Going against the flow of the river until upstream, there is a narrow corner with towering rocks on both sides.
"Come out. I have already felt the presence of the key. You can't hide from it."
Above the river, Grant was surrounded by pop-like holy light, and six wings of light shone on his back. His eyes roamed back and forth across the river, and his voice echoed in this narrow valley with a hint of anger.
However, there was no response in the silent valley.
"Still hiding..."
Grant let out a cold snort, and suddenly, he moved slightly behind him in a certain direction. In an instant, a thorn of light penetrated from the river in front. At the same time, a shadow was forced out of the river, and was pierced by the light.
However, when Grant saw the shadow clearly, he couldn't help but frown.
—It was a scarecrow with a strange face painted on it. The smile on that face was extremely sarcastic, and his eyes narrowed into an obscene arc, looking sideways to the left.
The scarecrow's face faced Grant, making his already unhappy face look even more angry.
However, his expression quickly changed.
"Damn... sneak attack on me!"
A smattering of tiny ice needles burst out of the lake behind him at some point and flew over silently. Grant didn't know how he discovered it, but he suddenly turned around and stretched out his hand gently.
At that moment, the holy light seemed to turn into a mirror, blocking him. The ice needle hit it and bounced back at various angles, splashing all over the river water.
Then, the originally turbulent river gradually slowed down, and some ice lumps even began to emerge - small ice needles melted in the water, almost freezing that area of the river.
However, after blocking the sneak attack, Grant still didn't have any happy look on his face.
Because he still didn't see half a person.
Suddenly, as if he thought of something, he turned around suddenly and looked in the direction of the scarecrow again. But at this time, a figure appeared next to the scarecrow - he was flying in mid-air, surrounded by snowflakes in the water. He was holding the scarecrow with a mocking face in his hand, and he opened the face as if he wanted to get something from it. Something comes out.
Upon seeing this, Grant took a deep breath and regained his composure.
"…Benjamin."
He said in a deep voice.
Not far away from the opposite side, Benjamin chuckled when he heard the words. He took the key out of the scarecrow's "funny" head and stuffed it into his pocket.
"It's a pity that you missed the only opportunity to get the key back." After putting away the green ginkgo leaf, he turned his head and said to Grant.
Upon hearing this, Grant suddenly clenched his fists.
"You used the key to set a trap... to kill me."
Benjamin threw the scarecrow away casually, shrugged, and said, "Let's get to each other. The thorn of light you just came out of the water doesn't seem to mean to spare my life."
"That's because you have gone astray." Grant said coldly, "You are a mage, and you are an evil mage who has slaughtered countless priests. As long as I have a chance, I will kill you. Death place.”
"It's really interesting." Benjamin said with a sarcastic smile, "You should also understand that according to your pedantic teachings, both you and I will go to hell, right?"
Suddenly, Grant's expression darkened.
Suddenly, the holy light came like a tidal wave, making the sunlight in the sky seem a little inferior. Then, Benjamin's eyes changed and his body suddenly turned sideways, as if he was avoiding something.
At that moment, Benjamin was extremely fast and flew far to the side before slowly stopping and wiping the sweat from his forehead.
"What you're doing... is a bit cruel."
At that moment, countless holy lights were compressed into an extremely thin ray of light, which shot straight towards his heart. He didn't even have the confidence to block that kind of terrifying destructive power. Only with the advance warning of the system, he barely managed to avoid this fatal blow.
He touched his left hand.
It was numb at first, and then a heartbreaking pain came from inside the arm. The light thread passed through the flesh and bones together, piercing a small hole in his left arm, and even the surrounding flesh and blood was scorched.
horrible…
Is this Grant's true strength
As if it was some kind of ultimate elemental control that required no spells or magical structures, the holy light followed his will, compressed into invisible threads, and passed through at extremely fast speeds.
The vague mental fluctuations made Benjamin feel familiar.
—Somewhat similar to the spiritual power that exists in the elemental plane.
He really wanted to study Grant's spellcasting process and find out what was the difference between him and ordinary priests. It's a pity that the other party obviously won't give him this opportunity. After the first blow missed, the holy light gathered towards Grant again, as if it was brewing the second limit of light.
Benjamin didn't even have time to heal himself. He endured the pain and drew a string of runes with his other hand.
"Elemental Command·Defense."
It’s not like he doesn’t have the means to directly control elements, so let’s try it head on.
The water elements in the entire valley were converging towards him, quickly forming an invisible barrier. At this moment, a ray of light was condensed from Grant's fingertips and flew towards Benjamin.
"No, flash!"
The system's reminder came from Benjamin's heart, and Benjamin quickly turned sideways subconsciously.
At the same time, the light thread hit the barrier summoned by the runes. At that moment, countless shadows emerged from the place where the two collided. Splashes, broken ice... all water magic appeared in an instant, and then disappeared in an instant. It looked like countless phantoms suddenly appeared at that point.
Then, the light thread passed through the barrier and flew past Benjamin's clothes.
Benjamin couldn't help but cursed "fuck" in his heart.
so close…
"Do you only have this level of strength? What about that punch in the capital that day? What are you hesitating about?" Grant's voice came over, his tone was calm, but there was also a hint of contempt.
Benjamin frowned.
Do you have to turn on "Water's Coming"
There is no doubt that Grant will not hold anything back. As he spoke, another wave of holy light gathered in front of him. If Benjamin doesn't respond, the third limit of light will be fired at him!
This kid...why the hell would he use this trick
Before the opponent could launch an attack, Benjamin suddenly flew downwards and plunged into the rushing river. The wound on his left hand was getting more and more painful, and waves of burning sensations came from his bones. If he didn't take care of it first, he might not be able to survive this fight.
The healing water was summoned by him, mixed with the river water, and rushed toward the wound. The burning sensation at the wound finally subsided and healing began.
It's just that the speed of healing... is much slower than before.
"careful!"
However, at this time, the system's reminder came from his heart again. Benjamin was shocked, but it was difficult to dodge in the water. He could only watch a ray of light split the water, fly towards him, and pass through his forehead!