Chapter 292: Chapter 261: Another One Fooled

Jeming heard Levin Mills’ “No” and couldn’t help but chuckle, his tone mocking:

“With your current half-crippled state, if we really fight, you’re doomed. If you turn and run now, I might not even be able to stop you.”

Levin Mills nodded, acknowledging his poor condition, but then a smug smile of control appeared on his face:

“Jeming, geniuses like you often have a common flaw—arrogance! It is your arrogance that has given me the time to complete my final preparations!”

No sooner had he finished speaking than he suddenly spread his palm, and a complex rune-inscribed silvery-white metal in his palm was emitting intense forbidden magic vibrations, quickly turning to ash!

Buzz…

An invisible force field instantly spread out from him as the center!

Jeming immediately felt his connection with the surrounding elements severed rapidly, and his spiritual power felt like shackles were weighing it down, making it sluggish.

Not only him, all the surviving wizards on the battlefield changed their expressions drastically.

They found their ability to mobilize elemental energy severely restricted, as if they had changed from free-flying birds into reptiles trapped in a mire.

Even Levin Mills himself was affected, his spell maintaining flight failed, and his body slowly descended to the ground.

But he wasn’t panicked, rather he stood confidently, with a smile of victory on his face:

“Jeming, you truly are a genius! The ’array’ formed by that special witchcraft artifact behind you is a perfect masterpiece of warfare! Before the forbidden magic, with my current state, if I confronted you head-on, I might indeed lose.”

“However!” His tone suddenly shifted, filled with absolute confidence, “The difference in level is fundamental! It represents a complete surpassing in life level, including physical attributes and energy foundation! As long as I seal your strongest card…”

His gaze swept over the ’talisman witchcraft’ behind Jeming that was gradually dimming due to the severed energy connection and the talismans falling one by one, sneering: “…what remains will be much easier.”

“It seems you’re quite confident in your close combat abilities.” Jeming’s smile faded on his face, his expression turned blank as he glanced at the talisman witchcraft falling behind him.

Both to wait for the Forbidden Magic Domain to reach optimum effect and to strike at his enemy’s confidence, Levin Mills declared proudly:

“What I’ve researched is the ’vitality’ rule under the life system! Even if external elements are deprived, I myself am an inexhaustible source of life! With just this body enhanced by rules and the immense life energy, my close combat abilities are among the top in Third Level Wizards!”

Jeming listened with a blank face, behind him, the witchcraft artifact shaped like a metal disc that served as the Great Light Phase Core was about to fall.

However, just as the disc was about to touch the ground, Jeming’s lips curled into a triumphant arc:

“Coincidentally, it seems we were thinking the same.”

Buzz…

The seemingly inactive metal disc suddenly exploded with a dazzling light, its surface patterns shining fiercely.

A tremendous suction erupted, not only instantly draining the remaining energy of Levin Mills’ Forbidden Magic Domain but also wildly plundering all the wandering elements around!

In just a brief moment, a more thorough ’element vacuum’ formed around the two, surpassing what Levin Mills had created!

If Levin’s Forbidden Magic Domain was putting a ’restraint garment’ on the wizards, then Jeming’s move was akin to throwing fish onto the shore directly.

Several wizards nearby, already barely standing due to serious injuries, suddenly felt as if suffocating, stars flashing before their eyes, nearly collapsing.

Looking at Jeming’s confident eyes, Levin Mills was both shocked and angry: “You… are truly arrogant!”

Between Second Level Wizard and Third Level Wizard, besides the rules’ support, there is a huge difference in basic attributes.

Moreover, with the vitality rule’s support, Levin Mills was confident that even if Jeming was a wizard specializing in body enhancement, he would surely be no match for him in close combat!

Not to mention, since this person before him had already shown excellent mastery in alchemy and rune science, it was impossible for him to also excel in body strengthening.

…or perhaps Levin Mills was unwilling to accept this fact.

Jeming didn’t say much, he was indeed very confident, but he ought to be!

The perseverance in body honing for hundreds of years, along with the enhancement from the most lethal body cultivation technique in the Cultivation Immortality World, he had the right to be confident.

One could say that ever since noticing something amiss, Jeming had been deliberately guiding.

If it weren’t for the timing being off, Jeming might have found it hard to resist brushing back his hair and uttering “Finally, hooked.”

Boom!!!

The two said no more, their figures instantly turning into two afterimages, crashing into each other like meteors!

The pure physical battle erupted fiercely!

Levin Mills launched a strong attack first, knowing that his greatest advantage lay in the crushing basic attributes brought by the life level of Third Level Wizards.

His right fist struck straightforwardly, appearing simple yet containing the reverse usage of the ’vitality’ rule.

