Witch Special

The shadow ball flung out by Lin Zhenxi propelled forward and vanished. As it advanced, the gaseous magic power released by Lin Zhenxi began to rapidly dissipate, losing contact with its source. Without the restraint of magic power, Lin Zhenxi completely lost control of the shadow ball, leaving her with no idea where it had gone or whether it had exploded. But it didn't matter anymore. At this depth, she could fire anywhere without worrying about exploding anything she shouldn't, so Lin Zhenxi quickly stopped worrying about it.

Through the giant shadow ball that was playing tricks just now, Lin Zhenxi figured out some characteristics of his current gaseous magic.

The first is its size. Because gaseous magic can diffuse into the air, once released, it will immediately occupy a large area around it, bringing the elements within this area under its control.

It’s like dividing the jurisdiction first. No matter what you do next, you always have to enclose the land first.

Compared to the previous situation where only a single point of contact with external elements existed, gaseous magic increased the contact area, instantly mobilizing hundreds or even thousands of times more elements. Using the same amount of magic power, the shadow ball summoned by gaseous magic was as tall as a three-story building, while that summoned by liquid magic was only the size of a palm. This was due to the increased contact area.

More is better, bigger is beautiful! More rivets, more strength, the turret is supreme!

Ahem, the first half of the above paragraph is true, but as we can see from the Shadow Ball's gradual and final loss of control, while gaseous magic can spread over a wide area in the air, it also consumes at a terrifying rate, something that doesn't happen with liquid magic. Liquid magic can only flow within the boundaries of a solid object, so it disappears only after being used; it can't dissipate on its own without any action.

To sum up, once gaseous magic is released from the body, it must be used immediately, otherwise it will quickly disappear on its own even if nothing is done. The magic generated by liquid magic is very stable and can last for a long time.

This meant that magic under the influence of gaseous magic could not be very complex. Although it would create a grand display of power when used, it was actually superficial and lacked refinement. Magic that had not been meticulously crafted could not possess the sharpness that could pierce through the entire surface.

To improve this, perhaps they need to increase the concentration of gaseous magic outside. If gaseous magic can exhibit the properties of liquid magic outside, magic guided by gaseous magic should be able to exist stably. This is precisely the topic and direction that Lin Zhenxi needs to research next.

But generally speaking, the transformation of magic from liquid to gaseous form brought Lin Zhenxi a significant boost in firepower. Even though gaseous magic dissipated in the air, that still took time. Until then, the ten-meter-tall shadow balls she could easily summon were more than enough to handle most of the problems she faced. If one shot wasn't enough, that was perfectly normal, given that thick-skinned, massive monsters were as numerous as cattle and horses in this world. But what about a hundred? What about a continuous barrage of a hundred shots? Lin Zhenxi now only needed a tiny amount of magic to induce elemental resonance over a wide area. In terms of firepower, she could single-handedly rival an entire army.

From a small-caliber submachine gun with insufficient lethality to a legion-level artillery cluster, this is the best summary of Lin Zhenxi's transformation and promotion ceremony.

The direction of her continued progress was clear. She only needed to slow the dissipation of the gaseous magic power in the outside world. While maintaining scale and volume, she could make the magic more complex and refined, thereby unleashing even more terrifying power. After all, at a similar scale, the power of high-level magic was far greater than that of low-level magic.

A palm-sized fireball could only shatter a wooden target, but a basin-sized explosive fireball could bring down a wall. A ten-meter-high fireball falling from the sky might incinerate an area the size of two basketball courts. But what about a ten-meter-high explosive fireball? What if hundreds of those explosive fireballs exploded simultaneously? Even a mountain would be flattened.

Such power far surpassed all conventional weapons created by humans. Aside from a nuclear explosion, Lin Zhenxi couldn't think of anything else that could compare to it.

Although Lin Zhenxi cannot do that now, at least he has seen the prospects and the future is promising.

The nuclear explosion witch sounds much more domineering than the fairy tale witch.

