My monster cards can evolve infinitely.

The "Legendary Mage Midas's Notebook" seemed to come alive in Xiuqi's hands.

The ancient writing on the parchment gleamed golden under the magical lights of the third floor of the library. Xiuqi's fingers gently traced the lines of text, while the rare meditation stone on his chest pulsed warmly, making his thoughts clear and quick.

"The force field isn't a wall, it's a flow of water..." Xiu Qi repeated in a low voice.

He recalled the shifting force field during yesterday's duel—the magical missile that fell from above, rubbing against the force field shield, spinning, and finally disintegrating. At the time, he had only reacted instinctively, but now he understood that it was precisely the "flowing water" guiding his actions.

Xiuqi closed his eyes and let his consciousness sink into the spell model.

The structure of Midas's Primary Deflection Field appeared in his mind as a three-dimensional network woven from arcane energy, with nodes resonating at specific frequencies to create ripples of deflection impact.

In common understanding, this network is uniform, like a fishing net absorbing external forces. But Midas hinted in his notes that a true deflecting force field should have "vortices" and "channels"—the path of force flow should be carefully designed.

"If we adjust the distribution of nodes..." Xiuqi began to reconstruct in his meditation.

His fingers moved unconsciously across the table, their tips glowing with arcane light. If someone looked closely, they would see faint blue lines appearing in the air—the spell model being redrawn.

The spiritual power provided by the rare meditation stone allowed Xiuqi to reach new heights in his thinking speed. He could simultaneously deduce dozens of node arrangement schemes and simulate their impact performance in his consciousness.

Most of the solutions failed—uneven node distribution led to an imbalance in the force field.

However, one approach is gradually showing its advantages: constructing a triple-spiral force field network centered on the heart. The innermost layer has dense nodes, responsible for "absorbing" impacts; the middle layer is arranged in waves, responsible for "dispersing" them; and the outermost layer is sparse but tough, responsible for "guiding".

This is no longer a uniform net, but a layered and directed energy organ.

Xiuqi opened his eyes, a silver-blue light flashing in them.

He raised his right hand and activated it with his mind—

There was no chanting, not even a complete hand gesture. With a thought, a force field, more solid and "fluid" than ever before, unfolded around him.

This time, the deflection field was no longer a translucent ripple, but a pale silver-blue, gently rippling halo. Xiuqi could clearly sense the arcane energy flowing in a spiral pattern within the force field network, forming tiny force field vortices.

Most remarkably, when he tried to adjust the force field, the response was more than twice as fast. With a thought, the shape of the force field could change accordingly—it could condense into a shield, expand into a cover, or even form a high-density area in a localized area.

"It's done," Xiu Qi said softly, a sense of accomplishment welling up inside him.

He looked out the window; it was already dark, and the library's magic lamps automatically lit up with a soft glow. Before he knew it, he had spent the entire afternoon there.

Xiuqi carefully put the journal back in its place, nodded to the elderly administrator, and quickly left.

......

The practice field was deserted at night.

The training grounds of the Solmar Royal Academy are located to the east of the Arcane Academy; they are a circular area paved with white marble. Several magical puppets stand at the edge—intelligence-less training dolls capable of performing basic attacks on command.

Xiuqi stood in the center of the arena, moonlight shining on his gray robe.

He took a few deep breaths, and the rare meditation stone on his chest began to operate, with warm spiritual energy flowing into his sea of ​​consciousness.

Then he raised his right hand and activated it with his mind—

A pale silver-blue force field unfolded instantly, more solid and fluid than in the afternoon. Fine spiral patterns were faintly visible on the surface of the force field, like whirlpools in flowing water.

"Activate Puppet Number Three, Bow and Arrow Mode," Xiuqi said to the control runes on the sidelines.

A humanoid puppet's eyes glowed red.

It took a longbow from its back and nocked a blunt training arrow.

call out!

The arrow left the bowstring, piercing the night sky and heading straight for Xiuqi's chest.

Xiuqi didn't dodge; he focused solely on sensing the changes in the force field.

Just as the arrow is about to hit, the nodes in the corresponding area of ​​the force field instantly become denser, forming a tiny force field vortex.

The arrow seemed to have struck an invisible swamp, its trajectory suddenly veering off course. It grazed Xiu Qi's shoulder and flew backward, landing helplessly.

No royalty notification was triggered.

Xiu Qi was startled.

He urged the puppet again: "Continuous firing, highest frequency."

The puppet mechanically repeated the process of nocking, drawing the bow, and firing. Arrows rained down, each aimed at a different spot.

A pale silver-blue force field flowed like water around Xiuqi.

The moment an arrow comes into contact with a force field, it may be deflected, "swallowed up," or its trajectory may be distorted and miss its mark.

All ten arrows missed their mark, none of them touching Xiu Qi's body.

There is still no royalty notification.

Xiuqi's eyes lit up. He understood—this was not a simple application of the original spell, but a new spell created based on it.

The structure has changed, the way energy flows has changed, and even the "signature" of the spell has changed.

The Magic Network no longer recognizes it as Midas's work, so it naturally won't trigger royalty collection.

"Please name this magic trick..." A hollow voice suddenly echoed in his mind.

This is a completely new primary deflection force field.

What name should I choose?

A name naturally came to mind.

"【Shuqi's Elementary Deflection Field】."

He did not use his surname in his name, and he has always tried his best to conceal it.

After naming it, he decided to test another property of the force field.

"Switch the puppet to melee mode and attack with the longsword."

The puppet put down its longbow, drew its training sword from its waist, and walked heavily toward Xiuqi.

When it was three steps away, it gripped its sword with both hands and thrust forward with all its might—

The moment the sword tip touched the force field, Xiu Qi's thoughts raced.

The energy flow in the force field suddenly accelerated, and the node density in the corresponding region increased tenfold.

The pale silver-blue halo became almost tangible, like a layer of liquid amber.

The longsword pierced the force field, but it felt like it was trapped in a mixture of spider webs and silt.

The sword tip moved forward an inch before coming to a complete stop, and no matter how hard the puppet tried, it could not move forward even a fraction of an inch.

Even more bizarrely, when the puppet tried to pull back the longsword, it found that the blade was firmly "stuck" by the force field, unable to move forward or backward.

Xiuqi could clearly sense that the arcane energy within the force field was spiraling rapidly around the sword, forming countless microscopic force field chains. This was no longer a simple deflection, but an active "capture" and "binding."

He relaxed his mind, and the force field returned to normal. The puppet staggered backward due to the excessive force, and the longsword finally came loose.

"Incredible," Xiuqi said in a low voice.

This goes beyond the scope of a deflection field and possesses some of the characteristics of a force field constraint.

Although its strength is not enough to completely imprison powerful enemies, it can already provide near-absolute defense against projectiles such as arrows and throwing knives, as well as melee attacks that are not powerful enough.

He then tested several different attacks—the puppet's hammer blows, force field balls launched by the magic missile simulator, and so on.

Each time, [Xiuqi's Elementary Deflection Field] demonstrated defensive capabilities and adaptability far exceeding the original version.

When the final round of testing ended and Xiuqi deactivated the force field, he found that he felt almost no fatigue from the depletion of magic power.

The force field of the new structure also significantly improves energy utilization efficiency.

Under the moonlight, Xiu Qi stood in the center of the empty training ground, a faint smile on his face.