Above the mage!

Chapter 413: First Stage Form

The level of this wind dragon is at least level five, and it is at least an "elite monster" among the level five.

Although the level cannot be seen directly, most of the mages present made a quick judgment.

Because this wind dragon can, on its own, confront the Oakland Magic Crystal Cannon head-on.

Compared to the combat power and appearance of the wind dragon, what really concerns all mages is that through its translucent glass body, one can clearly see that there is a green crystal core at the location of its head.

This cyan crystal core is no longer composed of wind elements, but has solidified into substance.

"It wants to become a real material creature." On the Crown of Thorns, Master Theodore stared at the pair of terrifying eyes in the wind network and spoke word by word.

Count Roland's face changed when he heard this.

Looking at Fenglong's indifferent pupils that seemed to have no emotions, this time he seemed to see some greed hidden in them.

That is greed for the mage plane.

All doubts and irregularities were explained the moment the wind dragon appeared.

Gaode had been unable to figure out a problem before:
Why are these wind elemental creatures fighting so hard?
Even if the wind network is completely formed and opens up the channel between the mage plane and the secondary plane they belong to, it will not be of any benefit to them.

Wind elemental creatures, as energy creatures, only need wind element energy to survive.

Although the mage plane also contains extremely rich wind element energy, the wind element energy in the plane they belong to is more than enough, so why bother?
Even their own plane is more suitable for their survival.

As a material plane, the Mage Plane contains too complex energy, which means there are too many useless impurities for wind elemental creatures.

Now, everything has a reasonable explanation.

It turned out that the most powerful wind elemental creature in this secondary plane had grown to the stage of transforming into a material creature.

However, if one wants to truly transform into a material creature, it is definitely impossible to do so in the purely elemental secondary plane.

It must enter a real material plane like the Mage Plane.

Even the appearance of Fengluo was most likely driven by this wind dragon.

During a long period of time, after countless attempts, the wind dragon, which had almost no lifespan limit, finally found a weak point where its own plane met the wizard's plane.

This is lucky.

With its powerful force, it successfully broke through this weak point.

Unfortunately, this weak point is located too close to the city of Oakland.

If it was not 180 kilometers but 800 kilometers, perhaps by the time the wind network was completely stabilized, Auckland City would still be unaware of it.

Moreover, if the distance is 800 kilometers, it is not necessary for the mages in Auckland City to destroy this wind network.

Because the wind at this distance does not pose much threat to the city of Oakland.

But unfortunately not if.

If the wind dragon wants to cross this dragon gate and have real flesh and blood, it must preserve the wind network, and then enter the mage plane after the wind network is fixed and stabilized.

If the magicians of Auckland City want to save Auckland City, they must destroy this wind network.

Both sides have reasons not to retreat or make concessions.

It all depends on who has the harder fist.

Rumble!
The golden beam of light from the magic crystal cannon and the green vortex protruding from the wind dragon were colliding violently up and down, and were in a stalemate.

The burst of energy tore the entire sky into a yin-yang face.

将对将，卒对卒。

If the magic crystal cannon and the wind dragon are generals from two different dimensions.

The wind elemental creatures that continuously swarm out of the wind networks are the "pawns" of the wind dragon.

The mages on the ship are pawns of the mage plane.

And now, whether it is the general level or the pawn level, the mage plane is showing an unfavorable trend.

It’s not that the Oakland Magic Crystal Cannon, as Oakland City’s war-level alchemical weapon, is weaker than the Wind Dragon, but the activation of the Magic Crystal Cannon requires continuous consumption of the magic power in the Orrick Crystal.

But on the wind dragon's side, while it was spewing out green vortices, the green crystal core at its head was constantly absorbing the abundant wind element energy in the plane.

It can't be called a perpetual motion machine, but if there is "energy" supply, the Oakland Magic Crystal Cannon will definitely be drained first.

On the other hand, the magician's combat power is also stronger than the wind elemental creatures which are at most level three.

But the problem is the same.

Whether fighting or defending, mana and the magic power of the Orrik Crystal are consumed.

Wind elemental creatures continued to emerge in an endless stream, and there was a plane to back them up, so their numbers seemed endless.

