A sudden turn of events
—What? How is this possible?!
Seeing a cold full moon peeking out from the edge of the dark lake, this familiar scene finally alarmed Mialods's nerves. However, after he was on high alert for a while, he did not wait for the expected terrible attack like a pouring galaxy.
After observing the starry sky in the lake which seemed to have dimmed a lot, he raised his hand slightly, sensed something, and suddenly sneered.
It was a real scare for nothing.
The brat had made such a big scene, and he thought he would summon Phises himself... but he didn't expect that he would simply take back the moon magic that he had stolen.
They have coexisted for many years, and the sudden cut will indeed weaken him to a certain extent, but Phises himself must not be much better.
Given his previous character, if he still had the strength to fight, he would never have pushed a group of children out to fight him to the death - it seems that this staff and this little bit of protection are all he can do for them.
Haha, funny.
The high and mighty Moon Sage is still so naive after all these years.
So what if I can no longer use the power from Phises?
No matter how incompetent Mia Rhodes was, could he really lose to a bunch of brats like this?!
The man's stiff mouth corners were forcibly pulled into a sneer, and with a backhand wave, a cage emitting an ominous aura appeared out of thin air across the purple barrier on the lake surface, and without hesitation grabbed Thorens who was holding the Moon Staff.
The young magician did not sit still and wait for death. He immediately used "Floating" to dodge backwards. Mia Rhodes couldn't help but sneer in his heart when he saw this.
At this speed, it's impossible to escape...
The feeling of the magic missing suddenly came, freezing the arrogance and sarcasm that had not yet formed.
— Didn’t catch it? How is that possible?
The cage that didn't catch any prey disappeared automatically. Mia Rhodes looked at the brown-haired boy who escaped safely in disbelief. He didn't even have time to be shocked. He had to retreat temporarily under the attack of the melee trio.
So weird...
He didn't feel that there was any problem with the process of casting magic. Why was there such a big deviation in power and speed?
Moreover, these little ghosts, who had been suppressed by him and had difficulty moving before, suddenly became much stronger and their attack speed became so fast that he had a vague illusion that they were being suppressed.
Could it be that... the "full moon" just now not only took away the moon magic from him, but also had a certain increase in the power of these little ghosts?
With such doubts, Mia Rhodes exchanged several moves with these young men who were pressing him step by step at close range, and finally began to recover his strength.
No, it's not that they are getting stronger...it's that he is getting weaker!
Moreover—this decline has not stopped, it is actually continuing!
How could this sinister thing have such power?!
He didn't remember that Phises had studied this kind of curse that would cause people to continuously weaken?!
Moreover, they were now housed in the same magical instrument, practically twins. If he died, the other couldn't escape either... Was he crazy?!
The former space wizard never understood why Phises had been resisting him until now, but his previous ease was obviously unsustainable as his realm was rapidly falling. He suddenly jumped up and prepared to get rid of Xi Mu, who posed the greatest threat to him, first.
But... to be honest, Ximu herself also found it very strange.
She knew that the Moon Staff was imbued with Phises's will and could provide them with some protection—but she had no idea why Mia Rodes's condition had suddenly taken a turn for the worse.
For some reason, she always felt that there was a faint singing sound floating in her ears, but the voice did not belong to any of her companions at the scene, and it was very distant, giving people the illusion that it came from the other side of time and space.
She was neither a priest nor a magician, so she couldn't tell whether it was a summons or the beginning of some kind of magic, or whether it was just an auditory hallucination related to altars and temples caused by the mental instability after using the "Thorn of the End" too much.
But she felt a power very similar to the "Thorn of the End" in her body.
It’s not an “intention to die”, but… a power that also comes from a certain “authority”.
Could it be that... at the moment when the full moon came, Phises, who was secretly helping them, briefly opened a passage connecting them to somewhere else?
Yes, Mialods can steal Phises's moon magic, so Phises should also be able to use some of his spatial power.
He lay dormant for many years, hiding this power until the very end. I think it was all for the purpose of breaking the balance of power in one fell swoop at the most critical moment, so that the shaky scales would completely tilt towards him!
Knowing how precious this opportunity that had gone through layers of preparation was, Ximu faced Mia Rhodes's attack head-on, too openly to look like an assassin, with only the unwavering determination to take his opponent's life in his eyes!
