“Damn it, I knew those bastards’ plan was not reliable!” Mia’s face changed. “Retreat immediately!”
Hill and Fein glanced at each other, doubt surfacing on their faces.
Even if Julian and Leylin stood shoulder to shoulder, they were merely two Hydro Phase Magi. On the other hand, their group had a bunch of Crystal Phase Magi who had been famous for a long time, how could they run away from them with their tails tucked between their legs?
But subsequently, their facial expressions drastically changed.
“Pssssst!”
A menacing Blood Serpent’s shadow abruptly bombarded the surrounding haze. The whole spell formation was immediately breached.
Warriors wearing dark red Magus robes with Giant Kemoyin Serpent tattoos surrounded the area, and covered Leylin who had just been promoted to the Crystal Phase.
“Ouroboros Clan Warlocks?”
Hill cried out beneath his breath, knowing that today’s business would be hard to handle…
WMW Chapter 475
Explosion and Encirclement
“You lot knew our plans from the very beginning?” As Mia looked at how they were heavily surrounded, her face turned grim.
The fighting strength of high-ranked Warlocks, especially that of Warlocks like Leylin and Julian, could without a doubt compare to ordinary Magi in the Crystal Phase.
The Blood Serpent Warlock Organisation was the elite force of Freya’s family, not something to be trifled with. They were actually dispatched all at once, and were even led by Freya herself, a Crystal Phase Warlock!
Due to the additional power from their bloodlines, Warlocks were usually stronger than ordinary Magi. Once they advanced to the Crystal Phase, they would immediately be able to compare to peak Crystal Phase Magi.
Given all this, it was no wonder that Mia’s face looked glum.
“All of you have been wreaking havoc near the territory of the Ouroboros Clan! How can we let all of you go so easily?” Freya wore a tight-fitting hunting suit, and looked extremely heroic. Of course, that was only if one ignored the childish face.
“River Agu’s warehouse robbery, the extermination of the Rolithe Family, and Count Oakta’s disappearance. Who exactly is the mastermind behind all these?”
Freya stared at the three Magi, and an extreme feeling of danger overwhelmed her.
To subdue and order three vicious Magi in the Crystal Phase was not something that could be done by any ordinary power. With the addition of the chain of events that had occurred recently, Freya had a bad premonition.
“Just the Ouroboros Clan?” Mia’s group of three Magi all registered smiles of disdain.
“Watch out! Lest they…” After seeing that smile, Leylin’s pupils shrank, and he quickly gave a reminder.
*Boom! Boom! Boom!* Three other rays of black clashed with the Blood Serpent Organisation like lightning, overcoming the strong obstructions before arriving next to Mia’s group.
“Three… Crystal Phase!” Freya grit her teeth, and she sounded bitter.
Little did she expect that the opponents had reinforcements, which obviously meant that they had made preparations with regards to the plan of hers.
She was already at the limit of her current strength in subduing three Crystal Phase Magi. But now that there were three more? Freya felt her heart sink.
“What now? If you don’t wish for the elites in your family to perish here, then release us now!” Mia’s voice had a tinge of complacency.
“That’s not enough! He needs to stay!” The three Crystal phase Magi who’d appeared afterwards pointed at Leylin.
“What? Why?” Leylin touched his nose.
“The damage you’ve done to us is not light, and only the Demon Hunter’s rewards can make up for it!” Hill shot Leylin a look before glancing at Freya.
“He is not a Warlock from your family. Miss Freya, I presume you wouldn’t want to simply treat us as your enemies just for a member of your organisation?”
Leylin rolled his eyes internally. It would be impossible for discord to be sowed with such simple tactics. However, due to the fact that personal interests were involved, this could bring about more trouble.
Thankfully, Leylin had not planned to put his own safety in the hands of others, and had backup plans already.
“The Demon Hunter?” Freya muttered to herself. She had heard of how Leylin and a few others had offended that particular Morning Star Magus. If those Crystal phase fugitives were under the Demon Hunter’s wings, it would be understandable.
