Chapter 406 Isag’s Reaction

The mage did not appear directly within the territory of the Yisage Empire, but instead appeared in the border forests of the Yisawuheilan Empire. Here, he used an ancient secret technique to conceal all his spiritual fluctuations, then disguised himself as a fifth-tier mage and walked into the territory of the Yisage Empire.

In just one month, the mage, disguising himself as an adventurer, thoroughly investigated the territory of the Bosuoluo family in this empire. After obtaining this information, he quickly traveled towards their territory. Just as he had learned many years ago, the Yisage Empire was rich in various magic materials and precious crystals and gems. Although the mage was very tempted by these magic materials, he knew his main purpose for this visit and did not engage in any looting in these places.

After careful planning, the mage attacked a medium-sized city in the Bosuoluo family's territory one night. He tore a black parchment scroll mixed with blue starlight, which was a ranged attack spell he had acquired from the Hebrews. Of course, the mage paid a considerable price back then to acquire these ranged attack spells.

After tearing the scroll, the mage began to prepare for escape. This was, after all, within the territory of the Yisage Empire, and he couldn't be sure how many powerful practitioners would intercept him after releasing the spell. He tore open a space rift and then stood by the rift, calmly observing the effect of the spell.

A light blue Nine-pointed Star Magic Array appeared above the medium-sized city. After countless magic scripts flew out from the array, countless beams of starlight descended from the sky. Then, the Nine-pointed Star Magic Array began to rotate rapidly, emitting several blue light pillars that heavily struck the city.

Each light pillar was dozens of meters thick, and these pillars were emitted randomly, quickly leaving the city riddled with pits dozens of meters deep. Seeing this effect, the mage nodded with satisfaction, then entered the space rift and left immediately. Just within two breaths after he left, seven or eight space rifts appeared around the city. These people, with grim faces, searched the surroundings to quickly find the attacker.

"Tell me, what is this all about?" Shortly after, an old man arrived here through a Six-pointed Star Magic Array. He looked at the still-active ranged attack spell and asked the early arrivals with a grim face. "Star Mage, I want to know when you managed to offend a Star Mage."

"Sir," a female white-robed mage bowed and said, "We did not offend a high-level Star Mage. When I arrived here, I detected traces of spatial fluctuations. I think the other party cast the spell using a scroll and then left." She added, "If he had come here to prepare such a powerful spell, it would have taken him nearly half a magical hour to prepare it. By then, we would have detected him much earlier."

The old man looked at the completely destroyed city, which had contained millions of people, now vanished without a trace. Thinking this, he quickly instructed others to continue the investigation here, while this elder mage began chanting a spell at the place where Shaoke had disappeared.

As the chant ended, scenes of Shaoke's arrival and departure re-emerged. Fortunately, the mage had been using a support spell to cover his face, so this elder mage could not detect anything useful from the restored images. After seeing the mage tear the scroll, the old mage let out a low howl, then swung his staff, and a small Six-pointed Star Magic Array appeared beneath his feet, and he disappeared into the air.

At that time, Shaoke had to tear open space two more times to reach outside the Yisage Empire. Just as he was about to leave, a Six-pointed Star Magic Array arrived here. Clearly, this was the elder mage from Yisage pursuing him.

The elder mage instantly locked onto Shaoke. Without a word, he swung his staff continuously, and then thousands of magic scripts floated around him. These scripts quickly adhered together, forming a huge tornado that flew towards Shaoke.

Shaoke instantly activated his two layers of defensive spells and then began to counterattack. After a few rapid incantations, he tore the magic puppet off his neck and threw it to the ground. This caused countless stones from the earth to fly up, forming a giant under the mage's control. The giant roared and charged towards the tornado.

Shaoke did not stop his spellcasting process. He continuously cast three Sixth Rank Rending Rays to attack the elder mage. During this, he also summoned his spellbook.

A black Blue Rhombus Flower grew larger in front of the mage. As he quickly chanted, a huge eye slowly appeared before him. But just as this spell took shape, the elder mage instantly blinked behind Shaoke and released a prepared Ninth Rank spell to attack him. Shaoke had to use this spell to block the attack, then quickly blinked away.

After three consecutive blinks, the Yisage elder mage kept closely following Shaoke, forcing the mage to only cast sixth-level spells to attack him. But these spells couldn't even break through the elder mage's last layer of defensive spells, posing no threat to him. In contrast, the elder mage could still prepare spells while blinking, making Shaoke realize the situation was critical.

Using command technique, Shaoke released a series of simple ancient command spells: 'Command the Void's Will,' 'Command the Dust Storm,' 'Command the Lost,' 'Command the Curse of Dizziness.' However, these could not stop the Yisage elder mage's attack. Shaoke could only barely avoid being hit.

At their rank, if an opponent's spell locks onto them, they must either rely on dozens of times stronger mental power or magic power to shake off the attack or use spells to counteract it. At this point, no mage could dodge the opponent's spell attack, unless the caster had unstable spell control in some special situation.

After Shaoke blocked another array-shaped spell attack from the elder mage, the giant stone figure shattered the tornado and entered the fray. The giant stone figure, over ten meters tall, floated in the air like a barbarian warrior, causing some trouble for the Tenth Tier mage. The elder mage cast another spell to repel the stone figure and then frowned. He hadn't expected this blind ninth-level caster to be so powerful, delaying him for so long without killing him, which made him, as a Tenth Tier mage, very impatient.

After a brief thought, the elder mage began preparing a powerful Tenth-level Spell. He knew that if he couldn't kill the opponent even after releasing this powerful Tenth-level Spell, he would lose the chance to strike again. After all, the continent's rules stipulated that unless for major wars or other important reasons, Tenth Tier mages should not use powerful spells and Aura to attack enemies.

Watching magic scripts fly out of the elder mage's mouth and merge into the spell structure in the void, Shaoke felt a strong threat. Under his control, the giant punched at the elder mage, but the elder mage's defensive spells shattered the giant's fists and arms. However, the mage remained calm and controlled the stone figure to fall slightly below, while he began chanting a spell to prepare a magical attack.

This spell, apart from his Death Will, was his most powerful magical attack. Shaoke quickly formed complex hand gestures, and a spell structure emerged. When the structure formed, he chanted a few short syllables in ancient magical language, and the spell structure, receiving enough magical energy, took shape as a giant beast. The giant beast appeared and howled, then charged towards the distant elder mage.

At that moment, the elder mage also prepared his spell. A milky white light enveloped him, and countless light points condensed into a light pillar that flew towards the mage's giant beast. The giant beast formed by the spell suddenly opened its mouth and spewed out an Eighth Tier spatial spell, Void Blade, but this spell only cut a small space rift before being dispersed by the light pillar.

The black giant beast and the pure white light pillar collided violently. After a series of intense explosions, the giant beast was dispersed by the light pillar. However, the milky white light pillar was almost completely dissipated in the air. Shaoke continuously cast two Death Slashes to completely disperse the light pillar.

"I didn't expect a mere ninth-level spell to be so strange," the elder mage said, twitching his mouth. At that moment, a powerful spiritual lock came from afar, making Shaoke unable to move. He felt as if he were surrounded by endless slaughter. At this point, Shaoke really wanted to open his eyes to see who was coming from afar.