Chapter 136: Finishing Move! First Update
What is a real man?
——“It’s not about fucking, it’s about fighting!”
Soren emerged from the dragon’s blood, and even though he had not yet entered the Legendary Domain, he exuded an aura of oppression akin to that of a legendary powerhouse, causing the nearby Gisz to step back several paces. Especially those Gisz who met Soren’s gaze, their faces displayed a rare flicker of fear, a fear that even withstanding the Northern Witch’s death spells failed to evoke, but which surfaced when confronted with Soren’s eyes.
——“Gaze of Fear [Divinity]!”
At the right place and the right time, external bonuses allowed Soren’s Gaze of Fear to reach its peak effect.
The enemy seemed frightened!
They couldn’t help but show terror on their faces, retreating a considerable distance before gradually regaining composure.
This was not a spell.
Thus, the saving throw became even harder because Soren was imposing immense mental pressure on them. Covered in blood, Soren looked ferocious, the scorching dragon blood having disfigured him, making him appear as if he were a demon that had emerged from the Abyss. His expression was very calm, yet his eyes were filled with a desire for slaughter and a sense of oppression. Weakened Divinity further amplified Soren’s pressure on any non-divine beings, to the extent that even the Eye of the North gazed at him in surprise.
“Divine Power?!”
The Eye of the North cast a glance at Soren with her all-white irises, and then slowly turned her head to Gloria beside her, saying, “Protect me! I need to prepare the final part of the spell ritual!”
A powerful mental force erupted!
Gloria nodded silently, then activated several pieces of equipment in quick succession, adding protective energy fields, elemental energy defenses, spell reversals, and other defensive measures. At the same time, she produced an exquisite ring, which she activated upon touching the engraved runes, causing the gem set in the ring to dim, and subsequently enveloping both of them in a protective field that Soren himself did not know about. This protection was nearly leak-proof. For a short time, even a legendary professionist would not be able to breach it.
The Eye of the North seemed to be chanting a spell, but no sound came from her mouth!
Soren, who was preparing to charge in, paused for a moment, and then as if recalling something, he turned and dashed toward Gloria’s position. If in the Astral Realm, where a sixth-ring spell could be cast instantaneously, even a legendary witch close to level 25 would need to chant spells, then there was no doubt she was casting a spell of nine rings or higher. It was highly likely to be a higher-tier legendary spell. The destruction of the Arcane Empire had caused some legendary spells to vanish, and the boundaries between nine-ring spells and legendary spells had become much more blurred.
——“Silent Casting!”
The ‘Super Magic Specialty’ that wizards could grasp could increase the spell level of the spells they mastered by one and then release it silently.
This was a specialty that was more difficult to master than [Spell Amplification], but slightly easier than [Spell Instant Casting].
The Eye of the North before him was clearly not simply a user of [Silent Casting]. Based on Soren’s recent judgment, the reason this legendary witch had been fighting without any particularly noticeable performance until now was that she had been using [Silent Casting] to cast a spell close to the legendary level.
This required an extremely powerful Super Magic Specialty!
Because for legendary spells, the abilities conferred by [Silent Casting] were insufficient. Conservatively estimating, she must have mastered the Super Magic Specialty of [Silent Casting] while simultaneously mastering the legendary progression Super Magic Specialty [Silent Casting -1 Ring] to [Silent Casting -9 Rings]. With this legendary progression Super Magic Specialty, she could perform any spell in silence. Furthermore, it would not increase the spell level—the eighth-ring spell remained an eighth-ring spell and would not require a ninth-ring spell slot due to the use of Silent Casting.
From this perspective, the Eye of the North’s Silent Casting skill hovered near the peak of the Material Plane!
Because even at this moment, Soren felt no signs of her casting a legendary spell. The surrounding elemental energies seemed to be neutralized. The enemies had attacked the Northern Witch for so long, yet they still believed that this legendary witch was merely biding her time, but no one considered that she had been casting a spell for nearly ten minutes. Moreover, it seemed this spell had yet to be completed, making it almost impossible for Soren to believe that she was not casting a legendary spell.
“The wizard’s specialties.”
As Soren’s figure rapidly approached Gloria, he silently reflected in his heart: “From spell control, combat spellcasting, spell amplification, spell extreme effect, spell penetration, silent casting, defined casting, and spell instant casting, etc., extending all the way to the nine-ring progression legendary Super Magic Specialties!”
“The path of the spellcaster is truly arduous!”
“Right now, I don’t even have the time to finish learning my tier spells, so I don’t know when I’ll have the chance to practice those Super Magic Specialties!”
