122 Dekan seemed to be targeted to the point of numbness.
Isabel observed Dekan’s predictable change in expression, which was within her expectations, and in that instant, she felt an overwhelming sense of joy.
Overestimating yourself, Dekan.
She had already prepared a countermeasure against Dekan’s card.
Even though using a sixth-stage spell to deal with a first-stage summoned creature was already a grave humiliation.
However, she had to use the “Purifier’s Designation” to completely counter “Captain De’Erkan.”
Otherwise, with her hatred for Dekan, she would be endlessly dragged by his “Captain De’Erkan”!
The only way to fundamentally break Dekan’s tactics was to completely rid herself of the annoying “Taunt” status.
Additionally,
When Isabel was about to capture the Ice Snow Princess but was silenced by Dekan, she dared not recklessly use her “Purifier’s Designation” against such an unusual status like “Silence.”
She was concerned that if she named “Silence”, Dekan would immediately bombard her with a host of similar abnormal statuses.
However, “Taunt,” a mainstream control effect, was different.
Once disabled, no matter how many “Captain De’Erkan” or similar cards Dekan had, he could no longer taunt Isabel!
Isabel was waiting for such an opportunity when Dekan would let his guard down!
She intended to make Dekan believe he could keep her at bay and then defeat him decisively!
Despite Dekan’s pupils revealing his panic over the “Purifier’s Designation” card,
he quickly recovered and hastily activated “Frost Barrier.”
Frost surged.
Dekan’s body was instantly encased in ice, forming a frozen statue.
The “Frost Barrier” could freeze its user, granting them an ice shield immune to any attacks below the seventh-stage intensity for 30 seconds.
This card could be broken by Isabel’s seventh-stage full-force attack.
But it was perfectly suited to block Isabel’s sudden assault.
Or rather, Dekan had been cornered to the point where he had no other choice but to resort to such a desperate measure.
Seeing Dekan entrap himself, Isabel coldly smirked as she lifted her dagger and made a sweeping motion in the air towards Dekan.
With just that single stroke, Isabel’s formidable martial skills were on full display.
The air immediately saw the formation of several slashes of condensed air currents.
These slashes tightly enveloped Dekan!
Dekan felt the protective ice around him cut open by countless invisible blades.
“Crack! Crack!”
Spiderweb-like cracks spread across the ice.
In an instant, the “Frost Barrier” shattered.
Dekan’s eyes widened, seemingly unable to believe that the Frost Barrier had already been breached.
Even with no time to react, even Kroix couldn’t possibly come in time to aid Dekan.
Dekan had just exited the “Frost Barrier” prematurely.
He stumbled,
unable to stand steady and not falling to the ground.
Because he realized his body was immediately paralyzed.
In such a situation, he wouldn’t even have the time to attempt any evasive maneuvers; he couldn’t even lift his feet!
“Shadow Bind”
“Category: Spell Card”
“Rarity: Purple Rare”
“Rank: 5”
“Effect: After a brief incantation, the single target within range is immobilized for 1 second. The difference in rank between both parties will influence the duration of the immobilization.”
“Note: A regular creation of Shadow Bishop Minos.”
Isabel used this higher-ranked binding magic to immobilize Dekan.
Though such unreasonable strong control effects generally last an extremely short time,
if the target’s rank is too low, the control duration can significantly extend.
“Who gave you the audacity to challenge me?”
As she spoke, a flash of cold determination crossed Isabel’s eyes as she raised her hand again, preparing to slash her dagger towards Dekan…
But just as her previous invisible slicing attack that had shattered the Frost Barrier was about to reach Dekan’s body,
she paused, as if taking great interest in carefully observing Dekan’s expression of despair.
The dagger hovered in mid-air.
“Hmph.”
Isabel gave a vaguely cryptic laugh and shook her head.
“Your acting is quite impressive. You could continue and pretend to be even more desperate. I believe you’re laughing inside, right? But trust me, I will soon make your despair real.”
Isabel retracted her hand and sneered.
She slightly turned her head to glance at Kroix standing in another direction.
There was Kroix, seemingly about to activate some magic card.
When his eyes met Isabel’s sharp gaze,
his expression briefly revealed his panic at being caught in deception.
“Your little tricks end here.”
Isabel coldly stared at Dekan, as if pronouncing his fate.
She knew she needed to be wary of Kroix using “Mandatory Dismissal” on her from behind.
Mandatory Dismissal could cancel the “Pain Suppression.”
If Kroix used Mandatory Dismissal while Isabel was attacking Dekan,
Dekan, who was already equipped with the “Thorn Crown” (3x pain amplification, blood-lock) and the “Cursed Doll” (2x pain feedback), could summon the “Ruined Bard” (enemy’s 10x pain) to achieve a 60x pain feedback to secure victory in a single strike.
However, “Pain Suppression” is a continuous-type status spell with no cooldown time or duration limits.
Even if it were canceled by Mandatory Dismissal, Isabel could quickly reactivate it.
In other words, Kroix would have to seize that one precise moment for the previous tactic to succeed.
Regardless,
Isabel only felt amusement.
Two overconfident boys had clearly overestimated themselves.
Just because they had fought in the Shadow World, they assumed they could face down a senior officer of the Rebirth Church in the real world.
Such easily uncovered tactics, suitable only for bullying ordinary believers, were laughable.
Now it seemed there was a stalemate among the trio.
Isabel pointed her dagger at Dekan, while Kroix had “Mandatory Dismissal” ready to use against her at any time.
If Isabel attacked Dekan, then Kroix would cancel her “Pain Suppression.”
But as long as Isabel doesn’t make a move, Dekan and Kroix were both in a helpless situation.
After all, they lacked opportunities to take the offensive.
Dekan only had two ways to proactively inflict the 60x pain attack.
The first method was the 60x heart pain attack, but this required a relatively longer preparation time.
Kroix did not know if Dekan was ready, so he dared not recklessly use “Mandatory Dismissal” first, followed by Dekan initiating the 60x heart pain attack.
Moreover, since there was no warning before Dekan’s attack,
Kroix could not time Dekan’s release of the 60x heart pain attack and precisely use “Mandatory Dismissal” to cancel the “Pain Suppression” for just that single instant.
Even if Dekan gave Kroix any signals, Isabel would react faster.
So it was almost impossible for them to succeed with the heart pain attack!
Dekan had only one method left to win:
The moment Kroix uses “Mandatory Dismissal,” Dekan successfully plays the Spell Card “Mental Collision”!
