Chapter 357: Barrier Test

Chapter 357: Barrier Test

As soon as I open my eyes, I circulate the Tortoise Swallows Dragon method to test it out.

Repeating the same motion that I saw in the slip, a shimmering barrier arises around my body, starting from my feet and going all the way to my head. An observation that is obvious, but also not, is that it doesn’t seem to be affected by my sitting position or the movement of the carriage.

From my knowledge of the technique, I can tell that if I wanted, I could have it be static or fluid.

One by one, I go through the various motions that he displayed and mimicked it.

From changing the position of it around me to a more solid, but smaller one before me, to having the filtering aspect change.

While in the process of testing things, there is something that captures my thoughts. I find it quite interesting that the Boundless Healing method does not allow the filtering ability to remove air. To clarify, I have the ability to filter air out of the barrier, but only if I do not intend to harm anyone.

I wonder...

Opening the carriage door, I decide to test a few things, even though I could likely find out through my scan.

As we move on the road, there are plenty of other people and groups traveling alongside and past us. Our lane, even while being a higher priority level one than others, still has quite a few people moving on it. But that’s not where I direct my attention.

Even here, on this road, there are tiny creatures scurrying about. Bugs and critters.

In this case, with my keen eyes, I find a little beetle up ahead and try to use my new barrier method in another way than intended.

I try to grab it, using the barrier as if I had telekinesis.

A barrier forms underneath it, lifting it up while shaping into a bubble in my hands. Enclosing it within.

While from the outside, it may seem like a simple action, we are moving at extremely high speeds in the carriage and since the method doesn’t allow me to harm things with it, intentionally or unintentionally, I had to safeguard the beetle at every step.

Hmm... it seems that if I meant to use it to harm the beetle, it wouldn’t let me and would dissipate. At the same time, it’s helping me to soften and eliminate the rapid acceleration automatically. As if it relies on a combination of intentional and unintentional action.

As long as I try to reduce the harm on the creature a bit, the method helps me to fill in the gap. In many ways, making this a guided ability.

...

Yes, and no.

It looks like that is a something that depends on the situation.

Unreliable.

Still a potential, but I can tell it’s a dangerous road to travel, as the method is not meant to be used in such a way.

I’ll table this for another time.

Slowly lowering my unwilling test subject back to the ground and closing the carriage door, I finally go into my scan to figure out even more ways to push the bounds of barriers, with my special circumstances. Closing my eyes, while circulating both methods and cultivating as I do so.

Like I’ve noticed a few times before, the time passing doesn’t feel that long, making it seem like only a short period before I can tell we’ve reached the edge of the outer city. Our line of carriages passing through the gate.

Which is exactly when my danger scan acts up.

Specifically, the vague extreme danger scan, meant for letting me know when a decision I’m making has potentially lethal consequences.

My eyes shoot open, finding myself looking both physically and mentally outside to see what caused it. Unfortunately, I sense nothing worrisome in our local area.

I immediately use the ping for the scan, to expand the distance that I can check. With how often I’ve been using it, its range and detection ability has increased by an absurd amount.

Which is why I can see it, even as they are more than a thousand kilometers away.

Three core formation experts.

Clearly watching my position. And they are NOT friendly.