"My body's gotten used to the movements more or less, but I wonder what kind of innate wizardry I've obtained?"
After a long run and a few casual standard swordsmanship movements, Leilin Farell had gained a solid understanding of his enhanced body. He couldn't help but turn his thoughts to other matters.
According to the Comoin's Eye, this advanced meditation method, and the Book of the Giant Serpent, Leilin had gained a deeper understanding of innate wizardry.
For ordinary wizards, most of them would choose a first-level defensive spell model, combined with Greening Water to push through.
Wizards who advanced this way had the least potential. If they couldn't obtain more rare resources later and find a second-level spell model suited to themselves, they would have absolutely no hope of further advancement.
However, leaders of large organizations or the core members of top wizard families could cultivate advanced meditation methods.
Each successful advancement of a layer would directly drive the wizard's rank to improve, and the innate spell model constructed at each layer of the meditation method was fixed.
In other words, if a wizard cultivated an advanced meditation method, you could guess their solidified innate wizardry just by knowing which meditation method they practiced.
Warlocks were a bit different — it was somewhat a matter of luck.
The formation of innate wizardry depended first on luck, and second on the purity and concentration of one's bloodline.
Leilin considered his luck to be average, but the bloodline he used was the refined essence blood of the ancient creature — the Comoin Giant Serpent! It was a perfect match for this advanced meditation method, so it shouldn't be too bad.
After sinking a thread of spiritual power into the crystal within his consciousness sea, as if by instinct, Leilin knew the contents of his innate wizardry.
Petrifying Gaze… and… Comoin's Scales!!!
Two innate wizardries!!!! That's right, two innate wizardries!!!!!
"Haha…" Leilin could no longer contain himself and let out a hearty laugh.
For warlocks, there was another situation during the formation of innate wizardry — when the bloodline was extremely dense, reaching nearly the level of the bloodline's origin!!! In that case, an additional innate wizardry would appear.
Of course, the two innate wizardries Leilin obtained were both first-level spells. That didn't mean he had directly advanced to second-level wizard.
A true second-level wizard who had solidified two innate wizardries would have one first-level and one second-level among them! Leilin currently had two first-level spells.
Only after advancing to second-level warlock would a second-level innate wizardry appear on him!!!
And the power of a second-level spell naturally far exceeded that of a first-level spell!
Even so, with an extra innate wizardry, Leilin could practically lord it over his peers among first-level wizards.
It was as if, while being the same type of mage, Leilin had double the spell slots compared to others — a massive advantage.
Soon, Leilin looked up the specific details of his two innate wizardries in the Comoin's Eye and the Book of the Giant Serpent.
"Petrifying Gaze: Shoots a petrifying beam from the eyes, equivalent in power to a petrification spell. Those struck are directly petrified, while those with higher physiques will experience a brief stiffening effect! Cost: 1 point of Spiritual Power, 1 point of Mana!"
"Comoin's Scales: Forms a layer of scales on the body's surface for defense. Has an instant-cast effect. Physical Defense: 25 degrees! Spell Resistance: 27 degrees! Cost: 1 point of Spiritual Power and 1 point of Mana consumed every 5 hours!"
The costs listed afterward had been calculated by the Chip, and Leilin's eyes went a bit wide reading them.
According to the Chip's estimates, these two innate wizardries were considered exceptionally outstanding even among all first-level spells.
If cast using standard spell models, each would require at least ten points of Spiritual Power and Mana.
And now, the cost had been reduced tenfold — that was the benefit of innate wizardry!!!
Leilin even sensed that he could spend 2 points of Spiritual Power and Mana per day to permanently fuse Comoin's Scales onto his body.
At this point, he roughly understood what the defensive field the Chip had previously scanned — the one that perpetually surrounded wizards — actually was.
It was their permanently fused innate defensive wizardry. Any attack that couldn't break through their innate wizardry defense could never harm them.
"These two innate wizardries, one for offense and one for defense — with them, my current strength is already outstanding among full-fledged wizards!"
Leilin calmly assessed his own strength.
Because he had chosen the warlock path of advancement, and possessed both a quality meditation method and bloodline, the gains from his advancement far exceeded those of ordinary wizards.
Those newly promoted first-level wizards were completely no match for Leilin. Only the veteran first-level wizards who had lingered at that rank for a long time, whose Spiritual Power and Mana had both reached their limits and who had recorded a large number of first-level spell models — they were Leilin's real rivals.
As for second-level wizards? The current Leilin was still far from being their match; he didn't even have much confidence in fleeing from one.
Every rank among wizards represented a vast gulf in power, something that a slightly better advancement path and bloodline alone couldn't overcome.
Leilin was quite satisfied with his current situation.
After all, he had only just advanced, and the road ahead was very broad.
In a cheerful mood, Leilin removed the black robe he had thrown on temporarily and changed into fresh clothes. He began organizing the things he had brought out.
After putting on a well-fitted black robe with decorative trim, Leilin rehung the Pendant of the Falling Star around his neck.
"This pendant's defense is a bit low! The power of first-level spells is mostly above 20 degrees — a casual strike from a full-fledged wizard can break through the Pendant of the Falling Star's defense!"
"Chip! Create a task: find feasible operations to enhance the Pendant of the Falling Star's defense!"