Chapter 275: Exaggerated Army Numbers

Chapter 275: Exaggerated Army Numbers

2024-11-06 Author: Insomnia is Better Than Writing Books

As a major wizard faction, the Savage Spirits naturally have their own war constructs.

These are massive, mountain-like spheres covered in circular cavities.

Mountain Barbarian Giants, a type of super-large alchemical creature, are war constructs made primarily of metal and biological materials.

At this moment, the two types of war constructs are engaged in fierce combat in the sky.

The Mountain Barbarian Giants launch hundreds of blood-red flesh balls from their cavities, which hit the moving spires like cannonballs, creating shocking craters and splashing corrosive liquids that sizzle and smoke on the spire walls.

In contrast, the moving spires emit ripple-like blue waves that spread out like the sea, causing any blood-red flesh balls that touch the blue waves to explode mid-air.

The Mountain Barbarian Giants hit by the blue waves have their skin melt away like butter, revealing the raw, bloody flesh beneath.

The two sides exchange blows relentlessly, fighting with all their might.

Wizard Tower artillery beams crisscross the sky, annihilating each other, and the colorful magical light almost obscures the entire sky.

"Looks like they're really getting into it," Lizze said with a serious expression.

The conflict between the Deep Blue Alliance and the Savage Spirits undoubtedly signifies something, suggesting that the battle for the god corpse fragments is about to enter a more chaotic and intense phase.

Su Nan mused, "Tell the people below to be more careful during their search."

Lizze nodded solemnly, "I will remind them."

After watching for a while, Su Nan lost interest, turned around, and returned to the elemental pool.

Even in his current situation, he did not relax his training, absorbing the divine energy extracted from the god corpse fragments every day to gradually enhance his mental refinement.

The amount of divine energy in the god corpse fragments is vast, but its purity is far inferior to that in elemental cores. Absorbing it recklessly could lead to soul contamination.

Even for a True Spirit Wizard, purifying divine energy comes at a significant cost.

Compared to the readily available elemental cores for True Spirit Wizards, this method is undoubtedly more time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Therefore, most wizards do not absorb divine energy from god corpses, using it mostly for other purposes.

But Su Nan is different. With the Magic Cube, he can easily purify the faith pollution in the divine energy.

"Just a fragment of a god corpse the size of a palm, the divine energy extracted from it is enough to sustain my cultivation for over a decade."

"If it were a complete god corpse, it would likely be enough for me to cultivate for a thousand years."

And this is a dead god corpse, with much of its divine energy already depleted from battle.

It's clear how astonishing the power of a living god must be.

After a moment of reflection, Su Nan gathered his thoughts, sat cross-legged, and began his cultivation.

Another five days passed.

In a canyon over 1,600 kilometers from the Star Alliance base, a battle had just concluded.

The pockmarked ground was littered with puppet remnants, stretching deep into the valley, with crashed magic ships scattered at regular intervals.

At the deepest part of the valley lay a dilapidated Star Fortress.

Around the fortress's remains, over twenty divine creature corpses lay on the ground.

The air still retained a dense, pale green toxic gas.

Kore flew out of the Star Fortress and shook his head at Attil waiting outside.

"The damage is severe; it can't be repaired."

Attil sighed, "I didn't expect there to be so many divine creatures here. If only the Star Eye network had been set up here, we could have brought more troops if we had detected them earlier."

Kore remarked coolly, "The presence of many divine creatures suggests that the god corpse fragment in the valley is quite large."

"That's true," Attil's expression eased slightly.

Although they lost a Star Fortress, acquiring a larger god corpse fragment could somewhat offset their losses.

"Let's go," Kore led the way deeper into the valley.

Attil turned to instruct the others to transport the Star Fortress remnants and the divine creature corpses back to the base before following Kore.

Meanwhile, high in the sky near the valley, two wizards using invisibility spells were observing the situation below.

"The Star Alliance guys sure have good luck, finding another god corpse fragment so quickly, and it looks quite large."

"Not just that, from our surveillance, the Star Alliance seems to have found quite a few god corpse fragments. But, speaking of which, don't they have an excessive number of puppets?"

