174 、 Succubus Mermaid
The fighting style of warriors was very different from that of mages. Under normal circumstances, as long as one was prepared, a warrior of the same level was no match for a mage, because the power used in magic was mysterious to ordinary people. But after reaching a high level, this difference would become smaller and smaller. It was said that there was no difference in power between a ninth-level warrior and a ninth-level mage. If a warrior's magic protection was broken through, even a ninth-level supreme mage's life would be in danger.
This was what people usually thought, but people like Enkidu were an exception. Enkidu was not only a ninth-level warrior, but also a supreme warrior who had reached the peak of the realm. If there were other supreme warriors who had broken through the ninth-level on the continent, they could not be compared with Enkidu. Just like there was a difference in strength between the ninth-level supreme mages.
Of course, Celia was prepared for the duel with Amon. She would not let him fight in close combat, and she had declared that she would bring her summoned beasts with her. She might have already thought about how to deal with a supreme warrior. Even if Amon had just reached the ninth-level, Celia might still have a chance to win, but it would be more difficult than she had expected. Everyone was thinking this way, only Goliath smiled meaningfully without saying a word. He knew Amon's background. Since Amon had reached the ninth-level, he was also a ninth-level supreme mage.
In fact, even Goliath did not know Amon's latest situation. Amon was no longer a simple ninth-level mage and warrior. Now that he had mastered the power of the origin, there was only a focus on cultivation and talent, and there was no difference in the means he used.
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The crowd did not drink much. After drinking three cups, Celia took the initiative to stand up and said, "Since there is still something to talk about, let's hurry up and fight."
Amon put down his cup and walked out of the big tent. He stood in the open space beside the swamp and said, "You are really straightforward, so let's start now. I am a warrior, so I will first step back fifty steps and ask the supreme mage to take his time to cast the spell. "
Celia untied her cloak and walked to the open space in her tight-fitting attire. She stood fifty paces away from Amon. Her servant, Rulio, bowed and handed over a spotlessly white staff. Amon narrowed his eyes. He could tell that it was a rare bone staff. It was pure in nature and suitable for casting various divine arts. Although it was not embedded with parangons, it was much more useful than the precious staff he gave to Medanzo and Link, which were embedded with seven parangons.
It was unknown how many years of history this object had, but after being processed by divine arts, it was still as bright as new. Its entire body was pure white, glistening with an ivory luster, and the end was sharpened like a long thorn. It was different from ordinary staffs. It was very tough and could be used as a weapon. In close combat, it was equivalent to a sharp short shuttle. This kind of staff was strange and rare.
With Amon's current ability, he no longer needed a staff to cast divine arts. When he encountered a powerful enemy, he needed a weapon that could operate magic at the same time. This kind of staff provided a good idea. His disciples needed this kind of artifact, and most of the emissaries of the gods used similar weapons.
The object in Celia's hand had a very special origin. It was of the same origin as something on Amon's body. It was made from the bone of the bull killed by Mourrin in the war of the gods. The gods gave it to the shrines on earth, and it was kept by the Hittite Kingdom for generations. As a royal noble, Celia obtained this precious staff after becoming a supreme mage. She usually did not carry it with her. Taking it out today showed how much importance she attached to this battle.
Seeing Celia pick up the staff, Amon asked with a smile, "Where is your summoned beast?"
Celia replied, "It will appear when it is needed. Where is the Supreme General's cat?"
Amon sighed, "Are you talking about Schrödinger? She has left me to seek the freedom of liberation. I brought another beast king with me today. It will appear when it is needed. "
Celia nodded and said, "In that case, the little girl will make the first move." After that, she waved her staff at Amon.
Amon had seen many supreme mages in action, but they were all on the battlefield with their staffs raised high, casting large-scale magic to assist in the battle. Apart from Gilgamesh, this was the first time he had seen such a direct attack. The beautiful and lovely girl waved her staff. Her delicate baby face was still wearing a smile, but her attack was not polite at all.
The bone staff transformed into a series of afterimages. The surrounding swamps and thickets reverberated with the sound of galloping horses. The innumerable staff shadows carried with them a roaring impact, as though a herd of bison were pouncing towards Amon viciously. This was not the conventional fighting style of a supreme mage. Celia used this special staff to attack as a form of defense, making it impossible for a warrior to get close. If it were someone else, they might have panicked in the face of this scene.
Amon shouted, broke through the momentum of the galloping horses, took a step forward, and punched. He was unarmed and did not wear gloves, but his fist was wrapped in a faint golden light. This was the most brilliant martial art in the world. It was a pure explosion of strength and energy. As long as it was strong enough, it could resist all magic.
