NFBE Chapter 896: Teacher Wins! Teacher is the Best!
Chapter 896: Teacher Wins! Teacher is the Best!
It was obvious that this time, the descending light sword, in terms of scale and strength, was not as formidable as the last. The previous light mountain covered a hundred miles, shrouding several cathedrals, but this time the light mountain only fell over Carayas City.
The previous Giant of Light stood tall, touching the heavens and earth, making it hard to breathe just by looking at it from afar. This time, the Giant of Light was merely tall enough to elicit a “quite tall” from observers, lacking the same overwhelming pressure.
Most importantly, the speed and flexibility of the descending light sword were unimpressive. It was like using a wooden stick to swat a fly—despite appearing mighty, it couldn’t catch the nimble, darting fly.
Even so, Garrett's heart was still in his throat. The previous attack had targeted an unknown mage from an unknown school, someone he might not even recognize or care about. But this time, it could be his teacher under attack!
The light sword slashed downward, swept horizontally, and tilted diagonally. Garrett held his breath, staring intently at the tip of the light sword, hoping to see a fluttering figure deftly dodging. Unfortunately, he saw nothing—nothing at all.
If only he were stronger, if only he could be on the battlefield himself...
The rain of lightning continued, growing denser and more violent. Suddenly, with a crack of thunder, a golden bolt of lightning split the clouds and plunged straight down, striking into Carayas City.
“Decar!”
Above the clouds, an angry roar echoed. Immediately, the light sword split and transformed, weaving into a cage of light that descended from the sky, enclosing all of Carayas. The cage contracted, contracted, and contracted...
Outside the light cage, countless threads of light crisscrossed, slashing and exploding. It was clear that even if one managed to escape the cage, touching those light threads would still be a deadly encounter.Yet the lightning rain didn’t stop. It no longer concentrated but scattered east, west, darting left and right, testing escape routes. Each time it neared the edge of the light cage, threads of light moved in to block, vaguely threatening: “Try to escape from here, and you’ll get skinned alive!”
“Run! Hurry!”
“Run!”
“If it closes, we’re done for!”
Not only was Garrett worried sick, but even Cirilla beside him was muttering nervously. Garrett heard her say “done for” and couldn’t help but grimace, yet he couldn’t bring himself to glare at her—he knew Cirilla was just as anxious.
At that moment, a sudden burst of electric light brightened the sky and plunged downward. In the next instant, a bolt of lightning sprang up from the coastline, twisting and writhing joyously in the air:
“I escaped~~~ I escaped~~~ I got out~~~”
Garrett instantly sighed in relief. He murmured:
“Animated Lightning...”
Animated Lightning, a legendary spell from the Evocation school. It could infuse life into a lightning bolt, allowing it to roam the skies and release bolts of lightning, each capable of harming enemies—
Of course, releasing lightning out of thin air would require drawing on some of the legendary mage’s power. However, if there were already rain clouds present, the control over the lightning would far surpass that of ordinary mages.
As for its source...
It would be strange if the Lord of Thunder didn’t have an animated lightning bolt constantly by his side.
The best part was that animated lightning wasn’t human, making escape much easier. For instance—
“Just setting up a few long electric wires and a few lightning rods outside the city makes it really convenient,” a few mages in the Nevis Resistance camp celebrated with high-fives:
“It escaped so quickly!”
“And without leaving any trace of elemental magic!”
“Thank the electric wires and the genius who invented them!”
“By the way, how fast do you think the animated lightning travels through the wires? Judging by its speed just now, it reached the sea from outside the city in just a second!”
“Let me tell you secretly, people at the top of Igor Peak have been measuring lightning speed all this time, and then...”
“And then what?”
“They still haven’t figured it out...”
“You’re saying all this just to say that?!”
No matter what, knowing that the troublemaker inside was just an animated lightning bolt, which had already escaped, Garrett felt a solid relief. The light cage, unable to catch anything, shrank back into the light sword.
Whether by visual estimation or from the data on the magic array, it had definitely shrunk by more than a circle.
Garrett couldn’t help but show a relaxed smile. Just as his smile formed, it froze in place:
Fire!
Scorching flames!
Like pillars of fire drawn from the sun, they plunged straight down, striking the top of the highest and most majestic cathedral in Carayas!
Garrett gasped, instantly turning to the magic array. Sure enough, the array clearly indicated the type and level of the spell:
Type: Evocation, Fire branch;
Level: Legendary!
Next to it were small characters: “Scorching Flame Cascade, Evocation Fire spell, summons a towering pillar of fire to strike enemies...”
Was it really the teacher?
Was it really the teacher taking action this time?!
The Giant of Light roared and couldn’t ignore it, gripping the sword with both hands and swinging it upward. In one breath, the flames on the sword tip started to disintegrate; in the second breath, the blade shattered; in the third breath, the scorching flames had already reached the Giant’s sword-wielding hands!
If this continued, once the Giant of Light shattered, Carayas City would inevitably be engulfed in flames!
Garrett held his breath, watching in awe. This was the power of a legend—an all-out attack, one person capable of burning down a city—
Even a small city in this world, this power was still astounding!
Struck by the pillar of fire, there was no doubt that even if something remained of Carayas City, the central cathedral would be obliterated.
The Giant of Light lowered its hands, swinging upward forcefully. With its movement, the seven layers of the Mountain of Heaven beneath it, its legs, armor, and body all turned into white light, rolling upward in layers.
White light and flames collided in the air. The principles of the Radiant Church’s grand divine arts were unclear, but they managed to envelop the fire pillar, layer by layer, quietly extinguishing it.
Despite the effort, the fire pillar didn’t explode on impact, creating a mushroom cloud!
Unfortunately...
Garrett sighed inwardly. Without an explosion, the central cathedral wasn’t destroyed, meaning another legendary spell was needed. Whether another legend would take over or the teacher would continue alone was uncertain...
He was anxious. As the Flame Cascade subsided, three figures appeared in the sky outside Carayas City, standing side by side in mid-air. Facing them was the light figure atop the cathedral, who threw out thunderbolts:
“Decar! Die!!!”
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