"—Su!"
Araya Soren suddenly closed his open palm, as if he was crushing something.
Almost at the same time, the "Rune Magic Bullet" made of special materials was under some kind of pressure and turned into fine powder and scattered downwards.
That was an impact that could not be seen by the eyes. Shinji realized the essence of the impact at that moment - this closed alien world was the home field created by Araya Soren, and he could interfere with this closed space, such as applying pressure to the target through special gestures.
However, Shinji was not panicked. Through the previous attack, he had seen that Araya Souren's control over this place was not as high as that of the Magic Workshop. It seemed that this was just a temporary battlefield he prepared.
That being the case—the Rune Bullet's attack has not yet ended.
Shinji snapped his free right hand, and the powder of the magic bullet suddenly burst into a silver light, dotted and dense, accompanied by a "crackling" sound.
Those were the sparks caused by the electric current radiating in the air. Such a large number of sparks meant that an electric grid had been spread out in front of Araya Soren.
"Thursaz", one of the twenty-four derived runes, is also known as "Thor's Hammer", which symbolizes the power of thunder and lightning. The rune bullet crushed by Araya Soren was attached with such a rune.
The pervasive electric current broke through the invisible barrier set up by Araya Zonglian, drawing dazzling tracks in the air.
Just before the trajectory extended to Araya Soren's body, the tall middle-aged man spoke for the third time.
"Wang Xian!"
"Scorpion!"
The flow was interrupted, the flow of the atmosphere and the flow of electrons were interrupted.
The area around Araya Soren is like a closed and static space, where all flows come to a standstill.
Electrons that cannot flow cannot become electric current, and the power grid caused by "Thursaz" collapsed on its own.
Seeing his attack being neutralized by his opponent in this way, Shinji couldn't help but sigh inwardly: "The strongest barrier master is indeed worthy of his reputation."
Araya Soren is a rare talent among magicians. As a magician he is very ordinary, but he has skills in creating barriers that are among the best in the world. His representative work is the "Six Paths Realm", three of which are used to block Shinji's attacks.
"King Kong" defends, "Wang Xian" stagnates, and "Snake and Scorpion" closes.
Immediately afterwards, the fourth barrier emerged.
"No!"
The circle that was open in a flat structure suddenly became three-dimensional, and lines made of magic extended out, like a spider's web to catch prey.
This prey was Shinji Matou who was not far away.
Shinji half-crouched, his right hand touching the ground.
"EIHWAZ!"
The protective power contained in the rune is released, and the spider webs produced by the "Bu Ju" barrier cannot enter the range of "EIHWAZ" and can only wander around the periphery.
"Original Rune?" Araya Soren's serious expression was finally broken, and there was a noticeable fluctuation in his voice. "Has she made any new progress in the analysis of Rune magic?"
"Ridiculous question."
A magic blade emerged from the fork of the silver slingshot. Physically, the magic blade was no different from an ordinary steel knife or iron sword, but for objects woven with magic, it was no less powerful than divine weapons such as the Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Slaying Saber.
With a wave of his hand, the knife fell, with the power of binding, the spider web generated by the "Bu Ju" barrier was split into two.
"Even you, an old antique whose origin is stillness, are growing up, but Sister Orange is standing still—Isa!"
Isa, the ice rune, the freezing rune, is also the rune that has the best compatibility with the water attribute of the Matou family.
Freezing is a kind of limitation of stillness. Since the characteristic of Araya Soren's barrier is stillness, using the same concept to deal with it may be effective.
Unfortunately, this attempt ended in failure.
"madness!"
Araya Soren spoke calmly, but because his voice was so full of energy, this calm voice also had a scolding tone.
"Since you know my origin from Aozaki, you should know that I will be protected by stillness. All the concepts of stillness in this world are invalid for me."
The man who ignored the freezing power moved. His black coat blended into the darkness of the night and quickly approached Shinji, as swift as a ghost.
The only combat magic that Araya Soren can perform is the barrier, and the barrier is something that separates the inside from the outside. It is a technique of protection and isolation. Its means of attack are extremely scarce. It may be a fortress, but it cannot be a spear or cannon. Araya Soren's real means of winning is physical skills.
The black clothes fluttered and in an instant he appeared in front of Shinji. Araya Souren stretched out his huge left hand, and his open palm seemed to have a thousand pounds of force, and stretched out as if to crush Shinji's head.
If it were an ordinary magician, his skull would have been shattered by such a grab, but Shinji is not an ordinary magician. He is a disciple of the legendary Queen Scathach, who stands at the pinnacle of warriors. His physical skills are no less impressive than his magic.
When Araya was about to move his left hand, Shinji lowered his body first, not only dodging Araya's grab, but also slashing Araya's wrist with a backhanded knife.
"Dai Tian!" Huangye Zonglian spoke again.
The wrist that was cut by the dagger did not fall at the wrist. The blade went through it as easily as cutting tofu, but his hand was not even injured.
"Top of the Sutra!" The right hand moved.
As if he had predicted the movement of Shinji escaping from his left hand, Araya Soren released his right hand, still grabbing, still grabbing the face. In his opinion, Shinji, who was without a weapon, would definitely not be able to withstand his attack.
However, the reality was beyond Araya Souren's expectations. Shinji, who looked only ten years old and had a well-proportioned body but was far from strong, actually blocked his grab - with his right hand which was only half the size of his.
The power coming from Shinji's fist was astonishingly great. The way he concentrated the power on one point and released it, as well as the undisguised fluctuations of magic power in his fist, told Araya that the boy in front of him was probably a magician who was good at physical skills, just like himself.
The two huge forces collided head-on, and both retreated. Due to the difference in size and physical fitness, Araya only retreated a few steps before stopping, while Shinji retreated more than ten steps before he was able to break free of Araya's grip.
This slight time difference is enough for Huangye to launch the next round of attack.
"Bu Ju!" The spider web used for binding spread out again, like a maggot on the tarsal bone, chasing Shinji who had not yet stood firm.
Shinji quickly swung his bow sword to cut the "spider silk", but this time the amount of spider silk was twice as much as last time, and the toughness was even more amazing, so Shinji was unable to cut it completely.
At this time, Araya Soren clenched his left hand again and growled.
"Su!"
Atmospheric compression.
PS: Do you have any more good suggestions for titles? If not, I will use the clothing merchant - I will submit the name of the book friend on May 15, which happens to be my birthday.