489 More to Come (1/2)

Inside the translucent tube was a frozen colorless material that emitted extreme coldness. Even looking at it would make one feel frozen to bones.

As Lucien was casting the spell, the material in the tube started to boil and the tube seemed that it was going to break at any time.

Seeing this, Rudolf II slightly shook his head. He knew what Lucien was going to do, and he also knew the greatest problem with this spell —The chanting time was too long, so long that he could easily break it off.

The pages of the book behind him turned its pages and threw a deceleration spell at Natasha. Meanwhile, Rudolf II flew to the other direction and left the range where Lucien's spiritual power was locked on.

Rudolf II had seen Lucien cast this spell, Snow Goddess' Whip, before. He knew what the advantages and disadvantages were.

As a ninth-circle ice and snow spell which could create a temperature extremely close to the absolute zero, the spell itself was perfect when its caster was an archmage. However, if the caster was not yet level nine, the casting would take at least three to four seconds, which was too long to truly imperial a radiant knight or gold knight in a real fight.

Dragging the sword named Fire of Purification, Rudolf II flashed to midair and prepared for the next round of attack. He knew that he should never leave any gaps for Lucien, otherwise as a senior-rank sorcerer, Lucien would seize the chance to cast a series of helping spells on Natasha. Rudolf II was using Danniel's body, and he knew how much power he could use. When Natasha's power was strengthened by senior-rank spells, she would have a great chance to defeat Danniel, whose power had only just reached the bottom line of a gold knight — This was why a senior-rank sorcerer could be very threatening.

Also, if the fight went on for too long, when Alterna fully absorbed the pieces of Essence, or when Congus returned, there would be no chance left for Rudolf II.

Rudolf II's wings flapped, but at this time he noticed that Lucien's casting had stopped.

He realized that something was wrong when he saw the smile on Lucien's face. There was a silver coin in Lucien's right hand, and his body was covered with long, snake-like electric currents, while the space around him was distorted by the magnetic field.

The colorless material in the tube was the same as before. The tube fell down, shining in the darkness of the night.

It was a lie! Lucien was just pretending to be casting!

Rudolf II was furious, for as the ”incarnation of the virtues”, he absolutely hated to be deceived.

However, Lucien, at this time, instantly finished casting Lucien's Electromagnetic Gun since this spell was engraved into his soul. In the next blink, Rudolf II was under the heavy bombardment of the thick electric beam. It was so fast that he had no time to avoid it!

Rudolf II's face was grim. His wings folded together as a shield, covering his whole body under layers of white feathers.

Bang! The blast was deafening!

The burnt feathers twirled to the ground, revealing the hole in the middle of the wings. Even Rudolf II's chest was severely battered; his body trembled slightly and he temporarily lost the ability to move.

Yet the power of this sixth-circle spell was still not strong enough and could not cause fatal damage to a gold knight's body.

However, Rudolf II's temporary inability to move was all that Lucien needed. Lucien activated the Ice & Snow Medal he was wearing and a freezing ray instantly darted at Rudolf II's wounded chest.

With the wound as the center, layer of ice immediately froze over Rudolf II's body, as if a man-shaped ice coffin was specially made for him.

Lucien was planning on casting Resistance Reduction first and then Silent Coffin. However, when they were actually fighting, Lucien found that Danniel's armor had already been severely damaged by Congus' Life Ritual and Filthy Rain.

The light of the silver moon lit up the ice coffin. As if the moonlight had a temperature, the ice coffin quickly melted down, together with Danniel's body and the projection in it.

At this moment, Lucien grabbed the tube of solidified helium with Mage's Hand. Throwing it up in the air, he started casting again.

This time, the tube broke into pieces while Lucien was halfway through his chanting. The colorless material turned into a dim ray and bitterly whipped on the half-melted coffin following the gesture of Lucien's right hand.

The ice coffin lit up in blue light. The remanent part of Danniel's body became an ice statue. Then, the statue melted into raindrops and evaporated.

Suddenly, Natasha crossed the than ten-meter distance with a leap and hacked at the vapor fiercely with Pale Justice.

An illusionary face formed in the vapor and split into pieces under the attack.

Without a body, the projection was the same as a specter. The blade of Pale Justice was its invincible opponent.

”What a tough fight…” Lucien murmured.

When the specter disappeared, Sophia started trembling at a long distance away from the battlefield. Again, she realized how deceitful and unpredictable Lucien was. In her eyes, Lucien was a demon taking the form of a human being!

It took Sophia a while to calm down. She felt lucky that this time she was just observing this remotely.

She wiped off the cold sweat on her forehead and sighed. ”A grand-arcanist-to-be, a great musician… He's much more talented than a demon.

”No wonder even Natasha would fall for him. Brother, there's no hope for you at all.”

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