Before the punch even landed, a force full of corrosive power shot towards Jeming’s chest like a needle tip, attempting to disrupt his muscle operation internally.

The air around the punch warped, displaying the power of this strike.

Jeming’s gaze was sharp, his extraordinary dynamic vision allowing him to catch this attack.

He didn’t choose to directly block the straight punch, instead his body moved slightly like willow, letting the punch graze past his chest.

The eerie Life Energy impacted his resilient body surface, producing a sizzling sound.

However, at the same time, the Body Refining Technique began to operate, and Jeming’s body started to adaptively evolve against the erosion brought by the Vitality Rule.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Levin Mills, worthy of being a Third Level Wizard, was endowed with terrifying life force and physical strength by the “Vitality” Rule.

As soon as the previous punch missed, he immediately swung three more punches in succession.

His fists and feet tore through the air with sharp whistles, carrying immense power, each strike capable of splitting mountains and rocks.

His moves seemed unbearably fierce, yet contained an odd fluidity and swiftness, like a serpent striking, targeting Jeming’s joints and other vulnerable spots.

But Jeming, elusive as a ghost, used his extraordinary dynamic vision and nerve reactions brought by the Body Refining Technique, along with the exquisite Body Techniques learned from the Great Dao Book Pavilion, to exhibit a speed and skill far beyond Levin Mills’ expectations.

He continuously used precise techniques to deflect Levin’s ferocious assaults and counterattacked at cunning, vicious angles on his joints and internal organs!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Every clash between the two exploded with a dull roar, causing the ground to tremble slightly and the air to warp.

If there were any onlookers, they would never believe this was a battle between two Wizards but rather a life-and-death melee between two humanoid beasts!

Yet, as the battle went on, Levin Mills was shocked to find himself at a disadvantage.

Levin Mills possessed formidable strength and commendable “Vitality” Rule, yet he was thrown off balance by Jeming’s storm-like attacks.

Although Levin Mills’ attacks were fierce, most were narrowly dodged or blocked by Jeming.

But every one of Jeming’s counterattacks was as precise as a scalpel, and although they left no external signs, they continually accumulated damage, eroding Levin’s vitality.

His “Vitality” Rule operated fiercely, repairing the damage, yet the repair speed was subtly beginning to fall behind the rate of injury!

What frightened him even more was that, despite consistently using the reverse Vitality Rule to erode the opponent’s body,

initially with apparent success, the effect of his Law diminished over time.

“How is this possible?! How is his strength so great? Doesn’t he tire? And his physique… why can he resist my Law’s erosion?!” The more Levin Mills fought, the more astonished he became.

He attempted to distance himself and reorganize his offensive, but Jeming shadowed him closely, granting him no respite.

Jeming had completely grasped the battle tempo.

Noticing Levin Mills’ life force beginning to lag in recovery, a cold light flashed in Jeming’s eyes!

He feigned a flaw, deliberately using his left shoulder to take a heavy punch from Levin Mills.

Crack!

A subtle crack resonated from the shoulder bone, and intense pain ensued.

Yet Jeming’s brow didn’t furrow even slightly, for the Body Refining Technique granted not only defense but also ultimate endurance of pain and seamless control over his body.

Using the punch’s momentum, Jeming spun his body, his right leg swinging up like a giant axe, delivering a powerful sweeping kick to the side of Levin Mills’ supporting knee!

“Ugh-ah!”

Levin Mills let out a grim scream as a clear sound of bone cracking came from his knee joint, and his body instantly lost balance, falling backward.

The outcome was decided in that instant!

Without pause, Jeming’s spinning body drove his left knee, like a coiled, poised dragon, upward with full force and speed as Levin Mills fell back with his guard down!

Bang!!!

That knee strike solidly hit Levin Mills’ lower abdomen.

The terrifying force not only instantly destroyed his internal organ defenses but the intense pain also shattered his prepared “Vitality” Rule.

Levin Mills’ eyes bulged, bloodshot, and his body collapsed bonelessly, contorted into an exaggerated shrimp shape.

“Puh!”

A mouthful of blood, mixed with bits of internal organs, sprayed from his mouth like a fountain.

The entirety of his being, like a ruined sandbag, was flown backward by the immense force, carving a visible trail on the ground.

Ultimately, with a thunderous crash, he was deeply embedded into the hard, foggy ground behind, creating a spiderweb-like cracked pit.

Levin Mills’ body convulsed violently several times, still trying to struggle.

But the once proud, boundless “Vitality” inside him rapidly dissipated like a deflated ball.

He finally slipped powerlessly to the ground, limp as mud, with only absolute disbelief and despair’s ashen grayness left on his face.

He had lost.

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