Greatest Legacy of the Magus Universe - Chapter 451

Chapter 451: Versatile
The gravity drastically increased by threefold in a thirty-foot radius sphere around Adam!

This rank 2 spell was an advanced version of the rank 1 spell of the same name, however, the spell’s area of effect and potency had significantly increased.

The ground underneath cracked open and a depression was instantly formed as it was unable to bear the weight of the sudden increase in gravity.

“Agghh!”

“W-what?!”

The two assassins lost balance and fell to their knees. They could feel the organs inside their bodies churn and their bones creak due to the significant increase in gravity.

They just so happened to be near the perimeter of the spell’s area of effect and were severely affected by it.

Despite the predicament they were in, they realized this crucial factor. Thus, they desperately tried to leave the spell’s area of effect.

But little did they know, the spell allowed the sphere of gravity to shift with Adam at the epicenter!

The two men tried their hardest to fall back and escape the field of gravity, but they realized much to their horror that they were still being affected by the massive downward pull.

Although this spell produced astonishing effects, it was not without its disadvantages.

For one, it didn’t differentiate between allies and foes. Moreover, it also didn’t exclude the caster from the effects.

Secondly, and most importantly, all other spells inside the gravity field would be rendered useless as their trajectories would be greatly altered.

Thus, the caster, if they wanted to follow through with an attack, had to utilize magic combat techniques.

But that had never been a problem for Adam.

For as early as he had gotten his hands on the notes related to gravity magic inside the Soaring River Secret Plane, he had always tempered his body under the effects of this gravity spell.

He crouched a little and applied great strength to his legs. Following that, he shot in the direction of the assassins with ruthless determination.

Although his speed had been severely affected by the spell, that didn’t matter. He just needed to be faster than his enemies.

Within a few moments, he had already arrived before one of the assassins who was kneeling on the ground and desperately trying to get to his feet.

His eyes flashed with violent ruthlessness and he delivered a flying knee to his enemy’s head.

BAM!

The man dressed in black was shocked by this sudden attack. His nose cracked and his face caved in as he was swept off of his feet. However, he didn’t soar for longer as the gravity field brought him back down.

Adam got into position and readied himself for a follow-up attack. But right at that moment, something very peculiar happened.

He drew his right hand back and channeled a substantial amount of mana in his palm. However, due to the effects of Shadow Claw, a strange transformation started to take place.

The youth was completely oblivious to this as he struck the falling assassin in the chest with unmatched accuracy, twisting his palm at the point of contact.

Hand of Doom: Coiling Palm Strike!

The assassin’s torso was completely obliterated by this attack, blood and flesh splattering in all directions.

But more shockingly, a barely visible whirlwind made entirely of shadows originated from Adam’s palm strike before dissipating a few moments later.

Adam was thunderstruck by this discovery, thinking to himself, Did my shadow magic just merge with the Astral Tyrant Manual’s technique?! Im-Impossible!

Most magic combat techniques, if not all had very strict parameters. For example, a combat technique created to only use fire magic would use only that and never use water magic or any other type of magic.

That is because the formulas and the invocation required to manifest the magical energies of the combat techniques were fixed and could not be altered.

Even if one wanted to alter it, one had to change the whole formula for the technique from scratch. At that point, it would then no longer be the same technique anymore.

That is why Adam was shocked to learn that he could seamlessly merge other magical elements with the Astral Tyrant Manual without changing its core.

The expert who had found this technique in an ancient ruin somewhere in the depths of the universe had never gotten to utilize this technique before he perished.

That is why Adam didn’t know that other elements could also be used in tandem with this technique.

Moreover, he had also never thought about experimenting with other magical elements and combining them with these techniques because he had assumed it would be impossible.

So it came as a great surprise to him that the Astral Tyrant Manual was actually so versatile.

However, due to his sudden spike in emotions and the change in his mental state, the gravity spell that had already been in effect faltered ever so slightly, allowing the surviving assassin room to move.

The man was completely shocked by how things had played out. Never had he expected Adam to turn the tables on them so quickly. Not only that, his partner had also been brutally murdered in the blink of an eye.

I must escape and inform my superiors of this development! This man’s fighting capabilities vastly exceed those of the Magi from the same rank!

But I won’t be able to escape so easily from this monster… I must use that!

The assassin’s eyes flashed with cruelty as he conjured several glass bottles from his storage artifact. Then, he threw them at the youth.

He growled as he desperately tried to escape the weakened gravity field.

The glass bottles crashed when they dropped to the ground at Adam’s feet. From them, purple-colored smoke was released and completely enveloped him.

Seeing that the youth hadn’t even tried to evade the attack, the assassin was momentarily stunned before his lips curled up into a cold smile.

“Foolish boy, it looks like I had overestimated you,” he began, “the moment you lose focus in a battle against a skilled assassin like me is the moment you die.”

The poison gas he had just thrown was a highly venomous substance. It was something that the organization he worked for had created, and only they had the antidote to it.

Once inhaled, the smoke would viciously poison not just the victim’s inner organs but also their mana, resulting in them dying a gruesome death.

A few moments later, the gravity field had been deactivated, allowing the assassin to finally get back to his feet. He thought to himself, Heh, looks like the poison worked.

The man heaved a sigh of relief as he gazed at the purple cloud of smoke in front of him. “Mission complete—”

But suddenly, his eyes widened in disbelief as something came hurling at him from within the smoky area before him.

Rank 2 Spell: Fireball!