Chapter 395: Spear and Shield of Space Spells

Chapter 395: The Spear and Shield of Spatial Magic

Li Wei saw the smile on the spatial mage's face and felt a jolt in his heart—he realized danger was imminent.

His mental senses keenly detected a faint ripple of spatial energy forming around him.

The disturbance quickly intensified.

The spatial mage’s eyes narrowed as he poured all his magical power into the spell.

"Space Lock!"

Whoosh! Crack! Crack!

The space around Li Wei froze, rendering him completely immobile, locked in place.

Suddenly, everything became clear to him.

The other had cast the Dimensional Slash precisely to force him to dodge—

He had already laid Space Lock traps all around.

And now, Li Wei had stepped right into one.

"Dimensional Slash!"

This time, there was no escape for Li Wei.

A pitch-black Dimensional Slash tore through the air, slicing apart the very fabric of space along its path as it bore down upon him.

The spatial mage warned, "You still have time to surrender. If that slash hits you, even the elders watching over this secret realm may not be able to save you in time."

Li Wei smiled. "Thank you for the warning."

"Since you’ve given me a word of caution, let me return the favor—beware your back."

The spatial mage blinked in surprise, instinctively turning his head to look behind.

A dark shadow lunged toward him.

The Shadow Servant ambushed the spatial mage from behind.

The spatial mage sneered coldly. "Is that all?"

"Can your servant break through my spatial barrier?"

He sounded dismissive.

Li Wei chuckled. "Not necessarily."

The Shadow Servant crashed straight into the spatial mage's impenetrable shield—and passed directly through it.

It plunged deep into the mage’s body.

The Shadow Servant was a Nightmare.

It had always been a Nightmare.

The spatial barrier could only defend against tangible physical or magical attacks.

It couldn’t block intangible psychic assaults or curses.

Nor could it resist the soul-seizing possession attack of a Nightmare.

With his current identity and strength, Li Wei no longer needed to conceal the true nature of his Shadow Servant.

Once inside the spatial mage’s body, the Shadow Servant wrestled for control.

Caught off guard, the spatial mage lost the initiative momentarily.

That brief moment was enough for Li Wei to regain mobility.

"Flame Lord!"

Li Wei transformed into pure fire elementals just as the Dimensional Slash cleaved his form in two.

The center portion vanished entirely, consumed by the slash.

Li Wei sensed nearly thirty percent of his mana vanish into thin air.

Indeed, the power of the Dimensional Slash was terrifying.

But it could no longer pose a fatal threat to him.

"Activate Flame Domain!"

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Flames engulfed the entire arena.

The spatial mage stood rooted in place, his expression shifting rapidly as he struggled to reclaim control of his own body from the Shadow Servant.

Puff!

A wisp of black mist erupted from within the mage.

The Shadow Servant had lost.

After an intense internal struggle, the spatial mage successfully reclaimed dominance over his body.

His mental fortitude had always been formidable, giving him the upper hand.

It was merely a momentary lapse—a careless mistake—that allowed the Shadow Servant to briefly influence his mind and seize partial control.

Once recovered, he swiftly expelled the intruder and regained command.

Yet when he finally came to his senses, he found himself suspended above a sea of flames, roasting alive.

The entire platform was ablaze; Li Wei’s figure had disappeared altogether.

He had merged with the flames themselves.

Eyes darting left and right, the spatial mage scanned the area and shouted, “It’s useless! Your flames can't penetrate my spatial barrier!”

“If we remain at a stalemate, it will be your mana that runs out first.”

Though the surrounding inferno looked fearsome, it posed no real threat to the spatial shield.

The barrier drew upon the fundamental forces of space itself—far more resilient than ordinary magical defenses.

Without special methods, only two ways existed to shatter such a shield:

First, possess the ability to rend space itself.

Second, launch relentless assault until the caster’s mana reserves were exhausted.

When drained of power, the spatial shield would collapse naturally.

Even sixth-rank mages rarely possessed the capability to tear space apart.

Unless they wielded some rare, unique abilities.

"Spatial Rending Technique!"

Rip!

The spatial shield cracked open like a split worm crawling across its surface.

Shock flashed across the spatial mage’s face. “How do you know the Spatial Rending Technique?”

Li Wei laughed lightly. “Go ask your own people.”

He stuffed a green fireball into the spatial shield and turned to leave.

Boom!

The erupting flames poured out from the only exit of the spatial shield.

A green firework shot up from the sea of fire.

Crack!

"I admit you do have some skill, but thinking you can defeat me this easily is far too naive."

Li Wei turned his head.

The space mage appeared on the opposite side of the arena.

During the explosion just now, he had already left the blast zone.

"Teleportation?"

Li Wei's eyes narrowed.

With the opponent's strength, it should have been impossible to escape in that instant.

Unless he had prepared something beforehand.

Only then could he activate it at the last moment before the explosion.

Around the space mage was complete emptiness; the flames couldn't approach him.

He stared at Li Wei, silver-white light flickering in his eyes.

"Dimensional Killing Formation!"

Buzz buzz buzz!

Space trembled as four spatial spheres emerged around them.

Rip!

Within the attack range of the dimensional killing formation, countless tiny spatial cracks appeared like threads.

These spatial threads possessed unparalleled cutting power.

Nothing could withstand them.

In an instant, Li Wei's body was sliced to pieces.

Parts scattered across the ground, flowing away as streams of flame.

"It's useless! Within the dimensional killing formation, there's nowhere for you to hide!"

The space mage said confidently.

Buzz buzz buzz.

The four spatial spheres vibrated.

Shaking the surrounding space along with them.

Li Wei was forcibly shaken out of the sea of fire.

Even if he transformed into the Flame Lord, able to merge with the sea of fire,

essentially, the sea of fire was merely his camouflage.

He wasn't truly fire itself.

The Flame Lord's body was a conglomerate of elemental energy.

Fire was the disperser of energy.

Seeing no way to dodge, Li Wei stopped hesitating.

Focusing intently on the space mage,

the space mage felt the surrounding flames become distorted.

He paused for a moment before realizing he was burning.

"Teleport!"

The space mage quickly teleported, changing position.

This time, Li Wei discovered the reason behind his rapid teleportation.

The space mage was using the spatial spheres of the dimensional killing formation to teleport.

When teleporting, Li Wei detected clear spatial fluctuations emanating from the spheres.

Then, a figure materialized over there.

Just as the space mage landed and tried to catch his breath,

he realized the flames on his body were still burning, never having extinguished.

The attack came from within, not without.

Li Wei had directly ignited the space mage's robe.

Before the space mage's robe burned away completely, the flames would never die.

The space mage frowned at Li Wei. "What kind of attack technique is this?"

Flames scorched his body.

He tried various methods to extinguish the fire, all failing.

"You win."

The space mage conceded.

Li Wei extinguished the flames on his body and laughed. "What do you mean 'you win'? I clearly won."

"Hmph, don't get cocky. Once I find a way to deal with you, I'll come back."

The space mage turned and left the arena.

Since this place belonged to the Space Tower, Li Wei didn't want to offend them.

So he let him go.

Anyway, within twelve hours, he couldn't challenge Li Wei again.

(End of Chapter)