Chapter 485 【Absolute Darkness】
Crack!
The moment the tip of the frozen blade hit the light blue water wave, spiderweb-like cracks instantly opened on the surface of the light blue energy shield.
Fine blue light overflows from every crack.
Subsequently, the repulsive force generated by the collision between the energy shield and the frozen blade acted on the ice blade.
With the crisp sound of glass shattering, the entire ice blade began to shatter from the tip.
The ice crystal fragments flew away with a sharp whistling sound, some were nailed to the wall behind Santos, and some directly grazed Walker's cheek, leaving several white frost-like blood marks on his body.
Bang!
Ice chips and blue light splashed everywhere, and the overflowing cold air directly knocked Walker, who was sitting in the chair, to the ground.
The rum on the table dripped all over the floor, and the liquid was instantly frozen into amber icicles.
Santos was also under the strong impact of the Frozen Blade. He flew backwards and hit the wall behind him before he stopped. He ignored the pain on his body. The moment he flew out, he suddenly picked up the staff that was lying next to him.
In a mage battle, if the strength is between equals, it will be extremely important to seize the opportunity.
The lower the mage level, the more so.
Because the means of low-level mages are extremely limited, and they have very few combat spells.
In this case, the mage's fighting method is basically spell bombing and defense between each other. You move and I move, just like a traditional turn-based game, mainly competing for a numerical value.
We have all played turn-based games. When the values are close, whoever makes the first move wins.
But Lan Wen is a fourth-level mage, and his opponent Santos is also a fourth-level mage.
In the classification of mage levels, from mage apprentice to second-level mage, they all belong to the ranks of low-level mage.
The third-level mage to the fifth-level mage are out of this category and are called mid-level mage. The fifth-level and above are high-level mage.
As the spell library expands, the collaborative strategy options between spells also expand.
Coupled with the variable expertise and practice methods that have their own strengths, the methods of the mid-level mage have become richer, completely breaking away from the category of "turn-based games".
Although Santos was caught off guard by Lan Wen, he used the "passive effect" of one of his trump cards, the extraordinary pendant, as soon as he came face to face with him, and was unstoppable, but that was all.
Being able to become a gang leader in a place like Black Sails City relies on his own magic, not anything else.
Everything Santos has now was achieved by his own spells one by one.
His reaction was extremely quick, showing extremely high combat qualities. After grabbing the staff, he was already swinging the staff the moment it flew backwards.
The magic power on the staff began to flow rapidly, and silver-purple electric arcs suddenly lit up in those carefully carved lines.
This magic power turned into dozens of thunder seals and poured out from the staff, and then condensed instantly, twisting into a thunder whip as thick as the mouth of a bowl.
The electric light on the surface of the thunder whip crackled, throwing out fine electric rays, ionizing the surrounding air to produce the pungent smell of ozone.
"Drink!" Santos shouted.
With the movement of his wand, the thunder whip pierced the space with a sharp whistle that tore through the air. The light blue electric light trail left a brief afterimage in the dim tavern room, heading straight towards Gothe's door not far away.
【Lightning beam】.
This is a strategic spell reserve that Santos chose from his own spell library and is burned into the staff. When needed, he can cast it by just flicking the staff. It is quick to activate and does not consume his own mana.
The most astute thing about him is that this time the counterattack is not aimed at the most powerful Lan Wen, but at Gaode.
Stand casting is magic weapon casting, not magician casting, so it does not have the bonus of level-up spelling.
[Lightning Beam] itself is only a third-level spell, and it cannot pose much of a threat to the fourth-level Lan Wen.
Santos didn't know the specific mage level of Gothe, but given Gothe's age, he was sure that Gothe was just a low-level mage.
Hence, the third-level spell attack must be a fatal attack for Gaode.
How could Lan Wen, who was obviously led by Gao De, sit idly by and watch?
If Lan Wen wants to save Gaode, he must interrupt the current offensive and turn around to protect Gaode.
This is a typical conspiracy to encircle Wei and save Zhao.
Gothe looked at Santos' face that was distorted by exertion, and could clearly feel that the violent energy wrapped in the thunder whip was approaching quickly, and the air was producing a slight tingling sensation due to the accumulation of electric charge.
This old fox is indeed very sophisticated.
But he miscalculated one thing. Although he was a low-level mage, he was not unable to deal with third-level spells.
"Don't worry about me!" Gothe shouted softly, and at the same time, he lightly dropped his right foot to the ground.
From the magic crystal in the body derived from the "Green Wood Sutra of Immortality", the pure wood elemental mana pours out, along the main magic veins directly to the sea of magic stars.
