nycdaug Chapter 129, Part 3: Fierce Battle! The Magicians
Chapter 129, Part 3: Fierce Battle! The Magicians
"Six against one, you magician are really 'righteous,' I admire you."
Ming's cold gaze swept over the six people who were tightly surrounding him, and a slightly provocative smile appeared on his lips.
At the same time, the flames that were already burning fiercely on his body seemed to be stimulated by something, and suddenly became even more intense!
"Oh dear~ Little white mice, how can eliminating calamities that will bring destruction to the world not be justice~"
Mobius wore a chilling, wicked smile. Meanwhile, Allen, standing behind Ming, silently pulled a mysterious circular display device from his pocket and slammed it to the ground with lightning speed.
In an instant, a dazzling golden light burst forth, and then it rapidly spread out, forming an enormous golden domain that resembled a thick curtain of light, completely enveloping the entire forest.
"Do you like it? It can shield the burst of spiritual energy fluctuations, so you can cooperate with my experiment here without worry."
Ming snorted coldly, "Pah, old man, and you lot, you want to get rid of me for justice? You don't have the right!" After saying that, Ming's figure flashed, and he attacked the six people surrounding him directly with black flames towards Möbius, who was the closest at medium range.
In the instant of action, the black flames enveloping Ming gathered in his right palm, transforming into a straight naginata, which concentrated the high temperature at the tip and slashed out.
"The Demon King has appeared!"
【Black Flame Demon - Reason】
Seeing that Ming had revealed the Demon Dynasty's attack, Mobius remained calm and composed. He gently raised his hand, and the knight's lance, named Hydra Fang, materialized in his hand. He pushed off the ground with his back foot and thrust the lance at Ming.
'As expected of my former apprentice and assistant, even in a duel, he chose me first. Well then... Klein, let the Doctor see just how far you've evolved!'
clang!!!
The tip of the knight's lance collided violently with the naginata slashing down from above. The heat energy that the Black Flame Demon had condensed at a single point erupted in an instant. However, Möbius was prepared and used his Freedom Domain to channel the heat energy behind him.
However, the innocent trees behind her were not so lucky. With a deafening roar, these trees were instantly engulfed in a vortex of heat.
Under the scorching heat, the trees first began to tremble violently and smoke, and then their branches were quickly evaporated into countless hot vapors.
'Good, good, just as I expected, Klein, you really didn't hold back...'
As he thought this, the 12 mechanical arms behind Möbius simultaneously unfolded, and the 12 mechanical snake heads stared at Ming, who was their prey, before all of them lunged at him with bites.
"Each one contains a poison that inhibits the recovery of spiritual power~ Little lab rat, you'd better be careful~"
"Hmph, mind your own business."
Ming retorted, and suddenly twelve chains sprouted from his back, which was covered by long hair. The tips of the chains were beast heads with the appearance of flame wolves, roaring and biting back at the snake head that was attacking him.
The chains, like a gluttonous beast, gradually devoured the snake's head, and Ming's strength continued to increase, putting Möbius at a disadvantage.
"Old woman, you're getting old, all you've got is this..."
Before he could finish speaking, before Ming could properly express his filial piety, he felt a powerful impact and a golden barrage of lightning coming towards him from his right side. It was Joliana wielding a giant hammer made up of countless floating cannons.
Caught off guard, Ming was struck hard, his side was injured, and his body flew backward like an arrow, crashing into many trees in the forest from right to left, until he finally managed to stabilize himself by planting his naginata in the ground on the seventh tree.
"Hey, you green-haired dog... you're really weak. But you've still contributed some battle data, so everyone! Let your fiery beast experience the true value of the title 'World Magician'!"
Upon hearing Qiao Liana's impassioned words with her arms outstretched, the others understood. Now that they had figured out Ming's attack method, it was time to make their move. They immediately flashed away.
Ming touched the tree and stood up again, wiping the long-lost blood from the corner of his mouth. "Wasn't it repaired immediately? Is it because the injury was too minor...?"
Ming muttered to himself in confusion until he felt as if a shotgun or similar weapon was pressed against his body, bringing him back to his senses. Just as he was about to turn around, the man behind him spoke first:
"Don't move! Are you curious why you haven't regenerated? Well, our manifestation devices all have magnetic fields that interfere with the recovery and circulation of spiritual power in those who come into contact with them. This was suggested by our great Lord Allen..."
