Chapter 307: Transforming into Flowing Water, Controlling the Airspace

After crossing the stone bridge, he continued south for a distance, avoiding the gaze of the guards, before Xia Duo finally waded into the water. The summer river water carried a hint of warmth, like a lover's skin.

The moment he made contact, Xia Duo felt a restless urge. As his entire body submerged beneath the water, from top to bottom, the river water transitioned from warm to cool, rich with layers of sensation.

Feeling the throbbing in his bloodline, Xia Duo focused his mind, and his entire person transformed into a mass of amorphous, transparent flowing water. For a moment, he felt as though he had completely merged with the surrounding body of water.

In the river, he surged up and down, weaving back and forth.

From upstream to downstream, from the east bank to the west bank, from the surface to the riverbed, Xia Duo felt as if he had transformed into a Water Element; this constantly rushing river was his natural Domain.

Thinking of the Water Element, Xia Duo immediately summoned the little companion he had summoned before—that ignorant, pure sphere of water.

Yet, the moment the real Water Element appeared, Xia Duo was very clearly aware of the difference between it and himself. The other's form seemed fixed as a pure, transparent water sphere, while Xia Duo's form could change at will.

Perhaps this had to do with the Water Element's ignorant consciousness; once summoned by Xia Duo, it kept crowding toward him like a puppy.

After teasing it for a while, Xia Duo stopped maintaining its existence. Without the support of Xia Duo's power, the form of this Water Element, which was barely larger than a fist, immediately scattered, mixing into the surrounding river water that had been churned into a muddy yellow.

At this time, Xia Duo also discovered the drawback, or rather the shortcoming, of the Huashanshuiliu form: the water he transformed into was also pure water, which became particularly obvious once the water body was turbid.

Similarly, if his gaseous form were in smoke or Mist, it would likely be exceptionally conspicuous as well.

However, under normal circumstances, as long as one is slightly careful, this minor shortcoming can be considered non-existent.

……

After several attempts, Xia Duo was very satisfied with the ability to transform into flowing water. Next, he prepared to test the top speed he jokingly referred to as "Water Escape."

The gaseous form can fly (Movement in the air), but the speed is completely incomparable to Flight, and not even as fast as normal walking.

Of course, the dodging and maneuvering within a small range is quite good, after all, there is no physical Binding!

Then what would the speed of the Huashanshuiliu form be like in a body of water? Xia Duo was very curious, though the dodging and maneuvering within a small range was similar to the gaseous form, very flexible.

Compared to his original body in the water, it was countless times more flexible!

And if the speed of "Water Escape" was decent, then Xia Duo would probably only be missing an "Earth Escape." Setting aside offensive and defensive capabilities, his skills for running away would be nearly maxed out.

"Start!"

With a thought from Xia Duo, the flowing water he had transformed into instantly surged downstream. The speed was extremely fast; the start was already faster than a normal person's walking speed!

Afterward, he continuously accelerated until reaching his limit. During this process, Xia Duo kept a constant watch on the scenery flashing by on the bank, silently estimating his speed.

It was about the same as a normal person's fast running speed!

Although it still couldn't compare to Flight, it was quite decent.

It was just that Xia Duo also realized this speed was likely related to going with the current; if he were to go against the current, it might be discounted.

After realizing this, Xia Duo immediately turned back. Sure enough, as he had expected, the speed against the current was indeed not ideal.

"In that case, does it mean that before running away, casting a Wind Creation spell and then using the gaseous form to run with the wind would also be faster?"

Through these few attempts, Xia Duo also knew that whether he was in gaseous form or transformed into water, he was still in a physical state and would still be constrained by the environment he was in.

If he were in an incorporeal state, perhaps it would be a different scene.

……

Having roughly understood his new abilities after Bloodline Awakening, Xia Duo prepared to conduct the final experiment, which might be the most important experiment for him.

Previously, he only had the Water Control ability. In the water, after Control Water, he could use Water Domain Spellcasting to extend his Spell range beyond 20 meters.

This is different from Spell range; using Water Domain Spellcasting is equivalent to him personally casting a spell 20 meters away, which can be stacked with the Spell range.

And now that he had also gained the Wind Control ability, would he be able to use Air Domain Spellcasting after controlling the airspace?

Xia Duo believed that if there were no accidents, it should be possible.

That was actually his consciousness extending into the distance via the airspace; if it worked in the water domain, there was no reason it wouldn't work in the airspace!

However, no matter how much he speculated, it was not as good as trying it himself.

Arriving at the water surface, with one thought Xia Duo changed from flowing water into a mass of gas, and then the rushing river water quickly filled in the depression he had left behind, and incidentally pushed him upward a bit.

Thus, Xia Duo ended up lying on the water surface just like that.

"Good thing it's a gaseous form, otherwise if someone saw this posture, it would be too embarrassing!"

In the gaseous form, it was extremely simple for Xia Duo to control the airspace; he just needed to let his consciousness spread out from his body. In an instant, his original form quickly merged with the surrounding air.

There was a feeling of "the mind concentrating and the form releasing, merging with the myriad transformations." His consciousness kept spreading within this airspace until he could no longer "see" the Magic Net, at which point he withdrew it again.

——Light!

This Spell is almost harmless and is the Spell Xia Duo is most familiar with; using it to experiment was sufficient.

Thus, above this very ordinary river surface, for some reason, a bright ball of light suddenly appeared, lasting for a long time!

"Sure enough!"

While exclaiming, Xia Duo transformed back into his original body. The range of airspace control in his original body form became smaller, but it was still 20 or 30 meters away.

If he changed the shape of the airspace, a straight line could even extend to nearly a hundred meters.

The only regret was that whether it was controlling the water domain or the airspace, it seemed to be a metaphysical conceptual form.

It did not change with the flow of the river or the flow of the air; it was just a fixed range. As long as Xia Duo did not adjust the direction in which his consciousness spread, it would always be that range.

On one hand, this would make his Domain relatively stable, but on the other hand, it was not conducive to quickly changing positions during a fight.

However, compared to the benefits gained, this minor shortcoming was truly insignificant.

……

On the way back, Xia Duo did not walk back slowly. He had flowed quite far downstream when he transformed into water, and with Flight on him, he really couldn't resist using it.

Thus, after a flash of speed, Xia Duo landed steadily at the northeast corner of the Savile Town Central Square with the sound of wind; a little further north was the port.

Whoosh, whoosh——

Several soldiers standing guard nearby timidly gathered around. Upon seeing it was Xia Duo, they relaxed their tension and turned respectful, "Lord Xia Duo!"

"Mm."

Xia Duo responded and prepared to contact Manager Yarman of the Liyadun Chamber of Commerce. All the Territory residents had been entrusted to him to arrange housing, and now he needed to find him to understand the situation.

The Midsummer Festival had passed, the holiday should be over, and most importantly, the development of the Territory had to continue!

However, just after sending the message to Yarman, a figure also descended from the sky with the sound of wind, and Xia Duo almost subconsciously took the Blade of Veto out from his Personal Space, pointing it toward the location of the sound.

If something were wrong, he would immediately trigger Dispel Magic; the Magic that came with this Blade of Veto was extremely useful, and with his speed and strength, it would be no problem to kill a few Mages in a surprise attack.