Duke didn’t know which shot he fired before the Running Thunder Beast died, but he fired three full magazines of armor-piercing bullets.
There are twelve armor-piercing bullets in a magazine.
In other words, it is conservatively estimated that it will take at least thirty rounds of armor-piercing bullets to kill a 4-ring spirit beast. Of course, this must ensure that the spirit beast does not have defensive arcana or is not wearing armor to ensure that every round of armor-piercing bullets can enter the soul.
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Duke, who has the ability to snipe at super long distances, is least afraid of spiritual beasts like the Thunder Beast, which have sparks and lightning along the way.
You can completely snipe it with armor-piercing bullets outside the attack range of the Running Thunder Beast.
But if you switch to a level 3 or above spiritual beast that wears armor and even has solid defense arcana, armor-piercing bullets will not work.
In other words, no bullets work well.
After all, the level of the Sand Eagle Pistol itself is only level 1. The power concentrated on one point is indeed overbearing, but no matter how overbearing it is, there is a limit. Defenses below level 3 can basically break through the face, while defenses above level 3 are powerless.
"The Rampant Thunder Beast attacks the strong and defends the weak. I also attack the strong and defend the weak, but my attack range is farther!" Standing in front of the body of the Rampant Thunder Beast, Duke felt filled with pride.
The evolution from 3 rings to 4 rings is a qualitative change.
But Duke still took advantage of the enemy and completed a magnificent hunting operation.
The mercenaries have already started busy processing the corpse of the violent thunder beast. No matter who they are, when they come to Duke, they will bend down and respectfully express their humility to Duke. They have been completely impressed by Duke.<
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Being able to hunt down 4-ring spirit beasts is enough to explain everything.
"The Arcane Mage is omnipotent, and Lord Duke will definitely become a great Arcane Mage!" Captain Zina commanded the team while secretly watching Duke's back.
At this moment.
She only felt that finding and cooperating with Duke was definitely the most important decision in her life.
A decision that can change your destiny.
"I made the right choice, but it's not enough. If I want to get more, I have to perform better in front of Lord Duke!"
"I don't have much to express, there is only one broken sword!"
"So, I must use Lord Duke's power to quickly strengthen Broken Sword and make Broken Sword the sharpest sword in your hands!"
Putting away her distracting thoughts, Zina shouted loudly and directed the team to do things.
The mercenaries disposed of the body of the Running Thunder Beast and scraped away the blood on the ground along with the land. Zina arranged for a team of people to transport the Running Thunder Beast back and sent it to Snakehead Town for processing, while the rest continued
Carry out the task of clearing away evil spirits.
"I will take half of the proceeds from this spiritual beast, and the remaining half will be shared with everyone." Duke replied when Zina asked how to deal with the spiritual beast.
So Zina went to the leaders of each mercenary group one by one and loudly informed Duke of Duke's arrangements: "Master Duke is generous and is willing to take half of the proceeds from Running Thunder Beast and share it with everyone! All we need is everyone to work hard!" "Thank you for your generosity, how dare we not do things carefully!"
"This is your good luck. You can get half of the profits of a fourth-ring spirit beast without using a single blow or a sword... In short, serving the Lord is indispensable for your benefit!"
Thanks to Duke's feat of quickly killing the running thunder beast alone, and his generous shot of sharing half of the profit.
The morale of the entire team was high, and they neither complained nor complained. The progress of the task increased rapidly, and the task was completed three days earlier than the agreed time.
So with three days left, Duke dismissed the mercenary group.
I just took the broken sword and wandered around in the forest, looking for spiritual beasts to hunt and make some extra money to make my pocket bigger.
"Jiji!"
Xiao Kabuto has been obsessed with it these days.
In order to train Kabuto, Duke often let Kabuto participate in the fights. Especially when encountering 0-ring spirit beasts, Kabuto was basically the one who went up to hunt them.
Sometimes when I encounter a 1-ring spirit beast, I let Xiao Dou go up and confront them head-on.
In this high-pressure state, the red knight's contract mark on Xiao Kabuto's forehead has gradually condensed into a complete outline.
"Sir, Xiao Kabuto has reached the critical line of advancement." Vivian said.
"So the forest is the best training ground for spiritual beasts. Spiritual beasts raised in the city cannot grow without experiencing bloody battles." Duke's eyes flashed, "Vivian, I think I have already
I’ve gained some experience in cultivating myself.”
