Versatile Mage: Thunderstorm

Chapter 193: Demolition of the Array
"Prohibition? It seems a bit advanced."

When Mo Fan was frantically trying to attack but was repelled by a layer of lightning, Li Yu and Ai Jiangtu's eyes instantly became sharp.

Ai Jiangtu just felt that the restriction was a bit tricky at most, but Li Yu, who had a certain level of skill in formations, could more clearly perceive the difficulty of the restriction.

The reason is simple—I can’t understand it.

The magical text above has not appeared in any recorded data in the two thousand years from the Qin Dynasty to the present. Instead, it is somewhat similar to the patterns on the Kuiniu ornaments that he has always been offering as a gift.

Japan is a country famous for its magic, and its development can be divided into two stages. Their ancient magic theory was inherited from the Tang Dynasty and gradually evolved into native civilization. In modern times, they accepted the theory of the Holy City Father and became the modern Japanese magic civilization.

But no matter which one it is, the corresponding text of magic theory will not appear in this way that Li Yu cannot understand.

Quietly paying attention to my pendant, there is no movement.

Li Yu was not sure of his guess.

Fortunately, there was someone in the team who had more knowledge than him about prohibitions.

"Give me some time, I might be able to decipher it. The text on it is very ancient, and I have only seen it in Hangzhou."

Hangzhou?!
Nan Jue's words woke up both Mo Fan and Li Yu. Li Yu had no idea what Mo Fan was thinking, but when the latter heard the word Hangzhou, he felt that the doubts that had troubled him for many years finally had a clue.

Since entering school, Li Yu has not only learned about demons and formations, but has also never given up on exploring ancient magical texts. However, even with the vast collection of books in Mingzhu Academy and consulting many professors on the history of ancient Chinese magic civilization, he still has gained nothing.

Now that my heart knot has been untied, I feel a lot more relaxed for a moment, and the obsession that lingered in my heart has faded away.

The obsession dissipated, and Li Yu felt his mind clear up. His magic array field, which had been making rapid progress, reached a higher level. The feeling of unobstructed thinking made Li Yu unable to wait to find a quiet room to study.

After the others finally came to take over the defense, Li Yu hurriedly said goodbye to Nan Jue.

After returning to the room, he silently said sorry to Ai Jiangtu in his heart and set up a ban directly at the door.

Li Yu took out the formation diagram he had been studying for a long time - the Thousand Wind Formation, and began a new round of research.

Three hundred and forty-three wind magic stones were taken out from the portable space. Under the control of the wind element, the wind magic stones floated freely in the air.

Green threads shuttled freely between the wind magic stones, forming a constellation similar to high-level wind magic, but the shape of the constellation was completely different from the Wings of Wind.

Three hundred and forty-three magic stones constitute three hundred and forty-three nodes. The nodes are the intersections of the flow of magic energy. Magic energy from different areas exchanges and communicates here, and then goes its separate ways. Therefore, the nodes are also the locations that are most likely to break due to energy disorder.

However, with the help of Li Yu's extremely high mental power level, connecting the nodes was not difficult. After just over an hour, all the nodes successfully completed communication.

However, the construction of nodes and constellations only completes the basic framework, and the filling of content requires the fusion of magic words.

If the constellations are regarded as the frame of the magic circle, the magic stones as the bones supporting the magic circle, and the magic threads as the blood vessels and tendons, then the subsequent fusion of magic words is to add flesh and blood to the magic circle.

Under the guidance of Li Yu's mental power, one wind magic character after another slowly and steadily fell on the constellation map. The integration of each magic word would make a dazzling light appear around the constellation.

Finally, at the moment when the last character fell, the array covering the entire room began to rotate freely like a mechanical gear with assembled parts.

"Good, cool!"

Li Yu clenched his fists suddenly and jumped up excitedly. It was not easy, too difficult. After so many years, he was finally able to arrange a high-level formation on his own and be promoted to a high-level formation master!
This is an advanced formation. Although formations and high-level magic are almost the same, the former is not only time-consuming but also consumes a lot of resources, but high-level magic is a one-time deal. The real magic formation is completely different from this simplified version.

As long as the magic power is not exhausted, it can keep running, and even magic apprentices can easily operate it. This is the great advantage of the magic circle. Although his current array formation skills are still immature, and it is difficult for him to reach the level of ancient array formation masters who use their own magic power to form an array in a short period of time, compared with the endless despair at the beginning, now at least there is some hope.

Feeling cheerful, Li Yu couldn't help but want to try out the power of his own formation and subconsciously activated it. Although he felt something was wrong the next moment, the mistake had already been made.

The Thousand Wind Formation was activated, and thousands of wind blades turned into the sharpest swords and chainsaws. The storm swirled and enveloped the entire courtyard, like a blood-guillotine, strangling the temple complex.

The Guofu teammates witnessed the room they had just lived in turned into ashes in an instant, and were blown away by the restless wind:
"........."

Our silence was deafening.

……

On the way to Osaka, Li Yu experienced Mo Fan's bombardment.

"Brother, when you were testing the formation, could you have set up the barrier in advance? If not, you could have just informed your brothers in advance. A surprise attack like this would be scary."

"Luckily, we were the only ones in that courtyard, and I just saved the lives of those monks, so they didn't pursue you for destroying the courtyard. Otherwise, you would probably be sitting in the police station waiting for your mentor to rescue you."

"But what kind of formation is that? Why is it so destructive? Can I learn it?"

"..."

Just as Mo Fan was talking incessantly, he was suddenly patted by Li Yu, who pointed around and found that the others obviously did not have the energy that Li Yu and Mo Fan had.

Investigating, fighting, treating the wounded, dealing with the police, they should have had a good rest in Xixiong City but their energy was consumed by the sudden haunted incident. Coupled with Li Yu's unexpected demolition, everyone was busy for a while.

Because the commotion was so big this time, the Kuomintang team, who were worried about being discovered by the police as illegal residents, had to temporarily borrow the identities of a few old monks to buy tickets. After boarding the train, they could no longer bear it and fell asleep one after another.

Just when Mo Fan realized that he should shut up, Li Yu in the front seat turned around and handed Mo Fan a note.
"You don't have the basics to learn advanced formations."

Can’t learn?!

It was just something he said casually, but after being provoked by Li Yu's words, Mo Fan got angry. I am a magic genius, is there anything I can't learn?

Take it out and let me see it.

As if he had foreseen the future, Li Yu had handed over a book on the general principles of ancient magic arrays. He opened the cover and found another note inside.
"If you want to learn, read this book first. If you don't know, ask me."

Reading?

Mo Fan was reluctant. It was really hard for him, a patient with ADHD, to calm down and read.

But after looking around, he realized that there was still some time before the train arrived at the station. With nothing to do, reading seemed to be the only option, so Mo Fan suppressed his thoughts and started reading.

five minutes later.

As expected, I, Mo Fan, am more suited to combat. This kind of theoretical knowledge is not suitable for me. As for things that are not related to combat and magic practice, Mo Fan has always stayed away from them.

Listening to the snoring sound coming from behind, Li Yu remained silent. The only sound in the quiet train conductor was the sound of flipping pages of books.

(End of this chapter)