Since the coup d'état, the Imperial City of Sassen has been under martial law at night, and not many people will be out in the middle of the night at the risk of being beheaded by the inexplicable guards.

The situation seems to have stabilized, but in a deserted and secluded street, two men with different missions and ambitions finally meet, no one would have thought that this is about to start a battle beyond the human level itself for the first time in the history of magic, unfortunately, as a bystander, it is just a blind little girl of four or five years old, who does not understand what it means.

"It's been a long time, former professor at Helly Oaks, Hed Kendi!" patting the little girl on the head to tell her to leave him, Argus smiled and greeted the person he bumped into, as if he had really met an old friend.

However, the look in the [old friend's] eyes in front of him didn't seem so friendly.

"I felt the fluctuation of the magic power, so I came to take a look, but I didn't expect it...... I've found you at once, Argus!" Professor Hodd said lightly, staring at Argus without any strange look in his eyes, "but you're really in good spirits, aren't you afraid of being assassinated?"

"Hahaha," said Argus, grinning and shaking his head, in a tone of distress, "it's not that I've been too bored lately!--you know, I've been hunted and killed all of a sudden, and I'm really not used to it!--As for the two guys you mentioned, alas, really, I've given them a chance, but I've been quite disappointed by their strength......! As he spoke, he raised his head, stared at Professor Hodd and smiled, "For example, like you...... Tsk, what a dazzling fire element, it really deserves to be [the first person below the level of the Great Magician of the Reox Academy of Magic], I feel that the blood in my whole body is starting to boil, sure enough, only a guy like you can make me interested, those two guys just now were too boring!"

"Boring provocation!" Professor Hodd snorted lightly and said lightly.

"Provocation," said Argus, as if thinking of something, with a playful smile on his lips, and pretending to be a memory, "I have been very idle lately!--I have not had any fun in my life now since I ruined Heliriox, and I should have thought more about it later!"

"You guy!" Seeing that Argus deliberately mentioned the destroyed Reoks, the anger in Professor Hodd's heart was successfully provoked, only to see him stare at Argus hatefully for a while, and then gritted his teeth and said, "Sure enough, there is no need to know the inner thoughts of a guy like you!"

"Oh, yes, that's thoughtful!" Argus grinned, then raised his right hand and pointed out of the city, jokingly, "Go outside!—you don't want to ruin the city because of us, do you?" I don't care...... But if you're discovered by those royal magicians, I'll lose all the fun I've been getting!"

"What a confident expression, huh!" snorted coldly, and Professor Hodd disappeared in place with a snort.

"Hey, interesting!" Shaking his head, Argus walked up to the little girl Lily and patted her on the head, only to see a glimmer of light, and the two disappeared into the dimly lit street.

Moving short distances in space was a very easy task for Professor Hodd and Argus to cross the walls of Sassen to get outside, even with a small burden, and there was nothing difficult for Argus.

Within minutes, Argus and Professor Hodd met again on the flat ground by a small river outside the city, perhaps the battlefield where they were about to fight.

"Did you find out I'm here so soon?" Professor Hodd turned around as he stood by the river, his face slightly surprised when he saw the little girl Lily, who didn't know what he didn't know.

"It's not funny at all!—it exudes such a strong magic that anyone can find you!" As he spoke, Argus seemed to notice Professor Hodd's expression and said with a smile, "The former professor at Reochs wouldn't care about a ghost watching by, would he?"

"I care why you're taking her!" Professor Hodd said lightly.

"yes, why!" Argus shook his head and laughed to himself.

Seeing that the other party was unwilling to answer, Professor Hodd stopped asking, took off his cloak and threw it on the ground casually, looked at Argus and said in a deep voice, "Argus, this country is not the object of your revenge at will! For the sake of those innocent people, for the sake of the war that is about to break out, I will stop your stupid behavior here!"

