The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 854 The Great Turnaround (Part 2)
As the countdown ended, the atmosphere of the entire abyss world suddenly changed.

This change is clearly perceptible to both the Alliance and the Hearthstone players.

It felt like the course of a great river had suddenly changed.

Soon, the furnace people realized that this was a sign that the world-destroying weapon had been activated.

The battle fortress in the sky, which was preparing to enter the world, immediately rose back up, and the Hearth Legion on the ground also flew towards the sky.

Apocalyptic weapons are only effective if prevented before activation; once activated, any weapon is enough to warrant an entire legion treating them with the highest standards.

The target of the world-destroying weapon is actually the combat power of the Overlord. If an Overlord can be trapped in the world, the power of that part of the world-destroying weapon is even enough to annihilate the Overlord's soul.

At least the Furnace People possessed such weapons, and they did indeed kill the Overlord.

However, the retreating furnace people clearly misunderstood one fact.

That is, what they are facing is not a world, but a life form disguised as a world.

From the moment this world was completely corrupted, it became part of the vast and complex life form that is the Abyss.

These guys are now essentially inside the abyss; how could such a terrifying creature as the abyss let them leave!

In an instant, the World Wall suddenly rippled violently. The unimaginable spatial compression almost instantly severed those war fortresses that had not yet completely broken free from the World Wall, leaving a smooth, mirror-like fracture without a single burr.

Immediately afterwards, the energy in the air began to vibrate.

Every world has its own unique rules, but in this world, even the local gods are few and far between, and there exists a special rule.

The energy in the air vibrated continuously, then transformed into sharp spatial fluctuations.

These spatial fluctuations are a manifestation of special rules.

Through energy vibration, the internal space of this world will resonate with the energy, thus forming an indestructible spatial edge.

These blades are not high in energy level, but they have extremely strong penetrating power. To put it another way, each of these blades is equivalent to a 100,000-level energy-level sculpting spell.

Manipulated by the will of the abyss, the entire world was filled with these spatial blades. Whether it was the Alliance's flesh fortress or the Forge Fighters of the Hearthkins, they were all instantly shattered.

Even the surviving Hearthman War Fortress had its outer armor completely shattered, and it barely withstood this world-class attack thanks to its energy shield and internal regenerative armor.

Of course, such a world-class attack comes at a price.

The world's fundamental power has been severely depleted, and without the control of the Abyss's will, it will soon enter a dormant state.

Under the control of the will of the abyss, the earth's veins began to boil, and countless violent energies, carrying the power of the abyss, burst through the ground like a flood.

The earthly divine kingdom system was destroyed in an instant, but it was replaced by a much larger and more sophisticated formation.
Under the influence of the formation, a subtle resonance suddenly reverberated throughout the entire world.

Boom!Boom!Boom!
This resonance grew to a level that could be heard almost instantly, and then in another instant, it transformed all the flesh and blood fortresses on the ground into basic material particles.

But this is not enough.

The resonance continued to intensify, shattering the earth and destroying even the Hearthman War Fortress in the sky.

Then even the basic particles of matter could not hold on. Starting from the complex, it spread rapidly to the simple particles, and the whole world was reduced to the basic elements in this resonance.

And so, annihilation began.

From the perspective of the stars, the world suddenly became incredibly bright, as if a supernova had erupted within it.

The light lasted for a long time, but when the light ended, the world still existed.

However, its interior is now completely empty.

Elements and rules are like clothing for the world.

Although it would be embarrassing to be without clothes, the world will not disappear or die because of it.

However, this is enough.

This world has almost no value to civilization devourers.

Even if the civilization devourer forcibly erodes the world's origin into a part of itself to heal its own wounds, its power will be greatly depleted in the process.

This will greatly slow down His devouring of other worlds, and time is exactly what the Alliance needs most.

Killing the civilization devourer is unrealistic, because as long as one world exists, the civilization devourer will remain.

Only war can kill the black hand of war.

The same scenario plays out repeatedly in the 275 abandoned worlds.

Even with the advantage of terrain, the Alliance would find it difficult to hold out against the Hearth Legion.

The technological gap and the disparity in the quality of soldiers cannot be bridged simply by relying on geographical advantages.

Soon, the middle defensive perimeter was breached, and a massive army entered the inner defensive perimeter.

……

Inner defensive ring.

"Hurry up, and get your hands and feet moving!"

Before the abyss net tunnel, soldiers from the front lines continuously withdrew from the net tunnel.

Although the Abyss Web would collapse after the world's destruction, the impact would be minimal; an hour would be enough for the retreating legion to reach a safe zone. These soldiers were mostly unharmed, but extremely demoralized.

The Hearthkins' legions are intelligent. The confrontation with the Wizarding Alliance made the Hearthkins realize that it was impossible to quickly defeat the Alliance by conventional means, so they began to release a curse virus into the world.

