“Damned rich people!!!”
The Mad Shark King, who had risen from humble beginnings, squeezed those words of pure hatred through his teeth.
More than Leon’s earlier insult of calling him a mongrel, Leon’s current display of wealth twisted the Mad Shark King’s heart with jealousy.
The Mad Shark King gritted his teeth as his mana erupted violently.
He layered multiple protective spells upon himself one after another to resist the erosion of the debuffing divine arts.
Immediately following that, he rapidly constructed a magic model within his magic crystal. Its complexity and precision were such that even for a Gold mage, it was by no means easy.
The moment the model took shape, a spectral blue hand, as misty as a cloud, manifested beside the Mad Shark King.
【Gold Magic: Empowering Hand—This hand acts as the caster’s second magic crystal, allowing for synergetic casting under their control.】
Under the Mad Shark King’s control, countless spells burst forth from his wand’s crystal and the Empowering Hand at his side, raining down upon Leon and the others in a frantic bombardment.
This was the true power of a mage who had stepped into the Gold rank!
Once a mage reached the Gold rank, their mana became incredibly vast. They could master techniques like Quick Casting and Multi-Casting, transforming into true turret mages!
This was why a saying was popular among transcendents: the Gold rank is where a mage’s true strength begins.
Facing the Mad Shark King’s relentless bombardment of magic, Miles’s expression remained unchanged. He gripped the rusted shortsword tightly as his mental power poured into it like a tide.
Zeng—!
A hum, like that of a peerless blade being unsheathed, echoed across the Sardine. This hum silenced all other noise; neither the mermen nor the human warriors could hear anything else in their ears.
Amidst the hum, the rusted patches on the shortsword vanished at a speed visible to the naked eye, revealing its original form—
A blade with no hilt, its entire length radiating beams of pure white light.
Miles held the edge of the blade, his palm sliced by the sharp rim and dripping with blood. He didn't seem to care, however, and simply swept the blade forward.
With a splashing sound, the spells the Mad Shark King had hurled at the three of them were all intercepted in an instant. It was as if they had fallen into a swamp, frozen in mid-air, unable to advance even a fraction of an inch!
Beside Miles, Viscount Finn saw the opening. Battle Qi erupted from his body, enveloping his heavy greatsword.
The crimson Battle Qi formed a massive shroud of fire, transforming the two-meter-long greatsword into a flaming blade nearly ten meters in length and width.
Viscount Finn suddenly lowered his stance and kicked off the deck. Like an arrow leaving a bow, he shot toward the Mad Shark King. The giant sword of flames, carrying a blazing red light, swept toward the Mad Shark King’s waist.
The flames erupted like a violent beast opening its bloody maw to tear into the Mad Shark King!
“Weak! Too weak! You really haven't recovered!”
Although this flaming blade was strong, it was still far too weak compared to the full-strength strike of a Gold bloodline warrior.
The Mad Shark King sensed the power of the attack and felt his heart settle. His mana exploded, forming a shield in front of him that easily blocked Viscount Finn’s attack.
Then, he leveled his wand, aiming the crystal at the now-exhausted Viscount Finn. “Quintuple Thunderbolt Stream!”
This five-fold spell was incredibly powerful and launched at point-blank range. Viscount Finn looked stunned, seemingly unable to defend himself and forced to take the hit head-on.
At that critical moment, a flash of sword light swept past, shielding Viscount Finn and blocking the entirety of the Quintuple Thunderbolt Stream.
Having been protected, Viscount Finn quickly retreated, returning to the side of Miles, who had helped him.
“Hahaha!”
The Mad Shark King’s shark-like eyes scanned the three of them, a triumphant smirk appearing on his face.
“This is your so-called recovery? This is the power you have after recovering?”
“You dare to crusade against me with only this much power? Are you three still dreaming?!”
Leon and the others did not look well, but they didn't waste time trading insults. Instead, they unleashed their own methods once more.
Miles held the 【Sword of Absolute Silence】, using divine arts to charge at the Mad Shark King.
Viscount Finn gritted his teeth, burning his Battle Qi once again for another charge.
