1045 Might of Mages Part 1 (2/2)

”Let's do it.”

Hundreds of tornadoes whipped out of the clouds in Saleen's surroundings all of a sudden. Two Tempest Dragonmights appeared and provided Saleen with massive amount of wind element. Saleen's speed rose sharply as he began to hunt the holy masters.

The holy masters were basically level seven. The ones of higher levels were killed by the Winged Skull. The remaining ones had scattered and none of them was able to handle level nine sorcerers.

Saleen cast an ice spear, which spun in the air looking for its target. The target found was a level eight holy master, who was protected by white Divine Protection. The strongest defense divine spell was something that even level nine spells would have had trouble penetrating. However, that was the only level eight holy master in the group remaining; the other one was already killed by the Winged Skull. The Winged Skull continued on their way to attack other camps with the spirits in tow after killing two earlier, leaving the battlefield for Saleen and Jalin.

The Winged Skull had full trust of Saleen's combat capacity. Hogina's Gun enabled Saleen to have an extra layer of protection when dealing with low-level professionals. Furthermore, the recoil of the Crystal Finger skill no longer cost Saleen his ability to fight after he had advanced to level nine. Even if he were to run into stronger opponents, he would still be able to do something.

Most importantly, Saleen had the elemental badges with him and the Tempest Dragonmight excelled in aerial battles.

Saleen was very excited. He had not anticipated the Holy See forces to be so weak. The group of over 20 holy masters were no match for him. He would have been scared if he did not have the elemental badges with him. However, at present, his attacks would be boosted by more than 50 percent, backed by the massive powers of the elemental creatures.

The ice spear pierced the Divine Protection spell and the holy master was sent falling. They were shocked by the impact of the spear, making it impossible for them to maintain flight.

Saleen would not simply let them escape. His flicked his finger up and had the ice spear steam, which soon combusted and turned into a fire snake, coiling around the holy master's body. The fire snake constricted and dispersed the divine spell into grey specks of light. The defense divine spell known to be the strongest was broken by two consecutive attacks from Saleen. The holy master within burned as they fell to the ground. Saleen did not forget to have the fire snake penetrate the holy master's body, to ensure that the poor fellow was truly killed.

Jalin was able to score as well. Her arsenal of spells had all six elements gathered. She used only five seconds to deal with a level seven holy master, somewhat quicker than what Saleen had been able to achieve.

The flying spirits were but bait for Saleen, meant for luring out the holy masters capable of flight, allowing him to destroy them midair. The Holy See army had been fooled. Holy masters were unable to perform as well as mages in aerial combat.

The clash between holy masters and mages had never ceased. Both sides looked into any weaknesses of the other side that they were able to exploit, and it had became a habit. When his plan worked, Saleen threw a scroll in his hand open.

Level eight magic spell: Dark Cage.

That spell was inferior when compared to Endless Night, but it was extremely easy to use, as it was nearly instant-cast. The spell trapped a level seven holy master within and Saleen unleashed a Midnight Fang, sticking a dark elemental blade in the mass of darkness and taking the head of the holy master.

Jalin saw the scene and snorted. Saleen was not the only one with equipment; she had hers as well. Both were in a match to see who was able to kill more holy masters. She did not need to hide anything and pulled a huge magic staff out. There was a huge gem embedded on the staff, cut into eight facets.

The gem cast six level nine spells at the same time and all of them hit holy masters. The six fell to the ground without making a sound, and Jalin turned to look at Saleen with a smug face.

The holy masters realized that things were looking bad for them. Their enemy consisted of two powerful level nine sorcerers. The remaining holy masters gathered immediately, trying to cast a large scale divine spell.

Saleen was put at ease seeing the holy masters huddling together. He was more afraid of his enemies scattering. They were attacking the Holy See's main camp after all. Anywhere the holy masters could have ran to, they would have brought help from powerful ones after all.

Saleen cast a spell that he had been preparing. More than 1000 icicles appeared above the holy masters and rained down at them. White light glimmered outside the holy masters' circle. The spell that rained down from the sky was a mutated spell that Salen developed. Steam was found on the surface of every icicle, making them incredibly hot.

”Sh**!” Jalin knew it with just one look that it was a spell that Saleen had been preparing for a while. He knew that the holy masters would have gathered. There was no way she would have been able to catch up to Saleen's speed.

The holy masters in the air were tortured by hot and cold energies at the same time. Saleen's spell had cast two opposing states on his targets.

Breaking noises were heard all the while. Saleen's icicles were not simply one-off attacks; they were shot in volleys. Six holy masters were unable to react in time and did not manage to put up Divine Protection; they were soon shot to pieces by the icicles and burned, dropping to the ground as balls of fire.