Above the mage

Chapter 414 Turning Point

"Follow Mage Theodore and charge!"

The entire high-level mage formation transformed into a true arrow, crashing into the wave of wind elemental creatures with overwhelming force, forcefully breaking through the surging army of wind elemental creatures.

The dense blue figures were torn to shreds like paper before their eyes.

The burst of elemental energy created a series of small storms.

Theodore was at the very front of the procession, with Earl Roland and other noble mages with titles on either side, while the others looked after the rear.

Although the monk Theodore was very old.

However, mages are different from traditional knights. As knights age, their blood and muscles atrophy, and their combat power naturally weakens.

As a monk grows older, his experience and knowledge also increase, and he only becomes more and more powerful.

Now, as the chief mage of Auckland, he has demonstrated his formidable strength.

The obsidian staff he gripped tightly shimmered with light, its tip constantly emitting dazzling magical glows.

Theodore broke through the encirclement of the wind elementals single-handedly, without pausing for even a moment, preventing the entire team from being trapped in the wind elemental army.

The mages could see that something was wrong and adjusted their strategy in time.

As a wind elemental creature that has begun to materialize, the wind dragon also possesses extremely high spirituality and wisdom.

Faced with the sudden change in formation by the mages, it instantly realized their intentions.

The wind dragon looked down with its eyes, which were formed by swirling hurricane vortexes, and began to flap its enormous wings.

call!call!call!

The wind elemental energy in the secondary wind plane seemed to be stirred by an invisible giant hand, and a heavy wind, like a bellows being pulled, howled as it moved and was transmitted through the wind network.

Then.

Two towering tornadoes formed naturally, whistling through the wind and sweeping towards the mage formation.

As they moved forward, the two tornadoes continued to grow larger, until they reached the sky and the earth, creating a spectacular sight.

Even wind elemental creatures, which have an extremely strong ability to manipulate airflow, were affected and began to sway and stagger.

The pressure faced by the mage formation, which is the target of the two tornadoes, is self-evident.

Gao De looked up at the two terrifying tornadoes that the wind dragon summoned by flapping its wings.

"Is a mere fifth-tier creature this powerful?" He was both shocked and excited.

In the world's supernatural power system, the fifth rank can only be considered a mid-to-high rank.

What kind of superhuman power will the sixth and seventh ring roads possess?

There are some things I dare not even think about.

To be honest, although it looked terrifying, he wasn't too worried.

With the help of his Mandora Eyes' far-sightedness, God could clearly see Theodore's calm expression.

It was this expression that gave him a sense of peace.

In the face of a massive tornado, an individual seems rather insignificant.

However, the extraordinary nature of magic also allows individuals to contend with immense power.

The blue element on Theodore's body intensified, forming a flowing film of light on his skin.

This increased his flight speed by another level, allowing him to speed away and leave a trail of blue light behind him.

In the blink of an eye, he had gone from being at the arrow position in the team to leaving the team.

Theodore Mage faced the two tornadoes blocking his path single-handedly.

He forcefully swung the obsidian staff he was gripping tightly in his right hand.

A flame erupted from the gem at the top of the staff, spreading rapidly and twisting and rising like a living thing. In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a raging wall of fire in the path of the two tornadoes.

The raindrops falling from the sky evaporated into mist before they even touched the fire wall.

The air was filled with the sizzling sound of something burning.

[Fire Wall Technique].

Fourth Ring of Energy Spells.

The two tornadoes collided violently with the wall of fire.

A deafening roar erupted instantly, causing everyone's eardrums to feel a sharp, piercing pain.

Flames clashed fiercely with the gale, and the wall of fire was constantly deformed under the tearing of the tornado, turning into countless burning fire snakes that swirled in the sky.

Tornadoes, under the intense heat of the fire wall, emit plumes of blue smoke as the wind element inside is ignited, causing a series of small explosions.

Theodore gritted his teeth, the runes on his obsidian staff lit up, and he swung the staff downwards.

The wall of fire suddenly split and reformed, transforming into two giant fire dragons that burrowed into the interior of the tornado and scattered it from the inside out.

As the tornado dissipated, visible shockwaves spread outwards, directly scattering the nearby wind elemental creatures.

A smooth road appeared briefly.

"Now's the time! Charge towards the Windfall!" the mage Theodore commanded.

A blue light membrane rose from the bodies of all the mages in the mage formation, causing them to accelerate rapidly forward.

The group rushed forward and finally arrived before Fengluo.

