Chapter 519 Head-to-Head! Magic Exhausted (Thanks to boiled corn_aB for the 15,000 book coins reward)
Safis Sothos was annoyed, but it didn't affect his judgment. He simply changed his strategy, and a ghostly blue light flashed in his eyes.
Exploring the "Essence of Magic"!
The opponent's magic power dropped by less than 1/10; the brief exchange just now hadn't depleted much of it.
"Overall MP is lower than mine even with equipment, but HP is very high. The class build should lean towards the Faith tree."
"The safest strategy is still to prioritize consumption."
Safis Sothos reaffirmed the next tactic, his protruding mouth emitting a harsh, mocking laugh:
"I admit you've exceeded my expectations."
"Being able to master the 10th-tier magic of both the 'Faith' and 'Magic' systems is a realm that the insects of this world can no longer reach."
"You're a player, right?"
"You dare to openly invade the [Floating City] because you come from the same world as the Supreme God-Kings. That's why you can do such crazy and reckless things!"
Safis Sothos's words carried both a tentative tone and an affirmative one.
"Huh? Players, what are those?" Tang Zheng feigned confusion.
He has already invaded the core, so there is no need to hide his abilities anymore. He is still in the probing stage because of Tang Zheng, and he also intends to exhaust Safis Sothos's magic power first.
That's why!
It was Sephiroth Sothoth's tricky trump card; the opponent's ace didn't have a fixed effect like [Death End] or [Heroic Spirit].
They belong to the type that, even with intelligence, are impossible to respond to.
"Don't admit it? It's pointless!"
"Regardless of whether you come from the same world as the supreme and great god-kings, invading the [Floating City] is a capital offense!"
Safis Sothos gave a cold, mocking laugh:
"Humans, no matter how powerful you are, are nothing but an inferior race that vanishes in the face of time!"
"With your inferior race, how dare you come from the same world as the supreme and great God-Kings!"
Tang Zheng's eyes twitched when he heard the other party's unrestrained howling.
What is this guy talking to himself about?
"It's so noisy!"
Tang Zheng said impatiently, "You ugly octopus, I think your magic is nothing special. All you've done so far is arrogantly yelling."
"octopus?"
"You ignorant, short-lived creatures! I am the guardian created by the supreme and great God-King Cthulhu, a great race that has inherited the bloodline of the Old Gods!"
Safis Sothos roared in fury, his octopus-like whiskers flailing, looking like a predator, yet a hint of calm shone deep within his eyes:
"You insect!"
"I will make you understand that even among those who chant magic, there are differences in skill and status!"
Faced with this intense denigration and anger!
"Ugly octopus!"
Tang Zheng, equally enraged, seemingly utterly provoked, yet inwardly remained remarkably calm as he shouted:
"Want to test your firepower? Then so be it!"
At that moment, both sides made the same decision: to provoke each other and engage in a high-intensity magical consumption, instead of testing each other as before!
"Tenth-Rank Magic: Internal Explosion!"
"Tenth-Rank Magic: Internal Explosion!"
Safis Sothos began chanting, and an invisible magical wave was instantly released.
Almost in the next second!
Tang Zheng's eyes lit up. He used his skill points to master the magic and began chanting it.
"cough!"
"cough!"
Tang Zheng and Safis Sothos's chests swelled up simultaneously, as some terrifying force exploded inside, causing excruciating, tearing pain!
A mouthful of red blood and a mouthful of green blood spilled from their mouths at the same time, and their swollen bellies returned to their original size.
"You can actually use magic like that? What about this one?!"
Safis Sothos's grey-green eyes contracted slightly in pain as he swiftly activated a new spell:
"10th Psychic-type Projection Technique!"
"Magic Enhancement: Internal Explosion!"
Tang Zheng's eyes grew brighter as he quickly recorded the spell, but instead of using it, he continued using the previous spell.
He has already revealed his faith and magic systems. If he can still use other systems of magic, it will arouse the other party's suspicion.
Tang Zheng rarely used the "Magic Enhancement" technique because he usually used elemental magic for attack.
These types of magic have the passive buff of "Elemental Blessing," which increases their power to the maximum, essentially giving them a built-in "Magic Maximization" effect.
"cough--"
Safis Sothos's stomach was swollen more noticeably than before, like a balloon that had been suddenly inflated, and he spat out a mouthful of green blood.
at the same time.
Beside him appeared a figure that looked exactly like Safis Sothos himself.