"Sir, what do you mean?" Vivian was puzzled.
"Fighting in the forest is the best way for contracted spirit beasts to digest nutrients. If you and my little Kabuto want them to evolve into phantom beasts, I'm afraid it's not enough to just sweat and train every day. You have to carry them with you."
They've seen blood."
Duke thought about what Muhans Black Snake had said before. The reason why his snake could evolve into a phantom beast was that it mutated and evolved into a phantom beast after experiencing a life and death disaster.
So he continued: "Letting contracted spirit beasts wander on the edge of life and death is probably the best way to stimulate evolution."
Vivian frowned: "Would the mortality rate be too high?"
"So this is a paradox. If you want your contract partner to evolve, you have to push to death, but pushing to death will often drive your partner to death..."
Duke felt like he had talked nonsense.
Vivian felt the same way: "The reason why there are so few fantasy beast knights is that we don't have a good grasp of these two tendencies. I don't want to put Mimi in a dangerous situation, so I can only choose to sweat more."
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"This is the stupidest method, and it is also the most effective... Vivian, bring the little pocket with you during training in the future."
"Yes, sir."
Duke himself didn't have time to train, so he had to let Kabuto train with others.
This made him think with some regret: "It's a pity that there are no natural treasures in this world. Taking one bite can increase your cultivation level, or directly evolve into a fantasy beast or a dragon... If there is one, I will definitely get one for little Kabuto."
Eat."
Spirituality benefits all living things and is the source of all natural treasures.
When a plant is favored by spirituality, it will be promoted to a spiritual plant instead of growing into a natural treasure. Of course, spiritual plants are also natural treasures.
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Three days flew by in a snap.
After handing over the cleanup task in Area 354, Duke took the Loop airship, left Cuihai Valley, and returned to Shenjiao City.
"I heard that you hunted a 4-ring spirit beast alone?" Assistant Vikas came over and asked, holding a red wine glass.
Vikas has given up on academic research and personal practice, and can just hang around. Now he is keen on inquiring about news and communicating with people.
"It's just because of the legacy of my predecessors that I was left with a good arcane weapon," Duke replied.
He can now use the one-ring sand eagle openly. Most arcane mages have their own arcane weapons. The arcane weapons are all kinds of strange, and the effects they produce are not surprising. After all, there are thousands of ways to spiritual arcana.
Wan Tiao.
Vikas smiled: "It seems that the senior left you a powerful arcane weapon, but you have to think carefully about the meaning of the arcane weapon to you... Normally, the arcane weapon is used as
A weapon is not the best choice."
"I understand, I will handle this arcane weapon properly." Duke smiled and said perfunctorily.
Arcane mages can rely on spellcasting to master powerful arcane spells, so it would be a waste to use arcane weapons as weapons.
Unless this kind of arcane weapon has the power to destroy the world, such as the arcane weapon of Christian Raging Waves, which is a red sun-shaped ball that can release an attack comparable to a nuclear bomb.
As the most powerful arcane mage in Shenjiao City, Keithon really needs a powerful arcane weapon to establish his unbreakable dominance.
And most arcane mages can rely on arcane magic alone to survive.
Therefore, when it comes to the choice of arcane weapons, they tend to be auxiliary, which can help arcanists better study spiritual arcana or better improve their skills.
Duke had heard from Vikas before that the United Card Shop had trained some first-level arcane mages. In order to focus on card-making skills, each of them forged an arcane weapon called the "Spirit of Cards".
On the spirit card, the spell model is drawn and carved instantly.
The principle of Card Spirit is unknown, but large-scale card production is absolutely inseparable from Card Spirit.
Possessing the card spirit arcane weapon and being proficient in psychic resonance memory technology, such an arcane mage is basically equivalent to a spirit card printer.
Countless low-level spirit cards can be printed every day to supply the needs of the entire Seven Towers Federation.
Perhaps the life of such an arcane mage is like a machine, but the accumulation of massive wealth can benefit the entire family.
Vikas thought that Duke understood his good intentions, and said happily: "We arcane mages are destined to rule this world, not only by our combat power, but also by our exploration of spiritual arcana. We are better than anyone else."
are closer to the truth."
After a twist and a pause for a few seconds, Vikas continued: "The arcane weapon is a prop that helps us witness the truth. If you make good use of it, you will go further in the field of spiritual arcana."
