A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 144 The Shadow of Mahabray

"Gus, are you alright?"

Hayes rushed to help Gus up, while Griffiths made no move.

"Come on, Guts, do you want power?"

"You are so weak now, so weak that you don't even have the right to take revenge."

"Look at you, your companions are all mid-level, and what about you? A low-level one. How can you possibly take revenge with that kind of strength?"

Griffith continued his incessant chatter, trying to persuade Guts to fall into depravity.

"Accept the abyss; it is your destiny. Only by accepting it will you be worthy of revenge against me."

"You talk too much nonsense!"

Accompanying this was Jiang Shuzhou's Great Fireball, an advanced version of the Fireball spell—larger, more powerful, and stronger.

"Believe in me, not him, but in myself. I'd say everything is my plan!"

"Don't waste your breath on him, he's just a brain-damaged person whose brain has been corrupted by the abyss."

Seeing that Guss was lost and confused, Jiang Shuzhou had to speak up to remind him in order to prevent the young man from going astray.

"Griffiths, you should never have betrayed us, no matter what!"

Griffith dodged the fireball spell, clearly showing he wasn't as fearless as he appeared.

"Ha, I didn't betray them, they're the ones who betrayed me!"

"Gus! Why won't you listen to me!"

As he spoke, Griffith launched another attack. The tentacles on his back spread out like countless sharp swords, stabbing towards Jiang Shuzhou and the others.

"If you refuse to submit, then die!"

Fire Shield!

A shield formed of flames blocked the tentacles that were being shot at Jiang Shuzhou and the others, and even burned the tentacles with the flames.

The ground was riddled with holes of all sizes from the tentacles; clearly, Griffith had finally decided to kill.

"Gus? Are you alright?"

This statement was not made by Jiang Shuzhou or Hayes, but by Griffith.

Good grief, what do you mean?

How come you said both the nice and the mean?

This is perhaps where Griffith's confusion lies.

Pure left and right brain interaction.

"I don't need your feigned concern!"

"You're not dead? That puts my mind at ease."

Griffiths said with a smile.

"Then I'll torture you without worry!"

Sure enough, it started again.

Griffith then pulled out his own spine and used it as a whip.

bump!

With a deafening roar, Griffith whipped a crack in the earth.

Fireball!

Several fireballs hurtled toward Griffith. This time, he had nowhere to dodge. Jiang Shuzhou had launched fireballs in every possible direction he could avoid.

Having no other choice, Griffith had to swallow it whole.

"snort."

With a muffled groan, it was clear that Griffith had suffered some injury, though not serious.

"I'm going to crush you to pieces!"

Under attack, Griffith's sanity seemed to have left him again.

"That's it? I could fight you all day!"

Jiang Shuzhou mocked mercilessly. This tactic might not work on others, but it was always effective against this chaotic demon.

"You're asking for it!"

To Jiang Shuzhou's surprise, he actually saw anger on that face; he had thought it was just for decoration.

Turns out it was just a display screen.

boom!

Guts successfully landed a blow on Griffith this time, but unfortunately it was useless. Griffith only suffered a minor cut, which healed in a few seconds.

Brush brush.

Jiang Shuzhou unleashed another barrage of spells, bombarding Griffith directly.

The Wind Blade spell is mixed with Fireball and Strike spells.

More than a dozen spells forced Griffith to have nowhere to hide.

He wanted to fly into the sky, but unfortunately he couldn't fly very high in the cave.

Gus and Hayes would inflict new wounds on Griffith from time to time, draining his strength.

Under such a fierce attack, Griffiths was soon finding himself unable to cope.

"I will be back!"

After leaving behind a message, Griffith broke through the stone wall built by Jiang Shuzhou, attempting to escape through the portal.

"Hmph, trying to escape?"

Lightning whirlwind strike!

The modified Wind Blade technique is not only as fast as lightning, but it is also golden in color. This is because it incorporates runes from the Lightning Bolt technique, which will explode once the lightning is concentrated.

Even with Jiang Shuzhou's speed of casting the spell, it took him several seconds; otherwise, Griffith wouldn't have been able to successfully break through the wall.

This time, Griffith had no way to dodge. First, the speed was as fast as lightning, and second, the wind blade technique was tracking, so he couldn't escape it.

puff.

Griffith's arm fell off.

It was the hand that held the Abyss Cube.

His body was now pierced by countless tiny wind blades, and he was already seriously injured.

"Just you wait!"

Griffith glared at Jiang Shuzhou and the others with hatred before turning and entering the portal.

"Griffiths, you're not leaving!"

Seeing Griffith escape, Guts made a snap decision, reached through the portal with his hand, and a moment later, he actually pulled Griffith out.

And this kind of operation?

Jiang Shuzhou was stunned. How could this person be pulled back?

Then he saw Gus's arm.

That can no longer be called a hand; it's more like a new Guts.

A degenerate Guts.

Countless tentacles on his back were connected to Guts's arms. Unlike Griffith, even after his fall, Guts still looked like a normal person.

However, the bone sword in his hand and the writhing flesh all over his body indicated that he was no ordinary person.

The arm turned into a human figure, which is bizarre but normal.

This is, after all, an abyss.

This is the consequence of being directly exposed to the Abyss's pollution. Guts is still relatively normal now because the exposure time is short and he is in the Prime Dimension, which is not the Abyss's home turf.

If it had been any longer, or if it had been in the abyss, Guts would probably have completely fallen long ago.

"Quick, cut it off!"

Jiang Shuzhou warned him that if they had been any later, something serious would have happened.

Arm Guts's sanity had clearly run out after completing the mission, and it was also corrupting Guts.

Upon hearing this, Guts immediately cut off his own arm. The other Guts remained silent throughout, perhaps because he lacked any intelligence.

Perhaps he didn't care. Then, this mutated Guts turned gray and gradually dissipated into ashes.

He burned out.

Driven by instinct and obsession, Arm Guts actually managed to pull Griffith out.

This is quite a strange and unusual event, although it's not exactly rare, since the Abyss is where all emotions converge.

The Abyss Stage: If you have a dream, come and join us.

"Griffiths, we meet again."

Jiang Shuzhou originally planned to take the Abyss Cube first, but now that Griffiths has returned, the natural next step is to deal with him.

The Abyss Cube is not so easy to obtain. The Mage's Hand cannot get close, or rather, getting close will corrupt the spirit, making it much more difficult than obtaining it with the body.

Before the soul leaves the body, it still needs the protection of the physical body.

"You're too late. Another portal has already been opened. If you let me go, I'll take you to the other portal."

Want to reconcile?

At this very moment? You must be joking!

Besides, Mahabrah isn't mine. Are you trying to threaten a mage alliance with the Empire's territory?

Damn it, fuck him.

Jiang Shuzhou immediately unleashed a set of spells.

Gus and Hayes showed no mercy, unleashing every combat technique on Griffith.

Before long, Griffith, who was already seriously injured, had no good spots on his body.

However, Guts is now able to easily inflict damage on Griffith.

Looking at Gus, Jiang Shuzhou was also somewhat surprised.

So the Abyss can be used in this way?

At this point, Guts had already advanced to become a mid-level warrior; clearly, this was the power of the Abyss.

You can advance your main body by simply taking a day trip to the abyss using only your arm.

The only cost was losing an arm.

It seems I've found another area for research.

Seeing that Griffith was on the verge of death, Jiang Shuzhou left the opportunity to vent his anger to Gus.

He has more important things to do.

Jiang Shuzhou caught the Abyss Cube.