1403 Bloody Part 1 (1/2)

Bolstered by the magic amplifier, Saleen's territorial powers concealed all the warriors within. Electrical discharges flashed about in the sky.

Powerful light of magic emanated on that mages' castle. A huge magic array was activated and the Bug Angel Warriors at the forefront all rammed into that screen of light.

The ones wearing armor were all demons. The potency of the crash was forcefully absorbed by the demons inside. That, coupled with the excellent buffering abilities of the armors, thwarted the mages' strategies and plans.

To be more precise, the Bug Angel Warriors were all tossed to the ground, landing on their backs. Saleen, however, didn't sense any of them perishing in battle. The defensive capacities of those armors were superb; they were buttressed by several fearless warriors who barged their way into that screen of light.

The Wind Blades generated on the wings cut energy defenses. Even such large-scale defensive measures could have been easily penetrated, provided the wearer had ample control skills. As for ordinary troops—forget it! They didn't have these abilities, to begin with.

There were, however, level-9 supreme demons inside the Bug Angel Warriors.

Saleen was in no hurry. He had the warriors from the Floating City take their time assembling in front of the castle. Large mechanical puppets were pushed to the front, forming a defensive formation while Saleen nonchalantly activated the Lightning Constellation in the sky, discharging electricity downward.

Countless bolts of thin lightning lashed out on the screen of light, causing the mages of the Elemental Hand to fret.

The screen of light came at a great cost in fuel. There were no magic-power furnaces, thus necessitated the use of high-level magic nuclei to activate the screen. The number of high-level magic nuclei acquired within the Baldur's Gate was limited.

While the power of the lightning bolts was nothing special, those bolts were best used for disintegrating energy shielding just like that. Zap! Crack!

And then there was the screen of light. It got increasingly thin as the bolts lashed out on it. New magic nuclei needed to be replenished to stabilize the line of defense.

Saleen had an idea: After seeing the soldiers assemble, he took out his family badge and released a bolt of powerful lightning at the screen of light.

Boom! That screen exploded into thousands of bits of light.

The mages of the Elemental Hand were totally flustered by then. That huge bolt of lightning not only crushed the screen of light but destroyed several force fields along with it.

D*mn it! What kind of skill was that?

The mages of the Elemental Hand looked at the defenses in horror. With a broad smile, Saleen said to Rafel in the air, ”Protect me. We'll get to the screen of light.”

What? Rafel was puzzled. That screen of light was erected at the edge of the place in a heartbeat.

Saleen sped up and Rafel flapped her wings and went after him, positioning herself at the front. The weapon spirit of the magic amplifier turned invisible as it followed. Though the metal angels were slow, they were not far off. The distance between where Saleen was and the screen of light was only around 1,000 meters.

The metal angels caught up to Saleen when he zoomed before the screen of light and shielded him with their bodies.

Saleen cast a layer of Water Shield on every metal angel. Over 100 level-7 Water Shields were capable of defending against magic spells below level-nine for several times.

He then plastered his family badge on the screen of light after casting the spells and finished up by casting level-0 magic.

The energy of the screen of light was quickly absorbed into Saleen's family badge. The mages of the Elemental Hand were about to go crazy. Within the great hall in their castle, the magic nuclei on the magic array with a diameter of over 100 meters were all drained in a flash.

The speed of the drain was quicker than burning them for warmth.

The mages had never experienced anything like that before. Defensive energies being sucked away? Unheard of.

Saleen was elated! This family badge had not been able to absorb enough energy. Despite being stocked up for half a year, it could be used for attacking only once. However, the electrical attack was not necessarily a be-all-end-all. Saleen had experienced being blocked by godly items several times.

He did some experiments himself. Under certain unique circumstances, the effect of his family badge was less than that of his Thunder Dragon Blaster.

Literally no powerful beings were equipped with powerful equipment. Saleen's Thunder Dragon Blaster fired seven lightning icicles every hour. That rate of fire proved useful in battles. Put to good use, the lightning icicles would prove to be a constant threat to his enemies.

On the other hand, if the family badge stayed as it was, it would be like deadweight that was too precious to discard.

The lightning and Sea of Cloud in the badge boiled in an instant as Saleen absorbed the energy on the screen of light. The screen was faltering and there were hundreds of thousands of warriors awaiting his orders from behind. They would charge inside as soon as the screen crumbled.

The mages of the Elemental Hand were having a hard time. In truth, even if there were thousands of magic towers inside the castle and over 100,000 mages to man them, they still would not fear the soldiers charging inside.

The development of the castle, however, was still incomplete. If those soldiers were able to break through the screen of light and the large-scale puppets began to tear the buildings apart, the losses would have been staggering.

The mages already saw elemental creatures appearing far behind the soldiers, which looked to be Elemental Stone Statue Soldiers. They were over 100 meters tall, and all of them carried enormous magic cannons poised to attack at a moment's notice.

Attacks of magic cannons were indiscriminate and were incapable of locking onto targets. They also proved to be the ideal tools for taking on the mages' castle.

If they had sufficient power to enable the mages' castle to run full force, repelling attacks would have still been possible. Unfortunately, their magic amplifier had been broken during the Battle of Alchemy City and restoration was faulty.

When the dragon they captured attempted to escape, it broke the magic amplifier yet again. It was a real challenge keeping the mages' castle's functions working at the bare minimum.

The joy Saleen felt was indescribable. He saw through the facade of the badge and found the internal parts feverishly absorbing the screen of light's energy.