowed.
Lucian didn't say anything, and looked at Adam next to him: "Adam, let's go to the core of the Magic Tower."
"No problem!" Adam was a little eager to try, he had been imprisoned by the old witch for decades, and he had been an experimental material for so long, and he couldn't wait to fight back, escaping was the choice of a coward!
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With a loud bang, the two steel golems fell to the ground, their hands and feet seemingly still bouncing a little uncontrollably.
Seeing this scene, Adam said with great emotion: "If I were the only one, unless I could get a lot of space to move, it would be difficult to kill even a steel golem easily, and you could destroy them with just one magic, which is really incredible and amazing. Hey, I regret not learning magic in the first place."
"This is the progress of knowledge." Lucian replied succinctly.
After saying that, Lucian stepped past the steel golem, shook his head slightly, looked at the magic circle patterns revealed on its steel body, and said to himself: "Many things have advantages and disadvantages, if there are no these magic circles, then metal shells can be made to effectively shield the magnetic field interference of the steel golem, etc., but how can the current simple alloy block the attack of the great knight and the bombardment of elemental magic? Unless knowledge advances again, this structural dilemma can be effectively solved."
Adam didn't quite understand the development and changes of magic, so he spread his hands and said, "Man, crack the protection magic circle quickly, I'm always worried that the old witch will come back suddenly."
The magic circle at the core of the Magic Tower is much more complex than the one between the protective energy, but fortunately, it is still a common high-level magic circle, with the reference of the data of the arcanists' seniors, so Lucian still cracked it after an hour and a half.
Even Adam, a determined fifth-level knight, couldn't help but pace back and forth anxiously, and any slight movement would make him react greatly.
From his performance, Lucian can guess that Karina, Alva, and Brad in the energy chamber are probably mentally tense to the point of collapse, and there is no need for the old witch to come back at this time.
Due to the relatively long distance between the core of the magic tower and the energy, which exceeded the range of the secondary psychic connection, Lucian could not contact Karina and the others, so he could only maintain an attitude of trusting his teammates and open the black door.
Seeing the door shimmering black metallic open back, Adam breathed a long sigh of relief: "This is the most difficult hour and a half in my life, but fortunately the old witch did not appear."
"Let's go, there are dangers waiting for us behind." After Lucian carefully observed the staircase passage behind him, he stepped on it resolutely.
I don't know if there are other powerful guards in the core of the magic tower, I don't know if the control hub is protected by a unique magic circle, I don't know if the attempt to control it will be successful, and I don't know if the old witch who will definitely be alarmed after starting to try can rush back in time...... This series of unknown clouds hung over Lucian's head.
Adam's body gradually darkened, and he carefully followed Lucian up the silver-gray stairs.
The two had just taken a few steps when the entire narrow staircase suddenly wriggled.
The silver-gray walls and steps quickly turned blood red, with a hint of flesh color, and kept secreting pure white, dark green acid, which was so rotten that Lucian's "spell absorption wall" sizzled and expanded.
The darkened Adam was drenched in these "acids" and let out a slight scream of pain, but fortunately, the injury was not very serious, he still remained calm and did not attack blindly, so as not to alarm the old witch: "Man, what's going on? Shouldn't I be immune to acid damage after I darken?"
"It is the unique magic of the old witch, which seems to be able to rot and digest souls, not just acid!" Lucian said in the secondary psychic connection, running at full speed, dragging out a long afterimage, "This seems to be a magic circle that will inevitably be activated, even if the old witch comes by herself, it will be stimulated, but she will definitely use the corresponding magic protection in advance."
This is one of the effective defenses of many magicians against their important items and locations, and can kill those who think they have cracked all the magic circles defenselessly.
Fortunately, neither Lucian nor Adam were careless, and this stemmed from their fear and vigilance against the old witch.
The entire blood-red staircase wriggled wildly, like a human stomach digesting food, weird and bloody.
Lucian and Adam were suffering from the "acid" damage, climbing frantically and rushing towards the exit above.
The exit is like an open mouth, with red and thick lips and white teeth on the top and bottom. They are rapidly closing together, as if there is a time limit!
