Quadruple split.

Chapter 2816 Aggressive
A blinding white light streaked across the sky.

Before the sound could even be heard, Fourteen was struck head-on by a violent, scorching force. Before he could react, he was blasted nearly a hundred meters away, crashing onto the lake shore behind him like a meteor, splashing up a spray of water like a small tsunami.

Without holding back, Asang immediately used his most proficient magic, which involved mixing and compressing more than three elements together to create a chaotic flow of elements, and then shooting it out at high speed in a designated direction.

This magic has several distinct advantages. First, in terms of activation speed, this turbulent flow has a charging time far shorter than most high-power spells. Most importantly, it requires no chanting at all. As long as the operation is performed according to the standard, the preparation can be completed in the shortest possible time, and the power will not be diminished in the slightest.

In addition, due to the multiple processes involved, the highly compressed and mixed elemental forces have lost their inherent characteristics and properties, such as the instability of fire, the plasticity of water, the sharpness of wind, and the solidity of earth. Instead, they have become pure destructive power. Although they have no advantages, they can ignore conventional magic resistance and there are no detectable elemental reactions.

Finally, there's the matter of quantity and frequency. Because it doesn't disrupt the elemental balance around the caster and has no side effects, this spell, which Asang named "Elemental Turbulence," has no cooldown. Moreover, as long as there's enough preparation time or the battle rhythm is ideal, it can be fired continuously. In extreme cases, it can even double the frequency during the attack.

That's why Ah Sang really likes to use this move as a 'starting move' and 'basic attack', and then change tactics according to the specific situation.

However, during the "Debate on Guilt," since all the strong opponents had matches to watch, Ah Sang, who had already finalized his tactics, did not use "Elemental Turbulence" in key matches. But if someone followed his matches throughout, they would have noticed that, against relatively unknown opponents, Ah Sang almost always started with this spell and easily won the match after completing a two-round attack.

As for the fourteenth person in front of him, Asang naturally understood that the opponent was not someone he could easily defeat, but he also knew that frequently using [Elemental Turbulence] was almost a prerequisite for victory, for a simple reason—

"Even if you have incredible resistance to all elements, it's hard to guarantee you won't get hurt in the face of a 'spell' that's almost pure energy."

With a sneer, Ah Sang easily tore through space and teleported himself directly above Fourteen. He activated his [Battle Meditation] talent to 100% and simultaneously deployed a magic circle behind him that could collect free magic and overflowing elements. He pointed his staff at his opponent again and said coldly, "Let me make this clear beforehand, I'm not going to give you any more chances."

boom! boom! boom! boom! ! !
Blinding white beams descended from the sky, bombarding the depression where Fourteen was located. After a moment, they uniformly changed direction, locking onto Fourteen, who was trying to use the smoke and dust as cover to quietly move to another position, and continued to bombard him relentlessly.

Bah!
The fourteenth, now entangled for the third time, didn't try to evade the attack. Instead, he shattered two streams of elemental turbulence that were hurtling towards him with a single punch, and coldly asked, "Mage, what's your name?"

"funeral."

The moment Fourteen stopped, he flashed back more than ten meters in a burst of lightning, and then casually replied after unleashing three more [Elemental Turbulence] spells. He then began to subtly set up detection spells such as [Mage's Eye] around him, clearly having noticed the change in the other party's attitude.

"Like me, you also have a rare and good name."

Fourteen swung his arms, unleashing a dark blue, flame-like aura that swirled around him, shattering the three pure elemental attacks in front of him. He asked in a deep voice, "What did you mean when you said you weren't going to give me 'another' chance?"

Asang stood at the center of his own inherent barrier, in the middle of the first-floor hall of the [Shadow of the Time Tower], wielding a weapon more exquisite than a normal staff like a conductor. He tore open a spatial rift in front of himself, and simultaneously created a series of twisted and deep small rifts around Fourteen, saying indifferently, "Didn't I just let you go once not long ago? Now I regret it, is that not allowed?"