"Tsk!" Argus pursed his lips disdainfully, bent down and patted the little girl Lily's head, and said in a vicious tone, "Stay here obediently, don't take a step, don't hear me, little ghost!"

Out ......of fear, Lily subconsciously shrunk her neck and nodded cautiously.

"That's good!" a slight smile, Argus stroked Lily's head and whispered, "When it's over, I'll take you to eat delicious cakes, how about eating as much as you want?"

"Uh-huh!" the innocent little girl immediately forgot what had just happened, and nodded her head vigorously.

"But, stay here!"

"Uh-huh!"

After a few incantations, Argus snapped his fingers, and saw a burst of purple light from the ground at Lily's feet, and then four triangular, glassy substances rose from the ground around her, forming a tower-like barrier to protect her, and the innocent and ignorant little girl seemed to sense something, carefully touching the surface of the barrier with her hand curiously.

"It's incredible, it doesn't look like an ordinary barrier, it's a bit of a space-building feeling," Glancing at the barrier, Professor Hodd asked curiously, "What an unexpected carefulness!--Are you afraid that she will be implicated?, or are you afraid that she will affect you during the battle?"

Professor Hodd wasn't joking, after all, the battle of a magician is more important than the concentration of mental power and the superiority and disadvantage of magic power, especially for a magician of the same level, the concentration of mental power is more important, even if it is just a little distraction, it will lead to failure.

"Affect me?" To Professor Hodd's surprise, Argus shook his head and corrected in a flat tone, "I don't want to affect her!" As he spoke, he glanced at Professor Hodder, and when he saw that his expression was a little puzzled, he shrugged and said, "Don't worry too much!—you just said you were trying to stop me here, right? For what reason, innocent people, countries, wars, right?"

"What's wrong?"

"Hey, what's wrong?" Covering his forehead, Argus suddenly burst out laughing, his cold eyes with thick mockery, and said sarcastically, "It's really unruly, what country, war, you just want revenge......, right?"

"You ......"

"Am I not right?" frowning at Professor Hodd, Argus sneered, "Humans are really ignorant and hypocritical creatures, and they are always in the habit of adding all kinds of reasons to their actions as a cover for their true thoughts, that is, **, Hod Kendi, isn't your strongest ** right now to kill me? Why can't you be honest with your thoughts?

Professor Hodd was silent, bowed his head slightly, clenched his fists, then relaxed, then clenched again, and after a few repetitions, he finally let out a long sigh, nodded and said, "You're right, Argus......! As for revenge, indeed, I admit it, but not entirely because you killed the old dean, there are other reasons!--the most unbearable thing for me is that the country that the dean has guarded all his life has been led to destruction by a fellow like you!"

"Tsk, it seems that you have discovered my purpose," Argus smiled absently, shook his head and said lightly, "Although it is a little more straightforward than just now, this is not the answer I want, just say that it is for revenge, it is over, really!--Guarded for a lifetime? Hey! Speaking of which, that old fellow is indeed worthy of admiration, you know, he thinks about dying with me in his last moments, oooo The great magician Gretel Keynes, the great power of his realm, still makes me shudder involuntarily when I think about it, but in the end he died, and his death was worthless!--Does anyone think of him except those close to you?

You know what? Two days ago a nobleman invited me to a banquet...... It was really a very boring thing, a bunch of stupid and ignorant guys drank high-end liquor and told shoddy jokes, and in front of women, they would maintain their usual demeanor...... They've also talked about the great magician Grett Keynes, [I heard it's dead], [it's true], [it's a pity]...... Do you hear that? It's just a sentence [I'm sorry]...... Guarding, guarding the country, or guarding the nobles? Don't die laughing! Do you know why the royal magicians didn't rush to help? Know why the high-ranking nobles of Sassen acquiesced to the necromancers' occupation of Fan's interests! Only interests!—your so-called guardianship has no value!"

