Chapter 124 | The Otherworld Journey That Starts From a Slime

“By constantly blinking into the enemy’s blind spots, you can make it so they can’t lock onto your figure with their vision at all.”

“As for mana perception, that can be handled with Mana Skin to isolate your presence, though that requires practice.”

“Once you master it, you will have the upper hand in combat!”

Zhang Ye demonstrated it for Lina, blinking repeatedly into her blind spots. Sure enough, no matter how Lina turned her head, she couldn’t see him, which left her in awe.

“Furthermore, as I mentioned before, visual refresh rates come into play. As long as your blinking speed exceeds the limit of visual perception, the effect will be no different from having clones!”

With that, Zhang Ye began to perform short-range rapid blinks right in front of Lina.

By blinking more than sixty times per second, two Zhang Yes appeared in Lina’s vision!

“This... this is too incredible!” Lina exclaimed in surprise. “Can I do that too?”

“Of course!” Zhang Ye nodded. “As long as you practice hard, you’ll definitely be able to do it!”

Just like that, under Zhang Ye’s guidance, everyone began trying out new ideas and combat styles.

This fresh way of thinking made them feel incredibly powerful and practical. If applied in actual combat, it would definitely produce unexpected results!

Everyone became obsessed with it. Even Nan, with Zhang Ye’s help, developed a new style.

For instance, by chaining Thunderclap Flash the moment he released Triple Thunder Prison Kill, he could make his other two clones use Thunderclap Flash as well, resulting in explosive lethality!

There was also the Thunderbolt Ball, which could not only be fired as a projectile but also held in the hand for direct attacks to maximize damage.

These were all moves Zhang Ye had come up with based on anime and games from Earth.

Rasengan? It’s seriously cool, okay!

Everyone was so immersed that they lost track of time. It was only when Leona reminded them that they realized class was over.

Reluctantly, the students prepared to leave.

“Come on, come on. Bring your little flowers to me to exchange for points!” Zhang Ye shouted as class ended.

Remembering this part, everyone rushed over to exchange their flowers for points with Zhang Ye.

Looking at the points they had received on their badges, smiles naturally appeared on their faces.

One little yellow flower was worth a day’s worth of food, and one little red flower was worth three days’ worth. Earning points this way was just too comfortable!

“Thank you, Class Monitor!” everyone said in gratitude.

Zhang Ye waved his hand. “It’s nothing. As long as you all get stronger, what do these few points matter?”

Hearing this, the students’ admiration for Zhang Ye grew even deeper. They couldn't help but feel that having such a Class Monitor was a truly wonderful thing.

“By the way, when class is over, you’re supposed to say ‘Goodbye, Instructor.’ Come on, say it once. Let me experience what it feels like to be an instructor,” Zhang Ye said.

Everyone burst into laughter, but being in high spirits, they chose to satisfy Zhang Ye’s little wish and spoke in unison.

“Goodbye, Instructor!”

“Ah~ that feels good!” Zhang Ye said with a look of pure bliss. “My life is complete now, alright?”

Everyone laughed together, the atmosphere incredibly harmonious.

“Alright, class dismissed.”

Today’s lesson was one they would never forget, and they all left with smiles on their faces.

Zhang Ye waved goodbye to Lina and the others before sprinting toward the research institute.

Upon arriving, Ke Ling said to him, “The Void Meteorite has been refined. We can begin cutting and manufacturing.”

As she spoke, she produced a cuboid piece of refined meteorite.

The volume of the original 150-jin meteorite had shrunk several times after refining, now weighing about 100 jin. It felt heavy in the hand, and the patterns on its surface had become even more brilliant, with a faint glow shimmering across it. Zhang Ye was confident that a magic device made from this Void Refined Meteorite would be both practical and beautiful.

He went with Ke Ling and Ke Lan to the Precision Engraver Lab to begin processing the material.

Zhang Ye operated the engraver personally. With Ke Ling’s guidance, he had already gotten the hang of it yesterday, which greatly surprised the two women.

You had to realize that even as geniuses, they had trained for over ten days before getting the hang of it, yet Zhang Ye had mastered it in less than a few hours and even built Sample Unit One.

They felt more and more that Zhang Ye was a rare talent.

The engraving process was extremely taxing on mental strength. Zhang Ye needed to engrave the thin outer shells of hundreds of parts, the core components, and the overall casing of the magic device. Finally, he would use magic to unify them into a single whole, ensuring the entire device was compatible with the time attribute.

Setting aside the main casing, the thin layers of the parts and the core components required extreme precision. For instance, the thickness of the thin layers could not exceed 0.001 millimeters; otherwise, it would hinder the subsequent unification process.

Consequently, it was incredibly draining. Zhang Ye had to focus entirely, fully expanding his Divine Sense and narrowing it down to a single area to achieve maximum perceptual sensitivity. Operating the engraver also consumed both mental strength and mana.

In Zhang Ye’s eyes, this meticulous work was even more exhausting than a duel with Leona!

