Angor leaped into the air and crossed the blizzard.
Soon, he arrived at the entrance of the ice valley.
Everything was quiet. Angor did not see anyone around. He thought for a moment and rubbed the drop of blood in his hand. Slowly, it began to heat up.
At this moment, a black shadow suddenly swept across the sky and disappeared in a flash.
Angor heard the crunching of leaves behind him. He quickly turned around and saw the figure slowly walking toward him from the woods.
A black buttoned hat, a black cane, a white bow tie, and white gloves. He was dressed meticulously and had a handsome but cold face.
It was Sunders!
"Professor!" Angor's eyes lit up as he ran to greet him.
However, as soon as he stepped forward, he saw Sunders turning into a black shadow and attacking Angor's face with a gust of wind.
Angor was startled. Before the gust of wind reached his face, he quickly jumped back and retreated to the top of a tree ten meters away.
Sunders' eyes glinted. He only wanted to see how strong Angor's blood essence was. He did not expect to miss. Angor's reaction speed improved a lot.
Angor tried to ask Sunders what was going on, but Sunders didn't say a word. The second attack came. This time, the attack was faster and from a more tricky angle.
Angor had no choice but to raise his hand to block.
When Sunders' cane hit his arm, a surge of energy rushed into Angor's body. It was not strong at first, but it gradually grew stronger when Angor did not react.
Angor hesitated for a second before he realized that Sunders' attack was only meant to test him.
With that in mind, Angor swung his arm. Instead of dodging, he gathered power and smashed at the cane.
Angor's attack was so strong that Sunders almost dropped the cane.
Sunders was surprised. He quickly leaped back and used his momentum to offset the terrible force.
Angor was also rushing toward him. He was not as fast as when he used the sequence of gravity, but he was still much faster than before. Soon, he reached Sunders. Sunders was still in the air, so he was defenseless. Angor's eyes lit up. Without hesitation, he punched and kicked.
Of course, Angor did not intend to fight back. Since Sunders was here to test him, he had to give it his all!
Moreover, ever since his physical body had been strengthened, he had not truly fought to his heart's content. As for the fight with Zafarra, he did not enjoy it to the fullest.
With that in mind, he began to fight with Sunders happily.
Angor felt a little proud when he saw his fists and legs were about to land on Sunders. It seemed he had the upper hand in this first round.
However, in the end, his punches and kicks missed.
The figure in front of him had turned into an illusion!
"When did you set up the illusion nodes?!" He didn't see any illusion nodes while he was chasing after Sunders, but he didn't see any of them.
A cold snort came from behind while he was still in a daze.
Sunders' tall figure was almost pressed against his back. A great force sent him flying like a cannonball. He crashed through a dozen trees before coming to a stop.
Sunders raised an eyebrow. Angor was in a bad condition, but there was no injury on his body.
Just as Bosch said, Angor's vitality was abundant, and his body was unbelievably strong.
Angor shook his dizzy head and tried to get up from the ground. However, a shadow suddenly appeared in front of him. Sunders was already standing in front of him. At the same time, Sunders launched an attack at Angor's chest.
Angor quickly pushed himself up with both hands, gathered his strength on his feet, and kicked. Taking advantage of the feedback when the two forces collided, he leaped back a few steps and arrived not far away. Then, he assumed a battle stance.
Sunders clicked his tongue and did not attack. Instead, he suddenly turned around.
His face was facing Angor, who was trying to ambush him from behind. The "Angor" who attacked him was only an illusion!
Angor was shocked. He did not expect his illusion to be seen through so easily. However, he did not stop and kept attacking.
When his attack touched Sunders' body, Angor's expression darkened.
Again, another illusion!
A sigh came from behind. Angor quickly returned the attack. However, the illusion in front of him became real again. A great force hit Angor's chest, and he lost control of his body and fell to the ground.
Sunders used the same trick twice. He only changed the situation slightly, and Angor still fell for it.
What happened next became Sunders' one-man show.
Angor did not touch Sunders at all. He did not even touch his clothes. It was all an illusion.
More importantly, Angor gradually realized that Sunders did not use any high-level illusions at all. All he used were basic cantrips of various schools. From basic illusions to basic sound illusions, basic reality illusions, and basic mind illusions … Sunders used illusions to perfection. Not only did he rely on Angor's blind vision, but he also used the changes of weather, wind, and even the sound of leaves under his feet to create illusions.
