Inside the dim stone chamber, ghostly blue magical patterns flowed slowly across the floor and walls.
Like the breathing of a living creature, they radiated a heart-pounding pressure.
Cui Ciyou stood at the very center of this enormous magical cage.
He showed none of a prisoner's panic.
Instead, he resembled an intrigued scholar studying an academic problem he had never encountered before.
Cui Ciyou took a few steps forward.
He reached out, as though lightly touching something.
His fingertips met more than empty air.
There was a cold, resilient barrier without a single gap.
He flicked a finger against it, sending a ring of visible blue ripples across its surface.
A low hum rang out, as deep as a tolling bell.
"Interesting."
Cui Ciyou withdrew his hand, a faint smile actually curling at his lips.
He could clearly sense that this enormous magic circle...
Was like a greedy vortex, constantly drawing in and devouring the particles of magic power drifting through the space.
That included the magic power in the few Magic Crystals beside him.
Here, no magic could take shape.
[Mental power-connect-perception-activate...]
The familiar black-and-white, three-dimensional world replaced the colorful world before his eyes.
Countless streams of information flowed through Cui Ciyou's mind.
"This structure... apart from my own 'Magic Nullification'..."
"This is the first time I've seen something capable of actively absorbing and breaking down magic power."
He took another few steps to the right.
Following the edge of the magic circle, he carefully examined its intricate runes.
Cui Ciyou tried clenching his fist.
With nothing but raw physical strength, he drove several vicious punches into the invisible barrier before him.
"Bam! Bam! Bam!"
Every punch carried tremendous force, enough to shatter stone.
Yet when they struck the barrier, they vanished like clay oxen sinking into