Faced with Benjamin's provocative rants, the bishop just raised his chin and let out a cold snort.
"Arrogant boy."
At that moment, he took the cup in his hand again, raised it high, and closed his eyes. The other priests did not hesitate, clasped their hands together, and started to gather the holy light into the cup again.
When Benjamin saw this, he couldn't help but let out a "boo".
…Here he goes again.
Unfortunately, he still needs some recovery time, so it is difficult to take action for the time being. Therefore, he took a few steps back and directed the mages in the team to start their counterattack.
"Joanna, Tony, Creed, it's up to you."
He walked up to the three men and whispered softly.
The first two are mages who have known each other for a long time, while the third one is a new member. As for what these three mages have in common, they all have the ability to release advanced magic.
However, their mental power is not very deep, and they can only release high-level magic once at most. Therefore, Benjamin had to regard them as a trump card and use them with caution.
And now, they have to take action!
When the three mages heard this, they nodded firmly, closed their eyes and began to chant. The other mages stood guard around them, using one defensive spell after another.
The opponent is still reading, and they have plenty of time to cast spells. They will not be able to summon a fragile simple elemental shield like just now. At this moment, they summoned various ice walls, wind shields, stone walls... all piled up to protect them in front of them, looking much stronger.
However, facing this extremely thick defensive barrier, the bishop didn't even look at it.
After gathering enough holy light, he raised the cup high again. Then, the cup shining with holy light suddenly dimmed, and then, a beam of light compressed to the extreme shot out from the cup, like a high-pressure laser cannon.
"Everyone get down!"
Seeing this scene, Benjamin's expression suddenly changed and he shouted loudly.
The mages panicked and fell down one after another. As for the three mages who were still chanting, Benjamin summoned water vapor, held them up, and flew to the side while carefully maintaining their singing posture without being disturbed.
At the same time, the condensed beam of light also flew over.
The numerous magic barriers blocking the way were pierced by the beam of light like tofu, with holes the size of a thumb being made. However, behind this heavy protection, Benjamin, who was about to lie down, suddenly realized that the beam was coming towards him!
"Quick! Nothingness state!"
He hurriedly shouted in his heart.
He asked everyone to lie down and carefully moved the three mages away. At this moment, it was already too late for him to avoid this beam of light.
Uh-huh! The beam passed directly through Benjamin's lower abdomen.
At that moment, everyone held their breath. The other mages raised their heads with desperate expressions, and even the three mages almost stopped singing because of this. On the other side, the bishop looked ecstatic when he saw this scene.
"See? This is what you will get for defiling God..."
However, the bishop suddenly choked up in the middle of his words.
"Defile your size!"
Benjamin touched his intact lower abdomen, cursed back, raised his head, and shouted loudly to the mages around him: "Quick, start fighting back now!"
The mages were stunned, immediately got up and started chanting.
Soon, another wave of nearly a thousand fireballs was slowly condensed above their heads.
"This...how is this possible?"
The bishop still seemed a little unconvinced, unable to accept the fact that Benjamin was unscathed. However, a large wave of fireballs was about to strike again, so they could only raise their cups high, gather the power of other priests, and summon a new wall of light in front of them.
The fireballs blasted over densely, but still failed to break through the wall of light.
However, the bishop's expression did not become much lighter.
"Laila, bring your people up!"
Because at this moment, in the mage team, several mage who specialized in dark element magic also stepped forward under the command of Benjamin.
Together they used the magic of shadow erosion.
Along with a dark and obscure magic wave, several intermediate magic spells were thrown out and turned into countless dark shadows, entangled with each other, flying straight towards the wall of light.
The wall of light had just blocked the fireball, and before it had time to make any changes, it was stuck by those shadows. Suddenly, smoke began to emit from the junction of the shadow and the light wall, making a "sizzling" sound, as if a red soldering iron was suddenly thrown into cold water.
The shadow began to shrink at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the faces of the mages headed by Laila began to show a look of despair. However, it’s not easy on the other side either. Under this erosion, the shape of the light wall became slightly unstable, and the faces of the priests responsible for providing the holy light were also a little ugly.
—The effectiveness of shadow erosion seems to be fed back to them.
"A sinful guy who even dares to cover up black magic."
The bishop cursed and suddenly turned the cup over in his hand. Then, the wall of light and the shadow disappeared together, turning into elements and scattered between heaven and earth. The priests also took a breath and wiped the sweat from their foreheads.
Benjamin patted the shoulders of the mages and said, "Yes, you have done a good job."
There are only a few mages who can use dark element magic, and their personalities are rather eccentric. However, based on the mutual restraint between them and the priest, Benjamin singled them out and formed a small team.
And this dark magic team also worked wonders at this time.
It was obvious that the cup was taking a great toll on the other priests. Therefore, after this back and forth, when all the priests' mental energy is exhausted, the bishop will no longer be able to hold the cup and show off his power!
"Let's see how long you can last."
At this moment, Benjamin's mental strength recovered a little, so he cast a spell again, summoning a large ice arrow, and hit it like a blizzard, hoping to force the opponent to use the cup again to defend.
Under such continuous consumption, it will definitely be the other party who cannot support it.
But this time, he made some miscalculations.
"The army obeys the order and charges! Kill all these rebel mages and I will bless you."
suddenly the bishop shouted loudly.
At that moment, the soldiers guarding the priests were stunned. However, the professionalism they had learned from training prevented them from resisting. They obeyed the bishop's order and rushed forward to face Benjamin's hail of ice arrows without fear.
As for the bishop himself, he put away the cup and recited a spell.
He opened his hands with a pious look on his face, and the soft holy light spread out like silk and fell on each soldier. Suddenly, every soldier seemed to be glowing, and his will to charge seemed to become much more determined.
In the blink of an eye, the hail of ice arrows hit, and other mages also cast spells to supplement the attack, covering the entire army. However, such a large-scale strike seemed to fail to cause much damage to the enemy.
Some soldiers fell - just a few.
More people were protected by the blessing of the Holy Light and were not hit by too many ice arrows. The minor injuries on their bodies did not slow down their pace, but instead inspired their fighting spirit. In the dark night, thousands of people roared together, wearing armor and drawing swords, and soon charged in front of the mages, forming an extremely shocking scene.
"Just let them have fun with you for a while."
The bishop gave a sneer and picked up the cup again.
He cut his finger with a knife and dropped a few drops of blood into the cup. Then, he closed his eyes and muttered something. The priests around him also showed unprecedented solemnity and began to pour holy light into the cup desperately.