The next day, Cui Ciyou immediately sought out Roxy, wanting to demonstrate and teach her his newly created "magic"-the "Blue Stream Blade."
At the far end of the woods outside town, he chose a row of seven or eight trees, each about as thick as the rim of a bowl, as his targets.
Roxy stood a short distance behind him, curiosity and anticipation in her eyes.
She knew Cui Ciyou had been researching a new kind of "Water Attack Magic," but she had no idea what it would actually do once he succeeded.
Cui Ciyou took a deep breath, pulled out a Magic Crystal, and drew on the magic power within it.
In his mind,
[Magic model: Blue Stream Blade. Compression ratio: preset to current limit (half a fist in size).] [Target: straight-line path through the trees ahead. [Mental power connection-magic power flow injection-magic model construction-maximum water element compression-blade shaping-Blue Stream Blade-activate!]
All of it happened in the blink of an eye.
Hiss-!
A dazzling "Water Blade," like flowing sapphire, took shape before him.
It was about half a meter long, its shape stable, radiating a chilling sharpness and fluctuations of highly concentrated magic power.
"Go!"
The blue Water Blade became a blur almost too fast to see, shooting forward just above the ground.
Thud, thud, thud, thud, thud, thud, thud-!
A rapid series of dull slicing sounds rang out as the streak of blue light pierced the bases of all seven or eight trees in an instant.
After a brief pause, the severed trees toppled thunderously in the same direction with a chorus of cracks, their cut surfaces as smooth as mirrors.
Silence settled over the area, broken only by a few cries from startled birds in the distance, while dust rose from the fallen trees.
Cui