Celestial Era: The Rise of the Full-Time Enhancer

Those five people who were about to beat up Lar and the others were unable to hear Ersin's orders.

They were too focused on their battle. They wanted to give them a thorough beating after embarrassing them in front of their colleagues and leader.

As they saw their horrified faces after being suppressed by their Mana Arts, they become even more excited as they wanted to see them suffer.

However, before they could smash their faces, a cold wind seemed to have brushed their hands.

The next thing they realized was that their hands had been cut off and were already about to land on the ground…

Shock followed by intense pain filled up their minds…

"Aaagghhh!"

"Aackk! Healing potion! Hurry! Who are you?! What have you done?!"

"M-my hands!"

"H-help! Aarrghh!"

The five of them had different reactions as one of them even fainted after seeing his hands cut off just like that.

The other members immediately acted as they realized that it was no longer time to play around. They were facing a very strong swordsman! She's possibly a high-level Aura Knight or Magic Knight!

Four people immediately unleashed various Elemental Arts to attack Lar's groups while the others hurried over to rescue their members. They picked up their severed hands as some of them pulled out various magical potions to try and reattach their arms.

Earth Wall… Pyro Blast… Fire Ball… Fire Ball…

Four elemental Mana Arts that are perfect to contain and burn their targets.

They have even forgotten to control the magic they've thrown because of the urgency to pull their colleagues. They didn't want the swordsman to get closer and deal the final blow to the five.

Bam~

The Earth Wall sprouted and successfully blocked their escape path as Lar's group faced the three fire elemental attacks.

Lar and the others can only brace for the impact and trust their Magic Tools to protect them from harm.

Based on what Vincent told them, it should have Magic Resistance and over half of the elemental attack's power would dissipate with their current equipment.

It was unbelievable.

It is such a shocking rate but they know that Vincent is an 'expert' appraiser and possesses uncountable numbers of magic tools for some odd reason.

Anyway, before the attack even landed in their group, they saw Celestial Tara dash forward and slice their attacks before they reached their critical points.

It was as if she was cutting an object instead of Mana Arts made by those Master Magicians or perhaps, Adept Mages…

The explosions became a lot bearable and Lar could only feel a little warm from the explosion of fire elements.

'It should be the second phase now…' Lar and the other four realized what to do as they immediately backed off.

There's no need to exchange any more words after Tara has appeared. They have to quickly kill or disable several of them.

Ersin also realized that the female swordsman was a threat.

As an Archmage, he won't normally feel threatened if faced with an Arch Knight or even Aura Knight. However, for some reason, this woman is giving off a dangerous aura and his first instinct was to get a distance from her.

Water Treading Steps…

His finest movement technique which has reached the advanced state after 10 long years was activated to its limit.

This technique allows him to move with great agility… It wasn't as fast as Wind Haste or Fire Dash but its advanced state can at least allow him to easily react in case the swordsman chased after him.

However, it seems that he was not the first target as he thought. The female swordsman moved towards those who had thrown the Fire Elemental Mana Arts.

It was his chance!

After gaining some distance, he channeled his Mana to his scepter and activated its imbued magic.

Frost Lance!

A huge lance made of blue ice manifested in front of him. It floated steadily above his head as he aimed at the woman who just killed two of his subordinates…

'So fast?! They couldn't even stop her sword for a few moments?' Ersin grimaced after seeing the deaths of his companions. They had never thought that the criminals they were chasing would be capable of putting up a fight.

Something has definitely gone wrong from the report they have received from the Tower Master.

"Die!"

Ersin couldn't tell whether this woman is one of the criminals. However, it doesn't matter anymore, he would just explain her death to the Tower Master in case she's indeed one of those criminals.

The surroundings suddenly turned cold as his Frost Lance reached its critical stage. At this point, even a Grand Magus has to put an effort to block such an attack!

Whoosh~

The Frost Lance headed towards the female swordsman. She seemed to be unaware of it as she was focused on looking for other targets.

It was only until the last moment that she decided to look at the Frost Lance!

'Hmph! Arrogant! Take that!' Ersin was confident that his Frost Lance would kill the woman.

He then glanced at the five other criminals and to his surprise, they actually did not run away as they sneakily attacked a few of his companions while they were too busy with the female swordsman!

Everything happened too fast!

Crack… Crack… Bang!

Suddenly, the shattering sound of his Frost Lance caught his attention.

"T-this… You caught it with your bare hands?!" Ersin realized that the swordsman didn't just grab the Frost Lance in midair but she also shattered it after clenching her fist.

It was unbelievable!

However, he can't waste his time. He needed to act and save his members who had been suppressed by the five criminals.

"Kill those five men first! Once we dealt with them, we'll deal with the swordsman together! She's probably a Grand Knight, I will try to delay her!"

Ersin said as he pulled out a Magic Artifact which is similar to Magic Sealing Crystal but its size and color were different. It appears to be bigger and has a deeper shade of red compared to the blue sealing crystal that Vincent has seen before.

This is one of Ersin's life-saving treasures! An artifact with Ephemeral Mana Art! This is only a single-use artifact and he didn't expect to use it in this situation.

Nevertheless, there was no time to hesitate.

As soon as his members heed his orders and launched themselves at the five Martial Artists, he triggered the Ephemeral Mana Art inside the crystal…

Whom~

A dark entity shrouded by a hazy red cloud of smoke appeared!