raknovel Chapter 251 The Divine Skill of Clearing the Field [Death Ripple], the Wonderful Use of the Battle B
Chapter 251 The Divine Skill of Clearing the Field [Death Ripple], the Wonderful Use of the Battle B
Chapter 251 The Divine Skill of Clearing the Field [Death Ripple], the Wonderful Use of the Battle Banner!
Fangzhou carefully examined the details of the new skill displayed on the skill panel, confirming that this was exactly the result he had been waiting for.
After careful consideration, he made a decision: "Name it [Death Ripple]."
[Death Ripple] (Apprentice Level, Perfected): Consumes Spirit Power to channel external necromantic energy, launching shockwaves at enemies within a certain area. Multiple attack modes are available, including intangible spiritual impact, tangible energy impact, and skeletal physical impact, dealing physical, spiritual, corrosive, and death energy damage. Death Ripples explode upon hitting enemies, causing secondary damage. The number, power, and range depend on Spirit Power and skill proficiency.
Perfect skill!
Fang Zhou clenched his fists, his heart filled with excitement and anticipation.
Judging from the skill description, "Death Ripple" not only combines the advantages of "Bone Arrow Rain" and "Mental Shock" but also makes up for their shortcomings.
For a necromancer in the apprenticeship stage, such a group attack skill is undoubtedly a huge help, and can play a very strong role in various combat situations.
Recalling his previous hunting experience in Cave 1, Ark often felt frustrated because the "Bone Arrow Rain" skill had a low hit rate when facing small monsters such as Ferocious Mosquitoes and Ferocious Ravens.
These small creatures often evade his attacks with ease, causing a great deal of mental energy to be wasted.
When facing hordes of small monsters, Ark must use this skill with caution to avoid running out of mental energy at crucial moments and becoming passive.
The newly acquired "Mental Shock," despite its immense power, also has obvious flaws.
It consumes a great deal of mental energy, and the way it is released is relatively fixed, making it difficult to flexibly add other energy attributes to enhance its destructive power.
This means that in practical applications, its effect is not as satisfactory as expected.
Especially when facing a large number of enemies, frequent use of "Mental Shock" will put the Ark at risk of mental exhaustion.
But now, "Death Ripple" not only solves all the above problems, but also cleverly combines the advantages of the two skills.
Furthermore, Ark also drew inspiration and essence from four other class group attack skills: "Heart Arrow," "Psychic Impact," "Whirlwind Strike," and "Ice Cone," making "Death Ripple" even more complete.
Now, this skill perfectly meets all of Ark's expectations.
Whether facing a dense horde of enemies or a critical moment requiring precise strikes, "Death Ripple" can become his most powerful assistant, adding new brilliance to his path as a necromancer.
Instructor Su Xinyan leaned to one side.
Her gaze lingered tenderly and attentively on Fang Zhou's joyful face.
She knew that whenever Fang Zhou showed that expression, it meant that he had made another breakthrough.
At that moment, she gently reached out and lightly poked Fangzhou's cheek with her fingertips, a faint smile on her lips and her eyes full of curiosity. "How is it, Fangzhou?"
Was the skill fusion successful this time?
Fang Zhou took her small hand and gently pulled her into his arms, his eyes gleaming with pride.
"The fusion was very successful, and I named this new skill 'Death Ripple'."
It is no longer limited to skeletal skills, but has incorporated multiple elements to form a completely new power.
"Would Instructor Xinyan like to give it a try?"
Su Xinyan also recovered from the previous romantic atmosphere.
Hearing Fang Zhou's provocation, she gave a haughty snort and raised her fair and delicate right hand.
An invisible force seemed to gather in the air, and after a moment, a small and exquisite skeletal shield appeared in front of her, hovering in mid-air and emitting a faint glow.
"Use their spear to attack their shield."
"Use your skills to attack my shield, let's see just how powerful this 'Death Ripple' really is."
Fangzhou nodded with interest upon hearing this.
He was also curious about what kind of sparks would fly when his carefully fused and maximized "Death Ripple" skill met the equally maximized "Bone Shield".
