Magic Entanglement

Seeing Mad Axe's tightly gripped axe coming down from above, Li Qi remained calm.

Relying on his agility, Li Qi easily dodged Mad Axe's blow. He twisted aside, grabbed the arm holding the massive axe, and used the momentum to leap upward.

Then the blade in his right hand thrust straight at Mad Axe's vital point!

Mad Axe wore armor, leaving very little exposed. The only places that could be called vital were his waist and abdomen, neck, and exposed eyes.

Since there were few gaps around his waist and abdomen, Li Qi ultimately chose Mad Axe's neck, which was larger and easier to pierce.

Li Qi was fast. Through a talent retained from his Past Life, he could observe the flow of magic within his body and use it to strengthen specific areas.

It was something the instructor who had taught him magic techniques had never taught him.

Li Qi did not know whether everyone in this world could do it, or whether it was his unique ability.

But for now, the latter seemed more likely.

After all, through his ability's perception, Li Qi could "see" the flow of his opponent's magic.

His opponent's magic flowed evenly. Even now, he had not concentrated it in any particular area.

That proved the enemy most likely did not know this technique.

And that was Li Qi's advantage!

He concentrated magic in his legs to increase his speed, then concentrated magic in his Right Hand to gain greater strength.

With both combined, Li Qi closed in on Mad Axe as though he had used Teleportation, his blade about to slash across the other man's throat!

Clang—!

Yet when Li Qi's blade struck Mad Axe's neck, the sensation of hitting steel and the crisp sound of metal colliding made Li Qi's eyes widen.

"What... was that...?"

Li Qi stared at Mad Axe's neck in disbelief.

A ring of dark Magic Shield had appeared around the neck that had previously had no protection whatsoever.

The Magic Shield had appeared without warning and for no apparent reason, as though it had materialized out of thin air, blocking Mad Axe's lethal blow!

Light flickered in Li Qi's eyes as he used his superpower to observe the flow of magic inside his enemy.

But after only one glance, the hand holding his blade was seized by Mad Axe.

With his Right Hand caught, Li Qi's heart jolted. But he quickly released his grip, letting the Military Blade fall.

The instant the Military Blade left his hand, Li Qi caught it with his Left Hand. Then he swung it and stabbed toward the enemy's eye!

His neck might be protected by a Magic Shield.

But Li Qi refused to believe his eyes were protected too!

"Don't get carried away, brat!"

Before Li Qi could succeed, Mad Axe exerted force with the arm holding Li Qi's Right Hand and viciously flung him into the air.

At that very moment, voices came from the Falor soldiers behind Mad Axe.

"Fire!!"

Li Qi, thrown into the sky, was like a target incapable of moving.

The Falor soldiers immediately seized the opportunity and opened fire on Li Qi in midair.

Bang bang bang—

Countless bullets shot into the sky.

Yet Li Qi, suspended in the air, was not riddled with bullets.

In that brief instant, two transparent shields formed before him.

The two transparent shields overlapped in a cone shape, their points facing the direction the bullets came from while their backs enclosed Li Qi entirely.

As the bullets struck the transparent shields, their paths were instantly deflected by the slanted surfaces. Every bullet curved around Li Qi's body.

Though the shields shattered as a result, turning into the purest magic.

Li Qi himself was completely unharmed.

"Oh? Interesting. Double Magic Shield? Are you a mage?"

Mad Axe was intrigued. He looked Li Qi up and down as if recalling something.

"Oh, I remember now. I've always heard people say a little monster appeared on the Mien Frontline, someone so young yet already possessing the strength of a Title Rank. That should be you, right? Mien Wolf?"

Li Qi ignored him.

He landed from the air and crouched halfway down, gripping the Military Blade in both hands as he stared fixedly at Mad Axe.

From the corner of his eye, he glanced at his right wrist.

Mad Axe's strength was astonishing. The wrist Mad Axe had grabbed still throbbed faintly, as if the bone had cracked.

Li Qi forcibly kept his arm from trembling. Looking at Mad Axe standing before him like an iron tower, the corner of his mouth twitched.

He had miscalculated slightly.

Mad Axe was even harder to deal with than expected.

Li Qi had thought he could handle Mad Axe. He had previously watched a Title Rank mage fight and was certain that if he fought a Title Rank mage head-on, he would absolutely be the one to win.

But now Li Qi began to doubt whether that Title Rank mage he had seen was the real deal.

Otherwise, why was Mad Axe, also a Title Rank, so difficult to handle?

