Chapter 631: Psionic Ability

"Just like magic, psychic powers are also divided into different levels and different factions."

"The 'Manipulation of Air Flow' I cast just now is a second-level ability belonging to the 'Psychic Transformation Department'. Its function is similar to that of 'Wind Breeze'. In fact, it is an inner energy that originates from our own life and soul.”

Holden further explained.

"So this is psychic power." Joan suddenly realized.

He had seen an introduction to "psychic powers" in a book. As Holden said, this mysterious power does not depend on the external magic net, it is completely the pure life energy excavated from the body of the "manifester", which can not only simulate the functions of most magic, but also own uniqueness.

For example, in the "magic-free world" where the magic net is blocked, or in the "anti-magic field" where the magic net is blocked, no spells can be cast, except for psychic powers.

In addition, psychic powers use the manifester's own life and soul as the source of energy, which means that there is no need to use foreign objects such as "spell-casting materials" as a medium for manifesting powers, and there is no need to chant incantations or gestures To coordinate the magic net, Holden only guided out the psychic powers through just a few seconds of meditation, radiated them through the eyes, and transformed them into strong air currents that pushed the sails.

Although psychic powers are more convenient than magic, this kind of power will also cause a great burden on the manifester's own body and mind. After all, psychic powers come from the vitality of the manifester, and each manifestation is equivalent to burning Your own life, and overdrawing your life force is like committing suicide.

In order to avoid irreversible damage to their own health, the manifester can only use a small part of his life force for manifesting power every day, which is the so-called "psychic power".

After depleting the psychic energy share for the day, the manifester will feel physically and mentally exhausted, and can no longer concentrate. He must get enough rest to recover his health and refill his psychic energy.

The higher the level of the manifester, the more psychic energy available to use, and the more powerful the psychic powers that can be mastered-in this regard, it is no different from the caster.

"Holden, do you have a psychic profession, such as 'Psychic Warlock' or 'Psychic Warrior'?" Joan asked curiously.

"Psychic Warlock" and "Psychic Warrior" are the two most common psionic professions. If you use the analogy of spellcasting professions, the former is equivalent to a mage, and the latter is equivalent to a paladin.

Of course, the "common" that Joan mentioned was only relative to other more unpopular psionic professions.

In fact, "psychic warlock" and "psychic warrior" are also very rare extraordinary professions.

Except for the Canaan region of the old world, it seems that only the "underdark area" in the depths of the earth occasionally has strange monsters who are good at psychic powers, the most famous of which is the "mind flayer".

"I'm not a Psychic, nor a Psychic Warrior." Holden shrugged, "I haven't specially practiced Psychic Powers. This kind of power is innate. You must know that there are many ancient nobles in our Canaan Kingdom. The family has maintained the psychic lineage from the ancestors for thousands of years, and my psychic power 'manipulating the air current' comes from family inheritance-in fact, I only have this one power."

Joan nodded, feeling a little regretful.

He is very interested in "psychic powers", and originally wanted to ask Holden for more knowledge about this field. Since the other party's psychic powers are derived from genetics, even if Holden is willing to teach him, there is no way to teach him. .

Suppressing his chaotic thoughts, Joan looked up at the sail again. He teamed up with Holden to create artificial wind, and the effect looks pretty good. But as time went by, the "wind making" and "manipulating airflow" gradually ran out of energy, and the wind power also weakened accordingly.

Holden still has a surplus of "spiritual energy" to restart the "manipulation of air flow", and Joan also has some spell slots for the continuation of the "wind-making technique".

However, this is not a long-term solution. When they exhaust their psionic energy and spell slots and the sailing speed of the "Mercury" returns to normal, they will still be overtaken by the pirate ships that are chasing after them. What they are doing now is nothing more than At the point in time to postpone the disaster.

Joan realized the seriousness of the situation, frowned, and used his brains.

Under normal circumstances, the magic effect of the "Wind Breeze" can only last for 1 minute, such a short time is not enough to make the Mercury escape, but he has a way to extend the order of magnitude of the spell's effective time - as long as he spends 3 "Mythical Power" ", add the supermagic skill "Advanced Spell Delay" to the "Wind Making Technique", and the strong wind created by magic can blow against the sails of the "Mercury" for a whole day, completely throwing off the pirate ship!

The sudden roar of the waves and the subsequent violent tremors from the soles of his feet interrupted Joan's thoughts, and he fell down on the deck involuntarily.

what happened?

The deck, which was peaceful just now, is now in chaos: there are tumbling barrels and figures everywhere, and the ears are full of exclamations.

Qiao An hurriedly grabbed a cable to avoid being thrown over the side of the ship by the violently bumpy deck. He restrained his heart palpitations and dizziness and looked around. The sea was still calm, and only the area near the left side of the "Mercury" set off turbulent waves out of thin air.

The waves are like a heavy hammer, constantly hitting the hull of the "Mercury", causing the hull to sway at a large inclination, as if it may roll over in the waves at any time.

A sharp roar came from behind, which immediately caught Joan's attention.

A dark ball drew a parabola in the night sky, and finally hit the sea surface near the stern of the "Mercury". With a roar, the waves aroused hit the stern heavily, causing the "Mercury" to shake again.

It wasn't until this moment that Joan realized that the huge black iron ball was actually a shell fired by a pirate ship!

Just as Captain Messinger was worried, the pirate ship on the opposite side was equipped with a 24-pound magic crystal cannon. It was usually stored in the bow of the ship to protect it from wind and rain. Fix it on the bow, load the shells and enter the launch standby state.

Taking advantage of the weakening of the wind force created by Joan's magic, the distance between the pirate ship and the "Mercury" was shortened to less than 400 yards. Captain Shahua gave an order, and the gunner immediately launched a bombardment.

The 24-pound iron ball whizzed towards it, and even if it didn't hit the "Mercury" directly, the waves it caused on the nearby sea posed a serious threat to the cargo ship and at the same time created a strong psychological deterrent to the crew.

A few young sailors who lacked experience in naval warfare were frightened and panicked when they heard the sound of the guns.