Chapter 1149
In an instant, the ground in front lost a layer seven or eight meters deep. The four Bull Beast corpses—like slabs of flesh shielding the Central Alchemical Array—looked as if one entire side had been forcibly sliced away.
The Bull Beast corpses lying sideways on the ground were missing a strip three or four meters wide from the side. A quarter of their bodies had simply vanished…
After completing this step, Leon’s expression grew grim as he looked toward the dozens of pseudo Sky Rank magical beasts behind him.
Gods, now I finally get why Lord Merlin risked dozens of pseudo Sky Rank magical beasts getting close—just to take out those four idiot Bull Beasts first…
Damn it, if those four idiots hadn’t acted as meat shields up front, our Central Alchemical Array would never have survived that terrifying blow.
Faced with these Destruction Energy Spheres, everyone broke out in a cold sweat—no one dared leave the protective range of the Central Alchemical Array.
A second later, those Destruction Energy Spheres struck the corpses of the four Bull Beasts at the front of the Central Alchemical Array.
He’d timed it perfectly, letting the four Bull Beasts charge to the front of the Central Alchemical Array—just so those thick-skinned brutes could serve as meat shields.
Their innate Stone Skin spell worked just like that—no need for them to cast it. Using the corpses of those Bull Beasts as meat shields might be even more effective than the array’s own defenses.
A few seconds later, that terrifying storm of destruction slowly dissipated. The ground in front of the Central Alchemical Array looked as if some monster had taken a massive bite out of it.
The earth in front lost a layer seven or eight meters deep in an instant, and the four Bull Beast corpses—like slabs of flesh shielding the Central Alchemical Array—looked as if a whole side had been forcibly sliced away.
The Bull Beast corpses lying sideways on the ground were missing a strip three or four meters wide from the side—a quarter of their bodies had simply vanished…
Kurum’s face turned pale as he stared at the scene before him, finally understanding something…
Gods, now I finally understand why Lord Merlin risked letting dozens of pseudo Sky Rank magical beasts get close, just to take out those four idiot Bull Beasts first…
Damn it, if those four idiots hadn’t acted as meat shields up front, our Central Alchemical Array would never have survived that terrifying blow.
If a dozen Destruction Energy Spheres had hit the Central Alchemical Array head-on, in three seconds tops, the whole array would’ve been blown apart—and most of us would’ve died under that destructive assault…
Everyone wore the look of survivors of a disaster, but Leon’s expression only grew more grave.
He’d timed it perfectly, letting the four Bull Beasts charge to the front of the Central Alchemical Array—just so those thick-skinned brutes could act as meat shields.
Their innate Stone Skin spell worked just like that—no need for them to cast it. Using the corpses of those Bull Beasts as meat shields might be even more effective than the array’s own defenses.
All of this was to guard against the killer move of those pseudo Sky Rank magical beasts—the Destruction Energy Sphere. During the previous battle, Leon had gritted his teeth to keep them at a distance for exactly this reason.
The more powerful the control over the Destruction Energy Sphere, the farther it could be launched. But these pseudo Sky Rank magical beasts couldn’t actually control such wild, purely destructive power—at most, a thousand meters before the spheres lost control and exploded.
As long as they were kept a thousand meters away, there was no need to fear them using that nearly unstoppable force to shatter our defenses.
But because a Level 2 Sky Rank magical beast unleashed a long-range Transcendent spell, Theo’s painstakingly arranged large-scale flame barrier completely collapsed, and these beasts easily broke through to within a thousand meters.
Letting the four Bull Beasts charge through, no one expected that in just one attack, a quarter of their bodies would be annihilated…
Without full Stone Skin protection, this group of Bull Beast corpses could at best withstand one more volley of a dozen Destruction Energy Spheres before being completely obliterated…
Leon flew into the low sky and shouted.
“Take out those magical beasts that just fired Destruction Energy Spheres first! As for the rest, if any of those big ones launch Destruction Energy Spheres again, get into the Central Alchemical Array immediately!”
With that shout, Leon was the first to fly out from the protection of the Central Alchemical Array. The Doombringer Staff’s purple dragon avatar appeared behind him, and from the Book of Death, Barton and Ragulin were summoned as well.
He even used the Elemental Chapter to summon a Level 39 peak Fire Elemental Dragon.
Every available trick was unleashed, the Elemental Chapter’s power pushed to its absolute limit—Leon didn’t care about the massive drain on his mana.
A huge, spectral wheel shimmered behind him, countless Law Sigils flickering across Leon’s skin as a Rule Rune Shield formed.
In an instant, Leon’s mana surged out like water from a ruptured bag, pouring forth madly.
Four Elemental Bombs kept forming in front of Leon—against this horde of giant magical beasts, it was the most effective spell.