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Mastering new powers takes time. It can't wait, but it can't be rushed either, at least not right now. Lin Zhenxi has already devoted too much time and energy to "Great Magic: Magical Transformation." During this time, she's been largely disconnected, untraceable, a state of complete seclusion. Even when she did go out after drawing the magic circle, it was only a fleeting glimpse; she didn't actually show up. Now, it's time to break free from this state, show up everywhere, and prove she's still breathing.

Before leaving, Lin Zhenxi cast a "small mound" of earth magic, gigantic in size under the influence of gaseous magic, into the center of the underground space. Watching the rapidly growing dirt on the ground, Lin Zhenxi quickly grabbed the black cat, Yanyan, and ran away. If they didn't run, this "small mound," which was only used to trip people, would fill the underground space.

Lin Zhenxi also learned a property of gaseous magic: no matter how small the magic is, when it is driven by gaseous magic, it will inevitably expand to the limit of the gaseous magic range. As long as the gaseous magic does not dissipate, the expansion of the magic itself will not stop.

It was like the fill tool in a paint app... you used magic to outline a frame, and then the magic effect would automatically fill it with color. However, once the frame lost its connection with Lin Zhenxi, it would shrink on its own, and the color originally filled in would overflow outside the frame, uncontrollably starting an unpredictable Brownian motion.

If Lin Zhenxi's magic used to be about more and bigger, making it more powerful, now she needs to control her magic more precisely and steadily, rather than expanding it into a large, regular mass no matter what she does. The charm of magic isn't about setting off bigger fireworks; it's about using magic to transform the world into the magician's vision.

Fortunately, Lin Zhenxi's magic now only falls under the First Law: Elemental Resonance, which becomes too bulky and difficult to control due to the gasification of magic power. However, the magic under the Second Law: Equivalent Exchange and the Third Law: Soul Materialization remains effective. Furthermore, due to the compressibility of gaseous magic power and the increased storage capacity of the expanded magic circuits, Lin Zhenxi's overall magic power is now several times greater than before. Unfortunately, her hair is still too thin. Even though the magic circuits within her hair greatly increase the surface area of ​​contact with the outside world, her hair's ability to store magic power is still abysmal.

Anyway, the little magic power that hair can store is not enough for Lin Zhenxi to accept the consequences of changing her hair color. Bright purple hair is too conspicuous, and Lin Zhenxi doesn't want to become the focus of everyone's attention wherever she goes.

After taking stock, Lin Zhenxi only knew that she had become much stronger than before. As for the specific improvement, it would be better to wait until her condition stabilized before calculating.

After returning to the surface before the "little mound" completely filled the underground space, Lin Zhenxi took a quick shower and changed into something more formal, preparing to show up at the factory and the city government before heading to Saitama's house for hot pot. Yanyan had been dropped off at the building across the street, so she could inform Saitama to prepare the hot pot utensils at home. She would visit him that evening with some high-quality hot pot meat.

After giving Yanyan her instructions, Lin Zhenxi grabbed her broom and flew out of the balcony. Her first stop was her factory. After touring the factory, she headed downtown to discuss buying another piece of land with the leaders in City Z.

Lin Zhenxi had completed her own transformation and ascension ritual, and now she would focus on the difficult task of awakening world consciousness. To accomplish this, she needed some supporting structures—more precisely, a magnificent tower altar. This would require a plot of land roughly the size of two stadiums seating tens of thousands of spectators, roughly several hundred thousand square meters. Even though the land in the abandoned city was cheap, or rather, completely unavailable, Lin Zhenxi would still have to negotiate with the government to secure the rights to such a large plot.

It's just throwing money around, after all. Lin Zhenxi had no use for this world's currency; to her, it was just numbers. Even if she gave it all away, it wouldn't matter. But City Z coveted Lin Zhenxi's money and her Baizhi. When Lin Zhenxi approached the government about investing, the government had no idea Baizhi could become so successful. They simply dismissed her as a fool, choosing a city with no future to open a factory. To keep Lin Zhenxi from running away, City Z promised her a generous tax break. The officials who made that move are probably regretting it now.

Lin Zhenxi's purpose in coming to the city this time was to get City Z to retract its tax incentives for Baizhi, and to force it to pay the tax due. The land used to build the altar was the price City Z had to pay to reclaim the tax revenue.