Translator: AnubisTL
The sudden reversal of the battlefield situation brought both advantages and unexpected complications.
Jieming, wielding the devastating firepower of the Great Light Phase and the Black Giant's "first-encounter kill" self-destruct charge, had forcibly torn a precious gap in the stalemated front line. This made his wizard legion the vanguard in breaking through the Giant Spirit Realm's final defenses.
This should have been a cause for celebration, but it instead triggered an unforeseen problem: the strategic center of the regional battlefield had shifted.
Originally, the sixth-tier wizard overseeing this vast war zone—Star-Splitter Balthasar—had focused his primary attention on another main legion led by over a dozen fifth-tier wizards.
That legion's ferocious assault had drawn the bulk of the Giant Spirit Realm's defensive forces. According to the plan, that area should have been the first to break through, with Balthasar personally intervening to secure the breakthrough.
However, Jieming's "flanking force" had unexpectedly surged forward, completely disrupting the established rhythm.
By the time Balthasar realized the defensive line had been breached in this sector, the window of opportunity had already begun to close.
In that fleeting moment of delay, the endless reinforcements from within the Giant Spirit Realm Plane, pouring forth like bees from a hive, surged back into the fray.
They swiftly sealed the breach blasted open by the Black Giant and even launched a fierce counterattack against the wizard vanguard, who had just broken through and were still struggling to establish a foothold.
Boom!
Energy cannon fire rained down like a torrential storm. The wizards who had just charged in commanded their Cannon Fodder Legions to fight to the death.
But with the enemy entrenched behind the planar barrier and bolstered by near-infinite reinforcements, the wizards were steadily pushed back, on the verge of being driven back into the chaotic void.
Suddenly, an invisible pressure descended.
Space rippled slightly as "Star-Splitter" Balthasar, clad in a wizard's robe adorned with astral runes, materialized silently beside Jieming.
His face was ancient and weathered, his eyes deep and fathomless as the cosmos.
Yet now, he frowned slightly as he gazed at the planar barrier entrance, once again swarming with enemy warships and giant beasts.
His gaze swept across the battlefield, instantly locking onto Jieming, who was maintaining the Great Light Phase formation—clearly the core and linchpin of this legion.
"Wizard," Balthasar's voice echoed directly in Jieming's mind, calm yet carrying an undeniable authority. "Your performance has exceeded expectations. But now, the situation has changed."
He gestured toward the chaotic battlefield ahead. "I must personally tear through this planar barrier to open a path for the main force. During the spellcasting, I will be immobile and vulnerable to attacks. Ranged energy strikes are manageable, but if fourth-tier or higher enemies break through the interception and engage in close-quarters harassment, it will disrupt the spellcasting process."
He turned to Jieming and asked directly, "If I clear this precinct of enemies, how long can you hold back the reinforcements while I tear through the barrier? Total annihilation isn't necessary; just buy me enough time."
Jieming's heart tightened, his mind racing.
His consciousness sank into his internal space, rapidly inventorying his stock of "Shuttle Hunter" cannon fodder units while calculating the still-turbulent elemental concentrations in the surrounding environment from the earlier battles.
In an instant, he lifted his head, meeting the gaze of the sixth-tier wizard. His voice steady, he replied, "Three Breaths. I can guarantee a maximum of three Breaths to ensure no fourth-tier or higher units approach you."
A flicker of surprise crossed Balthasar's eyes, quickly replaced by a hint of admiration.
In this dire situation, for a low-rank wizard to confidently provide a precise timeframe, he must either be recklessly arrogant or genuinely possess unwavering confidence.
Based on Jieming's previous performance, Balthasar leaned toward the latter.
"Very well," Balthasar said, his tone clipped.
He slowly raised his right hand, aiming it at the tidal wave of Giant Spirit Realm reinforcements surging toward them. With a seemingly casual gesture, he pressed down lightly.
There was no earth-shattering explosion, no dazzling display of energy.
Yet the moment his palm descended, the void within a radius of several hundred kilometers ahead seemed to be erased by an invisible, colossal eraser.
