My health recovery is incredibly fast.

No matter how fierce the Shadow Blade Storm was, the jelly man passed through it unimpeded and arrived at the stone house, as if he had become invisible and invincible at the same time...

Four jelly-like beings used their purplish-black hands to lift up the collapsed stone house and turn it into a place that could shelter it from the wind and rain.

Undeterred, the demons sneaked into the house and seized control of the interior.

The four jelly-like figures remained unmoved.

Three of them transformed into doors and windows made of shadow energy, blocking the entrance and exit of the stone house and trapping the demons inside.

The remaining person appears to be fighting against the demons in the stone house.

After a brief but intense battle, the church assassins and the Shadow Fiend fled in disarray from the stone house windows and disappeared into the dark, purplish-black shadows.

From the moment the jelly-like figure stepped into the testing area to the moment the alien demons retreated, the entire process took no more than 5 minutes, twice as fast as the previous test.

Aksut accelerated the flow of time within the test area again, confirming that the [Ever-Changing Body] team could hold out for one hour before ending the test.

"The [Ever-Changing Body] team has completed its testing." Aksut looked at the raging fireball. "It's your turn, [Furnace Body] team."

"Master, what do you think of their results?" Xia Zuo asked, staring at the giant fireball.

'Excellent,' Rexol said.

'Another outstanding performance?' Xia Zuo was taken aback.

Rexol shrugged slightly. "I don't even need to watch the test to know that, apart from our results being uncertain, all the other teams are definitely excellent."

'Why is this? I can understand why the first two spellcaster bodies, with their special properties against anti-magic fields, deserved excellent evaluations. But this [Furnace Body] is a burning fireball... How can it burn in a place like the testing area, which is full of shadow energy?' Xia Zuo was puzzled.

Rexol glanced at him. 'What are the three elements of combustion?'

'Combustible material, temperature, and oxidizer... I think I understand now,' Xia Zuo pondered.

Rexor crossed his arms and said:

There are mutual generating and restraining relationships between the four elements of energy.

Whether it's a generative or antagonistic reaction of elemental energies, it's a process where two different energies interact to form new energy or matter.

Isn't this what "combustion" is all about? When the temperature conditions are met, the combustible material and the oxidizer interact to produce new substances.

'With so much shadow energy in the test area, igniting it would be a sure way to defeat the Otherworldly Demons. The [Forge Body] is designed for [combustion], and its fuel isn't just common combustibles; shadow energy is also present.'

Xia Zuo nodded slowly. "If that's the case, then the most crucial element is what acts as an accelerant. What can help the furnace ignite the shadow energy?"

"That depends on what could trigger a violent reaction from the shadow energy," Rexor said.

The characteristics of shadow energy are numerous, but they can be summarized into three points.

'Death that extinguishes life, eternal stillness, and nothingness that has no substance.'

If any characteristic of something is opposed to one of the shadow energies' "death," "silence," or "nothingness," it can trigger a violent reaction from the shadow energy.

The life force of living organisms can lead to death.

'Objects capable of movement do not fit the description of "silence".'

'A stone that has no life and cannot move possesses a physical form and is contrary to the concept of nothingness.'

That's why shadow energy corrupts everything and everything else within the anti-magic field.

Rexor shrugged. "Anything that simultaneously opposes the three properties of [Death], [Silence], and [Null] will face the most frenzied attack of shadow energy. And what is that thing? It's right before us. It's the [Forge Body] itself. The flames on this caster's body aren't generated from fire elemental energy, but rather from igniting internal fuel. It won't be suppressed by the anti-magic field, but it will attract the erosion of shadow energy."

Rexol pointed forward, "Watch how fast the third test is going. Don't miss the exciting part."

Xia Zuo immediately sat up straight, staring intently at the large fireball that was about to drift into the test area.

The [Incinerator Body] team deployed 5 large fireballs. 4 of the large fireballs formed a "?" shape perpendicular to the ground around the central fireball.

After pausing briefly at the edge of the test, the giant fireballs simultaneously floated into the dome while maintaining their formation.

