As Adelle contemplated the electricity and lightning.
Gauss exerted force with his feet.
With a flicker, his figure disappeared from the original spot.
In the next moment, he was already in front of Adelle.
"So fast!"
Adelle felt a bit surprised in her heart.
"Boom!"
Gauss had entered a state of seriousness.
His gilded pupils tightly locked onto Adelle, without any flashy movements.
The energy claw gathered in his right hand unleashed its power, tearing through the air with a roar.
At the tip of the claw, it seemed as though the air was punched, creating shock waves that spread outward.
An unpretentious straight thrust!
Faced with this attack, Adelle’s pupils suddenly constricted.
But the reaction of a master-level professional still allowed her to make an instinctive move at the first moment.
This response came from the tempering of countless battles, forming a kind of combat instinct.
Anyone below the master level of adventurers would absolutely be unable to react in time!
Only to see the sword artifact in her hand block in front of her.
Barely blocking the direction of Gauss’s thrust.
"Clang!!"
A crisp collision sound rang out!
The vibrating force from the sword made Adelle’s wrist numb momentarily.
The opponent seemed not to be flesh and blood, but a piece of incomparably hard refined steel.
"Such heavy force!"
Adelle grunted.
She resisted Gauss’s first wave of impact, and in the next moment, her whole body flew backward.
Elegantly rolling a few times in the air.
But before she could use the momentum to distance herself and land.
Her peripheral vision caught sight of a bright blue shimmer quickly gathering on Gauss’s dragon claw.
In an extremely brief moment, it was already released out of hand.
"It’s a spell!"
In the air, she hastily swung her sword artifact, slashing towards the ground, and in the next instant, using the rebound force, her body took off again.
However, there was still a bright blue orb that had locked onto her evaded aerial position in advance.
"Whish!"
The rapier drew a silver semicircular crescent in the air in front of her!
"Boom!!"
The magic missile was cut open by her rapier, exploding into two halves.
In the next moment, borrowing the impact of the explosion, she finally managed to distance herself from Gauss and landed back on the safe ground.
"Is it a magic missile?"
Adelle raised her eyebrows.
Although the power did not completely exceed what she could handle, it was still troublesome, far beyond the power that a typical level four caster could unleash.
At this moment.
The originally tidy work clothes she wore were already shattered by the shock wave from the extremely brief battle earlier.
Revealing a silver form-fitting armor and battle skirt beneath her work clothes.
Quickly glancing at the scattered fragments of clothing on the ground, she twitched her mouth slightly.
This round of explosive disrobing was indeed due to her overestimating herself.
But....
A bit troublesome.
She clicked her tongue.
Gazing cautiously at Gauss from afar.
Preventing him from launching another ranged magic missile.
Quickly analyzing the combat style and tactics Gauss had displayed earlier.
First, possessing some special Dragon Race bloodline? Is he a Warlock?
Second, extremely excellent melee capability, not needing armor, as his defense alone could withstand most attacks, but the extent of protection still needs further testing.
Third, outstanding remote casting capability, quick, accurate, ruthless, far surpassing the power of same-level casters, and can freely switch between the two combat styles.
And until now, she finally resolved a puzzle she had earlier.
Why, as a caster, did Gauss learn a swordsmanship that only warrior-like professions need?
At first, she thought it was a common issue with geniuses, being over-ambitious.
But until this moment, she realized it’s not so.
The reason he learned swordsmanship is singular, he uses this skill.
He must not underestimate master-level professionals.
She took a deep breath.
In the next moment, her momentum also changed.
A stream of white airflow covered her body from the inside out.
"What is this?"
Gauss watched this scene warily.
Indeed, he felt Adelle change.
Is this the power of a master-level swordswoman?
He had encountered other swordsmen before, but this was the first time he personally experienced this transformation.
Out of a trial idea.
He attempted using Searing Metal.
Gazing at Adelle’s silver armor and longsword, those iron weapons slightly reddened.
Adelle instinctively furrowed her brows.
But apart from this, there was no other reaction.
Was the opposing constitution too high causing the spell to fail, or was Searing Metal weakened, making it bearable?
Gauss naturally understood that a spell does not necessarily produce the corresponding effect upon successful casting.
The power of the spell, whether effective, is closely related to the spell’s target.
However, making the opponent feel somewhat uncomfortable means the spell had some effect.
His feet exerted force again, sprinting towards Adelle.
Adelle, already prepared, swung the longsword in her hand several times.
Each attack traced a silver arc in the air.
But this time, unlike before.
Each silver arc did not disappear like a typical slash but appeared as if possessing substance, radiating a cold sharpness.
"Chirp——"
Accompanied by a sharp sound like a bird’s cry.
In the blink of an eye, several silver arcs intertwined forming a simple yet lethal sword net, enveloping the approaching Gauss.