"If I wasn't mistaken before, no matter when you use that Lightning Wedge for displacement, the number of Lightning Wedges is at most three, right?!"
Kanna's Star Shift was very fast, and its release and retrieval were very free. So, even the veterans of Rhodes Island rarely noticed that Kanna's move had a quantity limit when used. But Nian had already discovered it that day when Kanna was "playing" with Ace. At that time, she thought it was Kanna's self-imposed limit, thinking that three displacements were enough to handle the battle.
But in subsequent training and missions, she found that Kanna's spell always maintained a maximum of no more than three, which made her want to complain.
However, they had never discussed this topic before, so she hadn't thought of it. It was only when Kanna brought it up this time that she remembered it and mentioned it casually.
"Uh!" For a moment, Kanna didn't know how to answer. She couldn't possibly say that the skill description only mentioned three, could she?
Suddenly, Kanna herself also became curious. Reality wasn't a game; couldn't she break through the simple shackles of this spell with her own strength?
Since the Ten Thousand Thunders Heavenly Prison could exceed the number of Lightning Wedges in Star Shift, why was she limited to three when using this spell? Was it just because the spell description said three?
Thinking of this, she stretched one hand out the window. One, two, three... No, that's not right!
Just as she instinctively prepared to cancel the first one and place the fourth, Kanna-chan suddenly reacted. She suppressed her instinctual thought... four, five, six... When the fourth Lightning Wedge was placed, she felt as if a transparent barrier had been broken through, and a greater number of Lightning Wedges were easily used by her.
She immediately looked at her spell slots.
Star Shift: Condenses and throws a Lightning Wedge at the target location. When the Lightning Wedge hits, it deals Electro damage to surrounding enemies and leaves a Lightning Wedge mark at the hit location. While the Lightning Wedge mark exists, she can freely swap positions with any mark an unlimited number of times. If a Lightning Wedge is thrown again at a Lightning Wedge mark, it will create a controllable Electro storm at the target point, dealing damage.
She found that although the spell hadn't fundamentally changed, the damage range and quantity of the Lightning Wedge were no longer quantified. This meant that even a single Lightning Wedge's damage and range could easily reach the power of a nuclear explosion, as long as she was willing to invest enough mana into it.
"Ding-dong! Congratulations on achieving 'Wall Breaker'! You have received a mysterious treasure chest." At this moment, the system popped up a sound.
Kanna-chan looked at the achievement.
Wall Breaker: What you see is reality, but how can reality have so many fixed boundaries? Break through the system's numerical trap, and you will forge a new path in developing your abilities.
Kanna-chan just wanted to drag out this darned system and give it a good beating. She hadn't expected this guy to dig a pit for her while giving her spells. Fortunately, Nian's reminder made her realize it, otherwise, she would have truly become a clown confined by system skills, which would have been a huge joke.
"Are you alright?" Feeling Kanna-chan's sudden enlightenment, then her alternating happy and angry expressions, Nian reached out and touched her forehead.
"I'm fine, I just figured some things out. I was misled before, and I owe it to your reminder, Nian, otherwise, I would never have found out."
Regarding the system's little trap, Kanna-chan was no longer angry after calming down. When the system gave her these spells with fixed values, it was like teaching a player the effect of a skill at level one in a game. The basic variations of the skill were like adding extra affixes to the skill herself. Now, by breaking through the skill's shackles with Nian's reminder, it was as if she had instantly maxed out the skill.
In fashionable terms, it was as if her cultivation had been suppressed by her subconscious, and after Nian's awakening, a cry of "Sword come!" finally broke the chains binding her, truly reaching the realm of a Land Immortal.
At this moment, she looked at the reward for the new achievement—a very ornate-looking treasure chest—and couldn't help but think to herself, if the contents could satisfy her, then she would forgive the system for tricking her.
Kanna-chan glanced at the other two. Misery's attention was on driving, so she didn't need to worry about him. Nian had also pulled her attention back from the Lightning Wedges Kanna-chan had been throwing all along the way and was now holding a small notebook, recording something.
Leaning over to look, it turned out she was writing down Kanna-chan's story from just now.
Seeing Nian's nonchalant expression, she had no idea how much she had helped Kanna-chan just a moment ago.
Finding the treasure chest in the system, Kanna-chan curiously asked, "What can I get from this mysterious treasure chest?"
"Mysterious treasure chests can yield various items, weapons, and equipment. Due to their mysterious nature, the items produced from mysterious treasure chests are not limited to Electro-type items," the system quickly explained.
"Hmm! So, I can get other things from it?"
"Yes! Mysterious treasure chests have a guaranteed minimum. The items obtained will not be too far below the opener's own strength, to avoid situations where items are useless and wasted."
"Can the items I get be given to others?" Kanna-chan thought for a moment and realized that she didn't really have much need for equipment and items. After all, with her strength, the land of Terra was basically a playground level. But her companions on Rhodes Island were different; most of them, setting aside lifespan, even their strength on Terra could only be considered ordinary or slightly above average. In this situation, if the items obtained could be used by them, it might raise the overall strength by many levels.
"Of course! Aren't all the items you obtain from the system transferable to others?"
Seeing the system's rhetorical question, Kanna-chan slapped Nian's thigh, "Then it's no problem!"
Just as her hand was about to touch the treasure chest, it suddenly stopped.
She felt that opening a treasure chest was like drawing cards; she should at least bathe, fast for ten days, then choose an auspicious day, burn incense, and pray for the blessings of the gods before opening it. Otherwise, what if the treasure chest god was displeased and gave a useless "chicken rib" item?
"What are you waving your hand in front of me for?" At this moment, Nian unceremoniously slapped Kanna-chan's hand, causing her to press it onto the treasure chest.
Startled, she immediately closed the system panel and looked at Nian beside her. Only then did she realize that when she was tapping the panel, her hand had involuntarily risen and had been pointing at Nian's chest, no wonder she had cried out.
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