As we all know, planeswalkers are a profession with great diversity.
Almost everyone will form their own unique fighting habits based on the spellcasting environment of the time and space they were born in, their overall magic level and personal experience.
Some of them are better at using various magics.
For example, Jace Beleren's mind magic, Teferi's time magic, Nissa Revan's natural magic, Chandra Nala's fire magic, Garruk's summoning magic, Lillian Navis's death
Spiritual magic is a typical example.
Others are better at transformation magic and physical combat.
Sarkhan, Gideon Yura, Elspeth Tire, and Ajani the Golden Mane are the most famous representatives.
Rather than saying they are "mages", it is more appropriate to call them warriors who possess certain spell-like abilities. Some of them are out-and-out berserker warriors.
In addition, there are Tezzeret, Venser and other artifact masters who are good at making and repairing various magic and technological items.
As for the last one, there are ancient planeswalkers like Sorin Markov, Spirit Dragon Ugin, Boulder Warlock Nahiri, and Nicol Bolas who have lived for too long.
They have learned so much over a long period of time that they are basically good at everything and good at everything without any obvious shortcomings.
In particular, their strong vitality and various ways to save their lives determine that it is difficult for them to be truly killed.
Moreover, most of time and space have not developed very complex, complete, and diverse magic systems with the help of the goddess of magic and the magic network like the planet Toril.
You can even directly rely on the power of magic to become a god.
The most important thing is that although the mages possess the power to destroy the world, they themselves are very fragile.
Without any defense, even a poisoned dagger can easily send away a high-level mage who can cast spells of level seven or above.
This means that even for their own safety considerations, mages will inevitably develop crazy and targeted protective magic.
Not to mention anything else, there are more than thirty protective spells at or below the third ring alone, and there are more than twenty for the fourth ring in just one level.
It can be said that among all magic schools, the total number may only be comparable to that of the conjuration system, the evocation system and the transmutation system.
Its level of madness can make a mage truly invulnerable to fire and water, and he can break through the atmosphere and enter the cold outer space with his body.
As for combat, any mage who reaches a certain level of spellcasting will ensure that he or she has at least six protective magics permanently on his body, and a lot more will be added before the war begins.
Because the underlying idea of ​​the Faerun mage is to ensure that he is invincible first, and then consider how to defeat his opponent and win.
Otherwise, once a person dies, there is nothing.
As long as you are alive, there are endless possibilities.
However, this concept of focusing on defense far more than attack is obviously very different from the habits of many planeswalkers who like to improvise at will.
In Sorin Markov's eyes, Shane VII's approach of wrapping himself up tightly was obviously a bit excessive, giving people a feeling of "cowardice" and "fear".
And it’s also very, very “wasteful”.
If they are all cleared away by one dispel magic, then all the mana consumed in releasing these protective spells will be completely lost.
After all, all planeswalker spell cards are instant-cast, and there is no need to chant spells or spend time guiding them.
In addition, if too many trump cards are revealed at once, it will be easy for the opponent to find loopholes.
Obviously, Sorin Markov's confusion and incomprehension were completely the result of the fierce conflict between two completely different tactical concepts and spell-casting habits.
Although Shane VII has been a planeswalker for some time and has traveled through time and space for at least forty times, in his heart he is still the awesome undead emperor and demilich of Faerûn.
However, he obviously noticed the reaction of the vampire planeswalker. He pursed his lips and explained with a smile: "I think you must be very surprised by what I did, right?"
"Hmph! It's just a flashy thing. Soon I will let you know what a real battle between planeswalkers looks like."
Sorin Markov curled his lips with disdain.
As the ancient planeswalker who is now second only to Ugin and Nicol Bolas, he has seen countless strange things in his life.
Especially the new generation of planeswalkers after the degradation of sparks, each one is simply weirder and more abstract than the last.
In comparison, this kind of over-emphasis on protection is actually nothing at all.
"Yes, then I look forward to your guidance."
Shane VII put one hand on his chest and bowed slightly, then activated four spells [Sunfire Explosion], which were the most lethal against undead creatures, and they also had extremely effective and powerful versions.
