Chapter 247 Let's cooperate
The sooner you finish hell, the less you have to worry about it. Feiqi and Xia Niwen saved for a while, and immediately returned to the seventh layer of hell with the three-barrel magic circle, between the crystal thrones.
Removing the ruins and garbage that blocked the gate, the red-glowing cavern looked particularly old and lonely, and the Fork of the Road Demon had tasted absolute loneliness here for a while. The threat of Fitch is still on his ears, and the Fork in the Road Demon fears that it will indeed be sealed forever, a terrible end that no ambitious devil can afford. So, when the outside light came back into the hall, it excitedly shouted, "Feige, you're finally back!"
"Don't scare me like that, okay? I didn't say I wasn't coming back. Feige cautiously walked to the throne and poked his head to look at the fork in the mirror: "What's wrong with you?
"I was asleep for a while, and there was nothing wrong with my soul. The fork in the road demon adjusted his emotions and replied, "I'm afraid that you will accidentally die in hell, and that will be a great loss to me. After all, hell is full of dangers, and it is difficult to live without sufficient knowledge and experience. β
"You're right, hell is definitely a dangerous place. Feige tapped his finger on the mirror and said with a smile, "Okay, thank you for your concern, I'm doing a good job." You try to stay alive and watch me grow stronger. I've got something to do, so you can do it yourself. β
What else can a sealed soul play? Feige was just kidding, he came here on a mission of his own. When I came to the room with turbulent space, the kaleidoscopic scene was constantly rotating and changing in front of my eyes, completely irregular. I stabilized a part of the space with a super geist, and took out drinks, instant noodles, and computers from it. These three images are the only three areas in the brilliant kaleidoscope that remain unchanged.
After learning and increasing his knowledge, Fei Qi now knows that the geist after the transcendence is a kind of standard invoker, washing away the pain and desires of the previous soul, leaving only a clean blank piece of paper. It's just that the merger who comes beyond the geism is more weird, it doesn't have the characteristics of the outer plane, but likes the mortal world very much, as if it wants to be reincarnated and reborn. This is also why the transcendent geist will try his best to avoid the breath of hell after being sent to the hall of hell, and has always wanted to burrow into the spatial turbulenceβon the other side of the turbulence is Yan Rui's hometown, which is the mortal world.
The reason why there are geists in the Sunset Mountains is not recorded in the Church's books, and the adventurers who have gone to explore it have not been able to find out why. According to the sand table map of the knights of the Second World War, the Sunset Mountains stretch widely, and are full of mountains to the west and north, without any villages, cities, or fortresses. So if you want to get to know what's inside, it's best to wait until the strategic teleportation circle is completed and the supply problem is solved.
Back to the spatial turbulence. Since the Merger is able to stabilize the space, the soul power in the Spirit Coin should have the same effect. Fei Qi took out the spirit coin and threw it into the spatial turbulence, the spirit coin was absorbed, and then a mirror the size of a fingernail was fixed, but he couldn't take anything out of it.
"You don't want to use money to stabilize the spatial turbulence, do you?" The voice of the fork demon sounded behind him: "Feiqi, don't do that, I'm pretty sure you're going to go bankrupt." The spatial turbulence is not a plane, you fill the part in front of you with money, and there will be new ones turning from behind. That's a space!"
"Thank you for your concern. Feiqi smiled slightly. The Fork in the Road Demon found that his influence had dropped to a very low level, and now he was trying to make up for it. This is the same as the devil's contract, the more you rely on the devil's help, the more you covet convenience and effort, the deeper you will fall, on the contrary, self-reliance, although it is harder, but what you get is your own, and it is safe and full of fulfillment.
Fei Qi used Spirit Coin mainly to see what the soul power could do on space. The soul is the power to change the world, which has always been the core theory of Feige's magic, but this is only a qualitative statement. How it is affected, what are the rules in it, how can it be controlled, this is the really complicated part. Fortunately, with the magic runes as a bridge in the middle, and the spells as a tool for experimentation, Feige has the ability to slowly reveal the truth.
On the ground outside the spatial turbulence, Feiqi began to draw a magic array, with the dimensional anchor as the core, combining space detection and teleportation runes to form a magic circle system that "captures space and stabilizes space". He used the space bag to fill the spell ink, used the air elemental rope to hang himself in midair, and drew a circle on the ground with great speed.
Although Feige's magic spells are a bit biased, and his main research direction is focused on space spells, at least he has achieved good results in this area. A spatial capture circle, he was in his chest, almost in one go, which made the onlookers feel very surprised. In fact, this is the first time that the fork in the road demon has really witnessed Feige's growth.
