The Truth of Magic

Chapter 183 Ritual talent (14)

Seeing Andy and the other four suddenly appearing in front of him, Zhao Xu was slightly taken aback.

Zhao Xu, who had cast this spell in the final scroll space, knew that this spell only allowed the caster to see the specific historical process.

Just like when he casts "detection magic", only he, the caster, can see the specific aura.

And now they were still able to see this scene, naturally Leian used illusion at the same time to show what he saw.

As Zhao Xu expected, the five of them managed to get to the edge of the stream, and when they were about to step on the stone pier, suddenly the four young men all showed terrified expressions and fell to their knees, unable to move.

And the man named Andy, with a ferocious expression on his face, went up to kill his former partners one by one.

Among them, the fat man who had tried to invite Zhao Xu to visit, whose father was the secretary of Mistra's government affairs office, suddenly ran forward with a terrified expression.

It's just that the other party didn't run a few steps, and his whole body was fixed like a statue.

It was like casting a binding spell alive.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Xu couldn't help frowning.

This effect is naturally the ability released by the devil possessing Andy.

Generally, more powerful monsters, in addition to their own characteristics, also have special abilities, supernatural abilities, and spell-like abilities.

Like Zhao Xu's target Chi Tian Shenshi, which itself has the spellcasting ability of a level 19 priest, but also has spell-like abilities.

These spell-like abilities correspond to the spells of the same name, and they can be cast even if they are not mages. There are only restrictions on the frequency of use, such as being able to cast it at will, once a day, once a year, and so on.

Like the level 20 deep hell fiend that Leian mentioned before, it has the ability to cast spells - the ninth level spell "Wish", but it can only be cast once a year.

The abyssal fiend doesn't have the ability to teleport into other worlds. If you think about Arthur's main material plane, you can only use the "wish" once a year to simulate teleportation into another world to reach Arthur.

But this also means that the other party's body will not be able to return until a year later when this type of magic ability is restored.

This also shows that the devil possessed by Andy has spell-like abilities like hold spell.

The lowest level of immobilization spells is naturally the priest's second-level divine spell, and the "human immobilization spell" of the mage's third-level arcane spell. The more advanced ones are the seventh-level arcane "group human hold" and the ninth-level arcane "group monster hold".

In the end, after completing a simple killing ritual, Andy fled to the other side of the stream with his body covered in blood.

After showing this scene, Leian also obtained Andy's portrait information, and he used the eight-ring arcane technique of "perceiving position" again on the spot.

After Leian's spell was cast, he had a dignified expression on his whole body.

After a while, Lei An raised his eyebrows, glanced at Zhao Xu, and asked, "Do you have any speculation?"

Zhao Xu was lost in thought, "Among the devils with the spell-like ability to hold the body, the most common ones are the spiked devil with a challenge level of 11, and the deep hell fiend with a challenge level of 20."

Because the devil has maintained Andy's human form from beginning to end, and has not transformed into the main body, so it cannot be judged from the appearance.

"Then which one do you think it is?" Leian continued to ask.

"Devil refining in deep prison." Zhao Xu said with a slightly hesitant expression.

"Well, congratulations, you got the answer right. Judging from the remaining traces at the scene and the feedback from our personnel in Mystra, the other party is the 'deep hell refiner'." Leian laughed.

"Besides, he is still a 'deep hell fiend' with a high level of status. He deliberately killed those four people just now, in fact, in order to cover up its subsequent traces through a ceremony." Leian said.

Hearing this, Zhao Xu's eyes also crossed the stream, looking at the horribly dark depths in the shade ahead of him.

Those bushes swayed gently with the night wind from time to time, as if it was the "deep hell fiend" standing there and staring at them.

And Zhao Xu also had a serious face.

Being able to possess special rituals, even being able to resist the location-sensing devil, it can be said that in purgatory, it is definitely not a nameless person.

This means that the opponent is not just 18HD, but may even be the kind of powerhouse who has evolved Hit Dice or has a professional level.

Ordinary "deep hell demons" can cast several spell-like abilities at will every day, among them is the spell in the seventh ring that has powerful negative effects and instant death effects-"blasphemy".

This spell does not consider the target's physique, and only determines the spell effect based on the difference in the number of Hit Dice between the caster and the subject.

For example, Zhao Xu only had level 3, that is, three life dice, or 3 HD, which was more than 10 HD compared to the opponent's life dice, which was at least 18 HD.

In the spell effect of blasphemy, if the hd gap is zero, it means that it is in a dizzy state, just like Zhao Xu's swift burst before.

