Chen Yi spent an entire month on this research, exploring it from different angles.
In the end, he concluded that the flames carried by the projected Blazing Sword were not real flames, but flames simulated by Pupil Power—reflections cast by a mirror. That was why he could not control them.
"Real and fake?"
"Is this the true nature of the Void-Piercing Magic Eye?"
"Reflect reality, project falsehood."
"Perhaps Projection is the technique most compatible with the Void-Piercing Magic Eye."
Compatibility with its nature meant there was greater potential to uncover.
The more Chen Yi researched it, the more astonished he became by the power contained within the magic eye, even if that power was not yet particularly strong.
With a thought from Chen Yi, thirty Magic Arrays appeared behind him. Half-formed Blazing Swords had already taken shape within each one, ready to fire at any moment.
Beside those thirty Magic Arrays were another thirty that looked somewhat illusory. These had been created through projection.
It appeared to be a simple projection, but the method of activating it was fundamentally different from what Chen Yi had done at first.
Now, he reflected and replicated an existing technique before projecting it.
The key was to replicate reality, then project falsehood.
It consumed fewer than thirty points of Pupil Power, while its might approached thirty percent of the Blazing Sword's original power.
If he projected it directly—
Chen Yi would need to consume at least a hundred points of Pupil Power, and its destructive force would only approach twenty percent.
That was the difference!
Understand the essence, then use power according to that essence.
That was why mages were powerful.
Unfortunately, it was only thirty percent for now. If he projected techniques such as The Left Hand of the Flame God, Ten Directions