"I understand."
"You are the most mature and smartest of all the young arcane mages I have ever met. I am very optimistic about you, really."
"In fact, I am very optimistic about myself."
"Haha, your confidence finally made me feel that I was chatting with a seventeen-year-old young man." Vikas sighed with emotion and fell into nostalgia, "When I was young, I was like you.
So high-spirited..."
"But you are lifeless now." Assistant Lidman came over at some point and gave Vikas a harsh sentence.
Vikas just wanted to refute.
Lidman no longer paid attention to him, but said to Duke: "I found a special snow-blowing pillar during my mission. Aren't you cultivating a normal spiritual plant-like snow-blowing pillar? Maybe this snow-blowing pillar is suitable for
You are helpful."
"Thank you. I wonder what's so special about this snow-blowing pillar?" Duke asked.
"It has seeds, and each red worm tentacle is its flower. The red worm tentacles blowing snow pillars have withered and contain seeds. But the seeds are not mature yet, so I dug them back together with the soil clods and sealed them in glass
In the box."
"This is great. After we get off the airship, I will send someone to take over."
The survival rate of Fuxuezhu cultivated by Duke James Farm is very low, and even if there are survivors, they are not very healthy.
If it continues, the training plan will definitely fail.
But it's different with seeds. Fubuki pillars cultivated through seeds may have new resistance and can reproduce smoothly.
When the airship landed at Penrose Wizard Tower, Duke also successfully took over a two-meter-tall snow blowing pillar, as thick as an adult's thigh. I don't know where Lidman brought such a large glass box to connect the snow blowing pillar.
Put the soil clods together with the roots.
"Thank you so much for your guidance, Leadman."
"Nothing." Lidman's tone was always cold, "cultivating Fuxuezhu as soon as possible will provide me with more spiritual material choices."
"I will work hard to cultivate it." Duke responded.
Leadman’s research direction focuses on the spiritual materials aspect of spirit card production. He plans to start by improving the spirit cards to improve the card-making process.
If you succeed, you should be able to obtain the title of Card Making Scholar.
Duke quickly rushed to the farm with the snow-blowing pillar sealed in a glass box. In the following days, he ran to the farm every day to personally cast spells on the snow-blowing pillar to help it adapt to an environment without evil spirits and mature as soon as possible.<
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The level 2 elf cast a breathing spell, and Duke merged with the chicken when casting the spell. The resonance effect of this breath successfully pulled Fuxuezhu back from the edge of death.
"James, arrange for someone to cast spells on it 24 hours a day to prevent it from dying. As long as these seeds mature, we can breed a new snow pillar that is more suitable for the environment through seed breeding." Duke ordered. p>
James immediately responded: "I understand, sir, I will arrange the manpower...I don't know why, I feel that I am involved in a big event, and I have a special sense of mission in my heart."
"Your feeling is correct. If we really cultivate Fuxuezhu well, we can bring down the price of spiritual materials, which will indeed benefit the whole people. However, cultivating a sufficiently good variety will definitely not take a few years.
You have to be prepared for the long term.”
"I will obey your orders, sir." James held a very low posture and hugged Duke's thick leg tightly.
When we returned to Master Penrose Tower, the rewards for clearing the evil spirits in Cuihai Valley had been distributed.
All provided by Bernoulli Master Tower.
"Sir, the mission remuneration is 290 gold dragons, the travel subsidy is 50 gold dragons, and the work delay fee is 35 gold dragons... The miscellaneous expenses add up to a total of 412 gold dragons." Mu Lali received the reward and calculated it one by one for Duke. p>
"It's not bad." Duke drank tea comfortably, "This time Bernoulli's Wizard Tower really cut off a piece of flesh."
He is a 1st level arcane mage, and he can get a reward of 412 gold dragons. The 2nd level arcane mage, and the 3rd level arcane mage get obviously higher rewards.
Even great arcane mages such as Christian Raging Waves have participated in the mission, which I am afraid even the golden dragon cannot dispatch.
Mulali smiled and reported another bill to Duke: "Sir, the spirit beasts you hunted during the mission have basically been dealt with. Among them, the fourth-ring spirit beast - the Running Thunder Beast, was killed by the Black Snake.
The family bought the whole thing and sold it for 1,200 gold dragons."
"1,200 gold dragons? Little Lili, the price is a bit high." Duke was surprised.
