Chapter 595: Raging Storm
Besides, the Dragon of Dream controlled the magic of the four elements: earth, fire, water, and wind. Even a true god would not dare to go toe-to-toe against it. Even if the Dragon of Dream had fallen into hibernation for some reason, Lin Li was still a minor Legendary-mage who could not deal with it alone. Even a figure of the Sanctuary-realm would not be able to fight the Dragon of Dream.
Even if the legends were real, and the projected avatar was not of the Dragon of Dream that Lin Li had guessed it was, Lin Li was certain that the main body was absolutely almost as powerful as the Dragon of Dream. If he were to really get involved with such a terrifying creature, Lin Li would ultimately face a horrible death.
Lin Li frowned with a sullen expression while brainstorming for a strategy that he could use to deal with the Elemental Wyrm. He had to come up with a solution as soon as possible during such a situation. If he were to continue delaying, he would only be put at a disadvantage.
Although it was just the projection avatar of a strong and powerful existence, it was the strongest opponent that Lin Li had ever met since he arrived in Anril. Putting its formidable power aside, the fact that it had infinite mana was enough to make it invincible.
Although Lin Li had a strong mental strength and the assistance of the Evil Eye Tyrant’s crystal, he only had an advantage over ordinary human mages. Putting the Elemental Wyrm aside, even the elven Legendary-mage Vidas who fought Lin Li in the Legendary-level battle in the Harvest Square was much stronger than him in terms of mental strength.
The reason he was able to defeat Vidas back then was due to the shortcomings of the elves’ innate resistance to mental strength attacks[1]. Besides, Lin Li happened to have the Demon Lord from the Endless Abyssal and the Lord of Nightmares that had a strong mental attacking ability. Otherwise, it’d’ve been almost impossible for him to defeat Vidas.
However, now that he was facing the powerful projection of the Elemental Wyrm, he would definitely die if he were to apply the same strategy. The Elemental Wyrm had infinite mana not because of how strong its mental strength was, but because it mastered the Rules of the four elements. The four elements were the main source of magic of the entire Anril. Although it was just a projected avatar, its casting was restricted. However, its mana was not restricted.
Lin Li had encountered strong avatars before when he landed in Anril. The Lord of Darkness in the Abyss of Tharlen was a projection avatar of the Dragon of Destruction, but it was clearly weaker compared to the avatar of the Elemental Wyrm.
Although it was only a legend that the Dragon of Destruction had fallen, the truth was not to be doubted. The Immortal King killed the Dragon of Destruction, and even used its skeletal remains to create the Sky Castle. There were records of it in the history of the High Elves.
As one of the five Dragon Aspects, the Dragon of Destruction definitely had destructive power and menace, just as its name implied. In fact, it was much more outstanding than the other four aspects. As the projection of the Dragon Aspect, the power held by the Lord of Darkness could be considered to be on par with the current Elemental Wyrm. Besides, the Lord of Darkness also had the Darkness Domain of the Dragon of Destruction, which helped him construct the Throne of Darkness.
However, compared to the projection avatar of the Elemental Wyrm, the Lord of Darkness lacked the most important ability, which was the power to control mind and power. He was only familiar with the power of machinery, but ignored Lin Li’s ingenious schemes. After experiencing the suppression by the power of the Abyss, he still changed his target to Mephistos, the Lord of Souls, because he was ignorant and saw all of those who had strong energy fluctuations as targets that he had to kill.
Although Lin Li mainly relied on the ancient demonic runes from Connoris to activate the power of the Abyss in order to defeat the Lord of Darkness and seal him in the Dragon of Destruction’s crystal, Lin Li might not succeed again if the Lord of Darkness were to regain the ability to think.
The projected avatar of the Elemental Wyrm that Lin Li was facing at this time was obviously much smarter, and its elemental magic was not just blind attacks. There was obviously a clear and logical tactic behind them. Through the coordination of various elemental spells and the perfect grasp of timing, the efficiency of each attacking spell could be maximized. To a mage, it was absolutely a showcase of the art of magic. If Lin Li were not embroiled in the battle, he would cheer and watch the show.
