Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

"Splash—!"

The sound was clearly that of flowing lava, but instead, Sores' left arm snapped off and he plummeted straight down from the sky.

"Plop—splash splash..."

After the left arm was severed, what gushed out from the broken end was not blood, but scalding lava.

However, upon closer inspection, one can still discern a faint blood-red hue within.

Soles frowned. Although he didn't feel any obvious pain under his lava body, losing an arm still made him uncomfortable.

He tried to draw magma to reshape his arm, but found that the broken end was covered with a layer of constantly disturbing spatial energy, which was hindering the reshaping of his arm.

"Tch, I hate space wizards!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately abandoned the treatment, then suddenly lunged forward and reached out with his other hand to grab Hughes's wrist.

"Got you, haha."

Sores chuckled, then suddenly exerted his strength, throwing his opponent behind him.

"You'd better accept the baptism of lava!"

"call out--"

Hughes felt a tremendous force coming from his wrist, and then his body flew backward, landing behind Sores.

Meanwhile, the lava balls following behind him also gathered together, and it looked like they were about to engulf Hughes.

"Oh………"

To everyone's surprise, he smiled slightly, then flipped his hand, revealing a ring of intricate silver runes on the nail of his palm.

—Spatial Trap: Displacement

"Clatter—"

The next moment, Hughes flipped his hand over and firmly gripped Sores's wrist.

"Buzz—!"

In an instant, a silver light burst forth from his palm, instantly enveloping the two of them.

"Swish! Swish!"

When the silver light dissipated, the two had already switched places.

Hughes returned to the original spot, where he was met with a bewildered Sores.

Behind the opponent, a magma ball was hurtling towards them at breakneck speed.

"Whoosh—Boom!!"

"No--"

"Boom! Boom boom boom!!!"

In the air, Zoroark was too late to retract his control of the magma spheres, which slammed into Sores one after another, spewing scalding magma everywhere.

"Splash, splash..."

At this moment, Sores was engulfed by lava, and scalding lava poured down from his position like a lava waterfall.

While the lava itself couldn't harm him, the immense impact of the constant explosions trapped him firmly in the center, preventing him from getting any closer to Hughes.

As for Hughes himself, he had already charged towards Zoroark once again.

"Whoosh—!"

After the previous few uses, there were very few magma spheres left in the air.

His mobility increased significantly, but this also brought him an even more challenging crisis.

This was because Zoroark no longer needed to coordinate nearly a hundred magma fireballs.

His attention was now highly focused, and all of these few magma spheres were now under his meticulous control.

"boom--!"

Soon, a loud explosion was heard in the air, and scalding magma erupted once again.

But this time, Hughes was hit squarely by a magma ball.

At this moment, every magma ball around seemed to have eyes.

They had a clear division of labor: one group was responsible for closely following Hughes, giving him no chance to catch his breath, while the rest would seize the opportunity to launch surprise attacks from various places.

No matter which direction he turns, he will immediately be hit by a magma ball.

"Boom! Boom boom!!"

A few moments later, several more explosions rang out in the sky.

As if knowing what Hughes was thinking, Zoroark gave him no time to concentrate on casting his spell.

He was also proficient in using mental attacks, and at this moment he had slowly flown into the "cage" woven from magma spheres.

As long as Hughes's mental energy fluctuates even slightly, he will immediately unleash a mental shock to forcefully interrupt the opponent's spellcasting.

The result of this was that every time he released an impact, a magma ball would lose control and plummet straight to the ground.

"Whoosh—Boom! Whoosh—Boom!"

Meanwhile, while dodging incoming magma balls in the air, Hughes was also constructing a mental barrier in his consciousness.

Zoroark's control was truly terrifying; not only were the timing of these magma balls extremely tricky, but almost all of them also hit his back.

Clearly, the enemy was planning to concentrate their attacks on one spot to create a gap in the armor.

At this moment, under the repeated scorching of the demonized magma, the back of the silver armor did indeed show signs of melting.

Even though the armor was slowly being repaired, the surrounding magma balls continued to bombard it, slamming into it time and time again.

Soon, it will probably surpass Urgain's repair speed.

To make matters worse, Sores below had recovered and was flying towards them.

With no other option, Hughes could only try to calm himself down, building a mental barrier as he slowly moved toward Zoroark.

...buzz

Fortunately, a mental barrier quietly rose up soon after, blocking the mental shock that Zoroark was launching.

Taking advantage of this brief moment, Hughes frantically sketched runes into his consciousness space, instantly condensing several deflection shields around his body.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz..."

In an instant, several silver shield-shaped ripples surrounded him, deflecting all the incoming magma balls.

The crisis was resolved in an instant.

The next moment, Hughes immediately activated his levitation technique and sped toward Zoroark, who was not far away.

"Whoosh—!"

This time, the magma spheres along the way were deflected by the deflection shield, allowing him to pass unimpeded and reach Zoroark in the blink of an eye.

The opponent thought Hughes was going to charge straight at them, so they immediately raised their hands and used magma to form a shield.

But the next moment, Hughes released mental spikes.

……call out!

In an instant, the mental spike pierced straight through the shield, invaded Zoroark's lava-like body, and then plunged fiercely into his consciousness.

"ah--!"

Zoroark let out a cry of pain as the magma shield in front of him instantly shattered and fell from the sky.

At the same moment, Hughes swiftly raised his hand, his palm radiating a chilling aura.

"Watch out, Lord Zoroark!"

Below, Sores had already flown over, but he was too late.

"Click-clack—"

The next moment, thick, icy thorns surged wildly from Hughes's palm, reaching towards Zoroark in front of him.

"Sizzle sizzle—!!"

The thorns instantly bound the opponent's body, and the magma on the opponent's body surface clashed violently with the ice crystals of the thorns, instantly sending up bursts of steam.

Meanwhile, the remaining magma spheres in the air all broke free from Zoroark's control and plummeted downwards.