"Should we jump in and ambush him?" Karim was still unwilling to give up.
Sixth said, "Absolutely not. His reaction speed is far faster than ours. If we make a mistake, it'll be seven against one again, no different from dying the first time."
Karim sighed in frustration and asked, "Then how are we supposed to fight?"
"Attack while circling him. Once we get close, rush him together and force his five clones apart," Sixth said.
"That makes sense. Let's go." Neff raised his longsword and walked toward Lu Yang first. Karim and the others hurried after him, closing in on Lu Yang in a semicircle.
Lu Yang saw through their intentions at once. A confident smile appeared at the corner of his mouth as he said, "Since you're attacking, then I'll attack too."
A grayish-brown glow rose from the Earth Mage's body as he shouted, "Earth Spear Thrust."
Purple lightning flared around the Thunder Mage as he shouted, "Thunderstorm Force Field."
A red glow rose from Lu Yang's main body, the Fire Mage, as he shouted, "Flame Dragon Slaughter Array."
The three lights converged at the tip of the staff in Lu Yang's right hand. He pointed it forward and shouted, "Mixed Spell—Crimson Lotus Burst!"
System Notification: Mixed Spell cast successfully!
Neff and the others immediately became wary when they saw light rising from Lu Yang's body. Normally, casting a Mixed Spell took several seconds, yet Lu Yang had completed it in an instant. Before any of them even had time to think, Lu Yang's spell was already finished.
Centered on Lu Yang, unending purple-red earthen spikes suddenly erupted across a five-hundred-meter radius. Every thirty meters of spikes formed together like purple-red lotus flowers. Neff and the others stood within them and were instantly paralyzed for two