Wizard: I Can Refine Everything

Chapter 22: The Great Retreat (Part 2)



"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

The grand alarm reverberated across the plains, with the Flesh Fortress built by the Abyss and Galaxy Mayflies resembling mountain ranges, dividing the world into isolated areas.

Inside the fortress, the gods and the soldiers of the Abyss stayed at their positions, their eyes tightly fixed on the sky.

In the Abyss-transformed world, the sky was always covered with clouds of various Abyss Spores. But at this moment, these spore clouds seemed to be stirred by an invisible giant hand, forming massive whirlpools.

The Abyssal Nest, deep within the fortress, continuously poured out newly born Biological Weapons.

These Biological Weapons were either some kind of self-destructing insects or Demons used as ammunition, continuously transported through the fleshly pipelines within the fortress to their designated positions.

Occasionally, there was even some equipment from the Wizards among them.

Even abandonment requires strategic considerations.

In the Alliance's plan, the defense of these abandoned worlds follows a progressive strategy.

The outermost layer relies on Abyssal corruption with the support from the Abyssal Nest, exhausting time with Abyss Creatures. The middle layer comprises war fortresses built by the Abyss and Galaxy Mayflies, with a few Wizard Alchemy Weapons used for defense.

In the innermost layer, the weapons of the Wizards would replace those of the Abyss and the Gods Civilization to become the mainstream weapons.

And behind them would be the five Fortress Worlds constructed by the Wizards.

Soon, the sky resembled a funnel, beginning to ripple.

Smooth metal arcs appeared before the eyes of the defenders within the world.

Alongside them, paratrooper capsules fell like meteors.

"Attack!"

The commander's voice issued from the flesh speaker of the Abyss Fortress.

It was an abominable presence made of bone, flesh, and teeth, resembling a trumpet-shaped wide mouth.

It issued commands from the walls of the fortress, and in the next moment, countless beams, missiles, and even physical artillery rained down on the sky like rain.

Within the Flesh Fortress, innumerable Abyss Demons released terrifying roars, controlling the flesh weapons and continuously launching attacks reaching tens or even hundreds of thousands in energy level at the sky.

Under their firepower interception, only a minimal number of the first wave of paratrooper capsules reached the ground.

However, once they passed through the firepower net and landed, the paratrooper capsules turned into bombs of tens of thousands of energy levels, incinerating all enemies around them into ashes.

These paratrooper capsules turned out to be decoy explosives of the Furnace Men.

Though these legions were replicated, they were far from being mindless machines.

On the contrary, they also possessed quite high intelligence. They had been in battle with the gods for a while, and conventional tactics like the paratrooper capsules were naturally no longer a secret.

Taking advantage of this, commanders of the Furnace Men easily gauged the firepower intensity of the fortress and the positions of various heavy defensive weapons.

"Activate the decoy guards, prepare for the first wave of aerial assault."

The command from the Furnace Men's commander saw black holes suddenly appear on the metal arcs penetrating the inner world.

From these black holes, countless Floating Cannons flew out like a swarm of insects.

Simultaneously, the real aerial strike commenced.

Tens of thousands of paratrooper capsules traversed the World Barrier, streaking across the sky like meteors.

Though the fortress on the ground attempted timely interception, those Floating Cannons, resembling an impenetrable shield, firmly protected the paratrooper capsules at the core.

Inside the fortress, the gods' commander watched this scene, a hint of a cold smile appearing on their face. The Abyss has long exhausted the tactic of suicide guardians.

"Suicide guardians? Then let's perish together!"

Suddenly, a grand prayer echoed from within the fortress.

Amid the prayers, an elderly fanatic donned a Holy Robe and stepped into a metal coffin replete with Runes.

The gods' civilization soldiers placed the metal coffin into an ornately adorned cannon.

With the fanatics' devout prayers, a beam of Holy Light instantly incinerated a paratrooper capsule and its guarding Floating Cannon Group into ash.

Beside the cannon, the corpulent Abyss Demon Commander, watching the scene, couldn't help but laugh fiendishly, "Ke ke ke, I see, you're using fanatics to drive that Divine Punishment Cannon, you Light Balls learned something from us, didn't you?"

The gods' commander coldly glanced at the demon commander.

"Stop flattering yourself, Abyssal Trash. This is a noble sacrifice, only true fanatics have the qualification to operate the Divine Punishment Cannon."

"Still using people as ammunition? We have plenty of that."

With that, the Abyss commander took out a flesh speaker and shouted into it, "Children, fire the Corruption Cannon in unison!"

At the top of the fortress, the Abyss Demons, grinning hideously after receiving the command, stuffed a demon used as ammunition into something resembling a worm's mouth.

This Biological Weapon known as the Corruption Cannon, after devouring the demon like ammunition, swelled up instantly as though consuming a blue pill.

From its body, several tentacles bearing eyes extended.

In the next instant, it spat out a thick black liquid, instantly submerging a paratrooper capsule. Before the black liquid, the guarding Floating Cannons were immediately corrupted, becoming typical Abyss corruption. Along with the paratrooper capsule they were safeguarding, they were likewise corrupted in an instant.

As weapons against the Civilization Devourers, the Abyss' corrosive ability rivaled that of the Civilization Devourers, the contest being purely a matter of strength.