The man behind him kept talking, but Ming seemed not to hear him. His eyes were fixed on the woods in front of him, and the strength of his magical reaction was comparable to Allen's, and even increasing.
The girl, as radiant as the sun, unleashed a powerful, crimson slash with astonishing speed!
Wherever this crimson light passed, the air seemed to be ignited, the temperature rose sharply, and the surrounding space was slightly distorted due to the high temperature.
Ming was shocked and instinctively tried to dodge the fierce attack. However, at that moment, he suddenly heard a crisp sound of a trigger being pulled behind him!
"I won't let you leave until I've told you all about Lord Allen's greatness!" the boy named Liang Xun Ye Mo shouted excitedly. He was overjoyed. "Hahaha, I'm the one who defeated the Flame Beast! I'm the one who defeated the Flame Beast, Lord Allen! Aren't I amazing!"
While he was still basking in the glory of capturing the Flame Beast, he noticed that Ming had turned around and was looking at him.
"What! How are you alright?!"
His eyes widened in disbelief. A shockingly large hole had appeared in Mingming's back. How could he be unharmed...?
"Fool, look at the lady you actually hit."
Ming pointed to the girl who had activated her random domain due to the shotgun attack, but was still sent flying by the impact, gesturing for the bewildered Ye Mo to check.
Then, the hole in Ming's body was filled with black substance again. While Ye Mo was still in a daze, a chain flew out from his back and pierced straight towards his forehead.
Ye Mo was terrified and tried to dodge, but found that there was a tree behind him. Just as the chains were about to pierce his forehead, Artemisia flashed in front of him and blocked the attack with her longsword.
"While Ye Mo was spouting nonsense, you had already dispersed some of your spiritual energy molecules to direct all these bullets, specially enhanced by the Unborn Material, toward Miss Ling Qianqing? What a terrifying combat mindset."
After blocking the attack, Artemisia swiftly counterattacked with a fierce sword strike. Ming dodged to the side, then charged towards the other enemies.
Seeing this, Möbius, who had flown in with Jolena, controlled his newly grown mechanical arm to attack Ming again. The chains behind Ming swung, wrapped around the mechanical arm, and pulled hard, causing Möbius to stumble forward.
Just as Möbius stumbled, Ming seized the opportunity, and the black flames erupted again. His arm reformed with spiritual energy molecules into a scythe-like structure, and he raised the blade.
Möbius was terrified and tried to retreat quickly, but the chains held him back. Meanwhile, Artemisia, who was preparing to attack, and Nightshade, who was about to fire again, both froze in shock.
Countless magic arrays appeared before their eyes, followed by hundreds of weapons made of black flames that swept directly towards them.
【Treasure Trove of Flames - Annihilation Cannon】
Ye Mo had no choice but to control the Free Domain, disintegrating the shotgun in his hand into undifferentiated matter and then remaking it into a shield to block the weapons fired at him and Artemisia.
Seeing this, Jolena shouted, "None of his precious ones are reliable enough to take this attack from me, Flame Beast!!!"
Her hammer instantly disintegrated into floating cannons, and the numerous floating cannons gathered a large amount of magical current into a powerful energy beam that shot directly towards Ming.
This energy beam was incredibly powerful, causing ripples to spread through the space wherever it passed.
[Infinite Railgun]
Seeing the energy beam coming towards him, Ming had no choice but to temporarily put down the Möbius and dodge towards the only direction where no one was surrounding him.
But his ankle was blocked by black chains. Ming was stunned and looked to the side. He saw Ye Mo, who was surrounded by a large number of black matter spheres, controlling several spheres to turn into chains and use his random domain to block the air flow, wrapping them around his left leg.
"Flame Beast! This is my way of returning it to you!"
In that instant, an incredibly powerful force suddenly pulled Ming away! Before he could even react, he was blasted away like a cannonball.
After tracing an arc in the air, Ming plummeted toward the ground at an incredible speed, completely tearing apart the footwork that had the largest contact area.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Allen teleported to Ming's side and slashed at his arm with his sword. Ming felt a sharp pain as his arm was severed.
"We've got it, Flame Beast!"
Ignoring the pain, Ming gritted his teeth and, after confirming that he truly could not recover with the Flame of Regeneration, could only gather a flame in front of him and shoot it towards Allen.