Spellcasters sometimes compete based on their Super Magic Specialties.
Not to mention the most terrifying instant casting, the Eye of the North’s legendary silent casting, if used for ambush, would undoubtedly be unbeatable.
Casting spells without any signs!
No need to recite incantations or focus on special spellcasting. Only when the spell was completed would the enemies be aware.
Indeed, the longer a spellcaster lived, the more terrifying they became. Even without an increase in profession level, the long time spent mastering Super Magic Specialties could instill fear!
Buzz!
The entire demiplane seemed to tremble.
Just as Soren drew near to Gloria, the Eye of the North appeared to have completed this legendary spell; she raised her staff and pointed toward the endless starry sky, immediately leaning against Gloria’s shoulder, appearing somewhat wan. At this moment, the Gisz finally sensed something was amiss; a group rushed over under Queen Gisz’s call. The combat strength of this queen was robust, likely at the legendary level, but she had not participated in the front-line battle throughout.
Perhaps those in higher positions are more prone to fear death!
Buzz!
The demiplane trembled again.
However, Soren saw nothing abnormal, as if the legendary spell had just failed. No terrifying attack descended; the Gisz continued to surround and assault them, and the situation on the battlefield remained unfavorably tilted against them. But this state lasted only about ten seconds, and after ten seconds, a faint light appeared in the sky, followed by a gigantic comet streaking across and approaching their position at an astonishing speed.
“Careful!”
A white light emerged in the pupils of the Eye of the North, and the body of the soul projection gradually enlarged, seemingly activating a special spell. She waved her hand, enveloping the others, including Soren, who was on guard for combat, and transformed them all into a spirit-like form. This was another kind of soul form; the spell the Eye of the North cast was somewhat reminiscent of the nine-ring spell ‘Traveling in the Spirit Realm,’ yet it differed vastly from Soren’s memory. This spell was cast with remarkable speed and covered a large area, almost enveloping all surviving witches.
In the next moment, the telepathic voice of the Eye of the North resonated in all the witches’ minds as she solemnly said, “All transform into soul state! Everyone, return to the Material Plane with me!”
——“Comet Spell! [Legendary Spell]”
Soren’s body, now barely recognizable, rapidly transformed into a spirit form; the terrifying burns on his face gradually vanished, and the severely burned and cracked skin completely disappeared. He turned back into the original soul form that bore little difference from Soren’s body in the Material Plane. If there were any differences, it was that a bit of red had appeared on Soren’s soul. This red resembled the evil luminescence that surfaced when detecting factions, but it came from the power of the red dragon bestowed through the dragon’s blood baptism.
Time froze!
Soren’s soul ascended, sent back to the Material World by the demiplane. At the moment his soul returned to the Material Plane, he saw the scene of a comet approximately one hundred and fifty meters in diameter colliding with the demiplane. Following that, an incredibly terrifying energy exploded like a shockwave, the catastrophic impact seemingly ripping a circular opening in the demiplane, raising dust clouds that obscured the entire sky, and the blinding light was almost unbearable even for a soul. Flames engulfed an area exceeding fifty kilometers, and the scorching heat spread throughout the demiplane.
It was as if an atomic bomb had exploded!
Everything was ruthlessly destroyed; under the comet’s impact, the military fortress of the Gisz was instantly crushed like blocks of tofu, and even signs of fragmentation and collapse began to appear in the fabric of the entire demiplane.
Legendary Spell!
Though this was not Soren’s first time witnessing it, everything before him remained astonishing!
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[Note 1: From July 16 to 22, 1994, a comet named Shoemaker-Levy 9 broke into 21 fragments (with the largest piece about 4 kilometers wide), hitting Jupiter at a speed of 60 kilometers per second. The first piece, containing rocky and icy fragments, fell into Jupiter’s atmosphere on July 16 at 20:15 GMT at a speed of 210,000 kilometers per hour, releasing energy equivalent to 20 billion tons of TNT. Multiple fireballs produced after the impact stretched nearly 1,000 kilometers and emitted bright light. Through astronomical telescopes, people saw broad dust clouds rising from Jupiter’s surface, and hot gases shot up to 1,000 kilometers in height, leaving impact marks the size of Earth on Jupiter. Scientists determined that during a period before the collision, Jupiter emitted strong electromagnetic waves nine times stronger than usual, and the temperature at the splashdown point instantaneously rose to tens of thousands of degrees Celsius.]
[Note 2: The Comet Spell is currently one of the few legendary spells capable of directly destroying a plane.]
………………(To be continued ~^~)
