Chapter 52: Counterfeit Truth

200-meter distance,

If one could break through instantly with the ability of a Noble Phantasm, but the Noble Phantasm had already been used in the previous battle with the assassin, and its next use still needs a bit of time before the cooldown finishes.

Therefore,

Su Ya can now only rely on his own ability to break through this distance.

And at this moment,

200 meters away, Pergos also saw Su Ya appearing before his eyes, and saw Su Ya's rather strange and agile steps.

He couldn't help but slightly furrow his brow,

"An assassin who hasn't mastered Qi but whose physique already meets the standard?"

"What kind of reconnaissance did Elliot actually do?"

"Besides, even though mishaps keep happening, it's utterly foolish for a low‑rank assassin to dare oppose me, who has already deployed a barrier!"

He calmly turned his body, raised the illusory azure longbow in his hand, aimed at Su Ya, and slowly drew the bowstring with three fingers.

As the bowstring was drawn, visible air currents swiftly gathered toward the bow, forming a blue arrow on the half‑drawn bow.

And at this moment,

Watching this, Su Ya's brow twitched slightly, feeling only that as the opponent's magic arrow took shape,

the magic circuit he had inherited from Arthur Pendragon, which felt like an extra organ, suddenly twitched slightly.

After seeing the opponent cast magic,

Su Ya almost instinctively realized that his magical power attribute matched the attribute of the magic the opponent was casting—both belonging to the 'Void' among the seven elements of earth, water, fire, wind, space, void, and nothing, i. e., the Imaginary Number attribute.

This is a rare talent possessed by very few, defined in magic as 'something that could exist but does not in the material world.'

It's as if he were born to be that.

Then, this strange magical power that had only just been born in his circuit today spontaneously began to imitate that action, constantly simulating trial and error, trying to manifest a miracle like the opponent's.

This organ‑like anomaly, feeling like an uncontrolled heart pounding wildly, made Su Ya feel a bit strange,

and at the same time,

the enemy who felt the same strange sensation—Pergos—furrowed his brow again.

"This brat actually possesses the innate Imaginary Number attribute?"

Upon realizing this, Pergos' eyes instantly flashed with killing intent!

The mages of Lukang believe the Origin is the 'first cause of the world,' and to reach it they attempt to build an ultimate model that covers reality and encompasses all causality and logic.

And Su Ya, who possesses the Imaginary Number attribute himself,

his birth, his existence, his actions, even the magic he uses and the influence he exerts on this world,

are something completely contrary to what the Lukang mages pursue—something that cannot be explained, encompassed, or even reproduced by logic.

This is a counterfeit of truth,

the greatest desecration of truth itself!

Thus,

At this moment,

When he realized that such a completely illogical entity had appeared in his field of vision, Pergos immediately abandoned his original plan to prioritize killing Mei Li,

and given Su Ya's interference and Mei Li's own defensive magic, this plan would be hard to carry out.

So,

he chose——

Pergos coldly stared at Su Ya, and after releasing the bowstring to fire this arrow from his hand, without hesitation he snapped his fingers.

Whoosh!

"Snap!"

The arrow's piercing whistle as it tore through the air and the crisp snap of the fingers sounded together!

Su Ya felt the ground beneath him suddenly loosen, and the whole clod of earth beneath his feet instantly began to turn into muddy water,

He immediately stepped on the gradually softening ground and leapt up, planting his sword into a raised clod of earth on his right,

He straightened his waist in a recoil, pulling out his sword and leaping toward another clod of earth,

However,

Forced by the terrain, as he just landed, a powerful, heavy arrow came straight at him!

In the critical moment, Su Ya tiptoed, using immense balance to halt his forward momentum, raised his sword and knocked away the arrow aimed at his eyes before the next one arrived,

Then, stepping with a chaotic yet strangely beautiful gait, he shifted five meters to the right, dodging the second arrow Pergos fired in this process,

With the aid of the Swift Step Leap, his whole body leapt forward two meters high onto another platform,

Like a ninja, he constantly moved quickly by tapping his tiptoes on the ground,

leaping onto or down from one platform after another,

Gripping his longsword, he continually dodged or deflected the arrows aimed at him, swiftly closing in on the mage wielding the longbow!

200 meters,

150 meters,

100 meters!

50 meters!

The 200‑meter obstacle course, even if one must cross platforms with drops of about 2 to 5 meters, but with the aid of the Swift Step Combat Technique far beyond ordinary proficiency,

Su Ya, using hands, feet, and sword together, could also reach the opponent's flank within one minute!

On the other side,

Pergos had already drawn his longbow again, his gaze calm as he fixed on Su Ya, who was approaching him as quickly as an erratic flea,

But soon, he released the bowstring.

Being only at the level of a common archer, he found it hard to lock onto Su Ya, who possessed such swift‑step proficiency.

Nevertheless, he was still a magician.

Pergeos slowly raised his left hand; the magic great bow vanished from his grasp, and a staff fashioned from bone materialized out of thin air, landing in his hand.

He stared at Su Ya, who was about to charge into the three‑grid range directly in front of him, almost within sight, and gave a mocking smile.

He slammed the staff onto the ground!

A ring of white ripples rapidly expanded from his feet, enveloping all nine square earth blocks surrounding him!

In the next instant,

Only the ten‑meter‑high platform on which Pergeos stood remained.

Arranged in a nine‑grid pattern, the eight earth platforms surrounding him turned into sandy dust, collapsed, and sank!

Then,

A storm suddenly rose!

Pergeos's long hair in front of his forehead and his scholar robe were whipped upward by the raging wind, fluttering.

An invisible wind wall composed of countless tiny wind blades rose from the ground, standing around him!

When this wind‑blade wall sprang up,

Su Ya, who was charging head‑first, barely managed to halt a moment before the wind wall,

A wind blade brushed his face, drawing a bloody gash, causing Su Ya's complexion to turn grim.

He instantly leapt back, drew four throwing knives from the waist pouch strapped to his back, and hurled them straight at the wind wall!

However,

"Thwack!"

"Thwack!"

"Thwack!"

Even these throwing knives, empowered simultaneously by E‑grade muscular strength and the Throwing technique, can only penetrate up to two‑thirds of the wind wall before being deflected upward by countless tiny wind blades.

Within the barrier,

Watching Su Ya's futile actions, Pergeos's mouth curled into a mocking smile,

Under his control of magic, the earth everywhere before him could manipulate the four great elements to reverse the etheric blocks' 'failure' logic of elemental generation.

As long as one stands on this ground saturated with etheric blocks infused with his magic, one can reverse the logical process, using ether as a medium to transmute ordinary sand into water, fire, and wind.

And then,

Protected by the wind wall and already standing on invincible ground, he only needs to continuously manipulate the terrain as before, forcing Su Ya to keep fleeing, thereby draining his stamina to death!

However,

In the next moment,

The self‑confident Pergeos saw—

Beyond the wind wall,

Su Ya, whose attempt to throw knives had failed, furrowed his brows and took a deep, forceful breath,

Then,

He slowly raised his hand, and the dense scarlet Magic Circuits across his body ignited in unison!

A dark‑red radiance blossomed in his hand, gradually forming a phantom great bow one and a half meters long!

Inside the wind‑blade wall,

Pergeos's gaze faltered, and the smile on his face stiffened slightly.

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