Victory

Beilei Street Warehouse

Li Si swiftly closed in on Di Sen and slashed at his shoulder.

With the support of numerous enhancement spells and martial skills, although Li Si was not a thief or similar class and his primary attributes had not been modified, his speed was still quite impressive at this moment.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Di Sen was, after all, a Silver Warrior. Aside from intelligence, he held an absolute advantage in every attribute, so he rather easily blocked Li Si's consecutive flurry of slashes.

With a flick of his wrist, he knocked the longsword aside. Yet instead of pursuing the opening Li Si had exposed, he took two steps back and resumed his stance, waiting for Li Si's second wave of attacks.

Li Si flexed his wrist. He had used too much force just now, and his technique for dissipating force was still unfamiliar, leaving his wrist slightly numb from the impact.

Looking at Di Sen, who faced him with a serious expression but did not take the initiative to attack, Li Si grinned and extended his index finger.

"Fireball Spell!"

A solid orange-red fireball the size of a football formed before Li Si and flew toward Di Sen.

As the skill he had used most smoothly in his previous life, Li Si knew every trick for using Fireball Spell by heart. Naturally, the power of this fireball could not be underestimated.

Di Sen was somewhat unaccustomed to having a spell suddenly fly at him when they had just been engaged in a straightforward martial skill duel.

However, his battle-hardened body reacted swiftly, and he dodged to the right.

Before warrior classes broke through to Gold-level, they did not possess the ability to directly cleave apart spells, much less withstand magical bombardment with their bodies like Legendary Warriors.

Boom!

The Fireball Spell struck the spot where Di Sen had been standing. The compacted ground was blasted into a huge crater, and the overturned soil was scorched black.

Di Sen had only just regained his footing after avoiding the Fireball Spell when he helplessly discovered another icy-blue arrow forming before Li Si, swiftly flying toward him.

"Ice Arrow Spell!"

Something was wrong!

Even though Di Sen had never directly fought a mage, he knew there was something off about the spells Young Master Li Si was using.

They were too fast!

In the instant it took him to dodge the Fireball Spell, Li Si had already completed the casting of another spell. That casting speed was far too fast, especially since Li Si was not even using a staff.

Di Sen had seen other Bronze Mages cast spells. Chanting incantations and mobilizing magic power all took time, and the slightest carelessness could lead to casting failure.

What Di Sen did not know was that Li Si had already changed classes into an Arcanist. His elemental affinity had greatly increased, and through his in-depth research into all kinds of spells, he had completely mastered the Spell Models of these low-level spells.

At the same time, as a Gold Mage in his previous life, he might not have been very familiar with martial skills and the abilities of other classes, but the tricks and techniques for using countless spells came to him effortlessly. He was naturally well-versed in choosing casting timing and casting methods.

It was the combination of all these factors that gave Li Si a casting speed far beyond that of mages at the same level.

Of course, limited by his own strength, Li Si could only rapidly cast low-circle spells.

Di Sen was somewhat helpless and could only dodge again. This time, however, he did not simply evade. After sidestepping the Ice Arrow Spell, he charged directly at Li Si.

If this went on, he would be endlessly forced to dodge. He could not disappoint Young Master Li Si!

Seeing that Di Sen wanted to engage him in close combat, Li Si was not afraid and directly met him head-on.

"Martial Skill: Wrathful Strike!"

Di Sen rushed to Li Si's side and unleashed a martial skill. However, he held back part of his strength; if Li Si could not withstand the blow, he was fully capable of stopping the sword's momentum.

Li Si could tell that Di Sen was not going all out. Eager to give it a try, he wanted to see whether he could withstand a Silver Warrior's martial skill attack with all his enhancements.

"Defensive Stance!"

This was a warrior's defensive skill. It allowed him to enter a defensive state and gain additional armor and block chance bonuses.

Clang!

The longsword crashed heavily against the blade in Li Si's hand. Gritting his teeth and leaning his body slightly back, Li Si barely received the strike.

Even with numerous enhancement spells and martial skills bolstering him, and even after using a defensive martial skill himself, Li Si had still nearly lost his grip on the blade while Di Sen was holding back his strength.

