“Then... I'll dig in...” Little Xi Ya carefully popped a dumpling into her mouth. Suddenly, her beautiful eyes went wide.
The firm filling was delightfully chewy, and the savory juices burst out, washing over her taste buds and making little Xi Ya let out an involuntary soft moan.
It was... too delicious!
Zhang Ye's dumplings were arguably everyone's favorite, and little Xi Ya fell in love with them instantly.
Her appetite was usually tiny, but this time she had a surprisingly massive appetite, eating a whopping eighteen dumplings.
Granted, eighteen dumplings wasn't a massive amount, but for little Xi Ya, it was a rare occasion where she stuffed herself full.
Usually, she had almost no appetite, barely eating two bites before feeling full, which was why she was so thin and frail.
“Little Xi Ya, is space magic what you study?” After finishing their meal, everyone went to the living room to chat, and Zhang Ye suddenly asked Xi Ya.
Little Xi Ya blinked in surprise, then nodded, her face turning slightly red. “Yes... but my talent is very poor. So far, I've only learned... one spell, 【Miniature Spatial Gate】...”
Aside from basic magic, she had only learned a single 【Miniature Spatial Gate】 up until now. On a global scale, this talent definitely wasn't bad; after all, countless people remained stuck at Tier Five even in their old age.
But in All Souls Magic Academy, which was packed with geniuses, it was far from enough.
Because, as everyone knew, 【Miniature Spatial Gate】 possessed absolutely no lethality.
Hearing this, Zhang Ye clicked his tongue. “Then your Monthly Test is going to be a bit tricky...”
From what he knew, the quality of this year's freshmen had improved. Even the Red Class students were mostly at Tier Six or above. With little Xi Ya being Tier Five... Huh? She was already at Tier Six mid stage?!
Well, Tier Six mid stage was still not enough.
After all, she hadn't learned any other offensive spells. Relying on basic Tier One to Tier Three magic, it would be extremely difficult for her to inflict any effective damage on opponents of the same rank. Thus, Xi Ya's Monthly Test was indeed a problem.
At his words, Xi Ya lowered her head slightly, nervously fidgeting with her small hands.
Seeing this, Lina felt a pang of sympathy in her heart and looked at Zhang Ye for help. “Ye-ge...”
Zhang Ye suddenly grinned. “But it's fine! Even a 【Miniature Spatial Gate】 can have terrifying lethality!”
Hearing this, not only little Xi Ya but everyone else was stunned.
In their understanding, aside from teleportation, what kind of lethality could a spatial gate possibly have?
Zhang Ye snapped his fingers, and a spatial gate materialized in front of everyone.
Everyone was stunned again, followed by internal gasps of admiration.
Ye-ge can use space magic too?
Over the past few days, Zhang Ye had demonstrated magic of all sorts of attributes: metal, wood, water, fire, earth, light, darkness, ice, wind, and lightning. He possessed full attribute mastery!
He wasn't just a dual-attribute user of "metal and fire" as recorded by the academy; he was a complete all-attribute genius!
To think he could even easily master space magic. This was simply too incredible!
The attributes of time and space were considered the most powerful forms of magic.
With a wave of Zhang Ye's finger, the blue-bordered spatial gate flew over and hovered horizontally before them.
Zhang Ye spoke slowly, “The magic circle composition of a spatial gate involves spatial transmission, which includes the 【Spatial Mana Transmission Magic Set】, the 【Spatial Mana Operation Magic Set】, the 【Safety Magic Set】, and so on.”
“Look, a normal spatial gate works like this.” As he spoke, Zhang Ye opened another spatial gate and pushed his hand through. His hand immediately emerged from the other gate, giving Tei Tei's head a good pat.
Tei Tei instantly raised her head, but Zhang Ye had already retracted his hand, leaving her looking completely alert and suspicious.
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“Who?!
“Who patted me?!”
Ignoring Tei Tei, Zhang Ye continued, “Now, what happens if the spatial gate closes while an object is passing through it?”
As he spoke, he put his hand through the spatial gate once more and closed it. However, when the spatial gate came into contact with Zhang Ye's hand, it did not continue to close. Instead, it remained fixed at the exact size of his wrist. Zhang Ye pulled slightly, but it was difficult to pull his hand out.
“Precisely because of the 【Safety Magic Set】, if a spatial gate encounters an obstacle while closing, it instantly locks in place to avoid harming the obstacle. But because of this very characteristic, a spatial gate can easily be used as a 【Binding Spell】!”
“Just imagine. If you drop a spatial gate over someone's head and close it, the gate will lock around the target's neck, and their head will pop out of the other gate. In this state, it is extremely difficult for them to regain control, and their body will be physically bound in place by space itself. Meanwhile, you can just bash their head as much as you want. So, a spatial gate actually has incredible utility!”
Hearing Zhang Ye's explanation, everyone felt a sudden wave of enlightenment.
Especially little Xi Ya, whose small face lit up with a look of pure astonishment.
So a spatial gate could actually be used like that!
“And that's not all!” Zhang Ye let out another chuckle. “Think about it. This characteristic of the spatial gate is entirely due to the 【Safety Magic Set】. But what if we remove the 【Safety Magic Set】?”
Hearing this, everyone instinctively thought about it, and expressions of shock soon appeared on their faces.
Zhang Ye chuckled and snapped his fingers. Another spatial gate materialized, but this time, its borders were no longer blue—they were a glowing crimson red!
With a wave of his hand, a metal rod condensed and passed through the spatial gate. In the next instant, the gate snapped shut!
The metal rod was instantly sliced clean in two, the cut as smooth as a mirror!
Everyone let out gasps of surprise, and little Xi Ya even covered her mouth, her eyes filled with disbelief.
“Once a spatial gate closes, the spatial power of the world acts like a guillotine, severing any obstacle in its path!”
“Unless one possesses the power to resist spatial collapse, very few things in existence can withstand it!”
“This is the true strength of space magic—a destructive power terrifying to the extreme!”
At this point, Zhang Ye smiled warmly at Xi Ya. “So don't ever think your talent is poor. The moment you possess a space-attribute talent, you are already standing far above the vast majority of people!”
“If an opponent is caught off guard, your spatial gate severing can even threaten existences below Six-star Saint-tier!”
Because only upon reaching Six-star Saint-tier can one touch upon the laws of space and execute spatial abilities like 【Teleportation】!
Of course, monsters like Leona didn't count. She could already teleport when she was only a Three-star Saint-tier...
“B-But... I don't know how to remove the 【Safety Magic Set】...” After her brief moment of excitement, little Xi Ya's expression fell once more.
Zhang Ye shook his head and smiled. “No worries, I'll teach you.”
“You've already mastered the spatial gate itself and have an understanding of it, so this shouldn't be difficult for you.”
“Your Ye-ge is a gold-medal instructor, after all. I guarantee I'll teach you until you get it!”
“No time like the present, let's start right now!”
“B-But...” Xi Ya was still a bit worried that she wouldn't be able to learn it, which would cause trouble for Zhang Ye.
Lina gently took Xi Ya's small hand and smiled. “Don't worry, trust in Ye-ge. Our entire Class One was taught by Ye-ge!”
Little Xi Ya was quite surprised. Wasn't Ye-ge a student? How could he actually instruct Rainbow Class One?
The others nodded in agreement as well. “Yeah, Ye-ge usually teaches us. Mentor Leona has completely handed over the reins to him.”
Hearing this, Xi Ya finally nodded. With a look of determination in her large eyes, she stood up and bowed deeply to Zhang Ye.
“P-Please help me!”
“I want to become strong!”
Zhang Ye nodded. “Don't worry, leave it to me!”
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