After activating the spell model, countless emerald light points followed the recoiling torrent of magic power and reached the sole of his right foot.
The Broken Bone Tavern was rebuilt on the basis of an old ship hull. The whole structure was made up of countless wooden boards. In addition, it was very old and had a lot of moss and vines scattered on the surface as decoration.
There are also some arty green plants placed in the room.
At this moment, when Gaode's spell took effect, the beams of the Bone Broken Tavern, which were transformed from old ship frames, suddenly made a subtle creaking sound.
The old vines drilled out of the cracks in the wall suddenly straightened and extended, and the moss on the surface glowed with a shiny luster under the nourishment of magic power;
The pothos vines in the potted plants in the corner seemed to have come to life. The slender stems grew wildly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the leaves expanded from the size of a fingernail to the width of a palm:
Even the grass seeds remaining in the cracks in the floor sprouted, and young stems half a foot high were instantly pulled out.
These plants were intertwined and entwined under the power of magic, and instantly formed an airtight three-dimensional vine network in front of Gothe.
Old vines serve as load-bearing framework, and new leaves fill the gaps.
【Entanglement】.
This spell causes tall grasses, weeds, and other vegetation to entangle creatures that enter or are within the area. The creatures become entangled and the entire area of effect is treated as difficult terrain.
This is a strong control spell.
Wood elemental spells are good at controlling the field.
It's just that Gothe's use of [Entanglement] at this time was not to control the field, but to defend.
Field control spells are not just for controlling the field.
lA thunder whip struck hard on the vine net.
The arc spread instantly, traveling wildly on the surface of the vines, making a sizzling sound.
[Lightning Beam] is a three-level spell, and [Entangle] is only a one-level spell. Even when the spell is raised to a higher level, its intensity is much weaker than [Lightning Beam].
But plant objects inherently have an extremely powerful restraint effect on lightning.
Whether it is the powerful destructive power of lightning or the annoying paralysis effect, it will be greatly reduced on plants.
The innate insulating properties of plants are most vividly demonstrated at this moment.
Plant fibers rich in moisture act like a natural conductive grid, dispersing concentrated current throughout the rattan network.
Although the vines at the contact point quickly turned black, the core defense structure did not collapse immediately.
Hence the restraint of this attribute, the vine net supported it for nearly a second before it turned black and began to carbonize under the powerful energy of the thunder whip.
Santos's pupils shrank suddenly. He did not expect that this seemingly ordinary one-ring spell could block the first wave of the lightning beam.
However, as a third-ring spell, Lightning Beam is very powerful, and even under attribute restraint, it will not be completely eliminated.
Just like a fire that is strong enough, it can boil water dry.
However, Gothe's next spell has already been released at this time.
Scorching orange-red flames spurted out from his fingertips.
【Burning Hands】.
The flames shot straight forward, aiming at the carbonizing vines.
The next second, a scene that shocked Santos appeared.
The flame released by [Burning Hand] did not burn the vine net, but caused the carbonized plant fibers to explode instantly.
The flame and the arc of the lightning beam entangled in the vine net instantly created a violent energy conflict.
The arc limited the spread of the flame, forming a turbulent flow of energy that shone with blue and red light on the carbonized vine net.
The originally violent current quickly attenuated under the dual action of flames and vines. When the vine net was completely reduced to fly ash, the arc of the lightning beam had also completely dissipated.
The original move to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao was cleverly resolved by Gaode.
Wei did not need reinforcements, so "Zhao" would suffer severely.
Here, Lan Wen drew a circle in the void with his right index finger, the pure ice element mana on his fingertips flickered, and the next attack spell had already been cast.
In front of Santos, the rich ice elemental mana gathered and formed a white dot the size of a needle tip, which then exploded with a "" sound.
· An ice-blue shock wave visible to the naked eye spread out in a spherical shape. Wherever it passed, the air was instantly frozen into fine ice crystals, like countless diamond powder exploding in the sun.
Even the walls were instantly covered with starburst-shaped ice patterns.
Santos felt a biting chill coming towards his face, far colder than the [Frozen Blade] Lan Wen had cast before.
His right hand holding the staff was the first to suffer. The fine lines on the staff were instantly filled with frost, and his arm was also covered with a layer of white frost.
Santos wanted to move, but found that his boots were frozen to the ground, and the ice spread up along his trouser legs.
Walker on the side was not spared from the injury. The same thin layer of ice spread rapidly from his legs to his whole body.
【Frost Nova】.
It is both a group attack spell and a field control spell. It can also quickly create an environment conducive to the power of ice spells.