The moment he finished speaking, Asang sent a bright blue fireball into the crack in front of him and detonated it the next second. The fireball released its heat, impact, and destructive power through the interconnected cracks around Fourteen, demonstrating how to perfectly convert area-of-effect magic into multi-layered single-target magic.

The fireball's destructive power and lethality are 'gathered' again before they can fully spread, then directly 'mapped' to the target area. After the first burst, it is 'absorbed' and 'transferred' by multiple fissures, and then strikes again from another angle, repeating the cycle endlessly.

As a result, in just five seconds, Fourteen had already suffered more than three rounds of full damage, and his entire skin was almost coated with a layer of red.

This is a rather extreme and utilitarian spellcasting technique. It not only lacks the elegance that a mage should have, but its petty and overly frugal style is also incompatible with the professional positioning. Even so, no one would think that this move is not powerful.

For example, a group spell that originally had a range of ten standard units and an attack power of ten standard units was transformed by Asang into a single-target spell with a range limited to one standard unit and an attack power of twenty-five standard units.

Moreover, in the 'field' constructed by Asang, the first burst is only the beginning, not the end. The excess destructive power will be immediately converted and released to complete the secondary damage. Therefore, based on the above conclusion, after the initial twenty-five standard units of destructive power are released, there will be a third round of damage after a period of attenuation. The attenuation rate is probably no more than five standard units.

So to put it simply—

If the purpose of this spell is to reduce the health of all enemies within a ten-square-meter area by 10 points, then now... it will reduce the health of enemies within a two-square-meter area by 25 points, then 20 points, then 15 points, and so on, until the power is completely released and they can no longer cause any trouble.

To be fair, in the eyes of many spellcasters who consider themselves elegant, this technique is very unrefined, not because Asang's technique is too meticulous, but because... it is not elegant enough.

This extreme pursuit of practical results almost completely abandons skillful tactics, which even seems too utilitarian to the practical practitioners in the City of Miracles.

Admittedly, the essence of battle is to "kill the opponent by any means necessary," but even so, the "reserve" unique to the mage class still makes Asang seem somewhat unconventional.

But Ah Sang doesn't care whether he's considered unconventional or not!
Ah Sang just wants to survive! Even his pursuit of 'Fourteen' right now is only to ensure his own survival!
“We all know that’s not the real reason.”

Fourteen's gaze narrowed slightly, and the deep blue energy around his body surged and churned like a living thing, constantly dissolving wave after wave of scorching flames. He said in a deep voice, "I can sense that back at Dongyuan Lake, you were indeed only trying to drive me away from there, and you have successfully achieved your goal. Why did you suddenly change your mind and chase me all the way here?"

Ah Sang sneered and asked, "Do you think I'm being a bit aggressive?" "Isn't that right?"

With a single punch, he shattered the lightning strike that fell from the sky, which resonated strangely with his own energy, causing its power to multiply. Fourteen stared intently at Asang: "At this moment, I am no longer a threat to you or those fishmen. Why do you insist on forcing me to my death?"

Asang and the [Shadow of the Time Tower] enveloping him rose into the air simultaneously, unleashing a chilling [Tenfold Extreme Cold Ray] that froze Fourteen, who was about to rush towards him, in place. He said in a low voice, "It's a long story..."

"It's okay if it's a bit long."

Without hesitation, he bent down and slammed his fist into the ground, shattering the frozen soil binding his legs. He then unleashed his fighting spirit, sending a powerful wave of energy back at Asang. Fourteen grinned and said, "Before you kill me, or I kill you, we still have plenty of time to chat."

"Excuse me."

Ah Sang, however, had no intention of cooperating with Fourteen's suggestion. He said with a forced smile, "I don't have the habit of explaining my motives for killing. After all, no one has ever said a few words of nonsense to me when I'm facing imminent disaster."

