Chapter 208: The Terrifying Arcane Mage

Lei En instantly recognized the other as Lu Yin Anse Lam.

This Arcane Mage, who escaped from the Holy Soul Wizard, is at profession level eighteen; just one more level would qualify him to challenge the Holy Soul!

Lei En quietly used his Soul Eye to glance, and involuntarily inhaled sharply.

An eighteen‑layer golden soul structure, like a blazing sun, made him unable to look directly.

The opponent's soul contains at least sixty Law Seals, over half of which are Arcane, the rest are spells of various schools; all the seals form a dream‑like star‑wheel that slowly rotates deep within the soul, its center spewing a vortex of soul energy.

This is a meditation method unique to Arcane Mages, allowing the Arcane power to be expressed to the fullest.

Some spells run continuously; this is the phenomenon after they become constant.

Lei En made a brief identification.

The constant spells are "Secret Eye" and "Vector Reflection Field," plus two that he could not recognize at the moment.

The staff in Lu Yin's hand appears simple; the ribbon on its tip floats without wind, and its end is deeply embedded in the surrounding space, stirring massive Arcane energy.

This is an epic‑level staff!

Lei En felt a chill run through his scalp.

A Legendary High-rank Arcane Mage is far from the beginner Earth Elementalist just now; the gap in strength between the two is incalculable.

Lu Yin stepped out of the portal and saw the corpse of the legendary wizard.

Anger flared in his eyes; his gaze fell on Ao Xiliya, then swept over Lei En, and finally landed on Yisu, who had entered the Shadow Plane when the situation turned dire.

Yisu was in the Shadow Plane; Lu Yin's gaze pierced the plane's boundary, making him shudder all over.

He did not know Lu Yin, yet he already felt the other's terrifying presence deeply.

"Ao Xiliya."

Lu Yin's voice was kindly, like an ordinary old man speaking to his granddaughter, and he said in a flat tone, "You shouldn't have investigated this far."

Ao Xiliya's expression was a bit nervous, but she replied firmly, "This is the mission my teacher gave me; I must come."

"Sigh…" Lu Yin shook his head, "GrandSpeaker is still so persistent. I left Weizelan for my own reasons and do not wish to oppose GrandSpeaker."

He looked at Ao Xiliya and sighed, "Since the day you arrived at Weizelan, I have watched you closely; someday you will become an outstanding Arcane Master."

"Unfortunately, that day will never come."

Hearing this, Lei En's internal alarm rang loudly; Lu Yin's soul turned deep crimson, a sign of intense murderous intent.

He acted without hesitation.

Clack!

Lei En suddenly became electric, his figure flashing as battle music started, and he swung his war hammer straight at Lu Yin.

"Earl of Glamorgan, you are too reckless."

Lu Yin said calmly while raising his hand to grasp Lei En through the air.

A flash of violet light vanished.

Lei En's Electric Flash Teleport was abruptly cut; his figure was yanked out of mid‑air, feeling as if he were sinking in quicksand, unable to push, his speed slowing rapidly.

A cluster of condensed mysterious runes contracted before his eyes, then exploded violently.

Lei En recognized it as Arcane Blast Technique; his dragon‑skin binding strap already bore this spell, but he had never imagined the Arcane Blast Technique could be thrown as a spell sphere.

He could not dodge at all, watching helplessly as the Arcane Blast Technique, with at least six rings, detonated right in front of him.

Boom!

Space trembled, Arcane energy burst forth.

Lei En seemed to be struck by a heavy hammer; his thorned electric armor shattered like paper, and his whole body was flung outward, crashing with a thud into the rock wall.

"Lei En!"

Ao Xiliya called out worriedly.

She was about to cast a spell attack when she saw Lu Yin's staff lightly tap the ground.

At the same time she shouted, "Bind!"

The violet ribbon on the staff flared, forming an invisible force field dozens of meters wide centered on Lu Yin.

Within the field, Ao Xiliya was horrified to find she could not move, even casting became unusually difficult.

The surrounding Arcane energy became hard to manipulate, seemingly obeying only Lu Yin.

She had originally prepared to fire an instant rainbow‑light ray, but it took her two seconds to release, its power greatly reduced, and when it struck Lu Yin's prismatic shield it produced not even a ripple.

Meanwhile, Yisu's figure flickered in the Shadow Plane, trying to ambush Lu Yin from behind.

He activated "Shadow Traverse," yet remained in place.

Yisu's eyes were full of disbelief; after several attempts he found his "Shadow Traverse" had failed, unable to return to the Prime Material Plane.

No matter how he tried, it seemed as if an invisible solid glass barrier sealed off that space.

This was equivalent to being hit by "Exile Technique."

Lu Yin glanced at the exiled Yisu in the Shadow Plane, then turned back to Ao Xiliya.

"Actually I do not wish to kill you; to snuff out a young man with such an outstanding Arcane talent pains me greatly and fills me with regret."

His expression grew heavy, and he shook his head, "If only you were my student."

While speaking, Lu Yin did not stop casting; a pitch‑black light sphere formed in his palm. This black orb seemed able to devour everything, even light could not escape.

"Seven‑ring Spell Void Bomb!"

