Chapter 498 - Natural Magical Domain (1/2)

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In the Magical Domain of frost, light, and darkness that Lin Li had created, the frost Rule was the one that he had truly mastered, and it was also the one that he had based his Magical Domain on. The other two Rules, light and darkness, were only there because he had external aid, and he could only depend on the frost Rule to form the Magical Domain.

As the frost Rule was a secondary Rule derived from the water Rule, ts power was limited as compared to the seven basic rules. Amongst the three Rules that the frost, light, and darkness Magical Domain was constructed of, the frost Rule could be said to be a short board of the Magical Domain.

However, once he had gotten hold of the Polar Snow, he would be able to use the power it contained to perfect the frost Rule and even transform it into the primary and original form of water elemental Rule. Ultimately, he would be able to turn his Frost Domain into a Water Domain.

As a Legendary-mage, Lin Li knew very well what a Magical Domain created from a primary Rule entailed. Hence, all the Magical Domains created from secondary Rules would lose their purpose to him.

Every mage knew that the different elements had a suppressing effect on each other, but this was not an absolute. In the fight with the Crimson Dragon, for example, it should have been the water element suppressing the fire element, yet the water element had no chance of truly retaliating. If not because he had fas.h.i.+oned an area of inert fire element, there would have been no opportunity for him to unleash his Frost Domain.

However, a secondary Rule and a primary Rule had a relations.h.i.+p like that of a master and a servant, a relations.h.i.+p that would not change no matter how powerful either of the Rules was. A secondary Rule that was derived from a primary Rule would always have to submit to a primary Rule no matter how powerful it was.

Which was to say, when Lin Li was able to create a Water Domain, all the Legendary-mages with a Frost Domain would have to submit to him no matter how powerful they were. Besides, due to the popularity of ice element magic in this world, many mages would choose to create a Frost Domain after they reached the Legendary-realm.

As for the other piece of the debris of the stars, the Raging Flames, Lin Li could use it to create a Flame Domain, and with Gloomy Dark and the Holy Light, he would be able to create a Magical Domain that consisted of four primary Rules. Anril was only made out of seven primary Rules, and he had four now; while he could not be certain if he would be able to create a world of his own, a Magical Domain that consisted of four primary Rules was already pretty close to the real world.

Be it the suppressing effect that elements had on each other or the relations.h.i.+p between primary and secondary Rules, with the four primary rules he possessed, Lin Li was now capable of dealing with Legendary-mages who were level-22 or level-23 without any problems. Such was the reality of Legendary-mages—they no longer competed in terms of strength, but in their understanding of the Rules in this world.

Hence, it was of utmost importance for Lin Li to obtain these two pieces of the debris of the stars. n.o.body would refuse to become stronger, just like n.o.body would refuse riches. Moreover, based on the information he got from Tutankhamun, he would have to save the world in another couple of years.

However, the sight before him was somewhat strange as the Polar Snow and Raging Flames were not sitting there quietly, waiting for him to collect them. Instead, they had turned into two streams of light chasing each other in the sky like children playing together. This was hard to believe as they were of opposing natures; the Polar Snow and the Raging Flames were just like the Gloomy Dark and the Holy Light. The Gloomy Dark and the Holy Light would fight each other to death if they met, and the Polar Snow and Raging Flames should not be much better. Looking at this now, however, it seemed that the Polar Snow and the Raging Flames had completely abandoned their nature.

The surroundings were even more peculiar as burning flames and chilling cold seemed to coexist perfectly in this strange world despite being of opposing natures. Lin Li could even feel that the water element and the fire element in this world were so high in terms of purity that they were well on the way to form a Magical Domain.

Natural… A naturally occurring Magical Domain! Lin Li was taken aback; even Geresco appearing before him would not make him feel so surprised. A naturally occurring Magical Domain? Perhaps n.o.body in Anril had witnessed something like that, much less him. Even people who had not learned magic would know that water and fire opposed each other just like light and darkness. For them to coexist, there had to be a third element to serve as a mediator. Usually, it would be the earth or the wind element for water and fire, while it would usually be chaos for light and darkness.

Without the mediating element, the opposing elements would definitely not be able to coexist, and the consequences of forcing them to would be unthinkable. There was a very powerful magical trap that forced two opposing magical elements together but kept them separated using some method. When the trap was activated, one could finish off a Magic Shooter using just a very simple spell that made use of magical elements. However, due to the danger and difficulty of forcing two opposing magical elements together, anybody had yet to be able to create a magical trap capable of killing an Archmage.

If the world before him where fire and water coexisted was a magical trap, then an explosion of this trap would wipe out the whole Dragon Mountains, or even the whole Breezy Plains. Not even Lin Li, a Legendary-mage, or a Sanctuary Master would be spared from being blown into the tiniest specks of dust.

The good thing was that Lin Li could tell that even without a mediating element, both the fire and water elements were coexisting in harmony, with no trace of a conflict at all; hence, there was no need to worry.

However, it was the very fact that he did not need to worry about an impending explosion that made Lin Li even more curious as to what could be capable of leading to this phenomenon before him. How did something allow two opposing elements to form a naturally occurring Magical Domain? This was like a miracle! Or perhaps, it was a miracle! This was something that even the Dragon Aspect that mastered the primary Rules was not capable of.

Everyone knew that a Magical Domain represented the peak of magic, and thus only the powerful Legendary-mages would be able to possess one. This was because a Magical Domain was created with powerful magic by a Legendary-mage after they understood the Rules of the world.

The G.o.d of Mages Geresco had once said that what a mage asked for in their life was simply to understand the truth of the world.