Many of the Warlocks thought of that point, and after hearing Hill’s words they looked at Leylin in a different light.
Even though they belonged to the same organisation, and they’d had some friendly interactions before, Leylin was simply not important enough for them to offend a Morning Star Magus without hesitation.
Morning Star Magi in the central continent had power and status, and their dignity could not be infringed upon lightly.
Even though the two organisations were hostile, they hadn’t yet completely fallen out with each other. As a result, many of the Warlocks thought that it was worth it to give up Leylin to get on Cyril’s good side.
A few Warlocks immediately distanced themselves from Leylin. This included the very Julian who had been fighting at his side all this while.
Freya’s face immediately registered a change. She grit her teeth as she looked at the numerous Warlocks from her family.
“Leylin is a Marquis of our clan, we will never hand him over!”
“Master!”
A clamour was started amongst the Warlocks. From their point of view, their family did not have to do so much for an outsider.
“My decision is firm! All of you, quickly get out of my territory, or else you’ll come to regret it!” Freya said firmly.
“The one who’ll come to regret it will be you!” Mia said furiously, and together with the five figures behind her, turned to leave.
“Wait a minute!” Just when the Blood Serpent Organisation had made a path, an ill-timed voice sounded that caused both parties to look around.
“Leylin, don’t do anything rash!” Freya’s voice betrayed her anxiety.
Even though they were related by bloodline, the Ouroboros Clan was divided into many factions that competed with each other. This was the most she could do for Leylin. Were he to go and provoke them without discrimination, Freya would not risk the danger of her family’s elimination to accompany him.
She looked at Leylin’s back, and bit her lips.
“What? Youngster, you’re lucky today to be able to hide under the skirt of a woman. Next time, you won’t be so lucky!” Mia raised her giant hammer and threatened him.
“Three Crystal Phase Magi for the ambush, and another three as backup… this should be the limits of your strength!” A blue light shone in Leylin’s eyes as he sighed, “Don’t use the Hunter as a facade, he’s not fit for that!”
“Hmmm? What did you just say?” Fury appeared on the faces of some of the Crystal Phase Magi.
“What I’m saying is that you have to stay here today. There’s no escaping from that, even if you’re using the name of a Morning Star Magus!” Leylin’s tone was light, but seemed to emphasise his words. At the same time, a mountainous might instantly erupted from his body.
“Crystal… Crystal Phase! How long have you been…” Freya covered her mouth in extreme shock.
Giant Kemoyin Serpent Warlocks would typically depend on the accumulation of time to make a breakthrough via their bloodlines. Freya’s own breakthrough to the Crystal Phase at her age had deemed her a genius.
But Leylin? He was only 200 years old, and yet had already broken through the bottleneck to the Crystal Phase!
Freya immediately thought of the changed situation on the battlefield after Leylin revealed his strength.
The other party had a total of six Crystal Phase Magi, and Freya’s side had two with the addition of Leylin Julian and the other members o
f her organisation could at most resist the attacks of three Crystal Phase Magi. Overall their strength was still lower than that of their opponents.
Of course, in that case, for the other party to want to cause great damage to Freya’s team, their chances at succeeding would be greatly minimised.
With the small disparity in strength and the apprehensions about damages on both sides, ordinary threats would have no effects.
“I’ll deal with these three Crystal Phase Magi! You can settle the remaining ones right?” Leylin had undone the pretense of the transfiguration spell, and had released his entire strength without any qualms as he pointed to Mia’s initial group of three.
“No problem!” With Freya’s Crystal Phase strength and the addition of Julian and the Blood Serpent Warlock Organisation’s support, to annihilate the three Magi would not be a problem. It would only be a matter of time.
“But, are you sure you’re up to it?” Freya glanced at Leylin, and in her eyes was worry that she could not conceal. After all, the enemies were Crystal phase Magi as well.
