Advanced Meditation
The Inverted Mountain Dead Spirit Lake Treasure Ground Space has more and higher-quality treasures than the previous Great Rift space. Therefore, the opening of the Dead Spirit Lake space this time has attracted not only a few university teams from the Jianghai Division, but also universities from surrounding regions and nearby areas.
After talking with several teachers from universities in the Jianghai Division, Yan Xiaoxin quietly approached Bai Xiaowen.
"Among the university students participating in this exploration of the Dead Spirit Lake, there are indeed several formidable Awakened students."
"Is he stronger than Qi Ruifeng?" Bai Xiaowen asked, not thinking so.
Yan Xiaoxin shook her head and said, "Qi Ruifeng is certainly very strong, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to lead Jiangnan University to fourth place last year. However, the other strong guys I mentioned aren't much weaker than Qi Ruifeng."
After a pause, Yan Xiaoxin pointed to a young man in a white tracksuit and said, "Take Duanmucheng, for example. He's the captain of Wannan University, and Wannan University was in the top ten in the National Championship last year."
Yan Xiaoxin then pointed to another short, chubby boy and said, "Also, that short, chubby guy isn't simple either. His name is Bao Yiming, and he's the captain of Shandong University. We were eliminated by Shandong University before, leaving the National Championship in the first round, so I have a deep impression of this fat guy. He's definitely even stronger now."
Yan Xiaoxin then pointed to several more people and described their strengths Yi-Yi. Among these people, the more powerful ones, such as Duanmucheng and Bao Yiming, were all Hero Class, and in terms of individual strength, they were no less than Qi Ruifeng. Even those who were slightly weaker were similar to Wang Jin and Geng Chen, all of whom were Elite Tier level 6 awakened individuals with good enhanced equipment and considerable strength.
Bai Xiaowen said with a smile, "Teacher Yan, you're taking this so seriously. I thought there was someone even more capable than Qi Ruifeng among these people."
"Don't be careless. These guys are all arrogant and proud. They haven't fought you before, so they won't respect you as a freshman," Yan Xiaoxin whispered. "You shouldn't be afraid in a one-on-one fight, but if two or three of them team up to deal with you in the Dead Spirit Lake Treasure Ground Space, then you'll be in trouble."
"I'm not without teammates. With Shu Yi around, even if a few more come, they'll just be easy prey." Bai Xiaowen had great confidence in Li Shuyi's damage output. With his control combined with Li Shuyi's damage, they could now defeat two level 7 bosses at the same time! Even though Awakened Ones are more difficult to deal with than bosses of the same level, there is still a considerable gap in strength between Intermediate Awakened and Advanced Boss.
Moreover, in the early stages of entering the Dead Spirit Lake, joining forces is not so easy.
Entering the Treasure Ground Space will cause a spatial displacement effect, and even if people enter at the same time, they will be assigned to different areas. Moreover, ordinary communication tools such as mobile phones cannot be used in the Treasure Ground Space, further increasing the difficulty of reuniting.
However, Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi are teammates in the permanent squad, and they can sense each other's approximate location. This makes it easier for them to reunite; barring any bad luck, they can meet up before the others.
The misaligned effect of the Treasure Ground Space portal is actually advantageous to Bai Xiaowen.
"It's good that you have confidence." Yan Xiaoxin didn't say much. She didn't want to put too much pressure on Bai Xiaowen. She only hoped that Bai Xiaowen could complete the mission and bring her the eyeball of the Ghost Hydra.
The portal can now accommodate Awakened Ones of levels 1-3, so Chen Guowei went in first.
Bai Xiaowen gathered the other Awakened students from Jinghai University to discuss tactics. He divided the map into seven areas of varying sizes and said, "After entering the Dead Spirit Lake Treasure Ground Space, quickly determine which area of the map you are in. We have pre-designated a meeting point for each of the seven areas, based on the most worthwhile location to explore in that area. After confirming your location, everyone should head to the corresponding meeting point as soon as possible. Many hands make light work."
Bai Xiaowen quickly circled the corresponding rendezvous points on the map.
"What if I'm alone in a certain area?" one student asked.
"Good question. So we need to set a maximum waiting time," Bai Xiaowen said after thinking for a moment. "The maximum waiting time is set at one day. If no classmates from the same school appear after waiting for more than a day at the rendezvous point, then we will head to the central area of Dead Spirit Lake Treasure Ground Space. Of course, students who feel that the central area is dangerous and wish to explore the peripheral areas are free to act as they wish. My suggestion to rendezvous is just that—a suggestion, not a requirement."
The students from Jinghai University nodded in agreement.
As night fell, Bai Xiaowen lay on the back seat of the SUV, seemingly resting with his eyes closed, but in reality, he was practicing Meditation.
Bai Xiaowen's Meditation practice has never stopped. His Meditation Specialty level has long since reached Level 5 and he is now moving towards Level 6.
With the title of "Ultimate Academic Ace, "the Meditation Specialty effectively enjoys a level 6 advancement effect.
After devouring the soul of Zhu Zhi, the great healer of the Yellow Turban Army, the skeleton Skeleton Mage evolved into Bone Warlock. Bai Xiaowen activated his Telepathy ability to sense the fragments of the Bone Warlock's memories. He was somewhat surprised to find that the Bone Warlock inherited Battle Specialty from the great healer Zhu Zhi, including not only level 6 Advanced Meditation but also level 5 Lightning Spell Mastery.
Bai Xiaowen has been rapidly learning and advancing his Meditation Specialty to level 6 through Telepathy sharing. As for Lightning Spell Mastery, it's also a useful skill, granting the caster a 5% increase in Lightning Spell damage per level. At level 5 Lightning Spell Specialty reaches a whopping 25%.
Of course, the Bone Warlock does not enjoy this 25% lightning spell damage bonus when casting lightning spells—it requires Bai Xiaowen's control to cast the spell, and the damage bonus is essentially determined by Bai Xiaowen's Lightning Spell Specialty level.
This is one of the reasons why summoned creatures are weaker than monsters/awakened beings of the same level and template. Unless the summoner has the corresponding Battle Specialty and can perform Fine Control, the summoned creatures can only exert extraordinary combat power. Otherwise, the only way is to mass produce troops and attack.
Bai Xiaowen plans to start learning Advanced Specialty lightning spells after reaching level 6 in Advanced Meditation. Of course, this will take a lot of time— Bai Xiaowen, who originally had zero Lightning Spell Specialty, will find it very difficult to directly learn the memory fragments of level 5 Lightning Spell Specialty.
However, if you learn it, it's still very useful. It can amplify the damage of the Bone Warlock and supplement Bai Xiaowen's summoned creature team with important magical damage.
At dawn, a splashing sound of water rang out. The awakened one responsible for scouting the entrance to the sacred land surfaced, carrying an oxygen tank, and sent out the corresponding signal.
"The portal to the Dead Spirit Lake has been opened to its maximum capacity! It can accommodate Level 6 Awakened beings!"
The chapter numbers in the first two chapters are incorrect; the editors are on holiday for the Chinese New Year and can't fix it right now. However, the content is complete and won't affect reading.