Zheng Qing had blown himself up once.
But this was the first time he had seen someone else—or a cat—explode.
To be honest, aside from a moment of blank confusion when the orb of light appeared, he was unexpectedly not surprised. Instead, he felt that this was how things should be.
I've already blown myself up, so what's strange about my shadow blowing up too?
Calling it an "explosion" was not entirely accurate—for Zheng Qing, who was standing so close, felt no shock wave rushing past like a hurricane, nor the intense heat, immense pressure, or even suffocation that should have accompanied an explosion.
There was only that instant of violently extreme Magic Power fluctuation, released in a frenzy around a certain point. To ordinary eyes, it appeared merely as a pale-black orb of light, but under the wizards' spiritual senses, it looked like the birth of a galaxy, with hundreds or thousands of suns competing to shine and radiating wondrous colors.
In Zheng Qing's understanding, this "explosion" was more like a violent decomposition, construction, and reconstruction on the level of concepts or rules.
In an instant, the young wizard gained a deeper understanding of the essence of a Forbidden Curse. A Forbidden Curse was not merely a spell of immense power, capable of erasing life and overturning the world. Its greater effect was overturning the rules.
It was like how the US Dollar had originally been hard currency, used for international settlements and the purchase of bulk commodities, with every country accepting that concept. Then, one day, all countries suddenly abandoned the US Dollar and rebuilt their system of trade. Such a simple yet profound change in the rules would directly cause the collapse of the global economy, followed by devastation, wars between great powers, and even irreversible damage