Chapter 413

【Wild Agility+】!

This was what Gao De thought of.

This was a first-circle spell from Baruke.

Through this spell, one could summon the spirit of the wilderness to assist oneself in actions in the wilderness.

The original 【Wild Agility】 was a very pure auxiliary spell, equivalent to summoning a personal servant.

But after the addition of Fengling Yueying, Gao De's spirit of the wilderness had an additional ability to absorb energy to improve its rank.

At first, Gao De's expectation was that after the forest domain opened by Yujia Te Xila grew, he would let the spirit of the wilderness absorb wood elements and develop in the direction of the forest spirit.

Otherwise, in the northern realm, only the path of the frost spirit would be left.

But the frost spirit, one is ability overlap, and two is that Gao De's Mandora Magic Eye and Ice-Sealing Blade also need ice-element treasures.

If another frost spirit came, it would be like three cubs at home, none of whom could be fed.

Considering this point, Gao De had never deliberately improved the spirit of the wilderness.

Until now, that wind-element energy swimming like small fish gave Gao De a jolt.

He could completely let the spirit of the wilderness absorb this wind-element energy and transform it into a storm spirit.

A secondary plane full of wind-element energy, the wind-element energy it could provide would definitely be incomparably abundant, enough to allow the storm spirit to take shape and possess the ability to independently absorb elemental energy.

If he were to collect treasures containing elemental energy himself to nourish the spirit of the wilderness, the financial resources required would undoubtedly be an astronomical figure.

But now, every wind-element creature from the secondary plane was a free "power bank"; he wasn't afraid of the spirit of the wilderness absorbing it, he was only afraid it couldn't absorb it fast enough!

He originally thought it was just simple bad luck, encountering a mandatory task with almost no return but high risk.

Now it seemed, damn, it was actually an "exclusive material dungeon"?

Thinking this way, Gao De's originally slightly dull state of mind instantly became active.

"Well done; as expected of an elite mage of the Sea Sentinel, you discovered the lurking ghosts that even I didn't discover first." The commander-in-chief mage on the boat walked over after reporting the situation and patted Gao De on the shoulder, praising him.

Gao De smiled shyly.

"If there are any more discoveries later, report them in time." He exhorted again.

"Okay." Gao De nodded and agreed.

However, there were no more lurking ghosts encountered afterward.

Perhaps there were, but they were discovered and solved first by the Thorn Crown clearing the way at the very front.

With the strength of the mages on the Thorn Crown, after receiving the report that lurking ghosts had appeared, as long as they had the heart, discovering them was definitely not a difficult task.

The wind became bigger and bigger, like a giant beast roaring, like thousands of sharp blades, scraping the deck and hull of the warship.

All warships had long since retracted all the sails on the boats, relying on the magic power provided by alchemy machines to move forward.

Even so, the empty ropes on the mast swung wildly in the wind, constantly making slapping sounds of pa pa pa.

Huge waves surged on the sea surface, and the wave tips were shaved into fine water mists by the violent wind, forming a hazy white curtain in the air.

The warship shook violently in the waves.

It could be confirmed that the fleet was already very close to Fengluo.

Finally, after about another half quarter of an hour, everyone saw the Fengluo that Mage Xio Duo had spoken of.

At the horizon, the originally gray cloud layer seemed to be torn open by invisible giant hands—that was a rift standing above the sky, appearing without any warning or reason.

Space rift.

The edges of the space rift were twisted and deformed, like glass melted by high temperature, flashing with eerie purple light.

Bursts of violent wind kept surging out from the rift.

"Cannot move forward anymore." The commander-in-chief mage on the boat judged.

The closer to Fengluo, the more biting the wind became.

At this distance, it was already the limit of the fleet.

At this time, the warship had already begun to deviate left and right because of the continuous pulling of this violent wind, drawing twisted arcs on the sea surface.

Under the interference of the violent wind, the fleet's wild goose formation could no longer maintain stability, and the distance between warships was forcibly widened, scattering.

This was still because the warships were all large tonnage; if it were ordinary small boats, they would have been blown away long ago.

Wu wu wu wu wu!

The Thorn Crown at the very front issued five consecutive urgent whistle sounds.

This represented the discovery of a large number of enemies, reminding the fleet to be fully prepared for battle.

Actually, there was no need to remind.

Because everyone saw that an endless stream of wind-element creatures was surging out from Fengluo.

The most numerous were the first-rank air elementals, flying at the very front, densely packed, which were semi-transparent whirlpools the size of a child's palm, surrounded by a layer of light cyan halo.

