Chapter 286: Ultimate Force: Construct Magic User

Whoosh! Responding to Saint Xi En was Su Su Su Nai Fa's decisive and firm drawing of the bow.

Her wrist flicked, drawing the bow like a full moon, and an arrow of enduring ice containing extreme cold had already condensed on the bowstring of 【Blizzard】.

An instant later, it left the string, tearing through the long sky, striking directly at Saint Xi En, who was still chattering endlessly.

Rian's face tightened; he had already experienced the power of the arrow of enduring ice just now.

The Fourth-Circle spell 【Flame Shield】 cast by rank-up spellcasting could only block one arrow of enduring ice.

This means that if he were not a Fifth-Circle magic user, the 【Flame Shield】 as a Fourth-Circle spell would not be able to block an arrow from Su Su Su Nai Fa, whose magic user level is also Fourth-Circle.

Just thinking about it, one can know how terrifying Su Su Su Nai Fa's combat power is at the same level.

But that was all.

Even if Su Su Su Nai Fa is invincible at the same level, so what? The gap between the Fifth-Circle and the Fourth-Circle is not something that can be crossed by being invincible at the same level.

Rian's heart moved, and the Zombie Behemoth under his feet erupted with rolling black mist at this moment.

These black mists boiled and surged, quickly gathering into a huge black air bomb, blasting toward the rapidly shooting arrow of enduring ice.

The two collided in the air.

With a boom, the huge air wave spread out like a violent storm, tearing the surrounding air to pieces.

The ice-blue magical light and the surging black mist intertwined and rolled in the air, as if two completely different forces were conducting an intense collision and contest.

In the end, the ice-blue magical light was still superior, extinguishing all the black mist.

It was just that after this confrontation, this arrow of enduring ice seemed to shrink, becoming more than one size smaller, and its speed also dropped sharply.

Bang! This weakened arrow of enduring ice finally just landed on the Zombie Behemoth under Rian's feet, just like exquisite porcelain, instantly shattering into countless tiny ice crystals.

The suddenly released cold condensed and covered the surface of the Zombie Behemoth's body with a layer of thin ice.

However, because the power remaining in the arrow was limited and the Zombie Behemoth's body was too huge, this layer of thin ice only covered the front half of the Zombie Behemoth's body and stopped abruptly.

This confrontation did not bring any threat to Rian, but it completely angered him: "Su Su Su Nai Fa, isn't it good to be your War Mother peacefully in Dezhen? Why do you have to come and find trouble with me!"

His voice had just fallen when a thick dark aura suddenly surged above Su Su Su Nai Fa's figure.

After Su Su Su Nai Fa shot the arrow of enduring ice, Rian manipulated the Zombie Behemoth to counter Su Su Su Nai Fa's attack, and he himself was not idle, likewise casting spells to attack.

That thick dark aura gathered, and an instant later, it formed a complex magic symbol.

That symbol radiated a strange light, erupting with a dazzling and deep black light, directly covering Su Su Su Nai Fa's body.

Su Su Su Nai Fa's face changed slightly.

This black light contained evil power, which was eroding her body, making her movements become sluggish.

Fourth-Circle necromantic spell 【Curse】! Cast a curse on the target, causing the target: one of strength, mental power, speed, mana, or reaction ability to be weakened; or elemental resistance, spell damage bonus weakened; or every spellcasting action has a 50% chance of failure.

And Rian chose the last one: every spellcasting action has a 50% chance of failure.

"The magic weapon held by Boreas himself indeed gives you the ability to threaten me, but the greater the power, the greater the consumption." Rian laughed loudly.

"May I ask, how many such arrows can you shoot?" His tone carried a hint of provocation.

Su Su Su Nai Fa's expression was solemn.

What Rian said was the truth.

【Blizzard】 allows her to almost dominate the Fourth-Circle, hard to find an opponent, and even possesses the terrifying combat power to kill a magic user of the same level in an instant.

But Saint Xi En Rian, relying on his Fifth-Circle magic user level, used the Fourth-Circle defensive spell cast by rank-up spellcasting to block 【Blizzard】's most ferocious offensive one by one.

To be honest, Su Su Su Nai Fa is only at the Fourth-Circle magic user level, yet she can just break the Fourth-Circle defensive spell cast by rank-up spellcasting; this combat power is already terrifyingly strong.

Under normal circumstances, ordinary Fourth-Circle magic users would find it very difficult to break Rian's 【Flame Shield】 even after exhausting all their means.

But for Su Su Su Nai Fa, this is not enough; what she needs is not just to break it, but to constitute a threat.

At this moment, she is like standing on a subtle boundary.

If the power of the arrow of enduring ice could be improved by another bit, the defensive spell cast by Rian would not be able to completely block Su Su Su Nai Fa's offensive, and he would have to be careful to deal with it, not being able to be as unscrupulous as he is now.

But that little bit of difference is like a chasm, impossible to cross.

And, just as Rian said, every arrow of enduring ice she shoots through 【Blizzard】, the mana required is extremely astonishing.

