“Two days ago, an unusual gathering of mutated beasts occurred in this secret realm. We initially thought it was a precursor to a small beast tide, but after investigation, we found that only a very small portion had gathered, and we didn't know why.”
“Now it seems that this Sun-Glimmering Golden Cicada is to blame. This creature has spiritual attributes and is very timid. After parasitizing, for its own safety, it will influence nearby mutated beasts to gather, thereby gaining some sense of security, and possibly even inducing a beast riot.”
“Now it seems that even in its growth stage, it was affected by an unknown reason, following them here, but after realizing there was danger, it became somewhat sober, yet couldn't leave.” Wang Qibing stated his hypothesis.
Lu Chenxing also came back to his senses and continued Wang Qibing's hypothesis, saying, “The only difference between the Sun-Glimmering Golden Cicada and other mutated beasts is that it carries a trace of three-element rules: light, fire, and spirit…”
Thinking of the power of rules, Lu Chenxing suddenly recalled the flu that had ravaged Loshen City before, and then suddenly realized, “So that’s it, this time it’s the same as the flu incident!”
“Last time, the flu couldn’t be cured because those viruses contained fragmented rule power, so ordinary methods couldn't cure them. The Sun-Glimmering Golden Cicada being able to sober up somewhat should also be because it possesses a trace of rule power!”
“However, it hasn't entered its mature stage, so the concentration of rule power on its body isn't high, and the rule characteristics within it are not those that can counteract the influence of this rule power! Therefore, this faint trace of rule power can only make it struggle between lucidity and chaos!”
At this point, Lu Chenxing suddenly looked up at Wang Qibing and asked, “Battalion Commander Wang, do you know about this symptom? Being affected by rule power, then becoming manic, bloodthirsty, and extremely aggressive?”
Through Lu Chenxing’s hypothesis, Wang Qibing had already arrived at a conclusion that made his expression turn grim, “King of Mad Blood, Blood Frenzy! But if that’s the case, why has it only affected the mutated beasts, and we remain unaffected?!”
“I think it’s because low-tier mutated beasts have low intelligence and mostly act on instinct! Have you noticed that our people also seem excessively brave at this moment?” Lu Chenxing replied.
Although the surrounding people were retreating in an orderly, alternating fashion according to orders, facing this seemingly endless beast tide, not a single person showed fear! This was very strange!
Like Lu Chenxing, who was attacking with all his might and was almost out of magic power, yet the beast tide opposite him still seemed endless, and a sense of powerlessness inevitably arose in his heart.
But more people seemed to have no idea what useless effort or powerlessness meant; they seemed to only focus on the flying flesh and blood before them! The emotion of fear seemed to have been diluted at this moment!
Since he already knew the beast tide was being affected by rules, Lu Chenxing now had an idea! He began to prepare for his advancement to Second Order!
“Battalion Commander Wang, I have a method. If it succeeds, perhaps we can overcome the crisis before us!”
Hearing this, Wang Qibing didn't doubt him. He raised his hand to check his watch, tossed Lu Chenxing a mana potion, and directly said, “Then go ahead and do it! Seven minutes have already passed; there are eight more minutes until the spatial aisle can be reopened!”
At this moment, the light of the defensive formation began to flicker, meaning the beast tide had arrived close by. Wang Qibing once again drew his sword, leaping to the front of the formation. Amidst the flashing sword light, he once again pushed the beast tide back several meters. Melee combatants took the front again, and rested ranged professionals also began to attack!
At this time, Lu Chenxing had already drunk the mana potion, sat cross-legged on the ground, closed his eyes, and calmed his mind. Even though the shouts of battle shook the heavens around him, they could not affect him.
The task of annihilating three Second Order Early Stage mutated beasts had already been completed during the beast tide interception. What needed to be done now was to follow the guidance and refine the Sun-Glimmering Golden Cicada!
As Lu Chenxing completely immersed his consciousness into his spiritual world, the light and golden color on the Sun-Glimmering Golden Cicada, which he held tightly in his hand, faded like flowing sand. That wisp of rule power passed through his palm, meridians, and finally entered his spiritual world.
And in his spiritual world, Lu Chenxing suddenly found that the scenes within his spiritual world had become a bit more vivid. The light became warmer and more dazzling. The sunlight, which had originally existed only for illumination, now seemed to have some other meaning.
Like the sunlight at dawn that drives away the night, it brought light and warmth, and also vitality and Hope!
In an instant, Lu Chenxing suddenly understood in his heart that his light-attribute magic, fire-attribute magic, and his spiritual world all gained a rule characteristic called 'Hope'!
For Lu Chenxing, that wisp of rule on the Sun-Glimmering Golden Cicada was more like a key, allowing him to perceive this complete, his own rule!
Although this rule was still very weak, being able to comprehend a rule of his own at Second Order was something many people could only dream of! This meant that Lu Chenxing had opened the door to rules! He would undoubtedly advance to Sixth Order without any obstacles!
However, these were all matters for later. At this moment, when Lu Chenxing comprehended this faint rule, he had already advanced to Second Order Early Stage! His total spiritual power also doubled!
At the same time, the Weaving effect in his talent information had undergone subtle changes.
“Effect Two: Weaving. You can complete the Weaving or reconstruction of spells using logic you can understand. The more perfect the logic, the less mana consumed and the stronger the power.”
The Weaving effect after advancing to Second Order removed the clause “If the logic is incoherent, then your magic will fail to activate,” which made Lu Chenxing's heart skip a beat!
This meant that even a logically nonsensical spell would activate successfully with a large amount of mana, achieving his desired effect! However, to achieve a greater effect with less consumption, he still needed to pay attention to the logic!
However, the phrase “logic you can understand” had not been removed, meaning that as long as he thought it was feasible or the logic was smooth, he could still achieve the effect of “perfect logic”!
Originally, his idea was not guaranteed to succeed, but now the update to the Weaving effect gave him 100% confidence!
Lu Chenxing suddenly opened his eyes, a golden light flashing in them. Looking at the soldiers fighting desperately in front of him, Lu Chenxing immediately activated the Weaving effect.
First, he modified the ‘Backup Energy 1.0’ spell. Its original effect was to consider the remaining mana in Lu Chenxing's body as “1,” and every second, this spell would replicate a “1,” with the recovery amount equal to his current maximum mana value.
Now he directly changed “recovery amount equals his current maximum mana value” to “until mana is restored to maximum,” with the cooldown still being 24 hours!
This meant that his mana would continuously recover as long as it wasn't at its maximum! Of course, this was only logically speaking; according to Lu Chenxing's Second Order spiritual power strength, the duration of this spell would depend on how long his spiritual power could last!
He called this spell ‘Backup Energy 2.0’!