Age of Adepts

The first moment Mary Berserk appeared on the scene, it attracted the attention of the fish-shaped star beast.

Both of them were rank 4 creatures, and had an extraordinarily keen intuition for the dangerous scent of each other. But to the star beasts, they were predators wandering in the depths of the starry sea, while the surface creatures were merely prey.

As for whether the prey was powerful or not, the difference only lay in the difficulty of the hunt!

So this strange star beast launched a swift and fierce attack at the first moment it found Mary.

This fish-like star beast's body was ten meters long, with a long, flat and narrow body, sharp beak, back and sides with sharp fins, resembling the deep sea pike ribbon fish in appearance. Its appearance resembles that of a deep-sea barracuda, except that its appearance is more fierce and hideous, and its appearance is also uglier.

The power of this strange star beast lay in its demon swallowing talent.

The surface of its seemingly smooth and unimaginative pitch-black body possessed an unusually odd layer of energy force field that could disrupt any formed sorcery structure to revert it back into chaotic and disordered magical energy, which could then be devoured and transformed into its own power to attack its enemies.

With this hand, it was the natural enemy of almost all elemental sorcerers!

However, if you think that its melee combat abilities are not good because it possesses the Demon Swallowing Talent, then you're wrong. With its long, narrow, sharp mouth and smooth, sharp fins, it is comparable to a 4th level demon-breaking weapon when propelled by extreme speed, and even in melee combat, this Star Beast has a killing power far greater than that of a creature of the Plane.

The fish-like star beasts were known for their speed and devouring demons, and the grand debuting Mary was also known for her exceptional agility. When two guys who also relied on speed for their living got together, the fighting scene was simply 'unwatchable'.

It was truly impossible to look directly at, not a description!

One fish and one person were like two erratic ghosts, chasing and fighting each other, leaving a trail of afterimages in the sky that were indistinguishable to the naked eye. Both sides chased and strangled each other, using all means to tear a piece of flesh and blood from each other's bodies, and the danger of their battles was no less than that of a bloody battlefield.

Human sorcerers rely more on sorcery, magic items, and various scrolls, potions, and instant wands to fight. Although human sorcerers themselves could inspire powerful elemental sorcery, when fighting at the same level, their enemies often did not give them enough time to cast spells.

Therefore, when fighting, Mary eschewed almost all attacks that required spell casting, and only used simple and straightforward physical attacks. As for her sorcery abilities, they were all embodied in the 'Tear', 'Bleed' and 'Sharp' sorcery effects attached to the Bee Stinger Dagger.

Mary was worthy of being a Blood Witch, and all of her combat tactics revolved around creating wounds on her enemies. As long as wounds appeared on her enemies and they bled, then the Blood Witch would only get stronger and more courageous.

At the end of the fight, her enemies would be horrified to discover that they were fighting with their own blood. No matter how much one attacked and struck Mary, the only thing lost would be their own life energy.

This was actually what made the Blood Witches the strongest and most difficult of all!

The fish-like star beast had only realized this after a few moments of stalking.

It was, after all, known for swallowing demons, and its exceptional speed was only relative to other creatures. When it encountered Mary, an Assassin-type Blood Witch that specialized in agility, that speed of its was not worth mentioning.

It was one move away from tying its hands and feet!

It was fast enough, but it was still a little short of what it needed to compare to Mary. And with that little bit, it was already enough for Mary to swim around and toy with it like a baby.

The two sides fought for half a quarter of an hour, but Mary was unharmed, while the star beast had three terrifying bone-deep scratches on its body. The strange skin on the other side's body might have the powerful abilities of annihilating and devouring demons, but it was clearly much inferior in terms of physical defense.

Seeing that it couldn't catch up to Mary, and that it was still injured, the fish-shaped star beast was furiously angry. It felt it very clearly, the wispy strands of blood from its wounds were dissipating in confusion, and even its own life force was slowly draining away.

The enemy's 'thin' body not far away also had blood qi surging, as if the other party was slowly sucking its own life force through the wound.

The fish-like star beast, however, was not stupid and immediately changed its tactics.

It swiftly moved away from Mary's blood-colored figure with a swing of its elongated fish tail, and when it had gained a considerable distance, it opened its mouth, and a fishy, black venomous arrow struck Mary.

If I can't beat you in melee, I'll play ranged attack!

Pulling away, the fish-like star beast seemed to be able to be treated as half a spellcaster.

At the very least, its venom arrows took into account a number of magical properties, both poisonous and acidic rot, and it was still difficult for ordinary bit creatures to resist.

"Hmph, since you're here for real, I'll let you see my true power!" Mary laughed lightly as her entire body turned into a blood light, flashing past venomous arrows and lunging swiftly at her opponent.

Seeing the other party approaching, the fish-like star beast didn't dodge, its body coiled up, shielding its torso with its sharp, knife-like fins and tail, opened its mouth wide, and another poison arrow turned into black water and sprayed Mary with it.

"Kathryn, help me suppress its spirit!"

"Yes!"

