Chapter 626: Space-Piercing Array, Dragon-Blooded Giant Lizard

As for the "space-piercing," it is achieved through the 【Space-Piercing Array】 derived from the Ancient Elven Magic Arrow; of course, 【Space-Piercing Array】 is just what Xia Duo calls it.

If one were to follow the general naming conventions of Netherese Mages, perhaps calling it 【Create Vacuum Domain】 or 【Vacuum Sphere】 would be more appropriate, as its function is to create a vacuum around the Flying Sword, reducing flight resistance and flight noise.

If it hits an ordinary flesh-and-blood creature, there might even be additional damage.

As for invisibility, it is invisibility in the literal sense; besides being able to be invisible to the naked eye, it can also hide the Magic Aura in Magic Vision.

If it weren't for the fact that the Flying Shuttle shouldn't be too large and has limited surface area, Xia Duo would also be willing to equip it with a spell-breaking function. This way, silent, traceless, and capable of spell-breaking, it would simply be a Mage-killer.

Even Xia Duo himself has no particularly good defensive measures against this kind of attack; he can only improve the 【Changxiao Hujia】 he casts daily to minimize the first wave of sudden damage as much as possible to gain a little reaction time, or he can only rely on trigger-based spells for passive evasion.

It can be said that once one encounters this kind of attack, one basically loses a great deal of initiative.

And if one wants to add a spell-breaking function, the simplest way is to increase the purity of the Mithril Component, so that the filaments of the Mithril Component can be made extremely fine; even a Mithril Component the size of a fingernail could potentially support the existence of multiple 9th Circle spells simultaneously.

Of course, when that time really comes, perhaps he will have to worry about the power of the Magic Net again.

Overall, the development potential of Magic Items is extremely huge. Xia Duo's Flying Sword can only be considered a primary application; subsequent upgrades like spell-breaking and (Plane) teleportation are all possible to achieve.

……

When using it, Xia Duo first activated the flight function, letting the Flying Sword hover quietly in front of him, and then activated the space-piercing and invisibility in sequence; the Flying Sword just suddenly disappeared before his eyes.

However, under the effect of the Bloodline Ability 【Wind Control】, Xia Duo was still able to detect a shuttle-shaped void appearing in the airspace in front of him. If an enemy also had similar abilities, perhaps they could also discover the existence of the Flying Sword.

"Perhaps I can also add an illusion simulation function!"

Since it was a test, once he had a new idea, Xia Duo immediately took out paper and pen and began to record it, just as if he were still in the Laboratory at this moment.

Just like that, Xia Duo flew in mid-air, holding paper and pen, while simultaneously controlling the Flying Sword to conduct various tests—

Test Item: Magic Flying Sword Version 1.0

Test Process: 1. Basic function test; 2. Extreme flight and hardness-breaking test; 3. Inspection and maintenance; ……

Corresponding Results: 1. Basic functions normal: control is flexible, flight process is swift, silent, and invisible;

……

"Huh?"

Xia Duo, who was preparing to conduct the extreme test, suddenly paused the test and flew with the Magic Flying Sword toward the ground in the northeast direction. Just now, he heard a high-pitched roar, which came from that direction.

During the Dragon Disaster, this kind of sound was particularly sensitive to Xia Duo, which is why he put down his testing work and hurriedly flew toward the source of the sound.

The closer he got, the clearer the roaring sound became. Only then did Xia Duo realize that these were actually sounds made by two different creatures; only after getting closer could he distinguish the subtle differences between them.

"It shouldn't be a dragon, right!"

The Magic Flying Sword had not finished testing yet, and Xia Duo certainly did not want to encounter a dragon now. However, if it really were a dragon, he wouldn't mind using the dragon for a live-combat test.

Regarding whether he could escape from the mouth of a dragon that had fallen into madness, Xia Duo had no doubts at all. If he couldn't even run from this, he might as well just find a piece of tofu and bash his head against it.