Everything in the world, including sound, became an illusion field.
Angor was being played like a fool.
After a long time, Angor was completely paralyzed on the ground. He begged Sunders with his eyes, asking him to surrender.
Sunders had a good time beating up a living sandbag. His anger from the past few days had also dissipated. He slowly approached Angor.
However, as soon as Sunders approached, he suddenly felt something was wrong. The begging look in Angor's eyes suddenly turned into a cunning one.
Next, a gentle breeze came. The hair covering Angor's right eye was lifted.
His eye flashed, and the green lines on it danced.
Sunders looked at the change in front of him in surprise. He saw the faint outline of a person appearing behind Angor. It was very blurry, but Sunders still recognized it. He saw this figure in the Nightmare Realm's Witch Town.
It was Angor's projection in the Nightmare Realm!
As Sunders thought about it, the blurry eye and Angor's right eye seemed to have merged into one. Angor's eyes flickered, and a terrible pressure suddenly came at him.
Even Sunders felt like he could not move under the pressure.
Angor took the chance and bounced up from the ground. He swung his fist at Sunders, who was standing still.
"At least I hit him once!" Angor mumbled.
However, when his fist came into contact with Sunders, his eyes were filled with astonishment … It was, again, an illusion!
The pressure from Sunders' right eye had disappeared, and so did the figure behind Angor.
Angor trembled as he turned around. Sunders was right behind him, swinging a karate chop … But before the chop reached Angor's neck, it suddenly changed direction and was pushed back.
It was Angor's illusion, and Angor's figure was behind him.
However, when Sunders was about to chop the figure behind him, he suddenly realized that the figure behind him was also an illusion.
He looked carefully and saw Angor standing on a tree dozens of meters away. When Sunders flew over, Angor was holding a dried leaf as a white flag and waving it at Sunders with a pitiful look.
Sunders' lips twitched. "You set up a trap and created several synchronized illusions just to run away?"
"You're not even here, professor. Why should I?" Angor curled his lips.
Sunders was surprised. A moment later, he grinned and showed a look of appreciation. Next, his figure slowly turned into light spots and disappeared.
Angor sighed in his mind. As expected. He already felt something was wrong halfway through.
If Sunders could turn the world into an illusion, why did he keep using regular illusions? It would be easier for him to fall into his trap.
Then he thought, "Could it be that I'm trapped in an illusion?"
And it turned out that he was right.
As Sunders' figure turned into light spots, Angor also noticed the level of the illusion. It was a basic illusion again.
Since the beginning, Sunders never used anything beyond the level of a cantrip.
Angor naively thought that he was already stronger than an apprentice in all aspects. But now, he realized that it did not matter. He could not see the world, and he was still being played around.
As Angor lamented, Sunders' real body slowly approached him from afar.
While Angor was complaining about his lack of self-confidence, Sunders was also surprised by Angor's performance.
He didn't use anything other than illusions and body arts, and neither did Angor. Under the illusion of a "fair fight", it wasn't hard for the old man to defeat Angor with his years of experience in illusions. However, not only did Angor discover the truth, but he also escaped from the illusion, which was something Sunders did not expect.
Besides, Angor's physical strength, as well as the unexpected light coming from his right eye, surprised Sunders.
"Professor." Angor looked a little listless.
"Good job," Sunders praised Angor, which was rare for him to break his usual routine.
He paused and pointed at Angor's right eye. "Bloodline projection?"
"Yes. Two days ago —" Angor nodded and was about to tell Sunders what happened, but Sunders interrupted him.
"We'll talk about it later." Sunders was curious about what happened, but he did not want to talk about it since it was related to a demon god. Besides, some things might not be heard by others, but they would cause ripples in the world line. It would not be good if Prophets noticed it.
Besides, Sunders already knew the result. Bloodline projection was still a secret between him and Sunders.
"You finished the alchemy?" Since Sunders did not want to talk about what happened, he decided to ask about the message Angor received through his blood essence.
"It's done. But it'll take a week or two to lift the curse on Toby." According to Oderklas, it would take Toby less than half a month to recover enough strength to lift the curse. However, Sunders did not know how long it would take.
Sunders nodded. Then he realized something and asked, "Last time, you said you were going to craft a Fire Relayer Stone. Are you talking about alchemy —"
"Yes, a Fire Relayer Stone."
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