Above the mage

Chapter 412 Wind Dragon

Gao De didn't know what abilities and strength Wild Soul would possess after advancing, but how weak would it become if it needed to absorb so much energy to complete the advancement?

After a brief moment of contemplation, he immediately snapped out of it, cleared his mind of distractions, and focused on his auxiliary work.

His eyes swept across the battlefield like a hawk's, and he kept reporting the location and distance of the lurking ghosts.

From the beginning until now, Gaode Maps' location reporting has never stopped.

Upon receiving his report, the monk on the ship decisively began casting his spell.

Ice spikes pierced the void, lightning tore through the rain curtain, and fireballs exploded in the air, evaporating the rain and bringing forth wisps of white mist.

Even so, the number of lurking ghosts has not decreased, but has instead increased.

Judging from this alone, Gaode knows that the situation is not optimistic.

Looking up slightly, he discovered that the twisted rift in the wind network was like a giant, ever-twisted maw, constantly spewing out wind elemental creatures of various ranks and forms.

Furthermore, the speed at which they surged out seemed to exceed the speed at which our forces were able to eliminate them.

This is why the number of lurking ghosts is increasing.

However, relatively speaking, the howling wind in the wind network is gradually getting smaller.

On the battlefield, Gaode was certainly not the only one who noticed this.

As far as the eye could see, the Thorn Crown had already lit up with a holy light shield.

At that moment, at its stern, a recess suddenly opened with a roar, revealing a sophisticated alchemy machine inside.

A propeller-like machine was lowered down.

Blue runes rapidly appeared around the propeller, which then began to spin violently, emitting high-frequency vibrations and stirring the surrounding air and water into visible vortexes.

Clearly, this is used to provide power.

Powered by this alchemy machine, the Thorn Crown accelerated sharply, sailing against the wind, its bow cleaving through the giant waves, heading towards the sea directly below the Wind Network.

At the same time, all the commanding mages in the fleet received orders from the Thorncrown.

"Follow the Thorn Crown forward, enter the wind network range, and destroy the wind network!" The chief mage on the Gaode ship also received the order and shouted to promptly convey the superior's instructions.

All the warships were doing the same thing at this moment:

It lowered the propellers, lit up the runic shield, and followed behind the Thorn Crown, speeding towards the location of the Wind Network.

Faced with the fleet's sudden action and outburst, the wind elemental creatures went completely berserk, no longer caring about any rules, and rushed towards the fleet one after another, just to stop the fleet's progress.

The Qi Yuan Ling formed a large tornado that blocked the ship's path, but it was smashed apart with a loud bang by the warship's enormous power, emitting a shrill sound like shattering glass.

The lurking ghosts, on the other hand, transform into distorted ripples, constantly circling around the ship's hull, searching for weak points.

Wind Giant:

This scene was strikingly similar to some apocalyptic zombie movies that Gaode had seen in his previous life: an off-road vehicle flooring the accelerator and charging forward, while zombies on both sides rushed forward one after another, just to stop the off-road vehicle from moving forward.

This is also true at this moment.

Led by the Thorncrown, the entire fleet cut through the wind, while wind elementals rushed towards the fleet from all directions.

If viewed from a high vantage point, one would see layers upon layers of wind elemental creatures completely obscuring the fleet, with only the light from some runic shields shining through the gaps.

"Thank you for your help, Mage Theodore." On the Thorncrown, Earl Roland looked at the dark mass of wind elementals ahead and said respectfully.

On the bow of the Thorncrown, the mage Theodore nodded slightly, then raised his obsidian staff in his right hand.

A surge of magic flowed from his right hand, running up the staff until it accumulated in the red gem at the top.

Magic flows continuously within the ruby, and the energy fluctuations grow increasingly powerful.

After accumulating power for about three or four seconds, Theodore the wolf swung his staff.

It was at this moment that the holy light shield surrounding the Thorn Crown briefly dissipated.

A torrent of flames, like a river, poured forth from the obsidian staff in the hands of the mage Theodore.

The flames rolled and surged, forming a surging river of lava.

Within the area traversed by the lava river, all wind elemental creatures, whether first-tier air spirits, second-tier wind giants, or third-tier hurricane spirits, share the same fate:

Its physical form disintegrated, transforming into the most primal wind elemental energy.

The sheer power of this spell is astounding.

The path ahead of the Thorncrown briefly became a vacuum.

"Hurry up!" the mage Theodore shouted urgently.

The propeller at the bow of the Thorncrown was spinning even faster.

But after only a few hundred meters, groups of wind elemental creatures appeared again on the left and right sides in front of the Thorn Crown.

"There are too many wind elemental creatures!" Earl Roland's face darkened.

