Chapter 117: Temple Portal! Upgrade Direction! (2 in 1)

Hearing the loud noise, Lu Cheng's eyes suddenly condensed.

Now that the silver-level BOSS has been eliminated by him, there should be no more dangers in this underwater palace.

Otherwise, the task of exploring the underwater palace would not be just silver-level.

However, for the sake of caution, he still moved quickly and summoned the frost armor and energy barrier.

As for the spell protection, it has never been turned off.

With three layers of shields on his body, Lu Cheng looked up.

Amid the loud noises, the mist covering the two layers of the hall was slowly dissipating.

After the mist dissipated, the hall finally revealed its full appearance.

Now it looks like this hall is square. Previously, two-thirds of it was covered by mist, which made it look narrow and long.

And on the right side of the hall, there was a flash of magic light.

Lu Cheng looked up and saw that on the right wall of the hall, azure crystals were neatly arranged, guarding a bronze gate.

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[One-way portal]

[Durability: 15 million/15 million]

[The portal in the Tsunami Temple records a space node. Because the space energy contained in it is exhausted, it no longer has the function of teleportation. ]

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Seeing the properties of this bronze door, Lu Cheng couldn't help but look up.

This is a portal!

He is not unfamiliar with portals. After getting the blueprint, he can also build one in the city.

In the past life, the transportation between cities was mainly carried out through portals.

However, this bronze door is a little special.

Not only does it only record one space node, but it is also one-way.

In other words, this portal has only one destination, and you can only enter, not exit.

"Where will this portal... lead to?"

Looking at this portal, Lu Cheng's mind turned.

The underwater palace is the temple of the God of Tsunami, and this portal is likely to be built by the God of Tsunami.

Of course, the God of Luck cannot be ruled out.

As for the situation other than these two gods, the possibility is too low and can be ignored.

Thinking of this, Lu Cheng narrowed his eyes slightly.

After the disaster of faith was settled, humans explored many temples and found portals in many temples.

The portals in the temples often lead to other temples of the same god!

In other words... the portal in front of him is most likely connected to other temples of the God of Tsunami or the God of Luck.

But if it leads to other temples, why is this portal one-way, and why is it only recorded as one space node?

Could it be that this god has only two temples in total?

This is obviously unreasonable. Temples are channels to strengthen faith. For gods, the more the better.

Even the weak God of Mercy has built more than a dozen temples.

In this way, it seems that this portal may not connect to the temple, but to other areas.

Shaking his head slightly, Lu Cheng stopped struggling.

He does not have enough information now, and any thought is just speculation.

Now, the bronze door has run out of energy and cannot be teleported.

However, although the energy is exhausted, the recorded space nodes are still there. If the energy can be replenished, the transmission function will be reactivated.

By then, the recorded space nodes will appear, and the truth will naturally be revealed!

With this in mind, Lu Cheng pondered.

Activating the portal requires space energy, and there are generally two ways.

One is that he has mastered the energy of the space system and uses his own mana to charge the portal.

The second is to find a crystal containing space energy and use the crystal to supply energy.

In addition, there are also ways such as burning energy supply arrays, but they are more complicated and not as convenient as these two.

"Space energy..."

Lu Cheng thought about it in his heart.

This is not difficult for him.

Even if there is no crystal containing space energy in the demon exile area, there must be one in the abyss, and he will find it sooner or later.

When the charging is completed, activate the portal, and you can see the space node!

Moreover, this portal is one-way, even if it is activated, it does not pose a threat.

Lu Cheng nodded slightly, and listed the acquisition of space energy as one of his future goals.

Then, he turned his eyes and looked at the blue crystals on the wall.

These blue crystals are black crystals!

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[Black crystal: a first-level material, often found near deep water environments, used to build buildings, can increase water attribute damage resistance. ]

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Looking at the neatly arranged black crystals, Lu Cheng smiled.

This is an unexpected harvest!

When he swept the two monster forces, he was still thinking about whether he could harvest black crystals.

As a result, there were none in the monster forces, but in this underwater palace!

With this in mind, Lu Cheng moved quickly to collect black crystals.

[Ding, you get 1 unit of black crystal. ]

[Ding, you get 1 unit of black crystal. ]

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The system prompts sounded one after another, and soon, he collected more than 200 units of black crystals.

"Not bad."

Lu Cheng stopped his action, feeling satisfied.

This exploration of the underwater palace has yielded quite a lot of gains!