"Whew," exhaled slightly, Professor Hodd took out four fiery red rings from his pocket, put them on the index and middle fingers of both hands, and then looked at Argus and said lightly, "There is a huge difference in our concepts, there is no need to continue!" - come, Argus, just take revenge, no matter what, I will do what he failed to do for the old dean, so please die here, even if it is to die together!"

Looking deeply at Professor Hodd, Argus shook his head self-deprecatingly, and with a bit of approval, said, "What a nice look!--It seems that you do have this awareness, but, I'm sorry, it's only me who can decide my life and death!--Hurry up and end this game, that little imp will be impatient!"

"How dare you say it!" Professor Huo De smiled coldly, his right hand slowly touched the ground, and his whole body emitted a strange red glow, and then, the ground under the feet of the two suddenly became brighter, and in that burst of white light, red energy spheres the size of cherries gradually emerged from the ground, occupying the entire field for a while.

"This is ......" Argus's eyes became solemn as he looked at the red energy orbs that fluttered in the wind, as he felt a huge amount of energy from those globular energy.

"Bear!" The surrounding trees burned violently without warning, and standing in the sea of fire, Professor Hodd stretched out to control a red energy ball, and said in a deep voice, "[Enchantment: Ghost Fire - Yang Yan], I would like to say that each sphere contains energy comparable to that of the sun, but in fact it is not so powerful, but each sphere can definitely be regarded as a [Flame Flash] ...... in terms of energy." As he spoke, he pointed his right hand towards a certain place in the center of the two of them, only to hear a loud bang, the explosion of a red energy sphere spread to more than a dozen other energy spheres around him, and the power of the chain explosion made even Argus feel shocked.

Looking at the red energy spheres that reappeared from the huge circle of light on the ground, Argus subconsciously raised his guard and said in a deep voice, "Hey, is this good?—fighting in this environment, you will die too, right?"

"I should have said that, right?—even if I run out, I'm going to die here!"

"Whew," looked deeply at Professor Hodder, Argus let out a long breath, scratched his head and said helplessly, "Sure enough, the god of luck doesn't completely favor me!" As he spoke, he stomped his right foot slightly, and suddenly a deep black pentagram appeared under his feet, and a rich dark aura stretched out like tentacles.

And in this case, it is impossible not to touch those suspended red energy spheres...... "Boom!"

With Professor Hodd's soft snort, Argus's figure was suddenly buried by a series of explosions, and the power of the explosion affected other surrounding energy bodies for a while, so that it turned into a chain explosion.

Finally, the smoke from the explosion cleared, and Argus, who was covered in heat, knelt on the ground with his right hand propped up, and muttered in disbelief, "Open...... What are you kidding! Is that guy really?" As he spoke, he subconsciously glanced at the layer of dark aura attached to the surface of his body, and secretly rejoiced in his heart that if it weren't for the protection of this layer of dark energy, he might have been injured.

"Don't be careless!" Professor Hodd said lightly, walking towards Argus.

Frowning at the floating red energy bodies, Argus secretly thought about countermeasures.

The restrictions of this enchantment on him are quite serious, whether it is to cast a magic attack or use a dodge to dodge, it is impossible not to touch those red energy bodies, and even worse, once an energy body explodes, the power of the explosion will have a chain effect, detonating the surrounding energy bodies, which is not a matter of one plus one equaling two.

For a moment, Argus fell into passivity, after all, although he possessed demonic terrifying powers, his body was still a human body, at best more solid than an ordinary human, and if it was seriously affected by the explosion, it would be life-threatening.

"What are you doing, Argus? scared, afraid to attack?" Professor Hodd approached Argus step by step.

"Attack?" Glancing at Professor Hodd, who was a dozen paces away, Argus smiled slightly, stood up and patted the dirt on his body, and said jokingly, "I understand the plan, your purpose is to lure me into attacking you, right? In such a small space, it is impossible not to run into those things...... I'm not the only one who can't attack, and so are you, right?"

