Battle and External Aids

Chapter 30

"The wraith's power was close to four degrees... Not bad. Looks like this might be a little troublesome."

Lynn quickly judged the power of the opponent's spell through the Crystal Ball, yet a faint smile curled across his lips.

Without the slightest panic, he lightly brushed the Heart of Flower Language hanging around his neck.

Guided by his mental power, the special pendant bloomed with vibrant rays of life. Petals rapidly formed, weaving an impenetrable barrier before Lynn.

"Boom!"

Wraith Breath crashed into the Heart of Flower Language's barrier. The black negative-energy aura was completely neutralized and dissipated.

As Lynn became increasingly familiar with the Heart of Flower Language, he was already able to precisely control this Enchanted Item and form a defensive wall.

It was no longer like before, when it could only create a huge cocoon that completely wrapped around him.

At that moment, Lynn condensed a barrier with the Heart of Flower Language and easily canceled out his opponent's spell attack.

Once activated, the energy accumulated within the Heart of Flower Language could provide as much as fifty degrees of defensive power, though it required a certain period of cooldown after every use.

Just now, he had used only a small portion of its energy to effortlessly neutralize that Wizard Apprentice's attack.

"Damn it! It's actually an Enchanted Item!"

The Level 2 Wizard Apprentice across from him darkened, but he did not stop. He had already begun chanting the incantation for his next spell.

"Phantom Arrow!"

A phantom long arrow abruptly condensed in the sky, emitting faint fluctuations as it firmly locked onto Lynn's figure before shooting toward him at tremendous speed.

"About two degrees of power."

Lynn glanced at the Phantom Arrow's energy fluctuations and made a swift judgment, yet he remained where he was without dodging.

As the long arrow flew toward him, he activated the Heart of Flower Language again. Flowers bloomed one after another, and a barrier appeared, stopping the Phantom Arrow without suspense and reducing it to nothingness.

"An Enchanted Item can be activated again?!"

The Night Shadow Bunker Wizard Apprentice's expression grew increasingly unpleasant. He realized that he had likely run into one of The Furnace's filthy rich elites.

The other party's Enchanted Item was clearly of no low grade, and Lynn's stance of defending without attacking filled him with the humiliation of being toyed with.

Both attacks had been effortlessly resolved, and the Apprentice's sense of frustration grew stronger.

He could feel his mental power draining rapidly. He now had only enough strength left to cast one final spell.

Moreover, this battle had involved no tactics from beginning to end. His attacks simply could not break through the opponent's seemingly simple "turtle shell."

"Keep going..."

Lynn's voice drifted over lightly, calm and faintly unhurried.

Lynn had no intention of counterattacking in a hurry. He knew that this opponent was merely a Level 2 Wizard Apprentice from Night Shadow Bunker, making him perfect for a safe practical combat exercise.

The Heart of Flower Language's resilient defense had made him nearly invincible, allowing him to observe the opponent's casting methods and rhythm without distraction.

After all, Lynn was now on the battlefield. He had to seize every opportunity to familiarize himself with the techniques and rhythm of battles between wizards as soon as possible.

"My Enchanted Item has already failed. If you won't come over, then I'll come to you."

A row of white teeth appeared beneath Lynn's hood. His tone was relaxed, but his words carried heavy mockery.

Upon hearing this, the Level 2 Wizard Apprentice opposite him suddenly turned vicious. He laughed in fury.

"Death Coil!"

Before his words had even faded, dense negative energy rapidly gathered around Lynn, forming a pitch-black vortex barrier.

Within the barrier, pale, rotting corpse arms slowly stretched out, carrying a suffocating aura of decay as they clawed toward Lynn.

"Nearly six degrees of power. Looks like you've gone all out."

Lynn smiled faintly. "In that case, it's time I sent you on your way."

Flowers appeared around him once more, their fragrance misting through the air. The barrier they formed effortlessly blocked every attack.

Everything had been under Lynn's control. Before activating the Heart of Flower Language, he had already silently recited the incantation for Ice Arrow.

"Whoosh—"

Accompanied by a piercing whistle, a slender Ice Arrow suddenly condensed in midair, its icy glow aimed directly at the Level 2 Wizard Apprentice's chest.

The opponent had just exhausted all his strength to cast Death Coil, leaving his mental power nearly depleted. He had no ability to fend off the Ice Arrow.

"Boom!"

The instant Ice Arrow struck its target, a layer of frost rapidly spread, freezing the Wizard Apprentice into an ice sculpture.

The next moment, the ice sculpture exploded, shattering into countless icy fragments that drifted through the forest.

Lynn flicked his sleeve and muttered to himself.

"With the Heart of Flower Language, dealing with Level 2 Wizard Apprentices is practically a slaughter. I only need to attack with a spell that has a shorter windup while they're casting. After all, my Heart of Flower Language can withstand their attacks head-on..."

Some people admired their own power and were unwilling to entrust the safety of their lives to external objects.

They firmly believed that only by relying on their own strength could they solve every problem with spells.

But Lynn was clearly not one of those people.

First, his mental power was inherently limited. Borrowing external aids was the best way to increase his combat strength, and it was also the key to surviving on the battlefield.

Second, Lynn had always believed that the greatest difference between humans and animals lay in humanity's ability to discover tools, create tools, and use tools.

What was more, as the pinnacle of human intelligence, the lofty wizard masters would be no different from Knights with well-developed limbs who only knew how to swing swords and slaughter if they could not make good use of every resource and method available to solve problems.

Wizards were called "a profession that used its brain" precisely because they knew how to merge tools with wisdom and turn the impossible into possible.

In Lynn's view, those who stubbornly insisted on "becoming powerful themselves" were somewhat hidebound.

The true meaning of wizardry was not merely to pursue power, but to command that power and make the world serve one's own purposes.

Lynn swiftly summarized the key points of this battle in his mind, then turned his gaze toward the other two battlefields.

Lynn knew that he had taken the initiative to defend and stall for time in order to learn the opponent's combat rhythm, but it had also cost him quite a bit of time.

By then, the outcome was nearly decided.

Relying on her absolute strength, Sonia had defeated two opponents alone, then quickly supported Colin and helped him deal with the final Level 3 Wizard Apprentice.

After the battle ended, Sonia frowned slightly and raised a hand to rub her brow.

Her mental power had clearly been overdrawn, and her face was somewhat pale.

By comparison, Lynn and Colin looked far more relaxed. They had used only twenty percent of their total mental power.

After all, even if they wanted to use the remaining eighty percent of their mental power, they could not. Unless they were prepared to fight for their lives, activating the Seed of Life would leave them suffering its negative effects for several days.

After clearing the battlefield, the three looted their enemies and took whatever was useful. They did not linger, instead relying on The Furnace's sensing methods to gradually draw closer to the main force.