Wizard: Starting from Escape from the Thorn Garden

Chapter 140 The Incarnation's Defeated Escape

Just as the Death Knight Marshal led his royal guard in a frenzied charge towards Commander Elmer, the cry rang out: "Now! Murphy, break through!"

Elmer roared, and his ancient wooden staff burst forth with an unprecedented emerald light, forcefully holding off the Death Knight's charge and buying the assault team behind him a final moment.

"Rune Disintegration - Overload Shock!" Master Murphy's beard and hair stood on end, and the crystal compass in his hand spun wildly. All his computing power was concentrated into one point, and a silver-white beam of light, condensed to the extreme, slammed into the last core protective node of the energy pool.

*Click!*

A sickening cracking sound rang out, and the last layer of thick runic shield covering the energy pool flickered violently before shattering like broken glass.

It revealed a terrifying, almost liquid energy core that was boiling and churning, composed of countless compressed souls and death energy.

"Hamon, Elena! Now!" Elmer roared again.

"Molten Core Nova - Explosion!" Hamon hurled several highly unstable flame cores that he had prepared beforehand at full force toward the exposed energy pool.

"Starry Sky Forbidden Energy Deflection!" Elena's silver eyes shone brightly, and the Nebula Crystal shone brightly. It was not an attack, but rather a powerful deflection field that forcibly diverted the surrounding necromancy and physical attacks that were trying to intercept it.

Boom! Boom boom boom!!!

Deafening explosions rang out one after another inside the energy pool.

The highly compressed death energy was completely detonated by this violent impact from both inside and outside.

The core of the entire Corridor of the Dead trembled violently, and the enormous energy pool, like a ruptured heart, suddenly expanded before exploding with a deafening roar!

An indescribable, terrifying energy storm instantly swept through the entire cave.

The Death Knight Marshal and his personal guard, who were at the forefront of the attack, were swallowed up and annihilated by this pure, out-of-control torrent of death before they could even utter a scream.

Elmer and the others had already retreated with all their might just before the explosion, with Evan creating a gust of wind and Elena deploying her Star Shield. However, they were still violently thrown back by the shockwave and crashed heavily into the cave wall. Everyone was injured and in a sorry state.

But they succeeded.

Almost simultaneously, through soul connection and battlefield perception, Kate also learned that the core of Burial Pit No. 3 had been successfully destroyed.

"Node One, successfully destroyed!" Kate thought excitedly.

At the same time, the entire zombie horde awakening ritual energy network, which was already extremely unstable due to the explosion of node three and the overload of node two, completely lost its balance after losing node one, the largest node.

Rumble, rumble, rumble—!

The entire Eternal Night Canyon seemed to be wailing.

In the sky, the three eerie green pillars of light that had been rising and gradually merging suddenly twisted and flickered violently, and then dimmed and collapsed rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The death energy that had been forcibly extracted and gathered lost its guidance and, like a flood bursting its banks, backfired, flowed backward, and raged wildly.

More intense explosions and roars of uncontrolled energy came from the locations of the three burial pits.

Those powerful undead spirits that had just been forcibly awakened from their slumber by the power of the ritual and had not yet fully taken shape—

The anticipated second-tier undead lords, or even more terrifying beings, let out desperate and unwilling roars under the sudden energy backlash and interruption. Their power instantly dissipated, and their enormous phantoms shattered and vanished like bubbles before they could fully solidify, leaving only fragmented consciousness and dissipated powerful energy fluctuations.

Ultimately, only a large number of low-level undead creatures with strength at or below the first level and a massive number of fourth-level apprentice level were successfully aroused by the ritual.

They stood there blankly, or followed their remaining instincts and began to wander and gather aimlessly, but they were far from forming the organized and terrifying horde of corpses that was expected to engulf everything.

The ceremony failed. And it was a disastrous failure!

"No-!!!"

Above the Hall of Bones, the Pale Lord and the Shadow Assassin's avatars simultaneously unleashed roars that shook the entire plane, filled with boundless rage and disbelief.

They could clearly sense that the ritual power that was about to be completed, which would have given them a surge of power and allowed them to completely control the Eternal Night Canyon, was rapidly dissipating, replaced by a tremendous backlash that made their avatars appear illusory.

Their ultimate plan, which they had painstakingly devised and invested countless resources in, ultimately failed at the last moment.

"Insects, worms! How dare you ruin my grand plan!!"

The Pale Lord's avatar's voice was twisted, filled with the most venomous hatred, "I will make you—make the entire Hand of Life—pay the most terrible price!!"

