Wizard: I Can Refine Everything

Buzz— Buzz— Buzz—

A barrage of purple flashes streaked across the sky, accompanied by a piercing energy hum.

In the sky, a massive war fortress hovered like a floating continent, making the already gloomy world even darker.

Countless Furnace Man battleships flew out from it, launching one Furnace Man army after another.

Boom!

The barrage of purple flashes collided with the Furnace Man fleet, instantly piercing through the battleships' energy barriers, leaving melting holes in the solid armor.

Soon, the barrage ended.

Over half of the Furnace Man fleet was melted down, and the remaining ships had no choice but to maximize the power of their barrier generators.

"Furnace Man calling Big Guy, Furnace Man calling Big Guy, there's an over-the-horizon cluster formation sniping the fortress fleet, time to stretch your muscles a bit."

The Furnace Man message traveled through the communication system beyond the world, where countless ships, like sky islands, divided the sky above half the world. Among them, countless reconnaissance aircraft continuously observed every movement on the ground.

With the appearance of the Furnace Man message, these island-like ships began to move.

"Coordinates 1245, 4579, prepare for an aerial strike." The cold voice of the Titan Commander spread through the communication system, "Repeat, coordinates 1245, 4579, prepare for an aerial strike."

"Aerial Strike Unit has received the message."

At the lowest level of the ship, Titans over ten meters tall, wearing Rune Mechas, began entering the drop pods. The strength of these Titans had approached that of a World Master, and with the recovery of the Civilization Devourer's injuries, its legion's strength had also improved.

Some elite legions of the Predecessor Civilization Alliance began to appear on a large scale.

A guiding beam shot out from the fleet's lower layer, a crimson light piercing through the World Barrier, precisely locking onto the Eye Demon's over-the-horizon cluster strike formation.

Immediately, the aerial strike commenced.

The bottom of the sky island ships opened, with the drop pods, their tail flames ablaze, crashing down like meteors onto the formation.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

The shrill alarm echoed throughout the cluster strike formation, followed by the commander's orders sounding in every Eye Demon's ears on the formation.

"Detected aerial strike, intercept with full force."

In an instant, tens of thousands of over-the-horizon turrets on the cluster strike formation transformed simultaneously.

These transforming turrets resembled giant regular icosahedrons, each face engraved with numerous patterns, the material appearing incredibly sturdy.

But upon closer inspection, one would notice a slight incongruity, as if this substance shouldn't exist in this world.

Then, these turrets began morphing as if made of clay, their surface patterns changing accordingly, transforming within a breath into objects resembling pepper shakers.

Energy continuously accumulated within the pepper shakers, the highly concentrated energy almost warping the space itself.

In the sky, the fire from the drop pods resembled shooting stars, but the Eye Demon Commander had yet to issue an order.

He seemed to be waiting for a moment.

Suddenly, the massive drop pods split apart, transforming into dozens of smaller drop pods, scattering like dandelions toward the ground.

At that moment, the Eye Demon Commander's order was issued.

"Activate at maximum output."

Buzz!

A purple beam over a meter in diameter shot skyward, precisely targeting each drop pod. The frenzied energy tore through the drop pod defenses in an instant, annihilating the Titans within at an alarming speed.

Even though the Titans' strength had reached near World Master levels, in the current war, a Fourth Level World Master was just a super-soldier.

With all the drop pods cleared, a sense of exhilaration could be heard in the Eye Demon Commander's voice.

"Threat neutralized, continue the over-the-horizon strike."

The turrets swiftly changed form, ready to resume their tasks. But before they could revert to a regular icosahedron shape, shrill alarms echoed anew.

This time, the alarms were even more intense, as if the wails of an Evil Ghost from Hell, sending chills down one's spine.

"Not good, relocate the formation!"

As the alarms blared, the Eye Demon Commander's order echoed through the communication system.

All the turrets transformed into spindle shapes, moving towards the next formation like a school of fish.

They had been fighting the Civilization Devourer for a long time, and had developed a set of comprehensive countermeasures for various strikes... Boom!

A flash of light streaked across the sky, landing precisely in the center of the Eye Demon formation.

Immediately, a frenzied gravitational force tore through the space, consuming the Eye Demons who hadn't yet escaped the formation.

Witnessing this, a sense of astonishment flashed in the Eye Demon Commander's eyes underground.

"Gravitational strike... Damn it, these guys' strike speed has surpassed our reconnaissance limit, report immediately!"

Before he could finish his sentence, another flash of light streaked across the sky.

This time, the flash's target was right in the center of the Eye Demon formation.

Boom!

An invisible gravitational storm appeared again, erasing the entire formation in an instant.

...

