Every alchemy weapon or substance—fire, water, air, earth, iron, even blood—everything created through alchemy carries a structure within it.
A formula.
That formula is what forms the alchemy circle, and the circle becomes the ignition point that allows the alchemy to take shape in the real world.
Because of that, for an alchemist to use the Law of Inversion on another person's creation, it is not something that can be done by instinct alone, they must first understand the opponent's alchemy.
Not just on the surface level, but down to its structure, its symbols, its circle and the formula hidden inside it.
Only after breaking that down completely can they push their own Cognis into it and disrupt it from within or even alter the creation to their own will.
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Veda stared at the incoming whip-like blades.
They moved like living things.
Up and down.
Twisting.
