Wizard: Starting from the Skill Tree

This is a fatal strike, aimed to pierce through Duke in the moment he is bound and his mind is disturbed.

The three worked with unparalleled coordination, seamlessly connecting control, interference, and the killing blow. Clearly, this was not their first time working together.

Duke was prepared, and yellow sand instantly surged around him.

Countless dark golden metallic sand grains coalesced from around him, like a life-bearing dark golden tide, wildly rotating, stacking, and constructing centered on him.

In an instant, a hemispherical yellow sand fortress, about three meters tall, incredibly sturdy, with its surface flowing with strange energy vortexes, enveloped him completely.

The surging vines and thorns were directly blocked outside the yellow sand fortress, and the metallic yellow sand continuously absorbed the energy within the vines and thorns, thereby enhancing the fortress’s defensive capabilities.

The invisible soul scream collided with the fortress as if it had struck a dense barrier blocking spiritual power, barely causing the sand flow on the fortress’s surface to accelerate its rotation without shaking it.

The most threatening dark red blood spear arrived instantly, carrying terrifying penetration and corrosive energy, and stabbed fiercely at the front of the fortress.

A deafening boom erupted, with sparks and blood light scattering.

The spearhead of the blood spear lodged deep into the sand wall by several inches, and the powerful impact caused the entire fortress to tremble violently, with sand grains splashing from the surface.

However, it stopped there.

The thickness and toughness of the fortress were beyond imagination. More crucially, at the embedded spearhead, sand grains swirled madly, engulfing it, and the corrosive blood energy was rapidly absorbed and converted, with the blood spear’s light dimming visibly, ultimately swallowed completely by the moving sand grains and disappearing.

"What?!"

"This yellow sand has something strange, somewhat similar to those Sand Guards in the ruins, it can actually absorb the energy from our attacks."

The faces of the three outside the fortress dramatically changed, their confident joint killing blow had been resolved so easily by the opponent.

In the next second, a hot, wild, destructive energy wave surged throughout the hall.

Dozens of magma-like, compressed with terrifying flame energy Fireball Techniques emerged, carrying extremely high temperatures.

These fireballs were not randomly shot; under Duke’s delicate spiritual power guidance, they seemed to be thrown by invisible hands, arcing along different trajectories, accurately covering the areas where the three Blood Rose Wizards stood and the areas they might dodge.

Following that, a fierce, roaring tornado appeared.

The tornado was not in its natural form but enhanced with characteristics of a tear-storm, filled with countless sharp metallic sand grains assimilated by the Sand Guardian, forming a moving death cutting storm connecting the ground and ceiling.

The tornado swept along a specific trajectory, further constraining the enemy’s activity space, and caused the pervasive blood magic power to become utterly chaotic.

Fire borrows the wind’s force, wind assists the fire’s might.

The blazing fireballs, driven by the violent tornado, had a wider explosion range, higher flame temperature, with splashing fire mixed with wind blades and sand blades, forming an indiscriminate, fiery storm hell covering nearly a hundred meters.

"Not good! Quickly defend!"

"It’s a combined area spell! Avoid the eye of the storm!"

"How is the intensity of this Elemental Magic so high!"

The three Blood Rose Wizards were utterly terrified, putting aside attacking and frantically deploying their strongest defensive methods.

The leader exploded with a dense blood shield, trying to withstand it, while the dagger wizard retreated rapidly, slashing blood-colored light curtains with his dagger, and the skull-staff wizard summoned several wailing spirit shields to surround himself.

However, under such brutal indiscriminate bombardment, where element properties were cleverly combined, their defenses appeared utterly lacking.

The Elemental Magic Duke deployed were all carrying various characteristics, combined with the powerful enhancement of his own Six-Element Compound Spiritual Crystal, the Elemental Magic cast was far beyond what ordinary wizards could match.

"Ah!" A pitiful scream erupted; the dagger wizard failed to dodge entirely and was struck on the thigh by a wind blade mixed with metallic sand grains, immediately leaving a mangled mess and hindering movement.

Soon after, several fireballs exploded near him, the scorching waves and flames engulfing him, despite his desperate effort to mobilize his magic power defensively, he was burned to the point of having skin burst open, miserably wretched.

The skull-staff wizard also got grazed by the edge of an expanding tornado, causing his shield to shatter, leaving him with several deep, bone-exposing cuts, nearly dropping the staff from his hand.

Only the leader, with the strongest power, barely sustained himself through this round of bombardment, though he was ash-colored and dusty, with his blood shield dimming significantly, eyes filled with shock, rage, and disbelief.

"What kind of monster is this guy? Not only can he casually construct such bizarre defensive fortresses, but he can also comfortably cast such large-scale and powerful combined elemental spells inside them. Is his magic power endless, how is his mastery over multi-element spells so skillful and accurate?"

Duke remained expressionless, hands pressing voidly within the fortress, unleashing a floodgate of majestic magic power and spiritual power.

Blistering meteor showers poured out, with fireballs more densely packed, explosions blending into a continuous sheet, turning the hall’s left side into a furnace.

The tornado roared up, with more fierce wind, carrying more metallic sand grains, like a wild sand dragon, ravaging and cutting on the right side.

Countless exceedingly sharp, edge-glimmering wind blades rushed out, not aiming for broad coverage but like a trained flying sword squad, elegantly threading through the gaps between fire rain and storms, precisely targeting weak spots in the three wizards’ defenses, performing tricky stabs and harassment.

Duke multitasked, while maintaining the first three rounds of bombardment, he activated new spells.

Several beams flashing with sacred light but carrying sharp penetration power, Ray of Light, shot out from cunning angles, targeting vital points, with an additional restraining effect on the tainted blood magic.

On the ground, massive Rock Spikes suddenly thrust out, forcing the enemy to change positions, disrupting their defensive rhythm, even exploding Rock Bombs beneath their feet, leaving them pitifully besieged.

...

The entire hall had totally transformed into Duke’s Elemental Magic performance arena.

Fire, wind, light, earth, water, various elemental attacks wove into a destructive symphony, indiscriminately covering every inch of space except for the yellow sand fortress.

The sound of roaring, explosions, wind blade screeching, shield shattering, along with the screams of the increasingly desperate Blood Rose Wizards, mixed together.

"Madman! Is his magic power endless?!"

"Hold on! Find the chance to counterattack... ah!"

"I can’t anymore! My shield is about to break! Help..."