Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 768 New Difficulties
Half a day later, Tianmai Dragon Island.

"Brother Black Sword, Mr. Mingyu asked me to tell you that the new protective formation has been set up."

"Well, thank you for your hard work. How are Liezhan and Tianduan doing?"

"They have all woken up. Miss Shengji checked them out. Apart from being a little weak, there are no other problems."

Deep in the original forest that was almost razed to the ground by the energy turbulence, Bell looked at the black-haired young man who was checking the equipment in front of him and said to him. Upon hearing this, Xin Lailai nodded, breathed a sigh of relief, and said:

"Really? That's good. Please tell them that I will personally go over and give them compensation for this accident later."

"As for now, I still have some follow-up work to deal with, so I'll trouble you, Bell, to look after them for a while."

"Ah."

Upon hearing this, Bell nodded without saying anything more. With a thought, he stepped into the air amidst the fleeting sound of a bell and turned into a streak of white light, disappearing on the spot.

After giving the other party some instructions, Xin Lailai looked at the surrounding scene. Looking at the experimental site in front of him, which looked like it had been wiped out by a large-scale magic, he rubbed his temples with a headache.

"Luckily, Dao Fa and Bell are here this time, otherwise it would have almost become a big trouble."

"Indeed, it was really thrilling at that time. If they hadn't been controlled in time, those out-of-control supernatural energy ladies would probably have destroyed the entire Tianmai Dragon Island, right?"

Xin Lailai was rejoicing in her mind, and Ling Yuzi in the soul space also nodded in agreement.

In fact, the scale of this experimental accident could be said to have completely exceeded their expectations. Not only did it nearly sink the entire Tianmai Dragon Island, but even most of the instruments used in the experiment were destroyed by the energy turbulence. They had to call Xiaobai over and it took half a day to repair them.

Of course, the above two points are actually good. After all, with their timely prevention, it at most caused certain economic losses and did not really cause a disaster. The key is that this accident made them realize an extremely serious problem:

——The domain spells they developed had excessive effects.

That's right, this accident was not actually caused by the failure of their domain spell release. On the contrary, it was because the development of this spell was too successful that it led to the accident that even affected Liezhan and Tianduan who were several kilometers away.

In fact, at the beginning, Xin Lailai simply wanted to develop a domain-type spell that could control and call upon the free magic power in the air.

And the process was exactly as they expected. Relying on their profound knowledge base and the inspiration that burst out after several days of accumulation, he and Ling Yuzi were unstoppable in their research on domain techniques. It took them less than two days to come up with the prototype of the entire domain.

Then, things got out of control.

As mentioned earlier, the core principle of their field is essentially a comprehensive interpretation of how to manipulate free supernatural energy, and it can even be said to be a comprehensive integration of the magical knowledge they have accumulated along the way.

In other words, this development of the field of magic is an ultimate work that has poured into it all the knowledge and abilities they currently possess.

Therefore, in addition to the most basic method of using the Heavenly Heart Soul Flame + soul pressure to control and pry free magic power, they also added a refining step, which is the process of purifying and refining the extraordinary energy controlled by the soul pressure.

From the perspective of thinking, there is nothing wrong with this. After all, even if the free magic power is temporarily controlled by the Tianxin Soul Flame + Soul Pressure, its essence is ultimately a pile of extraordinary energy full of impurities. If you want it to be used normally, you must refine it into pure extraordinary energy.

The problem lies in the approach they choose.

Just like the problem they encountered in controlling mana, in order to refine so much mana, it was obviously not enough to rely on their mental strength and pure mana alone. Therefore, Xin Lailai and Ling Yuzi came up with a new method:
The first law will lead to the subsequent laws, and refining will be gradually promoted.

Simply put, it is to use the pure magic power in their bodies to first refine a batch of pure supernatural energy, and then give these emerging supernatural energies "spirituality" through the art of spiritualization, allowing them to spontaneously form a larger energy cycle, and then refine more supernatural energy, so that one can pass it on to ten, and ten can pass it on to a hundred.

