In the Name of Empress

Chapter 718 401: Not a Single One Left Behind

Their idea is just that simple and direct.

Step into the Arena of Truth, and once the Bell of Truth tolls, skip the pre-battle trash talk and start fighting straight away.

Lisa takes the first move, casting a series of illusions before teleporting to a corner of the arena to start setting up ground magic.

From the outside, the Arena of Truth looks about the same size as a regular stadium—magnificent yet not overpowering.

But those in the center of the arena understand that it is an independent small space, allowing any size of combatants to battle within it.

Mage against Warrior, distance is life.

Once a warrior gets close, even a mage can only activate various survival tactics.

As a seasoned mage, Lisa naturally wouldn't give the Barbarian Seven the chance.

After all, she's a "proper mage," and being approached by a warrior would be dangerous.

This is a globally televised duel with countless eyes watching. If the Barbarian Leader got close and couldn't touch her, the secrets of Eden would be prematurely revealed.

If she relied on Eden to win, what's the difference from losing?

Lisa has her pride too.

Those who can afford to buy tickets for crystal ball broadcasts are either rich or noble, and among these audiences, people like Roland are sure to be present.

She definitely doesn't want Sif or Alina to see her embarrassed.

While traversing, she glimpsed the gleaming black ring on her right ring finger.

This is her winning trump card for today, the Ring of Destruction.

This ring doesn't have any special effects, except it can continuously reduce the enemy's resistance to magic.

Magic Immunity?

That's the most ridiculous joke Lisa's ever heard.

Magic Immunity is like insulation, not an absolute law.

Any insulator has a breakdown voltage, and as long as the potential difference is large enough, the insulator can be instantly pierced through.

The same goes for magic immunity.

The essence of magic immunity is absorbing magic damage and additional effects through various equipment and skills, visually simulating the effect of magic immunity.

Absolute magic immunity does not exist.

As long as the power gap is large enough, a mage can still overcome it.

Contrary to traditional mages who confront magic immunity and high magic resistance enemies mainly in space destruction, she never intended to do it that way.

Not because she's worried about breaking the environment—no matter how damaged it gets, the Arena of Truth can always restore itself; after all, it's made for fights. She's simply not interested in winning by such means.

Winning by splitting space and extracting air doesn't count for much.

The victory belongs to the laws of space, the fundamental flaws of carbon-based life, not her.

She wants to blatantly shatter the Barbarian Race's last hope, crush their psychological defenses, and show them how the Magic Empire won past wars.

This is important.

Roland once said more than once that war is bleeding politics and must serve politics.

She is now practicing Roland's philosophy.

She doesn't just want to win but to achieve a crushing victory that allows the people of the New Magic Empire to raise their heads and cheer loudly.

Ditching, collapsing, and sucking the air definitely won't work.

After setting up all the arena's enhancement magic, the nearest Barbarian Leader had already broken through the illusions and was now less than thirty meters in front of her.

This distance is extremely dangerous.

A powerful warrior can cover the span in a very short time, turning distance to zero with a fearless charge to start a killing spree.

And a mage's spiritual power can hardly sustain multiple consecutive blink teleports.

Not to mention the seven Barbarian Leaders could spread out to capture Lisa's landing spot.

She could only face it head-on.

The Barbarian Leader, laughing wildly, seized two giant swords, his whole body sanguine, directly entering the Bloodthirsty Frenzy state.

Bloodthirsty Frenzy allows one to sacrifice their already meager intelligence in exchange for predatory instinctual slaughter capabilities.

In simple terms, it's sacrificing intelligence for control immunity.

The Barbarian Leader, clad in heavy anti-magic armor, launched a charge.

His wild laugh was both to boost his morale and signal his comrades that the damned mage had been cornered — come and hunt!

This is meant to be a slaughter feast, not one less.

...

Catherine stood up nervously, watching the scene of Lisa facing the Berserker head-on with disbelief.

"Roland, she, she..."

"She's grown."

Roland smiled gratified, unable to help but clap for Lisa.

She chose the hardest strategy, yet it also promises the greatest reward.

In fact, it's the only solution.

The emergence of the New Magic Empire is so abrupt that its own citizens were sourced from the Talia Kingdom.

The older generations of imperial citizens still can't shake off the identity of the Talia Kingdom, and the younger generation lacks allegiance to the empire.

The glorious history of the Magic Empire? The immense power of successive Magic Emperors?

Give me a break—those are tales from ages past.

Was the Magic Emperor formidable? So is our Emperor!

It's as simple as that for young people's admiration for strength.

The New Magic Empire is founded on powerful strength and convenient magic civilization, lacking much identity and belonging.

Lisa intends to use the heads of these seven brutes to lay the foundation for the shallow-rooted Magic Empire.

The idea isn't the problem; it's about execution.

Roland is also curious about how Lisa plans to break through magic immunity.

He knows Lisa has a Ring of Destruction that can reduce an enemy's magic resistance, but that's far from enough.

The Ring of Destruction works only on attacking enemies and needs stacking.

Will the enemies give her the time?

The battle between warriors and mages hinges on time and space.

Distance is the lifeline.

Though Catherine doesn't know much about magic, she understands these basic principles.