On the hidden mental channel, Mary and Kathryn were always in the closest possible connection. In the moment when the other side was entrenched and planning to defend and counterattack, Mary gave Kirthlin her first order after the war started.

In the next instant, an eerie and cold mental wave wrapped around the fish-shaped star beast, and the two extremely strong mental consciousnesses pulled and pulled at each other wildly. Kirthlin tried to pull the Star Beast's consciousness into the Nightmare Territory, while the Star Beast naturally struggled with all its might, trying to escape from the opponent's spiritual suppression.

The two powerful consciousnesses collided and struggled for a split second before a winner was decided, Kirthlin losing and the Star Beast winning. But the victorious Star Beast was still inevitably mentally stagnant, and its defensive movements were stagnant and deformed by a tiny bit.

And such a fraction of a second was enough time for Mary!

The blood energy in Mary's body instantly increased to the extreme, and her body, which was already only able to see a string of shadows, even turned into a thin line of blood that straightly penetrated through the center of the fish-shaped star beast's body.

Failure to defend!

A strange scream similar to a bull's roar resounded throughout the arena, the fish-shaped star beast was intact one moment, and the next it had been gutted, its flesh and blood turning into fountains of blood splashing out.

A huge blood hole was opened in the middle of its ten-meter-long body, and dark fish blood and flesh and blood fragments were scattered in the sky like raindrops.

However, even with such severe injuries, this 4th rank Star Beast still didn't die, and instead turned its body to flee into the distance with pain.

Looking at its swift, flying form, it seemed that even its speed wasn't affected much.

Within the Witch Tower below the battlefield, thunderous cheers and leaps immediately resounded.

"Trying to escape? No way... "Mary's first strike didn't yield any prey, how could she endure such a situation? She was going to use her bat wings to chase after him.

However, in the next moment, the Andrews Sorcerer had silently surfaced in front of her, blocking the way.

"Lord Mary, you should not be in a hurry!"

"Get out of the way, I'll get you if I lose my prey later!"

"Don't worry, Lord Mary, I've already sent the Winged Dragon Group out." Andrews' face was filled with a smile, but his eyes showed a hint of scruples and awe as he said, "That star beast is seriously injured, the Winged Dragon Group is enough to clean it up. There's a lot at stake here in the Great Spatial Rift, but it can't be without you, so let's leave the hunting of the prey to them! Don't worry, that prey will definitely be on your case in no time at all..."

As if verifying his words, a dozen black dots soared up from a witch tower at the far end of the sky, sharply hissing and chasing after the star beast as it fled.

It was a hybrid winged dragon beast with a 3rd rank strength, and paired with a 3rd rank witch, its base battle strength was not to be underestimated.

"Hmph, remember to send it inside my castle immediately after catching the prey. This star beast's strange Demon Swallowing attribute can be very rare, I'll have to study it!" After proudly proclaiming her sovereignty, Mary's bat wings converged and her entire body turned into a red light that rushed down into the sky, disappearing into a strange castle that was in the midst of many war witch towers guarding it.

After watching Mary leave, Andrews stood silently in the sky.

Above him, the great spatial rift was still churning and vibrating, from which a terrifying void hurricane spewed out that would eat flesh and bones. Ordinary people in this kind of environment would not last even three flexes before their flesh and blood would be eaten away, their muscles and bones crumbling, torn to shreds by the violent energy.

Even if a wizard left the protection of the Witch Tower and wanted to move freely in the battlefield, he had to hold up his elemental shield, or else his life would be in danger.

Only a high-ranking witch like him or Mary could block the oncoming Void Hurricane with an invisible and insubstantial life force field and move without any restrictions.

As for those star beasts, in this harsh environment that the sorcerers regarded as the land of death, they were like a fish in water, not only not feeling the slightest pressure from the Void Hurricane, but also being able to use the undulating vibrations of the magic tides to set off a torrent of energy and turn it into their own attack weapons.

Thus, in this kind of environment, the high-ranking sorcerers could only be able to endure, while the star beasts were able to completely blend in and adapt.

Such a small gap, yet it virtually magnified and stretched the level of power between the sorcerers and the star beasts!

Born of a bloodline wizard, Andrews is able to transform into a berserk lizard with a powerful defense and bite, as well as a fearsome petrifying ability.

However, with his ability, it might be easy to fight off that star beast, but it would be a thousand times harder to leave it behind. Even if that star beast was a bit more cunning and had a guerrilla battle with it, I'm afraid that losing the support of the Witch Tower, Andrews' chances of defeat would be even greater.

However, it was such a star beast that was no inferior to him, but it was heavily injured in the hands of that Mary. Moreover, looking at the way it fought, it didn't seem to have done its best, which made him feel more and more scary.

Even though he knew that when witches grew up, their respective natural abilities and sorcery equipment would distance them from each other. But to watch a 'junior' who was so young that he had grown to the point where he even needed to look up to....

It made Andrews, who had experienced more than 700 years of vicissitudes, unable to help but feel a little sobered and frustrated.