Chapter 1043: 325. Attack on Noland
The sudden ice wall blocked Noland Lee’s path and stopped the dark green water flow he was casting.
Noland Lee was forced to halt his movements.
He raised an eyebrow, knowing that he had encountered another Grey Wizard.
He carefully sensed around but couldn’t find the opponent within his perception range.
Upon asking Nolin and Omar Goddard, Nolin couldn’t provide an answer, but Omar Goddard said that the wizard who mastered Frost Power was hiding about ten kilometers away.
Noland Lee calmed his mind and searched through the Flame Bull Wizard’s memory fragments for an answer.
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It seemed to be a Frost System wizard of the Demon Brain Race, aiding the Flame Bull Wizard in countering him.
The two had received orders to prevent any Ulnas Ring Wizards from entering the Core District, and the one issuing orders was none other than the City of Exiles’ ruler, Solon.
Delving deeper into the Flame Bull Wizard’s memories, Noland Lee found that the Grey Wizards’ locational strength was incredibly formidable.
Behind the defense line where the Flame Bull Wizard Angus McCloud and the Demon Wizard were located, there were three additional defense lines, each manned by Grey Wizards with strengths ranging from the Eighth Circle to Ten ring strength.
In total, four lines of defense firmly blocked all roads leading to the Core District.
There were numerous Grey Wizards, at least a hundred, and even the least of them were Eighth Circle Combat Wizards.
It would be no small feat and extremely dangerous to fight one’s way through; it was easy to be worn down in a war of attrition.
“Do I need to go outside the Pollution Zone to call for reinforcements?”
While sealing the pursuing magma with water streams, Noland Lee also cast thunder and lightning to bombard the ice wall, opening a way for himself.
In a game, facing a hundred formidable enemies alone wouldn’t be much of an issue.
After all, there was the save function to rely on. If necessary, one could just reload repeatedly to find a breakthrough.
But now, Noland Lee didn’t have the “save function,” and his life was singular.
Temporarily retreating to the outside world and seeking help from allied forces might be a good choice.
Noland Lee pondered silently, scanning the walls of the stone passage.
Honestly, this terrain was too disadvantageous for him, hardly allowing any room to maneuver.
Regrettably, the stone passage could not be destroyed or altered by any spell.
If it were an open area, Noland Lee was confident that he could eliminate the enemies by setting up a multitude of arrays.
Mental Magic was also of no use here.
The Flame Bull Wizards had an extraordinary trait called “Explosive Will.”
Not only were they immune to Mental Magic, but they could also automatically cast “Flame Blast Technique” at the source of the Mental Magic.
After some consideration, Noland Lee decided to look for an opportunity to break out, first leave the Pollution Zone, and then plan for the long term. noveldrama
“You seem to be in trouble?” Omar Goddard’s voice floated into Noland Lee’s mind from the pendant.
“Yes,” Noland Lee admitted frankly,
“Overcoming the two enemies in front of me is not difficult. But I’m worried that more enemies like them will appear later on. By that time, my mana reserves will not be sufficient. Thus, I plan to leave here first and call for more reinforcements.”
Omar Goddard understood Noland Lee’s predicament.
He pondered for a moment and said,
“Or you could try my method.”
“Your method?” Noland Lee was slightly startled.
Invisible rhythms flowed from the pendant over his chest into Noland Lee’s thorax.
The Unasl Ring Language emerged before his eyes, coalescing into text content with illustrated annotations.
[System Message:]
[“Osmisgard Duskgiant” has infused you with “Giant Heritage Combat Techniques,” Completeness 5%]
Combat Techniques! Noland Lee’s eyes lit up, and without hesitation, he used Deconstruction on the newly acquired “Combat Techniques.”
After a fleeting sense of disorientation, the contents of “Combat Techniques” were mastered by Noland Lee.
Joy surged in Noland Lee’s heart.
He now knew how to counter the enemies even better!
“I previously promised to teach you extraordinary skills related to the Dusk Giants’ Breathing Method, and now I’ve fulfilled part of that promise early.”
Omar Goddard said,
“What you’ve received is a small part of our Giant Clan’s heritage combat techniques. It can guide you on how to thoroughly master physical power and become the sovereign of your physical body. Your current physical condition is already enough to grasp it in a short time…”
Omar Goddard began to explain the key points of the “Combat Techniques” to Noland Lee, unaware that Noland Lee had already fully mastered the content with Deconstruction.
Simply put, the “Combat Techniques,” at a completeness of only 5%, taught Noland Lee an important Passive Skill:
“Body Size Mastery.”
This passive skill couldn’t be leveled up, and its effect was singular, but it was incredibly practical.
After injecting the Biochemical Giant’s Potions or activating “Power Burst,” Noland Lee’s size would grow uncontrollably to several meters in height.
The stone passage, less than five meters in height, clearly couldn’t accommodate his giant form.
“Body Size Mastery” precisely solved the problem of “uncontrolled size after transformation.”
With it, Noland Lee could compress his body size while entering the giant form.
Of course, there was a limit to the compression, and at most, he could reduce his size to that of a normal adult human, not further to that of an adolescent or even a child.
Apart from this important skill, the rest of the “Combat Techniques” introduced different methods of exerting force and dodging based on body size.
For example, how to deal with fast-moving small targets when one’s height exceeded 10 meters.
Or how to combat large volume targets when keeping one’s height within 2 meters.
This type of teaching content, oriented towards real-time combat learning, was easy to apply in actual combat.