Chapter 6151 The Power of Curses

Chapter 6151 The Power of Curses

Consuming the Introduction to the Withering Curse Enlightenment Fruit was one of the best decisions that Ves had made as of late.

It contained knowledge on everything that Ves needed the most at the moment.

It granted Ves a clear and succinct introduction on the wood element. The information contained in the rotted fruit went beyond the other basic sources that he had absorbed in the past.

Ves originally did not intend to delve into the intricacies of the wood element so quickly.

According to his original plan, he should have invested more time into developing a solid understanding of the water element. He had already started on it for a while, and he hated to leave this job unfinished.

Not only would increased comprehension allow him to better incorporate the water element into his hyper tech and E-tech applications, but it should also allow him to utilize some of his phase lord abilities more effectively than before.

He then planned to familiarize himself with the fire element next. He already gained a head start in this field after helping the Dominion of Man transcend into the very first Bloodfire vessel of her kind. He could use the scattered insights he acquired during this legendary ordeal and quickly complete his familiarization of this volatile element.

The timing of it was also convenient. Ves did not only intend to upgrade and convert the heavily damaged and disabled Promethea into a first-class ace mech, but also reshape her into the first proper Bloodfire Carmine mech of her kind.

The more he understood the fire element, the easier it would be to develop what may possibly be the most dangerous elemental Carmine System! Fiind updated novels at novelhall.com

Ves had yet to formulate any plans after completing these goals. He did not have a strong preference for tackling elemental Carmine mechs based on wood, earth and metal, so he decided to postpone his decision until he finally reached this point a few years later.

Current events had overtaken him, though. How could he have known that Task Force Solus would build their foothold on Reticula Corein V next to a powerful calamity plant. The Emperor Tree provided so much materials and research value on the wood element that Ves would be a fool to ignore the benefits!

On top of that, the Elegant Rage's mutation into a half-wooden mech made it extremely convenient for Ves to extrapolate her transformation and turn her into a Woodsap mech.

While Ves did not regret the detours that he had made, he could not deny that he completely made a mess out of his development trajectory. He deviated so far from his original plan that it had practically turned worthless by this point.

All of this meant that before he ingested the enlightenment fruit, he lacked a solid foundation in the wood element. The lessons he learned from the Emperor Tree was not enough for him to gain a systematic understanding of an element that was closely aligned with his life domain.

These shortcomings hindered him from making the Elegant Rage stronger. Now that the Introduction to the Withering Curse had addressed this shortcoming, Ves knew much more clearly that he had missed several opportunities to make his Woodsap mech stronger and more in tune with the wood element.

"I feel so stupid." He grumbled.

As a mech designer, he hated it when any improvement in his design capabilities forced him to look at his older works in a worse light.

It was especially painful for him to recognize a lot of flaws in the work that he completed earlier today!

Intellectually, he knew that he couldn't have done any better at the time. He had yet to absorb the Introduction to the Withering Curse Enlightenment Fruit before this hour, so how could he have possibly done any better?

Emotionally, he couldn't accept this argument. He felt stupid and incompetent for developing and releasing his first Woodsap mech without bothering to mastering the basic foundation of the wood element. There were so many aspects about the Elegant Rage that he had left criminally underutilized!

Ves resisted the urge to smack his head with his palm and tried his best to think forward.

"I still have a chance to remedy this mistake."

His new comprehension of wood was not particularly deep or profound, but it still gave him a few tips on how to increase the efficiency of the Elegant Rage's inherent regeneration capabilities.

For example, Ves could teach the Elegant Rage how to take control over her own restoration process by concentrating a lot more wood energy at the parts that needed to be repaired first.

By moving away from equal distribution and allocating more wood energy at more essential parts, the Woodsap mech should be able to last a lot longer in combat!

Most of the withering curses were meant to be cast on to plants, but there were also others that should only be cast on exobeasts or humans.

No matter the target, the effects were roughly similar, which was the draining of vitality and other energies.

Some curses produced a relatively strong effect, but only lasted for a short duration.

Other curses could last for months, but this was by design as the probability of detection was not high.

All in all, Ves gained a comprehensive understanding of the basic variations of the withering curse.

"The biggest issue is that none of these curses are particularly strong." Ves muttered.

The best curses could theoretically enable a mortal to cripple a True God!

Of course, in order to achieve such an exaggerated effect, the weaker cultivator had to compensate for the huge gap in strength by concocting a grand ritual that likely drained several life-bearing planets of all of their energies!

Even then, the True God may still be able to resist such a curse as long as he was prepared or possessed stronger spiritual defenses than usual.

Although it was impossible for Ves to pull off such an insane ritual with just an introduction on curses, Ves still gained a lot of inspiration from the mere mention of this possibility.

"This may be a way for the Elegant Rage to quickly drain an entire forest!"

Ves initially bought the enlightenment fruit with the assumption that he would have to teach the Woodsap mech how to cast a modified withering curse that possessed an energy drain effect.

Now, he understood that it was not necessary for him to reverse engineer the withering curse.

It was much easier if he modified one of the existing rituals so that the Woodsap mech forcibly treated the surrounding trees as sacrificial vessels to fuel a powerful withering curse!

Of course, Ves had no intention of letting the Elegant Rage cast the curse.

Basic low-level curses were generally ineffective tribulation manifestations such as the alien swordsman.

Even if the four-armed alien was fighting against the Elegant Rage in the flesh, ordinary curses should never be able to take effect on such a highly trained and disciplined warrior.

"It's better to remove the actual curse component and replace it with another effect."

Ves suddenly came up with an inventive idea.

"Withering is the process of weakening a target and more specifically a plant. What if I can do the opposite? What if the Elegant Rage sets the target of the 'reverse curse' on herself and attempts to strengthen herself?"

This was exactly what Ves wanted to accomplish when he decided to enter the System Space!

Even though the Introduction to the Withering Curse did not contain any knowledge on how to reverse the withering curse, Ves was confident he could figure it out by relying on his existing foundation in cultivation science.

"The opposite of a curse is a blessing. Perhaps the Elegant Rage may become known as the first living mech that can bless herself in combat!"

Ves briefly frowned. He had already utilized the word blessing in a different context related to design spirits.

In order to avoid confusion, it was best if he coined another term for reverse curses.

"I'll figure it out later."