In an instant, the shadow energy within the dome surged like boiling water, with countless purplish-black orbs rushing towards the fireball.

The fiery red light of the giant fireball was obscured by the successive waves of purplish-black shadow energy.

The next second, a pillar of purplish-black flames erupted from the encirclement of shadow energy. Within half a second, the pillar of purplish-black flames stretched from one end of the dome to the other, igniting the shadow energy along its path and emitting even more purplish-black flames.

A wave of purplish-black flames instantly engulfed the entire dome.

Seconds later, the purplish-black flames vanished completely, and no trace of shadow energy could be seen within the dome. The five charred demons collapsed to the ground, their bodies slumped, completely incapacitated.

The five large fireballs that formed the "回" (return) shape had dimmed considerably, but they were still enough to protect the forward outpost for an hour.

Since the Others were in a near-death state, Axtusi skipped the process of accelerating the flow of time.

He directly announced that the [Incinerator Body] team had achieved excellent results, then had the fireballs leave the dome, and then used time reversal to restore the environment inside the dome and the injuries of the alien demons.

Seeing this, Xia Zuo had some doubts: 'Master [Furnace Body], although highly praised, probably can't be used in future battle plans, right?'

"Yes." Rexor crossed his arms. The [Forge Body] was able to burn away all the shadow energy within the dome simply because there wasn't enough shadow energy in the dome to completely deplete the fuel. If these five large fireballs were placed within the anti-magic field, they would only meet one fate: after bursting into brilliant purple-black flames, they would be swallowed by the boundless shadow energy.

Xia Zuo asked, "How many [Incinerator Bodies] would it take to burn through all the shadow energy in the anti-magic field?"

"Hmm, probably over 1." Rexormo scratched his head. "But the Temple won't do that. The [Furnace Body] is bound to the [Furnace] Meditation Technique. Only mages who have mastered the [Furnace] Meditation Technique can create their own [Furnace Body]. The Temple currently only has a little over 100 [Furnace Bodies], which is far from meeting the minimum requirement to ignite the entire anti-magic field."

Xia Zuo said, "It seems that the [Furnace Body] cannot be used as a combat resource for direct combat; at most, they can be used for surprise attacks."

That's right.

Rek'Sorrow subtly pointed to the upcoming [True Sight] team and [Elemental Web] team:

'I can give you a sneak peek: the methods these two teams use to deal with the Otherworldly Demons and Shadow Energy are very similar.'

'True Sight allows you to directly see energy readings and energy ripples in the environment, just like observing the density and composition of air with the naked eye. With this advantage, True Sight can lock onto invisible Shadow Fiends and Church Assassins within one or two seconds.'

Rexol gestured for Shazo to look at the center of the metal sphere. "See those nested circular pupils? Those are an alchemical weapon called the [Pupil Ray]. In a natural environment, it can use elemental energy to fire scorching rays and frost rays, accurately hitting anything moving at high speed. But within a magic-suppressing field, its energy mode switches from elemental energy to mental energy, emitting [Madness Ray], [Stupor Ray], and [Despair Ray]—mental rays that destroy the enemy's will."

"So the [True Sight Eye] will kill the Otherworldly Demons first and then establish a base, right?" Xia Zuo asked.

"Yes, that's right." Rexor nodded, shifting his gaze to the [Elemental Star Network]:

'I think you've already discovered that it is indeed possible to cast elemental spells within a magic-suppressing field, but the conditions are extremely stringent.'

Only one elemental spell with 18 power can be cast every 16 seconds. Exceeding the time limit or exceeding the power limit will trigger a magic-blocking field that will forcibly interrupt the casting.

'Using this method of spellcasting to deal with Otherworldly Demons is as foolish as using a water gun on a strong man. What do you think the [Elemental Star Network] team will do?'

Before the test began, Aksut had described the energy readings within the test area.

The phrase "the observation plane is 1 meter" deserves special attention.

Without this short sentence, it would mean that the observation plane is infinitely large, meaning that any spell with a power exceeding 18 cast anywhere in the test area would be interfered with by the anti-magic field.

