Leo swung his longsword and slashed at Sephir.
The longsword could only leave a shallow wound on Sephir's body.
Seeing this, Leo raised an eyebrow and said, "Wizard Sephir, your body really is as hard as a turtle shell."
Sephir's physical strength after beastification was astonishing, already surpassing Leo's current physique.
Even Leo himself would not have been able to block the same strike so effortlessly with his body.
Sephir patted the spot Leo had struck, as if showing off his physique.
Sephir said, "Leo, your body isn't much weaker than mine. It really makes one curious how you strengthened it. From the faint potion fluctuations emanating from you, you must have taken the Withered Wood Potion."
"But how could taking the Withered Wood Potion normally possibly strengthen the body to such an extent?"
"You must have learned something from Battle Mages as well."
"But none of that matters anymore. From here on, none of your secrets can change the fact that you will become my defeated opponent."
After Sephir spoke, the bat wings on his back retracted and turned into two lumps of flesh, which then vanished.
Another pair of wings grew from Sephir's back, this time white feathers as pure as doves'.
As Sephir spread those wings, white feathers drifted through the air. He reached out and caught one between his fingers.
Sephir aimed the hand holding the feather at Leo.
A smile appeared on Sephir's face.
The next moment, the feather transformed into an arrow of ice and shot toward Leo at incredible speed.
Leo dodged the feather.
Yet an ice crystal still condensed on the surface of Leo's body.
Sephir said, "Leo, take a guess. How many bloodlines do you think I have mastered?"
A confident curve formed at Sephir's lips, as though victory were already