Chapter 718 - Bait (1/2)

Seemingly having sensed the fear and terror in everyone’s hearts, Eminos smiled humbly, and said, “Lowly humans, how dare you disturb Master while he’s resting. You are all going to die today!”

When everyone heard the word “die”, everyone began s.h.i.+vering instinctively as if the temperature had suddenly gone below zero. A cold chill emerged from everyone’s hearts and gradually surged through them to the deepest parts of their souls.

“Continue casting, no one is allowed to stop!” Lin Li yelled when he saw Eminos’ figure vanis.h.i.+ng abruptly.

Although Eminos’ strength was close to the Sanctuary-realm, even a Legendary-mage couldn’t resist the attack of Wind Blade, just like what Eminos said himself. In order to launch a sneak attack, Eminos would have to abandon all his magical equipment and not put up any magical defense. Otherwise, he would just be a moving target. Besides, without a magical s.h.i.+eld, Eminos could be attacked and hurt even by low-level magic.

“Ah!” one of the members from the team yelled as one of the Archmages was shot in the chest by an Ice Spear when he stopped for a moment to reapply a magical s.h.i.+eld for himself.

That was the terrifying thing about Eminos. As a mage, he knew the duration as well as the casting interval of various magic spells. Besides, all of the weaknesses of the mages were known and exposed to him. He had the immense mental strength of a Legendary-mage, and he could sense every change in the magical wave of the target and capture all the opportunities that he could make use of.

The death of the Archmage was not meaningless. Instead, it was a wake-up call for everyone to keep fighting on and a reminder that they could never make a mistake if they want to live. Any negligence would give the terrifying Mage Killer a chance to kill them. It was a true battle for their own survival. Everyone went all out and released their greatest potential.

Suddenly, the magic that was surging to the surroundings became a little more violent. A black ray of lightning suddenly burst out from the brilliant magical lights before turning towards the team in search for a new prey without stopping.

“Don’t relax, he might still be there!” Lin Li shouted loudly. To him, such tricks were nothing new. Everyone had seen the 36 strategies in the world that he came from.

After seeing the black ray of lightning that was the enemy’s clone vanis.h.i.+ng, the mages indeed felt a little relieved and relaxed a little, but fortunately Lin Li managed to remind them in time. They continued to cast spell after spell. As expected, Eminos’ figure appeared outside the range covered by the offensive spells.

Staring at Lin Li who was standing in the middle and continuously giving commands to the mages, Eminos smiled derisively. Then, his body flashed, and he disappeared again in plain sight before appearing on the other side, only to be forced into retreating by the endless attacks.

“Felic, do you really think we’ll be able to defeat Eminos by keeping this up? You’re being too naive.” Rosen’s face began to grow sullen while watching the mages resist the attacks continuously. He did not wish for Lin Li to gain too much prestige amongst the mages through his commands.

Of course, Rosen had also stated a fact. If they were to keep up with the defense, they might be able to sustain it for a day, but what would happen afterwards? After all, humans were not machines, and their defense would crumble eventually.

Actually, Rosen was not alone in thinking so. Even Aldwin, Andoine, and the rest had all thought of that issue. However, they did not doubt the plan, because they trusted Lin Li.

When Lin Li was trapped in the chaos of time and s.p.a.ce, Andoine actually made the effort to find out the whole process from him as he was much more meticulous than the rest. Due to the fact that he was Lin Li’s teacher, neither Cheyenne nor the elves hid anything from him. Hence, Andoine knew better than the rest how amazingly Lin Li performed in the Sky Castle.

The current situation seemed to be unsolvable, but Lin Li seemed rather confident about it. At the thought of everything that Cheyenne had said, Andoine decided to trust Lin Li blindly despite the doubts he had. Besides, so what if he didn’t trust Lin Li? No one could come up with a better solution anyway.

“Is that so? Do you have a better idea? Let me guess, you’re thinking of using some of them as a bait, right? Do you really think Eminos is an idiot?” Lin Li retorted coldly with a sneer while giving commands to the mages.

“If you don’t try it, how do you know it’s not possible? Can you make Eminos admit defeat and give up using your method?” Rosen retorted angrily.