Act 369. psychological warfare
"Advanced?"
Levin heard Reiner's words, and his mind raced.
Not to mention whether Reiner can be promoted from the Fourth Ring to the High Rank in just over a month, if he really became a High Mage, then why tell Levin?
He could have pretended to be a mid-level mage, lured Levin to attack carelessly, and then used high-level spells to achieve the goal of surprise, what is the plan to show his hole cards so early?
But on second thought, Levin thought that perhaps there was something wrong with this.
The rank gap between high-level mages is not a decisive factor in the battle, even if it is a seven-ring mage, as long as it is handled properly, it can still kill a mage who is higher than himself, so the battle between high-level mages is more of a psychological game than the confrontation of spells.
Guessing the opponent's offensive intentions, the tactical thinking behind each spell, and even judging the opponent's hidden moves through some details, compared to the crushing attack of a high-level mage against a middle-level mage, the duel of a high-level mage is often won or lost in a split second.
He was trying to make me hesitate.
Levin thought.
Reiner must have possessed some means that could rival the high-level spells, whether it was a magic item or a special spell, but this means could not allow him to escape from here, nor could he continue to defend against Levin's attack, so he wanted to use this to disturb Levin's heart and delay time.
It is even possible that because Levin was afraid of Reiner's high-level strength, the battle situation became stalemate, and the battle that could have ended with one blow became dragging on because of the addition of this variable.
With a little thought, Levin can get such an answer.
Based on this understanding, Levin made his own judgment.
Reiner has the means to hurt high-level mages, but he has certain limitations, at least in terms of absolute strength, Levin still crushes Reiner, everything he says now is a bluff, the purpose is to make Levin hesitate, in the next attack in order to guard against possible high-level spells and leave room for the inability to attack with all his strength, so as to buy time for himself, and may be found missing by people from the outside world.
With this judgment in mind, Levin immediately revised his attack plan.
The blades of his fingertips converged and set off a gust of wind, a spell that was more powerful and concentrated than the spells that had covered so far before.
In an instant, a frenzied air flow burst out in front of Levin's body, and the invisible blade on his fingertips broke through the sound barrier in an instant, and with a shock wave, he rushed straight to Reiner's location.
Since Reiner wants to keep Levin on guard everywhere, then Levin simply used a powerful and accurate attack, if Reiner really has the high-level strength as he said, then he must use some means to defend this blow, Levin has already prepared a backhand, and if Reiner is just bluffing, this move can directly take his life.
In the silence of the world, the invisible blade roared and rushed towards Reiner.
Around Reiner, the distorted space turned into a transparent armor, and Ian Gray's magic armor had just protected Reiner from the falling stones, and at this time it had become Reiner's strongest shield.
As Reiner had expected, Levin remained skeptical of what he was saying, on the one hand, Reiner's public information was indeed insufficient, at least on the surface, he was still a mid-level mage, and on the other hand, Reiner's series of remarkable achievements gave reason to believe in the speed of his promotion.
And directly telling Levin that he has high-level strength will make Levin fall into suspicion and tie his hands, just like before, if Levin used a wide range of offensive spells according to his original idea, Reiner would have a lot less choice of countermeasures, but now, he has a chance to counteract.
It can be said that it is precisely because he knows that the opposite is a high-level mage that Reiner will take such a countermeasure, and his short sentence will change the situation on the field and pull the two to a balanced level, which is a psychological game.
Reiner didn't dodge the blade that had arrived in front of him in the blink of an eye, but took a step forward.
In an instant, just as the blade was about to hit Reiner, he suddenly disappeared from space.
“!!!”
The invisible blade struck the building behind Reiner, and a ripple rippled in Levin's heart throughout the building, and he hurriedly searched for Reiner's location.
Except for the isolation of the main plane, the nature of the chaotic space is no different from the normal world, to be precise, this should be an extremely small half-plane that can be carried by Levin, so in the face of Reiner's sudden disappearance, Levin could not grasp his position at the first time.
But soon, the aura of magic from behind him made Levin turn around.
Behind you!
Fearful of Reiner's strange explosion spell, Levin chose to use spells to attack instead of using a magic barrier to forcibly defend himself.
He raised his hand, and the palm of his hand refracted the light, turning into a bright star.
Eight Rings Magic, Star Fall Technique, can refract the energy of light, turning into a huge shock wave at a fixed point, Levin himself has a deep study of light, and most of the magic used is also related to light.
The bright light headed towards Reiner, but unexpectedly, Reiner disappeared again, causing the blazing light to sweep through the trees beside the pathway, igniting a raging flame.
“!!?”
Levin was a little confused, Reiner's ability to move in this space was unprecedented, even if it was Isaris. Lord Alberton, it is impossible to move continuously in space in such a short period of time, what is the principle of the spell used by Reiner?
Reiner's side reappeared, Reiner raised his hand and pointed at it, and the arrow of air shot out, which was an explosive arrow carrying the queen's killer, which seemed to be unremarkable, but in fact it was amazingly powerful.
As soon as he used the attack, Reiner moved, and he stepped forward, the scenery around him rapidly receding for a split second.
Taking advantage of the fact that Ian Gray's magic armor can rely on the magic gap in space to move, Reiner is able to make many precise high-speed movements in a short period of time, which is not a spatial transfer like Lord Alberton, but just that Reiner's speed is too fast.
Reiner didn't dare to risk his face to receive Levin's spell attack, although theoretically speaking, Ian Gray's spell armor could withstand the head-on attack of the eight rings and below spells to save Reiner's life, but high-level spells usually not only have the ability to destroy, but most of them are accompanied by various weird effects, such as the elusive type of queen killer, it is better to be careful unless it is absolutely necessary.
Reiner pursued a guerrilla warfare strategy, shooting and running away, which was quite a headache for Levin.
To be honest, although he has the chaotic space and has the ability to move and conceal beyond the reach of other high-level mages, if he enters the chaotic space like now, he can only exert the strength of his high-level mage, and there is no way to rely on the convenience provided by the chaotic space.
And Reiner's flexible opponent, although he is not a threat to himself, is also very annoying, and more importantly, this way of delaying the fight of time just pokes at Levin's soft underbelly.
He needed to wipe out Reiner in the shortest possible time, otherwise when the other high-level mages noticed Reiner's abnormality, he would probably have to escape through the chaotic space, and he would no longer be able to enjoy the convenience of the Rainbow Tower.
Thinking of this, Levin put his hands together, his fingertips, and the blazing sun shone.