From a broken soul who doesn't know anything, to a free mage who can "splash ink" in hell, this speed is too fast. Although mortals are fickle, aren't many worlds standing still for hundreds or thousands of years? The Fork in the Road Demon looked closely at Feiqi and guessed that his growth rate might have a lot to do with his hometown. That merchant called Qian Jing had an extremely active soul-like substance in his body, and this Yan Rui had such a fast rate of progress.
"Feige, your spell already looks strong. How did you do that? Did your original world have a spell?"
"Yes, of course. Scattering beans into soldiers, gods and ghosts carrying, and heavenly thunder and righteousness...... There are so many spells in our world. In our world, there is no chance for a devil like you to go wild. I was just unlucky to be swept up here, and I'm just an ordinary person in my hometown. Alas, the devil has no future!"
The fork in the road demon rolled his eyes. Obviously, Feige didn't want to be honest with it, but the words that sounded powerful weren't new, so they couldn't be considered false. Fiction and reality are originally common methods used by contract demons, and it seems that Feige is not unfamiliar. Seeing that Feige is becoming more and more independent and is about to completely get rid of his influence, the fork in the road demon is really anxious.
"I want to work with you from the bottom of my heart. The fork in the road demon said: "Although you are only a desire demon now, your strength and brain power are no less than that of high-level devils. I admit that the initiative is now on your side, and I can't do anything here if I want to play with it - so the only way to do this is to really cooperate with you. β
"Cooperation, not to mention trust and constraints, do you have anything I want?"
"How's the territory? Do you want to get a territory in Hell? The Fork Demon said, "The territory of Hell can allow you to use good feelings and spirit coins directly into items, and you are a spellcaster, which is very convenient. And you can have your own slaves working for you to help you build and build. Of course, you can get all this in the mortal world, but hell is eternal, and the mortal world is only a passing cloud. β
"If I want to exchange something, I can go to the Styx ferryman, or take it slowly at the blood merchandiser's bazaar, without having to exchange it from the sand of the ruins. β
"What about eternal life?" said the Fork in the Road, "All mortals want to live forever, and they have adopted various methods, but all of them have great hidden dangers. But when you have the realm of hell, you can be immortal like a god, and you don't need a believer, you don't need to answer prayers. This is the safest method. β
"I'm still very young, but the life span of the demon is so long, I'm not in a hurry at all. Fei Qi waved his hand at the fork in the road, looking unconcerned: "Don't talk, I'm making a fine magic array, and I don't want to be disturbed by you." The devil's territory may have many benefits, but I don't have the energy to ask for the mortal territory, so let's forget it here. β
"This is hell......ish territory! Alas!" The Fork in the Road Demon shook its head slowly, and it felt like it needed to continue to think deeply.
Feige just wants to keep the fork in the road demon in this state, let it have concerns, let it stay worried, so that it can continue to take the initiative in the relationship between the two people. This fork in the road demon still hides too many secrets, and it is these secrets that make Feige can only be vigilant all the time. It would be nice if time dragged on a little longer, and some secrets could be uncovered to gradually reduce the threat of the fork in the road.
Without the fork in the road, Feige's progress would be much faster. Originally, this magic circle was an experimental thing, and it was not prepared to succeed in one attempt, so many places were very rough, and the amount of work was small. Fei Qi finally checked the entire circle and made sure that there was nothing wrong, so he injected mana into it and activated it.
A beam of yellow light shot from the center of the circle into the spatial turbulence, and then smoothly pierced into it. With this light as the center, the speed of kaleidoscopic changes decreased, and the dazzling became observable, but it was still very energy-consuming. The Dimensional Anchor's ability to anchor to spatial changes is revealed, but not enough to stop the turbulence. Fei Qi guessed that the dimensional anchor was mainly aimed at preventing people from interfering with the space, and the turbulence in front of him was the state of the space itself, so it would be half the effort.
But it doesn't matter, the circle has other functions. Feiqi took out ten spirit coins and stacked them in the middle of a rune circle that resembled a skull. The circle activates the second layer, mimicking the runes in the Devil's Cannon that are used to absorb the abilities of elemental gems, drawing out the energy in the spirit coins. High-level demons all have the ability to draw out the energy of spirit coins, which can be used to heal their own injuries, drive away malignant effects, or use them to provide energy for advanced subordinates. Lust Demon doesn't have this ability, but the advanced rituals on the "Painted Leather Book" include the method of using sacrifices such as spirit coins, and Fei Qi has also used it flexibly.
His greatest strength is to crack other people's things and then understand them, change the form according to actual needs, and then turn them into his own. This kind of cracking plus learning will definitely lag behind at the beginning, after all, it is just a "copycat". But as long as you don't stop learning and studying, don't be complacent on the most basic level of "usable", but always think about surpassing the past.
