Chapter 701: Shattered Armor
Chapter 701: Shattered Armor
"Hu..."
Elusha took a deep breath.
With Mira's prior exploration, she now had a good understanding of the specific challenges of the second gate guarded by Fengye. If the first gate tested one's combat abilities and luck, this gate tested one's magic and willpower!
"Change outfit, Wind Style Garb!"
Elusha now wore a green kimono, adorned with autumn leaves, cherry blossoms, and other intricate patterns, complementing her fifteen-year-old face, beautiful yet retaining a hint of youth. It exuded an indescribable refined beauty.
This outfit was not armor; it offered little resistance to physical attacks, but it could withstand magical assaults to a great degree. The fabric was highly resilient, making it difficult to tear even with force, unsuitable for intimate apparel.
Once ready, Elusha took a step forward.
As she stepped into the thirty-meter range, a gust-like impact rushed at her, causing her to pause her breath momentarily, and the slightly loose kimono billowed wildly.
"So this is the magic pressure within thirty meters. It's indeed intense."
Elusha murmured to herself, showing no surprise. She had already guessed the intensity of the magical oppression near Fengye from Mira's reaction.
Wearing the Wind Style Garb, she endured the wind pressure and continued walking forward, her scarlet hair blowing wildly behind her.
Fengye stood with his hands behind his back, quietly observing Elusha's challenging advance.
One step,
Two steps,
Three steps,
Elusha struggled against the violent wind pressure and managed to reach a distance of about twenty meters, finally feeling the limits of the Wind Style Garb's resistance.
Without hesitation, she let out a low cry, and the magic power within her burst forth.
Her magic power was almost on par with Mira's, and in this fully unleashed state, the pressure on her body suddenly lessened.
"Rending Wind Sword!"
After releasing her magic power, Elusha didn't stop. She lifted her hands, and two swords with wind insignia on their hilts appeared, which she brandished skillfully.
The swords created a whirlwind of sword shadows, forming a semicircular barrier in front of her, blocking a portion of the oppressive magic power.
Elusha continued forward!
One meter,
Two meters,
Three meters,
With the swords in hand, she withstood the wind pressure and finally reached a distance of ten meters from Fengye.
She paused briefly and took a few deep breaths, not moving forward immediately. Having witnessed Mira's experience, she knew that within ten meters, the magical assault would become more fierce and unpredictable, changing its direction of impact.
"Change outfit, Holy Shield!"
Elusha commanded with a low voice.
She dispelled the Wind Style Garb and the Rending Wind Swords, replacing them with extremely heavy armor, and a huge shield appeared in her hands, taller than her height.
Shouldering the massive Holy Shield with her arms, Elusha took a powerful step forward, entering the ten-meter radius around Fengye.
Boom!!!
The upward magical impact suddenly shifted downward, causing her body to sink, her lower legs sinking almost halfway into the soil.
However, thanks to her preparation, she could still withstand Fengye's assault without making a sound.
"A good judgment,"
Fengye commented calmly, with a hint of praise in his voice. "If you had used this outfit from the beginning, your magic power and stamina would have been greatly depleted by the time you reached this distance."
"Using the Wind Style Garb to reduce consumption first and then using the Holy Shield for a decisive battle is indeed the right choice. You are indeed more rational than Mira."
Mira and Elusha were similar in strength, but due to personality differences, Mira was not yet qualified to be an S-rank Mage at this time; she was too impulsive.
When facing enemies, she would immediately transform and engage in battle, rarely considering tactics.
While it was true that with sufficient strength, one could follow Tsukuyomi's example and defeat opponents with a single punch, Mira clearly lacked such overwhelming power.
This impulsiveness might not cause issues against weaker foes, but against equals or stronger enemies, it would lead to severe crises.
In this regard, Elusha was much more composed than Mira.
"Yaaaaah..."
Elusha endured the first wave of impact and did not respond to Fengye. Instead, she gathered all her strength and magic power, holding the Holy Shield firmly, and pushed forward bit by bit.
One meter,
Two meters,
Three meters,
With the resistance of the Holy Shield, she finally stepped into Fengye's forbidden zone, inch by inch!
She could do it!
The thought flashed through Elusha's mind, and she pushed forward vigorously, bringing the Holy Shield within less than five meters of Fengye.
