Boom!
The Titan Giant transformed into a blue streak of doomsday shadow, engulfed in raging energy, and blasted toward the front lines of the Goddess Army like a falling meteor!
Its colossal mechanical body thundered as it charged, each step crashing down like the heavens and earth were collapsing.
The entire battlefield trembled beneath its advance.
At this moment, the Titan Giant unleashed nearly all of its energy reserves without reservation like two mighty warriors beginning a duel with their most lethal blows, disregarding cost or consequence.
It was a desperate, all-in assault.
This kind of "burnout" strategy had long been part of the mechanical wizards' strategic planning.
Faced with such a high-speed charge, the defending mages had no time to formulate a complete response.
As expected
The mage army was caught completely off guard!
They never imagined this Titan Giant possessed such terrifying explosive power and would dive straight into their core with self-destructive recklessness, utterly ignoring energy consumption or potential losses!
Even from a distance, one could see:
The Titan Giant's energy output had reached its peak. Blue flames surged from its body like a volcanic eruption, causing sections of its armored plating to crack and explode, raining metal debris to the ground.
Yet even in this state, its massive form didn't slow down at all.
As the massive blue shadow surged forward
All the spells, summoned beasts, and traps laid by the mages failed to make contact!
The Titan's speed and trajectory were so erratic it seemed like a streak of blue lightning tearing through the battlefield, ripping open the defenses and bypassing every interception effort!
"Courting death!"
From within the mage ranks, several fearsome figures suddenly shot into the sky high-ranking mages of the Goddess Legion.
"8th-circle spell: Earthquake!"
"8th-circle spell: Anti-Magic Field!"
"9th-circle spell: Falling Star!"
...
A storm of arcane might exploded forth. Each high-tier spell carried the power to obliterate all, instantly engulfing the path of the Titan Giant's charge!
The floating figures above radiated immense magical force. All were 8th- or even 9th-circle mages. Their attacks were swift, precise, and terrifying each spell capable of crushing mountains and shattering the earth!
They had fully locked onto the Titan Giant's landing point and advanced route.
BOOM!!!
The first wave of magical devastation rained down like a tidal wave, slamming into the Titan Giant with earth-shaking force!
The world quaked, winds howled, and a thousand lights and energies exploded in a single instant like a flower of destruction blooming in the night!
And that was just the beginning!
In addition to the spell bombardment, countless magical artifacts, formation disks, and energy crystals shot in from land and sky, streaking like rainbow-colored comets to add to the carnage.
In the blink of an eye, the entire battlefield became a living hell.
At this moment, inside the cockpit of the Titan Giant, two hundred mechanical Wizards stared tensely at their control panels.
Numerous red warning glyphs flickered urgently.
"Armor Zone C breached!"
"Energy conduit in left arm destabilized!"
"External shell temperature at the maximum threshold!"
"Corrosive spells have pierced defensive layers beginning internal corrosion…"
The data flashed rapidly across every screen.
Even this war behemoth showed signs of strain under such a brutal, concentrated assault.
Several of its weaker structural components had been destroyed, sparking violently.
But in the top-level control chamber, Vincent and Millie remained unfazed.
Their eyes were sharp and unyielding, fixed on the epicenter of the explosions ahead.
On the monitor, critical alerts flashed wildly, but one key bar the core energy reserve still glowed green.
"Energy remaining: 52%!"
Millie licked her lips, eyes burning with intensity. "We survived the first wave…"
Vincent's face was grim, but beneath that, a fierce gleam of excitement shone. With a sudden motion, he slammed his palm down on a glowing emerald button at the center of the console.
"Now it's our turn."
As the button was fully pressed, the entire Titan Giant shook violently!
In that instant, its core systems erupted with turbulent energy, and a roar like a beast from the depths of hell burst forth from within, shaking the heavens and earth!
Runes and energy patterns surged across its body, converging upon a massive green crystal embedded in its chest.
