A Subversive Magic

Pengbes's eyes were already shining, but because the experiment wasn't completely finished, he held back from asking.

This was simply revolutionary. In the entire magic world, over the years, countless seniors, powerhouses, and geniuses had emerged, but no one had brought him the kind of shock Chen Cheng had.

He hadn't just broken the limitations of rank, but he had also broken the limitations of attributes.

It could be said that if his concept of Variable Magic were truly spread, then there would be no such thing as talent limitations in this world. As long as one learned his Variable Magic and a complete set of Magic Markings, they could become a mage everyone yearned to be.

Pengbes couldn't imagine what the world would be like then, or to what height the magic civilization of this world would ascend.

Hui Dun also felt an immense wonder. He then continued to channel the Chaos Magic from within his body and activated several other basic elemental spells.

When they saw the frost spells, water balls, and wind blades that emerged, Pengbes and the other person looked at the unremarkable clay tablet as if it were a peerless treasure.

After these experiments were done, before Pengbes and the other could speak, Chen Cheng revealed a strange smile. He picked up his pen and added a few strokes to the disordered patterns. Then, he made a gesture, inviting Hui Dun to continue.

Hui Dun didn't speak either. He continued channeling Chaos Magic as before and communicated with the clay tablet using his mind.

However, this time it was different from before. In addition to the many basic spells, another magic option appeared.

At this moment, Hui Dun seemed to have guessed something, and an irrepressible excitement surged through him. He then activated the new magic option.

Hui Dun then felt a large amount of Chaos Magic being drawn from his body and flowing into the clay tablet in his hands.

Meanwhile, Pengbes, who was observing from the side, saw that the patterns, which were only partially being drawn before, were now being fully activated. These patterns eventually combined to form an Elemental Magic Bullet with the power of a peak Silver Rank.

As the magic was unleashed, the ordinary clay tablet could no longer withstand it and shattered into several pieces.

Upon seeing the Elemental Magic Bullet that was unleashed, Pengbes didn't immediately annihilate it. Instead, he extended his hands forward and chanted:

"Space: Forbidden Neighbor."

Then, a magic pattern rapidly appeared from Pengbes's hand and vanished. The unleashed Elemental Magic Bullet was firmly enveloped in his grasp.

"My, my, this is a rare and valuable item. It's an excellent specimen for researching the common elemental magics."

He then snapped his fingers, and a bottle made entirely of Mithril flew over from his workbench. The bottle was also inscribed with many containment spells.

After throwing the Elemental Magic Bullet into it, Pengbes nodded with satisfaction.

At this moment, Hui Dun stared blankly at the broken clay tablet in his hands.

This ordinary clay tablet, fired from common mud, was used for basic magic experiments. The magic threshold it could unleash was limited to basic spells.

Yet, just now, he had personally used such an ordinary clay tablet to unleash a spell with Silver Rank power, and it was a method that didn't require excessive consumption of the caster's own essence.

At this moment, Hui Dun finally understood why Chen Cheng was the only person in history who could survive after using Super-class Magic.

Thinking of this, tears welled up in Hui Dun's eyes.

Pengbes, who had also calmed down from his excitement, came to Hui Dun's side and patted his shoulder.

"All of this is the trickery of fate. But this is also Achilles' fate. I don't think he would want you to be lost in the sorrow of his death."

Chen Cheng looked at Hui Dun with some curiosity. He didn't understand why Hui Dun shed tears after witnessing this. Moreover, from Pengbes's words, it seemed that Hui Dun's former master's death was related to this.

Pengbes didn't hide anything from Chen Cheng and told him the cause of Hui Dun's teacher's death.

When Chen Cheng heard that Hui Dun's teacher had died using Super-class Magic in Nanmu Forest around the same time, he also felt that fate truly enjoyed playing tricks on people in this world.

Perhaps Hui Dun's teacher had learned his Variable Magic, and when using Super-class Magic at the last moment, he wouldn't have had to endure continuous mana infusion into his body.

He might have, like himself, completed the drawing of the magic patterns in an instant and then released the magic the moment the mana was infused.

Although the result might have been a ruined body, just like his, and due to his rank, he might never have recovered.

However, that was still better than forcibly enhancing his physical strength through blood sacrifice and then being blown up by mana.

Moreover, if Hui Dun were to ascend to that position in the future, he could find an Epic Rank expert to treat the injuries within his body.

