You Said to Trust Science, and Now You're Teleporting Through Space?!

As described in the book.

As long as one understood the relationship between the human body and magic, one could begin practicing magic.

It sounded simple in the book, but in reality, it was anything but.

After all, as far as Luo Bai knew,

all White Magic learned by humans on Earth in the Marvel Universe had been created by the [Vishanti].

If humans wanted to learn White Magic, they had to "borrow" energy from the Vishanti for their training.

Though it was called borrowing, not just anyone could do it.

One needed at least a certain degree of magical talent to successfully "borrow" energy.

"I never thought I actually had what it took to be a mage?!" Feeling the energy flowing through his body, Luo Bai could not help exclaiming, his face filled with undisguised surprise.

He had originally worried that he had no talent for magic, but it turned out he did?!

This delighted Luo Bai, making him even more motivated to learn.

Although the beginning of the Supreme Compendium looked like a science textbook,

and contained a huge amount of knowledge that even talked about science, the further he read, the more explosive the content became.

Because it was genuine magic instruction!

Invisibility, energy projection, phasing through objects, telekinesis, instant movement, spatial teleportation, and so on...

It recorded the learning methods for over a hundred types of White Magic.

Luo Bai could not help marveling as he read.

Good grief.

It had just told you to believe in science, and then it did not even bother pretending anymore—it went straight to spatial teleportation?!

Mages really knew how to have fun.

While marveling, Luo Bai began studying magic.

Naturally, he started with the most basic skill: energy gathering.

Usually, the first step for a mage beginning cultivation was absorbing energy.

At that point, energy was merely a mass of "qi" flowing through one's body. One might be able to sense it, but could not use it.

Energy gathering meant collecting and controlling that mass of qi.

Following the book's instructions, Luo Bai needed to focus his attention and release the energy inside his body.

Though he recognized every word and obediently followed the directions,

after trying several times, forget energy—he could not even squeeze out a fart.

This troubled Luo Bai, and he could not help muttering, "Why can't I gather the energy?! Is my concentration not strong enough?!"

After staring at his empty hands for quite a while, Luo Bai suddenly realized something.

"Come on, Gu Yi, you gave me a magic book but not a Sling Ring? What kind of nonsense is that?!"

A Sling Ring.

A magical artifact of Kamar-Taj, developed by the fifth-generation Sorcerer Supreme.

Its purpose was to help mages concentrate better, as well as open portals and travel across dimensions.

Simply put, having one made it easier for a mage to focus.

Yet Gu Yi had not given him something so important?!

"She didn't even give me a Sling Ring... Is she trying to make me train the hard way?!" Luo Bai could not help complaining.

He felt somewhat annoyed now.

Why had he not thought to ask Gu Yi for a Sling Ring earlier?!

Gu Yi was probably at Kamar-Taj by now.

That place was unimaginably far away from him. It was impossible to go ask Gu Yi for one now, so it seemed he could only train the hard way.

With a sigh, Luo Bai embarked on his long path of cultivation.

He had been so focused on his training

that he had no idea how long he practiced before he finally managed to gather and control energy.

He clasped his hands together, then opened them.

Fine streaks of energy glowing yellow appeared between Luo Bai's hands.

As he turned his hands, those thin energy lines spread out and formed a square.

Taking a deep breath,

Luo Bai continued imagining the shape of the lines in his mind while rotating his hands. Before long, an energy magic circle appeared in the air.

Then he forcefully pushed both hands forward, and the magic circle scattered.

After completing one energy magic circle, Luo Bai repeated the same movements.

As he continued gathering and controlling energy, the energy within his body steadily grew stronger, while his control over it became increasingly proficient.

From the beginning, when an energy magic circle could only last about a minute, to ten minutes, and finally to being able to control its duration at will, Luo Bai spent another entire day.

After confirming that he had completely mastered this technique, Luo Bai decided to learn a second ability.

Teleportation Magic, the Mystic Door.

Yes.

The Teleportation Magic that let one draw a yellow circle in the air and send anyone or anything to a designated location at will.

Teleportation Magic was actually just a relatively basic White Magic of Kamar-Taj, but Luo Bai had always heard of it—he often saw it on television.

So he was still extremely excited at the moment.

After carefully reading through the training method, Luo Bai suddenly understood.

The training method was not actually complicated.

As long as one thought of the destination and then opened a portal, teleportation could be completed.

The troublesome part was that it required the user to possess strong control and know some basic spatial magic.

Otherwise, there could be all sorts of issues, such as the destination being inaccurate, the portal failing to open, or the portal closing almost immediately.

For Luo Bai as he was now, perfectly opening a portal was definitely impossible. He could only practice more~~

"Ugh~~"

With another sigh, Luo Bai resumed his training.

This round of practice lasted who knew how many more days.

Although Luo Bai failed most of the time, he did not give up.

He worked hard to focus, then drew circles with his right hand, repeating the same movements again and again while constantly concentrating.

Until a yellow circle appeared in the air, growing larger and larger.

Finally, Luo Bai succeeded!

Excitedly, he stepped through to the other side of the portal, only to discover unexpectedly...

that the destination seemed... somewhat different from what he had imagined.

He had originally wanted to teleport to Kamar-Taj.

After all, he desperately wanted to ask Gu Yi why she had given him the Supreme Compendium, and while he was at it, ask whether she could give him a Sling Ring.

But in the end...

he apparently had not made it to Kamar-Taj. Instead, he had teleported onto a rooftop.

And by sheer coincidence, he happened to witness Tony Stark getting brutally beaten.

At that moment, Tony Stark was wearing the red Iron Man armor he had just developed.

Facing him stood a man wearing black Iron Man armor as well.

The two seemed to have just gone through a fierce battle, and Tony Stark was clearly no match for him.

The man in the black Iron Man armor was holding Tony Stark in the air as though he were a chick.

Just as the man was about to punch Tony Stark in the face... Luo Bai appeared.

His sudden appearance drew both of their attention.

Luo Bai had considered leaving immediately.

But because he was not yet proficient at opening portals and his control was not good enough,

the portal closed before he could leave through it.

Luo Bai: "..."

His face darkened.

He could only force himself to greet them. "Hi, Tony~~ I think... I might have appeared at a bad time again..."