Chapter 557: The Lion and the Squid 2

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What is the most important thing in spell combat, is it the power of the spell, the precision of the aim, or the choice of the spells to restrain each other? There are many answers, but for the battle-hardened Lion King Alexander, there is only one answer: the speed of the spell casting.

When an opponent can only cast one spell, but can cast two or three of them, even if each spell is not necessarily as powerful as the opponent, it is enough to reverse any unfavorable situation. He didn't want to be a monkey playing with Siegel's spell rays, so he used the help of rolling on the ground to dodge the weakness of the spell.

With just a tap of the wand, it can shoot rays, no incantations are required, and the movements are streamlined to the extreme. It stands to reason that such a spell would not be very strong, but it was very powerful. Ray spells such as Dissociation, Iridescent Ray, or Finger of Death are more powerful than this strange spell, but they can't penetrate specific protective spells, so they're not as threatening as this one.

But there are no strongest spells, only the strongest mages. Alexander was embarrassed for a moment, but he soon discovered the weakness of the ray spell.

He cast a spell as he rolled, and finally unleashed his advanced mirror technique on and off. For a moment, Siegel saw twelve tumbling lichs, each stained with black mud on the ground, each of them looking embarrassed.

"Hahaha!" Siegel laughed at the comical scene. Stopped the spell in his hand.

The lich rolls on the ground. Twelve skeleton stands in unison across from Siegel. Advanced Mirror Shadow can create illusions of the caster in a real way. Perform similar but not identical movements, have the exact same magical aura, and can interact with their surroundings in real life. It also has higher resistance to regional spells such as Fireballs, and when illusions are dispersed, new ones are replenished every few seconds.

Siegel could only choose one at a time to aim, and the result of his misguess was Alexander casting a spell. He laughed a few times before making a spellcasting gesture, and at a glance he knew it was a real vision spell.

Almost all illusions are restrained by True Vision spells. It fundamentally removes the elemental fluctuations of illusion magic, and thus directly shatters illusions. Alexander naturally wouldn't let Siegel cast this spell, he leaned back slightly, and then slammed forward and yelled, "Extinguish!"

The mantra of death exploded like a thunderbolt on Siegel, directly blowing it to pieces. "Oh no, fooled!" Alexander found that he had hit nothing more than an illusion, and the real Siegel went into hiding.

It must have been when he was tumbling and casting the spell that Siegel recognized the magic aura of the Advanced Mirror Shadow Technique, and then instantly formulated a strategy to deal with himself. Afterimage stealth is a great way to leave a false shadow in place. The caster's body takes the opportunity to stealthily disengage. But what kind of shadow to leave is the most important, after all, the opponent is not a fool. Always keep an eye out for changes in the tide of battle.

Knowing that Alexander was using the High Mirror, Siegel arranged for the illusion to laugh wildly and create the illusion of a true visual spell. Taking advantage of the invisibility, Siegel used the elven steps to reduce the footprints on the snow and quickly moved away from one side. He casts himself an advanced invisibility spell instead of a normal invisibility spell that will fail if he attacks or casts a spell, and quickly hides behind the rocks on the hillside.

Alexander, realizing that he had been bluffed, guessed that Siegel had used Remnant invisibility. Instead of immediately casting an invisibility spell or true vision to find his opponent's position, he was self-centered and cast a stinky cloud outward. As an undead, the nausea-inducing, range-inducing, and convulsive stinking clouds didn't do any harm to him, and the perception-enhancing spells he cast in response to the Heavy Mist were still there, even when his vision was filled with green clouds.

Stealth does not mean that there is no form, and if Siegel moves through the clouds, it will still form a disturbance, which is discovered by Alexander. The lich looked up, and he was the first to guard against the sky. He didn't know that Siegel had mastered the elven steps, so he didn't expect Siegel to be very light and agile. The faint signal from the fluttering perception was ignored by him, so he naturally thought of flying.

After all, Siegel had used flying when he rushed out of the magic spaceship, and this moment of combat was not enough to invalidate the spell.

Siegel held his breath and used his psionic vision to look into the clouds. Invisibility is seen through by clouds, and the same is true for advanced mirror shadows. Although this spell can interact with the environment, it only knows how to avoid rocks, trees, and not roll over cliffs. The mirror is not a physical object, and it cannot clear the clouds, nor will it allow the stinky clouds to go around the body.

A one-and-a-half-meter-long electromagnetic weapon was pulled out of the space bag, and Siegel slung it over his shoulder. He only had one shot, and he wouldn't waste it. Aiming at the lich who was casting his next spell, Siegel unleashed the power of space-time shock. This is a small Void Cannon, with a limited range and power.

