Above the mage!

Chapter 284: Ultimate Force: Construct Mage

call out!
In response to Holy Inquisitor Ryan, Sunaifah drew his bow decisively and resolutely.

She shook her wrist and drew the bow like a full moon. An icy arrow containing extreme coldness condensed on the bowstring of [Blizzard].

A moment later, the arrow flew out, cut through the sky, and hit Holy Inquisitor Ryan who was still talking nonsense.

Ryan's face froze. He had just felt the power of the True Ice Arrow.

The fourth-ring spell [Fire Shield], which had been upgraded to a higher level, could only block one True Ice Arrow.

This means that if he is not a fifth-ring mage, [Fire Shield], which is a fourth-ring spell, cannot block an arrow from Sunaifa, who is also a fourth-ring mage.

Just think about it and you will know how terrifying Sunaifah's combat power is when compared to the same level.

But that's about it.

Even if Sunaifa is invincible in the same level, what can he do?
The gap between the fifth ring and the fourth ring cannot be bridged by being invincible at the same level.

Ryan's mind moved, and the zombie monster under his feet began to emit black mist.

The black mist surged and boiled, quickly gathering into a huge black gas bomb, which bombarded the rapidly approaching Zhenbing Arrow.

The two collided in mid-air.

With a loud bang, a huge air wave spread out like a violent storm, tearing the surrounding air into pieces.

The ice-blue magical light and the surging black fog intertwined and rolled in the air, as if two completely different forces were colliding and competing fiercely.

In the end, the ice-blue magic light was more powerful and eliminated all the black fog.

But after this confrontation, the icy arrow seemed to have shrunk, becoming more than one size smaller, and its speed also dropped drastically.

boom!
The weakened True Ice Arrow finally landed on the zombie monster under Ryan's feet, and like delicate porcelain, it instantly shattered into countless tiny ice crystals.

The sudden release of coldness condensed into a thin layer of ice on the surface of the zombie monster's body.

However, because the remaining power in the arrow was limited and the zombie monster was too huge, this thin layer of ice only covered the front half of the zombie monster's body before stopping abruptly.

This confrontation did not pose any threat to Ryan, but it completely angered him: "Sunaifa, why don't you just stay in Phoenix and be your war mother? Why do you have to come to me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a thick dark aura suddenly surged above Yu Sunaifa's figure.

After Sunaifah shot the Arrow of True Ice, Ryan controlled the zombie monster to fight against Sunaifah's attack. He himself was not idle either, casting spells to attack as well.

The thick dark aura gathered together and formed a complex magic symbol in an instant.

The symbol emitted a strange light, and burst into a dazzling and inky black light, directly covering Sunaifah's body.

Sunaifa's expression changed slightly.

The black light contained an evil power that was corroding her body and making her movements sluggish.

Fourth-ring necromancy spell [Curse]!
Places a curse on the recipient, causing one of the following to be weakened: strength, mental strength, speed, magic power, or reaction speed; or elemental resistance and spell damage bonus to be weakened; or each spellcasting action has a 50% chance of failure.

Ryan chose the last option: every spell casting action has a 50% chance of failure.

"Boreas's magic weapon does enable you to threaten me, but the greater the power, the greater the consumption." Ryan laughed.

"Let me ask you, how many arrows like this can you shoot?" He said with a provocative tone.

Sunaifa looked solemn.

What Ryan said is exactly the truth.

[Blizzard] allows her to almost dominate the four rings, making it difficult to find an opponent, and even has the terrifying combat power to instantly kill a mage of the same level with a single arrow.

However, Inquisitor Ryan relied on his fifth-ring mage level and upgraded his spells to cast fourth-ring defensive spells, which were able to block the most ferocious attacks of [Blizzard] one by one.

To be honest, Sunaifa is only a fourth-ring wizard, but he can just break the fourth-ring defensive spells cast by the upgraded spell. This combat power is already terrifyingly strong.

Normally, it would be difficult for an ordinary fourth-ring mage to break through Ryan's [Fire Shield] no matter how hard he tried.

But for Sunaifa, this is not enough, she needs not only to defeat it, but also to pose a threat.

At this moment, she seemed to be standing on a delicate boundary.

If the power of the True Ice Arrow could be increased a little bit, the defensive spells Ryan cast would not be able to completely withstand Sunaifa's attack. He would have to be careful and not be as reckless as he is now.

But this tiny difference seems like an insurmountable chasm that cannot be crossed.