The soul power was slowly extracted, and then entered the spatial turbulence along the yellow dimensional anchor beam, at which point the situation changed again. The turbulence of space is like a broken mirror, and each broken piece presents a different picture, and it is constantly changing, which is the origin of the kaleidoscope. And through the dimensional anchor and the injection of soul power, the fragment shot by the yellow beam stabilized and did not change, and the area continued to grow. Feige looked closely with wide eyes, and noticed that the picture was actually a fortune tree in the corner of the office. There are also a lot of small labels of blessings hanging on the leaves, such as performance completion, more vacations and salary increases.
Since you can see it, can you get it? Feiqi shoots out the rope of the air element, passes through the spatial turbulence and sticks to the Fortune Tree. As he exerted his strength, the Fortune Tree began to move towards Hell, soon revealing most of its canopy. As before, this action of taking out items will consume a lot of soul power, and the ten spirit coins will be quickly burned out, and the yellow light will return to a state that can only slow down the pattern change, but cannot take out the item. The Fortune Tree was cut off before it could be completely removed, and Feige had only the part above the trunk in his hands.
"You are of little use, but you have made an extremely important contribution to the study of space spells. Fitch held half of the Fortune Tree in both hands, looked at the labels, and summoned flames to burn them all to ashes. "The circle proves to be usable, the key is to find the one with my body in the ever-changing pattern. The office was still in a state where it wasn't on fire, which meant that my body was definitely still there. β
"A continuous dimensional anchor slows down the pattern change, so there's a chance to observe, but it's simply not realistic to keep staring. Fei Qi also tried to observe with the Eagle Eye Meditation Technique just now, but the thousands of patterns, each of which was a tiny fragment, only took a dozen seconds to make him feel dizzy, and in the end, he couldn't hold on for a minute.
"Since you can't see the panorama, you have to wait for luck by staring at a small area. At the same time, it is necessary to allow the dimensional anchor spell to be reversed to lock on to the correct turbulent fragments. Fei Qi looked at the magic circle, pondered for a while, and felt that it was safer to shoot out the second dimensional anchor to lock it, so that the first dimensional anchor would be completely used to slow down the speed of spatial change.
Now that you have a plan, let's keep busy. There is already a magic circle on the ground, and then adding a new dimensional anchor to it, it also requires that the two of them can be linked with the same set of controls, which requires the construction method of the three-dimensional magic circle. Feiqi took out the standard rune board from the space bag, and began to adjust the original circle as if building blocks. This move directly stunned the fork in the road.
About ten hours had passed, and Feige had been working very intently on the circle. The current space capture circle is very different from before, and it can be said that it has changed from a painting to a small group of statues. Stacked rune plates, like stalagmites, extend the circle vertically, greatly expanding the circle's capabilities. A simple spell focuser made of eighteen small diamonds and crystal mirrors was mounted on top of a stalagmite, from which a second reorientable dimensional anchor ray was to be fired.
Everything was ready, and Fei Qi piled the spirit coins at his feet for backup, and then began the process of staring at the "screen". He can only focus on a small part of the area, and the "refresh" time of each small fragment in this area is not the same, and there is no pattern at all. This is an extremely severe test of eyesight, brainpower and willpower. Feige didn't want to be able to complete such a difficult task in one go, so throwing away the anxiety and relaxing the mind was a workout.
"I understand about it now. The Fork in the Road lowered his voice so that Feige could hear clearly and not interfere with his work. "You're looking for your body, but it's too chaotic to watch. There is no way to do this, the physical fitness of the demon is limited, and the middle-level devil can't handle such a complicated situation. β
"So you can do it?"
"Yes, I can help you. The Fork Demon said, "Although I don't have a body now, all my power is focused on the soul, and this soul's observation power far exceeds that of the Desire Demon, the Contract Demon, and any mid-level demon. I'll start looking for you now, you just have to listen carefully to my advice, is that okay?"
"Looks like you've got a new idea. Feige still observed the spatial turbulence and said, "Okay. Since you want to help, there's no reason why I shouldn't listen to your advice. β
"The soul is very important, but without a good body, a lot of power cannot be exerted. It's understandable that you want to get back into your body, but it's a waste. Whether it is the speed of reaction, the ability to think, and the level of tenacity, mortals cannot compare with the devil. β
"Of course I do. I've used both the body of the Contract Demon and the Desire Demon, and in terms of mind alone, the Contract Demon is much stronger. β
"Exactly!" said the Fork of the Road, "if you return to the human skin, your progress will be slowed, and my resurrection will be even more distant." I know you've been worried about hell eroding your soul through the devil's body, and I know you want to keep the enterprising spirit of mortals, not the greed of the devil. I can tell you how to counteract the corrosive effects of hell in exchange for your sincere cooperation!"