The card game that had lasted nearly the entire night had broadened Long Qi's horizons somewhat. In particular, it let him connect the Knowledge Points formed from the dry, rigid text in the internal teaching materials with reality.
He had known long ago: conflicts and battles between Extraordinary Species were never decided by the gains and losses of a single punch or kick, but by the proper enhancement of their own domains; by the Abyss Zone energy resources they could seize; and by how, amid the chaotic turbulence created by their clashes, they could ensure the stability of their Self Logic and Rule Domain while disrupting their opponent's footing.
But those words were easy enough to say. When the battlefield was truly laid out before you, lacking the necessary perspective only made you a fool.
Long Qi was now barely better than a fool.
Although he could not catch the trajectories of the three Extraordinary Species and four bodies weaving and colliding, and could only occasionally glimpse afterimages, much less make out any details.
Still, he guessed that Tu Ge, fighting one against two, remained on the offensive.
The reason was simple. The domain force fields Long Qi could sense were still those spread out by Tu Ge.
Above the Sky Ridge Old Road, amid the clouds on either side, the stern laws of Format Fire still held sway.
As the rhythm rose and fell, streams of air continuously compressed and burst apart, like invisible long wings spreading from Tu Ge's two Exoskeleton Armors, slashing and sweeping across the field.
This was absolutely not a simple manipulation of airflow. Long Qi could barely sense that every slash stirred the Abyss Zone, borrowing its power for itself. That was why they could split the sky and sever clouds, crushing everything in