"Something's not right," said Theodore with a grave expression.

But the situation is urgent, and he doesn't have time to think too much.

In that instant, hundreds more wind elemental creatures rushed over.

"Activate the Auckland Magic Crystal Cannon," the mage Theodore commanded decisively, his eyes gleaming.

Count Roland nodded slightly, choosing to obey the chief mage's judgment without reservation.

A brand new Oric Crystal was placed into the diamond-shaped magic crystal slot at the breech of the magic crystal cannon.

In that room, the six-meter-long mithril magic crystal tube seemed to be infused with life, suddenly shining brightly.

The runes on the surface began to emit a dazzling light, and the originally static runes seemed to come alive, slowly flowing along the patterns of the magic crystal tube.

These runes, like flowing liquid metal or the branches and leaves of a pea, spiraled upwards along the magic crystal cannon barrel.

At the same time, a deep and powerful humming sound came from inside the magic crystal cannon.

The sound grew louder and louder, as if a sleeping giant beast was awakening.

A dazzling ball of energy condensed at the front end of the cannon barrel.

The energy ball rotated and compressed continuously, its color initially light blue, but later becoming increasingly deep.

Tiny electric arcs were still jumping on the surface of the energy ball, making a crackling sound.

The surrounding air was distorted by this extremely compressed and powerful energy, forming concentric rings of ripples.

"emission!"

The energy ball was aimed at the direction the bow of the ship was facing.

The magic crystal cannon began to tremble violently, and powerful magical energy waves spread outwards from it.

The next instant, a highly concentrated energy ball, emitting a blinding light, shot out from the cannon barrel.

The immense pressure it exerted caused the mages around the magic crystal cannon to sway several times.

The energy ball, carrying a destructive force, rushed straight forward, unstoppable.

All the wind elemental creatures blocking the way twisted and disintegrated in an instant, and even the wind elemental energy they transformed into after their deaths was scattered.

Violence!

Extremely violent!

As a war-grade alchemy machine, the Auckland Magic Crystal Cannon fully demonstrated its powerful capabilities.

This blast, even Theodore's strongest spell, cannot compare in terms of sheer power.

"Let's go!" Count Roland stood at the bow of the ship, full of vigor.

Alchemical weapons of the Oakland Crystal Cannon's caliber require detailed documentation of the purpose of each shot, which must be reported to Dorn for approval afterward. Unauthorized use is punishable.

Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, even though Earl Roland is the nominal lord of Auckland, he would not dare to use the magic crystal cannon.

Now, wielding this powerful magic crystal cannon and watching the wind elemental creatures being wiped out, he felt an extraordinary sense of satisfaction.

"Obstacles cleared! Advance quickly, all troops!" Count Roland's order echoed throughout the fleet once again.

The speed of the Thorn Crown increased again, and the white wake left by its stern was nearly a hundred meters long.

Behind it, a large force of dozens of warships followed closely.

With the Thorn Crown clearing the way ahead, the pressure on the main force behind them was greatly reduced; they only needed to clear out the remaining enemy troops.

Among them, Gaode was the most cheerful.

Because it was traveling with the Thorncrown, the Wild Soul was able to absorb some of the wind elemental energy transformed from the large army of wind elemental creatures wiped out by the Thorncrown.

Although it was leftovers, the sheer quantity made it comparable to a state banquet.

The fleet is moving at full speed.

In most cases, fire elemental spells will inevitably be the main source of damage in such team battles.

Fire elemental spells are among the most destructive spells in the lower-level spellcasting system, and their range is often extremely wide.

However, in the current situation, firstly, the weakening of fire elemental spells by the environment is obvious, secondly, the spells that wind elemental creatures fear most are still ice elemental spells, and in addition, the proportion of mages in the coastal counties who master ice elemental spells is still very large.

Thus, the battlefield became a stage for ice elemental magic, with wave after wave of dark blue magical fluctuations continuously being output.

The ice crystals fell into the sea with a splash.

Despite being generous with Auric crystals, the Auckland mages have managed to stop here without suffering any casualties.

This is also related to the fact that the wind network is still unstable, and the highest level of wind element creatures that appear is only the third tier.

Seeing this, everyone felt much more confident and emboldened, realizing that the war was not as dangerous as they had imagined.

Gaode's Wild Soul has more and more blue color on its body, the blue patterns are becoming clearer, and it has even begun to show a silk-like luster.

The proportion of cyan gradually surpassed that of the transparent part.

He scanned the area with his Mandora's Eye and immediately obtained precise data on the proportions of the cyan and transparent portions: cyan 51.6%, transparent 48.4%.

