Bab 173: Interlude.

Seeing the Formician uninjured after such a lethal attack, the corner of Alex's mouth faintly twitched.

'I poured 20% of my power into that attack…and it's still alright?'

Squinting his eyes, he closely observed the other party. With his enhanced vision, Alex could see the golden patterns on the armor dimly glowing and radiating with energy. Surrounding the golden patterns was an invisible whirlpool of energy that faintly distorted the surrounding space.

'This…!' Alex was astonished. The distortion surrounding the armor looked very familiar. Pondering for a bit, Alex suddenly realized.

'That's it! I knew that the distortion looked familiar… it's actually compacting space!'

Compacting or folding space was a concept that every human belonging to the modern era knew about. It was an effect that occurred during the initial stages of warping.