Bomb after bomb flew out, mushroom clouds rising from the earth as the beasts in front were blasted into flying chunks of flesh and blood.
But the killing power was limited—there were just too many beasts…
Leon kept casting Four Elemental Bombs, while also unleashing Gaia’s Hand and Touch of Frost…
A Horned Python over a hundred meters long raised its head and spat venom like black rain. The next moment, the earth beneath it rippled, and a massive black hand—over twenty meters wide—emerged from the yellow soil.
That hand, seemingly formed of black stone, seized the Horned Python’s neck beneath its head. At the same time, a frost tendril crept across its body, instantly bathing it in icy blue light.
A layer of frost condensed over the Horned Python’s scales, slowing its reactions considerably. That brief delay was just enough for Gaia’s Hand to grip its neck tightly.
The next moment, the Horned Python opened its jaws to spit venom and corrode Gaia’s Hand—but a Four Elemental Bomb shot straight into its mouth. With a thunderous explosion, the python’s massive head was blown to pieces…
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In just three seconds, Leon had killed the Horned Python. But at that exact moment, the aura of a Level 2 Sky Rank magical beast suddenly swept over the battlefield, suppressing Leon’s power and forcing him to divert much of his strength just to resist it.
The instant that Level 2 Sky Rank magical beast’s aura appeared, a fireball over ten meters wide, a boulder nearly twenty meters across, and an ice spike over ten meters long all struck Leon’s Rule Rune Shield at once…
Fireball, boulder, and ice spike exploded one after another—the massive shockwaves sent the Law Sigils on Leon’s Rule Rune Shield scattering wildly. The shield, once a transparent sphere wrapping around him, now looked like a balloon being squeezed and warped, on the verge of bursting…
Leon was blasted back dozens of meters before he managed to steady himself, his face flushed red—he nearly spat out a mouthful of blood…
Hurting ten beasts is worth less than killing just one.
These beasts are massive, thick-skinned, and tough. Unless it’s a fatal wound, it only makes them fiercer—doesn’t really help much.
But taking one down does ease the pressure a bit.
But no one expected these beasts to go utterly berserk—their spellcasting grew even fiercer. The attacks from three pseudo Sky Rank magical beasts nearly shattered the Rule Rune Shield.
By Leon’s calculations, the current Rule Rune Shield’s strength wouldn’t break as long as the instant force didn’t exceed a Transcendent spell cast by a Level 1 Sky Rank mage.
If it were those pseudo Sky Rank magical beasts, it could probably withstand three Destruction Energy Spheres at once!
If it were the beasts casting spells by instinct, it could definitely take the simultaneous attacks of five pseudo Sky Rank magical beasts.
But just being enveloped by the Level 2 Sky Rank magical beast’s aura—three pseudo Sky Rank beasts casting instinctive spells almost shattered the Rule Rune Shield…
That Level 2 Sky Rank beast hadn’t even arrived or attacked again, and Leon already had to divert forty percent of his strength just to resist it.
Running those numbers instantly, Leon’s face grew darker and darker.
If the aura alone can suppress us this much, there’s only one conclusion: before being catalyzed into a pseudo Sky Rank beast, this Level 2 Sky Rank monster was no ordinary low-grade magical beast.
It must have possessed a powerful magical beast bloodline. Only such a creature would have an aura that could oppress lower-ranked beings so fiercely—only that kind of bloodline could exert such overwhelming dominance.
This is the power of bloodline—a natural gap. Like a Level 40 dragon versus a Level 40 Swine Beast: ten Sky Rank Swine Beasts facing a single dragon of the same rank would be massacred. The dragon’s aura alone would suppress the swine so much they couldn’t even use a tenth of their strength.
Damn it, what luck. That Alchemical Array must’ve randomly summoned a low-grade magical beast with a powerful bloodline.
After being forcibly catalyzed into a pseudo Sky Rank beast, that low-grade magical beast’s powerful bloodline was enhanced—even its intelligence might have awakened in the process!
With the aura suppression from that Level 2 Transcendent magical beast, everyone’s strength was sharply reduced. Leon had to devote nearly forty percent of his power just to resist it—and the others had it even worse.
The Mage Legion flew low, forming a hundred-meter-wide cloud of fire—now compressed to just fifty meters. The once lively elemental flames now seemed like drowning spirits, growing dim and sluggish, their flow slowed to a crawl.
Within the fire cloud, a giant of flame, dozens of meters tall, pushed half its body out—like crossing planes, it slowly crawled from the cloud.
Five Ice Apes kept charging, clashing with the flame giant again and again. Clouds of white steam billowed out, and with every collision, the summoning speed of the flame giant slowed a bit more.