Chapter 435: The Witchs Anomaly
Virtual Realm, Time Continent.
“Witch!”
Along with Ashe’s voice came the warm yellow “sword body barrier.” Only then did the stunned Deya snap back to reality, managing to escape the damage zone just in time before the Raging Slashing Dragon’s tail could break through the sword body barrier.
As if sensing that Deya was their greatest vulnerability, the smaller Blade Fish Dragons swarmed towards her in an attempt to encircle and slay her. However, Ashe had already used the “Heart Pen” to draw a network of ink marks in the surrounding area. As soon as the Blade Fish Dragons entered, they got stuck in those seemingly ink-like ‘aerial strokes,’ their bodies quickly being shredded into pieces by the ink. The horrific sight deterred the other Blade Fish Dragons from entering the dense region of ink marks.
The “Heart Pen” Miracle that Sonya had gifted Ashe was indeed very useful. Normally, the combination of ‘Heart Sword’ with ‘Sword Mark’ to create a trap zone at a distance had a significant issue-the spellcaster had to continuously expend spellforce to maintain the Sword Marks. If Ashe ceased supplying spellforce, those Sword Marks would instantly dissipate.
This not only consumed a lot of spellforce but also required Ashe to constantly divert attention to the Sword Mark area while performing other attacks.
In the early stages of use, it was quite entertaining, but the hassle made it grow tiresome quickly. If one were to say spirits were the spellcaster’s harem, then the Sword Mark spirit was like a capricious and demanding courtesan, and Ashe hardly felt like pampering her.
However, the “Heart Pen” Miracle ingeniously altered the damage mechanism of the ‘Sword Mark’ spirit: Normally, Sword Marks are fixed in mid-air to continuously harm moving targets. The “Heart Pen,” on the other hand, bypasses continuous damage and uses the Sword Marks as consumable ink marks. These can be carried away by moving targets, but within seconds, the ink marks deplete themselves, causing cutting damage to the target.
Because they are consumable ink marks, the spellforce consumption of the “Heart Pen” is significantly lower, allowing Ashe to easily draw a multitude of ink mark traps. Although the overall damage wasn’t decreased, it made his job much less taxing. Moreover, Ashe could also draw ‘ineffectual ink marks’ with minimal spellforce consumption to confuse and intimidate knowledge creatures!