This is a massive spatial rift, like the gaping maw of a giant beast, with chaotic energy surging at its edges.

The blue vortex spewed out by the wind dragon is continuously surging out from the very center.

The cyan vortex contained terrifying energy fluctuations, like sharp blades cutting through the surrounding air. Even a fourth-ring mage would likely perish instantly if they dared to face it head-on.

Fortunately, the spatial rift was large enough that there were many spaces that were not affected by the cyan vortex.

However, the turbulent flow of wind elements constantly overflowing from the edge of the crack still distorted and deformed the surrounding air, forming shimmering halos.

Theodore glanced back at the fourth-circle mages behind him and found that their formation was no longer intact, as the air currents pulled and pulled by the blue vortex were shifting back and forth.

"Attack the Wind Dragon!" the mage Theodore shouted, his voice still clearly audible amidst the chaos.

His movements were also the fastest.

Theodore gripped his obsidian staff tightly, and the runes on the staff suddenly burst forth with dazzling golden light.

The entire staff seemed to be infused with the power of the sun, and a bright pillar of light with a radius of thirty feet rose from the staff.

When the pillar of light first appeared, it was just a faint golden light, but it suddenly expanded, like a newborn sun.

The dazzling light dispelled the gloom of the moment.

The beam of light released a chilling pressure, piercing through the nearby wind network.

The spatial rift emitted a humming sound as if it were struggling under the strain, and the dark purple cracks at its edges twisted wildly, as if resisting this powerful force.

This is also why the mage Theodore led everyone to fight their way to Fengluo.

Despite the instinctive resistance of the spatial rift, the beam of light still entered the secondary plane and fell towards the wind dragon hovering in front of the wind network.

An unusual color flickered in the dragon's pupils.

But it did not make any move.

Because at this moment, most of its energy is focused on countering the Auckland Magic Crystal Cannon.

Compared to the Oakland Crystal Cannon, it is clearly more able to withstand Theodore's spells.

Of course, this is only relative.

The moment the beam of light touched the wind dragon's body, it immediately unleashed a deafening roar.

Golden light energy surged and engulfed the wind dragon like a tidal wave.

The azure vortex around the wind dragon shattered in the golden light, turning into countless tiny wind element particles.

【dawn】.

Five-ring energy manipulation spells.

This is also the first fifth-circle spell that Theodore has ever cast.

A first-circle mage may cast most of the first-circle spells in battle.

However, the higher the level of a mage, the less frequently they use high-level spells; instead, they primarily use spells lower than their own mage level.

One issue is that high-level spells have extremely long casting time and high cost, making them unsuitable for frequent casting.

Another point is that the higher the ring number, the fewer spells are available, and the more resources are required to create spell recipes and build spell models.

Therefore, the higher a mage's level, the more high-level spells they can master actually decrease dramatically.

Theodore had always done this before.

Neither the fire shield that surrounds oneself nor the flight spell are fifth-circle spells.

But now, facing the wind dragon head-on, he finally unleashed his most powerful fifth-ring spell.

The results are clearly visible.

The joyful expression on Theodore's face hadn't fully unfolded before it was abruptly withdrawn.

Because the cyan crystal core inside the wind dragon's translucent glass head suddenly began to spin.

The wind element particles that had been stripped from the wind dragon were reintegrated into its body as the cyan crystal core rotated.

Although it still looks somewhat illusory and not as solid as before, it has indeed been "returned to its rightful owner," minimizing the damage.

The previous surprise attack by Fengluo was key.

However, on the main battlefield, the battle between low-level mages and wind elemental creatures is equally crucial.

Every wind elemental creature destroyed reduces the energy of the wind elemental secondary plane by one unit.

The war has been going on for less than a quarter of an hour.

However, there were simply too many wind elemental creatures, so everyone was casting spells non-stop, one after another, and their mana reserves were starting to run out.

This is a bad omen.

On one hand, their mana reserves were running low, while on the other hand, the number of wind elemental creatures in sight seemed to be no less than before.

If we're talking about the only one who can be happy on the entire battlefield, it's probably Storm Soul, who just upgraded to the first stage.

It seems that although the Storm Soul is not an energy being, it has undergone a transformation by absorbing pure wind elemental energy, and its body no longer contains any other elements besides wind elemental energy.

Therefore, in the perception of wind elemental beings with low intelligence, the Soul of the Storm is their kind.

Under this understanding, the Soul of Storms thrived, absorbing wind elemental energy with unbridled abandon and unrestrained joy.

