God of Tricksters

"Come." The Magic Saint took a deep breath, observing Theo's attack.

Theo would have a hard time replicating the Magic Saint's attack. Unlike the rest, who used their unique abilities or elements, the Magic Saint only relied on his fundamental ability, Control.

By taking it to another peak, the Magic Saint had stopped Theo from copying his ability. After all, the only way to copy it was by using an illusion or having the same level of Control.

Theo could easily utilize the former, but it wouldn't harm the Magic Saint.

"In that case…" Theo gathered all the Magic Power in one point, his fist. This fist might have become the strongest fist, which contained the power of more than five thousand points of Magic Power.

In addition, Theo used the Energy Blast to shoot the Magic Power.

The Magic Power came out like a beam. Its size was a bit bigger than the pillar that the Magma Dragon summoned.

For a human like the Magic Saint, the beam looked humongous.

However, the Magic Saint was already familiar with this type of attack. After all, he used it all the time.

He concentrated the energy on both palms and pushed forward.

Due to the shining beam, the world seemed to be darkened a bit as the blue light from the beam dominated the lighting in the area. And there was a single black dot standing in front of the beam, doing his best to stop it.

The Magic Saint managed to grab the beam, specifically the Magic Power that made the beam.

"Kh." It was heavy and powerful. One mistake might cause the beam to explode and he would be injured. However, the Magic Saint remained calm and carefully waved his hands, twisting the beam.

"!!!" Theo narrowed his eyes. His beam looked like a carpet that was twisted in the center. And it started to shrink because everything was concentrated in that one spot. Although he wanted to aim for the Magic Saint at this time, even he didn't want to get hit by his own beam.

The Magic Saint kept twisting the beam until it started to break apart. Yet, the Magic Saint managed to control the Magic Power and prevented it from exploding.

Now that the outer part had been ripped apart, the rest of the Magic Power started to leak from the beam.

The more the Magic Power leaked out, the smaller the beam became. Eventually, the beam became weak enough for the Magic Saint to rip it apart with his bare hands.

"…" Theo looked at the Magic Saint with a serious expression. He thought that it was impossible to kill the Magic Saint with only that, but he didn't expect that the Magic Saint would manage to escape unscathed. It seemed he had underestimated the Magic Saint a little bit.

The Magic Saint took a deep breath before smirking. He glared at Theo with confidence, saying, "What's wrong? You think that alone is enough to kill me?"

"Of course, I'm not thinking such a little power will be able to kill you." Theo shook his head with a calm expression. "Though, I'm impressed that you managed to escape unscathed. I guess the trick is within the Magic Power covering your hands. Another few layers of Magic Power, which have their own purposes."

The Magic Saint clicked his tongue. As expected from Theo, who had the full talent, he could see through the trick in an instant. Even the original Theo was defeated a few times before learning about this trick.

There were four layers of Magic Power that formed gloves for him. The first one was the pure Magic Power that could synchronize with the rest of Magic Power, allowing him to touch the Magic Power itself.

The second layer was made for dispersing the Magic Power that slipped past the first layer. On the other hand, the third layer was a violent current of Magic Power that would match the flow of the opposite party's Magic Power. This was the one allowing the Magic Saint to stop the beam from exploding.

Last but not least, the Magic Power for protection. Its purpose was obvious since this was the only reason why his hands weren't injured when working with that much Magic Power.

Theo looked at the Magic Saint with observing eyes. On the one hand, the battle allowed him to learn a lot. On the other hand, he had to finish this battle as soon as possible.

'A layered Magic Power, huh…' Theo frowned. 'I had done the two layers after copying Mark when he showed the two layers of wind on Atlantis.

'But it can't be compared to him. His Magic Power can work for a lot of purposes, depending on how he controls the Magic Power. And he can work with around four to five layers, allowing him to utilize many combinations, which allows him to work in a lot of different situations.

'My illusion can copy his ability, but it won't be strong enough to do any harm to him. At the same time, my Control is not at that level yet…

'Still, the multiple-layer of Magic Power is interesting. Is there something I can use with multiple layers of Magic Power? Even if I can only do two layers of Magic Power, I might be able to use something to strengthen myself…'

Theo's expression became serious. It seemed that he didn't only want to defeat the Magic Saint, but used his ability to grow further.

After all, Theo still had to face the overwhelming slime. Unless he could enter the Singularity Rank while improving himself, he might not be able to defeat the slime.

The Magic Saint, on the other hand, realized that Theo was stronger than him. However, the drastic increase in his power caused his foundation to be unstable. Theo still hadn't refined all his power to the point it could match his current strength. That was why this would be Theo's biggest weakness.

And his job was to take advantage of it. He jumped forth and started revolving his Magic Power again.

Unfortunately for him, Theo's expression soon changed as if he had figured out something.

'This is going to be interesting…'