Chapter 188 : study
Bai En watched the rolling azure blade circle, calmly stood up, and walked down from the pile of stones. After taking barely two steps forward, his figure ghosted past the azure blade circle, appearing behind the spinning azure blade circle.
The accumulated rubble was torn into dust by the slash. Jack stopped moving, turning to look back.
"Do you know what your weakness is?" Bai En suddenly asked.
"Huh?"
Jack stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, a sharp glint appearing in his eyes, like a hunter spotting an interesting prey. "I don't have any weaknesses! I'm nothing but strengths!"
"Watch me tear you to shreds."
"Severing Magic: Death Scythe - Mad Slash!"
Azure light extended several inches from the scythe at his wrist. Jack used reinforcement magic, preparing to unleash continuous sharp slashes, but the figure wearing a fox mask instantly appeared in front of him.
Jack tried to swing his scythe at the approaching figure, but the masked person preemptively grabbed his descending arm and punched him hard in the stomach.
'So fast, and... it hurts so much!'
Jack spat out the alcohol he had recently drunk, along with a large amount of bitter fluid!
A series of blows followed one after another.
Jack's expression was one of extreme pain.
Nozel watched this scene, surprise evident on his face. He hadn't imagined the battle between the two would be so dramatic. After all, Jack's previous slash had shattered space itself.
Since he could hurt the guy with the fox mask, there should have been a chance to win.
But right now... this was a completely one-sided fight.
Jack had absolutely no power to fight back.
'Why are this guy's strikes so heavy? I've already used magic power to reinforce my body! No, I can't let this continue, I have to fight back!' Jack swung his right arm even harder, trying to break free from Bai En's control.
But it was like being clamped by iron pincers; he couldn't escape.
"You... this... guy!"
Hearing the indistinct mumbling coming from the opponent's mouth, Bai En, as if bored, released Jack's hand, dodged the ensuing slash, and heavily punched Jack away.
The figure flying backward was like a kite with a broken string, soaring for a moment before scraping a deep rut into the ground.
Blood stained the ground.
"Damn it!" Jack scrambled up, cursing under his breath. As if realizing the gap between them, he resorted to provocation. Although his mind was usually not this quick, today he seemed enlightened.
Perhaps it was because he had just witnessed the masked person allowing Nozel to attack freely.
"If you have the guts, take my magic!"
The grimoire floating beside Jack flipped a page. "Severing Magic: Scythe Moon - Severing Sky!"
The azure crescent slash shot out continuously, unstoppable as before, severing anything it touched!
Jack watched the fox mask figure in the distance, who genuinely didn't dodge and prepared to take his slash head-on, and scoffed: "You idiot, this is Severing Magic that can even cut space! You actually plan to take it head-on."
"What a joke!"
When defending the kingdom and the King, facing Elves possessed and using Spatial Magic, the magic mastered near the brink of mortal danger—how could it be so easily matched?
Just as the space-severing slash approached.
A transparent, jade-like four-leaf clover quietly opened. Behind the barrier constructed by infinity, positive infinity and negative infinity coordinates continuously squeezed and collided, silently maintaining a relatively stable domain. "Limitless Magic: Void."
The azure slash arrogantly struck, and tiny sparks scattered out of thin air.
The slash, thought to be unstoppable and capable of cutting space, was blocked out of thin air.
The slash hung suspended in the air, and as the sparks scattered, it finally dissipated.
"This..."
Just as the slash dissipated, two spherical, ethereal shadows—one azure and one crimson—appeared beside Bai En. With a slight thought, the two shadows collided and rubbed together, forming a dazzling new sphere. "Purple," fired as a counterattack, shot forth.
Jack's gaze sharpened, and Scythe Moon slashed out again.
The azure light passed through the dazzling "Purple," charging out amidst the blossoming flames and slashing toward the distance.
Bai En lightly patted Jack from behind, saying as if giving praise, "Not bad."
Jack shuddered, taking a leap back to put distance between himself and Bai En, raising the scythe blade on his wrist, instinctively guarding against this ghostly figure.
His Magic Power Sensing couldn't detect Bai En at all.
Facing Jack's extreme vigilance, Bai En remained unfazed. He rubbed his chin, seemingly deep in thought, and after a moment, said, "The power of your slash is a bit stronger than I expected, but it's still not enough."
"As for speed and sensing... I'd say they're terrible."
"So, your test subjects are speed and slashing. If you can improve these two aspects before the great war, maybe you can... solo that guy, though I wouldn't bet on it."
"Very well, I'll start teaching you now."
Bai En took a step forward, and the next second, he appeared beside the highly vigilant Jack. Jack was stunned, only noticing the guy beside him after several breaths.
He swung his scythe.
Bai En appeared on Jack's other side again.
"You bastard... what kind of joke is this?!"
Jack was furious.
"Want to learn? I can teach you, but whether you succeed depends on you." Bai En instantly flashed to stand directly opposite Jack as he spoke.
Jack's scythe attacked again. "Who can learn your magic? Are you fooling me?"
Bai En reached out, directly using his finger joints to block the chain blade on Jack's wrist. "This isn't magic; it's a Mana Technique, similar to Mana Skin. How about it, want to learn?"
"...Hmph, I don't believe anyone would be so generous."
Even though he heard words close to a refusal, Bai En didn't give the other party a chance to decline. "You're welcome. After all, I'm a helpful person."
"You bastard, what kind of joke is this?!"
The blue "Blue" burst forth with an incomparably brilliant ethereal light. Jack took Bai En's strike head-on and lay on the ground covered in blood.
"You..."
Seeing Jack covered in blood in the crater, Nozel called out. Although he disliked the Captain of The Emerald Mantis Group, he couldn't let that guy die here.
Bai En looked back and whispered, "Don't worry, he won't die."
"Getting back to the point, let's start the main topic."
"As Squad Captains, you are already proficient in Mana Skin, and you are no strangers to mastering Mana Zone, but... this is far from enough, because the person you are about to face is an existence at the absolute pinnacle of Mages, and even—"
Bai En drew out his words, "One who surpassed the Wizard King, Julius Novachrono, in his prime."
"So study hard and become stronger, both of you."
"Next, for the first lesson, we will be discussing the content related to proficiently mastering Mana Zone and integrating it into magic."
...[About the small matter of me transmigrating into Black Clover and becoming the Magic Knights Squad Captains' Instructor.]
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