717. The Skeleton Mage / 718. Killing the Skeleton Mage

Izayoi walked on without even looking at their corpses. He spotted a staircase and climbed it.

After walking for a while, he finally reached the end of the stairs. This should have been the third floor.

Izayoi was filled with anticipation for what might be on the third floor, but the moment he arrived, a group of fire dragons attacked him.

Izayoi fought them, but was soon wounded. These fire dragons were simply too fast. Before long, blood streamed from Izayoi’s body, and he was seriously injured.

Skeleton Mage

Izayoi looked at the fire dragons, his expression extremely ugly. "You damned fire dragons, how dare you wound me? Just you wait!"

Izayoi took a medicinal pill from his robes and swallowed it. All the injuries inside his body healed, and his strength increased greatly. Izayoi looked at the fire dragons before him. Since you want to die, don’t blame me for being ruthless. I’ll make sure you die without a burial place.

A mass of black qi gathered in Izayoi’s hand. He thrust both palms forward, and the air ahead churned violently, forming a powerful current that surged forward. 070

A thunderous boom echoed across the sky, and clouds of dust filled the air. When the dust settled, all the fire dragons had been blasted backward and crashed heavily to the ground.

Yet the fire dragons quickly got back up. Izayoi drew his sword and charged at one of them, swinging his sharp blade and severing the fire dragon’s neck in one stroke.

Blood sprayed everywhere, and a thick stench of blood filled the air. The dust smoke grew even denser, swirling through the air.

Miserable screams rang out one after another. Izayoi looked at the fire dragons sent flying back and sneered. "Even a few hundred more fire dragons would be useless!"

His gaze fell upon the other fire dragons. Seeing the terror on their faces, the anger in his heart gradually faded. "Now you know fear?"

His eyes swept across them. The fire dragons looked at Izayoi with terror in their eyes, retreating one after another, not daring to meet his gaze.

"Hmph!" Izayoi snorted and sheathed his sword before walking forward. Seeing this, the fire dragons all backed away, not daring to oppose him.

Izayoi charged forward again and slaughtered several fire dragons. At this point, all the fire dragons were enraged. They had not expected Izayoi to be so vicious.

The attacking fire dragons became even faster and stronger. One fire dragon’s claw struck Izayoi’s shoulder, tearing a vicious gash across it.

Izayoi gritted his teeth and did not pause for even a moment, continuing onward. A sharp longsword appeared in his right hand. This was his weapon, its blade covered in fine scales and incomparably sharp.

The fire dragons’ attacks continued to strike Izayoi, quickly covering his entire body in blood. Izayoi had no choice but to take out another medicinal pill and swallow it, restoring his injuries once more.

Just then, the fire dragons attacked again. This time, however, Izayoi was unbelievably fast. With a slight dodge, he avoided all their attacks.

The fire dragons were enraged to see their attacks evaded so easily. One after another, they charged madly at Izayoi. Their attacks were extremely fierce, as if they wanted to kill him in one blow.

But Izayoi was simply too powerful now. It was impossible for them to kill him so easily. An astonishing aura burst from his body, suppressing the fire dragons until they could barely move.

Even more terrifyingly, Izayoi’s sword emitted a startling radiance. Beneath that light, it seemed to exert a tremendous pressure upon the fire dragons.

The fire dragons gathered immense strength and finally shattered the pressure. Then they charged at him, wanting to kill him.

But they failed again and again. Every attack was evaded by Izayoi, and in the end, he slaughtered them all.

Killing the Skeleton Mage

A Skeleton Mage appeared before Izayoi. Looking at him with disdain, it said, "A mere human dares to break in here? You’re courting death!"

As it spoke, the Skeleton Mage summoned a huge ice spike and drove it straight into Izayoi’s arm. Izayoi was startled and hurriedly raised the longsword in his hand to block it, but the enormous ice spike still pierced through his arm.

It left behind a horrifying wound. Blood flowed down from it and dripped onto the ground, forming a bright red plum blossom.

"You are far too weak. You are not worthy of standing here at all!" the Skeleton Mage mocked. As it spoke, it swung the huge ice spike again, sending it flying toward Izayoi.

Izayoi narrowed his eyes. This was the second time he had been injured by an ice spike. Though it was not fatal—

—it was merely a flesh wound, it was still an absolute humiliation to him! That humiliation caused the anger in his heart to surge higher and higher.

"I’ll kill you!" Izayoi roared, slashing his sword at the incoming ice spike.

The ice spike collided with the longsword and exploded violently. The powerful shockwave sent Izayoi flying, and he crashed heavily to the ground.

"Humans truly are fragile. You don’t even have the strength to resist. I’ll tear you apart!" the Skeleton Mage said as it wielded its ice spike and pounced at Izayoi.