"Really?" Professor Hodd chuckled and shook his head, raising his right hand towards a suspended energy body.

"Hey, hey, hey......"

In Argus's shocked gaze, Professor Hodd's right index finger flicked against an energy body, and the energy body immediately emitted a dangerous white light.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The flames that detonated in an instant spread almost the entire field, forming a pillar of fire that soared into the sky.

"Huh!" suddenly appeared in the flames, in this dark force, Argus was barely standing up with support on the ground, now he was much more embarrassed than just now, even the dark aura that protected him, could not completely resist the impact of the explosion and the terrifying moment of flame temperature.

"Where's that guy, dead?" said a panting Argus looked around, his expression glazed over, as he saw Professor Hodder standing there intact.

No way!

A power that he couldn't even stop, and he didn't get hurt at all?

No matter how high the affinity of the fire elemental is, he can't be intact, right?

Mankind...... You can't do that!

What's going on?

Looking at the stunned Argus, Professor Hodd said lightly, "Still don't you plan to attack?" then ...... said, and like a giant python in his right hand, a wave of fire rushed towards Argus like a giant python, detonating countless energy bodies along the way.

"Boom, boom!"

"Damn!" Fighting the smell of blood in his throat, Argus barely straightened up and looked at Professor Hodder, who was standing in the fire with a blank face.

This kind of restrained battle made him feel very angry.

Impossible, human beings can't do it like this!

It's just that how can a dark mage compare to himself as an apostle......? Wait, Dark Mage?

Don't...... No way?

Looking at Professor Haud with a look of deep surprise, Argus frowned, as if he had made some kind of choice.

Suddenly, he raised his hand, pointed his fingertips at the other party, and shot out a black-red beam...... "Are you finally going to attack?" Looking at Argus, who was engulfed by the flames of the explosion of the energy body, Professor Hodd measured his body and dodged the beam, but then, his eyes suddenly showed a little alertness, and he disappeared in place with a thud.

In a full minute, the two of them seemed to disappear into this world, only to see those energy bodies being detonated constantly, but they couldn't see the two of them.

Finally, in an explosion, Argus's body was thrown out of the way, but instead of being angry, he burst out laughing.

"Hahaha, I'll just say, as a human you can't surpass me, so ...... No wonder ......" he reluctantly stood up, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his left hand, then raised his right hand, looked at the burned wrist and said with a sneer, "What a surprise to me...... Hmph, remember when you called me a demon, right? Now you are also not qualified to be called a human, Hodd Kendi!"

Looking along Argus's line of sight, he saw Professor Hodd standing with a blank face, and a hole had been made in his chest, as if something had pierced it.

"Ah," Professor Hodd sighed softly and muttered, "I don't deserve to be called a human anymore!" As he spoke, the hollow in his chest burned with crimson flames, and then, something strange happened, the flames actually filled the void, and Professor Hodd stood in front of Argus intact once more.

"No wonder, no wonder!" Agasto chuckled with his forehead, then looked at Professor Hodd, licked the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said in a deep voice with a solemn tone, "No wonder you didn't suffer any damage, because those flames are you...... What you dark magicians fantasize about but never do, you've mastered [Elementalization], right?!"

“......”

"Now you're more like a monster than me!"

“......”

"But is that good, is it worth it?"

"There's nothing worth it or not, I'm no longer thinking about this kind of question!" Professor Hodd said, raising his hand and pointing in the direction of Argus, and suddenly, Argus subconsciously felt an unprecedented sense of crisis.

"Damn!" Argus didn't even have time to think about the energy bodies, and dodged them with flashing magic at the last moment.

"Boom!"

Argus, who appeared in another position in an instant, really detonated the energy bodies around him, but at this moment he didn't care about this, he was already shocked by what he saw with his eyes.

Just where he was standing before, in the sea of fire, there was a vacuum of one person, and the flames at the edge seemed to be twisted and cut by some force, presenting a strange picture.

