You are all my wings!

Or was she held back by something else?

Lyon continued into meditation.

After savoring the moment, Iris quickly entered a meditative state.

However, she was cautious, worried that monsters might attack, so she didn't fully immerse herself in the experience.

Unbeknownst to Lyon, the cold wave, which had already reached 90%, was rapidly intensifying, successfully reaching 99% in the sixth hour of Lyon's meditation.

Just then, he heard a deafening explosion in the distance.

"Ophimosa has caught up?"

Chapter 225 Advancement Plan, King-Level Battlefield

Iris also woke up at the same time.

Lyon gazed at the horizon, towards the main road, and from the aftershocks, he could tell that the battle was quite intense.

"Iris, you stay here and keep watch with Britta. I'll be right back."

With Leon's agility combined with Shadow Leap's stealth and speed, even Ophimasso alone would have a hard time catching up with him, unlike the previous situation where he was with two people.

"Okay, then be careful, don't make a mistake like last time."

Iris knew she was not as agile as Leon, so she did not persist.

In fact, she had guessed that it might be Ophimaso, but if Leon went alone, he could attack or retreat at will, while if she went with him, apart from magical clashes and dazzling flying magic, it seemed that she really couldn't retreat easily.

Although spellcasters often possess far greater destructive power, when faced with a master whose agility is far superior, it is easy for them to be like a cannon blasting a mosquito.

Of course, if one can easily unleash superior or even king-level magic, then even if the opponent's agility far surpasses one's own, one will not be afraid.

As for Iris's concern, Leon smiled:

"Row."

Surely Ophie Marceau won't have to take another bath this time?

With a flash, he disappeared from the spot.

The battle in the distance is most likely Ophimasso's.

Judging from the previous situation, the opponent is most likely another strong member of the Silver Badge Magic Phantom Troupe.

With his current strength, he is actually no longer capable of intervening in such a high-intensity battlefield.

Previous monster tide battles were chaotic, with monsters losing their minds and mostly engaging in melee combat. Players could use phantom skills to take advantage of the chaos.

Now, however, these are all battles between experts at the sixth-tier level, and the intensity is completely different.

Unless you can become even stronger, it will be difficult to even find a bargain.

No... I do have a quick way to become stronger.

Having already mastered two perfect-level intermediate skills and one 99% cold wave skill, with my current level of knowledge, I can consider using materials from powerful fifth-tier monsters as materials for my elemental mage advancement.

Of course, this is also riskier than advancing as a Shadow Walker.

Before he advanced to the Shadow Walker rank, although his fourth-tier combat skills were not as perfectly mastered as his magic, his physique was quite good. His average strength and physique were comparable to some weak fifth-tier warriors, and his agility was even higher.

In addition, the knowledge gained by warrior-type professions when advancing in rank is mainly technical knowledge, and if one's physique is strong enough, one's safety is high enough.

Therefore, despite skipping two major levels and using materials from powerful monsters, he still succeeded.

The knowledge gained by spellcasters when they advance in rank is mainly based on magical imagery and physical principles.

If you cannot quickly absorb knowledge or do not have the corresponding basic mental capacity and knowledge level when advancing to a higher level, you will fail to advance.

Failure to advance in spellcaster-type professions causes more severe brain damage.

Damage inside the brain is so severe that even ordinary intermediate-level healing magic might not be able to heal it, so the risk is much greater than that of the Shadow Walker.

Although the two perfect-level spells were powerful, he had never had such a thing in his previous life, and he was unsure whether they could help him absorb this powerful fifth-tier material.

If he has mastered a superior spell, he can confidently use powerful fifth-tier spellcasting materials to upgrade it, because he has already verified this operation in his previous life.

"Although fourth-tier powerful materials are also good, since there has been a precedent, I still can't help but want to try fifth-tier powerful materials."

As he ran, Lyon pondered how to become stronger in a short time while carefully observing the situation in the distance.

The simplest and most direct way for him to quickly become stronger is to upgrade his Elemental Mage class to Tier 3 or his Shadow Walker class to Tier 4.

And he did indeed have some powerful monster materials that he had collected during the previous monster battlefield.

The best material is none other than the silk-spitting mouthparts of a powerful sixth-tier Shadow Demon Spider. In addition to possessing the characteristics of shadow etherealization and materialization, it also has the additional characteristic of shadow curse.

It was precisely because of the characteristics of the Shadow Curse that the Shadow Spider caused great trouble for Ophimaso's army, making their early progress slow.

These are materials he intends to use for upgrading to the fourth tier of Phantom Walker.