Lucian and Adam, who had superimposed acceleration techniques, were speeding fast, getting closer and closer to the exit, and saw that there was only one staircase that was not too long.
But at this time, the wall of light flowing with mysterious magic symbols was absorbed to the limit, shattered, and turned into shining spots of light.
Seeing that the further back he went, the faster the exit closed, Lucian did not waste his precious spellcasting buffer to cast another "spell absorption wall", but grabbed Adam next to him, triggering "short-range teleportation".
With a flash, Lucian and Adam appeared on the seven or eight steps of stairs in front of the exit.
The biggest drawback of this magic is that it's not far enough!
As soon as he appeared in shape, Lucian seemed to have expected it, ignoring the burning pain on his body, he kicked his feet and shot out like a flying arrow, passing through two rows of teeth that were about to close, and landed on the thick carpet.
Turning over on the spot, he turned around and saw Adam also rushing in, Lucian relaxed a little, quickly got up, and looked around, completely ignoring the fact that the acid on his body was eroding the flesh and blood and hurting the soul.
This seems to be the old witch's study, with several rows of bookshelves on one side, several stone sculptures of beautiful women on the other, and a richly decorated desk in the middle, where a crystal ball is placed at the intersection of countless patterns, reflecting the entire magic tower.
And behind the desk, there was a rickety old woman wearing a red magic robe, her skin was loose, her wrinkles were deep, and she was shriveled and terrifying!
"Old witch?!" In the secondary psychic connection, Lucian and Adam both blurted out.
Just when Lucian subconsciously wanted to stimulate magic, he suddenly realized that something was wrong, quickly stopped forcibly, and quickly said to Adam: "Don't attack, it's an illusion!"
Adam said a little frightened: "Illusion?"
"A six-ring magic that can create an illusion of the same as itself and control her movement and speech, etc., but cannot cast spells. The old witch seems to be placed here as a warning, as long as she subconsciously attacks her illusion, she can sense it." Lucian calmed his pounding heart, and then used "medical magic" to treat the wound splattered by the "acid", and it took nearly ten magic and Adam's darkening help to heal this difficult injury.
Adam scolded in a low voice: "Although the old witch is a bit crazy, she is actually very insidious."
After recovering his injuries and mental strength, Lucian once again superimposed defensive magic on himself, and then walked to the crystal ball and tried to analyze the "control hub".
After waiting for nearly an hour, time passed until midnight, Lucian finally completed the analysis, stretched out his right hand and pressed it on the crystal ball, muttering a mantra in his mouth, and his spiritual power condensed into a needle and pierced it.
Not only cracking, but also the old witch's spiritual imprint must be erased so that the crystal ball can be mastered!
The spiritual power followed the path that Lucian had cracked, bypassing many obstacles like a swimming fish, and instantly reached the core, rushing towards the old witch's mark.
At this time, sensing the threat, the crystal ball suddenly lit up, like a brilliant sun.
The magic patterns lit up one by one, and the power of the entire magic tower was to concentrate on the crystal ball to obliterate the intruders.
In the energy room, Karina saw that the energy pool began to boil, and quickly activated the "Miranda Twelve Rings of Life" magic circle.
Twelve rings lit up at the same time, and the darkness suddenly expanded, enveloping the entire energy room, and everything seemed to freeze.
Karina, Alva, and Brad made a quick decision, turned around and fled towards the door of the energy room in their memories.
The energy flow was cut off, and the protection of the spiritual imprint within the crystal ball came to an abrupt end, leaving it to face Lucian's spiritual power attack.
If this spiritual mark could not be erased, Lucian would be bitten back and die.
Ten seconds, only ten seconds!
Suddenly, the old witch behind the desk exuded the breath of life, and an angry voice came from afar: "Two hateful flies, I want to mummify you!"
The breath of life became stronger and stronger, and in just one second, the illusion of the old witch turned into a real person!
Six-ring magic "Position swap technique!"
After using this magic, if the two pre-set connected life forms were within a range of five hundred meters in a straight line, they could swap positions in a second, but the old witch actually applied it to the main body and illusion, which seemed to be her unique magic!
Every magician cannot be underestimated, even if it is an ancient inheritance magician!
(End of this chapter)