Magicians never make wishes

"As expected of a prospective apprentice, it's fortunate you're not under a mentor..."

Akahoshi's voice came from the puppet's mouth, "If I had known, I shouldn't have let that orc escape in the first place."

"Did you lure that four-legged creature to attack us?!"

Gray Leaf exclaimed in surprise; they hadn't even noticed there were other people around when they were attacked.

"Hmph, you two are lucky. This monstrous beast seems to have a particular fondness for human souls..."

"Perhaps that's why the ethereal beings are so interested in it."

"A monstrous beast? A phantom?"

Ronan watched as the second young master's limbs regenerated, then casually severed its head with a ray, before looking at the phantom on the altar and asking,

"Did you cause all of this?"

"They're all just projects by my supervisor..."

Akahoshi's voice had long lost its usual humility and politeness.

"And you are nothing more than a series of consumables."

"It seems you've brought in quite a few people." Ronan understood the implication in his words.

"You have time to chat with me here, aren't you afraid that the Corruptor will come and kill your teammates?"

Akahoshi reminded them, "The three of us here are finding it extremely difficult to even move."

The evil axe and the deputy commander inside the secret formation turned their heads with difficulty, glaring at him fiercely.

Now they are so weak that they have to muster up the strength to even utter a curse.

"If they die, won't your secret array be destroyed too?" Ronan retorted.

"You're mistaken. The secret array only requires the essence of flesh and blood. Once you've stepped into the array..." Chi Xing said without any restraint, "it doesn't matter whether you live or die."

Shhhhhh.

As the two were talking, three ice arrows quietly bypassed the puppet from one side and headed straight for the fake drill rat.

Taking advantage of the pause in conversation, Ronan quietly took out ice from his bag and transformed the Black Flame Arrow into an Ice Arrow.

Just as the fake drill rat recovered from the fireball attack, three flying ice arrows blocked its movement in three directions.

No matter how he tries to dodge, he's bound to get hit hard.

However, the ice arrow was intercepted by a fireball from the side before it was halfway there.

Under the control of Red Star, the artificial puppet Pharos swiftly and accurately launched a fireball.

The fireball hit two ice arrows, resulting in a one-for-two trade.

The remaining shot was affected and its direction was also slightly off.

"You don't think I can't see it, do you?" Akahoshi mocked.

The ice arrow's stealth capabilities are still too poor... Ronan sighed inwardly.

Fortunately, the last ice arrow, after being hit by the blast, miraculously shot into the ground next to the fake drill rat.

In an instant, it seemed as if an ice flower bloomed on the ground, and the fake drill mouse, which was too close, also got its limbs covered in ice.

It kept knocking off the ice, and the ice kept condensing on it.

Seeing that the fake drill rat was temporarily frozen, Ronan gathered energy at his fingertips, preparing to unleash a super-large "scorching ray" to annihilate the entire polluter in one fell swoop.

Since we can't find a weakness, let's treat the whole thing as a weakness and launch a full-scale attack.

Before he could even make a move, a fireball shot towards him.

Ronan had to stop the beam and activate his "magic shield" to block the fireball's attack.

He suddenly realized his weakness in battle—he couldn't cast multiple spells at the same time.

In other words, he cannot use a ray in his left hand and an ice arrow in his right, attacking the enemy simultaneously.

Although the "magic shield" continuously surrounds the body, without the input of mental energy, its defensive power is only average and cannot reach its peak.

He felt that his average level of skill was not enough to counter the puppet's fireball spell.

However, Ronan was clearly overthinking it.

Although Pharos's fireballs were fast and accurate, their power was not as great as expected.

Judging from the fireball's destructive power, even without activating the shield, it could be easily blocked with average defensive capabilities.

The fake drill mouse is now out of the frozen state; we can't let it run over to the evil axe.

Ronan simply ignored the puppet's attack, raised his hand and fired a beam of light, aiming it directly at the fake drill rat that had just escaped.

