Wizard Earl

Chapter 652 Trap (1)

Seeing that the Crimson Masked Man had used a defensive magic item to withstand her first attack, Martina's lips curled into a cold smile. She secretly channeled her energy, preparing to launch another attack on the Crimson Masked Man. She wanted to see just how many defensive magic items this mysterious Crimson Masked Man had that could block her attacks!

However, just before Martina unleashed another lightning attack, the scarlet-masked man's prepared spell finally came to a complete end. The energy fluctuations around him reached their peak, and he uttered a single phrase: "Mandragora..."

As the incantation was chanted, Martina unexpectedly appeared. Within a half-meter radius around her, more than ten wisps of blood mist suddenly appeared without warning. What was most shocking was that these wisps of blood mist were rapidly expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the blink of an eye, these wisps of blood mist connected together, trapping Martina, who was unable to push them away in time.

As soon as Martina was trapped in the blood mist, a strong stench of blood assaulted her nostrils. At the same time, highly corrosive blood energy also began to erode her. Seeing this, Martina reacted swiftly. With a thought, the ice-attribute jade bracelet on her left hand shone brightly, protecting Martina's entire body and blocking the blood energy that was eroding her, preventing her from moving forward.

Seeing that her ice-attribute jade bracelet had withstood the invasion of blood energy, and after sweeping away the blood mist that had trapped her, Martina's beautiful eyes showed a hint of disdain. Then, with her right hand, which was adorned with a lightning-attribute jade bracelet, she touched the blood mist in front of her, and more than ten bolts of lightning shot towards the blood mist.

Having just witnessed the scarlet-masked man's long preparations, Martina had expected him to unleash some terrifying and awe-inspiring power. However, all she found was a seemingly ordinary layer of blood mist, which greatly disappointed Martina.

It's important to know that although the Blood Mist spell seems quite powerful, capable of corroding enchanted items and the energy cultivated by other wizards, it is naturally countered by lightning and fire energy. While Martina herself cultivates ice energy, which cannot counter Blood Mist, one of the two second-tier combined enchanted items she possesses, the jade bracelet, is of the lightning attribute, which can completely counter Blood Mist spells!

Under Martina's confident gaze, the lightning unleashed from her jade bracelet struck the blood mist around her. However, to Martina's utter astonishment, the lightning, which she had expected to wreak havoc on the blood mist, sank without a trace, leaving no ripples whatsoever.

Just as Martina was witnessing this scene in disbelief, something even more terrifying happened. To her horror, Martina discovered that the blood flowing through her body seemed to be affected by a blood mist, its flow gradually accelerating and slipping out of her control.

The increased blood flow was just the beginning. A few seconds later, just as Martina was racking her brains to restore her blood flow to normal, she discovered that not only was her blood flow problematic, but the circulation of her magic power was also starting to malfunction. It seemed to be affected by the strange blood mist and was becoming somewhat out of her control. However, compared to the flow of her blood, the flow of her magic power was still relatively unaffected for the time being.

Taking a deep breath, Martina forced herself to remain calm. She knew that calmness was paramount at this moment. Although this was the first time she had encountered interference from someone else's magic with her blood and mana flow, the current impact on her blood and mana was still within a controllable range, and nothing too terrible had occurred. At this crucial moment, it was absolutely essential to remain calm and not panic!

Once Martina calmed down, she silently circulated her meditation technique within her body to prevent the surrounding blood mist from interfering with her. At the same time, she was also constantly careful to inject magic power into her ice-attribute bracelet to resist the erosion of the surrounding blood energy.

As Martina cautiously remained within the blood mist, the crimson-masked man who had trapped her looked to his left. There, he pointed to a small hill. Although it appeared deserted, the man seemed to have received some instruction, nodding slightly before beginning to chant softly again. As the crimson-masked man chanted, Martina, trapped in the blood mist, immediately felt the corrosive effect of the blood energy on her more than double!

Martina's expression changed drastically. After being corroded by the blood energy, she keenly sensed that the blood mist had spatially isolated her. She could no longer absorb energy particles from the space, meaning that from now on she could only use her own energy and could no longer draw upon spatial energy for normal spellcasting. Every spell she cast or every action she performed consumed several times the energy of normal times. This damned feeling was something Martina had only experienced within Connor Ferguson's Castia magic circle.

Even without the support of spatial energy, Martina dared not relax at all. She hurriedly continued to inject magic into her ice-attribute jade bracelet to resist the erosion of blood energy. After all, at this moment, her life was the most important thing.

Although Martina reacted quickly, the highly corrosive blood energy within the blood mist seemed inexhaustible, crashing against Martina, who was protected by the combined demonic artifacts within the blood mist, wave after wave. After only a dozen seconds, a solemn expression appeared on Martina's cold and beautiful face.

Despite her best efforts to remain calm, Martina was increasingly anxious about her predicament. She knew that being forced to defend herself against the erosion of blood energy in the blood mist was consuming too much of her mana. Although Martina was a high-level meditator with a mana purity and depth far exceeding that of other wizards of the same level, continuing to endure this torment would only lead to a slow death. At this rate of mana consumption, she wouldn't last long. In less than five minutes, she would be completely overwhelmed and rendered helpless in the blood mist, at the mercy of others.

There is only one way to change this outcome: escape from this blood mist!

(End of this chapter)