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Chapter 199: Chapter 198: Moving Forward for the Goal

Shana’s situation didn’t matter to Fang Zheng at the moment, because there was something even more important for him to do right now.

Taking advantage of the moment Shana and Aralastor had left, Fang Zheng began to experiment, inspired by the conversation he had previously with Lamy. As Lamy had said, Fang Zheng treated the Power of Existence like his familiar programming tools and started modifying the internals of the Sealing Free Method with it.

Just like this…

Fang Zheng closed his eyes and began to feel the fluctuations of the Soulstone with his power. Soon, an image gradually became clearer in his mind—an endless ice plain, a city sealed in ice, and the Ice Throne… It was the place where a king once sat, it was his King’s City, and it was also his prison.

Just like this…

Fang Zheng furrowed his brows, daring not to take even a deep breath. Using his “Power of the Star Spirits,” he slowly infiltrated the scene, and then it was as if something like transparent sludge began to cover everything. Soon, Fang Zheng felt his power being fixed into shape within this landscape. Then he moved slightly again, slowly shifting the scene manifested from the Soulstone into the constantly rotating Free Style made of blue light streams.

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Set a value, then copy this section of “code” into it, then…

“Sealing!”

With Fang Zheng’s shout, the scene before his eyes instantly changed. The originally minimalist-styled living room, the sofa, the TV, the coffee table, and everything else vanished without trace, replaced by a platform covered with an ice layer. Behind Fang Zheng was no longer the soft and comfortable sofa but the chilly throne.

“Hmm… just as I thought.”

Sitting back on the cold and hard Ice Throne, Fang Zheng couldn’t suppress a smile. As he had thought, Sealing already carried with it the effect of “isolating a part of this world”; what Fang Zheng needed to do was to add another “layer” inside it and then “copy” the scenes from the Soulstone onto this new layer. This way, the newly created layer would cover the original layer, shielding it from view.

“Swoosh!”

Fang Zheng drew the Sky-Cleaving Sword from his hand and swung it fiercely forward. A chilling Sword Qi howled past, leaving a mark on the platform. Accompanied by the Sword Qi that shot through, he could clearly see the scattering ice chips, and the cold wind blew in his face, making one shiver involuntarily.

Wait, I remember Aralastel mentioned that Phosphorus could move within the Sealing, and that “Hunter” before used Phosphorus to hunt, so…

With this thought, Fang Zheng once again concentrated, feeling his own Soulstone. He then opened his right hand toward the front. Not long after, he saw the ground suddenly rise and then burst open. Subsequently, a ghoul with iron-blue skin jumped out from it, glanced around with a “clatter clatter” sound, then crawled forward on all fours before kneeling in front of Fang Zheng.

“Hahaha! Just as I thought! I knew it would work!!”

Fang Zheng didn’t understand the structure and formation of Phosphorus very well. He had just had a spontaneous idea—since he could project scenes from the Soulstone into reality, could he also project the creatures controlled within the Soulstone into Sealing? Now it seemed his idea was successful; the Power of Existence had not only projected the scene from the Soulstone into the Sealing, but even the creatures themselves were also projected over!

With that in mind, Fang Zheng did not hesitate to raise his longsword again, slashing it down at the ghoul. Accompanied by a scream, the ghoul was sent flying and then vanished into the void in white flames—indeed, just like the Phosphorus he had killed before inside the Sealing.

With this in mind…

Watching the body of the disappearing ghoul, Fang Zheng couldn’t help clenching his fists.

Wait, if all of this can really hold up, then Sealing for Fang Zheng wouldn’t just be Sealing—it could be fashioned into his own private world!

Imagine fighting an enemy and Fang Zheng just opens up the Sealing, dragging the enemy into the Ice Castle. In that world, he could use the Power of Existence to create all the bosses and creatures inside the Ice Castle and control them to fight the enemy. Hmm, this way he would not affect the real world, and he could perfectly eliminate the enemy without a trace, while increasing his fighting power on his own turf… Ah, thinking about it, it’s just too great!

If there is a flaw to mention, it would be…

“The energy consumption is just too high.”

Fire Mist Warriors and Followers of the Crimson Realm only need Sealing, so they don’t consume too much power. However, Fang Zheng’s Sealing requires not only isolation but also the projection of an entirely new world. The Power of Existence consumed naturally is much greater than that of a normal Sealing. According to Fang Zheng’s requirements, and adding the creature Legion Phosphorus, the consumption will probably be astronomical.

