novelraw Chapter 40: The Minister of Magic's Final Trap!
Chapter 40: The Minister of Magic's Final Trap!
"Boom—!!!"
A deafening explosion instantly tore through the air!
The raging white lightning serpent bit fiercely at the rapidly spinning azure rune barrier!
The blinding light illuminated the entire forest clearing as if it were daytime, and a huge energy shockwave spread out in a ring, snapping the surrounding trees in half and turning their branches and leaves into ashes!
This time, the ground was plowed into larger and deeper scorched trenches, with smoke and dust mixed with arcs of electricity and magical debris churning wildly!
Xu San and Xu Si, standing on the sidelines, instinctively raised their arms to shield their eyes from the dazzling light.
Feng Baobao squinted, but her eyes remained fixed straight ahead.
An unusual data fluctuation flashed across the intelligence minister's tablet screen, and a look of anticipation, as if he were about to witness a good show, flickered in his eyes.
The core of the game,
The hexagonal light barrier in front of the Minister of Magic trembled violently, emitting a sharp, teeth-grinding "sizzle-sizzle-" sound!
The azure runes flickered wildly, their light fading and shifting, while fine cracks spread across their surface, only to be barely mended by the power of magic.
Those eyes, which always held a dazed look, were now filled with absolute focus.
He pushed forward steadily with both hands, maintaining the barrier's output. Magic power poured into the barrier like a flood, resisting the impact of the raging thunder.
A quarter of the total magic power, limited by the rules, is about to be exhausted!
It's now!
Zhang Chulan's eyes flashed with a sharp light!
He had been waiting for this stalemate moment of all-out confrontation!
All of the opponent's attention and all of their magical output will inevitably be drawn to that roaring thunder dragon!
He decisively severed his mental connection with the "little white worm," letting the raging lightning continue to autonomously assault the Minister of Magic's barrier.
This is not giving up, but handing over control to inertia, allowing it to continue its consuming mission!
At the same time, Zhang Chulan unhesitatingly and desperately squeezed out the last bit of Qi in his body, which had almost drained his bone marrow, and poured it all into his legs!
"Whoosh—!"
Zhang Chulan's figure vanished from the spot like a ghost, leaving only a faint golden afterimage!
The target wasn't the Minister of Magic's front, but rather the absolute blind spot in his line of sight—his side and rear—as he struggled to maintain the barrier!
The Minister of Magic's vision was completely overwhelmed by the surging, all-consuming white lightning ahead.
My ears were filled with deafening thunder and the crackling sound of the barrier breaking down.
All his senses seemed to be occupied by that positive, destructive force, leaving him no time to pay attention to him.
now,
Zhang Chulan pushed his speed to the limit, silently circling around to the side and behind the Minister of Magic.
He looked at the slender figure with its back to him, its hands pushing forward, its body trembling slightly, struggling against the "little white worm," and a resolute glint flashed in his eyes.
The Golden Light Mantra had long since dimmed to the point of near extinction, but he still pushed the last wisp of golden light clinging to his fist to its limit.
This might be the only "defense" and "attack" tactic he can muster at this moment.
"Sorry, Xiaobai."
Zhang Chulan silently recited the victory in his heart, a sense of exhaustion lingering within him.
"It seems I've won this duel."
Before he finished speaking, his fist, gathering its last bit of strength and carrying a do-or-die spirit, tore through the billowing dust and silently but swiftly struck the Minister of Magic's unsuspecting back!
His fist was only a millimeter away from the slightly oversized magician's robe!
however……
At this critical moment, Zhang Chulan's pupils suddenly contracted!
An indescribable chill instantly shot from my spine to the top of my head!
wrong!
This is really not right!
The figure was trembling slightly, and a faint but undeniable fluctuation of magical power emanated from its body, but why...?
Why didn't it react at all to its own high-speed attack from the side and rear?
There wasn't even the slightest instinctive muscle tension?
Those innocent-looking eyes, which should have been reflecting the lightning ahead, now appeared empty and lifeless from Zhang Chulan's perspective, as if...
It looks like nothing more than an exquisitely crafted doll?!
"Oh no! It's an illusion?!"
Alarm bells were ringing wildly in Zhang Chulan's mind, and the immense sense of crisis made his hair stand on end!
Without a second thought, almost entirely driven by his fighting instincts, he frantically tried to squeeze out the last bit of vital energy in his body—energy that might not even exist—and channel it into his legs once more for an extreme dodge!
But—it's too late!
That punch had exhausted the last of the golden light clinging to his fist and drained the last bit of strength from his body.
At this moment, his dantian was empty, his meridians were dry and painful, and even moving his fingers felt extremely heavy. How could he possibly squeeze out even a trace of qi?
Despair overwhelmed him instantly, like a cold tide!
Just then—
"Splash—"
As if the calm water had been broken, less than three meters in front of Zhang Chulan, on a low tree branch that seemed to be empty, the surrounding scenery distorted and dissipated like a faded curtain!
A figure,
As if stripped from the void, it became clearly visible—it was the Minister of Magic!
He did not appear by teleportation.
Instead, it cleverly uses some kind of magic to refract light, perfectly disguising itself and blending into the surrounding environment, like an invisible mirror!
His aura was perfectly concealed.
The magical fluctuations were also suppressed to the minimum, blending into the environment, until now when it actively removed its disguise!
The Minister of Magic stood calmly on a tree branch, his signature innocent eyes fixed on Zhang Chulan, a hint of... understanding that the experiment was over?
His raised right index finger was aimed directly at Zhang Chulan, whose defenses were wide open from attacking the illusion with all his might, and whose old strength had been exhausted and new strength had not yet been generated.
At the fingertip, a pure and condensed magical radiance, like a miniature star, exudes a gentle yet deadly aura, rapidly coalescing into shape!
Zhang Chulan stiffly turned his head away.
Looking at the phantom of the "Minister of Magic" beside him, which had been completely devoured by the "little white worm" and shattered like a bubble in the violent lightning, he then looked at the real figure on the tree branch whose fingers were radiating magical light.
A bitter taste instantly filled my mouth.
"Heh... In the end... I still got tricked..."
This was the only thought left in Zhang Chulan's mind.
All the scheming and all the outbursts seemed so futile in the face of the opponent's absolute strength and meticulous calculations.
Seeing the Minister of Magic's finger about to strike, and witnessing that deadly glint of magical power, Zhang Chulan completely gave up struggling.
He was exhausted; his Qi was depleted, and his body felt as heavy as if it were filled with lead.
He closed his eyes slowly, resigned and with a hint of helplessness and defeat.
The last glimmer of the Golden Light Mantra went out completely, and he stood quietly in place, waiting for the expected "end".