Wizard's Journey

Chapter 425 The War to Annihilate the Dark Empire (Part 17)

"What happened?"

Solem, Millie, and the witcher riding the lava bird were all shocked.

The mechanical power that alters this vast underground space is not a small-scale mechanical technology. If the Locust People truly possessed such technology, and their scale were dozens of times larger, and their methods refined and perfected over thousands of years, they might have been able to create the most primitive version of a space fortress in the Wizarding World.

The Primal Space Fortress, built by the combined efforts of Holy Mark Wizards and numerous ancient wizards, continuously expends magic to resist the annihilation of the void's power, and then travels in groups across the void to plunder other worlds.

Some large-scale raids even involved sky cities of continental scale, under the protection of True Spirit Wizards, leading numerous spatial fortresses and countless ancient wizards across endless void on expeditions of plunder, with expeditions often taking place in millennia.

Just imagining the ancient sky city hovering in the sky of this alien world as a floating continent, blotting out the sun and easily altering the rules of the local world, with dozens or even hundreds of space fortresses, countless ancient wizards, and an even larger number of slave monsters raining down like raindrops, makes it easy to understand why many of the worlds conquered by the ancient wizards collapsed completely and submitted to the wizards' will immediately.

In conclusion, possessing the ability to alter local worlds with large machinery represents the direction of a race's intellectual evolution.

It seems that this locust-man had a process of evolving towards intelligence at some point in history, but was ultimately replaced by the Flame Soul Sword Dao.

Developing a path of intelligent, proactive evolution in an endless world where passive evolution is the dominant rule is extremely difficult.

By transforming through wild instincts and constantly exploring the potential of humanity itself, it is not difficult to imagine what our ancestors, who lived much earlier than the ancient times, gave up for this path of active evolution.

Actively seeking the rules of intelligent evolution requires a race to disregard its innate strength and continuously develop and explore certain knowledge.

It's like constantly sealing away one's innate racial strength in order to enhance some kind of potential.

Perhaps for those endless rulers who lead their races, it is a balancing rule that uses the race's basic strength to leverage the race's infinite potential.

Boom! Boom!

Amidst the mechanical hum, not only the numerous low-level demon hunter wizards, but also the several level-three demon hunter wizards who had forcibly conscripted Solem, Millie, and others were all startled.

"These machines... are just the basic mechanical knowledge stage of levers and gears."

This level-three demon hunter wizard, whose power was a blend of thunder and fire, seemed to have some knowledge of mechanical magic as well, and immediately made a judgment.

"Hmm? These sources of darkness..."

High above the underground space, the Level 3 Demon Hunter Wizard of the Light Element Domain seemed to be the most sensitive to something, and a surprised voice came.

As everyone looked up, they saw beams of elemental light slowly but firmly breaking through the darkness, illuminating an ever-expanding area, as if the darkness that was devouring the light was gradually receding.

"Chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp..."

A red-eyed macaque perched on her shoulder, clutching a peach bigger than itself, and cried out. Beneath the old witch's wide cloak, a glint of wisdom flashed in the depths of her murky eyes.

"The source of darkness has retreated into its deeper seal?"

"Hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss..."

The light-averse creatures roaming in the darkness cried out in pain. The elemental light unleashed by the wizards was like the most lethal magic to them, and their skin was burned to varying degrees.

As the source of darkness retreated, the dark monsters continued to hide, but the space available for them to hide was becoming smaller and smaller.

Gradually, the vast elemental light of hundreds of demon hunters illuminated the space, and these strangely shaped dark creatures crowded everywhere—in the corners, between the stone slabs, and in the limited shadows behind the doorposts.

Its mouth is located on a powerful tail, and its back is connected to scales between its bony wings. Its head is as smooth as a maskless sorcerer, without any organs. Its body is somewhat like a snake, segmented and covered with dark scales, as if it wants to merge with the darkness.

These dark creatures, which had just terrified many witch hunters, now resembled trembling kittens hiding in a corner, constantly vying for the limited shadows.

This scene represents a change in the rules of the world.

