898 Sword of Rules Part 1 (1/2)

Saleen felt his thought processes and speed of calculation had achieved great breakthroughs. The more difficult parts of Figaro's magic formula seemed to have opened up entirely to him at that very moment.

He did only one thing, which was to have Nailisi's senses completely meld with his.

Nailisi had not known that she had been under the influence of the spear. Ever since she had gotten the weapon crafted from the spike of the silverline golden spearfish that had six fish eyes on it, it had passed some of the abilities of the fish to her. The last time she actually used the skill cemented the connection between her own body with the skill itself.

Nailisi's ability to lock onto enemies grew by tens of times even without using the spear.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please clickfor visiting.

That was Saleen's first time having his own senses forcefully meld with Nailisi's. He found right away that such communication allowed him to learn a lot. The way demons sensed things was very complex, and one of them allowed them to pick up sounds that human ears were unable to pick up. Demons were capable of picking up all frequencies of sound, and they detected sounds using the horns on their heads instead of their ears.

Saleen did not have horns, but he was able to sense everything Nailisi was able to sense nonetheless. The ability Nailisi had gotten from the six eyes of the silverline golden spearfish was also passed onto Saleen. He, however, fused the ability into Figaro's magic formula instead of turning it into his own instinct.

Innumerable complex calculations were simplified using this ability, and it was as if Saleen himself had forcibly added some lines into the formula. He might not even understand the core of the formula, but he mastered it nonetheless. It was thanks to the ability bestowed by the fish eyes.

Saleen had long thought that Figaro's magic formula would cease being of any use once the user surpassed grade-9. He had only realized at that moment that he had the ability to expand the formula. Doing so would allow Figaro's magic formula to continue working as a formidable tool even when he reached grade-18. He no longer felt Jinn's silhouette right outside the magic tower to be a mystery. The swirling shadows flowing in the dark simply became magic signs in Saleen's mind.

Ninety-nine percent of mages used Figaro's magic formula for analyzing magic and researching new spells. Only one percent of people were able to put the formula to use in battle.

There were twenty-two inner cores in the formula. These inner cores looked meaningless at first glance, yet they were critical supplementary parts to the formula. A twenty-third inner core was added to Saleen's own Figaro's magic formula, which was the fish eye. The fish eye's effect proved more important than all twenty-two inner cores combined. The advent of the fish eyes compressed most calculation processes, and allowed Saleen's possibility of using the formula in battle to be enhanced to grade-10.

Everything about Jinn was laid bare before Saleen's eyes.

Saleen swore to himself that he would catch another silverline golden spearfish and learn all that was to learn about the fish's eyes. Being able to do so would allow him to have an overwhelming edge against mages of the same level when he advanced to grade-9.

”Hah!” a booming sound rang outside the magic tower. Jinn finally thrust their sword. Their short sword hit the surface of the magic tower very accurately on the very spot where the joint between the four divine trees was. The joint was not something that could be seen with the naked eye. Even magical detection proved very difficult to locate the spot because the joint itself changed from one moment to another.

The core of the Sky City forcefully merged the four divine trees into one single unit, and there would always be four cracks between them. The cracks were one of the weaknesses of the divine tree magic tower, and Jinn's short sword struck right at the moment when the crack changed.

The instance was not something that could be repeated in the same day, and it would not be in the same spot or frequency. Jinn, however, was able to derive such a location from their calculations. It was a testament to Jinn's formidable combat prowess. The thrust did not even allow Jinn to control the wake created. Seawater exploded at the tip of the sword. Two streaks of golden blade-light flashed in the darkness outside of the tower.

The lights were naturally unleashed by the blade, dividing the seawater. The seawater was cut into two layers by the flat side of the blade. The immense underwater pressure was able to do nothing to stop the cutting of the sword's flash. The phenomenon had seemingly lifted hundreds of billions of jin of seawater, and then thumped all that water down heavily. After delivering the thrust, Jinn turned into darkness and was nowhere to be found again.

The collapse of the seawater created a silent sound wave, and the shock of it wrecked everything within a ten of mile radius. The guardian statues standing on the faraway streets were rendered to dust. Even Jinn's own black crystal tower was not spared of the effects. The frequency of that one strike melded the divine tree magic tower perfectly. The being found the tower's weakness, and the sheer amount of power put behind the attack was way beyond expectation.

What Saleen's Elemental Eye was able to see was rules. There were twenty-four rules on Jinn's short sword. The powerful attack that took place was caused by those twenty-four rules. These rules were not something Jinn was able to control. The attack made a crack on the tower. In that split second, where not even seawater was able to even made it inside yet, a flash of the sword went straight for the spot Saleen was standing.

One flash of the sword, twenty-four rules, and even in prototype stages… the resulting damage potential was far beyond what a grade-8 sorcerer like Saleen was able defend against. Jinn did not have mastery over the rules, or the rules would have been divided into twenty-four streaks of light, and Saleen would have ended up dead right there and then.

The flash was sharp and vicious, yet Saleen had only widened his eyes abruptly. Three-hundred and sixty golden runes flew in response, and thundering noises were heard throughout the seventeen floors of the magic tower. The flash crashed into a streak of lightning Saleen had just unleashed, and the attack was dispelled.

Saleen came prepared that time. His mastery of the rules of lightning matured considerably compared to when he last used it. The powerful attack had only drained one-sixth of his mental powers.

The short sword in the hand of Jinn, who had retreated into the darkness, let out a clear twang, as if it was fearing something. The twenty-four runes on its surface twisted and receded into the blade, unwilling to show.

”That Saleen had mastered rules of an even higher level!”

Jinn was thoroughly shocked. They determined their opponent's level clearly. When the flash made it into the tower, they had been sure that Saleen would end up dead. No magic shield would have been able to withstand such an attack. The flash of the sword infused with twenty-four rules was something that could have only been fended off by a mage mastering the rules.

The key was mastery, not understanding the rules. The feat was something that could have been accomplished at grade-12.