Izayoi gritted his teeth and used all the strength in his body to climb back up. He refused to believe that he would lose to a Skeleton Mage like this.

No matter what, he had to fight to the end. Even if it cost him his life, he would battle until the very last second!

Izayoi picked up his longsword and rapidly swung it as he charged forward.

Izayoi slashed out. His longsword collided with the Skeleton Mage’s ice spike, producing a crisp ring, followed by another violent explosion.

Izayoi was forced back two steps by the tremendous force. When he looked up, however, he discovered that the Skeleton Mage had vanished, leaving only a cloud of black mist drifting in the air.

Just then, the Skeleton Mage suddenly appeared and stabbed Izayoi’s thigh with a sharp sword. Blood immediately gushed out.

Izayoi cried out and dropped to one knee, clutching his thigh as unbearable pain tore through him.

"Ha ha ha!" The Skeleton Mage laughed wildly, holding the ice spike in its hand. It continued stabbing Izayoi’s thigh, again and again, making blood flow endlessly from his leg.

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Enduring the pain, Izayoi gripped the longsword in his hand and slashed at the Skeleton Mage.

The Skeleton Mage raised its ice spike to block Izayoi’s attack. The ice spike pierced directly into Izayoi’s hand, and blood immediately poured from it.

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Izayoi’s body was now covered in wounds. He knew that if he kept fighting like this, he would definitely die from excessive blood loss. Thinking of this, he hurriedly took out a medicinal pill.

This pill was extremely powerful. Under normal circumstances, he would never bear to use it, but he had no choice now. He swallowed it, and all his injuries immediately healed.

Seeing that his wounds had recovered, he was overjoyed. He raised the sword in his hand and charged at the Skeleton Mage again.

However, the Skeleton Mage seemed invincible. No matter how Izayoi attacked it, it would not be harmed at all. This left Izayoi at a loss.

Skeleton Mages

Izayoi looked at the Skeleton Mage before him, a trace of fear appearing on his face. "Why is it that my sword is completely useless against you?"

Seeing Izayoi’s frightened expression, the Skeleton Mage sneered. "Hmph! I knew you would ask that, but unfortunately for you, you will never be able to guess my intentions."

"And you will never escape from my grasp, because I will send you to hell in my own way. I will use your corpse to fill my tomb, making me stronger—making me even more powerful! Hahaha!"

As it spoke, the Skeleton Mage laughed arrogantly.

Hearing the Skeleton Mage’s words, Izayoi felt deep fear. Although this was not the first time he had experienced something like this—

—the situation was different now. It could be said to be extremely dangerous, and he had no idea what to do.

He could only flee backward in a panic. The Skeleton Mage snorted coldly and pursued him.

As the Skeleton Mage ran after him, it continuously unleashed one spell after another. These spells were immensely powerful.

If one struck him, he would surely be smashed to pieces. Izayoi could only desperately dodge the Skeleton Mage’s magical attacks while running forward without stopping.

Just then, the Skeleton Mage cast an Ice Prison, trapping Izayoi inside. Izayoi struggled desperately.

"Ah! Help!" Izayoi cried out in pain.

Hearing Izayoi’s cries, the Skeleton Mage revealed a vicious smile. "Hmph! I will torture you slowly. I will make you die beneath my torture!"

After saying that, the Skeleton Mage released a stream of flames, instantly engulfing Izayoi.

A cruel smile appeared on the Skeleton Mage’s face as it slowly approached Izayoi, preparing to cast more torturous magic.

Suddenly, Izayoi noticed a mirror on the wall. He looked toward it and saw a powerful magic force shining from within the mirror, greatly increasing his strength.

Izayoi felt power fill his entire body. A cold smile appeared on his face. "Little skeleton, now I’ll show you what I’m capable of."

A crushing pressure burst from Izayoi’s body, rendering the Skeleton Mage unable to move. Then Izayoi raised his sword and swiftly thrust it toward the Skeleton Mage…

Terror appeared on the Skeleton Mage’s face, and it cried out, "Why? Why can’t I move?"

But before it could say anything more, Izayoi’s sword had already pierced its body.

"Ah!" The Skeleton Mage screamed and fell to the ground. Izayoi snorted coldly and walked over to it. Looking down at the Skeleton Mage lying on the ground, he said coldly, "Little skeleton, your time to die has come."

Just then, a violent energy surged from the Skeleton Mage’s body. This energy was extraordinarily intense and carried the force of an explosion.

Izayoi’s expression changed drastically when he sensed it, because he knew the Skeleton Mage believed it could not escape and was trying to self-destruct.

Sensing that energy, Izayoi snorted coldly and slashed at the Skeleton Mage again and again. Before long, he had chopped the Skeleton Mage into countless pieces.

The powerful explosive energy from before vanished at the same time. After doing all this, Izayoi let out a sigh of relief.

