Chapter 288 - 30: Decent Spoils and an Opportunity to Create a Mo Ning Formula

Chapter 288: Chapter 30: Decent Spoils and an Opportunity to Create a Mo Ning Formula

「In the Birch Forest.」

THUD!

With a sickening thud, the skull of the last Screaming Goblin failed to withstand the bullet’s immense kinetic energy, bursting like a watermelon.

Barely two minutes had passed since the death of the Evil God Priest.

Mo Ning had slaughtered the remaining goblins, wiping them out with ruthless efficiency.

He subtly cast a Trick, re-fastening the Mine Ruler to the Magic Wand Fixing Strap on his wrist.

The three temporary Spell Slots from his Magic Wand, along with the other three from his Casting Gloves, had played a crucial role in this battle.

A moment ago, Mo Ning had projected Powerful Throw onto four temporary Spell Slots, allowing him to cast the Trick an astonishing five times in just 0.3 seconds.

It was five times because that count included the cast from his own Witchcraft Model.

Normally, a First Level Apprentice had a 0.25-second interval between two consecutive casts of Powerful Throw.

However, Mo Ning’s Spirit Ring was exceptionally stable, allowing it to withstand greater Magic Power surges and effectively shortening his casting interval.

Furthermore, he had optimized the Trick to a profound degree, which also drastically reduced its Casting Time.

When casting barehanded, his interval for the more difficult Powerful Curve Throw was a mere 0.15 seconds.

Compared to the 0.25 seconds of an ordinary Apprentice, this was a full forty percent reduction—a fact that would have made their jaws drop.

The temporary Spell Slots provided by an excellent-quality Magic Wand could transfer over seventy percent of the Magic Power surge to the wand itself, further reducing the casting interval to a staggering 0.075 seconds.

That was how he had managed to furiously unleash five volleys of bullets in 0.3 seconds—sixteen bullets per volley, for a total of eighty.

But even more astounding was his incredible accuracy: one bullet for every goblin.

Behind this feat lay terrifying computational power.

To achieve this, one had to complete the following steps in the instant of casting:

First, determine the positions of the sixteen targets. This was the simplest step.

Second, calculate the required Magic Power parameters for each bullet based on each target’s position. This was the most difficult step.

Third, imbue each bullet with a different spectrum of Magic Power. This step was also quite difficult.

For an ordinary Apprentice, this was a nearly impossible task.

But Mo Ning had accomplished it flawlessly.

The result was a veritable massacre, like a machine gun mowing down the enemy.

Looking down from above the battlefield, one could only hear the WHIZ of bullets tearing through the air and the sickening POP of exploding heads.

The Screaming Goblins, scurrying about in a panic, were cut down like wheat before a scythe, dropping dead in unison.

This insane burst of power left even Flower, the Artificial Soul, a little stunned.

She had thought she had just witnessed her master’s limits, but she never imagined they were actually this high.

Flower’s thoughts streamed in silence. ’This is just insane.’

The battlefield finally fell silent; the piercing screams of "AAAH!" could no longer be heard.

Mission complete!

Mo Ning nodded in satisfaction. ’Eliminating noise pollution is everyone’s responsibility!’

Feeling pleasure ripple through him like a wave, he silently commanded, ’Show me my attribute panel!’

A virtual panel instantly flashed into view.

After his promotion to First Level Apprentice, his Magic Pool data was now being monitored as well, making the panel longer than ever.

[Spiritual Strength: 2.91]

[Physical Strength: 0.35]

[Spiritual Resilience: 0.94]

[Gao Lei Factor (Divination Calculator computational factor): 2.84]

[Main Magic Pool: 156.8]

[Secondary Magic Pool: 19.4]

[Affiliated Magic Pool: 11.6]

[Total Magic Pool Capacity: 187.8]

Mo Ning scanned the panel, his sense of satisfaction growing.

His Spiritual Strength had been 2.87 before the battle. Over the course of slaughtering the Screaming Goblin Tribe, it had increased by 0.04.

This proved that even a one-sided slaughter could bring significant pleasure, thereby accelerating the absorption of the Spiritual Power from the Soul Spirit Water.

Of course, the absorption rate was nowhere near as fast as it had been after he published his groundbreaking paper.

Compared to his stats before taking the potion, his Spiritual Resilience had increased by 0.53, his Main Magic Pool had exploded by 95.3, the other two Magic Pools had seen smaller increases, and his Total Magic Pool Capacity had surged by 100.3.

His Magic Pool capacity now firmly surpassed that of a First Level Apprentice with a Spiritual Strength of 10.

However, Mo Ning had a nagging feeling that from this point on, the growth of his Spiritual Strength would slow down significantly.

The root cause lay in that monumental paper.

While it had massively boosted his absorption rate, it had also drastically raised his threshold for pleasure.

Unless he could write an even more monumental paper and receive a higher rating than Star Badge Fifth Level.

And that was clearly impossible.

The Eye of Truth also provided a forecast: [Based on current absorption progress, Soul Spirit Water will be fully absorbed in 38 hours. Projected additional Spiritual Strength growth: 0.73. Projected cumulative growth: 2.53.]

To be honest, even Mo Ning himself found it hard to believe.

The projected value was a full point higher than the theoretical limit of 1.5, which was absolutely revolutionary.

With a thought, the attribute panel vanished.

Mo Ning surveyed the carnage all around him and finally realized a problem. ’There are so many goblin corpses. How long is this going to take to clean up?’

’It would be a waste not to process them, but processing them would be a waste of time.’

He made his decision without hesitation. ’I’ll get some help!’

Mo Ning looked up at the metal dragonfly and gave his order, "Flower, I’m going to invite two friends over. Help me receive them."