Above the mage

Chapter 415 Heavenly Merit

The shadowy figure was none other than the Soul of the Storm.

Hidden among a group of wind elemental creatures, the Storm Soul, which did not show any aggression, went unnoticed by the mage.

With wind elemental creatures rushing towards their faces, which mage would have the time to deal with a "good citizen" who's just wandering around on the periphery without making a move?

In the understanding of wind elemental beings, the Storm Soul, whose entire body is composed of wind elements, is undoubtedly a 100% companion.

Although this companion was somewhat lazy and slacking off, thanks to its wind elemental aura, no wind elemental creature considered it an enemy, let alone attacked it.

In this no-man's-land situation, Storm Soul becomes the only neutral party on the battlefield.

It continued to devour the overflowing wind elemental energy along the edge of the second battlefield, where the cyan vortex connected with the magic crystal pillar, without affecting its own maximum distance.

Although it's a matter of mutual disregard, as the master of Storm Soul, Gao De should have been keeping a close eye on Storm Soul's movements at all times.

With the superhuman far-sightedness granted by Mandora's Eye, he could see the situation on the Thorn Crown even though he was far away from it.

But at this moment, Gaode is precisely caught in a situation where it is preoccupied with its own problems.

Because, with the continuous onslaught of the wind elemental creatures, the magic power of the last Orik crystal on his warship was finally completely exhausted.

The holy light shield that enveloped the entire warship vanished with a roar, like a punctured soap bubble, leaving only a few ripples of magical energy floating in the air.

Without this layer of protection, no mage can sit back and act as a defensive fortress.

Gaode Maps can no longer remain uninvolved and focus solely on playing a support role.

Without the Holy Light Shield, the wind elementals will launch indiscriminate attacks on the mages on the warship, not necessarily targeting any particular mage, but simply bombarding the warship indiscriminately.

These elemental creatures, which are at most third rank, are nothing to the high-ring mage formation led by Theodore.

However, for a mage like Gaode who is only at the first level of the mage class, any second-tier wind giant can be considered a "BOSS".

Even a third-tier hurricane spirit, with its unintentional aftershocks, could potentially place a high-ranking official in a dangerous situation.

In this situation, he couldn't afford to be distracted by Storm Soul; he had to stay alert and pay attention to everything on the battlefield.

Fortunately, during the previous battles, Gao De had already demonstrated his unparalleled insight by continuously reporting enemy positions.

After the Holy Light Shield disappeared, the threat posed by the lurking ghosts increased exponentially—they could approach the mages on the ship more brazenly.

This makes Gaode's value even more important.

If you are valuable, you will receive preferential treatment.

Therefore, as the ship's commander-in-chief and a mage with a level three mage, Orgrimmar immediately protected God.

"Your main task now is still reconnaissance. Don't let the lurking ghosts attack us. Also, be careful to protect yourself. I may not be able to take care of you."

The mage spoke urgently, without uttering a single unnecessary word, quickly finished his instructions, and then threw himself back into casting spells.

The entire fleet, almost every warship was equipped with three Orric Crystals.

Therefore, although the time it took for each warship to run out of Auric Crystal magic varied, the difference was not particularly large.

The warship where Gao De was located was among the first to lose its shield protection and bore the brunt of the most intense attack.

A sharp whistling sound suddenly filled the air.

Without the Holy Light Shield, the warship was seen as an easy target by all the wind elemental creatures in the area.

Hundreds and thousands of wind elemental creatures formed a strange formation in the air. Although most of them were still first-tier Qi elemental spirits, the sheer number of them made the scene quite terrifying.

All the wind elemental creatures in the formation shone with a bright blue light, creating intertwined air currents that instantly formed a massive vortex.

The air pressure at the center of the cyclone dropped sharply.

The sawdust, dust, and even ice crystals on the warship's deck were instantly sucked up and swept into the cyclone.

The monks' bodies began to sway, and they instinctively grabbed onto whatever was around them for support to avoid being swept away by the air currents.

Immediately afterwards, the cyclone transformed into a tornado.

With a loud bang.

When the bottom of the tornado touches the sea surface, the seawater is forcibly drawn away by the powerful suction of the tornado, forming a rolling water column.

As the water column rises, various fish from the seawater are constantly being swept into it, but they instantly turn into blood as it spins at high speed.

This added a touch of blood to the water dragon pillar, making it look terrifying.