These curses do not cause soldiers to die directly or go insane—such curses are easy to detect and counter.

The effects of these cursed viruses are all to increase the mental energy consumption of soldiers.

These consumptions are initially insignificant, but as the curse deepens, its effects become increasingly powerful until, in the end, even if a creature meditates all day, its mental energy is insufficient to sustain the curse virus's consumption.

At that time, the curse virus will also completely alter the soul of the creature, transforming it into a cursed creature, thereby further amplifying the effect of the curse virus.

Beside these soldiers, a curse wizard in black robes and a miracle wizard in white robes, wearing bird-beak masks, continuously cast curse detection and purification spells with their staffs.

Under the holy light, the soldiers of the gods were often at peace, while the demons of the abyss all looked disgusted.

Holy Light is not something opposed to the Abyss; it only manifests its harm to the demons of the Abyss because of the war between the gods and the Abyss.

Now that the war is over, Holy Light is just ordinary light to the demons of the abyss. Divine magic and miracles can also be used normally against them.

Looking at the soldiers of the gods who quickly showed no signs of being cursed after being enveloped by the purification spell, a curse wizard dressed in black robes exclaimed in amazement, "Your purification spells as miracle wizards are truly effective."

Initially, this cursed virus was handled entirely by the cursed wizard.

While the curse wizard's method can remove the curse, it's simply not very efficient.

On the advice of the Grand Wizard, the Miracle Wizard began to participate in dealing with the cursed virus.

Initially, the Miracle Wizards were meant to be the Curse Wizards' henchmen, but after the Miracle Wizards used their purification spell to eliminate the curse virus, they immediately became the main force in the operation, while the Curse Wizards became the assistants.

"It's just that we have different strengths," the Miracle Wizard laughed. "We excel at support, while you excel at offense; we simply have different roles."

The cursed wizard sighed, "That's true, but when it comes to offense, our curses are nowhere near as effective as our cannons."

Suddenly, a piercing alarm sounded.

The wizard's face behind the bird-beak mask instantly turned serious.

This is the highest level of alert, indicating that the Hearthkins' legions have appeared on the outskirts of the world and have begun their invasion.

……

The piercing alarm echoed in Gawain's ears.

He opened his eyes, stood up, and connected himself to the war airship.

"All personnel prepare for enemy attack. Activate Contingency Plan Number One."

After he finished speaking, the massive warship shuddered violently, and then began to accelerate along the passage.

The wizards already have a complete set of procedures for dealing with the Hearthstone Legion.

Throughout the entire process, barring any major unforeseen events such as the death of a commander or the premature demise of a sixth-ring level combatant, the wizards can essentially slow down the Hearth Legion's offensive speed to a rate measured in decades.

Of course, this is in the world of Wizard's Fortress.

This crude abyss fortress world will at most be delayed for a few years.

However, this is enough.

The alchemist's construction crew is working at full capacity, and the construction time for such a giant war fortress is calculated in days.

Countless rare materials entered the Fortress World via the Gods' Teleportation Array. In the past, rare materials such as adamantite and mithril were considered ordinary materials in the Fortress World.

Compared to the materials used in those expensive weapons for the Lord of the World, even adamantite and mithril are just ordinary metals.

After exiting the acceleration channel, the war airship detached from the war fortress and soared into the sky directly with the main force.

In the sky, the wizard's warships swam like a school of sharks. Countless floating cannons flew out of the warships, creating a stagnation field that almost covered the entire sky.

Under the stagnation field, the mountain-like flesh and blood fortresses split the earth apart. The various weapons crammed into these fortresses, even those with thousands of energy levels, were not worthy of entering the fortresses.

Between the fortresses lay deadly swamps of viral toxicity.

Each virus in these poisonous swamps is a potent concoction meticulously crafted by Beelzebub's virus apothecary; anyone who falls into them, even the ruler of the world, will fall ill and die. Moreover, numerous viral demons roam these swamps. The physical strength of each of these demons is comparable to that of a level four creature.

Even if the furnace dwellers who fall into the poisonous swamp are fully protected, they will still be pulled deeper into the swamp by these viral demons, becoming food for the swamp's spread.

This level of strength, if placed in a typical civilization war, would constitute an insurmountable iron wall.

I just don't know why.

An ominous feeling, of unknown origin, lingered in the minds of many intuitive veteran wizards.

Suddenly, the multicolored spore cloud was stirred up, and spatial ripples appeared in the sky. The massive battle fortress began to enter the world.

But this fortress was somewhat different from the fortresses they had seen before.

In the astral plane, a massive war fortress slowly entered the world, and around it, countless enormous humanoid figures slowly approached the world's wall.

The league overlooked one thing.

The army that the civilization devourers can use is not just the Hearthmen.

(End of this chapter)