booktalesy Chapter 3 Blazing Slash
Chapter 3 Blazing Slash
If you ask a poison mage which spell is most important, they will firmly tell you—Level 3 Poison Extract - Refinement.
For poison mages, the Level 3 Poison Extraction-Refining has two important functions: extraction and refining.
Extraction specifically refers to the ability of a poison mage to extract toxins from items after releasing magical energy.
This is why poison mages are well-suited to be alchemists; after all, poison mages can extract toxins from items. And these toxins don't just refer to poison itself.
The saying goes that poison and medicine are inseparable; to some extent, they are the same thing, only their characteristics are somewhat different.
Refining, on the other hand, is the ability of a poison-type mage to refine poisons into their own poison-type stardust, thereby enhancing their own poisons or adding toxins they do not possess.
This refining process differs from the refining of elemental species by elemental magic, as elemental species are special energy forms condensed from magical energy. Poison magic, on the other hand, can refine some physical toxins, such as the toxins possessed by poisonous demons.
A poison mage's combat ability is greatly affected by poison. If a poison mage hasn't refined and strengthened their poison, they might not even be able to poison a servant-level demon with a mid-level poison spell.
However, if a poison mage is willing to purchase poison spells and enhance their poison, a single basic poison spell might be enough to kill a general-level demon.
Theoretically speaking, if a novice poison mage refines the poison of an emperor-level demon, and if he survives, then one of his novice poison spells might be enough to kill a monarch-level demon.
All of this is based on the foundation of Level 3 Poison Extraction and Refining.
Can Yunhua refine it?
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However, he has not yet refined any other toxins into the poison stardust, nor has he injected any poisonous substances. Currently, Yunhua's poison stardust only contains basic toxins.
After all, refining is an extremely dangerous act. If the potency of the toxin exceeds the limit that a poison mage can withstand, the mage will die before the refining is successful.
There is still no standard for what the limit of poison magic can withstand; it can only be determined by the experience of senior poison magic users.
Therefore, Yunhua's original plan was to find a mentor specializing in poisons to help him with the refining process after he went to university.
Now he's only hurting himself.
Currently, Yunhua's toxins only cause dizziness and weakness. Of course, a large dose can also cause unconsciousness and death, just like how eating too much can kill a person.
Therefore, in this situation, Yunhua can only rely on the magical artifact, the Flame Sword.
Magical artifacts are equipment that are connected to the soul and can be quickly conjured into real objects to aid in battle by activating one's will.
It is mainly divided into demon-slaying tools, demon-walking tools, armor tools, shield tools, and some special-made tools.
Once the Demon Shoes are worn and activated, one's speed will be greatly increased. If one encounters a demon that is no match for them, these Demon Shoes will be a lifesaver.
Furthermore, the increased speed during battle will significantly enhance the mages' combat power.
Defensive magical artifacts can be transformed into special equipment such as shields and armor, which can withstand attacks from magic and demons at critical moments, and are also a life-saving device.
Yunhua's demon-slaying weapon, on the other hand, can unleash a powerful slash without consuming the user's magic energy.
Using magical artifacts is simple: when a magician probes into a magical artifact with their mind, a mark of the artifact is left in the magician's mental world.
Once the mark is formed, the magical artifact will immediately merge into the magician's body. When the magician activates the mark with their mind, the magical artifact will immediately appear in front of the user.
However, magical artifacts have great limitations; they can only be activated once within a certain period of time, whether they are attack-oriented magic-slaying artifacts or defensive magic-shielding artifacts.
So there's only one chance. If this attack doesn't work, Yunhua will really die young.
Some people, when faced with danger, are unable to move their legs and sit down to wait for death, while others instinctively fight back. Yunhua is clearly one of those people.
Yunhua smelled the burnt brown odor in the air, and his flesh and blood began to burn little by little, boiling due to the dangerous stimulation.
Yunhua glanced around with the sidelight, then used his toe to lift a stool next to him and kicked it directly at the giant-eyed rat.
The giant-eyed rat scoffed at this, turning it into dust with a single crimson beam.
However, under the threat of death, Yunhua unleashed unprecedented potential, and while the giant-eyed rat's gaze was fixed on the stool, he quickly ran to its side.
At this moment, the giant-eyed rat began to turn its gaze toward Yunhua, and Yunhua, upon seeing this, no longer hesitated.
He gripped the Flame Sword tightly with both hands, and the fiery red patterns on it lit up. The blade slashed down at the wound on the back of the giant-eyed rat, drawing a red arc.
"Flame Slash!"
The sharp sound of swords echoed in Yunhua's ears for a long time before fading away. The scene before her eyes slowed down, and everything seemed to stand still, with complete silence.
The blade flashed and plunged into the flesh and blood. With a soft "plop," Yun Hua expected the sword to feel like it was cutting through steel and sinking into mud. However, the Fiery Sword sliced through the giant-eyed ape's spine and the entire demon's body in one go, splitting it in two. Then, a large amount of blood burst out, gushing out half a meter, and falling like a final curtain firework.
This stunning sword strike even shocked Yunhua himself; he hadn't expected this demon-slaying weapon to be so powerful.
After taking a deep breath and calming herself down, Yunhua slowly walked towards the giant-eyed rat.
Just then, the upper body of the giant-eyed rat, which Yunhua thought was dead, suddenly leaped up, its huge mouth biting Yunhua's arm, its fangs piercing through flesh and biting right into the bone.
The intense pain caused Yun Hua to release the Flame Sword from her hand, and she knelt on the ground.
However, Yunhua did not panic in the face of this sudden situation; instead, she laughed.
"A beast is a beast!"
You made a wrong decision!
Under normal circumstances, poison that has not been refined is indeed very weak, and even servant-level demons have difficulty harming it.
But there are always exceptions, such as attacking a demon directly from within...
"Poison Extract-Poison Fang!"
In Yunhua's spiritual world, seven dark green poison-type stars formed a dark green poison-type star orbit.
Dark green star trails appeared on Yunhua's body in the outside world, and then the poisonous magical energy in the stardust flowed out through the star trails.
A magical artifact resembling a python's fang appeared on Yunhua's hand, which had been bitten into. Then, the fang shot out and struck flesh.
The giant-eyed rat trembled and let out a painful roar before becoming completely still. This suddenly appearing giant-eyed rat ultimately died at Yunhua's hands.
Yunhua used her other hand to pry open the giant-eyed rat's mouth and pulled her own arm out of it.
Looking at his blood-soaked arm, Yunhua gave a self-deprecating laugh. "I really am quite weak. But..."
Looking at the giant-eyed, bloody rat lying in a pool of blood.
"You're not that strong either!"