Chapter 132: Ranged Duel

The Undead Mages stood in an open area, ignoring the fearful looks from others, and began chanting the incantation for the Corpse Explosion Spell. Although they all saw the Archer Arthas floating in the air, none of them paid him any attention. After all, the distance was nearly 500 meters. Ordinary Archers couldn’t aim beyond 100 meters. Even from a high vantage point, shooting arrows here against the Undead Mages’ magic robes with their anti-ranged spells would be useless.

You see, Mages never spared any effort in protecting themselves, and these Undead Mages were no exception. Their robes might look plain, but they were very powerful. Each was worth a fortune, inscribed with various protective spells that allowed them to cast safely in a rain of arrows. Naturally, they wouldn’t care about a single Archer.

However, these Mages were dead wrong this time. Although Arthas was alone, the power he displayed was definitely stronger than a thousand ordinary Archers.

Arthas drew his longbow, and a golden light suddenly shot out. The arrow wrapped in golden flames was still in the air, but the sound wave it created was already earth-shattering. Seeing this, the Undead Mages were shocked and hurriedly abandoned the half-prepared Corpse Explosion Spell to jointly cast their strongest protective spell, Wall of Bones.

A bone wall several meters high and over ten meters long suddenly rose, blocking the Undead Mages. The spell cast by over a dozen powerful Undead Mages was naturally powerful. The bone wall was not only two meters thick but also extremely dense, shimmering on the surface. Ordinary Warriors would find it hard to chop through even with Battle Qi.

But even such a powerful bone wall couldn’t stop the golden divine arrow. With a loud bang, the entire bone wall was blown apart. The shockwave knocked all the Undead Mages to the ground, rolling far away, covered in dirt, looking as miserable as dead dogs. If not for the bone wall and the protective spells on their robes, this would have killed them.

Seeing this, almost everyone present was shocked. Especially Tianfeng Fourteen Lang, who wasn’t present when Old Xie arrived. He thought victory was assured and was resting in the back, so he didn’t see Old Xie’s Dragon Subduing Strike or Arthas’s Sun God Arrow. He thought the loud noises were from the things Old Xie threw. Now seeing Arthas’s performance, he was immediately attracted to the golden shining bow.

As a strong expert who had roamed the Continent for over a hundred years, Tianfeng Fourteen Lang naturally had insight. So, although he hadn’t seen the Sun God Bow before, he recognized its origin based on the power of the arrow and its unique appearance.

“It’s actually the Divine Artifact, the Sun God Bow!” Tianfeng Fourteen Lang couldn’t help but mutter to himself in excitement. His eyes also burst with greedy light.

However, he quickly calmed down, knowing that the elf wielding the Sun God Bow could only be the Elven race’s only Prince, Arthas. Although he might be able to snatch this Divine Artifact from this immature kid by surprise, the trouble afterward would be huge. Arthas’s parents, the Elf King and his Queen, were both Legend Rank Experts. If he stole their son’s Divine Artifact, wouldn’t they chase him all over the world?

With one Legend Rank Expert, he might rely on the power of the Black Dragon Society on the Demon Archipelago to hold them off. But with two, even the Black Dragon Society wouldn’t dare provoke them for his sake.

But then Tianfeng Fourteen Lang thought of another item, his real target this time. Thinking of that item, he couldn’t help but be tempted again. He thought, if he didn’t defeat Arthas, he couldn’t snatch that item. Wouldn’t he have suffered such heavy losses for nothing? Offending the Elves for just a Sun God Bow might be unwise, but if that item was included, would it be worth provoking two Legend Rank Experts?

Just as Tianfeng Fourteen Lang was hesitating, the Undead Mages couldn’t take it anymore. Undead Mages were still Mages, possessing the pride common to all Mages. Being beaten so badly, how could they swallow this anger? Besides, they were just caught off guard by Arthas’s sneak attack. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been so miserable. With over a dozen Senior Mages joining hands, how could they be beaten so badly by an Archer?

