Chapter 445 - 229: The Strongest Mage (2)
A Mage’s Root Magic is their ultimate spell—their greatest strength, and also their greatest weakness.
"Tier Eight Magic—Line of Instant Annihilation."
WHOOSH—
In an instant, the entire battlefield was filled with countless, slender black lines!
The moment they formed, the black lines instantly sliced Chi Cheng to pieces!
SHING!
In that instant, Chi Cheng was completely diced!
And yet, in the same moment he was cut apart, his body regenerated, good as new!
"Useless!"
Chi Cheng swung his sword!
CLANG!
However, the swing also sliced through countless black lines in its path!
SNAP!
The black lines snapped one after another!
But most of Chi Cheng’s attack was intercepted!
Its Power had been greatly diminished!
Just then, An Zheng raised his Magic Staff.
BOOM!
A black-and-white shockwave instantly erupted forward!
It completely engulfed Chi Cheng!
A Level 8 Mage on the verge of reaching Level 9.
He was no mere cannon fodder you’d find on the roadside.
BOOM!
The black-and-white blast was sliced apart!
However, the aftershocks lingered, refusing to dissipate.
This Magic should have flickered for but a moment, severed everything in its path, and then vanished. But now, it remained permanently, transforming into an eternal, indestructible presence.
’So this is a Level 8 Mage!’
’But if this is all he has—’
’It’s not enough!’
SHING!
In an instant, tens of thousands of layers of Magic Shields formed before An Zheng, and new Magic Arrays spread out beyond them.
Layer upon layer of Magic Arrays stacked on top of one another.
They circled An Zheng, forming a grand and incredibly complex spell.
"Eternal Compound Magic."
VMMMM!
Layers of Compound Magic unfurled around An Zheng.
"My Root Source is eternal and indestructible."
"The only constant in this world."
VMMMM—
BOOM!
Chi Cheng charged in an instant! A streak of red light shot past, shattering the countless, all-severing black lines that filled the space—
In a flash, he tore through the thousands of layers of Shields and was upon An Zheng once more!
But suddenly, Chi Cheng felt an intense sense of danger from behind!
He saw that another figure of An Zheng had appeared behind him.
The two An Zhengs, one in front and one behind, had him trapped between them. Both raised their Magic Staffs!
"Kumironi, Obades!"
"Invincible Stream—Eleventh Form: Ring Realm Shattering."
Chi Cheng unleashed a strike forward!
BOOM!
The strike hit empty air, yet a colossal force erupted forward!
It instantly shattered the spell blasting toward him!
At the same time, it also blasted the An Zheng before him to smithereens!
But behind him, another extremely powerful spell still erupted!
It completely enveloped Chi Cheng!
SHING!
In another instant, even more thin black lines appeared throughout the space. These were the same lines from the spell that could sever everything within the space in a single moment.
And under the effect of An Zheng’s Root Magic, this spell remained perfectly intact.
A spell that should have lasted only an instant had become eternal!
CRACK—
As the black lines passed through Chi Cheng, they diced his body into countless pieces!
Yet Chi Cheng endured the slicing lines and continued his charge toward An Zheng!
His body was cut apart again and again, yet his tenacity was such that he refused to fall!
"Oh~"
"So that’s how his Magic works."
A pleasant voice suddenly echoed through the space.
After watching the two exchange several blows, Izparut finally raised their Magic Staff.
"Tier Six Root Magic."
"Inner Void."
BOOM—
In an instant, the world collapsed. Within a split second, everything crumbled into a chaotic swirl of colors!
The countless thin lines that had filled the space were wiped away in a moment, leaving no trace behind.
"Iz."
An Zheng’s voice was ethereal, seeming to come from all corners of the world at once.
Chi Cheng stood amidst the world of chaotic colors, sword in hand, cleaving through the black-and-white Magic that assailed him from hundreds of directions.
An Zheng’s body had vanished!
"Sooner or later, you will become me."
"Why must you corner me like this?"
Izparut stood within the chaotic space, gripping their Magic Staff as tens of thousands of different Magic Arrays lit up around them.
"I’ve already told you."
"There is no way I will ever become you."
"Don’t be so quick to decide someone else’s Destiny."
A faint sigh tinged Iz’s voice.
BOOM!
Suddenly, this space of chaotic colors shattered once more!
Beneath it, a pure white space was revealed. And within that space, An Zheng stood high in the distant sky!
But this An Zheng was no longer the old man with withered skin.
Instead, it was a formless being, wreathed in deep-black, illusory tentacles. A deep shadow trailed behind it, as if it might fall into another world at any moment.
"Huh?"
Chi Cheng looked up at the sky.
"This is his true form," Iz said calmly.
Chi Cheng: "Oh, a second phase?"
"I thought only Demons had those. Turns out he’s got one too."
"But... so do I."
Chi Cheng bent his knees slightly, preparing to leap into the sky and face An Zheng head-on.
But Iz reached out a hand.
And stopped Chi Cheng.
"Hm?"
"This is a battle for Mages. You’ve done enough fighting his first phase. I’ll take care of the rest."
Chi Cheng was stunned for a moment.
"Uh."
"You’re trying to show off?"
"Well, you’d better be sure. If you let him get away, it’s on your head."
Iz said calmly, "Yes. If he escapes, it will be entirely my responsibility."
Iz strode slowly toward the sky. The An Zheng above was a twisted reflection. From Iz’s perspective, they were looking up at it, yet one could sense an eagerness emanating from them—a fervent desire to topple a Divine Spirit!