The Shadow Assassin's avatar transformed into a shadow that tore through space, emitting a piercing shriek: "Kill! All troops, attack! Crush them, leave no one alive!!"

Utter madness and rage overwhelmed the reason of the two undead lords.

Since the ingenious plan has failed, let's use the purest and most savage force to forcibly flatten everything.

In the short term, they will no longer be able to hold ceremonies.

At this moment, only by going all out and launching a full-scale attack, flooding the Hand of Life's defenses with an endless sea of ​​undead, can we vent their rage and try to salvage some of the losses.

Driven by the rage of the monarch's avatar, the entire undead army of the Eternal Night Canyon, whether elite troops or newly awakened low-ranking undead, surged forward like a tide, losing some of its former discipline. With even greater madness and fearlessness, they launched a full-scale attack on all the outposts and defenses of the Hand of Life.

The area around the Seventh Outpost, in particular, became a key target of attack because it was at the forefront of the battlefield.

However, the undead legion at this time was no longer the terrifying army that had been strengthened and led by high-ranking undead when the ritual was successful.

Their numbers remain large, but they lack truly high-end combat power. Low-level undead make up the vast majority of them, and although their attacks are fierce, they lack a decisive breakthrough force.

The seventh outpost defense line.

Commander Elmer and his team had just recovered from the explosion when they felt the frenzied momentum of the undead's all-out attack.

"Quickly, retreat to the defensive line. High alert! They're going to fight to the death!" Elmer shouted, ignoring his injuries.

The group quickly retreated to the fortified walls of the Seventh Outpost.

At this moment, the wizards at the outpost had already been alerted by the distant explosion and energy turbulence, and all of them entered battle mode.

As everyone watched the low-level undead sea surge in like a black tide, their eyes glazed over yet charging wildly, their hearts were in their throats.

"Prepare for battle! Activate all magic arrays at maximum power! Wizards, take your positions! Prioritize eliminating high-level undead units!"

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Elmer's voice was amplified and carried throughout the defensive line via a sound-amplifying array.

A fierce battle of attack and defense erupted instantly.

The undead, seemingly unaware of fear, relentlessly charged against the rune-infused barrier.

Arrows, spells, rolling stones, hot oil—all sorts of defensive measures were unleashed, and hordes of undead fell, but more undead immediately filled the gaps.

From time to time, undead spellcasting units or mutants would break through the fire network, causing damage and chaos to the defense line.

The battle became intense from the very beginning.

Kate sensed the full-scale attack erupting from afar and the immense pressure on the Seventh Outpost, and her heart trembled.

He knew that the most crucial moment had arrived.

The avatar of the Undead Lord will inevitably take action personally, attempting to secure victory in one fell swoop.

"Grom, immediately lead all the elites of the Warband to break through and support the Seventh Outpost," making it seem as if they had been blocked by the Hand of Life, suffered heavy losses, and finally managed to rejoin the defensive line by sheer luck.

Clear out as many low-level undead as possible along the way to demonstrate your value.

Kate immediately gave Grom instructions.

"Yes, Master." Grom responded emotionlessly, then led the core force of the Skullcrushers to charge outwards, fighting the undead who were "blocking" them while moving towards the Seventh Outpost.

The addition of this unit alleviated the pressure on the defensive line to some extent.

Meanwhile, Kate herself joined up with Evan and Elena, hiding on the flank of the battlefield, waiting quietly.

He was waiting, waiting for the moment when the lord of the undead could no longer resist personally attacking the Seventh Outpost.

That would also be the perfect time for the incarnation of the Sage of Life to descend!

As expected, with their attack thwarted, the undead suffered heavy casualties but were unable to break through the defenses. The Pale Lord and the Shadow Assassin's avatars finally couldn't hold back any longer.

They could not tolerate these "ants" continuing to obstruct their progress.

"Hmph! Useless! We still have to take action ourselves!"

The Pale Lord avatar snorted coldly, hovering behind the undead army, and slowly raised his hand.

The black crystal ball, dripping black liquid continuously, floated up, emitting a terrifying aura that caused everything to wither.

"Plague Curtain - End of All Things!"

Endless, pale green plague clouds surged from the crystal ball like a tsunami, engulfing the Seventh Outpost.

Wherever the clouds passed, the earth instantly rotted and crumbled, and low-level undead fell in droves, turning into pus. Even the energy barrier emitted a hissing sound as it was overwhelmed and quickly dimmed.

