Chapter 1005: Radiant Moon Blades
Leon hesitated too. Encountering three at once, and all of them being magical beasts with relatively low combat power, was indeed a rare opportunity.
But these three Moonlight Deer were clearly different from the magical beasts they had encountered before.
The magical beasts they'd met before, at least on the surface, were just like oversized versions of lesser beasts. But these Moonlight Deer—on their bodies, countless runes formed the shape of a crescent moon, and their antlers were adorned with glowing energy orbs.
No matter how you looked at it, these weren't easy to mess with. The magical fluctuations from those energy orbs could be felt even thousands of meters away, and no one thought they were just for decoration...
His subordinates were all elites, painstakingly trained—losing even one would be a bitter blow. Especially the Mage Legion: individually, their combat power was weak. So far, the strongest among them had only just reached the peak of Second-Rank Title Archmage.
After advancing to Title Archmage, their progress slowed drastically without special circumstances. While their individual strength lagged, the fifty-strong Mage Legion had become increasingly coordinated—standing together, they could rival a powerful Level 39 Title Archmage, and in some areas, even surpass them.
With their joint chanting formation, the Mage Legion could now have twenty mages chanting together. In battle, the use of formations had become almost instinctive.
And these mages weren't just fighters—almost everything related to magic had an expert among them. Some specialized in runes, some in coordination, others in knowledge...
After all this time nurturing them, losing even one would be a huge loss—far greater than the value of a single Moonlight Deer mana crystal...
The sudden upheaval instantly put the three grazing Moonlight Deer on high alert. The nearest one lifted its head—not paying any mind to the fiery cloud of mages or Reina's draconic presence in the sky, but fixing its gaze squarely on the rapidly approaching Leon.
A piercing shriek erupted from the Moonlight Deer's mouth—instantly, the other two rushed over from a distance.
With each leap, the two Moonlight Deer soared over a hundred meters—just two jumps brought them from more than a kilometer away. As all three gathered, the surrounding light seemed to twist and warp.
Leon frowned—this was the worst-case scenario right from the start. With all three Moonlight Deer together, there was no chance of killing them now…
Magma waves surged beneath Leon, lifting him up. Columns of molten rock shot skyward, converging midair into a massive magma dragon that crashed down toward the center of the three Moonlight Deer.
Facing the attack, the three Moonlight Deer raised their heads. The countless runes on their bodies forming crescent shapes instantly broke apart, scattering into dense clusters—like ethereal moonlight tattoos.
In an instant, as light elements converged, the light around the three Moonlight Deer warped—dozens of massive Radiant Moon Blades shot out, spinning like crescent moons.
The barrage of Radiant Moon Blades sliced through the magma dragon—within seconds, the hundred-meter-long beast was cut into dozens of pieces, molten rock scattering before regrouping into a torrent of lava.
Leon’s magical apparatus tracked the Radiant Moon Blades’ trajectories, blinking through the lava torrent as his mana drained away like a breached dam.
Leon forcefully swept a torrent of magma, landing it at the center of the three Moonlight Deer.
Confronted by the lava flood, the three Moonlight Deer didn’t take it head-on—they darted to the sides, leaping over a hundred meters into the air. Midair, Radiant Moon Blades swept toward Leon from three directions.
Dozens of Radiant Moon Blades, each several meters long, swept in—Leon’s scalp tingled as his mind raced at full speed, his magical apparatus working overtime to calculate the blades’ trajectories and impact points.
These Radiant Moon Blades were thinner than paper—appearing as transparent films, yet far sharper than any sword.
Dozens of Radiant Moon Blades, each over ten meters long, covered a hundred-meter radius—falling in a crisscross pattern, they left nothing larger than a human head in their wake.
The ironwood trees, gleaming with metallic light, were sliced by the Radiant Moon Blades—showing no reaction, as if the blades were mere phantoms passing through.
Only after being sliced by a dozen Radiant Moon Blades did the first impact strike the ground—then, the ironwood trees suddenly collapsed into dozens of pieces, each with a surface smooth as a mirror.
The Radiant Moon Blades were so sharp that the ironwood trees didn’t react at all—only when vibrations hit did the cut sections suddenly fall apart.
Without a massive tremor, the ironwood trees—cut into dozens of segments—might have stayed whole, until the wounds silently knit themselves closed again.
Radiant Moon Blades slashed into the magma pool, cutting through the searing lava like slices of cheese, leaving gaps that seemed impossible to close.
Within the magma pool, Leon’s towering Lava Avatar became the biggest target. He dispersed its power, shrinking to a two-meter form, while his magical apparatus frantically calculated blink positions and the timing of the pool’s fragmentation.
It was like an ordinary person suddenly facing dozens of knife-wielding attackers—Leon dodged blade after blade, each one grazing him, dancing on the edge of death.
The Radiant Moon Blades were terrifyingly dense and thin—when they sliced through the air, there wasn’t a sound. No force accompanied the blades, making them all the more frightening.
Leon barely dodged—his elemental shield was sliced by a Radiant Moon Blade, the cut so effortless it seemed the blade met no resistance at all.
Leon’s strongest shield was his rune shield, followed by his elemental shield. Normally, the elemental shield was enough for a battle with a top Ninth-Rank Title Archmage—but now, it couldn’t withstand even a single Radiant Moon Blade.
In less than three seconds, Leon blinked over thirty times in the magma pool, barely dodging every Radiant Moon Blade. The three-hundred-meter pool was sliced into hundreds of pieces—the cracks like bottomless chasms, with lava taking several seconds to reconnect.
With the pool cut apart, Leon could no longer blink to the other side—he was left standing on a two-meter magma block.
If there were any more Radiant Moon Blades, even Leon’s formidable calculations, magical apparatus, and runes wouldn’t save him—he’d have no choice but to take the hit.
Staring at the magma, sliced into blocks like cheese, Leon felt a cold sweat break out on his forehead…