“Haha… Don’t worry…” Leylin laughed, and numerous black flames shot out like arrows as they trapped Mia, Hill, and Fein within.
He actually wanted to, in one move, deal with three Magi that were similar in strength to him together.
“I’ll grant your death wish! Just nice, my Bloodthirsty Hammer lacks the spiritual wailing of a Crystal Phase Magus!” Mia smiled coldly as she rushed forward with the metal hammer.
*Bam!* The heavy hammer rippled with terrifying amounts of energy, creating a huge crater on the ground.
“A lass who only uses brute force! I happen to detest beings like these lately!” Leylin’s silhouette grew translucent, giving off a glow which swiftly appeared before Mia.
“I cannot stand you, but it’s a piece of cake to subdue you!” Leylin’s eyes registered coldlness, a black ray slowly appeared from his hands.
“Fatality’s Tip!” The black ray of death tunneled through the hammer and the innate defensive spells, shooting at Mia’s forehead like black lightning. When it exited, it brought with it a large amount of blood as well as brain matter.
*Bang!* It was not until Mia’s corpse fell to the ground that Hill and Fein reacted to it.
What had they seen? The famed Mia who was known for her hammer, someone at the peak of the Crystal Phase, died at the hands of her opponent. The two had not even dueled for a few seconds.
‘Could it be that he has already advanced to the Morning Star realm?’
All of a sudden, an idea that shocked the two appeared within their thoughts, which instantly caused their limbs to become colder.
Leylin himself had not expected the effects of the sudden attack to be so successful as well.
He had originally already reached the state of a rank 3 Hydro Phase Magus, and with his bloodline strength matured to an extent, he had managed to prematurely reach his limits now together with the help of the Lamia fingerbone.
Currently, he not only had a terrifying spiritual force, his other credentials had far surpassed that of ordinary Crystal Phase Magi by a huge margin.
This terrifying strength had the support of the powerful spell tailored for him by the A.I Chip— Fatality’s Tip!
All the factors had come together, and perhaps with the help of Mia’s complacency, he had managed to achieve such success. Even Leylin himself was grateful for this stroke of luck that arrived just in time.
“It seems that in my current state, few can match up to me unless they’re at or above the Morning Star realm!”
Leylin looked at the venue which had instantly quieted down, and let out a sigh of relief.
“What are you looking at?”
Freya was distracted for only a short while before she instantly ordered the gathering of the Blood Serpent Warlocks. Leylin’s terrifying outburst had allowed her to see hope for subduing and annihilating the opponents here!
The thought of her earlier humiliation seemed to have triggered the adventurer in her.
WMW Chapter 476
Invincible
“Surround them! Formation number 2!” Under Freya’s command, the Blood Serpent Organisation firmly trapped the three other Crystal Phase Magi in a formation.
With their own strength and the assistance of Julian’s expertise in sneak attacks, the three Crystal Phase Magi in the formation were immediately surrounded by danger.
“It’s your turn now!” Seeing that the three Magi had no hope of escaping, Leylin turned towards Hill and Fein on the opposite end, a brilliant smile spreading across his face.
To the two Magi on the other end, though, this smile was more frightening than that of a demon’s.
Upon seeing Leylin’s grin, they knew that he definitely would not let them off, and immediately rushed to take action first.
The moment Hill had that thought, numerous black thorns instantly appeared, bursting forth in the blink of an eye.
“Umbra Sting!” The many sharp thorns screeched across the sky and scattered down like a torrential rain of spikes.
“Useless!” A layer of dense scales emerged on Leylin’s body. All that the thorns could do on collision with these scales was make a loud noise before snapping apart, merely causing white specks to appear on the black scales.
Leylin’s physique had always been extremely shocking, and the current him could practically fight against any rank 1 or rank 2 Magus with his body alone. With the addition of the Kemoyin scales that strengthened his defense, even if he went up against a rank 3 Magus in the Crystal Phase, any spells used against him would have nearly no effect unless they were prepared over a long time.
