Chapter 207: Fierce but Perfunctory Battle
War is about to break out!
Benjamin stood on the cold metal platform of the third-level defense node, his eyes blazing as he gazed towards the end of the horizon.
The "Sea of Elements" composed of fire and magma was slowly and steadily crushing towards the wizards' defense line in an unstoppable manner.
The air was filled with a hot smell mixed with sulfur and coke, and the earth let out a low and rhythmic whine under the movement of the billion-ton giant in the distance.
Thanks to the "timing stabilization anchor" that had been installed inside the node long ago, Benjamin did not feel that he was affected by the strange force of time.
The invisible waves emitted by the anchor point are like a solid dam that firmly locks the surrounding space and time flow, creating an absolutely safe "pure land" for wizards.
However, judging from the dust that had been suspended in the air in the distance for a long time and the strange distortion of light in that area, the information he had brought back at the risk of his life was indeed correct.
It was a moving area where time stood still. Any unprotected creature that stepped into it would instantly lose all ability to think and resist, becoming a lamb to be slaughtered.
“Roar—!” “Hiss—!”
Under the silent commands of the wizards, those hideous and terrifying biochemical monsters of various shapes on the periphery of the node shook their deformed and huge bodies and let out chaotic and bloodthirsty roars.
They dragged their huge bodies and crowded around the node like a moving wall of flesh and blood, staring at the approaching tide of destruction in the distance with their turbid and crazy eyes.
This is a cannon fodder army created by the wisdom and cruelty of wizards. Their destiny is to buy even one second of precious time for their masters behind them in the upcoming collision.
As the vanguard of the lava giant army covered the sky and the sun, it crossed an invisible boundary set in advance by the wizards -
Buzz!!!
In an instant, the whole earth seemed to wake up!
With dozens of defense nodes as the core, the vast and majestic elemental force visible to the naked eye was frantically drawn from the earth and air in all directions, as if summoned by the emperor.
Countless colorful energy streams gathered in the air to form roaring rivers, and finally rushed madly towards the main energy cannon at the core of the node that had been thirsty for a long time!
The rune arrays surrounding the muzzle lit up one by one, from dim to bright, and the whole process took less than a second.
The dazzling light made the sky dim!
Immediately afterwards, one after another, beams of destructive light that were powerful enough to tear the sky apart were blasted out fiercely!
Boom boom boom!!!
That was not the explosion of a cannonball, but a pure torrent of energy that was enough to annihilate matter!
Dozens of beams of light tore through the boundary between the earth and the sky, and at a speed faster than sound, they accurately blasted into the densest vanguard formation of the lava giant army!
There was no screaming, no struggling.
Wherever the beam of light passed, hundreds of lava giants, along with the ground beneath their feet, were completely "erased" in an instant.
Their solid rock bodies didn't even turn into ashes under the terrifying energy impact, but were directly decomposed into the most primitive elemental particles and dissipated into the air.
With one salvo, dozens of huge fan-shaped areas were cleared out in the lava giant's steel torrent.
Its power is so great that it is enough to make any living creature tremble with fear!
However……
There are so many lava giants!
The huge gap created by the energy cannon was quickly filled by the endless wave of giants behind in just a few seconds!
They seemed to have no emotions and no fear. The instantaneous disappearance of their companions did not stop their pace in the slightest.
They still continue to flow, like a tireless tide, madly rushing towards the wizards' nodes!
"Everyone, get ready!"
"Biochemical beast army, attack!"
The cold command was transmitted to the minds of every wizard through the magic network terminal.
A cold light flashed in Jemin's eyes. Together with the wizards on other nodes, he controlled the biochemical beasts under their command through mental connection and rushed towards the army of lava giants that was approaching to several kilometers away!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The heavy footsteps, like the drumbeats of doomsday, struck everyone's heart!
Two torrents of monsters collided fiercely under the cold gaze of countless wizards!
Boom!!!
The collision at that moment triggered an extremely brutal and primitive massacre.
The edge of the force field of the temporal stabilization anchor instantly turned into a giant meat grinder of blood and fire!
The multi-armed lava monster created by Jemin waved its six giant arms burning with alchemical flames and smashed madly at the lava giant opposite.
Every heavy blow can smash an ordinary lava giant, causing the rocks to break and magma to splash everywhere!
However, the next second, three or four lava giants rushed over from the side and pinned down the powerful biochemical beast with their hotter and heavier bodies.
Then tear it into pieces in the most brutal way.
A rotten flesh-stitched monster as big as a hill opened its huge mouth made up of countless corpses and spewed out large amounts of highly corrosive venom.
The venom fell on the lava giant's body, making a "hissing" sound and instantly corroded large holes.