"Feel the power of the supreme and great God-King, and die under such power!"
"Magic Triple Breakthrough - Manifestation!"
Safis Sothos, blood trickling from his mouth, roared with ecstatic fervor, his slick, wet arm reaching out to press against the necklace around his neck:
"The Divine Artifact-Level Magical Item: The Cross of the Seven Sins"
The entire cross is inverted, as black as graphite, and upon closer inspection, one can see seven strange heads on the cross, faintly emitting a ghostly green light.
The function of the "Seven Sins Cross" is very simple: it can offset all the magic consumption of the next stage twice. It is an artifact of its creator, the supreme God-King Cthulhu.
Its rarity is unimaginable!
The 10th-tier mental magic "Projection":
It creates an exact replica of itself, and in the next stage, casts the same spell as the caster, with the mana cost calculated together.
Magic-type 10th-tier spell "Immediate Strike":
A degraded version of the special skill "Dimensional Slash" that can only be mastered at the final level of the Warrior special class [World Champion].
Even among the four major magic systems, it is the rarest magic with the strongest destructive power and the highest magic consumption; its attacks can almost ignore all magical defenses.
The next moment!
Safis Sothos and his projection simultaneously unleashed magic, sending six semi-transparent slashes flying across the sky and striking Tang Zheng.
Pfft—Pfft!
In an instant.
Tang Zheng coughed up six streams of blood, his face turned deathly pale in an instant, and his HP value dropped significantly.
"hiss……"
The intense pain caused Tang Zheng's brows to furrow as if they were twitching. This rare feeling of weakness was the first time he had experienced it since he had reached level 40.
It hurts so much!
Six gaping wounds covered his body, with blood flowing down his skin.
"It is impolite not to reciprocate!"
Tang Zheng didn't care whether the other party could understand his words or not. The pain completely overshadowed the joy of gaining "Instantaneous Severance" and "Triple Magic Transformation." His eyes were cold as he chanted:
"Magic Triple Breakthrough - Manifestation!"
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Three equally translucent attacks struck the astonished Safis Sothos with pinpoint accuracy.
Thump!
The magic wand struck the ground heavily, making a sound.
"Gah—Ahhh!!"
Three bursts of green blood erupted from Safis Sothos's body, accompanied by a piercing scream:
"Bastard! I'm going to kill you!"
It never expected that Tang Zheng on the other side also possessed the "Severance" ability. Faced with the effect of this magic, the magical defenses it had set up were completely useless!
The monitoring of "Magic Essence" clearly showed that Tang Zheng's magic power had decreased, which should have been a happy thing.
Enraged by the intense pain, Sephiroth Sothoth roared and continued casting spells like a madman:
"Projection Technique!"
Tang Zheng: "Magic Triple Breakthrough - Manifestation!"
A figure identical to itself appeared beside Safis Sothos, while it itself was struck by magic once again.
HP levels dropped drastically!
"Go to hell!"
A sharp, agonizing scream rang out from Sephiroth Sothos as he used up the remaining skill of the "Seven Sins Cross" on his neck, unleashing "Magic Triple Breakthrough - Manifest Severance!"
Whoosh!
Six semi-transparent slashes flew through the air.
"Magic Triple Transformation: Skull Wall!"
Tang Zheng pushed forward with his backhand.
Three walls of skeletons emerged from the ground, negating the three "severing" attacks, and the remaining three slashes struck Tang Zheng again.
Blood gushed out like a fountain!
Why not dodge?
Spells like "Crimson Nova" and "Immediate Severance" have a locking effect and can only be blocked.
"Whoosh—whoosh—"
Safis Sothos was panting heavily, his two large, gray-green eyes fixed on Tang Zheng in the distance.
While HP isn't the most important stat for magic casters, it depends on the situation!
Faced with "immediate judgment"!
The magical defenses failed completely, and the intruder lost one-third of its HP, while the intruder suffered even more damage, losing only about one-quarter of its HP.
"Hey, octopus!"
Tang Zheng raised his pale face: "The screams just now sounded pretty good."
The ground beneath their feet was stained red with their own blood, and the air was filled with the stench of blood.
"All you've got is empty words!"
Sephiroth Sothos gave a malicious sneer: "Of all the 10th-tier spells, 'Immediate Severance' consumes the most mana."
"Even if you disguised yourself beforehand, the amount of magical power consumed will not change,"
Speaking of which...
"I've already discovered it!"
