Instant-Cast Electromagnetic Cannon

Matthews had no choice but to abandon the strike he had prepared against the first warrior with Hanguang, turning instead to tap his blade against the tip of the spear to deflect the attack.

After exchanging a dozen blows, Matthews could see that these two level-seven warriors were well-coordinated. Relying on the advantage of Electromagnetic Induction, he had circled them for a while and realized that he could not quickly kill both warriors by relying solely on his swordsmanship.

"Whoosh—"

Taking advantage of a gap while dodging an attack, Matthews used the electromagnetic device on his left hand to fire a lightning-charged bullet straight at the warrior wielding the blade. The man had originally intended to close the distance and engage in melee combat to create an opening for his spear-wielding partner, but he never expected Matthews to be capable of such instant-cast magic. Caught off guard, he could only instinctively swing his raised blade toward the direction of the incoming lightning strike.

Unfortunately, the lightning-charged bullet was too fast; he had no chance of hitting it. Matthews's Electromagnetic Cannon shattered his hastily formed Battle Qi shield in a single blow and wounded him directly.

Matthews, his feet crackling with electric light, followed up immediately as Hanguang swept past. The blade-wielding warrior's head fell to the ground!

"Oh no, instant-cast magic!"

Everything happened in the blink of an eye. The spear-wielding warrior had originally assumed that two level-seven warriors killing a single level-seven warrior was a sure thing, so he hadn't felt much urgency.

Now it seemed they had miscalculated. Seeing Matthews kill his companion with a single instant-cast spell, he finally reacted, but it was already too late to run. Judging by the previous attack, he understood that his target was capable of long-range magic. For a warrior to turn and run from a mage was nothing short of foolish.

"I'll fight you!"

The spear-wielding warrior had originally formed a pincer movement with his teammate, intentionally keeping a distance to block Matthews's escape, but that distance had now become his tactical disadvantage. Matthews naturally wouldn't let him close in easily, and he fired another instant-cast Electromagnetic Cannon.

"Boom—"

Unable to dodge, the spear-wielding warrior could only use his spear to block the Electromagnetic Cannon head-on. Once a warrior had the distance opened up by a mage, they became a plaything. In the end, the spear-wielding warrior died in resentment under Matthews's Electromagnetic Cannon.

Only then did Matthews walk over to examine the corpses of the two warriors, but a moment later, he wore an expression of annoyance.

"Poor devils, they don't have a single treasure on them."

These two warriors had originally carried bank cards, but unfortunately, those cards had been destroyed by Matthews's Electromagnetic Cannon and were clearly unusable. It was a pity that they had no other special treasures on them; a search yielded only a few scattered silver coins.

Matthews left shortly after, leaving the corpses of the two warriors abandoned on the road.

Two days later, Matthews arrived at the destination for this round of cultivation.

"Asolun, you didn't help much in the last fight. Boss is going to have to drill you!"

"Boss, I only know one Water Mist spell."

"Hmm, let's do this. We'll cultivate here for a while, and I'll help you create some magic."

Just after Matthews finished speaking, Asolun seemed to remember something and said in a happy tone, "Boss, wait for me. I'm going to get something!"

Matthews asked suspiciously, "Weren't you kicked out of your home? What kind of treasure could you possibly have?"

"Boss, don't rub salt in the wound like that."

"My mistake, I apologize!"

"I found some good things in the river and hid them away. Let me go get them for you to see!"

Before long, Asolun crawled out of the river and spat out a few items in front of Matthews.

"Hmm, a ring."

Matthews picked it up and dripped a drop of blood on it to claim ownership, discovering that it was indeed a Space Ring. Matthews checked the ring with his spiritual power and found it to be about the size of a room. Inside were some gold coins, several magic books, and a magic staff.

Matthews looked at the other items Asolun had spat out, but they were just a piece of special ore and some jade stones.

"Boss, what is that ring?"

"It's a Space Ring."

As Matthews spoke, he took out the magic books and looked through a diary. He discovered that this mage had been a level-nine wind and water mage.

"What a pity, there's water-type magic here. You can learn this!"

"Boss, what about the other one?"

"The other one is wind-type magic; it doesn't have the lightning-type magic I specialize in!"

Afterward, Matthews and his Magic Beast, Asolun, began their cultivation there. Matthews had lightning in his dantian brought from his previous world; when he had no Battle Qi or when his Battle Qi was weak, it would repel him, preventing him from cultivating other elements.

Now that Matthews had broken through to a level-seven warrior and his Battle Qi had liquefied, the lightning in his middle dantian had been slowly absorbed into his lower dantian, so the now-empty middle dantian could be used to cultivate magic.

Matthews practiced his blade and Battle Qi in the morning, and magic in the afternoon. When evening came, he used meditation to train his spiritual power.

"Water Ball Technique!"

Matthews used a level-one water spell and found that such low-level magic couldn't generate much combat power. He remembered the videos he used to watch, which featured water blades that could cut through anything, and he knew that the higher the water pressure, the stronger the cutting ability.

He explained this theory to Asolun and began to discuss with it how to improve their magic.

"Asolun, use Mystic Ice Technique."

As soon as Matthews finished speaking, Asolun cast the level-four spell. Water vapor immediately spread across the ground, freezing the moment it touched the earth.

Matthews, his legs crackling with electric light, tapped his toes lightly on the frozen surface. He danced gracefully on the ice, his hand-held blade moving with him. Hanguang was like a spirit snake breathing in his right hand, slashing and thrusting. Youying followed his movements like a shadow, never leaving his side.

Asolun, who had moved from wrapping around his right arm to his waist, now had its head near Matthews's. It cast the Water Ball Technique they had spent over a month experimenting with.

A jet of water shot directly from Asolun's mouth, hitting a giant rock three meters away. Matthews took the opportunity to slash the giant rock in half.

After finishing the set, Matthews walked to the giant rock and looked at the smooth cross-section he had cut with his blade. He then looked at the effect of the Water Blade Technique Asolun had summoned and found that the water blade had gouged a ten-centimeter-deep hole into the rock.

"Hahaha, not bad. Our coordination is getting better and better!"

"It's all thanks to you, Boss, for thinking of using the Water Ball Technique like that!"