Chapter 549: The Battle between the Fire of the Burning Wind and the Water of the Foam
The sky was swaying with fire and the red
clouds reflected in the sky. In the valley between the two mountains, the two sides were fighting fiercely, with the sound of various bullets and explosions. At the back of the northern valley, a series of rolling and burning fireballs slowly rose into the night sky. Each of these fireballs was nearly five meters in size and emitted waves of heat.
Below, a member in red clothes held a special staff in his hand, aimed at the fireballs in the air, and chanted spells continuously. These fireballs became more and more blazing and bright.
Torch Flame Staff [Excellent Condensation Level]: Its appearance is like a hollow torch, with a hole in the middle that goes straight to the bottom handle. When holding the staff, the magic power will flow along the veins inside the staff to form a special magic circle, and then generate colorless fusion "rolling flame particles" inside the hollow staff. These particles are stimulated by the device on the top of the staff, and will temporarily remain stable, and then output to the external space for various rituals or attack spells.
About 20 red-dressed members held the "Torch Staff". As they were ready, they raised the staff. Many orange-red particles like mist flowed out from the top of the staff and gathered towards the sky.
The tiny flame vortex absorbed these particles and then formed fireballs that continued to expand.
When about 60 rolling and burning fireballs appeared in the night sky, the entire canyon was illuminated like daytime. The slowly radiating heat wave made the wild grass in the mountains turn yellow, and a faint green smoke floated up. The air in sight began to twist slightly and was not clear.
Faced with such a situation, the members of the other party began to retreat.
"Want to leave? But it's too late." A charming woman in red raised her head, revealing her golden curly hair under her hood. She waved the torch staff in her hand again, and the fireballs in the sky rushed down as if they had completed the lock. The
blazing and dazzling fireballs swooped across the mountains, bringing up a lot of green smoke and traces of burning, and caught up with the opponent who was fleeing in front.
During this period, some autonomous units flew up, trying to block these swooping fireballs, but the bullets fired could not destroy the structure of the fireballs at all, and the constructed shields were burned through at the first touch. Soon these autonomous units turned into burning scrap metal and disappeared in the flames of the exploding fireballs.
The star cluster where Shui Yanqing was fighting against these red-clothed figures was the star cluster. Their individual strength was comparable to that of their opponents. Although they had special protection to enhance the combat effectiveness of these members, the number of members of the opposite Red Flame Star Cluster was larger. In the early stage, they could still be on par with each other, but as these "rolling fireballs" rose, the balance began to break.
One after another, the blazing fireballs whirred across the night sky, swooping down with suffocating heat waves. Those auxiliary autonomous units that did not have time to dodge were burned on the spot, turning into scattered sparks and ashes. Although other members who were left alone were not burned to death, a flash of red light flashed in the fierce fire, and the whole person fell down with a scorched body, and was eliminated.
After this battle, Shui Yanqing's star cluster lost 15 members and its strength was greatly reduced. Later, facing the pursuit of the Red Flame Star Cluster, it had to abandon its base and retreat repeatedly.
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On the fifth day, Shui Yanqing, who was surrounded in the base, faced the Red Flame Star Cluster again.
They stood on the ridge, lined up in a line, overlooking the "Water Wing" star cluster in the valley below.
At this moment, the entire valley was submerged in water, and these water flows, under the control of the underground base magic circle, built a solid circulation barrier, covering the valley below like a hemisphere.
On the top of the mountain, Pulin walked out slowly, holding a small ruby scepter in his hand. The polyhedron gem on the top of it emitted a wandering red light, affecting the surrounding space.
Even if you don't know it, you can guess that it should be a powerful treasure. It seems to be a new harvest of the Red Flame Star Cluster recently.
"The water barrier below is very strong. We had people organize the 'Rolling Flames' bombardment before, but it failed to explode." Next to the petite singer, a blonde beauty leaned over to report.
"I know, I came here today for this." Pulin's flowing red eyes swept across the barrier surrounded by water below, and the corners of her mouth rose slightly.
