370: A true genius, Alice

Chapter 369: The True Genius, Alice

Boom!

An hour later, with a violent explosion, the cicimian holy shield in Mina's hand was blasted away. Her robe was torn, and she half-knelt on the ground.

Xiao Nai rushed out from the smoke and dust. She had cast some kind of body enhancement magic, causing her originally petite body to rapidly grow taller, her veins bulging, and her muscles erupting.

She transformed into a female giant several meters tall, enveloped in several buffing spells, and charged towards Dick with twin axes.

Swish!

Dick did not choose to meet her head-on, but instead stepped back, easily avoiding Xiao Nai's full-power strike.

To lower the difficulty, Dick did not use any magic items, acting only as a sparring partner with bare hands.

In contrast, the women were all fully armed, using the best magic items, and even consumed several bottles of magic potions before the battle.

"Terminus Secret Art: Meteor Cannon!"

At the same time, a destructive magic laser blasted towards Dick.

It was Alice, who was hiding behind Mina. She successfully predicted Dick's dodging position and unleashed a full-power strike.

However, Dick remained calm and raised his palm, saying, "Doomsday Forbidden Spell: Reflective Light Shield."

The next second, a beautiful, irregular crystal appeared in front of Dick, perfectly catching Alice's Meteor Cannon and sending it back the way it came!

Alice's pupils contracted. She immediately grabbed Mina's shoulder, and their figures instantly vanished, narrowly dodging the reflected Meteor Cannon.

Boom!

Where Alice and Mina had just stood, a deep pit with a radius of over ten meters was immediately blasted out, sending 碎石 flying and filling the air with smoke.

"Hehe, Terminus Teleportation Array?"

Dick recognized Alice's escape method. This was a short-range teleportation magic that could be activated instantly without chanting or channeling magic power.

The Terminus Teleportation Array was extremely practical, allowing for instantaneous movement during combat. For a Mage, it was an excellent life-saving technique.

However, the Terminus Teleportation Array also had obvious drawbacks: it required setting up both an entrance and exit array beforehand, and it was single-use.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, a flying knife attacked the white paper on Dick's chest. Its speed was incredibly fast, even undetectable by the naked eye.

Dick reacted and actually caught the flying knife with his bare hands.

"What a clumsy attac..."

Before Dick could finish speaking, the heavy sound of wind breaking rang out. It was Xiao Nai, holding twin axes, chopping down from behind.

Dick pouted, turned around, and kicked the axe handle. Under the enormous impact, Xiao Nai was instantly dislocated, her arms hanging limply.

But unexpectedly, Xiao Nai did not retreat. Instead, she gritted her teeth, endured the intense pain, and tightly hugged Dick's right leg.

"Terminus Immobilization Spell!"

"Thousand Rock Reinforcement Field!"

"Magic Sound Entanglement!"

Alice cast three control spells in a row. Dick instantly lost all ability to move, his magic power in his body was in chaos, and he couldn't break free from Xiao Nai.

The next second, Cecilia emerged from the shadow beneath Dick's feet, extending her hands like a strange snake.

As long as they could touch the white paper on Dick's chest, they would succeed. All their planning and fighting were for this moment.

However, just as Cecilia's hand was about to touch the white paper, it was tightly grabbed by Dick.

Looking up, Cecilia saw Dick's meaningful smile and immediately asked in surprise, "How is that possible? Didn't you get hit by Alice's Immobilization Spell?"

"Look closely, who is actually immobilized."

Hearing this, Cecilia followed Dick's gaze and was startled to see Alice and Mina kneeling on the ground, their faces full of pain, unable to move.

"It's... it's the Reflective Light Shield?!"

Cecilia understood. It turned out Dick was just acting, pretending to be controlled by Alice's magic to lure her out.

But this wasn't right. Cecilia clearly remembered that when Dick first cast the Reflective Light Shield, a beautiful, irregular crystal would appear.

Dick saw Cecilia's confusion and explained lightly, "Because I also cast other magic to conceal the appearance of the Reflective Light Shield, and..."

"You seem to have forgotten something. I can cast spells without chanting!"

Hearing this, Cecilia suddenly realized. Dick had called out the names of his spells every time before, subtly influencing the women's judgment.

In the tense and fierce battle, the women would subconsciously ignore that Dick could cast spells without chanting, thinking that as long as he didn't speak, he wasn't casting.

But in reality, Dick only needed to have a thought and quietly channel the magic power in his body to cast many spells in seconds.

He was too cunning. Dick could have easily fought four people and won by overwhelming force.

But he still chose to use human psychology, employ various combat strategies, and defeat the women through meticulous planning...

Slap, slap, slap, slap!

As four crisp slapping sounds rang out, the butts of the four women were all struck, each letting out a different cry of pain.

This was the rule of the simulated battle. Dick would lose if the white paper on his chest was touched, while the women were considered eliminated if their butts were slapped.

The battle ended. Dick gently waved his hand, lifting the magic that had restrained Alice and Mina, and helped correct Xiao Nai's dislocated bones.

"Dick, what was that Reflective Light Shield you just cast? And what is a Doomsday Forbidden Spell? Why isn't it recorded in the Doomsday Magic Tome?"

Alice quickly came up to Dick, her emotions agitated, asking several questions in a row.

When they first met, Dick had given Alice a Doomsday Magic Tome, saying that it contained all the Terminus techniques.

Alice was very diligent and had long since memorized every character in the Doomsday Magic Tome.

But just now, Dick had cast a Terminus magic she had never heard of, and its effect was incredibly strong, actually able to reflect magic!

The strangest thing was that the "Reflective Light Shield" Dick had just cast didn't seem to belong to any type of magic.

Alice considered herself a genius in magic theory. Her analysis of various magic principles was even comparable to professional scholars.

But for this Reflective Light Shield... Alice still couldn't understand its principle and found it even harder to imagine the structure of its 術式.

Looking at the eager-to-learn Alice, Dick just gently shook his head and said slowly, "This is a Terminus Profound Truth. You can only comprehend it yourself; it cannot be taught."

"How is that possible?" Alice refused to give up, thinking Dick was being mysterious. She immediately grumbled, "As long as you write down the 術式..."

"Doomsday Forbidden Spells are not magic. To be precise, they are not within the magic system, so there is no 術式!"

"No 術式..." Alice murmured, finding Dick's words difficult to understand.

Dick gently patted Alice's shoulder and said earnestly, "I once told you that there is far more than just the magic system in this world."

To put it simply, there are as many martial force systems in this world as there are types of energy.

Magic power is just one of the most common energies. In addition, there is physical strength, mental power, soul power, Demon power, elemental power... and even divine power!

Each type of energy has its corresponding system, and the various techniques derived from them are no weaker than magic, and some are even stronger.

As for the Doomsday Forbidden Spells, Alice herself comprehended them. She is truly a genius, having actually created a completely new system.

The sixty-sixth Alice had her heart source shattered, becoming a cripple and completely abandoning the path of a Mage.

But she did not give up. She forcefully carved out her own path, becoming the invincible Doomsday Witch in that era.

Of course, the main reason was that in that era, Isurna was conquered by him for the first time and did not restrict Alice.