796 Power of the Devil’s Armor Part 2 (1/2)

While it was possible for a grade-6 grand mage to win against a grade-7 sorcerer in a fight, killing one might still have proven difficult. The flight capabilities of grade-7 sorcerers were, after all, orders of magnitude above grade-6 grand mages.

No mage would have even considered the thought of Saleen attempting to kill a grade-8 sorcerer.

What enabled the possibility for Saleen to do so, was the devil's armor that Joey crafted for him. The armament was affixed with grade-7 magic, with the two grade-12 magic nuclei etched into the mask providing the energy required for holding the grade-7 magic spells within the armor.

The devil's armor required only six hours to enable repeated conjuring of the magic spells. All other grade-7 spells were used up other than Stone Statue Army. What remained other than that, was the three high level magic spells stored within the wooden sword in his hand.

No mage, even one from Alchemy City, was as extravagant as Saleen when it came to spending gold for magic. All he relied on to conjure such an amount of grade-7 magic spells, was his powerful equipment.

The grade-8 sorcerer trapped in the Endless Night had just about done calming themself down, and was attempting to break the Endless Night using magic. It was then that they sensed someone breaking into the magical void that enveloped them.

Whatever pride that the grade-8 sorcerer have left, Saleen's break-in had finally broken it. That grand mage had come for him instead of running away. What for indeed.

They were not able to see Saleen's expression within the Endless Night, but they were able to acknowledge what was going through his mind. The puny mage was coming for his head!

While the sorcerer was in rage, they nonetheless still feared the Endless Night. They extended their left arm, which had a very large ring on it, etched with a black gem.

Every sorcerer had tricks to keep themselves alive in dire situations like that, and this one was no exception. Cloudflow mages feared death more than anything else. As such, their life saving equipment had always been the most powerful among everything they carried. As they lifted their left hand and struggled to control the elemental balance around their arm, an azure-colored water current coiled around their wrist.

The sorcerer's arm was no tougher than a piece of rock. They were baffled as to how the water current had managed to coil around their wrist. They were able to sense that the mage had not been using any skill. They would have never thought about the possibility that the water current was not all that different from Water Puppets in nature. They had the ability to seek out targets and attack on their own.

Crack...crack!

Defensive magic activated immediately around the sorcerer's wrist. As the water current kept turning, coiling and cutting at great speeds, the sorcerer was rendered incapable of activating the stored magic in their ring. The elements around their left arm were not only being dissolved by the Endless Night, but also completely disrupted by the Current Cutter.

While the grade-4 Current Cutter definitely had more power than its level suggested, it was still incapable of cutting the sorcerer's defenses open. Then again, what it did was more than enough. Taking hold of the opening, Saleen rushed to face the sorcerer.

One slash was needed, nothing more.

A layer of greenish sheen appeared on the edge of Saleen's wooden sword. He had never thought that he would have gotten so close fighting a grade-8 sorcerer, and furthermore, he was able to land a hit. Golden lightning shot forth from Saleen's eyes, forming a huge mark on the sorcerer's body.

The Eye of Lightning had an effective range of about six yards. Even when fired at full power, the distance could have only been extended to eight yards.

A layer of light formed around the sorcerer's body. The grade-8 shimmer was their defensive magic, which had some transmutation effect in it. It also appeared to be more powerful than a Crystal Guardian of about grade-7. Magic spells' defense did not rise according with their levels. The grade-8 Shimmer was able to diffuse all elemental attacks due to its transmutation effects, and worked exceptionally well against divine spell defenses.

The lightning attack rendered this grade-8 defensive magic useless, breaking it in an instant. Saleen's wooden sword then landed on the sorcerer's neck.

With a swift gushing sound, the sorcerer's head was sent flying off elsewhere. The elements within the remaining body began to crumble, affecting the workings of the Endless Night. The spell even began to attack Saleen.

A grade-7 Vacuum Cutting spell was infused onto the edge of the wooden sword, an offensive spell that had the shortest range among all Wind Magic.

This spell, however, was more powerful than the Ice Ring spell and far more useful. The Vacuum Cutting spell was upgradable. If it could have been trained to reach grade-10, its sheer power would have nearly rivaled a Compound Magic like Space Cutting. Such magic was deployed by sorcerers against warriors who came close. It was a spell that was both stealthy and deadly. It was a spell capable of cutting the high level devil's armor in half, let alone a mere neck.

The water current cut off the sorcerer's arm as Saleen landed the fatal hit. It brought the sorcerer's severed arm with it as Saleen summoned it back.

Six of Saleen's Water Shields had already been broken by the Endless Night's chaotic attacks. He dived and went out of the Endless Night's reach, before he truly became the spell's next target.

As Saleen just left the range of attack of the Endless Night, he saw a shadow of some sort coming for him. He immediately gathered the clouds around him, with the tornados within numbering to over a hundred, and dived sharply downward.

Killing the grade-8 sorcerer made him used up his most powerful magic -- Endless Night. He had also just used Eye of Lightning, Saleen had just about exhausted all his mental powers. If a grade-9 sorcerer was to come for him at that moment, he had no confidence that he would have been able to take them on. The other option would have been the badge, but it required targeting, and that in turn, required mental powers.

Saleen dived straight for the protection of the magic tower at full speed, going straight for Stephanie's tower. The sorcerer who was closing in airborne, had just witnessed his own subordinate's head falling off. At that moment, the great area of congealed dark element let out a deafening roar of explosion.