The seemingly plain but actually highly corrosive black liquids were gradually enshrouded by redness. No matter how the Dark Jellyfish performed his naturally-endowed talents and abilities, it was impossible for him to break out of the magic circles that could transform anyone into the status of primeval devils because of the corrosion of the eight magic circles of blood sacrifice.
At this moment, Harex, who was holding the gold trident, uttered the intricate, unpredictable words in a language that was different from the languages that Lucien knew. The water seemed to be surging out of the void around.
Centered at the Blue Key, which appeared like a gem, the gold trident emitted a brilliant blue light. At every pointy end, an illusionary swirl that was so blue that it was almost black protruded and spun, raising a flow of brightness that was like seawater.
Like the saltwater intrusion, the light flowed back to the magic circle, nullifying the natural-born talents of Dark Jellyfish Tyers. The black liquids that corroded the magic circle stopped wriggling.
“Water’s Tolerance!” How could Tyers not recognize Harex’s famous quasi-magic ability? He was both shocked and infuriated, but it was impossible for him to escape from the range of the effect because of the many magic circles. He could only try to resist it.
“Water’s Tolerance…” Lucien wrote down the ability of the emperor of the sea clans that the Congress of Magic always wanted to duplicate but never succeeded. It could neutralize, nullify, and melt most supernatural powers, and it could tell friends from foes. It was a supernatural power that was as good as “Advanced Time Stop”, “Luxury Cracking”, “Paradise of Stars”, and other special legendary spells.
Only by becoming the emperor of the sea clans and controlling the trident, “Emperor’s Grasp”, could they perform the complete version of “Water’s Tolerance” by activating the power of the Blue Key on it. The core of the Emperor’s Grasp was crafted with the legendary material, “Blue Key”.
The watery light cleansed everything, rendering Tyers’ resistance useless. His blue liquids had turned red. Unable to escape, he found it impossible to suppress the desperation, pain, and anger in his heart.
His status had subtle reverberations with the negative feelings around that were almost concrete. Therefore, he was no longer as transparent and fluid as a bag that was full of water. Instead, deep black and red were added to the thickness, devastating anyone who saw it.
Lucien carefully recorded every tiny change and all the functions of all the weird runes. Although he had experienced a similar status transformation before, he had been through it as a recipient. He knew what happened to him very well, but he lacked the overall knowledge and did not know the changes in the outside world. He did not know the specific function of magic circles either. Therefore, Harex’s transformation of the Dark Jellyfish gave Lucien a chance to complete his files. It was a rare “real experiment”.
At this moment, seeing that the Dark Jellyfish already lost the ability to resist, Harex suddenly turned around and uttered a word that sounded like waves slapping the shoreline. His crimson and cold eyes immediately filled Lucien’s horizon.
“Crap. I’ve been caught!” The projection of the Host Star of Destiny inside Lucien’s soul immediately sensed something.
The blue brightness on the gold trident in Harex’s hands immediately turned dark. The swirls on every pointy end were even more intense, and the same swirls were appearing in the void around Lucien. They revolved so fast that they seemed to be absorbing everything.
Hualala.
The seawater outside of the hollow, which was affected by the swirls, surged in and filled the swirls, making them concrete all of a sudden. Lucien’s body and soul were torn.
“Death Swirl…” The elven queen and Harex had fought many times. As her ally, the Congress of Magic certainly had abundant files about the Master of the Boundless Ocean. Therefore, Lord of Mysteries recognized that it was one of Harex’s five most powerful abilities. It might not be as weird and unique as “Water’s Tolerance”, but it was much more explosive and ferocious.
Torn by the illusionary and solid swirls, Lucien, who had removed the special status of “Underground Master”, sensed the horror of the top legends again. Also, Harex was apparently not as heavily wounded as what Doris and the sea elves thought. His control over the environment was much stronger than what Lucien had expected!
A delicate silver pocket watch appeared in Lucien’s right hand, and the second hand on it was ticking. It was filled with the feeling of the eternal flow of time.
Crack.
Lucien pressed his right hand, and the deep blueness around him faded into devastating grayness. The rapidly-revolving swirls came to an abrupt halt. Frozen around Lucien densely, they were like special embossments.
After being improved with the Time Plate, Lucien’s Moon Timer had reached level three of legendary. Also, since it was a unique legendary item that was closely connected to his own cognitive world, the effect of the Moon Timer was close to the peak of legendary!