This is the improved version of Flame Flash that Professor Hodd gave to Thus and that he has only recently mastered, [Flame Flash: Dual Strength].

"Did you dodge? You guy's perception is really keen!--then, you can't escape!" As he spoke, Professor Hodd stretched out his hands slightly, and his whole person emitted bursts of reddish light, and the nearby fire elemental was abnormally active.

[Great Flame]!

"Oops!" Argus didn't even have time to hear his own voice when he saw the dangerous red light approaching at an alarming speed.

"Boom!"

With a loud roar, the flames of the entire area in Professor Hold's Ghost Fire Enchantment seemed to turn into light, showing a golden-red glow, as if it was about to evaporate everything.

Suddenly, a deep darkness pierced the screen of light like a sharp sword, and then expanded suddenly, engulfing all the flames in the endless darkness.

With a bang, Professor Hodd's barrier was broken, along with the four fiery red rings on the professor's hand.

"Ha, haha," not far in front of Professor Hodd, Argus covered his mouth with the back of his right hand and smiled lowly, "Are those four rings the key to controlling the enchantment just now?" tsk, I knew I wouldn't have to work so hard......" As he spoke, he suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood, panting and said, "In a few months, from approaching the Great Magician to surpassing the ordinary Great Magician, this is not something that human beings can do through their own efforts! Even if you have an outstanding talent, there are no ten or twenty years...... Ahem, can you tell me, how did you do that?"

Looking at Argus, Professor Haud glanced at his right hand and said in a deep voice, "In the past six months, I have spent half of my time in [Yanhe]!"

"Yanhe?" Argus's eyes couldn't help but show a look of horror, and then he laughed, "I see, in the subspace where the flame demon lives, I didn't expect you to be able to withstand such an environment, in a world where there is no other elemental matter except the fire element!

"What do you want to say?—it's useless to say anything, you have to die here!" Professor Hodd's face, hands, and various parts of his body appeared with dark red tattoos, much darker than the previous tattoos, and at the same time, the nearby fire elemental became active, active with an ominous tyrannical aura.

"Hey!" Argus sneered and said in a playful tone, looking at the tattoo on Professor Hodd's body, "I've heard of the idea of [elementalization] advocated by the dark magician, but it doesn't seem to be what you are!--What does your tattoo represent? Fire control? containment? [Elementalization] cannot be achieved at all, how can a human flesh and blood body become an elemental? How can a body composed of elements have a real entity? What's even more ridiculous is that you used such a method to forcibly increase your strength, it seems that you are also an unintelligent fellow!-How long can you hold on?Speaking of which, your attack just now is not very tight, it looks like you are deliberately avoiding the consumption of mana?hey!"

“......”

"Are you afraid that once you lose your magic power, you will no longer be able to control the fire element in your body?"

Professor Hodd's face sank, as if he had been told by Argus, and after a moment of silence, he reiterated, "I have already said that as long as I can kill you, it doesn't matter what happens!" - Let's end this game!"

"Hah!" to Professor Hodd's surprise, Argus laughed and stood up again, shook his head and said, "So you heard it, but then you should also understand that I am the only one who can decide my life and death!" he said, and a huge dark aura permeated his body, more intense than ever.

In the endless dark aura, there was a deeper and purer darkness that was gradually forming the figure of a huge two-headed monster with the body of a bird-headed beast.

Standing at the feet of the monster, Argus raised his right hand to wipe the blood from his forehead, then spread his right hand and said lightly, "Everyone thought they could easily kill me, but it turned out that they were wrong! Hodd Kendi, I admit that I despised you just now, but now, you are underestimating me!--Allow me to introduce the source of my power: the ** and greed that govern everything, [Ancient Will--Mammon]!"

"Far ...... Ancient Will ......" Looking at the huge form of the giant beast, Professor Hodd lost the ability to speak for a moment.

(To be continued)