Chapter 260: The Path of the Water Element

Arriving at a suitable location, Xia Duo stopped, focused his mind, and manipulated the Magic Net before him to continuously twist, entangle, and join.

Soon, an intangible Force Board gradually took shape.

Although he had already experimented a few times while at the camp, that had only involved standing on it; he had never actually flown.

When Xia Duo stood on the board, preparing to control it for flight, he finally felt the true difficulty of this spell—

On one hand, he had to maintain his own balance so as not to fall; on the other, he had to maintain the stable existence of the spell. For a Mage, multitasking is not a very good choice.

Splash—Splash—

Twice in succession, he fell into the water, either because his reaction was too slow to stay on the board, or because the need to maintain his own stability caused his focus to waver, leading the spell to dissipate and the board to vanish.

Calculating by Spellcasting Level, Xia Duo is currently a Level 5 Mage and a Level 4 Sorcerer; the total number of spell rings he can store in the Magic Net is 5*3 + 4*2 = 23.

While the total number of daily spell rings within each rest cycle far exceeds this number, even so, it is impossible for Xia Duo to experiment without limit.

After several flight failures, Xia Duo had to face the problem squarely. Perhaps after many experiments and long-term practice, he could eventually master this 2nd-ring monkey-version 【Flight】.

But why should he force himself to use such a clearly flawed spell? Since he had discovered the problem, he had to solve it, not turn a blind eye. Xia Duo had the ability to solve this problem.

Although he could not temporarily solve the issue of the Creation School 【Flight】 requiring focus to maintain, he could solve the issue of maintaining his own stability.

Previously, he had somewhat overestimated himself, which was why he used this Force Field shaping for the board; in fact, it could have been made into a fixed seat similar to a roller coaster.

However, if one were to realize this level of complexity with a 2nd-ring spell, the spellcasting duration would increase significantly, and the fault tolerance would be greatly reduced.

Therefore, he would ultimately have to take the path of Ascending Ring, using a 3rd-ring spell to achieve it.

Having made up his mind, Xia Duo began to sprint across the water, returning to the camp in a moment.

However, because of the failed spell experiment, his mood was somewhat low. After patrolling the Territory, Xia Duo decided to go treasure hunting in the Mythallar to ease his mood.

It was only a little over a mile from the camp to the Mythallar entrance that Xia Duo had opened himself. Perhaps it was because he had chosen the landing point just right, as the direction of the Mythallar was due east of the landing point.

On the way from the camp to the Mythallar entrance, Xia Duo idly toyed with the Gemstone he had searched from the ruins earlier. Thinking that there might be more treasures inside the ruins, his mood immediately improved a lot.

Soon, Xia Duo arrived at the location of the Mythallar entrance, which he had truly opened by cutting down a large tree earlier.

"Hmm?"

Xia Duo suddenly frowned. His bloodline Perception told him that the "Water Element" environment in this vicinity was unusual. Although in his Time Line, he had not been here for over a year, but—

The conceptual existence of "Flow" and "Moist" on this "Water Element Path" from the camp to the Mythallar, which he had originally perceived through his bloodline, had caused a huge impact on his concepts and left a very deep impression.

Now, the "Flow" and "Moist" characteristics here seemed even more intense. Xia Duo recalled the condition of the plants along the way from the camp.

It was just that summer plants are lush by nature, and there was no obvious difference between the growth of the plants on this "Water Element Path" and those on either side of the path.

The bloodline did indeed perceive an abnormal existence; perhaps the characteristics of "Flow" and "Moist" were not yet strong enough to cause obvious changes in the plants.

But at this moment, Xia Duo felt his scalp tingle, and a layer of fine cold sweat broke out on his back.

Previously, he could come into contact with this "Water Element Path" almost every day. Under the subtle influence, he had actually not been alert to the changes in the water element environment here!

Only after leaving for "over a year" and returning did he discover something was wrong. Although the change was not great compared to before, it was already enough to alert him.

"It looks like this ruin cannot be kept!"

Xia Duo let out a long sigh.

Although he had long known this day would come, it had come too early! He hadn't even finished exploring the ruins yet!

There was no time to consider whether the Mythallar had developed problems because he had cut down the tree at that key Node, or when exactly the Mythallar would collapse.

At this moment, the first thing Xia Duo thought of was to go into the ruins and collect that Magic Arrow. Other things might not be searchable in time, but this Magic Arrow could not be missed.

In the over a year in the Projection Plane, living in a living Elf city, a Mage Elf lived next door. Although they were busy, he could occasionally run into them.

Regarding that Magic Arrow, Xia Duo had not found an identical existence in Sukanweisa City, but there were similar ones; they just weren't as exquisite and complex as the Magic Arrow he had found in the Mythallar ruins.

The Magic Arrows in Sukanweisa City possessed characteristics such as "Air Piercing," "Spell Breaking," and "Haste," among which "Air Piercing" was also a characteristic Xia Duo had discovered on the ruin's Magic Arrow.

Of course, the "Air Piercing" here only meant piercing through the air, not piercing through space.

Xia Duo had seen the Magic Arrows in Sukanweisa City with his own eyes and had even toyed with them himself; he felt that the power of the ruin's Magic Arrow should be even more formidable.

However, Xia Duo already knew the usage method for the Sukanweisa City Magic Arrows, and the Magic Arrow in the ruins seemed to also possess the Maiyelita style.

Or more accurately, the Ilysrei style.

If the technology source of the Magic Arrow in the ruins came from Aryvandaar, then Xia Duo would have to be extra careful.

After all, it was unlikely that the technical specifications, design styles, and usage methods of the enemy and himself would be exactly the same; it was even more likely that they would be completely different.

Xia Duo was confident in collecting or even using that arrow in the ruins, but what truly gave him confidence was his Personal Space. It would only take an instant to store it inside, and even if the magic on that arrow erupted, it would have nothing to do with him.

And if he could really collect it successfully, he wouldn't take it out to use unless it was a last resort. After all, this thing had been sitting in the ruins for so long, and he didn't know if it could still be used normally.

If it just failed, that would be fine; what Xia Duo feared most was—it exploding in his hand.

Arriving in the ruins, the Magic Net was still silent, but this time when Xia Duo came, he was already able to come into contact with the third layer of the Magic Net. Compared to the first two layers, the third layer seemed to be somewhat more active.

He could even slightly trigger the third layer of the Magic Net. Xia Duo was thoughtful; perhaps the Mythallar here was only used to restrict low-level Mages.

Or perhaps, the Mythallar had malfunctioned, and low-level Mages were restricted. The Mythallar was ultimately too high-end; Xia Duo had no way to judge what the facts actually were.

Arriving here, Xia Duo first tested his Personal Space, and after confirming it could be used normally, he headed straight for the location of the Magic Arrow.

(End of this chapter)