Chapter 279

That's why he was able to take on Mengying's Seventh-Rank attack!

However, a holy artifact is only an artifact, not a person.

No matter how fine a holy artifact, the energy within it cannot possibly be infinite.

The moment the eighth fireball slammed down, the light shield emitted by the Glazed Ring began to tremble.

Oliver couldn't help feeling a little panicked.

He was a Magister, not a warrior.

If he were a warrior, he could rely on his body's speed and flee under the cover of this light shield!

But he was a Magister—his body wasn't even as good as a First Rank warrior's, so there was simply no way to escape!

At this rate, he was done for!

He was a genius Magister!

To die just like this—Oliver was unwilling!

Moreover, according to information the butler had revealed, he was someone who, in the future, had the hope of becoming a top-tier great noble!

How could he die here!

Oliver let out a furious roar of unwillingness. Taking advantage of the Glazed Ring's light shield blocking Mengying's attack, he recklessly launched a counterattack!

Casting that small forbidden spell, even with the Glazed Ring, his expenditure was considerable.

But he still had strength in reserve!

"Lightning strike!"

Oliver was a lightning-system mage, and his magic was, shockingly, lightning!

Lightning's speed was extremely fast. In the sky, a thick bolt of lightning struck toward Mengying.

Mengying's expression didn't change. With a slight wave of her other hand, several enormous shields composed of red fire elements blocked that bolt of lightning.

Although Mengying didn't have a holy artifact like the Glazed Ring, her defensive magic was equally astonishing. How could a Sixth-Rank Oliver possibly harm him?

Still unwilling to give up, Oliver continued his death throes, sending one magic attack after another at Mengying.

Around them, tens of thousands of commoners and nobles had long since fled far away.

Watching two Gao Jie mages duel, they were thoroughly engrossed.

And among the crowd, the faces of those few noble young ladies grew paler and paler.

They watched Mengying fly into the sky and effortlessly shatter one of Oliver's powerful spells; they watched Mengying launch fireball after fireball, pinning Oliver down completely.

They watched Mengying, Facing a Sixth-Rank Oliver's attacks, handle them with ease—so much so that it didn't even affect her suppression of Oliver, who possessed a holy artifact!

Even if they were unwilling to admit it, at this point they had to admit that Mengying was already a Magister.

No—a Grand Magister!

Even more terrifying than a Magister!

Seventeen years old, a Grand Magister!

Those few noble young ladies who knew Mengying's identity were scared out of their wits.

Only now did they truly feel afraid.

Not like before, when they had been scolded by their fathers and still felt resentful in their hearts!

This was fear rising from the very depths of their souls.

They finally recognized the gap between Mengying and themselves.

They also realized that Mengying was simply not someone they could afford to offend.

Not just them.

Even their fathers, their families, amounted to nothing before Mengying.

The Slo family, hundreds of times more powerful than their own, had been beaten so badly by Mengying—three thousand warriors slaughtered in an instant, a Sixth-Rank Magister pinned down so completely he couldn't lift his head.

What did their little noble status amount to?

At this moment, those few noble young ladies were utterly regretful.

Each and every one of them had an ashen face, hiding behind their respective fathers, terrified that Mengying would notice them, yet unable to stop themselves from peeking out!

It was simply because Mengying's display was too overwhelmingly powerful!

A battle like this—who would want to miss it!

"Ahhh!"

Oliver was going mad.

The Glazed Ring's light shield was about to break. Even with the Glazed Ring blocking Mengying's attacks, he could go all-out on the counterattack and still do absolutely nothing to Mengying.

Once the light shield was gone, he could only defend with everything he had!

What he couldn't figure out was why Mengying's magic-casting speed was so fast.

While attacking, she could still defend!

If it were One Seventh-Rank Magister instead, facing Oliver's attacks, he wouldn't dare be careless and could only defend. Once that Seventh-Rank Magister defended, Oliver could find some openings.

But Mengying's offensive magic came one after another, and her defensive magic came just as relentlessly!

This left even Oliver, who possessed a holy artifact, unable to bear it!

Seeing that the light shield was about to shatter, Oliver madly drained his mana and launched his fiercest attack.

However, his attacks before Mengying... had absolutely no effect!

Then... the light shield shattered!

"Boom!"

A massive fireball over three meters in diameter slammed down.

Oliver could no longer spare attention for attacking and cast his defensive magic with everything he had!

Then he fully understood why the Grand Archmage had that extra "Grand"!

Without this glazed ring, he wouldn't have lasted a single round against Meng Ying!

Oliver is dead!

Where he stood, the ground had been blasted into a massive crater; even the holy artifact in his hand, its energy exhausted, was completely destroyed!

"Whoosh!"

Seeing the Slough family's Grand Archmage slain, those around erupted in shock.

After killing Oliver, Meng Ying didn't even glance his way; she spoke coolly:

"Move out. Today, the Slough family will be eradicated!"

Two thousand winged warrior units surged forward, filling the sky as they flew toward the Slough family's territory.

The blue-robed administrative official was so terrified he dared not refuse to guide them!

"Hurry, let's all go see!"

"Oliver's been killed—Yan Kingdom is pulling the Slough family up by the roots!"

"The Slough family is finished. Even the gods can't save them!"

"I hope the Hiling Kingdom won't go to war with Yan Kingdom!"

The tens of thousands watching around them erupted in frenzy.

They surged wildly toward the Slough family's territory, shouting loudly as they went.

What they had just witnessed was utterly shocking!

Yan Kingdom's first appearance was so overwhelming: facing the Slough family's hostility, they slaughtered three thousand of their warriors without mercy. Even when the Archmage Oliver intervened, ready to turn the tide by using a holy artifact to annihilate Yan's forces, he was killed outright by their Grand Archmage!

Such a thing hadn't happened in many years!

To many, it felt as though this day would change everything!