In a mansion in the suburbs of Wengehua, Maple Leaf Country, Ling Tian and Ou Ruola arrived from the United States overnight.
Ou Ruola left temporarily to contact her subordinates to prepare for Wang Qing Tian's rescue, while Ling Tian stayed in the mansion with A Li, researching the various abilities A Li gained after evolving.
After evolving, not only did the little girl's physical fitness and magic power increase significantly, but her spatial ability also improved. Ling Tian and A Li were studying this, trying to figure out how to maximize its power.
As for A Li's dimensional blade, Ling Tian couldn't change it; he still couldn't understand how A Li did it.
He was more interested in A Li's current ability to open spatial portals anytime, anywhere.
During combat, suddenly opening a spatial portal, forming ripples in front of the opponent, could not only devour the opponent's long-range attacks, but the sudden appearance of ripples would also catch the opponent off guard, causing them to fall into the spatial portal.
Since space is four-dimensional, at the same moment and same location, there could be hundreds or thousands of large and small spaces or spatial fragments in the vicinity.
When targets rushed into the spatial portal and fell into other planes, they could never return. This was simply banishment.
Especially since many planes lacked air and had extremely harsh and terrifying environments. It could be a world full of ice and snow, full of seawater, or even full of lava. It was truly a case of "landing and being eliminated."
However, opening a spatial portal that a person could pass through consumed a tremendous amount of energy. Ling Tian calculated that A Li could open such a spatial portal about three times a day. Exceeding three times would be unsustainable even with A Li's current magic power and skills.
"A Li, can you throw someone into another plane and then pull them back after some time?"
A Li shook her head like a rattle drum.
"I don't know, I need to try!"
"Okay, let's try it!"
Near their mansion, about ten kilometers away, there was a farm. Ling Tian sent people to buy over a dozen sheep.
Although A Li initially wanted to experiment on humans and was criticized by Ling Tian, which dispelled her dangerous idea.
Experimenting on sheep was similar to experimenting on men; there wasn't much difference.
These ten sheep were all rams, very aggressive, and were kept in the same yard. Some of them started fighting among themselves.
Ling Tian and A Li walked into the flock of sheep, but the sheep paid no attention to them and continued fighting as if they weren't there.
A Li walked forward and kicked a ram in its hindquarters. The kick was quite heavy, enraging the sheep.
It is said that sheep have very small brains; they are difficult to tame and their behavior is entirely instinctual.
Therefore, sheep often exhibit bizarre actions, which is why Westerners often equate the image of sheep with demons.
The enraged ram immediately turned its head, lowered its head, and charged at A Li.
With its sharp horns and the impact force of its charge, if one were to be hit by its horns, the result would truly be disembowelment.
A Li's lips curved into a slight smile. She extended her hands, formed a hand seal, and then a spatial ripple about one square meter in size appeared directly in front of the enraged ram.
This spatial ripple was invisible to ordinary humans and animals. Only with spells like Heavenly Eye Divine Sight could Ling Tian possibly see the energy fluctuations when the spatial portal was opened.
The ram charged headfirst into the spatial ripple and disappeared, followed by the disappearance of the spatial ripple.
A Li stood there, closing her eyes, motionless, as if she had fallen asleep.
After a full half hour, A Li finally opened her eyes, but her condition was not good; her face was a little pale, and she looked listless.
"What's wrong, A Li? Are you not feeling well?" Ling Tian asked with great concern.
"Meow, it's nothing, just a great expenditure of mental power. I'll be fine after a rest."
"Alright, you go rest first, and we'll talk after you've rested."
A few hours later, A Li, having slept enough, appeared before Ling Tian with renewed vigor.
"How is it, A Li? Did you find that sheep?"
A Li shook her head painfully.
"I initially locked onto that sheep with my mental power, and then I sent the sheep into the spatial portal. But when the sheep entered another space, my mental power was severed!
By the time I tried to find the sheep again with my mental power, the sheep and the plane it existed in had already gone God knows where.
I've been trying to search the surrounding planes with my mental power just now, but it's useless. Within the same space, at different time nodes, planes can change in thousands of ways..."
Ling Tian pondered for a moment and then said, "If, I mean, if you keep that sheep in the spatial portal, wouldn't the mental power not be severed then?"
A Li glanced at him and shook her head. "Ling Tian, it's no use. Spatial portals exist for a very short time, only a few seconds.
Moreover, maintaining a spatial portal requires a lot of magic power and mental energy. Once the spatial portal disappears, whether the objects inside are sent to other planes or decomposed into the most basic particles by spatial laws, even I don't know."
Ling Tian thought for a moment and then said, "How about we go to the Spirit Realm space and ask the butler? Perhaps in the ancient texts recorded in the Myriad Laws Pavilion, there might be relevant solutions."
A Li nodded obediently, and then Ling Tian and A Li entered the Spirit Realm space and went to the Spirit Realm Mansion.
The butler was already waiting there with a smile for Ling Tian's arrival. Servants also brought fragrant tea and pastries for Ling Tian and A Li.
While sipping his tea, Ling Tian told the butler about the matter that was troubling him and A Li.
The butler fell into thought. Ling Tian held his breath, not daring to disturb the butler.
Ling Tian knew very well that all the information in the Myriad Laws Pavilion was stored in the butler's mind.
The number and types of ancient texts stored in the Myriad Laws Pavilion far exceeded even a large comprehensive library.
With so much information, almost all of it was in the butler's mind. Players could access this information at any time. His current contemplation was actually just a process of retrieving information.
After a while, the butler looked up, his eyes radiating light.
"I have a way!"