Marvel Shuttling the Heavens - Chapter 254
However, while Li Yue finds Doctor Strange’s awkwardness amusing, he cannot just watch him struggle without offering help.
Thinking of this, Li Yue slowly walked toward the training ground.
Li Yue’s arrival surprised the apprentices and Mordo, who was astonished and couldn’t believe it.
The reaction was because Li Yue’s visits to the training ground had been rare since becoming the Sorcerer Supreme.
Some of the newer apprentices had never even seen Li Yue.
Li Yue’s sudden appearance naturally sparked curiosity about why the Sorcerer Supreme was here.
…
“Today’s practice ends here. Everyone, disperse!”
Seeing Li Yue’s arrival, Mordo immediately ended the day’s training for the magic apprentices.
Despite his surprise, Mordo knew Li Yue wouldn’t be here without a reason.
Li Yue had expressed long ago that he had no interest in teaching apprentices magic.
“Sorcerer Supreme, welcome! But, what brings you here…?”
Mordo greeted Li Yue and welcomed him.
“Uh, I came to see how Mr. Strange’s magic studies are progressing!”
Feeling slightly embarrassed by Mordo’s inquiry, Li Yue replied.
He had rarely visited in the past two years, leaving the teaching to Mordo. Today’s sudden appearance made it evident that he had a particular purpose.
“I see!”
Mordo’s eyes flashed with understanding. He guessed that Stephen Strange wasn’t just an ordinary magic apprentice.
Mordo remembered Li Yue’s shock when he heard about Strange’s arrival.
However, Mordo quickly suppressed his thoughts and walked with Li Yue to Stephen.
“Sorcerer Supreme Li Yue!”
After the recent training, Stephen, still feeling awkward, respectfully saluted Li Yue.
Stephen was the only one not surprised by Li Yue’s arrival.
But Stephen was also frustrated; he hadn’t expected magic to be much more complicated than medicine!
Despite considering himself a genius, he had made little progress after days of practice and couldn’t even perform the most basic teleportation spell.
“Mr. Strange, I see you’re having trouble with your magic studies. Is something bothering you?”
Li Yue approached Stephen with a smile and asked.
“Sorcerer Supreme, I don’t know why, but I find it difficult to connect with magical energy to cast spells. I’ve been following Master Mordo’s instructions exactly.”
Stephen was puzzled. He had done everything Mordo said, but the results were disappointing, and he couldn’t succeed.
“I think the main reason you’re failing is that you can’t entirely focus your mind to connect with the energy of the multiverse.
The key to casting magic is not about the precision of your movements but the concentration of your mind.
Magic doesn’t rely on rigid gestures. If your mental state is strong and focused enough, you don’t need any gestures to cast powerful magic.
Like this!”
As Li Yue finished speaking, his relaxed demeanor changed instantly.
Clang!
A sound like metal clashing echoed, and a blue magical shield appeared before Li Yue.
Intricate patterns on the shield trembled and rotated, exuding immense energy.
“This… is incredible!”
Stephen was stunned, and even Mordo was amazed. He rarely saw Li Yue use magic and didn’t know he could do this.
Although it was a bare magic shield, Mordo had never seen anyone cast it without gestures like Li Yue.
It made Mordo realize that his magic practice was far from perfect.
“Sorcerer Supreme, why is your magical energy blue instead of yellow?”
Stephen, though impressed, focused on why Li Yue’s magic was blue rather than the lack of gestures.
…
Li Yue was speechless. Who cares about the color of my magic?
“Ahem, don’t worry about that. I want to convey that if your mind is strong enough, you can cast any magic with a single thought.
Of course, until your mind is strong enough, you must focus on the basic process of casting magic.”
Li Yue instructed Doctor Strange sternly.
Li Yue wanted to prevent situations like the one in Avengers: Infinity War, where Strange couldn’t cast spells when physically restrained.
Although Li Yue didn’t know if Marvel sorcerers could cast spells instantly like him, even the Ancient One made slight gestures for elemental spells.
But with Strange’s creative thinking, maybe he could succeed!
“Focus the mind and cast magic with a thought?”
Hearing Li Yue’s words, Stephen began to understand.
He realized his problem connecting to magical energy was caused by disturbing images in his mind that hadn’t fully faded.
Though weakened after arriving at Kamar-Taj, they never completely disappeared.
This prevented him from focusing on connecting with magical energy and casting spells.
Everything is connected. The images affected him because his mind wasn’t strong enough. If his mind were strong enough, could he ignore their impact?
“Sorcerer Supreme, I think I understand now! Thank you for your guidance!”
Stephen, seemingly enlightened, thanked Li Yue and quickly left.
…
“What does he understand? I don’t think I said anything.”
Li Yue was puzzled by Stephen’s reaction.
Did I say something?
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