Chen Cheng could withstand that momentary burst of power because he had grown up in the mountains and forests, eating beast meat with Samlet since childhood. His physique was naturally much better than that of ordinary people.

Therefore, after Chen Cheng used that Super-class Magic, his body did not collapse. It was just a momentary burst of power that scattered the magic patterns within him.

Hui Dun wiped away his tears. Perhaps all of this was fate's trickery. If not for his master's death, he wouldn't have come to apprentice under Pengbes.

If he hadn't come to apprentice here, he wouldn't have known that a mere slave student had researched something so terrifying.

And if he wanted to rapidly increase his strength and ascend to that supreme position, he also had to learn Chen Cheng's Variable Magic.

And it all seemed to be arranged by fate, something he could neither resist nor defy.

At this point, Pengbes also thought of the power of the final strike unleashed by the clay tablet just now. As a Platinum Rank expert himself, he suddenly realized how much his magical strength would increase if someone like him could engrave Chen Cheng's Variable Magic.

Even if it was only a single strike, if one could unleash a legendary forbidden spell against an enemy and survive, wouldn't that mean a Platinum Rank mage could threaten a Legendary Mage?

No, Pengbes dared not think further. Before, it was just breaking the limitations of talent and attributes, but now it was about breaking the limitations between gods and mortals.

In his opinion, Legendary Mages were no longer mortals; their means were akin to demigods. Magic that could bridge the gap between mortals and gods was a magical revolution, and it was too terrifying.

Seeing Pengbes, who had been cheerful moments ago, now sweating profusely on his forehead, Chen Cheng asked with some concern:

"Professor, are you alright?"

He was genuinely afraid that the professor might harbor ill intentions and try to rob and kill him.

In that case, with him and Hui Dun, they wouldn't be able to last two rounds against him.

This was because Pengbes was an extremely rare Space Element Mage.

He intended to kill them both with his spatial magic, and the people outside would likely not sense any magical fluctuations.

Pengbes's senses returned, and the eyes that had always been friendly towards people now became sharp. At the same time, his aura as an Archmage was unleashed, pressing down on Chen Cheng and the other person before him.

At this moment, Hui Dun was already sweating profusely on his forehead under the immense mental pressure from the Archmage. Chen Cheng, however, who was at the center of the oppression, felt as if he were in a spring breeze, merely startled by Pengbes's gaze.

"Professor, what's wrong?"

Chen Cheng hadn't even realized how terrifying the Variable Magic he had created was. He had completely broken through the limitations of magical talent, enabling him to cultivate a large number of people with ordinary aptitudes into legendary powerhouses who could, in certain moments, rival demigods.

"Do you know how terrifying the magic you've created is? The Doomsday Codex in legends is just a legend, but your magic is a real entity that can actually destroy the world."

Pengbes said, his eyes somewhat bloodshot.

Chen Cheng was also startled by his words, wondering how a researcher like himself could be implicated in world destruction.

Besides, wasn't his Variable Magic incredibly powerful, allowing everyone to use magic conveniently and quickly? Shouldn't this benefit the entire magical world?

However, it wasn't Chen Cheng's fault for having this thought; most of the education he received in his previous life was positive and uplifting.

The controlled nuclear fusion he researched was also seen as a solution to humanity's energy crisis and an end to wars caused by energy scarcity.

He didn't consider that with the advent of controlled nuclear fusion and infinite energy, the destructive scale of wars initiated by humanity would increase exponentially.

Therefore, his initial intention in researching this Variable Magic was for his own convenience, and he could readily think of making it convenient for others, subconsciously not considering that the appearance of such magic could escalate wars.

Pengbes looked at Chen Cheng's somewhat puzzled expression, as if asking, "Isn't this a good thing!"

At that moment, he felt like a clown.

He, who considered himself a learned professor, was actually worse than a wild man from the mountains.

From Chen Cheng's gaze, he could see the goodness in his heart towards magic and the world. Perhaps he couldn't even conceive of the evil in human nature.

Pengbes stopped speaking and walked to a corner of the room to retrieve his briefcase.

When he opened the case, he found that besides a few items of clothing, it contained magical literature and special magical items.

He took out the literature and items, then opened a hidden compartment at the very bottom of the case, from which he retrieved a rolled-up special parchment.

After taking out the parchment, he closed the case again and then carefully unrolled the parchment.

Chen Cheng and Hui Dun then saw a very detailed and somewhat familiar contract scroll.