The old witch who was wearing the mask explained to Leylin.
“Be careful; although Giant has lured the strongest enemy away, the remaining enforcers won’t be easy to deal with either…”
“Hehe… Those light Magi are like little rabbits. I’ve long since wanted to rip open their chests and savour the taste of their innards…”
A zombie-like dark Magus licked his lips as he turned into a gust of black wind, charging into the division’s building, whose defensive spell formation had broken down.
*Whoosh!*
As if his action signalled the start, dozens of strange colours with powerful energy waves radiating from them charged towards the division.
“Crap! It’s a trap, inform the team leader quickly!”
The light Magi who were by the entrance watched the dozens of dark Magi dashing towards them, and their expressions immediately changed. Even their voices cracked.
“Haha… Boss Giant may have some difficulty killing your leader, but it’s not a problem for him to stall for time! Even if your leader finds something wrong, it’ll be too late for him to save you…”
The old witch laughed loudly as she tossed two silver coloured metal balls towards the building.
*Boom!*
The silver metal balls both exploded like grenades. After the shock waves had dissipated, a spell continuously encircled the area and the air was contorted, even to the point that the energy particles in the air were unstable.
*Bzzt bzzt* The sound of electromagnetic interference boomed throughout the area.
“Not good! It’s an Elemental Fluctuation Bomb! They actually have something like that!”
The light Magi’s faces were ashen as they quickly retreated.
“Alright! None of the communication spells work, and space magic is now impossible to use. Comrades enjoy this blood fest! You only have a limit of 5 minutes…”
The old witch waved her hand.
“Spirit Explosion!”
*Boom!* A translucent spirit suddenly appeared in the surroundings of the light Magi and exploded.
Against the energy waves that targeted the spirit, one light Magus retreated several steps. Blood began to flow from his seven facial orifices.
However, in the instant that he retreated, a translucent worm appeared from the contortions in the air, directly charging towards the light Magus.
*Ka-Cha!* A defensive lightning shield appeared around the light Magus’ body, protecting him within.
*Pu!* The lightning shield crumpled like paper in the face of the worm, shattering from just the first touch. The crystal like worm drove its way right into the Magus’ mouth.
“Ugh…” The light Magus’ face turned purple, looking like an eggplant as he clutched at his throat and collapsed.
“Hehe, I don’t usually have the luxury of using magic as I please and collecting souls! Same rules, all spirits collected in battles must be handed over to me. I guarantee a good price!”
Silver light permeated the old witch’s hands as she retrieved a crystal ball from her robes and approached the light Magus, who had lost all signs of resistance. Her lips moved non-stop as she chanted something.
Following her incantation, the light Magus’ eyes became blurry, and an indistinct human figure was pulled out from that Magus’ body.
“This old witch is really a lunatic! She’s actually collecting spirits directly from the battlefield!”
Leylin watched her work, unperturbed by her surroundings, and suddenly began to regret his initial decision.
However, it was just for a moment that he shot a glance in the direction of the old witch. Immediately after, he spilled some red powder onto his two hands.
“Crimson Palm!”
As he chanted, a layer of crimson coloured light suffused both of Leylin’s arms. His palms turned extremely slender, and his fingernails turned razor sharp and also slightly transparent.
This was a rank 1 spell from the Book of Giant Serpent that Leylin had long since recorded into his memory through the A.I. Chip.
Although his rank 1 spell’s might was a little lower, with only a degree of 20 or so, with the addition of his elemental essence conversion, it was enough to deal with a normal rank 1 Magus.
Right now, Leylin was hiding his identity, so innate gifts and spells that were eye catching could not be used.
However, he had already prepared another set of spells to cast in times like this.
[Host’s palms have had a slight adjustment in strength. Strength in arms are now stronger, with an added effect of poison!] The A.I. Chip’s voice intoned.
Looking at the surroundings, where every Magus had found his or her own opponent, Leylin smiled as he casually picked on a light Magus who came charging at him.
*Crash!*
The slender, yet extremely menacing fingers clawed through the void, and large energy waves surged through the air as if the surface of a lake had been ripped through.