This crystal, nearly a meter in size, pulsed with an eerie green light that made one's heart race.
And its true core was none other than the blue shard that Lynn had submitted earlier.
Though it was no larger than a fingernail, it contained unfathomable and mysterious power.
Because it was so small, Lynn assumed the war fortress wouldn't be able to make much use of it.
But he underestimated the wizards of the war fortress after all, wizards were seekers of truth, masters of theory, and those who turned knowledge into real power.
And within the fortress were countless such minds First-level Wizards, Second-level Wizards, and even Third-level Grand Wizards.
With the support of massive manpower and resources, they couldn't fully unravel the secrets of the blue shard within just a month let alone replicate it infinitely.
They were still able to amplify its effects through various methods.
While the true principles behind the shard remained elusive, the war fortress mages had succeeded in enhancing its energy output using arcane techniques and esoteric machinery!
Thus, the amplified green crystal forged from the original shard became the core weapon embedded in the Titan Giant's chest!
Buzz!Buzz!
The green crystal began vibrating at high frequency, rapidly charging up with energy!
At the same time, Vincent and Millie's voices echoed throughout the entire cockpit:
"Zero-Degree Ring Blades, begin charging!"
"Unlock upper body and activate full 360-degree rotation mode!"
The Titan Giant seemed to come alive shoulder plates opening, gears shifting, and energy circuits flaring to life in a frenzy.
The charging of the green crystal took only a few seconds.
"Fire!"
At Vincent's command, an immense burst of green energy erupted from the Titan Giant's chest, tearing through space itself!
BOOM!
A massive ring-shaped pulse of green energy exploded outward, sweeping across the battlefield like a tangible shockwave!
At that moment, the Titan Giant stood at the very center of the battlefield overseen by the Thirteenth War Fortress.
So, when that green wave burst forth, it instantly engulfed the entire battlefield and even extended into several nearby sub-battlefields!
In the instant this wave spread, the air suddenly filled with a strange, startling freshness.
A sensation like a spring breeze brushing the skin as if it came from some pure, untainted plane of existence.
But the very moment this "freshness" appeared, the mages suddenly realized something horrifying:
The Weave was gone!
The magical network that had once densely covered the world had completely vanished as if it had evaporated!
"By the Goddess... the Weave has disappeared?!"
"What's going on? I... I can't sense the mana channels!"
"My spell links are broken! I can't cast anything!"
Across the battlefield, countless mages cried out in alarm spell formations collapsed, summoning rituals failed, and wands lost their power!
At that moment, the entire sky fell into silence, with only the green light continuing to expand between heaven and earth.
And before the mages could even recover from the shock of losing the Weave, the Titan Giant's next attack struck like thunder!
RUMBLE!
Its massive arms dropped down like slumbering mountains, and along their surfaces, deep and blinding violet energy patterns suddenly ignited.
These patterns slithered like living lightning, extending rapidly down toward the ground...
The violet energy pierced deep into the earth, sending out terrifying shockwaves from far beneath the surface!
This was the Titan Giant's ultimate weapon, activated by diverting all its remaining power to the Zero-Degree Ring Blades!
The next instant
SHRRAAK!!!
The Titan Giant's upper body suddenly began to spin. The twin violet ring blades mounted on its arms roared to life, slicing through the air like a whirlwind of death!
The Zero-Degree Ring Blades rotated with impossible speed, carving through the battlefield like a perfect circular saw!
SHRRAAK!
It sounded like paper being effortlessly shredded by a blade clean, smooth, unstoppable!
Wherever it passed everything was utterly destroyed.
The mage legions, still reeling from the chaos, had no time to regroup or mount a defense before they were cut down by the sweeping tide of violet energy.
Those once lofty mages, who had relied on their spells to dominate the battlefield, now found themselves helpless. With the Weave suppressed, they couldn't even cast a single defensive spell in time.
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
The entire battlefield was torn apart like a wheat field mowed down by a giant axe.
