Super Righteous Player
Chapter 1096: Article 154 Decree: The King’s Carriage Changes Position

Chapter 1096: Article 154 Decree: The King’s Carriage Changes Position

That was a Ritual Spell known as Decree: King’s Carriage Alternation.

Among the many Decree Spells that Longjing Tea had mastered, this one was also the most difficult.

To learn this spell, one must master at least one silver-tier Idol School Spell... and a special ritual had to be conducted to grasp this spell within a limited time frame.

Moreover, to use this spell, it had to anchor the target in advance during the ritual. In other words, he could essentially only use this spell on allies.

Just like Annan’s Winter’s Breath before, extremely complex requirements often signify potent functionality.

But since Longjing Tea has spent so much effort, and even expended an additional spell slot to learn an Idol School Spell specifically to meet the requirements of this skill, it indicated that the spell must have its worth.

This was the perfect moment to showcase its value—

That instant.

Longjing Tea and Adian’s positions forcibly swapped.

Ignoring any obstacles between them, without any movement.

In an instant, Adian stood where Longjing Tea had been, rescued from danger. Even Adian’s health status was restored to the exact same condition as Longjing Tea.

However, Longjing Tea was now placed inside the Hand of Sand.

It was a powerful control that not even Mutual Truce could break free from.

In contrast, Chocolate, who had been controlled by the shadow demon, was saved by the spell.

Because the intent of the spell was not to "change the location of the target" but to "exchange the states of both parties." Thus, the Hand of Sand, which was originally able to suppress Adian’s movement, could only watch helplessly as Longjing Tea swapped himself in.

—Not only the positions were exchanged, but even their health statuses were swapped.

And once Adian and her teammates became alert, it wouldn’t be so easy to make a move again...

Poppy subconsciously tried to go after Adian again.

But found that the thin layer of the wind wall was still effective—she couldn’t designate a target through this wall. It was as if there was an entire world between them.

"...Strange."

Poppy muttered.

The wind wall was still effective... Why did his spell work?

This wind wall was summoned by Mutual Truce—a wall that could prevent the effects of Spells, Divine Arts, and Rituals from both sides. As long as the wind wall itself was not crushed, it was virtually impossible to interfere with the opposite side through it.

Even ray-type Spells would be intercepted and deflected by the wind wall; and if a spell that directly selected a target were to be cast, it would become impossible to choose a target. Direct attacks on the target, whether arrows or bullets, would be absorbed and intercepted by the wind wall.

...If described in terms of a card game’s attributes, then this spell would be a field magic. Whenever a monster was destroyed by battle or effect, a magic power counter must be removed from it to negate that destruction and nullify the battle damage. And as long as this field magic exists, neither party could select the other’s monsters as targets.

Just like its concept of "truce."

Only the most pure and formidable violence—such as a strength that could forcibly break through the storm, a blade that could tear apart the storm, or the rising mountains, scorching lava.

Only they could break through the "Bindings of Law" summoned by the Decree Spell.

—However, the terrain here wasn’t as narrow as on a ship. A wind wall about less than eighty meters wide couldn’t completely block the entrance.

But what Longjing Tea needed, was that extremely brief "instant."

In the beginning, to instantly defeat the Flame Demon that posed the greatest threat to the back row, and then being forced to use the same Decree repeatedly—The characteristic of Decree Spells is that the same Decree, the shorter the interval and the more frequent its use, the mana cost would double with each subsequent use.

Like the ultimate move of a Voidwalker.

Just as the enactment of laws, the emphasis of orders—the more repetitive, the greater the weakening of power.

He had used "Decree: Open Battle" twice, "Decree: Mutual Truce" twice, "Decree: Undying" twice, and "Decree: Emergency Evasion" several times. He was basically spent.

Longjing Tea was very clear that at this point, he had no combat power left.

If he continued to live, he would only become a burden to the team.

But he still had one last value—that was to bring back Annan!

Ordinary spells couldn’t penetrate the wind barrier, but "Decree: King’s Move" was different.

It symbolized "authority".

Built upon the foundation of "the Secret of Authority," Decree spells could ignore those built upon "the Secret of Law"—the ordinary Decree spells.

In other words, this was actually a set of "counter-traps" Longjing Tea had prepared to use against other Decree Wizards!

After all, the control of a Decree Wizard was incredibly strong. Even targets of a higher level than themselves could be heavily affected by a multitude of Decree spells—as long as the spells didn’t directly damage or control the target, there would be no willpower check against their effects.

Hence, if they also encountered a Decree Wizard... just relying on Longjing Tea alone, it would be hard to create such a favorable battle situation.

However, Longjing Tea himself did not expect that the first time he used this spell, it would be to circumvent his own...

Because Longjing Tea and Annan exchanged their health, his whole body instantly withered... as if it had been gripped by the Hand of Sand for a long time.

And Longjing Tea immediately felt an intense emptiness and powerlessness.

It was the sensation of all vitality and vigor gradually withering away.

Only then did he confirm—

"—She’s definitely not some Sand Demon!"

Longjing Tea was so weak that he couldn’t make any sound.

But as a Ritualist who practiced both Wizardry and Divine Arts, his willpower, forged through ritual mastery, was much stronger than Annan’s; moreover, he had a better understanding of every function.

Therefore, Longjing Tea directly typed in the team channel:

"Her ability should be withering, or desiccation, or weakness..."

He got this far, and then suddenly fell silent.

It was then that Annan, barely struggling free from that intense sense of weakness.

Although her body was restored because of Longjing Tea’s switch, the dreadful feeling of emptiness still lingered within her. It was like being drained of an excessive amount of blood, then immersed in ice-cold, silent water, lying stiff-limbed.

She had to strenuously prop her knees with her left hand just to keep her aching, trembling legs from immediately collapsing onto the sandy ground.

Even her vision was somewhat blurry, but Annan, realizing Longjing Tea was in danger, still reached out her right hand with great difficulty.

But she was a step too late.

The spell did not respond to her.

Healing spells capable of instantly bringing those near-death back from the brink, held no meaning for those who had already crossed that line.

"...How could this be?!"

Lin Yiyi exclaimed in shock.

The other players also stood still, stunned.

Because when Longjing Tea died, his body didn’t shatter into black smoke and vanish... Instead, all his flesh dissolved, leaving behind nothing but a limp skin.

—Just like that, it fell into the desert.

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