Luo Ling walked slowly on the ice surface. Wherever she went, water columns would appear to form pillars. The positions of these pillars had obviously been calculated long ago. Some were thick, while others were short. It was obvious that they played different roles in different structures.
By the time Luo Ling finished walking a circle on the ice, the area on her side had become a forest of icicles. She could roughly tell the location of the main building from the thickest pillars, which occupied about a quarter of the area she had circled.
The opposite Master Leila used a completely different method. She did not draw water from under the ice, but used magic to condense ice in the air. This was more mentally demanding, but it did not require prior planning, and she could adjust the position of the ice at any time according to her wishes. Her speed was not slow either. She had already pulled up three walls, and it could be seen that she had built a typical two-story aristocratic mansion.
Luo Ling walked to the middle of the ice, where there was the largest hole. She shouted softly, and a water column with a diameter of one meter rushed out. However, she did not freeze the water column, but guided it like a giant dragon, wandering in the forest of icicles. Wherever the water dragon passed, it would leave a beam. Then she divided the water dragon into four strands, crossing and shuttling, like a skillful hand weaving cloth, weaving eaves, brackets, walls and roofs in the vertical and horizontal directions.
"Teacher Luo's speed has surpassed the opponent." Liu Pengfei said.
"This is a Jiangnan garden." Ye Zi said, "It feels like Yu Garden. Look, isn't the path she walked on the Nine-Curve Bridge? I see, that big house is the Lake Center Pavilion. Sister Luo Ling is really amazing. She had everything in mind from the beginning. She must have something like a design drawing, and every step afterwards was done step by step according to that."
"I guess she has already simulated it in the meditation space." Li Jia guessed.
"Not really." Xiao Chen turned around and said, "Simulating in the meditation space is of limited help to reality. In my vision of detecting mental magic, I can see her entire blueprint. When she froze the lake, she used mental threads to outline the framework of all the houses above the ice. Now she is just like coloring a line drawing. The person opposite builds whatever he thinks of, so naturally he is not as fast as her."
Sure enough, Luo Ling's pavilions and towers were already quite large, but the other party's house had only built four walls. Leila's face also began to show anxiety. She went from standing still just now to running around now. But even so, she couldn't catch up with Luo Ling's speed.
She could definitely build more things than Luo Ling in the same amount of time, but because of the lack of overall planning, every time she finished a wall or a floor, she had to spend some time thinking about how to build the next thing. Sometimes, she even had to modify the previous part because she didn't calculate the position or angle of the subsequent part.
It was as if they were both drawing a portrait. Luo Ling made a rough outline, used lines to determine the position of the facial features, and then began to draw the eyes and nose. Leila, on the other hand, directly drew a nose on a piece of white paper, and then an eye. Although each part was well drawn, when they were put together, the structure and proportion of the face were often problematic.
"After all, Leila is better at tearing down houses than building them." Master Kona laughed, "If Leia came here, it would be a different story. Fortunately, we don't need her to win."
"There is nothing wrong with her approach, but unfortunately the other party's construction skills are too advanced. I didn't expect that today, an old guy like me would gain more knowledge from a high-level wizard." Master Gordon sighed.
"I have said long ago that these Chinese people are extraordinary. If you take a closer look at some of the methods they have circulated in that reading club, you will be even more surprised," said Master Kona.
"Oh, really? It seems that the association needs to pay more attention to them." Master Gordon agreed.
Master Kona suddenly opened his eyes wide, "What does Leila want to do? I feel a strong mental fluctuation!"
At this time, Leila had already flown onto the ice surface. She floated above an open space, waved her hand and pointed downwards, and suddenly a crack with a diameter of more than three meters appeared on the ice surface below. Then water rushed out from below. This water column was many times thicker than Luo Ling's, like a giant tree rising from the ground and rushing into the air.
"Leila was impulsive again. She learned the other party's method but didn't understand the reason behind it!" Wizard Kona shook his head and said, "Her house is ruined now."
What happened next was exactly what Master Kona had expected. Mage Leila was drawing water from the pool too quickly, so the water from the river below could not be replenished in time, causing the water level to drop rapidly. The ice surface carrying her house suddenly tilted and slid down, hitting the bottom of the pool and breaking into several pieces. Because her house was not yet completed, there was no connection between the walls, and the ice walls fell down one after another during the tilt and collision, turning into a pile of messy ice blocks.
In astonishment, the hidden injury Leila had suffered before shook her mental strength, and the water column in the air lost control and poured down onto the ruins at the bottom of the pool.
Everyone thought that Luo Ling's house would also be destroyed in the accident, but when the collapse occurred, they found that there were pillars supporting Luo Ling's house under the ice. These pillars passed through the ice and became the beams of the house.
This was exactly what she had done secretly under the ice when she was controlling the water flow just now, ensuring that her house remained standing during this disaster.
The water level in the pool finally returned to its original level, but on Leila's side, there was nothing on the water except floating ice cubes.
Leila stood on top of an ice mountain, looking at the house that had already taken shape on the opposite side. It was a beautiful building that she had never seen before. It had a large curved roof, intricately patterned windows, and columns with relief carvings, giving people a solemn and harmonious feeling. The house was surrounded by small bridges, pavilions, and trees made of ice. Under the sun, it shone with crystal light and looked magnificent.
"Is it a trap? Are you waiting for me to drain the pool out of anxiety and collapse my house?" Leila asked. This was the first time she spoke to her opponent.
"No, I'm just doing my own thing. What you do has nothing to do with me." Luo Ling's face was very pale at this time, almost bloodless, but with a hint of satisfaction in her smile.
"Just be yourself? Well said, you win."