(Thank you very much to 'Gs Da Shi' for the 1888 reward, and to 'Lei Xiang,' 'xaio Tang,' and 'Yan Yu Jiangnan' for their rewards!)
In a proper battle, directly attacking the Automaton Master was the standard tactic!
During the Night Party, since it tested the abilities of the Automaton Masters, direct attacks between Automaton Masters were strictly forbidden to prevent them from being defeated by underhanded tricks before they could demonstrate their true strength...
However, in a real battle, taking out the Automaton Master first was basic common sense.
Therefore, even during class, the professors responsible for instruction would bring up this tactic repeatedly.
How could Wu Yan possibly fail to take notice of it?
After all, this was not some Night Party where friendship came first and competition second. This was a real battle!
As the top-ranked student in Walpurgis Royal Academy of Machinart's history, and with his cold personality, Magnus would never hesitate to employ conventional tactics in a real battle.
Wu Yan had long expected him to have the Battle Team attack him directly. Even if he had not, Ikaros would never just stand there and watch Wu Yan get attacked. With Ikaros's Absolute Defense Circle, Wu Yan had no need to worry about his own safety.
Having seized upon that point, Wu Yan deliberately waited until Magnus ordered his Automatons to attack before making his move.
Of course, this so-called move was merely dividing his magic power into three portions.
One portion was poured into Ikaros, allowing her to raise the Absolute Defense Circle!
One portion was poured into Natsuki, allowing her to use spatial transfer!
The final portion was poured into Astrea, allowing her to use Natsuki's spatial transfer to move before Magnus and launch a direct attack!
At the moment, Magnus's entire Battle