Before Sorin Markov could react to what was happening, his whole body was enveloped in dazzling white light like the sun. The intense burning and roasting completely destroyed 100% of his body in just two or three seconds.
In the eighty part, a large amount of flesh and blood instantly turned into ashes and dust and scattered in the wind.
Obviously, he never dreamed that Xia En VII would throw such a destructive magic when he came up, skipping all the mutual testing links, so he was not prepared at all.
In contrast, Shane VII was not greatly affected because he had the body of a demilich as a support and was classified as a human rather than an undead creature.
What's more, it was blessed with a lot of protective magic before, completely absorbing the fire damage of [Yangyan Explosion].
But fortunately, the strong vitality accumulated over thousands of years played a key role at this time.
Sorin Markov did not immediately lose consciousness due to the collapse of his body, but instead inspired a powerful life magic with the help of the planeswalker's spark.
The next second...
A curtain of light enveloped him from head to toe.
When the spell effect of [Sun Flame Explosion] ends, you can vaguely see through the light curtain that the dark red energy inside is reconstructing the new body including bones, muscles, and nerves.
In an instant, he slashed open the light curtain with his sword and walked out. The muscles, skin and bones that were constantly regenerating made him look extremely eerie.
Now, the face of this ancient vampire planeswalker who exudes arrogance no longer has the slightest bit of arrogance from before, only fear, vigilance, horror, shock and disbelief.
Because he was almost taken away by this new generation of planeswalkers whom he had never met before.
Are young people today so ruthless?
Or are you saying that you are too old and can’t keep up with the trends of the times?
Sorin Markov couldn't help but fall into deep self-doubt.
He had no idea that Xia En VII learned more than 100% of these tactics from his good apprentice Zuo Si.
When the latter was still relatively weak, it relied on this unexpected saturation strike to kill many powerful enemies whose spellcasting levels and physical strength were countless times higher than their own.
Xia En VII, who was hiding in the dark at that time, saw all this and copied it after he became a planeswalker.
Although he himself is an undead creature - a demi-lich, he has no intention of showing any mercy when dealing with the same kind. Instead, he uses the characteristics of the demi-lich body spell to mislead the opponent, and then maximizes the use of [Sun Flame Explosion] against the opponent.
The lethality of the undead.
This is why Sorin Markov fell for it so easily.
He had confirmed from the beginning that the other party was an undead creature like himself, so he never expected that Xia En VII would directly let the sun-like creature hit him at such a close distance without considering whether he would be accidentally injured as well.
Power suddenly erupted all around.
The frightening energy and bright light completely destroyed all senses in an instant, just like ordinary people would be temporarily dizzy when encountering a flash bomb.
By the time it reacted, the undead creature's body had basically turned into ashes.
"Are you trying to kill me?"
After waiting for his body to fully recover, Sorin Markov finally broke the silence and asked with two slightly golden eyes staring at him.
Unlike ordinary vampires, the spark gives him mana that can use both black and white colors at the same time, so his eye color is not the blood red of ordinary vampires.
This makes him look particularly domineering and unruly.
"Haha, no, I just want to test whether the ancient planeswalker is really as powerful as the legend. What's more, if you are killed so easily, it will definitely not be the famous Sorin Markov, but some liar.
fake."
Xia En VII still maintained a polite attitude and did not look like a ruthless person who would kill him immediately.
This strong sense of contrast is definitely enough to make most people feel horrified and sweaty, as if they were sitting with a famous and elegant ogre discussing how to "become a human being" to be more delicious and delicious.
Sorin Markov was obviously irritated, and his eyes began to flash with a dangerous light, and then instantly turned into an afterimage and disappeared from the place.
clang!
With the crisp sound of the sword hitting the metal staff and the burst of golden sparks, he directly crossed the space between the two and appeared less than half a meter out of thin air. At the same time, the other one who was not holding the sword
A ball of red magic aura was also released from his hand.
You don't need to ask to know that this is Sorin Markov's best fighting method, which is to combine swordsmanship and magic to work together.
But it is a pity that Xia En VII has already used the prophecy magic learned in other time and space to predict what may happen in the next two or three seconds in advance and take precautions in advance.
To be continued...