This was simply intolerable …
Sauss could feel the veins on his forehead throbbing. This was truly intolerable. The Viper Nest had occupied the Poison Fog Canyon for ten years, and no force had ever dared to attack. Now, this Mafa Merlin was attacking the Poison Fog Canyon for five Magic Apprentices and a few carts of alchemy items.
Too savage …
He simply didn't put the Viper Nest in his eyes!
"Mafa Merlin, you are courting death!" Sauss was thoroughly enraged. His pale face was flushed, and his hands were trembling on the table.
"…" The Great Swordsman on the sickbed suddenly shivered.
At this time, Rios actually wanted to remind Sauss that this sentence couldn't be said carelessly …
But looking at Sauss' red face, the Great Swordsman tactfully kept his mouth shut.
"Let's go, I want to see how bold that Mafa Merlin is!"
Sauss led Bell out of the wooden house. He raised his head and saw numerous arrows flying out from the sentry towers on both sides of the Poison Fog Canyon. Over twenty Mages had formed a phalanx and were already covering the entrance to the Poison Fog Canyon with spells. Standing behind them were over a hundred elite warriors holding weapons, ready to charge at the enemy at any time.
"He is simply courting death!" Sauss stood outside the wooden house and coldly snorted. His expression slowly eased up. He had painstakingly managed the Viper Nest for so many years, and it finally had some results. Looking at these elites stationed in the Poison Fog Canyon, they didn't panic in the slightest when facing a Great Mage's sudden attack. They didn't even need his command to immediately organize an effective counterattack.
Indeed, the Viper Nest had been very low-key in the past ten years, but that didn't mean that they could be casually bullied. 'This Mafa Merlin was really blinded by the joy of advancing to the Great Mage realm. Does he really think that the Viper Nest is a soft persimmon that anyone can casually bully? I'll let you know now that you have to pay the price for being careless.'
Seeing the valiant combat power displayed by his elite subordinates, Sovann's flushed face finally regained its previous paleness. His gaze passed through the battlefield and landed on the entrance of the Poison Fog Canyon.
Arrows were like locusts, spells were like raindrops, every inch of the Poison Fog Canyon's entrance was overturned by that terrifying firepower. A dozen corpses were lying in disorder, blood flowing along the soil, dying the surroundings dark red.
"I want to see how many people this Mafa Merlin has brought to die."
"Bo … Boss." The mage who brought the bad news said something untimely, "That Mafa Merlin came alone …"
"…" Sauss' expression froze. 'Mafa Merlin came alone … Doesn't that mean that all the corpses on the ground belong to the Viper Nest?'
"Fuck …" A curse suddenly came out of his mouth.
But before Sauss could finish cursing, the mage next to him suddenly opened his mouth wide and stammered in alarm, "B-B-Boss, look!"
"What?" Sauss was stunned at first, then he followed the mage's finger and saw a silhouette coming from the entrance of the Poison Fog Canyon.
From a distance, that silhouette wasn't very tall, and it could even be said to be somewhat thin and weak. Under the bombardment of arrows and spells, that silhouette looked exceptionally weak, like a straw in a storm. It would only take a split second for him to be crushed to pieces.
But it was precisely such a thin silhouette that was slowly walking through the entrance of the Poison Fog Canyon. Whether it was the locust-like arrows or the raindrops of spells, they didn't seem to exist in his eyes. He just calmly walked in. It didn't look like he was walking into the forbidden death zone, but rather like he was taking an afternoon stroll.
The only difference was that this silhouette was surrounded by two spheres of light, one red and one blue.
Even under the bombardment of countless spells, those two spheres of light were exceptionally dazzling. Sauss could clearly see that those two spheres of light were fluttering at a shocking speed, and every time they flickered, they would block an arrow or a spell. That silhouette relied on the protection of those two spheres of light to enter the Poison Fog Canyon unscathed.
"This … This is an Ice Fire Shield?" Sauss' eyes were glued to those two spheres of light, as if he was looking at something inconceivable.
The Ice Fire Shield wasn't an earth-shattering spell, and it wasn't even an unpopular spell. It existed in almost every Great Mage's magic book.
The Ice Shield blocked all physical damage, while the Fire Shield annihilated all spell attacks.
It could be said that as long as it wasn't overwhelming, nothing could escape the Ice Fire Shield's interception, whether it was physical or magical.
