Versatile Mage: Thunderstorm

Chapter 169 The Collision of Wind and Thunder
Thunder City.

After Li Yu went to the Thunder Forbidden Area, Ding Yumian had nothing to do, so he simply went shopping in the local market of Leicheng. He had finally come to Leicheng, the largest producer of thunder resources in the country, and he couldn't let himself go back empty-handed.

Leicheng did not disappoint Ding Yumian. In just a few hours, Ding Yumian gained a lot just like an ordinary little girl who entered a shopping mall. The only difference was that her gains were not ordinary items, but various resources.

"The quality of the lightning resources here is excellent. It really deserves to be called Thunder City."

Ding Yumian counted his gains, from cheap lightning magic stones to various advanced resources suitable for lightning mages. In total, he had spent tens of millions. As long as he continued to work as a magician, he would never lack opportunities to spend money.

What interested her most was a very rare special magic tool in Leicheng.

"This demon-slaying tool made by a lightning-type forger is truly unprecedented."

Ding Yumian was playing with a small knife in his hand. This was a rare flying knife-type magic tool, made from the Thunder-Chasing Ore, a specialty of Leicheng, and with some shark monster bones added to it.

Unlike most magic tools whose main material is demon bone, the shark demon bone added to this flying knife only enhances the conductivity of lightning magic energy. The real main material is still lightning-chasing ore.

The characteristic of Thunder Chasing Ore is that it chases lightning. It can and will only be affected by lightning magic. From the creation of magic tools to the use of magicians, the whole process is exclusive to thunder mages.

After being refined, this flying knife can be freely controlled by a lightning mage, allowing him to experience a stronger pleasure of controlling objects than a space mage.

The reason why it is a niche product is that, on the one hand, the Thunder-Chasing Ore is a real specialty of the Thunder Forbidden Zone, and there is nothing else like it.

On the other hand, the characteristics of the Thunder-Chasing Ore make it very susceptible to the effects of thunder magic, making the trajectory of the flying knife really difficult to control, and it is easy to hit the user himself. The operation is extremely difficult and dangerous, so the scope of use is greatly limited, and it is generally only used for sneak attacks.

However, in Ding Yumian's opinion, the defect of the flying knife made of Thunder-Chasing Ore that it is easily affected by thunder mages other than the user is not a problem for Li Yu at all. The one who can compete with Li Yu in thunder control is at least a thunder mage of the third level or above. When facing such an opponent, no means will work.

"But this flying knife is still too fragile. I don't know if it can be improved."

The flying knife magic tool worth one million has an unpredictable attack trajectory but its killing power is quite average. If it encounters mid-level defensive magic, it will be smashed to pieces on the spot.

Ding Yumian, who felt that this kind of magic had great potential for development, directly spent one million to buy a sample and also bought a lot of lightning-chasing ore.

Just as Ding Yumian was about to leave the market, he suddenly felt a violent vibration.

"boom!"

The loud noise attracted Ding Yumian's attention to the wall of Leicheng City a few kilometers away. He saw a lightning bird shadow covering the whole city standing proudly. The lightning surrounding its body showed its unstoppable power at a glance.

“Is this the totem that Leicheng has worshipped for a thousand years?”

Ding Yumian stared at the phantom in a daze. She could probably guess that this huge phantom should be the phantom summoned by the Thunder City defense formation. Even though it was a phantom, it still revealed an aura of looking down on the world. Ding Yumian subconsciously compared the Thunderbird with the totem black snake mentioned by Li Yu at the beginning, but if such an existence could not be seen with one's own eyes, it would be like a blind man touching an elephant, and it would be impossible to get a full picture.

Immediately, Ding Yumian realized a problem: what was the Leicheng defense formation defending against when it was activated?
The Kraken or the storm monster sweeping across the South China Sea?
……

On the city wall, Peng Ze, the commander of the Thunder Punishment Corps, who was in charge of the guard, stared at the nearly 100-meter-high waves that were sweeping towards the city wall of Thunder City. He was not panicked at all. To him, these were just small scenes. "Notify the Longyan Army that the storm monster came early this time. Let them prepare to guard against the monster."