Meanwhile, Leon condensed a Hammer of Sacred Light and used his mental power to generate a Radiance Longbow, firing arrows frantically.
Through the linkage between the Radiance Longbow and the Sacred Light Shield, what should have been ordinary arrows transformed into massive arrows of light as large as three doors.
Though the light arrows were massive and completely ignored the laws of aerodynamics, they tore through the sky, hurtling toward the Mad Shark King with immense kinetic energy.
Combined with the 【Wind-Whisper Heavy Cannon】 generated by the 【Red Fairy Tale】...
For a moment, the Mad Shark King sensed that the threat Leon posed to him actually exceeded that of Miles and Viscount Finn.
“Paralyzing lightning, mental burning, and now this archery with power comparable to the Gold rank...”
As a peak Gold mage, the Mad Shark King actually felt pressure from Leon, a mere Silver priest.
This Leon really was as the rumors said—a peerless genius of divine arts.
And such a genius—
“Cannot be allowed to live!”
The Mad Shark King made up his mind. He had to kill Leon Douglas right here.
Otherwise, if he allowed him to continue growing, he would surely face a catastrophe in the future!
Consequently, the Mad Shark King focused more of his firepower on Leon.
Miles, meanwhile, manipulated the 【Sword of Absolute Silence】 to continue blocking the attacks for Leon.
After a round of exchanges, both sides were evenly matched, with neither gaining the upper hand.
“This can't go on, my mental power won't hold!”
Suddenly, Leon spoke up.
He turned his gaze toward Viscount Finn and shouted sternly, “Stop stalling! Use your full strength now!”
Hearing this, Viscount Finn gritted his teeth and said, “Hold him for one minute!”
With that, Viscount Finn immediately stepped out of the battlefield and plunged his greatsword into the deck.
The Battle Qi on his body began to rapidly retract, but his aura, which had previously fluctuated between weak and strong, now became increasingly solid.
Sensing the changes in Viscount Finn and the sudden surge in effort from Miles and Leon, the Mad Shark King didn't know what the three were planning.
But he understood one thing: whatever the enemy wanted to do, he must not let them finish it!
The Mad Shark King pulled a crystal from his chest and pressed it against his head.
Instantly, his surging mana jumped up another level!
Even more torrential mana gushed from his body. His wand and the Empowering Hand aimed at the two of them.
“Great Concussion!”
A thunderous roar erupted—!!!
The air was compressed to its limit in an instant, forming a vacuum zone before violently rebounding, hurtling toward Leon and Miles like a massive mana cannon.
Miles’s expression tightened as he swung the 【Sword of Absolute Silence】 several times in quick succession to offset and weaken the surging power of the 【Great Concussion】 spell.
In order to block this spell, Miles was stretched thin and could no longer provide protection for the focused Viscount Finn.
While Leon didn't need to block the 【Great Concussion】, he could only manage to place a single Sacred Light Shield over Viscount Finn in the emergency.
And with his remaining mental power, that Sacred Light Shield wouldn't be able to withstand the Mad Shark King’s next lethal spell!
The Mad Shark King raised his wand, aiming at the eyes-closed Viscount Finn. Vast mana surged from him as he chanted rapidly:
“Ancient spirits who rule the abyss and the tides, hear my call, gather here...”
However.
Before he could finish his chant, Viscount Finn, who was supposed to need a minute to prepare, suddenly snapped his eyes open.
A glint of cunning flashed in Viscount Finn’s eyes.
The Mad Shark King’s expression changed instantly. He forcibly interrupted his casting at the cost of damaging his mana circuits, frantically pouring mana in front of him in an attempt to reinforce his crumbling defenses.
But it was already too late.
Viscount Finn’s figure charged forward like a meteor wreathed in fire. The giant sword, wrapped in blazing Battle Qi, was completely unleashed at this moment—
The crimson Battle Qi exploded, transforming into a fifty-meter-long burning sword qi that nearly spanned the entire field of vision. With a momentum that could incinerate all things, it swept horizontally toward the Mad Shark King’s waist!
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