Moreover, after the Ice Fire Shield was cast, it didn't need to be guided. As long as enough mana was supplied, the Ice Fire Shield would always exist. To most Great Mages, the Ice Fire Shield was a must-have defensive spell.
But very few Great Mages were willing to spend too much time on the Ice Fire Shield.
Because the Ice Fire Shield's weakness was very obvious …
Because it was a spell that needed to be controlled. Whether it was the Ice Shield or the Fire Shield, they both needed to be personally controlled by the Great Mage in order to intercept all kinds of attacks. Without sufficient reaction speed and control ability, those two spheres of light would only be decorations.
Battles between Great Mages were ever-changing, and no one could guarantee that they would be able to control the Ice Fire Shield in the middle of a battle. After all, Great Mages were also humans, not machines.
But now, Sauss felt as if he was looking at a machine.
"Bell, is that really a 5th Rank Great Mage?"
"I don't know …"
"…" Sovann swallowed his saliva with difficulty.
As the leader of Thousand Sails City's number one underground force, it wasn't that Sauss hadn't seen true powerhouses. The Sage Tower's three big shots, Sasu of the Silver Moon Mercenaries, Cadgar of the Black Horn Auction House, and even Bell standing behind him … Which one of them wasn't a famous powerhouse?
But Sauss truly hadn't seen a Great Mage that could control the Ice Fire Shield to such a degree.
Take a look …
Several dozen sentry towers fired at him, twenty mages bombarded him, yet that young Great Mage only relied on an Ice Fire Shield to enter the Poison Fog Canyon unscathed.
'This, this, this … Is he really a 5th Rank Great Mage?'
For the first time, Sauss doubted Bell's judgment.
'What should I do now …'
Sauss' breathing became hurried, and his complexion became even paler.
Because Sauss clearly knew that his elite subordinates couldn't stop that young Great Mage. If he allowed this fight to continue, it would inevitably be a one-sided massacre.
The power displayed by that young Great Mage far exceeded his previous estimations. Facing a powerhouse of this level, his elite subordinates would only be cannon fodder. In the entire Viper Nest, only Bell might be able to fight against that young Great Mage.
But even if Bell personally made a move, along with his elite subordinates, they might not be able to kill the other side on the spot. If he let the other side escape, then such a powerful Great Mage would come to the Poison Fog Canyon every two or three days and use the Ice Fire Shield, that would really ruin the Viper Nest.
'I might as well pinch my nose and accept it …'
Now that he thought about it, two million golds wasn't much …
Just as Sauss was hesitating, a loud "rumble" echoed in the distance. Sauss' eyelids twitched, because he clearly saw that young Great Mage release a Flame Burst and send a sentry tower flying.
"Damn it! Quick, quick, quick! Tell everyone to stop!" This time, Sauss no longer hesitated and quickly ordered the mages to convey his orders. At the same time, he ran to the center of the canyon and waved his hand while shouting, "Great Mage Merlin, Great Mage Merlin, please stop, this is a misunderstanding!"
"Hello, Leader Sauss." Lin Yun greeted Sauss from afar while casting another Flame Burst. A loud "rumble" echoed as another sentry tower was sent flying.
"…"
"This … I'm really sorry, it was a bit too easy …"
"It's fine, it's fine …" Sauss inwardly cursed Lin Yun 'ancestors while squeezing out an unsightly smile, "Great Mage Merlin, can we talk?"
"Of course, Leader Sauss, how could I not give you face?" Lin Yun also had a smile on his face as he prepared another Flame Burst. Just as he was about to continue "smoothly", he suddenly felt a familiar mana fluctuation coming from the depths of the Poison Fog Canyon.
In that split second, Lin Yun 'expression changed, but he quickly concealed it.
At the same time, he didn't continue "smoothly" casting that Flame Burst.
However, he was secretly paying attention to that familiar mana fluctuation …
"That's great …" Sauss didn't see Lin Yun 'expression, he only sighed in relief when he saw that the other side wasn't "smoothly" anymore. He enthusiastically called out to Lin Yun while scolding the group of warriors who were preparing to charge, "You bastards, why haven't you put down your weapons yet? Great Mage Merlin is our Viper Nest's honored guest, if he loses even a single hair, I'll throw you into the poison fog to feed the magic beasts!"
"…" The group of warriors dropped their weapons one after another, but they couldn't help cursing in their hearts. 'Damn, with those two balls of light, even if we all die, he won't lose a single hair …'
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