Wizard: Become stronger by drawing cards from the potions variety show

Chapter 675: The Clash of the New and the Old
Both sides' wizards were prepared, just waiting for an opportunity, and now, the tacit consent of both sides is the biggest signal for battle.

In just a moment, the battle erupted fiercely.

The people of Virgo naturally knew that battles required their full strength, but the cannon fodder they had encountered in the past had left a deep impression on them. It was not that there were no experts among them, but rather that most of them were unreliable. Inevitably, during battles, they had the idea of ​​a quick victory and crushing the opponent.

Therefore, most of the wizards in Virgo chose to use more aggressive combat magic as their first move, intending to strike first and use their superior strength to reduce the enemy's numbers, thereby expanding their advantage.

As for defense, as long as their squad leader is still alive, the enemy's attack will be intercepted. This is the tacit understanding they have developed through countless collaborations.

However, after they cast the spell, things did not go as they had planned.

Dense, slender black tentacles appeared all around them, surrounding them and trying to close them up from both sides.

Naturally, quick-reacting wizards intervened, bombarding and burning the severed parts with their magic, but more tendrils would grow from the cut-off sections.

When the left and right sides are put together, dense runes appear on top.

However, attacks that directly bombarded the opponent with large-scale damage magic were blocked by the barrier.

The magic that bombarded it was sometimes deflected, sometimes scattered, and sometimes absorbed inward, gradually shrinking.

The battle wizards of Virgo Palace suddenly discovered that they were at a disadvantage in their first encounter.

Their operational intentions were thwarted by the enemy and had no effect whatsoever; on the contrary, the enemy's battle plan was successfully realized.

After their encounter, the war wizards of Virgo Palace reached a consensus: their opponent was not easy to deal with, unlike the usual assistant wizards they had encountered.

However, what they didn't expect was that it wasn't over yet.

Their magic, which they were bombarding the opponent's barrier, was somehow restricted after the initial damage. Suddenly, a powerful suction force came from their magic, rapidly drawing away their magical power.

This sudden loss of control prompted the wizards to immediately suppress their magical power and sever their magical connections.

Unfortunately, it's still too late.

Although the magical connection was severed, the magical structure that had drawn enough magic power did not dissipate in the air. Instead, under the control of the snake witch, it dispersed in the air, faintly forming a magical circuit.

Blitz's eyes flashed with surprise upon seeing this.

So that's how it is. No wonder the commander emphasized the new magical structure to me in detail before I did.

During the second sparring session within the team, Pipi, the commander, knew the opponent's tactics and immediately countered, blocking their subsequent moves. In the first sparring session, the opponent hadn't used such tactics at all; they had simply defeated them through direct offensive and coordinated attacks.

Is it because there weren't any particularly strong wizards left over from the Aquarius Palace at that time?
Many ideas flashed through Blitz's mind.

However, none of that matters now, because now these assisting wizards are also members of the Aquarius Palace, and their strength is equal to the strength of the Aquarius Palace.

Blitz stared intently at the scattered structures, which, under the influence of the tentacles, intertwined with each other.

The magic array that was originally built on the outside was repaired and completed in an instant with the help of the internal fragments.

A large-scale confinement formation was successfully constructed in just one move, and it even trapped the opponent inside. It can be said to be an incredibly lucky start. If it were two evenly matched teams, and one side had set up a formation, the balance of victory would have already tilted significantly.

The battle wizards of Virgo Palace never expected that a poor decision made during the initial probing attack would have such serious consequences.

They wanted to stop it, but in their haste, they had no good options and missed the chance to remedy or delay the situation. In the end, they could only watch helplessly as the other side caught them off guard.

Generate a magic circle directly.

They were also imprisoned in the center of the magic circle, and had never heard of such a thing before.

This level of magical skill, this combat style—you're saying this is assisting a wizard? Who can believe it?!
They were waiting for their captains' help and instructions, unaware that their vice-captain was also in trouble.

……

Upon seeing the outbreak of war, Aaron's eyes turned cold, and he prepared to take action.

According to their normal battle procedure, Aaron would open his domain to resist the opponent's first wave of attack, while the others would use their abilities and domains to try to invade and infiltrate the opponent's consciousness, and interfere with the opponent's battle logic and construction logic.

Unexpectedly, his domain had just expanded when it suddenly stopped for a moment, as if something was stuck inside it, causing it to only expand to a size of three meters, just enough to cover a small part of his body.

He immediately noticed that within his domain, several nail-like nodes had appeared, shrouded in an eerie aura.

It is precisely because of the existence of these nodes that the coordination between his mind and domain is hindered, and the control commands that were originally issued are cut off during the flow.

Aaron's pupils contracted, and cold sweat broke out on his brow.

Li Daoxian's voice rang in his ears: "Captain Aaron, why don't you come with me and take a good look at the outcome of this battle?"

Aron looked up and saw Li Daoxian's ambiguous smile.

Although it was spoken in a consultative tone, it carried an undeniable air of command.

Aaron wanted to refuse, but he couldn't. With his domain completely suppressed, he had no way to protect his teammates.

How could he not know that the assistant wizard in front of him, who came from who-knows-where, was probably already above the domain level, and had even come into contact with a certain rudimentary understanding of the rules? It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he was at the domain perfection level or half a step into the rules.

Moreover, the fact that the other party was able to accurately sever control over his own domain tells us that the other party was probably also creating his own domain.

Otherwise, under normal circumstances, one's own field requires connection with the spirit, and it would be impossible to have the spare energy to do such a thing.

Looks like we've really messed up today.

He looked behind him, and thankfully, the situation hadn't collapsed outright.