"Just bravely resist."
"Although we have a good relationship at ordinary times, it is self-deception to let you win in the competition." When she said this, it was like an invisible ripple spreading downwards. Pulin knew that Shui Yanqing must be able to hear it at this moment.
"Since the greeting has been made, let's get started." She took a deep breath first, then held the scepter horizontally in front of her, and slowly closed her eyes.
"The Secret Art of Praying to the Heaven: The Method of Burning the City of Dutian"
The strange spell was like a song chanted from her mouth, and as time passed, hot winds continued to blow from all directions, converging over the valley, forming a faint orange-red tornado.
In just a few seconds, the people standing on the ridge felt as if they had stepped into the hottest season of midsummer. The sultry feeling almost silently penetrated into the body from every corner, leaving people nowhere to hide. It was extremely hot.
Fortunately, all the people present were high-level extraordinary people, so they would not faint from heatstroke due to such a temperature, but they could not help sweating.
As time passed, Pulin opened his eyes, slowly opened his hand holding the ruby scepter horizontally, and let the wind blow his cloak and short hair up and flutter in the air.
Then the ruby on the top of the scepter flashed, and it was raised for Pulin. A thin red line went straight into the sky and disappeared in an instant.
Just as the others were curious and puzzled, the originally blue sky suddenly became dim, and in an instant it went directly from noon to sunset.
The golden and red sunset filled the sky, which was so beautiful, but also had a sense of déjà vu of the end of the world.
"Now, listen to me sing the song of the burning wind of destruction." A reddish transparent flame rose from Pulin's body. Not only her, but all the members of the Red Flame Cluster present also emitted the same reddish flame.
The flame continued to rise, and everyone's extraordinary core gradually resonated and entered the same frequency, and a faint and frightening momentum appeared.
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Deep under the valley, Shui Yanqing clasped her hands together and knelt on the open space in the central square. As she prayed in a low voice, faint ripples spread, constantly accumulating power for the special branding array under her body. Behind her, members of the Water Wings Cluster also closed their eyes and chanted, and a light blue halo appeared on their bodies.
As Shui Yanqing prayed, complex patterns appeared faintly in the water barrier above the square. These patterns composed of shells, waves, moons, and water patterns were built layer by layer, forming a layered structure like coral, covering and reinforcing the entire underwater stronghold.
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The momentum of both sides was gradually rising. As Prin finished her spell, she clasped the ruby scepter in her hands and swung it down. The colorless flames on the bodies of all the members of the star cluster rose up in the wind, suddenly expanded, and engulfed the fire wave tornado that filled the entire sky.
Then, a phoenix made entirely of flames was born from the vortex, its eyes blazing, golden flames boiling, its wings made of flames flapping, countless flames pouring down like a river pouring back, directly hitting the water barrier in the valley.
When the two collided, countless sizzling sounds were heard, and the water in the valley spanning hundreds of meters evaporated instantly, the boiling white mist spread, and the water level suddenly dropped by several meters.
This was not enough, as the phoenix made of flames flew higher and higher, when it reached the top of the sky, it dived directly down and rushed into the water barrier below. The entire water barrier exploded due to the rapid spread of steam, and the shock wave caused by the flames mixed with high-temperature water vapor lifted the hills on both sides. The water barrier that was originally surrounded by water was now torn into a huge gap, and even a messy central square could be seen.
Shui Yanqing fell to the ground. Her legs were mostly burnt in her tight-fitting white wave dress. Some of the members of the star cluster beside her fell down, while others barely held up the thermal shield to protect their companions. The remaining flames were still wandering in the water barrier, like living things. Cold rays were emitted from time to time around them, trying to extinguish the inextinguishable burning flames.
"Let's go." Pulin jumped up lightly, and the surrounding star cluster members also jumped down and rushed into the water barrier below.
