1291 Insect Plague Part 2 (1/2)

The bodies of the large-scale puppets were outfitted with magic cannons, forming an army at the pier. There were about 20,000 Iron Blood warriors and about 1,000 large-scale puppets. Additionally, with the Dragon Remains combat vessels that rushed into the harbor, magic nets covered the pier. Alchemy City's pier was slowly captured.

The Bug Angel troops ravaged the city, causing the mages at the pier to lose heart.

Saleen took command in the middle. On his Bug Angel Armor, there were complex Bug-type magic compound eyes that could transmit all images back to the Magical Element Tower. There was no need for Saleen to make a move in order to be able to see the details of the battle.

Of the 20,000 Bug Angel Armors purchased by Grand Duke Iron Blood, only 2,000 sets had Saleen's Dark Space magic patterns added on them.

Nevertheless, the Bug Angels without the Dark Space magic patterns still had a defensive power that was shocking. Saleen allowed the 3,600 demonic spirits that had stayed within the Magical Element Tower to record the details of the battle faithfully and search for the Bug Angel Armor's weaknesses.

The battle between the mages and the Bug Angel warriors was extremely intense from the start. Most of the mages' battles originated from fire element magic spells. These mages did not have any skills to take control of the warriors. This was because the numbers of the Bug Angel warriors were too great. Taking control of them would be a waste of mental power.

Fire Serpent, Wings of Flame, Fireball, and even fire magic arrays formed by pentagons, hexagons, and octagons burned within Alchemy City. The temperature of these flames was enough to melt iron. Yet Saleen discovered that the soldiers within the Bug Angel Armors only felt as though the temperature had increased slightly. This increase in temperature was something the armor allowed for the sake of warning the soldiers of the current danger, telling them that they should try their utmost to either leave or change the environment.

In the Bug Angel Armor, all kinds of magic patterns provided protection. Between the skin inside the armor and the outer part of the armor, it was filled with liquid and spherical metal machinery. Some of this machinery was independent. They could also combine and rotate together so that it could continue to operate even after a major portion of it was lost.

The special properties of the insect race were displayed completely. The fire magic attacks did not even cause the speed of the Bug Angel warriors to slow down by half. Dozens of Bug Angels rushed towards a seven-floor magical tower. Half of them dug up the ground. The other half spat out magic flames and attacked the tower.

After the magic chords that were stored within these Bug Angel Armors stimulated the magic arrays, they could carry out attacks that were more simple, and the distance was also rather close. However, this was sufficient. These Bug Angels had basically climbed up the magical tower to burn it up.

The seven-floor magical tower had been a bit too careless. Its windows were not closed and one Bug Angel warrior rushed inside.

The mages and warriors within the tower immediately attacked this Bug Angel. About ten warriors chopped it with their greatswords. The Bug Angel warrior twisted its body, deflecting all of the blows. There were now merely a few faint scratches on the Bug Angel Armor.

While the scratches were still rapidly healing, the Bug Angel's six long legs had already swung, slicing and dismembering the warriors. The insect's long legs had fine and compact sawteeth at their end. Magic arrays were refined at the sawteeth. Under the urging of the magic chords, it erupted with strong cutting power.

The mages were terrified. Amidst those warriors, there had been a Silver Grand Swordmaster. The sword aura of the Silver Grand Swordmaster had more or less completely permeated that insect's body, yet it had been unable to cause any damage. For close-range combat, the sword aura of a Silver Grand Swordmaster had a stronger killing power than that of a grade-7 mage. Some could even surpass grade-8 magic spells.

The most horrific thing was the wings of this bug. When the transparent wings vibrated, it would release dozens of wind blades that flew around wildly within the small and narrow magical tower. These wind blades did not have a particular destination to speak of, but in such an environment, nobody could hide.

Apart from the Silver Grand Swordmaster, the middle-grade mages could not block it at all.

The Silver Grand Swordmaster yelled angrily and the sword aura of his body suddenly increased by ten times. With a stroke of his sword, he had pierced the spot between the Bug Angel's two eyes. That was the weak spot at the head area.

However, the Bug Angel was basically just a suit of armor. Between its eyes, some poisonous liquid was stored. Once it was pierced open by the sword, the poisonous liquid was immediately evaporated by the sword aura, forming a poisonous mist within the magical tower.

The protective shields held by the mages who were hurt by this did not block it. Essentially, protective shields were a form of defense that could only block attacks from one direction. A water shield like Saleen's was also something that only a few mages could use.

The sawteeth on the Bug Angel warriors' toes continued to dance about in the state of a magic blade. It was only after it had killed all the people on that floor that it rushed towards the upper floors.

The sorcerer on the top floor had no choice but to cut off the connections between each floor. The Silver Grand Swordmaster had been unable to resist the Bug Angel, so he, a grade-7 sorcerer, would definitely be unable to do so.

Once the magical tower was sealed shut, the Bug Angel was unable to continue attacking the upper floors. He could only rampage through the bottom six floors, killing all of the remaining soldiers and low-grade mages. Only then did he block off the pathway heading towards the lower part of the tower from the 7th floor and wait for reinforcements to arrive.

The Bug Angels outside swarmed in. It was only after they had destroyed the magical towers inside until very few were left that they started to launch attacks on the 7th floor. The method of sealing the magical tower was simple: firmly lock the gates. The magic arrays blocked the gates from opening and closing. Magical towers like the Magical Element Tower, which relied on teleportation portals to carry out communications, were too few. Because teleportation portals had a very high consumption, even if the distance of transmission was only about 10 meters, the magic chords consumed would still be worth thousands of gold coins.

With this kind of defenses, how could it resist the Bug Angels' attacks?

Within the Bug Angel Armor, most of the fighters were Dragon Blood warriors. By themselves, they were sufficiently menacing. When maneuvering this type of armor that was similar to a puppet while relying on their mental power and battle experience, the weapons they were able to utilize included the sharp magic blades and the spitting of magic spells and poisonous liquids. When the two wings vibrated, they could also directly trigger wind blades. Within the small and narrow space, their killing power was horrific.