Chapter 128 【Universal Skillful Hand】
2015-03-31
Author: Floating Tower (诸生浮屠)
Zzz.
Soren’s figure retreated continuously as he suddenly reached out to rip off half of his outer sleeve, pulling the distance apart to over fifteen meters. Just now, his spiraling dance had clearly struck the opponent’s body, but it felt as if he hit an invisible energy barrier, forcefully prevented from going any closer than one centimeter. This is the psychic armor of the Gisz Warrior, which can withstand a certain amount of damage and can be covered over any armor, meaning Soren had to break through the psychic protection armor and then break through the Gisz Battle Armor +3, which is equivalent to plate-level defense on him.
The guy in front was completely like an iron can!
For the first time, Soren felt such a strong sense of helplessness against an enemy; perhaps he truly came here too early. The Astral Realm should be a place to explore after reaching Legendary Rank; there are too many bizarre methods from enemies that cross planes. However, what truly made Soren feel danger was that the Gisz Warrior in front of him actually opened its mouth and spat out a dragon breath!
——“Black Dragon Breath!” 【3rd Circle Psychic Spell】
This sudden black dragon breath caught Soren completely off guard!
If it weren’t for his current incredible agility, it might have hit him directly in the head. Even so, it still caused him nearly 18 points of acid damage, corroding the skin of his left arm. This is not the complete version of the black dragon breath; it is even inferior to the breath attacks of half-dragons and dragon-blood sorcerers. However, it is still a psychic-replicated dragon breath attack, and the acid effect of the black dragon breath made Soren feel overwhelmed!
“How many bizarre methods does this guy have?”
Soren nervously maneuvered, the Gisz Warrior in front of him was quite difficult to deal with, giving him a sense of facing a foe with both martial and magical skills.
This is the Astral Realm.
Not only do the spells of those who enter here cast instantly, but the inhabitants of this place also cast their spells instantly.
So Soren didn’t dare to get too far away from the witches, fearing that a Mind Sorcerer might directly take him down! After all, spells are unpredictable, even a Legendary Warrior as strong as a giant dragon doesn’t enjoy taking a ‘Finger of Death’ or ‘Disintegration’ head-on. The Mind Warrior in front of him also has instant-cast spells. As a special advanced profession of warriors, his spellcasting level is not high, and he generally cannot have spells above the 6th circle, so most of his psychic spells are instant casts.
However, because his intelligence is not high, he doesn’t have many spells mastered!
Instant spells.
Although Soren also has the ability to cast spells instantly, he had no intention of using them at all.
Because he was waiting for an opportunity.
Or rather, he was creating an opportunity for a one-hit kill against the enemy! From start to finish, he hadn’t used any spells, completely fighting in a manner typical of a pure-bred Wanderer, and it was clear that he was a very professional and skilled Wanderer. Therefore, in the eyes of the Gisz Warrior before him, there was more than a 60% chance he would believe Soren didn’t have any spellcasting capability. After all, several combat opportunities went by, and if Soren knew any spells, he could have slightly turned the situation around.
It shouldn’t have led to Soren getting hit twice without even breaking through the opponent’s psychic protection!
Clang, clang!
The Gisz Warrior did not give Soren a chance to create distance, and the battle on the side was beginning to become chaotic. Several high-level professionists of Gisz rushed through the elemental army’s defensive line, closing the distance to within fifty meters of the witches. This distance was quite dangerous for the witches, but it was equally perilous for them. Soren saw a series of ‘Disintegration’ and ‘Finger of Death’ beams flash, resulting in three Gisz Warriors being killed by the spell attacks.
——“Mass Human Paralyze!”
A voice called from behind Soren, it was Gloria. As her incantation ended, a witch controlled a massive earth elemental to smash forward.
However, the earth elemental’s attack did not kill the enemy!
Because of the psychic shield of the Mind Warrior, and also due to the powerful protective capabilities and vitality they possess as advanced warriors.
The Eye of the North sealed off the space around the witches, nullifying the teleportation and blinking spells of the Gisz. This made it impossible for them to use spatial jumping to rush in front of the witches. This demiplane was, after all, the territory of the Northern Witches; the Gisz professionals had a natural disadvantage when it came to the rules of this demiplane. However, the situation was not that optimistic. Even though the Northern Witches were powerful, there were only a little over a dozen of them, but the enemy before them was a clan of Gisz professionals.
Conservatively estimating, the enemy still had over a thousand combatants, and a red dragon that had yet to enter the battle.
——“Dispel Magic!”
——“Rending Spell!”
——“Greater Dispel Magic Barrier!”
——“Spell Protection Barrier!”
Continuous bursts of spell light appeared, some of which even Soren could not differentiate. These spells came from both the Northern Witches and the Mind Sorcerers. Although the Gisz had few powerful wizards, they had a considerable number of Mind Sorcerers. They might have a gap in the number of spells, but they could still threaten the existence of the Northern Witches due to their numbers. At least they were trying to dispel the witches’ energy protective fields, despite lacking in spell level compared to the Northern Witches.
Once the energy protective field is dispelled, most of the witches present won’t be able to withstand two strikes from the Mind Warriors!
