"Oh?
Chaos Shield and Bone Spike Whip?
Those names sound like Dark Magic!
Let me see their attack effects." Thinking this, Sharlot opened his system panel and began to examine them.
[magic: Chaos Shield]
[Function: Defensive magic.
The user first locks onto a target; once the enemy sees the Chaos Shield, their negative emotions—unease, fear, tension, horror—will be greatly amplified, causing their mind to become chaotic.
The enemy will thus lose the will to fight.
As the user's proficiency increases, and the number and density of runes on the Chaos Shield grow, the mental pollution inflicted on the enemy will be even greater!
In severe cases, they may suffer a mental breakdown, or even die on the spot!]
Looking at the overbearing functional description of the Chaos Shield, Sharlot's mouth twitched involuntarily.
Good heavens.
An opponent sees your Chaos Shield and immediately has a mental breakdown?
Making the enemy unable to even think about fighting?
And in severe cases, instant death?
Is this still defensive magic?
This is clearly offensive magic!
The best defense is a good offense, right?
(Chaos Shield: Just tell me, did I defend or not!
Didn't I stop the enemy's attack in advance!?)
Then, Sharlot looked at the functional description of the Bone Spike Whip.
[Bone Spike Whip]
[Function: Unlike an energy whip, the whip is no longer composed of magic beams filled with a sacred aura.
Instead, it is formed by combining the spinal bones of various Dark Creatures just before their death, filled with intense resentment, unwillingness, and hatred.
Under the influence of this resentment, enemies struck by the whip will find their wounds rapidly decay and fester, eventually leading to large-scale contamination of their entire body.
Unless Time Magic or purification magic is used for recovery, the damage caused to their body is irreversible.
Additionally, after locking onto an enemy, the Bone Spike Whip can open a small Portal during an attack.
No matter where the enemy is, it can inflict fatal damage upon them.]
Reading the description of the Bone Spike Whip, Sharlot couldn't help but gasp, sighing inwardly.
This is why Dark Magic is so powerful!
An ordinary energy whip, at its core, is just a long whip that can be summoned at any time.
It's mostly used for binding and restraint.
Even if you swing it as a whip, at most it would make the opponent feel like a slave.
The damage caused is not great.
If the opponent has some defensive measures, like the powerful defense of the Hulkbuster armor, then it's even more like scratching an itch.
Therefore, in Sharlot's opinion, ordinary energy whip magic, rather than being offensive magic, is more like auxiliary crowd control magic!
Its practical combat effectiveness is really very average.
But this Bone Spike Whip is different.
Each connected bone thorn carries the intense resentment of Dark Creatures before their death, and it has extremely strong corrosive effects.
If you just throw it out, wouldn't the opponent die from just a graze?
Moreover, the most incredible thing about this system-modified Bone Spike Whip is its ability to firmly lock onto an enemy!
Once locked by the Bone Spike Whip, no matter where the enemy runs—to the ends of the earth, to the Mirror Dimension, to different Planets, or even to different parallel Universes—a Portal can be opened to launch a locked attack.
This is simply too buggy!
This way, unless the opponent has some way to destroy the Bone Spike Whip or purify the damage BUFF, there will be no enemy that Sharlot cannot injure!
Indeed.
This Dark Magic is good!
This Dark Magic must be learned!
Even the most basic attack and defense magic can be transformed by the system into such intimidating Dark Magic.
What about the ultimate moves later?
For example, Bozat's Thunder, Ikron's Illusion, Winds of Watoomb, and the Vishanti Holy Sword!
How will they be transformed by the system?
Just thinking about it makes him so excited!
Seeing the understanding and excitement radiating from Sharlot's eyes, Ancient One knew that he must have mastered the Magic Shield and energy whip she had just demonstrated.
So she spoke, "Sharlot, I see you're so excited.
I presume you've learned these two spells, haven't you?
While learning them in such a short time is indeed a display of extraordinary talent, there's still a long way between learning and effectively using them.
How about this, prepare yourself, and we'll have a one-on-one fight later."
Hearing Ancient One's words, Sharlot was instantly dumbfounded.
What? What was that?
I just learned something, and now I'm going to fight Ancient One Great Master directly?
This is one, this is two, the math problem I have to solve is to prove the Riemann hypothesis!?
This is a straight punch, this is a swing, the enemy I have to face is Taro!?
Ancient One Great Master!
I just learned Chaos Shield and Bone Spike Whip today, and you want me to fight you!?
Do you have to play with people like this!??
Sharlot: (ﾟДﾟ)w
Seeing Sharlot's slightly flustered and dodging expression, Ancient One found it somewhat amusing.
Actually, she knew that with the vast difference in their strength, Sharlot facing her now would simply be a pure beating.
No wonder he was so flustered.
But this was exactly what Ancient One wanted!
As the saying goes, with pressure comes motivation!
To face an opponent like herself, Sharlot would certainly do his utmost, employing all the magic he knew.
Then, she could also observe whether Sharlot's body and mind would be corroded when he used these magic spells with a dark aura in combat.
After all, she wanted a nail that could be driven into the Dark Dimension World, standing on the side of light.
The assessment of character was also crucial.
Seeing that Ancient One was not joking, Sharlot took a deep breath.
He knew there was no escaping it.
So, he composed himself.
Then, with a flip of his right hand, a three-meter-long, conical whip appeared in Sharlot's hand, emanating an evil, violent, dark aura.
It was formed by dozens of grayish-white spinal bones of Dark Creatures linked together.
The tip of this Bone Thorn Whip was as sharp as a blade, emitting waves of chilling cold, making one feel that even a slight touch would leave them half-dead if not completely dead!
In Sharlot's left hand, a half-human-sized Chaos Shield, composed of black runes, was condensed.
Its runes were densely and eerily arranged.
The runes of an ordinary Magic Shield have a natural beauty in their arrangement, but the runes on this Chaos Shield had an chaotic disorder.
Their arrangement changed every moment, making it impossible to fathom what their next configuration would be.
If an ordinary Magic Shield had such an arrangement, it would have collapsed long ago.
Yet, the Chaos Shield in Sharlot's hand, amidst such ever-changing rune arrangements, formed a bizarre sense of coherence.
But it was also like having eaten poisonous mushrooms, making people feel intense mental pollution and a rapid drop in SAN simply by looking at it!
Behind Sharlot, an eerie cloak made of countless black skulls had appeared at some point.
The expressions on these black skulls varied: some weeping, some in pain, some indignant, some shouting, some screaming, some fearful.
They collectively exuded despair-inducing negative emotions.
In addition to this, three massive Hell's Gates, glowing crimson and made of white bones, slowly unfolded behind Sharlot, to facilitate flexible combat.
Seeing that everything was ready, Sharlot earnestly said to Sorcerer Ancient One, "Sorcerer Ancient One, I'm ready.
It's your turn."
Ancient One: ???
Looking at Sharlot's posture, Sorcerer Ancient One's mouth twitched uncontrollably.
You're ready?
What are you ready for, you silly goose!
This posture!
This aura!
Good heavens.
Did I recruit the wrong person?
How is this guy more of a Dark Magician than a Dark Magician!!!?