Ancient Wizards: A Little Progress Every Day

The black-robed wizard raised his hands, and patterns seemed to shimmer beneath his robes as dark green energy surged forth, coalescing into a corrosive energy ball that flew head-on towards Dago.

"Such a fast casting speed; a typical level three apprentice wizard wouldn't even have time to react."

A deep blue halo mixed with fragmented purple light swirled in Dago's eyes. His spiritual power surged forth, and his snow-white right hand, billowing beneath his long robe, was gently raised. The cold wind, carrying snowflakes, formed a giant icy claw on his right hand.

Countless veins formed by icy energy spread across the Ice Claw like blood vessels, much like the Claw of Horus.

He didn't even activate his protective ring during this battle.

Dago lunged forward, extending his icy claws and pressing them directly against the corrosive energy orb, producing a sharp hissing sound.

The icy veins on the Ice Claw flowed with icy energy like blood, converging towards the palm.

With the enhancement of Dago's transformed spiritual power, the icy energy and corrosive energy merged and neutralized each other until they disappeared.

Only a few green marks remained on Dago's right hand from the Ice Claw.

But Dago did not lower his right claw. Ice energy continued to surge out, and a point of deep blue light in his palm rapidly expanded until it formed a huge ball of ice energy.

Dago flung it away violently!

The black-robed wizard's eyes flashed with panic. In a very short time, he not only extinguished the corrosive energy ball, but also launched an ice ball at him.

His strength was definitely much greater than his, and at this moment he had the idea of ​​escaping, so he tried to leap away on his Shadow Leopard.

He slapped the shadow leopard's rump hard, but there was no response. He looked down at his seat.

The shadow leopard's four paws were covered with thorny vines, and its entire body was paralyzed and unable to move.

Serena, hiding in the corner, secretly cast a vine spell on the shadow panther while holding up her thorn wand.

"Bang!" The energy ball struck the black-robed man directly, and a blue glow bloomed in the night.

The man and the leopard were frozen into statues by the rapidly spreading icy energy. Even in death, the black-robed figure still held his hands in front of him, his eyes wide open, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

Then it slid straight down from the roof to the ground and shattered into ice shards.

Dago removed the icicles from his hands and gave Serena, who was holding a wand below, a thumbs up.

Then he stayed on the rooftop, using his detection ability to observe the movements in the distance.

In the distance, not only were flames shooting into the sky, but a thick, dark red shadow was also spreading rapidly.

The chilling, eerie aura sent shivers down his spine, even from a distance.

Not only that, but after watching for a while, he also heard a familiar sound, similar to the sound of countless people swallowing blood in his ear at the same time, which gave him a strong urge to self-destruct.

This was somewhat similar to the Erzog whispers he had heard in the mind space before.

In the center of that shadow, an old figure was chanting something—no, it should be saying a hymn.

His intense mental fluctuations were far greater than those of Dago.

"An enemy of formal wizard level."

Dago stared blankly, uttering a shocked murmur.

Immediately afterwards, he shouted loudly to the civilians around him, "Run! Run towards the academy!"

At the same time, Dago's spiritual power surged, and he jumped off the roof, landing lightly on the ground like a bird.

He came to Serena's side, took her little hand, and ran towards the direction of the Enark Wizarding Academy.

Not far after they ran, they heard a powerful, low rumble of wind overhead. They saw five silver-patterned airships whistling as they flew towards the battle zone in the north of the city.

Dago saw a large number of energy particles surrounding the airship, and many academy wizards standing on the platform, ready to go.

Dago breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed the academy still had the strength to fight. He took Serena to a safe place to watch.

A massive fireball, radiating intense heat and light, roared out from the front cannon of the largest airship and hurtled toward the shadowy area.

"Boom!"

The black and red waves, resembling magma, transformed into a massive ring of fire that spread outwards.

Numerous houses were ablaze, turning the sky over the entire northern part of the city fiery red.

Following closely behind were even more various kinds of witchcraft raining down from the airship, dazzling and colorful witchcraft bombarding the shadowy areas below, or black-robed wizards scurrying about in fear.

That was a spell cast by the academy wizards aboard the airship.

However, the heat and firelight instantly contracted, devoured by the blood mist that emerged from the shadows, and an old man dressed in a black and red robe, whose appearance was obscured, flew straight out of the blood mist.

He appeared in the night sky, holding a magic wand, standing silently facing the five airships.

"Either die, or get out!"

A majestic voice reverberated through the air, carrying the imposing aura of a formal wizard, emanating from one of the largest airships.

Even Dago, who was on the other side of the town, heard everything clearly and felt a little strange. The academy had such a huge advantage, yet it didn't dare to attack the old man in the black and red robes.

Could it be that the Darkblood Council has some trump card up its sleeve that makes the academy so hesitant?

After a brief standoff, the old man flew towards the forest, followed by a group of black-robed wizards running and leaping below him.

This also means that the crisis of the town's fall has been resolved, but the entire northern area of ​​the city has been completely reduced to a sea of ​​fire and ruins.

Five airships slowly flew back to the academy. As they passed over Dago's head, he used a detection spell to carefully examine the mental pressure of the formal wizard.

The opponent's mental power was so strong that, in the perception of Dago's detection technique, it was as dazzling as the sun, even dispelling the surrounding darkness.

Dago's heart was pounding, even faster than when the battle had just begun.

So this is the power of a formal wizard? He can participate in a battle that destroys a city with a single move.

No wonder Raymond went to great lengths to become a formal wizard; in the face of such power, even a half-step difference seems like an insurmountable chasm.

However, Dago was disappointed not to see a formal battle between wizards. He thought about it and realized that the academy might have been worried about fighting in the town. If the two sides started fighting, the whole town would probably be turned into a sea of ​​fire and ruins.

"If the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up first," Dago snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Serena, only to see her looking down at her toes.

He waved his finger in front of Serena and said, "Watching ants? When you're done, let's go back to the wizard's inn."

Ever since Dago took her hand, Serena's face had been flushed, and she would occasionally cover her mouth and giggle. Her soul seemed to have drifted off to that fantastical land.

Serena finally came to her senses and stammered, "Um, okay."

The two walked down the street amidst countless wails, cries of pain, and curses. Many civilians had died in the battle, and they were all elderly people with mobility issues.

The black-robed wizards of the Darkblood Council seemed to be deliberately slaughtering civilians, not only taking their lives but also collecting their corpses.

For the first time, war unfolded before the two like a living hell. It was not a battle between superhumans, but a massacre of civilians by superhumans.

The two remained silent the entire way back to the wizard's inn, their hearts heavy.