"Spare me, sir! Please spare me! I am also a spellcaster. I am willing to serve you faithfully from now on, even unto death." Faced with death, Nelson had long lost the pride and arrogance of a spellcaster. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed frantically, begging for Wight's forgiveness in this humiliating way.
"Oh? You're a spellcaster too?" Wight asked curiously.
Upon hearing the answer, Nelson was overjoyed and nodded frantically, saying, "That's right, that's right, I am also a spellcaster. I have many spell templates that I can offer to you, sir."
Pfft!
A flash of black light, Nelson's eyes widened, his head flew off, and blood splattered out.
"Unfortunately, I don't like spineless people." Wight chuckled, but his tone was anything but friendly; instead, it was terrifying and grotesque.
And you?
Wight asked again.
A High-Rank Transcendent warrior rolled his eyes, then quickly adopted a look of self-sacrifice, saying, "Kill me if you want, why all the nonsense?"
Hiss! Hiss!
As soon as he finished speaking, countless black snakes swarmed forward and devoured him. When the snake tide dispersed, nothing was left on the ground.
The remaining three Storm Claw High-Rank Transcendent and the three puppets exchanged glances and unanimously chose to fight back. This person had no intention of letting them go; he was just playing cat and mouse with them.
Gustavo, feigning serious injury and unconsciousness, lay quietly on the ground, his internal energy surging, ready to strike at any moment.
In their severely injured state, the three High-Rank Transcendent Lifeform of Storm Claw quickly perished, but they further aggravated Wight's injuries.
The three puppets were now at their limit, especially the ratman puppet, which had suffered considerable damage after taking the eighth-circle spell Blackfire Skull.
Now, locked in fierce combat with Wight, his mechanical parts were falling off one by one, and he eventually lost all fighting ability and collapsed to the ground.
"The time has come!"
At that moment, Gustavo had a sudden thought. Under his Spider-Sense, the threat posed by Wight had diminished by more than half from its previous absolute lethality.
Although he was still not 100% certain of winning, Gustavo decided to take action.
Just like the calm before a storm, or the composure before a volcanic eruption.
Gustavo is like a boundless ocean, calm on the surface but turbulent and turbulent within.
Once he found an opportunity to strike, he launched a fierce attack.
Boom!!
A terrifying surge of energy erupted from Gustavo's body, like a star bursting forth with all its light and heat at the end of its life. His body instantly expanded to twelve meters tall, transforming into a ferocious and terrifying behemoth covered in barbs and with a thick carapace.
[Muscle Berserk][Blood Qi Berserk][Gravity Control][Star Capture][Air-Stasis Corridor]...
Multiple active talents and class skills can be used simultaneously.
In an instant, the entire passage turned into solidified amber, and Gustavo, with lightning speed and earth-shattering Berserk, charged towards the spellcaster Wight.
The ferocity of the attack, the tricky angle, and the decisiveness of the strike plunged Wight into a deadly crisis in an instant.
"What?" Wight was shocked. He never expected that this seemingly harmless spider, which had been lying on the ground, was second only to the Storm Giant from before in strength.
Even the dragon vein sorcerer who transformed into Red Dragon didn't possess such formidable combat power.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
The eight blades swung wildly, each strike reaching its limit, and together they formed a giant meat grinder, trapping Wight inside.
"Darkness's Protection!" Wight placed his hands together over his chest, and a thin layer of negative energy magic shield enveloped his body.
This shield was strong enough to withstand attacks from ordinary Tier Eight Transcendent, but it was far from sufficient against Gustavo.
Tear!
In an instant, the storm of blades tore through the shield, and with blood and flesh flying everywhere, Wight was sliced into countless pieces and turned into minced meat.
However, Gustavo didn't even have time to be happy.
A burst of black light appeared, and flesh and blood reformed dozens of meters away, creating distance between Gustavo and transforming into the figure of Wight.
The latter's face was ashen, and he held a strange wooden puppet that had split in the middle in his hand.
"My Death-Substitution Magic Doll!" Wight's heart was bleeding.
This Death-Substitution Magic Doll is his most precious piece of equipment. It is of three-star Legendary quality and has even touched the step of Immortal quality. It is more precious than ordinary four-star Legendary equipment and can take the place of its master to withstand a fatal injury.
Wight originally thought that after killing Raymon, there wouldn't be any major problems.
Little did they expect to be defeated by such an inconspicuous spider.
"They didn't manage to kill him..."
Gustavo felt a pang of regret, his gaze also fixed on the Death-Substitution Magic Doll in Wight's hand, and he immediately recognized this famous piece of equipment in the realm of black Mage.
"This guy is actually a dark Mage!" Gustavo was shocked, and his vigilance increased sharply once again.
What is a black Mage?
This refers to Mage who enhance their power by devouring elements and breaking rules.
Their actions will cause the rules to collapse. If there are too many dark Mage in a plane and they wantonly disrupt the balance of the rules, then the entire plane will gradually Destruction.
Therefore, all the major powers in the Astral Realm have a zero-tolerance attitude towards dark Mage.
After defeating the dark Mage, you can exchange the corresponding resource rewards at any faction.
However, dark Mage are generally very powerful.
Normally, most Mage first gather their magical power, and while casting spells, they resonate with the natural elements to greatly enhance the power of their spells.
However, dark Mage directly devour elements, which allows them to skip the [Resonance] step, resulting in instant casting with no delay.
Therefore, dark Mage are generally more powerful than other spellcasters.
They believed this was the true path of magic.
As for breaking the rules.
The energy of the Astral Realm is Endless; what difference would it make if it absorbed a little bit of natural elemental energy?
However, even a small leak can sink a great ship. While the energy of the Astral Realm Astral Realm is indeed Infinity, its efficiency in converting energy and the scale it can Containment elements and energy are finite.
There is a delicate balance at play here, and once that balance is broken, disaster will inevitably follow.
In truth, the black Mage was well aware of this, but his desires were insatiable.
Moreover, they had nowhere to retreat; they had too many enemies. Once they gave up absorbing elements and lost their power, they would be unable to deal with the pursuit.
Furthermore, since dark Mage believe in the supremacy of the strong, these guys think that as long as they remain powerful, there is no problem they cannot solve, so the disastrous consequences of devouring natural elements are nothing to them.
As long as we are strong enough to deal with everything and smooth over the consequences, instead of standing still and throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
In contrast to the dark Mage are other groups of spellcasters who believe in equivalent exchange and always maintain a sense of awe. They believe that everything has a price, and that seeking self-satisfaction in balance and exploring the mysteries of the Astral Realm is what a spellcaster should truly do.
These spellcasters are called white Mage, who are opposed to black Mage because their ideologies are incompatible and they are irreconcilable.
However, due to the support of the forces on the side of the Astral Realm Order, dark Mage are hated and killed, and have always been at a disadvantage in the struggle against white Mage.
That being said...
The reason Gustavo was able to determine the caster in front of him was a dark Mage the moment he saw the Death-Substitution Magic Doll was because of this.
Firstly, the latter's abnormal casting speed is excessive, even for Demon Body School, such a frantic and uninterrupted way of instantly casting high-level spells is a bit too much.
Secondly, the creation of the Death-Substitution Magic Doll requires intercepting the power of the rules and sacrificing a large number of living beings in order to finally take shape.
White Mage would never use such a tool; although the Death-Substitution Magic Doll is powerful, the caster has his own pride.
Therefore, generally speaking, only dark Mage would create and use Death-Substitution Magic Doll; even if a white Mage obtained one, they would destroy it immediately.
Combining these two points, Gustavo was finally certain that the person before him was actually a dark Mage.