From the mont lkor's ritual succeeded, his mind and spirit exploded.
He imdiately felt as if a hidden part of himself had accumulated so much energy that it opened itself up to the universe!
He imdiately began to attract a large amount of E energy radiation, thereby generating an energy vortex that visibly affected the surrounding space!
That was not all. His ongoing connection with the confinent spell array allowed him to use it as an additional source of E energy!
At the cost of reducing its strength, lkor was able to speed up his breakthrough process and strengthen his new foundation as a combat spell array master considerably faster than usual.
This was the benefit of using a shortcut to get started in the Combat Spell Array Master Qi Cultivation thod. The Red Collective definitely knew its business when it ca to optimizing this kind of stuff.
As lkor's essence changed on a fundantal level due to the absorption of so much E energy, his artistic conception quickly beca more powerful and real.
The artistic conception was based around the image of a spell array. In fact, it shared a great resemblance to the confinent spell array that he used to promote his breakthrough into a formal qi cultivator!
This had massive implications for lkor. His artistic conception beca the focal point of his qi cultivation and would have a great influence on his affinities, abilities and inclinations.
One of the consequences of forming an artistic conception around a sealing spell array was that his affinity for this type of qi formation rose massively.
This was why he could imdiately feel a much greater sense of closeless and compatibility with the confinent spell array!
He was already beginning to take advantage of this by strengthening its effect, making it harder for the distressed alien phasefighters to break out of the cage by attacking the mists in a single direction!
If lkor had not broken through, then the probability was high that they could have broken out by now, but because his control of the array improved so much, he was able to fortify its defenses past its normal performance!
He was even able to exceed the standard control options and perform changes that were outside of the normal bounds of the spell array. This allowed him to strengthen the containnt in one direction at the cost of weakening the other directions.
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single direction might break the confinent spell array, but it was too bad that lkor was able to respond much better to this asure than before!
"This is amazing." He sighed as he continued to marvel at his increase in strength and capabilities.
His improvent in cultivation also expanded his mind by a considerably larger degree than he expected.
He felt as if his mind suddenly expanded in a nearly physical sense as he could recall many more mories, keep track of ten tis more variables and speed up his calculation speed by who knew how many tis!
It was as if he had truly turned into an organic processor, all without relying on artificial implants and augntations!
"Is this what it is like to be a ch designer or an engineer?"
His sudden expansion in cognitive capabilities caused him to view reality from a much different perspective than before.
He found that he beca more analytical and data-driven. His perception improved as well, allowing him to more intuitively estimate the dinsions, mass and density of different objects.
He was even able to perceive the flow of E energy radiation a lot better than before. lkor could also feel that he could manipulate it with the help of his newly established foundation as a combat spell array master!
He had read about this in the extensive notes about the ritual and the qi cultivation thod.
Combat spell array masters could be divided into further categories.
There were general array masters that could work equally with every type of qi formation.
Then there were specialists who purposefully chose to specialize in using one classification of spell array.
lkor had chosen to beco the latter because he would rather excel in one area than beco diocre in all areas. He was done with staying unexceptional.
Having spent so much ti in the Larkinson Clan, he had long figured out that the most successful talents tended to dedicate themselves towards a single pursuit above all else.
They were quite clever and self-aware about their strengths and weaknesses. They knew not to be too greedy and purposefully narrowed the scope of their progression in order to make sure they could make the greatest contributions to the clan. Even Ketis was an example of this despite pursuing two non-overlapping careers. maximized the synergies between her two professions to the greatest possible extent! lkor did not regret the decision to specialize in scaling-type spell arrays. The ritual demanded the use of a spell array, so he could not beco a general spell array master from the onset.
The only way to beco this was to follow the normal process, but that took way too long and demanded too much book learning.
In contrast, upon breaking through, lkor understood so much more about sealing spell arrays than a few minutes prior.
He not only mastered the existing theories that he studied beforehand, but also understood truths and concepts that he had not formally studied!
This was amazing, and was a testant to the power and efficacy of the ritual!
It appeared that lkor had pulled it off at a high standard. Not only did he manage to confine hundreds of trained soldiers, but a proportion of them also died inside the
spell array.
This included the living chs!
Though lkor should have felt guilty about taking advantage of the deaths of his own clansn to fuel his cultivation, he was way too ecstatic about gaining true power to
let this inconvenient fact ruin his mood.
"I have just beco a sealing master!"
