When Su Bai transformed the Nameless Society's base into a Puzzle Piece, his movements were almost instinctive. He neither hesitated nor faltered, and no one told him what to do next, yet a familiar feeling welled up from deep within his body, as though he had known what to do from the very beginning.
With his own body at its center, his power slowly spread outward, seeping into every patch of land, every building, and every inch of air in the base. The outline of a Puzzle Piece emerged clearly, silently drawing the Nameless Society's campus together into one of Su Bai's Puzzle Pieces.
The instant the Puzzle Piece was complete, Su Bai felt as though he could sense the "breathing" of the soil and plants in the Academy. Everything was under his control.
But when he turned his attention toward the Mist Shop and tried to transform it in the same way, things suddenly changed.
He sent his power toward the little shop standing alone on the playground, but the moment it made contact, the previously steady flow seemed to plunge into a bottomless black hole, swallowed up without a trace.
The speed at which it was devoured alarmed Su Bai. Vast swathes of his power were being stripped away at once. He felt the power in his body dwindling rapidly, almost to the point of exhaustion, yet the outline of a Puzzle Piece around the little shop only flickered into view once before vanishing completely, as though his ability had failed to transform the Mist Shop.
Su Bai gritted his teeth, wanting to hold on a little longer, but he simply did not have the strength. Once he had been completely drained, his breath caught, and he finally gave up on the transformation for the moment. He slowly