35 Advancing Part 2 (1/2)

The bandit holding the dagger knew he had been duped. Saleen had appeared in an unforeseen manner. He had made a grave mistake in not attacking him immediately. Now that Saleen had finished deploying his spells, their tactics had failed completely.

The swordsmen that had been surrounded were wearing stainless steel scale armor. With their movements slowed, all they could do was fight recklessly with the bandits. It was advantageous for the swordsmen in stainless steel scales to be slashing blindly, as the bandits had only leather armor. There were immediately screams heard everywhere, leaving only five on the battlefield – the Qin swordsman holding the eight-faceted Qin sword, the chief of the bandit gang, Saleen, Sika, and Canghong.

After the insane attack, there was blood all over the Qin swordsman. The most deadly attack on him had been a metal spike that was stabbed into his crotch. It was the bandit gang’s unique weapon which was laced with poison. In an instant, he had killed the six bandits who had surrounded him, but had not been able to prevent this lethal strike.

Canghong’s condition was slightly better. A heavily-armored swordsman had kicked him in his abdomen and sent him flying into a large tree. He did not collapse, but instead again exerted force and stabbed his entire three-edged dagger into the stomach of the heavily-armored swordsman.

A vicious expression was displayed on Canghong’s handsome face. He had attacked with all of his might. This kick had been a very hard one. The boots of the heavily-armored swordsman weighed more than ten kilograms, and there were metallic spikes on the surface. The swordsman had not put up any defense, and his aim had ensured the death of this heavily-armored swordsman.

Saleen smiled at the chief of the bandit gang and said, ”So chief, will you run off or do you want to challenge me? I have more men than you.”

The masked bandit suddenly removed his mask, revealing his face.

”Little mage. You have no magic chords left and you are trying to scare me?”

This bandit was very experienced. He could tell that Saleen was just a Grade 1 mage and that based on the number of spells he had deployed, he had probably exhausted his magic chords. However, this youth was very courageous to actually try and scare him. It was a pity that such a promising mage…

”You’d better remember whose hand you are dying by.” The bandit did not finish his sentence and had already charged towards Saleen.

The Frost Array was practically ineffective on him. In the blink of an eye, he had moved more than ten meters and had his longish dagger at Saleen’s throat. Saleen could nearly feel the razor sharp dagger cutting into his skin and causing blood to gush out.

Sika’s humongous cudgel swept over. Dang! The cudgel was knocked aside by the bandit’s dagger. Saleen panicked, as Sika’s impairment was more serious than he had expected. That holy master’s attack had dispersed the soul of the magic beast in Sika’s cudgel, and Sika’s energy level had gone down ever since. For such a heavy weapon to actually be knocked aside by a dagger!

He could ponder it no further and prepared to deploy his spell immediately. This was his only Grade 2 spell – Ice Arrow.

The bandit’s dagger turned and blocked the path of the ice arrow. He had actually used a normal weapon to block the attack of a Grade 2 spell. Only a senior swordsman could possess such force.

As the speed of the spell’s deployment could not be captured by the naked eye, this block had been entirely based off of his sharp perception in deducing the route of attack in advance. He had also been given a bad scare, given that the mage had actually released a Grade 2 spell. His misjudgement caused him to suddenly back off.

Given that the other party had a Grade 2 mage and the battle had just begun, he might have been in the more advantageous position. However, the other party also had a Caucasus warrior. Sika pulled out her boomerang at this time and looked at him fiercely. She could no longer lift up her huge cudgel, and depended on her boomerang to engage in battle.

Saleen grunted, his body falling lifelessly to the ground.

The bandit gloated. This little mage had seemed ferocious in appearance but was in fact feeble in essence. He had nearly been tricked.

Toot…

The boomerang cut through the air. The bandit did not retreat but instead advanced forward. The dagger was thrown into the air and struck the center of the boomerang. The boomerang could no longer fly and fell to the ground along with the dagger.

The bandit gave a grim smile and pounced, his left hand already fitted with a glove. At the tip of the metal glove were three sharp juts, and they were headed straight for Saleen’s throat.

In close range battles, mages were always scum. The bandit felt ease in his heart. The battle was finally about to end. The most difficult opponent, the swordsman, was still standing but was unable to attack. As for that Caucasus warrior, she was not a match for him. As long as he killed the mage, his mission would be considered accomplished.

What could be more exciting than killing a mage?

Saleen’s magic chords were indeed almost exhausted, and he was unable to cast any Grade 1 spells. He was, however, not panicking, as his hand discreetly held onto his family badge and was ready to counter the bandit’s blow.

The bandit bent over with no intentions of changing his stroke. He wanted to completely destroy the mage with this strike. Competing with him in body strength? The bandit had already summoned the sword aura. This strike would break even a rock up into powder.

Puff…

The sound of a very dull impact. The bandit’s fist hit Saleen’s badge. Saleen had deployed a Grade 0 spell. Instantly, all of Saleen’s remaining strength had been absorbed into the badge. The bandit had not escaped. Saleen’s fingers were bleeding from the impact, and his gloves were stained red.

Without any warning, his power was instantly absorbed into the seal.