Above the mage

Chapter 410 Soul of the Storm

[Wild and Agile+]!

This is what Gaode was thinking of.

This is a first-circle spell from Baruch.

This spell can summon the spirits of the wilderness to assist you in your actions in the wilderness.

The original [Wild Agility] was a purely support spell, essentially summoning a personal servant.

However, after adding points to Wind Spirit Moon Shadow, Gaode's Wild Soul gained an additional ability to absorb energy and increase its rank.

Gaode's initial plan was that after growing up in the forest territory opened up by Yugathira, the Wild Spirit would absorb the wood element and develop into the Forest Spirit.

Otherwise, the only path left in the North is the Frost Soul.

However, Frost Soul has two main drawbacks: firstly, its abilities overlap; secondly, both of God's Mandora's Eye and Frozen Blade require ice element treasures.

If another Frost Soul were to appear, it would be like having three children at home, none of whom would be getting enough to eat.

With this in mind, Gaode Maps has never deliberately improved the Wilderness Soul.

Even now, the wind elemental energy, which swirled like small fish, gave Gao De a jolt.

He could easily have the Wild Spirit absorb this wind elemental energy and transform it into the Storm Spirit.

A secondary plane brimming with wind elemental energy can provide an abundance of wind elemental energy, enough to allow the Soul of Storms to take shape and possess the ability to absorb elemental energy autonomously.

If he were to collect treasures containing elemental energy to nurture the soul of the wilderness, the financial resources required would undoubtedly be astronomical.

But now, every wind elemental creature from the secondary plane is a free "power bank." It's not that the Wild Spirits are afraid of absorbing it; the only problem is that they can't absorb it all!

I thought it was just bad luck that I ran into a mandatory task with almost no reward but high risk.

Now it seems that it was originally a "dedicated material dungeon"?

Thinking about it this way, Gao De's originally somewhat gloomy mood instantly became lively.

"Well done, as expected of an elite mage of the Sea Sentinels. You spotted the lurking ghost before I could." After reporting the situation, the ship's commander mage walked over and patted Gao De on the shoulder, praising him.

Gao De smiled shyly.

"If you find anything else, report it immediately," he added.

"Okay." Gao De nodded in agreement.

However, we didn't encounter any more lurking ghosts after that.

Perhaps there were, but they were discovered and dealt with first by the Thorn Crown, which was leading the way.

With the mages on the Thorn Crown's strength, once they received reports of lurking ghosts, discovering them would not be difficult if they were willing to do so.

The wind grew stronger and stronger, like a roaring beast, like thousands of sharp blades, scraping against the deck and hull of the warship.

All the warships had already furled their sails and were moving forward using the magical power provided by the alchemy machines.

Even so, the ropes on the mast swung wildly in the wind, making a constant snapping sound.

Huge waves surged on the sea surface, their crests whittled into fine mist by the gale-force winds, forming a hazy white curtain in the air.

The warship rocked violently in the waves.

It is certain that the fleet is very close to Fengluo.

Finally, after another quarter of an hour, everyone saw the wind pattern that Theodore had mentioned.

In the sky, the originally hazy clouds seemed to be torn apart by an invisible giant hand—it was a crack that appeared in the sky without any warning or reason.

Spatial rift.

The edges of the spatial rift were twisted and deformed, like glass melted by high temperature, shimmering with an eerie purple light.

Gusts of wind kept pouring out from the cracks.

"We can't go any further," the ship's chief mage concluded.

The closer you are to the wind, the fiercer the wind becomes.

This distance is now the limit for the fleet.

At this moment, the warships were already being pulled by the continuous gales, their trajectories beginning to shift left and right, drawing twisted arcs on the sea surface.

Disrupted by the strong winds, the fleet's formation could no longer remain stable, and the distance between the warships was forcibly widened, causing them to scatter.

This is because warships are all large-tonnage; if it were a small, ordinary ship, it would have been shot down long ago.

Waaaaaah!

The thorn crown at the forefront emitted five consecutive, urgent whistle blasts.

This indicates the discovery of a large number of enemies, alerting the fleet to prepare for full-scale battle.

Actually, there's no need to remind them.

Because everyone could see that an endless stream of wind elemental creatures were pouring out of the wind network.

The most numerous were first-tier Qi Yuan Spirits, flying at the forefront, densely packed, each a semi-transparent vortex the size of a child's palm, surrounded by a pale blue halo.

Each Qi Yuanling is like a miniature tornado suspended in the air.

These little creatures gather in groups, and wherever they go, the air whistles sharply.