Each air elemental was like a miniature tornado suspended in the air.

These little guys gathered in groups, and wherever they passed, the air emitted sharp whistling sounds.

In addition, there were second-rank wind genies and lurking ghosts that were difficult to discover.

Second-rank wind genies, just as the name suggests, were like moving mountains, reaching more than ten meters high.

The body was condensed from turbid gray-black violent wind, and vague facial features appeared on the face.

Their arms were covered with wind blades; as long as they swung, they could stir up cyclones.

Lurking ghosts were still difficult to capture, but the twisted ripples occasionally flashing in the rain curtain could still reveal their existence.

But what really made everyone feel nervous was the appearance of third-rank hurricane spirits.

The overall appearance of hurricane spirits was similar to wind genies.

The difference was that they were also entangled with chain-like thunderstorms, and when moving, they would bring bursts of thunder.

It was not that Auckland City would be afraid of third-rank enemies even with so many mages coming out in full force.

It was that the appearance of third-rank hurricane spirits meant that Fengluo was more than halfway to being fixed.

These wind-element creatures seemed to understand the hostility of the fleet, gathering together, surging toward the fleet like a tide.

That scene where the entire field of vision was full of wind-element creatures was truly spectacular, making even Gao De gasp.

It was not a simple surge.

These wind-element creatures formed a formation with some seemingly chaotic but actually regular trajectories.

Air elementals were on the outermost periphery, wind genies were in the inner layer, and hurricane spirits stood in the center like a needle in the sea.

The biggest commonality of wind-element creatures is their extremely strong mobility.

One is flying, and two is fast speed.

And after gathering in groups, under the blessing of something similar to the wind-breaking effect, the speed was even higher.

They were clearly still a considerable distance away, but in the blink of an eye, this tide-like group of wind-element creatures had already formed a siege on the fleet with a strange formation.

The next instant.

Air elementals began to rotate rapidly, wind genies swung their arms covered with wind blades, and hurricane spirits danced the thunder chains entangled on their bodies.

Under their different actions, the air pressure in this area suddenly became unbalanced.

The vortex generated by air elementals, the violent wind stirred up by wind genies, and the thunderstorms triggered by hurricane spirits merged violently.

They merged extremely fast, and the humid air was forcibly compressed, emitting sharp explosion sounds.

This is one of the innate abilities of wind elements, the control of airflow.

Once they form a group, they can manually create a natural disaster-level tornado.

Dozens of water-bucket-thick tornadoes rose into the sky, with hidden thunder sounds inside the tornadoes, rolling toward the fleet, looking truly imposing.

And these wind-element creatures drilled into the eyes of these tornadoes, using the cover of the tornadoes to approach the fleet rapidly.

However, there were quite a few mages of the third circle and above on Gao De's side.

Even though these wind-element creatures were countless, they wouldn't fall to the point of being controlled by the other party.

At this moment.

The world was gloomy.

But on the Thorn Crown at the very front, a pillar of flame shot into the sky.

Immediately after, flames like dragons swirled and rose above the pillar, rushing toward those dozens of tornadoes.

There were as many flame dragons as there were tornadoes.

In this kind of violent wind and rain weather, the power of fire-element spells would be reduced to the extreme.

However, this flame spell seemed to be completely unaffected by the weather, sweeping forward in the rain curtain.

All rainwater touched by the flames was instantly evaporated, thereby forming a temporary vacuum zone of rainwater.

In an instant, in the violent wind and rain, the flames and tornadoes collided violently.

At the moment of collision, the fire dragon suddenly dispersed, turning into overwhelming flames, enveloping the tornadoes.

The next moment, it vanished, and the wind was light and the clouds were calm.

The fierce tornadoes all dissipated just like that.

Even the power of the fire dragon was more than that.

The wind-element creatures inside the tornadoes emitted miserable screams.

Many air elementals on the outermost periphery were instantly scorched by the high-temperature flames; in an instant, their figures became illusory in the flames, and finally collapsed, turning into wisps of flowing wind-element energy.

But the number of air elementals was really too many.

Even if many air elementals were annihilated in the flames, for their total number, it was actually a very slight loss.

Moreover, these wind-element creatures formed a formation of termites huddling together to cross the sea of fire; besides the air elementals on the outermost periphery, the wind genies and hurricane spirits located inside were unscathed.

Without the cover of the tornadoes, their charge still didn't stop, rushing toward the warships as if they didn't want their lives.

As for whether these actions were out of their own will or something else, Gao De couldn't figure it out for the time being.

At least in his view, these wind elements didn't need to be this "desperate."