Allen dodged the fireball to the side and was about to attack again when Ming suddenly grinned.
"Grit your teeth and bear it, you strongest!!"
As Ming finished speaking, he suddenly swung his remaining arm, and the absolute zero cold air within his body surged out like water bursting its banks.
Allen desperately resisted the invasion of the cold air with his Free Domain, but the surrounding forest was almost completely covered by frost. When he looked at Ming Shi again, there was a deep sense of fear in his eyes.
"What! The intelligence is wrong! Nobody said he would use anything other than fire!!!" Artemisia exclaimed in surprise.
Taking advantage of everyone's astonishment, Ming used his legs to push off and charged towards Qiao Liana despite his injured ankle.
Qiao Lianna hurriedly recalled the floating cannons for defense, but Ming suddenly changed direction and lunged at Ye Mo who was standing to the side.
Ye Mo was shocked and frantically hurled the primordial matter sphere in his hand at Ming. Ming nimbly dodged it, and after getting close to Ye Mo, he unleashed a punch, sending Ye Mo flying several meters away.
At this moment, Möbius commanded the mechanical arm to coil around Ming again. The chains on Ming's back danced like serpents, becoming entangled with the mechanical arm. Artemisia seized the opportunity and thrust her sword into Ming's back.
As if he had eyes in the back of his head, Ming turned to the side, grabbed Artemisia's sword with his backhand, and twisted it forcefully, forcing Artemisia to let go.
Ming snatched the sword, threw it with a backhand, and the sword flew into the distance, embedding itself in the trunk of a large tree, the hilt vibrating with a hum.
Immediately afterward, Ming took a deep breath, his legs suddenly exerting force, and he leaped upward like a bolt of lightning. His body instantly broke the sound barrier, soaring into the sky at an astonishing Mach speed!
In the blink of an eye, Ming had already flown extremely high into the sky. At this moment, looking down at the five people below, they appeared so insignificant.
"Gentlemen, I'm truly disappointed. Given that you are all world-class magicians, this is all you've got..."
He stared at the world magicians at his feet with disdain, but in reality, his physical condition was far from as good as it appeared. Since the moment he was injured, the long-lost killing intent triggered by the shocking spiritual power had almost caused his brain to burst.
'It was my mistake not to go all out from the start. Ah, I should just end this fight quickly... This long-lost feeling of oppression, is it because I don't want to kill anyone? Trouble...'
[Black Flame Style: Complete Susanoo]
Just as Ming was about to end the battle, a gigantic black flame raven tengu giant rapidly appeared above the heads of the five magicians.
The fire giant exuded a world-destroying aura, causing the expressions of the magicians on the ground to change drastically.
"Damn! What kind of monster is that? How come it gets stronger the more we fight it?!" Jolena exclaimed. Möbius frowned, but quickly relaxed, his expression gradually becoming somewhat relieved.
Allen calmed down and shouted, "Everyone, don't panic! Attack together!"
But then Susanoo suddenly reached out and grabbed the huge hilt of the sword, and the blade was slowly drawn out of its sheath.
In an instant, an extremely hot aura burst forth, as if even the surrounding air had been ignited.
The giant sword was engulfed in a raging, black flame, which shot skyward and enveloped everyone present. People stared in terror at this scene, which resembled the descent of a demon god.
The crowd silently endured the intense pressure, and seemed to gradually come to understand the vast chasm between different levels of life, their expressions all solemn.
"Damn it! This guy's got such a strong fighting ability, looks like we have no choice but to go all out..."
The moment Jolena uttered those words, Allen gazed at the midday sun, a slight smile playing on his lips.
On the surface, this pre-set, conforming field seems to be only used to conceal spiritual energy perception, but in reality, its function is...
The flow of time within the domain is reversed from that outside. One minute here is equivalent to more than thirty minutes outside. Only when it is noon will time reverse back to the reduced-time period.
Before this, when Mobius was attacked, the reason why he didn't immediately focus fire on Ming was the same. This is also the ultimate weapon that DEM used to deal with the [Flame Beast].
"Come! Knight of the Sun! Let this black sun fall!"
"Uh... I know! But please take back such a cringeworthy statement, it's embarrassing, Ellen."
Ling Qianqing, who had been looking for an opportunity to absorb the flames released by Mingyi, walked out heavily, carrying a heavy sword in her hand. The magic power in her body was boiling, just like a small, moving sun!