The only good news is that both the formation of wind elemental creatures and the breath of wind dragons are consuming the wind element energy in the secondary plane.

So what is visible to the naked eye is that the speed at which the wind network is formed begins to stagnate, and the space crack no longer continues to expand.

If the stalemate can continue like this, Fengluo will naturally collapse.

The question is, can it sustain?

Wow!
All the warships were shaking violently due to the aftermath of the collision between the blue vortex and the golden light column.

The layer of light shield covering the surface of the warship continued to produce ripples due to the impact of wave after wave of wind elemental creatures.

Boom!

Another wave of wind elemental creatures crashed into the light shield, and ripple-like energy fluctuations spread along the meridians of the hull, causing the hull to shake.

On the ship, the mages gritted their teeth and cast various spells.

Conjuration and evocation spells are undoubtedly the mainstream.

The fireballs and ice cones bursting out from the palms continuously bombarded the wind elemental creatures in the air.

Everyone was generous with their magic power and used it without reservation.

These wind elemental creatures seem to be endless to kill and destroy, but the formation of each wind elemental creature requires the consumption of wind elemental energy in the secondary plane.

Once they are killed in the Mage Plane, the wind element energy that makes up their bodies will not return to the Wind Element Secondary Plane, but will be domineeringly digested by the Mage Plane.

If this continues, the energy of the wind element in the secondary plane of the wind element will continue to decrease, and the wind network will slowly dissipate.

The only downside is that this isn't a game, so there isn't a mission progress bar.

No one knows how many wind elemental creatures need to be killed to reach the critical value that will cause the wind network to collapse.

The defeated wind elemental creatures turned into wind elemental energy, and most of the blue halos dissipated like mist and returned to the mage plane.

But a small part was also absorbed by the soul of the wilderness.

"Cyan 96.7% 97.5%"

In the eyes of God's Mandorla, the proportion of blue in the Wild Soul's body has begun to approach 100%.

In fact, there is no need for such a precise value, because the naked eye can see that the transparent soul part of the Wilderness Soul is being eaten away and stained by the green, and it is gradually invisible. In the next moment, strange lines of light flashed from the surface of the Wilderness Soul's body.

Gode's Mandorla's Magic Eye scanned the Wild Soul back and forth several times, but could no longer see even 0.1% of the transparent part.

This means that the Wild Soul has absorbed enough wind energy to enter the first stage of its form, formally completing its transformation from Wild Soul to Storm Soul.

A strong wave of magical power emanated from the body of the Wilderness Soul.

Fine green light rose from the surface of its soul, spreading upward from its feet.

Wherever the light passed, the originally illusory soul gradually became solid, as if it was injected with the power of life and transformed into an entity with a glass-like luster.

At first glance, it actually bears some similarities with the terrifying wind dragon hovering behind Feng Luo.

But the difference is that the wind dragon was stuck in a semi-illusory and semi-solid state, while the Soul of the Wilderness completed its materialization without any hindrance.

The green light flows all the way upwards.

After it flashed past the head of the Wild Soul, the Wild Soul (or rather, the Storm Soul) opened its eyes.

There was no longer nothingness in the pupils, but two materialized storms, which seemed to contain some inexplicable emotions.

This is the first stage of Storm Soul.

However, the battle was fierce right now and Goder did not have time to explore the abilities of the Storm Soul.

But the next moment, the Storm Soul showed Gode the unusual aspects of itself in its first stage form.

It opened its mouth towards the void, making a hissing sound as if inhaling.

An abnormal suction force spread out with the Storm Soul as its center.

Not only the warship where Gaode was, but also the wind elemental creatures on three or four surrounding warships were defeated. The dissipated wind elemental energy was boiling and rushed towards it madly.

The moment these wind elemental energies were injected into the Storm Soul's body, they turned into green lines that moved across its surface, making its outline clearer and clearer.

The absorption efficiency has not only doubled, it is even more than ten times!
Take a peek and see the whole leopard.

With such a huge improvement in “eating” speed, other areas must not be too weak!
Some people are happy that someone is worried.