Not only that, in order to reduce the consumption of soul energy and mana, they even used the art of infusing spirits and the previously mentioned idea of ​​using sword power to make the consumed mana skip the step of free mana and directly return to a controllable state.

The former allows the soul energy in the newly refined supernatural energy to spontaneously infuse the emerging supernatural energy under the influence of the aura diffusion array, and finally be manipulated by them under the control of the domain, while the latter allows the mana used by them to retain 20% to 50% depending on the type of spell they use.

If all the above operations are translated into explanations that even the barbarians can understand, theoretically speaking, in the future, as long as they expand their own domain, they will not only be able to continuously control and refine the free supernatural energy within the domain whose intensity is lower than their own soul pressure intensity, but they will also be able to use the mana in these supernatural energies to release spells at will, and after the release, they will retain 20%~50% of the mana depending on the specific effect of the spell.

In actual combat, it can be understood like this: when the enemy they face uses a large spell that consumes 10000 mana points within their territory, as long as the opponent's mana strength is lower than the strength of their soul pressure and willpower is lower than the judgment of their Tianxin Soul Flame, the 10000 mana consumed by the opponent will gradually be used by them over time.

Not only that, when they release spells that consume the same 10000 mana points, they can also return an additional 20% to 50% of the mana. And when the domain expansion time reaches a certain level, they can also break through the upper limit of their own mental power, using a less precise method to manipulate tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of mana points at the same time, releasing certain spells that theoretically cannot be cast at this level.

It can be said that in terms of effect, this field absolutely perfectly meets their current needs for a home-type field. It even perfectly meets the characteristics of the wizard becoming stronger and stronger in his home field, and it also brings out the advantages of their high willpower and high breath strength to the fullest.

then……

Then it exploded.

Because they were so focused on creating a domain spell that was as perfect as possible and had infinite potential, they accidentally overlooked an extremely serious problem:

——That is the burden of domain-type ability, which needs to be borne by oneself, and the domain they developed happens to be the type that will be enhanced at an extremely terrifying speed as time goes by.

In other words, although theoretically their bodies can indeed withstand the load brought about by the release of the domain, as the subsequent domain continues to refine new extraordinary energy and expand the scope of the ritual, the physical load they bear will also rise sharply at an extremely terrifying speed.

In fact, if it were just that, the worst that could happen is that they would just shut down the domain in time. However, because they used a one-to-ten, ten-to-a-hundred transmission logic to control the system during development, there is still a small flaw in their domain, which is that the stop command can only be passed one level at a time.

Not only that, because the logic of chain transmission becomes more complex as time goes on, if the shutdown command is issued too late, it is very likely that the transmission of the command will not be able to keep up with the speed of spontaneous expansion of the extraordinary energy that is endowed with spirituality.

Of course, if the carrier is lost, even if this spontaneous expansion occurs, it will only last for a few rounds at most before collapsing due to various errors in the execution of the ritual. But even so, the out-of-control extraordinary energy is enough to bring enormous damage.

Apart from anything else, the energy turbulence caused by the massive amount of extraordinary energy after losing the control of soul pressure is enough to make them suffer.

This was the origin of the accident half a day ago. At that time, they only wanted to test the complete version of the domain effect, but the load it brought quickly broke through the upper limit of their body and soul in just one minute, forcing them to actively cut off the connection with the techniques that constructed the domain, causing the constantly expanding techniques and the original massive extraordinary energy at their disposal to all go out of control.

"Well, judging from the current situation, it seems that we can only add an additional spell to expand the upper limit of the domain? But in that case, with your current body, Lailai, I guess you can only expand a domain of 3 meters at most? And the upper limit of the extraordinary energy you can control is probably only mana points?"

"Yeah, I know. I'm having a headache over this problem right now..."

In the soul space, Ling Yuzi said thoughtfully, while Xin Lailai nodded slightly, rubbed his temples, looked at the instrument in front of him, with a hint of annoyance in his eyes.

