But anyway, there are only two pieces now—oh no, one combined piece of metal key fragments—and what will happen in the future cannot be guessed.
Perhaps when all six metal keys are finally collected, everything will be revealed naturally.
Looking at the lines on it again, even the tiniest grooves seemed much clearer than before. In particular, the point where the two metal key fragments were connected was extremely smooth. However, the overall shape remained the same, and the stripe patterns had not changed in any way. Aside from the two fragments being synthesized into one, Blaine made no other new discoveries.
How should he put it? This mysterious guiding force was probably meant to fuse two metal key fragments into a single whole. Did that mean that when he obtained the remaining fragments in the future, he would still need to come back here and let this same power integrate them again?
"Well, yes."
"Why use Vibranium to integrate them?"
"The two are not made of the same material."
As Blaine curiously looked at the stone walls on both sides, at some point the light emitted by the two extraordinarily massive chunks of raw Vibranium dimmed once more. When he looked again, he was surprised to find that the original silver-white metallic luster of the two Vibranium mountain ranges had turned dark gray. It was as if all their energy had been drained, leaving them as nothing more than piles of waste.
From this perspective, even if Blaine truly collected all the metal key fragments, he might not be able to assemble them all here. After all, the energy in this place was already exhausted.
That said, Blaine firmly believed that if he really reached that stage, there would definitely be new hints. The universe was vast—there were always other powerful things that could replace Vibranium. So he was not worried that there would be no energy source capable of integrating the metal key fragments.
After examining the meteorite cave—about the size of an ordinary room—one last time and finding nothing unusual, Blaine knew it was time to leave.
With a single movement, his body instantly emerged from the Vibranium meteorite, reappearing above the altar.
In fact, the place Blaine had intended to reach with his teleportation just now was the tunnel entrance outside the Vibranium Mountains, the same location he had arrived at with T'Challa.
Unfortunately, he had clearly failed.
However, from this situation, it was obvious that when Blaine descended, the circular magic array had been disturbed.
He smiled bitterly to himself. It seemed that, in the end, he still had to go through it all once again. Unexpectedly, he could not escape the outcome of being sanctioned by the circular magic array after all. Then again, it was understandable—there was probably something in the dark that wanted Blaine to analyze the circular magic array with his Copy Eyes.
Since he could not escape it, he might as well face it head-on. Just in time, Blaine also wanted to experience this strange magic array again. Moreover, he felt as if there were a voice inside his heart, constantly nagging in his ear: analyze it.
With the wind surging beneath the soles of his feet, Blaine once again activated Flight magic and rose upward. At a certain moment, his body seemed to collide with an invisible barrier—the boundary of the magic array.
Without hesitation, ripples spread through the unseen air, and Blaine's body vanished beneath the Vibranium meteorite once more.
Moreover, after Blaine entered the magic circle, without anyone noticing, the mummy seated on the Vibranium throne beneath the meteorite silently turned into a pile of powder and scattered across the ground. Not only that—even the skinny black panther formed from Vibranium sand collapsed back into grains and dispersed.
'Clang.'
There was a faint metallic crash as something fell onto the top of the Vibranium throne. It seemed to be an object that had once been on the mummy's body, or perhaps embedded within it. Coincidentally, it was a round object. As for what it was, perhaps not even the prehistoric Black Panther knew.
Inside the magic circle, Blaine's body once again came to a halt in midair.
The scene here was exactly the same as when Blaine had arrived before, with no changes at all. He hovered calmly, carefully avoiding any attacks that might descend from above at any moment, or other stray debris, while earnestly analyzing the structure, composition, and nature of the magic circle.
With his Copy Eyes activated, the five-pointed star within Blaine's pupils spun rapidly. The power of this circular magic array far exceeded his expectations. According to his judgment, it had already reached the level of other universe-class magic.
This was the first time Blaine had encountered such a difficult magic circle aside from those related to Dormammu and Gali. If not for his accumulated experience in this field, he would have doubted whether he could even copy and analyze it.
Fortunately, as time passed, it was only a matter of time before this circular magic was fully copied by another Blaine.
Second by second, minute by minute, the spinning five-pointed star in Blaine's eyes gradually blurred into a complete circle. With the assistance of his Copy Eyes, Blaine was finally able to see through the magic array directly. The formation patterns matched exactly what he had imagined—they were carved into the inner walls of the metallic mountain. Even so, analyzing them was an extremely taxing process.
However, just as Blaine felt that the analysis was nearing completion, he was shocked to discover that the composition of this circular magic array bore a striking resemblance to the sealing magic used by prehistoric Bounty Hunters and Agamotto.
Both employed numerous formation nodes and were powered by multiple star cores. The fact that these star cores could sustain the array for so many centuries was proof enough of its level.
That said, the circular magic array was primarily designed to trap enemies, functioning much like a maze. In contrast, sealing magic was meant to lock an enemy in a fixed location and prevent any movement—a different form of entrapment.
Still, the similarities between the two were undeniable.
It was possible that the techniques used by the prehistoric Bounty Hunters were also derived from this principle. In any case, Blaine had gained a lot today.
When the final trace of the magic array's energy was completely comprehended, the five-pointed star in Blaine's eyes slowly stopped spinning, and his Copy Eyes closed.
He understood it thoroughly now.
The corner of Blaine's mouth lifted slightly as an orange ray of light enveloped his body. It was a beam emitted by a fifth-level star core within Blaine's Hunter Space.
Its primary function was to resonate with the star cores embedded in the magic array's eyes, making the array perceive Blaine as one of its own. As a result, he ascended smoothly and returned to the top of the tunnel without encountering any obstruction.
In fact, after copying this magic circle, Blaine already possessed the ability to destroy it completely.
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