This resolute look tinged with hatred reminded the great magician of his old friend. His declining predicament stimulated his emotions, making the corpse-like man's face hideous, as if he had regained life and came back to life for a short time.
"Why don't you all understand...why do you always have to get in my way?!"
The whistling space fragments twisted into a roaring long snake, broke through the blockade of the purple gravity barrier, opened its mouth and bit Ximu!
"It's fine if those mediocre people don't understand, but why are you the same? I thought you could understand me. I even invited you to rule the world together! - It's fine if you don't want to. Why would you rather place your hope on these weak ants than believe that I can create a better world than the current one?"
Because you don't look like someone who could create that kind of world...
Xi Mu complained coldly in her heart. She hesitated for a moment whether to say it out loud or just to provoke him again, but after thinking it over, she decided not to do so. She didn't want to fail to find the flaw and instead make him desperate.
Seeing that Mia Rhodes's attention was greatly drawn to her, she calmly sent a signal to Ruisha in the distance while circling in the air.
The distance was indeed a bit far... but with Ruixia's keenness and ability, she would definitely be able to detect it.
Sure enough, after Ruixia nodded at her from a distance, she reached into her pocket and pressed a switch - almost at the same time, the water surface somewhere behind Mia Rhodes suddenly exploded, and a huge figure broke out of the water, stretched out his abnormally long hands, and pounced on him from behind with a scream!
This move was secretly set up when Mia Rodes was chasing him all over the field at the beginning... After that, everyone moved around normally as if nothing had happened, and after several twists and turns, they finally brought the enemy to the right position.
A cold snort echoed in the air. Although Mia Rhodes noticed the huge size of the thing behind him, he instantly realized that it was a mechanical puppet.
No matter how weak he was, he could not be hurt by this soulless iron lump.
A barrier containing the power of space immediately unfolded, and the puppet's hands that had first rushed towards it disappeared without a trace, as if it had been taken into an inscrutable other dimension.
But the moment he saw the doll's face clearly, no matter how disdainful and calm he was, the man was still slightly stunned.
Although some deformation had occurred, making the face look a little stiff and lifeless, some of its former beautiful features still remained.
—Milliana?
The real princess had long ago passed away with regret and despair. The mechanical doll that could move freely was just a copy made by Ruixia based on Millianna's alienated appearance.
"If he still harbors any remorse towards Millianna, then the princess appearing in this state will surely shake his mind. If he's simply a villain exploiting a young girl's affections, he certainly won't remain indifferent when faced with a victim who suddenly appears before him!"
After listening to Ruixia's explanation, Weixia sighed deeply, and after being sad for a long time, she finally agreed to this move.
Yes, it only takes a moment... a moment is enough!
But Mia Lloyds's reaction was obviously faster than they expected.
After a brief moment of astonishment, he hooked his fingers, guiding the spatial force that had been contaminated on the puppet to spread all the way, dissolving the puppet on the spot at an extremely fast speed.
"You have every right to hate me."
Perhaps it was because he saw the beautiful woman as the morning light through the face of the doll that Mia Rhodes left the head to the end, and there was even a hint of sigh in his tone.
"You are the only weak spot in Guanyue Tower. There is no way you can be bypassed... I am sorry for you in this matter."
"Then... take your dirty stuff back!"
A clear voice suddenly came out of the puppet's throat. Although it had a bit of a mechanical sound, it was almost identical to Millianna herself.
...Not to mention Mia Rhodes, everyone except Ruisha who was watching cautiously from a distance was obviously not informed of this in advance, and they were immediately shocked by these tough words.
After saying that, the puppet suddenly opened its mouth, and a tiny object shot out from its mouth, piercing straight into his forehead like a hidden weapon!
After seeing clearly that it was the ring he had given to Millianna that year, Mialods barely even raised his hand, and directly controlled his magic power to shatter it in mid-air.
The next second, the scene in front of him changed drastically, and he suddenly came to the other side of the lake from his original position.
Space jump?
Before he could think about the trick, a cold "sense of death" floated in from an extremely difficult to detect blind spot, brushed past him, and wherever it passed, everything was silent and empty.
The girl with a black spike mark on her forehead shifted her gaze from the scratch on his body to his face, looked into his eyes, and said quietly:
"—I got you."
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