#606 - Absolute Defense (asking for monthly ticket recommendation)

“Combine!”

Just as Anduin was spending most of his energy dodging and defending against these attacks, Rune Serpent made a new move.

After releasing nearly a hundred [Arcane Mutant Serpents], Rune Serpent let them seek out enemies and attack on their own, then pointed his wand at Anduin.

Under his control, most of the building debris slowly circling in mid-air seemed to receive some kind of command and rapidly converged on Anduin, pressing in from all directions.

Seeing this scene, Anduin immediately understood Rune Serpent's plan: he intended to crush him to death!

Therefore, Anduin didn't hesitate at all and immediately activated [Overload] mode, then quickly flew to the side, trying to break out of this 'meteor sea'.

But the gaps between these building debris were already small, and in order to avoid the obstacles blocking his path, Anduin couldn't pick up speed at all.

In addition, the overwhelming 'Arcane Mutant Serpents' surrounding him interrupted Anduin's actions, forcing him to spend time parrying these spells, which were already quite powerful.

At this moment, Anduin could even feel a significant suction force erupting with his position as the center, obviously Rune Serpent had also cast a gravity spell on him in order to completely control him, causing Anduin's speed to drop again.

For a time, Anduin was bogged down, and the debris closing in from all directions was already moving quickly. Before long, his escape route was completely blocked, and even the space for him to dodge and maneuver became smaller and smaller.

And due to the entanglement of the Arcane Mutant Serpents, Anduin didn't even have a chance to draw his sword and cast a spell to open a path.

Soon, the building debris in front of him had surrounded Anduin, forming a stone ball. With a little more force, Anduin would be crushed into minced meat by the heavy pressure!

“Hehehehaha!” Seeing that Anduin was like a bird in a cage, Rune Serpent couldn't help but burst into laughter, “Shameless little bug, see where you can run this time, turn into dust for me!”

After laughing, Rune Serpent increased his magic output again, increasing the inward pressure on the gradually closing debris. He couldn't wait to see Anduin die without a complete corpse.

“Screech!”

“Chirp!”

Just when Rune Serpent thought Anduin was dead for sure, two clear bird calls suddenly came from the sky.

Then Rune Serpent vaguely saw a flash of crimson in the stone ball in front of him.

On the other side, Anduin, trapped in the debris, had less than two meters of activity space around him, and was about to die without a complete corpse.

Suddenly, a flame ignited out of thin air beside him, and then a graceful phoenix sprang out from it!

Seeing this, Anduin didn't hesitate at all, turned around and swung his sword to fend off the Arcane Mutant Serpents entwined around him, then immediately reached out and grabbed the phoenix's claws.

Immediately afterwards, his whole body seemed to be ignited, instantly turning into a ball of flame, and disappearing directly into this confined space.

The moment he escaped, the entire sphere composed of debris completely contracted and closed, and continued to tighten and crush, the force of the explosion was so great that even the Arcane Mutant Serpents still remaining in the center were crushed to pieces and turned into strands of pure magic power.

The Rune Serpent outside, while casting the spell, was also constantly sensing everything in the stone ball. Before long, he revealed a gloomy expression, and turned his head to look coldly behind him.

At this time, a thunderbird, much larger than a lion and with a strong body, was hovering in the sky hundreds of meters away from Rune Serpent's line of sight. A figure was sitting on its back, it was Anduin, who had just escaped from the debris, with a phoenix perched on his shoulder.

As soon as he landed on the little thunderbird Thor's back, Anduin immediately deactivated Overload, then took out a bottle of phoenix tears and poured it into his throat.

After busying himself with all this, Anduin finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Thor, Eileen, luckily you two came in time, otherwise I would have been in danger this time, especially Eileen, I promise to give you extra meals when we get back."

“Screech!” Hearing Anduin's words, the little phoenix immediately chirped loudly, and even stretched its wings excitedly.

The Thor under him tilted his head slightly puzzled, 'Isn't it, big brother, when did you give the little phoenix a name too? How come I don't know?'

At this moment, Xia Tiya's voice also came from the communicator in Anduin's ear, "Master! Master! How are you now? I immediately followed the coordinates after receiving your message, but the pressure in the sky is too strong now, I don't even dare to get close, I can only let them two come over to support you first."

“Good job, Xia Tiya.” Anduin nodded approvingly, “This battle is not something you can intervene in, prioritize your own safety first, and in addition, you now deploy 'Anti-Apparition Jammers' and 'Anti-Portkey Jammers' around this valley."