More importantly, Su Su Su Nai Fa is now also under the 【Curse】, and whether it is spellcasting or drawing the bow to shoot, there is a possibility of failure due to the interference of evil power.

What to do? Su Su Su Nai Fa felt the extreme cold coming from 【Blizzard】, and although the situation was incomparably severe, her heart was exceptionally calm, thinking about possible ways to break the situation in her mind.

While thinking, Su Su Su Nai Fa's body suddenly burst into a dazzling silver-white light.

This light erupted from her body, carrying an indescribable purity and cold, like holy light pouring down, wrapping her whole person in it.

With the flickering and flowing of the silver-white light, those evil forces that were entangled like shackles around her now seemed to have met their natural enemy, fleeing from her body one after another, turning into a black smoke and dissipating into nothingness.

Su Su Su Nai Fa's body, which had become sluggish due to the 【Curse】, recovered as before, and even her body was surrounded by a layer of faint light, making her movements more agile, and even providing her with subtle protection.

One spell possesses both purification and buff effects.

"Enduring ice spell..." Rian's expression turned stiff after seeing this scene.

The reason he chose to cast 【Curse】 was that for ordinary offensive spells, Su Su Su Nai Fa likely had ways to deal with them.

But 【Curse】 is different; as a Fourth-Circle necromantic spell, the curse it produces cannot be lifted, which means 【Dispel Magic】 is ineffective against it.

To counter 【Curse】, one needs to use higher-level or specific spells.

Such as 【Break Enchantment】, 【Limited Wish】, 【Remove Curse】.

Except for 【Remove Curse】, they are all spells higher than the Fourth-Circle, and Su Su Su Nai Fa, a Fourth-Circle magic user, certainly cannot cast them.

【Remove Curse】 is indeed a Fourth-Circle spell.

The problem is that among the spells that can be awakened by the ice-descendant bloodline, 【Remove Curse】 is not included.

And for a niche spell whose only effect is to remove curses on objects or creatures, the possibility of Su Su Su Nai Fa learning and mastering it additionally is too low, too low.

But who would have thought that the spell curse he carefully designed would be purified and lifted by Su Su Su Nai Fa like this.

Even Rian couldn't recognize what spell Su Su Su Nai Fa used to counter his 【Curse】, only being able to determine that it should be a kind of enduring ice spell.

Enduring ice spells are spells that only pure-blooded ice-descendants can awaken.

And pure-blooded ice-descendants are too rare, so enduring ice spells are extremely mysterious even for the people of the northern realm.

"The last pure-blooded ice-descendant of this generation, born of ice and snow..." Rian sighed incomparably, "It's truly enviable; if I hadn't advanced to the Fifth-Circle, what would I have to fight you with."

He still had the mood to sigh because he was confident, so he was incomparably calm.

Compared to Fourth-Circle magic users, Fifth-Circle magic users, apart from rank-up spellcasting, have a more direct suppression in Fifth-Circle spells. Every time a spell rises by one circle, its power and spell effect will improve by a large grade.

And Rian's advancement to the Fifth-Circle has actually been for some time, and he has not been lazy at all, so he has already mastered two Fifth-Circle spells, and both are offensive spells.

This doomed Su Su Su Nai Fa to be unable to turn the tables today.

"But now, you are definitely not my opponent." Rian arrogantly asserted.

"You are not his opponent."

At the same time, Gao De's steady voice came to Su Su Su Nai Fa's mind through the communication spell.

The same words, different meanings.

She shuddered, only then noticing that Gao De, who had quickly retreated from here after her hurried instructions, had actually returned quietly at some unknown time.

"My King, why did you come back..." Su Su Su Nai Fa, whose expression had remained calm in the face of Rian, finally couldn't maintain her calmness after discovering Gao De's return.

Facing the Fifth-Circle Rian, she was already in a state of being unable to protect herself, and had no spare energy to protect Gao De.

And for the Enduring Zhenbing tribe, Gao De is incomparably important; even in Su Su Su Nai Fa's heart, Gao De's safety is more important than her own life.

Therefore, her emotions inevitably fluctuated.

"Can you beat him?" Gao De continued to communicate with Su Su Su Nai Fa through the communication spell, his tone extremely steady, as if he were asking about an extremely ordinary matter.

"It's difficult..." Su Su Su Nai Fa gritted her teeth and admitted, not trying to be brave, but also without the slightest intention of retreating or fearing: "I will try my best to drag him down, we still have so many people here, and they will all try their best to drag him down. My King, you hurry and leave, return to Dezhen; with the Guardian Spirit Tree, even a Fifth-Circle magic user cannot offend us."

"My King, since the prophecy chose you, as long as you are here, the Enduring Zhenbing will inevitably rise; even if I am gone, it will still be the same." When saying this, a sense of determination flashed in Su Su Su Nai Fa's deep blue eyes.

"The Enduring Zhenbing tribe cannot be without Su Su Su Nai Fa." Gao De affirmed.

