Chapter 96: Specialization
Chapter 96: Specialization
“That settles it then, I killed him…”
Li Yi’s voice slowly echoed through the silent cave.
Upon seeing that head, You Honghu’s eyes widened instantly until it seemed the corners would split. He was speechless for a long moment.
It wasn’t just anger; there was shock too.
Even though he was a watered-down product, and You Wucheng truly had mediocre aptitude, the cultivation at the High-Rank Spell Apprentice level on him was genuine!
A mere Half-Step Mage, he truly couldn’t imagine how he crossed two entire ranks to kill a High-Rank Spell Apprentice.
“Your audacity is immense! You dare to kill someone from my You Clan!” Through gritted teeth, You Honghu almost spat out each word one by one. “You won’t live!”
Indeed, he looked down on, even despised, this useless cousin, but he was still a direct descendant of the You Clan. If he died here, how could he go back and explain? That You Kongque would never let slip this opportunity to strike at him!
Thinking of this, the ferocious light in his eyes grew even stronger.
“Oh? Didn’t you say if I won, you’d let me go?” Li Yi wore a look of ridicule as he spoke coldly.
“Did I say that? I don’t remember.” You Honghu gave a cold smile, revealing his stark white teeth. “However, I’ve changed my mind… The effect will be quite a bit worse, but ‘devouring alive’ is also an option!”
“Then, come on!” A fierce light gleamed in Li Yi’s eyes. Although he didn’t fully understand the meanings of “main course” and “devouring alive,” he roughly knew what his fate would be.
He felt some sorrow. His cultivation was too low; he didn’t even have the power to perform last-ditch measures like “soul self-destruction.”
Even so, he absolutely could not allow himself to be slaughtered!
A barefoot man fears no shoes. Even if he died, he would die with dignity!
Thunder reverberated between his fingers, the fluctuations wildly ebbing and flowing. The Kui Bull phantom flickered into existence behind him. It was the secret art—”Thunderclap Strike”!
“Overestimating yourself…” You Honghu mocked with a smile as he stepped forward.
An expression of utter determination surfaced in Li Yi’s eyes. He’d give it everything!
At that moment, behind You Honghu, a Sacred Radiance blazed brilliantly, like a huge curtain of light, utterly engulfing him!
“Who’s there?”
From the outside, a dazzling pillar of light descended from the sky!
The immense, broad pillar of light shattered the flowing clouds and pierced straight through the mountain’s belly, leaving a terrifying gap behind You Honghu!
Warm sunlight poured in through the gap, instantly brightening the dark, damp mountain cave.
Sounds like mournful wails of ghosts and demons seemed to rise, only to quickly disintegrate and vanish under the sunlight.
The various strange scents at the tip of his nose also scattered with the wind.
“You Honghu, I have arrived!”
From high in the Nine Heavens, Wang Sheng’s voice, containing boundless arrogance, drifted down!
“This spell, is it… Pillar of Radiance? Wang Sheng, your Magic Vortex, it was clearly already… Also, how did you find this place!”
You Honghu was full of suspicion, his doubts simply too many, so much that he didn’t know which question to ask first.
“This place? This is the place where you caused Xuan’er’s death! A few months after Xuan’er died, I secretly came here!” Wang Sheng’s voice held a trace of grief and indignation. After a pause, he laughed coldly. “Haven’t you also harbored suspicions? Otherwise, why would you have destroyed my Magic Vortex?”
“I didn’t suspect you. I merely knew you deeply loved Zhang Xuan, and took precautions just in case.” After the initial shock, You Honghu calmed down, a cold smile appearing on his face. “If I had known there would be today, I would have killed you, not merely turned you into a cripple… So, has your Magic Vortex recovered?”
“Once a Magic Vortex is broken, how can it recover? I must thank you.” His tone icy, Wang Sheng descended gracefully, his figure appearing. “My talent was originally just above average, merely a bug. Thanks to your persecution and suppression, you forced me into becoming a Dragon!”
“Hiss!” Shielding his eyes from the sunlight with one hand, Li Yi looked up and couldn’t help but suck in a sharp breath.
At this moment, Wang Sheng’s figure was like a deity descending from the Ninth Heaven, bright and holy, lofty and unattainable!
Behind him were nine pairs of dazzling light wings. Feathers of radiance drifted down, Sacred light showered, and he looked down from a commanding height.
His form was bloated and massive, which should have seemed obese and clumsy. But perhaps because of the light wings, he appeared bold, fierce, and domineering, his aura reaching towards the clouds!
Outside his limbs and torso hovered six phantom-like giant wheels, respectively depicting the coiling forms of the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, Vermilion Bird, Gou Chen, and Soaring Serpent. They shone with variegated light, profound and unfathomable, their mysteries hard to describe.
