1037 Jalin Part 1 (2/2)

She went to cast level nine magic. While she sounded very gentle and soothing while talking, she was extremely brutal when fighting. If Saleen's reaction had been half a second slower and he had been hit by the Absolute Zero spell, not even holy masters would have been able to save him.

Saleen cast Water Shield in an instant. The cloudy water element air was blocked by the Water Shield. A ball-shaped shield formed around Saleen's body.

In the tower, the Winged Skull watched them fight, feeling nervous. If Saleen was in danger, they would not care about the course of things whatsoever. They would force themselves above level ten and destroy the soul bond between them and Saleen, if that was what it would take to kill the female mage outside the tower.

”Relax, Mr. Bones. Nothing will happen to Saleen.” Hogina observed the battle closely. She was looking at how Saleen used his equipment.

”How would you know?” The Winged Skull asked her.

”Saleen is...the most afraid of death I've ever seen. If there were to be any actual danger, he wouldn't have left the tower,” Hogina answered.

Jalin was surprised to see that Saleen was able to resist her Absolute Zero with a shield comparable to level seven, but she had not been adding the magic sign to boost the spells' power. She closed her hands and rendered all water element within tens of meters under her control, forming countless fangs and closing in on Saleen.

Level nine water magic: Ice Dragon Fang.

Jalin's continuous magic was almost all cast in an instant, as if she knew that Saleen would be able to resist her Absolute Zero spell. Her Ice Dragon Fang had a frequency of attack ten times other sorcerers. She had prepped her second spell for over three seconds. She had prepared over a dozen Ice Dragon Fangs, stacking them before releasing them.

If the spell had worked, she would not have needed to cast her second one. Even if Absolute Zero failed to attack its target, its control attributes would render the enemy frozen on the ground, incapable of moving. The vicious attacks of the following Ice Dragon Fang would be something even level nine sorcerers had trouble dealing with.

That attack would have been lethal. If Saleen had used magic equipment to defend the attack, he would have lost in terms of exchange of magic blows. If he were to not use equipment, he might have ended up dead.

Jalin changed her hand signs, preparing for her third attack.

Steam rose from the surface of the Water Shield all of a sudden, as if the spell that surrounded him was not Absolute Zero, but City Inferno. His Water Shield had actually burned. A mutated spell emerged, and a huge fireball expanded outwards.

The spell was probably derived from Fire Ring of Resistance, a low level spell. It was modified by Saleen to expand in the form of a sphere. The Water Shield was consumed and Saleen put up another one immediately. The fireball then burned and expanded.

All of the moves were cast instantly, as if Saleen had prepared long ago.

The attacks from the Ice Dragon Fang were pushed away by the Fireball of Resistance. The huge fireball continued to expand, raising the temperature around instantly, negating Absolute Zero.

Jalin was attacked by layers of fireballs before she was able to prepare more Ice Dragon Fangs.

Jalin stacked multiple magic attacks, and Saleen was equipped with the ability as well. Saleen was rather excited, probably because he had not been fought using solely his own powers for quite a while.

Jalin's powers were near his own. While the fight was a magic exchange, they did not hold back against each other. Saleen seemed to be able to smell the air of death about him. The feeling focused Saleen's mental powers like they had never been focused before. His mental calculations exceeded his limits. That was why he had been able to think of a way to break the Ice Dragon Fang almost instantly. Furthermore, he actually retaliated.

An ice spear formed in the air and shot at Jalin. The ice spear appeared outside the area surrounded by the Ice Dragon Fangs, which meant that Saleen's elemental control powers were totally unaffected by Jalin. The ice spear was solid black. Its surface was covered with complex magic patterns, resembling Grey Memory.

What was more terrifying was that Saleen had even mimicked Grey Memory's targeting abilities. There were six tiny magic marks around the tip of the spear, locking Jalin's movements.

If Saleen had not held anything back with the attack, and it had gone right through Jalin, she would have died on the spot. No level nine shields would have been able to withstand the thrust of the ice spear. The magic patterns on the spear were replicated from the Grey Memory itself.

Mages were not permitted to have any other thoughts during battle, regardless of who stood before them.

Jalin smiled. She had no choice but to give up her controlling magic. Her legs moved and she appeared on the other side of Saleen. Her movement skills were only a tad slower than Rainbow. The ice spear was not truly Grey Memory. Its momentary targeting was shaken off just like that.

Saleen was shocked. He probably would not have been able to kill the female mage even if he were to use Crystal Finger. Such speed of movement required her to be restrained with some kind of control magic before anything else could be done.

Saleen's combat capacity had, most of the time, been forged from life or death moments in battle. Saleen's killing intent grew increasingly thick as he sensed the danger posed by his opponent. The killing intent was borne out of instinct. It was not to say that Saleen had truly wanted to kill Jalin.

Saleen turned around and flexed his hands, which were wearing black gloves, and instant-cast a Death Impact.

It was an instant death spell, which hit Jalin almost the very moment it was cast.

Saleen heard a sound of paper being torn, and then Jalin's surprised shout.