477: Chapter 477 The Scripture of Ten Thousand Paths Against Humanity

Three days later.

In the castle basement.

At this moment, Nie Ning sat cross-legged on the ground, a diamond-shaped crystal floating in front of him.

Because the origin of this inheritance crystal was unknown, Nie Ning had wanted to return it to Wandru, but he learned from others that Wandru had gone out on a mission.

After agonizing over it for a day, Nie Ning could not suppress his curiosity and decided to see what was actually inside the inheritance crystal.

However, considering Wandru's rank, even if it was something special, it probably wouldn't be too valuable.

Nie Ning reached out his hand and recalled the inheritance crystal.

As his Spiritual Power flooded into it, a vast amount of knowledge rushed into Nie Ning's mind.

After about fifteen minutes, Nie Ning let out a long sigh of relief and tapped his somewhat throbbing head.

After recovering for a moment, Nie Ning recalled the contents of the inheritance crystal.

The Myriad Paths Reversing Human Scripture.

A highly unusual, high-tier spell.

Many of the runes used in its records were ones Nie Ning had never even seen before.

The primary function of this cultivation method was to replicate the human body's structure based on the soul.

Although it sounded extremely bizarre, it actually involved reconstructing the human body's meridians, organs, and other physical tissues onto the soul body.

However, one must know that the soul is a single entity, divided only into the three souls and seven mortal souls, which is a completely different existence from the physical body's structure.

Yet this cultivation method replicated every part of the human body.

It seemed completely useless, but it was actually a highly miraculous cultivation method.

Throughout the development of wizards to this day, all spells and cultivation methods have been closely linked to the human body's structure.

Take the human meridians, for example, and why mana must flow through them to maximize the effect of a spell.

Casting spells mainly consists of three parts: Spiritual Power, the human body, and hand seals.

Normally, upon entering the ranks of the Transcendents, a person's Spiritual Power becomes a powerful weapon.

It can be used to construct runes and cast all kinds of miraculous spells.

But spell structures are incredibly complex. The runes required cannot be easily drawn, demanding extremely high Spiritual Power.

The problem is that not everyone can meet these requirements. The exceptionally gifted have strong enough Spiritual Power to support them, making spellcasting second nature to them.

Some people have weaker Spiritual Power, or their proficiency in this area is too low; no matter how much they train, they can never reach the heights attained by those geniuses.

For instance, some people only need one second to cast a spell, while others need two. This difference is also a gap in raw power.

Therefore, some took an alternative path and created an extremely unique method of casting.

Using the human body's structure as a template and combining it with the mana within, they used the human body to increase the speed and power of spellcasting.

This is where the meridians come in handy. Mana flows according to the structure of the runes, thereby saving the time needed to cast.

From then on, this became the structural foundation of modern spells.

Nowadays, instant casting is merely a basic operation for all spells.

With regular practice, one can reach the level of casting at will, avoiding the drawback of requiring long casting times due to insufficient Spiritual Power.

This was also what made Xiao Guang special—it perfectly replicated the human body.

This was because human spells only apply to humans, having been created based on the human body's structure.

If others wanted to cultivate them, they would need the assistance of extremely powerful Spiritual Power, and the power of a rushed cast versus a normal cast would be night and day.

Not to mention that after so many updates to the current system, any spell that can hold its own is not weak.

If you can't unleash its full power during a fight, you might as well save yourself the trouble and just surrender, otherwise you'd probably be blasted into nothingness.

As for hand seals...

This is a rather special method of spellcasting.

It operates on the same principle as using the human body to replace the casting process, which is using both hands to construct the runes.

But normally, the structure of the human body is already sufficient to meet casting requirements, and at higher stages, one can even dispense with the assistance of the physical structure.

If you encounter a sorcery that requires hand seals for assistance, and you cannot stop it, there is only one word when facing an opponent of the same level: run!

Because this is usually the prelude to casting large-scale spells, with a power far exceeding normal sorceries, and they are generally used to construct arrays.

Just like casting the Jinling Spirit Hunting Array to strike the Demon Wizard, hand seals are required to assist in releasing such a large-scale array.

Its power, naturally, is also terrifyingly immense.

But even so, without the god-forbidden ring, Nie Ning would not have the qualifications to cast such a large-scale barrier array on his own.

Casting it alone certainly wouldn't reach the level of the Jinling Spirit Hunting Array, but its power would still far exceed conventional spells.

Some groups learn spells that require hand seals and train to increase their casting speed, but in a one-on-one situation, it is somewhat lacking.

After all, no matter how fast you cast, it still takes time, and it can never be as fast as instant-cast spells.

Of course, some people also use crowd-control spells to buy time, but this requires extreme confidence in one's own execution.

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This is where the uniqueness of the Myriad Paths Reversing Human Scripture lies—it is equivalent to a normal person being able to independently cast high-power spells that would normally require hand seals.

More crucially, normal spellcasting can be stacked!

Not a stacking of quantity, but a stacking of power!

In this way, the terrifying nature of this spell is revealed.

That is to say, no matter what, under the condition of using the same spell, your spell's power will always be stronger than anyone else's!

It had to be said that this spell truly shocked Nie Ning.

Because this involved the soul, which is a person's private domain.

Nie Ning wasn't too sure about ranks above the ninth rank, but below the ninth rank, one would definitely be a cut above those of the same rank, equivalent to directly saving oneself from needing a power-boosting mystic tool.

"I'm a bit afraid to practice this."

Nie Ning rubbed his chin, feeling somewhat hesitant.

There was no helping it; even if his spell construction grades were a bit poor, any normal wizard could see how formidable this spell was.

Looking around, even the signature techniques of those top-tier sects could probably only reach this level.

This meant that the spell Wandru had produced was very likely the ultimate treasure of some top-tier power!

Looking at it this way, what Amanra said might be true.

For a sect's ultimate treasure to be leaked, it was already a mercy that they hadn't mobilized their entire forces. Sending a few high-tier experts to besiege them was probably only out of respect for the Extreme Phase Demon Palace.

But as Nie Ning thought about it carefully, he felt something was off.

Why didn't Wandru hand it over to the Extreme Phase Demon Palace?

With the Extreme Phase Demon Palace taking the heat in front, he could also obtain a massive amount of contribution points. Such a good deal was impossible to find even with a lantern.

Suddenly, Nie Ning raised an eyebrow, thinking of a possibility.

"Damn, could this guy have stolen this from the Extreme Phase Demon Palace itself?"

Nie Ning thought it over and over, but still felt it was strange, because it made no sense from any angle, let alone giving it to a stranger like him whom he had only known for a little over a month.

Besides, with Wandru's strength, how could he have stolen such a precious item?

And it seemed there was more than just this one inheritance.

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