Chapter 146: The Real War Begins
In the Miracle Fire, the Titan spirit scrutinized Richard and thought to himself, "His physique isn't particularly high, but his body is extraordinarily powerful, and his skills are so refined, almost to the level of a Great Grandmaster!
When did such a figure appear among the Titans?"
"What kind of Titan am I?"
Richard repeated this sentence, looking at the Titan with surprise in his eyes.
"You still have consciousness? Do you remember where you are and what you are doing?"
The Titan spirit frowned slightly.
"What do you mean by I still have consciousness and remember where I am? Are you questioning…"
The Titan spirit was about to retort, but he stopped before finishing the sentence.
His memory told him that he should be on the battlefield now, and in front of him shouldn't be this strange Titan, but the minions of ten Civilization Devourers.
He suddenly took a look at himself, and only then did he notice that he no longer had a body, and his soul was alarmingly weak, almost regressing to the level of a World Master.
Memories flashed through his mind, and after a moment, a realization appeared on his face.
"It turns out I was devoured."
He looked at Richard, his eyes full of a sense of the vicissitudes of life.
"The war isn't over yet?"
"No," Richard shook his head, "the war has started again."
"Started again?"
A hint of shock crossed the Titan spirit's face. Apparently, he died too early and didn't know that the Civilization Alliance had defeated the Civilization Devourers.
The Miracle Fire burned fiercely, quickly incinerating the body of the Titan Great Grandmaster, leaving only the soul shadow floating in the void.
Richard let out a slight sigh of relief. The fact that the soul was not burned indicated that the soul should be pure—Miracle Fire is extremely sensitive to the power of Civilization Devourers, and when the power of Civilization Devourers mixes with any other power, without interference, Miracle Fire will definitely first burn the power of the Civilization Devourers.
"Unexpectedly, Miracle Fire can still save these lives that haven't been completely corrupted. That's truly marvelous."
Richard pressed his palms together slightly, raising them above his head toward the shadow. This was a Titan's gesture, to show respect.
"It seems the elder does not yet know that the Civilization Devourers have been defeated and sealed for a million years."
"Defeated and sealed!?"
The Titan spirit was almost dumbfounded upon hearing this.
After a moment, he made the same gesture as Richard.
"My name is Talal Peak, may I know how you are addressed?"
"My name is Richard." Richard returned the gesture and then said, "I know the elder has many questions in his heart, but now is not the time to speak. Please wait in my dimension for the time being."
Talal Peak nodded: "No problem."
With the Dimension Expansion, Talal Peak's soul disappeared instantly.
Richard looked at the distant void, knowing that if he pushed forward, he would likely not gain much advantage.
The Civilization Devourers have already spread, and what he needs now is to quickly stabilize the front line and stop this expansion.
"Better go help those little guys as Civilization Devourers can summon Dominators, it's not a hard task for them to summon the troops of the Civilization Alliance either.
I hope those little guys can hold on."
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"Bugs, concentrated fire suppression!"
With the Wizard's roar, tens of thousands of concentrated fire light spears shot towards the sky like raindrops.
Each of these light spears held the power of 100,000 energy levels, and when fired collectively, even a World Master would have to dodge and retreat.
But on this battlefield, such level of attack was merely simple firepower suppression.
In the sky of the battlefield, countless War Airships swam like a shoal of sharks. Around them, swarming like a cloud, the Floating Cannons attacked like swarms of bees, ready to sacrifice themselves to strike the invaders hard.
Small Floating City's Big Decomposition Cannon appeared repeatedly, even the armament of the Floating Fortress kept firing.
Countless witchcraft and light spears nearly filled the entire sky.
Yet despite this, creatures continued to penetrate the interception net and fight on the ground.
Above the numerous Floating City and War Airships, a colossal figure was slowly squeezing into the world.
This giant was larger than the Floating Fortress and released similar flying machines to the Floating Cannons upon entering the world.
Once these flying machines entered the world, they disintegrated into rifts leading to the Elemental Territory, and with the infusion of elements, these machines transformed into Elemental Spirits comparable to Level 3 Creatures.
Aside from this colossal figure, the entire sky was continuously dropping things akin to air-drops.
Most of these air-drops were intercepted, but if any did land, they would inevitably cause a bloodstorm.
This was because these air-drops contained Level 3 Creatures, each equipped with a suit of Power Armor that surpassed that of elite Wizards in technology.
As soon as these Level 3 Creatures landed, they skillfully launched assaults on nearby forts with such speed that only preemptive predictions could cover their actions with Magic Concentrated Fire.
Fortuitously, the Galaxy Mayflies and Wizards were well-prepared.
A variety of defensive weapons emerged one after another.
Bogs corrosive enough to erode Pure Gold, gases poisonous enough to kill Level 3 Creatures, and simple defensive positions with Decomposition Cannons... With the aid of these defensive measures, even if these invaders were Level 3 Creatures, Wizards and Galaxy Mayflies could easily resist.
However, everyone knew this was merely temporary.
As long as that colossal figure in the sky keeps pressing into the world, and the battle behind the curtain with the big players hasn't ended.
Then this war is far from being at a level where victory is possible.
"Asu, hand me the disintegration bomb."