The key issue with using this material is that you must master at least one Tier 5 combat skill, and your proficiency level cannot be low, otherwise the risk of failure is quite high.

In theory, with his current physique and accumulated experience, he could directly advance to the fourth rank using inferior materials, with little risk.

The achievements should be sufficient.

However, this would result in a smaller increase in strength, wasting an opportunity to stack special abilities, and would definitely make the character weaker in the late game.

His true intention was to wait until his combat skills were further upgraded to the fifth tier and he had a high level of proficiency before considering using materials from the Shadowless Demon Spider to upgrade them, thereby gaining a huge boost and allowing him to surpass long-lived species with a human body.

The other materials were also things he had scavenged along the way. There weren't many; only two of them were from fifth-tier powerful materials, while the rest were fourth-tier, which were not worth mentioning to him at the moment.

The two powerful fifth-tier items are the tongues of the Water-Swallowing Ape and the Red-Eyed Fire Lizard, both of which are spellcasting materials. The former is water-based, and the latter is fire-based.

Although it's not as good as the elemental magic ring with balanced four elements when he advances to the second tier, it has the advantage of specialization. He can consider strengthening one element at the first tier, such as strengthening the earth or fire element characteristics when he advances to the third tier, which would match his two perfect intermediate-level spells perfectly.

But as I said before, it's too risky for an elemental mage to use powerful fifth-tier materials to advance to the next tier right now. He was still torn between waiting until he mastered another advanced spell or testing the effects of perfect mastery.

While pondering, Leon decided to observe the battle first before considering whether it was necessary to advance to the next rank immediately.

If possible, he would certainly like to do his best at every rank, stacking enough attributes and characteristics so that he can be strong enough at higher ranks.

By this time, he had reached the outskirts of the battlefield.

Because the sacred mural was not far from the main road, he only ran four or five kilometers before quickly arriving at the outer edge of the battlefield. He stood on a tall rock wall and gazed at the magnificent battle below.

The battle scene was truly astonishing.

A massive tornado tore through the dome and swept for thousands of meters, while a colossal sword beam, hundreds of meters long, clashed with it, creating a magnificent scene that seemed to pierce through the heavens and earth.

On the ground, scorching lava flowed everywhere, engulfing large areas of dark jungle and dry rock walls. Wherever it passed, heat rose, and the ground ahead seemed to have transformed into a wide, deep red lava lake.

High up on the cliff, several figures moved so fast they were almost invisible to the naked eye, leaping and fighting rapidly. The piercing clang of metal against metal echoed for thousands of meters.

High in the sky, strong winds whistled and cold currents howled, constantly colliding.

Along the main road, all the hidden weak monsters suffered, injured by various aftershocks, truly demonstrating what it means to have corpses strewn across the land and blood flowing like rivers.

On the lava lake formed by magic, there were also larger monsters struggling, their bodies hissing and constantly emitting black smoke.

Further away, one huge sword mark after another ran through the main road, completely tearing open the passage that was originally closed under the dense jungle. Standing above and looking down, it looked like a straight road connecting to the distance. This was obviously a handiwork left by Ophimaso before the war.

Ophimosa actually got carried away and used all sorts of superior and king-level combat techniques to clear a path.

A terrifying woman.

A glance revealed that the two sides in the battle were indeed a group of core sixth-tier cadres from Ophimaso and three strong sixth-tier experts from the Silver Badge Group.

Good grief, should I thank the Silver Badge Magic Phantom Troupe for stopping the crazed Ophimaso?

No, they should be thanking themselves for sending them an Orpheus who had left the camp alone and was quite exhausted.

That's not right either; I can't just let them kill Ophimaso like that.

Judging from the situation on the field, it is clear that Ophimasso's side is at a disadvantage.

That powerful sixth-tier mage, Moriarty, was incredibly strong; he single-handedly took down Moren and his group.

A single king-level magic tornado was enough to overwhelm several warriors, leaving them breathless.

Chapter 226 Ophimasso at a Disadvantage

Lyon surveyed the battlefield and recognized the powerful sixth-tier mage.

Moriarty Drenforth, Old Silver Coin, shares the title of Doctor of Magic with Chiron.

This guy is no ordinary person either. In the original storyline, after the Holy Blood School was gradually wiped out of most of its forces in the struggle against Britta, he took the opportunity to steal Andrio's experimental subjects, kidnapped Cetus, and discovered the talent of Cetus's daughter Cetusty, training her to be a heartless killing magician.

This Zek'te will also grasp the essence of the Magic Crown and the Ice Slowing Magic at the end of the third part, becoming the only top master among humans to master ice slowing magic.

