I, a cultivator, have ended up in the wizarding world.

Chapter 204 Marching and the Sense of Death

The giant lava boar roared angrily, seemingly extremely frustrated by its inability to break through the transparent barrier in front of it.

Its massive body accelerated again, and it slammed headfirst into the runic field.

Each impact caused ripples in the force field.

"A mere level three magical beast." Jemin's eyes were calm, showing no regard for this stupid behemoth.

The other wizards in the node showed no fear of this level-three magical beast, and even had time to point and comment on it.

If they encountered such a magical beast in the wild, they might have been cautious, but now they were inside a large number of rune arrays.

One of the level-two wizards guarding the node looked at Jemin: "Your task is to investigate the situation and collect materials, right? How about it, do you want to try it out yourself? After all, you won't have this chance to personally debug it when the beast tide comes later."

"Well... thank you." Jemin didn't refuse, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded.

Under the guidance of several wizards, he quickly became familiar with how to manipulate the magic circle within the node:

"Lightning attribute, level three charging..."

He stretched out his palm and began adjusting the control screen that was floating in front of him.

With his manipulation, a burst of intense lightning energy quickly gathered in mid-air, emitting a "sizzling" sound and illuminating the surrounding force field.

This is not a simple energy body, but a "lightning arrow" that has been adjusted by rune arrays and has a fatal destructive power against the energy core of magical beasts.

"go with!"

With a low shout from Jemin, the lightning arrow, like a bolt from a bow, struck the head of the lava giant boar with unparalleled speed!
"Roar! Roar! Roar!" The level three lava giant boar let out a shrill scream!

Its rocky skin, which it was so proud of, was instantly pierced by this blow.

Blackened blood, mixed with the stench of burnt flesh, gushed out from the wound.

The power of the lightning pierced straight through its skull, causing a tremendous impact on its not-so-resilient beast soul.

Its massive body shook violently, as if all its energy had been drained.

Finally, due to inertia, it crashed to the ground, kicking up a lot of dust.

Nevertheless, the vigorous beast continued to struggle, its limbs twitching, seemingly not completely dead.

"They're still alive?" Jemin raised an eyebrow, unable to hide his surprise.

That attack was a proper level three sorcery spell, and it was specifically designed to kill magical beasts.

This level-three magical beast actually survived such a blow?!

The wizard beside him explained, "That's just how this plane is. It's not just lava giants and yetis; other creatures also have exceptionally strong vitality."

Jemin nodded, and he raised his hand to condense an even thicker lightning arrow.

This time, the target is the heart of the Lava Boar, which is also the energy core of this monster.

boom!
The second lightning arrow struck the lava giant boar's heart with pinpoint accuracy.

This time, before it could even let out a scream, the boar's entire body stiffened completely. Its thick limbs stopped twitching, and the ferocious light in its eyes was completely extinguished.

Jemin wasted no time, because he had another important task here—to collect materials.

He immediately activated the magic array, and soon drew several rune arrays out of thin air near the corpse of the lava giant boar.

These magic arrays are not for disintegrating corpses, but for capturing and guiding them.

As the magic circle lit up, the massive corpse of the Level 3 Lava Giant Boar was teleported to the rear camp along with a spatial fluctuation.

The corpse will then be transported away by the automated machinery on the decomposition line and sent to the bio-beast manufacturing plant.

Jemin suppressed the fluctuations of his spiritual power and carefully savored the feeling of manipulating the magic array just now.

The combat wizard beside him explained in a timely manner: "The construction of the front-line node is basically like this. Time is tight, and we don't have enough recycled outpost materials, so we can only make this rudimentary form for emergency use."

"Thank you for your hard work, but will this thing be able to handle a beast tide?" Jemin nodded politely.

"It's enough to deal with the beast tide. After all, the core used here is level four. There are basically no creatures above level four in the beast tide. Even if we can't kill them all, we can still survive."

Listening to the wizard's introduction within the node, Jemin nodded silently.

His task, ostensibly an inspection, was really just an acceptance test.

Moreover, the wizards established these nodes not to defend against lava giants, but simply to prevent harassment by wild magical beasts.

"Ever since the ship broke away from the plane and Master Augustine left, we've been receiving reports of attacks by wild animals from time to time at the camp," Jemin silently assessed the situation in his mind.