"7895 formation annihilated, thirty-two personnel remaining. Intelligence confirmed, enemy strength has increased compared to before, and the use of annihilation weapons has become normalized."

In the General Command, the Eye Demon Commander listened to his subordinate's report without uttering a single sound.

After a moment, the General Commander opened his mouth and said, "Regarding the normalized use of annihilation weapons, do any of you have ideas?"

The General Commander's eyes swept over those around him, and among them, more than a dozen Eye Demon Commanders remained silent.

What opinions could they have on this matter?

Destruction weapons are the most potent weapons available for warfare at the base level.

Depending on the type, these destruction weapons can either easily destroy fortresses or wipe out entire regiments in an instant.

And to counter destruction weapons, the only option is to retaliate with even more destruction weapons.

As long as they eliminate the opposition before they can act, there's no need to worry about the use of destruction weapons.

However, the location they are currently in makes none of them dare to issue this countering command.

Their current battlefield is the Eternal Dark World, the mother world of the Eye Demon Clan.

If the war escalates into a battle of destruction weapons, the damage to the mother world would be immeasurable.

This responsibility can only be shouldered by the many Elders. These Commanders simply cannot bear it.

"No one wants to speak? No one wants to speak, then I'll say it."

The General Commander looked at the silent Commanders and calmly spoke.

"We have reached the most critical moment, if we cannot achieve victory, then all our protection of the mother world is meaningless.

Therefore, I now issue a General Command, fully unrestricting all destruction weapons, and delegating usage permissions to the Field Commanders."

After saying this, the General Commander's gaze swept over the Commanders.

"Do any of you have any objections?"

"...Yes, General Commander, sir."

...

"Haha, worm, follow me to the Star Realm."

In the boundless Sea of Ether, a massive Dimension Gate suddenly opened. Shortly after, a gigantic black figure rode a massive worm and rushed out from it.

The Dimension Worm is one of the most terrifying creatures in the Endless Dimension, but this does not mean it remains powerful upon entering the Star Realm.

Upon entering the Star Realm, the frenzied ether of the Sea of Ether immediately began to erode the body of the Dimension Worm.

The Dimension Worm possesses element resistance of the four elements and resistance to the power of dimension, but the ether is neither constructed from the four elements nor from the power of dimension.

The resistances of the Dimension Worm are nullified in front of the ether.

At one end of the King of Dimension Worms, Richard held gravitational reins in his hand, continuously directing the path of the Dimension Worm.

The Dimension Worm is not bound by the rationality of normal intelligent beings, not even at the Breaking Limit level.

Attracted by Richard, this beast chased from the buffering zone to the storm zone, and then from the storm zone all the way through the dimension storm, entering the void of the endless dimension.

And this was essentially a path to self-destruction.

In the dimension storm, the King of Dimension Worms could devour the storm to recover, and launch attacks with it, but beyond the storm, it was different.

Thus, after being weakened, this King of Dimension Worms was harnessed by Richard, ridden into the Star Realm like a mount.

"Antioch, are the coordinates you gave me correct?"

Richard's voice resonated within the dimension of cells, and Antioch, who was recuperating, immediately responded: "Yes, the coordinates I provided are indeed those of our mother world."

"Then it could be troublesome."

Richard looked at the distant world, where, at the limit of his vision, countless Titan Battleships nearly covered half of the world barrier.

"The Civilization Devourers have already begun their assault on your mother world."

"What!"

Antioch's voice was filled with shock. He had only been away for a little over a year, and although their defense line was a bit thin, it should have held for several years.

How could it have been breached so quickly?

"I don't know, that's why I suggest you come out and take a look."

With a wave of his hand, Richard gathered the surrounding ether, forming spikes that pinned into the body of the King of Dimension Worms.

This King of Dimension Worms was a rare specimen, and Richard intended to keep it as a specimen for his collection.

The Dimension Gate opened, and Antioch emerged, his gaze immediately fixed on the distant world.

Though separated by several light-seconds, Antioch could still recognize it.

That was their mother world, the Eternal Dark World.

"Lord Miracle, that is indeed our mother world."

"Well, it seems your defense line isn't as strong as you thought."

Richard's gaze scanned the fleet, constantly searching for any anti-Dominator weaponry.

Both the Civilization Alliance of previous civilizations and the Civilization Devourers possessed technology to target Dominators.

Among these, weapons targeting the Breaking Limit Sovereign were not uncommon, and there were even those designed against leaders.

Though Richard's strength at this moment could be considered invincible amongst the Breaking Limit class, caution is always warranted.

If the waves are too big, the boat might capsize.

Once assured that there were no hidden weapons against Dominators, a slight smile appeared on Richard's face.

"In that case, I'll be taking over this fleet."