Chapter 277: Truly a Miracle

Chapter 277: Truly a Miracle

2024-11-08 Author: Insomnia Might as Well Write a Book

The battle on the ground continued, but a brief silence fell over the sky.

A silence like death itself!

Everyone stared at Su Nan with vacant eyes, their faces twisted as if they had seen a ghost.

A single attack that killed nearly three hundred first-tier wizards—what terrifying power was this?

Could this really be the work of a third-tier wizard?

Even Elliot, a descendant of a True Spirit, couldn't achieve such a feat!

Su Nan took a light breath.

The Starfall Rain could be used as a single-target attack or a ranged attack, but the latter's power was too dispersed, causing less damage to individuals. It could only kill first-tier wizards, and at most, severely injure second-tier wizards.

Moreover, there was the issue of high consumption.

That single attack had drained more than half of his mental energy, leaving him unable to use it again.

Fortunately, the goal had been achieved.

The people inside the Starlight Wizard Tower finally reacted, and Liz immediately gave the order.

"Everyone, move out!"

Everyone responded, their spirits lifted.

Su Nan's attack had brought the high-level combatants on both sides back to a relatively equal footing, greatly boosting their morale.

As the Star Alliance wizards charged out of the tower, a new battle erupted.

Compared to the Star Alliance wizards, whose morale was soaring, the morale of the Black Rope Tower wizards had undoubtedly plummeted to rock bottom.

Elliot watched this with a grimace, his face turning ashen with anger. In his fury, he directly sought out Su Nan.

He didn't believe that Su Nan could use such a powerful attack again.

Moreover, such an attack must have been extremely draining. Su Nan's strength must have greatly diminished, making this the best time to kill him.

By eliminating Su Nan, he could severely deal a blow to the morale of the Star Alliance and turn the tide.

However, Elliot was right about the first part but wrong about the second.

Although he couldn't use Starfall Rain again, the enhancements from [Talent Specialization] on liquid metal and Absolute Prohibition were still in effect.

With nearly four times the enhancement, the two super talents exploded with astonishing power!

As soon as they engaged, Elliot almost turned into a sieve from the terrifying silver metal storm. The advanced talent ability 'Polar Fire' of the Black Rope Tower was completely overpowered by the liquid metal.

"Damn it! What talent ability is this guy using?"

Elliot was both shocked and confused.

He also had the [Talent Specialization] alchemical engraving, but the enhancement after activation was far inferior to Su Nan's.

It was like two different levels!

This left him utterly baffled.

After more than a dozen breaths of combat, Elliot couldn't even get within ten meters of Su Nan.

The invisible pressure that filled the air, engulfing his whole body, caused the black flames on his skin to fade, and his speed plummeted. He was unable to evade the onslaught of metal and could only endure the barrage.

Elliot, who had always been far superior to wizards of his level, had never fought such a frustrating battle. His anger was almost boiling over.

It wasn't until he scanned his surroundings that his ashen face eased slightly.

Despite suffering greatly at Su Nan's hands, the more than twenty second-tier wizards on his side had not suffered any casualties, and their numbers far outnumbered the Star Alliance.

Under their leadership, the Black Rope Tower still firmly controlled the situation.

With time, they would gradually gain the upper hand.

As long as he could hold on until his subordinates dealt with the other wizards and came to support him, he could definitely kill Su Nan!

Elliot took a deep breath and adopted a defensive stance.

Although frustrated, he decided to fight a war of attrition.

However, Su Nan naturally didn't overlook what Elliot noticed.

"The Star Alliance's accumulation of high-level combatants is still a bit weak."

Su Nan thought to himself.

He had worked hard to cultivate these wizards and didn't want too many casualties in this war. Even if they defeated the Black Rope Tower, the divine corpse fragments obtained wouldn't be enough to compensate for the losses.

In a flash, Su Nan made up his mind.

He flipped his wrist, and a black spearhead appeared in his palm. Then he closed his fingers, and a deep black light instantly burst from between his fingers, coalescing into a black spear.

Fine, snake-like black lightning arcs danced and flickered on the surface of the spear, emitting a heart-stoppingly violent aura.

"Is this the Black Thunder of the Dark Throne?"

Elliot's gaze fell on the black spear, his eyes flashing with suspicion.

But he quickly felt something was off.

The Black Thunder of the Dark Throne was only a minor-grade magical item and couldn't possibly have such a terrifying aura.

