Chapter 320: Section 108: Cang Xu: One of Us!
A cold light flashed!
The Sea Elf Commander ruthlessly struck towards Cang Xu.
Cang Xu stood still, motionless, and was chopped in two by the blade.
But the Sea Elf Commander’s clone uttered a cry, “Mirror Image Technique? When did he cast that?”
The real Cang Xu was nowhere to be seen; what he had killed was just an illusion.
The Sea Elf Commander snorted coldly and immediately cast a spell. A surging ring of light emanated from him, fiercely expanding outward.
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The hidden Cang Xu, who was drifting, was swept up by the ring of light, tripped forward, and materialized.
The Sea Elf Commander noticed Cang Xu, who had already escaped a hundred steps away, but did not pursue. Instead, he cast another spell.
Five Magic Missiles, glowing with splendid blue and purple luminescence, pierced through the water, shooting towards Cang Xu.
Cang Xu hastily pulled out a Magic Scroll from his bosom, tore it open, and transformed it into a halo that enveloped his entire body.
Then, leaning against a wall for support, he barely dodged two Magic Missiles but was hit by the remaining three.
Cang Xu was struck as if by three punches to the back, the halo on his body fading almost to imperceptibility.
The Magic Missile, a low-end and easy-to-learn spell, required all of Cang Xu’s power to defend against when used by a Golden Level powerhouse.
Having blocked the Magic Missiles, Cang Xu felt no joy but instead a sense of alarm ringing in his heart.
“This is just his way of constraining me!”
Cang Xu did not turn his head, hurriedly pulled out another scroll, and tore it nearly instantaneously.
In the next moment, his speed increased drastically, and he surged forward like a fish.
Almost simultaneously, the Sea Elf Commander’s clone pounced towards him. A hundred steps were nothing to him.
But he pounced on empty air.
“Hmph, quite slippery,” the Sea Elf Commander’s clone continued the chase.
But Cang Xu’s wealth had taken him by surprise.
Generally, casting magic took time. Magic Scrolls, however, allowed for instant casting.
It was through these scrolls that Cang Xu repeatedly seized crucial seconds in life-or-death moments, causing the Sea Elf Commander’s clone’s attacks to miss again and again.
Thus, they continued this chase and escape for a moment until Cang Xu collided with a troop of the Divine Guard Army.
Constrained, he was finally caught up by the Sea Elf Commander’s clone.
“Where else do you think you can run, little rat? Die!” The Sea Elf Commander’s clone, now furious, struck Cang Xu down mercilessly.
Cang Xu’s face went pale; he knew his death was certain, but he still wanted to resist.
Undead Magic—Flying Bone Shield!
He finally used a technique unique to him; several basin-sized bone shields spun out, circling and flying around him.
The white bone shields blocked the Divine Guard Army’s attacks, but in front of the Sea Elf Commander, they were as fragile as paper and were quickly destroyed.
“An Undead Mage! Must be killed!”
Cang Xu snorted coldly, his heart filled with resolve.
“Even in death, you won’t have it easy!”
Undead Magic—Corpse Explosion Technique!
There were no corpses around; shockingly, the target of the spell was Cang Xu himself.
Cang Xu’s body, altered by Undead Magic—half-human, half-corpse—was a viable target for the Corpse Explosion Technique.
However, just as Cang Xu was trying to drag his powerful enemy down with him, suddenly someone from the Divine Guard Army rushed forward and slapped his shoulder.
The Corpse Explosion Technique that Cang Xu was about to release abruptly stopped.
Cang Xu groaned, his vision darkening, nearly collapsing.
Amid his shock, he saw the “Divine Guard Army” member confronting the Sea Elf Commander’s clone.
Boom!
The two sides engaged, water surging wildly, equally matched.
“Who are you?” the Sea Elf Commander’s clone demanded harshly.
“City Guard,” revealing the disguise with a smile, “I am also an Undead Mage.”