But the lava giants directly sprayed out the boiling magma in their bodies like a high-pressure water gun, instantly evaporating the venom, and at the same time ignited the rotten flesh monster into a huge torch!
The battle was extremely brutal.
Under the control of the wizard, the biochemical beasts were fearless and used all means such as biting, ramming, and self-destruction to frantically reduce the number of enemies.
However, the lava giant army is still advancing steadily with their overwhelming individual strength and exaggerated and desperate numbers!
Lava giants continuously broke through the rapidly collapsing defense line of the biochemical beasts, and approached the defense node where the wizards were with the momentum of burning everything!
"Prepare for battle!"
The node's commander issued his final orders.
Benjamin's eyes narrowed. He knew that the cannon fodders' mission had come to an end. Next, it was time for the wizards to take action themselves!
Just as an elite lava giant, over thirty meters tall and holding a giant lava battle axe, broke through the defense line and roared towards the node where Jemin was...
Benjamin unfolded his "great light aspect"!
Buzz!
A huge halo made up of thousands of sophisticated talismans and magical instruments unfolded behind him.
The light wheel running at full power is like a small sun, emitting a dazzling light that makes people dare not look directly at it!
Under the guidance of Jieming's spiritual power, the tremendous energy madly poured into every node of the great light phase!
"die!"
There was murderous intent in Jieming's eyes, and he stretched out his hand and pointed forward!
In an instant, a dense torrent of energy bombs, like a galaxy bursting through its dam, burst out from the "Great Light Phase".
Each energy bomb accurately locked onto the lava giants that dared to approach the node!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!
The sharp sounds of breaking through the air merged into one!
The elite lava giant rushing in the front had not even had time to swing his battle axe before its entire body was instantly pierced by hundreds of energy bombs.
Its solid rock body, like cheese hit by a bullet, was instantly covered with dense holes.
Then, with the internal explosion of energy, there was a loud "boom" and it exploded into rubble and magma on the ground.
Benjamin's firepower did not stop at all. Like a tireless war fortress, he began to attack frantically, clearing out every lava giant that dared to approach his defense zone.
At the same time, except for those wizards who needed to concentrate on operating the node's main gun, all other wizards also released the powerful magic they had prepared for a long time.
Curse, acid rain, gravity field, space cracks...
All kinds of extremely powerful witchcraft erupted simultaneously along the entire defense line!
For a moment, the light of the elements completely obscured the sky, and the entire world turned into a magnificent war melody composed of death and destruction!
The war entered its most intense stage almost in the blink of an eye.
Although Benjamin seemed to be fighting happily, the wizards were actually losing ground.
What should have been an indestructible line of defense was like a fragile sand castle in the face of the almost endless waves of the lava giant, and was quickly compressed to a distance of several hundred meters around the defense node!
In just a moment, the exhausted biochemical beast army was completely submerged.
In a short period of time, countless lava giants, ignoring the deadly but insufficient energy cannons and witchcraft attacks around the node, crossed the boundaries of the battlefield and rushed straight into the depths of the camp.
However, Benjamin, who was inside the third-level defense node, was not as excited as when the war just started.
Instead, he appeared quite calm.
Although he was busy controlling the Great Light Phase to eliminate the enemies in front of him, there was no panic or tension on his face.
After firing several precise energy bombs in succession, he shot down several lava giants that tried to bypass the biochemical beast's defense line and climb the node array.
Jemin even had time to spare. During the brief pause, he asked a nearby wizard who was operating another energy cannon, "Can we stop these giants charging over?"
The wizard was a senior second-level wizard. Like Jemin, he also had an almost indifferent calmness on his face.
He quickly adjusted the angle of the gun and shook his head helplessly, "How is that possible?"
He paused and continued, "With the ultimate consideration being the highest security of our node, and while maintaining the existing defenses, we can only eliminate the first wave of impact."
He pointed at the giants charging in the distance and said, "As for those that are circling from the flanks and rear... we can only let them pass."
"With node security as our top priority, all we can do is deplete the enemy's forces as much as possible while ensuring the nodes themselves aren't directly destroyed."
The other wizards also seemed unusually calm when they heard the conversation between Benjamin and the second-level wizard.
There was no fear or despair on their faces, only a focus on carrying out the mission.
After all, each of them received the most direct orders from the command center.
The mission this time is to "assist in the battle" rather than "block the enemy."
This means that when the camp's orders were first issued, protecting the wizards themselves and the safety of the nodes was set as the first and most important condition.
As for those enemies who bypassed the defense line...that was a game at a higher level and not something that frontline operators like them needed to consider.
Moreover, as time went on, Jemin also discovered even more bizarre situations in this battle.
