Because Starlight was constantly darting and weaving through the hall, the artillerymen on the second floor were completely unable to lock onto him.
After several fruitless attempts, those artillerymen, who had originally intended to attack him, were forced to re-lock their sights onto Yserazor.
At this moment, Yserazor was in a terrible state. His dark green dragon scales were covered in large wounds, and blood dripped from his scales, staining the ground red.
As Philip had said, as the Rift Dragon King of the spatial element, Yserazor's physical defense was far inferior to that of his brothers.
Under the continuous and relentless bombardment, even the constitution of a dragon was beginning to falter.
On the other side, the battle between Po Kong and Isabella remained intense. With the perfect cooperation between him and Xia Duo, they neutralized Isabella’s offensives one by one, yet it remained difficult to determine a victor in the short term.
Isabella’s lightning battle qi was violent and sharp. Every swing of her sword was accompanied by the roar of thunder, forcing Po Kong and Xia Duo to give their absolute all.
Starlight threw another Shadow Sphere toward Philip; the pitch-black sphere, carrying intense corrosive properties, shot straight for him.
However, Philip merely gave a light flick of the longsword in his hand. The sword shadow of the Double Sword sliced the Shadow Sphere in two, completely neutralizing the corrosive energy before it could even detonate.
After several probes, Starlight had a general understanding of Philip’s methods. The Double Sword not only dealt additional physical damage, but that extra sword shadow also possessed a powerful counter-effect against various elemental attacks.
This made Starlight’s magic attacks almost incapable of posing a substantial threat to Philip. As long as Philip stood before the final chain, Starlight had no opening.
Worse still, Moen’s mana was now nearing exhaustion.
To intercept the four Saint Rank powerhouses, those previous massive-scale spells had consumed a vast amount of her mana. Now, she could only hide with Lian inside the shield created by Little Gold, waiting for her mana to recover.
Without Moen’s support, Starlight was unable to launch an effective attack on the chain.
Just then, Starlight’s gaze suddenly swept toward the magic crystal cannons on the second floor. A bold plan gradually formed in his mind.
“Maybe... I can try that!”
Having made up his mind, Starlight immediately halted his movement and performed an action that left everyone’s jaws dropping—he actually charged straight toward Philip, who was guarding the chain, without even attempting to dodge.
Seeing this move, even Philip was momentarily stunned. Wasn't the opponent a mage? Clearly, as long as the boy kept dodging, Philip wouldn't have been able to cause him much harm!
With this bewildered thought, Philip almost subconsciously swung a sword strike at Starlight.
The sword light was like lightning, carrying a lethal chill as it bore down on Starlight’s throat.
Starlight’s eyes were fixed intently on the approaching blade. At the critical moment, a spatial barrier condensed into shape before him.
However, the purpose of this barrier was not to completely block Philip’s attack, but rather to cleverly form an oblique angle.
Clang—!
Philip’s first strike struck the tilted, transparent barrier, and the blade was immediately deflected to the side, leaving only a single crack on the barrier.
But the following second sword shadow sliced straight through the barrier and fell directly toward Starlight’s body.
Slash!
The illusory blade easily cut through Starlight’s shirt and landed on his shoulder. A flower of bright red blood instantly bloomed on his shoulder, and blood flowed slowly down his arm.
“Starlight!” Moen shouted in anxiety from not far away, seeing this scene.
“Hmph! Overconfident brat. I don't know what kind of tricks you're trying to pull, but I'll be taking your life now!” Philip cold-snorted. With a flick of his wrist, he prepared to withdraw his sword to deliver the killing blow.
But just as he tried to pull his sword back, he discovered that his weapon was unable to move.
Looking down, he saw that Starlight’s right hand was firmly gripping the blade. A bone-chilling frost was radiating from Starlight’s body, freezing his right side and Philip’s sword in place.
Furthermore, the sword shadow of the Double Sword was also blocked by this layer of hard ice, stopping after penetrating only a few millimeters into Starlight’s shoulder.
“Paltry tricks!” Philip sneered. He exerted sudden force with his wrist, attempting to use the power of the Double Sword to completely shatter the ice.
But this time, he found that an unusual numbness traveled up his arm, as if he had lost control of the sword. Even the battle qi he was pouring into it began to become unstable.
“What... What is going on?” A flash of shock crossed Philip’s eyes. He had never encountered such a situation; ordinary ice magic could never affect his Saint Rank battle qi like this.
“Heh! Let’s have a real contest of strength!” Starlight grinned, a glint of mischief in his eyes. He increased the strength in his hand, and the spatial power within him surged wildly, attempting to forcibly seize Philip’s weapon.
Indeed, what Starlight was using at this moment was not just ice magic; he had also infused spatial power into his palm.
Since even Po Kong’s Sacred Wood Phantom could be suppressed by his storage space, the Saint weapon in Philip’s hand was naturally no exception.
Although the difficulty of this maneuver was significantly higher while the weapon was controlled by its owner, Starlight was still confident he could temporarily restrain the opponent’s weapon.
“What did you do!?” Philip roared. He hurriedly used his unfrozen hand to throw a punch at Starlight.
Philip couldn't be blamed for this; after all, everything before him seemed completely illogical.
In his understanding, there was no magic in this world that could affect a Saint weapon that was mentally linked to him.
However, Starlight had not only suppressed his weapon with that strange power, but he wasn't even being completely overpowered in terms of raw strength. For such a thing to happen to a mage was simply inconceivable.
“How is this possible!?” Waves of shock surged through Philip’s heart, but he quickly suppressed the surprise, a look of ruthlessness flashing in his eyes.
Since the sword was controlled, he would resolve the problem with his fists!
He swung his fist without hesitation. Battle qi condensed on his knuckles, heading straight for Starlight’s face with devastating force.
Facing this incoming gale from the punch, Starlight did not dare to be careless. He quickly condensed an ice wall in front of himself, its surface entwined with a faint layer of spatial power, attempting to deflect or weaken Philip’s attack.
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