Long Live the King
Chapter 256

An Incredibly Exciting Discovery

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Sun Fei's heart skipped a beat. He immediately realized that the magic array here must have been set up and inscribed by those royal master-level high-level magicians in the capital. Its power was considerable, and he had to be careful.

Switching to [ Sorceress Mode ], Sun Fei slowly approached the magic circle pattern, carefully sensing the fluctuations and circulation routes of magical elements in the air.

At this point, Sun Fei's mage character had reached level 39, and with a full set of the seventh-tier green armor set from the Diablo World [ Arcanna's Tricks ], his combat power was actually not much different from that of Barbarian character. Therefore, in [ Sorceress Mode ], Sun Fei's ability to sense the fire, electricity, and water elements in the air far surpassed that of some so-called magical geniuses. This was the innate ability of Diablo World character, especially after the white-bearded, lecherous old man Cain deciphered the differences between the magical principles of the real world and the Nahai Destruction God World. In addition, after studying with Akara and Cain, two magic professors, Sun Fei's understanding of magic circles could already be considered that of a semi-expert.

With his exceptional elemental perception and semi-expert-level understanding of magic arrays, Sun Fei was able to slowly sketch the diagram of the fire elemental magic array blocking his path in his mind after sensing the movement of magical elements in the air.

"This is a six-pointed star non- Summon fire-attribute triggered offensive magic circle... It has... forty-five magic circuits... Hmm? No, forty-seven. What a clever array formation! It even hid two circuits. I almost fell for it!"

The more Sun Fei observed and sensed, the more astonished he became. The skill of the person who set up the formation had clearly reached a terrifying level.

Although Sun Fei could sense the magic circle, with his current abilities, he was far from capable of setting up an exact replica of it.

Perception and arrangement are two completely different concepts.

"... Hmm, it's not just this one magic circle, one... two... five... ten... There are at least fifteen different types of magic circles set up around this Giant Pit Battlefield? It completely protects the Giant Pit Battlefield. What a grand scheme! To complete these magic circles, at least six grand mages of Six-Star Class or above would have to work together, and it would have consumed a huge amount of magic stones... Hmm? Why exactly does the Imperial Royal Family isolate and protect this battlefield? Are they afraid that others will discover something?"

Sun Fei suddenly thought of many things.

Could it be that this abandoned battlefield holds some unknown secret?

Sun Fei felt increasingly that he should go inside the Giant Pit Battlefield to take a look.

Fortunately, after setting up a large number of level six or seven magic arrays, perhaps considering that such protective power was sufficient, there were no other protective measures around, nor were any powerful individuals left to guard them. In addition, there were a large number of magical beasts in the Moro Mountains, and the magic arrays would be triggered from time to time by some unlucky magical beasts, thus activating the magic array effects. Therefore, although Sun Fei had caused quite a commotion earlier, he did not attract the arrival of other powerful individuals.

After carefully observing the entire Giant Pit Battlefield, Sun Fei found the weakest of the fifteen magic arrays. He spent a full twenty minutes sensing this magic array, and then carefully drew out every array circuit and every magic route in his mind... Finally, his eyes lit up, and he finally found a way to avoid triggering the magic array's surge of magic power.

The principle is actually very simple.

To Sun Fei, the existence of the magic circle was somewhat like a complex circuit diagram from his previous life's physics, specifically electricity. Each wire in the circuit diagram formed a dense network of electricity; touching it would generate an electric current attack. However, if you could avoid the electricity and the wires while moving forward, you wouldn't trigger the magic circle's power. For many people, even mages, 'discovering' and 'avoiding' all the 'wires' was difficult, but for Sun Fei, who possessed an exceptionally strong perception of magical circuits in [ Sorceress Mode ], he could manage it, provided the 'circuit diagram' wasn't too dense.

The circuit diagram of the Six-Star Class water magic array [ Wrath of Ice ] in front of him was just the limit that Sun Fei could 'avoid'.

He steadied himself, adjusting his body and mind to their optimal state. Then, like a sapper carefully avoiding landmines, he tiptoed, tiptoeing lightly, following a strange and incomprehensible path—taking one step forward and three steps back, three steps forward and four steps forward, four steps forward and two jumps—like a drunkard, meandering and seemingly aimlessly moving forward in circles, inching forward little by little...

If the great mage who set up this magic circle were present to witness it, he would surely be so astonished that his jaw would drop to the ground.

