Investigation and Elimination

Zhao Nan sensed the peculiar wind blade, his heart stirring slightly.

Could it be a miniature Dimension, or perhaps the prototype of a Dimension? he wondered.

But soon, Zhao Nan dismissed this guess. After all, the magic known as Dimension had different incantations; how could a mere first-level Wind Blade spell possibly form the prototype of a Dimension?

After pondering for a long while, Zhao Nan still had no clue, so he simply stopped overthinking it. Instead, he used his spiritual energy to control that wind blade, once again slicing across the waist of a Wind Wolf.

After slicing across the Wind Wolf's waist again, Zhao Nan suddenly noticed that the color of the wind blade had become the same as the other wind blades. When he controlled this wind blade to slice across a third Wind Wolf, it simply dissipated against the creature's tough fur.

Sensing this scene through his spiritual energy, Zhao Nan had a rough guess in his heart, but he was not absolutely certain. He simply chanted the incantation once more and began to summon wind blades.

This time, when summoning the wind blades, Zhao Nan deliberately increased his magical power output and the compression of that magical power.

Precisely because of this, Zhao Nan managed to summon over thirty wind blades this time, and among them, there were four distinct ones.

Zhao Nan ignored the other wind blades, merely spreading his spiritual energy and letting those blades attack the Wind Wolves.

He then focused his remaining spiritual energy on the four special wind blades.

Perhaps because there were more of these different wind blades this time, providing a basis for comparison, Zhao Nan quickly discovered that the difference in these wind blades lay in the amount of Wind Element gathered.

Zhao Nan was not surprised when he discovered this situation; after all, this could be seen clearly with the naked eye—the ones with more Wind Element were greener, while those with less were paler in color.

But the current Zhao Nan was searching for why this wind blade possessed the power to harvest the lives of Wind Wolves as easily as cutting vegetables.

Since there were four of these unusual wind blades, Zhao Nan was in no rush. He used his spiritual energy to control one wind blade as it flew toward a fifth-level Wind Wolf that was currently entangled with Roslet.

It was the perfect opportunity to test just how high the attack intensity of this wind blade was.

The wind blade certainly did not disappoint Zhao Nan's expectations.

As soon as it touched the waist of the Wind Wolf, it sliced straight through the creature's tough skin, effortlessly cutting the entire fifth-level Wind Wolf in two.

Seeing this scene, Roslet could not help but be stunned.

For Roslet, that wind blade was naturally no stranger, as it was merely a first-level spell.

But since when did a first-level spell possess such power?

After his surprise, Roslet could not help but turn his head to glance at Zhao Nan, before turning his attention back to the battle with the pack of Wind Wolves.

Zhao Nan naturally did not see Roslet's reaction; at this moment, he was focused on the wind blade that had just sliced through the fifth-level Wind Wolf.

Although the wind blade did not fail Zhao Nan's expectations and had cut the fifth-level Wind Wolf in two, it was itself on the verge of collapse.

It was only on the verge of collapse, not completely shattered.

But it was this very difference that allowed Zhao Nan to sense a hint of something unique within this wind blade.

Is this Wind Element?

No, if it were just Wind Element, the attack power shouldn't be this formidable.

Zhao Nan muttered to himself and was about to examine it more closely, but the wind blade had already completely dissipated into the air.

Seeing this, Zhao Nan did not hesitate in the slightest. With a surge of spiritual energy, another wind blade flew straight out, shooting directly toward a fourth-level Wind Wolf.

Since the wind blade could not last long after killing a fifth-level Wind Wolf, he would attack a fourth-level Wind Wolf to see if he could gain any insights.

Accompanying the wind blade's attack, Zhao Nan was also constantly pondering what exactly that was.

At this moment, Zhao Nan could already be certain that the unusual nature of the wind blade was due to the Profundity of the Wind Laws.

Otherwise, a mere first-level spell could not possibly have this kind of power.

But which Profundity was it exactly?

And how was he casting it?

Zhao Nan believed that as long as he found out what the situation was, he would be able to gain an entry into that Profundity.

The Profundities of the Wind Laws were divided into nine types: Wind Element, Wind Movement Technique, Clone Technique, Fast, Slow, Wind Space, Dimension, Sound Wave, and Sound Music.

However, these nine Profundities were actually equivalent to six; Fast and Slow could be fused into the Profundity of Speed, while Sound Wave and Sound Music could be fused into the Profundity of Sound.

Zhao Nan counted the Profundities in his heart while comparing them with the situation inside the unstable wind blade that had already slain a Wind Wolf.

It was not that Zhao Nan already knew the details of the Profundities, but rather that he had read the original work and had a rough understanding of the basic situation of these various Profundities.

After some comparison, Zhao Nan discovered that the current wind blade actually contained four other Profundities, excluding Clone Technique, Wind Movement Technique, Dimension, Sound Wave, and Sound Music.

Upon making this discovery, Zhao Nan's heart burned with excitement.

After all, even in other high-level planes, how many people could comprehend an attack fused with four Profundities!

In the Hell Plane, one could even earn the title of a Six-Star Demon!

But upon second thought, Zhao Nan realized that this certainly could not be the case.

If this tiny wind blade really was an attack fused with four Profundities, let alone one Wind Wolf, it could have killed all three hundred Wind Wolves in a single strike.

Clearly, he had overthought it.

After Zhao Nan figured this out, he gave up the method of trying to match the Profundities one by one from the wind blade and instead began to use the method of elimination.

First of all, those five Profundities were certainly not present in this wind blade; after all, Sound Wave and Sound Music belonged to the Profundity of Sound, and this wind blade lacked that element.

As for a clone, that was even more impossible, because this Wind Blade could not split from one into two, or two into three;

As for the Wind Movement Technique, it was even more so; the Wind Blade could not conceal its tracks, so it clearly did not belong to that profound mystery.

As for the profound mystery of Dimension, although this Wind Blade looked very similar right now, under Zhao Nan's spiritual perception, it lacked that eerie feeling characteristic of the Dimension profound mystery.

But among the remaining four profound mysteries, which ones were irrelevant?

Zhao Nan began to ponder.

As Zhao Nan pondered, the second Wind Blade once again vanished into the heavens and earth, and Zhao Nan subsequently released a third Wind Blade.

For this attack, Zhao Nan did not rely solely on his spiritual power to observe, but instead used his eyes to look directly.

As the Wind Blade sliced through the waist of the Wind Wolf, Zhao Nan instantly ruled out the profound mysteries of speed and slowness.

After all, Zhao Nan had seen other Wind Blades he had cast before, and this special Wind Blade did not show any overly abnormal conditions in terms of speed.

As the profound mysteries were slowly ruled out, only the Wind Element and Wind Space profound mysteries remained.