"Just now, I had Wu Lie keep watch over the Moonshadow Temple area, and suddenly he saw this pillar of light," Shanhui explained. "Is Seven Stars up to something?"
"To see a pillar of light from so far away, it's probably no ordinary Sorcery Art." Chi's voice was grave. "At the very least, I've never seen anything like it recorded in Penglai's histories."
Xia Fan deeply agreed. The pillar of light reached straight into the clouds, punching a gap even through the dark clouds above the sky. It had to be several kilometers tall at the very least. As his Sorcery Art practice grew more extensive, he had gradually come to understand that the effects of a Sorcery Art were tied to qi. The more powerful the art, the more qi it consumed. Constant practice could improve a Sorcery Art's effectiveness, but it could not change that fundamental nature.
In other words, to unleash a pillar of light that pierced heaven and earth, even if it was only for illumination, would require an astronomical amount of qi.
And the only thing that could change that fundamental nature was one's way of thinking.
"Your Highness, I'm afraid we'll have to move up the attack plan," Xia Fan suddenly said. "Have Olina make preparations and send the Sorcery Art unit up first. Have them rendezvous on the southern hill, then set up a Dongfeng-2."
Jinxia City's Sorcery Art units were now mainly artifact squads made up of Elf Qi Sense Users—after completing the first and second rounds of general courses, they only needed a month of further study at the Ministry of Works before joining the Jinxia Army. Their Sorcery Art combat ability was not strong, but they could use the new magnetic-rail rifles and Dongfeng Cannons, making them one of the