For a while, various flames and sounds of fighting unfolded in the base. In order to protect Shui Yanqing, the remaining personnel protected the unconscious girl and continued to retreat to the depths. Supporting autonomous units also emerged from the base. These autonomous units, like killer whales, moved freely in the water. Their black and white bodies were also extremely resistant to high temperatures and could not be easily burned, causing a lot of trouble for the members of the Red Flame Star Cluster present.
Seeing this, Pulin turned the gemstone scepter in his hand, and black and red flames rushed out from his side, rushing towards the killer whale autonomous units in the stronghold square. The invisible flames penetrated their solid outer armor, penetrated and burned the internal chips, causing these killer whales to become confused, and the internal AI chips experienced high temperature shutdown.
Soon after, these killer whale autonomous units fell to the ground in a mess, and the members of the Red Flame Star Cluster also protected Pulin and walked towards the entrance on the side of the square.
At this time, on the side of the valley where the water was still flowing, a silver-white metal bullet suddenly shot out, penetrated the water barrier, and rushed straight towards Pulin.
At this moment, even though there were many high-level extraordinary people present, their reaction speed was not enough to stop the bullet. They could only watch the bullet pass through their side and hit the singer next to them.
A tiny blood flower passed through his chest, and Pulin's face turned pale instantly. Then he waved the scepter, allowing the black and red flames to wrap around himself and the surroundings. After that, the others also quickly surrounded him to form a human wall, and the next few bullets were easily blocked.
A few minutes later, the flames dispersed, and several members who were proficient in healing healed Pulin.
"It will take about three days to recover. The enemy added a toxin that is difficult to dissolve into the bullet. Although it is not fatal, it will cause nerve paralysis and slowness, which will greatly reduce Master Pulin's perception and body control ability."
"This means that it will be difficult to use the various secret arts related to the singers in these three days, and because of the slow perception and reaction, they will be more vulnerable and easily injured."
"A very smart and dangerous opponent." A companion next to him commented.
"What should we do now?"
"Continue to pursue Shui Yanqing, and leave a small number of people to protect me." Sitting on the ground, Pulin covered his bandaged chest. Although it was still aching, the wound had healed initially.
"Yes." The others immediately divided into two teams. Most of them continued to go deep into the stronghold to hunt down the star cluster where Shui Yanqing was, while a small number of members protected Pulin and slowly withdrew from here and returned to the ridge to guard.
Under the stronghold, with the advantage of the narrow passageway and the flooded environment, the members of the star cluster where Shui Yanqing was still resisting, which made the members of the Red Flame Star Cluster responsible for the pursuit progress slowly. They were not good at water battles, and the environment was relatively narrow, so many powerful secrets and abilities were not easy to use.
"Damn it." A member cursed, then clasped the hilt of the sword with both hands, split the strange fish that sprang out of the water, and then a silver stream of electric light shot out from the turbid water, and the electric shock made his body tremble. After a few seconds, he barely broke free.
After that, when the other companions chased the direction where the silver current shot out, the other party had disappeared.
Similar scenes also happened from time to time underwater. After entering this underground base, the progress became extremely slow.
"No, we have to change the method." The leading blonde woman held the sword and slashed and tore the killer whale's self-discipline unit that sprang out of the water, then waved her hand and asked everyone to come closer to her.
"Contact the rear, airlift a high-powered bomb over, and directly blast open the bottom of the base."
"Will this hurt the singer Mizu Yanqing inside?" A member on the side asked carefully.
"You don't have to worry about this. It's something that the competition organizers should be concerned about."
"I see. I'll contact them right away."
A few minutes later, a humming sound came from the sky. Facing the real sunset, three planes swooped over the valley and dropped packed boxes. These boxes opened parachutes in mid-air and were received by the personnel below.
At this moment, the water barrier in the valley has been completely broken, and the square of the base has been cleared.
Pulin looked at the busy members below and asked about the situation and nodded, "Just do what she said."
Soon after, a fierce fire broke out in the valley, and the rising dust and water splashed dozens of meters high, and the originally solid base was also blown out of the gap leading directly to the bottom.
