Liens and Nimophila's battle continued...

Even with continuous divine water element healing, Nimophila's injuries kept worsening.

She had begun to fight desperately, her style becoming increasingly reckless.

Her goal was to hold Liens back, giving the Dean enough time to cast a grand magic spell beyond his usual capabilities.

Of course, one reason Nimophila could still hold on was that Liens temporarily didn't want to attack her.

Because he, too, was waiting for the Dean's grand magic.

And the Dean did not disappoint Nimophila and Liens in the end.

Time passed, perhaps a long time, perhaps a short time, but in any case, the external elements stopped gathering towards the Dean's direction.

"Cough, cough..."

The Dean coughed a few times, slightly alleviating the mental and physical pressure of casting a grand magic spell beyond his level.

Then, he picked up his staff, which he usually used as a walking stick, and lightly tapped the ground.

"Boom!"

With the sound, a very complex-looking magic circle rapidly expanded at a speed exceeding that of sound.

In an instant, it enveloped the battlefield of Liens and Nimophila.

Liens, who was attacking Nimophila, suddenly felt his body sink, and then he was directly pressed to the ground.

"Thump!"

Liens's knees instantly slammed into the ground, adding two more pits to the already scarred floor.

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His back was bent, his head lowered, facing the ground, his right hand gripping tightly the longsword plunged into the earth, while his left hand propped himself up on the ground.

But his body was like carrying a small mountain, constantly trying to bend his spine.

If he hadn't tensed his muscles and strained to hold on, he might have instantly sprawled on the ground like a toad.

Besides that, Liens could also feel his breathing becoming difficult, and his consciousness gradually blurring.

This was due to the extreme gravity compressing his internal organs.

"Whew... Is it finally over?"

Seeing Liens restrained, Nimophila sighed in relief and then said.

"Probably."

The Dean floated to Nimophila's side and said softly.

The effect of the grand magic "Gravity Domain" was to allow the caster to control the gravity within the domain for a certain period.

This included the intensity and direction of gravity.

The Dean controlled the intensity and direction of his own gravity to push himself to Nimophila's side.

He had no more energy to cast other magic now.

"Not yet."

Liens's voice came out with difficulty.

Hearing this, Nimophila and the Dean both looked at Liens, who was still kneeling on the ground, somewhat shocked.

He was pressed down like this, yet he still had the energy to speak.

Seeing this, the Dean's expression turned serious, and he once again increased the gravity on Liens.

"Thump!"

This time, the two pits under Liens's knees directly disappeared.

Because they had merged into one, expanding into a large pit covering Liens's entire body.

"Cough..."

The sudden increase in gravity made Liens cough up a mouthful of blood, and even the longsword plunged into the ground went in deeper.

"Alas... Dean Taylor, you ultimately showed me mercy."

"If you had applied the maximum gravity to me from the start..."

"I'm afraid at this moment, even if I didn't die, I would lose most of my combat power due to damage to my vital organs, or even be unable to fight anymore."

"Unfortunately, you were worried I would die and chose to slowly increase the gravity on me."

"And this situation will only allow me to gradually adapt to the environment of extreme gravity... Alas, you shouldn't have shown mercy."

Liens said, word by word.

The further he spoke, the more fluent Liens's tone became, as if indicating that he was becoming more relaxed.

And seeing Liens's situation changing, Nimophila's expression turned serious as she threw a punch at Liens.

She hadn't attacked before because she was worried her attacks would worsen Liens's injuries, causing him to die under the Gravity Domain.

But now, she had no choice but to attack.

From Liens's words, it was clear that he was gradually adapting to the extreme gravity environment.

If they didn't deal with Liens now, the situation might truly reverse later.

"Bang."

The "Wind Iron Wall" appeared again, blocking Nimophila's punch for Liens.

However, the rising wind was quickly suppressed by the gravity controlled by the Dean.

But this time was enough for Liens to barely pull out his longsword and hold it in front of him, blocking Nimophila's next heavy punch.

"Clang."

Although he blocked the punch, Liens could not avoid the force and the ripple effect carried by the punch.

This was the first time he had been hit by Nimophila's attack since this Instance round began.

This also made Liens spit out another large mouthful of blood.

And because of the gravity's influence, Liens, after being struck down, could only remain in place like a wooden stake.

However, he wouldn't just keep taking hits.

Liens used elements to construct a "Floating Spell" elemental structure around his body, reducing his body weight to weaken a portion of the extreme gravity's suppression.

For the remaining portion, Liens relied on his own physical strength to stand up.

"Haste Spell!"

Another magic spell was quickly constructed.

As this buff spell took effect, even in an environment of extreme gravity, Liens's movement speed and attack speed recovered to more than half of their original levels.

Enough for him to continue swinging his sword to defend against Nimophila's attacks, and even counterattack her.

However, in order for these two spells to counteract some of the "Gravity Domain's" influence, he also consumed a lot of elements within his body.

Although the bulk of magic consumption came from external elements, the power consumed just to influence external elements accounted for most of his elemental reserves.

After all, he was currently only a knight whose internal elemental reserves had just accumulated past half.

With few internal elements remaining, he could no longer use various moves freely.

For example, Sword Ki "Wind Wall," "Wind Iron Wall," and so on.

These long-range or large-area moves consume a lot of elements and are not suitable for the current situation where internal elements are scarce.

But even so, they were enough to handle the upcoming battle, and he also had more than just elements as a source of power.

The second round of battle began.

Liens said nothing more, directly taking heavy steps and charging towards Nimophila, swinging his sword to strike at her vital points.

And facing this longsword, which was far less powerful than before, Nimophila's expression was still very serious.

She dodged the strike sideways, then launched an even fiercer attack on Liens.

She needed to deal with Liens as quickly as possible.

Otherwise, after her buff spells wore off, she might not be able to defeat the current Liens.

And as long as the Dean did not remove the "Gravity Domain," he would be unable to provide her with new buffs.

At that point, it would be troublesome...