However, it was at this moment that her expression changed.
At this distance, she could clearly sense that the magical oppression within five meters of Fengye had intensified again, compared to being five meters away! From thirty meters to ten meters, the increase in magical impact was gradual, but from ten meters onwards, the magical impact transformed into oppressive magic and intensified.
What caused Elusha's expression to change was that even though she was still five meters away and hadn't fully felt the oppressive force within that range, the Holy Shield she was holding up had already begun to crack under the intense magical pressure.
Crack! Crack!!!
Standing face-to-face with the shield, one could see the layer of magical aura on its surface, like an eggshell, fracturing inch by inch and spreading relentlessly.
"Can't hold... Darn it..."
Elusha clenched her teeth slightly, and the thought of 'failing' flashed through her mind. In the end, she gritted her teeth and, with a roar, rushed forward with the shield.
Only the last five meters remained!
No matter what, she had to reach Fengye before this Holy Shield was destroyed!
If she couldn't even get close to Fengye, how could she stand shoulder to shoulder with him and see his back?
Crack! Crack!!
As Elusha pushed forward, the speed at which the Holy Shield was cracking increased.
Five meters,
Four meters,
Three meters,
These final five meters were like an insurmountable mountain, the most formidable in the world. In just two short meters, Elusha felt as if she had exhausted almost all her strength.
Boom!!
Finally, the magical aura covering the Holy Shield shattered completely.
Fengye's magical onslaught violently struck the shield's surface, causing cracks to appear, and it began to shatter inch by inch.
"..."
Fengye watched this scene with a calm demeanor.
He didn't stop just because Elusha's outfit started to break; instead, he remained impartial as an examiner, even in the face of Elusha, showing no signs of leniency or cheating.
"Ahhh..."
Elusha also knew that the situation had reached its climax, and she made her final push, exerting herself to the fullest. She rushed forward another meter, but the Holy Shield in her hands completely disintegrated.
She had come within less than two meters of Fengye. If she could just move forward one more meter, she would be able to strike her palm with him.
But.
This last meter seemed like an insurmountable gulf.
With the destruction of the Holy Shield, Fengye's magical onslaught landed on her without hindrance, instantly forcing her to her knees, unable to stand.
Crack! Crack!!!
The thick armor on her body also began to crack inch by inch, spreading in all directions.
Finally, with a metallic crash, the armor on her body exploded into fragments that flew everywhere.
"No good..."
Elusha struggled to unleash her magic, attempting one last act of resistance.
The armor was her transformation magic, and underneath it, she was naked, having bathed in hot springs together with Fengye, so she naturally didn't mind him seeing anything. However, the critical issue was that without the armor, it would be incredibly challenging to withstand the magical onslaught.
Moreover, her magic power and stamina were already nearly exhausted, and it would be incredibly difficult to perform another transformation spell in this state.
Was this where it ended?
Kneeling on the ground under the oppressive magical pressure, her feet had sunk completely into the ground, and her calves were halfway buried. At this moment, she felt the overwhelming pressure bearing down on her like a mountain, making it difficult for her to even stand up.
Maintaining her current state without being completely crushed was already her limit.
"..."
Fengye stood there, gazing at Elusha, who was kneeling on the ground under the weight of his magical pressure. His eyes shone with a faint golden light, as if seeing through most of the future, and a hint of disappointment flashed through his eyes, but it quickly faded, returning to calmness.
He had just observed all the possible future branches, and not one of them showed any trace of the First Magic.
After all, Elusha was facing her comrade, and this was a guild assessment.
In this situation, it was normal for her not to access the power of the First Magic and use it, and trying to witness the First Magic through this method obviously had a very low success rate.
If he couldn't see all the future branches or at least have a slight chance of accurately predicting them, he probably wouldn't have attempted this test.
However.
If one thought that his assessment was too harsh, that would be the wrong judgment, as Elusha wasn't incapable of passing.
Even if he didn't show any leniency, in seventy percent of the future branches, Elusha could still pass this assessment!
Because she was the daughter of the Dragon Slayer Mage ancestor, Irene, she had Irene's blood flowing in her veins, possessing the power of a dragon, and her body concealed immense potential, even greater than Mira's!
Even without armor, even naked, as long as she could unleash a little of her potential, she could pass this trial!
(End of Chapter)
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