Upgraded Again (Part 2)

The one speaking was Shanbei Xia Hui. This was the second time he had stressed it, his tone carrying an unquestionable forcefulness.

At that moment, Shanbei Xia Hui held the glowing, heated Magatama, and his chest burned as well—partly for his own good fortune, and partly for the power he wielded at this very moment.

The timing, location, and manner of what was happening before him had certainly been unexpected. Yet the event itself—Ronan's retaliation against Yuchuan Yingjie—had been foreseen by His Holiness the Pope when he assigned Shanbei Xia Hui to serve as Yuchuan Yingjie's bodyguard, and he had given instructions on how to deal with it.

Thus, Shanbei Xia Hui was full of confidence. Calmly, he activated the Magatama's power and connected with it, merging into it.

At that moment, his perception became the tip of a gnarled branch and root of the Fusang Divine Tree, piercing through endless void. It projected everything happening before him outward, awaiting a response from the highest level in the distance and receiving the Divine Might that would soon descend.

During this time, merely the faint tendrils at the end of that root had already unfurled before his eyes a vast, intricate scroll of supernatural power. It revealed the exquisite workings of high-level forces through unimaginable geometric structures and even subtler, microscopic patterns of energy interaction.

The Cage Instructor called it Configuration... What a fitting name!

But what did it feel like to be bound by a Configuration?

Shanbei Xia Hui's Mental Layer wavered for an instant. This was an unavoidable consequence of receiving the effects of high-level power. But he was highly experienced in this regard. He quickly gathered his thoughts and steadied himself, avoiding negative effects while remaining vigilant against the Cage Instructor's unfathomable methods of mental intrusion.

His performance