The warm light of the star shone on Jiale City, carved out by the villa's windows, resembling a pudding on Ash.

Ash slowly opened his eyes, sat on the bed in a daze for a while, picked up the kettle from the bedside table and poured half a cup of water into the glass, then took a sip, the shaking glass splashing water onto his face.

The cup wasn't shaking, but his hand was.

"I'm still alive..." Ash let out a long breath, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and lay back on the bed, "I survived..."

Recalling the first night at Ruby Mountain, Ash still felt lingering fear.

No one expected that during their internal strife, a Blood Magic legend would suddenly appear.

In the moment when the gun muzzle was aimed at him, Ash felt as if he was once again a weak mortal, the shiver from the depths of his soul paralyzing all his nerves, he lost all strength, even life hurriedly fled his body along with his blood, overwhelming darkness engulfed him, as if the entire world was leaving him.

This is death.

Pain is merely the tactile sensation of death, loss is the essence of death.

Thus, mages are lucky, for even when a mage loses everything, they still have the Void Realm as the only resting place.

It was only then that Ash realized the gap between himself and a true legendary. Facing the legendary trump card, he couldn't even react, the most absurd part was that despite being merely a soul body, he temporarily condensed a physical body, only to be completely suppressed by rebellious hormones and blood, bleeding profusely from all seven orifices!

From this, one can catch a glimpse of the iceberg that is a legendary mage—if a One-winged Mage is 'using whatever is available', a Two-winged Mage 'creates Miracles with heart', the Holy Sanctuary Mage begins to 'handle various situations', then the Legendary Mage is 'winning the infinite with the finite'.

The world is limitless, the Void Realm is infinite, the mage system is constantly developing every minute, every second, even if you are a legendary mage, you cannot keep up with the times at all moments, moreover, ancient magic reviving, or niche magic rising to prominence is not uncommon.

Not all Miracles can be solved; when an excellent Miracle is first created, there's often no thoughts to counter it, encountering it will inevitably leave you stunned, this period is known as the Miracle's 'advantage monopoly period'.

Many lower-tier mages believe that legendary mages must hold trump card-level 'unsolvable Miracles', though legendary mages do have such cards up their sleeve, the true strength of a legendary mage lies in their ability to deal with the unsolvable Miracles.

When a mage advances their Magic to the Legendary Realm, they will not be satisfied with the back-and-forth of magic duels, because magic duels are a never-ending arms race, there's always a Miracle they cannot resolve, and it's not due to incompetence, but because each faction's magic inherently has its limits.

Thus, legends take another path: they make the chessboard their own, so no matter what brilliant move the opponent uses, they cannot escape the constraints of the chessboard.

An excellent Miracle is 'magic', an excellent combat system is 'method', transforming any environment into your home ground is 'momentum'.

The gun Ash encountered was the beginning of momentum.

If he were hit, he would inevitably burst into a blood lotus, the splashing blood serving as the casting medium for the Blood Magic legend, who would then gradually accumulate explosions, until the entire environment became a sea of blood.

So even now, and even when Ash reaches the peak of legendary in the future, he could probably only weaken it, unable to evade this gunshot. As the tactical opening of the legendary mage, if there were a way to crack it, all subsequent tactics would be scrapped.

The strength of legendary mages lies in severing the connection between the enemy and the world.

When even your blood betrays you, what can you depend on?

Then, two beautiful answers appeared brilliantly, becoming the only color in Ash's blood-toned vision.

After a thunderous battle, the Blood Magic legend departed with the lament of the defeated, his soul shattered. Though surely not dead, it's unclear how many years he would remain a vegetative state on the bed.

Even though it's unclear why it was so easy to defeat a veteran legend, the joy of triumphing over a formidable foe and surviving against the odds still led Ash and his companions to celebrate excitedly with high-fives, but the atmosphere quickly became awkward again.

When Ash said 'We three are really great', he received fierce glares from the two companions.

So Ash was very grateful to the Blood Magic legend, though defeated, at least the Sword Witch couldn't continue fighting!

At this point, Diya remembered to impart knowledge about Ruby Mountain, and the three went about climbing Ruby Mountain while chatting, learning about mage lists, ruby angels, weather, and other survival intelligence. Sonia also supplemented with her understanding of legendary mage experiences, helping everyone quickly integrate into the Ruby Mountain's new environment.

Just when Ash thought he could blend in, Sonia casually remarked, "You're staying at Felix's villa now, right? I know where it is, I'll come find you tonight."

Before Diya could speak, Ash immediately opposed, "It's too dangerous to be associated with me!"

"I'm not here for you, can't I go find Felix? Anyway, Professor Trozan has something for me to tell Felix, it's reasonable for me to have dealings with him; regarding Felix, I can also say I'm here to consult on the Four Pillars God Sect matters, it won't raise his suspicion, by then you can tie him up, knock him out and lock him in the basement, he won't know if I ever entered the villa."

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