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Chapter 452 : Domain Gate
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh——
The moment Marquell-Storm entered the 【Domain Gate】, countless meteors with blazing crimson tails suddenly rushed toward him without warning.
However, before the meteors could reach him, a barrier like a shimmering light shield enveloped Marquell-Storm, blocking the meteor attacks.
“These 【Fallen Stars】 can actually launch active attacks? That’s too strange.”
At the very moment Marquell-Storm stepped into the 【Domain Gate】, the once radiant stars abruptly “went dark.”
Not only did they cease shining, but they also manipulated the planetary magnetic fields, directing swarms of meteors to collectively assault Marquell-Storm, the foreign intruder.
“Didn’t the 【Plane Will】 of the 【Fallen Stars】 already vanish? Why do they still have the power to attack?”
Watching the rippling waves spreading across the barrier shielding Marquell-Storm under the constant bombardment of meteor fragments, Janna, who stood beyond the 【Domain Gate】 as an observer, furrowed her brows.
“Because they were polluted by the Outer Gods. Even though the 【Plane Will】 of these 【Fallen Stars】 has already vanished, the 【Law Consciousness Group】 can still detect the aura of laws that are incompatible with this 【Plane】, and so they react with near-instinctual attacks…”
At the same time, Hephis-Stellar, standing beside the 【Domain Gate】, explained to everyone what Marquell-Storm was currently facing.
Upon hearing this, Janna finally understood from Hephis-Stellar’s explanation why the 【Fallen Stars】 were attacking Marquell-Storm.
Simply put, it was because the 【Fallen Stars】 had long been polluted by the Outer Gods. As a result, whenever the 【Law Consciousness Group】 sensed law energy that did not belong to this plane, they would instinctively regard it as an enemy and attack.
It was similar to the stress reaction of a “victim,” a kind of conditioned reflex.
“Looks like the 【Hurricane Law Fragment】 Marquell holds isn’t very welcome among the 【Fallen Stars】—”
Hephis-Stellar had once explained in class that the best relationship between a wizard apprentice and a 【Fallen Star】 was a “mutual bond.”
For example, the wizard apprentice sensed resonance with a 【Law Fragment】’s 【Source Power】 from a 【Fallen Star】, while the 【Fallen Star】, in turn, felt restoration to its 【Source Power】 from the apprentice’s 【Law Fragment】, finding great benefit from that law’s strength. This was a mutual choice.
A slightly weaker bond was when the apprentice “actively” reached out, while the 【Fallen Star】 took a “passive” stance—neither rejecting nor responding.
In such cases, the apprentice could forcibly bind the 【Fallen Star】 with the power of their 【Law Fragment】, later nurturing the connection over time, until the fragment fused with the 【Law Consciousness Group】 of the 【Fallen Star】.
The last type, however, was “hostility.”
Just like the current 【Fallen Stars】 attacking Marquell-Storm, they were rejecting the 【Hurricane Law Fragment】’s aura, and thus began to attack him of their own accord.
Under such circumstances, these “hostile” 【Fallen Stars】 would almost never choose Marquell-Storm as their “new host.”
At the same time, Marquell-Storm was also unable to forcibly select these 【Fallen Stars】.
“Damn it!”
At this moment, completely unaware that his every move was being watched outside the 【Domain Gate】, Marquell-Storm grew frustrated as he glared at the incoming meteor barrage.
Because the 【Hurricane Law】 naturally belonged to the highly destructive “Calamity Authority,” the 【Fallen Stars】—whose 【Source Power】 was already shattered and riddled with wounds—found such destructive calamity-type laws especially unwelcome.
Given this, Marquell-Storm’s only option was to seek a 【Fallen Star】 with wind affinity, or perhaps one like the lightning-type 【Plane】 Janna had once contracted, such as the Thundercloud calamity.
“There’s only one move left to try!”
Faced with the endless storm of meteors, even if there was a 【Fallen Star】 with attributes compatible with his 【Hurricane Law Fragment】, it was impossible to identify it under such an onslaught.
Resolute, Marquell-Storm left the protection of the 【Domain Gate】’s barrier.
At the same time, he recalled Hephis-Stellar’s lessons and swiftly made a casting gesture, raising his hand high above his head—
Just as the meteors were about to strike his spirit body, Marquell-Storm briefly borrowed the power of the 【Lord of Knowledge and Wisdom】 and instantly unleashed the strength of the 【Hurricane Law Fragment】.
With cyan winds gathering around him, the meteors that had closed in were devoured by the 【Source Power】 of the 【Hurricane Law Fragment】, blown far away before they could land.
“Hu—”
The three minutes allotted were nearly spent. In the last ten seconds, with his heart pounding in urgency, Marquell-Storm finally saw it—a cyan-glowing 【Fallen Star】 appearing in his sight, drawn by the 【Source Power】 of the hurricane.
In that instant, his despair turned to joy. Without hesitation, Marquell-Storm immediately used the 【Hurricane Law Fragment】 to establish a link with the 【Law Consciousness Group】 inside the cyan 【Fallen Star】.
“Boom—!”
At the very last second of the three-minute limit, Marquell-Storm, having established the bond, was pulled back by the suction of the 【Domain Gate】 into the 【Material Plane】, before being hurled like a “sandbag” back into the 【Book World】.
“I did it!”
Though his landing was a little awkward, Marquell-Storm’s heart surged with excitement. Among all the wizard apprentices present, he was the first to successfully win the recognition of a 【Fallen Star】 on his very first attempt.
“Well done.”
The 【Fallen Star】 chosen by Marquell-Storm had once been a 【Wind Elemental Plane】 of exceptionally pure elemental nature. Were it not for the Outer Gods’ pollution, this 【Wind Elemental Plane】 might have evolved further.
Thus, having once selected a 【Fallen Star】 of pure elemental nature during his own apprentice days, Hephis-Stellar looked at Marquell-Storm with a glimmer of appreciation in his eyes.