But if the gap exceeds 10 HD, it will be wiped out on the spot, not even the most basic immunity for instant death spells.

So if Zhao Xu had rashly gone to the other party to argue, if the other party had no intention of hiding it, he would have killed him instantly with a spell.

"They've finished collecting information, let's go take a look now?" Leian suggested at this time.

Zhao Xu also nodded. After all, this is not the scene of a famous detective, so he didn't go forward to join in the fun at first.

Even before Leian and the others arrived, in order to avoid being cursed or even destroying the scene, he didn't take any steps forward.

At this moment, Zhao Xu finally observed closely that Andy, who was possessed by the demon, used the blood of four innocent victims to draw a simple ritual circle on the ground.

At this time, a middle-aged mage who had just collected and described information here, an old-looking middle-aged mage who belonged to the magic guard, stepped forward, and was about to briefly report their analysis results to Leian.

However, Lei An waved his hand lightly and stopped the other party from speaking.

"Is this an anti-prophecy ritual?"

Although Zhao Xu didn't recognize the effect of the ceremony itself, he was no longer Wuxia Amon at this moment, and he had some ideas about the rune imprints used in some ceremonies.

Such as summoning ceremonies, those runes involving planes, teleportation, coordinates, energy transmission, etc. must be used a lot.

And the ceremony in front of him used a lot of runes for detection and positioning. But that doesn't mean it's a prophetic ritual.

On the contrary, the layout of the ceremony presents an inverted star palace pattern, which is a typical anti-prophecy layout.

"That's right." Lei An verified Zhao Xu's judgment.

And the sorcerer who was about to report couldn't help looking at Zhao Xu with surprise.

At the beginning, Zhao Xu's shining cloak with meteor trails and silk threads had already attracted his attention. Later, when he saw the archbishop's badge on the other party, he didn't ask much.

It's just that it seems that at this age, the other party actually has research on rituals? It stands to reason that the mages of Mystra did not study much about the ritual itself.

Only some senior mages who devote themselves to the study of rituals will know a thing or two about this aspect.

Combined with Captain Lei An's polite treatment of the other party, the magic guard guessed that Zhao Xu must be an expert in rituals.

At this moment, Zhao Xu was staring at the magic circle on the ground and lost in deep thought.

Immediately afterwards, he took out the spell notebook again, and by manipulating his own consciousness, copied a rough sketch of the ritual circle in front of him on the notebook.

This surprised the "magic guard" who recognized the opponent's actions. Generally, such scenes involving demons and demon killings are mostly strictly sealed off to prevent the power of demons and demons from leaking out and causing panic.

For the first time in so many years, he saw someone show such a show, and directly transcribed the content of the scene in front of their "Rose Cross".

At this time, Leian had already noticed the expressions of his subordinates, so he explained: "He is our future team member, so this time the information will be shared with him."

At this moment, Zhao Xu had fallen into a state of distraction. He took out a copy of "Details of Hundred Rituals" borrowed from the Legendary Library, and then turned to a certain page, obviously he had read it before and felt something.

Zhao Xu stayed up late to read this book before reading the "Transfer Ritual: Hrothgar's Journey" based on the recommendation in the book.

In the legendary library, he stayed up late into the night and kept reading various rituals, and all kinds of ritual symbols flew around chaotically in his mind.

Even coming out to protect the twenty sorcerers this time was a relaxing trip for Zhao Xu.

Suddenly, Zhao Xu's eyes fell directly on a key node in the ceremony, and the spell note in his hand suddenly rippled in circles like a calm lake at that position.

Gradually, that position also enlarged on the notes.

Zhao Xu knew that the ceremony was not complete.

In fact, the ceremony does not need to be complete.

It's just that the "deep hell demon" has the ability to make incomplete rituals show their own abilities, relying on their own spirituality to make up for it.

Zhao Xu began to reconstruct the missing key link in the ceremony in his mind.

It was like after a vase was broken into a dozen pieces, Zhao Xu had to rely on only half of the pieces to visualize the original intact vase.

In the process of thinking, Zhao Xu's eyes fell on the wrapped body bag.

Suddenly, my heart was shocked, and some unspeakable thoughts emerged from my whole body.

"The 'deep hell refining demon' must be centered here, hiding around. This killing scene is the center of the ceremony."

Zhao Xu asserted on the spot.

At this time, Leian also looked at him with a somewhat incredulous expression.

This kid, could it be that he has read similar cases before, and deliberately pretended to deceive him here?

However, Leian immediately denied his guess.

Those dossiers are still hidden in the archives of the Rosicrucian.

At this moment, Lei An couldn't help but look at Zhao Xu seriously.