In addition, there are second-tier wind giants and elusive, hard-to-detect lurking ghosts.

The second-tier wind giant, just as its name suggests, is like a moving mountain, standing over ten meters tall.

Its body was formed from turbid, gray-black gales, and its face vaguely revealed its features.

Their arms are covered with wind blades, and they can create whirlwinds with just a wave of their arms.

The lurking ghosts remain elusive, but the occasional distorted ripples in the rain still hint at their presence.

But what really made everyone nervous was the appearance of a Tier 3 Hurricane Spirit.

The Hurricane Spirit's overall appearance is similar to that of the Wind Giant Spirit.

The difference lies in the fact that they are also wrapped in chains of thunder, which bring bursts of thunder as they move.

It's not that so many mages from Auckland City would be afraid of a third-tier enemy.

The appearance of the third-tier hurricane spirit indicates that the wind network is more than halfway to finalization.

These wind elemental creatures seemed to understand the fleet's hostility, and they gathered together, surging towards the fleet like a tide.

The scene of wind elemental creatures filling the field of vision was so spectacular that even Gaode couldn't help but gasp.

It is not a simple surge.

These wind elemental creatures form a formation with seemingly chaotic but actually regular trajectories.

The Qi Yuanling is on the outermost layer, the Feng Juling is on the innermost layer, and the Hurricane Ling stands in the center like a pillar stabilizing the sea.

The most common trait among wind elemental creatures is their extremely high mobility.

First, it flies; second, it's fast.

When they swarm together, their speed increases even further, thanks to a wind-breaking effect.

Although there was still a considerable distance to go, in the blink of an eye, the surging wind elemental creatures had already formed a strange formation and quickly surrounded the fleet.

next moment.

The Qi Elemental Spirit began to spin rapidly, the Wind Giant Spirit swung its arms covered in wind blades, and the Hurricane Spirit swung the lightning chains wrapped around its body.

Due to their individual actions, the air pressure in this region suddenly became unbalanced.

The vortex generated by the Qi Elemental Spirit, the gale stirred up by the Wind Giant Spirit, and the thunderstorm caused by the Hurricane Spirit violently merged.

They converged extremely quickly, forcibly compressing the humid air and producing a sharp popping sound.

This is one of the innate abilities of the wind element: the manipulation of airflow.

Once they gather in large numbers, they can manually create catastrophic tornadoes.

Dozens of tornadoes, as thick as water buckets, shot into the sky, with faint thunderous sounds emanating from within, as they swept towards the fleet, creating a truly magnificent spectacle.

These wind elemental creatures then entered the eye of the tornadoes, using them as cover to quickly approach the fleet.

However, there are quite a few mages with a rank of three or higher on Gaode Maps.

Even though the number of these wind elemental creatures is countless, they shouldn't be reduced to the point where the other side has the upper hand.

now.

The sky and earth were gloomy.

But on the Thorn Crown at the very front, a pillar of flame suddenly shot into the sky.

Immediately afterwards, flames like dragons rose and swirled above the pillar of fire, rushing towards the dozens of tornadoes.

The number of tornadoes corresponds to the number of fiery dragons.

In such stormy weather, the power of fire elemental spells will be reduced to the extreme.

However, this fiery spell seemed completely unaffected by the weather, sweeping forward through the rain.

All the rainwater that touched the flames evaporated instantly, creating a brief vacuum of rainwater.

In an instant, amidst the raging wind and rain, flames and tornadoes collided with a deafening roar.

At the moment of impact, the fire dragon suddenly dispersed, transforming into a vast expanse of flames that enveloped the tornado.

The next moment, the smoke dissipated, and everything returned to calm.

The fierce tornado dissipated completely.

The fire dragon's power doesn't even go beyond that.

The wind elemental creatures inside the tornado let out a piercing scream.

The outermost Qi elemental spirits were instantly scorched by the high temperature flames, their forms becoming illusory in the flames, and finally collapsing, turning into wisps of scattered wind elemental energy.

But there are just too many Qi Yuanling.

Even if many Qi Yuanling were annihilated in the flames, it would only be a very minor loss compared to their total number.

Furthermore, these wind elemental creatures formed a formation resembling termites huddling together to cross the sea of ​​fire. Apart from the outermost Qi elemental spirits, the wind giants and hurricane spirits located inside were completely unharmed.

Even without the cover of the tornadoes, their momentum continued unabated as they charged towards the warship with reckless abandon.

As for whether these actions were of their own volition or something else, Gaode is currently unsure.

At least in his view, these wind elements didn't need to "go to such lengths."

