Wizard: My skills can be upgraded indefinitely.

Chapter 116 Settling the Revenge

Ian looked up at the thirteen suffocating fireballs, feeling the destructive energy they contained.

But there was no fear in his eyes, only a chilling killing intent.

Sterling.

"Hmm?" Sterling raised an eyebrow.

"Do you know?"

Ian slowly raised his hands.

The icy blue mist surrounding him instantly condensed into fine frost crystals, which then drifted down.

"During my time fleeing in the Dead Silence Mountains, I thought about one thing every day—"

His voice was soft, yet it pierced through the roar of the fireball.

"I'm thinking—if one day I can come back alive, if one day I see you again."

"I'm going to—how will I kill you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of chilling rays instantly coalesced and shot out.

"Twin" special effect, maximum output!

Sterling's pupils suddenly contracted.

"No witchcraft used, instant cast?!"

He was shocked, but reacted quickly. The thirteen fireballs did not merge, but instead crashed into the ice-blue ray like meteors.

At the same time, a great deal of vigilance arose.

The energy field surrounding him, belonging to a formal wizard, lit up almost instinctively, overlapping with the temporarily activated fire shield.

Pfft! Pfft—

Ice and fire clashed, and a large cloud of white mist exploded!

All frost rays were precisely intercepted and detonated by the fireball.

But there are too many rays!

The lingering chill penetrated the aftershocks of the explosion and slammed into the double protective shield in front of Sterling.

The fire shield trembled violently, and a thick layer of ice condensed on its surface with a "crack".

Even the invisible force field behind it paused slightly, and its operation became momentarily sluggish.

"Such powerful freezing ability?!" Sterling was shocked again.

This is by no means a simple freezing spell, but a strange power that erodes and slows down energy structures!

Before he could think it through, Ian had already pointed with his right hand.

A condensed, bright white ray, only as thick as a hair, tore through the air and pierced straight at his brow with terrifying heat!

【Burning Rays】: "Focused" "Sunburn"!

Sterling's hair stood on end, and he frantically channeled his mental energy, thickening his flame shield once more.

laugh----!

The bright white ray struck the shield, piercing through most of it instantly, like a hot knife through butter.

The residual heat burned his cheeks.

"Damn it! How can an apprentice's witchcraft be so powerful, all of it instantaneous?!"

Sterling was in turmoil.

This is an attack power that no advanced apprentice could possess; Ian definitely has a big secret!

His eyes blazed with greed, and he became even more vigilant, no longer daring to be overconfident.

He suddenly retreated, taking out a small crystal bottle from his pocket and drinking the dark golden, viscous liquid inside in one gulp.

Heart of Lava!

boom----

Sterling's aura suddenly surged, his sickly pale face was replaced by a flushed red, flames raged around him, and the rocks beneath his feet began to melt.

"Damn it, you forced me to do this!"

His eyes were bloodshot, and his hands moved rapidly, causing thirteen fireballs to reappear.

But this time, each one swelled to the size of a house, with runes flowing inside, emanating a terrifying aura of destruction.

"Let me show you the true power of a first-level wizard!"

Sterling grinned maliciously, and thirteen fireballs began to converge towards the center.

However, this was the moment Ian had been waiting for.

"Gah gah!" he murmured in his mind.

"Understood! Ga!"

Gaga, who had been lurking in the shadows, suddenly appeared!

With a flap of its wings, it activated [Shadow Leap] and instantly appeared above and behind Sterling.

The two heterochromatic eyes, one gray and one blue, lit up simultaneously—[Ominous Eyes]!

As the gray light descended, Sterling paused slightly.

Although the effect on a formal wizard is brief, this momentary delay disrupts the rhythm of the fireball fusion!

At the same time, within Ian's mental sea, a mist of mental energy surged forth.

[Crystal Energy Barrier], dual special effects activated!

The translucent shield instantly deformed, transforming into dozens of palm-sized rhomboid "floating crystal guards".

Like a swarm of bees, they shot out with a whooshing sound, crashing into and disrupting the thirteen fireballs from all angles!

Bang bang bang bang————!

The fireball's trajectory was disrupted by the impact, greatly reducing its fusion speed.