Flesh and bone were vaporized in an instant under the searing heat and overwhelming energy, leaving behind no trace not even ash.
In that moment, the battlefield became a hellscape a blend of silence, death, and apocalypse.
From the center of the battlefield, the Titan Giant unleashed its power. In just ten seconds
From the initial activation to the first mage being sliced in half to the last mage being vaporized into nothing
The entire army of the Goddess was annihilated.
The once radiant battlefield, once alive with spells, summoned beasts, and roaring incantations, was now reduced to scorched earth and deathly silence.
The ground was blackened, the air thick with the scent of burnt metal and blood. Even the lingering echoes of magic had vanished completely.
Not a single body remained.
At the center of it all, the Titan Giant stood alone, silent and still, sparking faintly.
The green crystal in its chest had lost its glow and shattered. Its energy circuits bore the charred marks of overload...
But it was the only one left standing.
And across this war-torn sector, the Goddess's army had been utterly wiped out.
"Beautiful!"
Back at War Fortress No. 13, Grand Wizard Yude and Grand Wizard Earl slammed their fists on the table, their faces alight with wild joy.
They had known about the Titan Giant's plan. They had speculated that its deployment would severely impact mages who relied on the Weave.
But neither of them had expected the results to be this overwhelming this satisfying!
Hundreds of thousands perhaps over a million mages from the Goddess's army had been annihilated!
"Hahaha! Exhilarating! Exhilarating!!"
Since their last crushing defeat, Fortress No. 13 had never known such a decisive and glorious victory.
This moment wasn't just revenge it was a full purge of the shame and heaviness left by their previous loss.
After all, that previous clash was merely a regional skirmish. But this this was part of a full-scale war.
The importance of this battle far surpassed any before it. Both sides' high command were watching closely.
"However..."
Though Grand Wizard Earl was laughing, he still kept a rare sense of calm. He suppressed his excitement and said in a steady tone:
"This outcome was only possible because the enemy was completely unprepared... just like when we were crushed last time. Next time, it may not be so easy."
Grand Wizard Yude nodded at his words.
Indeed, just as they had once been defeated for underestimating their foe, now it was the enemy's turn to pay the price for their complacency.
Still, this victory was undeniably significant.
As the full-scale war now unfolded, this triumph would send shockwaves along the entire front line.
But just as they began considering their next move
"Alert! High-energy entity approaching at extreme speed!"
A sharp alarm suddenly pierced the celebration within the war fortress. One after another, energy warnings flashed through the air, cutting into everyone's hearts.
The expressions of both Grand Wizards changed instantly their joy freezing on their faces.
"This is bad... a Tier-3 or higher enemy mage is making a move!"
In an instant, silence fell over the entire sector of War Zone 13.
They knew once the enemy's high-tier powerhouses entered the field, that's when the real battle would begin.
Worse still
At this moment, Mage Linge was already locked in a stalemate with the Gearbound Wizard, with both sides equally matched and unable to act.
According to intelligence provided earlier by the Gearbound Wizard, there was only one enemy figure powerful enough to show up here and authorized to strike.
The Seven-Star Legendary Mage: Bede!
This terrifying figure was one of the seven Seven-Star Mages under the Goddess herself. His reputation spoke for itself being ranked among the Seven-Stars said it all.
It's worth noting that due to the fragmented and chaotic nature of the frontlines, very few were aware of what had just occurred in War Fortress No. 13's sector.
Only the highest-level commanders on both sides and a handful of nearby battle sectors had any inkling.
The other commanders were still locked in their fights and had only noticed a green light flash across the horizon and then found their spells behaving strangely.
They had no idea that the entire Goddess army in this sector had been wiped out.
The Goddess faction had placed unprecedented importance on this full-scale war.
Aside from the Weave Goddess herself remaining behind the scenes, she had dispatched two of her Seven-Star Mages to oversee the battle proof of the operation's immense strategic weight.
