Final Lord

Chapter 179 Frozen Memories
Wang Bufu fantasized about what it would be like if the City of Miracles were in his hands. When the Emerald Dragon came to inform him, he couldn't possibly ignore it.

It's important. The number of Dragon Scale Books in the Magic Library is clearly insufficient. With the Emerald Dragon coming to visit, shouldn't we hold a ten-day to fifteen-month seminar to help it update its old scales?
If chaos erupts, the Emerald Dragons can even help fight. Given the Emerald Dragon race's small population and their protective nature, if one dragon is in trouble, the entire race will come to its aid.

There's no time to mourn the lazy, lazy Fel Spirits who just want to lie down. Next up is the Emerald Dragon Clan, who controls the natural wonder of the Emerald Tree, the only kin of the God of Nature, a born legend, and the overseer of all heavens! (Voice breaks)

Chaos erupts? You little brat, face the majesty of the strongest legendary species in the world!

"Sigh, they played a winning hand terribly. The Magic Spirit Clan really brought this upon themselves." Wang Bufu sighed.

He looked towards the chaotic area outside the city walls. At the edge of his vision, countless Frozen Soul Birds formed a dark, ominous cloud, eyeing the Magic Library menacingly.

However, they seemed to fear the powerful force of the Magic Library and dared not approach.

Wang Bufu could clearly sense that these Frozen Soul Birds were his target this time. If he could eliminate all the Frozen Soul Birds, he could complete the conquest of the Chaotic Cave.

"Strange. Would Chaotic Cave be so kind as to give me such a powerful city of miracles to start with?"

There's absolutely no danger hiding in the City of Miracles. We can slowly lure the Frozen Soul Birds over with our troops and let the Magic Library kill them all.

Just as Wang was pondering this, Tina suddenly cried out in alarm, "My lord! Someone's here!"

"What?" Wang Bufu looked over immediately.

After the Magic Library absorbed the corpse of the Frozen Soul Bird, two Magic Spirits appeared beneath it!

Their forms were ethereal, like flowing starlight intertwined with flesh and blood, with elemental veins faintly visible beneath their translucent skin. They wore pointed mage hats inlaid with iridescent crystals, with fine mithril tassels hanging from the brims, swaying gently with the fluctuations of magic.

Their pupils were diamond-shaped, shimmering with a magical aura of interwoven ice blue and emerald green. Their robes were woven from fabric formed from liquid light elements, appearing to be worn, but were semi-transparent, as if they were not.

Their cuffs are adorned with three-dimensional magic circles symbolizing the magic library, and elemental dust emanates from their every move.

Wang Bufu was standing there and could clearly hear their conversation.

A member of the Magic Spirit Clan casually flipped through the floating pages of the magic book and said, "Another magic tide? These Frozen Soul Birds aren't even warming up the defensive array of the library."

The Archmage B leaned lazily against the rune-covered chair that appeared out of nowhere, replying casually, "Why should we bother? Let those spellbooks handle it."

But what about the newly absorbed ice core energy...? Should we use it to expand the Hanging Gardens or add a hot spring function to the fountain?

A mages yawned: "It's time. I'll get some sleep and think about it tomorrow. Anyway, Ondy's 'Eternal Automation' will handle everything—unless that Emerald Dragon comes to preach again."

The B-class spirit scoffed, its figure gradually blurring: "Heh, a legendary species that oversees all heavens? He can't even come up with a solution to optimize the comfort of the swing vines. He's nothing but a figurehead."

Seeing the two magic spirits disappear, Wang Bufu immediately realized that this was just an illusion left over from the past.

“I knew there couldn’t possibly be any living beings in the Chaotic Nest.” Wang Bufu breathed a sigh of relief. “So it was just an illusion of the past… wait a minute, no, there shouldn’t be any illusions of the past in the Chaotic Cave. A normal Chaotic Cave should be a very pure combat instance, where you just fight and kill and that’s it.”

Wang Bufu was filled with apprehension; he felt he had suffered a terrible fate. This chaotic cave was unlike anything he had experienced in his previous life.

“Past illusions… Frozen Soul Bird…” Wang Bufu’s mind raced, and he quickly realized the problem.

The Frozen Soul Bird has two special abilities: Eternal Freeze and End.
When an enemy unit is killed, it is inflicted with the "Eternal Frozen" status, and the target cannot be resurrected, summoned, or used as a corpse in any way.

Ice Soul Explosion
Upon death, the ice core inside the body detonates, dealing 5 points of ice damage to all enemy units within a 1000-meter radius and inflicting a 1-second "Deep Freeze": movement speed -80%.

Wang Bufu had been focusing his attention on Ice Soul Burst because he didn't have any units with resurrection abilities, so he had been neglecting the Eternal Freeze skill.

"Its name is Frozen Soul Bird. It can freeze slain units forever... Could it be freezing their souls?"

If it's a frozen soul, where did the souls frozen by the Frozen Soul Bird go?

Wang Bufu's eyes gradually brightened.

"I understand! The souls frozen by the Frozen Soul Bird should be inside the Frozen Soul Bird's body, and the Frozen Soul Bird took them back to its nest!"

Among the monsters that destroyed the Ondise mystery was likely the Frozen Soul Bird.

Those frozen soul birds were right in front of me. After they were killed, their frozen souls were released, forming the illusion I saw.

Could it be that the remnant souls of the Magic Spirit Clan still have some power left, and have altered the logic of the Frozen Soul Bird's Nest in a way I cannot understand, wanting to use the illusions of these remnant souls to tell me something?
But what are these illusions trying to tell me?

Wang Bufu looked at the flock of Frozen Soul Birds. He estimated that only by killing more Frozen Soul Birds could he find out the truth.

Come on then.

"Tina, lead the Whirlwind Eagle up 100 meters into the air, perform a circling maneuver, and don't get too close to the city wall. Test the monster's reaction."

"Yes!" Tina flapped her wings, and from Wang Bufu's troops, a group of harpies with pure blue bodies and not a single stray feather immediately took to the air.

Whirlwind Eagle

Extraordinary Level 2

Attributes:
Life: 44
Attack: 35
Defense: 10
Speed: 28
Professional skills:

Whirlwind: Upon a successful hit, your speed increases by 20 for 10 seconds. You also gain one stack of Wind Mark.

Whirlwind Dance: Consumes three stacks of Wind Mark. The next attack becomes a ranged attack with a range of 400 meters. This attack ignores defense.

Storm Feather Blade: Consumes five layers of Wind Mark, causing 20 points of air elemental damage to all hostile units within 40 meters.

Compared to the Tier 1 Gale Hawk, the Whirlwind Hawk has added ranged attack capabilities, transforming it from a pure melee assassin into a multi-functional unit capable of both ranged and melee combat.

The Wind Mark skill consumption might seem troublesome, but it's actually not troublesome at all. This is because Whirlwind Eagles can stack marks by lightly attacking their allies, just as they can attack each other to trigger a speed boost. A maximum of 15 marks can be accumulated.

Five ranged attacks that ignore defense are enough to kill many units of the same tier! Most impressively, it gains a 48-point movement speed boost. This is a speed only many epic units possess! The Whirlwind Hawk, though a transcendent unit, has already entered the epic realm in terms of speed!

(End of this chapter)