第12章 以彼之道还之彼身

The Rings of Raggadorr in Lin Du's hand radiated an unusual glow.

The black light grew increasingly dazzling.

That was the power of dark magic.

During the process of fusing the Dark Blade, Lin Du had identified seven different dark auras.

He then fused those dark auras with his own dark magic.

Creating an even more powerful Dark Blade.

Because Lin Du had fused a vast number of spellbooks in the mages' library.

Many of those spells had mentioned dark magic.

Some were even copied manuscripts of dark magic itself.

Lin Du had deeply integrated those dark magic spells.

Allowing those immensely powerful and once-famous ancient spells to show their power.

He incorporated them into the spells he cast.

Displaying tremendous might.

Just as Kaecilius felt that his safety was under threat.

He noticed a detail that shocked him even more.

It seemed that Lin Du's Rings of Raggadorr also possessed the function of a teleportation point.

This was not something an ordinary mage could use at the same time.

Spatial arts were among a mage's most crucial spells.

They could not only improve agility in battle, but also greatly increase a mage's chances of survival.

Even when faced with a close-range assault from an opponent, one could easily escape.

Without being caught and losing one's life.

Moreover, Kaecilius discovered that Lin Du's casting speed was exceptionally fast.

Kaecilius found it difficult to seize an opportunity to launch a direct assault on Lin Du.

Even if he used all his strength in ranged attacks.

Lin Du would swiftly raise defenses, preventing Kaecilius from attacking his physical body.

Kaecilius watched Lin Du remain unharmed, and fury boiled within him.

He could not believe that he was now unable even to touch Lin Du.

But something even harder for Kaecilius to believe happened.

There seemed to be another force around him attacking him.

Kaecilius looked at the surrounding walls and reliefs.

At the tops of the reliefs were demon-like faces.

A deeply concealed power seemed to be constantly eroding Kaecilius.

Kaecilius thought to himself:

Could it be that Lin Du already possessed the ability to use dark magic?

How had he done it?

How had he learned this dark magic, which only those from the Dark Dimension could learn?

The power of the Dark Dimension had actually submitted to him!

Kaecilius spared no thought for anything else as he unleashed his own power.

To resist the dark erosion coming from all around him.

But after some time.

Kaecilius seemed to sense that the dark erosion touching him from all sides.

Was extremely similar to the dark power he had just unleashed against Lin Du.

It carried the same dark aura.

It might even have been the very dark power he had unleashed at Lin Du moments ago.

That realization gave Kaecilius an enormous headache.

What terrifying power was this!

The dark power I unleash will all be absorbed by him.

Then completely unleashed back upon me.

At that thought, Kaecilius shuddered.

Moreover, during the exchange just now, he had clearly felt that the erosion from this dark power seemed even stronger.

Perhaps Lin Du had enhanced the dark power when releasing it.

But Kaecilius had no intention of waiting for death.

He unleashed his arcane magic, making the entire library tremble.

Just as Lin Du watched to see what Kaecilius would do.

A powerful magical storm filled the entire spellbook library.

Every book in the library was swept into the air.

Even the bookshelves and stone platforms holding those books were torn apart by the gale.

Reduced to fragments that drifted through the air.

It was a terrifying sight.

Kaecilius's expression also turned frightening at that moment.

He seemed to have used all his magical energy to create a Flame Storm.

He wanted to crush Lin Du and everything Lin Du depended on.

Kaecilius suddenly burst into wild laughter.

"Ancient One's prized disciple!

You have nowhere left to retreat!

Did you think Ancient One believed you could stop me?

What foolish wishful thinking!

You, a novice mage, think you can block my path?"

It was a swarm of ghostly shadows!

After the magical storm, a swarm of ghostly shadows descended from the sky and attacked Lin Du.

Those ghostly shadows even seemed to possess draconic forms.

Dark Spirit Dragons.

These creatures, whose forelimbs were also wings, were the lowest form of dragon-like monsters, less intelligent than other draconic creatures.

They were a powerful species from the dark world.

Scholars of this world were debating whether they should be classified as half-dragons.

However, these dragon-like phantoms did not seem capable of breathing fire or using magic.

They were highly adept at maneuvering through the air, and their sharp fangs and claws looked every bit as dangerous as they were.

To stop them from flying.

Lin Du would need spell power comparable to Ancient One's.

Only then could he trap these dragon-shaped phantoms and prevent them from causing too much harm.

Caw! Caw!

Following Kaecilius's command in the language of battle.

The ghosts shot from their mouths as if loosing arrows.

The subordinates beside him also began coordinating their casts of various spells.

But what they had not expected.

Was that after their entire offensive ended, it seemed not to have harmed Lin Du in the slightest.

When the smoke cleared, Lin Du was still standing there calmly.

Quietly watching Kaecilius and his subordinates.

Then, a rain of arrows descended from the sky once more.

They rained down upon Kaecilius.

Forcing him to swiftly raise a protective barrier.

But his subordinates were not as fortunate as Kaecilius.

These dragon shadows of the Dark Dimension possessed a unique venom from the Dark Dimension.

After his subordinates were poisoned by them.

They collapsed one after another, devoid of all life.

A mage like Kaecilius had once held extraordinary power.

He had served a tremendously powerful organization of mages.

That organization had once destroyed an entire nation through the power of a single person.

And Kaecilius had been one of its most important combatants.

His spells possessed extraordinarily destructive force.

He had even helped certain secret organizations eliminate vampire communities hidden in the shadows.

He had also clashed bitterly with Ancient One.

That was why he had left Ancient One.

But obsessed with dark power, he had ultimately set his sights on the dark arts within the mages' library.

He wanted to use them to open the gate to the dark world and gain its absolute power.

Yet Lin Du's display seemed to be the very power he had been seeking.

That dark yet pure form of magic.

He could manipulate others as he pleased while remaining completely unharmed himself.

As though he were performing an opera.

Toying with his opponent.

Just as one of Kaecilius's attacks finally struck Lin Du.

The magical portal before Lin Du silently opened.

All the force of the attack was drawn inside.

Like a black hole.

Lin Du returned all of Kaecilius's attacks in full.

Those magical powers struck Kaecilius squarely.

As well as the already cold corpses of his subordinates.

He returned the method used against him upon its wielder.