Wizard Earl

Although he didn't know who this person was, what his purpose was in following him, it was clear that Connor couldn't allow him to keep following him to Ferguson Manor.

So after walking for another twenty minutes, Connor still couldn't pinpoint the exact location of the person behind him using his mental powers. Finally, without hesitation, Connor turned the carriage around and headed in the opposite direction from Ferguson Manor to the outskirts.

Meanwhile, Connor, who was driving the carriage, also took out his compass from his spatial ring. Since he couldn't find the other party with just his mental power, Connor, who was also an alchemist, needed to use some alchemical tools to assist him.

However, it was clear that the person hiding in the shadows had been observing Connor all along. So, upon seeing Connor take out the compass, they realized his presence had been exposed. Therefore, they stopped trying to conceal themselves and immediately cast a spell, conjuring an enormous black demon in mid-air, which struck towards Connor's carriage with lightning speed.

Connor, who had anticipated the sneak attack, flashed a sharp light in his eyes. Then, with a flick of his black robes, he vanished from the carriage. The next second, the black demon slammed heavily onto the carriage. With a deafening crash, the carriage Connor had rented from the city's carriage company—for which he had paid two shillings in rental fees and three gold coins as a deposit—was smashed to pieces. Even the four horses pulling the carriage were killed instantly…

After the carriage broke down, Connor reappeared on the grass by the roadside. Then, with a blank expression, he focused his mind and released a mental storm at a boulder on the grass not far away.

Since the other party chose to strike first, no matter how clever their concealment methods were, they would have nowhere to hide under his mental perception. Connor had already observed that the other party was a first-level wizard, just like him.

"snort!"

As Connor unleashed his mental storm, a muffled groan of pain came from behind the boulder, and then a wizard dressed in tight-fitting clothes, with a thin figure and wearing a mask engraved with a demon, jumped out from behind the boulder and appeared in front of Connor.

"Either leave! Or die!"

After giving the masked, mysterious man a deep look, Connor's expression turned serious, and he spoke coldly.

Since the other party has already launched a sneak attack, it means that they have ill intentions. Normally, Connor should not waste words with them and should just deal with them directly.

Unfortunately, Connor's injuries sustained in the eerie dungeon in the Navas Forest hadn't fully healed. Engaging in a fight now could easily cause a relapse of his injuries, which had just begun to improve thanks to Varga's careful treatment. Therefore, Connor was avoiding conflict as much as possible, which is why he was forced to make some concessions to the mysterious man and try to reason with him.

The mysterious man wearing some kind of demon mask didn't seem to accept Connor's "concession" at all. As soon as Connor finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the demon that had just destroyed Connor's carriage laughed and flew towards Connor again.

"Hehe ...

Seeing that the other party was ungrateful and insisted on fighting, a cold glint flashed in Connor's eyes. He knew that a battle was inevitable today. With a thought, he took out the Castiel Staff from his spatial ring. As soon as the Castiel Staff appeared, a blue-black protective barrier immediately formed, protecting Connor within it.

"Bang!"

The grotesque demon slammed heavily onto the protective barrier of Castia, causing a noticeable dent in the barrier. Seeing this, the mysterious figure seemed unsatisfied with the result and wanted to continue manipulating the demon to attack the Castia barrier.

At that moment, a glint appeared in Connor Ferguson's eyes within the barrier. The next second, a spear of Hades rapidly condensed in the air a hundred meters behind the mysterious man, silently shooting straight toward the mysterious man's back.

With the help of the auxiliary chip, Connor's progress in mastering the Dark Body Technique of Hades was extremely fast. To this day, Connor no longer needs to hold the Spear of Hades in his hand to wield it. Instead, he can use his mental power to condense the Spear of Hades in the air, making it more powerful and easier to use, making it impossible for opponents to defend against.

The masked man was clearly surprised by the sudden appearance of the Hades Spear from behind. However, by then, the spear was already within ten meters of him, leaving him no time to react or dodge. In a panic, the man let out a roar, and with that roar, his originally thin body instantly swelled up, shimmering with a purplish-black luster. He then threw out both fists, slamming them towards the oncoming Hades Spear.

"Click!"

Faced with the full force of the mysterious figure's punch, Connor's Plutonium Spear, though it held for a few seconds, was ultimately destroyed by the force. However, while the mysterious figure had neutralized Connor's deadly attack, the Plutonium Spear, being formed from dark energy, had its dark energy seep into the figure's hands, even after being destroyed. The uncontrollable trembling of the figure's hands showed that Connor's Plutonium Spear attack had been extremely painful for him.

Seeing that this mysterious masked figure had actually blocked his long-planned fatal attack, Connor, protected by the Castilian Barrier, felt a slight disappointment in his eyes.

The demon controlled by the mysterious man was extremely powerful. With a single move, it dented his Castia magic protective barrier. The demon looked like a demonic artifact, but as an alchemist who had already touched the third-tier demonic artifacts, Connor could tell at a glance that the demon was not a demonic artifact at all, but rather a magical evolution.

Therefore, he assumed from the outset that this mysterious person was a wizard skilled in magic, but mediocre in physical cultivation. This is why he wanted to use the Spear of Hades to ambush him from behind, hoping to catch him off guard…

However, judging from the power of this mysterious man's fists just now, it is clear that Connor was wrong. This mysterious man's body tempering technique is extremely advanced, otherwise it would be impossible for him to destroy Hades Spear with just the force of his fists.