Translator: AnubisTL
War was on the brink of erupting!
Jieming stood on the cold metal platform of the third defense node, his gaze burning like torches as he peered toward the distant horizon.
The "Elemental Sea," a vast expanse of fire and magma, was advancing relentlessly toward the wizards' defensive lines with unstoppable force.
The air hung thick with the acrid stench of sulfur and charred earth, while the ground trembled under the rhythmic, mournful groans of the trillion-ton behemoth's advance.
Thanks to the temporal stability anchor pre-installed within the node, Jieming felt no effects from the strange temporal power emanating from the approaching mass.
The anchor's invisible waves radiated outward like an impenetrable dam, locking the surrounding space and time flow into absolute stability, creating a sanctuary of absolute safety for the wizards.
Yet, the dust suspended motionless in the far distance, and the bizarre distortions of light in that area, confirmed the accuracy of the intelligence he had risked his life to retrieve.
It was a mobile time-stasis domain. Any unprotected creature that stepped within would instantly lose all ability to think or resist, becoming lambs for the slaughter.
"Roar—!" "Hiss—!"
At the wizards' silent command, the grotesque biomechanical monsters surrounding the nodes shook their deformed, massive bodies and unleashed chaotic, bloodthirsty roars.
Dragging their colossal frames, they crowded around the nodes like moving walls of flesh, their turbid, maddened eyes fixed on the approaching tide of destruction in the distance.
This was a cannon fodder legion forged from the wizards' combined intelligence and cruelty. Their fate was to buy their masters even a single precious second during the coming clash.
As the vanguard of the lava giant legion, their numbers blotting out the sky, crossed an invisible boundary pre-set by the wizards—
Buzz—!
In an instant, the entire earth seemed to awaken!
Centered around dozens of defense nodes, vast, visible streams of elemental power surged forth like summoned by an emperor, drawn frantically from the surrounding earth and air.
Countless streams of vibrant energy converged in the sky, forming roaring rivers that surged toward the node core, where the main energy cannon, long starved for power, awaited its feast.
The runic array surrounding the cannon's muzzle lit up one by one, intensifying from dim to blazing in less than a second.
The blinding light eclipsed even the sky itself, plunging the world into shadow.
Then, one after another, beams of destructive energy capable of tearing the heavens asunder were unleashed with devastating force.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
These were not mere explosions, but pure torrents of annihilating energy, capable of obliterating matter itself.
Dozens of radiant pillars pierced the boundary between earth and sky, striking with supersonic precision into the densest vanguard of the lava giant legion.
There were no screams, no struggles.
Where the beams passed, hundreds upon hundreds of lava giants, along with the earth beneath their feet, were instantly and utterly erased.
Their sturdy rock bodies didn't even have time to turn to ash under the terrifying energy surge. Instead, they were directly decomposed into their most primal elemental particles, dissipating into the air.
A single volley of energy cannon fire carved dozens of massive, fan-shaped swathes through the lava giants' iron tide.
The sheer destructive power was enough to make any living creature's blood run cold!
Yet...
The lava giants' numbers were simply overwhelming!
The massive gaps blasted open by the energy cannons were swiftly filled by the endless waves of giants surging from behind, within mere seconds!
They seemed devoid of emotion or fear. The instantaneous vaporization of their comrades didn't slow their relentless advance in the slightest.
They continued to surge forward, an inexhaustible tide relentlessly pressing toward the wizards' node formations!
"All personnel, prepare for engagement!"
"Bioweapon legions, advance!"
The cold commands transmitted through the magic net terminals echoed in every wizard's mind.
A cold glint flashed in Jieming's eyes. Together with the other wizards at their respective nodes, he mentally linked with his bioweapon legions, simultaneously controlling them to charge headfirst into the lava giant legion, now closing within kilometers!
Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!
The heavy footsteps, like the drums of the apocalypse, pounded against everyone's hearts!
Two monstrous tides, composed of countless creatures, crashed together under the cold gaze of countless wizards!
BOOM!!!
The collision erupted into a primal slaughter of unimaginable ferocity.
The edge of the temporal stability anchor's force field instantly transformed into a colossal meat grinder of blood and fire!
Jieming's multi-armed lava behemoth, wielding six massive arms wreathed in Alchemical Flame, smashed relentlessly into the opposing lava giants.
Each earth-shattering blow shattered their rocky bodies, sending molten lava spraying in all directions!
Yet in the next instant, three or four lava giants swarmed from the flanks, their even hotter and heavier bodies crushing the powerful bioweapon into submission.
Then, with savage brutality, they tore it to pieces.
A mountain-sized flesh golem, its massive maw composed of countless corpses, spewed torrents of highly corrosive venom.
The venom hissed as it struck the lava giants, instantly corroding gaping holes into their bodies.
The lava giants retaliated by unleashing scorching magma from their bodies like high-pressure water jets, instantly vaporizing the venom and igniting the flesh golem into a colossal torch.
The battle raged with brutal intensity.
Under the wizards' control, the bioweapons fought fearlessly, employing every tactic—biting, ramming, self-detonation—to relentlessly whittle down the enemy's numbers.
Yet the lava giant legion, with its overwhelming individual strength and despair-inducing numbers, continued its relentless advance.
An endless stream of lava giants breached the bioweapons' rapidly collapsing defense line, their burning aura closing in on the wizards' defense nodes.
"Prepare for battle!" the node commander barked his final order.
Jieming's eyes narrowed. He knew the cannon fodder's mission was complete; now it was the wizards' turn to enter the fray personally.
Just as an elite lava giant, over thirty meters tall and wielding a massive lava battleaxe, broke through the line and roared toward Jieming's node...
Jieming activated his Great Light Phase!
Hum!
A colossal light wheel, constructed from thousands of intricate rune-imbued magical artifacts, unfurled behind him.
The fully activated light wheel blazed like a miniature sun, radiating a dazzling brilliance that dared not be gazed upon directly!
Under Jieming's mental power guidance, vast amounts of energy surged wildly into every node of the Great Light Phase!
"Die!"
Killing intent boiled in Jieming's eyes as he pointed forward!
Instantly, a dense torrent of energy bullets erupted from the Great Light Phase like a star river bursting its banks.
Each energy bullet locked onto the lava giants that dared approach the nodes with pinpoint accuracy!
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
The piercing sound of projectiles tearing through the air merged into a continuous cacophony!
(End of the Chapter)
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