Cang Xu was taken aback and greatly surprised.
This Undead Mage who had revealed himself possessed Golden Level cultivation, but his appearance was clearly that of the master of the underwater chamber.
Why did Cang Xu know what the master of the underwater chamber looked like?
It was simple.
Inside the toad safety box, there were records of the master of the underwater chamber’s appearance, voice, blood type, etc., as evidence for verification in the unlocking steps.
“Clearly at Silver Level, he managed to get promoted to Golden Level in the temple?” Cang Xu guessed in his heart.
If it hadn’t been for Cang Xu needing to use the Corpse Explosion Technique, threatening everyone, this Undead Mage might have continued hiding.
The Undead Mage and the Sea Elf Commander faced off against each other.
“Kill!” The remaining Divine Guard Army, upon discovering a traitor among them, rushed towards the Undead Mage from all sides.
The Undead Mage snorted coldly, merely snapping his fingers.
The Divine Guard Army soldiers charging at him abruptly paused, their bones sprouting spikes; spikes violently burst out, turning the soldiers into hedgehogs, all were killed.
During the period of his disguise, he had already secretly cast a spell.
Now he only needed to cast a specific wave of magic to trigger this Undead Magic.
After the death of the Divine Guard Army, blue soul fires sprang from their pupils, summoned by the Undead Mage, and they rushed towards the Sea Elf Commander’s clone.
He seized the opportunity to turn around, his finger pointing at Cang Xu, his killing intent fierce.
When strong foes clashed, the first step was to clear the field.
He certainly didn’t want himself and the Sea Elf Commander’s clone to both be injured, only for outsiders to reap the benefits.
Cang Xu, being pointed at by the Undead Mage, instantly felt his heart pounding. At the life-or-death moment, a brilliant idea struck, and he pulled out an object, shouting, “Own men!”
The Undead Mage’s pupils narrowed and indeed he held back.
Cang Xu gasped for air, feeling mixed emotions from retrieving his life, a combination of relief, fear, and lingering horror.
In that critical moment, he had shown the Undead Mage what he had seized from the underwater chamber — that badge.
The badge contained a special power, making it extremely difficult to fake.
The Undead Mage believed it.
He was about to speak when his expression suddenly changed, and he quickly turned to confront an enemy.
The Sea Elf Commander, proficient in magic, fighting energy, and divine arts, seeing his opponent was a Mage, naturally played to his own close-combat strengths.
The Undead Mage couldn’t cast spells in time, directly extending his left little finger.
His little finger’s bone exploded, instantly casting, summoning the Flying Bone Shield.
Bone shields flew, each one twice the size of Cang Xu’s, a total of six bone shields, blocking the Sea Elf Commander’s clone.
The body of the Sea Elf Commander twisted, striking at the shields, suddenly stepping diagonally, powerfully kicking off the wall, bypassing the Undead Mage, and charging straight at Cang Xu.
In a clash of the strong, he aimed to kill Cang Xu first, doing everything to eliminate risks and uncertainties.
The Undead Mage quickly cast a spell.
The walls, ceiling, and floor of the corridor suddenly sprouted countless bone arms, snapping as they reached out and grabbed the Sea Elf Commander.
Cang Xu quickly retreated; had it not been for the Undead Mage’s assistance, he might have been beheaded by his enemy by then.
Hundreds of bone arms grasped the Sea Elf Commander’s clone.
The latter struggled constantly, pumping fighting energy, his body also radiating with divine light.
The Undead Mage maintained the spell, his expression growing increasingly strained.
“Brother, catch.” The next moment, Cang Xu tossed the silver Magic Wand he held to the Undead Mage.
The Undead Mage took it and used it, immediately enhancing the effect of his mana, pulling back the Sea Elf Commander’s clone who was about to break free.
“Great wand! I also made one exactly like it, just didn’t bring it with me,” the Undead Mage remarked in admiration.