Chapter 441: Levi VS Rox

Chapter 441: Levi vs. Rox

Erica and Shadow Servant were locked in fierce combat.

For now, neither side could gain the upper hand.

Erica’s dragon tongue spell, “Elemental Return,” had no effect on the Shadow Servant.

Thus, only brutal close-quarters combat remained to determine the victor.

Erica possessed strength, physique, and speed comparable to a sixth-tier magical beast.

The white Nitro controlled by the Shadow Servant was itself equivalent to a peak sixth-tier magical beast.

Even unable to unleash their full power, both could still erupt with strength and speed surpassing the sixth tier.

It was truly an evenly matched battle.

Most crucially, both possessed extraordinary regenerative abilities.

Unless gravely wounded in a single strike, it would be difficult to end the fight quickly.

Levi didn’t expect the Shadow Servant to defeat Erica outright.

He only needed the Shadow Servant to hold her back while he dealt with Rox.

Once that was done, they could deal with Erica together.

Rox stood before Levi, chuckled, and said, “What are you waiting for?”

No sooner had the words left his mouth than Levi felt an attack coming.

His invisible armor was being corroded by some force, rapidly deteriorating.

Levi fixed Rox with a sharp gaze. “Is this your attack?”

Flame Shield!

The invisible armor emerged, forming a circular red flame barrier.

Flames roared and blazed.

Crackling sounds filled the air as countless tiny, nearly imperceptible insects were reduced to ash by the fire.

This was Rox’s attack—

The minuscule insects he released had the ability to devour energy and destroy magical barriers.

Rox looked at Levi with slight surprise, seemingly taken aback that his shield could counterattack.

He shook his head and walked toward Levi, casually flexing his right hand.

In the next instant, his right hand violently swelled, transforming into a ferocious beast claw that slammed toward Levi’s head.

Boom!

A terrifying force crashed down onto Levi’s shield.

Crack! Crack!

The magical barrier, composed of over a hundred hexagonal crystal fragments, began to fracture.

The ground beneath Levi’s feet also gave way sharply.

The shield’s pressure carved out a circular depression in the floor.

The magical barrier endured tremendous force.

Creak! Creak!

Rox’s beast claw gripped Levi’s shield tightly.

Ignoring the burning flames, its five fingers clenched ever harder.

It dug straight into the magical shield.

Levi looked up—the sharp claws at the tip of the beast limb shimmered with the light of armor-piercing runes.

Those claws could pierce through magical barriers directly.

The moment they pierced the shield, the claws detached from the beast limb and shot forward like projectiles, aiming straight for Levi’s body.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

The claws pierced through Levi’s body and even through the ground, leaving behind five bottomless black holes.

Levi transformed into the Flame Lord.

Flame Domain!

Whoosh!

The domain of flames spread out, engulfing the entire inner hall.

Otis and Allen hurriedly retreated from the battlefield, standing at the doorway peering inside.

At the sight before them, Otis couldn’t help but regret agreeing to let them meet within the palace.

Had he known they’d come to blows, he definitely would have chosen another location.

Before this, he never imagined that fourth-tier Levi would have a conflict with sixth-tier Rox.

Even if there was a conflict, given the gap in power—

There was no way Levi could challenge Rox.

Yet everything had unfolded beyond Otis’s expectations.

Not only did they fight—

But it seemed they were somewhat evenly matched.

Allen asked with a deeply complicated expression, “Is Levi really just a fourth-tier mage?”

Hearing that, Otis hesitated inwardly—he didn’t know either!

He stayed silent.

“Sacred Fireball!”

Levi raised his right hand, and a golden fireball appeared in his palm.

He slammed the fireball directly into Rox’s face.

The fireball, imbued with sacred power, bypassed all of Rox’s magical shields.

The magical defensive artifact on Rox’s body flickered briefly, activating a magical barrier.

But it was useless.

The sacred fireball pierced through every shield and struck Rox square in the face.

Boom! Kaboom!

Rox staggered backward several steps before regaining his footing.

Utterly stunned.

"I didn't expect you to still be hiding such tricks in the competition."

Roxas was also extremely surprised.

As the firelight dissipated, Roxas's face had already been scorched, his skin and flesh burned and coagulated together, transforming him into a grotesque monster.

He raised his left hand and directly tore off the injured facial skin.

Just like a snake shedding its scales.

After tearing away the old layer of skin, the skin beneath became even smoother and more tender.

This was an ability he gained after fusing with the power of a snake-type magical beast that could recover from injuries through molting.

By consuming energy, he could restore most of his wounds through molting.

Li Wei's Sacred Fireball Technique indeed gave him considerable surprise.

But this alone was still not enough to defeat him.

Roxas's right hand returned to normal size, while his hair began to float and grow rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, his hair grew over ten meters long, like countless spider webs covering the entire inner hall.

Sizzling sounds filled the air!

His hair seemed to possess extremely high magical resistance.

Li Wei's Flame Domain couldn't easily burn it down.

Though some parts of the hair caught fire, they couldn't keep up with Roxas's hair regeneration speed.

Hissing sounds erupted!

Countless strands of hair surged toward Li Wei, overwhelming everything in their path.

Li Wei snapped his fingers.

A wisp of purple flame appeared at his fingertips.

Blazing Impact!

With a gentle flick of his index finger, the purple flame shattered and instantly spread into a conical wave of fire, incinerating everything before him.

This was the power of intermediate-level fire elemental laws.

Until now, Li Wei had never been able to release purple flames so effortlessly.

Whooshing sounds!

Crackling noises!

The purple flames reduced all the hair surging toward Li Wei to ashes.

An unbearably pungent and irritating stench permeated the inner hall.

Boom!

The palace roof was shattered as Roxas flew out—he no longer wished to continue fighting Li Wei here.

As Li Wei unleashed his flames, the temperature within the room continued rising.

This was becoming disadvantageous for him.

Li Wei looked up at the large hole torn in the ceiling.

He raised his hand, aimed at Roxas flying upward through the opening, and made a trigger-pulling motion with his fingers.

"Phoenix Fire Thread!"

Instantly, purple flame condensed at Li Wei's fingertip into a slender column of violet fire that shot forth.

It struck Roxas mid-air.

The terrifying high-temperature beam pierced straight through Roxas's body.

From his lower abdomen through to his shoulder blade, the wound continued burning with purple flames.

The purple fire clung like leeches burrowing into bone—difficult to eradicate.

If an ordinary mage were hit by this attack, they would likely suffer severe injury.

Yet Roxas merely grunted, using "Snake Shedding" to molt and escape the burning of the purple flames.

The shed outer skin was reduced to ashes midair by Li Wei's purple flames as it fell to the ground.

Faint blue light enveloped Li Wei's body as he flew straight outside.

That Phoenix Fire Thread had been him using intermediate fire laws to simulate Elfa's spell.

At least seventy or eighty percent similar.

Boom!

The ceiling above Li Wei's head was blasted open by a force as he flew out of the palace.

Oats looked up with a helpless sigh.

Another hole broken.

(End of Chapter)