Chapter 480 Battle and Sneak Attack
"I must admit that you are the toughest opponent I have ever seen, even as tough as Stargazer.
But now, even if you have gained the power of the construct network, what can you do?"
Looking at Avis who was gathering some kind of attack, the Speaker shook his head.
"The human body has its limits after all. Even if you are at the ninth level, the power you can hold is far from enough to increase your strength to the point where you can stop me."
As he spoke, he even took out an hourglass with silver sand flowing in it and placed it casually in the air beside him.
“I am not afraid to tell you, Master Zast, that it will take about three minutes before His gaze finally falls upon this place.
Yes, if you can break my magic circle before the sand in this hourglass runs out, then you might be able to stop me and exercise your "justice."
Glancing at the hourglass flashing silver beside the Speaker, Avis chuckled, and while concentrating his attack, he separated a trace of his mind and directly summoned his own magic hourglass.
"Don't bother with that, Lord Farr. I can still tell when the ceremony will be completed."
If someone compares the two hourglasses, they will find that the speed at which the sand in the hourglass next to the Speaker falls is obviously slower than that in the hourglass next to Avis.
"Okay."
Seeing that Avis was not fooled, the Speaker took back the hourglass with some regret and began to control the remaining power of the defense array to prepare to deal with Avis' attack.
His current situation was actually somewhat awkward, as he had to maintain the core of the summoning ritual and continue to provide direction to the Lord of Dreams, Maelim. He had no way to escape and could only bite the bullet and block it.
Furthermore, due to the loss of the construct network's power supply, the outer defense array was seriously short of energy, with less than 20% of its peak protection capability remaining, and it was a one-time only.
Faced with Avis, who controls nearly half of the power of the constructed network, the Speaker can only hope that Avis's body has limited carrying capacity and cannot gather an attack strong enough to break the shield in a short period of time.
After all, even without replenishment, the remaining shield power is still enough to withstand several limit-breaking magic attacks.
Under the two people's mixed gazes, when most of the sand in the hourglass had flowed out, Avis' attack was finally completed.
It was a bright white ball with a hint of blue, and its light was so dazzling that it reminded people of the stars in the night sky.
The Speaker's judgment was actually correct. Although this clone was transformed by Avis using the remains of a ninth-order extreme professional, it still could not bear the overly powerful network force.
Without saying much, when he felt that the load of this body had reached its limit, Avis shook his hand, and the ball of light drew a bright white line and almost instantly hit the defensive magic circle.
“Buzz—boom—!”
First there was a short and slight sound of magical resonance. The next moment, accompanied by extremely terrifying magical fluctuations, a huge blue-white ball of light suddenly exploded in the night sky, even sweeping up the entire magic circle including Avis.
The strange snowflakes in the sky were violently pushed aside by the chaotic magic, and the purple and silver moons in the night sky became a foil under this dazzling ball of light. The bright blue and white brilliance could be clearly seen even in the distant city of Mancas thousands of miles away.
"Oh gods...what is that?"
Hundreds of miles away from the battlefield, many professionals stationed on the top of the mountain looked at the various horrifying visions in the sky, and they were all terrified.
Ever since that strange power descended from the night sky, they have felt a strong sense of crisis, but due to their weak strength, they are helpless and can only pray that the Ninth-Rank Lords can successfully defeat the enemy.
Fortunately, what descended at this time under the guidance of the magic circle was only a trace of Maelim's power, and the scope of influence was not too large. Otherwise, none of these people would have been able to escape.
On the battlefield, Avis relied on the power of the continuously constructed network to protect himself and remained unharmed in the explosion.
However, as the energy aftermath of the explosion gradually dissipated, the defensive formation at the core of the explosion reappeared.
This attack, which combined all of Avis' strength, still failed to break the protective magic circle beside the Speaker. Although the latter had dimmed to the point of being almost extinguished, it was still holding on tenaciously.
"I'm sorry, Master Zast, but it looks like fate is on my side today."
The Speaker breathed a sigh of relief at this result.
Although the magic array had been almost exhausted, the time was almost up. The remaining time was not enough for the opponent to launch another overly powerful attack.
As for those ordinary attacks, although he could not leave the magic circle, if he resisted with all his strength, it would be more than enough to delay the opponent for a minute.
The situation has developed to this point, and all his cards have been revealed.
Originally, he predicted that when the power of the Original Dream descended, except for those who escaped first, the rest of the Ninth Order would fall into a deep sleep without resistance.
He can also complete the entire ceremony smoothly, and then use the power of Maelim to break the wall of the sky and step into the starry sky.
But no one expected a freak like Avis to appear. Not only did he rely on foresight and plan in advance to seize a large amount of construct network permissions, but he could even ignore Maelim's dormant power.
Fortunately, everything is finally settled now.
"I think we still have a little time, Lord Farr."
Seeing this result, Avis continued to attack without hesitation, preparing to quickly smash the speaker's shell and destroy the magic circle.
"…a dying struggle."
The Speaker defined Avis's action with an indifferent expression, looked at the magic circle that was about to be broken, and began to construct the spell in advance.
Finally, with about thirty seconds left to complete the ritual, the magic circle was completely shattered by Avis' attack.
Just when Avis' spell had just landed and a flaw was temporarily revealed, the Speaker seized this fleeting opportunity and suddenly activated his own spell.
A terrifying dark golden lightning instantly wrapped around Avis' body, creating a fierce battle with the power of the protective network. Wherever the lightning reached, the space was distorted unsteadily.
This is not only for killing, but also for trapping the enemy. The dark gold rule lightning contains a very strong binding force, enough to temporarily interfere with the flow of ninth-order limit mana.
However, just as the Speaker was trying his best to fight against Avis, something unexpected happened again!
A figure surrounded by a terrifying black alien power suddenly and silently appeared behind him.
A strong sense of decay emanated from him, and a large cloud of black gas lingered above his head, constantly blocking the falling snow of eternal sleep.
Looking at the speaker, whose defense was weakened by the powerful attack, the figure smiled wildly and pierced the speaker's vest with his hands, which were filled with strong atrophy power! "My old enemy, how are you doing? During the four thousand years of sleep, I have been thinking about you every moment!!"
(End of this chapter)
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