The water dragon pillar crashed straight into the warship where Gao De was located.

This scene looked very familiar; when they first met, these wind elemental creatures had used the same method.

The scale of the event was even greater at that time.

However, the high-ranking mage on the Thorn Crown intervened in time and easily destroyed all the tornadoes.

Now, although there is only one tornado left, there is no high-level mage to help them solve it, and they can only rely on themselves.

As the highest-ranking mage on the ship, the Archmage had to step forward.

That's what he did too.

The mage took a deep breath, bent his knees slightly, and steadied himself on the violently shaking deck of the warship.

Then, he suddenly raised his hands, spread his palms, and his five fingers trembled slightly. First, he pulled his two palms apart in opposite directions.

A faint blue light lingered in the palms of the Archmage.

Suddenly, he slammed his hands together.

The deep blue light burst forth from his palm, flew forward, and spread rapidly through the air.

A wall of water, tens of feet high, appeared in front of the warship, in the path of the water dragon pillar. It was like a huge piece of blue glass, with a shimmering surface and tiny water droplets constantly sliding off the wall.

Three-ring energy system spells.

[Water Wall]

It is very similar to the [Fire Wall] that Theodore just cast, but it is incomparable in terms of both visual effect and actual power.

However, on the sea, in the rain, the power of this water wall was already the limit that an Orgrimmar could achieve.

The tornado, carrying churning seawater, roared towards the wall of water like an enraged beast.

The moment the tornado made contact with the wall of water, it produced a deafening crash.

The powerful impact of the former caused the water on the surface of the water wall to churn violently, splashing water several meters high, and began to twist and deform.

The water wall was very tough and was not destroyed. Where it twisted or deformed, flowing water immediately replenished and repaired it.

But as time went on, cracks began to appear in the water wall under the continuous impact of the tornado.

Water gushed out from the crack like a flood bursting its banks.

The mage gritted his teeth, his mana rapidly draining away as he frantically moved his hands to reinforce and repair the water wall.

Ultimately, his efforts were unable to change the situation.

After all, the formation of this tornado was an integration of the power of a group of wind elemental creatures, including several third-tier hurricane spirits.

Finally, the water wall was completely destroyed.

Countless water droplets and streams scattered and splashed, instantly merging with the ever-flowing rain curtain, becoming indistinguishable from one another.

The mage was startled and staggered back several steps.

But he had no time to catch his breath, because a truly severe crisis had already arrived.

The tornado that destroyed the water wall crashed straight into the warship.

The warships were designed with wartime standards in mind, making them exceptionally sturdy.

Despite the creaking and groaning under the tornado's force, the ship, thanks to its exquisite craftsmanship, showed no signs of breaking despite the terrifying pressure.

However, under the enormous impact, the warship inevitably began to rock violently.

The mages on the deck were uncontrollably tossed around, and many were thrown overboard and into the sea, where they were instantly swallowed by the surging waves.

That's considered lucky.

Those who were unlucky enough to crash into a hard object on the ship's hull, even with protective spells, were still thrown around by the powerful impact, with the sound of bones breaking echoing.

As the tornado continued to pound, the warship began to list at a alarming angle.

In this situation, not only people, but also all sorts of objects on the ship crashed into the sea.

Gao De reacted quickly, grabbing the mast beside him immediately to regain his balance.

But as the ship tilted, he realized that the warship was definitely not going to stay afloat.

Mana surged within him like a tidal wave, and the [Ocean Touch+] spell model in the sea of ​​spells shone brightly.

His hands and feet were instantly enveloped in magical energy.

Fine scales grow from under the skin, gradually forming webbed feet and hands similar to those of marine creatures.

At the same time, Gao De opened the capybara bag he had been carrying on his back.

Knowing full well that it was a war at sea, how could he possibly not bring dumplings with him?

This was his last line of defense.

The moment the capybara pouch was untied, the dumpling leaped out and plunged into the water with a "plop," creating a splash.

Gao De and Tuanzi did the same thing: Gao De took a deep breath and jumped into the sea.

It's better to deliberately enter the water than to be forced to fall into the sea in the end.

With a splash, the icy seawater enveloped Gaode.

Of course, this coldness is an objective fact, not Gaode's subjective feeling.

boom!

Just then, the entire warship emitted a deafening roar, flipped over on the water, and crashed sideways onto the sea like a collapsing giant tower.

