Mester did not answer him.
Facing the dark muzzle of Elias's gun, he suddenly lunged forward in a panic, grabbing a dagger shimmering with a cold, eerie light.
On the blade, spiritual patterns belonging to 【Moonlight Enchantment】 flowed like liquid mercury.
Just as the dagger was about to reach Elias's throat.
Mester's figure actually split into three amidst a bizarre distortion!
Three identical Mesters formed a semi-circle of death, raising their daggers simultaneously.
"Holy crap? Shadow clones?"
Elias cursed inwardly.
But his physical reaction was faster than his mind.
His thumb instinctively pressed down hard on the revolver's hammer.
"Click."
Amidst the crisp sound of metal gears engaging, Elias did not hesitate for a second. His muzzle locked onto the Mester in the center who looked the most real, and he pulled the trigger.
"Bang!"
A piercing orange-red flame erupted from the muzzle.
The thick scent of gunpowder instantly filled the air.
A pure silver enchanted bullet, engraved with mysterious runes, tore through the air and struck that Mester precisely between the eyes!
However, there was no scene of flesh and blood flying.
The bullet passed through the head as if passing through a layer of thick mist.
The headshot "Mester" instantly vanished into thin air amidst a ripple-like distortion and a piercing screech of spiritual static.
An illusion!
"Damn it, I acted cool too early!"
Elias's heart sank, his temples throbbing.
At that moment, a sharp whistle rang out from the air on his left.
The real Mester struck from a blind spot in his vision, his cold dagger aiming directly for Elias's ribs.
From the very beginning, he had anticipated Elias's anticipation.
Controlling the illusions to run toward the door was all for the sake of this one guaranteed hit.
Elias didn't even have time to turn around.
Elias gritted his teeth and swung The Roaring Cane with his left hand to parry.
"Clang—!"
The piercing sound of metal colliding with hard wood exploded. The superior physical strength of a Scale Two sent a wave of numbness through Elias's entire left arm.
But he used that counterforce to forcibly twist his right wrist, pointing the gun once more at the Mester who was now within arm's reach.
Without hesitation, he pulled the trigger again.
"Bang!"
However, just before the bullet could burrow into Mester's chest.
A semi-transparent barrier, seemingly solid, blocked the space between them without warning.
The pure silver bullet slammed into the barrier and was forcefully deflected!
Elias's expression changed.
【Moonlight Barrier】.
The strongest defensive spell among all Scale Two spells of the pathways.
It was even sturdier than Arcane Ward.
On the other hand, a flash of coldness crossed Mester's eyes the moment the bullet was blocked.
He casually waved his empty left hand in the air.
The surrounding spirituality rolled violently like boiling pitch.
The 【Malice Perception】 deep within Elias's mind instantly screamed an alarm!
The danger was at his feet!
He didn't even have time to look down. Elias frantically activated the 【Wind-Chaser Boots】 on his feet without hesitation.
The runes on the soles of the boots suddenly turned red-hot.
With a domineering and unreasonable push, Elias was sent flying backward.
One step, two steps, three steps, four steps!
"Thud!"
His back slammed heavily against the hard wall of the treatment room, feeling as if his internal organs had been displaced.
And right where he had been standing.
A pillar of fire, pale white with a blue-white tint, shot into the sky without warning!
【Moonfire】!
It was another Scale Two spell!
Elias sucked in a breath of cold air.
He immediately realized that the opponent intended to use the rank suppression of Scale Two spells to crush him to death.
Even though he had dodged quickly enough, that bizarre flame still licked his coat.
The fabric ignited instantly.
This was not the high temperature of an ordinary fire at all!
This terrifying scorching sensation, containing radiance energy, greedily ignited the spirituality within his body!
"Hiss—!"
The intense pain caused Elias's features to contort instantly.
His hands moved like he had been electrocuted as he tore off the coat and threw it violently to the ground.
Looking down, even though he had only been singed for a few seconds, layers of dense, pale blisters had already formed on his body.
If I don't take this grandson down, I'm losing my life today!
Elias gritted his teeth, enduring the agonizing pain of his spirituality being scorched.
He looked up.
Mester did not give him any chance to catch his breath.
Accompanied by the two newly condensed illusions, he charged forward with his dagger.
"Do you really think I'm a soft persimmon?!"
Elias let out a cold snort. His left hand quickly reached into his coat and pulled out a silver-shimmering warding charm.
Spirituality poured into it frantically.
A layer of faint white spiritual shield instantly expanded.
"Bang! Bang! Clang!"
Three daggers hacked violently at the shield. The shield shook violently, but it managed to hold on.
Thank god!
The effect of this warding charm when defending against this kind of low-scale close-quarters combat was far stronger than he had imagined.
Both sides fell into a brief stalemate.
Elias's gaze was fixed firmly on the real Mester, not daring to look away.
His mind was racing.
Judging from the clash so far, this guy Mester was practically a mobile spell library.
He actually mastered three Scale Two spells: 【Moonlight Barrier】, 【Moonfire】, and 【Frostbite】!
Both his offense and defense were extremely strong!
Besides that, judging from the previous anticipation, this guy definitely had 【Malice Perception】 and 【Moonlight Enchantment】 as well.
