Above the mage

Chapter 762 Is it a case of letting the water out?

"It's scent. Wolf-born mages possess many of the inherent characteristics of wolves, such as using scent to locate their prey."

"Sight can be deceived, but the sense of smell is an instinct ingrained in the bones of wolf-born mages, and cannot be faked."

"Feng Lin's illusion can distort light and shadow, but it cannot eliminate the vibrant life force on the two people, so it cannot shake Ellie's locked trajectory."

Fritz, with an extremely serious expression, explained the situation to his teammates beside him.

He frowned slightly and continued, "In addition, wolf-born mages are born with extremely high spell resistance. Ordinary low-level spells can be directly negated simply by relying on their bloodline and physical body."

"It's a bit of an exaggeration that he could withstand Cedric's elemental spells without taking any damage; it's not something an ordinary wolf-born mage could do."

"This is enough to prove that the purity of the wolf bloodline in Ellie Warwick's body has reached a terrifying level that is close to that of a purebred ancestor."

Fritz's tone deepened further: "And the most crucial point is that wolves possess inherently high mental resistance."

Not only illusions, but most regular enchanting spells would be significantly weakened or even rendered ineffective against her.

On the field, the situation was already dangerous from the very beginning.

Wind blades are ineffective, illusions are nullified.

Despite their double-pronged attack failing, Cedric and Feng Lin's combined defensive strategy did not slow down Ellie's half-step advance.

The blood-red afterimage, shrouded in a faint crimson light, continued its rapid approach.

The narrow canyon passageway was compressed infinitely in distance by Ellie's terrifying speed.

In just a few breaths, she had already broken through the halfway point and was very close to Cedric and Feng Lin.

Both of them are orthodox ranged mages. If Ellie, a top-tier melee mage, were to get close to them, the outcome would be predictable.

Although the battle unfolded unexpectedly, Cedric and Feng Lin remained calm despite their shock.

"The wolf-born mage has extremely high resistance; low-level spells are useless against her!" Feng Lin hurriedly explained to Cedric.

Cedric nodded immediately and quickly waved his staff.

Taking advantage of the abundance of fire, wind, and earth elements in Blazing Wind Canyon, several spells to summon elemental creatures were cast in succession.

Three medium-sized wind elementals and two earth elementals coalesced from the surrounding terrain, blocking Ellie's path as she charged forward.

This is not simply about defense and sheer numbers, but rather about a system and coordinated approach.

The wind element swirls at high speed to form a ring-shaped wind barrier, specifically designed to disrupt Ellie's trajectory by using a physical vortex.

Above ground, two medium-sized earth elementals stood firmly rooted to the ground, their massive rock and earth bodies taut and gathering power.

Inheriting the natural characteristics of earth element—high armor, high physical resistance, and strong defensiveness—they act like two thick, moving rock mountains, firmly blocking the passage.

They raised their hands simultaneously, and the hard rock and soil pounded the ground in turn, creating shockwaves of debris to hinder the approaching Ellie.

The goal is to use your own superior tankiness to slow down their approach and buy enough time for the two mages behind you to cast spells.

Feng Lin, on the other side, also did not sit idly by and wait for her fate.

She had already realized that conventional visual illusions were useless against a wolf-born mage with a top-notch sense of smell.

Having figured this out, Feng Lin decisively abandoned all inefficient visual illusions, channeling her magic at her fingertips to create false spirits of herself and Cedric.

This is one of the very few high-level illusions that can simulate the target's physical characteristics in all aspects.

It transcends the limitations of mere light and shadow disguise, perfectly simulating the unique life force of the two individuals, enough to deceive Ellie's sense of smell.

Only after completing all this did she unleash the light and shadow illusion once more.

Both players displayed meticulous tactical thinking and knew how to advance and retreat effectively.

More importantly, the narrow and elongated terrain of Blazing Wind Canyon provided them with the most crucial buffer space.

Even with Ellie's incredible speed, it still takes her a considerable amount of time to traverse the entire canyon passage.