"Since they managed to repel the Dark Throne's invasion, it's only natural that they have some capabilities. But at the end of the day, they're just a third-rate wizard faction. If we make a move, their downfall will be easy."

"Is Lord Elliot really planning to take action?"

"Isn't it inevitable?"

"To avenge Marco?"

"That's just one reason. More importantly, the undiscovered god corpse fragments are becoming fewer and fewer. We can't compete with the larger wizard factions, so we have to target other wizard factions and take their god corpse fragments. The Star Alliance is a perfect target."

"That's true."

"They're coming out!"

The two wizards stopped their conversation, their eyes flashing with a deep blue glow. They could clearly see Kore and Attil emerging from the depths of the valley from several kilometers away.

Kore was wearing a God-Banishing Ring on his right hand.

Seeing this, one of the wizards sneered.

"It looks like they've got it. We can move now. Notify the others."

The other wizard nodded slightly and crushed the bone tile in his hand without hesitation.

In the next instant, a black dot appeared at the edge of the horizon.

The black dot quickly grew larger and soon approached them, revealing a massive metal airship.

The airship was over two hundred meters long and nearly a hundred meters tall, entirely made of metal. Its hull was wrapped in black iron chains, forming intricate patterns that resembled magical arrays.

Kore and Attil immediately sensed the approaching enemy, their expressions changing.

"It's the Black Chain Tower's Black Chain Gigaship!" Kore's face darkened. "Just as Lord Su Nan said, these guys are truly restless."

Attil's expression grew serious, and he said gravely, "The enemy means no good. Their target may not be just us. We must notify the base as soon as possible."

Having just experienced a fierce battle, even the Star Fortress was destroyed. Their remaining forces were clearly insufficient to withstand the overwhelming enemy.

Kore and Attil made a quick decision. They left the flying fleet and the war constructs to hold off the enemy while they led the Magic Pattern Knights back to the base.

Starlight Wizard Tower, control center.

Receiving the urgent message, Su Nan interrupted his cultivation and went to the meeting hall.

As soon as he arrived, Lizze immediately said, "Kore and Attil's exploration team was attacked by the Black Chain Tower."

Su Nan narrowed his eyes and asked, "How are they?"

"They're both fine," Lizze replied. "We made preparations in advance to ensure that the exploration teams stayed within the range of the Star Eyes and had mobile forces ready to provide support. The reinforcements arrived in time, and neither of them was injured. However, the accompanying flying fleet and war constructs were completely wiped out."

"As long as they're safe."

Su Nan waved his hand. The loss of some flying fleets and war constructs was not a significant issue. He would make the Black Chain Tower pay the price.

"Where is the Black Chain Tower's army now?"

"They are heading this way."

Lizze waved her hand, and countless rays of light appeared, forming an image in the air.

The image showed a dense formation of Black Chain Gigaships, surrounding twelve wizard towers as they swiftly moved through the sky.

On the ground, an army composed of war constructs and various creatures flowed like a flood across the wilderness, stretching as far as the eye could see.

"From the looks of it, the Black Chain Tower must have mobilized their entire force," Lizze said, her expression solemn. "They are already within the range of the Star Eyes and are about five hundred kilometers away from the base."

"Prepare to engage."

Su Nan stared at the image, a deep blue light flashing in his eyes.

"Since someone is delivering god corpse fragments to us, we shouldn't refuse."

At the same time, over five hundred kilometers away from the Star Alliance base.

In the large wizard tower at the center of the Black Chain Tower's army, the meeting hall was filled with wizards sitting around a long table, their eyes fixed on the panoramic view projected in the air.

As scouts reported back with various pieces of information, the data and text in the panoramic view continuously updated.

"The Star Alliance's response was quite fast. Most of the exploration teams have already returned to the base."

"They seem to have a magical item that can monitor the status of a certain area in real-time and also has long-distance communication capabilities, which is why they could detect our movements so quickly."

"Even so, their reaction time shouldn't be this fast. I suspect they were prepared for us from the beginning."

