The Demonic World I designed-Chapter 741 - 732: Rhombic Mirror!

The Lattice Mirror is a superior spatial formation of the Mirror Folding Technique, documented in the secret scrolls of the West Sea Dragon Palace and now part of the advanced canon at Jiangnan Dragon Palace Academy. Chen Qing, when he originally designed this thing, made the difficulty extremely exaggerated, causing a host of players to curse it as a trap. The design principle came from the time when Chen Qing invited a professor from the Department of Mathematics and Physics at Beijing University to develop it with him, incorporating various geometric spatial theories.

In the two years since the game server’s launch, thirty-two new servers had opened, accommodating over forty million players from across the Federation. However, according to official records, only sixteen had managed to learn this formation... and each one of them was a math genius.

But here it was different.

In the game, as long as you grasped the key calculations, the rest could be left to intelligent assistance. But in this world, there was no such thing as intelligent assistance. All the most basic calculations had to be done by oneself. Every opening of a space, its refraction and then coordination between spaces, that massive foundation of geometric calculations and the use of energy, all had to be comprehensively controlled by the magician’s own brain. The difficulty was completely different from when players controlled their characters before.

Under these circumstances, the magician’s own computational abilities were extremely demanding. In theory, once one’s Art Energy had developed the brain, magicians surpassing First Rank had computational abilities comparable to computers. It was achievable, but in reality, it was extremely difficult, and Chen Qing had seen few with such talent.

The lass indeed possessed this talent for computation, but Chen Qing had always instructed Chen Ying to cultivate her energy control with care so as not to make any mistakes. He hadn’t expected that after going to Dragon Palace Academy, in less than a year under Zi Yue’s guidance, the lass could actually master the Lattice Mirror Array. Was Zi Yue teaching too wildly, or was the lass’s talent simply too amazing?

But no matter what, if the lass really had mastered the Lattice Mirror, there might still be a chance in this situation!

The effect was quickly apparent to everyone!

At that moment, Chen Yun’s speed was alarmingly fast, on par with Bai Sui’s full-force bursting speed from earlier. His lightning-fast movement left countless afterimages in the space, which were already difficult for the naked eye of mortals to catch.

But for some reason, the overlapping afterimages kept increasing, yet Chen Yun was unable to get any closer... It felt as if... he was just spinning in place!

"Hm?"

Chen Yun had clearly also noticed something was amiss and stopped in his tracks, staring intently ahead.

Something wasn’t right...

Every time he tried to get close, he would end up back where he started. What was going on?

Spatial Formation?

The knowledge of the Ancient Demons could also be passed down through genetic inheritance. With some contemplation, he would roughly understand the gist from the inherited genes and secretly guessed.

Mirror Folding?

He had heard of this technique; not a single magician in the Southern Sea had mastered such an inheritance from the Dragon Palace, but Jiangnan was known for their prowess in formations. It was possible someone could use it, but how old was this little girl?

In its ancient memories, even the Grand Sorcerers of the Dragon Clan seemed to require adulthood before they could possibly learn it, right?

The Dragon Clan reaches adulthood at nine thousand years; it might take about nine thousand years of foundational work and exceptional talent to learn Mirror Folding. Human lifespan seemed to be just a few hundred years, and this girl... she looked to be only about a dozen years old, right?

Such a human, her brain must be delicious!

A flash of blood-red crossed Chen Yun’s eyes; his determination grew even stronger. Ancient Demons could absorb superior genes from other races. Though not all could be absorbed, digesting ten to twenty percent was feasible. Even so, it could greatly surpass the limits of most creatures in a short time.

That Bai Sui Celestial Serpent had extreme talent, and now a human he deigned unworthy also possessed such talent. Along with Su Changqing, the Dragon Vein Sorcerer, not bad, not bad at all. These nutrients, used as materials for his cocooning, would certainly provide an excellent foundation!

With that thought, Chen Yun was so excited that his mouth split open, drooling incessantly.