Ao Xiliya's pupils contracted as she struggled fiercely.

Seeing the void bomb about to complete, Ao Xiliya gritted her teeth, finally made up her mind, her body flickered, instantly swelling, and within a breath became a massive creature.

It possessed a sturdy torso and limbs, covered with crystal‑like colorful scales; its wings spanned nearly thirty meters, and its huge dragon head bore a pair of slender translucent horns, eyes glowing rainbow light, pupils like rainbow beams, its whole body radiated a hazy rainbow glow, exuding mystery, elegance, and power.

Its enormous body occupied almost half of the cavern.

Lu Yin was taken aback, stared at the huge dragon and shouted, "Rainbow Dragon!"

Ao Xiliya manifested her true dragon form, her power surged, and she instantly broke free of the force field's restraints, opened her dragon mouth, and from above spewed dragon breath toward Ruin.

The Rainbow Dragon's dragon breath differs from that of ordinary great dragons.

Its dragon breath is a conical burst of rainbow light, essentially the seven‑ring spell "Rainbow Light Jet", yet it requires no casting prelude and can be released instantly!

Whoosh…

Rainbow light spilled everywhere, the purest, most primal mysterious energy rampaged wildly.

The hard ground eroded a layer, the rune formation was shattered in an instant, the portal closed, and a terrifying colorful hurricane swirled within the cavern—no heat, no ice, only sheer destruction.

It seemed as if space was torn, and everything within the area was ground into powder.

When the dragon breath ceased, nothing intact remained in the cavern.

Ao Xiliya halted her exhalation, her massive pupils scanning the surroundings, yet she found no sign of Ruin.

She turned agilely and suddenly saw Ruin hovering mid‑air, his prismatic shield intact, admiration in his eyes: "I didn't expect to be mistaken."

"Ao Xiliya, you are actually a Rainbow Dragon."

"The most gifted casting giant dragon in the world—no wonder. Your understanding of Arcane is so profound, your learning is countless times faster, and you reached Legendary in just a few years."

"Only the GrandSpeaker knows this secret, right?" Ruin's gaze grew a bit fanatical.

Ao Xiliya gave no reply, opened her dragon mouth and exhaled again.

However this time, Ruin was prepared; his figure vanished instantly, yet his voice rang around: "If you were an adult Rainbow Dragon, I'd still fear you a bit, but you're just a young adult, barely over a hundred years old, and in this enclosed cavern—you cannot be my opponent."

The dragon breath missed the target, and Ao Xiliya halted.

One after another, figures appeared in mid‑air, each identical to Ruin, clad in light‑blue robes, wielding staffs, with prismatic shields surrounding them.

Ten Ruins encircled Ao Xiliya.

Their expressions varied, each looking like a True Person, and they began casting simultaneously, though their spells differed.

The Rainbow Dragon is born with a Secret Art Eye that can see through most disguises and invisibility, yet at this moment Ao Xiliya could not see through Ruin's Mirror Image technique.

In her eyes, each Ruin was real, and their spells carried lethal power.

The only difference was that the Mirror Image spell's power was only half that of the original.

Ao Xiliya vibrated her wings and rose, crashing into one Ruin, who happened to finish casting, unleashing a barrage of Arcane missiles from his hand, each fist‑sized and raining down upon the Rainbow Dragon's scales.

A hazy rainbow light shimmered, deflecting most missiles, though a few still penetrated.

The Arcane missiles originally had only one ring, but in Ruin's hand they wielded four‑ring power; even a few hits caused Ao Xiliya sharp pain.

"Roar!"

She roared and charged forward, only to find a Mirror Image that dissolved like foam.

The dragon's roar wave propagated, reverberating through the cavern with earth‑shaking power; the remaining nine Mirror Images quivered, their casting disrupted.

Yet however much interference, it had limited effect on a Legendary High-rank Arcane master and could not directly halt the casting.

Ao Xiliya's bite‑and‑spit eliminated three Mirror Images, but she herself was hit by six or seven spells: gravity field, rainbow light ray, Arcane torrent, Binding Ring…

A cascade of spell bombardments and various negative effects, even though the Rainbow Dragon naturally possesses extreme resistance to Arcane and wore a "Rainbow Light Cloak", still left her heavily wounded, knocked from the air and slammed onto the ground.

The remaining seven Mirror Images continued casting.

"Bind!"

The seven Ruins shouted in unison, the sensation of being compressed by space returned to them, making even taking off difficult.

Ao Xiliya still could not locate Ruin's original body, and felt a hint of despair.

She was still too young.

The Legendary High-rank Arcane master's command of spells far exceeds ordinary Wizards, and in this enclosed space she had no chance to escape.

A strong Arcane energy fluctuation made her sense a great danger approaching.

At that moment, a thunderclap rang out.

The Arcane fluctuation was instantly broken; Ao Xiliya whirled her head and saw, at the site of the thunder explosion, a light‑blue figure burst out.

It was Ruin's original body.

Ruin also hadn't anticipated this; his casting was interrupted, the backlash severe, and as his mind swayed slightly, a tall figure swung a war hammer, smashing onto the shield.

(End of Chapter)