Although the battlefield was extremely noisy, with elemental light and explosions rising and falling one after another, it seemed as if a life-and-death battle was underway to determine the fate of the country.
But how to say it...both sides behaved quite "perfunctorily" in the actual combat.
"It feels like an old couple just paying their dues on time..." Jieming muttered to himself.
For example, on the wizard side, the three level five wizards in charge of the camp did not take any action at all!
It is obvious that with their strength, they are enough to instantly kill any enemy that breaks through the defense line, and even turn the entire battlefield upside down.
However, they just watched all this quietly like bystanders.
There has been no movement so far.
Similarly, on the lava giant side, don’t be fooled by the huge number of lava giants appearing before your eyes.
But after a sharp look around, Jemin found that the highest level they were facing was only the second and third level lava giants.
As for the more powerful combat units above level four that can cause greater damage, they did not appear at all!
It’s not that these lava giants didn’t attack with the army. On the contrary, Jemin didn’t even need to use his eyes to see. He could sense from a distance those high-level lava giants who had been hiding behind the lava giant army.
Although the aura of these lava giants was fierce, they actually stayed at the end and watched the giants under their command charge forward one after another.
Moreover, even the lava giants that have broken through the defense line seem to ignore the existence of these defense nodes. Their "goal" is very clear, which is to rush forward.
It seems that every node here is not an obstacle to intercept them, but merely a "signpost" leading to a more distant goal.
Just like now, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the entire defense node has almost been surrounded by countless lava giants.
The front and back defenses had been breached, but Benjamin still had time to chat with the wizard next to him and became curious about some technical issues.
"By the way," Benjamin said, while precisely controlling a biochemical beast with the 'Earth Pulse' skill to smash a huge rock giant into mud, he changed the subject and said to the second-level wizard, "The effect of this 'Temporal Stabilization Anchor' is indeed quite good."
He exclaimed in admiration, "To be able to withstand such a large-scale temporal interference in such a short time... I wonder which master created this? The exquisiteness of its rune structure and energy transmission is something I've never seen before."
Benjamin was sending out a signal that was very common among wizards, "wanting to exchange knowledge."
In the wizarding world, being curious about technical details and actively communicating about them is considered a normal "pastime" behavior among the wizarding community.
This indirectly shows that Benjamin really doesn't feel any pressure.
After all, although they were surrounded by enemies, they did not regard the nodes as their main target of attack.
Even Jemin had a feeling that if the nodes had not blocked the path of some lava giants, those charging lava giants would probably not even pay attention to them.
However, the second-level wizard, the highest-ranking wizard among this group of wizards, shook his head regretfully.
He seemed apologetic in response to Benjamin's question. "We didn't install the timing stabilization anchor. It... has been stable on this node for a long time."
He paused, a hint of unfathomable emotion in his tone: "All we have to do is activate it and combine it with our own witchcraft to form a complete defense system."
"Oh?" A hint of curiosity flashed in Benjamin's eyes.
This implies that this thing was already arranged at the beginning of the design?
However, it was too late for them to continue the conversation.
Just as the second-level wizard finished speaking, a more chaotic and sharp alarm suddenly came from the rear of the node position, which was the flank of the protection area where Benjamin and his men were!
Jeming didn't need to look back, his keen perception allowed him to immediately feel the breath of frost element coming from behind.
Being able to feel such a clear elemental aura from such a distance, it was obvious that the wizards in the Frost Dark Realm had encountered the same situation as them.
"Huh? In that case..." Benjamin blinked and suddenly thought of something.
Before he could think carefully, what he imagined had become a reality:
The army of lava giants that broke through from the front battlefield, and the equally terrifying number of snow monsters that came from the direction of the Frost Dark Realm and also bypassed the other side's defense line, met head-on!
Although the camp's protective magic circle had not been lifted for the time being, these monsters had no actual contact.
The problem is that both parties carry energy fields that can freeze time!
Then, the moment the gazes of the terrifying monster armies on both sides met...
These two energy fields, which stretch from the edge of the plane to the center and have the ability to stop time, also intersected at the same time!
!!!
At that moment, there was no earth-shattering noise, nor even the flash of energy explosion.
There is only one unimaginable "distortion" that acts on the most essential level of time!
Wizards like Benjamin did not suffer too much direct impact because they activated the "Time Stabilization Anchor" in advance.
But Benjamin could clearly feel that at the moment when the energy fields intersected, the entire plane seemed to have undergone some indescribable essential changes!
Rumble...
At the same time, the atmosphere of the Flame Frost Plane suddenly began to vibrate violently!
Jieming's pupils contracted, and he raised his head in shock and looked at the distant sky.
The sky collapsed!
(Something happened, that's all for today...)
(End of this chapter)
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