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Thinking of this, Fang Zheng waved his hand, quickly dissolving the Sealing. Although his own power was sufficient, it was not enough to create a vast Sealing. A substantial consumption of the Power of Existence was necessary, so Fang Zheng still needed to create a big enough “battery” to accommodate the Power of Existence.

If the trait of the Zero Hour Resurgence were “uninterrupted output of the Power of Existence,” that would be fine, but its trait is “restoration of the Power of Existence,” which means the “battery” needs to have a high capacity.

Regrettably, Fang Zheng could currently only make batteries that could contain a value of “1000” Power of Existence. Even to unseal the “Vampire” would take ten days; if he wanted to reach his goal, he estimated the battery’s capacity would need to increase by about 100 times.

Even by using them in series, it would have to increase by 10 times to be of any use. As of now, the “battery” Fang Zheng created was just a power bank, which could be used to recharge the “Vampire.” But it was impossible to drive cars or planes with it.

Even if you linked ten power banks together, you couldn’t make an electric car run a hundred kilometers.

I’ll have to talk to Lamy again when I get the chance, maybe I can find a way to increase the capacity.

But before that…

“Thud.”

Upon hearing the heavy collision from the balcony, Fang Zheng stood up, then opened the glass door. There, on the balcony, he saw a young girl kneeling, her head bowed as she gasped for breath nonstop.

“You’ve been defeated pretty badly, it seems. You must have encountered a formidable opponent, not bad, not bad.”

Looking at Shana before him, Fang Zheng couldn’t help but whistle. The young girl was in such a disheveled state, her hair was in complete disarray, her face was smeared with black soot, and her clothes were tattered and torn everywhere. She was squatting on the ground, curled up into a small ball, appearing almost like a beaten dog.

Upon hearing Fang Zheng speak, Shana immediately raised her head and glared at him fiercely.

“Shut up! What does it matter to you how I am!”

“So you really lost the fight?”

Faced with the girl’s fierce momentum, an ordinary person would probably have run away in fright. But Fang Zheng just grinned and pulled over a chair, sitting down next to Shana.

“Just how did you lose? Come on, share what’s bothering you so I can get a kick out of it.”

“You…….”

Hearing this, Shana clenched her fists even tighter. In that moment, she truly wanted to punch this annoying man. But then, Fang Zheng’s voice reached her ears, causing Shana to stop in her tracks.

“So what exactly are you upset about? The opponent was strong, so it’s only natural that you lost, right? Or do you believe you were certain to win? Where did that confidence come from?”

“I…….”

In response to Fang Zheng’s questioning, Shana’s raging anger suddenly vanished, and she became lost and confused. Indeed, as Fang Zheng said, she was indignant about her defeat, but why…? Was it simply because she had been defeated? That surely was a reason for indignation, but was there anything else…?

“Alright, so you lost, just take it. Win it back next time.”

Fang Zheng patted the little girl’s head and then stood up.

“Remember, there’s nothing frightening about failure; everyone fails at some point. The important thing is to learn from your failures and try again. Go take a bath, get some good sleep, and have a good cry under the blankets, and you’ll be fine.”

“Who’s going to cry under the blankets!”

Shana slapped Fang Zheng’s hand away with a “smack” and stared at him angrily.

“I’m just… slightly upset, that’s right, I’m upset!”

“Understandable. I get pretty mad myself every time I get killed, but after dying a bunch of times, you get used to it. Life’s like that, isn’t it? You have to fail a few times. So you need to be calm. You should know that failure is the mother of success… Rushing things like passing on the torch won’t get you anywhere… And besides, you should also be glad that you failed.”

“…What do you mean?”

“It’s a simple concept.”

Facing Shana’s question, Fang Zheng patted her head again.

“You see, before, you two didn’t know each other, so you were both careful and wary about the other’s fighting style due to your lack of understanding. But now, the opponent thinks they know your style, and during the next fight, even if they don’t want to, they’ll instinctively rely on their experience from the last fight to predict your moves. If you improve quickly enough, won’t you be able to surprise her next time? Alright, don’t think too much about it. Go take a bath; you’re as dirty as a stray kitten…”

“Hmph!”

Hearing Fang Zheng’s words, Shana glared at him fiercely, then walked straight into the living room.

“Hold on, your home is next door.”

“I want to wash up here today!”

Making a face at Fang Zheng, then with a “bang,” the girl slammed the bathroom door shut.

And watching the closed door before him, Fang Zheng was taken aback for a moment, then, with a helpless shake of his head, he said,

“Kids will be kids…”

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