Chapter 1970: Heaven on Earth

But soon, almost within a breath, the element turbulence in that area dissipated completely.

Because 【Wide-Area Detection】 was still active, Xia Duo could clearly "see" the entire process of the inherent organization within the Magic Net in that area being instantly disintegrated, and then rapidly recovering.

For a moment, he even had this thought—perhaps 【Annihilation Light】 could be used to clear out Magic Net Dead Zones.

But the next moment, he dismissed this idea; if the dead zone were small, this method might work, but generally, the area of a dead zone is not small, and this way of breaking the original order to let the Magic Net strings self-organize via the external Magic Net order is not necessarily suitable.

Subsequently, Xia Duo examined the target area itself.

The gravel ground there had now turned into a sunken micro-basin, and the surface, which should have been soil and stone, had actually turned into colorful gemstones.

It was not scattered gemstones embedded in the ground, but the entire ground had turned into a multicolored, shallow bowl-shaped gemstone floor!

Seeing this scene, Xia Duo was stunned for a moment; he didn't even immediately check the status of the targets he had set up beforehand. His mind was now entirely filled with the thought: I've struck it rich!

He had found a highly efficient method for producing gemstones!

Although putting various materials into an Element Pool can slowly generate gemstones, the process is extremely long, calculated at least in years.

Only by forming a certain scale can one achieve production; otherwise, it's not even worth calling production, just something to amuse oneself with for a bit of comfort.

But now, just by "shining" the Annihilation Light on it, even the most ordinary soil and stone could instantly turn into gemstones. This is simply money falling from the sky!

But calming down, Xia Duo couldn't help but mock himself, thinking he had gone crazy for money. In fact, if one just calculated the depreciation costs of the War Magic Artifact, the Mythallar device, and other supporting facilities, as well as the sorting costs for that gemstone ground, it would be easy to reach a conclusion—

It is indeed profitable, but not very profitable, and with the popularization of Mythallars, the price of Arcane Crystals will continue to fall, and gemstones will also return to their original roles as decorations and symbols.

Then it wouldn't be profitable!

If one wants to make money from this, it can only be done during this period before the Mythallar is exposed, but the problem is, Xia Duo does not want to go too far in Netheril.

As for the Elves, wouldn't it be more time-saving and effortless to settle accounts directly with Arcane Crystals!

Why take such a long detour to do such a thankless task!

"Sigh—"

Xia Duo shook his head, not wanting to think about those extraneous matters, and instead returned his attention to the test itself. After a careful search, he finally only found some fine Adamantine Sand at the bottom of the "gemstone bowl."

And this was the entire remains of the Adamantine Knife he had previously placed in the target area!

Come to think of it, it was a huge loss. His Adamantine Knife was made almost entirely of Adamantine; although the Adamantine itself has limited value, the craftsmanship and its origin were very rare.

It was found in the Elf Ruins and was crafted with Magic by an Elf artisan. Even without mentioning its super-strong practicality, it could be sold as an artwork or antique to Elves or human collectors.

"But why did I use that Adamantine Knife at the time?"

Thinking this, a thought flashed through Xia Duo's mind: perhaps he was consciously stripping away the Elf traces on himself.

As the saying goes, "out with the old, in with the new." Without the Elf knife, there would be self-made knives even more suitable for human use.

Shaking off the distracting thoughts, Xia Duo continued to search, but unfortunately, apart from the Adamantine Sand just found, there were no other discoveries, including the Anti-Magic Field Amulet he had previously pinned his hopes on.

Although the Anti-Magic Field Amulet he used for testing was not the highest level he could provide, 【Annihilation Light】 was also at its minimum power!

Clearly, in this duel between spear and shield, the shield was completely unable to withstand a single blow!

This made Xia Duo truly disappointed, but this also conversely proved the power of 【Annihilation Light】. Judging by its current performance, even Xia Duo himself would find it difficult to have any power to resist once he encountered Annihilation Light.

One could only wait for death, then wait for resurrection, and it's not certain one could even be resurrected.

Xia Duo was not sure if Annihilation Light would damage the consciousness. If it only destroyed the soul, he could still be resurrected; if it could destroy the consciousness as well, then he would be in danger.

But fortunately, all Magic has omens. As long as one can discover it in time and run out of the range covered by the Annihilation Light, then no matter how strong the Annihilation Light is, what can it do to him!

At this moment, Xia Duo realized that Iolum's research lacked the most important link, which was the Magic for protection or early warning against War Spells!

Iolum did not know that he had built a Floating City and designed a Mythallar with a brand-new structure, and even Xia Duo was not sure if his own Floating City could withstand Annihilation Light.

So, could it be understood that Iolum was holding something back?

Although from a rational perspective Xia Duo was more inclined to believe that time was tight and Iolum only had time to complete these, suspicion is human nature, and once the seeds of suspicion are planted, they will spread wantonly like weeds.

To clear them, one must pay a higher price than at the beginning.

"Teacher, oh teacher, did you really hold something back?"

Xia Duo tried hard to control himself from letting his mind wander, and soon began the next step of testing, still related to various materials, just with more precise positioning.

Such a high-power Strategic Weapon can easily injure friendly forces if one is not careful; one must always explore where the boundaries are in all aspects.

The second time 【Annihilation Light】 was triggered, the target was still the target area circled the first time, but the positioning was more precise. With the explosion of strong light, the originally multicolored gemstone bowl wall suddenly had several marks of varying depths.

Inside the marks, it was still multicolored gemstone; the piece missing in the middle looked as if it had been vaporized.

The reality was indeed very similar to vaporization, but the name Annihilation Light does not refer to the War Spell itself, but rather that one of the effects presented by the spell is the explosion of strong light.

It looks as if light "annihilated" matter, but in reality, it is matter that produced light after being "annihilated."

As for annihilation, its essence is not simple dissociation, but involves the extreme Entropy Increase of the Negative Energy Domain. The reason why light appears is simply because the edge of the spell's effect has more contact with the outside world, leading to energy dissipation due to reduced power.

If the power at the edge were not reduced, there would be no light, no element turbulence, only a piece of pure Void.

In other words, the greater the power of the Annihilation Light, the smaller the external anomalies will be.

However, Xia Duo did not test the maximum power, because the Crimson Plane could not withstand it even at low power. He did not doubt that as long as he dared to continue increasing the power, this plane would dare to "die" for him to see.

"Too strong, too strong!"

Xia Duo muttered. He felt that this was simply a super weapon that did not belong to the current era; even at the lowest power, it was simply too dangerous.