The culprit appears
It was not known whether Ruixia had not fallen into the illusion or had woken up before her. With his hands tightly bound by the chains around his body, he was struggling to crawl on the ground, as if he was preparing to take out some props hidden on his body with some weird posture.
Seeing Ximu break free from the chains immediately after waking up, he widened his eyes in surprise.
"Ximu, are you okay?! So good... Wow."
The brief exclamation fully expressed his admiration.
Ximu didn't delay at all and immediately swung his sword to help Ruixia escape - but this swift and powerful blow only passed through the transparent chain, without any real feeling of hitting.
After the second attack with magic power still missed, Ximu's eyes gradually darkened and his aura suddenly changed. It seemed that he was ready to burn his boats and directly use the "Thorn of the End".
"etc!"
Seeing her intention, Ruixia quickly leaned over to stop her.
"There's no time to waste."
She knew that Ruixia meant well and was worried that she would be affected by the frequent use of the holy weapon, but the situation was urgent and everyone had to be woken up as soon as possible. Otherwise, if something unexpected happened again, they would all die here silently.
"No, what I mean is - if you must use it, then just attack the mirror itself!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Ximu suddenly realized something, and then he took immediate action, turning around and running towards the mirror.
He was so focused on rescuing Ruixia that he forgot to shoot the horse first, and that it is fastest to capture the leader first!
A long blade as withered as a dead branch, filled with a monstrous deathly intent, appeared in her hand. The silver-haired girl resisted the murderous intent towards all living things in the world, flew up, and stabbed the sharp spike straight into the dazzling two-sided mirror!
A familiar cracking sound was heard.
A huge crack appeared on the flawless mirror surface, and then continued to grow and spread until it completely shattered, and the chains extending from the mirror also fell off and disappeared.
But——Ximu didn’t stab it.
Before the Thorn of the End touched it, the mirror seemed to have sensed it in advance and went through the process of disintegration, collapse, and shattering on its own, one step ahead of her.
Knowing that this situation must be unusual, Ximu immediately returned to his companions. Together with Ruixia, he woke up the others who had escaped, while carefully keeping an eye on the surrounding situation.
When everyone was finally fully awake, the last piece of the mirror fell to the ground, like falling into water, causing ripples that shouldn't have existed.
Then, the surrounding scene changed again. The living room-like layout on the second floor disappeared, and was replaced by a vast expanse of water that seemed to have swallowed up the entire starry sky.
……lake?
Recalling the dark lake outside the academy, Ximu tried to move his feet on the water, but found that he could walk on it as usual.
At this moment, the Moon Staff that had been put away by Sorens suddenly broke out of the ball, buzzing, as if it had discovered something and was on high alert.
"What's going on?"
Guessing that this might be some kind of bad sign, Morina glanced at Sorens and signaled him to stop standing there and quickly pick up the staff.
The brown-haired boy swallowed visibly, gritted his teeth and grasped the staff that originally belonged to the dean in his hand as if resigned to his fate. A series of complex emotions - such as "How can someone of my level wield the staff of someone favored by God? Are you crazy?" - flashed through his mind.
However, due to the various training and beatings during this period, his mental strength had obviously improved. After a brief hesitation, he temporarily put aside his doubts about himself and focused only on the most important issue that needed to be resolved at the moment.
And at the moment when the staff found support, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him, with disheveled hair and an unclear face.
This person looked dilapidated and soundless. He was tied up by countless chains that extended from the starlight under the water and looked like they were made of moonlight. He was kneeling on the water surface, motionless like a sculpture.
——Who is this?
Although Ximu and the others had seen what Feses looked like, the man in front of them had gray hair and his face was covered with loose hair, making it difficult to recognize him for a moment.
but……
The magical fluctuations of the Moon Staff did not reveal any joy of reunion after a long separation. The humming gradually subsided, and instead there was a sense of calm before the coming storm.
Everyone exchanged glances quickly, and the most perceptive Xi Muchen lowered his body and gave a simple reminder -
“…Here it comes!”
The moment the words fell, the stars reflected on the water surface suddenly rose into the sky, dragging long streaks of stars, and smashed towards their location like a cannonball!
"My goodness, isn't this the attack method of the moon magic? How come you, the vice-dean, like to be a thief so much!"
Although she had long known that Mialods had seized part of Phises's power, when she saw the other party using moves that should have belonged to friendly forces to attack them, Morina still couldn't help but curse out loud on the spot.
Such rapid firepower could not be confronted head-on, so Sorens immediately deployed a large-scale defensive barrier and gritted his teeth to start a counterattack.