In the frozen time and space, Lucien stepped back and blinked away from the Death Swirl. In the meantime, he extended his left hand and let out a spell that sounded like a raging wind.
“Storm Barrier!”
This time, there was no tornado, no storm, no heat, and no freezing coldness, but only a vacuum, where electric arcs were bouncing.
The bolts of lightning struck the pillars in the palace, collapsing them all of a sudden and surrounding Harex who was affected by Time Stop on the altar.
However, it was not Lucien’s purpose to trap Harex with the Storm Barrier. He was only trying to create a vacuum. The intense air of destruction suddenly spread out of his extended left hand.
Right when Lucien was about to launch his spell, the Blue Key from Harex’s trident suddenly glowed in the grayness. The vague blueness got Harex out of the space-time restraint immediately.
Under the watch of his cold and indifferent eyes, the Death Swirl revolved again, and the seawater melted into the Storm Barrier.
The electric arcs struck his body along the seawater, but they could not shake his blue scales at all.
Under such circumstances, it was naturally impossible for Lucien to launch Positron Cannon. He could only swallow the recoil and disrupt the cast, or it would explode right in front of him, which would be dangerous even though he had “Space Staff”!
Lucien had used “Advanced Time Stop” in order to get rid of “Death Swirl”. It did not occur to him that Harex would be affected despite the Blue Key. Now that Harex was indeed affected by the effect of Time Stop, how could Lucien let go of such a rare opportunity!
However, out of his expectation, it was only Harex’s trap. He intentionally got caught in “Advanced Time Stop” and activated the Blue Key that he prepared in advance at the critical moment, thus disrupting the performance of Lucien’s spell!
Although he couldn’t have known the specialness of Lucien’s “Positron Cannon”, his boldness, decisiveness, and sordidness still taught Lucien a lesson about the horror of top legends.
Suddenly, Harex’s right hand exerted strength as he threw out the gold trident at Lucien as if it were a javelin. At the same time, a deep dark ocean of death appeared behind his back.
BOOM!
The ocean of death behind Harex burst out a terrifying tsunami. Wherever the gold trident enshrouded in blueness reached, real or illusionary tsunamis were on a rampage too. The ground at the bottom of the ocean protruded, and magma was erupting, blocking Lucien’s escape.
Also, the swirls were disappearing and the water was separating where the gold trident pointed. It was the most depressing calmness before the storm.
It was exactly one of Harex’s strongest abilities, “Emperor’s Fury”!
The gold trident was as fast as Natasha’s “Sword of Truth”. Lucien, who had just recovered from the recoil of his magic, had no time to dodge it or jump away from the siege. He could only perform the defensive legendary spell that he was best at.
“Space Staff!”
As the light gathered and the staff took shape, different spaces seemed to be appearing around Lucien.
After the gold trident hit the layers of space, the blackish swirls appeared on its three pointy ends again and surrounded the Blue Key. As a result, the spaces and the defenses were melted one after another. There seemed to be nothing that could stop it from pressing forward!
However, it did give Lucien an opportunity to use legendary items. Light spots in countless different colors popped up on the Robe of Grand Arcanists, establishing a translucent shield of colors.
Crack!
Countless holes appeared in Elemental Protection under Emperor’s Fury. However, at this moment, thanks to the offset, the blockage of “magma” around was not as impenetrable as just now. Therefore, Lucien activated “Magic Order” in advance and disappeared where he was, blinking away.
Hualala.
As Harex uttered, the place where Lucien just disappeared from was filled by countless new tiny swirls!
Since Lucien had performed so many spells just now, Harex naturally had enough time to cast a “Death Swirl” again. If Lucien hadn’t run as fast, even if he wouldn’t be killed on the spot, he wouldn’t have felt too good about it either!
It was the first time that Lucien fought a top legend for real, unlike the past when he relied on castle defense or when the enemy arrived only as projections. Therefore, he had truly sensed the gap between himself and those at the peak of the legendary level. He was perhaps as good as Harex in terms of the power of attack and Time Effect, but there was still a major gap when all things were considered.
The gold trident had returned to Harex’s hand at some point. He said solemnly, “You’re very strong. At the very least, I regard you as an opponent of the same level as me. However, in any case, I am a top legend, and you are not. If we were in any other place, I would be able to defeat you, but I could never kill you. I couldn’t even stop you from escaping. However, of all the places, you have come to the Blue Gate.”
He spoke so casually as if everything was under his control.