Just like Ling Yuzi said, if you want to solve the problem of domain out of control, the best way is to add an additional restrictive spell to the spell for constructing the domain.

But this will inevitably lead to a substantial increase in the basic load brought by the domain, just like the size of the fence must match the number of sheep. Perhaps under normal circumstances they can actually bear a domain of 500m or even larger, but when the restriction spell is added, taking into account the burden brought by the restriction spell, the limit of the domain they can expand will most likely be only about 300m, and the upper limit of the extraordinary energy that the domain can control will also be reduced to 3 mana points.

Of course, being able to call upon an additional 3 points of extraordinary energy that is equivalent to one's own energy is not weak. Taking into account the effect of mana retention, compared with the original magic field that is almost useless to them, it is still a very powerful field.

But it is only strong. As a product that they have invested so much energy in, if it can only produce this level of effect in the end, how can he, as the creator, be satisfied?

You know, according to Xin Lailai's original expectation, although not hundreds of kilometers, their domain should at least be expanded to a range similar to that of the Xingluo domain. But now they have to face the reality that it can only be opened to 300. This gap is really too huge for a wizard.

"There's no other way. I can only go find other people to ask."

Then, Xin Lailai sighed, retracted his gaze, looked behind him, thought for a while, and sent a message on the communication channel:
……

Black Sword: "@All members, everyone, are you free? I have some questions I want to discuss with you about the spell that went out of control this time." Black Sword: "@All members, by the way, newcomers can also come and listen, and if you have any thoughts, you can speak directly."

……

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Fifteen minutes later, Tianmai Dragon Island, central area.

"I see. Is this the domain-based method developed by Daoist Fellow Black Sword? This structure..."

"Well, from a principle point of view, the threshold of this thing is really subtle. Although in theory it seems that anyone can use it, the two requirements of soul flame and breath strength alone are estimated to eliminate a lot of people. And the amount of this technique... If the strength of the body and spiritual world is not enough, if you dare to use this thing, you will probably be blown up directly, right?"

"…Compared to these, I'm more curious about, Black Sword, did you open this thing on the island before?"

"Ahem, I was so excited that I tried it accidentally. Please forgive me, Brother Mingyu."

On the spacious rooftop on the top floor of the castle, Xin Lailai, Mingyu and a group of top-tier wizards were sitting opposite each other around a stone table, while the newcomers who came to watch were sitting in a row on a bench not far away, with curiosity and expectation in their eyes.

"However, from the perspective of controlling mana, this spell does have many advantages, especially the part about controlling free extraordinary energy. Perhaps my starry sky domain can also be used as a reference?"

"indeed."

"Tsk tsk, I was just about to say that. By the way, Boss Black Sword, did you really just start learning domain construction a week ago?"

"It's just a trick, so do you have any good suggestions?"

"Well... excuse me for asking, Mr. Black Sword, what is your current body defense?"

"About 80."

"puff!!!"

"Fuck, is this true? Brother Black Sword, are you sure you are really a wizard?"

"This... In other words, even if Mr. Black Sword's body defense has reached 80 points, he still can't withstand this spell?"

"It's not that it can't bear the load, but the effect is not satisfactory. Does Miss Shengji have any good ideas?"

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, Mr. Black Sword. I originally wanted to suggest that you try a spell to strengthen your body so as to increase your body's load capacity. But now it seems that this idea is a bit unrealistic."

On the rooftop, when Sheng Ji heard Xin Lailai report the value of his body's defense, her breathing was slightly choked, and then she shook her head at him apologetically, indicating that she was powerless to solve the other party's problem.

As a battle mage, she has many methods to temporarily increase her physical strength, but these methods pale in comparison to the opponent's physical defense of 80 points.

"Hmm... I do have an idea. Fellow Daoist Black Sword, have you ever considered trying to use the talisman method to release this technique?"

"Fu Zhuan?"

