Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

"Whoosh! x2"

Before long, Hughes and Aldek charged at each other at the same time, and the two figures fought back and forth in the air, leaving behind a series of afterimages in an instant.

"Buzz... Boom! Boom boom!!"

"Whoosh! Boom! Boom! Boom!!"

In an instant, blood energy and impacts exploded and collided frequently in mid-air, stirring up layers of violent energy fluctuations in all directions.

"Swish! Swish swish!!"

During the fierce battle, Hughes had already placed teleportation points throughout the battlefield, thus using his mobility advantage to frequently appear and disappear in various places in mid-air.

Moreover, each time he flashed, he would quickly unleash a world-shattering impact towards Aldek.

"Buzz... Boom!"

"Buzzing... Booming!!"

In an instant, several beams of shockwaves shot in from all directions, continuously destroying the opponent's body.

Aldek was so shaken that he couldn't keep track of anyone, and could only keep turning his head, frantically shooting blood flame rays in all directions.

"Whoosh! Whoosh whoosh!!"

In an instant, crimson rays streaked across the sky, exploding into several eerie, blood-red flames.

However, faced with the successive onslaught, he had no time to pay attention and could only let them shatter his body time and time again.

In the blink of an eye, these missing parts will grow back, as if there is no limit.

"You...do you intend to drain my life force?"

Seemingly having discovered something, Aldek tilted his head and suddenly paused the blast of rays.

"Heh...this seems to be your only option. Let's see who runs out of steam first!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the flames in his eye sockets surged and the energy they emitted once again transformed into waves of blood energy.

"Whoosh—"

On the other side, Hughes dodged the incoming light wave, and the drawing of the sorcery runes in his consciousness suddenly stopped temporarily.

Depleting Aldek's blood energy is indeed a way to truly kill him, but it is clearly not the best option.

Let's not even talk about whether the other party will choose to run away when that time really comes.

Even accumulating the energy of a shattered realm is not an easy task.

It should be noted that the reason why the Shattering Impact was able to shatter Aldek's physical body was entirely due to the Shattering Energy he had condensed into it.

It was these silver light streams with a "shattering" effect that first shattered the opponent's protective blood energy before the impact hit the actual physical body.

However, now, due to the continuous accumulation of shattered world energy, his hands are covered with silver light patterns that represent side effects.

This is also the first time that light patterns have covered both hands.

This was also the first time he truly experienced the intensity of the side effects.

"Waaah..."

The price of unleashing the power to shatter everything is that one's own body will also be shattered.

At this moment, Hughes felt his hands gradually "collapsing" and almost lost all feeling.

But this "collapse" does not affect his physical body, but rather his space.

The most obvious thing was that he, who was always extremely sensitive to changes in space, could feel the presence of his hands slowly dissipating.

If he were to try to anchor coordinates on these hands at this moment, he would certainly fail.

Because the coordinates representing these hands are slowly crumbling...

"..."

Therefore, Hughes paused the accumulation of shattered world energy and only unleashed a normal spatial impact.

...But fortunately, his plan was not to deplete Aldek's blood energy at all.

"Whoosh—"

Suddenly, Hughes seized the opportunity and teleported himself behind Aldek.

At that moment, the other party was shooting a beam of light in the direction he had just left.

"call out--!"

The sheet-like light wave swept across in an instant, but missed its target.

Taking advantage of this brief moment, Hughes stared intently at the other man's head, his eyes suddenly narrowing.

...Whoosh! Swoosh!

In an instant, an invisible wave shot out, faintly flashing in the air for a few seconds in cone-shaped ripples.

That was the mental spike he had been condensing for a long time, and its power was enough to kill an apprentice's consciousness on the spot.

In an instant, the mental spike pierced Aldek's body, deeply penetrating his consciousness.

An indescribable pain instantly struck, pouring straight into my brain.

"ah--!"

His body trembled violently, and a piercing roar erupted from his mouth.

"Buzz...buzz..."

The next second, the flames in his eye sockets suddenly flickered violently, and the blood energy waves he emitted began to fluctuate, showing a faint tendency to become chaotic.

"Ah! You!"

After regaining his composure, Aldek suddenly turned his head, and the light waves emanating from his eyes surged again, spreading out in a ring shape as his head moved.

"Whoosh—"

A beam of light swept past his side, but Hughes dodged in time and vanished from his spot.

"Whoosh—"

The next second, he appeared above Aldek, his eyes narrowed, and his mental spikes shot out again.

"Ahhh—!"

The sharp pain in his mind returned, driving Aldek into a frenzy. He flapped his bat wings hard, and his entire body instantly turned into a blur.

Just as Hughes was about to use the same trick again, Aldek's lower body suddenly exploded.

"Bang—!!"

The next second, the gushing blood energy transformed into a violent thrust, instantly sending him to Hughes's side.

——！

"You're not thinking of destroying my soul, are you? Heh..."

Aldek grinned maliciously, then suddenly opened his gaping maw full of sharp teeth.

"Is it possible?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, thick liquid gushed out of his mouth.

"Pfft pfft!! Pfft pfft!!"

They writhed and twisted as if they were alive, instantly climbing up Hughes's body and spreading rapidly.

These are Aldek's improved blood energy, which possesses extremely strong adhesive properties.

Just like last time, they clung tightly to Hughes.

But this time, a large amount of blood energy coagulated into a flexible film that firmly wrapped it up.

"Tsk—"

Hughes frowned, about to freeze the blood membrane on his body, but Aldek on the other side did not give him a chance to make a move.

Its massive mouth opened again, and a solid, blood-red sonic wave roared out instantly.

"ah--!!"

The sound waves crashed into Hughes instantly, bringing not only a powerful impact but also a piercing sound that disturbed his mind.

...Whoosh!

The levitation technique, which required constant maintenance, was instantly broken due to the disturbance of the sound waves.

Hughes' body immediately sank and plummeted straight down.

Meanwhile, Aldek, seeing this, did not relent. Instead, he opened his mouth wide and quickly flew upwards.

The next moment, sound waves roared out of his mouth again.

"Aaaaaah—!!!"

But this time, it was continuous.

——！

Thus, Hughes's mind was constantly disturbed by the sound waves, and the outline of the runes broke again and again, so he had no choice but to fall straight to the ground.