Safis Sothos's octopus face widened slightly, and his voice rose an octagonal octopus octopus voice:
"Because it possesses both magic and faith-based magic systems, there's no magic reduction based on class, right?"
Through the monitoring of the "Magic Essence", Safis Sothos clearly observed that Tang Zheng consumed more magic power when using the same magic!
Upon hearing this...
Tang Zheng's expression changed slightly.
Safis Sothos immediately noticed this and felt a surge of pride.
After all, magic is the lifeline of a magician!
"It really was an unfavorable battle."
Tang Zheng let out a low groan, both surprised and angry, but his tone remained defiant: "Your loss of life points must have been equally high!"
Magic casters generally have low health, and that series of attacks just now greatly reduced Safis Sothos's health.
A brief verbal exchange!
Both sides found each other's weaknesses, almost at the same time.
"Triple Magic·Now Break!"
"Triple Magic·Now Break!"
Tang Zheng and Safis Sothos continued to cast spells, and both chose the same attack spell.
The continuous clashes of fire took place in the open square, with both sides exchanging blows, and Tang Zheng's MP value was getting lower and lower.
Meanwhile, Safis Sothos's HP value also dropped rapidly.
Whether it was intentional or not, I don't know!
What appears to be a pure magical clash is actually a deliberate attempt by both sides to mislead their opponent.
Tang Zheng unleashed "Current Severance," which ignores magical defenses, and could deal maximum damage to Safis Sothos, thus rapidly reducing his HP.
Conversely.
Safis Sothos can cast low-cost spells like "Skull Wall" to defend against "Instantaneous Strike".
But Safis Sothos did not do so, because once he used defensive magic, there was a very high probability that his opponent would not release "Severance," which consumes even more magic power!
That's right.
In order to make Tang Zheng's magic power deplete more quickly, Safis Sothos chose to deliberately expose his weakness, a scheme that was as open as a plot.
Tang Zheng then turned the tables on Tang Zheng.
Under the continuous barrage of magic, Safis Sothoth's HP was the first to approach its lowest point.
"Tsk." Safis Sothos showed no concern whatsoever, and a smile curved his lips.
boom!
The sounds of magic colliding continued.
As Sephiroth continued casting his spells, he extended his slippery octopus arm, grabbed at his waist, and a red potion appeared in his hand.
"Gulp!"
Safis Sothos downed the potion in one gulp, and seeing that his critically low health had been alleviated, he looked smugly at Tang Zheng:
"Magic cannot be replenished, but lost life can be."
"You've fallen right into the trap I've set! Hahaha!"
The evil spirit king once taught it a strategy called "investment trap," which first leads the enemy to overinvest, and when they find that the returns are lower than expected, they are already deeply mired in a quagmire and unable to extricate themselves.
The rapidly decreasing health points are the bait it throws out!
Red bottle?
Tang Zheng stared blankly at Safis Sothos, who was constantly drinking blood potions. This kind of game operation made him feel a strange sense of disconnect.
It seems like the other person is the player!
To Safis Sothos, this change in expression was a sign of despair.
"Triple Magic·Now Break!"
Tang Zheng's face was pale, making him appear even more indifferent. He gave no response and continued to cast his magic.
The potion in Safis Sothos's hand was clearly a high-grade red bottle, but the quantity should be limited. In addition, with the help of the dragon race's senses, its accuracy was not as good as "Life Essence".
Tang Zheng could notice that the other party's life force had not recovered significantly.
Time passed little by little.
Under the watchful eye of the "essence of magic," Sephiroth Sothos's body trembled: "It's a success!"
A magician who has lost their magic power represents someone whose life has come to an end.
"The hunt is over!"
Safis Sothos the snake eel raised its tail, and an unnatural red tinge appeared on its octopus head, as if it were about to declare victory.
Whoosh!
A slash struck him, splattering green blood.
"ah!"
Caught off guard, Sephis Sothos let out a miserable scream and exclaimed in disbelief, "What happened? You've run out of magic!"
"No—even if you used anti-detection, your magic power must be running low!"
Tang Zheng raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, a bright smile spreading across his face as he glanced at the attribute panel.
[Experience Bar: 2916w/? w]
"OK!"
"Let's see how much magic I have left!"
Tang Zheng snorted coldly and waved his hand to unleash a spell: "Experience Point Casting - [Immediate Interruption]!"
It's a bit of a shame.
Experience points can only be used for rank-based spells; methods like "magic enhancement" cannot be replaced by consuming experience.
(End of this chapter)
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