They are merely energy beings; what use would it be for them if the spatial rifts stabilized?

Earth vein creatures, after all, strive for a better living space, more delicious food, and a brighter future.

What are these wind elemental beings for?

"Launch an attack!" At that moment, the voice of the mage Theodore rang out from the Thorn Crown, reaching the ears of every mage on every warship in a way that defied all logic.

One good thing about this war is that, although the battlefield is somewhat harsh for human mages, the enemy and friendly forces are clearly separated, making it somewhat similar to a siege.

So don't worry about anything else, just throw spells at the wind elemental creature closest to you.

Accidental injuries are practically nonexistent.

On the warship where Gao De was located, all the mages were noblemen, and they immediately used all their skills to fully demonstrate the abilities of mages empowered by money.

A mage's eyes turned purple, and with a flick of his finger, he summoned bolts of lightning that struck down one after another at the Qi elemental spirits and even the wind giants.

These wind elemental creatures are of low intelligence; they only know how to rush straight ahead and don't know how to dodge.

As a result, almost all of these bolts of lightning hit their targets.

One after another, puffs of white mist composed of wind elemental energy bloomed in the air like fireworks.

However, most mages cast ice elemental spells.

Ice elemental spells are effective against wind elemental creatures; this is one of the most basic common sense facts.

In coastal counties like Byro County, while ice elemental magic isn't as common as water elemental magic, to the point that almost everyone has one, it's definitely one of the mainstream magic types, and many people master it.

Mages who mastered ice elemental magic all unleashed their most powerful techniques.

Large swathes of ice crystals condensed, and a bone-chilling cold instantly spread, causing the temperature in the area where the fleet was located to drop several degrees.

The water on the deck instantly froze into thin ice, and the raindrops in the air also quickly solidified into tiny ice particles, which pattered down onto the deck.

Gao De also joined the battle.

Like most people, he chose to focus on ice elemental magic.

Gao De extended his right hand, a faint blue light gathering at the tip, and pointed it at the nearest first-tier Qi Elemental Spirit.

A thin layer of ice crystals instantly covered the Qi Yuanling's body, imprisoning the cyan energy flowing on its surface.

【Frostbite】.

Although it was just a trick, with the double blessing of the upgraded spellcasting ring and the intermediate ice-protected body, coupled with the strong restraint of ice elemental spells on wind elemental creatures, it was remarkably effective on a first-tier Qi elemental spirit.

Then, Gao De simply followed up with a [Freezing Ray+] on these affected Qi Yuanling.

The blue freezing ray shot out rapidly, aiming precisely at the Qi Yuanling that had just been hit.

With a soft cracking sound, the Qi Yuanling's form immediately began to flicker.

Immediately afterwards, the thin layer of ice crystals rapidly thickened, turning into a solid ice layer that completely enveloped the Qi Yuanling.

The enhanced freezing ray can directly freeze enemies who have already suffered freezing damage.

For wind elemental creatures, once frozen, their body's airflow cannot circulate.

Visibly, the Qi Yuanling within the ice layer began to twist and deform.

It was just two tricks, but the combined effect was far greater than one plus one, making Gaode's monster-killing efficiency incredibly amazing at this moment.

The next instant, the frozen first-order Qi elemental spirit turned into lifeless white mist with a soft bang.

For onlookers, this would be the end of it; they should immediately switch targets and attack other wind elemental creatures within spell range.

But this is not the case with Gaode Maps.

Instead of striking while the iron was hot, he activated another spell model that hadn't been used in a long time.

[Wild and Agile+]

Gao De's casting speed was extremely fast; in just a moment, a humanoid ghost was summoned by him.

Soul of the Wilderness.

After the Wild Spirit appeared, it floated forward a few steps on its own.

The Qi Yuanling, which had just been killed by Gaode, no longer scattered its delicate wind elemental energy, which was like a swimming fish. Instead, it was drawn by a vortex and drifted towards the Wilderness Soul in wisps.

It doesn't stop there.

The wind elemental energy transformed from the wind elemental creatures whose bodies had been destroyed by other mages nearby also began to flow towards the Soul of the Wilderness.

Of course, this is subject to distance limitations.

The Wild Spirit cannot absorb the wind elemental energy that has spread too far away.

After absorbing this wind elemental energy, the Wild Soul, which was originally transparent like a ghost, gradually developed other colors on its body.

However, it's only just begun, so it's not obvious yet.

Without any intervention from Gaode Maps, the Wild Soul intelligently circled the warship, constantly absorbing wind elemental energy to strengthen itself and transform into the Storm Soul.

(End of this chapter)