Leicheng has two biggest troubles. One is the storm monster that can wrestle with the totem thunderbird and never gets tired of it, and the other is the sea monster that never stops in the South China Sea.

Although the storm monster is the strongest, it was born from the endless storm in the South China Sea and has always been a solitary monster. Its only hobby is fighting with the totem thunderbird. Before each fight, it will politely stir up violent hurricanes and waves to greet Thunder City, let the thunderbird go out, and start a battle in the sky hundreds of kilometers away from the coastline. And it will leave after the fight without any delay.

Leicheng and the Storm Monster have been neighbors for hundreds of years, but the casualties caused by the other side to Leicheng are less than those caused by a modern invasion of the Sirens.

Compared with the storm monster who enjoys fighting, the sirens in the South China Sea are the ones that make Leicheng grit its teeth. Every time the storm monster attacks Leicheng, a large group of sirens will take advantage of the opportunity when the storm monster stirs up trouble to charge towards Leicheng.

As a civilian armed force commanded by the guardian of Thunder City, the Thunder Punishment Corps has a small number of people but a high average combat power. They are responsible for resisting the sirens that follow the storm monster into the outskirts of Thunder City. The other three city walls are guarded by the military. The military commander Long Yan is also a powerful super-class wizard.

When Long Yan received the message from Peng Ze, she looked at the subordinates who came to inform her expressionlessly, then glanced at the sea monsters who were having a great time attacking the city below, and frowned slightly.

"Tell Peng Ze that the Siren has come ashore earlier this time. Please ask the Guardian to find out the reason."

In the past, when a storm monster attacked a city, there would be certain signs, and the sirens that followed would take advantage of the wind and waves created by the storm monster to attack the city walls. But this was obviously not the case today. The sirens attacked even earlier than the storm monster, causing Long Yan to initially think that it was just a routine invasion by the sirens. But now it seems that this is not the case. The sirens' unusual attack method made Long Yan vaguely aware that something was wrong.

……

In the Thunder Forbidden Zone, the thunderbird living on Thunder Mountain suddenly opened its dozing eyes and let out a long, sharp cry. It spread its wings that covered the sky, flapped them, and soared directly into the sky, instantly breaking through the space of the Thunder Forbidden Zone.

"NM, this Thunderbird shouldn't just be a thunder type, how come it also has some space type flavor."

The Thunderbird's unusual movements were not hidden at all. Its conspicuous size and shocking movements instantly attracted the attention of all the people in the Thunder Forbidden Zone. Li Yu was no exception. Seeing how the Thunderbird escaped from the independent space of the Thunder Forbidden Zone, Li Yu felt envious and curious at the same time. He remembered that the Totem Black Snake seemed to have the ability to appear somewhere silently. Is this spatial ability the power of the totem?

Li Yu's curiosity was not satisfied. The totem thunderbird that escaped from the forbidden thunder area rushed out of a mountain range in Leicheng. Its sharp eyes immediately caught sight of the storm demon that was hanging high above the Leicheng city defense formation and stretching its body wantonly. The power of thunder between its wings surged, cutting through the space, leaving several afterimages and black cracks in the sky, and finally crashed headfirst into the super-large hurricane that the storm demon used to greet.

In an instant, the unparalleled thunder and the violent hurricane collided, turning the hurricane that could destroy cities and strongholds into scattered airflow.

After the hurricane subsided, the Thunderbird did not stop, but let out an eagle cry and rushed directly towards the distant ocean. Seeing this, the Storm Demon followed with ease, with light wind surrounding its body, and followed closely behind at the same speed.

Such a shocking collision in such a short time stunned all the outsiders who came to Leicheng for the first time. They were shocked by the destructive power of the totem thunderbird and the storm monster, and they also admired the local heroes of Leicheng who knew how to eat and drink.

"A bunch of old-fashioned people who haven't even seen such a small scene."

The people of Leicheng mercilessly mocked these outsiders who were making a fuss. To them, with the protection of the thunderbirds, their city had never been breached. In this way, the invasion of the storm monster was almost an annual festival.

On the contrary, it would be a truly strange thing if the other party didn’t come one year.

In an inconspicuous old district of Leicheng, a group of ordinary people who looked like tourists dispersed and left a courtyard.

(End of this chapter)