So, the angry Undead Mages gathered again. Ignoring the dirt on their bodies, they first jointly cast a spell. Earlier, time was tight, so they used the quick Bone Wall. Now prepared, they set up a black Magic Shield. Its defense was much higher than the bone wall. They should have used this at the start, but due to arrogance, they didn’t, making a fool of themselves.

After protecting themselves, the angry Undead Mages began to cast a vicious spell: Bloodthirsty Ghost. As they chanted, over a dozen white glowing spheres were released. On the surface of these foot-diameter spheres was a vicious human face. As they flew, they opened their mouths and let out sharp roars.

This was a Level 4 single-target attack spell. The spheres were made from refined souls of the dead. After flying out, they would lock onto the target, hit the opponent, and drill into their body to suck their blood and life force. This spell was very annoying. It was fast, locked on automatically, and couldn’t be dodged. They were also difficult to deal with, being pure energy bodies. Ordinary armor couldn’t stop their invasion; only a Magic Shield could block them.

And the Bloodthirsty Ghost could even absorb Magic Shields. If over a dozen hit together, even a Saint Domain Mage’s shield wouldn’t hold and would be drained instantly. So normally, Arthas, an Archer not even in the Saint Domain, couldn’t resist this attack and would likely be drained dry. After all, this was over a dozen Level 4 attack spells. Even with weakened power under sunlight, it was still very powerful.

However, to the Undead Mages’ surprise, Arthas showed no panic seeing the Bloodthirsty Ghosts flying over. He just shook his cloak, and a white light emitted from it. The vicious Bloodthirsty Ghosts disintegrated in the white light like snow in the sun.

Both the Undead Mages and Tianfeng Fourteen Lang recognized the white light. It was clearly the Level 7 Spell, Dispel Magic, a terrifying spell that could dispel any Level 7 or lower spell. Bloodthirsty Ghost was powerful, but only Level 4, so it naturally dissolved under Dispel Magic.

“Damn!” Tianfeng Fourteen Lang couldn’t help but curse silently, muttering, “A cloak that can cast Level 7 Dispel Magic, isn’t that the Sub-divine Artifact, Anti-Magic Cloak? This kid is too rich!” Unknowingly, the balance of greed in his heart tilted a bit more.

The Undead Mages also recognized the cloak and froze. But they quickly reacted. Although the Anti-Magic Cloak could resist all spells below Level 7, that referred to direct attack spells. It was powerless against many physical attack spells. Like the Earth Element’s Summon Puppet; the Earth Puppet’s smashing was a pure physical attack, and the Anti-Magic Cloak was useless.

There were many similar spells. As the strongest series of summoning spells, the Undead Series was naturally familiar with this. So Undead Mages didn’t fear the Anti-Magic Cloak like Fire Element or Ice Element Mages.

Knowing Arthas had the Anti-Magic Cloak, they immediately changed tactics. They used the Level 3 Undead Spell, Bone Spear, to attack. Since Bone Spears were physical made of magic, the Anti-Magic Cloak couldn’t absorb them. So, under the Undead Mages’ casting, white bone spears were summoned and shot at Arthas at high speed.

However, although Bone Spear was powerful and fast, its biggest flaw was that it could only fly in a straight line, unlike Bloodthirsty Ghost which could chase the target. With Arthas’s agility, hitting him at over 500 meters was difficult. He lightly dodged the incoming Bone Spears and fired another Sun God Arrow in retaliation.

There was another loud bang, but this time the explosion only shook the Undead Mages’ shield without breaking it. After all, their strength was similar to Arthas, some even higher. Even with the Sun God Bow, he couldn’t kill them all at once. Of course, this was also because Arthas couldn’t fully exert the Sun God Bow’s power. If his father used it, ten Saint Domain Mages probably couldn’t stop one arrow.