Wizard Earl

Chapter 688 The Magic Array Traps the Enemy (2)

Having anticipated this, Connor didn't hesitate for a moment. He began chanting incantations, channeling spells into the Castile Magic Circle to strengthen its energy. The Castile Magic Circle's trapping and killing power had always been one of Connor's trump cards in his battles. The reason he had never used it in his previous fight with Old Victor was because he knew that using the Castile Magic Circle against Old Victor at his peak would only result in Old Victor breaking the circle.

Even now, Connor isn't very confident that the Castiel Array can trap old Victor. But given the current situation, Connor feels that he has no other good options besides the Castiel Array, so this is the only trick he can try.

As Connor channeled energy into the Castia Magic Array, it condensed again under the pressure of Old Victor's golden light. Although the condensation was extremely slow, almost imperceptible to the naked eye, it still greatly pleased Connor. This indicated that the continuous battle had significantly weakened Old Victor's strength; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to condense the Castia Magic Array. This was undoubtedly good news for Connor!

Connor was absolutely right. In just a few hours, he fought two high-ranking wizards, Connor and Martina, was hit twice by alchemical bombs, and was wounded in the brow by an arrow from Martina's magic bow. Even though old Victor was strong, he was still an old man and his recovery was naturally not as good as that of a young man like Connor. Although he tried his best to resist with his golden light, the Castilian Barrier still slowly surrounded him.

However, just as Connor was overjoyed, something he never expected happened. Old Victor launched a mental attack at him. Connor, who had never anticipated that Old Victor would pull this trick on him, was caught off guard and felt dizzy. He let out a muffled groan in pain.

Having taken a mental attack, Connor, though not physically harmed, was somewhat agitated as he focused all his energy on condensing the Castia Magic Array. He was now doing everything in his power to trap Old Victor within it and had no time to attend to anything else. Since Old Victor had unleashed the first mental attack, there was bound to be a second one.

Even with his powerful mental strength, Connor was powerless to mount an effective defense or counterattack, leaving him with only the simplest method—to endure it! Connor didn't know if his mental strength could withstand the condensation of the Castia Magic Array, but he knew this was a calculated move by the cunning old Victor. If he remained undistracted and focused on concentrating his mental energy to defend against Victor's mental attacks, he would be distracted while the Castia Magic Array was forming, giving old Victor an opportunity to escape from the Castia barrier's suppression.

Just as Connor realized this, he was attacked again by old Victor's mental attack. This time, because Connor was prepared, the impact was not as strong as the first attack, but it still made Connor's head ache slightly. Taking a deep breath, a ruthless look flashed across Connor's face, and then he frantically poured magic power into the Castia magic circle.

There's no shortcut to breaking Old Victor's overt scheme. Since he's trying so hard to stop me from condensing the Castia Magic Array, I have to accelerate the condensation of the Castia Magic Array immediately. Only by trapping Old Victor inside the array can I truly stop him from harassing me with his mental attacks.

Trapped within the Castia magic circle, old Victor felt the increasing pressure from the condensing magic circle, and a serious look appeared in his aged eyes. On one hand, he mobilized all his magic power to desperately resist the condensation of the magic circle beneath his feet, and on the other hand, he used his mind to accelerate the speed of his mental attack on Connor outside the magic circle.

"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!"

Within a dozen seconds, Connor, who was using all his strength to condense the magic circle, was hit by Old Victor's mental attacks three times. Although Connor was already on guard, he was still hit so hard that he was dizzy and his head was buzzing. Upon closer inspection, he felt a slight warm flow in his ear. Connor did not wipe it away, but he knew that the warm flow was his own blood. He had been injured by Old Victor's mental attacks!

Ignoring his mental injuries, Connor continued to pour magic into the Castia magic circle, hoping it would solidify quickly. If he were to become distracted by his injuries and allow old Victor to emerge from the Castia magic circle, given old Victor's abilities, he wouldn't give him a second chance.

Seeing that Connor had seen through his scheme and ignored his mental attacks, old Victor's heart sank. He hadn't expected that this young fellow, whom he had watched rise from an ordinary person to become a high-level wizard apprentice like himself, would be so ruthless towards himself. This made old Victor's heart sink, but he didn't have any good way to change the current situation. The only way was to continue to persevere, resisting the formation of the magic circle while launching mental attacks on Connor, hoping that Connor would give up and abandon the formation of the magic circle!

Time ticked by, and the Castia Magic Circle, thanks to Connor's persistence, had already grown to more than two-thirds the height of old Victor. It seemed that old Victor was about to be trapped inside the Castia Magic Circle by Connor. However, at the same time, under old Victor's mental attack, Connor was also attacked and bled from all seven orifices, relying entirely on his willpower to persevere.

However, just as Connor felt that he was too exhausted and was about to give up, a blood-red vine shot out from a distance and attacked old Victor, who was trapped in the Castia magic circle!

Although his mental energy had sensed the crimson vines hurtling towards him, Old Victor's magic and mental energy were entirely focused on preventing the magic circle beneath his feet from condensing and attacking Connor. He had no time to pay attention to this sudden attack and could only watch helplessly as the crimson vines struck his shoulder. He shuddered and could no longer stop the Castia magic circle from condensing. Without Old Victor's intervention, the Castia magic circle instantly condensed, trapping Old Victor inside.

(End of this chapter)