At best, Blaine could now be regarded as a sorcerer, and since he was using magic, a sorcerer could not rely on close-range combat for damage.
All at once, Blaine seemed to have found his proper position. Standing where he was, he changed gestures with both hands, as if brewing some magical skill.
Now Blaine felt like the characters in the games he used to play. Although Blaine was essentially a tanky assassin, today he was playing mid-lane and acting as a mage. How could a mage fight in close combat? Were mages not all about long-range damage? Releasing skills from a distance and killing enemies—that was the fun of being a mage.
After figuring out his position, the Copy Eyes in Blaine's eyes turned. The next moment, a five-pointed star magic circle appeared above the Ancient One's head. Within the magic circle, flames burned, and burning meteorites tens of meters wide began to form.
That was right. This was Blaine's old-fashioned magical attack. Although it was old-fashioned magic, after Blaine's transformation over the past few days, its power had long since become different from what it used to be. Otherwise, it would not have reached a size of several tens of meters. In the past, its diameter had only been around ten meters.
To make it easier to understand, let us use an analogy. In the past, the flaming meteorite magic circle summoned by Blaine released long-lasting flames. One meteorite released by a magic circle could destroy more than a dozen of Tony Stark's industrial buildings. Now, it was no exaggeration to say that a single magic circle could destroy a small city without much problem.
For example, back in Sokovia, Blaine had still racked his brains and ultimately used five types of advanced elemental arrows to barely blow up the city. Now, a single flaming meteorite could directly smash it to pieces. Combined with the burning of raging flames, it would leave no remains behind. Of course, saying there would be no remains left was a slight exaggeration. After all, even under powerful flames, it was impossible to burn an entire city, buildings, soil, and all, until nothing remained. Well, it was not completely impossible. With the current power, it was theoretically possible, but actually doing it would be difficult. There would still be some remains left.
After doing all this, Blaine's gestures still did not stop. In the blink of an eye, he summoned the Frozen Thousand Miles magic circle again.
One ice, one flame. These seemingly mutually restraining spells were cast simultaneously in Blaine's hands. The two complemented each other, and their power became several times greater. In any case, within the Mirror Dimension, no matter how powerful the magic was, it would not affect the outside world. Even if Blaine used a skill that could destroy the Earth, the Ancient One would definitely have a countermeasure. So Blaine did not hold back and directly opened with a ruthless move.
Looking at the Ancient One, she swept her hands beside her, and several magical light shields suddenly appeared above her head, protecting her surroundings.
Bang, bang, bang…
Bang, bang, bang…
Bang, bang, bang…
The extraterrestrial meteorites, trailing long tails of flame, smashed fiercely toward the Ancient One. Before the meteorites even arrived, the scorching heat had already burned the air. If one of them struck directly, even the Hulk might be crippled by it.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…
After the Flaming Meteorite came Frozen Thousand Miles. The ice crystals, each several meters long, had sharp cold light gleaming from every edge. The freezing air seemed capable of chilling everything, making anyone inside feel as though the blood in their body would freeze solid.
However, whether it was the flaming meteorites or Frozen Thousand Miles, when these magic-circle attacks fell upon the Ancient One's golden shield, there was no scene of melting or freezing as expected. Instead, with a series of bangs, everything burst apart.
For a moment, the Ancient One was surrounded by fragments of meteorites and ice. The red light of the flames and the cold gleam of the ice crystals shot out randomly, making it impossible for Blaine to see clearly what was happening inside.
When the last ice crystal exploded above the Ancient One's head, the magic circle in midair also dissipated. At the same time, the Ancient One's body, which had been covered by the magical attack, was once again exposed to Blaine's eyes.
"What a strong defense."
Indeed, if the series of attacks from Flaming Meteorite and Frozen Thousand Miles had fallen outside, even the whole of New York State would have suffered heavily. But the Ancient One had withstood it completely unscathed. Only the meteorite fragments and ice-crystal shards left on the ground showed how ferocious the attack just now had been.
If Blaine had not carefully noticed that those golden magical light shields had dimmed slightly, he would have suspected that the attacks had simply missed the Ancient One.
Just when Blaine wanted to take advantage of her unprepared state and continue pressing his victory, the Ancient One suddenly made a move as well.
He saw her controlling the few shields that had not yet dissipated. They suddenly wrapped around the flaming meteorite fragments on the ground and the shards left behind by Frozen Thousand Miles. Moreover, several shields rotated constantly and gradually gathered together.
In the blink of an eye, the shields that had wrapped up the remaining energy from Blaine's magic circles formed a spherical body. Strictly speaking, the entities summoned by the magic circles existed in the form of energy bodies, so whether they were meteorites or ice crystals, they were all energy bodies. And the sphere's speed became faster and faster.
At a certain moment, Blaine only felt a dangerous aura emanating from the light shield that had turned dark gold.
…
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…
There was a loud noise as the shield exploded instantly.
Inside the shield, all kinds of fragments wrapped within it shot toward Blaine like raindrops. This was rebounding Blaine's own attack back at him. Absorbing the enemy's magical energy and transforming it into one's own attack—this was truly high-level.
"Rainstorm Pear Blossom!"
At this moment, Blaine did not know why such a name suddenly popped into his mind.
The fragments left by Flaming Meteorite and Frozen Thousand Miles had generated strong kinetic energy during the high-speed rotation just now. In addition, the originally huge fragments had also been ground down and compressed into small pieces, almost pebble-sized.
Seeing the "raindrops" covering the entire space, like armor-piercing rounds fired from a heavy Barrett rifle, carrying the sound of howling wind as they were about to strike him, Blaine narrowed his eyes.
"What a storm of pear blossoms."
"Hmph. It's mine now."
The Copy Eyes in Blaine's pupils kept rotating at high speed. Obviously, during the battle just now, he had already copied the Ancient One's move.
In an emergency, Blaine hurriedly opened his energy protection shield first. Then, with a wave of his hand, he summoned two golden light shields to block in front of him.
Courtesy demanded reciprocity. The Ancient One's move was surprisingly similar to Blaine's. However, it also seemed somewhat different. Judging from the composition of the magic circle and the direction of each line, this should only be an ordinary shield, different from the technique the Ancient One had used just now.
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