Moreover, as Ryan said, every time she shot an icy arrow through [Blizzard], the amount of mana consumed was extremely astonishing.

More importantly, Sunaifa is now under the spell of [Curse]. Whether he is casting spells or shooting arrows, there is a possibility that he will fail due to the interference of evil forces.

How to do?
Sunaifa felt the extreme cold coming from the [Snowstorm]. Although the situation was extremely serious, he was extremely calm and thought about possible ways to break the impasse in his mind.

While thinking, a dazzling silver-white light suddenly burst out from Sunaifa's body.

The light burst out from her body, carrying with it an indescribable purity and chill, like holy light pouring down, enveloping her entirely.

As the silver-white light flickered and moved, the evil forces that had been entangled with her like shackles seemed to have encountered their natural enemy. They fled out of her body and disappeared into nothingness as black smoke.

Sunaifa's body, which had become sluggish due to the [Curse], recovered to its original state. There was even a layer of faint light lingering on her body, making her movements more agile and even providing her with subtle protection.

A spell that has both purification and buffing effects.

"Ice Spell." Ryan's face stiffened when he saw this scene.

The reason why he chose to cast [Curse] was because Sunafa would most likely be able to deal with ordinary attack spells.

But [Curse] is different. As a fourth-ring necromancy spell, the curse it casts cannot be lifted, which means that [Dispel Magic] is ineffective against it.

To counter [Curse], you need to use more advanced or specific spells.

Such as [Break the Spell], [Limited Wish], and [Remove Curse].

Except for [Remove Curse], all other spells are above the fourth level, which Sunaifa, a fourth-level mage, definitely cannot cast.

[Remove Curse] is a fourth-level spell.

The problem is that among the spells that can be awakened by the Iceborn bloodline, [Remove Curse] is not included.

However, this is an unpopular spell whose effect is only to remove curses on objects or creatures. The possibility of Sunaifa learning and mastering it is very low.

But who would have thought that the spell curse he carefully designed could be purified and lifted by Sunaifah in this way.

Even Ryan couldn't recognize what spell Sunaifa used to counter his [Curse]. He could only be sure that it was a kind of icy spell.

The True Ice Spell is a spell that can only be awakened by pure-blooded Iceborn.

Pure-blooded Iceborn are so rare that True Ice magic is extremely mysterious even to the people of the North.

"The last pure-blooded Iceborn of the modern era, born of ice and snow." Ryan sighed, "How enviable! If I hadn't been promoted to the fifth ring, how could I fight you?"

He was in a mood to sigh, because he was confident and therefore extremely calm.

Compared with the fourth-ring mage, the fifth-ring mage has a more direct advantage in not only leveling up the spells, but also in the fifth-ring spells. Every time a spell is leveled up, the power and effect of the spell will be greatly improved.

It has actually been a while since Ryan was promoted to the fifth ring, and he has not slacked off at all, so he has now mastered two fifth ring spells, both of which are attack spells.

This meant that Sunaifa was doomed to fail today.

"But now, you are definitely not my opponent." Ryan asserted arrogantly.

"You are no match for him."

At the same time, Gaode's steady voice came into Sunaifa's mind.

Same words, different meanings.

She shuddered all over and noticed that Gao De, who had quickly left the place after she hurriedly gave instructions, had quietly returned at some point.

"My king, why are you back?" Sunaifa had remained calm in the face of Ryan, but after discovering that Gaode had returned, he could no longer remain calm.

Facing Ryan of the Five Rings, she was already in a state where she could hardly protect herself and had no energy left to protect Gao De.

And Gaode is extremely important to the Zhenbing tribe. Even in Sunaifa's heart, Gaode's safety is more important than his own life.

So, her emotions inevitably fluctuated.

"Can you beat him?" Gao De continued to communicate with Sunaifa through the communication technique, his tone was extremely steady, as if he was asking about an extremely ordinary matter.

"It's difficult." Sunaifa gritted his teeth and admitted that he didn't try to be brave, but he also didn't show any fear or retreat.
"I will try my best to hold him back. We have so many people here, and we will also do our best to hold him back. My king, please leave quickly and return to Phoenix. With the guardian tree, even a five-ring wizard cannot offend us."

"My king, since the prophecy has chosen you, as long as you are here, Zhenbing will surely rise, and it will remain the same even without me." As he said this, a hint of determination flashed in Sunaifa's dark blue eyes.

"The Zhenbing tribe cannot do without Sunaifa." Gode affirmed.

