Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

"This is... the aura of a vampire?!"

The aura emanating from the other party, or rather the red aura surrounding them, was remarkably similar to the blood-red light that Imos had previously emitted. Hughes immediately deduced that this power was related to the vampires.

A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. He had felt something was off about those red lights earlier, as they could grant them such powerful self-healing abilities.

It now seems that the Tunotian family must have some knowledge of vampires and applied it to magic.

"perhaps……"

Thinking of this, Hughes glanced at Cyrus in the sky and wondered if this attack was related to vampire knowledge.

Just as Hughes was pondering, Sotadis on the opposite side had almost finished preparing his final attack. Suddenly, the light around him surged several meters, and the staff in his hand shattered with a "crack".

But the orb of light at the top of the staff did not disappear; instead, it hovered in front of Sotadis, its light even brighter and its energy even more abundant than before.

The ball of light merged into his body, and his skin instantly developed bright golden patterns, with even his eyes emitting streaks of golden light.

Hughes realized what was happening and immediately stretched out his right hand. The magic power he had been silently accumulating instantly overflowed, transforming into an extremely cold cage, attempting to suppress Sotadis on the spot.

"Aaaaaah!!!"

But as Sotadis roared, the surrounding light elements surged into the golden patterns, energizing them, while the surrounding ice crystals melted instantly, and the spell lost its target area.

Under the influence of the golden patterns, his body suddenly swelled up as if inflated, his muscles tore through his clothes, and golden light surged wildly under every inch of his skin.

"Even if I die, I'll drag you down with me!" Sotadis roared, his hands erupting with tangible orbs of light.

He slammed his hands down on the ground, and several golden beams of light instantly shot out from the ground, turning in mid-air and heading straight for Hughes.

Just as Hughes was about to unleash the deflection field, Booth made its move. It suddenly expanded its body, transforming into a cloud curtain radiating intense cold in front of Hughes.

The beam of light collided with the cloud curtain with a deafening crash, the sound of the impact causing the air to tremble. The previously stagnant cloud curtain was instantly turned into a boiling sea of ​​clouds, with dazzling golden light swirling around the edges of the surging clouds.

But just a few seconds later, the beams of light dissipated, turning into specks of light that vanished into the air, while the cloud curtain remained firmly standing between Hughes and Sotadis, like an impenetrable barrier.

Seeing that the attack had no effect, Sotadis was not surprised. He muttered a spell and then suddenly stretched his palms forward.

The next moment, orbs of light shot out one after another from his palm, completely illuminating the area that had no lights.

The orbs of light danced in the air, and almost simultaneously, each orb extended several thick rays of light.

These rays of light continued to extend, quickly penetrating into other surrounding clusters of light. In this way, using light as a medium, a huge golden net composed of clusters of light and rays of light shot straight towards the cloud curtain ahead.

"Zzzzz—Zzzzzzz—!!!"

The golden net scraped across the ground with a piercing buzzing sound, leaving deep grooves in the hard ground as if it had melted into wax. The scorch marks in the grooves still contained lingering elemental fluctuations.

As if afraid that Hughes and Booth would escape, the golden net suddenly extended several meters outward from a few meters away from the cloud curtain, even deeply cutting the ground.

At this moment, all the apprentices behind had died, and what was terrifying was that the cloud puppets were actually gnawing on their bodies.

The clouds and mist enveloped their bodies, and a few seconds later, only a few tattered clothes remained on the spot, without even a drop of blood left on them.

However, with more monks than meat, the cloud puppets immediately set their sights on Sotadis, who was casting a spell with all his might not far away, after looting all the corpses.

Without hesitation, they immediately headed towards the Sotadis bee pupa.

On the other side, Hughes looked at the golden net closing in on him and smiled contemptuously.

Although the magic contained in this golden net is terrifying, even the two black spheres inside the Dark Absorbing Robe might not be able to resist it.

However, it would take a few more seconds for the golden net to collide with them, and for some reason, the other side seemed to have stopped attacking.

These few seconds of peace were enough for Hughes to mark the coordinates ahead. A moment later, with a flash of silver light, Hughes was teleported between Sotadis and the Golden Net.

At this moment, the golden net was moving behind Hughes, and the instant Hughes teleported over, the golden net collided with the cloud screen.

Strangely, Booth dealt with these golden nets with ease, simply by constricting its body into a sharp cone shape.

With a muffled "poof," the point where the golden net and the mist cone intersected shattered abruptly. Booth quickly crawled out of the hole he had poked himself, easily dodging the golden net.

The golden net continued its advance, tearing apart all the wooden houses and trees along its path.

Hughes looked ahead and saw Sotadis being besieged by a group of cloud golems. His body was surging with light, and with a wave of his hand, he created a golden light that scattered the cloud golems.

Although Sotadis seemed to be handling the situation with ease, his expression grew increasingly grim.

This immense magical power was merely a result of his using his family's meditation method, forcibly squeezing out his own life force to achieve a tremendous boost.

Therefore, his life force was about to come to an end. If he did not deal with these puppets in front of him as soon as possible, his life force would soon be exhausted, and he would not be able to see the gray-haired apprentice being dismembered by the golden net.

However, he will soon realize that the result will greatly disappoint him.

"call out--!"

A whooshing sound came from afar, and the next second, an ice spear sliced ​​through the air and shot straight toward Sotadis.

"laugh--!!"

Before he could react, Sotadis was pierced straight through by the ice spear and pinned to the ground.

"Varied--!"

Sotadis's pupils contracted sharply. Following the trajectory of the ice spear, he saw the unharmed Hughes and Booth, whose body had returned to a cloud-like state.

He was utterly baffled as to why this strike, imbued with his very life force, had no effect on them whatsoever.

"laugh--!!"

Before he could think it through, the cloud puppet beside him forcibly broke off his left arm and swallowed it.

But it seemed that Sotadis had exhausted his life force, because the cloud golem was not only not full, but also had golden light flashing on its body from time to time.

The stinging pain jolted the dazed Sotadis awake. His eyes widened in fury, and he roared at Hughes:

"It's not over yet!!"

The next moment, the golden patterns on Sotadis's body began to shatter completely. He prepared to mobilize all his magic power to self-destruct and perish together with everyone else.