"Mr. King, I've arrived!"
After breaking free from the spell that bound his entire body, Huang Ming struck George in the stomach with a palm.
George, however, retreated while once again waving his wand.
"Aim to hit!"
Six arrows appeared from thin air and shot towards Huang Ming.
Seeing this, Huang Ming immediately changed his palm strike to a grab, and caught all six sharp arrows in his hand.
"I won't use the Golden Light Spell of Dragon and Tiger Mountain."
"It seems the resistance to physical attacks is not high."
George immediately made a judgment in his heart.
The cultivation techniques of Baiyun Observatory can enhance the strength of flesh and soul, providing decent resistance to spells. However, they are still mortal, unable to withstand arrows or bullets.
However, this could also be because Huang Ming's cultivation is insufficient; his fellow monk and teacher might not be able to do the same.
"Faintness!"
While Huang Ming was busy grabbing the arrows with his bare hands, George launched another Stun Charm to probe further.
The Stun Charm targets the spirit and indirectly affects the soul. George wanted to see if Huang Ming's cultivation could enhance his soul enough to withstand it.
So far, all the spells and the strength of those spells he has used have been kept to the level of a normal adult wizard.
However, normal adult wizards rarely engage in combat and may not be as flexible in applying their magic as he is.
"Hiss!"
As Huang Ming was about to faint from the Stun Charm, he suddenly punched his left hand with his right fist and cried out in a low voice, regaining his clarity instantly.
"Mr. King has good strength. I will use all my might."
With his clarity restored, Huang Ming kicked out with his right foot, instantly doubling his speed and
It seems that before, he was afraid of hurting George and hadn't used his full strength.
"Armor of Iron!"
Just as Huang Ming's palm was about to strike George's abdomen, George promptly activated the Iron Armor spell.
"At this speed, most adult wizards would probably find it hard to cope with it, only a confident wizard could do so."
Using a magical shield to block Huang Ming's attack, George silently compared the situation in his mind.
Normal adult wizards only have a few spells they can use for combat, and they wouldn't use Unforgivable Curses. Even if they did, it would be difficult to hit Huang Ming with one.
Once Huang Ming gets close, the wizard's close combat ability is not much different from that of an ordinary person, and they are basically done for.
Only a wizard of the caliber of an Auror could have time to use the Iron Armor spell to block at this moment.
Such a difficult spell as the Iron Armor spell is not something that many bureaucratic wizards can master.
"Break it off!"
Seeing the magical shield blocking his attack, Huang Ming no longer held back. With both hands wrapped in a substantial amount of Qi, he started to strike at the shield with a resounding crash.
The powerful strike with Qi energy hits the defense spell, which is very strong.
George thinks that if this punch were to land on concrete, it would probably create a crater with just one hit.
If it were just a simple physical attack of this degree, the Iron Armor spell would indeed be able to withstand it. But if the Qi in the punch is added, the spell might start to struggle.
"It actually cracked."
Under Huang Ming's continuous bombardment, the Iron Armor spell defense, which is usually at the level of an Auror, began to show cracks and then shattered explosively.
"Full speed retreat!"
At the moment when the Iron Armor spell shattered, George immediately cast a Retreat Charm to push Huang Ming back a few steps and then used the Enchantment of Transposition to teleport himself to a position far away from Huang Ming.
Most elite Aurors can essentially use the Enchantment of Transposition for teleportation to aid in combat, not just for traveling.
"Similar to the technique of translocation."
Seeing George use the Enchantment of Transposition to distance himself, Huang Ming also revealed an amazed expression on his face.
The technique of translocation is a method of instantaneous movement used by Daoists. It has nearly become extinct, but there are still several high-level Daoists who can use it with the aid of talisman magic.
However, there are some innate aliens who have awakened abilities similar to the technique of translocation, such as Feng Sha Yan from the Tiansha Association, who is said to be very powerful.
"That's troublesome. We can't definitely chase him, and we have to bear the brunt of the attack."
Huang Ming scratched his head and showed a perplexed expression on his face. After hesitating for a moment, he still shouted to George:
"Mr. King, I'm about to use my ultimate move now. This is the strongest technique of our Baiyun Temple, mainly targeting the soul. It's something I've just mastered. If you can't handle it, you might as well surrender."
With that, his physical body suddenly froze in place, his eyes went vacant, and his soul directly flew out of his body at several times the speed of his physical body, flying towards George.
"Out of the Yang God's Essence!"
"Wow, to be able to let the soul leave the body for combat—it's really worth coming on this trip!"
Seeing Huang Ming's soul leave his body, George wasn't surprised but was actually delighted. That was something he couldn't do himself at the moment.
He knows spells to attack the soul, to forcibly expel someone else's soul from their body, and to seal someone's soul.
But he truly doesn't know how to make his own soul leave the body and fight as a soul.
Although, according to his current strength, using his soul to fight instead of his body would likely not be stronger than using his body for magic, it is still a method.
Whether this method would work in certain specific situations is not the issue. At least, it proves that the cultivation techniques of Baiyun Temple can indeed greatly strengthen the soul.
Otherwise, without a certain level of soul strength, and without the right method, it would be impossible to make the soul leave the body for combat.
What are the advantages of a strong soul?
There are numerous advantages to having a strong soul.
For himself, the enhancement of his soul also means that his spirit strength has been improved. With increased spirit strength, his mental abilities will also be enhanced.
Currently, the intensity of his mental abilities, combined with the skill of Siphon Soul and Take Thoughts, is only capable of reading minds and searching or copying memories.
However, he is not yet at the level of Professor X at his peak, where he can control the bodies of multiple people with his mental abilities.
If he can obtain the cultivation techniques of Baiyun Temple, perhaps he can continuously strengthen his soul through this cultivation method, and eventually, he might be able to control the entire human population of a planet without the brain wave enhancer.
"Summon Divine Guards!"
With a wave of his wand, George cast the Charm of Divine Protection.
He has many methods to deal with souls, but none of them are suitable for use now, such as the Soul Sealing Technique he learned in the world of magic apprentices.
From a wizard's perspective, there are only two ways to counter such soul-based attacks.
One option is the Soul-Taker Charm, which directly disperses Huang Ming's soul upon hitting, but as his soul is in a state of flying, it moves several times faster than his physical form, making it nearly impossible to hit.
Moreover, even if he could hit him, this would not be an appropriate choice for a sparring session rather than a lethal confrontation.
The other option is the Divine Guardian Charm. The guardian spirit itself is an embodiment of the wizard's spiritual strength, and it is also the strongest protective spell, capable of defending against soul attacks.
However, the Divine Guardian Charm is a spell that only a few virtuous wizards in the wizarding world are capable of using.
Therefore, Huang Ming's strength, if placed within the context of the wizarding world, would indeed require an elite wizard to confront him for a chance of victory.
