"'Snow Country Border'?"

Louis asked curiously, "What effect does that painting have?"

Beatrice said:

"Don't tell anyone else, 'Snow Country Border' depicts the winter landscape of the Byron Territory."

"The snow-covered city has resisted invasions from foreign monsters for many years."

"It's said that Lady Xilin's husband protected the Byron Territory during his lifetime, and Lady Xilin, longing for her husband, depicted the city walls of the Byron Territory in her painting."

Louis nodded.

If it's a work by Lady Xilin, then could 'Snow Country Border' be capable of directly creating a city wall?

Sure enough, the next second Beatrice said:

"The walls of 'Snow Country Border' can be summoned through special methods."

"And since the summoned walls aren't the true walls, but the ones in the painting, it elevates the power of Lady Xilin's genius illness to a new height, which is..."

Before Beatrice could speak, Louis thought of a possibility.

Louis had a painting called 'The Door in the Painting',

The characteristic of 'The Door in the Painting' is that it allows one to open a passage connecting two areas directly through it.

At that time, when Louis went through the door, he found that the real door corresponding to 'The Door in the Painting' was exactly the same as the one depicted in the painting.

Some might think that's very normal.

But consider this: this painting was created over a hundred years ago.

Doors from over a hundred years ago wouldn't even open as easily today.

Never mind the door, if a building stood for over a hundred years, it would become a dangerous building.

Even if the building were maintained frequently and the door replaced dozens of times, it would seem normal.

Theoretically, the door in 'The Door in the Painting' and the real-world door should be different.

But a strange phenomenon occurred.

The door in 'The Door in the Painting' remains indistinguishable from the real-world door despite the passage of over a hundred years.

This doesn't indicate any hidden power in the real-world door.

Louis confirmed when he traveled to another building that it was just an ordinary house.

So the real change must have happened to...

the content of 'The Door in the Painting'.

The genius illness granted Lady Xilin the miracle of creation-like ability, enabling her paintings to "continuously update" with the passage of time like a dynamic movie.

This is the true reason why the door in 'The Door in the Painting' appears identical to the real-world door.

So, if 'Snow Country Border' has the same time-evolving ability as 'The Door in the Painting' —

then the content depicted in 'Snow Country Border' should now reflect the current scenery of the Byron Territory's border walls.

The walls it summons are indistinguishable from the real-world walls.

Then comes the question...

If someone attacks the summoned walls, will it cause damage to the walls?

Beatrice saw Louis fall into thought and smirked:

"Looks like you've realized the problem, haven't you?"

"Theoretically, the walls summoned by the painting must be identical to the real-world Byron Territory border walls."

"But if the summoned walls suffer damage from an external force, even if it's just a little, then the content in the painting and reality won't match."

"In this situation, what would 'Snow Country Border' do?"

"The answer is, of course... to make the summoned walls consistent with the real ones!"

Louis took a sharp breath.

Although he had vaguely guessed this possibility earlier, hearing it from Beatrice's mouth still felt incredible.

"So as long as the Byron Territory's border walls aren't damaged in reality, if I summon walls elsewhere with 'Snow Country Border', the enemy wouldn't even be able to crack them?"

It's as if a game bug turned into a game feature.

Too unbelievable.

Beatrice coughed lightly and said:

"Basically, that's the case. As long as the Byron Territory walls in reality aren't stealthily damaged, the walls summoned by 'Snow Country Border' remain as immovable as mountains."

"...provided the opponent's strength doesn't exceed Lady Xilin's power limits."

Louis was genuinely shocked.

When art possesses tangible tactical value, then art itself is living weaponry.

And Xilin, through her masterpieces, repeatedly demonstrated to everyone that she indeed was the most powerful painter of the new millennium.

This could indeed rival a national treasure in critical moments.

At any rate, with Master Merlin's account of the genius illness, he doubted anyone could suppress the Goddess of Beauty's divine shard below the demigod level.

No wonder Beatrice was dispatched to the City of Art.

This strategic weapon, even if not used by oneself, must not fall into other countries' hands.

However, he hesitated a moment and said:

"Wait, such a valuable treasure has existed for over a hundred years, why is it still unclaimed now?"

Given the characteristics of 'Snow Country Border' that Beatrice revealed, he was certain that any nation that obtained it would ensure it never enters the market, let alone auction it, unless the nation perished.

Beatrice laughed softly and said:

"That's because they didn't know it could be used this way, did they?"

"Didn't know?" Louis was shocked, "From what I understand of Lady Xilin's status, wouldn't everyone who acquired this painting study how to use it?"

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