Worthy of being a gatekeeper. The moment he saw lightning flash, Li Su's expression turned grave. He knew this battle would not be easy.
It might look as though wind and fire had merely intertwined to produce lightning, something simple enough, but it involved more than elemental fusion—it also involved the fusion of witch patterns.
Witch patterns based on the four great elements of earth, fire, wind, and water were not so easily fused. They differed from the Five Elements, which generated and restrained one another.
Even Li Su had only touched upon this field in his second month. That alone showed just how terrifying the skill and comprehension required were.
Even if she claimed not to be a newcomer and had walked the path of witch patterns for a long time, being able to summon lightning still meant her comprehension was astonishing. If ten points of comprehension was the absolute limit, then in the path of witch patterns, she had at least more than nine points.
The lightning before him was not simply lightning from the heavens.
It was a higher-tier witch pattern formed from wind and fire witch patterns—a new power born from two great elements. Against it, no matter how masterfully one wielded a single element, it would be difficult to contend.
The power of lightning was not one plus one equaling two, but a result greater than three.
It was dozens of times more troublesome than the collision of wind and fire.
"Senior Sister used lightning witch patterns right from the start?" While Li Su silently remained on guard, over in the great hall, the seventh disciple among the six watching could no longer hold back. Starting with a fused witch pattern—she was clearly treating that cheating little thief as a genuine opponent.
Though her realm