“Wang Sheng, your cultivation, and also, these six…” Li Yi stammered. He recognized this spell as the 6th-level light spell—Wings of Radiance!
“This, is the ‘Wheel of Six Paths’. It is not a magic circle, but a Super Magic Array!” Wang Sheng remembered their earlier conversation and said with a smile, “Li Yi, what do you think? This masterpiece, it’s not all thunder and no rain, is it…”
“Super Magic Array?” Li Yi’s heart pounded with trepidation. He gave a thumbs-up, praising sincerely.
He knew long ago that Wang Sheng’s attainments in magic formations were rare in the world.
But to design and complete a Super Magic Array? That was a terrifying existence on par with concepts like the “Well of Stars” and “Void Lung”!
Moreover, it was drawn on a human body.
Li Yi wouldn’t dare say there would be none after him, but it was absolutely unprecedented, an earth-shattering first!
“You truly are a genius!”
“However, this Wheel of Six Paths occupies a huge skin surface area, you could say ‘vast in territory’. If you also want a body like this, you’d have to eat until you became a fatty like me to barely have enough space…” Wang Sheng gave a carefree laugh, half-joking as he said.
“Wheel of Six Paths? The name sounds domineering, and the appearance isn’t bad either!” Left out in the cold, You Honghu’s eyes turned icy as he spoke with mockery. “I just don’t know, what capabilities does it have? Can you tell me?”
“Nothing too great… You broke my Magic Vortex, didn’t you?” Wang Sheng said offhandedly, his tone modest. “This Wheel of Six Paths is essentially six Magic Vortexes, allowing the casting of spells of six attributes.”
“Oh? I wonder, which six?” You Honghu pressed.
“You can’t tell by looking?” Wang Sheng pointed at the six locations on his body. “—Nature, Storm, Blaze, Earth, Light, and Water. Other than that, there aren’t any other special effects…”
Wang Sheng’s tone was casual, but Li Yi knew this Wheel of Six Paths was definitely not that simple!
“Your cultivation, is it Superior Spell Seal?” You Honghu stared intently at him, remarking calmly. “Without Magic Vortices, how do you store Mana?”
“Relying on this, of course!” Wang Sheng patted his belly, seemingly smiling genially, though flashes of hatred gleamed intermittently from his narrowed eyes. “After the Magic Vortex was broken, my Mana could only be stored inside my body. Later, as the Mana gradually grew stronger, there wasn’t enough flesh, so I desperately ate, making myself into a fatty… By the way, this also cleared out some space for the Wheel of Six Paths.”
Their conversation was plain and ordinary, even their tones were calm, as if two old friends reuniting after a long separation were exchanging pleasantries. But Li Yi could distinctly feel the sparks flying between them!
“You think just because your cultivation equals mine, you can win? I am the You Clan’s Heaven’s Pride!” You Honghu’s voice turned cold, a fierce expression appearing on his face. “Also, I despise most when others stand above my head!”
Boom!
Raising his hand, a blood-red meteor, wreathed in blazing, boiling Prison Fire, carved a gorgeous fiery line across the sky as it surged down!
6th-level spell—Doom Meteor!
This spell combined destructive power with creature summoning. Not only did it possess the violent force of a heavenly tribution descending, but within the meteor lurked a Doom Guard, supremely fierce and savage!
“It’s not thinking… but being certain… that I will win against you!”
Wang Sheng spoke as if stating a fact. Mana gathered at his left hand. On the Azure Dragon wheel, an eerie green light glowed. The Mana fluctuations at the dragon’s mouth connected heaven and earth!
“Nature’s Power!”
With a light utterance, two huge trees rose from the ground. Their trunks, branches, and vines grew and entwined continuously, coiling and congealing into two towering, deep-green forms. Green light flickered in their eye sockets. After letting out deep roars, they charged towards that meteor.
Boom!
The two wooden giant figures raised their hands to hold up the sky. The meteor blazing with Prison Fire was actually held back by them!
The meteor cracked, and a Doom Guard roared forth. Before it could show its might, a wooden giant hand grabbed its head and viciously slammed it to the ground!
“That spell is not Nature’s Power at all!” Suppressing the shock in his heart, You Honghu said coldly.
“Oh, I almost forgot.” Patting his forehead, Wang Sheng feigned surprise, though his acting was unconvincing. “This Wheel of Six Paths has one more advantage… when casting spells of these six schools, it comes with the Metamagic Specialization of ‘Spell Heightening’. For example, my 6th-level ‘Nature’s Power’ summons two War Treants. But now, it becomes the 7th-level ‘Nature’s Guardian’, summoning two Fusang Tree Guards!”
“Metamagic Specialization—Spell Heightening!”
Li Yi swallowed hard. In his heart, he suddenly felt an impulse to eat himself into a fatty.