Master-Level Maneuvering

In the rule-making of Second World, if a mage is attacked while casting, the time it takes to gather magical energy will be prolonged, which means the casting speed is reduced.

In his previous life, Lu Yang personally tested this. Every time a mage is attacked during casting, the casting time is extended by 1 second, up to a maximum of 3 times. If it's an elite monster, the casting time extension is halved.

Lu Yang dared to solo the level 15 elite monster Troll Shaman Vol'jin at level 7 because he knew that the Troll Shaman only knew ranged magic attacks and didn't understand melee combat.

Seeing Vol'jin re-gathering flames, Lu Yang stood in place and began chanting, continuously casting 4 Pyroblasts at a rate of 0.7 seconds per cast, preventing Vol'jin from gathering fire elements.

After 3.5 seconds, the Fireball in Vol'jin's hand finally took shape. Although the Fireball's flight speed in the air was less than 0.5 seconds, making it difficult for ordinary people to dodge, Lu Yang accurately predicted Vol'jin's casting gesture. The moment Vol'jin raised his hand, Lu Yang made a hair's breadth horizontal shift, easily dodging the whistling Fireball.

Unlike the Fireballs of players, the Troll Shaman's Fireball deals a staggering 370 points of damage. Lu Yang's Blood Essence is less than 100 points; he would be killed with a single hit.

However, with the experience of a level 200 Archmage from his previous life, how could Lu Yang be hit by the Troll Shaman's magic? Killing the Troll Shaman with his skills was as easy as playing a game.

After continuously attacking for 2 minutes, the Troll Shaman's Blood Essence was reduced by one-tenth. At this time, Lu Yang only had 300 points of mana left. After dodging the Troll Shaman's Fireball again, Lu Yang took out a bottle of instant mana recovery potion from his backpack.

Instant Mana Recovery Potion (Small)

Effect: Restores 500 mana

Cooldown time: 2 minutes

This potion was left over from when Lu Yang killed the Golden Wyrm. However, the number of potions wasn't large. Including the ones dropped from killing Orc Warriors, he had 6 instant Blood Essence recovery potions and 10 instant mana recovery potions.

Lu Yang hadn't used them before, saving them for this moment. After drinking it, Lu Yang's mana recovered to 805/850 points, and he continued to fight the Troll Shaman.

After 20 minutes, the Troll Shaman's health was reduced to less than one-tenth.

"Insignificant insect, you have angered me! You will pay the price for this!" The Troll Shaman's green skin suddenly turned red, and his body seemed to be burning.

System Notification: Troll Shaman has entered Bloodlust State

Bloodlust State is a talent spell of the Troll race. After activating Bloodlust, they are immune to all control skills, and their casting and attack speed are increased by 50%.

Lu Yang had anticipated this situation before coming, so he wasn't afraid at all. While fighting Vol'jin, Lu Yang gradually moved towards the red circular house next to Vol'jin.

Seeing that he was now only two meters away from the house, facing Vol'jin's Fireball released every second, Lu Yang displayed the true colors of a top-tier fire mage from his previous life. He casually and easily dodged the Fireballs fired by the opponent while walking to the side of the house. Then, he dodged to the side of the circular house.

Vol'jin lost sight of Lu Yang and couldn't use magic. He roared and chased after Lu Yang. But as soon as he saw Lu Yang, before he could cast a spell, Lu Yang, who had been waiting there, timed it perfectly and cast a Pyroblast.

It was as if Vol'jin himself was crashing into the Pyroblast. With a bang, Vol'jin was hit in the head.

"244" (Critical Hit)

Vol'jin, who was already low on health, had even less Blood Essence. In a fit of rage, he immediately began casting a spell, but before he could release it, Lu Yang quickly ran around the circular house. One second later, when Vol'jin was about to release Fireball, Lu Yang had already circled to a place more than 2 meters away and out of sight. Vol'jin's Fireball could only passively hit the wall of the house.

With a "bang," the wooden wall of the house caught fire.

Vol'jin continued to search for Lu Yang's sight, but Lu Yang ran around the circular house, and Vol'jin couldn't hit Lu Yang at all. On the contrary, every time Vol'jin finished casting a spell and went to chase Lu Yang, Vol'jin would be hit in the head by a Pyroblast from Lu Yang, who was hiding on the side of the circular house.

Lu Yang ran around the house with Vol'jin for more than 20 laps. Vol'jin's Blood Essence was only 200 points. At this time, as long as Lu Yang released two more Pyroblasts, he could kill Vol'jin. However, at this moment, Vol'jin didn't continue to chase Lu Yang. Instead, he stopped in place and muttered to himself.

Lu Yang was hiding on the side of the circular house waiting, but after two empty Pyroblast casts, Vol'jin still didn't chase after him. Just as Lu Yang was curious, suddenly, Lu Yang felt a burst of violent fire elements.

"Great Lord of Flames, please accept the faith of your most humble servant, and grant me the flames to incinerate everything..."

Lu Yang was extremely familiar with this incantation in his previous life. This was the sub-forbidden spell used after the Demon God's Heart was upgraded - Meteor Fall.

The incantation time is 10 seconds, after which a huge fire meteor falls from the sky, dealing massive damage to enemies within a 10*10 range.

Putting aside the damage of Meteor Fall, just considering the Troll Shaman Vol'jin's strength of more than 300 spell damage, Lu Yang would undoubtedly die if such a Meteor Fall hit him.

Furthermore, Vol'jin was in the Bloodlust State, and the incantation time only took 5 seconds to cast. Two seconds had already passed. Thinking of this, Lu Yang couldn't care about anything else and desperately ran towards Vol'jin.

By the time he arrived in front of Vol'jin, more than 1 second had passed. At this time, there were less than 2 seconds left. The dark clouds in the sky had already begun to gather and turned fiery red.

Lu Yang looked at Vol'jin's grinning face, without any panic in his heart. He immediately gathered fire elements in his hand. Just as a gap appeared in the dark clouds in the sky, and the meteor was about to appear, Lu Yang hit Vol'jin in the head with a Pyroblast.

"238" (Critical Hit)

The incantation in Vol'jin's mouth came to an abrupt stop. With an expression of disbelief and unwillingness on his face, he fell straight to the ground.

System Notification: You have killed Troll Shaman Vol'jin

You have gained 5482 experience points (including 2741 points of cross-level experience bonus)

Your level has increased by 1

Lu Yang was already close to leveling up. He didn't expect Vol'jin to give so much experience, directly raising his level to 8. However, these were not the main things. Lu Yang excitedly ran to Vol'jin's corpse, looked at a fiery red mark glowing on the ground, and held it up with both hands.

System Notification: You have obtained a strange mark

This is one of the upgrade materials for the Demon God's Heart - the Demon God's Mark. It is a fragment of energy that fell to the earth after the Demon God was defeated in ancient times. Although it is the fragment with the lowest energy, it is still a super-powerful item that can trigger sub-forbidden spells.