“Yes, Master.” Xia Tiya's voice came again, “But are you really okay? That big ball in the sky looks too scary, if it really doesn't work, let's run away first!”

“Don't worry, I don't fight battles I'm not sure of. Rune Serpent is at his weakest right now. If I can't solve him now, there will be no chance in the future.” Anduin replied softly, then looked at Rune Serpent in the distance again.

Valley Gain

Although his support had arrived at this time, it was still very troublesome to deal with Rune Serpent, who had absolute defense.

Fortunately, he had the little phoenix Eileen by his side, and he was confident that he could retreat safely if he really couldn't beat him.

But how should the opponent's magical shield be dealt with?

Anduin had just realized that Rune Serpent's magical protection was probably related to the magic power stored in his body. Maybe this shield was maintained by his massive magic power.

In other words, if you want to break this shield, you must exhaust Rune Serpent's magic power?

But how much magic power does he have left now? Anduin calculated the reserves on his body, and his brow furrowed again.

Assuming that the damage I cause is equal to the magic power consumed by the shield, with my current magic power reserves, even with various buffs, I can only cause an equivalent damage of 2000-2500 magic power points at most.

And I only have one phoenix tear left on my body now, which means that I can only cause about 5000 points of damage at most.

This is the effect I can achieve if I use all my magic power for output, and Rune Serpent can't stand there and let me attack him at will like before. Counting defense and movement, I can consume 3000-4000 points of his magic power at most.

But even if I deal full damage, can I really break through the opponent's defense?

Rune Serpent existed during the active period of the Silver Spears, and the Silver Spears Duelling Club was prevalent in the 18th century, which means that the opponent is probably about three hundred years old.

If compared to a hundred-year-old thunderbird, his magic power value is just over 2000. By analogy, Rune Serpent's total magic power should be in the range of 6000-7000, but is this really the case?

Logically speaking, his two clones were killed by me before. Even if Pete converged his magic power and transmitted it back to the main body before he died, Rune Serpent shouldn't be a complete body.

In addition, I indirectly consumed more than 2000 points of his magic power by tricking him into killing more than 20 clones before. I also dealt a whole set of output when he split the mansion, which should have caused him about 2000 points of magic damage.

Counting the consumption of his wave and a large number of spells, Rune Serpent should have consumed about 6000 magic power points before and after.

But looking at this guy's current state, he doesn't look tired at all. I'm afraid the opponent's magic power reserves are much more than he calculated.

Also, don't forget that Rune Serpent summoned more than 50 clones without hesitation before. If according to the assumption, he was equivalent to using 90% of the magic power in his body to create clones at that time!

With Rune Serpent's character of being afraid of death, would he take this risk?

The more Anduin thought about it, the more he felt that the opponent's magic power reserves were unfathomable, and he had a hunch that even if he exhausted all his magic power, he might not be able to break that magical shield.

Is there really no way to deal with this old immortal?

No!

Anduin, who was carefully calculating, suddenly had a flash of inspiration. He seemed to have been missing something...

It's the thunderbird Gerald!

Why did Rune Serpent show fear of the thunderbird before? Anduin could tell that it wasn't fake, and the other party was indeed not good at acting as he said.

In other words, Rune Serpent is not afraid of him, but has a trace of fear of the thunderbird.

But Anduin knows the thunderbird's magic power reserves very well. It's only a little over two thousand. Although it's a lot, even with buffs and strength, dealing double the damage would be 4000 points at most. Even if Rune Serpent stood there and let him hit, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to break the defense, right?

Does the thunderbird have any means to restrain Rune Serpent? But Gerald is probably the purest one in the club. This person only knows how to fight and kill, and all his energy is spent on increasing the power of magic. Is there any other specialty besides being fierce?

Hmm? Power?

Anduin seemed to realize something again. Could it be that to break Rune Serpent's magical shield, in addition to exhausting the opponent's magic power, there is also a threshold for defense intensity?

It's not impossible. As the club's number one fighter, the thunderbird's combat power is already ridiculously high. In addition, his will is extremely firm, and the instant damage caused by casting spells far exceeds anyone else's. Not to mention that he can be regarded as the person who hates Rune Serpent the most, and he may be able to unleash 120% of his strength when fighting him.

If that shield really has its own defense limit, is Rune Serpent afraid that the thunderbird will directly break through his defense and cause fatal damage to his main body with all his strength?

Well, this is worth a try!

Anduin made up his mind, and then began to calculate the most powerful magic directly in his hand, and it must be magic that can explode with huge damage in an instant!