It's clear that Asang isn't the kind of idealist who likes to give his enemies a chance. Although he does occasionally daydream like an ordinary person, and even lost control of his emotions when he saw a 'living person' during the [Questioning and Debate], when he's in the [Pseudo-Space-Time Flow] state, he has long since developed the habit of not giving his enemies any chance and always going all out, even forcing himself to overexert himself.

The reason is simple: fear of death.

He wanted to kill Fourteen because Fourteen wanted him dead!
That's right. Although Asang doesn't intend to talk to the other party much, we can still use God's perspective to sort out the ins and outs of this chase.

First of all, as Fourteen said before, not long ago... or rather, not long ago for Fourteen and those Super Saiyan fishmen like Mugamu, on a certain day in the Flower Month of the Holy Calendar 9346, Asang did not actually intend to completely kill Fourteen, at least not to chase him all the way from the Northwest Continent to the Southwest Continent in order to kill him.

At that time, A-Sang noticed that Fourteen was preparing to rule Dongyuan Lake and turn the Super Saiyan fishmen he had saved into slaves, and decided to help him. He only wanted to drive the former away. As for chasing him down... after realizing that Fourteen probably hadn't shown his full strength, A-Sang wasn't really interested.

As the saying goes, "a cornered dog will jump over the wall," and "don't pursue a desperate enemy." For Asang, who cherishes life, the risk of continuing to cause trouble for Shisi after achieving his goal was too great.

However, the result of his letting Fourteen go was that he was almost killed by the latter when he passed through the Nismont Lake District of the Northwest Continent in the year 9483 of the Holy Calendar.

Simply put, Fourteen had held a grudge for over a hundred years, and then, when Asang happened to pass through his territory, he decided to take revenge on himself for being driven out of Dongyuan Lake years ago.

As we all know, although the span is more than a hundred years, for Asang, the actual time was only a few months at most. Although he raised his strength from high-level to half-step epic level in these few months and completed the 'Unique Boundary' under the inspiration of the [Debate on Guilt], the progress was still relatively limited.

Meanwhile, Fourteen had already honed himself for over 130 years and one day successfully advanced to the Epic rank.

As a result, Ah Sang was almost killed by Fourteen in one fell swoop when he was caught. In the following half hour, although Ah Sang tried his best to fight against Fourteen, the latter did not give him any chance at all, and seemed to be willing to waste more time to make sure that he could kill Ah Sang.

In this situation, Ah Sang could only pray that he could hold on a little longer until the arrival of the [Pseudo-Spacetime Flow], and use his annoying talent to get out of his predicament.

And he did succeed. Just before Fourteen successfully completed the kill, the [Pseudo-Space-Time Flow] suddenly erupted, directly pulling Asang into Dongyuan Lake in 9346, which led to the scene at the beginning.

That's why, after confirming the situation with Mugamu, Asang's first priority was to rush to the Nismont Lake District, where he had been ambushed by Fourteen, to take down this vengeful and powerful guy.

Because he didn't believe in his own luck, Asang was unwilling to gamble that he wouldn't be thrown into the Nesmont Lake region between 9480 and 9571 in the Holy Calendar. Since the Super Saiyan Fishman had become a permanent resident of East Lake and had even interacted with Mo Tan and others, much of the history associated with him could not be changed. In other words, the fact that Fourteen and Asang had a grudge against each other was already a fait accompli.

and so--

"You just have to know."

Asang flew to the top of the [Shadow of the Time Tower], spread his arms and entered a state of resonance with the 157 magic nodes on the tower. He constructed an elemental magic circle containing nearly 200 hubs between himself and Fourteen, and said coldly, "Your death was absolutely not unjust."

"I'm sorry, you couldn't convince me."

Fourteen shook his neck, slowly looked up at Asang's figure, his tone calm and his expression normal: "But I can understand the need to 'go all out' now."

"...?"

Have you ever felt the power of the ocean?

Chapter 2807: The End
(End of this chapter)