54: Chapter 54 The Last Guardian!

Eighth floor.

In the center of the dungeon stood a girl in pale blue mage robes.

She was tall with delicate features.

Long, jet-black hair draped over her shoulders, and her whole demeanor was quiet and refined.

Seeing Lu Yuan appear, the girl smiled slightly and greeted him politely.

"Hello."

"I am Wu Xin."

"The Guardian of the eighth floor."

Lu Yuan didn't put on airs and nodded slightly in acknowledgment.

Having encountered such a 'kind' Guardian for the first time, Slime felt very uncomfortable.

However.

"Little girl, this King thinks you seem like a good person."

"How about this, if you just surrender, this King won't blow you up."

Lu Yuan reached out and patted Slime on the head.

"Wu Xin..."

"I think I've heard this name before."

A legendary profession!

Space Mage!

When Time does not appear, Space is King.

Among all mage types, the Space Mage is one of the most treacherous existences.

The only drawback is that their mana pool is insufficient in the early stages.

They can most likely only cast a few skills.

If his guess was right, this person definitely wouldn't waste skills and would aim at him instead.

Lu Yuan felt a sense of vigilance rise in his heart and whispered a warning.

"Be careful."

"Don't let your guard down."

Little Skeleton nodded, its whole body tense, guarding Lu Yuan.

Slime, however, curled its lip in disdain.

"Tch!"

"Just a glass-cannon mage!"

"Watch me finish her off."

Slime spread its wings, its golden body soaring into the air, instantly rushing into mid-air.

It circled in the sky once, then dove down.

"Go to hell!"

Boom—!!!

The sky full of Slime rained down like raindrops, smashing toward Wu Xin.

Wu Xin stood in place, motionless.

She just gently waved the staff in her hand.

Hum—

A pale blue light shone from the staff.

[Spatial Refraction]

The next second.

A bizarre scene occurred.

The sky full of Slime was originally smashing toward where Wu Xin was.

But suddenly, it turned strangely, drifting toward a direction further away from Wu Xin.

It seemed as if an invisible pair of hands was guiding it.

Boom boom boom—

The Slime bombs exploded continuously, but not a single one caused any damage to Wu Xin.

Water splashed everywhere.

Slime was stunned.

What's going on?

"How did all of this King's bombs miss?!"

A gentle smile curled the corners of Wu Xin's mouth.

"Space Mages are not as simple as you imagine."

Slime instantly bristled.

It didn't believe it.

It flapped its dragon wings frantically again.

More Slime poured down.

More explosions rang out.

But the result was the same.

All attacks were diverted to other directions by [Spatial Refraction].

It couldn't touch Wu Xin at all.

...

In the monitoring room.

Commander Xu Tianjiao watched the screen, brows furrowed.

"Space Mage... they are not easy to deal with."

The examiner next to him nodded, his voice grave.

"In terms of direct combat ability, Lu Yuan has Slime and Little Skeleton, these two great Magic Pets; his combat power is definitely countless times stronger than Wu Xin's."

"But..."

He paused and shook his head helplessly.

"Sometimes, having brute force alone is useless."

"Because no matter how great your strength is, you have to be able to hit someone."

"Facing a Space Mage, that is almost impossible."

City Lord Lu Feng's expression became grave for the first time.

He had naturally heard of Wu Xin's reputation.

A genius secretly cultivated by the 'Wu Family', one of the four great families of the magic capital.

This was her first public appearance.

Space Mage, truly living up to its name.

"Wu Xin is also a special recruit for our Star Academy."

"She will be Lu Yuan's classmate in the future."

Admissions Officer Han Feiyan spoke, his tone carrying a hint of emotion.

"Losing to a Space Mage is nothing to be ashamed of."

City Lord Lu Feng nodded.

Indeed.

There seem to be an unusually high number of monsters this year.

...

In the dungeon,

"Big Brother!"

Little Skeleton sensed something was wrong, tightened its grip on the wind-slaying magic sword, and shouted.

"You can't break this skill."

"Come back quickly!"

However.

Slime didn't care about that.

"I must blow her up!"

Slime frantically released skills, its HP dropping at a rate visible to the naked eye.

And Wu Xin...

She just stood quietly in place, waving her staff, using [Spatial Refraction] to avoid all attacks.

But her gaze was fixed tightly on Lu Yuan.

She didn't look at Slime once.

Lu Yuan met those calm and cold eyes, and his heart skipped a beat.

"Careful."

And just at this moment.

Wu Xin moved.

A trace of blood suddenly seeped from the corner of her mouth.

It slid down her fair cheek and dripped onto her pale blue robe.

The gem at the top of her staff bloomed with a blinding purple light.

[Space · Void Touch]

The space suddenly cracked open.

A huge purple magic circle appeared out of thin air.

In the center of the circle, space cracked inch by inch like a shattered mirror.

A huge purple tentacle extended from the crack.

It swept toward Lu Yuan.

Slime had no way to return in time to defend.

The ghost fire in Little Skeleton's eye sockets boiled.

"Big Brother, are you okay?"

"Master, I will protect you."

[Bone Armor Max]

The bones on Little Skeleton's body shot out one by one.

In front of Lu Yuan, they formed a thick bone shield.

Bang—!!!

The purple tentacle smashed fiercely against the bone shield.

The 'spatial spell', known for its great destructive power and attack power, was completely unable to shake this wall of bones.

"It really is you, Little Skeleton."

"I knew you were the most reliable; you never drop the ball at critical moments."

Lu Yuan gave a thumbs up.

Magic Pets, they are just like employees.

You have to give them a sense of accomplishment so they will work harder.

In his past life, this was called painting a pie.

Also known as PUA.

Little Skeleton opened its bone mouth, speaking word by word.

"I will become Master's strongest shield."

...

Meanwhile,

Slime saw this scene and was completely enraged.

"To dare to attack Master while facing this King's all-out attack."

"Looking for death!"

Slime let out an angry roar, no longer holding anything back.

Its entire body charged straight at Wu Xin.

Boom boom—!

Slime's entire body Self-destructed into countless drops of Slime, triggering successive Self-destructs.

The sounds of explosions echoed one after another, continuously.

It was almost going to sweep through the entire dungeon space.

Wu Xin's pupils shrank.

She desperately urged [Spatial Refraction].

But this time.

The power of the explosion was too great.

It far exceeded the limit that Spatial Refraction could bear.

Soon,

Wu Xin was completely swallowed by the flames.

...

A long time later.

The smoke cleared.

Wu Xin lay on the ground, disheveled, her HP bottomed out.

But her expression remained calm.

Seeing Lu Yuan walk over, she even squeezed out a smile.

"You won."

"I surrender."

Lu Yuan shrugged.

"Lucky."

"If your control over spatial abilities had been a little stronger, I wouldn't have been able to react at all."

Wu Xin shook her head, her voice calm.

"Lost is lost."

She paused, looked at Lu Yuan, a complex look flashing in her eyes.

"However..."

"You definitely won't be a match for the monster on the ninth floor."

Lu Yuan was taken aback.

"Monster?"

Wu Xin nodded and continued.

"If a Space Mage is the ultimate output profession."

"Then that guy on the ninth floor is the strongest defensive profession."

Defense?

Hearing these two words, Lu Yuan's expression was a bit strange.