Furthermore, due to her hidden rare talent in the Time element, she continued to explore this magic, and by the end of the fourth part, when it became an epic-level spell, she developed the Ice Reduction Magic into a terrifying technique that could freeze the magic of gods.

Freezing the magic of gods with an epic body is a first in human history.

As the second female lead in the third part and the third female lead in the fourth part, she made outstanding contributions in several boss battles and was one of the few female leads who successfully survived to the end of the fourth part.

On the contrary, Terena Michel Hoynpis, the first female lead who is active in the third book along with Kekketi, is Chiron's granddaughter and Langley's daughter. Although she was born into a magical family and has unparalleled beauty, she lacks magical talent and is often bullied by other noble ladies because of the bizarre story of her mother's virgin pregnancy.

Of course, it cannot be denied that Terena's outstanding beauty was also the reason why she was bullied by girls her own age.

Furthermore, the core reason for the family's decline is that Chiron, the quintessential figure who upheld the family's prestige, disappeared unexpectedly when Terena was young (they both fell into the Great Falls of the Water City during their duel with Moriarty in the early part of the second book), and his fate remains unknown.

It wasn't until she spent the first half of her life in Chiron's library that she unexpectedly discovered the unknown secrets of ancient mechanical magic, and through this discovery, she unearthed her unique talent, perfected the theory of new magic, and began to usher in the highlight of her life.

Of course, there were many other tragic events in Terena's life before this.

Because of her personal persistence and the covetousness of others for her beauty, she encountered setbacks at every turn.

Ultimately, she was forced to sacrifice herself at the end of the third book. She rose like a meteor and fell just as quickly, making her arguably the most tragic heroine in the four-part series "Sword, Magic and Holy Land".

Getting back to the main point, Moriarty is a very formidable villain. He possesses a wide range of magic, casts spells quickly, and has a high level of magical reserves. He is adept at using King-level and Superior-level magic to overwhelm his opponents, and he is also skilled at using various minor spells to create traps and eliminate his opponents at the lowest possible cost.

Leon's fighting style, both in his previous life and in this one, is partly derived from this guy.

In order to beat Moriarty and master his fighting style, he died at least a thousand times.

now.

We can see that the wind direction has changed again.

A king-level tornado successfully split the battlefield, allowing Moriarty to focus on dealing with four warrior-type experts: Moron, Seid, Xuertuo, and Ophimaso. Various traps created by minor magic fragmented the four's fighting strength, preventing them from forming a combined force.

The incredibly agile M'shifisu successfully intercepted Timia, using speed to suppress Timia's casting space and prevent her from assisting her teammates.

Another curse caster, Durump, stood quietly in a corner at the back, seemingly performing a long incantation.

The lava on the ground was probably created by Timia's ultimate attack. It seems that she launched this attack against Moriarty, but the sneak attack failed.

Timia is quite strong; she is probably the second best player among her teammates, only behind Ophimaso.

However, her fighting style is countered by M'shifisu, and her spellcasting is restricted, so it seems that she can only defend herself at present.

The tide is clearly turning in favor of the silver medal group.

Lyon observed for a moment, then shook his head inwardly.

"Ophimaso's combat strength has obviously declined a lot. Is it because she spent too much magic and stamina while opening up the main road on the 41st floor in order to find me? She should have been carrying recovery potions with her. It seems that her mental load has reached its limit. After all, she used seven or eight times more combat skills than the last monster tide."

He clearly couldn't stand by and watch his future wife perish at Moriarty's hands.

Although he hasn't agreed to marry Ophie Marceau yet, and their affection level has only just crossed the lovers' line.

But in his heart, Ophimasso was already his wife, whose future would never waver!

However, although Ophimosa is the female lead and has the protagonist's halo, she shouldn't be easy to die.

But things can change. The plot has already deviated quite a bit from the original work, and Leon can hardly guarantee that the luck of the main heroine, Orpheus, will be able to protect her and help her survive in this situation.

In other words, I still have to take a gamble.

After much thought, Lyon realized that unless he upgraded his elemental mage to the third tier to enhance his class bonuses and attributes, he wouldn't be able to participate in this battle.

As for the fifth-tier reinforcements to bring Ophimaso, they are probably scattered and searching for him, making it difficult to gather them together. Bringing only one or two teams is simply not enough, otherwise Timia and the others would have been able to call them long ago.

Unless we can find Kairon, but he's not in Orpheus's core circle of cadres, and he's only on secondment, it's uncertain where he is now slacking off.

Leon wanted to intervene in the battle, not to win, but simply to help his men escape.

Even if escape is impossible, you can use strategy to take down the curse master first to prevent him from making a move in secret.