Achieve three kills with one stone.
Santos looked at his frozen knees with a look of horror in his one eye.
The power of the spell Lan Wen cast was far beyond his imagination.
In an instant, he understood that although they were both fourth-ring mage, Lan Wen's mage level was definitely higher than his, and there was a high probability that he would not be his opponent.
To survive in the City of Black Sails for a long time, your fists must be hard enough, and your vision must be sharp enough. You must retreat when it is time to retreat.
But right now, the most important thing is to solve your own dilemma first.
He no longer hesitated, suddenly stretched out his right hand that had not yet frozen, and pulled off the blindfold covering one of his eyes.
Under the blindfold, it turned out that it was not a blind eye, but a strange eye with a pupil showing a strange black light.
It was a pitch-black sphere with no white eyes, only pure black light, and spiderweb-like dark red lines flowing on the surface.
This is his biggest trump card,
Santos opened his eyes as wide as possible, and the dark red lines like iris suddenly lit up.
The next second, the light in the entire private room seemed to be blocked by an invisible hand and suddenly pulled away!
All the light was swallowed up, and the ice patterns on the wall lost their luster and turned into blurry gray shadows.
The most bizarre thing is Lanvin and Walker. Both of them were completely invisible in the darkness, as if they had never existed.
In just a short breath, the private room has fallen into absolute darkness where one cannot see his fingers.
This is not an ordinary night without light, but a darkness as thick as ink that cannot even be discerned.
Crack, click, click!
The sound of Santos and Walker breaking free from the ice sounded, but it seemed like they were separated by a bottomless ravine. It was unknown where the darkness not only swallowed up the light, but also distorted the propagation of the sound.
"Run, my [Absolute Darkness] can only last for five seconds." After quickly breaking free from the ice, Santos signaled Walker to run away quickly through the [Messaging Technique].
The vision at this moment is not caused by any spell, but from his fourth-ring expertise, which is equivalent to a special expertise granted to an exclusive spell: [Absolute Darkness].
Walker nodded.
Although Lan Wen's two consecutive spells were aimed at Santos, he could fully feel the strength of Lan Wen's combat power. He knew that even if he was included, he would not be his opponent. He was not stubborn and understood that running away was the most correct decision today.
Happily, he was unwilling to do nothing.
Walker gritted his teeth bitterly. There were still blood marks on his left cheek from Lan Wen's ice blade, which was numb and painful from the cold.
The anger in his heart rushed from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. After breaking free from the thin ice at his ankle, he opened the five fingers of his right hand, and a dazzling orange-red light appeared in the palm of his hand.
The pungent smell of sulfur and saltpeter instantly filled the air.
Fine sparks shot out from between Walker's fingers. These sparks spiraled and gathered, eventually condensing into a fireball the size of a human head.
The flames on the surface of the fireball are twisted into serpentine patterns. At the core is an almost pure white hot spot, surrounded by layers of orange-red flame waves.
The heat wave was so strong that the remaining frost in the room evaporated into white vapor.
Walker's eyes flashed with crazy light, and he pushed the fireball forward violently.
"Blast me!"
Three-ring plastic energy spell, [Fireball].
[Fireball] is not only the iconic spell of the evocation system, but also occupies a core position among the three-ring spells. And because it is so easy to use, it has almost become one of the pronouns of the mage.
"Walker, you have no fucking brain!" The appearance of the fireball made Santos, who was in the same camp as Walker, dizzy.
Such a classic evocation spell, of course Santos has mastered it.
But he never thought of casting [Fireball] from beginning to end.
Because the current battle venue is the Bone Broken Tavern, which is his territory.
A fire elemental spell like [Fireball], which is known for its destructive power, if released in a flammable and explosive tavern full of alcohol, will 100% trigger a violent chain reaction, triggering a series of burning explosions.
This kind of burning explosion does not distinguish between friend and foe. If this spell is used, his Bone Broken Tavern will inevitably be lifted into the sky in a series of explosions.
This is the territory he has been managing for decades!
Compared with this, the fact that the dozen or so gangsters who were still in the tavern hall would be killed in the flames seems to be nothing.
Santos felt his heart tightening suddenly.
But now is not the time to feel heartache. While angrily scolding Walker, Santos quickly cast [Flying Technique].
The cyan energy flow covered the whole body. With the blessing of [Flying Technique], Santos floated into the air and rushed up to high places.
His flight path was crooked, but with a desperate urgency.
He wanted to get out of the explosion range immediately. Walker, the initiator, was faster than Santos and had already rushed out of the roof first.