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Chapter 52 Killer Move Against Killer Move (Bonus Chapter 2)

Seymour recognized the sound immediately; it was the sound of an arrow piercing the air. He immediately forgot about his dignity as a second-level wizard apprentice and did a somersault on the spot.

But then, he felt a sudden heaviness all over his body, and his movements became sluggish.

"Oh no, it's a slow spell!"

Several more arrows whistled through the air, and Seymour's heart sank to the bottom! What the hell was going on? He hadn't even seen the enemy's shadow, yet he was being attacked so passively!

In the midst of his struggle, he was pierced through the thigh by a sharp arrow, and blood immediately gushed out!

But Seymour was a tough guy; without uttering a sound, he scrambled and hid behind a big tree.

"Richard, you despicable scoundrel, all you know is how to use alchemical bombs to ambush and scheme? If you've got the guts, come out and fight fair and square!" Seymour shouted angrily.

Richard remained silent. In his eyes, any enemy who had not died was a dangerous enemy.

He remembered that famous saying from his past life very well: "Villains die from talking too much!"

He didn't want to be a villain, and he didn't want to die, so it was best for him to keep quiet!

So he slowly crept into the bushes, intending to circle around to Seymour's side and attack.

Seymour, meanwhile, was gulping down some kind of potion, gripping a strangely shaped, charred short staff tightly in his hand, his face contorted with malice!

After drinking the potion, Seymour immediately cast a dark element shield on himself, and only then did he feel a little relieved.

Richard, who had already circled around to a spot in front of Seymour, saw the faint black shield on Seymour's body and immediately knew that he would definitely not be able to penetrate the dark element shield with arrows in a short time!

With a quick change of heart, it seemed that the only option was to unleash his ultimate move. Without hesitation, Richard began to silently recite the incantation for Shadow Grip.

Meanwhile, Seymour, seeing the irregularly swaying reeds and bushes dozens of meters ahead a few seconds in advance, immediately realized that it was likely the real Richard, so he silently recited a spell in his mind!

But the next second, Seymour, sensing the fluctuations of the magic, immediately focused his attention. When he saw the huge dark elemental hand that appeared out of thin air in front of him, "gulp!" Seymour couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva!

Seymour's voice trembled. "Shadow Grip, and at least at the proficient level! How is this possible!"

"You...you've only been here for two months? How is this possible!" Seymour's eyes were already a little dazed; the scene before him had greatly shocked him.

He never expected that the killer move he had painstakingly practiced for four years could be used so casually by his opponent. Moreover, judging from the speed of casting, his opponent's level was even higher than his. With the same Shadow Grip, he had just taken three seconds to chant the incantation, while his opponent only took two seconds!

The key point is that he had investigated Richard very thoroughly; he had only been at the Ignis School for less than two months!

"How is that possible!"

Seymour was instantly possessed!

Thus, the two almost identical dark elemental hands met in mid-air. Richard immediately used his mental power to control the dark elemental force, changing his palm into a fist and striking the opponent's dark elemental palm heavily!

Instantly, Richard's large hand, with its more concentrated energy, pushed all the shockwaves from the collision of the two towards Seymour!

Suddenly, Seymour was thrown several meters away by the powerful air turbulence. Although he was not seriously injured, his clothes were disheveled and he looked exhausted.

It seems that the double blow to his body and mind has left Seymour exhausted!

Richard, realizing that his attack had failed to kill Seymour, turned fierce and immediately picked up the medicine bottle, drinking the bottle of basic mental recovery potion in one gulp!

As newfound spiritual energy surged rapidly from his mind, Richard began to unleash Shadow Grip for the second time. He was worried that things might change if he delayed, and since he was not too far from the school, he wanted to kill Seymour quickly.

Upon sensing the magical fluctuations once again, Seymour immediately lost his composure and screamed!

"Impossible. How could you possibly have the energy to cast Shadow Grip a second time? You should know that Shadow Grip consumes at least three points of mental energy. Considering the two points from your first level zero sorcery spell, Slow, that means you have at least nine points of mental energy?"

Seymour looked at the reeds where Richard was hiding with an incredulous gaze.

"No! That's impossible! You can advance to a level two wizard apprentice at ten o'clock. How could you be that kind of genius? I don't believe it!"

"And during the entrance talent test, you were just a trash newbie whose mental strength was rated as inferior!" Seymour seemed unable to accept this fact, almost desperate, on the verge of collapse, muttering to himself.

Richard felt a surge of secret satisfaction. It seemed that the assessment during the entrance exam had actually done him a great favor, effectively concealing his true strength and causing his opponents to completely underestimate his abilities.

However, Richard had absolutely no intention of explaining!

Their hand movements were absolutely precise!

Instantly, the dark elemental hand reached straight for Seymour; if it caught him, it would most likely kill him instantly!

In an instant, Richard transformed from prey into hunter!

Seymour shouted, "Wait, Richard, don't you want to know how I tracked you down?"

Moreover, I have an ancient potion recipe for improving a wizard's aptitude, which is right here in my pocket!

If you don't let me go, I'll just destroy it!

Richard had no interest at all when he heard the first half of the sentence, but the keywords Seymour mentioned in the second half of the sentence about improving wizarding aptitude made his magic pause, preventing him from pressing down the dark element hand directly!

Seymour revealed a barely perceptible sneer, but quickly raised the charred short cane in his hand in the direction Richard was hiding.

Richard felt a sudden pang of fear, as if a great calamity was about to befall him, and immediately the Shadow Grip pressed down on Seymour.

However, in front of the charred wooden staff that Seymour held, the air rapidly heated up, and a giant, flaming hand about four meters in diameter appeared out of thin air, holding back the dark elemental hand and still having some strength left.

A giant fiery hand enveloped a small dark elemental hand and flew rapidly toward Richard!

Richard was startled and immediately unleashed his last trump card—the instant-cast sorcery secondary mental shock—while simultaneously rolling to the right and firing two more arrows in quick succession!

Seymour's face froze for a moment before two arrows struck his throat and forehead, plunging his entire consciousness into darkness!

Seymour died!

Without the guidance of Seymour's spiritual power, the fiery hand will only move forward in a straight line and eventually dissipate into the distance!

Fortunately, Richard unleashed a secondary mental shock, and Seymour had no follow-up mental guidance, allowing him to easily evade this deadly attack.

"Whew, that was close! Seymour almost pulled off a comeback!"

On Seymour's body, Richard found the oddly shaped short staff, one end of which was thick like a tree root but charred, while the other end was thinner, seemingly the end closer to the trunk.

The rough texture and slight energy fluctuations all indicate that the short staff before them seems to be a magical artifact.

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