The Shadow Spikes avatar merged into the shadows, and in the next moment, countless shadow blades tearing through space rained down on the energy nodes and wizard gathering points of the defensive line.

The two monarchs unleashed a devastating attack the moment they made their move.

The defense line was instantly on the verge of collapse.

Elmer and the others turned pale, sensing a deadly threat.

At this critical moment—

"How can the mighty power of nature be allowed to be trampled upon by death?"

A gentle yet incredibly majestic voice, seemingly imbued with the very life of the forest, resounded clearly in the ears of every living creature.

Above the sky, the eternal shadow moon seemed to have been forcibly erased, and the boundless darkness was dispelled by a warm and vast emerald green light.

The embodiment of Elune Greenleaf, the Sage of Life, has finally arrived!

She was still the same figure composed of vines, flowers, and radiance, but the pressure she exuded at this moment was more than ten times stronger than when she was at Evergreen Fortress.

The illusory World Tree she held in her hands spun slightly, casting endless radiance.

"A Tribute to Life: A New Star of Purification"

With a gentle wave of her hand, a massive green nova, composed entirely of pure life energy, descended from the sky and fell into the plague-stricken heavens.

There was no explosion, only silent annihilation and purification.

The terrifying plague cloud, like ice and snow meeting the blazing sun, quickly melted and purified, transforming into harmless...

The fragrant raindrops, instead of nourishing the parched earth, actually moistened it.

At the same time, the vines that stretched out from her body swayed gently, accurately blocking all the incoming shadow blades. Those attacks, which were powerful enough to tear through space, only caused faint ripples when they hit the vines before disappearing without a trace.

Attribute counteraction! The power of the Life Sage perfectly counters the Death and Decay power of the Undead Lord.

"Elune, you've come after all!" The Pale Lord's avatar roared angrily, but a hint of fear flashed deep in her eyes.

They had just experienced the backlash of the ritual, and their transformed power was not at its peak, while their opponents were well-rested and their attributes were naturally superior to theirs.

"Pale, Shadow, your ambitions should end here."

The Sage of Life's avatar spoke calmly, yet with undeniable power, "Leave the Eternal Night Canyon, or today will be the day your two avatars are annihilated."

"Arrogant! Even if our attributes clash, you think you can stop us with just an avatar?!"

The Shadow Spikes shrieked, their forms blurring once more, transforming into countless shadows that pierced towards the Sage of Life from all directions.

"Then let the facts speak for themselves." The Sage of Life shook his head slightly.

She said no more, clasped her hands together, and radiated light from her body.

"Nature's Realm - Unfolding"

hum!

A vast, vibrant, emerald-green domain instantly expanded from her center, enveloping both of the undead lords' avatars.

Within the domain, the rules are rewritten.

The energy of death was greatly suppressed, the power of the dead was sluggish, while the laws of life and nature were more active than ever before.

Countless enormous, living trees rose from the ground, coiling around the undead avatar; pure flames of life rained down, scorching their bodies; melodious elven war songs echoed in the air, weakening the spirits of the undead and boosting the morale of the living.

The Pale Lord and the Shadow Assassin avatars were both shocked and furious, feeling as if they were stuck in a quagmire, their power severely weakened, and each attack and defense required several times more power than usual.

They erupted wildly, plague, curses, and shadows tearing through—

Various powerful necromancy spells bombarded the area, but most of them were neutralized and purified by the surging life energy.

The Sage of Life manifested as a god within the domain, effortlessly manipulating the forces of nature, deflecting their attacks time and again, and constantly counterattacking with the Vine of Life, the Light of Purification, and powerful natural magic.

The battle was completely one-sided.

With their attributes countered, their condition worsened, and being pulled into the opponent's home turf, the domain power of the two undead lords could only envelop themselves, and signs of defeat were already emerging.

"Damn it!!" The Pale Lord's avatar screamed as one of its arms was struck by a highly condensed beam of life, instantly withering and shattering.

The Shadow Spike avatar was also entangled by countless vines, its shadowy body being continuously purified and dissolved, emitting painful howls.

If this continues, their avatars might really be left here!

"Retreat!" The Pale Lord's avatar roared in unwilling anger, suddenly detonating a portion of its primal power to forcibly blast a temporary gap in the Life Domain.

The Shadow Assassin also took the opportunity to break free of its restraints.

The two avatars, in a disheveled state, transformed into streaks of light and fled into the darkness at the deepest part of the Eternal Night Canyon, no longer caring about the legion below.

The monarch incarnate—has fled in defeat!