Chapter 77 Chapter 77 is completely crooked
"[Substitute] Ah... that card that can swap souls?" Jason thought for a moment and said, "It's useful if I need to infiltrate... but those opportunities don't come often. Plus, the swap effect seems to have a time limit. If you don't get it back before the time comes, you can't get it back. Overall, Disguise is more cost-effective."
Benjamin: "Jason has nothing to do."
"If you can do it, go ahead." Jason held out his hands and pointed in the direction of the substitute card. "Come on, let's hear what the hero Ben 10 has to say."
"This body-swapping spell can be cast as a curse on an enemy, causing prolonged chaos," Benjamin said. "I know you're going to argue with me, but you can't, because I've actually been struck by this spell. I literally nearly died."
Jason: “Huh?”
Li Hua: "Ah?"
"Forget about Jason, but what about you, Li Hua? You haven't forgotten, have you? This happened when I was ten years old! I was your childhood idol, wasn't it?"
Seeing that Li Hua still had a clear face and couldn't remember, Benjamin reminded him.
"Hope! Hope, the evil witch! The witch with white hair in a ponytail and purple robes! She once switched bodies with Gwen, and once she tried to switch bodies with me but accidentally switched bodies with Gwen instead, causing my cousin to go to jail for her."
"Oh, I remember now!" Li Hua slapped his head, "That was when your sister got the magic book and first discovered she had a talent for magic!"
"...Benjamin, when you were ten years old, it represented the months between summer vacation and the beginning of winter, right?"
After getting Benjamin's confirmation, Jason counted on his fingers.
"And then, in those few months, you experienced obtaining the Omnitrix and becoming a superhero, being targeted by the witch twice, being chased by the alien octopus head several times, being hunted by Kevin, being targeted by Dr. Bio, destroying the Omnitrix twice, nearly causing a large-scale biohazard once, and nearly taking half the universe with it once, beating up the Omnitrix's creator, Azmis, and gaining his recognition... And that's just what I know."
Benjamin: "What you said is just my experience during the summer vacation. I didn't do anything for a short period of time after the summer vacation. After all, I can only go out and play on weekends and holidays."
Previously, Jason thought that Li Hua was a master at making things happen, as he could accomplish so many things in such a short time. Now, Benjamin is not much better, as he has accomplished so many things in one summer vacation, and in some ways, he has even become worse.
Summer vacation for elementary school students in the United States can sometimes last up to three months. Even if we calculate based on this maximum number of days, Benjamin's record is still explosive.
You have to know that Benjamin was only ten years old at that time, and he was accompanied by his elders. Under such circumstances, he was still able to come up with so many tricks. It can be seen that he now has a natural talent for making tricks hidden under his kind appearance...
and rebellious.
Jason discovered in despair that he, a street kid who had been sneaking around on the streets for several years and the most rebellious second son of the Wayne family, could actually be called an "honest and good boy" in this F3 team of magical boys.
Even his most proud feat of "lifting the Batmobile's tires" could not compare to the combined feat of Benjamin first taking away the Batmobile with three people, and then Li Hua using a healing potion to take away the Bat-son.
How could this be... How could this be!
I woke up in shock from the dying grave, and found that the good boy was actually me!
"The phone is finally turned on."
Li Hua stopped paying attention to that side when Jason read out what Benjamin had done as if he were naming a dish. He could guess what was going on in Jason's mind, and instead tried to restart his phone and return to the information society.
After all, the shocked friends will recover soon, but if they don’t order takeout now, they will be hungry later.
But as soon as he opened his phone, several messages popped up. Li Hua clicked them and thought to himself, "Oh no!" He raised his phone to his friend, "An hour ago, Tim asked if he could come over to play, and half an hour ago, Dick asked if he and Tim could come over. What should I say now?"
Jason took Li Hua's phone and asked, "Do you two want them to come over?"
Li Hua: "It's all right. I don't mind."
Benjamin stroked the cub's head in his arms and said, "Friends are always welcome."
"Okay." Jason's fingers flew across the screen as he typed out a long string of text messages and sent them out. He then handed the phone back to Li Hua. "I told them they could come over. Li Hua, don't rush to order takeout. I told them to send me the food and I'll order it together when the time comes."
After the brief incident, the three of them went downstairs to change clothes. While Jason Benjamin took off layer after layer of cold-proof gear and threw it into the tool room under the stairs, Li Hua sat on the sofa, his hands crossed on his chin, silently looking at the magic cards lined up in front of him.
Li Hua, who only had to take off his skirt and put away the BUG wand, was the fastest to finish the job, so he began to think about what he could do with the cards in front of him.
His eyes swept across the eleven magic cards in front of him, finally stopping at the newly drawn [substitute] card.
That was the only card he knew its ability but didn't know what it did.
Jason has already said that the [Substitute] card is a magic that can swap the souls of two people. It seems very useless, but it just shows that it is the rarest and most troublesome type of magic.
Soul magic.
All of Li Hua's previous cards, at most the [Illusion] cards that could cast illusions on people, could touch this range. However, whether it was the illusion that disappeared once the magic supply was cut off, or the person under the spell could rely on his will and reason to forcibly get rid of the illusion and even to a certain extent generate illusions in reverse, it showed that the [Illusion] card magic was very shallow in the soul realm, and could even be said to be a scam.