Now, the only special resources missing for the city preparation mission were rock iron sand and spirit wood core.

Moreover, he had a lot of special materials, which were strategic resources that would be needed for future city development.

Lu Cheng's eyes swept across the wall.

At this time, most of the black crystals on the wall were still left, and he had collected only a small part.

But now, he can no longer fit it.

At present, his storage space still has several hundred units of Flame Heart Stone, plus more than 200 pieces of Black Crystal, which is full.

"Come back next time and collect these Black Crystals."

Lu Cheng said in his heart, leaving an anchor point.

[Ding, the anchor point is set successfully, you can teleport here at any time, and each teleportation consumes 300 mana points. ]

Listening to the system prompt, Lu Cheng was satisfied.

With the anchor point, he can return to the underwater palace at any time.

But...

Lu Cheng was a little confused when he glanced at the left wall.

At present, the mist in the hall has dissipated for the most part, but on the left wall, there is still a layer of mist, and the situation is not clear.

Could it be that there are still some clues hidden on the left wall?

Thinking of this, Lu Cheng flipped his hand, held the staff of blessed breathing in his hand, and launched a shock wave.

The next moment, the invisible shock wave was formed instantly and blasted out.

"Bang!"

The shock wave swept across, instantly blowing away the mist, revealing the left wall.

However, the left wall was very ordinary and there was nothing special about it.

The strange thing was that as the shock wave dissipated, the mist condensed again and covered the wall.

Lu Cheng walked forward and explored again, but still found nothing unusual.

Apart from the mist, the left wall was no different from the surrounding walls.

This made him a little confused.

The BOSS in the underwater palace had been killed by him. The only part that was still in doubt was the bronze portal and the statue of the god of luck in his hand.

But now, the bronze door cannot be activated for the time being, and the statue has not been fully repaired, so it cannot be explored for the time being.

After thinking about it, Lu Cheng shook his head slightly.

Both of them take time and cannot be judged for the time being.

However, he wants to collect the remaining black crystals, and he will definitely come to the underwater palace again in the future, and the situation will naturally be clear at that time.

If the mist has not dissipated after the statue of the god of luck is repaired, it is related to the portal.

Thinking of this, Lu Cheng no longer cared and took out the skill extraction card.

Next, it was time to open this skill blind box!

"Lucky sign... start!"

Holding the skill extraction card, Lu Cheng silently chanted in his heart.

[Ding, lucky sign has been activated, and your luck began to fluctuate. ]

[Current cycle time: 1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds...]

With the system prompt, a clock shadow emerged, hanging on the upper left of his vision, ticking and fluctuating.

Lu Cheng stared at the time, and when it reached 15 seconds, he pinched the card in his hand.

"Use!"

Suddenly, the light in his hand was bright, and the skill extraction card bloomed with brilliance, reflecting a silver light in the hall.

In this silver light, the system prompt sounded.

[Ding, you used the silver-level skill extraction card, and the skill extraction was successful! ]

[Extraction completed, constructing the skill inheritance stone...]

The silver light converged back, gathered into a ball, and gradually condensed into a solid.

Looking at this ball of silver light, Lu Cheng couldn't help looking forward to it.

Skill extraction cards are very similar to treasure chests. If you are lucky enough, you can also extract gold-level skills from silver-level skill extraction cards.

And this skill inheritance stone is basically 80% sure!

As a skill carrier, the inheritance stone is more advanced than the skill book and scroll, and it is very likely to contain gold-level skills!

Sure enough, the next moment, the system prompt sounded again.

[Ding, construction is complete! You have obtained a gold-level skill inheritance stone! ]

"It's done."

Listening to the system prompt, Lu Cheng was delighted.

Stuck in 15 seconds of full luck, he really drew a gold-level skill!

Moreover, according to the full amount of luck, this gold-level skill is likely to be a spell system, and he can use it directly!

I don't know, what type of skill it will be?

Just thinking about it, the silver light in front of him gradually dissipated, and the attributes of the skill inheritance stone were revealed.

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[Skill Scroll: Flash]

[After use, master the gold-level skill: Flash, you need to be above level 25, intelligence above 150, spirit above 80, and consume 2 skill points. ]

[Flash: Consume mana, teleport to a designated location within 10 meters, cooldown time 4 seconds, consume 500 mana points. Use continuously within 16 seconds, mana consumption is superimposed, up to 2000 points. Proficiency: 0/300. ]

[As the skill level increases, the teleport distance can be increased. ]

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"Flash?"

