NOVPUBChapter 856 -525: Hit and Run_2
But at the moment of taking this strike, Andrew felt that something was wrong.
As he endured the punch, a faint white special power surged, creating a subtle resonance with the surrounding space and instantly penetrated Andrew’s shield, entering his body.
This power erupted instantly, causing Andrew to grunt; the magic he was concentrating on constructing collapsed immediately, shattered by an invisible tidal wave.
Due to the magic backlash, the unprepared Andrew felt a chaotic and violent magic power rampaging within him, disrupting his originally orderly magic circuit, and pain and discomfort surged through him.
However, as a legendary mage, Andrew quickly controlled the rampant magic elements within his body, but the expulsion magic he was constructing was completely destroyed.
Andrew did not mind this and instead looked at Lis in disbelief.
Even he was quite familiar with this kind of attack method, but he didn’t understand why it appeared on Lis.
The Monk’s [True Qi Fist]!
Unlike other professions, monks are not adept at using any armor or shields.
When they wear armor, use shields, or exceed their body limits, monks will lose their professional talents’ effects and their ability for quick movement.
But monks are not unable to use weapons; they can use staffs, crossbows, daggers, hand axes, javelins, sickles, etc., in combat.
However, in most cases, they often choose unarmed combat.
Through arduous training, Monk professionals can obtain additional special skills, such as [unarmed strike] and [penetration force].
Monks don’t use weapons because it allows them to fully exploit their powerful bodies; they can use not only their fists but also their elbows, knees, or feet.
Because of their rigorous training, a monk’s unarmed strikes are as powerful as blades, and their attack speed is faster than sword-wielding warriors. For monks’ unarmed attacks, the concept of off-hand attacks doesn’t exist. Monks can apply all their strength bonuses to all unarmed attacks.
According to the system’s introduction, when monks attack unarmed, they can get extra attack and damage checks related to agility in addition to their strength attribute.
Moreover, the martial arts cultivated by monks can also provide extra damage bonuses, which increase with their professional level and skill level.
Most importantly, although monks don’t cast spells, they possess unique abilities that allow them to use [Qi] within their bodies to execute some incredible effects.
The most well-known ability is their capacity to stun enemies with bare hands and inflict various negative statuses.
The [True Qi Fist], for example, can disrupt the magic power balance in mages’ bodies, causing them to be temporarily silenced.
Although Lis’s ability only silenced Andrew for a moment, it was enough to interrupt his spell preparation.
Andrew felt miserable; one part was the raging magic power within him, and the other was the strangeness of Lis standing before him.
For a moment, Andrew even regretted it.
How could you even have monk abilities? Why don’t you just ascend to heaven!
Lis didn’t care about any of this; he unleashed a series of monk battle skills onto Andrew’s face in an instant.
[True Qi Fist], [Gale Chain Attack], [Weakness Insight]!
A series of martial arts capable of breaking Andrew’s spellcasting state were all used by Lis, coupled with the arcane power of [Lis’s Blue Flame Demon Sword], completely suppressing Andrew with a one-sided beating.
Soon, Andrew’s shield was repeatedly broken through by Lis, and Lis’s attacks landed on Andrew.
Andrew couldn’t care less about any legendary dignity; his magic equipment and artifacts on his body flickered in succession, and countless spells attacked Lis.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The place where the two exchanged blows erupted continuously with intense collisions, shaving the neighboring mountain head bald and erasing several meters of height.
…
Behind the rocks on a distant hillside, two figures crouched, cautiously observing the clash on the ridge.
“Lord Bivis, has Lord Lis already become a legend?”
Gerard crouched, gripping the green rock before him tightly, his eyes fixed on the faraway battle; given his current strength, it was hard for him to even see any details of the fight.
“…I wish he had.”
Bivis stood by, mirroring Gerard’s posture, muttering to himself.
Where Lis was earlier, right next to the battlefield.
When Andrew appeared beside Lis and started fighting, they could no longer hide their auras.
Feeling the battle’s aura, both Bivis and Gerard were astonished, quickly arranging for others to withdraw troops and approaching the edge of Lis and Andrew’s battle.
But the scene they witnessed rendered the two speechless, their mouths dry.
They both knew Lis had not broken through to become a legend yet; his Golden Rank aura was still discernible enough.
But that only made it harder for them to believe.
As an elf sage, Lis has a very high possibility of breaking through the legendary threshold in the future.
Especially for Bivis, as a top-tier Gold Rank, the sense of threat he felt facing Lis made him realize that Lis had become much stronger than during the time in the Boditch Kingdom.
Even so, a Golden Rank fighting a legend like this was indeed too shocking.
Even…in their eyes, Lis seemed to have the upper hand.
A sense of witnessing history washed over them.
…
In the battle, Lis naturally couldn’t spare attention to Bivis and Gerard around the battlefield.
He suddenly sensed a critical life-threatening crisis.
Although it appeared he was still fighting fiercely with Andrew, when Andrew thoroughly abandoned his legendary dignity and started attacking full force, Lis had already fallen into a predicament.
The only reason the battle was still so intense was that Lis couldn’t retreat.
His only advantage was close combat and numerous control skills; if he moved away and let Andrew go free, he would be utterly defeated.
Therefore, aside from the Blue Flame Demon Sword, he had no intention of using any other spells.
Perhaps his special arcane powers were extremely strong among Golden Rank professionals, but in front of the legendary mage Andrew, the threat was probably not even as much as a single [True Qi Fist].
Swish!
Lis’s longsword grazed Andrew’s shoulder, leaving a deep wound.
Blue flames danced on Andrew’s body, quickly extinguished by his powerful magic power.
Andrew looked a bit battered; his originally tidy magic robe was now tattered, his body covered with several bleeding wounds.
But Lis’s condition was even worse.
This kind of attack was not without cost; Andrew couldn’t dodge Lis’s attacks, and likewise, Lis became more susceptible to Andrew’s magic.
Countless Wind Blades left shocking gashes on Lis’s body, staining his clothes with blood.
These wounds ranged from shallow to deep, and even Lis’s physical strength and numerous enhancement skills couldn’t prevent them. This was Andrew using the most basic spells under control, showcasing his power and brutality with Wind Element magic.
Besides the wounds all over his body, a serious puncture wound in Lis’s chest stood out, along with several broken ribs. During the attack, Lis precisely controlled his body, quickly adjusting to avoid vital organs, minimizing the damage as much as possible.
Realizing his last sword had hit, Lis knew he couldn’t drag this out any longer.
He abruptly punched Andrew away, and a silver bay leaf crown appeared on Lis’s head.
A soft and gentle moonlight shimmered, a silvery-white goddess’s phantom appeared behind Lis, extending her arms to embrace him.
At the same time, space rippled outward from Lis’s body.
“Trying to escape, not so easily!”
Gasping for breath, Andrew noticed Lis’s actions the moment he was sent flying.
A massive green Wind Blade