………………
Clang!
Soren twisted his waist to dodge the enemy’s attack, but unexpectedly, the enemy’s blade that was a sword just a moment ago suddenly transformed into a silver soft sword, and with a flick of the wrist, it pierced directly into Soren’s waist. The psychic energy can change the form of the Gisz Silver Blade, consuming the equivalent of a 1st Circle psychic spell, this was the most dreaded method of attack for Soren in battle.
The blade flowed like silver liquid.
This Gisz Silver Blade +3, worth nearly fifty thousand Gind, pierced through Soren’s defense, and immediately, a spray of blood erupted.
Good opportunity!
The Gisz Warrior in front seemed to have discovered a prime chance to end the enemy’s life, suddenly bursting forward to kill, the Gisz Silver Blade transformed under psychic power into a massive beheading sword, cutting through with a cold glimmer directly aimed at Soren’s head.
——“Sword Intent 【Decapitate】!”
Soren never imagined that after so many battles, he would be attacked by someone using Sword Intent 【Decapitate】.
However.
This was the best opportunity for him.
Because Sword Intent 【Decapitate】 was one of Soren’s most familiar techniques; he knew where its weakness lay. More importantly, he was well aware that initiating Sword Intent 【Decapitate】 meant the enemy was exhausting all their strength!
——“Arcane Missile*3!”
——“Arcane Missile 【Spell Amplification】*3!”
Theoretically speaking.
Soren was indeed forced into a corner by the enemy’s continuous attacks, meaning he had no space to evade, and could neither dodge the forma-changed attacks of the Gisz Silver Blade. So in the eyes of the Gisz Warrior, the only thing Soren could do was take it head-on, and taking it head-on meant he would suffer continuous decapitation attacks. The decapitation property of the Gisz Silver Blade granted it an extraordinarily terrifying continuous killing force.
It was a beautiful imagination!
But reality was quite cruel.
Soren’s trump card was actually just one. That is the very basic 1st Circle spell ‘Arcane Missile’ that the wizard masters. This spell should have been difficult to threaten the Gisz Warrior before him, but it was different in the Astral Realm.
Because here there is 【Instant Spellcasting】!
Due to having too few spells mastered (a half-baked wizard), Soren had memorized a lot of Arcane Missiles, and originally 2nd Circle spells were all powered up into 3rd Circle spells with 【Spell Amplification】 specialty. Thus, when the moment Soren initiated his counterattack, there were a total of 15 normal Arcane Missiles exploding, along with 15 enhanced Arcane Missiles that increased damage by 50%.
Thirty Arcane Missiles all struck at the enemy’s abdomen!
The psychic shield of the Gisz Warrior before him shattered almost instantly. Then the Arcane Missiles hit the opponent’s armor, continuously exploding at close range and striking the weakest point of the armor, causing him to be thrown back.
Soren’s explosion at that moment completely caught the enemy off guard; it felt as if he had been hit simultaneously by 30 bullets at close range, and suddenly his entire body felt something was wrong!
The Astral Realm is the stage for spellcasters.
Instant spellcasting greatly enhanced their combat power. However, it also reduced their endurance.
Clang!
Soren instantaneously cast all the Arcane Missiles and then, in an instant, swung his curved blade towards the enemy’s neck.
——“Sword Intent 【Decapitate】!”
An eye for an eye.
A fierce light shone in Soren’s eyes as he swung the knife down, severing the head of the high-level Gisz Warrior amidst the fountain-like spurt of blood.
Thud!
A headless corpse fell to the ground.
A series of data displays surfaced before Soren:
“Initiated Sword Intent 【Decapitate】!…”
“You dealt 126 points of decapitation damage to the target!…Decapitation successful!…Target dead!…”
“Absorbed soul energy.”
“You gained 8150 points of Killing Experience!…”
“Combat Insight!…”
“You obtained part of the information on the specialty 【Mastery of Spellcasting】 during battle!…”
“You obtained part of the information on the specialty 【Combat Spellcasting】 during battle!…”
………………
Soren didn’t even glance at the data displayed.
After killing the enemy before him, he first took a breath. Then he quickly grabbed the flowing Gisz Silver Blade +3.
The silver blade felt very heavy!
Because for those who are not Gisz professionals, using it must accept a penalty of 【Exotic Weapon】.
However.
Soren simply frowned. After grasping the blade’s handle, he gently shook it, and then saw the silver light flow, the silver blade in his hand transformed into the most basic longsword form, and the heavy, sluggish feeling gradually disappeared.
——“Universal Skillful Hand 【Legendary Skill】!”
Blood dripped from his palms.
Soren held the legendary curved blade Icebane in one hand. In the other, he gripped the Gisz Silver Blade +3, standing with a cold expression.
Roar!
A dull dragon roar echoed.
The red dragon circling in the sky finally felt that it was nearly time; it roared as it dove towards the enemies below, simultaneously unleashing a scorching breath of the red dragon!
The temperature rose sharply.
Under the breath of the most powerful Adult Red Dragon among the colored giants, the temperature nearby seemed to spike significantly!
……………… (To be continued ~^~)