However, if this small sentence is added, it becomes: as long as the spell power cast by the spellcaster within each cubic meter does not exceed 18 and the casting time does not exceed 16 seconds, it will not be affected by the anti-magic field.

The methods for dealing with the tests are obvious.

"Master, I think the [Elemental Star Network] team will scatter its members to different locations to launch attacks on the Otherworldly Demons," Xia Zuo said.

'Yes, but not entirely.' Rexor kept everyone in suspense. 'The key to the [Elemental Star Network] body lies in the [Net]. You'll find out the correct answer in a moment. For now, let's watch the [True Sight] team's performance.'

Xia Zuo looked ahead.

The [True Vision Eye] team only sent out 4 members.

Four large eyeballs formed a tetrahedron and floated into the testing area. This formation allowed the four eyeballs to observe four directions simultaneously, taking in all the views from top to bottom, left to right, front to back.

The four large pupils hovered at the inner edge of the test area, rapidly rotating to scan the surrounding shadow energy.

Two or three seconds later, they simultaneously paused, changed formation, and formed a wall with all their pupils facing forward.

With a series of buzzing sounds, several purplish-gold rays shot from the pupils, striking precisely at several shadowy figures not far away. The demons tumbled out of the shadows and, upon landing, began a frenzied infighting.

"You have passed the test with excellent results." Aksut summoned his large eyeballs and used the spacetime container to stop the chaotic demons.

'This is too fast! It's even faster than the [Incinerator Body] team.' Xia Zuo exclaimed inwardly.

'Xia Zuo comes at a price.'

Rexor remained calm:

When psychic energy is used as an attack, its transmission direction is bidirectional, damaging the energy of both the caster and the target simultaneously.

'If the True Sight Eye casts the Chaos Ray on the Otherworldly Demons, they will also suffer some chaos themselves.'

'To ensure that the demons are thrown into chaos, the spell power of Chaos Ray must be at least 150 points. The caster will suffer a spell backlash of about half the power.'

'So don't be fooled by the fact that those four metal eyeballs haven't changed much; their controllers might be on the verge of a mental breakdown.'

After hearing what Rexor said, Shazor felt much better.

The 【Elemental Star Network】 team dispatched three teammates who were shimmering with elemental light.

The three of them split up and went to three different locations around the dome of the testing area.

[Elemental Star Network] At the center of the body is a white crystal that floats vertically in the air.

Thousands of translucent threads extend from this crystal, which is as tall as an adult, and connect with the adorable elements that surround it.

The delicate elements, guided by the silk threads, drifted away from the white crystal, dispersing along the outer edge of the dome.

Ultimately, the three [Elemental Star Network] bodies used the large amount of obedient elements they carried to surround the dome of the entire test area.

At this point, the spacing between these adorable elements is less than one meter.

However, when they all fall together into the dome and hover at different heights and levels, the distance between any two clever elements becomes exactly 1 meter. There is exactly one clever element in each space with a volume of 1 cubic meter.

The dome was as dazzling as a sky full of stars.

'Why can the obedient element appear in the testing area?' Xia Zuo stared wide-eyed as if he had witnessed something unbelievable.

Rexor calmly thought to himself:

'Don't look like you've never seen the world, Xia Zuo.'

Those obedient elements, though seemingly exposed to the anti-magic field of the testing area, are actually still inside the body of the [Elemental Star Network].

'【Elemental Star Network】The main body, that white crystal, is an alchemical creation, not a physical entity condensed from elemental energy.'

'The threads extending from the white crystal are energy fiber tubes jointly developed by the scholars of the Tower and the alchemy school; they are also alchemical creations. Encasing the obedient element in these energy fiber tubes can isolate it from interference from anti-magic fields and the corrosive effects of shadow energy.'

Chapter 91 Star Network - Manipulation, Plants - Growth, Blood Mage - Recovery

Rexor pointed to the interior of the dome, "What you see now is the liberated form of the [Elemental Star Network], which the Tower scholars call the [Elemental Network Form] or simply the [Magic Network]. Each obedient element on the [Magic Network] can serve as an independent spellcaster."