Chapter 1516: Chapter 1516: Take My Staff
The sounds of the battlefield echoed within the flame dueling circle. Ammonval did not glance around to confirm the situation of his troops. His gaze remained fixed on Bai Jin, who was casting magic.
Bai Jin maintained a distinctive maturity in battle, knowing all the essentials of dueling a warrior. She kept her distance, continuously casting spells, using her range advantage to restrict and attack him.
To handle various enemies, the Red Flame Monarch, Ammonval, excelled both internally and externally, not only honing his martial skills but also gaining expertise in flame magic.
Ordinary melee attacks could hardly reach Bai Jin, so the Red Flame Monarch, Ammonval continuously cast flame magic, intending to seal Bai Jin’s retreat.
However, Bai Jin always found the flaws in his magic and dissolved them.
After having his magic repeatedly dissolved by Bai Jin, the Red Flame Monarch, Ammonval realized that only by engaging in close combat and pressing Bai Jin at every step could he determine the victor.
The Red Flame Monarch, Ammonval, never overly craved duels with the powerful. Unlike some storybook characters, who would abandon everything they had just to fight a formidable foe to see how much strength someone truly possessed, getting elated at stimulating their opponent’s potential.
With a combat-focused persona, Ammonval at most scorned opponents who were not powerful enough.
When it was time to declare victory, Ammonval would do so without hesitation. He wouldn’t end up in a ditch because he wanted to test his opponent’s real strength.
In Ammonval’s eyes, the true power lies in one’s ability to maintain a stable mindset and consistently perform at their usual level. Being able to identify an opponent’s weaknesses during a battle to make tactical adjustments and address one’s shortcomings exemplifies a truly powerful individual.
Forcing power to erupt from external circumstances is not mature strength.
Ammonval could feel that Bai Jin was continuously adjusting her strategy and compensating for her shortcomings during their battle. She was exactly the type of powerful individual he admired!
Glowing electric lights transformed into serpents, coming to bite. The Red Flame Monarch, Ammonval, rotated his long saber, forming a vortex that engulfed countless electric lights.
When her magic failed, Bai Jin felt not the slightest hint of dismay, constructing a new magic array, amassing magic power, and seeking a new breakthrough.
Bai Jin got unexpectedly attacked by Ammonval a few times, yet none of them caused much harm. She still had enough leeway to deal with him.
Unfortunately, her leeway was about to disappear.
"Heh heh.
Such a worthy opponent!
Finally, someone who forces me to use more than half of my strength!"
Thrusting the long saber into the ground, the Red Flame Monarch Ammonval declared,
"Let me show you a portion of my power!"
Bai Jin came slowly to a stop, her face feigning surprise:
"You have hidden strength? Was what you said to the challengers true?"
"Whether or not it’s true, you will see for yourself!"
Ammonval struck the ground fiercely with the handle of his long saber, as two massive arms burst forth from his back, bathed in blazing flames. Fire coursed down the arms into the palms of the new limbs, forming two weapons.
The two new arms swung downward, causing flames to dissipate.
With the second left hand, Ammonval wielded a silver short spear, while the second right hand held a black tachi.
The raging flames spread across the chest of the Red Flame Monarch, Ammonval, crafting a helmet of fire over his head.
"Come forth! The battle is just beginning!"
The Red Flame Monarch, Ammonval, brandished three weapons, his body erupting with scorching flames, darting towards Bai Jin like a rocket.
A blue magic array radiated, surrounding Bai Jin at the front, forming a pentagram.
Utilizing the time when the Red Flame Monarch, Ammonval extended his second pair of arms, Bai Jin reconstructed the medium magic she was about to release into a large-scale magic.
A cyan hurricane dragon sprung forth from the magic array, with a long chant, a dragon roar, flying through clouds and fog, wrapping its slender form in a tornado directed at the Red Flame Monarch Ammonval.
Were an ordinary member of the Demon Clan standing here, they’d be entangled by the thin blue dragon, leaving scars from a whirlwind.
However, the Red Flame Monarch, Ammonval split the incoming large-scale magic with his black tachi into two, letting it blow on either side, creating a path in the middle.
Being able to so effortlessly break magic, it wasn’t just his strength...
Bai Jin quickly realized that the Red Flame Monarch, Ammonval’s smooth, perfect splitting of her magic was half due to the black tachi in his hand, a weapon specifically designed to deal with magicians!
As Ammonval’s long saber whistled towards her, Bai Jin didn’t pause after seeing her magic so easily cleaved. She used the High-speed Circuit to momentarily increase speed, distancing herself from Ammonval.
A dim ghost fire steadily arose beside Bai Jin. The next instant, the positions of the ghost fire and the Red Flame Monarch, Ammonval swapped.
The Red Flame Monarch, Ammonval’s arm detached a short distance from his body, wielding the silver short spear, striking toward Bai Jin.
This attack was merely an illusionary strike. The Red Flame Monarch, Ammonval, had bright flames ready atop his long saber, prepared to unleash a continuous onslaught as Bai Jin attempted to dodge the short spear, thereby sealing off all of her movements.
Yet, instead of evading, Bai Jin gripped the magic wand like one would a baseball bat.
The short spear pierced her shoulder. Bai Jin frowned slightly, clenched her teeth, and activated the Reverse Wheel’s effect, instantaneously turning her strength to 9999. Before the Red Flame Monarch, Ammonval’s long saber could reach, she fiercely hit the Red Flame Monarch, Ammonval’s side abdomen with her magic wand.
No one expected Bai Jin, as a traditional mage, to possess any power. Surprisingly, the Red Flame Monarch, Ammonval was so struck by Bai Jin’s blow that he rolled several meters on the ground.
Breathing heavily, having used the long saber for support, the Red Flame Monarch, Ammonval rose to his feet:
"A tool that can instantly amplify power? Unexpected!"
As soon as the Red Flame Monarch, Ammonval, finished speaking, several magic arrays formed beneath his feet, and a multitude of spurs emerged like mushrooms after a rain.
Flames erupted from underfoot, scarlet magma spread beneath the Red Flame Monarch, Ammonval, creating a bubbling effect where stone pillars were meant to arise, halting the spurring stone forest beside the Red Flame Monarch, Ammonval.
"An unyielding offense that leaves no room for reprieve, I quite like it.
That’s also my typical dueling style!
And the style I shall employ next!"
While the Red Flame Monarch, Ammonval murmured, Bai Jin wove yet another spell.
Electric lights intertwined, forming a big net, descending upon the Red Flame Monarch, Ammonval from above.
The Red Flame Monarch, Ammonval, simply flicked his black tachi, tearing the entire big net into two halves.