The grotesque warships, roaring giant beasts, and searing energy beams—everything instantly disintegrated into their most fundamental particles, vanishing without a trace.
With a single strike, the battlefield was cleared!
Such was the terrifying power of a sixth-tier wizard!
Without pausing, Balthasar took a step forward, his figure materializing at the center of the cleared region, directly facing the Giant Spirit Realm Plane's planar barrier—a boundary as indistinct as the atmosphere itself.
Balthasar raised his hands, and a terrifying energy wave began to radiate from his body. Immense power gathered, preparing to forcibly tear through the planar barrier.
Almost simultaneously with Balthasar's clearing of the forward area, Jieming acted.
He unleashed his willpower, and the reserves within his internal space surged forth like a flood released from a dam.
Tens of thousands of Shuttle Hunter cannon fodder units, resembling living missiles, swarmed into the void like a migrating swarm of bees.
These second-tier Shuttle Hunters were the foundational units of Jieming's meticulously crafted air combat system.
Upon materializing, they erupted into astonishing tenfold the speed of sound under Jieming's command.
Transforming into streaks of deathly light, they fearlessly charged toward the Giant Spirit Realm reinforcements pouring through the planar barrier.
"Detonate!"
At Jieming's command, the vanguard of Shuttle Hunters erupted in a cataclysmic burst of light!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom—
Self-destruction!
A relentless chain of self-destructions!
These Shuttle Hunters were designed as expendable units for a suicidal exchange. Under normal circumstances, each second-tier Shuttle Hunter's self-detonation rivaled the power of a third-tier spell.
But could Jieming's "Sea, Land, and Air Combat System," forged over fifty years, be so simple?
Each Shuttle Hunter's core incorporated technology from rune-imbued magical artifacts.
Their self-destruction wasn't merely a release of their own energy; it was a precisely orchestrated detonation that violently ignited the free-floating elements in the surrounding environment.
At that moment, the area had just endured a baptism of collective self-destruction by Black Giants, warship detonations, and relentless bombardment by wizards. The elemental concentration had already soared to terrifying levels.
Thus, before the enemy's horrified eyes, the Shuttle Hunters' self-destruction triggered a chain reaction of catastrophic proportions.
Especially in the regions with the highest elemental density, the elemental detonations unleashed by the Shuttle Hunters' explosions surpassed the destructive power of fourth-tier spells!
This was equivalent to the combined firepower of a small wizard legion firing simultaneously, slamming into the vanguard of the Giant Spirit Realm reinforcements like an invisible, colossal wall.
The enemy forces were instantly torn apart and vaporized, abruptly halting their advance once again!
The Giant Spirit Realm's response was swift. Combat forces from other defensive zones immediately began diverting to this critical breach, attempting to encircle and eliminate the threat.
The remaining reinforcements regrouped, preparing for another assault.
But it was already enough.
Jieming watched as the enemy lines descended into chaos once more. He and the other wizards began directing the Cannon Fodder Legion to retreat in unison, disengaging from the frontline.
Ahead of them, the sixth-tier wizard—"Star-Splitter" Balthasar—had completed his preparations.
With a sudden, violent thrust of his hands forward—
Screech!
A sound like tearing fabric, yet magnified a billionfold, reverberated across the entire battlefield!
The impossibly sturdy planar barrier of the Giant Spirit Realm Plane, under the law power-infused hands of Balthasar, was forcibly torn open into an irregular spatial rift stretching a thousand li.
Chaotic energy currents flickered along the rift's edges. Through the fissure, the metallic continent within the Giant Spirit Realm was now clearly visible.
The planar barrier had been forcibly breached!
From this point onward, the low-tier wizards and cannon fodder no longer needed to risk their lives.
The remaining time would be the stage for the high-rank wizards to perform.
Jieming hovered in the void behind the main force, retracting the heavily depleted Great Light Phase formation. He silently sensed the accelerated production within his internal space's workshop, his heart filled with calm.
With the intervention of the high-rank wizards, the battle had stabilized.
Now was the time to reap the spoils of war and military merits.
(End of the Chapter)
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