The sound of the water was like thunder, and huge sprays of water carrying white foam shot into the sky, forming a water curtain tens of meters high, which pressed down hard on the people who had fallen into the water.

If this were to hit someone on the head, even if it were water, it would inevitably result in a bloody head injury.

Gao De reacted extremely quickly, immediately diving downwards and forcefully plunging into the seawater.

Rumble!

The waves crashed onto the sea surface and instantly shattered, forming countless undercurrents.

Gao De stared wide-eyed at the various debris falling from the ship and landing beside him in the seawater.

The tattered sails sank slowly like giant ghosts, the broken masts plummeted with sharp splinters, and the mages tumbled and struggled in the sea.

Right beside him, a box was falling towards a mage.

Gao De swam over at lightning speed, grabbed the mage's sleeve, and pulled him toward him.

Meanwhile, another figure crashed into the falling box like a cannonball, smashing it open.

Round head and round brain.

It is indeed a type of glutinous rice dumpling.

It blew a bubble and swam over to Gaode to show off its accomplishment.

"Save him." Gao De gently touched Tuanzi's head and conveyed the command.

At the same time, he pulled the monk he had just rescued and struggled to dive into the water.

call!

As soon as he emerged from the water, the monk took a deep breath of air.

"Thank you," he said, panting.

Gao De waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to be polite, and then dived back into the sea to rescue the person.

The monks in coastal cities must all be skilled in swimming.

But being able to swim doesn't mean you can remain calm and collected in this situation.

Gaode Maps was able to achieve this thanks to its "Ocean Touch+" feature and adaptive water flow sensing.

Therefore, there are definitely many monks who need his help.

The only good news is that these wind elemental creatures are likely only attacking the fleet on the orders of the wind dragon and have limited intelligence.

So after the warship was capsized, instead of attacking the fallen mages, they turned their attention to another warship that had run out of magic and lost its shield.

On the third battlefield, as the Auric Crystal magic of each warship was exhausted, they gradually fell into a disadvantageous position.

Before Fengluo, the situation was not optimistic either.

Led by Theodore, the high-ring mage formation unleashed their strongest attack spells without reservation at the wind elemental dragon within the wind network.

The golden light on Theodore's staff never stopped.

Count Roland was surrounded by crackling lightning.

The other mages also unleashed their signature spells.

Every spell, passing through the wind network and landing on the wind dragon's massive body, would stir up countless wind elemental particles.

Part of the wind dragon's body instantly dissipated under the bombardment of the spell, leaving a piece of its massive body missing.

However, with just a slight rotation of the cyan crystal core in its brain, the shattered wind element particles, as if drawn by an invisible hand, reassemble and merge into the wind element dragon's body, repairing the missing parts.

Although the missing piece wasn't solid enough and was rather ethereal, it was enough for the wind elemental dragon to maintain its form and continue its standoff with the Oakland Magic Crystal Cannon.

"At most one more minute, the energy of the Auckland Magic Crystal Cannon will run out," Mage Theodore gave a precise time.

He couldn't know how long Fengluo and Fenglong could hold out, but he was absolutely certain about the attack time of the Auckland Magic Crystal Cannon.

"Attack that crystal core! That's the lifeblood of the wind dragon!" Count Roland's eyes widened, almost popping out of their sockets.

It was this solidified cyan crystal core that endowed the Wind Dragon with unparalleled power.

This was something that all the mages present could see.

The problem is that the cyan crystal core is located in the brain, too close to the mouth of the wind elemental dragon that spews out cyan vortexes.

If the attack targets other parts of the Wind Dragon, it will be too busy dealing with the Auckland Magic Crystal Cannon to spare any attention and will have to take the hits head-on.

However, if it attacks the cyan crystal core, the wind dragon only needs to move its mouth slightly to use the cyan vortex to destroy the spell.

This is simply an unsolvable problem.

"Earl, Earl, that's..." Suddenly, a fourth-circle mage exclaimed.

While everyone was still immersed in anxiety and despair, upon hearing the Fourth Ring Master's scream, they subconsciously assumed that he was unable to contain his emotions and was simply venting them.

"What the hell is over there?" It wasn't until the fourth-circle mage finished speaking that everyone came to their senses and looked ahead.

At this moment, under the watchful eyes of a group of high-ranking monks, a humanoid blue figure, half-bent over, its head constantly turning, looking left and right, stealthily slipped into the wind network below the blue vortex.

(End of this chapter)