Yet now, in this first clash that would define both sides' pride and tactical momentum, one of the Goddess's battle sectors had been annihilated.
This outcome was not only shocking it was like a brutal slap across the face of the entire Goddess faction.
Mage Bede made his move in fury under circumstances that left him with no other choice!
BOOM!
With the full release of his aura, the sky above the battlefield was instantly engulfed by terrifying layers of energy.
Even the celestial phenomena far in the heavens began to warp as if the very fabric of the world was mourning in response to his rage!
The power of a Legendary Mage was beyond comprehension and utterly terrifying!
This was no strength an ordinary Third-Level wizard could hope to match. With one foot already stepping into the realm of the Morning Star, Bede stood at the very threshold of this world's magical apex.
In weaker worlds, Morning Star Wizards were often regarded as gods.
Such a realm couldn't be overcome by sheer numbers alone this was a completely different plane of existence.
And to exaggerate only slightly… could he face ten thousand enemies alone?
No ten million!
At that moment, the faces of every wizard on the battlefield at War Fortress No. 13 turned pale as death.
Just seconds ago, they had been celebrating their annihilation of the Goddess's army now, they stood on the brink of destruction.
"Fall of the Stars!"
With a voice like divine judgment, Bede's whisper echoed across the battlefield.
In that instant, the sky filled with countless brilliant, massive projections of stars dense and overwhelming, like a galaxy turned upside down!
And once they began to fall, the result was a clear world-ending calamity.
This was the full-force strike of a Legendary Mage in rage its destructive potential is not to be underestimated!
Worse yet, the wizard faction's only Morning Star-level combatant, the Gearbound Wizard, was still being tightly restrained by Mage Linge completely unable to intervene.
There was no one left on the battlefield capable of withstanding the impending Starfall.
Even within the fortress, all defensive systems had to be activated just to withstand the possible shockwaves there was no support for the frontline troops.
The mage army could only run for their lives.
Above, the stars gathered ever more densely, the pressure intensifying, threatening to crush the entire battlefield into dust!
And just as the stars were about to fall, and despair reached its peak
A voice rang out from the sky, furious and desperate!
"Damn it!! Something's happened to my temple!… The Goddess's artifact!!!"
Bede's fury instantly shifted to confusion and panic.
He had sensed something his voice trembled with anxiety and fear.
The temple was in danger? The artifact had gone out of control?
His attack halted immediately.
The stars in the sky shattered all at once, like bubbles of illusion dispersing into dust upon the horizon.
The wizards, standing at the brink of annihilation, were spared!
The apocalyptic scene above vanished as if it had been nothing more than a bad dream.
But none of the wizards would ever forget that moment the suffocating fear of death looming so close.
And what, exactly, had happened… to cause the terrifying Mage Bede to abandon his strike and vanish without a trace?
Far, far away from the battlefield, Lynn remained unaware that his unintentional actions had just saved the entire army at War Fortress No. 13.
If Bede's attack had landed, not to mention complete annihilation at least seventy percent of the forces would've been obliterated!
But even if Lynn had known, he wouldn't have had time to think about it.
Because right now, his entire spiritual domain felt like it was being completely flooded.
For a First-Level wizard, the upper limit of spiritual capacity when one's spiritual power had been successfully vaporized was 175 points.
And before tonight, Lynn had only reached the mid-level of First-Level.
In other words, he had just begun the process of vaporizing his spiritual energy, and his domain could hold around 150 points at most.
But now, under a massive influx of external spiritual power, his domain felt like it was being forcibly compressed!
Normally, Lynn would have to slowly cultivate and meditate to vaporize his spiritual energy but now, thanks to some outside influence, the process was occurring on its own.
This forced vaporization pushed his spiritual points to 175, the absolute peak of First-Level.
And it wasn't over yet more spiritual power kept flooding in...
With this relentless supply, Lynn's cultivation naturally began to surge forward, barreling toward Second-Level!
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