However, even with confidence, he did not act recklessly. As the roaring grew louder and he was about to approach the source of the sound, Xia Duo used his Bloodline Ability to turn into a mass of airflow and drifted slowly toward the target direction. (Gaseous Form)

In his gaseous form, Xia Duo still possessed normal senses and could see, hear, and feel normally; even the Magic Flying Sword was still under his control, following nearby, ready to launch an attack at any time.

However, being this close, Xia Duo had already discovered that the creatures making the roars were not dragons, but two grass-green Giant Lizards larger than oxen. At this moment, they were biting and wrestling with each other, knocking down a patch of the surrounding forest.

Xia Duo noticed that the surrounding trees were not all shrubs or thin saplings; there were also large trees, the thickest of which were about as thick as his thigh. Looking at it this way, the strength of these two Giant Lizards was quite considerable.

If humans relied solely on their physical bodies, they might never reach such strength; at least, with Xia Duo's strength, which had long since exceeded that of most people, he could not achieve this level.

Xia Duo flew a circle around the area. Besides the fallen trees, he also saw about seven or eight Giant Lizards not far away that were slightly smaller than the two currently fighting. However, those Giant Lizards had long been torn to pieces, and Xia Duo could only distinguish that there were about seven or eight from their broken heads.

Whether it was seven or eight, or even more, would require careful inspection to know. Moreover, there were traces of Giant Lizards living in the surroundings; it looked like these Giant Lizards were a family, possibly possessing dragon blood, and then went crazy under the influence of the Dragon Madness Mythallar.

Through the freshness of the Giant Lizard limbs, Xia Duo could roughly judge that the battle had not been going on for long; that meat was still very fresh, and it was midsummer now. "Could it be that the influence of the Dragon Madness Mythallar does not take effect immediately?"

He could only make such a conjecture.

The King-Slaying Star appeared at noon on the Midsummer Festival, and now it was already the fifth day after the Midsummer Festival. If all dragons, including dragon-blooded creatures, had immediately fallen into a state of madness as soon as the King-Slaying Star appeared, then the fighting here should have stopped long ago.

And those scraps of meat would not be so fresh!

Perhaps the real dragons had not yet fallen into madness at this moment. This actually suited Xia Duo's wishes quite well, as this gave him plenty of time to prepare.

……

As the two Giant Lizards fought, they moved to the side of the scraps of their companions or offspring. Perhaps they were hungry from fighting, so while continuing to bite each other, they did not forget to eat some of the scraps of their own kind.

This scene truly made Xia Duo frown. Up until now, he had heard of many creatures that ate their own kind, such as Goblins, Murlocs, Orcs, Trolls, and the like—there were many—but the only ones he had truly seen with his own eyes were Goblins and Orcs.

Among them, for the Orcs, it was only when Xia Duo was in the Projection Plane that he saw Orcs eating their own kind.

Regarding cannibalism, Xia Duo had an almost instinctive disgust. Perhaps it stemmed from the so-called moral values of civilization, but this was indeed his true feeling.

"The Flying Sword has yet to slay a dragon, I didn't expect it to be stained with lizard blood first!"

Of course, Xia Duo was not too particular; it was just a weapon. He had previously thought about having it collide with stones and trees first. Since there were real dragon-blooded creatures here now, it was not a bad thing to see blood first.

Once the thought arose, the Flying Sword responded immediately. Xia Duo only felt a hollow path suddenly appear in the nearby airspace, with the target pointing directly at the two Giant Lizards not far away.

The Flying Sword was flying close to the ground, similar to a cruise missile on Earth. Xia Duo had chosen a suitable angle for it; the sword shot into the head of one Giant Lizard, bringing out a spray of fluid, and then continued to shoot into the head of the other Giant Lizard, also bringing out a spray of fluid.

Afterward, considering the shortest flight distance and the minimum deceleration, the Flying Sword flew out, traced a small arc, and then flew back again, continuing to penetrate the heads of the two Giant Lizards.

This was repeated until the heads of the two Giant Lizards were completely smashed into slag, and only then did Xia Duo control the Flying Sword to stop.