But at first, no wizard paid any attention.

Everyone simply viewed this as an increase in normal monster activity following the surge of dimensional energy.

However, less than a month after Jemin received the mandatory mission to create an army of bio-beasts!
These "wildlife disturbances," which were originally dismissed by wizards, have developed to an unimaginable extent!

At its peak, the camp had to withstand millions of relentless beast hordes every day!
Like an endless ocean, they surged forth from the scorched earth of the Fiery Realm and the icy plains of the Frosty Dark Realm, relentlessly assaulting the protective force field of the wizard camp day and night.

Fortunately, the investigation inside the camp revealed that most of the wild creatures that frantically attacked the wizards were only at level one.

Only a small number of advanced creatures are able to reach the second or third level of strength.

Given the camp's impenetrable defenses, this level of beast tide was completely negligible.

They were simply unable to break through the wizard camp's defensive system, designed by a level five wizard.

Therefore, in a sense, these endless beast tides are less of a threat and more of a source of raw materials for wizards to create bio-beasts.

"It's also because these magical beasts are so annoying, with their endless numbers and relentless invasion, that the camp had to expand outwards by adding several outer defensive nodes to gain more buffer space, so as to prevent these magical beasts from piling up like mountains at the edge of the camp's core force field," Jemin concluded in his mind.

This is the task he is currently undertaking.

Therefore, this node itself does not need to be subject to overly strict scrutiny; it is sufficient to achieve a certain level of interception and early warning.

Jemin recorded the information he had gathered on the terminal and, amidst the delighted gazes of the wizards, marked the mission complete.

After exchanging a brief overview of the available intelligence, Jemin planned to return to his laboratory deep within the camp to continue his work designing bio-beasts...

buzzing...

Another piercing alarm sounded from inside the protective node!
The wizards present all frowned, and one of the level two wizards skillfully stepped in front of the magic circle and began to manipulate it.

Soon, a screen of light unfolded before everyone's eyes.
In the distance, the once gray dome was now completely covered by a flock of dark "fire crows"!

Their sheer number was like rolling dark clouds, obscuring the sky and the sun.

Each one radiated a fiery aura and swooped down toward the protective node at an astonishing speed!

At the very front of this enormous flock of fire crows, there were a few tiny black dots, like matchsticks, fleeing in disarray.

When the wizards zoomed in, they realized that the ones struggling to escape the flock of fire crows were actually several wizards!

The flock of fire crows that blotted out the sky, and the several wizards fleeing in disarray ahead of them, instantly shattered the brief tranquility of the protective node. Jemin and the other stationed wizards tensed up almost instinctively.

"Activate the energy conduit core!" the Level 2 wizard commanded in a deep voice. "Received!" the wizard in charge of energy output responded quickly.

Within the core of the protective node, the stored energy is rapidly extracted like a raging torrent.

Thick beams of runic light immediately shot out from the main cannons of the protective node, accurately blasting into the sky.

They didn't target the fire crows; instead, like giant hands swatting away mosquitoes and flies, they instantly scattered the flock of fire crows in the sky.

A huge passage was forcibly torn through the dark cloud of crows.

The flock of fire crows, blasted apart by the energy beams, let out piercing, mournful cries.

But they ignored their injuries and scattered even faster.

Taking advantage of this lull, the chased wizards got a precious chance to catch their breath and dashed into the protective barrier in a few flashes.

"Quickly! Shut down the energy field!" the level two wizard ordered again.

The transparent force field of the protective node contracts instantaneously.

As soon as the wizards entered, they were safely isolated inside by the runic barrier.

"Are you alright?" The stationed wizards immediately stepped forward to ask, offering potions to restore their mental strength.

However, the expressions on the faces of these rescued wizards were filled with extreme terror.

Their faces were as pale as paper, their eyes were bloodshot, and their pupils were uncontrollably contracting.

His body was even trembling, clearly indicating that he had reached his mental and physical limits.

They seemed completely oblivious to their colleagues' concern, and didn't even bother to stop and catch their breath; they just kept shouting:

"The enemy is coming!"

"Run away!"

Then he tried to cross the protective nodes and rush into the camp.

"What enemy? Isn't it just a fire crow?"

