Grinding EXP From Fireball Skill

Chapter 388: Space Ripping Skill

BAM!

Li Wei lunged at empty air.

Claude breathed a sigh of relief.

’This kid almost cleared the stage in an instant.’

’If Li Wei had actually caught me just like that, it would have been utterly humiliating.’

’After all, he was once the number one Space Mage of the Space Tower.’

Li Wei frowned, looking at Claude who was so close yet impossible to touch or grab.

He quickly approached and reached out to grab him.

Claude always remained a hand’s breadth away from him.

It was as if he could touch him just by extending his hand.

But Li Wei could never seem to cross that gap.

Claude smiled and said, "Don’t use brute force. Try to use the methods of a Space Mage. If you only rely on brute force, you’ll never catch me."

Hearing this, Li Wei stopped moving.

He widened his eyes, observing his surroundings and carefully sensing the spatial changes around Claude.

Seeing that he’d gotten the hint, Claude revealed a gratified smile.

’Sense my ass.’

’I can’t sense a thing,’ Li Wei complained internally.

’If not for the Cultivation panel, I’d probably be a complete spatial insulator in this life.’

’The methods a Space Mage should use... I’m not a Space Mage, so how would I know them?’

Li Wei thought for a moment and decided to use the methods he was actually good at.

He stared at Claude, searching for an opening.

Claude felt his hair stand on end under Li Wei’s gaze.

A strange feeling rose in his heart; Li Wei’s stare actually made him a little scared.

’Why is this kid’s gaze so vicious?’

’We’re just playing a game. There’s no need for killing intent, is there?’

Claude muttered to himself internally.

’Just what is this kid’s background?’

’That gaze is something else. It actually makes even me feel a sense of dread.’

A single bead of flame appeared in Li Wei’s palm.

Using "bead" to describe a flame felt discordant.

But Claude felt it perfectly described the scene before him.

He had never seen such a minuscule Fireball.

If it really was a Fireball, that is.

Claude was getting antsy.

"Hey, what on earth are you trying to do? You’re supposed to use a Space Mage’s mindset to catch me, not cause destruction!"

"Stop it right now!"

Claude felt a powerful Elemental Fluctuation in the room, and his heart trembled.

He was terrified that Li Wei was about to blow up his room.

He reached out and grabbed.

Instantly, Li Wei felt the space around him detach from the room, becoming an independent space.

He looked at Claude, his expression one of surprise.

’That was no simple move.’

After Claude pulled Li Wei into an independent space,

Li Wei was finally able to perceive the space Claude was in.

As it turned out, Claude had also been in an independent space.

It was like an ink dot hidden on the back of a piece of paper—visible, but untouchable.

Now, both of them were on the "back of the paper."

They were on the same spatial plane.

’This is my chance.’

’Space Exchange Technique!’

The tiny flame in Li Wei’s hand vanished, replaced by a button in his palm.

It was the button from the chest of Claude’s Magic Robe.

The tiny flame appeared on Claude’s chest.

He looked down, his pupils shrinking abruptly.

"Holy shit, you kid!"

BAM!

The tiny flame erupted in a brilliant light.

Although the range wasn’t large, the power it unleashed was enough to affect the surrounding space.

Claude was too close to the flame.

He had to use all his strength to suppress the burst of power on his chest.

He wasn’t injured.

"Whew! Can’t you show a little consideration for an old man?"

Claude turned his head and looked at Li Wei with a helpless expression.

While Claude was busy suppressing the flame’s explosion, Li Wei had snuck up behind him.

The two were on the same spatial plane.

The distance between Claude and Li Wei was no longer separated by a spatial divide.

Li Wei reached out and touched him.

Li Wei had passed the second test.

The way he passed was, once again, beyond Claude’s expectations.

Claude thought for a moment and decided to abandon the third test he had originally planned.

He waved his hand, and the two of them returned to the room.

Claude held out his hand and said irritably, "Give me back my button."

Li Wei smiled sheepishly and returned the button to Claude.

The moment he let go, the button vanished and reappeared on Claude’s chest.

Good as new.

Claude said, "The third test: learn the Space Ripping Skill within three days."

Li Wei looked surprised.

’Isn’t this just a freebie?’

’Can this even be considered a test?’

Seeing Li Wei’s surprised expression, the corners of Claude’s mouth curled up in a smug smile.

"Don’t be so hasty, I’m not finished. The third test isn’t just to learn the Space Ripping Skill. I also need you to use the Space Ripping Skill to open a Secret Realm Space."

"Only if you open a Secret Realm Space within three days will you be considered to have passed the test."

"Otherwise, you’ll have to pay the full price to learn the Space Ripping Skill."

Of course Li Wei was willing, even at full price.

He smiled and said, "I accept."

"So, where’s the Space Ripping Skill?" Li Wei asked.

Claude gave a slight smile and said, "I’ll send you to learn it right now."

Hearing this, Li Wei immediately had a bad feeling.

He reached out his hand to stop Claude.

"Wait... you don’t mean..."

WHOOSH!

Li Wei vanished again.

Claude chuckled slyly. "That’s what you get for being a sneaky little brat. This time, I refuse to believe you can still find some crooked path to victory!"

Li Wei appeared inside a cave.

It was a sealed cave, its walls covered with a multitude of Magic Texts and Magic Symbols.

Li Wei scanned his surroundings and looked toward the cave walls.

He wore a helpless expression. "You could have at least let me finish my sentence."

Li Wei looked at the Magic Texts on the wall. As expected, the contents recorded on the wall were the Space Ripping Skill.

This time, Claude had sent him directly into a Secret Realm that housed the ancient mural of the Space Ripping Skill.

He’d given him three days to learn the Space Ripping Skill on his own and then get out.

Claude never actually expected him to be able to learn the Space Ripping Skill in three days.

That was an impossible task.

Even a Tier Four Space Mage would need at least a month to learn the Tier Four Space Ripping Technique.

Even if Li Wei had learned the Tier One Space Exchange Skill in just one hour,

it was impossible for him to learn the Space Ripping Skill in three days.

To get out, he had only one option.

He had to comprehend the mysteries of space within this Secret Realm.

Then, he had to trigger the power of the Space Ripping Skill recorded on the cave walls, using that external force to tear through space and escape the Secret Realm.

He didn’t need to actually learn the Space Ripping Skill.

He just needed to be able to trigger the power within the walls.

Three days was enough time for Li Wei to figure this out, if he truly had hidden potential as a Space System Mage.

Li Wei looked at the Magic Texts before him and remarked with emotion, "Good thing I studied Magic Texts and Magic Symbols for a while at the Hall of Truth. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to understand any of this."

After all, Claude never imagined he would be able to read them.

The point was for him to comprehend, not to learn.

Li Wei began to analyze the Magic Texts and Magic Symbols of the Space Ripping Skill, bit by bit.

He gradually constructed the Magic Model for the Space Ripping Skill in his mind.

The Magic Model was incredibly complex.

Fortunately, Li Wei possessed the Arcane Enlightenment Epic Extraordinary Trait.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to construct the Magic Model at all.

When the Magic Model took shape,

A line of text appeared before Li Wei’s eyes.

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