While Goder was pleasantly surprised that the Storm Soul had entered the first stage, the atmosphere on the Crown of Thorns was unusually depressing.

"We can't go on like this," Master Theodore murmured, staring at the wind above the sky.

The standoff continues.

No one could be sure whether the magic power of the Orrick crystal was exhausted first, or the wind network collapsed first due to the rapid consumption of wind element energy.

If it's the latter, then that's good.

But if it is the former, what will greet them next will be a catastrophe.

Not only will the entire fleet present be wiped out with few survivors, but after the wind network stabilizes, the city of Auckland will also cease to exist.

So, you can't gamble, you must take the initiative to do something.

"Mages above the fourth ring, get ready and rush towards the wind network with me to face the wind dragon." After repeated consideration, Mage Theodore gritted his teeth and made this difficult decision.

Just as a wind dragon cannot transform into a material creature in a pure energy plane, once a material creature enters a pure energy plane, it will also face various discomforts and even be eroded by energy and transformed into an energy creature.

Therefore, this secondary plane of wind element is definitely a dead end for human mages and it is not advisable to stay there for a long time.

Even at the entrance of the space channel, one has to endure the erosion of wind element energy.

Not to mention that there is such a powerful wind dragon among them.

But now, they have no choice.

In order to win, you have to take risks.

Master Theodore's decision quickly spread throughout the fleet.

But in fact, most of the fourth-ring mages are still concentrated on the Crown of Thorns. Other warships either have one or two fourth-ring mages in charge of overall command, or none at all.

For example, there was no fourth-ring mage on the warship where Gaode was.

All the four-ring mages, whether willing or not, responded to the call.

Even Count Roland was already standing beside Master Theodore, ready to go.

——As the nominal lord and chief governor of Oakland City, his mage level is as high as the fourth ring.

During the Plantagenet dynasty, the nobles had no privileges when carrying out such dangerous missions, and they even had to lead the way.

Count Roland was very self-conscious.

Whether for the sake of the doctrines in his heart or for the honor and future of his family, he could not escape this charge.

"All four-ring mages, get ready. Follow me!!" The voice of Mage Theodore floated above the fleet that was swaying in the wind and rain.

Hearing his voice, those fourth-ring mages activated their spell models one after another.

Along with the fluctuation of magic power, a soft light emanated from around their bodies, and there was also a slight sound of wind.

With the help of magic, they became extremely light and even suspended in the air.

【Flying technique】

[Flying] is a third-level transmutation spell. Like the first-level [Languages], it is a must-learn spell for third-level mages, and almost everyone has one.

Its spell effect is just as its name suggests, it allows the mage to have the ability to fly.

That is to say, starting from the third-ring mage, the mage can start soaring into the sky.

Of course, this is not enough. In addition to [Flying], they also need to cast various protective spells on themselves in advance.

"Kill for Oakland!" Seeing that everyone was ready, Master Theodore shouted again.

As soon as he finished speaking, he raised the obsidian staff in his hand, took the lead, and plunged into the ocean of wind elemental creatures as fast as lightning.

As he flew rapidly, a brilliant halo of fire suddenly bloomed around Master Theodore's body.

Even if the wind elemental creatures came in like a tide and covered it, they still could not conceal the blazing red light of the fire halo.

These wind elemental creatures, which are at most level three, no matter how many there are, how can they stop a five-ring wizard?
Those overlapping wind elemental creatures would immediately explode as soon as they were touched by the flaming halo around Master Theodore, and in an instant they were transformed into the most primitive wind elemental energy.

Count Roland followed closely behind, and then the other four-ring mages. Their speed was obviously slower than that of Mage Theodore, or rather, more than one step slower.

Everyone has a dazzling magical light shining on their body, with different styles and colors, but the same thing is the powerful magical fluctuations surging within them.

The hierarchical suppression is extremely obvious in the supernatural power system of this world.

With the five-ring mages as the spearhead and the four-ring mages forming a phalanx, the wind elemental creatures were unable to cause any hindrance, let alone block them.

Everyone is aware of this.

The truly dangerous part of this operation came after reaching Fengluo's location.

(End of this chapter)