Above the mage

Chapter 32 The Chain Scheme

Whether it was jealousy or admiration, Master Seda's emotions were complex, yet he remained confident of victory.

"Your methods have indeed exceeded my expectations, but judging from your magical power alone, how many spells can you still cast?"

Master Seda was extremely confident.

"This robe I'm wearing has a built-in one-ring magical shield. Even if I stand still and let you attack me, you can exhaust all your mana and still not be able to harm a single hair on my head."

"Shield" Gao De silently memorized this spell.

Master Seda was definitely not deceiving Gaode.

As before, the acid ball exploded in front of the mage, and the splashed acid was blocked by a magical barrier.

Master Seda is safe and sound.

"Admit defeat, tell me where you learned your magic, and I might give you a quick death," said the mage Seda, shaking his head.

Now that things have come to this point, even if there's no hope ahead, why would we turn back?

Gao De ignored him, sweat beading on his forehead.

This was caused by both the burning pain from the burn on his chest and the excessive exertion of his magical energy.

[Acid Splash+] is more powerful than [Acid Splash], but it also consumes more mana.

If he hadn't persisted in his cultivation for a month, which resulted in a slight increase in his magical power, he wouldn't have even been able to unleash five magic tricks.

Another sour ball is forming in Gaode's palm.

The last spell is still [Acid Splash+]!

Although Gao De did not speak, his actions conveyed everything.

Master Seda's expression darkened further.

Seeing Gao De repeatedly provoking him, he finally couldn't suppress his anger.

"You ungrateful wretch!"

The third acid ball was blocked by the mage's shield spell.

However, after continuously blocking multiple spells, even though the shield spell was a first-level spell, its power was almost exhausted.

The mage Seda was not prepared to put himself in any potential danger and acted decisively, aiming to take down Godd before the shield spell's power was completely depleted.

He suddenly took a step forward and raised his right hand, and a dazzling light, bright enough to blind an ordinary person, suddenly burst forth.

This was the same method that Master Seda had previously used to deal with the wolf-rat.

Gaode didn't have time to close his eyes.

This is something that cannot be reacted to simply by reacting.

The light was incredibly bright, and it instantly caught Gaode's eye.

He felt a burning sensation in his eyes, followed by intense eye pain and involuntary tears.

His vision disappeared in that instant.

Gaode finally understands what it feels like to be blinded by the flashing lights.

He didn't bother wiping away his tears, nor did he try to open his eyes to look outside, nor did he make any blind attempts to avoid it. Instead, he decisively reached into his pocket.

He took out a bronze object that looked like a fang.

Fang of the Hidden Mist.

Gao De lightly swung the Hidden Mist Fang.

A thick cloud of fog instantly surged out from it and quickly spread outwards.

At the same time, a powerful energy flowed around the Fang of Hidden Mist, causing it to tremble as if it were alive.

Energy flowed into the Fang of Hidden Mist like a lava stream.

It also emitted a soft resonance, and its surface glowed faintly, indicating that it had been endowed with supernatural power and would be able to inflict even more fatal damage on the enemy.

Demonic transformation!

This process was as smooth as mercury spilling onto the ground.

On the other side, the fog spread out in a short moment, silently filling the room and shrouding the entire room in a misty haze.

The once clear view became blurry in the blink of an eye.

Only things that are close at hand can be discerned in outline.

The thick fog obscured any view beyond five feet.

Throughout the entire process, Gao De maintained a distance of more than five feet from the mage Seda, even going so far as to expend his limited mana to cast [Mage's Hand] to retrieve the medicine.

You make me unable to see you, and I'll make you unable to see me too.

Now the two are essentially tied again, back to square one.

But the flash only lasts for a moment, while the Concealing Mist spell lasts for a minute.

The advantage lies with me!

The next part of the time is Gaode's home turf.

Master Seda opened his eyes wide and looked in the direction where Gaode had been, but all he could see was darkness. He couldn't even make out the outlines of the people, let alone the people.

He was both shocked and furious.

"A first-circle spell, Concealing Mist. Where did this kid get a first-circle extraordinary item? Even I only have two first-circle magical alchemical artifacts."

Now, he has completely cast aside his previous contempt.

"This kid has a big secret!"

With Gao De displaying so much, how could Master Seda not have guessed this?

call!

A sharp sound, accompanied by a gust of cold wind, came straight at him from the front.

Although the view was obstructed, the sound was not affected.

Master Seda reacted immediately and quickly dodged to the side.

Bang! Thud!

Two voices rang out in succession.

A glass bottle and a bag of unknown contents exploded beside Master Seda!

With his line of sight also obstructed, Gaode naturally couldn't accurately aim at Master Seda, so it's understandable that he was evaded.

"It's acid again." The pungent smell of sulfur made Master Seda immediately realize what God had thrown at him.

"Hmm, there's flour too?" But another smell left Master Seda completely baffled.

Along with the acid in the medicine bottle, Gaode also threw over a small bag of flour.

Master Seda simply couldn't understand what Gaode meant.

The "sprinkling ash" tactic obviously only works the first time it's unexpected.

Besides, how could the powder, which couldn't be precisely aimed at his face, possibly have any effect on him?

Gaode will not give Master Seda much time to think.

Immediately, another glass bottle and several small bags of flour were thrown from the depths of the fog.

Although it still didn't hit the mage, some acid from the exploding acid bottle splashed towards him. Fortunately, the shield spell was still active, protecting the mage.

Master Seda had no time to ponder the purpose of the flour that was thrown along with the acid; he simply assumed that Gao De was trying to mislead people.

"Where did this kid get so many bottles of acid?"

He cursed inwardly, while quickly shifting his position.

But the next moment, he suddenly let out a hoarse scream of extreme pain.

He looked down at his right foot.

There was a pool of acid there.

And the monk Seda stepped right on it.

The acid instantly corroded the soles of his shoes, and then the skin and flesh of his feet, making a hissing corrosion sound.

The skin on the soles of his feet began to dissolve the moment it came into contact with the acid, leaving charred and bubbling wounds that caused him intense pain.

When had Master Seda ever suffered such harm?

"Where did this acid come from? It's left over from the acid bottle we threw away earlier!"

That's not entirely true.

In addition to the acid spilled on the ground from the broken acid bottle, there is also the acid left behind by Gaode's previous [Acid Splash+] effect - additional effect: the acid can be kept for up to one day as needed.

Three consecutive [Acid Splash+] attacks were blocked by the mage Seda's shield spell, but the remaining acid, along with the acid in the acid bottle, formed a "minefield" around the mage Seda, restricting his movement.

Normally, this acid spilled on the ground wouldn't pose any threat to the mage Seda.

But now, the Concealing Mist spell restricted his vision, making him feel like he couldn't move an inch.

If you move, you might step on acid; if you don't move, you'll become a sitting duck.

The shield spell's effectiveness had almost dissipated; without it, he could no longer face the acid unscathed as before.

Now, caught in a dilemma, the mage Seda recalled how God had inexplicably used [Hand of the Mage] to take the potion at the beginning, and immediately realized that God had already laid the groundwork for the Concealing Mist spell at that time.

They had somehow acquired so many bottles of acid; it turned out they were setting up this "minefield."

Knowing that [Acid Splash] would be useless against his own shield spell, he still relentlessly cast it.

I thought he was out of options and could only grit his teeth and continue.

It now seems that this was entirely to deplete the effectiveness of his shield spell so that he could no longer ignore the acid bottles he kept throwing.

This series of traps finally caught even a seasoned veteran like him off guard, leaving him in a dilemma.

(End of this chapter)