One can imagine what kind of apocalyptic scenario would be for all living beings in the world if those supreme and endless rulers were to cause a change in the world's rules, leading to a great catastrophe!

"snort!"

The level three demon hunter wizard of the light element field snorted coldly, his domineering light radiating from the sky. He watched the dark creatures trembling in the shadows as they fought each other, his eyes filled with a chilling glint.

"Kill them all!"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

At this moment, the demon hunters not only possessed exceptional perception, but also seemed to have suddenly gained home-field advantage, carrying out a massacre against these dark creatures. Even when a few dark creatures flew out of the shadows and fought desperately against the demon hunters, it was to no avail.

For them, a world filled with light is hell.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom...

After nearly half an hourglass, the witchers, who had initially been ruthless in their killings, turned to greed and began to capture these creatures that walked in the darkness as research specimens, fighting over them on the spot.

The world is ever-changing, and the differences between offense and defense are truly difficult to describe.

After the numerous demon hunters had hunted down all the dark creatures in this vast underground space, more than three hundred demon hunters gathered around the frozen depths, where countless azure ice flames were constantly rising, and waited quietly.

Even without any other secrets, this underground space alone is enough to earn several Level 3 Demon Hunter Wizards a Level 3 Honor Medal just for destroying the sealing array itself.

The operation of this ancient sealing array must contain an astonishing number of ice-attribute crystals, which will provide a considerable income for the low-level demon hunters present.

After a while.

"Masters, setting up such a large-scale magic array in such a short time is beyond my capabilities, even with an ample supply of crystals and other materials."

A second-level wizard sighed.

Sensing the general defensive strength of the magic circle, the old witch with the red-eyed macaque perched on her shoulder nodded and said, "It's enough!"

The third-level Demon Hunter Archmage, his voice a fusion of thunder and flame, roared at the hundreds of wizards around him: "The deep seal will soon be broken! Whoever destroys the core of the sealing array between the source of darkness and the source of ice first will claim the medal of honor!"

The witch-hunting wizard was roaring, announcing to everyone.

But all the demon hunters present knew that no one could possibly compete with these level three demon hunter wizards.

After several level-three demon hunter wizards gathered considerable magical energy, they led the many demon hunter wizards behind them to unleash their magic simultaneously!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom...

The massive ice layer, over a hundred meters high, originally possessed an extremely stable energy structure, vaguely resembling a giant flower of death. However, under the combined attack of hundreds of demon hunters, the flower of death developed extensive cracks.

Click, click, click...

Bang!

As the deep seal shattered, with a whoosh, intense cold air spread outwards, and large swathes of ice, in a ferocious form, spread and expanded around the seal's opening.

Most of the low-level demon hunter wizards felt the terrifying chill and retreated. Only a few level-three demon hunter wizards did not retreat but instead advanced, actually rushing into the deep seals of the azure ice flames.

"hateful!"

Millie said in a low, cold voice.

As an Ice Primal Wizard, she naturally understood that some large-scale high-level ice seals often release a second layer of ice-sealing power when the seal is first broken.

Therefore, the task of breaking the deep seal here is naturally not something that other low-level demon hunters can do.

"Um?"

Soram suddenly exclaimed in surprise, then took out the crystal ball and said to Millie, "It's Kredia."

"she?"

Millie initially showed disdain, seemingly disliking Kretia, but then asked with a hint of anticipation, "So, Green has already arrived?"

After Solem connected with Cressia through the crystal ball, Cressia's originally charming and alluring face turned slightly pale as she said, "Something happened to Green."

Just as Solem and Millie were momentarily stunned, suddenly, the several level-three demon hunter archmages who had been the first to rush into the deep seal flew back in astonishment, fleeing into the distance without looking back, roaring, "Retreat!"

Bang!

A giant, azure ice crystal claw emerged from the depths of space and pressed down on the surrounding ice layer, shattering large swathes of ice crystals.

After the giant claw was slightly blocked by a large protective shield, it struggled violently and was pulled back into the deep seal by something.

(End of this chapter)