Replacing Him (4-in-1)

"Sir!"

Remogo, Andrew, and all the Apprentice Mages, guards, and servants inside the castle were completely stunned.

The moment they came out, they saw a handsome youth who had appeared from nowhere violently beating the Old Mage.

Various magical items, Magic Martial Skills, and Conjuration Spells were unleashed in a wild barrage. Under the effect of the special spell Time Stop, attacks from different moments erupted simultaneously in one concentrated blast.

Their poor Old Mage had been beaten so badly that even his clothes were torn apart.

He was like a small boat tossed about in a storm, drifting unsteadily amid raging seas and liable to capsize at any moment.

The final Solar Flare swallowed the space where the two had clashed, sparing neither friend nor foe.

Terrifying Fire Elemental energy frantically corroded everything.

The Old Mage clenched his teeth and tried to draw on his last reserves of magic to resist, but the flames had already pierced his defenses and were directly scorching his flesh and internal organs.

His gaze locked onto the enemy opposite him, only to see the other man standing calmly within a scarlet, searing inferno.

The handsome youth was completely covered in Golden Scales, while crystalline Diamond Skin provided an additional layer of protection. He appeared entirely unaffected.

The Old Mage let out a shrill scream. His eyeballs burst under the intense heat, becoming two charred, hollow sockets.

The flames continued eating inward. Even his modified bones crackled sharply in the heat, like dry kindling snapping apart.

In the end, his entire body turned into a charred, dried corpse amid the flames and fell limply from the sky, utterly lifeless.

"Damn...

Damn it..."

Gritting his teeth, the Old Mage abandoned his physical body and emerged as a translucent, ethereal soul.

In this form, he wore