Despite the human exterior, he was like a voraciously hungry beast.

"Ew...." A distance away, Yunke’er shuddered in disgust. Just being near that creature made her feel physically ill, more repulsive than the large cockroaches in Jiangnan!

"Ke’er, focus!" Su Changqing hurriedly reminded her from the side.

He had no idea how the little girl managed to make the opponent spin in place, but with that kind of speed, a moment of inattention could result in your array being broken. At this point, a lapse in concentration meant that, given the current distance between them, they probably wouldn’t even have time to blink before they were all killed by the opponent.

Bai Su, however, was somewhat puzzled and curiously asked, "How did you manage that? A spatial formation shouldn’t be able to trap it."

Bai Su, whose name was Bai Su, practiced the Bai Su school of arts from the Celestial Serpent, and though she fought like a warrior, she was actually a true magician. This was also why the Heavenly Master’s force allowed her to participate in the competition.

As an extraterrestrial being, she had studied spatial formations extensively and was very clear about their nature.

Spatial formations simply involved using spiritual power to deform and compress space, creating visibly small spaces that contained many larger, controllable spaces. The greater the space one could compress into a very small area, the higher one’s attainment in spatial techniques.

The so-called Mirror Folding technique was able to fold multiple layers of space using a folding method into an incredibly small area. Therefore, during Chen Ying’s first trial, there was the effect that, though it seemed within arm’s reach, it was actually miles away. Mirror Folding was the ultimate method of compression.

But their spiritual power was limited!

Bai Su was very clear in her heart; in this world, everyone’s spiritual power was limited, including that of the powerful woman in red who brought her to this world. In this world, where the spiritual energy had not fully revived, everyone had a ceiling to their personal spiritual power.

Even if it was at the level of that ceiling, using the Mirror Folding technique, the most space they could compress was about the size of a county town.

In the absence of directions, it might be possible to temporarily make a powerful demon spin around inside because the layout within the space is different from what you see, so you don’t know where the exit is.

But she understood that this was the case for ordinary people. The monster inside Chen Yun had already learned her trick, using scent and air currents to determine location.

She and Su Changqing were both locked on, so no matter how the space was arranged, the creature could find the location and come over by following the scent. As long as the direction was correct, for its kind of speed, the space of an entire county town was merely a matter of a few breaths.

So, why could the opponent choose the wrong path?

After several successive mistakes, it surely wasn’t possible that the other party hadn’t left any traces on them, right?

She could smell the scent that wasn’t hers on her body, although she didn’t know how to remove it.

So, by all accounts, the opponent should not have been trapped by the spatial array...

"What she used must be Mirror Folding," Su Changqing said solemnly, his heart filled with immense surprise. He knew the little girl was talented, but he didn’t expect her to be this talented.

Mirror Folding, just looking at the very basics gave him a headache...

"Mirror Folding?" Bai Su said coldly, "If it were Mirror Folding, we would have died long ago. Kid, what exactly did you use?"

Yunke’er looked at her opponents and tapped her head, she had only learned this thing recently, and even her teacher Zi Yue didn’t tell her the name, she could only muster bravely, "The advanced version of Mirror Folding."

Su Changqing was stunned. What did she mean by the advanced version?

Bai Su looked at her: "Explain it."

She wanted to know the principle, to judge how much time they could still buy. If time wasn’t enough, they needed to pull out as soon as possible. If this kid really had the ability to trap that guy for a long time, they should take this opportunity to recover their strength and eradicate the roots!

"This... um, how to put it, Mirror Folding compresses a large space down to a smaller one, but once compressed, the layout of the space becomes fixed. But the advanced version is different." The girl said proudly, her nostrils flaring: "The advanced version can continually cut and switch different spaces at any time, change the layout within, causing people inside to never find the same path, no matter how many times they turn. Thus, it’s very difficult to find a way out, and even if by chance they find an exit, I can immediately change that exit!"

Su Changqing listened, utterly baffled. What was this child saying... nonsensical?

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