Number 666 confirmed Li Hua's conjecture: "Your line of thought is correct. Although there are countless schools of magic, most schools of magic share a common consensus: illusion magic is a branch of mental magic, and mental magic is a branch of soul magic."
Since the idea is correct, then following this line of thought, the soul exchange of the [substitute] card can also be expanded to mean "swapping the souls of two intelligent beings"...
So can it be understood that the essence of the magic cast by the [Substitute] card is actually equivalent to casting two out-of-body spells and two soul transfer spells?
No. 666: [There are two more soul-fixing spells. Otherwise, the souls of the living wouldn't be so willing to change bodies.]
So if he forcibly uses this spell on an object without intelligence or even without life, or uses an incomplete spell, can he forcibly pull out the other party's soul and seal it on something?
[No, without special treatment, souls, especially those of the living, will not attach to inanimate objects. More precisely, the souls of the living are not easily separated from their bodies or attached to anything other than their original bodies, hence the need for soul-fixing magic to stabilize the spell's effects.]
But No. 666 rejected Li Hua's idea.
Without a soul, you can't select it, and it's impossible to activate a single soul transfer spell. Furthermore, due to your insufficient magic power and permissions, all magic cards are currently locked, preventing you from customizing key parameters. Therefore, there are no options for "incomplete spells" or "incorrect spells." With your current level of magic proficiency, that's tantamount to seeking death.
To help Li Hua understand the dangers involved, No. 666 deliberately chose a statement he could understand: "It's like asking an elementary school student who has never studied electrical engineering or physics and can't even turn on a switch to do electrical work."
In short, with Li Hua's current magical knowledge, thinking and doing this is no different from an old man eating red beans mixed with arsenic every meal - all he would feel is lovesickness, longing for death, and the desire to die.
Li Hua felt discouraged when he learned that neither of his two ideas could be implemented.
Is the only use of this card to be a soul-exchanging game like the Witch of Curse, which is boring and can't be used in actual combat?
Li Hua, who was worried about how to use the new cards, saw Benjamin, dressed and walking out, and the fluttering moths around him. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind and he slammed the table and jumped up: "What if I use the [substitute] cards on Benjamin and the cockroaches, mosquitoes and moths?"
Benjamin:?
No. 666:?
Jason:?
Benjamin was silent for a moment and said, "Li Hua, have I done anything to make you angry recently? In fact, you can tell me directly."
There is no need to turn me into a bug!
Li Hua: "Isn't Benjamin's soul form that of an Anorian? Doesn't the awakening ritual of the Anorian hybrids require the destruction of the body to liberate the soul? Then if I transfer his soul into a cockroach and kill it, wouldn't his Anorian form be liberated? And his original body can still survive!"
"Because the Anno people are pure energy bodies, their souls can exist independently. Then, by using the [Substitute] card to select and replace them, wouldn't he be able to return to his original body? It doesn't matter if he can't go back. He can put his original body in the hibernation chamber and wake it up when he needs it."
Benjamin and Jason were stunned.
It can actually be operated like this?
The awakening ritual of the hybrid Anoran requires the destruction of the original species' physical body in order to release the Anoran's soul. Although the hybrid Anoran can still use the Anoran form in their original body, if they use the Anoran form for too long, they will never be able to change back.
It can be said that once you choose to become an Anno alien, there is no turning back.
This was also the reason why Benjamin had tried his best to stop his grandmother from taking his cousin away, because his cousin was unwilling to embark on this path of no return and was destined to be separated from her family.
But Li Hua's operation is equivalent to saving the game directly! Although Li Hua will not stay in Benjamin's world for long, Gwen can still use the magic of the evil witch. If this operation is successful, Gwen will have more freedom of choice.
"From a magical technical point of view, it's feasible, but I'm not sure about the Anno people. I don't know if a magically powerful energy soul can return to the complex and fragile human body on Earth. I don't recommend you try it yourself. If Benjamin can't change back, it will be a disaster. The Anno people are pure energy and have no DNA. He won't be able to use the Omnitrix anymore. Then he will have to change not only his class but also his species permanently."
Before Li Hua and Benjamin showed frustrated expressions, No. 666 said again.
"But then again, it's a good idea. If Benjamin can tell your cousin when he gets home, it might be a good insurance policy in case of a desperate situation."
Although this idea is still not useful, it has reopened everyone's thinking.
"Actually, Li Hua, you don't need to put so much pressure on yourself to innovate and deal damage. In actual combat, the power of the [substitute] card itself is enough. Replacing the enemy's core from a distance is a great way to sneak in and throw the enemy into chaos."
Jason picked up the [alternative] card, rubbed the card surface with his fingertips, and asked.
"Number 666, what is the applicable range of this card?"
Just 20 meters...
"Five meters," said No. 666. "The caster can exchange the souls of two creatures within five meters."
Jason put the [substitute] card back: "Just pretend I didn't say anything."
It's only five meters away, wouldn't it be better to use the [Dou] card?
It cannot be said that this magic card is useless, but from the perspective of Li Hua wanting a practical card, this time he really went wrong.
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The author has something to say: Sakura Kinomoto: That’s why I never have to use a substitute.
Clow Reed (if he could see) would probably say to Li Hua: Your mind is really full of fighting, right?
I'm convinced. Aside from the first time Li Hua played [Fight], he couldn't pull out any cards that could actually deal real damage in combat. The only one he pulled out was [Land] when Batman pulled it out. [Crack]
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