Leylin’s body flashed as his red shadow rapidly moved around on the battlefield, leaving behind only a series of mirages.
“Who exactly are you guys? Which organisation are you from?”
The opponent that Leylin chose was a middle-aged man wearing loose white robes, yet an extremely aged voice came from his larynx.
Leylin only clawed viciously as a reply.
*Thump!*
Leylin struck with his right hand, directly slashing a few marks onto the opposing Magus’ body.
In front of Leylin’s Crimson Palm, the official Magus’ standard white robes were like paper, getting slashed into pieces, and leaving behind a large hole.
“Elemental Shield!” The middle-aged Magus roared.
Brown energy particles gathered unceasingly and solidified to form a thin, yellow, full-body armour, protecting his entire body. Even his head was shielded with a helmet, leaving just a pair of sparkling eyes.
“I will ask again, who is behind this attack, dark Magus!” The middle aged man continuously staggered backwards, his hands stealthily reaching into his robes.
“You talk too much!”
Leylin struck again, his crimson claws leaving a scratch on the yellow armour.
“It’s useless!” The middle aged Magus howled. Traces of brown energy particles were continuously being absorbed into the dents of the armour, quickly restoring most traces of damage.
[Target’s innate spell has been scanned and recorded. Beginning simulation and parameter testing to find out the weakest point!]
The A.I. Chip’s voice intoned. It also projected the 3D image of a human figure wearing the yellow armour. Several points on the armour were marked red, representing the weak points.
While Leylin attacked, the middle-aged Magus withdrew a scroll from his robes, from which tremendous energy waves emanated.
“A formidable spell in a scroll? I can’t let him activate it!” Leylin’s pupils contracted as he let loose an extremely high-pitched shriek.
“Hisssss…” This was the voice of an extremely venomous snake, and was so unpleasant to the ears that it could draw goosebumps from others.
When the sound waves reached the middle-aged Magus, a blank look appeared on his face, and the speed at which he was opening the scroll slowed.
“Right here!” Leylin’s footsteps moved in a bizarre manner as he rapidly increased his speed and covered a distance of over ten meters. In the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of the middle-aged Magus.
The bright red light of the Crimson Palm on his right hand shone even more vividly as he clawed at the area 3 inches above the Magus’ abdomen, which was protected by his armour.
The first claw! A depression the size of a fist appeared in the brown armour, and a large part of the armour fell.
The second claw! The middle-aged Magus’ innate defensive spell was destroyed by Leylin.
“No! Please forgive me, the value of a Magus kept in captive is high!”
It was obvious that this light Magus was used to li
ving a privileged lifestyle, and lacked the will to even fight for his own life, sinking to his knees in front of Leylin.
However, Leylin’s face was ice cold, like a thousand year old frost. His right hand struck again, crushing the middle-aged Magus’ head like a watermelon.
*Crunch!*
White brain matter and scarlet blood stained Leylin’s hands. His hands seemed even more demonic and alluring.
“There’s an unexpected reward!”
Leylin picked up the Magus’ scroll, his face filled with glee.
“A pretty good scroll; the energy waves are extremely strong. It seems like it should be able to hold its own even amongst rank 1 spells! It should be worth quite a bit of magic crystals…”
Right at this moment, a wretched scream caught Leylin’s attention.
Chapter 166 – A Successful Retreat
Leylin turned around and saw the baldy’s snake shoot an ice bullet, which shattered the innate defense spell of his opponent.
At the same time, the precious boa of his charged, revealing razor sharp fangs and sinking them into the light Magus’ neck.
Baldy’s opponent was a rather young looking Magus with blonde hair and blue eyes. He had an extremely cheery disposition.
It was a pity, however, that right now, this light Magus had death written all over his face. With the continuous constriction of the boa, his life was drained away.
After killing the light Magus, the baldy’s Venom Snake threw Leylin a provocative look.
However, Leylin acted as if he saw nothing, and dashed right into the division of the Ennea Ivory Ring Tower.
“Right now, he wants to be petty about such things and not steal treasures? This Magus is definitely somewhat mental!”
Leylin hurriedly ran past the doors and arrived at a place that seemed to be a library.