One of the garrisoned wizards asked in bewilderment, as they had just witnessed the fire crows fleeing in disarray.

"No! Those fire crows...they're not enemies, they're just trying to escape!"

A wizard, nearly driven to the brink of collapse by fear, screamed shrilly, his voice hoarse.

The wizards did not quite understand the deeper meaning behind those words.

Because in their field of vision, apart from the chaotic fleeing fire crows, no new enemies appeared.

But at that moment, Jemin felt an indescribable chill!

It was a chilling cold that penetrated to the very soul, like an invisible blade pressed against one's neck.

This was an extreme and indescribable omen of death, which surged up like a tidal wave and permeated his entire body in an instant!

That was his "spiritual intuition," frantically reminding him in the most extreme way—death was imminent!

This is no ordinary crisis, nor is it as simple as the fire crows we see before us!
Jemin's adrenaline surged to its limit instantly.

"Run!!" he roared, his voice filled with a fear and determination that erupted from the depths of his soul, making the surrounding wizards tremble.

At the same time, his body burst forth with a dazzling white light!

Without hesitation, he activated the "Five Aggregates Rainbow Mirror," and in an instant, he transformed into a dazzling stream of light, fleeing rapidly toward the core area of ​​the camp!

His speed was so fast that he disappeared into the protective node in the blink of an eye, leaving only a white afterimage.

Actually, it wasn't just Jemin.

In this environment of extreme repulsion, the wizards' spiritual senses become exceptionally sharp.

Jemin's warning and his actions acted as a fuse, causing several other wizards who had also sensed something was amiss to suddenly realize what was happening.

The instinct for survival instantly overcame all confusion and hesitation.

Without thinking, they instinctively wanted to activate their teleportation, high-speed flight, or other means of escape!

however……

The very next moment after Jemin turned into light and disappeared.

Swish!
A faint, almost inaudible noise rang out, as if the air itself had frozen for a moment.

Everything suddenly stopped!

Inside the protective node, the wizards who had just escaped death from the flock of fire crows were staring wide-eyed.

Their faces still bore the marks of terror and gasping for breath, but their bodies were frozen in place as if under a spell, not even a hair on their head could tremble!

In the distance, on the horizon, the flock of fire crows that had been fleeing in disarray through the air froze in mid-air, their wings no longer fluttering down.

Outside the protective node, the dust that had been kicked up by the giant pig's charge and the rubble that had rolled down from the explosion were now frozen in mid-air, as if time had been stopped, no longer falling!

Even the wizards who were preparing to activate various escape methods suddenly stopped their hand gestures, their incantations, and the mental energy fluctuations they were about to unleash!
Their bodies froze at the moment of completion, their faces still bearing a mixture of bewilderment and determination.

Utter silence instantly replaced all the noise.

The entire world was like a tiny insect frozen in amber, completely fixed and motionless!
They didn't even have time to make a sound; the light in their eyes was frozen in an instant.

Only Jieming, the rainbow's light had already disappeared into the distant horizon.

A moment later—in the eyes of all the wizards within the nodes—a cloud of dust surged up from the distant horizon with an unstoppable, vast force!

That was none other than a torrent of lava giants!
A massive horde of lava giants, blotting out the sky and almost completely covering the horizon, were advancing in this direction with heavy, orderly steps and an unstoppable force!

Their bodies are covered by hard rocks and scorching magma, and each step they take is accompanied by a deafening roar.

Their numbers are immeasurable; as far as the eye can see, their terrifying figures are the only thing visible on this scorched earth.

The lava giants did not accelerate at all, nor did they pause for any reason.

The sheer scale of the journey itself was enough to destroy everything!
Whether it was the fire crows that remained frozen in the sky, or the wizards who remained motionless like statues, maintaining a certain posture...

These terrifying lava giants were like an unstoppable wall of flesh and blood, relentlessly crushing him.

Crunch!

All living beings had no chance to resist, not even to utter a groan, before they were all completely crushed into broken blood mud and bone fragments by that mountain-shattering force!

In the blink of an eye, it became a complete part of this land!

The protective node that was just operating normally collapsed at this moment, turning into fragments, and was completely flattened by the giants' steel-like footprints!

(End of this chapter)