As the process neared its end, Zhang Ye had finished engraving all the parts for the first magic device, and the second was ninety percent complete.

Lina’s custom magic device consisted of dual pistols, so there were two units.

By this point, however, Zhang Ye’s mental strength was nearly depleted.

His head felt heavy, as if he were suffering from severe motion sickness. Performing precision engraving under such conditions to ensure accuracy was exceptionally difficult, but Zhang Ye gritted his teeth and persevered.

Casting a Refreshment spell on himself, he took a deep breath and endured the discomfort to engrave the final few parts.

Ke Ling and Ke Lan watched from the side.

It wasn't that they didn't want to help, but they needed to cast magic to maintain the vitality of the materials to ensure the resulting magic device would be of the highest quality. Furthermore, they had to simultaneously operate other machinery to process different parts and couldn't spare a hand to help Zhang Ye.

Only during the final unification would the magic device take shape and its attributes be finalized. This needed to be done as quickly as possible, so the three of them had to race against time and maintain their speed.

Finally, as the last core component was finished, Zhang Ye immediately covered the parts with mana and handed them to Ke Lan, saying, “Assemble them quickly. The void energy is starting to dissipate...”

Before he could finish his sentence, his vision went dark, and he collapsed straight back.

However, he didn't hit the floor because Ke Ling caught him.

Ke Ling checked him over and said, “He fainted due to mental exhaustion. He’ll wake up after a short rest.”

Ke Lan nodded and immediately began the assembly.

With all the parts ready, Ke Lan put on her blue spectacles, which shimmered with light. At the same time, a mechanical backpack on her back lit up, extending eight mechanical arms that flashed with magic lines.

In the next instant, Ke Lan’s eight mechanical arms and her hands turned into a blur. Simultaneously, the aura of a Four-star Saint-tier exploded from her, her speed reaching an unimaginable level.

In almost the blink of an eye, two magic devices with incredibly sleek and beautiful designs were assembled. Then, with a wave of Ke Lan’s hand, a blue-white sphere of mana covered the magic devices. The parts within began to undergo Material Fusion, unifying into a single whole without changing their shape.

This was a Saint-tier spell called Material Fusion. It allowed different materials to be fused together into a single material that possessed the characteristics of its components. However, it had its limits; fusing materials with weak characteristics or conflicting attributes was extremely difficult and carried a risk of failure.

Fortunately, the light and time attributes did not repel or conflict with each other, so they fused together smoothly.

By this time, Zhang Ye had slowly woken up.

Once the unification was complete, Ke Lan’s blue spectacles emitted a blue beam that fell onto the magic devices. Various data flashed across the lenses, and a look of joy appeared on Ke Lan’s face. “All data is normal!”

Zhang Ye smiled, his eyes filled with exhaustion, but he still said, “Good. Next, we test them.”

Seeing him like this, Ke Lan couldn't help but say, “Why don't you rest for a bit and test them tomorrow?”

Zhang Ye shook his head with a smile. “It’s fine. I want to give Lina her surprise as soon as possible.”

Ke Lan chuckled. “Is she your girlfriend?”

Zhang Ye shook his head. “No, but she is my friend.”

As he spoke, his face was full of sincerity.

Ke Lan was slightly moved. As someone who had been through a lot, she could naturally see that Zhang Ye didn't have any romantic designs on this Lina.

To do so much for a friend... this Zhang Ye was quite the person.

Subsequently, Zhang Ye began the tests.

After blinking several times, the magic devices showed no issues. The fire rate had increased significantly, reaching forty shots per second, and the power was close to Tier Seven!

It was clear how much of a massive boost good materials provided to a magic device.

Finally, it was time for the most important point.

Zhang Ye first filled the dual magic devices with mana and then held down the triggers. The devices began to gather energy.

Once the mana from the nine magic crystals inside was fully drawn and concentrated, the muzzles of the magic devices shone as brightly as stars.

Then, Zhang Ye blinked forward, appearing in front of the target, and pulled both triggers simultaneously.

Terrifying streams of mana erupted from the muzzles. Because of the shaping magic circles at the tips, the erupting mana streams took the form of four-pointed stars, trailing long comet-like tails as they struck the target. The target exploded instantly, and a terrifying shockwave spread out, only to be blocked by the surrounding magic barriers.

This power had likely reached the level of a Tier Ten late stage!

You had to remember that this mana was his Tier Eight quality mana. Although it was incredibly pure, he hadn't expected the power to increase so dramatically.

Finally, the most crucial step.

“Retrograde!”

Instantly, Zhang Ye’s figure vanished from the spot and reappeared in his position from two seconds ago.

He hurriedly checked the magic devices and found that the mana within them had been completely restored!

Nice! It was a success!

Because of the time reversal, Zhang Ye had returned entirely to his previous state, and the magic devices had done the same, yet the damage he had dealt remained unchanged.

According to the conservation of energy, this restored mana couldn't have appeared out of thin air, so it must have been generated by drawing upon the laws!