Li first poured all his mana into casting five Fireball spells at Taro. In truth, if Taro failed to handle this properly, he would very likely suffer severe injuries.
After all, regardless of a mage's level, unless their body had undergone specialized training, their defense was quite weak. And Taro had not cast any defensive magic at the start of the battle... If he did not react quickly enough, he would definitely be severely injured.
However, Taro seemed rather clever at this moment. He did not choose to scatter all five fireballs in midair, instead beginning to prepare a defensive spell.
Although this defensive spell might not be able to block the full power of all five fireballs, it could at least weaken most of their force.
That way, if he still retained the ability to cast magic, Li—who had exhausted nearly all his mana—would be doomed!
Yet Li cast a defensive spell at that moment, and this defensive spell was aimed at Taro!
That was right. He had first launched five fireballs, then used a scroll to cast a fourth-level spell—Advanced Magic Defense...
Many people were confused. What was this shield for? Was Li afraid of defeating Taro?
Very quickly, Velita's eyes widened, as though she could not believe the scene before her. That was right—the shield Li cast appeared only after his fireballs had reached Taro.
In other words, the shield appeared outside both the fireballs and Taro. At the same time, Taro had also completed his own defensive spell.
But many mages involved in magical research now had their eyes wide open. That was right—what Li was doing had already surpassed their imagination.
After the experiment in which a dragon had been killed within a sealed space using thirteen fireballs, another experiment had emerged: using three fireballs