His presence was deep and vast like an abyss, causing a bone-chilling fear that one dared not underestimate.
Even... even Yasi felt inexplicably that fear was starting to creep into his heart.
So much so that the flow of Magic Power within him became sluggish!
Swoosh!
Suddenly, a dazzling golden light shot from behind.
Yasi instinctively dodged to the side, but his body hadn't adjusted to the unfamiliar oppressive aura yet, making his movement slow by a beat.
Consequently, the golden light hit his left shoulder!
Hiss!
The dazzling light eroded the Black Mist Armor, penetrating deeper, but ultimately it couldn't break through the armor's defense and prematurely dissipated.
This was when Lillian arrived.
She stood beside Colin, shoulder to shoulder, facing Yasi.
At this moment, Lillian had transformed into a young girl. She glanced unconsciously at the unharmed Colin next to her, her beautiful eyes filled with an expression of amazement.
She had just seen Colin being flung away and thought she was about to lose a junior fellow.
However, Colin looked unharmed except for some tears in his Wizard Robe.
On the other side, Colin changed his strategy after witnessing this scene and stopped his hand that was preparing to strike opportunistically.
The intensity of that solid golden light attack had almost surpassed the level of First Rank Witchcraft.
The strongest witchcraft he now mastered—the Four Times Limit Breaking Fireball Skill—was at best only on par with it.
"You aren't Second Rank, what witchcraft is this?"
Beside them, Yasi finally reacted; ignoring Lillian's attack, he still looked gravely at Colin.
Although he realized that the unknown formidable prowess could just be a rare witchcraft, he still couldn't relax.
That negative impact was still ongoing—though weak, it indeed genuinely affected various aspects of him: the speed of Magic Power mobilization, the accuracy of Casting, and so on.
It wasn't any illusion.
However, no matter what, Colin was not Second Rank!
Yasi took a deep breath, his eyes flickering before suddenly turning to Atbolde and saying,
"You might as well take the healing substance from the Crystal Bottle, but I assure you, before you recover, I will kill all your beloved students, including your granddaughter!"
Perhaps influenced by the Knight Aura, his tone was somewhat urgent, but no one present doubted the truth of his words.
Atbolde, who just opened the Crystal Bottle on the twisted tree, stopped.
He stared at Yasi, his aged, rigid face showing no emotion.
"You know I'm serious," Yasi continued coldly.
"So what?" Atbolde smirked, fully opened the Crystal Bottle, and drank the Ancient Life Tree Dew!
"Hoping for mercy from the enemy is the most foolish act," Atbolde coldly threw the Crystal Bottle on the ground and said,
"If anything happens to my students, you won't get the Black Mist Token!"
'Although, the Black Mist Token doesn't really exist.' He silently added in his mind as his body gradually sunk into the twisted tree.
Before disappearing, Atbolde cast a deep look at Colin and Lillian.
If he hadn't drunk the dew and heeded Yasi's words, once he died, Colin and the others would hardly escape death...
"Mentor, rest assured."
At this moment, Colin suddenly spoke.
"Yasi can't do anything to me."
Atbolde and Lillian showed surprise on their faces.
"Arrogant!" Yasi cursed angrily on the other side.
His body flickered, but instead of flying towards Colin, he headed straight for the twisted tree.
'It seems it's not that easy to taunt after all.'
Colin sighed.
He had intended to divert Yasi's hatred onto himself to buy time for Mentor Atbolde, but it seemed not as easy as he thought.
Swoosh!
Colin caught up with Yasi and blocked his path again.
Yasi ignored him, intending to bypass him from the side.
Yet, Colin, like a relentless annoyance, always blocked his way.
"Seeking death!"
Yasi stopped and stared coldly at Colin, knowing that he would have to deal with Colin first to reach Atbolde.
This First Rank Wizard, not only possessed strange suppressive witchcraft, his speed was astounding!
But no matter what, he was just a First Rank Wizard.
Yasi coldly curled his lips, intending to show Colin the insurmountable gap between First Rank and Second Rank!
Boom!!
Black mist shot towards Colin, like snakes emerging from their holes or like lances striking together.
He could already imagine the scene of Colin being pierced through!
However, the next moment, the black mist didn't bring the sensation of hitting the target.
Yasi frowned and looked.
Colin stood quietly nearby, shrouded in a faint cyan-golden glow, with a golden crown pattern revealed on his forehead.
His eyes, due to the Mechanical Mind, appeared indifferent, yet animated due to the rapid operation of the Superbrain.
Yasi felt like Colin had seen through everything about him.
"What exactly are you?"
Influenced by the Knight Aura, he murmured.