It was completely out of Lucien and Adam's expectation that the old witch came back so fast and so weirdly.
Before he started to invade the control crystal ball, Lucien had carefully checked if there was a transmission magic circle in the core of the magic tower, in case the old witch brought the underground relic into the range of the magic tower and teleported back directly. The result was very good. There was no setup as Lucien was worried about. However, the old witch cast 'Position Swap' on her 'illusion'!
If Lucien and the rest of them did not destroy the illusion, she would be able to switch back as soon as she sensed that the magic tower was invaded. If Lucien and the rest of them destroyed the illusion, she would be able to know the invasion in advance and have plenty of time to return in other ways.
Apart from the madness of the old witch, she was actually a very smart senior-rank sorcerer!
At this moment, Lucien was trying to erase the mark in the control crystal ball. He could not be distracted at all, and he would not be distracted at all, because once he temporarily gave up on controlling the core and dodged the old witch's spells, he would never have another chance. How could a fourth-circle sorcerer who had lost all his equipment resist a senior-rank sorcerer who was at least a seventh-circle sorcerer and her magic tower?
Chances were that he could not even resist one spell!
"Ignore everything else and focus on controlling the crystal ball!" Lucien did not even look at the old witch. His spiritual power surged into the mark in the core. He did not care if Adam would betray him, or if Adam would run away, or if Adam would stall for time for him. He also did not care if Absorption Wall, Stone Skin, Fire Shield, Mechanized Mind, and Ghost Armor could block one spell of the old witch when she was free. He also did not care how many spells the old witch could cast in ten seconds. He was so focused on grasping the slim chance that he could not give up because of the slim hope!
When the old witch began to 'Position Swap', the fear that had accumulated in Adam's heart for years made him step back. His body was shivering slightly, as if he was going to turn around and run away or kneel down to beg for mercy at any time. However, after sensing Lucien's calmness and concentration through the secondary telepathic bond, he clenched his fists, and his blue pupils became deep and dark.
Since they had already reached this point, they would die no matter if they advanced or retreated, so why not take a gamble? Could it be that he was going to pin his hopes on a chance to prolong his feeble existence by groveling and fawning? In that case, he might as well die valiantly!
To be able to become a Level 5 Knight, no matter if they were crazy, murderous, twisted, or depraved, they would never lack the will to fight. This was the foundation of a Knight!
With a low growl like a beast, Adam turned into a ball of darkness and pounced towards the back of the desk not far away, pouncing towards the old witch who had just finished switching places. Black ripples spread out in the air. As long as Lucien could block one round of her attacks, he would be able to buy a few seconds for himself. That was the only hope for him and his team!
Seeing the darkness descending like a curtain, the old witch let out a sharp and terrifying scream. Invisible magic waves appeared, and then the darkness suddenly became transparent, like a piece of glass that had just been fired. The ripples of darkness that were spreading out from the darkness quickly disappeared.
This piece of black glass suddenly fell to the ground, making a cracking sound. Pieces of glass were everywhere.
Adam showed himself again. Half of his body had disappeared, but the rest of his head and left chest were still in the state of glass.
The sixth-circle spell, Dulag's Glass Transformation!
It could turn a creature or an object of a certain size into a glass state!
With only one spell, Adam lost all his ability to fight. He had to rely on the great life force of a Level 3 Knight to support himself.
While the old witch was busy dealing with Adam, Lucien's spiritual power that invaded the core of the crystal ball suddenly spread out and started to vibrate in a strange way. Invisible ripples were generated, making the whole core of the crystal ball shake violently.
Spirit Shock was a technical achievement of the Congress of Magic in the past fifty years. It could effectively help middle-rank and low-rank sorcerers to erase the spiritual imprints in their magic items, and it was especially effective on ancient magic items that were not prepared in this way!
This was also one of the main reasons why Lucien was so confident that he could seize the control of the magic tower!
In the core of the crystal ball, the old witch's spiritual imprint also started to shake and collapse bit by bit. However, as a senior-rank sorcerer's spiritual imprint, its quality was much better than that of a middle-rank sorcerer, so Lucien could not erase it in two seconds.
This was a life-and-death battle between the ancient sorcerers and the magic knowledge that had been developed for hundreds of years!
After taking care of Adam, the old witch raised her left hand. There were two rings on her index finger and ring finger respectively. One of them was inlaid with a huge, dreamy purple gem, which was Element, Lucien's Holm Crown ring, and the other one was a dark blue one, which was inlaid with many rice-sized gems, forming a strange pattern.
What was strange was that she did not choose the element swirl to deal with Lucien, as if she was afraid that the element swirl would hurt her and destroy her "beloved" things around her, such as the desk and the beautiful statues around her.