"Damn it!" Sterling exclaimed, both shocked and furious.

He never expected that Ian not only possessed a wide variety of instant-cast spells, but also had such a bizarre ability to manipulate shields, and even a familiar that could interfere with formal wizards!

He forced himself to calm down and accelerated the fusion of the fireballs.

Ian took a deep breath, his powerful physique subtly resonating with the earth under the influence of [Earth Vein Resonance].

He raised both hands at the same time.

With his left hand, two icy blue [Secondary Frost Rays] condensed once more, their chilling force penetrating to the bone.

In his right hand, the extremely refined, bright white [scorching ray] was compressed to its limit, and the high temperature caused the surrounding air to crackle.

Then, to Sterling's horrified gaze—

Ice and fire, three rays, spiraled and converged in front of Ian!

The icy blue cold current and the bright white flames did not cancel each other out.

Instead, under Ian's exquisite control, it resonated and intertwined at a strange frequency—

It formed a spiral beam of light interwoven with gold and blue!

Ice and Fire Spiral!

"Break for me!"

Ian roared and thrust his arms forward like he was throwing a spear!

The spiral beam of light tore through the air, carrying a dual aura of freezing and incineration, and shot straight toward the blazing white sun that was about to take shape!

Fear finally showed in Sterling's eyes.

He frantically channeled his mental energy, trying to accelerate the fusion of the fireballs.

But it was too late.

The spiral beam of ice and fire slammed into the half-formed, blazing white fireball!

No sound.

A burst of pure white light erupted, engulfing everything in sight.

Then came the shock wave, a visible ring of air that spread wildly outwards from the point of impact.

Wherever it passed, the black stone pillars snapped, shattered, and vaporized like straw!

Sterling was the first to be affected.

His fire shield shattered after only half a breath.

The deep blue wizard's robe instantly turned to ashes, and his skin was charred and carbonized.

He was thrown out like a rag doll and slammed hard into the rock wall behind him.

"No!!!"

The heart-wrenching screams were drowned out by the roar of the explosion.

With a sharp crack, the sound of the spine breaking was clearly audible.

Sterling collapsed to the ground, vomiting mouthfuls of black blood mixed with fragments of internal organs, his breath coming in extremely weak gasps.

As the smoke and dust cleared, a colossal figure, three meters tall, slowly emerged.

Step by step, he strode across the still-smoking lava floor and stood before Sterling.

Sterling struggled to lift his head, looking at Ian approaching, his eyes filled with no regret, only intense resentment.

"I—have only average talent—"

With each word he uttered, more blood and foam gushed from his mouth.

"Everything—potion-making knowledge, combat experience, wizarding status—is the result of countless hardships and life-or-death trials—that has led to my achievements today."

"If you don't have a secret—what right—what right do you have to kill me?!"

Ian stopped and looked down at him, his eyes calm and unwavering.

"Life-or-death ordeal?"

He repeated it softly, as if asking Sterling, or perhaps asking himself.

"Who isn't?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a condensed [Burning Ray] pierced through Sterling's forehead.

Sterling's words came to an abrupt halt, his eyes quickly dimmed, and finally froze into a deathly gray.

His body stiffened, the light in his eyes quickly dimmed, and finally he froze completely.

Ian stood there, silent for a long time.

Ian, who was somewhat naive in his dealings with others at the "Furnace" camp and was also uncomfortable with the deaths and injuries of his comrades.

He died after his life-or-death escape through the "Dead Silence Mountains"!

The moment he stepped out of the "Deadly Mountains" and into the Gloomy Woodland.

All that remains is a wizard who, in this cruel world, grips his power and proceeds cautiously.

He will not deliberately bully the weak, but he will no longer have any pointless compassion.

When he's in a good mood, he'll teach some people the most basic wizarding knowledge, but that's about it.

Ian let out a long breath, quickly put away Sterling's dimensional ring and the empty bottle of the [Heart of Lava] potion, and then used the Ice and Fire Ray to clean up the traces of the battle.

Then he turned around and quickly disappeared into the shadows of the black stone forest with Gaga.

The wind whistled through the cracks in the stone forest.

Soon, the remaining traces of blood and burnt residue were blown away.

It was as if nothing had happened.

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