Elias's gaze turned sharp, and he exerted force with his left hand holding the cane.
The Roaring Cane carved a sharp arc through the air, striking upward.
The real Mester had clearly anticipated this move.
Without any panic, Mester immediately channeled the spirituality in his body, expanding the 【Moonlight Barrier】 from the side to defend.
However.
A hidden, cold sneer curled the corner of Elias's mouth.
At the critical moment just before the cane was about to hit the barrier, he suddenly changed direction.
The heavy metal-shod tip of the cane acted like a viper's tongue, thrusting violently into Mester's defenseless stomach!
"Oof!"
A muffled sound of physical impact rang out.
Mester let out a pained groan.
At the same time, Elias noticed that one of the ten facets of the quartz on the cane's head instantly lost its original luster.
In his pain, a look of ruthlessness flashed in Mester's eyes.
An ice-cold chill surged frantically in his other empty hand.
【Frostbite】!
At the same time, he quickly shifted the 【Moonlight Barrier】 back to his front to prevent Elias from taking the opportunity to shoot, while commanding the other two illusions to attack Elias.
Offense and defense in one, flawless.
But in the next second.
The 【Malice Perception】 deep within Mester's mind acted as if it had gone mad, letting out a shriek that reached the absolute limit!
"What's happening?!"
He looked up in horror.
At some point, Elias had actually bitten down on that heavy revolver with his mouth!
And on the right hand that originally held the gun, a silver metal charm was shining brightly.
Repulsion charm, activate now!
"Boom—!"
A massive repulsive force exploded from the ground!
Mester didn't even have time to shift the 【Moonlight Barrier】 to defend.
He, along with the illusions that had drawn close to Elias, was launched into the air.
That's right, Elias was treating him like a siren.
"Bang!"
Mester was slammed into the ceiling before falling heavily back to the ground.
The two illusions instantly vanished into distorted ripples.
Elias immediately followed up with a pursuit.
He spat the gun out of his mouth and caught it with his right hand.
Bullets with Moonlight Enchantment poured out like a torrential rain.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
He fired three consecutive shots at the Moonlight Barrier that Mester had barely managed to prop up.
This time, Mester completely panicked.
He rolled across the debris-covered floor in an extremely pathetic manner.
Taking advantage of the moment the Hexfire happened to extinguish, he turned invisible and vanished into the mist once more.
Hiding in a corner, Mester panted heavily, cold sweat soaking his collar.
He had originally wanted to rely on Scale Two spells to directly crush this Scale One opponent.
He hadn't expected that his own spiritual consumption would accelerate while maintaining the Moonlight Barrier's defense.
If this continued, he wouldn't even need that Scale One kid to do anything.
As soon as his spirituality was depleted, he would go insane immediately.
At the same time, he also felt it was incredibly unbelievable.
This Scale One kid actually knew at least four types of spells!
As a Scale Two, he currently only had five spell abilities.
He had originally thought the opponent just had higher-than-normal spirituality, but now it seemed his talent was also exceptionally good.
He couldn't just sit and wait for death!
Thinking this, Mester pulled out a bottle of spirit nourishment potion and downed it in one gulp.
This potion could accelerate the regeneration of one's spirituality.
But before Mester could even finish catching his breath.
"Whoosh—"
Several more bright and eerie clusters of Hexfire lit up.
"Damn it!"
Mester couldn't help but curse inwardly in despair.
Because he suddenly realized that Elias was already right in front of him!
The distance between the two was less than half a meter.
Actually, Elias hadn't expected Mester to be hiding so close to him either.
At this moment, he was running like Captain America doing laps around the National Mall.
His main focus was speed.
"Holy shit, brakes!"
Elias screamed in his mind, desperately trying to brake.
But the inertia of the Wind-Chaser Boots didn't care about any of that.
If they said to run three extra steps, they had to run three extra steps, and in a way where he couldn't even change direction!
"I'm going to crash!"
Elias hurriedly forced his upper body to twist.
He forcefully struck an Iron Mountain Lean posture while running!
Mester watched as this damned Scale One slammed into him sideways with immense force.
A cruel, cold sneer curled his lips.
He hurriedly squeezed out the sliver of spirituality he had just recovered, frantically activating the 【Moonlight Barrier】.
The dagger in his hand, enhanced by 【Moonlight Enchantment】, was already poised to strike.
He was just waiting for Elias to hit the barrier and be repelled by the shock, at which point he would follow up with a stab!
However, in the next moment.
"Boom!!!"
Mester felt as if he had been struck by a massive force and was sent flying.
The dagger in his hand didn't even have a chance to thrust out before it flew out of his grip.
Mester slammed heavily into the corner of the wall.
Elias was also stunned.
He rubbed his numbing and intensely aching shoulder, walking step by step toward Mester, who was slumped on the ground.
And at this moment, even with his Scale Two-enhanced body, Mester felt waves of chest tightness and shortness of breath, the taste of blood rising in his throat.
He stared fixedly at the approaching Elias.
An uncontrollable storm surged in his heart:
The 【Moonlight Barrier】 didn't work?!
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