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Chapter 390 Explanation

"you do not believe?"

"Then let me show you again."

Meros seemed to sense Phoebe's suspicion, and a confident smile appeared on his lips.

Fei Bo's eyes were full of doubt and distrust. He stared intently at Meros, as if trying to see through his eyes to his heart and see if he was guilty and lying.

"This magic circle is my masterpiece from when I was young!"

"I can't help but say this," Meros said with a hint of pride in his voice.

“I had just come of age at that time, and I was full of enthusiasm and curiosity for the study of magic arrays. I figured out this magic array at that time, so my understanding of it can be said to be very deep.”

As he spoke, he casually shook the jellyfish carcass off the tip of his knife onto the ground, as if it were nothing more than an insignificant object.

Then, with firm steps, he walked toward an energy node that was some distance from his current location, just as before.

This energy node is clearly unique, and its importance is immediately apparent.

Its range is much larger than other energy nodes, and the condition of the jellyfish inside is also very different from other nodes.

Several jellyfish inside had been completely drained, their bodies even broken into pieces and scattered around the node.

While some jellyfish in other energy nodes also had their energy absorbed, most of them only shrank and appeared somewhat listless.

Meros walked straight to the energy node, stopped, and slowly turned around, his gaze falling on Phib.

"What, what are you going to do?!"

"Phibo shouted, his voice echoing in the empty space," Philip shouted.

At this moment, his lower body had completely dissolved into the magic circle, rendering him unable to move. He could only watch helplessly as Meros approached the massive energy node step by step.

Despite being physically restrained, Fei Bo's inner turmoil was not as palpable as it appeared on the surface.

As Meros had said before, once this magic circle is activated, it's like a wild horse that can't be stopped.

Therefore, Phoebe decided to observe calmly to see how Meros would operate and to find out if he had really made a mistake.

Meros walked up to the energy node, stopped, and stared at it.

It was a huge, radiant sphere, its surface covered with intricate and mysterious patterns that seemed to be constantly flowing and changing, as if they possessed their own life.

Meros stood there quietly, observed for a while, and then suddenly raised the long sword in his hand, thrusting the tip of the blade straight at a point on the protective shield without hesitation.

The moment the blade tip made contact with the protective shield, the patterns that had been flowing continuously on the shield suddenly stopped moving, as if they had been frozen in place.

Then, the patterns began to tremble slightly, as if they possessed some kind of self-awareness and were extremely terrified of Meros's actions.

The tip of Meros's blade rested precisely on one of the patterns, as if he had calculated it all beforehand.

He applied a little force, and the tip of the knife pierced the protective shield effortlessly, as easily as popping a soap bubble with a finger, without even breaking the bubble.

Meros held the tip of the blade and plunged it into the energy point.

Unlike his rough handling of the first energy point, he was unusually cautious this time, as if he were dealing with an extremely precious item.

The moment the blade tip touched the energy point, Meros began releasing energy without hesitation.

The black mist, like a released demon, surged rapidly into the protective shield from the blade's tip like a raging torrent. The scene was akin to a drop of thick black ink falling into a glass of clear water, instantly turning the entire glass pitch black.

The black mist spread at an alarming speed, quickly filling the entire protective shield and completely obscuring the originally transparent shield.

Philip stared wide-eyed at the scene in disbelief, his gaze involuntarily drawn to the tip of Meros's blade.

"Okay."

Meros raised a slight smile and an eyebrow, signaling to Phoebe to focus.

Upon hearing this, Fei Bo quickly turned his gaze back to the tip of Meros's knife, afraid of missing any crucial moment and thus missing the clues to discover the problem.

Just then, a crisp "crack" was heard, as if glass had been shattered.

The sound echoed in the silent space, sending chills down one's spine.

Immediately afterwards, the entire protective shield, like a windowpane with a corner knocked out, began to develop countless fine cracks. These cracks spread rapidly like a spider web, covering the entire shield in the blink of an eye, making it extremely vulnerable.

"Gibberish!"

"Gibberish—"

With that crisp sound, the jellyfish huddled together inside began to cry out.

From these sounds, one can clearly sense their panic.

However, unlike the jellyfish in the previous energy point, they did not die quickly.

Upon hearing these sounds, Meros clicked his tongue in amazement, as if he had anticipated this situation.

Immediately afterwards, he slightly turned the hand that was tightly gripping the long sword, and with a "crack" sound, the long sword rotated ninety degrees at an odd angle.

With this action, the originally sturdy protective shield shattered instantly, as fragile as glass.

The moment the protective shield shattered completely, the black mist inside collapsed inwards as if it had lost its support.

Through the gaps in the black mist, one could vaguely see flashes of blue light and the blood of blue jellyfish splattered on the ground.

All of this happened so quickly, in less than half a minute. As if drawn by some force, the black mist gradually crawled back along the tip of Meros's blade, then lay back on the longsword, perfectly merging with the original black mist, as if nothing had happened.

On the ground, however, lay a transparent cube, the size of a quail egg, shimmering with blue light. It lay there quietly, emitting a faint glow, like a forgotten treasure.

This is the energy that has accumulated during this period at this juncture.

Meros slowly sheathed the longsword, then carefully bent down, gently picked it up, held it in his palm, and examined it closely.

“Look,” Meros said with a smile, holding the crystal in his hand up to Phoebe, “the magic circle not only has no problems, but it’s actually running even more smoothly than before.”

As he spoke, he gently tossed the crystal up and caught it steadily, as if to demonstrate that his statement was correct.

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