The dark blue ring quickly lit up, and a creepy chain made of countless pieces of flesh and blood flew towards Lucien, along with the miserable cry that could shake one's soul.
The sixth-circle spell, Howling Chain, was a spell that mainly focused on binding, cursing and interfering with spellcasting!
Both tangible and intangible cries echoed around Lucien, trying to drill into his soul and make him unable to focus. As a result, he could not erase the spiritual mark in the crystal ball.
However, after being improved by Douglas, the president of the Congress of Magic, the Absorbing Wall could not only deal with spells below the fourth circle, but also any spells of any level, as long as the energy level was not higher than that of a fifth-circle spell.
The Howling Chain wrapped around Lucien's body. The Fire Shield was quickly extinguished, and the Absorbing Wall absorbed part of the chain and the countless howling sounds. The magic runes on the wall expanded rapidly, as if they had grown from babies to adults in a second.
Silently, the Absorbing Wall was completely broken, and the magic runes turned into butterflies of light, flying up and down.
This bought Lucien one precious second. The vibration of his spiritual power became more and more violent, and more and more cracks appeared on the old witch's spiritual imprint.
The Absorbing Wall disappeared, so did Stone Skin. The chain tied up Lucien's body, the curse was festering his flesh and blood, and the howling was affecting his brain and soul.
The hormone secretion in his brain was replaced by a mechanical mind, and Lucien had one less part that was affected. No matter how low the level of the spell was, as long as it was used well, it would be very effective. However, the ghost armor was quickly broken by the howling, and Lucien's soul was surrounded and pulled by countless screaming ghosts. The tingling, the shock, and the numbness came one after another.
However, Lucien's soul had reached level five under the old witch's Electric Shock Therapy. Also, the Howling Chain had been weakened layer by layer, and his soul was able to stay calm in the midst of the tingling and numbness. When the vibration of his spiritual power reached the peak, the old witch's spiritual imprint was instantly destroyed!
The old witch's experiment ended up hurting herself!
Seizing the opportunity, Lucien suddenly condensed his spiritual power and left his spiritual imprint at the core of the magic rune.
The crystal ball suddenly burst out bright light and rose up from the desk. The magic circles and patterns in the core of the magic tower were all reflected in the crystal ball.
Lucien, who was tied up by the Howling Chain, cast a simple spell in front of the crystal ball. Immediately, a mysterious black ray of light shot out from the left wall and hit the Howling Chain. The two magic runes disappeared at the same time.
The sixth-circle spell, Advanced Dispel!
As soon as the blood-red chain disappeared, Lucien cast a complicated spell again. A dark ray shot out from the right wall directly at the old witch.
The seventh-circle spell, Antimagic Ray, could cancel the magic effects on the target and create a small antimagic field, so that the target could not cast any magic within the field.
Although Lucien could only use the magic circles in the magic tower, he had experienced the power of a senior-rank sorcerer for the first time.
The old witch had just recovered from the buffering time when she saw Antimagic Ray. She screamed angrily again, and a mirror with countless mysterious symbols appeared around her.
The Antimagic Ray hit the mirror. When the mirror was broken, the ray was reflected back and hit Lucien directly.
The effect of Mechanized Mind disappeared, so did the magic effects on Lucien. All the magic waves around him disappeared. There was no trace of any magic.
The seventh-circle spell, Spell Reversal!
According to Lucien's level, his spiritual power level and his understanding of each spell, Lucien could reverse a ninth-circle spell at most!
Lucien tried to extend his spiritual power, but it did not work. Luckily, he was not casting the spell himself, but controlling the whole magic tower with the crystal ball, he was not affected by the small antimagic field.
The crystal ball, as bright as the sun, floated above Lucien's right hand. As he cast the spell, an invisible force field wall suddenly appeared around the old witch and trapped her inside.
The seventh-circle spell, Magic Prison, could only be opened by several special spells such as Dissociation.
Unlike sorcerers, magic towers did not have buffering time!
When Lucien continued casting the spell, the old witch, who was still buffering, sensed great danger. She did not try to hide anything anymore. Her left eye suddenly expanded and turned into a yellow-brown wriggling ball.
The ball was like a newborn mammal, full of blood stains. In the middle of the ball, there was a huge yellow-brown eye. Around the ball, tentacle-like eyestalks reached out and connected with the veins around the old witch's eye socket. Many thumb-sized eyes were protruding out of the eyestalks!
It was one of the most famous monsters in the Dark Mountain Range, the Eye Devil!
There was a seventh-circle spell that could turn oneself into an Eye Devil. However, the old witch directly transformed her left eye into an Eye Devil, which was the strength of the ancient sorcerers!
In this way, there was no need to wait for the buffering time.
Several green rays of "Disintegrate" shot out from the small eyes at the same time, while the bewitching yellow-brown giant eye shot out dark anti-magic rays.
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