A Powerful Magic Circle
Vladimir, watching the hastily retreating people, did not launch an attack but instead urged us to surrender:
"I can give you one more chance. Submit to Lord Mordekaiser now, and I will withdraw the magic circle. Everyone in the city will be safe. Otherwise, this place will be a river of blood!"
"For the sake of Noxus, I will annihilate you all today!"
Seeing that people had evacuated out of the magic circle's influence, Swain announced his decision!
Vladimir chuckled dryly, and the Magic Circle beneath his feet suddenly expanded outwards, enveloping not only us but also many soldiers who hadn't had time to retreat.
Although I don't understand Magic Circle, I know that they have very strict requirements, and simply setting them up is a very troublesome matter, making it impossible to make temporary changes.
Now Vladimir has actually altered the trajectory of the magic, expanding the formation several times over, and it's still expanding—this is truly astonishing!
Swain very calm. He told me that this was not something that could be done easily, and it must be related to the fact that he was in Aivor Castle. Now was not the time to think about that; we had to minimize casualties!
After the formation expanded, Vladimir commanded the vampires behind him to attack us. Now, with their master's support and the formation's enhancement, they were no longer in a frenzied state, but were able to think and act normally!
In that case, their combat power will increase by more than just a little bit. Vampires who are physically strong, can use Blood Magic, and know how to coordinate are incredibly powerful!
Inside the Magic Circle, except for a few powerful warriors, everyone else was killed and transformed into vampires, becoming our enemies.
Swain directly engaged Vladimir in a magical duel. If he didn't defeat him here, the Magic Circle would eventually spread throughout the city, and everyone would suffer!
Darius was brave and fearless, always choosing to fight powerful vampires, while I fought alongside Swain, protecting him and attacking Vladimir with my Spiritual Power.
Such an attack was clearly giving him a headache. "When I was ambushed this morning, I felt someone was attacking me with Divine Strength. I didn't expect it to be real. Swain couldn't have done it, Darius couldn't have done it either. Was it you, Ionia?"
"It seems we can only suppress a portion of your power. What a pity!"
"Then I'll kill you first and taste the flavor of the Blood Tide!"
After Vladimir finished speaking, a cloud of blood mist condensed on his right palm. As the cloud of blood mist grew larger and larger, I knew it was about to explode.
Blood Tide, this guy even named his skill, as if he thinks I don't know how to counter it?
The moment the blood mist exploded, I created a wind wall to protect myself and Swain, while a large number of the surrounding vampires were caught in the crossfire and fell to the ground.
"You even possess the Natural Power? So you must be the Ionia that people are talking Yasuo? People have mentioned you quite a bit in the council."
"You know it's me and you still won't surrender? Anyone who opposes me never ends well!"
"You'll soon think differently!"
Vladimir wasn't bluffing, because I could genuinely feel the magic circle beneath my feet growing stronger; besides reviving friendly units, it must have other uses as well.
Swain is not currently at a disadvantage, but he is also unable to defeat Vladimir. In this situation, time is against us.
Darius is holding on, but the others are struggling more and more and have started to band together for mutual support.
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This can't go on; we must end this quickly!
"Can you hold on?" I asked Swain.
"It'll be fine for a while, you don't need to protect me anymore, you can move around freely."
"Okay, then be careful!"
Windsword excels at dealing with groups of enemies. As I slayed numerous vampires, I rushed to Vladimir's side. To catch the thief, you must first catch the king; nothing else matters if you don't kill him first.
Vladimir was not unprepared; he had four powerful vampires by his side who were unharmed even after being hit by his Blood Tide.
I launched a simultaneous attack on all five of them with my Wind Sword. Even if it was overestimating my abilities, I had no way out!
These vampires, like Vladimir, are mages, but they are skilled in both ranged attacks and melee combat, making them a formidable opponent when using their magic arrays.
I am not here to test them, nor to spar. There is no need to hold back now. As I wield my wind sword, I directly attack their will with my Spiritual Power.
For some reason, this Spiritual Power attack was extremely powerful; several people collapsed to the ground, clutching their heads, appearing to be in great pain.
I certainly wouldn't pity them; I wielded my Gale Sword and pierced their hearts one by one—the source of their power.
Even if they could recover, they wouldn't be able to retaliate for a while, so I immediately launched a full-scale attack on Vladimir.
Having learned his lesson from the previous meeting in the council, Vladimir paid great attention to his defense this time. In addition to the four powerful vampires, he also created a blood mist barrier around his body.
This barrier is very similar to the one used when Leivo revived; it's incredibly hard, which reminds me of the last battle.
We lured Leivo away from the Magic Circle and defeated him successfully. It's obviously impossible to lure Vladimir away now, but we can try to destroy the magic circle!
Not long ago, Tam and I destroyed an ancient binding magic circle, and I learned quite a few techniques from him. Since we can't harm Vladimir right now, why not try to divert our attention?
After several unsuccessful attacks, I stopped blindly attacking and instead used the Wind Riding Technique to soar into the sky.
After calming down, I found that the Spiritual Power around me was indeed much denser than before. Although it wasn't very pure, it was still usable.
Watching the vampires keep falling and getting back up, I know why!
Spiritual Power arises from the birth and death of all things, especially from living, conscious animals, which generate even more Spiritual Power.
The constant death and resurrection of vampires unintentionally resulted in an unusually abundant Spiritual Power here; however, due to their evil nature, this Spiritual Power was not entirely pure.
No wonder the Spiritual Power attack I just launched was much stronger than before. So that's why. Perfect, I can use this Spiritual Power to find the array's core and Destruction Array!
After creating a gust of wind beneath me, I entered a meditative state, carefully searching for the key point of the Magic Circle.
Although the magic circle has expanded considerably since the beginning, the position of the array's core remains unchanged. Moreover, magic circles generally have only one core, with the array used to seal Volibear being an exception.
Feeling the flow of Spiritual Power, I quickly found the location of the array's core. Just to be on the safe side, I sensed the entire array again and finally confirmed that there was only that one core!