Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1089 Dragon Magic

"Modern magic? Ah, yes, there is such a thing." A while ago, when Shangluo and Yanqiu were discussing the filming method of Wang Lingguan, Apollonia explained "modern magic" -

From the perspective of the end of the law, although the work "Investiture of the Gods" has many flaws, one thing that is epoch-making is that the magic in it is very modern. Someone will use spells such as lightning, fireballs, and flying swords to fight.

This scene was completely epoch-making. Because before this, in the story of "Lü Chunyang's Flying Sword Beheading Huanglong", the flying sword only appeared for a moment and took away the head of Huanglong Zen Master, as if it was a punishment from heaven. Similarly, in many modern Roman literary works, mages usually wield swords, and the most a mage could do with the "fireball technique" was to light a pine cone.

The real "throwing fireball" magic appeared quite recently. Because magic is the reflection of the real world in the symbolic world, when there are only natural laws in this world, people's imagination of magic is naturally closer to natural laws - thunder magic is believed to be used to punish bad people, and fire magic is used for arson. Throwing fireballs in the real sense is a simulation of the firepower of modern warfare. Only after humans have generally seen scenes of guns being drawn and guns being fired, or cannons roaring, can the "fireball magic" based on modern weapons be reflected.

However, Investiture of the Gods has a unique way of showing the scenes of magic battles. Even without the inspiration of modern weapons, Investiture of the Gods still shows the scenes of energy weapons fighting each other, and even the magical plot of "wave-to-wave" which is a competition of pure magic power.

Compared with classics like Journey to the West, Investiture of the Gods is a little rough in many places. But this forward-looking, wonderful and novel setting still makes it very popular.

"If you are Shang Tianjun," Ao Zang explained, "if you want to do something like the Dragon King in Journey to the West sneezing and making it rain, then the dragon form is indeed better. But if you want to use the thunder magic in Investiture of the Gods, or even the 'lightning magic' that has appeared in modern literary works and tabletop games, then the human form is much more useful than the dragon form."

"Indeed." Shangluo clenched his right fist and extinguished the lightning ball he had just summoned. He could feel the surging power of thunder and lightning surging in his body, and even the "extra part" seemed to play a positive role in casting the spell.

"It's really different from before. To be honest, my previous experience with lightning was really limited to Taoism, and it was difficult for me to really use lightning as I wish. But after entering this state, I suddenly felt that my mastery of lightning magic had actually improved to a higher level."

"That's why Sun Wukong became so powerful after only a few years of training." Ao Zang replied, "Those who have mastered the seventy-two transformations can change their bodies at will, and use their 'transformed bodies' to meditate and comprehend. As the saying goes, a mountain looks like a peak when you look at it from the side. Some mysteries that you can't comprehend on your own can be understood in an instant by changing your body. Of course, practicing in this way can achieve twice the result with half the effort - as long as you can master the seventy-two transformations, even if you can't achieve great magical powers, at least you won't lose to anyone in martial arts."

"Ah, so shooting lightning balls falls into the realm of martial arts?"

"That's right." Ao Zang nodded, "This is where Investiture of the Gods is rougher than Journey to the West. In Investiture of the Gods, there is only one dimension of power, mana, but in reality, nothing can be solved entirely by mana. In addition to fighting on the battlefield, in the final analysis, martial arts are still needed to end the battle - this lightning ball is actually considered lightning martial arts, which is different from the magic power of raising clouds and rain."

[Hey, so King Ao Zang doesn't like "Investiture of the Gods" very much. Is it because the dragon race is portrayed too harshly in the film? ]

"It's not that good in Journey to the West either."

[That's different. In Journey to the West, Monkey King is polite to the Dragon King, who also has his own seat in the Heavenly Palace. It's obviously the behavior of a minister in the court. In Investiture of the Gods, it's just like some weird NPC monster. Even if it gets close to the protagonists, it can't help but be called a "born from an egg".]

"Ahem." Shangluo still put away the thunder technique, "So, Your Excellency King Ao Zang, are you going to lend me this dragon ball?"

"What do you mean by borrow? Just give it to the Great Sage - oh no, just give it to Lord Shang Tian."

"But I remember that this was your wife's dragon ball, and then it was passed on to your daughter? It's not appropriate to keep it with me, right?"

"These are all small gifts from this king. My wife is sleeping in the dragon, and my useless daughter has to be locked up. This dragon ball is just sitting there, so why not leave it to the immortal to use. That's how it can be used to its full potential." "Oh, how can I accept this?" He calmed down, visualized his original self, and changed back at any time - he got the hang of it after only changing once. Now he was wearing clothes, so he wouldn't lose his composure when changing back.

A wisp of clear air dissipated, Shangluo returned to his original appearance, and the dragon ball appeared in his hand.

"Thank you, old Dragon King." He put the dragon ball into the package.

"No thanks, no thanks. As long as Shang Tianjun likes it."

"but."

Hearing the word "but", Ao Zang's heart immediately tightened, "Shang Tianjun, is there anything else you want? Do you want more weapons and armor?"

"Ah? Is there more?"

"Forehead"

"Ah," Shang Luo patted his head, "I'm sorry, I made you misunderstand, King Ao Zang. I'm not Monkey King, how can I have endless benefits? I want to ask, this dragon ball is so useful, but I also want to learn other changes of the 72 transformations. I wonder if Your Excellency King Ao Zang knows if there is a way to transform into other things?"

"This, I can't help you. Mastering the 72 transformations, that's Monkey King, that's the skill of Sun Dasheng. I can't say whether Sun Dasheng is still there, after all, we have never seen Sun Dasheng. But in theory, you have to visualize each transformation one by one, and make fine adjustments one by one."

【It means you have to make your own characters.】

"So." Ao Zang shook his head, "I guess, if there is no great power like Bodhi Patriarch who is proficient in this magic, you will probably have to collect them one by one by yourself. Of course, if you, Lord Shang Tian, ​​don't mind, there is still a way for the Dragon Palace to become shrimp soldiers and crab generals."

"Eh? You still have this?"

"Yes, as many as you want. But this is a low-level transformation."

"It's fine if you have it. I'm not picky about food. Give them all to me."

"Okay. I'll make a phone call. Let's not talk about the shrimp soldiers, the crab general's transformation will be here soon. Since you want it, then try it on."

(End of this chapter)