In the Insect Nest, Gao Wen sat at a position using the decomposition cannon, continually adjusting its direction. Beside him, Asu was on guard while handing Gao Wen a meter-long black cylinder.
For someone like Gao Wen, a Three Rings Wizard, his position on the battlefield is often not fixed.
At the beginning of the war, Gao Wen was shot down in the third wave of intercepting AAirships.
Fortunately, being a Three Rings Wizard, he narrowly escaped the explosion of the AAirship with Asu.
Due to the scarcity of war AAirships, Gao Wen couldn't get a new one temporarily, so he could only serve temporarily as ground forces to intercept legions that penetrated the defense net.
With the help of observation magic equipment, various subtle data from the environment continuously entered his brain.
This sensation was familiar to him, much like controlling a war AAirship, though the data was much less.
Suddenly, Gao Wen sharply triggered a rune.
The next moment, the decomposition cannon fired, and a colorful decomposition beam instantly dissolved a few meters deep and three meters wide hole into a sandy area three kilometers away.
Free elements collided in the air, producing brilliant flashes. And in that light, three legs that were not dissolved slowly appeared on the sand.
However, Gao Wen was not pleased by this; on the contrary, he suddenly left the decomposition cannon, and a mechanical hand behind him suddenly shot a small decomposition skill from in front of the cannon.
At the same time, Asu, with his shield up, also rushed to the front of the decomposition cannon, blocking a flaming arrow that emerged from the void.
Boom!
The flaming arrow exploded on the shield, and the shield, capable of withstanding a 50,000 power level energy attack, was melted into a head-sized hole by the flaming arrow.
And in the place where Gao Wen's decomposition beam disappeared, a transparent figure emerged from the void, with their power armor having a fist-sized hole decomposed by the skill.
In the hole, the collision of free elements annihilated each other, already shattering his internal organs to pieces.
Asu followed up with a strike, the blade of his Instant Death Sword piercing through the bullet hole, rich death energy rapidly necrotizing this creature's body.
If he had a soul, it would also shatter accordingly.
"Asu, come back, it's all sorted out," Gao Wen said.
Upon hearing this, Asu slowly retreated but glanced past the shield toward the front.
Seeing a small stone on the ground not far away quiver slightly, he suddenly lunged forward, knocking an invisible object out.
The mechanical hand behind Gao Wen twitched slightly, and a decomposition skill shot again, dissolving the knocked-out object —this was their agreed signal, once this phrase was spoken, it meant an enemy was nearby.
After dealing with this straggler, Asu brought the corpses of the two creatures to Gao Wen's side.
These two bodies were currently melting continuously, black slime was oozing out from the cracks in the power armor, spreading like it had a life of its own.
Gao Wen aimed an arm at the black slime, and an incandescent flame like dragon breath incinerated the black slime completely—compared to those of the Wizard World, these slimes seemed like an inferior version.
It only took flames of a 10,000 power level to burn them away.
"Boss, you read a lot, have you ever encountered these things before?"
Asu asked with a worried expression, looking at the incinerated corpses.
"These things give me a very bad feeling, like a natural enemy."
Gao Wen shook his head, "I don't know either. I've never seen this creature in the biological compendium. But I suspect these things might be some type of gestalt creature.
Otherwise, their bodies wouldn't disintegrate into black liquid after dying."
Asu instinctively scratched his head, but the arm in the power armor could only produce a metallic scratching sound on the helmet.
"Sigh, this thing gives me a really bad feeling, if I can make it back alive, I have to ask the Great Elder; I heard he has some ancient secret scrolls, maybe there are records of these things."
Just as Asu finished speaking, cheers erupted from the distance.
Gao Wen glanced at the Crystal Ball and a relieved smile appeared on his face.
"The Crown Throne has returned, the war is temporarily over."
Asu froze for a moment and then was overjoyed. He performed a Miracle Sect ritual and then devoutly said, "Praise the Sage, praise the Crown Throne."
Gao Wen witnessed this scene and couldn't help but show a trace of curiosity.
"Where did you learn this ritual, since when did the Wild Beastmen have a god named Sage?"
After his prayers, Asu earnestly took out a book of the Miracle Sect scripture from his pocket.
"Boss, you must speak with caution. The Sage is the title given to the Miracle Crown before becoming the Crown in other worlds while spreading the glory of wizards.
Saying something like that carelessly, be careful lest the Sage sends a Holy Light to burn you into ashes."
Gao Wen was stunned, saying in shock, "Is there such a thing? Tell me in detail."
A religion founded by the Crown, now that's a rare occurrence.
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Floating Fortress, Strategic Command Room.
"You all continue to defend this Hub World, speak up if you need anything."
Richard sat behind the round table, his voice calm yet inherently authoritative without question. Alongside him at the round table, the Great Wizard and the King of Mayfly dared not breathe.
Listening to Richard's orders, the Great Wizard responsible for this defense hesitated for a moment, then carefully spoke, "Crown Throne, what exactly is this enemy this time? If we are to defend, having specific information would help in preparing arrangements."
Richard looked at the Great Wizard, his eyes deep like the Abyss.
"You remember the Demon Lord that escaped from the Wilderness Great World, right? Now he's back for revenge."