Su Nan's black spear even made him feel a slight tingling at the back of his neck!

However, Elliot soon had no time to think. As Su Nan suddenly threw the spear, a bolt of black lightning instantly tore through the void, shooting towards him like a meteor!

After breaking through to the third tier of liquefaction, Su Nan also focused on enhancing his magical artifacts.

The Black Thunder was already an extreme offensive third-tier magical artifact. After synthesis and enhancement, its attack power far exceeded that of ordinary third-tier magical artifacts, approaching the fourth tier!

The black spear almost instantly reached Elliot, and the violent lightning energy it contained instantly broke through his layers of defenses, making his skin tingle.

Under the intense threat of death, Elliot's face changed drastically, and he immediately activated his third-tier magical artifact.

Crack!

Amidst the crisp sound of metal friction, countless thumb-thick black iron chains appeared out of thin air, crisscrossing to form a massive iron wall in front of Elliot.

The next second, the black spear slammed into the iron wall, and a blinding burst of magical light erupted!

Crack!

Cracks appeared on the surface of the iron wall, and it shattered with a loud boom.

Fortunately, the black spear also finally exhausted its energy and vanished into thin air.

However, Elliot's expression was far from good.

The black spear had already used up a lot of energy breaking through his multiple layers of defense, yet it still managed to mutually annihilate with his magical artifact. This clearly indicated that Su Nan's magical artifact was far superior to his third-tier magical artifact!

But how could this be possible?

After all, his magical artifact was given to him by his father, a True Spirit wizard. Among many third-tier magical artifacts, it was considered top-notch, yet it was still inferior to Su Nan's.

How could a wizard from a sealed plane, with no background or connections, possess such a powerful third-tier magical artifact?

Elliot was filled with doubt and unease, but before he could figure it out, his eyes suddenly widened. He saw Su Nan flip his wrist, and another identical black spearhead appeared in his hand.

"Are you kidding me?"

Elliot's gaze was dazed.

Such a powerful third-tier magical artifact, and Su Nan had more than one?

Whist!

Amidst the sharp sound of the air being torn, another bolt of black lightning shot towards him!

Elliot's face changed drastically. He let out a fierce howl, and the flames on his body suddenly intensified, layer upon layer enveloping his entire body. Various protective spells and magical items were also activated.

The next moment, the black lightning precisely struck his body!

Crack!

The sound of shattering glass echoed repeatedly. In that instant, countless magical items on Elliot exceeded their defense limits and shattered, and various spell lights flickered and vanished one after another.

The violent lightning exploded, engulfing Elliot entirely, and a piercing scream of agony echoed from within!

Swoosh!

The black flames flared up one last time, burning away the lightning, then quickly dimmed, revealing Elliot's figure.

At this moment, he was no longer the confident and domineering wizard he once was. His body was in a terrible state, covered in burns from the lightning, and his robes were tattered.

Elliot had never been so disheveled before, but he was no longer thinking about his anger. His eyes widened as he watched Su Nan take out another black spearhead, his distorted face showing a mix of fear and despair.

The next moment, he suddenly vanished from his spot.

When he reappeared, it was already a thousand meters away, followed by another flash to a thousand meters further.

In that instant, Elliot had no thoughts of victory or anything else; his mind was solely focused on escaping.

He had been utterly terrified by Su Nan's seemingly endless array of powerful attacks.

Watching Elliot flee, Su Nan sneered and, without hesitation, threw the Black Thunder in his hand.

Whist!

The black lightning instantly crossed several kilometers, striking Elliot like a bolt!

All of Elliot's trump cards had already been used up in the previous battle. He had no means left to defend himself and could only be engulfed by the violent black lightning with a look of despair on his face!

A brilliant light suddenly exploded in the sky, as if a black sun had risen from nowhere, and the violent lightning danced and scattered in all directions!

The light then suddenly collapsed, shrinking rapidly along with the lightning, and finally disappeared into a black dot.

Elliot was nowhere to be seen.

Only Su Nan remained at the scene.

He opened his palm, and a few magical artifacts and a spatial ring lay quietly in his palm. These were the items he had managed to save during his attack; otherwise, they would have been destroyed along with Elliot.

Putting away the spoils of war, Su Nan turned and charged towards the other Black Rope Tower wizards.

Seeing this scene, the Black Rope Tower wizards were instantly filled with dread.

