Before a sorcerer casts a spell, the most common tell is in the hands.
Furthermore, to disrupt Hen's judgment, Karl raised his hand, and a whistling fireball flew towards the other side.
As for a warning? For an existence like Hen, any warning before a battle was superfluous.
Although Hen's reaction was far inferior to Karl's, he didn't hesitate. He first glanced at the incoming fireball, his gaze quickly sweeping to the ground beneath Karl's feet.
Under such terrifying explosive power, the soft grass showed no signs of being pressed down or sunk.
This phenomenon, defying common sense, slightly stirred his heart.
At the same time, Hen casually waved his right hand forward, his movements fluid and calm, as if he were just waving.
Suddenly, not one, but over twenty fireballs, each the size of a head, neatly arranged, appeared before his palm.
They seemed to have a life of their own, and one of them accurately intercepted the fireball Karl had released.
BANG! BANG!! They collided in the air, the smoke dissipating, revealing a brilliant spark.
The other fireballs, on the other hand, were like a small anti-aircraft net, blocking several paths Karl could take to advance and dodge.
The moment Karl slightly tensed, he was already on guard.
But when he clearly saw about twenty fireballs appearing simultaneously, his pupils still involuntarily contracted.
"Hmm... is this a fireball? Isn't a fireball a single-target spell?" He was shocked.
A fireball, in the hands of ordinary sorcerers, was a standard single-attack spell.
And now, in Hen's hands, it had turned into a salvo of incendiary bombs comparable to area coverage.
Despite the shock, Karl's movements didn't hesitate for a second. His running figure sharply slid sideways at high speed.
He calmly avoided the trajectories of some fireballs, while for others that were unavoidable,
he didn't try to power through or dodge again but made a move that made Hen look twice.
Karl raised his right palm, its surface covered with an invisible bio-field, and quickly struck the sides of the fireballs with several swift slaps.
POOF! POOF... POOF! Those fireballs, which could have blown a heavily armored knight to pieces, were directly dispersed by his slaps.
The raging flames and shockwaves erupted around him, but Karl's palm, even his entire arm, showed not a trace of injury, nor were they stained with smoke or dust.
He could even use the force of the strikes to adjust his stance and get closer to Hen faster.
For the first time, the calm on Hen's face gave way to genuine shock. He clearly saw that Karl hadn't cast any spell shield just now.
Although, to test Karl, he had consciously controlled the power of the spells to the level of ordinary members of the Chapter,
this was still a deadly attack. And Karl actually dared to take it head-on with his physical body and disperse the fireball?
Such physical strength far exceeded the giants and common monsters he knew.
"This kid is hiding more than I thought..." Hen thought.
And this time, Karl had learned his lesson well and no longer rushed directly to grab Hen.
The moment he got close, his wrist flicked, and another fireball condensed into his palm, but he didn't throw it at Hen's body; instead, he slammed it into the ground beneath Hen's feet.
At the same time, his own speed didn't slow down, and he continued to advance with the explosion of the fireball.
BANG! CRACKLE! Mud and gravel scattered, and the dark purple light of the slowing rune flickered and was instantly destroyed by the fireball.
"Very clever! But... not enough!" Seeing this, Hen couldn't help but praise, laughing.
Before he finished speaking, the ground in front of Hen trembled, and a solid earthen wall mixed with stones suddenly rose up like a living thing.
It separated Karl from Hen, trying to push him back.
Karl's expression didn't change, and he didn't even slow down. He turned slightly and aimed his shoulder at the earthen wall.
BOOM! The seemingly sturdy earthen wall collapsed like paper-mâché, earth and stones scattering everywhere.
However, amidst the noise of the collapsing earthen wall, Karl's super senses caught a faint but space-distorting "hum."
His heart chilled, and he looked up to see that the place where Hen had been standing was empty.
Immediately after, Karl heard a movement and immediately turned his head to look.
At that moment, over three hundred meters away, a slight arc of electricity flickered in the air, and Hen's figure had already appeared gracefully.
Moreover, the ground beneath Karl's feet suddenly became as soft as sand and rapidly collapsed.
A powerful suction erupted from below, as if wanting to swallow him.
Karl reacted extremely quickly. The moment his footing gave way, he precisely kicked off a large falling stone with his toes.
Then his figure soared into the air again, with unabated speed, lunging towards the distant Hen.
For a while, a series of dazzling offensive and defensive scenes appeared on the plain.
Karl used the offensive spells he had learned from Hen to the extreme, alternating between fireballs and lightning bolts.
Combined with his super speed and Heat Vision for long-range burning, he launched a fierce assault on Hen from all sides.
Hen, on the other hand, maintained a spell shield and blocked all of Karl's attacks, appearing calm throughout the process.
Hen always used teleportation to easily avoid Karl whenever he got close.
His counterattacks were very fierce; fireballs and lightning bolts were not single shots, but over twenty at a time.
Fireballs and lightning bolts intertwined into a dense network of firepower. Although they couldn't penetrate Karl's invisible bio-field and harm his body,
the powerful explosions and lightning strikes that devastated the terrain could effectively delay and hinder Karl's ghostly speed.
Midway, Hen seemed to want to test the limit of Karl's power, and at one point, he didn't choose to teleport.
Instead, he decided to stay in place for a short while, and Karl immediately seized the moment and struck the shield.
A clear CRACK was heard, and the shield, which could withstand most attacks, suddenly shattered like glass.
Hen's eyes again flashed with surprise, and he didn't give Karl another chance to close in.
His incredible teleportation speed often left only a barely audible arc hum in the air.
Then his figure appeared over three hundred meters away, or even farther, at a safe distance, as if that wasn't his limit.
Although Karl's speed was high, his current super speed was far from the level of covering hundreds of meters in an instant.
But an attack of Hen's level couldn't pose a threat to Karl, and he was always full of energy.
......
The battle continued for a few more minutes. Karl relied on his bio-field to withstand over thirty fireball bombardments from Hen,
and smashed through five earthen walls that Hen hastily erected in succession, finally closing in on Hen, who seemed about to cast another spell.
This time, Karl predicted that Hen would teleport as before.
He had already planned the next pursuit route in his mind and was ready to move in that direction.
However, something unexpected happened...
Just as Hen's body began to glow with the unique arc light of the teleportation technique, at the moment his form started to blur,
he suddenly let out a suppressed grunt of pain, his entire body shuddering, and his calm expression twisted into pain.
Hen's face suddenly paled, his features contorted with intense pain, and fine sweat appeared on his forehead.
The teleportation spell that should have been completed was forcibly interrupted, and the arcs appearing on his body instantly vanished.
This sudden change stunned Karl, but his combat instincts remained. He immediately seized this fleeting opportunity.
He stepped forward, his right hand instantly reaching out, and for the first time, he grabbed Hen by the collar.
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