Black Orb of Light

A gust of wind tore through the air, and several Skeleton Mages appeared before Izayoi. They let out eerie laughter. "Hehe, a mere human dares to barge in here? You’re truly courting death!"

As they spoke, they summoned countless ice spikes from their staffs and sent them flying toward Izayoi. The ice spikes were so densely packed that Izayoi had nowhere to dodge.

"Heh, kid, you brought this upon yourself." The Skeleton Mages laughed loudly as they swung their bone staffs toward Izayoi.

Izayoi hurriedly tried to dodge, but the ice spikes were simply too dense. Though he avoided some of them, he was still struck by an ice spike, and a cloud of white smoke immediately rose from his body.

These ice spikes were extremely powerful, and Izayoi felt pain spread through his body.

The ice spikes were so powerful that his skin was already covered in wounds, even beginning to crack. Yet the ice spikes did not disappear.

"Hehe, kid, you’ve only got a little cleverness, but you’re still too young! This time, you’re dead for sure. I advise you to surrender obediently and spare yourself the pain!"

One of the Skeleton Mages snorted coldly and swung its bone staff toward Izayoi again. This time, Izayoi did not dare to keep dodging and could only meet the attack head-on.

He used all his strength to block the Skeleton Mages’ attacks, but he could not withstand them. An ice spike pierced through his left arm.

An ice snake pierced through his chest as well, sending his whole body flying before he crashed brutally onto the ground.

Izayoi felt intense pain, but such pain was nothing to him. His body had long surpassed that of an ordinary human, so pain of this level had little effect on him.

Izayoi rose from the ground and touched his chest. He found that the wound there was not serious, though the hole was clearly visible.

A flash of fury appeared in his eyes. He lifted his right foot and stepped toward the Skeleton Mages, letting out furious roars.

However, the truly serious wound was the one on his arm. Although he had sealed the wound, he still felt excruciating pain.

That was only natural. After all, his bones were not particularly hard, and an attack like that was enough to injure him. He felt as though all the wounds on his body were about to split open.

"Damn it! I’ll kill every one of you!" Bloodthirsty light flashed in Izayoi’s eyes, but he knew this was not the right time.

He took out a precious medicinal pill and swallowed it.

This pill was extremely miraculous. He could feel the injuries inside his body healing at a visible rate.

Izayoi stood up. The wound on his left arm had already closed. If ordinary people saw such recovery, they would probably be frightened out of their wits.

"Hmph, I didn’t expect you to have some skill. You can actually still walk away alive? But no matter how capable you are, you must die tonight!" one of the Skeleton Mages sneered at Izayoi.

"Hehe, is that so? Then give it a try!" Izayoi said. A longsword appeared in his hand, its entire body pitch-black, with a cold gleam flickering at its tip.

He quickly killed several Skeleton Mages. Seeing their companions die, the remaining Skeleton Mages flew into a rage. They gathered their strength and unleashed powerful attacks against him.

The Secret Within the Book

The Skeleton Mages’ staffs gathered together, forming a dark orb of light. A powerful aura emanated from the orb, and its target was clearly Izayoi. The Skeleton Mages sneered mockingly. "Kid, we’re using our ultimate move now. Just wait for death."

Izayoi was greatly shocked when he saw this move.

This move was called the Eye of Divine Judgment, a spell specifically aimed at humans. Casting it required a certain amount of time to gather and prepare power. Once activated—

—it would create a powerful visual impact and inflict an extremely terrifying amount of damage upon its target.

This time, the Skeleton Mages intended to use this spell to kill Izayoi. They had already prepared the magic formation and were ready to activate it at any time.

Within that orb of light, Izayoi could clearly sense world-destroying energy rushing toward him, and the orb was speeding straight at him.

Izayoi hurriedly tried to evade the energy, but he was still a step too late. The orb struck his body at the exact moment he dodged.

Izayoi felt as if his entire body were being burned by flames, accompanied by a numb sensation.

He knew that the orb of light had surely scorched his body, and the flames were rapidly eroding him, filling his entire body with agonizing pain.

At that moment, the Skeleton Mages laughed wildly. "Hahaha, kid, you’re dead for sure."

Izayoi gritted his teeth and replied, "Don’t celebrate too soon. This is only the beginning."

"Hmph, the beginning? I refuse to believe you can endure this. Kid, you’re about to die!" As it spoke, the Skeleton Mage continued to activate the spell.

The orb of light attacked Izayoi once more. At this moment, Izayoi’s body grew weaker and weaker, increasingly blurred, as though he were about to vanish into that darkness.

A thought surfaced in Izayoi’s mind. I absolutely will not die. No one in this world can kill me.

Izayoi gritted his teeth and used all his strength to dodge backward once again. At that moment, a powerful force filled his entire body.