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

Chapter 689 Escape

Fortunately, with the buff of being in harmony with nature, even when mentally scattered, one can still maintain basic judgment.

"Mental puncture and mental explosion."

However, Harry didn't understand why he was still being attacked even though Yuan Hua had already built a mental barrier.

Harry's thoughts appeared on the mind network, and Yuan Hua calmly explained, "The mind barrier also has a limit. Right now, all the magic the opponent is using is aimed at you, and it has broken through the barrier's limit."

“I have already started to deal with it. Li Daoxian also shared most of the mental resistance through the mind network as soon as possible.”

"However, these are not the most crucial parts. The most important part is the subsequent attack, mental piercing and mind shock. Often, another function is positioning, which allows for targeted use of magic."

This is true.

What followed was a tidal wave of mind magic: domination, mania, fear—these spells surged in through the original piercing link.

Li Daoxian also made a judgment: "The opponent has a star player."

In Wizard Duels, the top-ranked wizards who can participate in the ultimate showdown, including past champions or those who have achieved a Grand Slam but not a championship, are privately referred to as star players, meaning they all have the ability to turn the tide of battle.

The brilliant ray that just pierced through the meteorite and the barrier was extremely precise in both power and timing.

Li Daoxian calmly said, "However, the opponent's fighting style is too conservative."

Yuan Hua also laughed and said, "Being conservative is the right thing to do. After all, reinforcements are on their way. They don't need to make a breakthrough. As long as they can achieve their strategic goal of delaying, they will be considered successful. Our idea of ​​evacuating all personnel has already been discovered by the enemy."

Melissa didn't speak, but focused on chanting the spell.

Harry had already realized that he was being used as a weak point, so all the magic was being directed at him.

The opposing side knew that as long as they targeted them, the others would have to free up their resources to help them, which would effectively delay Li Daoxian and his team's ability to act.

Harry lowered his head, knowing full well that this was a virtual combat scenario generated during training, and whispered, "I'm sorry, I'm not strong enough."

Li Daoxian shook his head: "Your strength is passable, and since your role is to support the attack, you will inevitably become a target for the opponent."

This statement makes sense. In a normal wizard battle, you should indeed target the opponent's turret-type damage dealers first, otherwise you will easily fall into a passive position. If a combat turret that has been specially enhanced with spell power, casting speed or casting range attacks indiscriminately, it is easy to crush it like a crushing machine.

But this is not the normal situation; they are the ones trying to break through.

Moreover, although Harry is an offensive player, he is not the main attacker. If we're really talking about it, the opponent should be targeting the main attacker who just displayed their strength.

Ultimately, it was Harry's use of magic that directly exposed his level of skill, making him the weakest link in the team compared to the other three. Therefore, the opposing commander immediately chose to launch a fierce attack on his weakness.

Either reduce staff directly.

Either the other party tries their best to share the burden, which is like having a burden that requires continuous investment of extra energy, which is actually the scenario they would prefer to see.

Harry realized this too.

He didn't say anything like "Don't worry about me, you guys evacuate," because he knew that he was the main character in this training. No matter what, even if it seemed like he wasn't in command right now, everyone else would fight around him.

Harry gritted his teeth, feeling uneasy.

He now understood why combat was the first step in training. Even through the normal difficulty training, he had only barely reached the standard of a combat wizard. But ultimately, the name of the difficulty level already indicated that he was just an ordinary soldier on the world battlefield.

His abilities may not be bad, but they are definitely not enough to turn the tide and step up at crucial moments. In fact, he needs protection from others right now.

Harry already knew that this round was doomed to fail, and that the enemy's reinforcements were on their way.

They need to replenish their shields, share the burden of mental piercing, resist magic, and disrupt the enemy; they're too busy.

In particular, Li Daoxian's shooting efficiency noticeably decreased after he had taken on most of the opponent's attacks.

There was simply no time to make a move.

