Chapter 1148: Chapter 898: The Failure of Special Training
This day, the simultaneous outbreak of three wars once again destroyed the brief peace within the plane.
The emperors of these three planets could hardly believe that such misfortune had descended upon them, their nations’ armies unable to even organize a decent resistance against the invaders. The army from the Ancient Mage Tower almost instantly took control of the Imperial City and advanced toward the Imperial Palace!
The fear of a change in dynasty was imminent, but at that moment, massive transportation ships also arrived in orbit. Divine Armor Mages one after another leaped from the ships, completing their arming with the Divine Armor midair!
Long Yi similarly summoned his Divine Armor in the sky, the difference being he dyed his armor red. The fiery red armor at the forefront brutally smashed a Semi-Crazy Demon Mage attempting an interception midair without care whether the Mage could reassemble in the air, landing directly in front of the Imperial Palace. Then, three thousand Divine Armor Mages thoroughly protected the surroundings of the palace.
"Divine soldiers from heaven! It’s truly divine soldiers from heaven!" The emperor hiding within the palace was almost scared out of his wits, but when Long Yi led the Divine Armor Mages suddenly appeared, the emperor on the edge of collapse saw hope once again.
"Please, Your Majesty, immediately escape to a safe place, preferably underground! I am sorry to inform you that your palace is very likely to be lost!" Long Yi told the emperor.
"It doesn’t matter! Kill them all! Whatever the palace becomes, it doesn’t matter! Hahaha!" The emperor laughed loudly, rapidly leaving the palace under the escort of his guards, and where he went after that, no one knew.
"Everyone, attack at will!" Long Yi ordered.
Immediately, all the Divine Armor Mages began to cast powerful magic. The manipulators inside the Divine Armor were Sanctuary Mages, and the magic amplified by the Divine Armor became even more terrifyingly powerful, with even ordinary spells unleashing fearsome forces.
After a round of magical bombardment, a large number of Semi-Crazy Demon Mages were shattered and maimed. Some Semi-Crazy Demon Mages had even their Crystal Cores directly destroyed, but most reassembled right away, with a few turning directly into Crazy Demons.
"Do not let up the attack, do not let them come one step closer to this place!" Long Yi bellowed.
The Divine Armor Mages continued their relentless magical bombardment, and the people inside the Imperial City fled to take refuge, buildings collapsing one after another. But at that moment, there was no regard for these structures as defeating the Crazy Demons was of utmost importance.
It was now noon, and under the blazing sun, the shattered Crazy Demons became increasingly smaller as they reassembled. Once they shrank to a certain size, their resistance to the sun dropped exponentially, and they suddenly disintegrated completely.
Elma apparently did not know that Crystal Poison fears sunlight? This was fresh news, but then again, all his so-called Crystal Poison experiments had been conducted inside the Ancient Mage Tower, using artificial light sources that the Crystal Poison wouldn’t disrupt.
But here, the Crazy Demons were out of luck, continuously shattered, reassembled, and reduced in size. Then shattered again in a cycle. As the front line’s Crazy Demons dwindled, suddenly, three hundred distinct Mages charged from the rear.
They were bigger and more robust, completely clad in black.
Black Crystal? So many Black Crystal Mages?
Long Yi knew that these guys were all Crazy Demons that had been enhanced by Dragon Scale armor and that was not all. After the amplification by the Dragon Scale armor, Dragon Power and Crystal Poison interacted and induced changes, making them stronger.
"First group, immediately attack the opposing Black Crystal Mages!" Long Yi commanded. The first group, also counting three hundred Mages, immediately focused their firepower on the Black Crystal Mages and began bombarding them with spells. The Black Crystal Mages quickly erected Mana shields, and even though the spells penetrated these shields, the Dragon Scales blocked the full force of the spells, the final impact causing their bodies to rupture internally. However, without the radiation from the sun, they could almost instantly recover.
And at this moment, all the Semi-Crazy Demon Mages’ bodies lit up with strange Runes, and Crystal Poison vibrated along with them. Accompanying the Crystal Poison’s oscillations, Mana also resonated in the space, and the three hundred Black Crystal Mages cast their spells simultaneously.
The spell resonance triggered by the ten thousand Semi-Crazy Demon Mages greatly enhanced the Black Crystal Mages’ spell power, and Long Yi could tell from afar that the force was undoubtedly immense!
"Shields up! Full defense!"
The shields lit up at once, and all the Divine Armor Mages who were head-on with the clash dared not slacken in the slightest.
The roar of the explosions reached them, and despite the support of their shields, the Divine Armors were blasted into retreating repeatedly. A few Divine Armor Mages were even flipped onto the ground!
"Dammit!" An overturned Divine Armor Mage cursed loudly and picked himself up from the ground, ready to retaliate.
"Stay in control!" Long Yi roared, calming the man down.
After a successful strike, the three hundred Black Crystal Mages continued casting endlessly. The surrounding spell resonance significantly strengthened their Mana shields, to the point where they did not need to maintain the shields themselves; they could focus purely on casting. With each cast, they benefited from the surrounding spell resonance.
"It’s almost as if a group of Semi-Crazy Demon Mages are focusing their Mana on those three hundred Black Crystal Mages," a Mage commented.
"Contract the formation! Since they want to play it this way, let’s play along!" Long Yi said with a laugh.