Su Su Su Nai Fa was just about to say something when she was suddenly surprised to find that Fu Luo La had actually flown to her side.

"The magic user let Lady Fu Luo La give it to you!" The next moment, Fu Luo La's clear and thin voice came to her ear.

Before she could react, Fu Luo La's figure had already disappeared in a flash.

This was Gao De temporarily canceling 【Summon Pet】, sending Fu Luo La to her exclusive space, which is what she calls the "little dark room."

"This is..."

Su Su Su Nai Fa's lips parted slightly, looking at the things that suddenly appeared in her hands.

It was a set of stacked parts shining with a faint light.

On these parts, silver and white light intertwined, and the surface was covered with complex and intricate runes and patterns.

They were like totem symbols, very mysterious, but different from totems, because they were as delicate as silk, and their arrangement followed specific logic and rules, possessing a certain precise and accurate beauty.

They were like a set of traditional battle robes, with parts including the head, body, and limbs, but compared to battle robes, they were more abstract and small, and the whole presented a streamlined shape, which was a bit like armor in this respect.

"Focus your mind on it, and then put it on." Gao De's decisive voice came to her mind again.

Upon advancing to the First-Circle, Gao De clearly realized the huge gap between First-Circle magic users and magic user apprentices.

If the gap between the lowest-level First-Circle magic users and magic user apprentices is so huge, how much more so is the gap between Fifth-Circle magic users and Fourth-Circle magic users?

Gao De was incomparably certain that even if Su Su Su Nai Fa were powerful, it would be very difficult for her to survive under Rian today.

But is there really no opportunity to break the situation?

Not entirely.

When He Xi introduced rune constructs to Gao De, he once said: In the magic user world, it is generally accepted that cross-rank combat is almost impossible; if it really happens, there is only one possibility, which is that the lower-circle magic user side is equipped with rune constructs.

Construct magic users are the ultimate force among magic users!

And as it happens, Gao De has been carrying a Fourth-Rank rune construct with him all along—【Breath of the Wilderness】.

Fourth-Rank rune construct + Su Su Su Nai Fa, who is invincible at the same level.

If He Xi wasn't "bragging," then Su Su Su Nai Fa, equipped with 【Breath of the Wilderness】, could definitely achieve cross-rank combat.

Clearly, He Xi, who is like a stone, is not someone who would "brag."

Rune constructs, even outside the northern realm, are absolutely rare items.

Let alone in this "primitive" place of the northern realm.

Therefore, although Su Su Su Nai Fa is the War Mother of the Enduring Zhenbing tribe, in fact, this was also the first time she had seen a rune construct in her life.

Hence, she didn't recognize what this was at all.

It wasn't just her; Rian was also the same. He noticed that Su Su Su Nai Fa suddenly had some things in her hands, but he didn't recognize what they were.

According to the saying of Gao De's hometown, both Su Su Su Nai Fa and Rian should be called "hillbillies."

But it doesn't matter if they don't recognize rune constructs, because Su Su Su Nai Fa had already subconsciously focused her spiritual intent on 【Breath of the Wilderness】 according to Gao De's instructions.

The next moment, the surfaces of the many parts of 【Breath of the Wilderness】 flowed with a gorgeous light, as if they had been activated.

All the parts suddenly floated up, as if pulled by an invisible force, turning into streaks of illusory scale light covering Su Su Su Nai Fa's whole body, one by one sticking tightly to her body, wrapping her in them.

Amidst the mottled radiance, these parts quickly solidified, changing from illusory light to reality, arming Su Su Su Nai Fa.

The scale light shone, and in the majesty, there was a bit of magnificence.

【Breath of the Wilderness】 is a battle-robe-style rune construct, with silver and white as the main color scheme.

The combination of these two colors makes the overall visual effect both noble and mysterious, and it matches Su Su Su Nai Fa's attire and even her temperament, and there is even a feeling that it was custom-made for her.

Perhaps, this is also God's will.

After arming Su Su Su Nai Fa, in order to perfectly fit her body shape, they expanded a lot.

This is the "adaptive inclusion" rune effect that comes with 【Breath of the Wilderness】.

With the expansion of the overall parts, the runes on them also became much clearer.

Finally, when all the parts were precisely spliced into place, the lines of those runes were suddenly activated, suddenly flashing with dazzling silver-white light.

The light quickly spread to every corner of the battle robe, giving the originally cold parts a vitality like life.

All the rune lines flashed, intertwining into a brilliant light net.

At the same time, some information was transmitted into Su Su Su Nai Fa's mind: 【Breath of the Wilderness】 (Fourth-Rank rune construct): Rune effects: Fourth-level elemental resistance, Fourth-level sturdiness, Fourth-level agility, Fourth-level spell damage bonus, adaptive inclusion.

Construct effects: The wearer's physical strength recovery speed increased by 57%, mana recovery speed increased by 62%, and mana consumption for spellcasting reduced by 31%.

When the wearer stands on the ground with both feet, the above effects will double.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 287 =====