Just as Lin Li turned around, the dark red shadow had already pounced on him like a wolf and a tiger.
Fortunately, Lin Li had stayed in Andoine's cabin for more than a month. Although he had only learned ten low-level spells in that time, he was far more adept at casting spells than ordinary mages.
Without waiting for the red shadow to come close, Lin Li had already taken a few steps back. At the same time, he quickly recited the spell of the Delaying Spell.
After the Delaying Spell, it was followed by the Illumination Spell.
The low-level magic that was originally only used for illumination turned out to be extraordinarily powerful in this dark and damp cave. A blood-curdling screech was heard, and the monster that was pouncing over was already heavily injured.
Lin Li took advantage of this opportunity to retreat more than ten steps. In the blink of an eye, the distance between them had been pulled to a safe distance.
It was only then that Lin Li had a chance to see what the monster that attacked him from behind looked like.
It was a dark red lion, but its tail was much longer than the average lion's. There was an inverted hook at the end, and under the residual light of the Illumination Spell, the inverted hook was still flashing with a faint blue light. Lin Li could clearly see that when it pounced on him just now, it was neither claws nor teeth that attacked him, but the inverted hook on its tail …
Even if Lin Li was blind, he would have understood by now that this was the level-five magical beast Manticore that Andoine had mentioned before!
"Andoine, that old bastard …" Lin Li gritted his teeth and cursed. In his heart, he had already cursed all eighteen generations of Andoine's ancestors. This old fart was really somewhat irresponsible. He did not even know if there was a Manticore in the cave, and yet he dared to send himself in without any worries.
In the cabin, Andoine looked at the scene on the crystal ball, and could not help but praise, "Well done!"
Lin Li's performance was far beyond his expectations. He was calm and efficient. Even when the Manticore's tail was already in front of him, he did not stop reciting the Delaying Spell. The Illumination Spell that followed was like a stroke of genius. Even Andoine himself did not expect that the Illumination Spell could be used in such a way.
Using a level-one spell to severely injure a level-five magical beast was something that even Andoine himself had never achieved before …
With this Illuminating Spell, Lin Li, who had only been exposed to magic for more than a month, was infinitely closer to the level-five magical beast.
The heavily injured Manticore was still ferocious, but it had lost both its eyes, so it was mostly just venting its anger and ferocity. Its crazy roars echoed in the cave for a long time, and its lightning-like attacks mostly missed its target.
Lin Li was still running for his life amidst the storm-like attacks.
The alternating use of the Delaying Spell and the Hastening Spell allowed Lin Li to escape from the jaws of the lions again and again.
The situation seemed a little awkward, but Lin Li knew that all he needed was a chance for him to recite the incantation.
Lin Li had waited for a long time for this opportunity to appear.
For this opportunity, he did not even hesitate to expose himself to the Manticore's claws.
It was because he knew very well that the scariest thing about the Manticore was not its claws, but its barbed tail.
After another Delaying Spell, Lin Li suddenly stopped in his tracks. He did not turn around and run like before after releasing the Delaying Spell. This time, he stood firmly in place, and large chunks of incantation poured out of his mouth, as if he did not see the Manticore pouncing on him at all.
Amidst the Manticore's roar, a thick smell of blood assaulted his nostrils.
Lin Li could even feel the chill from the sharp claws …
Just as the sharp claws fell, a wind blade tore the air apart, and at the same time, tore open the soft abdomen of the Manticore. The Manticore's screams were full of despair. The sharp claws were just a little bit away from tearing the human body in front of it, but it was this little bit of distance that had become a gap that could never be crossed …
At this time, Lin Li still did not forget to shoot an icicle to block the wound on the abdomen of the Manticore, so that the blood that gushed out would not splash on him.
"Wastrel!" Andoine saw such wasteful behavior, and it made the old mage jump in anger and scold.
In the eyes of the old mage, mana was always the most precious thing. Even a little bit of mana could allow you to release your last life-saving spell. To Andoine, Lin Li was not stingy with his mana just for the sake of tidy clothes. It was a crime in Andoine's eyes!
Of course, in this scolding, there was more or less some helplessness.
Andoine also knew that the kid in the crystal ball was not an ordinary mage. He was a natural freak, a freak with super abnormal mental strength.
Until now, Andoine had not figured out where the limit of this kid's mental strength was. He only knew that if it was a mage who practiced the high-intensity elemental sequencing on a daily basis, he would probably be so tired that he would return to his room to meditate in less than an hour. But Lin Li was fine. This kid's mental strength seemed to be inexhaustible. How long he practiced depended entirely on his mood. Andoine had only heard him complain of being annoyed, but he had never heard him complain of tiredness …
That was the truth. Casting a few more low-level spells had no effect on Lin Li at all.
He was now squatting next to the Manticore's corpse, studying the barb with great interest.
The barb was still flashing with a faint blue light. When he got closer to smell it, he could only feel a fishy sweetness rushing straight to his head. …
This was a sign of poison.
Lin Li always liked poisonous things because it meant great lethality.
So he did not hesitate and took out a dagger from the Ring of Endless Space. Very carefully, he cut off the barb from the tail, and then put it back into the Ring of Endless Space even more carefully.
"…" Andoine watched all this from the crystal ball, and suddenly felt a little lost. Was this really a mage who had mastered mysterious knowledge? No matter how the old man looked, this kid was more like a thief …
In short, no matter what Andoine thought, Lin Li came back safe and sound with a pile of wild steelbloom.
"I need an explanation!"
Lin Li still held a grudge against the Manticore in the cave.
"What do you think magic is?" Andoine did not explain, but asked such a question.
"A skill, a skill to make power stronger." Lin Li was no longer the ignorant Lin Li when he first came to the other world. Under the influence of Andoine, he had his own understanding of magic.
"What is the purpose of making power stronger?"
"To kill!" Lin Li suddenly understood.
"That's right!" Andoine smiled with relief. "In the eyes of the world, magic is a mysterious and elegant art. But in the eyes of a real mage, the only purpose of magic is to fight. Only a living mage is a successful mage! Over the past month or so, you've already mastered enough low-level spells, and at the same time, you've also acquired a certain level of skill. However, this is far from enough. Without experiencing life and death, without the baptism of blood, you'll never become a true magician. "
"So you didn't tell me that there were other Manticores in the cave?"
Andoine answered lightly, "It's just a level-five magical beast, there is no need to remind me."
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