[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-ascend-to-the-divine-throne-through-arcane-mea":3,"chapter-i-ascend-to-the-divine-throne-through-arcane-mea-i-ascend-to-the-divine-throne-through-arcane-mea-chapter-496":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Ascend to the Divine Throne through Arcane Means",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1086487,1419,"Chapter 496: 369 Madness and Curtain Fall_2","i-ascend-to-the-divine-throne-through-arcane-mea-chapter-496",496,"\u003Cp>Chapter 496: Chapter 369 Madness and Curtain Fall_2\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The specialty of “Advanced Life Source” had a good effect but indeed consumed a significant amount of Mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Lis had continuously maintained the effects of this specialty, needing about a thousand Mana Points every minute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After drinking a bottle of Advanced Magic Potion, Lis felt the coolness in his mouth and slightly shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary Magic Recovery Potions couldn’t keep up with this rate of consumption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed he needed to look back and see if he could obtain some specialty or skill that recovered Mana Points, creating a perpetual recovery system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as he wasn’t instantly killed, he could keep regenerating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lis was fairly confident in his own resilience, especially after successfully dealing with Mei Lulan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Duke House did not give Lis a chance to continue recovering, as the massive body lunged directly at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Lis was preparing to dodge, numerous thick, dark green vines burst forth from the ground beneath his feet, wildly entwining around his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duke House had noticed that not only did Lis have considerable strength, but his speed was also quite impressive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speed at which he had just assassinated Mei Lulan was at least much faster than his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tsk!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the tentacle-like agile vines, Lis reluctantly had to abandon the spell he was gathering in his hand; kicking against an oncoming vine, he used the momentum to swiftly retreat, escaping Duke House’s attack range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Duke House didn’t care at all and continued to sprint towards Lis with his head down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although his agility wasn’t very high, his powerful body strength made his straight-line sprinting speed very fierce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lis controlled the half-spent Mana of the “Mirror Body” clone in the air, using “Gravity Field,” “Falling Stone Skill,” and other Earth Element Magic to restrict the giant bear’s movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The realism of the “Mirror Body” clone was very good, which was why Duke House and Mei Lulan hadn’t noticed anything amiss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, controlling this clone required a lot of effort, and it was very difficult for Lis to manage the clone casting complex spells while fighting himself; he could only manage to cast some medium and low-level spells simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duke House’s Blood-colored Shield continued to resist the spells used by Lis, and those that didn’t get blocked by the shield were directly resisted with his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lis himself was agilely dodging the control spells cast by Duke House while also maintaining a distance from the giant bear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The continuous turns and changes of direction also prevented Duke House from closing the distance between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Boom! Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hills were enveloped in dust as the giant bear charged through, and the thunderous roar was clearly audible for miles around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lis watched the increasingly frenzied Duke House in front of him, calmly dodging the Blood Blades released by House.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment, it was Duke House who stopped, his expression gloomy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He realized he couldn’t seem to do anything to Lis, and even his attacks didn’t have any real effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Either Lis dodged them directly, or his shield blocked them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially the illusory Armor surrounding Lis’s body, which intercepted almost all of his cast spells, none of them actually touching Lis’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lis, since you could directly kill Mei Lulan, are you just going to keep dodging me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duke House roared in a low voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no other options; with Mei Lulan already dead, it was nearly impossible for him to restrict Lis’s movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he still had a last resort, he didn’t want to use it unless absolutely necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, in this situation, using it was almost no different from death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(ㅍ_ㅍ)?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lis looked at Duke House speechlessly, his gaze as if looking at a fool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hell am I supposed to do, let you smash my Earth Elemental Giant to bits and brawl with you up close?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the end of the day, I’m just a pitiful, helpless Arcanist with a skinny body, even if I did kill Mei Lulan, what does that prove?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m not stupid enough to clash head-on with you!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were just an ordinary Gold-level Warrior or a Druid, Lis might be interested in testing his skills against a warrior’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this Blood-colored Giant Bear in front of him, whether it was that strong and intimidating aura or its massive and solid body, was far beyond the previously encountered Patrick “Blood Shark.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lis had absolutely no intention of risking himself; that would not be tempering himself but courting death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, something about this Duke House was very off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Theoretically, Duke House’s level wasn’t much higher than Patrick’s, and he also had a secondary profession; his Druid Profession Level might even be lower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the problem must lie in that secondary profession “All Beasts Divine Servant.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This special profession likely had a much closer relationship with the Master of Ten Thousand Beasts, and it was very possible to receive some of his power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was likely Duke House’s trump card!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Lis seemed very casual on the surface, his mind was also secretly on high alert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Lis wasn’t fooled and even looked at him with an eye that seemed to see a fool, Duke House could no longer suppress his fury within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He roared, and the blood light on the giant bear’s body became even more intense, the thick blood energy carrying a fierce wind pressed towards Lis’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He has such a technique?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lis felt the pressure coming from behind, seemingly trying to push him towards the giant bear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The emerald glow flickered on his Magic Wand, a pale blue swift wind coiling behind him, counteracting the bloody airflow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking this opportunity, Lis again used his set of three major moves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seven-Circle Arcane “Lis’s Thunder Domain,” “Lis’s Destruction Storm,” “Lis’s Wave Cage!”\u003C\u002Fp>",973,"2026-06-03T10:58:20.093Z","2026-06-03T10:58:25.962Z",1,"novelbin.me","ea3a24528bfd7d21e6b7e285d02d641bf66e6350b86c90b33767f9411f02b7e1","i-ascend-to-the-divine-throne-through-arcane-mea-chapter-497","i-ascend-to-the-divine-throne-through-arcane-mea-chapter-495",1658,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-ascend-to-the-divine-throne-through-arcane-mea-cover.jpg"]