It couldn't even absorb enough wind element energy in this area, so it began to tentatively wander around.

Gaode hesitated for a moment.

After all, the battlefield situation was chaotic.

Although the wind elementals consider the Storm Soul an ally and will not attack him.

However, spells have no eyes. With Storm Soul running around the battlefield like this, it's highly likely that it will be affected by spells from mages on other ships, and it might have to be reforged if it's not careful.

But Gao De thought that if he missed this opportunity, where would he find such a continuous source of wind element energy for the Storm Soul to absorb?

Finally, he gritted his teeth and decided to take the risk and grant Storm Soul freedom.

Without Gaode's restrictions, Storm Soul ran rampant, heading straight for the most intense part of the battlefield, the Thorn Crown.

The more intense the attack, the more wind elemental creatures are defeated, and the more abundant the wind elemental energy can be absorbed.

It was clearly only just entering the first stage of its form. At this moment, a deep emerald green light spot had already appeared at the core of Storm Soul's body.

That's a sign that the energy core is beginning to condense.

Once the energy core is fully condensed, it signifies that the Soul of Storms has entered its second stage.

After that, it can draw free energy from the outside world through its energy core to complete its own advancement.

In other words, Storm Soul in its second form is no longer a gold-devouring beast that needs to be "fed" by Gaode, but a "self-reliant adult".

Generally speaking, whether advancing to the first or second form, it requires spending a huge amount of money to purchase corresponding treasures to strengthen the Wilderness Soul.

Gaode's Storm Soul upgrade is not only progressing rapidly, but it's also all free.

How can one word describe how much profit they've made?

Storm Soul was incredibly fast. After Gaode lifted the restrictions, it arrived at the area where the Thorn Crown was located in just a few blinks of an eye.

The massive beam of light fired from the Auckland Magic Crystal Cannon shot into the sky, still locked in a fierce standoff with the azure vortex spewed out by the wind dragon in the wind network.

However, the Oric Crystal, which provides the energy, has begun to turn white, indicating that the magic it contains is about to be exhausted.

The area surrounding the straight cylinder connecting the golden beam of light and the cyan vortex is filled with the most wind element energy.

Almost instinctively, the Soul of Storms followed the pillar of light upwards, constantly devouring the overflowing wind elemental energy.

At the core of its body, that single point of emerald green light is slowly but steadily growing stronger.

Before the wind.

Theodore's expression was particularly grim.

In contrast, a hint of smugness flickered in the wind dragon's enormous eyes.

"This wind band greatly diminishes the power of my spells," the mage Theodore explained the root cause.

Count Roland sensed something was wrong: "Mage Theodore, what should we do?"

With the reduction of wind energy, even fifth-ring spells cannot directly annihilate the wind elemental energy that constitutes the form of the wind dragon.

This allows it to reabsorb the dissipated wind elemental energy using the cyan crystal, thus minimizing the damage it suffers.

"Unless one can enter a secondary plane and confront the wind dragon directly," mage Theodore murmured.

But that's impossible.

The wind network is not yet fully formed and can only allow third-tier wind elemental creatures to pass through at most, thus confining the wind dragon to the secondary plane of wind elements.

However, this restriction is two-way.

Even those with the lowest mage rank of fourth ring are unable to enter the secondary plane of wind element through the wind network.

Master Sanhuan, on the other hand, was not hindered.

But the problem is, even if a third-ring mage can pass through the wind network, what can he do against a fifth-tier wind dragon?

You cannot enter it; all spells cast will have their power reduced by the wind network when they pass through it.

"Attack! Attack! It's just that its effectiveness has been greatly reduced, but it's not a useless effort!" In this situation, it's pointless to dwell on things that can't be changed. Theodore gritted his teeth and gave the order.

He placed his staff horizontally, and the light shone again.

【dawn】!

Upon receiving the order, the fourth-circle mages unleashed their most proficient fourth-circle spells, using the wind channels to attack the wind dragons within.

The battlefield was divided into three parts.

One of them is a high-level mage formation bombarding the wind dragon.

The other is the ongoing standoff between the Wind Dragon and the Auckland Magic Crystal Cannon.

The last part depicts the fleet's battle against an unknown number of wind elemental creatures.

In this intense situation, no one noticed that a slightly furtive figure was constantly rising along the "line" connecting the cyan vortex and the golden pillar of light, getting closer and closer to Fengluo.

(End of this chapter)