The Abyss holds the advantage, turning the corroded object into part of the Abyss, otherwise, vice versa.

The corroded paratrooper capsule shattered instantly, with several Third Level Furnace Men flying out, the clash between the Abyss's power and the Civilization Devourer's power being fiercely intense, nearly tearing them apart.

However, before they could reach a conclusion, a Plasma Cannon shot across the sky, instantly reducing these Furnace Men to ashes.

Seeing that the first wave of aerial tactics did not yield effective results, the Furnace Men immediately altered their tactics.

The decoy descent pod and the real descent pod merged, and on this basis, some small war machines also penetrated this world.

Boom!

A war machine, resembling a giant dragon, spewed out a scorching torrent from its mouth, instantly carving a scorch mark several hundred meters long on the belly of a Flesh Fortress.

This is the Furnace Man's conventional war weapon—a Furnace Fighter, controlled by a Furnace Man squad.

This thing can serve as a fortress when stationary and is comparable to a Gundam in movement. Even a native World Master would have to flee in panic when facing several of these machines.

Unfortunately, this is the battlefield of a civilization war.

Just after the Furnace Fighter opened fire, the weaponry against the World Master inside the fortress immediately activated.

Tens of thousands of Galaxy Mayflies controlled a giant crystal resembling an eye, using the power of earth veins to shoot a 500,000 Energy Level Light Spear at the Furnace Fighter.

The next moment, the Furnace Fighter was pierced by the Light Spear, crashing into the Corruption Virus Swamp on the ground.

"Transmit the data back," the Mayfly General, responsible for firing, said. "These data are crucial for subsequent improvements."

Though the Galaxy Mayflies were defeated by the Wizards, their technological level was still half a notch higher than the gods and the Abyss. Combined with years of technical exchanges with the Wizards, their technology drastically improved.

The current weapon against the World Master is a product of research from these years.

And this grand retreat is their testing ground with the Wizards.

On this level of battlefield, any destructive weapon is insignificant.

With the entry of the Furnace Fighter, the battlefield situation finally wasn't one-sided. Under the leadership of the Furnace Fighters, the elite Furnace Men in the descent pods began small-scale assaults on the Flesh Fortress, achieving some effectiveness.

The intensity of the firepower network defending the sky visibly lessened compared to the beginning.

And this is just the beginning.

Three days after the Furnace Fighter entered, the Furnace Battleship began entering the world.

This metal monster, over 500 meters long, delivered a head-on blow to the Flesh Fortress upon entering the world.

A Furnace World Master followed the battleship into the world and, with a single move, incinerated an Abyss Fortress with flames.

The demons, the Mayflies, and the gods' soldiers within were instantly turned to ashes.

However, in the next moment, the Furnace World Master was struck by dozens of Light Spears, with half his body turning to ashes.

The Furnace World Master did not dare to be arrogant and immediately returned to the Furnace Battleship. Following this, an all-encompassing Holy Light enveloped the Furnace Battleship.

At the Earth Vein Node, the War God of this world held a scepter in hand, with the scepter's head pointing at the Furnace World Master's location.

Soldier to soldier, general to general.

The Holy Light vanished, and the battleship, already half-melted, suddenly shattered, with the Furnace World Master wearing a layer of armor, exuding an aura like that of a god.

He beckoned to the War God.

"Come and fight, monster!"

But the War God just coldly watched him, and in the next moment, a huge hand suddenly emerged from the ground, pulling the Furnace World Master vigorously towards the ground.

"Fool, fighting the Abyssal Trash without guarding against the underground."

The entry of the Furnace Battleship marked that the battle in this world was reaching its climax.

More and more Furnace World Masters entered this world with the help of the battleships, subsequently engaging in combat with the Great Demons and the Divine.

Even though the Alliance held a defensive advantage, the technological suppression by the Furnace Man was enough to neutralize it.

Boom!

The heavenly vault suddenly shattered, bursting forth with Infinite Holy Light, within which a Divine body transformed into Holy Light, resembling a long spear piercing through the heavenly vault, instantly submerging the Furnace World Master.

The first Divine to fall in this war appeared.

As time passed, the Flesh Fortress on the ground gradually became dilapidated, and the intertwining flesh mountain range became fragmented.

With the entrance of more Furnace Man war weapons, this world had become precarious.

The huge war fortresses in the sky mostly entered the world as well.

Once all entered, the Alliance's defense system would completely collapse.

"Retreat."

A command swiftly spread through the Magic Network.

The soldiers who received the order immediately advanced towards the depths of the fortress, with the Abyss Fortress's neural network temporarily taking over their weapons.

The gods' cross-realm Transmission Array was not destroyed; it was transformed into an Abyss Net Path by the Abyss for retreat use.

Compared to creating from scratch, modifying this existing cross-realm passage was quite fast and completed within a month.

Soon, 70% of the soldiers' retreat was completed.

The commanders deep within the fortress made their decisions.

"Activate the final measure."

A Demon Commander reached into the control panel before him, and at the next moment, a voice echoed in the hearts of all the Alliance soldiers in this world.

[The Destruction System countdown begins, sixty minutes, fifty-nine minutes and fifty-nine seconds, fifty-nine minutes and fifty-eight seconds... three seconds, two seconds, one second...]

[Countdown complete, Destruction System activated.]


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