The opponent's combat strategy was conservative, but it was indeed the most effective. At each crucial juncture, the opponent's seemingly star wizard would emerge to disrupt their breakout rhythm and fill the gaps left by the other wizards' attacks.

What's worse, the enemy seems to have discovered the magical effects of the Mark of the Weak. The possessed wizard is focused on removing the chaotic spell from his body, and all combat information is blocked from them.

Li Daoxian's ability to obtain information was greatly limited.

In the middle of the battle, Li Daoxian tried to use the same trick again, employing the Life-Taking Curse to reduce the number of people, but unfortunately, the effect was greatly reduced after the enemy was prepared.

The other side has the upper hand, so they have more energy to defend against a counterattack, which is something that can't be helped.

Throughout this process, Harry continuously cast spells, posing some threat to the opposing side. However, the opposing side had more people and used targeted counter-spells, making Harry's magic ineffective.

This frustrated Harry, who felt there was no hope left.

Continuing would only be a futile struggle. He was already considering whether he should go back for combat training after this was over. If he could pass the difficult level, he wouldn't be in such a sorry state when dealing with these guys.

The easiest opportunity to break through is at the very beginning of the battle.

Everyone was in good spirits back then, and the other side had fewer people than they do now.

If I had been able to follow Li Daoxian's offensive strategy and add some offensive magic, perhaps there wouldn't have been so many surviving enemies.

Harry's regret was interrupted by Li Daoxian: "It's okay, it's already very good."

Harry could only see his profile. Li Daoxian had a smile on his face. He raised his hand and released a black hole to suck away the sea of ​​fire in front of him, and then shattered a handful of poisonous mist with a finger.

"It's pointless to dwell on the past and regret what has already happened. What we can do is figure out how to survive in this situation."

"Remember the information in your mind."

Lee Do-hyun held Harry's hand and said earnestly.

Harry looked at Li Daoxian's earnest expression as he gave him instructions, and then he remembered that the mission briefing for this round of training seemed to have briefly mentioned that the background of their breakout mission was to bring back the intelligence they had gathered.

However, since it was a training session, Harry naturally focused on training and strengthening teamwork, and only briefly touched on the background story.

The next moment, Harry suddenly found that something like a small bead entered his palm, then rose upwards and attached itself to his sea of ​​consciousness.

With a thought, he could even sense the location of the bead.

The bead itself was unremarkable, with no apparent abnormalities on its smooth surface. However, Harry knew very well that this was the information that needed to be conveyed.

“This…” Harry wanted to say something more.

After a long silence, Melissa finally spoke up: "I'm ready."

"Let's begin then." "Wait, what are you all doing...?"

Harry wanted to question something more, but then he saw Melissa behind him smile slightly, her body suddenly explode into a colorful mist, which then contracted to form a small cavity.

Inside the void, a multitude of contradictory and bizarre rules were squeezed out.

A chilling feeling suddenly enveloped the entire room.

The cavity that had been contracting inward suddenly began to expand outward with the colorful mist that had been spreading outward.

"Get out, get out."

Harry saw his opponents retreating frantically and could faintly hear their shouts.

Shouting?
Wizards shouldn't make shouting noises.

So these are their true feelings?
In this area, can I hear their voices?

Harry stared blankly as the colorful mist passed through him and continued to spread outwards. He looked at the empty space, which, despite being devoid of anything, paradoxically possessed a strong sense of presence, drawing his attention and gaze.

Another thing he couldn't observe had arrived.

Harry suddenly felt a tug, looked down, and realized that Li Daoxian hadn't let go of his hand. Now, with a sudden jerk, a small hole appeared beside Li Daoxian.

“Yuan Hua, Harry, we can’t reach the designated evacuation point. You should take advantage of this opportunity. Only when the Chaos Lord descends will there be a chance to tear open the barrier on the outer edge of the world and you will have a chance to go back.”

Harry grabbed Li Daoxian's arm and asked, "Shall we go together?"

Li Daoxian shrugged and said with a smile, "I'm afraid it will be difficult."

