17: Chapter 17 Customization?
[Special Items:]
[omniscient mask: Grants Master-level Appraisal Technique, allows for self-concealment, and avoids all detection.]
[deterrence pendant: Can release the pressure of a powerful mage, with a pressure level two major realms higher than the target object!]
[undying robe: Can withstand a full-strength strike from any powerhouse below a Saint Mage.]
...
"I earned 90 experience points in just a few minutes. Leaving the city was indeed a wise choice; burying my head in books couldn't possibly match this efficiency."
Lin Fan nodded with satisfaction.
Killing the Single-Horned Magic Snake and seven Moon Shadow Magic Wolves had earned him 80 experience points;
Completing the weekly quest had netted him an additional 10 points as a reward.
All of this had taken less than an hour!
Lin Fan was in a great mood.
The only thing he felt slightly regretful about was that the system did not issue another reward for using a Lightning Element spell for the first time.
"It seems that casting a new spell doesn't count as a condition to trigger a reward."
He chuckled softly and turned back to return to the previous hunting spot.
He swept the remaining Magic Wolf corpses into his bracelet, then headed deeper into the forest.
...
Several hours later.
"Space Barrier!"
Lin Fan let out a low shout, and ten silver-white star points suddenly lit up behind him.
He raised both hands simultaneously and thrust them forward forcefully.
A nearly transparent energy barrier, dozens of meters high, formed instantly.
Almost the moment the barrier appeared,
a magic beast the size of an elephant, covered in brown scales, rushed over with speed completely mismatched to its size, slamming fiercely into the Space Barrier.
Bang!
The thunderous sound of the magic beast hitting the barrier echoed through the forest.
It was knocked back repeatedly, letting out an angry roar. Its head was spinning, and it was clearly dazed from the impact.
After successfully blocking the magic beast's charge,
Lin Fan immediately dispelled the spell and flashed forward, reaching the magic beast in an instant.
With a thought, five purple star points appeared, condensing into a complete Star Pattern in the blink of an eye.
"Lightning Ball!"
As the incantation fell, a Lightning Ball the size of a human head formed in his palm.
Lin Fan showed no mercy, slamming the Lightning Ball onto the magic beast with one palm.
Boom!
A violent explosion rang out, as if a small blast had detonated inside the magic beast.
The Lightning Ball savagely tore through its brown scales, and the violent Lightning Element power wreaked havoc within its internal organs.
The magic beast cried out in pain, letting out a shrill howl, its massive body staggering and swaying uncontrollably.
A scorched, gaping hole was blasted into its side, leaving a bloody mess.
No blood flowed from the wound because the surrounding flesh had already been scorched to charcoal by the power of the lightning.
After struggling for a few seconds,
the magic beast could no longer hold on and collapsed to the ground with a thunderous thud.
At the same time, a system notification appeared before Lin Fan's eyes once again.
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[Ding, quest completed, obtained 10 experience points!]
[Daily quest completed! Magic beasts killed 23/2]
[Weekly quest completed! Magic beasts killed 23/5]
[Reward: 30 experience points!]
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Over the past few hours,
Lin Fan had hunted another fifteen magic beasts, completing the weekly quest four times in a single day!
He hadn't been able to hunt more magic beasts.
First, it was because he hadn't encountered any more pack targets like the Moon Shadow Magic Wolf.
The ones he encountered afterward were all loners, and finding each one took quite a bit of time;
Second, it was because he had deliberately slowed down his pace, using these magic beasts as targets to hone himself.
Even though he could kill them in one hit,
he chose to engage in close-quarters combat to polish his own fighting style, preparing for the dangerous battles to come.
Take this magic beast just now, for example.
Lin Fan could have killed it with a single spell, yet he chose to engage in melee combat.
This style of fighting was something other mages would never dare to attempt; it was simply too dangerous.
The vast majority of mages needed at least two to three seconds to condense a magic Star Pattern.
Only true geniuses could compress the casting time to one second or even instant casting.
But even so, facing a magic beast charging straight at one's face was still fraught with peril.
But Lin Fan had no such concerns.
The system could help him complete the Star Pattern condensation in an instant; close-quarters combat was simply no difficulty for him at all!
Only Lin Fan would think that hunting twenty-three magic beasts in a few hours was too low efficiency.
If it were any other mage, they would be thanking their lucky stars to hunt five to seven in a whole day.
While digging out the magic core of the magic beast he had just hunted, Lin Fan summoned the system panel again.
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[supreme path system (Glitch Version)]
[Host: Lin Fan] [Level: 8] [Experience needed for upgrade: 460/100 (Glitch)] [Realm: Early Tier 2 Mage] [Elemental Attributes: Space, Lightning]
[Special Abilities:] [Dual-Element Constitution: Host can control two elemental attributes simultaneously.]
[Void Walk: Host can travel through the void between two fixed locations (cannot change direction during travel), the travel distance depends on the host's current strength.]
[Aura Camouflage: Host can hide their true realm and disguise themselves as any level lower than their current realm.]
[Spell Creator: Host can consume experience points to create brand new spells related to their own elements. The higher the spell intensity, the more experience points consumed, with specific values determined by the system!]
[Special Items:] [omniscient mask: Grants Master-level Appraisal Technique, allows for self-concealment, and avoids all detection.]
[deterrence pendant: Can release the pressure of a powerful mage, with a pressure level two major realms higher than the target object!]
[undying robe: Can withstand a full-strength strike from any powerhouse below a Saint Mage.]
...
Looking at the experience points on the panel, Lin Fan was extremely satisfied.
The gains from this hunting trip were far richer than burying his head in books for a whole day.
Besides, he could continue reading after returning; neither would be delayed!
"This supreme path system is truly worthy of its reputation."
He contentedly put away the magic core and praised it in a low voice.
Lin Fan looked at the magic beast corpses on the ground, his eyes full of regret.
Along the way, he had been forced to abandon quite a few of the hunted magic beast corpses.
To be precise, starting from the eleventh magic beast he hunted, he had stopped collecting the corpses.
The storage bracelet issued by the Alliance had limited space and had long since been filled up.
With no other choice, he could only settle for the next best thing and take only the magic cores.
At least the magic cores were small in volume and high in value, which could be exchanged for a lot of money; it was better than wasting them completely.
Even so,
thinking about the money he could have made from these corpses going down the drain made Lin Fan's liver tremble with heartache.
Just at this moment,
an idea suddenly flashed in his mind, and his eyes behind the mask lit up abruptly.
"That's right! How could I have forgotten about this!"
Lin Fan exclaimed.
In the novels he read in his previous life, how many protagonists possessed storage spaces that could hold items or even living creatures? Wasn't that exactly within the scope of the Space Element's abilities?!
Thinking of this, Lin Fan immediately thought of his new skill: Spell Creator.