"There's no need to guess. Our strength far exceeds the Star Alliance. Even if we advance openly, the Star Alliance is no match for us."

"Indeed, that's correct."

Elliot, seated at the head of the table, smiled as his subordinate wizards spoke confidently, not minding their relaxed demeanor.

After all, even he felt deep down that victory in this war was almost certain.

The Star Alliance, despite its rising reputation, was still a newly emerged wizard faction. Its overall strength could barely rank in the third tier, a stark contrast to the Black Chain Tower, which was significantly more powerful.

Facing such a weak opponent, he had no doubt about his chances of winning.

Leaving aside other factors, the Black Chain Tower's twelve wizard towers—eight small, three medium, and one large—were more than enough to overwhelm the Star Alliance.

According to their recent investigations, the Star Alliance seemed to have only one large wizard tower, one medium wizard tower, and four small wizard towers.

In terms of the number of wizard towers, the gap was already significant.

Not to mention the disparity in overall strength.

What surprised Elliot was that the Star Alliance had managed to develop its own war constructs.

However, this was only a minor surprise.

The ultimate outcome of this war would be the elimination of the Star Alliance from the god corpse fragment competition.

The only person in the entire Star Alliance who Elliot considered worthy of attention was Su Nan, the controller.

"Being able to cleanly kill Marco in just one minute, even I don't have a hundred percent confidence in doing that. And it's said that Su Nan is only a third-level Qiification Wizard."

A cold light flashed in Elliot's eyes.

Such a person had a higher chance of ascending to a True Spirit Wizard than he, a descendant of a True Spirit Wizard.

Since the Black Chain Tower and the Star Alliance had already become enemies, it was wise to stifle Su Nan's growth now. This was the only chance to kill him; otherwise, once he left the Earth Crystal Plane, it would be much more complicated to act.

As he pondered, the Black Chain Tower's army was already less than fifty kilometers away from the Star Alliance base.

Seeing this, Elliot gathered his thoughts and stood up.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's end our chat here."

"Next, we need to deal with the Star Alliance. We can continue our conversation at the victory celebration."

"Lord Elliot is right!"

"After dealing with the Star Alliance, we'll need to choose our next target."

The wizards laughed and agreed.

Just then, the voice of the tower spirit echoed through the air.

【Detected a large number of lifeforms approaching from the southeast, 57 kilometers away. Estimated contact in twelve minutes.】

The laughter faltered.

Elliot quickly understood the situation and sneered, "Not guarding their base and instead daring to launch an attack, it seems our opponents are quite bold."

He waved his hand, and the scene changed. Thousands of flying magic ships filled the sky, resembling a metal flood that blotted out the sun, exuding a suffocating pressure.

Behind them were six wizard towers and forty to fifty massive metal fortresses.

Dozens of dragons and thousands of human knights riding draconic mounts guarded the area.

The scene then shifted to the ground.

Countless golem puppets marched in orderly rows across the wilderness, their formation dense and extending far into the distance. Even with the camera angle pulled back, the end was still not visible.

On the flanks of the golem army were neatly arranged cavalry formations.

They were clad in heavy armor, holding long spears and heavy swords, riding black rock leopards with intricate silver patterns on their exposed skin, indicating their exceptional status.

Even just watching the footage, one could feel the overwhelming pressure, a testament to the elite nature of this army.

Seeing this, the once lively hall fell silent.

Many of the Black Chain Tower wizards looked bewildered and skeptical.

They had long known that the Star Alliance's army was larger than expected, but they hadn't taken it seriously.

After all, with the 24-hour limit on army transportation, how much larger could the Star Alliance's forces be?

But at this moment, they suddenly realized that the Star Alliance's army was not just a bit larger!

The thousands of ships were already astonishing, but what about the golem army on the ground?

The number must be in the millions!

How did the Star Alliance manage to transport so many golem puppets in just 24 hours?

Even Elliot was momentarily stunned.

Despite his unwavering confidence, he now felt a deep sense of confusion and shock.

(End of Chapter)

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