His body suddenly disintegrated, turning into countless black tentacles that thickly wrapped around the small temporary portal. The outer layer of the writhing black tentacles was rapidly diminishing, as if something was gnawing at them.

Li Daoxian looked at Yuan Hua one last time and said, "I'm leaving the rest to you."

After saying this, Li Daoxian could no longer hold on, his brain disintegrated, and he completely merged into the teleportation portal.

Harry was deeply shocked, and his body even felt a little numb.

He had imagined war.

War is glory, honor, and a testament to the wizarding world's strength. During previous combat training, the opponents were simulated wizards, some even lacking facial features. Subconsciously, Harry didn't perceive them as wizards, or even as human beings.

But now, his two teammates have sacrificed themselves before his very eyes in a very short period of time, paying the price of their lives to deliver so-called intelligence that he had previously not even cared about.

Harry's feelings were very complicated. At such a young age, this was the first time he had ever seen such a scene, and it was also the first time he had truly shouldered the responsibility of a mission.

Yuan Hua pulled up the stunned Harry, and the two leaped into the portal.

Inside the temporary portal lies boundless darkness and void, with flickering points of light that may be remnants of the world or crevices, or perhaps strange creatures lurking at the edge of the world.

Fortunately, inside the portal, a tentacle emitting a faint white light was guiding their direction.

Harry already knew that this was probably the help Li Daoxian had provided them.

"This way."

Yuan Hua's words confirmed their suspicions; his tone was low.

Suddenly, a faint glimmer appeared in the pitch-black world, like a sun rising from nowhere. By this light, Harry saw a sight he would never forget.

The surrounding darkness seemed to writhe chaotically, as if stimulated by the light.

Various intersecting shadows shimmered under the light, like the scales of countless jet-black pythons flashing and flowing in different directions.

The path they had to walk was the gaps between countless black worms. Then, Yuan Hua whispered, "Calm your mind."

Harry immediately lowered his head, shutting down his senses, and then followed Yuan Hua forward. After walking for a while, he asked in a low voice, "What is that?"

Yuan Hua did not answer.

They simply walked forward calmly.

Harry saw that Yuan Hua didn't seem inclined to speak, so he didn't ask any more questions and simply continued forward in silence.

Although he didn't get an answer, Harry had his own guesses.

The writhing darkness might be a teleportation link under special circumstances, and the light, with its faint aura identical to that of Melissa, could bypass them, clearly Melissa's doing.

Harry had once heard his father say that in the wizarding world, although wizards were the absolute rulers, there were many creations born from the hands of wizards that posed a great threat to them.

Of course, these creations appeared to make things more convenient for wizards, and there must be a reason why they can continue to exist.

Those writhing darknesses I glimpsed just now, those densely packed, shimmering black things like scales, were probably the teleportation link network.

However, Harry had used the temporary portal before, but it hadn't resulted in such a terrifying scene.

It can only be said that the other party controlled and blocked the teleportation link through various means, which is why Melissa and Li Daoxian had no choice but to sacrifice themselves to find a way to survive.

Melissa became the light, and Li Daoxian became the path; only through their collaboration could they discover a glimmer of hope in the most desperate situation.

Harry was overwhelmed with mixed feelings; he didn't know how to describe his thoughts at that moment.

He felt a little ashamed because he was being protected, or rather, he was completing the mission by stepping on his teammates' shoulders.

But he was also somewhat moved.

He found it hard to imagine that in the wizarding world, there would be wizards who would sacrifice themselves to help others succeed in order to complete a mission.

Even though it was just a simulation, Harry felt that the other person was a real wizard based on their conversation and reactions.

Finally, the passage came to an end.

At the end was a huge pillar of light, which was very dazzling in the pitch-black environment.

The white tentacles led them to the edge of the pillar of light, and following the pillar downwards, they could see the shallow cracks in the world.

"Here we are!"

Even without Yuan Hua saying anything, Harry already realized it. He subconsciously gripped Yuan Hua's hand and shouted excitedly.

(End of this chapter)