Chapter 885: Magic Attainment?! All-round Crushing!

"Even if those evil gods behind you have taught you a few powerful spells..." Sophia held her staff, looking down at these mortal mages with a cold sneer, "but if I don't give you the slightest chance to use them, what can you possibly do?! Will you rise against me with those archaic, decrepit little tricks of yours?!"

Indeed, so what if they had learned a few spells of great might? Magic was a realm of diversity, and throughout her long existence, she had mastered countless excellent and powerful arts.

As for them, these mortal wizards, mastering even a single spell as immense as "Poseidon's Wrath" or "Zeus's Wrath" was a grueling feat; sharpening their spears only on the eve of battle, how could they possibly have learned more?

Even if they had, it could not possibly be of the same caliber, capable of contending with the magic she wielded; at most, it could only be some ancient, outdated little tricks passed down in the human realm.

Therefore, she had ten thousand ways to counter them!

Law, energy, timing... when all were integrated, the so-called supreme combat technique was to achieve the optimal effect with the lowest expenditure, using the small to strike the large, and the weak to defeat the strong.

Powerful spells? Were they even necessary? As long as they were applied properly, a few minor spells could easily ensure this crowd of mortals couldn't even touch a hair on her head, leaving them to swallow their bitter resentment.

She watched these mages cast their spells, her eyes filled with nothing but mockery; her own spellcraft, her intentions—these humans probably couldn't even begin to comprehend them, could they?

...

But... just at that moment, she suddenly felt a faint radiance around these mages, spreading outward in all directions like ripples.

"What?!"

She suddenly sensed a strange power spreading through the surroundings alongside their magic, and at that very instant...

The magic that should have left everyone utterly defenseless, turned into hedgehogs by the onslaught, unexpectedly... completely escaped her control, rebounding in all directions for some mysterious reason!

One must understand... every single one of those thousands of needles formed from divine power could be manipulated by her as smoothly as flowing water; even if they encountered an obstacle, they could easily slip past like swimming fish, or concentrate their might to forcefully pierce right through!

Yet she discovered that not a single one of the scenarios she had previously envisioned had occurred; she hadn't even felt any resistance, yet they had inexplicably bounced away!

"This is...?!"

"It's Twisted Wall of Light!" The elf girl Seira cried out in alarm while protecting several priests and paladins as they cast healing spells, "An ancient magic originating from the ancient golden realm of sorcery!"

As previously mentioned, within *Dark Souls*, there existed a vast number of ancient magics.

If one spoke of the strength of deities, they might not necessarily match the Twelve Olympian Gods, but... many of the magics in *Dark Souls* were born in an incredibly ancient era, during the world's very beginning.

"The moment the fundamental laws are distorted, all illusions lose their direction. It can distort light and deflect spells." — Such was the description written upon the magic scroll of "Twisted Wall of Light."

"What kind of magic is this?! To actually be able to block my torrent of divine punishment!" Sophia's face darkened slightly, "The path of magic also follows the principles of mutual generation and restraint. Let's see how much of this you can withstand!"

"Lightning Spear of Judgment!" Another instant-cast spell. With a tap of her staff, a golden spear of light rapidly condensed before her, tearing through the air with the roar of wind and thunder, shooting forth like a flash of lightning!

Most terrifying of all, trailing behind that spear of light was a long succession of others—a total of over ten light spears, transforming into a torrential cascade of radiance.

The power within these light spears was concentrated to the absolute limit; no matter how powerful a defense, water drops could pierce stone, let alone a magic cast with divine power, striking a single point with full force!

An attack such as this was swift as a sudden thunderclap, leaving them absolutely no time to cast their still-unfamiliar "Poseidon's Wrath" or "Zeus's Wrath," nor was there any attack that could block it; even with the Twisted Wall of Light, given their mana capacity, they could not distort a spell so numerous and powerful that it had practically condensed divine power into physical form!

It was true that it was no earth-shattering grand spell, but... anyone caught beneath such magic would find only despair, entirely unable to resist or defend.

When combat wisdom and technique merged into one... all defense was mere illusion!

Yet just then, seeing that the light spear was almost upon the head of Chief Elder Hilu who stood at the forefront, he finally waved the staff in his hand.

"Whoosh!"

A flash of light, and he vanished from the spot instantly.

The speed was neither fast nor slow, precisely a fraction of a second before Sophia's magic ran its course—a fraction faster, and Sophia could immediately control the magic to change direction; a fraction slower, and he would have been pierced through on the spot.

In the next moment, the ground of the street where Chief Elder Hilu had just been standing was pierced through like tofu, leaving a dark, bottomless abyss!

"This is...!!?" At this moment, even the Black Dragon Guston cried out in shock, "This is... *League of Legends*, a clutch Flash play!"

In *League of Legends*, the spells and ultimate abilities cast by some heroes, as well as tower attacks, came with an inherent lock-on; no matter how one ran, escaping the lock-on was absolutely impossible.

Therefore, such clutch techniques were derived from it!

"My goodness—?!" an elf exclaimed, "As expected of a Grandmaster tier expert!"

And in the next instant, Chief Elder Hilu lightly shook his staff, and a pale blue magical glow condensed before the tip of his weapon.

"An instant-cast spell, Crystal Soul Spear?!"

Amidst the shocked cries of the crowd, that blue magical energy actually converged with immense solidity in an instant, transforming... from formless magical energy into solid magical crystals.

Immediately afterward, this massive magical spear, like a comet striking the sun, flew toward Sophia up in the sky!

"What!?" Sophia had never expected that an attack like hers would actually be dodged, and that the opponent would still have the spare capacity to counterattack!

"Then what about now?!" With one hand brandishing her staff and the other tracing empty air, she unleashed attacks from both sides simultaneously; even while evading the opponent's magic, she released one spell after another in rapid succession.

"God-tier Destruction Magic, Lesser Meteor Shower!"

"God-tier Lock-on Magic, Floating Thunderlight!"

"God-tier Lock-on Magic, Floating Flame of Destruction!"

"God-tier Judgment Magic, Astral Aurora!"

Several spells in a row were all cast instantly, and... every single one of them had reached the god-tier or above!

"The Meteor Shower provides an area-of-effect attack, the Floating Thunderlight and Floating Flame of Destruction track you, and the Astral Aurora cannot be defended against. Let's see how you break this combination of magic!"

Hardly had her voice fallen when she saw those mages raise their staffs once more!

"Chaos Pyromancy, Vestiges of a Bed of Chaos!"

"Crystal Lock-on Magic, Homing Crystal Soulmass!"

"Chaos Lock-on Pyromancy, Floating Chaos!"

"Soul Magic, Soul Stream!"

"Miracle Magic..."

At this moment, all the mages below waved their wands together, and streaks of magical light of various shapes and colors lit up like a sky full of stars.

Boom boom boom—!

Countless magics converged and detonated in the sky, resembling a breathtakingly gorgeous display of fireworks that shook heaven and earth, audible for thousands of miles; a significant number even penetrated that brilliant curtain of magical light, blasting directly toward Sophia.

Most importantly... Sophia discovered that among these magics—whatever crystal magic, chaos pyromancy, dark hexes, and so on... she had never even heard of the majority of them, let alone knew how to neutralize them; she couldn't even understand them!

She actually found that every time the opponent cast a spell or even evaded one, it was as exquisite as a textbook demonstration.

Even more terrifying was that she, a deity fully versed in magic, was actually... completely crushed in her magical attainment by a group of mortals!

At this very moment, she stared blankly at this scene, an irrepressible look of shock finally surfacing upon her face.