"According to the current market price, there is a bit of overflow, but originally the Running Thunder Beast was going to be sent to the auction house. If the Black Snake Family does not want to get the proceeds from the auction, it will have to buy it at a premium." Although he is also a member of the Black Snake Family, Mu Mu
Lali has long considered herself to be from Duke.
She smiled and explained: "Captain Zina thought the price was right, so he gave up the auction and sold it directly to the Black Snake family."
"What's the point of the Black Snake family running around with the Thunder Beast?"
"The running thunder beast is the main material for making thunder potion. The thunder potion can help the arcane mage understand the thunder element and increase the understanding of spiritual arcana." Murali thought for a while and said, "The second grandfather may want to help Mu Lali.
Uncle Dis, please advance."
Mudis Black Snake is a level 1 arcane mage of the Black Snake family. He is expected to be promoted to level 2. He is the next high priest trained by the Black Snake family.
But Duke doesn't care who is in power in the Black Snake family. He is interested in something else: "Thunder potion..."
The field of pharmaceuticals is an important research direction for arcanists.
Most of the Three Seas monks basically rely on taking drugs to activate. They take potions, gas-increasing potions, blood-boiling potions and soul-awakening potions.
Unlike medicines taken by sick patients, only arcane mages can prepare medicines.
In another way, different spiritual materials are mixed into one, thereby constructing a complete spell model at the spiritual level.
Thunder potion is also a type of potion, but it is a very high-end potion - potions are not divided into levels, they all build a complete ring to preserve the spirituality of the spiritual materials, so in theory all potions are only level 1. The difference is that some potions have thin spirituality, while some potions have strong spirituality. The more high-end the potion, the stronger the spirituality and effect.
The thunder potion allows the arcane mage to feel the secret of the thunder element, thereby increasing the understanding of spiritual arcana, helping the arcane mage improve his cultivation and speed up his advancement. There are many similar potions, such as iceberg potion, hurricane potion, and explosion potion.
Wait.
But Duke has never considered using vassal potion to help him understand spiritual arcana.
Only arcane mages who have exhausted their potential will consider this method to affect their understanding of spiritual arcana through external interference.
If you are lucky enough to advance successfully, it will leave huge hidden dangers, and there will be no possibility of further advancement.
"So, Mudis Black Snake has lost his pursuit of the third ring and has stopped at the second ring in his life?" Duke sighed slightly.
He still remembers the first arcane mage he saw in his life, the Moodys Black Snake, in the open class of the Faling Society.
At that time, many spiritual apprentices regarded Mudis as their idol, thinking that he was the most outstanding young arcane mage of the Black Snake family, with unlimited potential and broad prospects.
Unexpectedly, Mudis now relies on drugs to even advance to level 2.
"Uncle Moodys seems to have never pursued the third level." Mulali raised her nose and said, "When I used to worship my ancestors, I heard my second grandfather lamented that the family could not even reach the second level arcane mage.
Did you, and even named Uncle Mudis?"
"How did he respond?"
"Uncle Moodys seemed ashamed. He said he would work hard, but he said it very quietly and had no confidence at all."
Duke shook his head: "Okay."
He has always aimed at the Nine-ring Arcane Mage. After all, the existence of Nine-ring Xiaoyi gives him a clear positioning for the future.
But if you ignore other arcane mages, you may not even dare to hope for level 2.
Improving the understanding of spiritual arcana can increase the changes in the spiritual core and evolve to a higher level. But it does not mean that seeing more of the world can improve the understanding of spiritual arcana. This involves a kind of understanding of the underlying rules.
Understanding and insight.
After seeing the phenomenon a thousand times or ten thousand times, if you cannot understand the root cause, your understanding of spiritual arcana will not increase by half.
"Fortunately, I have Xiaoyi, I can't understand, Xiaoyi helps me understand..." Duke thought.
Mulali returned to the topic: "Spiritual beast income, 1200 gold dragons for the 4th level running thunder beast, sir, you divided 600 gold dragons out... So, from this mission, I got a total of 861 gold dragons."
The reward for the task itself is 412 gold dragons, and the extra money earned is 861 gold dragons.
It's like Duke went out and earned 1,273 gold dragons in just over a week, which is almost as much as his annual fee as a consultant for the Shenjiao City Hotel.
Of course.
This kind of good thing doesn't happen often, missions don't happen often, and 4-ring spirit beasts are hard to hunt.
