Chapter 398: Void Chains

Chapter 398: Void Chains

Li Wei remained steadily on the arena platform.

He looked around with some boredom.

An hour had passed, and no one had come to challenge him.

He raised his head and gazed toward the mountain.

The arenas atop the mountain were bustling with activity; explosions from battles could be seen from time to time.

There wasn't a moment of rest.

Li Wei saw Eris using a long-distance communication spell to contact others.

"What's the situation now?"

Seeing Eris pause what he was doing, Li Wei asked curiously.

Eris said, "We've currently occupied five arenas. Elfa is leading people in search of new ones."

"According to the competition rules, only after occupying an arena can we unlock the corresponding competition items."

"So Elfa wants to first figure out exactly what competition items there are."

Upon hearing this, Li Wei nodded. "That makes sense. Know yourself and your enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster."

Eris looked at Li Wei and said, "Elfa just told me that he wants you to exchange the spatial javelin for him. He'll handle mobile support."

"What do you think?" Eris asked for Li Wei's opinion.

Li Wei smiled and said, "Of course I have no objections. If he's willing to contribute more, I'm happy about it."

He couldn't be bothered to compete for it.

As long as he guarded his own little patch of land, that was enough.

Eris nodded and said, "Then I'll reply to Elfa."

He cast the long-distance communication spell to contact Elfa.

After a moment, Eris looked up at Li Wei and said, "Elfa wants us to leave a marker, then deliver the spatial javelin to him."

"He'll give us a tool called Void Chains as compensation."

Li Wei asked curiously, "Void Chains? What's it for?"

Eris said, "Once it hits the target, it prevents the target from performing spatial movement."

Li Wei's eyes lit up. "Good stuff!"

"With Void Chains, dealing with spatial mages would be much easier."

Eris nodded. "Yes, indeed."

"There's a spell called Dimensional Anchor that has the same effect, but none of us know it."

Li Wei said, "Dimensional Anchor is a fifth-tier spatial spell. Even among the participating spatial mages, few know it."

The sole purpose of Dimensional Anchor is to anchor space, making it impossible to use spatial spells within a certain range.

It's essentially an anti-magic spell targeting spatial mages.

Even if the caster is within the effect range of Dimensional Anchor, they still cannot use spatial spells.

For spatial mages, this isn't a necessary skill to learn.

Using Dimensional Anchor is like cutting off one's own arm.

It's only used in extremely rare special circumstances.

Therefore, even sixth-tier spatial mages may not have learned this spell.

Before coming to the Spatial Tower, Li Wei had gained a relatively general understanding of spatial magic.

He basically knew something about all the famous spells in spatial magic.

He continued waiting on the arena platform.

During this time, he occasionally saw people approaching, but they only took a distant glance before not coming closer.

They seemed to realize this place wasn't easy to mess with.

Li Wei waited peacefully until he accumulated three hundred points and exchanged for the spatial javelin.

The spatial javelin looked like a flag, with a rounded pointed end at the bottom that could be planted in space to leave a marker point.

Infusing magical power into the spatial javelin could activate it, allowing teleportation to the marked point.

It could mark up to three locations.

Li Wei looked at Eris and asked, "You go or I go?"

Eris said, "You go. I'll guard the arena for a while. At least I can hold until you return."

Li Wei nodded. "Okay."

Eris stepped onto the arena, and Li Wei exited the arena.

Eris became the new arena master.

Light shot up into the sky, indicating that the arena's owner had changed.

However, the light was concealed by the concealment magic barrier Eris had set up.

People outside couldn't see it.

Li Wei infused magical power into the spatial javelin, and the flag of the spatial javelin lit up with light.

He thrust the spatial javelin into mid-air and felt a ripple in space. His hand transmitted a sensation of plunging into thick liquid.

After a moment, an almost imperceptible spatial marker remained in place.

Except for the holder of the spatial javelin, only those with extremely strong spatial perception could sense it.

Even Li Wei couldn't perceive the marker left by the spatial javelin.

He glanced at Eris and said, "I'm leaving. Be careful."

Eris nodded. "Mm, you be careful too."

Li Wei put away the spatial javelin and quickly headed toward Elfa's direction.

Chirp!

A clear phoenix cry echoed through the sky.

Li Wei looked up to see a fire phoenix appearing on the mountain peak.

After a glance, he lowered his head and continued on his way.

Crack!

Li Wei heard footsteps nearby.

He quickly stopped, became alert, and turned to look.

A white figure appeared within his field of vision.

Seeing the figure before him, Li Wei paused momentarily in surprise.

"Erica?"

Erica, clad in white robes, looked up at Li Wei and smiled. "Hey, I didn't expect to run into you here."

They stared at each other for a few seconds, neither showing any intention to fight.

Li Wei pointed toward a distant mountain peak and said, "I'm heading there. Our paths are different; there's no need for a battle."

"I was thinking the same thing," Erica replied.

"Then, until we meet again." Li Wei chuckled and continued on his way.

Erica watched as Li Wei departed nearby, then glanced briefly in the direction he had gone before resuming her advance toward her original destination.

Li Wei turned back once to look at Erica.

"She probably isn't going after Eris."

Erica's direction of travel deviated from where Eris was located.

Boom!

While hurrying along, Li Wei came upon an arena where a fierce battle was underway.

Both fighters were extremely powerful, evenly matched.

The combat was intense.

He cast only a brief glance before turning away without approaching.

Besides the two battling on the arena platform, there were others around.

There were no Elemental Tower mages among them—rashly drawing near might provoke a group attack.

Li Wei merely had something to deliver; he had no reason to get entangled in trouble.

Arriving at the foot of the mountain, he looked up and revealed a look of sudden realization.

"Was that fire phoenix just now Alfalfa?"

Li Wei took flight directly, soaring toward the summit of the mountain peak.

As he neared the mountaintop, Li Wei felt the air temperature become scorching hot.

On the arena platform at the peak, Alfalfa was fighting a spatial mage.

A fire phoenix hovered above Alfalfa's head.

Arena battles were actually disadvantageous for spatial mages.

Spatial mages needed more open terrain to fully utilize their abilities.

Their specialty lay in ultra-long-range attacks.

The spatial mage was being suppressed by Alfalfa and could lose at any moment.

In this final confrontation between them, they were testing the depth of their magical power.

Whoever exhausted their magic first would be defeated.

Alfalfa appeared completely relaxed and confident.

In contrast, the spatial mage, who could only rely on spatial shields to passively defend against the fire phoenix's assault, wore an increasingly anxious expression.

He couldn't find an opportunity to counterattack.

Li Wei's arrival caused several people around the arena to turn and look.

The spatial mage also instinctively glanced over.

Alfalfa's eyes lit up. "What a perfect opportunity!"

(End of Chapter)