“These are all information meant for acolytes, so I’ll forgo them. A.I. Chip, scan!” Leylin’s eyes hurriedly swept the area. This library consisted of two floors, and the total area was rather huge. However, Leylin had read most of the books found here before, so they were not of much value to him.
[Beep! Mission establishing, beginning scan…]
After which, a light blue image was formed and appeared in Leylin’s vision.
Through this image, Leylin could easily discover that between the two floors, there was an extremely tiny passage.
Right now, there was no one in the library, and books and chairs were strewn across the floor. It seemed that the people who were here had escaped quickly.
Leylin strode past the lobby and came to the hidden spot.
“It’s in here huh?”
Leylin looked at the wall before his hands punched into it without hesitation!
*Boom!* Dust flew around in the room, and an extremely narrow passage was revealed at the collapsed portion of the wall.
“Hmm?”
The passage was extremely short, and at the back, there was a small room. There were several shelves upon which some memory crystal balls sat on. Moreover, in the room sat three quivering acolytes.
“Ennea Ivory Ring Tower huh? George isn’t here!”
Leylin gave a quick scan and slightly waved his Crimson Palm.
A blurry red light filled the small room.
The three acolyte’s eyes turned red, and they immediately lost consciousness, their bodies still trembling as signs of life became less obvious. From the looks of it, they wouldn’t live past today.
In front of an official Magus like Leylin, these regular acolytes’ lives were like those of ants. With just a slight misstep, he might accidentally kill a few of them.
Leylin paid no mind as he stepped across the acolytes’ bodies, which were still involuntarily trembling, and came to the front of one of the wooden shelves.
“Elementary Meditation Techniques” “Potioneering Foundations…” “Rune Theories” “Study of Particles”
The crystal balls on the wooden shelves were more valuable items, which could immediately transmit information into a magician’s mind without them forgetting anything.
Leylin’s eyes swept past the crystal balls and noticed that they contained information meant for acolytes, which was not of much use to him. However, there was a clutter of black crystal balls in the middle of all of them, with various tags showing the high-grade information stored within. This caused Leylin to grin…
A dozen seconds later, Leylin walked out from the library, which combusted in flames just seconds later.
At this moment, the whole division was in chaos, with magic spells being continuously fired across the battlefield.
After killing most of the official Magus enforcers, most of the division’s defenses fell apart.
Some were even acolytes who couldn’t resist the attacks of a group of dark Magi!
The dark Magi wilfully plundered resources as they deemed fit, destroying everything they could see before them, and letting loose their inner cravings for darkness.
Leylin watched the scene with a blank expression, using the A.I. Chip to scan the entire branch.
He didn’t have much time, and there was at most a few minutes before Nightless City’s allied forces arrived. No matter how insane Leylin was, he wouldn’t dare to contend with a large number of light Magi.
“From the structure, this isn’t a division of the academy. Rather, this is more similar to a research organisation, with a lot fewer people here…”
Leylin traversed an area with disorganised architecture and idly looked around.
“I found it!”
An excited voice rang out. “Guys, come here! I’ve found the entrance to the secret plane!”
“Hm?”
“That’s great!”
Multiple equally eager voices came for all around the region, and the dark Magi from before all gathered in a small garden.
Here, the large Rodent Magus was constantly rubbing his black claws, his beard sticking up, and his tiny eyes greedily fixated upon an oval object in the sky.
That object seemed to be a mirror with silver rays of light surrounding it. In the centre was a deep and dark spiral.
“I’m sorry, my magic can only show you the entrance to the secret plane. It will take some time to forcefully gain entry!”
The large Rodent immediately asked, “Which of you captured any opposing Magi? Interrogate them and get the password and method to enter!”
“Look for Old Devil, she’s an expert in this field!”
The zombie-like Magus was carrying the naked corpse of a female acolyte, gnawing her flesh from time to time as if savouring a delicacy.
“Hehe… That Magus’ spirit was extracted smoothly by me earlier; it seems like this will be a great harvest!”
The old witch cackled and walked towards the silver circular hole, while chanting an extremely awkward sounding incantation.
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