Chapter 16

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Intermediate Intelligence: Increases mental power by 40%.

Intermediate Magic Recovery: Increases magic recovery speed by 40%.

Intelligence skills increase mental power, not magic points.

Mental power determines the amount of magic power. If only the magic power is increased while the mental power remains unchanged, it's like a child picking up a large broadsword; it looks impressive, but in reality, it would be more practical for him to hold a dagger.

Increasing mental power by 40% means that as long as one meditates, they can naturally increase their magic power by 40%.

The magic recovery skill is also a very useful ability, significantly increasing the speed of magic point recovery. The longer the battle, the more effective this skill becomes.

Both skills are very practical, and he was reluctant to give up either. However, there was no doubt that directly increasing magic power by 40% was equivalent to a 40% increase in strength, which was much more practical than the magic recovery ability. Therefore, Liu Siyi decisively chose the Intermediate Intelligence skill.

The feeling of leveling up is a mix of pain and joy. This time, Liu Siyi advanced from a high first rank to a low second rank, with a significant increase in power.

The first level-up almost doubled his mental power, and this time, advancing from the first rank to the second rank was a qualitative improvement, with a similarly significant increase. The physical strength, though not directly perceivable, felt much stronger. However, when cultivating mental power, he could clearly feel that his mental power had doubled compared to before, not including the effect of the skill.

The only regret was that the Wisdom Skill did not level up, and he could still only use third-rank magic. However, there was no need to rush. With Liu Siyi's current strength and rank, it should be relatively easy to further enhance his power.

A level-up doubling one's strength? This is impossible. From the legacy of the legendary mage, it is clear that each rank has a certain range of power, and generally, it does not exceed this range. This is why units of the same rank can have different strengths due to racial and individual differences. The power increase from leveling up can only occur within this range, which is a constraint of the rules, and no one can surpass it.

But why was he different? Liu Siyi couldn't figure it out, and he couldn't possibly understand it.

In fact, this was the effect of the Lightning Rune.

The Lightning Rune is formed by the rules and was absorbed into Liu Siyi's body. This absorption is not about him fully mastering the Lightning Rune, but rather like a person eating something wrong, which gets stuck in the body and cannot be digested. The situation is similar, but the Lightning Rune is not like other things; it brings more benefits than drawbacks.

The effect of the Lightning Rune is very powerful, but behind this power lies a significant risk. As a divine force, its power is immense, so to control it, one needs even greater power. Liu Siyi has nothing, so his body must evolve to become more powerful to control the Lightning Rune as soon as possible.

Therefore, during these two level-ups, both his body and mental power grew very rapidly, almost reaching the current limit of his body's evolution. Fortunately, Liu Siyi had enough evolutionary power during these two level-ups; otherwise, it would not have been enough to meet the needs of his body and mental power, let alone have any leftover evolutionary power to form new skills.

As for the rules constraining the evolution of units' power, it is not that they do not apply to Liu Siyi, but rather that the Lightning Rune is also a rule, a formed rule force. It needs Liu Siyi to evolve more powerfully, so during the level-up, the Lightning Rune, being at least as advanced as the ordinary rules of this world, can maintain the individual it relies on without any problem.

This issue involves the power of the rules, and it is impossible to understand without reaching a certain height. Since Liu Siyi couldn't figure it out, he didn't think about it; as long as it was beneficial to him, that was enough.

He now only knew one thing: leveling up requires a lot of evolutionary power, and after leveling up, the remaining evolutionary power would fuse into new skills, which would require even more evolutionary power to fuse into more powerful skills.

Regardless, although Liu Siyi didn't understand the essence of the problem, his approach was correct.

"Screech!" Liu Siyi, still in a state of excitement, heard a distant eagle's screech, which immediately made him tense up, but he soon relaxed. This was his first truly combat-capable subordinate.

At this moment, the Thunder Eagle was completely unharmed, showing no signs of injury.

How big was the Thunder Eagle? Liu Siyi, standing next to it, had a direct sense of its size. The Thunder Eagle stood about five meters tall, with a wingspan of ten meters. Standing next to it, it was at least three times his height, and he only reached its thigh. Its body was covered in light blue-purple feathers as hard as steel, with electric snakes weaving through them, making it both mysterious and beautiful.

"Master, this is the spoils of war," the Thunder Eagle said, standing before the dwarf hero's corpse.

Speaking of which, the dwarf hero died a very frustrating death. At the beginning, he was struck by a bolt of lightning from the Thunder Eagle, then continuously hit by Liu Siyi's continuous lightning strikes, causing him to be paralyzed. Then, without any support, he was repeatedly attacked by the claws of eight Thunder Birds. Even with his armor, the massive impact still caused him severe injuries. Finally, the Thunder Eagle, with a powerful downward strike, pinned the dwarf hero and his bear mount to the ground and疯狂地将雷电力量灌输到矮人英雄体内。

受到如此重创，其实矮人英雄还没有死。矮人种族本身就拥有很强的魔法抗性，矮人英雄的魔法抗性更加强大，并且他还有提升魔法抗性的宝物。同时，作为近战能力很强的矮人英雄，在有铠甲保护的情况下，完全可以承受住同阶的物理打击。此外，从战斗一开始，两个矮人符文长老就几乎将所有的治愈术集中在了英雄身上。因此，即使遭受了非常严重的打击，矮人英雄依然留着一口气。

但是，在雷鹰中了双目失明魔法，开始撤退之后，矮人千不该万不该，又将雷鹰打了下来，落点正好是英雄的头顶。

说实话，被重物撞一下其实也没有什么，关键在于随后的战斗。雷鹰、雷鸟和矮人混战在一起，谁还管脚下有什么东西，尤其是雷鹰的利爪，踩一下基本不下于一次普通的攻击。

还有雷鹰在情急拼命下几次释放出的范围型强力攻击魔法：地狱雷光，也让矮人英雄受到了不小的伤害。

就这样，从头到尾，矮人英雄连翻身的机会都没有，就这样憋屈地含恨而去。

刘思易很同情这个英雄，但把尸体当成战利品，他还没有这个习惯。不过瞬间，刘思易就改变了想法，扑到了矮人英雄的尸体上……

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And thus, from beginning to end, the dwarf hero never had a chance to turn the tide and died a frustrated and resentful death.

Liu Siyi felt sympathy for this hero, but he didn't have the habit of treating corpses as spoils of war. However, in an instant, Liu Siyi changed his mind and pounced on the dwarf hero's corpse...

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