No matter how high a mage's rank, they possessed one fatal weakness: their bodies were nowhere near as tough as those of Title Knights.
So, if one could use a spell to grievously wound a mage in a single strike, then no matter how high their rank was, it would all be useless.
Of course, mages knew that their bodies were their greatest weakness.
Thus, aside from offensive spells, what they usually valued most was the cultivation of defensive spells.
Fire Shield, Ice Shield, Earth Shield, and countless others—trying to launch a sneak attack on them was truly very, very difficult.
However, Nalant found a glimmer of inspiration in this Complete Compendium of Magical Spells.
The compendium recorded an unverified school of magic.
The book even included a note: This magical attribute has not been verified. It was excerpted from an ancient tomb. Minor experimentation is permissible, but do not become obsessed with it and neglect your cultivation!
And this unverified school of spells was called spatial magic!
There were not many spatial spells. In fact, the lower one's strength, the fewer spells there were.
There were only two beginner-level spells.
One was Instant Movement, which allowed a mage to move instantly within a range of one hundred meters.
The second was Instant Teleportation, which instantly teleported a certain object elsewhere. Its range depended on the strength of one's mental power.
Clearly, spatial magic was far stranger and more unfathomable than any other branch of magic.
Instant Movement!
In Nalant's eyes, it was practically a heaven-defying skill. Whether used for attacking or preserving one's life, it was the kind of trump card one kept hidden away.
Unfortunately, when Nalant looked at the cultivation steps, he found that he could not even complete them.
The complex patterns that needed to be