Sunaifa was about to say something when she was suddenly surprised to find that Flora had already flown to her side.

"The wizard asked Lady Flora to give it to you!" The next moment, Flora's clear voice came to her ears.

Before she could react, Flora's figure disappeared in a flash.

This is when God temporarily lifted the [Summon Magic Pet] and sent Flora to a dedicated space, which she called the "small black room".

"This is."

Sunaifa opened his lips slightly and looked at the thing that suddenly appeared in his hand.

It was a set of parts stacked together, gleaming.

On these parts, silver and white light are interwoven, and the surface is covered with complex runes and patterns.

They are like totemic symbols, very mysterious, but different from totems because they are as delicate as silk, their arrangement follows specific logic and rules, and they have a certain kind of delicate and precise beauty.

They look like a traditional battle robe, with components including the head, body, limbs, etc., but they are more abstract and smaller than a battle robe, and the overall shape is streamlined, which is a bit like armor.

"Focus on it and put it on." Gode's decisive voice came to her mind again.

After being promoted to the first ring, Gao De clearly felt the huge gap between a first ring mage and a mage apprentice.

The gap between the lowest-level first-ring mage and the mage apprentice is so huge, let alone the gap between a fifth-ring mage and a fourth-ring mage?

Gao De was extremely sure that no matter how powerful Sunaifa was, it would be difficult for him to survive Ryan today.

But is there really no chance of breaking the impasse?

Not all.

When He Xi introduced the rune construction to Gao De, he once said:
In the mage world, it is generally recognized that cross-ring battles are almost impossible. If it really happens, there is only one possibility, that is, the low-ring mage is equipped with rune constructs.

The Construct Mage is the ultimate force among mages!

And it just so happened that Gaode had been carrying with him a set of fourth-level rune constructs left to him by He Xi - [Breath of the Wild].

Fourth-level rune construction + invincible Sunafa of the same level.

If He Xi had not "bragged", then Sunafa equipped with [Breath of the Wild] would definitely be able to fight across the ring.

Obviously, He Xi, who is as hard as a rock, is not a person who would brag.

Rune constructs are extremely rare even outside the North.

Not to mention in the "primitive" land of the North.

So, although Sunaifah was the war mother of the True Ice Tribe, this was actually the first time she had seen a rune construct in her life.

Therefore, she didn't recognize what it was.

Not only her, Ryan felt the same. He noticed that there was suddenly something in Sunaifa's hand, but he didn't recognize what it was.

According to the parlance of Goder's hometown, both Sunaifa and Ryan should be called "country bumpkins."

But it doesn't matter if you don't recognize the rune structure, because Sunaifah has subconsciously focused his mind on [Breath of the Wild] as Gode said.

The next moment, a layer of brilliant light flowed on the surface of many parts of [Breath of the Wild], as if they were activated.

All the parts suddenly floated up, as if pulled by an invisible force, and transformed into illusory scales that covered Sunaifah's body, fitting tightly onto her body one by one and wrapping her up.

Amidst the mottled light, these parts quickly solidified, transforming from illusory light into solid entities, arming Sunaifah.

The scales are shining, majestic yet gorgeous.

[Breath of the Wild] is a battle robe-style rune construct, and the main colors are silver and white.

The combination of these two colors makes the overall visual effect both noble and mysterious, and it matches Sunaifah's outfit and even her temperament, giving the impression that it was tailor-made for her.

Perhaps, this is God's will.

After they were armed on Sunaifah, they expanded a lot in order to fit her body perfectly.

This is the rune effect of "Adaptability and Inclusion" that comes with [Breath of the Wild].

As the overall component expanded, the runes on it became much clearer.

Finally, when all the parts were precisely put into place, the rune patterns were suddenly activated, and a dazzling silver-white light suddenly flashed.

The light quickly spread to every corner of the battle robe, giving the originally cold parts life-like vitality.

All the rune patterns flickered and intertwined into a dazzling web of light.

At the same time, some information came into Sunaifa's mind:
[Breath of the Wilderness] (Level 4 Rune Construction):
Rune effects: Level 4 elemental resistance, level 4 firmness, level 4 agility, level 4 spell damage increase, and adaptability and tolerance.

Construct effect: The wearer's physical strength recovery rate increases by 57%, mana recovery rate increases by 62%, and the mana consumption of casting spells is reduced by 31%.

When the construct wearer's feet are on the ground, the above effects are doubled.

(End of this chapter)