Borrowing the force, Li Si leaped backward and escaped Di Sen's follow-up attack.

Sure enough, the enormous gap in attributes and Rank Suppression made it extremely difficult for low-rank professionals to challenge higher-rank professionals.

His body, which had only undergone a period of training, was also beginning to feel sore and weak.

His half-baked martial skills could not be of much use yet.

A head-on clash truly would not work. He still had to rely mainly on spells.

Li Si forcefully threw the longsword in his hand at Di Sen. Di Sen had not expected Li Si to simply abandon his weapon, and hurriedly swung his sword to knock the blade away.

Taking advantage of the moment Di Sen was parrying, a flash of light appeared in Li Si's hand as he took out a shield he had prepared in advance from his Storage Ring.

He charged forward, battle aura flashing as he gripped the shield with both hands and violently smashed it toward Di Sen's face.

"Shield Bash!"

Di Sen only had time to raise his sword before his face.

Bang!

Even though Di Sen, as a Silver Warrior, possessed a certain resistance to low-level skills, he could not completely negate the stun effect attached to Shield Bash. He entered the briefest possible state of dizziness.

This was exactly the opportunity Li Si wanted!

He tossed the shield to the ground and once again took his main-class weapon, the Emerald Staff, from his Storage Ring.

A flash of emerald light passed through the air. It truly was Gold-level equipment. Although Li Si could not yet fully bring out the staff's effects, its amplification was still more than significant.

"Ray of Weakness!"

"Daze Spell!"

"Slow Spell!"

"Grease Spell!"

The Emerald Gem atop Li Si's staff flickered with spiritual light as the magic power stored within it in advance was drawn out, continuously replenishing Li Si's mana consumption.

Even so, Li Si felt that he was about to collapse. In the short time since the battle began, he had already cast nearly twenty spells. Even with the Magic Gem replenishing his magic power, he was close to running dry.

However, he had already laid the groundwork for his final move.

Ray of Weakness had been one of Li Si's favorite spells to use during the early stages of the game in his previous life, because it could not only reduce an enemy's attack power, but also weaken their toughness and Elemental Resistance.

Daze Spell, Slow Spell, and Grease Spell were Li Si's most familiar trio of minor control spells.

Grease Spell in particular—so long as the enemy had not recovered from the first two control spells, one careless slip and fall could buy Li Si a great deal of time.

After all, falling was not affected by individual resistances, especially for warriors. How could they exert force and use martial skills while lying on the ground?

Although this small combo dealt no direct damage, once caught in it, one simply could not mount an effective resistance for a short time.

It was like a turn-based game: I move, you move, I move, I move, I move, I move.

Di Sen had never encountered this style of fighting before. He perfectly took every control effect and had no way to counter the spells Li Si cast afterward.

When he recovered from the dizziness, Di Sen felt as though his body had rusted over, his speed slowing considerably.

He had just taken a step backward to open some distance when his foot slipped. Losing his balance, he fell heavily to the ground.

Di Sen did not bother getting up. He hurriedly grabbed his longsword, intending to deal with Li Si's next attack.

But when he looked up, all other thoughts vanished.

Li Si stood roughly two meters away, his staff slightly tilted forward and pointed at him. A ball of azure flame floated silently in midair.

Unlike an ordinary Fireball Spell, which was filled with a burning, explosive feeling, the blue flames flowed back and forth across the sphere's surface like water, seemingly without any threat at all.

Yet with only a single glance, every hair on Di Sen's body stood on end.

A warrior's instincts constantly warned him of the terror of this spell. He could not withstand it at all.

Looking at Li Si, who stood quietly to one side, pale-faced but making no further move, Di Sen knew that if Young Master Li Si had wished it, the instant he had fallen to the ground would already have been enough for him to die ten times over.

His right hand tightened around the longsword before he fiercely threw the weapon aside and lowered his head toward Li Si.

"Young Master, I lost."

[ Ding~ ]

[ You defeated the strong while weak and defeated the Silver Warrior Di Sen. The limited challenge quest has been completed. ]

[ You obtained. ]