To be fair, Su Xinyan controlled the mana applied to the "Bone Shield" to the same apprentice mid-stage as Ark.
Fang Zhou stood still, took a deep breath, and focused his mind.
A cold and heavy atmosphere filled the air.
His hands slowly unfolded, and a powerful force gathered in his palms, swirling around him before finally transforming into wisps of deep black mist.
The black mist gathered and took shape before him, forming invisible yet destructive waves.
This is Ark's new skill, "Death Ripple".
As he completed his gesture, the black mist suddenly expanded outwards, forming ripples that spread outwards in all directions.
Wherever the death ripples passed, space seemed to be distorted, emitting a subtle tremor, and even the light became blurred.
At the same time, Instructor Su Xinyan was also casting "Bone Shield".
A stream of pale blue light emanated from her fingertips and quickly coalesced in front of her.
The light gradually coalesced, forming a sturdy bone shield that emitted a faint chill.
Through Ark's efforts, this skeletal shield combines the toughness of the "Psychic Shield," the freezing power of the "Frost Shield," the damage reflection properties of the "Thorn Shield," and the reflective ability of the "Mirror Shield."
Therefore, it can effectively resist all direct and indirect attacks, and can also reflect physical attacks back at a certain ratio.
As for magical attacks, there is a certain probability that they will be reflected back to the caster.
Once the shield is broken, it will also cause a brief paralysis effect on surrounding enemies.
However, the Death Ripple skill is equally formidable.
As the death ripples collided with the bone shield, the two forces briefly reached a point of equilibrium in the air.
Despite the relentless attempts of death ripples to penetrate this protective barrier, the Bone Shield remained impenetrable.
Each wave that touched the shield made a slight cracking sound, as if countless tiny shockwaves were canceling each other out.
The energy output of both sides maintained a delicate balance, making the confrontation look like a contest between two evenly matched opponents, with neither able to gain an absolute advantage.
Ultimately, both Fangzhou and Su Xinyan stopped outputting energy.
As their movements ceased, the power of the Death Ripple and the Bone Shield began to weaken until it finally dissipated into the invisible energy tide.
Although no winner was decided, Fangzhou had a satisfied expression on his face.
He knew that this result proved that his Death Ripple was indeed quite powerful, enough to contend with the Bone Shield cast by Instructor Su Xinyan.
Su Xinyan sighed softly, a hint of appreciation in her eyes: "This 'Death Ripple' skill is indeed outstanding."
What's most amazing is its operational flexibility; compared to other area-of-effect attack skills, it offers a much wider range of possibilities for maneuver.
From your demonstration, it can expand into a wide shockwave, causing fatal damage to a large area of enemies, or it can focus into a sharp cone-shaped energy beam, achieving highly penetrating small-area attacks.
Based on this alone, "Death Ripple" is superior to the previous "Bone Arrow Rain" and "Mental Shock" skills.
Fangzhou nodded in agreement.
"That's true."
I want to delve deeper into the casting techniques of this skill.
Perhaps in the future, "Death Ripple" alone will become my primary means of attack.
In this respect, even a single-target damage skill like "Bone Spear" might not be able to surpass "Death Ripple".
Su Xinyan shook her head slightly, her eyes revealing a hint of disagreement.
"That's not necessarily true."
Your previously meticulously refined "Bone Spear" skill is now perfect.
"Death Ripple" and "Bone Spear" each have their own unique features and advantages.
"Death Ripple" draws on the essence of various skills, pursuing comprehensiveness.
"Bone Spear" is your unique skill, holding an irreplaceable position in the bone skill tree.
It pursues the ultimate specialization in single-target damage.
You cannot neglect either one.
Especially when facing heavily armored, shield-like enemies, you still need to rely on the "Bone Spear" for effective attacks.
She continued, "The accuracy and penetrating power of the 'Bone Spear' are especially important when dealing with this type of enemy."
While "Death Ripple" is incredibly powerful, it may not be as effective against a single, powerful target.
After all, the 'Bone Spear' can concentrate all its power into one point, ensuring that every strike hits a vital spot accurately.
This is something that "Death Ripple" cannot achieve.
