With the things regarding their daily lives finally resolved, Suo Jia once again shifted his focus to his studies. He didn’t study for the sake of others, but rather because the instructor had finally begun to teach the mage apprentices the last of the foundations of water magic: the Swamp Technique!
Standing on the podium, the female lecturer explained in a serious manner, “Regarding the Swamp Technique, it is not as simple as mixing the water and earth elements together. Strictly speaking, the Swamp Technique is not actually a water control technique; rather, it falls under the magic control category. The reason that this technique is available for mage apprentices is because the Swamp Technique is cast through the formation of water.”
While speaking, the female lecturer pulled out her staff from behind her. The tip of her staff lit up with a faint blue light that bubbled outwards. She pointed it towards the magic target in front of the podium.
Under everyone’s watchful gazes, the podium remained undisturbed; absolutely nothing had happened. Seeing this, all of the students began to doubt their eyes. Could it be that the activation had failed?
Despite seeing the students’ puzzled expressions, the beautiful female lecturer did not explain any further. Instead, she directly pulled out a small stone from within the podium and casually threw it towards the target.
There was a ‘peng’ sound and the pebble did not bounce back up like one would expect it to, but instead got trapped within the table. Under everyone’s gaze, the pebble gradually sank, and eventually disappeared.
Seeing the dumbstruck students, the female lecturer slightly laughed: “If you only look at the surface of the light, then you will never be be able to predict this result at all. Unless you actually step on it, besides from water mages, there are no people that can predict exactly where the Swamp Technique was activated. In other words, the Swamp Technique is the best type of hidden trap!”
After a slight pause, the female lecturer continued: “The Swamp Technique has two main advantages: one, its covertness, and two, its high viscosity. Even though from the surface, it simply looks like normal ground, in reality beneath that piece of ground is a hidden water vortex that rotates at high speeds while carrying along the dirt!”
Everyone knows that mud by itself has a low viscosity; however once the mud is rotated in a clockwise direction, the viscosity of the mud is always increasing. In other words, the viscosity of the Swamp Technique is its second major characteristic! Once trapped within the vortex, no matter how powerful you are, escaping will be a difficult task!
Even though this is only an auxiliary water technique, it has many uses. It is definitely not any weaker than an attack-type technique. Once practiced to a high enough level, it can kill people without spilling a single drop of blood. Even enemies with great strength can be silently and stealthily killed.