The Virgos's extensive combat experience allowed them to quickly adjust. Captain Aaron's failure to deploy his domain according to standard operational procedures meant the enemy had definitely intervened, so the squad leaders of each combat team took over command. ...

The magic circle was established and successfully constructed.

The binding array formed in an instant imprisoned everyone inside, while different compartments were created inside, dividing everyone into different parts.

Kofiel's combat squad was isolated in a separate space.

"Heh, trying to outnumber us and gain a numerical advantage? Dream on. Everyone, gather here. You should have seen the situation. The enemy is not weak. Put away your contempt and start building defenses now. Those who are capable, try to break the magic array. Their hastily constructed array shouldn't be too sturdy. Try to break it now."

Many people in the Virgo Palace also practice magic arrays, but when they tried to break them, they discovered that inside the light curtain of the imprisoning magic array, what appeared to be an illusory and transparent light curtain was actually densely covered with black lines invisible to the naked eye.

The presence of these black lines causes the internal structure of the magic circle to change constantly.

The outer layer of magical coverage will automatically recover, meaning they cannot cut out a stable observation point. This makes it difficult for them to obtain consistent change data. Trying to crack this highly variable magic array through discontinuous patterns is undoubtedly adding insult to injury.

"Captain, I'm afraid it will be very difficult for us to crack it. We can only try brute force. The opponent's magic array structure is a new type of encryption."

Kofiel asked, "New type? How did they get their hands on this new structure? Isn't it in our database?"

The team member explained, "Anyone can research new structures, and a new structure isn't necessarily better than an old encryption structure. The difficulty is hard to say, but even if a new structure isn't particularly difficult, it still takes time to become familiar with it. But..."

Kofiel knew what he wanted to say.

But what we lack most right now is time.

Is brute force the only option to crack it?

"The chances of a brute-force attack are slim." These words came from an unfamiliar voice.

The Virgo battle wizards inside the confinement array immediately turned their attention to the person who had spoken.

A group of wizards appeared opposite the cubicle.

The wizard at the head of the group, who was grinning and waving his wand, cleared his throat when he saw everyone's eyes on him and said:
"The structure of this magic array is a perfect structure achieved through extremely ingenious construction. Corresponding to the high difficulty of its construction is its extremely high load-bearing capacity. The bearing capacity per unit area is ten times that of the magic array's energy level."

Furthermore, it can utilize the redundant reserves of the entire magic array to assist in defense at critical nodes. You should have also seen the internal Revelation Tree network, right? The structure of these networks allows for the transmission and adjustment of magical energy with almost no delay.

Kofiel looked around, a surge of anger rising within him.

Because he saw that the Aquarius wizards were not concentrating their efforts to achieve victory by leveraging their numerical advantage, as Kofiel had initially planned, but instead had controlled the number of people entering the chambers to be exactly the same as the number of Virgo wizards.

Kofiel knew that the other side wanted to defeat him fair and square in front of everyone, using the same number of people instead of tactical means.

What the other side wants is not victory, but to let everyone who witnessed today's battle know their strength; they are using them as a touchstone.

Although Kofiel was furious, he knew very well that the other party was giving him an opportunity. Otherwise, they would have been doomed to lose today if they had used the advantage of the magic array. But now that the other party had chosen to confront them head-on, anything could happen: "Want to confront me head-on? Then bring it on."

Now that an opponent has entered, they no longer need to destroy the magic array to support others. They can deal with the opponent in front of them first, and then solve the problem of the magic array.

Kofiel commanded: "Conventional tactics."

Those who were already constructing defensive magic had now completed it, and barriers and shields appeared in front of them.

The opponent's magic followed.

Several dark, shadowy spells flickered and traced winding paths in the air. From the aura emanating from them, one could sense that the opponent's magic level was not low.

Although the opponent's spellcasting speed is very fast, they had already prepared defensive spells after entering the magic circle, and these were fully constructed spells, so ensuring safety was not a problem.

However, just as he was thinking this, the wizards opposite him raised their wands, and the shield flickered twice before disappearing completely.

Magic counter?

How can it be?

This method of countering magic directly at its structural level, breaking the magic, requires an extremely high level of magical familiarity and incredibly fast reflexes.

Moreover, the opponent's countermeasures came precisely when the barrier magic was in effect, giving them the illusion of being safe and catching them off guard.

Fortunately, the team members should be able to...

"what--"

"Uhhhhhh-"

These several dark spells struck the Virgo wizard precisely. The wizard, under the spell, trembled violently and collapsed to the ground, curling up like a shrimp.

Kofiel turned around in disbelief, looking at his teammate who had been hit, his eyes seeming to say: How is this possible? Is this an idiot? He didn't even react?
Are you wizards? Why are you running and dodging like Muggles?
The next moment, he made a move, trying to open his domain, but before he could leave his body, he was dragged into exhaustion by the opponent's rapidly expanding domain.

The two domains overlapped, and both sides were trying to analyze and occupy more domain advantages. At this time, Kofiel's domain could not be used for other purposes and could only focus on fighting. He raised his hand to cast a spell, but found that he could not cast it.

Domain wizards are quick at constructing magic, but each time they manage to construct it, the structure is countered and collapses.

Kofiel was starting to question his existence.

The opponent's domain wizard is currently fighting against me; would they still have the energy to counter my magic? But even if it's not a domain wizard countering, wouldn't an ordinary wizard have no ability to counter me?

Kofiel now understood why his teammates were hit by the magic without any reaction. They probably tried to cast spells, but were all countered by the magic, and had no choice but to try to run away. Unfortunately, the magic was guided and still hit them accurately.

Immediately afterwards, a non-magical horror story was performed for Kofiel.

(End of this chapter)