Sorcerer: I want to be an Academic Prodigy-Chapter 540 - 538: First Battle of the Arcane
Chapter 540: Chapter 538: First Battle of the Arcane
In the Storm Sea, fierce winds blew capriciously, pushing together the condensed clouds into various thick and solid shapes. At first glance, one might mistake them for moving mountains and islands.
Between the mountains and islands, tree-like lightning frequently flashed across, each bolt long and slender.
Amidst this bizarre scenery, two diminutive figures stood in the void, their forms as immovable as if the wild winds and towering clouds consciously made way for them.
“Ivan Marichardon, right? I’ll show you that, even as lords, there can be a world of difference between our strengths,” the element lord He Bo sneered. As he spoke, he revealed his element giant form, instantaneously transforming into a giant about fifty to sixty meters tall, its head high above, looking down at the sorcerer opposite him.
“I shall be watching with interest,”
Ivan said, his expression calm, unfazed by his adversary.
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At that moment, he stood on a scarlet cloud under his feet, with the power of wind and fire circulating within, steadily holding him aloft in the sky, a testament to his superb ability to manipulate the elements.
“Boom!”
The next second, the giant held a long spear in its hand, which it thrust through the air towards Ivan, so fast that it was almost invisible.
The scarlet cloud beneath Ivan’s feet split into two, with one foot on each puff, using the circulating power of wind and fire within the clouds to blink to one side, preemptively evading the incoming sharp spear.
Element lord He Bo did not relent. The spear in his hand, carrying a cold and imposing light, pursued to strike relentlessly.
Under the enemy’s incessant attacks, Ivan had to dodge again and again. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to transform into an element giant to fight, but that he had yet to reach that level.
Unlike inherently elemental creatures, sorcerers and most beings of lordly stature needed to practice to refine their own elemental king body on the foundation of their elemental domain.
Moreover, due to the rather unremarkable nature of humans, sorcerers had a much harder time forming their elemental king body than races like the Lei tribe.
“Human sorcerer, do you only know how to dodge?”
With the upper hand, element lord He Bo grew increasingly fierce and valiant as the battle progressed.
However, no matter what moves he employed or how sharp the spear he wielded, the sorcerer opposite him managed to avoid it in time, occasionally by what seemed like a hair’s breadth.
He soon realized he was being used as a sparring partner, being toyed with by a human.
Indeed, that was exactly what Ivan was thinking and doing.
The element lord before him was his second lord-level sparring partner; the first, naturally, was Gerry, Tanaya’s personal guard who often stayed in Golden Rock Tower—certainly not an asset he would neglect to use.
Of course, his sparring sessions with Gerry had not been as fierce as now. This moment was his first real battle since becoming an Arcane Wizard.
“Isn’t evading also part of my skill set?”
Hearing his enemy’s accusation, Ivan saw nothing amiss. As a sorcerer well-versed in spatial maneuvers, wasn’t it natural for him to be a bit faster and more agile?
If not for that, his accumulation of spatial expertise would have been in vain.
“Enough, you’ve made so many moves. Now it’s my turn,” he said, not waiting for the other to respond.
“That’s exactly what I’ve been waiting for!” The aspect of element lord He Bo turned solemn, devoid of any underestimation.
“Take this move.”
Ivan did not deploy his elements domain, as using the elements domain directly against an element creature was unadvisable. Instead, he launched a Domain Magic attack—the Nine Python Fire Whisker Spear.
In an instant, nine red, scaleless pythons appeared, their size comparable to the element giant.
The heads of the serpents, sharp as spears, rode on the invisible wind and the white mist, adeptly dodging He Bo’s sweeping spear and in a blink reached close to the element giant.
“So it’s spatial powers.”
This time, the elemental lord He Bo realized clearly that the white fog was unmistakably created by spatial tricks, hence its baffling speed.
His expression grew even graver.
Facing the scorching heat of the serpent that was within striking distance, he let out a loud shout and conjured a layer of Tornado Armor.
The armor stood firm like a bell, guarding his surroundings.
What he didn’t know was that this was exactly what Ivan wanted to see.
Under Ivan’s manipulation, nine scaleless strange serpents twisted opportunistically, wrapping directly towards the armor, and each serpent that made contact immediately merged into an even larger one.
The massive serpent coiled tightly around the armor, trapping He Bo inside.
At this moment, the whirlwind turned into blades, continually slicing at the serpent.
Streams of magma flowed from the body of the serpent, not dropping down but instantly transforming into tiny fire whiskers that kept burrowing into the Tornado Armor.
Like this, the power of wind and the power of fire were locked in a relentless stalemate.
“Human sorcerer, you don’t really believe you can overcome this lord with such tactics, do you? You are far from matching my energy consumption.”
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“I’m watching closely.”
Facing the provocations of elemental lord He Bo, Ivan maintained the same phrase.
Meanwhile, he casually advanced some distance, and from where he stood, flames emerged, the fiery sea billowing, further adding to the menacing presence of the colossal serpent.
“How foolishly naive.”
Upon seeing this, elemental lord He Bo instead revealed a mocking smile.
Two to three seconds later, that smile rapidly vanished from his face as the surrounding flames turned even more peculiar, giving the sensation that they could penetrate anything.
More importantly, his own power was being drained at an alarming rate, and this consumption was inexplicably mysterious.
“You’re playing dirty!”
“Being cunning is also a skill of mine.”
Ivan certainly wasn’t about to reveal to his enemy that he had employed his innate soul spell ‘Star Soul Hand’ to assist Domain Magic, enabling the flames not only to be endowed with the might to erode all things but also freely to draw upon the powers of others.
As an elemental lord, He Bo sensed the peril and naturally wouldn’t surrender without a fight.
The power around him turned violent as the wind also became furiously wild, acting with a savage tearing force aimed in all directions in an obvious attempt to break through the encirclement with brute force.
Compared with the elemental lord who had weathered hundreds of years, the Nine Python Fire Whisker Spear was still juvenile, swaying precariously under the assault of the waves of power.
“No matter the species, creatures of a lordly level indeed aren’t so easily dealt with.”
Ivan watched the scene leisurely, as it was only his first move; of course, he wasn’t concerned.
If the opposition wanted to break through, let them. It would give him the chance to try out more techniques, and where else would he find such a suitable sparring partner? He would hardly be willing to let them surrender just like that.
With a thunderous roar, the wind became chaotically fierce, the flames scattering in all directions.
At the critical moment, Ivan managed to dodge the chaos perfectly, calmly waiting for his enemy to regroup and return.
Not far away, elemental lord He Bo finally shook off the persistent flames, like mites gnawing at bone, and transformed back into a slightly shorter element giant, only to see the human sorcerer waiting on one side, igniting a fury within that had no place to be vented.
The arrogant human sorcerer had gone too far in belittling this lord!