From today onwards, lkor felt confident in his ability to deploy and operate all of the sealing arrays that the Red Collective managed to develop up to this point.
There were ones that could encompass a much greater volu of space, potentially allowing him to entrap an entire alien warfleet!
There were also ones that were much stronger than the basic spell array that he was limited to using at the start.
Then there were spell arrays that provided much finer and more precise control. They may even include features that were characteristic of other types of spell arrays!
However he was unable to leverage the latter effects as well as sealing.
This was the price he paid for committing to a specialization.
He was aware that there were many other nifty spell arrays that could launch attacks, resist attacks, generate convincing illusions and even heal wounded people. He was not prohibited from making use of them, but he wouldn't be able to deploy them as quickly and use them as smoothly as other types of spell array masters.
If there was no one else available than lkor, then letting him make use of an attack or defense qi formation was better than nothing.
lkor could focus on what he was good at while leaving other types of spell arrays to other qi cultivators.
He was perfectly fine with committing to sealing-type spell arrays.
In his opinion, the ones that focused on attack were redundant because chs and warships could already output much more damage than all but the most extravagant
attack spell arrays.
The ones that focused on defense were probably perfect for protecting structures, towns and warships. lkor actually felt tempted to specialize in them instead, but he ultimately concluded that a function that could easily be replicated with technology was not worth investing in, at least for the ti being.
Perhaps formation masters may be able to develop more unique and innovative defensive spell arrays that could guard against enemies in more effective ways, but lkor did not want to rely on such a passive ans of qi manipulation. The spell arrays that focused on illusions could produce many strange and weird effects. The confinent spell array had minor illusionary properties by generating mists that could scramble most sensors, but they could easily be negated with the right techniques or equipnt.
More powerful and advanced illusory spell arrays were not so easy to defeat. They were among the most difficult to detect and guard against. Most targets probably wouldn't even notice that they had entered into the wrong area.
From what lkor learned from the Red Collective, illusory spell arrays could employ
many devious tricks onto their victims. They ranged from hiding entire structures or warships out of any form of observation, mistaking allies for enemies, distort the perception of ti so that much more of it passed in reality than they thought and hypnotize targets into committing actions that they would never do if they were
sober!
Though lkor felt incredibly attracted to these effects, he ultimately felt a little put off by their evil vibe.
Only those who possessed a compatible mindset would be able make the most out of illusory spell arrays. lkor could easily see an individual like Ves make use of illusions to fool his opponents, but a more rigid and straightforward personality like Jannzi was completely unsuitable for this approach!
According to his own sensibilities, he felt that he might actually have a high compatibility towards utility spell arrays.
These were generally helpful and relatively harmless qi formations that could provide
a myriad of positive effects.
The ability to promote physical recovery or observe a eting between alien commander multiple light-hours or even light-years away could be incredibly valuable over the course of the Red War!
Yet lkor ultimately felt it was better for a non-combatant to take up this
specialization.
He wanted to beco a combat spell array master in order to gain more agency on
the battlefield.
This ultimately led him to specialize in sealing spell arrays.
The ability to confine the movents of enemies was an invaluable capability. It was
also very hard for modern human technology to replicate these effects on a wider
scale. lkor also felt more attracted by the other possible functions of sealing spell arrays.
He had already learned that the Red Collective's own formation masters were working hard to develop spell arrays that could seal space, thereby weakening every form of phasewater technology and spatial manipulation.
The formation masters were also working on spell arrays that could remove alien
spacers from their warships, prohibit the use of energy weapons, disable flight and
more!
Best of all, once lkor beca a domain shaper, he could use his artistic conception
to deploy a weaker version of a sealing spell array into reality by using his inherent. powers alone!
This was one of the benefits of specializing in this type of array!
There was no need for him to deploy any formation anchors beforehand! Of course, the range and power of this innate spell array was only a fraction as
powerful as the real deal. lkor could only gain enough power to protect himself,
and only if his enemies weren't too strong.
It was better than nothing.
A true formation master ultimately had to rely on preparation and planning in order
to make the most out of his capabilities. He was never ant to fight against enemies on the spot.
lkor was completely okay with that. He already experienced the power of a sealing
master today, and he had beco completely enthusiastic about what he could do in the future! "First, I need to finish off these enemies." He reminded himself.
Once he pulled himself out of the high of his own breakthrough, he beca more
aggressive in controlling the active confinent spell array. Enough Larkinsons had died today! lkor was not about to let any more of his
clanemon norich during thie cneth ekirmich!
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