Supreme Magus novel Chapter 455

’These creatures are unstoppable war machines.’ Solus explained.

’Even without the vortex, by using two cores at once it’s like they have one core of superior purity. With the vortex, the core purity is upgraded twice and they have the same effects of a full elemental fusion.

’To make things worse, the double core synergy allows them to ignore the mana poisoning effect as long as the secondary core holds. Basically, it works like a filter. It protects the main core by tanking the foreign mana while the creature uses the vortex to accumulate loads of world energy.

’This way, even when the second core crumbles, the Carpenter can keep fighting at full strength for an extended period of time.’

Lith cursed the enemy’s ingenuity while activating earth fusion to block most of the damage from the five incoming Chasing Lightning and light fusion to heal his wounds the moment they opened.

Luckily, the War Mage spell was slow enough to allow Lith to intercept two lightning bolts with his earth magic infused Gatekeeper. It wasn’t as good as a stone wall but it was the next best thing. Lith felt a sting when the blade and the bolts clashed, but nothing more.

He gritted his teeth ready to tank the other three, yet nothing happened. Three enchanted needles were stuck in front of him. They drew the incoming spell as if they were lightning rods and grounded their energy making it harmless.

"The other one is escaping!" Jirni pointed at the second Carpenter which was walking upstairs double time towards the balcony. It held in its huge hands the limp bodies of Manohar and Mynna.

"I don’t feel like turning my back to something capable of silent casting." Lith’s voice oozed sarcasm. He had yet to understand how the Carpenter had timely produced a tier four spell out of the blue.

’Solus?’

’No clue. Their cores have a static flow, so they aren’t Awakened. That’s all I know.’

Tista took off with a flight spell, taking advantage of the Ballroom high ceiling while none of the Carpenters seemed to pay her any attention.

"Not so fast, little girl!" The Carpenter’s voice was a low rumble, like an echo coming from a deep cave. Its thin lips formed a cruel smile and his voice was amused, like a child who had just received a new toy.

The creature was incredibly nimble despite its size. It leaped with inhuman strength to intercept her with its clawed hand while the other was set ablaze, ready to unleash the tier four spell Scorching Blast.

Tista grinned in reply. She reversed the Carpenter’s gravity and turned its jump into a head first dive into the ceiling. Both the claw and the spell missed their intended targets with a wide margin.

"Gravity magic?" The creature’s surprise turned into shock when Lith and Tista combined their efforts, reversing the gravity around the creature again and amplifying it by ten times as the Carpenter plummeted to the ground.

Even with its enhanced physique, such a huge body already exerted a huge strain on its joints due to its height and weight. Between the fall and the artificial gravity, the Carpenter’s kneecaps shattered even though it had conjured an air cushion at the last second to lessen the impact.

Since Solus’s magical abilities were usually negligible against Lith’s opponents, her role had always been to analyze the enemies and use the collected information to help him devise the best strategy. _{ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom}