The Daily Life Of A Cyberpunk Magician

Chapter 558 - 292 Magic Concept: Unharmable Technique
Jiang Shu’s gaze swept over the derivative entries he possessed from top to bottom.

Neat and tidy, a total of ten.

However, seven of them were not on him but on four Tablet Spirits, yet they could exchange the derivative entries freely among themselves, which was equivalent to having them all on him, even better.

These derivative abilities were indeed useful, but the disadvantage was also clear, the consumption of spiritual power was relatively large.

When he went to see Du Yuyi in the evening, he had kept the Foreknowledge Technique active for too long, causing his mind to be dizzy and his energy to decline, affecting his overall condition.

Meanwhile, the Tablet Spirits had no issues using derivative entries, only consuming battery power.

Shadow Cutting.

A true damage skill, rarely used, but absolutely a trump card at critical moments.

Paper Card Technique.

One of Jiang Shu’s most frequently used methods, controlling special cards made of Black Silver that could either attack or defend, including the crucial Return to City Skill for preserving his life and traveling instantly.

Flame Spirit.

Terrifying consumption, but also terrifying power, a derivative entry that combined elemental attacks and explosive power, also commonly used by Tablet Spirits on extermination missions.

Three No Hypnosis.

Deprive the opponent of some bodily functions and directly enter the third and fourth levels of hypnosis, laying the foundation for subsequent hypnosis.

Although he didn’t use it often, it was undeniable that this ability was very buggy because it belonged to a rule-type entry, which generally ensured direct effects when faced with ordinary people.

Optical Invisibility Technique.

Essential for stealth, effective in combination with Flame Spirit, and it also had some functions that Jiang Shu had not yet explored.

For example, it could make objects his limbs touched invisible, meaning he could take potshots, although not very useful.

He was a magician, after all, what use did he have for guns?

Sir, the era hasn’t changed.

Spirit Technique.

A total of six sub-abilities, among which Foreknowledge Technique and Mind Reading Technique were the most frequently used by Jiang Shu, others like Materialization and Thought Link had never had the chance to be used.

Paperman Control Technique.

These papermen summoned at his behest acted as his minions, serving as spies, while Paperman Technique also gave captive targets a body.

For instance, Dick Tang; he was too scared to kill Tang, fearing Tang might be resurrected and continue to cause him trouble.

Sky Tower required a safe and stable environment for implementation; only when the social situation was stable could the entertainment industry develop unscrupulously.

Thunder Driving and Electric Strategy.

Like Flame Spirit, it was a primary output skill, which went without saying.

Rebirth Technique.

Resurrection, awesome.

Beast Taming Technique.

A newly acquired ability today, he hadn’t yet tested it, but from the literal meaning of the term, it was probably some method of manipulating objects out of thin air.

These ten derivative entries encompassed both spiritual and material aspects, also granting him the ability to resurrect, and with these ten entries, Jiang Shu could basically be said to be omnipotent.

But what he could achieve was not limited to this, after obtaining the entry ”Peak,” he could try to merge these entries in pairs to achieve effects previously unreachable.

Starting now, he began research on Shadow Cutting.

Jiang Shu then set his sights on a desk lamp in the bedroom, more precisely, on the shadow of the lamp.

Subsequently, a black playing card levitating beside him appeared.

After activating ”Peak,” he indeed felt something different, as something uncontrolled before had loosened.

When Jiang Shu looked at the poker card beside him, he suddenly understood.

The floating card remained still, but its shadow moved eerily within the space, completely defying basic physical rules.

The shadow of the playing card swiftly swept across the wall, and simultaneously, Jiang Shu used a Spirit Technique derivative to materialize a candle, casting its shadow on the wall.

As the two shadows touched, the shadow of the poker card unimpededly sliced through the candle’s shadow, splitting it into two segments.

Afterward, the actual candle broke into two fragments, falling from mid-air, but they didn’t hit the floor; Jiang Shu controlled their existence, causing them to disappear into the air.

Objects he materialized on a whim could naturally be dissipated just as readily.

Jiang Shu watched the shadow of the poker card flicker uncertainly across walls, floors, and desktops, deep in thought.

When ”Peak” complemented Shadow Cutting, it granted him the ability to manipulate shadows freely.

However...

He tested it again and quickly concluded.

The shadows of living beings couldn’t be manipulated, nor could those of overly precise mechanisms.

Simply put, the items he could control with Shadow Cutting were mostly simple structures, and he could also directly summon such simple structures using Materialization Technique.

Although still unable to control living entities, the current Shadow Cutting allowed rapid two-dimensional movement of the shadow of the playing card, unmatched in speed and eeriness compared to before.

It could be said that the current Shadow Cutting, when combined with Paper Card Technique, nearly allowed him to harvest like mowing grass.

The only flaw was that the range of shadow control by Shadow Cutting was limited, and the consumption of operating ”Peak” together with two derivative entries was excessively terrifying.