Xin Lailai's eyes moved slightly when he heard this. He first showed a hint of thought in his eyes, but then he shook his head and said:

"I'm afraid not. Brother Daofa should have seen the structure of this spell. If we use scrolls or talismans to share the pressure, the material consumption will probably reach a terrifying level."

With his understanding of magic, he naturally understood what the Taoist magic of talismans meant. It was a method of using runes + scrolls to assist in casting spells. Although it was useful, because scrolls were disposable consumables, it was a method that consumed a lot of extraordinary materials.

Given the scale of the field they have researched, if they really use this route to solve the load problem, they will probably go bankrupt after using it twice, and...

"Besides, if we follow Brother Daofa's method, this spell may not be able to be moved at will, so as not to destroy the effect of the talisman. In this way, it is equivalent to directly abandoning the greatest advantage of the field, which is somewhat putting the cart before the horse."

"That's right. I didn't think it through. Fellow Daoist Black Sword, please forgive me."

Xin Lailai shook her head, and Daofa nodded upon hearing that, realizing that his proposal was a bit too hasty.

"Tsk tsk, this is really hard to bear. By the way, Satan, don't you always think you are awesome? Why are you silent now?"

"Because I'm not like someone who likes to yell when he can't come up with a solution."

"You... forget it. For the sake of Brother Black Sword, I won't bother to settle accounts with you this time."

On the somewhat silent rooftop, Yuan muttered a few words casually, then looked around and found that everyone was thinking with their heads down, so he also fell silent.

It's not that he wanted to spoil the fun, but the scene before him was simply too uncomfortable for a talkative guy like him, especially when the questions raised by the black-haired young man were completely outside the field of his expertise.

"Hey, Brother Liubing, do you have any good ideas? This is the problem that the Black Sword is stuck with. If we can solve it here, I guarantee we can install a big one!"

Then, Yuan looked at Liu Bing beside him, approached him, and asked him in a low voice. Liu Bing heard the words, and shook his head with a sad face, and said helplessly:

"Master Yuan, you think too highly of me. If I had that ability, I would have spoken out long ago. The problem is that the field developed by Master Black Sword this time is too abnormal in terms of usage conditions. To be honest, apart from transforming it into a barrier spell so that it can use the world area as a carrier, I can't think of any other solution."

Liu Bing said helplessly, and Ming Yu, who was standing by, heard the two people's mumbling and showed a thoughtful look. Finally, he looked at the black-haired young man in front of him and said:

"Black Sword, are you sure you don't want to change this spell into a barrier spell or formation?"

After the words fell, Xin Lailai's expression changed slightly, and he looked at Mingyu. When he was about to shake his head to deny it, the other party continued:
"I know you're unwilling, but at this scale, I don't think this domain spell has the possibility of being successfully released. Its load is completely beyond the scope of what a third-level contractor can bear."

"According to the current situation, even if you really find a way to further expand the domain, but with such a heavy load, are you sure you can still use skills to fight and cast other spells normally?"

"..."

The voice with a hint of coldness fell, silenced Xin Lailai who was about to refute, while the others looked at this scene without saying a word.

Just like Mingyu said, they could all see that the spell before them was completely beyond the capabilities of a third-tier wizard. No...let alone the third-tier, even if a top-notch fourth-tier or even an outer-tier wizard came, the result would probably be the same.

In the final analysis, from the perspective of principle and scale, this thing no longer looks like a spell for humans. Unless a dominant creature known for its physical strength comes over, otherwise, based on the physical limitations of individual humans, it is impossible to be able to use it at the third level no matter how you look at it...

"Um, can I have a few words?"

Silent silence permeated the rooftop, and at this moment, the white-haired boy who was sitting opposite Xin Lailai and could only shrink his body because he was sandwiched between the Star Girl and the Saint Princess, raised his palm weakly, looked at the people in front of him, and asked with a somewhat uncertain tone:
"According to what Brother Black Sword said to the seniors before, domain spells can only be moved because the body is used as a carrier, right?"

"In that case, why not use a carrier that is more useful than the body and can still move?"

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(End of this chapter)