Chapter 82 Elemental Invasion! [Request for Recommendation Votes]
2016-08-23
Author: Floating Tower
A sharp alarm sound rang out.
Accompanied by the bugle call of soldiers gathering, the defense team of Modo City quickly assembled near the military camp.
Shortly after, the low roar of wyverns came from the distant horizon, as five bipedal wyverns flew southwest, and the army quickly mobilized in that direction.
“Are we at war?”
In the central square of Modo City, the citizens looked at each other in astonishment. One young man said, “What’s going on? Why did the army suddenly gather? Even the Dragon Knights Order has been mobilized?”
At that moment, the ground suddenly trembled.
“An earthquake?”
“Quick, scatter! Is there going to be an earthquake?”
A wave of panic ensued, but it lasted only a short time, bringing a bit of chaos to the crowd.
Library.
A group of witches hurried out of the building, and among them, a striking witch with glasses raised an eyebrow and said solemnly, “No! This isn’t an earthquake! Someone cast the Earthquake Spell! There’s a battle happening near Modo City!”
The real impact area of an earthquake is very large.
It wouldn’t end so quickly; the recent tremor was clearly the result of a spell—a powerful being was casting the Earthquake Spell within the bounds of Modo Island.
“Could it be related to the recent elemental riots?”
The speaker was a mature witch with full curves; she looked up at the distance and said, “If there’s a battle, we should go have a look. According to the rules of Modo City, military achievements can also be exchanged for contributions.”
Witches are rarely sent to the battlefield from Modo City.
For Soren, they are more akin to researchers. Even though the witches possess strong combat power, what Modo City needs most is the results of their research, not to send these ‘delicate’ witches into battle. Modo City currently requires a large number of high-end technical personnel, and training them is very difficult. Ordinary citizens can only be trained to perform assembly line work; the true core strength lies in these spellcasters with more knowledge. Currently, the spellcaster factions in Modo City consist of two groups: the witch class led by Gloria and the alchemist class led by Saruman.
Saruman has also begun to form his own faction, mainly attracting other wizards from Shipwreck Bay and Deepwater Port. While his overall strength cannot match that of the witch faction, he excels in alchemy.
Military mobilization became increasingly frequent.
The system of Modo City ensures that orders are executed quickly. Soon, the Third Legion and the Sixth Legion had completed their assembly and rapidly advanced towards the southwest.
Meanwhile.
On the other side of Modo City, near the swamp once sealed by Soren, in a high slope close to the valley, it had already been occupied by a large group of earth elementals.
The plane fissure sealed by Soren had not opened.
Even if it were to reopen, it wouldn’t be so quick; his divine power could at least sustain it for a month or two. These earth elementals came from another fissure; they had occupied the high slopes overnight and were expanding outward, treating all living beings as enemies and attacking the military of Modo City.
“Rumbling… (Crush these humans)!”
The language used by the earth elementals is a deep rumbling sound, resembling the sound of the earth shaking.
The troublesome being causing chaos for Modo City was certainly not an ordinary earth elemental; this time, a lord of earth elementals had appeared from the plane fissure, a giant earth golem made of over ten meters of rock.
It invaded the material plane.
Additionally, it brought with it a legion of earth elementals—a large group of earth elementals, earth giants, and half-elemental earth spirits.
This attack quickly caught Soren’s attention, but by the time he arrived, the battle had already begun. The response speed of Modo City was extremely quick; they immediately dispatched golem puppets to the battlefield, and soon the deacons of the Church of Shadows arrived as well.
There were thousands of earth elementals.
In this battle, Soren did not intend to take action; he focused his attention on the leading earth giant.
The military of Modo City needed to train themselves, as such attacks would become more frequent, and this was not the first time Modo City had fought against elemental life forms. Just three days prior, Modo City’s fleet had eliminated a group of rampaging water elementals.
However, this time the scale was clearly larger.
The primary reason was the presence of an earth elemental lord; that towering earth giant was evidently a divine life form.
However.
Soren still did not make a move.
At his current level of power, the benefits of killing a divine life form were somewhat limited.
Soren still had a large amount of unutilized killing experience, enough to elevate him several levels. The reason he wasn’t leveling up was to prepare for strong divine powers, as Soren’s current divine power was truly insufficient. Using killing experience to gain levels would only yield a couple of attribute points; most of his learned specialties were close to their limits. He reserved his killing experience for converting into divine power, as, when absolutely necessary, he would need to battle against foes with strong divine powers. Currently, the divine power he had stored was definitely insufficient.
At that moment, he would need the killing experience.
If Soren converted all his stored killing experience, he could instantly recover several hundred to nearly a thousand points of divine power, enough for a second divine power burst.
Mortals have a bottleneck.
This is an inevitable issue faced after high-level legends!
When a legendary wanderer reaches a certain level, the increased power merely pertains to mastery of the shadows, while Soren possesses the Shadow divine profession; reaching the maximum level as a wanderer only increases attribute points. A level 40 wanderer would not be able to defeat a deity with the Wanderer divine profession. On the other hand, when wizards reach legend rank, they begin to encounter a bottleneck; at this point, they can only deepen their understanding of spells, increasing their spell slots. Regardless of how high their level climbs, as long as the Goddess of Magic does not open higher-level magic networks, even a level 40 wizard can only cast legendary spells.
This is the limitation of mortals.
For Soren, who has attained divinity, as long as he has sufficient divine power, he can cast countless spells and maintain divine shields indefinitely.
A couple of points in attributes do not significantly alter power; this is one of the key reasons why throughout long history, there have been many epic figures with profession levels exceeding 30, yet few have succeeded in slaying deities or attaining divinity.
When needed, Soren can elevate his profession level at any time.
If faced with an enemy of powerful divine power, Soren can also convert killing experience to divine power for use. In fact, after leveling up to medium divine power, he has already started to convert killing experience into stored special divine power.
This time, it was Vivian who took action.
And her enemy was the earth giant before her; Soren needed to test Vivian’s combat power after she became a demigod.
Such moments are the perfect opportunity to hone techniques, because if she acquires the Fear divine profession in the future, it will be very difficult for Vivian to experience the current mindset again.
However.
Contrary to Soren’s plans, at this moment, there were two Vivians facing the earth giant.
One was her real body.
The other was an illusory form.
The little girl had an extraordinary talent for this spell; even Soren could not surpass her, as the fear witch Lilian was responsible for controlling the illusory body!
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(PS: “Unbeaten Legend” will begin testing tomorrow at 1:00 PM. The Floating Tower army has already gathered, ready to charge towards the 10 million coins, opening the Heavenly Domain in Qi Country. Do you dare to join me in building families, seizing kings, and conquering the world? What was that saying again: No time to explain, get on the bus?)(To be continued ~^~)