The punch was like a boulder hitting a storeroom full of jars and jars. Accompanied by a series of shattering sounds, the shadow of the staff was annihilated. Amon took the blow head-on. The shadow of the staff disappeared, but Celia did not panic. She shook the staff in her hand, and a cylindrical white light shot out, like a white rainbow or lightning. It was the sharpest attack among the shadow of the staff, and at this moment, it had already reached Amon.
Amon did not retreat, but instead moved forward. He punched the white light with his left hand. The white pillar of light exploded with smoke. It was the scattered energy that had been condensed and turned into rays of light. Although she was fifty steps away, Celia was shaken back two steps with a muffled groan. She raised her staff and struck down while retreating. Light and shadow condensed above Amon's head, and suddenly a huge shadow of a bone staff appeared and smashed down.
Amon snorted. "Good move!" He leapt up and punched out. Before the shadow of the gigantic bone staff could solidify, it was smashed into pieces, and the shadow gradually dissipated. With a loud thud, Amon landed firmly on the ground.
At the moment when Amon landed, Celia waved her staff horizontally, and there was another sharp whistle. The wind and clouds changed, as if the sky and earth were upside down. The scenery around Amon changed completely. The solid ground under his feet instantly turned into a swamp, squirming and spinning as if he was about to sink. This was the most brilliant Earth Elemental Sand Surge. It also had information illusions, turning the soil into a semi-liquefied state. For a warrior, this was the most deadly attack, making it impossible for him to exert any strength.
Amon, however, did not fall into it. Supreme warriors could also practice auxiliary magic. He took a step forward, and the quicksand-like ground caved in, as if a membrane had been stretched out, just in time to support his steps. This was spatial magic, which could gather energy with very weak support. It could not be used directly for attack, but it could be used to assist in battle. It was not very profound, but it was used quite skillfully.
Celia reacted quickly. Seeing that Amon did not sink into the quicksand-like swamp, she raised her staff. Golden divine runes appeared on the surface of the crystal bone staff, and the light burst out to cover her figure. Rulio, who was standing beside her and watching the battle, also disappeared in the light. Then, Ah Ming's eyes widened, and all he saw was a black ocean.
The swamp and the black soil had turned into a surging state, and the real surging was mixed with illusory images. The sound of waves beating on the shore came from all directions, and there was no end to it as far as the eye could see. On the distant horizon stood a 'person'. He had a human head and a fish body, and his tail swam in the liquid. He straightened his upper body and played a piccolo. What came from the piccolo was not the sound of a flute, but an ancient ballad.
In the turbulent and dangerous boundless black ocean, the song seemed so beautiful. It had an indescribable power that made people want to close their eyes and immerse themselves in it, forgetting all suffering and sorrow. This was an attack that attacked the soul, and it could make people's consciousness fall into a trance and fall into a deep sleep. At the same time, it was a half-real, half-illusory magic that made people fall into a world of illusion.
Celia's summoned beast finally made a move, in such an unexpected way. He was Rulio.
This was the scene that Amon was facing. The onlookers only saw the staff in Celia's hand emitting a dazzling light, which engulfed her and Rulio's figure. Amon stopped, his eyes fixed on the place where Celia was, looking into the distance, and his feet slowly sank into the soil.
As soon as Rulio made his move, he was able to temporarily pin down this powerful 9th level warrior. If it was on the battlefield, there would be priests who could awaken Amon at any time, and the army would rush over to provide support. But in a personal battle, this was simply the best way to deal with a warrior.
Celia naturally would not miss such an excellent opportunity to win. Several translucent flying ropes appeared from the light. These were air elemental magic that gathered out of thin air. They curled towards Amon's body, and were about to tie him up tightly.
A dull roar came from under the flowing soil, and a giant golden tail with dark brown spots suddenly broke out of the soil. This tail was very long. It came out from Amon's back, and curled down in mid-air, scattering the flying ropes. Then, the soil began to surge, and a huge mutated Ironback Beast came out. Amon's figure was also rising, and he was standing on the back of this Ironback Beast.
The onlookers were shocked. It turned out that Amon's' summoned beast 'was actually a mutated Ironback King, and it had long been lurking under Amon's feet. Except for Goliath, no one else had discovered it beforehand. Celia, who was in the midst of battle, was even more shocked. Ironbacks were animals that lived in swamps, and such a huge mutated Ironback King had appeared under Amon's feet. The effect of her magic would be greatly reduced.