They were just energy creatures; what use would it be for them if the space rift stabilized?

Earth-vein creatures could at least be said to be for a better living space, more delicious food, and a brighter future.

What were these wind-element creatures for?

"Launch attack!" At this time, Mage Xio Duo's voice sounded from the Thorn Crown, transmitted to every mage on every warship in an extremely unreasonable way.

One good thing about this war is that although the battlefield is somewhat harsh for human mages, the enemy and friendly forces are distinct, somewhat similar to a defensive battle.

So there's no need to care about anything; just cast spells at the wind-element creatures closest to you.

There was basically no such thing as friendly fire.

On the warship where Gao De was, they were all noble mages, and they immediately used all their means, fully displaying the mage ability under the blessing of money.

There were mages with purple eyes, pointing their fingers forward, summoning bolts of lightning, striking down one after another toward those air elementals and even wind genies.

These wind-element creatures had low intelligence and only knew how to rush forward straight, not knowing how to dodge.

Thus, these bolts of lightning basically all hit.

One mass after another of white mist composed of wind-element energy, just like one firework after another, kept blooming in the air.

However, more mages cast ice-element spells.

Ice-element spells restrain wind-element creatures; this is considered one of the most basic common senses.

And in a county like Bairo County, which is a coastal county, although ice-element spells are not as common as water-element spells, making almost everyone have one, they are definitely considered one of the mainstream spell types, and many people master them.

Mages who mastered ice-element spells took out their housekeeping skills one after another.

Large pieces of ice crystals condensed, and the biting cold instantly permeated, and the temperature in the area where the fleet was located dropped by several degrees suddenly.

Thin ice condensed on the standing water on the deck, and raindrops in the air also froze rapidly into tiny ice particles, falling on the deck with a pattering sound.

Gao De also took action and threw himself into the battle.

His choice was the same as most people, mainly using ice-element spells.

Gao De stretched out his right finger, a ghostly blue light gathered at his fingertip, and he pointed remotely at a first-rank air elemental closest to him.

A thin layer of ice crystals instantly covered the air elemental, imprisoning the cyan airflow flowing on its surface.

【Frostbite】.

Although it was just a cantrip, under the dual blessing of spell-slot promotion and the intermediate Ice-Blessed Body, plus the strong restraint of ice-element spells themselves on wind-element creatures, falling on a first-rank air elemental, it could be said to have excellent effects.

Afterward, Gao De simply supplemented these hit air elementals with a 【Ray of Frost+】.

The blue ray of frost sped out, aiming at the air elemental that had just been hit, hitting it precisely.

With a slight sound of ice cracking, this directly made the air elemental's form begin to flicker.

Immediately after, the thin layer of ice crystals began to thicken rapidly, turning into an ice layer, completely enveloping the air elemental.

The ray of frost after the addition could directly freeze enemies that had already suffered freezing damage.

And for wind-element creatures, once frozen, the body's airflow cannot circulate.

Visible to the naked eye, the air elemental's figure in the ice layer began to twist and deform.

Just two cantrips, but the combined effect was far greater than one plus one, making Gao De's monster-killing efficiency at this moment also incomparably astonishing.

The next instant, this frozen first-rank air elemental turned into lifeless white mist with a slight bang.

For others, it ended here; they should switch targets at the first opportunity and attack other wind-element creatures within the spell range.

But for Gao De, it was not the case.

He did not strike while the iron was hot, but drew upon another spell model that hadn't moved for a long time.

【Wild Agility+】.

Gao De's spellcasting speed was extremely fast, and just after a flash, a humanoid ghost soul was summoned by him.

Spirit of the wilderness.

After the spirit of the wilderness appeared, it took the initiative to float forward a few steps.

The fine wind-element energy like swimming fish of the air elemental just killed by Gao De no longer overflowed everywhere, but like being attracted by a whirlpool, drifted toward the spirit of the wilderness wisp by wisp.

This was not all.

The wind-element energy transformed by the bodies of wind-element creatures crushed by other mages nearby also began to flow toward the spirit of the wilderness.

Of course, there was a distance limit to this.

The spirit of the wilderness could not absorb the overflowing wind-element energy that was too far away.

After absorbing this wind-element energy, other colors gradually appeared on the surface of the originally transparent ghost-like spirit of the wilderness.

However, it had just started, and it was not obvious yet.

Without needing Gao De to manipulate it, the spirit of the wilderness moved around the warship very intelligently, constantly absorbing wind-element energy, strengthening itself, and transforming in the direction of the storm spirit.

(End of chapter)