"Now!" With the roar of a certain member, a group of people jumped into the blown gap and entered the space at the bottom of the base. Deep
underwater, two mermaids supported Shui Yanqing. At this moment, the singer was also awakened by the explosion and slowly opened her eyes.
"Is it already like this?" Shui Yanqing barely propped herself up and tried to stand up.
"Please take care of yourself." The two mermaid girls helped her up again.
"We can still delay for a while, Lady Yanqing, please leave through the secret passage underground." They said to Shui Yanqing.
"No, without you, I can't win alone." Shui Yanqing shook her head, and her usually beautiful wavy hair was a little dull at this time.
"What a pity, I thought I had some trump cards." She thought at first that with her ability of remote communication and resonance, she should have a great advantage in the early stage, so when fighting with Pulin, she didn't hesitate or avoid fighting too much.
Unexpectedly, the opponent put all his strength into the fight as soon as he touched it, and the slight advantage brought by the remote support in the early stage could not make up for the huge gap in numbers and hard power.
In the first battle, a large number of living forces were lost, and then it was like a snowball, getting weaker and weaker, and retreating again and again.
As expected, this kind of direct confrontation between the singers is most likely to expose the weaknesses of each other's character. She always worries too much, thinks ahead, wants to gain an advantage, and wants to preserve her strength, which leads to failure. If she had gone to the battlefield in person for the first battle and brought everyone with her, she might not have been defeated, nor would she have been so passive later.
Under the base, five mermaids swam in the water. They worked together to launch a special magic circle underwater, which made the colorless undercurrent in the water surround them, forcing the Red Flame Star Cluster to distract themselves from resisting the undercurrent that appeared at any time and suddenly washed away the members.
In the subsequent battle, these mermaids also took advantage of the underwater environment to perform various secret methods, causing the members of the Red Flame Star Cluster to suffer a lot.
In the end, they spent a lot of money to defeat these mermaids and clear the last obstacle.
"Is it over?" Looking at the footsteps coming from the distant passage, Shui Yanqing, who was sitting in the last room, sighed and picked up the sapphire scepter beside her.
Beside her, the only two remaining mermaids also floated up, holding weapons in hand to block her.
'Bang——'
A dark red stream of fire overflowed from the crack of the door, and then the entire door was blown open, and a group of embarrassed and fierce red-clothed figures appeared at the end of the passage.
When the flames dissipated, they saw the three people in the room in the distance, and they breathed a sigh of relief.
Yes, there were only these three people left on the other side.
These red-clothed figures slowly dispersed and surrounded the three people in the field. The leading man began to persuade them to surrender.
"Lord Shui Yanqing, why don't you leave here? We will respect your choice."
Hearing this, Shui Yanqing lowered his head and fell into thought. After a few seconds, he raised his head to respond.
"No, if you had persuaded us to surrender at the beginning, I would have a 30% chance of agreeing, but now there is no need. As you said, since we will lose anyway, why not be more decent."
"Let's start the battle." She waved the sapphire scepter in her hand, and a large number of bubbles suddenly appeared in the whole room, drowning everyone's vision. These special bubbles can interfere with perception and isolate sounds, instantly turning the members present into isolated islands.
In a panic, cold blades passed by, and many members of the Red Flame Star Cluster were pierced through the body before they could shout, and were frozen out.
There is no need to worry about their death. Although they are frozen and unable to move, with the vitality of Sequence 6 extraordinary people, it is easy to recover as long as they are rescued in time. However, even if they recover later, they will have to leave the competition area.
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Outside the valley of the stronghold, Pulin looked at the small dots of light on the screen in front of her, some of which flickered, some dimmed and went out, and then a burst of impact and fire broke out again in the valley, illuminating a corner of the night sky.
"Although he lost, he is still a respectable opponent."
Not long after, a series of shuttles from the competition slowly landed in the valley, and the injured members who left the field were sent away on stretchers one by one.
On the fifth day of the competition, Pulin defeated Shui Yanqing and received an additional 10,000 points reward. At this point, the confrontation between the singers began to show cruelty.
(End of this chapter)
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