Chapter 410: Hidden Item

Chapter 410: Hidden Item

Roget suffered a relentless assault from the flame serpent.

Though the serpent could not breach his spatial shield, it steadily baked the air trapped within.

The soaring temperature fast became more than Roget could bear.

He reacted without delay.

"Vacuum Blast!"

A sphere of pure vacuum materialized beside Levi.

The instant it detonated, a violent suction rippled outward.

It dragged both Levi and the flame serpent into the epicenter of the void.

Even Levi could not withstand that terrifying force.

Boom!

The serpent and Levi collided.

The beast dissolved into embers, scattering into the air.

Levi emerged unscathed; he possessed immunity to fire damage below the fifth tier.

Moreover, the flame serpent was born of his own power, making it impossible to harm its master.

Unless, of course, that power spiraled out of control.

Yet for Levi, that probability verged on absolute zero.

The extraordinary trait of Advanced Mana Control granted him masterful dominion over his magic.

There was no risk of his power running rampant.

Breaking free from the serpent's siege, Roget launched his counterattack.

"Dimensional Banishment!"

Roget cast the fifth-tier spell, Dimensional Banishment, upon Levi.

He intended to exile Levi entirely from the secret realm.

Weaving this spell was no easy feat for Roget.

A precious spatial gem shattered, its essence fully depleted, pricking Roget with a pang of regret.

Yet, considering that Dimensional Banishment would eliminate Levi instantly, Roget deemed the expense worthwhile.

Levi felt the surrounding space begin to fluctuate.

A strange sensation of regression washed over him, as though he were drifting away from the world itself.

"Fire Flicker!"

Levi channeled his full strength into the Fire Flicker, charging toward Roget.

His form elongated, stretching thin, yet he remained unable to break free from the banishment's pull.

Levi’s gaze narrowed.

"Spatial Rend!"

Tear!

A rift tore open in the space behind Levi, and he tumbled backward into the spatial crack.

Roget froze, stunned by what seemed like an act of sheer self-destruction.

That Levi knew Spatial Rend surprised him, but employing it under these circumstances meant a high probability of becoming lost forever in the chaotic void.

With its target gone, the Dimensional Banishment dissolved into nothingness.

Just as Roget assumed the battle was won.

Suddenly, the Void Chain at his waist snapped taut.

The far end of the chain plunged deep into the fabric of space, leading to an unseen realm.

Tear!

The space where the Void Chain vanished split open, and a figure emerged, hurtling outward while gripping the iron links.

Shock washed over Roget’s features.

"The Void Chain can be used like that?!"

It had truly never crossed his mind that the chain could serve as a spatial anchor for return.

Levi had only conceived the notion in a flash of inspiration.

Had he not used Spatial Rend to willingly leave the arena.

He would have been exiled by the Dimensional Banishment to some unknown void.

Resulting in an immediate disqualification from the match.

By leaving on his own terms, Levi could rely on the lock the Void Chain held on Roget to navigate his way back.

"The battle is over."

"Minor Fire Rule: Burning Feather!"

Levi fixed his gaze upon Roget.

Meeting Levi's eyes, Roget felt as though he were staring into an abyss of roaring flames.

A glowing red speck manifested at the corner of his vision.

Roget hesitated for a fraction of a second, instinctively reaching out to touch it.

"What is this?"

"Hiss!"

The heat scorched Roget's hand, forcing him to yank his arm back.

Glancing around, he discovered a multitude of fiery feathers drifting in the air within his spatial shield.

These were the Burning Feathers Levi had manifested through the Fire Rule. The Burning Feathers utilized the minuscule traces of fire elements that had seeped into the spatial shield during the flame serpent's prior siege.

More than a dozen burning feathers drifted toward Roget, clinging to his form.

Terror gripped Roget's face.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The feathers detonated, triggering a massive blaze.

Fanned by Levi's Fire Rule, the flames surged, consuming Roget's mage robes, hair, and eyebrows.

"Stop, stop, stop! I concede."

Roget cried out in haste, surrendering.

Li Wei's gaze relaxed slightly as he stared into his opponent's eyes.

The flames no longer harmed Rogerot, instead appearing like vivid red blossoms draped across his body.

Rogerot walked toward the edge of the arena, stepped down from the platform, and conceded defeat.

Seeing this, Li Wei also retracted all of his power.

Whoosh!

The void chains that had coiled around Rogerot’s waist returned to his hand.

The fiery feathers within the spatial barrier also dissipated.

Rogerot touched his singed hair, staring at Li Wei with deep confusion.

“How exactly did your spell bypass my spatial shield?”

Inside the spatial shield he had erected, there hadn’t been a single trace of magical elements.

In theory, elemental magic should have been completely unable to penetrate the shield and harm him.

Yet, such an impossible thing had just happened.

Li Wei smiled but didn’t answer his question.

If it weren’t for the Shadow Servant possessing the body of White Nitro, Li Wei would have had a much simpler way to deal with Rogerot.

That wouldn’t have required such a complex approach.

He had encircled him, used the void chains to lock space itself, and then applied basic fire law—only then had Rogerot finally yielded.

In truth, ordinary flames alone couldn’t threaten Rogerot’s life.

But Li Wei’s flames carried the power of laws.

His attack directly ignored the defensive magical artifacts on Rogerot’s body.

Rogerot was deeply shocked by this kind of strength.

After long deliberation, he chose to surrender.

Continuing the fight offered little hope of victory.

Mainly because he realized Li Wei could use Spatial Rending—a technique capable of shattering his spatial shield.

And his own spatial teleportation magic was restrained by the void chains.

Fighting Li Wei put him at too great a disadvantage.

So he simply gave up.

Seeing that Li Wei wasn’t going to answer, Rogerot didn’t press further.

He looked at Li Wei and asked, “What’s your name?”

That was a question Li Wei could answer.

“Li Wei.”

“I’m Rogerot. I’ll remember you,” Rogerot said.

With that, he glanced at the stone bridge beneath Li Wei’s feet.

He seemed to chuckle somewhat mockingly.

“You know what? Actually, after you took over this hidden arena, I felt a bit relieved,” Rogerot said.

Li Wei froze, frowning. “What do you mean?”

Rogerot turned to leave, saying, “You’ll understand once you see what the hidden item is.”

Li Wei narrowed his eyes and quickly checked the hidden item.

“Hidden Item — Fragment of a Forbidden Spell. When used, casts an incomplete forbidden spell. (Can be taken out of the secret realm.)”

The corner of Li Wei’s mouth twitched.

He thought he understood what Rogerot meant.

Right now, only Li Wei and Rogerot knew the properties of the hidden item.

Macaron, who had challenged Rogerot before, had failed and thus lost access to view its attributes.

Now, Rogerot intended to reveal the item’s properties to everyone.

A fragment of a forbidden spell, plus one that could even be taken outside the secret realm—

This would undoubtedly become the most coveted treasure in the entire realm.

Li Wei could already imagine everyone rushing to seize this fragment.

He suddenly felt immense pressure.

He looked at the condition for obtaining the forbidden spell fragment.

(End of Chapter)