Chapter 3117: Spatial River
Xu Huo was very interested in Carmen Field, so he did not refuse. The District Government only expressed its stance and did not take on the main responsibility of hosting him, so subsequent matters were handled by the Field Clan. They were also very courteous, inviting all ten-plus players present to join as well.
Li De and the others naturally did not refuse either. Although they looked down on the Field Clan, they still held great respect for Carmen Field, so they did not miss this opportunity.
The group boarded Field's starship and returned to District 001.
The Field Clan arranged for them to stay in a castle tower on the estate specifically used for hosting guests. The building was surrounded by flowering trees, and when the night wind blew, petals fell like heavy rain, creating a beautiful scene.
The Field Clan staff escorted them to their guest rooms and thoughtfully asked about their sleeping habits and what time they wanted to wake up the next morning. Since the Field Clan would be hosting a luncheon and dinner in their honor, they also needed to prepare suitable formal attire in advance. To ensure the clothes met their preferences, they asked about colors they disliked to avoid sending unsuitable outfits.
Everyone knew that this reception was mainly for Xu Huo, so when he said he had no special requirements, they did not add much either. Having been through various instances, they were not particularly particular about such things.
The soundproofing in the castle tower was excellent, with no noise audible between floors. Even the staff's necessary movements and conversations were very careful. The loudest sound was the rustling of the flowering trees outside the window, a noise that was naturally not annoying.
Xu Huo had not yet settled down. He sat on the terrace, sipping the sweet wine that had been brought to him while rotating the kaleidoscope filament.
Chaos Space was a special venue where control over spatial power was amplified. Therefore, the kaleidoscope world that could be easily created inside was much harder to produce in the stable space outside.
However, once this boundary was broken, progress came naturally. Xu Huo moved his fingers, and the filament in his hand spread forward, gradually expanding into a huge fan shape.
Due to its structure, this fan shape appeared to have slight undulations like flowing water, and its colors were not as bright as during the day. After merging into the night, it seemed veiled in a thin gauze, masking some of its dangerous nature and instead giving it a hazy, mysterious beauty.
At this moment, for Xu Huo, it truly possessed the essence of "beauty."
The filament flowed like water, extending from the castle tower into the woods, passing through the trees, and continuously growing outward. Some filaments bypassed the flowers and trees, while others passed straight through them, as if nothing in this space could be called an obstacle. The trees that the kaleidoscope filament passed through instantly became transparent, from trunk to branches and leaves, every spatial ray seemed exposed before Xu Huo's eyes. And the moment the filament connected to them, their lives came to an end.
Where the colorful river spread, all the trees silently disintegrated. Endless debris and dust, mixed with the petals already floating in the air, turned into even finer powder when they passed through the filament again.
The kaleidoscope filament continued to extend forward while also widening. Thus, the woods directly in front of the castle tower disappeared, followed by the two watchtowers outside the woods, then the natural forested area of the estate. Beyond this forest lay a stretch of continuous mountains.
Like everything that had disappeared before, the mountains and rocks began to collapse where the filament flowed. Small hills diminished, some with their middles gouged out, others with their tops sheared off. After the filament passed, some mountains could still maintain their original form, while others completely collapsed, creating quite a commotion.
In fact, as soon as Xu Huo's kaleidoscope world emerged from the castle tower, the Field Clan's players had already mobilized. They did not stop Xu Huo but instead dispersed some personnel to relocate people along this route in advance. They also contacted the District Government beforehand, preparing for the spatial power to cross beyond the Field Clan's estate—if it were to enter the city proper, the District Government would step in to stop it. On the Field Clan's own territory, however, the Field Clan could take full responsibility.
Fortunately, these filaments did not breach the Field Clan's private domain.
"I've seen it with my own eyes now. Those spatial rays look so soft and slow, yet they can indiscriminately destroy everything they encounter," said a Field Clan player wearing a mask.
Beside him stood six other men and women wearing the same masks.
As key player members of the Field Clan, they had not only dealt with different super players but were also very familiar with Carmen Field. At that level, every move was like a mountain collapsing or a sea overturning, overwhelming in momentum—especially with spatial power.
Many evolvers used spatial power to kill by slicing people apart or directly blowing them up, a very brutal method. This included famous spatial evolvers like Lawrence Li and Tai Shi Hui, whose actual combat was extremely bloody and violent. In their hands, spatial power was the sword of a god, unsheathing with an eagerness to drink blood.
In fact, the common understanding among evolvers that spatial rays were sharp and unbending also held true. Earlier, they had seen Xu Huo's performance in Chaos Space, where his materialized spatial power was not much different from spatial rays, still primarily consisting of straight lines. But they never expected such a significant difference in its presentation once outside.
It wasn't that the filaments truly undulated like waves, but rather that the spatial power, not fully controlled, interfered with itself, causing increases and decreases that created this visual effect. The problem was its density—it had an uncontrollable, flood-like quality.
Looking at those super players, who didn't exercise precise control and use power sparingly? No one indiscriminately destroyed heaven and earth right from the start. Even if they wanted to, they couldn't maintain such a large control range for long.
Xu Huo's state seemed more like inexperience—pouring out everything without precise strikes. His overly gentle approach made the spatial power seem less lethal.
Of course, none of them would dare to go up and test it themselves.
"He's still a newcomer. If he's willing to accept the family's help, someone will teach him how to control it," said another player.
As soon as he finished speaking, the wildly spreading colorful river vanished.
Xu Huo stood up and stretched.
In his view, although the spatial filaments could generate chain reactions among themselves, he could not fully control them. The problem was not the energy expenditure, but rather that these subtle inaccuracies in precision would lead to prediction errors in actual combat. The stronger the player, the more easily they could exploit this flaw.
Still, it wasn't a big problem. He could practice more.