Before the two of them could settle the accounts, there was a knock on the office door. Mulali got up and went to open the door, only to find that it was Assistant Vikas who had brought someone over.
"Duke, these two are visitors to the Erudite Tower." Vikas led the people in, then retreated to sit on the sofa aside.
There were two visitors, the leader of whom was wearing the robe of an arcane mage: "Your Excellency Duke, I am the head of the honor department of the Erudite Tower, the 1st-level arcane mage Capello Flamingo, and this is my deputy Trotus."<
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"Hello, Mr. Capello."
After exchanging pleasantries, Capello Flamingo didn’t talk much.
It was mainly deputy Zhuotes who spoke: "Your Excellency Duke, the portable lamp series of lamps invented by you has received very good reviews in the market. After unanimous discussion at our high-level meeting in the Ertuo Tower, it was determined that it has a positive impact on improving people's livelihood and benefiting society.
’s, positive impact.”
Duke keeps smiling.
Trotes continued: "Therefore, the Erudite Tower will reward you and award you the Outstanding Erudite Invention Award. Please go to the Erudite Tower in three days to accept the award."
"It's an honor to be recognized by the Erudite Tower. I will definitely go to receive the award in three days, right?" Duke accepted happily.
Capello smiled and stretched out his hand, holding it tightly with Duke: "Your Excellency Duke is really young and promising. He invented such an outstanding spiritual weapon at such a young age. It shows that he is extremely talented in natural history. It is really impressive.
Admire."
"No, it's just good luck."
"This cannot be justified by luck. I also use the portable lamp myself. It is really very convenient. Now the brand of Giant of Light has become a household name... In short, three days later, I was waiting for the arrival of His Excellency Duke at the Erudite Tower."<
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After complimenting each other for a while, with the guidance of Duke and Vikas, Capello was sent out of Penrose Wizard Tower.
Wait until Capello and the two leave.
Assistant Vikas patted Duke on the shoulder and said: "I didn't expect that you would take a step forward in the field of erudition. Maybe it won't be long before I have to call you Duke's polymath."
"Haha, you are joking." Duke waved his hand, "He just invented a lamp, or improved it from a wind lamp and a car lamp. He cannot be called a scholar."
"It's worthy." Vikas was very serious, "I even think that as the Giant of Light sells more and more portable lamps and becomes more and more influential, your title of Erudite will be achieved in less than three years.
, you can wear it on your head."
Duke was stunned: "Do you think I can get the title of Erudite with a portable lamp?"
He does not think that the portable lamp is a great invention, nor is it the invention of a product like the electric light that lights up a new era.
Everyone on earth knows that Edison invented the electric light (in fact, he improved the electric light).
But who knows who invented the flashlight.
Tutor Vikas nodded affirmatively and said: "Yes, the portable lamp is undoubtedly a great item of knowledge. Duke, don't underestimate it. You will be included in the Seven Towers Federal Museum because of it."
The history of learning."
"Well, after hearing what you said, I feel that the title of scholar is indeed beckoning to me."
"Surely!" Vikas smiled, "Your title of scholar is safe. If such an invention cannot get the title of scholar, then the scholar is too precious... Just wait, Shen Jiaoshi
Erudite Tower will apply for you soon."
The scholar title needs to be evaluated by the highest Erudite Tower in the Holy City of Arcana.
Therefore, the local Erudite Tower needs to report it layer by layer, and finally it will be voted by the erudite sages in the highest Erudite Tower.
Three days later.
Shenjiao City Erudue Tower.
Duke happily received the certificate of "Black Jiaohe Land Outstanding Erudite Invention Award" from Chief Director Erwin.
The certificate is very ordinary, but the honor is heavy.
"Congratulations, Duke, your young face allows me to see the future of natural history. I hope you will continue to work hard in the field of natural history and invent more inventions that are beneficial to social development." Erwin faced the reporter with a smile.
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The reporters held slide cards and recorded this scene into the slide cards.
There have been no major events in the Black Dragon River these two days. The image of Duke shaking hands with Erwin is enough to appear on the headlines of tomorrow's newspapers.
"Thank you, thank you Erxue Tower for your affirmation of me, thank you sir for your love for me. I will continue to serve the people's livelihood as always, never forget my original intention." Duke held the certificate and faced the reporters as well, showing his most handsome smile. Please vote~