Suddenly, all the Divine Armor mages contracted their formation, and the Mana Resonance Device was activated.
Unlike the Semi-Crazy Demon mages who utilized the resonance of Crystal Poison, the Mana Resonance of the Divine Armor mages was achieved through a specific device. This method of resonance was more precise than manual control and did not require the mages to be distracted to operate it. The three thousand Divine Armor mages could freely fight without concern for external disturbances.
Once resonance commenced, the strength of the Divine Armor mages’ magic instantly increased by an entire level! This not only made the minor advantage the Semi-Crazy Demon mages had just gained completely vanish, but also allowed the Divine Armor mages to once again bring all their techniques to bear in their attack!
The fierce exchange of magic began once more, with the Divine Armor mages regaining the upper hand. Once they were also in resonance, the mere three hundred Black Crystal Mages could no longer gain any advantage. For a time, the Black Crystal Mages were relentlessly forced to retreat.
At this moment, the Semi-Crazy Demon mages behind the Black Crystal Mages immediately rushed forward, starting a frenzied bombardment. This time, the pressure on the Divine Armor mages soared!
Cover each other in cross-formation! Long Yi commanded.
Regarding this command, the Divine Armor mages were somewhat baffled. Although the pressure had increased, it had not reached the point where cross-formation cover was necessary, or had it?
But an order was an order, and since it came from Long Yi, it had to have some reasoning behind it.
With the initiation of cross-formation cover, their firepower was immediately insufficient, and the bombardment from the Semi-Crazy Demon mages became more urgent and reckless. In the blink of an eye, the Divine Armor mages were forced to retreat repeatedly!
At this time, images of the battle were being magically recorded by some non-combatant Crazy Demons. In the future, these images would be submitted to some influential individuals as one of the enticements to join the Ancient Mage Tower.
"Team three, do you remember the training I gave before?" Long Yi asked.
"We do!" Team three responded.
"Begin!"
Bang!
With the order given, the energy shield of a Divine Armor mage from team three suddenly burst open, exposing his Rune Armor directly to the adversary’s magic. Following this, the Rune Armor’s ability to mitigate damage was severely limited. That Divine Armor mage was almost instantly brought down by the powerful magic assault and let out a scream.
With the first, the second and third followed suit, seemingly as if they had exhausted their Mana.
At this moment, the Semi-Crazy Demon mages still engaged in their reckless assault were almost mad with excitement, as it was the first time they had defeated Divine Armors in magical combat!
Some Divine Armor mages covered their comrades while retreating, once again greatly diminishing the offensive capability of the Divine Armor mages.
Then, Long Yi chuckled and said over the channel, "Nice acting, just lie down and rest, it’s my turn to perform."
Having said that, Long Yi removed his Divine Armor and flew out into the open, while shouting loudly, "You damn bastards, dare to hurt my Divine Armor! Die!"
The Cosmic Stone Greatsword was drawn, and a massive Destruction Ripple swept out, shredding the incoming magic. But there were too many spells from the opposing mages, and even the formidable Destruction Ripple couldn’t destroy all the magic at once, so Long Yi’s charging speed in the air was extremely slow!
However, just then, the Semi-Crazy Demon mages let out shrill cries and began to retreat towards the rear. In the distant rear, more than a thousand Semi-Crazy Demon mages had completed a large Teleportation Array and, in the blink of an eye, all the Semi-Crazy Demon and Black Crystal Mages had disappeared.
Long Yi flew over and examined the magical traces left on the spot, but he couldn’t figure out where they might have teleported to. However, it didn’t matter, because Long Yi’s goal had been achieved, and he believed that Elma thought she had achieved her goal as well.
I wonder if Little Zi and Ai Lin were successful with their groups.
Actually, it was similar to Long Yi’s experience. When Ai Lin and the Silver Light arrived, the Semi-Crazy Demon mages had already started their assault. However, unlike Long Yi’s situation, this planet had three hundred Divine Armor mages stationed here. Originally, these Divine Armor mages thought they could overpower the enemy. But upon their arrival, they were met with three hundred Black Crystal Mages. These Black Crystal Mages had not even initiated resonance and were already forcing the Divine Armor mages into retreat with the support of the Crazy Demons. Luckily, Ai Lin and the Silver Light arrived with their troops just in time.
With the addition of the three thousand Divine Armor mages, the balance of power between the two forces immediately became deadlocked, and even the scale of victory began to tip in favor of the Divine Armor mages. Then the Semi-Crazy Demons immediately initiated their magic resonance, once again turning the disadvantage into an advantage. After that, Ai Lin’s group of Divine Armor mages also initiated their Mana Resonance. However, the two sides were at best deadlocked. The characteristic of Mana Resonance was that the more people involved, the greater the increase in power, and this amplification was not linear but geometric.
For a time, the Crazy Demon mages seemed to have much advantage. And with Ai Lin’s tacit understanding, the Divine Armor mages even showed a tendency to retreat. At that time, Ai Lin and the Silver Light charged out, and with their ability to withstand any magic, Silver Light led Ai Lin through the fray, quickly slaughtering dozens of Semi-Crazy Demon mages, and as they destroyed their Crystal Cores directly, there was no chance of recovery for them.
Seeing Ai Lin appear, the Semi-Crazy Demons and Black Crystal Mages immediately retreated at full speed and completely withdrew through the large Array at the rear. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)
