Volume 4: The Winds and Clouds of the Western Blue Sky Chapter 59: The Way of Magic and Leaving
The next morning, Qi Ji was taken to the beach by Merlin.
Lani and Buck came together to see them off.
Merlin looked at Qi Ji and said with a smile: "Qi Ji, let me take you on the rest of the way."
"I'm fine." Qi Ji nodded.
Lani walked forward and said goodbye to Qi Ji with a faint smile: "Qi Ji, I don't know when we will meet again after this farewell. The magic of the bell is not powerful enough to realize the remote communication between Xicang Continent and Donghua Continent. You should come and see me when you have the chance in the future."
She knew that as a special extraordinary person brought from Earth like Melina, Qi Ji had a convenient way to travel back and forth between the two continents by relying on Earth as a transit point.
Qi Ji smiled slightly and said teasingly, "Teacher Lani, please forgive me. I work for your Witch Association and I am so scared every night when I go to bed in Xicang Continent. Everyone wants to kill me."
Lani covered her mouth and smiled: "You have indeed worked hard, but now that Sage Merlin has regained his freedom, with his strength, the Witch Society will surely be able to appear in the Western Cang Continent with dignity in the near future."
Qi Ji glanced at the smiling Merlin and couldn't help but nodded in agreement.
That’s right, in Qi Ji’s opinion, Merlin’s performance has completely surpassed the "fifth level" level.
With just a wave of his hand, all the supernatural beings in the world bowed down in submission and obeyed his orders. He was so powerful that he was like a real god.
So, is there anyone as powerful as this god in the Donghua Continent?
Qi Ji put away his thoughts and said to Lani: "If you have a chance, please help me say goodbye to Melina and the two knights."
Then he looked at Buck, with whom he had a short journey. The boy was now staring at him with eyes wide open and tears in his eyes: "Wow, Qi Ji, I can't bear to leave you!"
This kid !
Qi Ji smiled, stretched out his finger and touched his little head: "We will meet again if we are destined to, don't worry."
After saying goodbye, Qi Ji stood next to Merlin.
Merlin raised his hand and snapped his fingers, and the two were instantly lifted up by a steady gust of wind, rising high into the sky in a matter of seconds.
Then, he pointed his finger in a certain direction, and the two of them were carried away by the violent wind and flew away at an astonishing speed.
Qi Ji looked down and saw Lani and Buck waving goodbye to him, their figures getting smaller and smaller.
In the sky, Merlin was half lying in a leisurely posture, as if he was sleeping in the clouds.
Qi Ji hesitated for a while, but couldn't help asking: "Sage Merlin, I wonder what level your current strength is at."
Merlin smiled and glanced at him, then said, "Have you ever seen or heard of a fifth-level expert?"
Qi Ji nodded.
Merlin smiled and said, "If you want to evaluate me by rank, I am one level stronger than rank five, I can be called rank six."
Level six!
Qi Ji had a look on his face that said, "As expected, in Donghua Continent, a fifth-level being is called a demigod. If it's a sixth-level being, wouldn't it be a true...god?"
Merlin shook his head: "It has not reached the level of a 'god'. At best, it can be called a 'pseudo-god', that is, a false god."
"Then, for a level 6 like you, is that equivalent to being invincible in the whole world?"
Merlin continued to shake his head: "Although strong people like me are extremely rare among humans, I am definitely not the only one."
"Not to mention the Abyss, there are seven false gods who are as strong as me or even stronger than me. Their names are 'Demon Lords'."
Qi Ji's eyes widened: "Seven? Why then..."
Merlin interrupted his sigh with a smile: "Why hasn't humanity completely failed yet, right?"
He went on to say, “Just like me, I cannot leave this holy land for the time being, and those demon lords cannot leave the abyss either.”
Merlin revealed a bombshell: "Blue Star - refuses entry to people of level six."
Qi Ji understood. He looked at Merlin curiously and asked a new question: "What exactly is magic?"
Merlin smiled and said, "You should know that according to the knight's way, there are actually two major levels after transcendence. The first level is to absorb and control the magic power in the body... that is, the transcendent factor, using the magic power to strengthen the body, allowing people to reach the limit of physical strength; the second level is to be able to make the magic power in the body appear on the surface of the body, weaving it into the fourth-level representative armor, and the fifth-level 'phantom'... In your Donghua Continent, this phantom should be called 'external appearance'."
Qi Ji continued to nod: "Well, I feel it now. The real strength of the fourth and fifth level masters lies in the magic power that emerges from their bodies. In fact, their physical strength has reached its limit in the third stage."
Merlin smiled and said, "That's right. The human body has its limits. Even if it is strengthened by magic, there is a limit to its strengthening. The real power is the magic itself."
He continued to ask: "Then, do you know what the extraordinary path after the fifth level is like?"
Qi Ji shook his head: "I don't understand, but if you ask me to guess, maybe it's to control more magic power? To make your appearance more powerful?"
Merlin nodded: "You are right. In essence, it is to control more magic power to serve yourself."
"A fifth-level warrior who follows the path of knight usually focuses on making his own phantom stronger and bigger, and eventually turns it into a giant. He is in this phantom and can control his phantom with just a wave of his hand to cause unparalleled destructive power. This is a route that combines offense and defense."
He pointed at himself again: "The 'Way of Magic' that I have developed is a completely different path from the Way of the Knight. I advocate that from the very beginning, we should focus on training the spirit, and from the very beginning, we should try to communicate and control the external magic power to serve the magic. Through various magic arrays and magic spells, we can mobilize the magic power to weave different magics. Although it lacks the simplicity and directness of the Way of the Knight, and the combination of offense and defense, you should be able to see recently that magic can achieve many strange effects."
"A well-prepared magician can usually defeat a knight of the same level easily."
"What if we encounter a battle?" Qi Ji asked.
"That's naturally the other way around. Haha, it's very troublesome to use magic before you reach level five!" Merlin didn't shy away from it and laughed very directly.
Just like that, they flew at high speed for an unknown distance, carried by Merlin's strong wind, and landed on a small island.
Merlin stroked his chin. "If I remember correctly, it should be here."
Merlin took Qi Ji to a location, and then as he chanted a spell, a golden teleportation circle appeared, exactly the same as the one Qi Ji saw when he entered the Fairy Island. Looking from the inside of the circle, one could see the top of a mountain on the outside.
Merlin smiled and looked at Qi Ji: "You should go now. Outside is a mountain within the border area. Follow the instructions on the magic map that Lani recompiled for you. You can reach the base of the Development Society in about half a day."
Qi Ji nodded and was about to leave.
Before he left, Merlin suddenly reminded him meaningfully: "Qi Ji, use your power well and do what you think is right."
"I can see that one day in the future, you will become that key person."