Because Sun Fei's actions, chosen routes, and timing were precisely timed to avoid the flow of magical elements in every magical circuit of the magic circle, any slight error in these actions, or even a fraction of a second faster or slower in timing, could have instantly detonated the entire magic circle, freezing him into a block of ice.

This is like walking on a knife's edge.

Here, Death is hand in hand, dancing intimately face to face.

Finally, after spending a full hour, Sun Fei managed to pass through the Six-Star Class ice magic array [ Wrath of Ice ].

Throughout the entire process, he didn't trigger a single one of those countless complex and dangerous magic circuits... This was simply an unprecedented feat on the Azeroth Continent; no one had ever been able to pass through a magic circle like Sun Fei.

"Whew... I'm exhausted!"

Sun Fei plopped down on the ground, panting heavily. Beads of sweat streamed down his forehead, and he looked as if he had just been pulled out of the water, drenched like a drowned rat. He was more exhausted than ever before, and even the slightest mental effort caused a sharp, stabbing pain in his head.

The past hour had left Sun Fei even more exhausted than his daytime battles with the four Judgment Knight.

For a full sixty minutes, his mind and spirit had to remain highly focused at all times, and every muscle in his body had to be in a state of high tension and preparation... Maintaining this high-intensity state for an hour was even more terrifying than fighting a thousand troops for a month. If Sun Fei's power hadn't come from the Diablo World and made him different from ordinary mages, he probably wouldn't have been able to last even ten minutes.

Even so, Sun Fei was already having some difficulty even standing up.

The depletion of his Spiritual Power left Sun Fei feeling exhausted. He felt that his pitiful Spiritual Power was like a well that had been emptied of water, about to dry up completely.

"Let's recover first!" After downing a bottle of [ Healing Potion ] and a [ Magic Power Recovery Potion ], Sun Fei, feeling that his Spiritual Power hadn't recovered much, sat cross-legged on the ground and began to temper and restore his Spiritual Power according to the method for forging Spiritual Power described in the purple magical skill book Akara had given him during the day.

Spiritual Power is truly a wondrous thing.

In his past life's computer game memories, a mage's strength was solely determined by their mana. Adding attribute points to 'energy' and similar stats was also for increasing mana. This was clearly different from the training methods of mages on the Azeroth Continent. Sun Fei's Spiritual Power had been unable to improve, causing him to only be able to maintain it for four hours in the Diablo world. Now, with the purple magical skill left behind by his ancestors at the Rogue Encampment, although the increase in Spiritual Power was slow, at least he had found hope for progress. Little by little, one day, Sun Fei's Spiritual Power might be able to sustain him for 24 hours a day, allowing him to freely enter and exit the Diablo World.

Twenty minutes later.

call--!

Sun Fei opened his eyes, exhaled, and felt all his fatigue vanish.

"Hmm, finally much more comfortable... Huh? What's this?" Sun Fei was suddenly stunned, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes, because he found incredulously that his Spiritual Power had increased quite a bit. Before, it was only around 200 weights, but after just a period of cultivation, it had increased to 210... This rate of increase in twenty minutes far exceeded the cultivation speed he had during the day at the Rogue Encampment.

What happened?

Sun Fei lowered his head in deep thought.

After much thought, there's only one explanation: when I passed through the magic circle, I exhausted all my Spiritual Power, reaching a limit. Under this extremely low level of depletion, practicing the techniques on that purple magical skill would be twice as effective, accelerating the growth of my Spiritual Power.

Thinking of this, Sun Fei's eyes lit up.

He found an excellent way to quickly enhance his Spiritual Power. This way, he could potentially increase his Spiritual Power in a short period of time, thereby extending the daily time limit for killing monsters and leveling up in the Diablo World. In other words, he would have more time to improve his strength, so that he could reach the level of Moon-Star Class expert in the shortest possible time and complete the initial goal he had set.

This is truly... something I've been searching high and low for, only to find it without any effort at all!

This discovery filled Sun Fei with ecstasy, and it took him a while to gradually calm down.

He switched to [ Barbarian Mode ] and began to carefully observe the Giant Pit Battlefield.

The air was filled with terrifying aftershocks of power, the residual force of the battle between the two powerful figures. The aftershocks of their Dou Qi auras appeared and disappeared in the air like tides. Sun Fei soon made a further discovery—one of the two Dou Qi auras with different auras was indeed left behind by the super mysterious expert who had attacked him in the twenty-mile camp during the day.

First update, Merry Christmas!

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