It was this precious one-time activation time difference that allowed the two to preemptively deploy their spells and set up multiple layers of defense.

At the same time, the distance difference at this moment is also their biggest advantage.

The canyon is extremely wide, and Viola is currently at the farthest point of the battlefield, beyond the effective casting range of enchantment spells, making it temporarily impossible for her to join the fray and form a two-person harassment.

Although Viola immediately activated her flight spell to quickly follow up the moment Ellie launched her attack.

But Ellie's speed was far beyond her ability to keep up with.

She needs a little more time to get into the spell's range.

In the Holy Empire's two-person system, only Ellie can launch an attack at this moment.

In the center of Blazing Wind Canyon, two enormous, heavy earth elementals stood in the way, completely blocking all paths of advance.

However, Ellie's eyes remained cold and indifferent throughout, without the slightest ripple.

The faint, blood-red glow surrounding her body undulated subtly as she continued forward.

Two colossal rock-and-earth giants simultaneously lowered their waists and exerted force, their heavy fists, covered in thick rock armor, crashing down with a shockwave.

The shockwave from the shattered rocks exploded along the ground, sweeping in all directions.

They moved with heavy steps, directly impacting and crushing with their tons of rock and soil bodies.

Attempting to use her sheer size to forcefully stop Ellie's advance, Ellie's feet were as steady as a rock. Facing the two massive bodies crushing towards her, she suddenly twisted her waist and back to gather strength, and her body accelerated against the odds in a short while.

The previously dormant crimson light condensed entirely at his fingertips, and dark red to almost black bone wolf claws emerged, their chilling light suddenly flashing.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Three short, sharp, tearing sounds echoed in succession through the canyon.

The thick earthen armor was like brittle stone in front of the blood-red claw blades, each strike tearing deep cracks in it.

The blood-red light seeped into the core of the earth element along the crack, continuously eroding its elemental origin.

The source has been continuously eroded and damaged, and the movements of the two earth elements have become noticeably stiff.

The originally smooth and powerful punches and ramming movements became stiff and jerky.

Taking advantage of the situation, Ellie suddenly lowered her body to the ground, pressing her center of gravity to the extreme.

His back arched like a wolf poised to hunt, and his feet slid quickly across the rock face.

Taking advantage of the gaps in the narrow canyon terrain and the blind spots in front of the earth element, it drifted left and right, nimbly weaving through the air.

Her body barely brushed past the massive earthen rock.

The heavy and conservative earth element contrasts sharply with the extremely agile Ellie.

Ellie moved like a blood-red phantom weaving through the crevices of giant rocks, and in just a few breaths, she sidestepped the blind spots of the two earth elementals' defenses.

Then, he lightly touched the ground with his toes and suddenly accelerated, completely leaving behind the earth elemental who was swinging his fist in the air.

She cleverly bypassed the first line of defense.

Breaking through the ground barrier, Ellie's figure didn't pause at all, her toes lightly touching the rock surface as she soared into the air.

With a graceful turn, she deftly dissipated the momentum of her forward momentum, facing directly at the three medium-sized wind elements that were rapidly intercepting her.

The three wind elements instantly dispersed and took to the air, forming a triangular encirclement that sealed off the upper, middle, and lower airspace.

Their translucent bodies instantly transformed into high-speed swirling cyan cyclones, frantically stirring up the surrounding airspace around themselves and creating a large-scale, violent, and chaotic wind field.

This wind field is specifically designed to target enemies advancing at high speed.

It wasn't just airflow disturbances; the three wind elements took turns launching dense wind blades, like a barrage of arrows, with the violent cyclone pulling and locking in place layer by layer.

However, this method of restraint, which usually gives melee mages a headache, completely failed against Ellie.

All the wind blades and vortexes that landed on her body were completely dissolved and vanished without a trace.

Ellie used her core strength to propel herself forward, and her airborne body accelerated rapidly once again.