However, this limitation is compared to the Void Cannon of the Starcable.

But when it comes to the power of time and space, it is by no means a simple commodity. Alexander, the Lion King, also sensed this power when Siegel wielded it. He gritted his teeth and uttered the trigger word, "Time Stop!", and of all the protective spells on his body, the most powerful was this time-pause that was triggered by words.

Siegel frowned, feeling an even more powerful force of space-time concussion appear, and crashing head-on into his own Void Cannon. He himself was shaking planes, and the two forces formed a momentary balance, which gave Siegel time to fire the Void Cannon.

But in Alexander's eyes, time is a different story. Everything around them slows down until it stands still, the light dims but you can still see the surroundings faintly. In this almost pure black world, there is only one bright spot like a firefly, which is next to the mountain rock in front of him.

No, there shouldn't be a light of this intensity! The lich's mind immediately reacted, only objects of normal speed could emit normal light! Then he saw a strange scene, a halo spinning towards him, about the speed of a butterfly flying among the flowers.

But how could there be such a "fast" thing except himself in an environment where time was suspended? This strange phenomenon worried him, so Alexander immediately took a step to the side to dodge. I didn't think I felt like I was stuck in place, and the movement of leaving became just as slow.

Even more surprising was yet to come. Just where he was standing, an aura gradually appeared from nothing. It has the same size and movement pattern as the flying aura, and is carved out of a mold except for the difference in brightness. Half of Alexander's body was within range of the aura, and it was this area that was unusually sticky, severely affecting his mobility.

As an archmage, especially one who had learned to pause the spell of time, Alexander could guess the cause of all this with a little thought, and then he was filled with deep admiration. I don't know how Siegel did it, but his attack crossed the barrier of time and space, hitting at the same time as it was launched—even before it was launched. It's just that because of this subtle time difference, people can't tell the difference, so they mistakenly believe that the attack has a "flying" process. Alexander wouldn't have been able to see the process if he hadn't cast a time-lapse.

Logically, he had already been "hit", but the time-out gave him a little respite. If the aura of flight coincides with the aura that restricts his movements, then the "cause" of the attack and the "result" of the injury are complete, and he is bound to be extremely traumatized.

I thought I could combine defense and counterattack, but in the end I was still desperate to survive. Alexander let out a lion-like roar and pulled away from the aura area with all his might. His entire skeleton was deformed in the pull, but fortunately, the strength of the lich's body was much stronger than that of ordinary skeletons, and although it was a little embarrassed, it was finally out of danger.

The effect of the time pause also ended at this time, and the Void Cannon (gun?) finally completed the convergence of the two auras. A small black hole of annihilation appeared in the sky, sucking in the wind, snow, and mud around it. Due to the reduced power, the annihilation black hole lasted less than a second before it exploded with a bang.

The biggest damage was concentrated at the moment when the black hole appeared, and the power of the explosion was only a little greater than the fireball, and there was still some gap to break the archmage's shield. The lich seized the opportunity to rush to the firing point, only to see strange firearms that had fallen to the ground and were constantly emitting green smoke.

Shoulder-mounted weapons are used to fire void cannons, which only have the strength of one time, and they are melted after the shot is completed. Siegel simply discarded it and immediately took to the skies. The explosion blew away the stinky clouds, and since Alexander had already looked at the sky first, there was a good chance that he would use the air as his second choice this time.

But the Lion King is no ordinary mage, he has a lot of combat experience, and the misconceptions that Siegel envisioned will not appear in him. The lich looked up, a bright glint in his eyes. Although not seeing through invisible or real vision, Alexander was able to grasp the general direction of Siegel by detecting the sensitivity of magic and undead creatures to living creatures.

As a lich, necromantic spells are faster and more powerful. Alexander cast a death spell in the general direction of Siegel, and a grayish-white dust mist filled the sky within thirty meters. In this area, all the water is drained, and the water is the basis of all living life.

Siegel recognized the spell, and he knew that he could easily dodge it with his undead transformation, but for a split second he decided on the next tactic. Instead of using the Undead Transformation, Siegel simply quickly transforms the surrounding elements, turning them all into water elementals. Apoptosis drains the water, but the power decreases greatly when it encounters a large amount of water vapor. Siegel then relied on his strong physique and death-proof barrier to resist the spell, and then fell from the sky with a wail.

The lich let out a laugh and didn't step forward, casting the next spell.

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