Furthermore, the proportion of cyan is increasing rapidly.

When the cyan color reaches 100%, it is the moment when the Wild Soul transforms into the Storm Soul.

Hula hula!

The wind was howling.

At this very moment, after about a quarter of an hour of high-speed sailing, the fleet had arrived directly beneath the wind.

Everyone felt both nervous and excited at that moment.

The chief mage, compared to the others, possessed even greater ambition.

He stared intently at the gradually dimming Orik crystal in the magic crystal slot.

This attempt to break through the formation seemed to go smoothly, but in reality, it had already exhausted the magic power contained in the two Orik crystals.

The last Oric crystal on the ship is now in use.

Even though nothing is happening now, once the magic power of this one Oric Crystal is used up, the warship will enter air defense mode.

The wind elemental creatures, no longer afraid, would recklessly rush onto the warship.

When faced with the overwhelming onslaught of wind elemental creatures, the previously favorable situation of zero casualties will be instantly reversed.

They have now reached the core area of ​​Fengluo, and there is nowhere left to retreat.

Therefore, it's all or nothing; the Wind Network must be completely destroyed before the energy of the Orik Crystal runs out.

He understood this principle, and Theodore on the Thorncrown understood it even better.

"Aim at the wind network, activate the Auckland Magic Crystal Cannon, and don't be stingy with the Rose Orik Crystals." He looked at the spatial rift in the sky that seemed almost within reach, still "spurting" out wind elemental creatures, and said coldly.

Gao De looked at the Wild Soul, whose entire body had almost turned blue, and felt a sense of anticipation.

Cyan 99.5%, transparent 0.5%.

The Wild Spirit is only one step away from transforming into the Storm Spirit.

The next moment, as if sensing something, Gao De suddenly raised his head and shifted his attention from the Wild Soul to the Thorn Crown at the forefront.

He saw a golden pillar of light, several meters in diameter, rising from the ground.

It was an energy beam composed entirely of highly concentrated magic power. Compared to the magic crystal cannonballs fired by the Thorn Crown earlier, this golden beam resembled a giant golden sword rising from the ground, heading towards Feng Luo.

hum!

With a resounding tremor, the golden energy pillar shot straight into the wind network, hitting its very center.

The entire fissure suddenly emitted a piercing shriek.

The wind elemental creatures that were emerging from the wind network were instantly annihilated at the entrance of the wind network.

The originally gloomy sky became much brighter because of this golden energy pillar.

Golden light refracted through the raindrops and shone on Gao De's upturned face, which was filled with shock.

The golden energy pillar continues to output power.

Visibly, the edges of the wind network begin to ripple, then contract slightly inward.

The effect is obvious!

Everyone felt a jolt of hope.

However, the good times did not last long.

Just five or six seconds later, a blue light suddenly flashed within the wind network.

The blue light pierced through the golden light and fell down.

A beam of cyan energy descended from the sky and crashed down, colliding head-on with the golden energy beam.

The afterimage of a hurricane could be vaguely seen in the blue light. As the two energy pillars collided, the shockwaves transformed into tangible air currents, causing the warships to shake violently.

The two, one above and one below, were locked in a stalemate.

"What's going on?" This question flashed through everyone's minds at that moment.

At this moment, the wind suddenly rippled like water.

The distorted light traced blue arcs of electricity along the edges of the wind network.

When the ripples subsided and the scene within became clearly visible, everyone's breath suddenly stopped.

Through the wind, everyone could clearly see a pair of eyes floating deep in the void.

It is ten zhang in diameter.

The iris is a flowing whirlpool of hurricane, while the pupil is a vortex of burning blue elements.

Every blink of those eyes could create a tornado.

Behind the eyes, a colossal body stretching for hundreds of meters slowly came into view.

Its body is entirely formed from translucent wind elements, yet it exhibits a translucent, glassy texture. The cyan energy flowing within is clearly visible, like countless liquid magical rivers surging within its body.

Unlike the flesh of ordinary creatures, its body is covered with rhomboid, translucent scales, each one seemingly sculpted from a solidified hurricane.

Its edges gleamed with a sharp, silvery-white light, and as it moved, tiny wind blades emerged from between its scales.

The pea's neck was wrapped in cyan-gold lightning, and its long tail was adorned with thunderclouds.

It also has a pair of outstretched wings on its back, so large that they blot out the sky.

At this moment, it opened its enormous maw, revealing the bottomless darkness within, from which it spewed out a thick beam of cyan energy, clashing with the golden energy pillar launched by the Thorn Crown.

"Dragon..." Someone beside Gao De uttered the word in a trembling voice.

Yes, it's a dragon.

A dragon made of wind elemental energy!