Wizard Earl

Chapter 651 They Came Prepared!

Without any suspense, the bullet pierced the coachman's head. Without any struggle, the coachman fell to the ground and onto the dirt road. Without a driver, and frightened by the gunshot, the four strong horses pulling the carriage immediately went out of control and became chaotic. The carriage at the back of the carriage was also swaying left and right, which looked very dangerous.

Feeling the swaying of the carriage, Martina's face beneath her veil was extremely pale. This wasn't due to the carriage lacking a driver, but because Martina could sense that a very powerful being had its eyes on her…

Taking a deep breath, Martina's eyes flashed with a cold light. She leaped out of the carriage and headed away into the distance. Since she was already being watched, it was clear that sitting and waiting for death was not a good idea. If she wanted to get out of this dangerous situation, taking the initiative to attack might not be a bad idea!

As soon as Martina leaped out of the carriage, five more gunshots rang out from the woods, and five silver bullets hurtled toward her.

Feeling the silvery light emanating from the bullets aimed at her, Martina's already grave expression, hidden beneath her veil, darkened even further.

"Demon-Slaying Bullet!"

Martina recognized the silver bullets and muttered angrily to herself. Without hesitation, she decisively took out a small shield from her spatial ring and held it in front of her. The anti-magic bullets were quite effective against novice and advanced wizard apprentices, but their effect was not as strong against advanced wizard apprentices.

However... the timing of the opponent's firing of the anti-magic bullets was extremely clever, precisely when Martina's new power had not yet been generated and her old power had already faded. Moreover, all five anti-magic bullets were fired almost simultaneously, each aimed at Martina from various tricky angles. Therefore, if Martina chose to blink, she was very likely to be hit by the anti-magic bullets. Although this would not threaten Martina's life or cause her too much damage, being injured before the opponent even showed up was obviously not a good thing. Therefore, Martina had no choice but to give up on running away and stand her ground to withstand the attack.

Martina's small shield, though only the size of a palm and appearing rather inconspicuous with its grayish appearance, suddenly shone brightly when the five anti-magic bullets came flying from all around her, enveloping her in a thick gray light barrier.

Five anti-magic bullets, enough to kill five novice wizard apprentices, struck the gray light barrier, but were like ants trying to shake a tree. They posed no threat whatsoever to the gray light barrier, making no sound at all, and were simply swallowed up by the gray light barrier.

Seeing that the small gray shield had deflected the incoming magic-piercing bullets, Martina decisively put away the incredibly defensive gray shield, looked at a large willow tree, at least two meters wide, in the woods on either side of the road, and said coldly, "Who are you, and why did you ambush me?"

A few seconds after Martina finished speaking, a person wearing a dark green cloak and a scarlet mask slowly emerged from behind the large willow tree and appeared in Martina's field of vision, under her gaze.

Seeing that the mysterious person who had ambushed her remained silent, Martina frowned slightly beneath her veil. Although this person had been attacking her with firearms and had not used any magic, Martina could still sense a very dangerous aura emanating from him. Otherwise, Martina would not have remained still and would have already gone up to deal with this guy wearing such a strange mask.

Because the man in the scarlet mask didn't speak, Martina didn't speak either. The two remained silent for about a minute. Just as Martina was getting impatient, the man in the scarlet mask seemed to receive some instruction and uttered an obscure, hoarse incantation. At the same time, his right hand, gloved under his green cloak, quickly made a hand gesture in front of his chest. Instantly, the energy fluctuations centered on the man in the scarlet mask became more intense.

Seeing this, and knowing that her forbearance had not brought about a peaceful resolution, Martina naturally stopped harboring any unrealistic fantasies. With a flick of her hand, two jade bracelets appeared on Martina's wrists. These were the very rare and powerful second-tier combined enchanted items that Martina possessed.

The moment Martina's jade bracelet appeared, the energy fluctuations it displayed were naturally terrifying. However, the scarlet-masked man seemed to have anticipated this, showing no surprise whatsoever. He remained focused on casting his spell. Martina, who had already unleashed her trump card, showed no hesitation. Her right hand, adorned with the lightning-attribute jade bracelet, swung towards Martina, instantly unleashing more than ten bolts of lightning as thick as an arm, striking down at the scarlet-masked man.

Meanwhile, the man in the scarlet mask seemed to be engrossed in the spell he was about to cast, completely ignoring Martina's attack and not caring at all. This reaction from the man in the scarlet mask did not make Martina feel happy at all; on the contrary, it made Martina more vigilant. Her left hand, which was wearing an ice-attribute jade bracelet, was carefully raised to her high chest, and she became very wary.

Although the scarlet-masked man didn't respond to her earlier words, Martina could tell from his behavior that he had likely come prepared and knew she possessed a second-tier combined enchanted item. Given that he knew her jade bracelet was a second-tier combined enchanted item, his arrogance was unmistakable; he was either insane or had come prepared. And Martina didn't think he was insane at all…

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

Just as Martina had predicted, the Crimson Masked Man was indeed prepared. When Martina's lightning bolts were less than a meter away from him, a pale blue barrier appeared in front of him, blocking the dozen or so lightning bolts Martina unleashed. The lightning struck the barrier, creating a loud bang, dimming its light and leaving its surface covered in tear marks. After withstanding the last lightning bolt, the pale blue barrier finally gave way and completely collapsed, shattering into specks of light that scattered on the ground.

(End of this chapter)