Chapter 113
Just from that brief clash, nearly two hundred users were logged off instantly. It was unbelievable that such a brief spell could be so strong, but Mahashah had expected the spell to be even stronger. She thought that it would take care of the thousand or so users who were immediately around her and buy her some time to prepare her main spell. But to her surprise, when her spell took effect on the users, its magic power had substantially decreased. The spell’s effect was only one-fifth of what she had originally expected.
‘An Energy Field. They’ve made an energy field around them through their battle formation.’
Battle formations allowed a group to combine their power to create a force greater than the sum of its parts. However, all battle formations had their limitations. No matter how much practice and connection a group of individuals had, battle formations were still composed of individuals who were all specialized in different areas.
Thus, in the world of martial arts, the most effective battle formation was one comprised of identical twins. Though identical twins weren’t the same person, it was the closest one could get to maximizing the effectiveness of a battle formation. Still, this had its own limits; namely, the number of people. What were the odds that hundreds of identical twins would be in the same place?
‘No, it can’t simply be chalked up to their battle formation. There’s a deeper reason for this.’
Though the gathered users were using a battle formation, it wasn’t like they had practiced beforehand. It didn’t make sense that their spontaneous use of a formation in the heat of battle would be so formidable. A battle formation only heightened a collective power; it did not introduce any new power. Despite this, Mahashah couldn’t deny the tremendous amount of pressure and magic power that was originating from the middle of the battle formation.
Mahashah’s magic power had failed to produce its intended effect. The spiritual qi of the users within the battle formation interweaved like a net, tightly defending all the open spaces.
Ting!
Mahashah’s eyes shone bright as she observed the surrounding spiritual qi. The users’ bodies and souls were ‘protected’ by the DIO system, so even she couldn’t see into them… but the spiritual power that was oozing out of them was still visible to her.