But now was not the time to think about that.

Drawing a deep breath and feeling the amount of magic within his body, Li Qi raised the Military Blade and pointed it at Mad Axe.

"What was that... just now?"

Li Qi was asking about the miniature Magic Shield that had blocked his attack.

It looked like a Magic Shield, but not quite. He had never seen one so compact, and its color was different as well.

It seemed more like an Advanced technique belonging to knights.

"Ah, you mean this?"

Mad Axe was not secretive at all. He pointed at his neck.

Under Li Qi's gaze, the dark Magic Shield that had blocked the previous attack appeared around his neck again.

Unlike his hurried glimpse before, Li Qi could now see it clearly.

That Magic Shield was practically a collar of magic, completely shielding Mad Axe's vulnerable neck!

No wonder Mad Axe had seemed to have no defenses around his neck at all.

Displaying his magic technique before Li Qi, Mad Axe grinned and drawled out his words.

"This—"

Li Qi tightened his grip on the Military Blade, suddenly feeling that something was wrong.

"Take a guess!"

Of course! Mad Axe had never intended to explain anything to Li Qi. While Li Qi appeared to be listening intently, Mad Axe suddenly kicked the corpse at his feet, sending it hurtling toward Li Qi like a cannonball!

The corpse blocked Li Qi's view, but he had been guarding against Mad Axe all along.

The instant he saw movement from the man's right foot, he reacted quickly, lowering his body to evade the flying corpse.

But just as he dodged the incoming corpse, Mad Axe's towering figure appeared before him!

"!?"

He's so big, yet so fast?!

With no time to dodge, Li Qi crossed his arms and instinctively raised them before himself.

Then the Big Guy lifted his leg, driving his knee heavily into Li Qi's crossed arms!

Bang!!

In that instant, Li Qi's arms felt as though they had been struck by a horse. His pupils contracted, and before he could even cry out in pain, his entire body was forced backward.

But Mad Axe's attack was not over.

Seeing Li Qi at a disadvantage, Mad Axe immediately swung his massive axe toward Li Qi's waist.

If that strike landed, Li Qi would likely be cut in two!

With no time to think, Li Qi turned the long blade in his hand and raised it where the massive axe was about to strike.

At that instant, the massive axe collided with the Military Blade.

As expected, the Military Blade shattered into fragments, while the massive axe continued toward Li Qi's waist!

But after being blocked by the short blade for an instant, and with Li Qi's body being extremely light, the massive axe did strike him, yet its force instead sent Li Qi flying into the wooden wall reinforcing the trench defenses.

Bang!

"Cough, cough—"

Li Qi fell from the wall, coughing with difficulty.

Blood slowly seeped from his waist and abdomen, staining his dark green military uniform. His injuries appeared severe.

Yet Mad Axe's expression beneath his helmet was grave.

His axe had shattered Li Qi's short blade and struck his waist and abdomen, but the feeling of the hit had been wrong.

It was as if... something had blocked it.

An inner vest?

Mad Axe guessed, but his movements did not stop.

Seizing the opening while Li Qi had just climbed up from the ground, Mad Axe mercilessly swung his axe again toward Li Qi's side!

Yet just as the axe was about to strike Li Qi, he suddenly turned the short blade that had only a hilt and part of its blade left, accurately blocking Mad Axe's incoming axe!

Clang!!

Li Qi's small body was sent flying again by Mad Axe's strength, and Mad Axe's eyes widened at the sight.

"What?!"

Mad Axe could see a layer of dark magic appearing over the blade, whose material had originally been poor enough to be easily shattered by his axe.

That magic covered Li Qi's wrist and the blade in his hand, wrapping the entire blade completely.

And what had blocked the axe was precisely that black layer covering the blade!

Magic Entanglement.

This was a secret technique of certain knightly families in the Kingdom of Falor. Through a special method, it could turn magic into something tangible and entangle it around one's vital areas, or even around weapons!

When Magic Entanglement was wrapped around vital areas, it could block enemy attacks and even stop bullets.

And when wrapped around a weapon, it could enhance the weapon's power.

But the problem was... wrapping Magic Entanglement around a weapon was an advanced application of the technique. Even Mad Axe had not mastered it, so why did this brat before him seem to have mastered it?!

He clearly had not known anything just moments ago!!

Mad Axe could not understand it.

But he had no time to think further.

Because Li Qi, whom he had just knocked away, had already landed again and lunged onto Mad Axe at a speed even faster than before!

Mad Axe had been grabbed by Li Qi!

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