Besides, Lin Li was now in the Haiga Mountain Range, and not the Endless Abyss. In here, the ancient demonic runes would no longer take effect, and the power of the Abyss wouldn’t affect anything at all. Without the help of a powerful abyss and scapegoat like the Lord of Souls, the battle would definitely be the most difficult one for Lin Li.
To Lin Li, it was definitely an unprecedented battle; no mage could cast spells continuously without stopping like the Elemental Wyrm. There seemed to be countless magical attacks. They were not too advanced: some were level-15, while some were level-18. In conclusion, none of them were Legendary-level, and even level-19 ones were rare. However, there were many of them together…
Right in front of Lin Li was the Thousand Miles of Ice, and above him was a fiery red sky that was blazing because of the flames. Countless meteors fell from the sky like a meteor shower. The most terrible thing was that there were plenty of Pyroblast meteors amongst them. It was absolutely absurd and shameless, just like how an indecent oddball would throw out some bombs during a snowball fight that everyone agreed on.
Lin Li was truly agonized by such a strange and inferior fighting tactic. The combat experience that he had accumulated in the past couldn’t be used here at all. The avatar of the Elemental Wyrm was another existence that was completely irregular and unrestrained by magic or spells. It could cast spells in a freestyle manner, and it made Lin Li feel like a fighter who suffered a brutal blow as soon as he stepped inside the ring…
In the blink of an eye, the avatar of the Elemental Wyrm released dozens of spells. Even Lin Li, an expert in casting spells rapidly, could not help but gasp in terror. After giving himself a shield, he began defending passively. He took a few minutes to find some time to cast a spell…
The Elemental Wyrm was the Dragon Aspect that was in charge of the four magic elements, and had strong resistance to magic. Even though it was only a virtual avatar, it was still beyond what ordinary magic could hurt. The two spells that Lin Li painstakingly shelled out time to cast were completely insignificant to the Elemental Wyrm’s avatar.
It was not a level playing ground at all…
Although Lin Li had once defeated the avatar of the Dragon of Destruction in the Abyss of Tharlen, that avatar was worlds apart from the Elemental Wyrm’s avatar despite both being Dragon Aspects. The Lord of Darkness had long lost its wisdom and ability to think because of the destruction of the Dragon of Destruction. It was facing the battle purely using its own instincts. However, the avatar of the Elemental Wyrm was completely different, for it possessed extremely terrifying power and combat sense that was not inferior to Lin Li’s. In fact, it was much stronger than most mages of Anril and the Lord of Darkness.
Lin Li immediately released his Magical Domain. Snow flew in the sky, while light and darkness fused. Countless bicolored wings belonging to light and dark angels who were holding spears flew around Lin Li to guard him impenetrably. The fusion of light, darkness, and snow was Lin Li’s best magical domain and strongest weapon. Back in the Harvest Square, even the level-22 Vidas was rendered powerless by it.
However, the Magical Domain was insignificant in comparison to the Elemental Wyrm’s avatar, which effortlessly cast spells without using any complicated techniques. As a result, Lin Li was driven into a corner and overwhelmed with fear and tension…
At this point, all Lin Li could do apart from defending himself was wait…
He waited for half an hour in total, during which there were dozens of spells cast by the avatar. All of the spells were above level-15, and when combined together, they could probably destroy the Breezy Plains.
Any other mage would have depleted all of his mana during such a magical bombing. Fortunately, it was Lin Li who was born with powerful mana and mental strength, which were the reason he could endure all the way till now. He kept his defensive layers up, and painstakingly replaced them whenever one was torn or destroyed. Whenever he had a morsel of time, he would quickly hold up the ice walls, for he could no longer be bothered to attack the avatar with magic.
Although the ice walls were barely as durable as paper during such a magical storm, Lin Li still pressed on despite knowing that his efforts were going to end up being futile. He felt that it would be better to put up a few more defensive layers.
Lin Li was now like a rape victim who wished to prolong the time it took for them to be undressed. He wished he had worn a metal armor today…
[1] Author’s contradicting himself, huh. Well, it’s either that, or he means that elves have more mental strength and can use stronger magic, but in return are weak to attacks directly on that mental strength. Think of it as if the elves are a paper plane with laser cannons, while humans like Lin Li are wooden planes with random machine guns or whatever. Elves can raise hell, but go down with one hit to their body, and the humans can take a few hits, but have weaker attack power