In the middle of the black rain, Leylin seemed to have transformed into a giant savage beast, advancing while sheltered from the numerous sparks.
This ferocious posture instantly scared the wits out of the two Magi.
“What we do now? Quick, think of something!” Hill shouted at Fein next to him, cold sweat dripping down his forehead.
He was very clear on how terrifying the effects of his spell were, but the other party had unexpectedly resisted it with a mere layer of scales. How strong was his body?
Perhaps only the legendary Morning Star Magi, whose bodies had been transformed by soul force, could compare to him.
“Gaia’s Cage!” Fein did not waste any time either. A multitude of yellow crystals appeared around him as he muttered a long unintelligible chant without pause.
When he was done chanting, the earth shook, causing the soil to disintegrate and reveal a sparkling jade structure within.
A cage brimming with the resplendent radiance of a gem suddenly fell upon Leylin, covering him and trapping him inside.
“Earth Elves! Listen to my instructions, bury him completely in the abyss…”
A cheery look briefly appeared on Fein’s face before he hurriedly started casting more spells as numerous rays of dull yellow light flashed. Large amounts of soil coagulated to form an even bigger rock that buried him inside. The earth even started to crack apart, as though wanting to swallow up the cage deep into itself.
“Well done, Fein!” Hill, who was on the other side, immediately yelled excitedly, but then saw his comrade’s forced smile.
“Be careful! He’s struggling inside, I can’t control it any longer!” Following loud thumps that made one’s heart palpitate, the numerous rocks swelled and broke apart to form huge cracks.
The many cracks then connected to each other and broken rocks suddenly fell everywhere, as though there was a dreadful creature locked up inside that was struggling so hard with mere brute force that the entire cage seemed to have gotten misshaped.
With every thump, Fein’s expression grew a little paler, as though he was getting punched hard. By the end of his chant, he spat out large mouthfuls of fresh blood, and almost looked like he was dead.
“The… The seal!” Fein tried his best to say as blood gushed out in large amounts from the corner of his mouth.
*Boom!* The very mountains shook, and the huge cage of rock was sent into the cracks just before everything completely fell apart. The earth slowly closed up.
“Great!” Hill cheered, finally managing to let his guard down.
*Thump!* At this moment, he saw his comrade Fein faint, as though he had already used up all of his energy.
“Don’t worry, buddy! I’ll take you away now!”
Hill’s eyes flickered in multiple colours. Peering over at the few black silhouettes belonging to the Blood Serpent Warlock Organisation who were not far away, he gritted his teeth and left quickly.
“Master?” Julian looked over at the location where Leylin had been buried, “Aren’t we going to help?”
“Don’t worry. That fellow has never been blocked by an obstacle, he definitely still has something up his sleeve!” Freya rolled her eyes, “Why are you speaking up for him all of a sudden? You clearly approved of the ceasefire previously!”
‘That was when I didn’t know that the other party was so perverse!’ Julian secretly criticised, but did not dare to express it in words.
“Lord Leylin actually revealed his true ability and will likely be the biggest hope in our clan. It will definitely grant him a status much higher than before…”
The highest authority in the Ouroboros Clan belonged to the three Morning Star Warlock elders, followed by a whole bunch of bloodline Marquises among whom the ownership was split.
But Julian knew that above these ordinary bloodline Marquises were actually a special group of people!
They were young Warlocks— children who had already achieved the Crystal Phase and had hopes of advancing to the Morning Star realm! Such people were few and far between in the entire Ouroboros Clan. Their status was only lower than that of the few rank 4 Warlocks, and they were provided with the best resources, aiming for nothing less than advancing to Morning Star.
Although Robin was Gilbert’s main steward, his actual position was previously lower than these seeds by a notch.
Of course, after getting some unknown profits, his strength had improved tremendously, and upon entering the Crystal Phase, Robin was on par with the others.
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