Ignoring the dense, intersecting wind blades and the violently twisting cyclones, her gaze was as sharp as an eagle's. Her body moved skillfully, each change of direction precisely avoiding the area of ​​strongest wind suppression, and she rapidly advanced along the gaps in the airflow.

In an instant, they were already close to the empty wind element below.

In that instant, her arm suddenly stretched out, and her wolf claws, poised to strike, reached out with precision.

A single claw strike precisely pierced the core of the wind element cyclone.

The wind element is formed by condensing air currents; once the core is broken, it completely loses the power to maintain its form.

The originally agile and swift wind element was disintegrated into countless fine wind particles under Ellie's precise claw strike, which then drifted away and dissipated along the canyon's wind tunnel.

Ellie's figure passed right through the empty space below!

After breaking through the elemental barriers of earth and wind, Ellie finally crossed the entire canyon passage and precisely approached the area where Feng Lin and Cedric were originally standing.

Her sharp figure, carrying an indomitable killing intent, pounced straight towards the two figures who were standing still and casting spells.

Seeing this from a blind spot not far away, Feng Lin, hidden in the shadows, relaxed her tense nerves slightly, and a glimmer of light flashed in her eyes.

Yes, those "two people" were just fake spirits she created using illusion magic.

She and Cedric, having already used her illusion magic to conceal themselves, were quietly hidden among the rocks behind the spirit.

At this moment, Cedric was clearing his mind of all distractions and focusing all his attention on activating the spell model to cast [Elemental Storm].

As a powerful fourth-circle evocation spell, it requires a relatively long casting time to be cast.

All of this was done to buy Cedric precious time to cast his spell.

But the next second, Feng Lin's heart, which had just settled down, jumped up again.

Ellie, who was rushing forward at high speed, suddenly stopped half a zhang in front of the two false spirits, lightly touched the air with her toes, and made an extremely neat hovering adjustment.

She swept past the lifelike illusory spirits, her gaze completely ignoring the two illusory bodies, locking onto them like a wolf locking onto its prey, focusing on their presence hidden in the shadows of the illusion.

How is that possible?!

Feng Lin's pupils contracted sharply, a huge wave surged in her heart, and a bone-chilling cold instantly rushed from her spine to the top of her head.

Her spirit body had been perfectly replicated, with not even the slightest trace of aura or magical fluctuations.

Logically speaking, this would be more than enough to confuse the wolf-born mage's sense of smell!

Even the well-informed Fritz, sitting in the players' rest area, frowned, looking puzzled.

He knew how realistic the fake spirits Feng Lin created were.

But how was Ellie able to see through this perfect disguise and pinpoint the exact location of the two?

Could it be that Ellie doesn't rely on scent to lock onto enemies?

If it's not a smell, then what is it...?

Ellie's methods have exceeded his understanding of conventional werewolf mages.

This empire's ace mage instilled in Fritz an unprecedented sense of dread and uncertainty.

Just as Fritz was stunned and lost in thought, Ellie's blood-red wolf claws flashed with a cold light as she swiftly closed in, about to kill them in their hidden blind spot.

At the critical moment!

Boom!

A violent elemental roar resounded, and a dull magical tremor swept across the entire canyon.

Cedric's fourth-circle evocation spell, Elemental Storm, was formed ahead of schedule at the most critical moment of life and death, and was released at the crucial instant.

Countless raging wind elements surged and churned, transforming into a swirling spiral of air that rapidly converged and intertwined with fire and earth elemental energies in front of Cedric.

The three elements overlapped and collided violently, coalescing into a giant elemental storm several meters in diameter.

A vibrant green wind swirls, crimson flames blaze, and ochre-yellow rock and soil intertwine.

The triple damage of tearing airflow, scorching flames, and crushing rock and soil, carrying terrifying momentum capable of destroying the world, swept straight towards Ellie as she charged forward.

Wherever the storm passed, magic raged violently, and elemental particles stirred wildly.

The oppressive aura of the Fourth Ring Evocation spell was overwhelming, leaving no room to hide.