Hidden in the glaring light, Celia pressed her staff down. The semi-flowing soil around the Ironback King suddenly became incomparably solid, as if it had instantly condensed into layers of rocks, firmly imprisoning it in place. El Mar twisted its body and struggled with all its might. The rock layers on the surface formed by earth elemental magic were cracking, constantly breaking and reforming.
The staff in Celia's hand was trembling slightly. This Ironback King had great strength, and was naturally proficient in earth elemental magic. Although Celia had tried her best, she could only barely suppress El Mar from breaking out of the ground, and had no time to launch any other attacks.
It was also the first time that El Mar had suffered such a setback. It had the ability to run amok in the Charcoal Marsh, and all the monsters it had encountered were no match for it. Today, before it could show its ability, it was held down by a supreme mage in the air, and could not break out of the ground no matter how hard it struggled.
At the same time, Amon and Rulio were engaged in another strange battle. A rock-hard back had appeared under Amon's feet. It was El Mar's back that arched out of the ground, but it had turned into a boat in the dark ocean. The boat had no sails or oars, and it was sailing forward in the dark ocean. The LNG was like a sticky noodle soup, and the further it went, the stronger the resistance.
As the song drew nearer, it became clearer and clearer. Ripples spread out, carrying with it the power of rejection, pushing one's body outwards. However, the song had a mysterious alluring power, attracting one's soul to fly towards it. It was an illusion of the separation of the soul and the body. Once the soul lost control and fell into the song, the body would also lose control.
Amon raised his arm, and it seemed to have become much heavier than usual. The joints of his whole body were sore and numb in the song, but the feeling was so comfortable that it made one lazy and unwilling to move.
Amon pointed to the man playing the flute in the distance and said: "Rulio, I have even withstood the roar of the Lion King. Although your song is magical, it cannot shake my heart. This is your talent, isn't it? Not only can it be used to attack, but it is also a very good means of healing, allowing people to forget pain. Back then, there were nine kinds of powerful monsters in the Anunnaki divine clan. What is your relationship with the Mermaid among them? "
Rulio was taken aback, and he looked up and replied: "How do you know this legend? The Mermaid King was also a member of my clan in ancient times. My people built their homes in the sea, and I was an explorer who came to the continent. "
So that was how it was. Back then, among the nine kinds of monsters, the Mermaid King was a kind of sea monster. After gaining wisdom and cultivation, he came to the continent and became a divine emissary under the guidance of the Anunnaki divine clan. After the War of the Gods, the Mermaid King disappeared, and this Rulio was also a member of the sea monster clan. Like the Mermaid King, he came to the continent to cultivate. Perhaps in order to obtain various books and help from the mortal world, he became a summoned beast of a supreme mage.
Amon laughed: "Your talent is indeed extraordinary. Your strength is even greater than Celia's, but you still have to learn how to master and use it. Unfortunately, you are still no match for me."
Amon had already crossed the strange black sea and rushed to Rulio, although in the eyes of the onlookers, he was standing there without moving or speaking. Rulio's face was full of panic, and he swam backwards on the sea. He waved the piccolo in his hand and turned it into a brush. With two strokes to the left and right, he actually drew a towering mountain on the sea, which just happened to block Amon's path.
This was a drawn mountain. It looked real or fake, but Amon didn't care whether it was real or fake. He leaped from the boat and punched out. It was as if the sky had collapsed, and the picture of the mountain was shattered from the middle. He rushed directly in front of Rulio and said with a smile: "So you can draw and sing?"
The onlookers let out a low cry of surprise. Amon stood on the back of the struggling King Ironback and looked into the distance. In just a moment, he leaped high and punched out again. The brilliance around Celia was so dazzling that no one could see his figure clearly. Amon's fist carried a ball of golden light and 'punched' a person out of the void. It was Rulio.
Everyone heard Ah Meng's words — So you can paint and sing?
Rulio was shocked. Amon had already broken free from the strange magic he was gifted with, and he punched out again. He pulled out a long, serrated fin-shaped blade from his waist and slashed at Amon's fist. The blade and fist collided with a bang. Amon took two steps back, while Rulio was sent flying more than ten feet away. Then he brandished his blade and rushed over again.
This mermaid demon was actually a warrior. If measured according to the physical achievements of the human world, he should be an eighth-level supreme warrior. As for the magical magic he had just displayed, it was his talent, an ability that grew with the growth of his strength. After it was broken by Amon, he could still fight in close combat at this time.
Amon punched out again with a trembling impact force. A faint golden light seemed to wrap around the fist and flickered. He used the mining skills of the town of Duc. Amon had used such a punch to kill Prince Snek, but if he didn't want to hurt anyone, he could also disperse the opponent's strength, causing the whole body to be paralyzed and temporarily lose the ability to resist.