After seeing the attributes clearly, Lu Cheng was surprised.

This inheritance stone, the skill attached is actually a teleportation skill!

This skill is engraved in the Wanfa Spire of the Bear Country, and the number of people who learn it ranks first among all spell skills, which can be said to be a must-learn for mages.

For mages, teleportation skills are too important and can save lives.

In his previous life, he did not develop smoothly in the early stage of the catastrophe, and he learned the first teleportation skill after the third transformation.

Unexpectedly, it was opened in the skill extraction card now!

With the inheritance stone in hand, Lu Cheng was in a good mood.

Although now, his combat power can crush the surrounding monsters.

But after the second transformation, he will start to explore the demon exile area and even the abyss, and fighting against opponents of higher levels will be the norm.

Under this premise, the more life-saving methods the better.

"Use it."

Lu Cheng crushed the skill inheritance stone.

Suddenly, a ball of golden light surged and sank into his body.

[Ding, you use the skill inheritance stone and master the gold-level skill: Flash! ]

Listening to the system prompt, Lu Cheng nodded with satisfaction.

With this skill, his defense is more secure.

Although the teleportation distance is only ten meters at present, it is enough to avoid most of the damage!

Moreover, as the skill is upgraded, the teleportation distance can also be improved.

"Flash."

Lu Cheng muttered in his heart.

With the new skill in hand, he naturally wants to try it.

"Swish..."

As his mind turned, the mana light surged rapidly. Almost in an instant, his figure disappeared from the spot and appeared five meters away.

This flash is worthy of being a gold-level skill. There is no need to chant at all. As long as he mutters in his heart, he can cast it instantly.

As for the change in perspective after teleportation, it was a little uncomfortable at first, but after he flashed several times, he quickly adapted.

"Not bad!"

After trying it several times, Lu Cheng was very satisfied.

Then, he thought about the direction of development.

His current combat power is not a problem against monsters within the second transformation.

Even if the BOSS is strong, you can use the Embrace of Energy to amplify the skill and kill it instantly.

Unless you have a way to avoid his attack, it will not pose a big threat to him.

However, it is not enough to explore the gods and even the secrets behind the catastrophe.

He can't compete with those high-level monsters for the time being.

"Now, the most important thing to improve is the skill range..."

Lu Cheng's mind turned.

Now, with the protection of flicker and spells, his defense is temporarily guaranteed.

As for the output, there is no pressure with endless absorption.

As long as the passive layer is enough, the damage can grow infinitely.

Just add some means of damaging special life forms such as ghosts and energy, which is enough.

However, the lack is in the killing distance!

Now, even with the blessing of the blessed breathing staff, his killing distance is only more than 70 meters.

Counting the range of the fireball explosion, it can reach more than 100 meters.

However, to fight against those third- and fourth-turn monsters, this killing distance is far from enough!

Recalling in his mind, Lu Cheng kept thinking.

Level 10, level 30, level 60, level 100, corresponding to each job transfer, after the job transfer, the professional's combat power can surge.

But the same is true for the monsters that descend!

Every time a job transfer node is passed, the monster's combat power will also be greatly improved.

Moreover, this improvement is quite comprehensive!

Those third- and fourth-turn monsters are tens of meters or hundreds of meters long, and the killing distance is more than a thousand meters.

With his current means, to fight against such monsters, he must bear the monster's damage and rush within a hundred meters to cause damage. The fighting method is more like a melee system.

This is not his problem.

In the previous life, the magic profession reached the third and fourth turns, and naturally had ultra-long-range killing methods, not inferior to those high-level monsters.

But the problem is that his current level is just about to touch the threshold of the second turn.

It is still a long way from being able to learn those ultra-long-range skills.

In this way, other means are needed to supplement.

Making up for the shortcoming of the range can greatly improve his combat power.

"It seems that I have to open the secret realm of the battle for the hub stone as soon as possible..."

Lu Cheng's mind turned.

When the resource area is upgraded to level 1, a hub stone will be born. He also knows this information.

In the previous life, the hub stone was fought for by monster forces. When humans got through the early stage and recovered, they gradually began to intervene in the battle.

However, at present, to increase the killing distance, this hub stone is very useful for him!

With this in mind, Lu Cheng opened the panel.

Dealing with the thorn giant forces can just speed up this process!

"Teleport!"

Lu Cheng silently said in his heart and selected the anchor point in the settlement.

The next moment, the light flashed, and his figure disappeared on the spot.