Chapter 628 - Taste of Dragon’s Blood (2/2)
This wasn’t just about the acc.u.mulation of mana. After all, a mage who only had enough mana was still far from reaching the Legendary-realm. However, once he had touched the slightest bit of Rule Power, he would be almost there.
Although Lin Li faced immense pressure currently, he could spot some clues from the magic Stephen was using. Although that magic wasn’t able to harm the green dragons much, the spells already possessed elements of Rules. That wasn’t Rule Power, of course—otherwise, he would have already reached the Legendary-realm.
However, one should not underestimate the elements of Rules. To a mage, they were the key to unlocking the Legendary-realm. Only after getting them could a mage be considered one step away from the Legendary-realm as he only had to find his own door to the Legendary-realm with this key.
Thus, even the elements of Rules were crucial to a mage. Many mages had stopped right before the Legendary-realm because they couldn’t get this key. This wasn’t something that they could get with just hard work. It required personal talent and some unpredictable luck.
Evidently, whether Stephen was truly talented or extremely lucky, he had firmly secured this key. With the elements of Rules, his magic wouldn’t make him a burden to the stronger companions even though it couldn’t harm the green dragons.
After seeing Stephen’s performance, Lin Li’s doubts didn’t just disappear. Although Stephen’s abilities were totally different from before, Lin Li was just a little surprised.
What kind of place was this? Even a true Legendary powerhouse couldn’t guarantee his own safety. With Stephen’s current abilities reaching Legendary-realm, how helpful would he be to the Dark Blade? Clearly, Borg hadn’t insisted on bringing Stephen along simply for more combat experience. What exactly was his aim, then?
While Lin Li was puzzled, he didn’t forget about his own difficult situation now. Out of the four battles of the various factions, the one that faced the most pressure wasn’t Cheyenne who was battling two green dragons alone, but Lin Li. On the elves’ side, there was Chief Elder Randy who had shapes.h.i.+fted into a sliver wyrm, a Legendary-mage who specialized in Fire Magic, and even the powerful Song of Heart. On the Dark Blade’s side, the three chiefs cooperated very well and appeared to be at ease even when facing seven green dragons.
However, Lin Li was just a level-21 Legendary-mage himself. His subordinate Lich Ujfalusi had reached the peak of level-20, but he hadn’t reached level-21, after all. With the help of a summoned Humerus Wyrm, Ujfalusi could only barely battle two green dragons. As for Vampire Norfeller, he hadn’t even reached Legendary-realm, and could offer very limited help to Lin Li.
Although Lin Li had summoned the Crimson Dragon right at the start, it wasn’t a true Crimson Dragon, but one formed from a Humerus Wyrm and a Crimson Dragon’s corpse. Despite being much more powerful than a Humerus Wyrm, this Crimson Dragon was still no match compared to a true wyrm.
At the surface, the Tower of Dusk seemed to be powerful and strong since it had both Undead creatures and Humerus Wyrms at its disposal. However, even if each of them could battle one dragon, Lin Li still had to deal with three green dragons all by himself. Lin Li was just a level-21 Legendary-mage. Even with all the techniques he was using and the experience he had gained from the Book of Eternity, the pressure he faced when battling with three Legendary dragons was still immense as the difference in power between them was too huge.
He had to break out of this situation fast. If not, his mana would be depleted even with the Star-scarred Robe. Lin Li turned back and dealt with the current circ.u.mstances wholeheartedly, thinking of ways to change his situation.
With the current situation, the whole team would perish within minutes if Lin Li didn’t deal with three or even four green dragons at once. As such, Lin Li didn’t have time to release more powerful Legendary magic. As for instantaneous Legendary magic, it was too weak to take down the green dragons.
Now, the most urgent problem was that there was no warrior in the Tower of Dusk who’d be able to cause any real damage to the dragons or resist their attacks directly. The elves had the silver wyrm, the Dark Blade had Sword Sage Baldela, but what about the Tower of Dusk?
The only one who could be considered a warrior was Vampire Norfeller. However, he hadn’t reached Legendary-realm, and couldn’t even deal with a green dragon by himself. How could he withstand so much pressure to give Lin Li time to release sufficiently strong Legendary magic?
However… Lin Li’s eyes flashed. Since n.o.body could withstand the green dragons’ attack directly and buy time for him to release Legendary magic, how about the reverse? He could be the one to withstand the attacks and let others deal the killing blow.
“Norfeller, do you want to have a taste of the dragon’s blood?” yelled Lin Li. As he pointed the Helios’ Scepter forward, powerful magic swarmed out. It didn’t just aim at the dragons he was battling, but also the other green dragons.
The seven green dragons fighting against the Tower of Dusk roared at once. They ignored their original opponents and pounced towards that insignificant human who was provoking them.
Ujfalusi and the two Humerus Wyrms hurried to Lin Li’s side and helped their master to battle the seven dragons. Now, all of them started dealing with the dragons’ attack together. Lin Li, Ujfalusi, and the two Humerus Wyrms withstood the seven green dragons’ attacks with all they had. Under such circ.u.mstances, Vampire Norfeller seemed to have become an outsider.
Just like what Lin Li had thought, others were watching him as well while he was watching the others. Seeing that Lin Li had made such a bad move, be it the elves or the Dark Blade, they couldn’t help but scold Lin Li internally. As for Cheyenne who was battling two green dragons, his expression got more bitter. If the Tower of Dusk perished just like this, what good could he get even if the team had found the treasure?