The fist and the long blade collided for the second time in a very short period of time, but the sound it made was very strange, like something sticky rubbing together. The power of Amon's punch actually produced a strange twist and turn, as if it had hit something slippery. The soil under his feet and the muddy water of the swamp in the distance scattered.
This mermaid demon was unexpectedly able to use his innate magic to aid in combat, and was not knocked down by Amon's punch. His body was sent flying, spinning several times in the air, and the soil under his feet surged in a whirlpool. Amon ignored him, turned around and punched again at the center of the dazzling light not far away, attacking Celia.
El Mar roared and finally jumped to the ground with the flying soil and stones, raising her claws and long tail and pouncing at Rulio who had just landed. Amon changed his opponent and let the freed El Mar deal with the summoned beast.
The dazzling light was an invisible barrier, and Amon's figure rushed into the light, only to see Celia flying backward and revealing her figure. She waved her staff forward as she retreated, and the light suddenly shrank into a transparent light and shadow, firmly imprisoning Amon within it.
She was indeed a brilliant supreme mage, and the use of all kinds of methods was extremely reasonable. When Amon was about to break her magic protection, she decisively retreated and used the Air Elemental Imprisonment instead of the Air Elemental Armor with the best defensive effect.
The air around Amon instantly became viscous, condensing into a giant cocoon that wrapped him up, and all his movements were greatly restrained. The faster he moved, the greater the invisible resistance he encountered.
Under normal circumstances, a supreme mage could make two choices after using this method. One was to quickly fly away so that the warriors couldn't catch up, and the other was to use the method to attack the warriors who were unable to move, or to let the warriors around them launch a counterattack. But this was a duel, and if Celia flew away, it would be tantamount to admitting defeat. Rulio could have taken this opportunity to fight back, but he was currently fighting with El Mar at the edge of the swamp, splashing mud everywhere, and could not find the time to do so.
Celia stopped thirty paces away, waved her staff, and countless staff shadows appeared, mixed with fierce white light, layer after layer of counterattacks filled the sky.
Amon could not afford to be trapped here and take her attack head-on. The Confinement of Air was the most difficult to deal with when caught off guard, because it was like a sticky and elastic giant net. Even if a sword cut a hole in it, if it could not completely break the magic, it would immediately close up and block the mage's movement, giving the mage enough time and space to unleash a powerful attack. This Celia was indeed not easy to deal with. She was an outstanding eighth-level supreme mage.
The moment Amon was wrapped in the Air Elemental Imprisonment, a slight wry smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He waved his hand and took out a spike-like thing. It was Humbaba's fang. He, who had been unarmed all this time, finally took out a weapon. The fang slashed forward with a sharp roar, and with his strength and speed, he opened up a gap and rushed out like lightning.
The staff shadows that filled the sky disappeared in the roar. Rulio, who was fighting with El Mar, was swept into the swamp by El Mar's tail because he was distracted. At the critical moment, Rulio waved the sword in his hand and drew two strokes. A stone mountain appeared out of thin air in front of Celia, and there were even shrubs growing on it, making it look very real.
The mountain appeared to be an illusion. Amon's fangs released a roar that dispersed the afterimages of the staff, before slamming into the mountain with his head. He actually penetrated through the mountain with his brute strength, and smashed the entire mountain into pieces. It all happened in an instant. As soon as Celia waved her staff, Amon rushed in front of her with the fang in his hand.
The supreme mage gritted her teeth and turned her staff like a sword, stabbing it at Amon. She had loved learning swordsmanship since she was a child, and later became a mage. But how could she compare to Amon in close combat? As soon as the staff stabbed out, she felt her vision blur and her wrist go numb. Her staff had been taken away by Amon.
Celia knew that she had lost. It was rare for a supreme mage to have her staff taken away by someone else in a fight. She could not help but stand there with a flushed face.
On the other side, Rulio was swept into the pool, but El Mar felt that his tail had slipped, as if he had not exerted much force. Rulio rolled in the muddy water and actually grabbed his tail. He swung El Mar's huge body into the air and slammed it into the swamp.
El Mar was a little stunned by the slap. He twisted his body and was about to fight back, but he felt the space around him tighten, and then he heard Goliath's voice shouting, "Stop, the duel is over!"
Rulio's hand that was grabbing El Mar's long tail had already loosened. The Ironback shook his big dizzy head and turned around in the muddy water to look up. He saw that Amon was already standing beside Rulio, holding a white crystal staff that was placed on Rulio's neck.
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