But at that moment, a fireball appeared in the path of the ray, blocking the attack for the fake drill rat.

Seeing that attacking Ronan was ineffective, the puppet changed its strategy and used fireballs to block the rays.

Ok?

Ronan did not question the fireball's ability to accurately predict the trajectory of the beam.

Instead, they were surprised that a fireball of average power could block a ray of several times greater power.

He increased the intensity of the "scorching ray" and tried it several times, but the result was still the same.

There must be some principle behind this that he doesn't know, but Ronan doesn't have time to care about that now.

During this time, the fake drill rat had already brandished its dagger and was rapidly heading towards the three people in the secret formation.

The three people inside the secret formation were unable to move.

As if she had been prepared, Akahoshi cast a spell on herself, and she disappeared from everyone's sight.

This magic must involve manipulating light to achieve invisibility.

According to Ronan's mental network perception, Akahoshi was still standing in the same spot.

The deputy commander saw the void black hole at the center of the secret array growing larger and larger, while his own life force was constantly draining away. A corrupted creature, wielding a dagger, charged straight at him...

He gritted his teeth and forcibly reversed his breathing technique, causing raging black flames to erupt around him.

These black flames enveloped him, causing him no harm, but they suddenly raised the surrounding temperature significantly, becoming his means of self-protection at this moment.

In the blink of an eye, only Evil Axe remained of the three in the formation, completely defenseless, like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered on a chopping board.

Grayleaf had already set off for Evil Axe while Ronan was entangled by the puppet.

The three people inside the secret formation were unable to move independently because they had responded to the formation; this was a restriction imposed by the formation.

If you are disturbed by other factors, such as being kicked away, it is easy to break free.

Of course, suddenly leaving the secret formation can easily lead to a backlash...

But given the choice between dying on the spot and being half-dead a while later, no one would choose the wrong option.

What Gray Leaf needs to do is very simple; he doesn't need to worry about anything else, he just needs to kick the evil axe out of the circle.

However, she realized halfway there that she was not only further away from the evil axe, but also slower than the fake drill mouse.

That's too late!

The fake drill rat dared not approach the mercenary vice-captain, who was covered in black flames, and could only turn its bloodthirsty gaze toward the evil axe.

Seeing that the rays could not break through the fireball's blockade, Ronan felt an impulse surge through his heart.

He released the restrictions on the "Burning Ray," pouring all his mental energy into the ray's magical configuration.

He had always had a hidden urge to go all in with his mental energy whenever he cast this spell.

Therefore, lately, Ronan has been trying his best to control the amount of mental energy he invests in the rays in order to suppress this inexplicable impulse in his heart.

In this life-or-death crisis, impulse finally triumphed over reason.

His mental strength is now vastly different from what it used to be.

The "scorching heat rays" unleashed at full power are unimaginably large in both range and force.

We cannot attack the fake drill rat directly... otherwise it will definitely affect the three people inside the secret formation.

Ronan understood.

Therefore, he directly targeted the artificial puppet that had been bothering him.

"Die!"

boom.

A dazzling ray with a radius of two meters blasted towards the artificial puppet.

A second before being attacked, the puppet also developed a "magic shield," which should be its last self-defense mechanism.

But this does nothing.

A white light, seemingly overwhelming, swept in, carrying immense kinetic energy and extreme heat, instantly blasting the expensive magical artifact into dust, leaving not a trace.

Ronan's mental energy immediately ran out, and he collapsed.

He squeezed out the last bit of his mental energy, raising and lowering his fingers, but ultimately could not unleash the last spell.

puff.

Within an empty circle inside the secret formation, a stream of blood suddenly shot out from mid-air.

The invisible Red Star suffers a backlash due to the destruction of the puppet.

But at this moment, no one was paying attention to what was happening on his end.

Grayleaf was still some distance from Evil Axe, while False Drill Rat had already reached Evil Axe.

It leaped up and plunged its dagger viciously into the neck of the evil axe.

"Evil axe!"