A glint of light flashed in Feng Lin's eyes.

She didn't just stand by and watch; a sudden burst of inspiration flowed from her fingertips.

Second-level enchantment spell: Human Freeze.

The target must engage in a mental confrontation; if the confrontation fails, the target will be paralyzed for the duration of the spell.

[Human Freeze Spell] Accurately hits Ellie.

However, thanks to her high mental resistance, Ellie easily escaped the control effects of the [Human Immobilization Spell].

But at the very moment the spell immunity occurred, something unexpected happened.

A sharp, piercing tremor suddenly ran through Ellie's brow.

A tearing pain originating from the depths of the soul exploded without warning, sweeping through the entire body and instantly permeating every limb and bone.

A faint smile appeared on Feng Lin's lips.

This is her trump card combat feat, the unpredictable power of [Mental Backlash]. [Mental Backlash]: When a target successfully resists your enchantment spell, they will suffer Mental Backlash damage. This feat can only be applied once per short period of time to the same target.

The excruciating pain came unexpectedly, and Ellie's body trembled violently. Her breathing suddenly became labored, and she froze on the spot, momentarily lost in thought.

A raging storm of three-colored elements, carrying devastating power, arrived in an instant.

It was about to completely engulf Ellie, dealing her a devastating blow.

In the same desperate moment, the sky suddenly shone with silver light!

Viola, who had already used her flight ability to follow the battlefield, finally reached her effective spell range and came to the rescue in time.

The clear purifying magic instantly washed over Ellie's body, forcefully cleansing away the remaining mental backlash and locking effects, helping Ellie break free from the strange, brief control.

But the timing was extremely rushed, leaving Ellie with barely any time to react.

Having just come to her senses, she had no time to retreat and avoid it.

She decisively activated her bloodline power.

The faint crimson glow on the body surface suddenly surged and solidified layer by layer.

Her innate spell resistance was pushed to the limit, allowing her to withstand the full damage of this fully formed fourth-circle elemental storm.

Bang!

The tri-colored elemental storm engulfed Ellie's figure.

"Is it resolved?" Feng Lin was unsure as she watched the terrifying power of the elemental storm rage.

Under normal circumstances, no fourth-circle mage can withstand the full damage of a fourth-circle Evocation spell without protective spells.

But she always felt uneasy.

Her unease was confirmed.

The next second, amidst the lingering elemental shockwaves, an extremely sharp crimson afterimage suddenly broke through the chaotic elemental currents and burst forth!

It's Ellie!

She was no longer in the same state as before. Her shoulders, back and arms were torn open with several deep and shallow cuts, her flesh was rolled up, and large areas were covered with scorched and reddish char.

But he was only injured.

She withstood Cedric's fourth-circle spell head-on, and was only injured, without losing any of her combat power.

Even this injury ignited Ellie's fighting instincts.

Ellie, riding the lingering elemental shockwaves, burst forth, her wolf claws wreathed in a chilling crimson light, instantly pressing close to Cedric's face, officially launching her powerful attack.

"Oh no!" Feng Lin and Cedric both felt a chill run down their spines.

At this moment, Ellie's claw attack was virtually unstoppable, with no pre-cast animation from a mage, and each strike was as powerful as a third-circle spell.

Cedric reacted extremely quickly, instantly deploying a level of magical shield as an emergency defense in an attempt to withstand the fatal blow.

But against these blood claws, ordinary magic shields were as thin as paper, shattering instantly.

The sharp, blood-red claws landed precisely on Cedric's shoulder.

Cedric and Feng Lin's hearts leaped into their throats, both believing that this powerful attack would surely severely injure their bodies, or even deliver a fatal blow.

The anticipated severe collapse did not occur.

The sharp claws instantly tore through the robes, leaving behind fine bloodstains and superficial wounds.

Although it did cause injury, the injury only remained at the superficial level of the skin and flesh.

It didn't even reach the threshold for triggering the protective magic array.

What's going on?

All talk and no action?

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