Chapter 1681: teleportation, absorption, and water emergence magic
In a normal magic duel, targeting the Puppeteer is a standard tactic.
The rule behind preventing personal attacks on controllers during the Walpurgis Night is so that the participants can showcase all their abilities without being defeated by simple tactics and sneak attacks.
However, a fight should be ended soon and without delay, in practical settings anyway.
After all, sparring instructors always told the students to drop the duel mindset in a real fight.
This is a real fight.
Magnus is the strongest student in history. He is also cold enough to execute his opponents so he won't be pulling punches.
Given how the dolls are directly attacking him, he already told Ikaros to stand ready for shields, not that she would let Wu Yan be hurt while doing nothing.
Wu Yan waited for him to make the first move before making a counter.
It is a simple move consisting of giving 1/3 mana to Ikaros for defense, 1/3 to Natsuki for spatial transfers, and the last 1/3 to Astrea for assaulting Magnus.