They never expected Elliot to be defeated so quickly by Su Nan.

Their battle had lasted less than a quarter of an hour, and Elliot was already reduced to ashes!

Seeing the bane of their existence charging over, the Black Rope Tower wizards were terrified. They lost all desire to continue fighting and decisively turned to flee.

Su Nan threw a engraved gemstone with a flick of his wrist, which transformed into a bolt of lightning and struck a wizard.

After breaking through to the third tier of liquefaction, the number of engraved gemstones he could synthesize had increased to 103, and their power had surged to the point where they could instantly kill a second-tier liquefied wizard.

Even a second-tier crystallized wizard would be severely injured if hit by one.

The most powerful Black Rope Tower wizard present was only a second-tier crystallized wizard, and they were not in their prime. Most of them were killed on the spot when hit by an engraved gemstone.

Su Nan pursued them for over a hundred kilometers, throwing out about seventy to eighty engraved gemstones. Ninety-three wizards died at his hands.

The other Star Alliance wizards, taking advantage of the situation, also eliminated many of the fleeing Black Rope Tower wizards.

Out of the four hundred or so Black Rope Tower wizards who had arrived with such arrogance, only twenty to thirty managed to escape, a loss so severe that it was beyond description.

With the upper-level wizards either dead or fleeing, the morale of the Black Rope Tower's ground forces crumbled. Apart from the golems and the wizard towers, which continued to resist under the control of their tower spirits, the rest of the army quickly disintegrated.

In contrast, the morale of the Star Alliance forces soared, and they soon gained the upper hand, forcing the enemy to retreat continuously.

With the war turning in this direction, the Star Alliance's victory was a foregone conclusion.

To capture the remaining Black Rope Tower wizard towers intact, Su Nan ordered his forces to slow down their attacks, focusing on depleting the towers' energy. Once the energy was exhausted, they would move in for the final blow.

While the Star Alliance was focused on the Black Rope Tower wizard towers, two wizards in the distance were intently watching the battle through a scrying eye.

When they saw Elliot's death and the Black Rope Tower wizards' utter defeat, the lead young wizard's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise.

"I didn't expect the Star Alliance to be able to transport so many troops here."

Cyril, standing slightly behind the young wizard, smiled and said, "I noticed something strange earlier, but I didn't expect the Star Alliance to have brought in so many troops. It seems they have some means of rapidly transporting troops!"

The young wizard nodded slightly but didn't seem too concerned.

The wizard world was full of wondrous methods, and as a descendant of a True Spirit, he had seen many. It wasn't enough to surprise him.

What truly piqued his interest was the power Su Nan had displayed.

"From the looks of it, Su Nan has already broken through to the third tier of liquefaction."

"To be able to kill someone like Elliot, a descendant of a True Spirit, at the third tier of liquefaction, no wonder Maisha holds him in such high regard and says he has a good chance of becoming a True Spirit wizard in the future."

Hearing the young wizard's words, Cyril smiled but remained silent.

He knew that the young wizard, Rowan Ward, and Maisha were both descendants of True Spirits and had a competitive relationship. They had often vied for supremacy, and after Maisha recommended the Star Alliance to become an affiliate of the Codex of Wisdom, Rowan had started paying attention to the Star Alliance.

This was the main reason Rowan had brought him here.

"A plane that has been sealed for two thousand years could produce such a genius. It truly is a miracle."

Rowan sighed, then turned to leave.

"Let's go back. There are fewer and fewer undiscovered divine corpse fragments left, and the Dark Throne has been stirring lately. Those guys are probably about to make their move."

Cyril quickly followed, asking, "Do you think the Dark Throne will target anyone specific, sir?"

Rowan laughed cynically. "The Dark Throne isn't stupid. Unless it's a situation like the Deep Blue Alliance or the Savage Spirit, they will only target weaker opponents. It will likely be one of the second-rate wizard factions."

"That makes sense," Cyril agreed.

There were only so many wizard factions in the Earth Crystal Plane. Apart from the large wizard factions and the affiliates of the Codex of Wisdom, there were only a few others.

The Dark Throne could only choose from among these, and the options were limited.

"What do you think we should do next, sir?" Cyril asked.

Rowan pondered for a moment and said, "The most important part of the divine corpse, the head, has yet to be found. We will focus on that next. There aren't many areas left in the Earth Crystal Plane that haven't been searched."

(End of Chapter)

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