Therefore, the two should coexist without conflict and complement each other.
Su Xinyan's words made Fang Zhou fall into deep thought.
After a moment, he slowly nodded.
Indeed, compared to a comprehensive skill like "Death Ripple" that can cover a wide area and deal area damage to enemies, "Bone Flying" needs to go a step further in terms of single-target damage.
Fangzhou realized that he couldn't favor one skill over another, but rather he had to ensure that every skill could be fully developed.
This is the only way to ensure that you are invincible on the battlefield.
However, these two skills have reached their limit of enhancement during his apprenticeship stage. To reach the next level, he must wait until he breaks through the current bottleneck and advances to the Black Iron rank.
Thinking about it carefully, Fangzhou has already acquired several apprentice-level ultimate enhancement skills with the help of Instructor Su Xinyan and the two assistants.
Bone spears.
Bone Shield.
Skeletal Gandha.
Skeleton and wings.
Adding to this the Death Ripple, which was just perfected today, there are a total of five ultimate enhancement skills, some even at the perfect or instinctive level. This gives Ark a terrifying strength that makes it stand out from the crowd even in its apprentice stage.
Even without using the necromancer apprentice's signature summon skeleton skill, Ark's combat power, thanks to the other necromancer skills he deduced, was enough to leave other seeded students of the same grade far behind.
Fang Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, a sense of indescribable satisfaction welling up inside him.
He turned his gaze to Instructor Su Xinyan, his tone tinged with curiosity.
"Instructor Xinyan, you once told me that the skill of mental impact has two different development directions."
On one hand, I have successfully combined it with the Bone Arrow Rain to create the powerful attack method of "Death Ripple".
Have you had any initial ideas or inspirations regarding another type of control skill?
Su Xinyan frowned slightly, as if she was thinking about how to express her thoughts.
"Indeed, I have some vague ideas about control-type mental shock skills."
However, these ideas are still very rough and have not yet formed a complete system.
After all, there are no directly related skills in our necromancer skill system that can be used as a reference.
However, my basic idea is to use spiritual power to guide a large amount of undead attribute energy.
By exploiting the inherent negative aspects of these energies, one can trigger fear and other negative emotions within the opponent, thereby plunging them into a state of panic or even mental breakdown.
Upon hearing this, Fang Zhou's eyes lit up noticeably, and he asked with some interest, "That sounds very good!"
In the specific implementation process, what are the key points or difficulties that require special attention?
Perhaps we can discuss this together and look for possible solutions.
Instructor Su Xinyan nodded, then opened her personal terminal and sent a document to Fang Zhou.
You can take a look at this information first.
These are some of my initial ideas about control-type mental shock skills.
Lacking readily available skills and cultural artifacts to draw upon, despite having some initial ideas, I have consistently struggled to integrate these scattered inspirations into a mature and systematic line of reasoning.
Fangzhou took the documents and began to read them carefully.
The document details Instructor Su Xinyan's thought process on how to build controlled mental impact skills, including but not limited to the use of mental power, specific methods of energy guidance, and details on how to amplify and utilize negative emotions.
Her initial deductive reasoning made Fangzhou ponder deeply, as various possibilities and hypotheses surfaced in his mind.
Suddenly, a glint of light flashed in his eyes, as if he had a new inspiration.
So, Fangzhou took out the long-sealed blue artifact, the "Heroic Banner," from his spatial storage capsule and gently unfolded it.
As the battle flag fluttered slightly, a powerful fighting spirit seemed to surge from the void, instantly engulfing the entire laboratory.
"A battle banner that will perish with the demons?!"
Instructor Su Xinyan's voice revealed a hint of surprise and doubt.
"Isn't this the relic of General Ning Feihu that you obtained from Cave 1?"
Is there any special purpose in bringing it out now?
Fang Zhou smiled slightly, gently stroking the battle flag that had withstood the test of time, his fingers tracing the ancient and intricate patterns.
"Instructor Xinyan, I suddenly have a bold idea."
Didn't you say before that we lack some skills or rare items that we can use as a reference?
I think this battle flag left behind by General Ning Feihu might offer us a negative lesson.