After all, the other party is a great magician, and the total amount of magic power he possesses is far greater than his. Standing there and fighting him head-on will definitely be a dead end - instead of doing that, it is better to resist with all his strength from the beginning and directly open a path for his companions!
In fact, with Sorens' original level, even if he made rapid progress after training, it would be impossible for him to grow to the point where he could fight against an opponent like Mia Rhodes in a short period of time.
He was worried at first, even afraid that his barrier would collapse immediately under the enemy's attack... But the moment he used the Moon Staff to circulate magic power, the speed of magic circulation and the purity of magic power increased several times compared to the past, which also surprised him.
When they came into contact with the Moon Staff before, it seemed that there was no such obvious buff effect triggered... Could it be that the dean was secretly helping them?
Although they had some guesses in their hearts, to have such help at the moment was something they had been longing for.
Moreover, as the only magician, he always felt that the power of such a violent magic attack should be greater. However, whether it was due to the help of the staff or the enemy's failure to fully control the power of others, the counterattack barrier he cast not only temporarily prevented such a large-scale attack, but also successfully accumulated a large amount of magic power, and beat them back exactly as they were!
The bright stars exploded everywhere, and the lake surface that was originally as calm as a mirror had already become turbulent and chaotic. Everyone's figure was obscured and their position could not be seen at all.
At this moment - Ximu appeared behind the kneeling person without any warning, and the short knife in his hand was wrapped in black thunder, stabbing down with unstoppable force!
With the cover of water mist and stars, and the fleeting gaps, it was so sudden and close that ordinary people would never be able to dodge it easily!
However, the dark lightning failed to pierce the opponent's head, but suddenly turned to the side, directly cutting a close and unavoidable face-to-face blow!
Several magic circles unfolded in the sky above Mialods, not only firing magical attacks comparable to energy cannons, but also linking up with each other in space, shifting their attacks out of order through constant movement, making it truly impossible to defend against.
The complexity of this combination attack was such that even Ximu couldn't figure out the pattern immediately.
She immediately withdrew from the area where the attack was most intense, and covered Shiori and Vicia who had rushed in with her and retreated a little further - at the same time, Ruixia started artillery support from a distance, picked the moment when several magic circles were close to each other, and destroyed them all at once, which also relieved some pressure on her close combat partners.
The enemy also began to change their tactics at this time. The drifting magic circle was raised again, combined with each other, and evolved into a new formation, which brought down a needle-like attack as fine and swift as a rainstorm!
This type of attack was difficult to block one by one, so Sorens immediately lifted the previous large-scale barrier and instead applied separate defenses to each of his scattered teammates.
Such intensive attacks would soon exhaust the energy of the barrier. While the defense was still there, Ximu had no intention of a protracted battle. He summoned several clones and approached the target again under the cover of Zhui Neng and Wei Xiya.
While the other party focused their attention on Ximu, Ruixia in the back also joined the battle, deliberately using continuous magic crystal cannons to create chaos. If anyone was tripped, she would use a cannon to help them out. The accuracy and power of the cannonballs were well controlled.
"not good!"
Sorens, who had been trying his best to maintain the barrier, seemed to have discovered something, and his expression suddenly changed.
"There's space debris mixed in with the attack!"
Space magic is different from ordinary elemental magic. It requires the caster to master certain "laws" before using it. The corresponding power and authority are also very high, and it will cause great destructive power as soon as it comes into contact.
The defensive barrier that had been rubbed began to break visibly, but it was almost impossible to distinguish the ice debris in the heavy rain!
Almost at the same time, everyone reached for their waists and pressed a switch on their waist ornaments.
The next moment, a special energy field quickly expanded from this center, covering most of the space within their respective fields of vision, giving the attacks with spatial attributes a special color!
But even so, this kind of attack, which would move the objects it touched to an unknown location, could not be taken head-on.
With no other option but to use her dagger to chop off a piece of space debris that was heading straight for her vitals, but just as she escaped, the part where the blade connected to the debris disappeared instantly, leaving only a sudden broken blade.
Fortunately, Ruixia had considered this situation in advance.
When Ximu returned to his side, the black-haired boy swiftly took out a spare dagger that was identical in configuration, weight, and length to the previous one, and threw it over.
Xi Mu took it sleekly, glanced at Sorens, then turned to ask Ruixia: "How about it? Do you want to try it now?"
"Um."
Ruixia nodded and gave Sorens, who was also looking at her, a signal that said, "Go ahead, you have to give it a try."
With the help of Morina and the magic scroll, the young magician recovered a lot of his magic power, opened an ancient book out of thin air in front of him, and began to use some rare and forbidden spells.
"'Gravity Limit', on!"
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