129 Hell’s Magic Nucleus Part 2 (1/2)

Most of the wind blades missed their targets and Saleen could not salvage the situation, so he instinctively opened another wind blade scroll. He could not control Wind Magic yet, so he could only use the large impact area of the wind blades to stop the enemy’s advance.

The stone spears in the ground would last for at least half an hour more, and those magic beasts had begun to jump over the spears. Saleen cast more than ten wind blades in one go, and because he could not take aim, more than ten beasts had already come as close as twenty meters from him.

Then, Saleen calmly cast three swamp illusions in succession, and the used scrolls formed a stack at his feet. Without any restraining magic to weaken the beasts, the usage of the wind blades returned a horrible result. Most of the wind blades were blocked by the magic shields on the beasts and only a minority of them were struck by the wind blades due to the angles of incidence which allowed the blades to go around the shields. Even so, the beasts that were hit were only injured on the surface.

Using the magic in the scrolls would not deplete magic chords, but if a person wanted to control the magic inside, they needed to have a certain level of familiarity and practice with that particular magic.

Saleen arranged the three swamp illusions in a triangular formation, thus blocking the path of the beasts. There was a gap of roughly one meter between the swamp illusions so the magic beasts could squeeze through that gap. However, to get through this gap, the beasts would need to cleverly maneuver past it. The beasts needed to turn into that narrow gap and reduce their speed in order to advance forward.

Saleen had killed more than forty magic beasts with the scrolls. He had finally experienced what it was like to use money to kill someone. A cheap Grade 3 magic scroll also costed around three hundred to five hundred gold coins. Those scrolls which were special or had a longer duration of spell storage might have even cost more than one thousand gold coins.

Within the short span of three minutes, Saleen had used more than fifty scrolls. If he had not been mentally strong, he would have fainted. Just like that, more than twenty thousand gold pieces had been spent, and Saleen felt wonderful. When the speed of money expenditure reached a certain level, a person would begin to realize the power of money. With enough money, one could truly look down on sentient beings.

Saleen was just a Grade 3 mage. Under normal circumstances, when a Grade 3 mage was faced with hundreds of Grade 4 magic beasts, the only thing to do was to wait for death. However, Saleen calmly opened the scrolls and concentrated on attacking the beasts which managed to come through the gap between the three swamp illusions.

The situation was not looking too good for Saleen. Perhaps the scrolls would help him overcome this crisis, but the Grade 4 beasts worked together in groups. This meant that there were many powerful beasts in this interdimensional space. On the Myers Mainland, magic wolves were only Grade 2 or 3 creatures, and there were less than ten of them in any single group. However, the beasts in this hell attacked together in the hundreds. On the Myers Mainland, only Grade 1 beasts moved together in such huge groups.

The leader of the beasts walked in circles outside of the swamp illusions. It must have realized that this strategy was not working on its enemies. The leader glared ferociously at the mage casting spells from inside the tent and roared restlessly. The magic beasts who were attacking stopped immediately. Then, they began to spit fireballs from their mouths towards the camp.

More than two hundred fireballs were fired in total, creating an exceedingly spectacular scene. Saleen squatted down without hesitation. Some fireballs destroyed the swamp illusions, while others landed on the magic barrier surrounding the camp.

The magic array at the heart of the camp was activated and a blanket of darkness encompassed the camp. The two hundred fireballs appeared as though they had entered water, and at least half of them were extinguished before the darkness was destroyed.

In the instant when the darkness was destroyed, Saleen opened a Grade 4 scroll which contained the Stone Wall spell. The stone wall was not as tough as the crystal city, but it exemplified the sturdiness of Ground Magic. More than ten fireballs struck the wall before it was destroyed.

Saleen continued casting magic. Acid rain fell from the sky, and Saleen continued by opening three scrolls which caused the different patches of acid rain to merge into one huge cloud. The beasts who were closest to Saleen had white smoke coming from their bodies, with melted fur and bloody wounds.

The injured beasts pounced aggressively, but Saleen remained calm and continued opening the scrolls. Sika gripped her cudgel and lashed out in a sweeping motion. Sika managed to strike the forehead of one of the beasts. She was much faster than before. That beast had made its way over to the thorny wall to have its forehead crushed in midair.

Sika controlled her strength with great precision. The beast did not fly all the way back. It simply fell straight down and was pierced by one of the metal thorns on the ground. All of the power from Sika’s strike had gone into the beast’s head, and none of it had been wasted.

The magic beasts only seemed to be able to spit fireballs once, as they had stopped spitting fireballs. Instead, they took the opportunity to jump over the obstacles that Saleen had set before they spread out and moved at an astonishing speed.

Sika’s cudgel did not make any noise as it cut through the air. Instead, it produced phantom cudgels which the naked eye could not differentiate from the real one. Saleen had put all of his energy into the scrolls. More and more beasts were getting past the wall, so as Saleen was casting the magic, he hollered, ”Nailisi!”

Nailisi’s body was trembling, and Saleen thought that she was scared out of her wits. Actually, Nailisi was simply excited because these magic beasts tasted much better than the tentacles back in the forest. The temperature of her blood started to rise, and a golden glow flashed in her green eyes.

Food! All of this was food! This was the taste of food in the demonic space!