Chapter 418: Heavenly Merit

The sneaky figure was exactly the Storm Soul.

Hidden among the crowd of wind elemental creatures, the Storm Soul, which did not show any aggression, was not noticed by the mages.

With wind elemental creatures charging at their faces, which mage would have the spare hand to deal with a "law-abiding citizen" who was just wandering around on the periphery without doing anything?

And in the cognition of the wind elemental creatures, the Storm Soul, which was entirely made of wind elements, was undoubtedly a companion, one hundred percent.

Although this companion was a bit lazy and slacked off, borrowing the tiger skin of wind elements, indeed no wind elemental creature regarded it as an enemy, let alone launched an attack on it.

In this state of being ignored by both sides, the Storm Soul became the only neutral party on the battlefield.

It went its own way along the second battlefield, that is, the edge where the cyan vortex and the magic crystal light beam connected, not exceeding the limit distance that would affect itself, and devoured the overflowing wind elemental energy all the way up.

Although it was ignored by both sides, Gao De, as the master of the Storm Soul, should have been paying attention to the Storm Soul's movements at all times.

With the super long-distance vision ability granted by the Mandora Eye, even though he was far away from the Thorn Crown, he could see the situation on the Thorn Crown's side at a glance.

But at this moment, Gao De was precisely in a state of being unable to take care of himself.

Because, with the continuous impact of the wind elemental creatures, the mana of the last Auric Crystal on the warship he was on was finally completely exhausted.

The holy light shield covering the entire warship dissipated with a bang, like a soap bubble being pricked, leaving only a burst of fine mana ripples floating in the air.

Having lost this layer of protection, all the mages could no longer sit securely on the fishing platform as artillery mages.

Gao De could no longer stay out of it and focus on providing support.

Without the holy light shield, the wind elemental creatures would launch indiscriminate attacks on the mages on the warship; they didn't necessarily have to target a certain mage, just bombarding the warship was enough.

These elemental creatures, at most third rank, were nothing to the high-circle mage phalanx led by Master Theodore.

But for Gao De, whose mage level was only first circle, any second-rank Wind Djinn could be considered a "BOSS."

A third-rank Hurricane Spirit, even an inadvertent sweep of its aftermath, could put Gao De in danger.

In this situation, how could he have the capacity to pay attention to the Storm Soul? He had to be tense and pay attention to everything on the battlefield.

Fortunately, in the previous battle, through continuous reporting, Gao De had fully demonstrated his unparalleled insight ability.

And after the holy light shield disappeared, the threat posed by the lurking ghosts increased exponentially—they could approach the mages on the ship more recklessly.

This also made Gao De's value even more important.

If you have value, you get preferential treatment.

Therefore, Master Aoge, who was the general commander of the ship and had a mage level as high as third circle, immediately protected Gao De by his side.

"Your main task now is still reconnaissance. Don't let the lurking ghosts sneak attack us. Also, pay attention to protecting yourself. I might not be able to take care of you."

Master Aoge's voice was urgent, without a word of nonsense, and after giving the instructions, he threw himself back into casting spells.

For the entire fleet, basically all the Auric Crystals allocated to the warships were three.

Therefore, although the time points when each warship exhausted the mana of the Auric Crystals were different, this difference would not be particularly large.

The warship Gao De was on was considered the first batch to lose shield protection, bearing the brunt of the most intense offensive.

A sharp whistling sound suddenly rang out in the air.

The warship without the holy light shield was regarded as a soft persimmon by all the wind elemental creatures in this area.

Hundreds or thousands of wind elemental creatures formed a strange formation in the air, although most were still first-rank Air Elementals, in the face of absolute numbers, the scene was still very terrifying.

The cyan light around all the wind elemental creatures in the formation flourished, bringing up intertwined airflows, and in an instant, a huge cyclone was formed.

The air pressure in the center of the cyclone dropped sharply.

Wood chips, dust, and even ice crystals on the warship deck were instantly sucked up and rolled into the cyclone.

The mages' bodies also began to sway, and they subconsciously grabbed the supports around them to avoid being blown away by the airflow.

Immediately after, the cyclone turned into a tornado.

With a boom.

When the bottom of this tornado touched the sea surface, the seawater was forcibly drawn away under the strong suction of the tornado, forming a rolling water dragon pillar.

In the process of the water dragon pillar rising, various fish in the seawater were continuously rolled into it, but in the high-speed rotation, they instantly turned into blood.

This caused a touch of blood color in the water dragon pillar, which looked chilling.

The water dragon pillar slammed straight into the warship Gao De was on.

This scene was very familiar; when they first met, these wind elemental creatures had used the same means.

The momentum at that time was even more massive.

However, the high-circle mages on the Thorn Crown took action in time and easily destroyed all the tornadoes.

But now, although only one tornado remained, there were no high-circle mages to solve it for them, and everything could only rely on themselves.

As the highest-level mage on the ship, Master Aoge had to stand up at this moment.

And he did so.

Master Aoge took a deep breath, bent his knees slightly, and stood firmly on the violently shaking warship deck.

Then, he suddenly raised his hands, spread his palms, his five fingers trembled slightly, and first, his two palms were pulled apart in parallel in opposite directions.

A ghostly blue light lingered between Master Aoge's palms.

Suddenly, his hands slammed together.

The ghostly blue light bloomed from his palms, flew forward, and spread rapidly in the air.

A water wall dozens of feet high appeared in front of the warship, that is, on the path of the water dragon pillar, like a huge blue glass, the surface sparkling, and tiny water droplets continuously sliding down from the wall surface.

Third-circle evocation spell.

【Water Wall】.

It was very similar to the 【Wall of Fire】 Master Theodore had just cast, but neither the visual effect nor the actual power could be mentioned in the same breath.

But on the sea, in the rain, the power of this water wall was already the limit of what Master Aoge could do.

The tornado, carrying rolling seawater, like an angry giant beast, whistled toward the water wall.

The moment the tornado made contact with the water wall, a heaven-shaking impact sound was emitted.

The former's powerful impact caused the water flow on the surface of the water wall to churn violently, splashing water several feet high, beginning to twist and deform.

The water wall was very tough and was not destroyed just like that; the places that appeared twisted and deformed were immediately supplemented and repaired by the flowing water.

But as time passed, under the continuous impact of the tornado, the water wall began to show cracks.

In the cracks, the water flow gushed out like a breached flood.

Master Aoge gritted his teeth, his mana flowing away rapidly, his hands dancing continuously, reinforcing and repairing the water wall.

Then, his efforts could not change the situation after all.

After all, the formation of this tornado was the combined power of a group of wind elemental creatures, and there was no lack of third-rank Hurricane Spirits.

Finally, the water wall was completely destroyed.

Countless water droplets and water flows splashed in all directions, instantly merging with the rain curtain that had never stopped, making it difficult to distinguish one from the other.

Master Aoge shook all over, his figure retreating several steps in succession.

But he had no time to catch his breath, because the truly severe crisis had arrived.

The tornado that destroyed the water wall slammed straight into the warship.

The warship was designed to war standards when it was built, so it was exceptionally sturdy.

Under the sweep of the tornado, although it emitted an unbearable creaking sound, thanks to the exquisite craftsmanship, the hull, although bearing terrifying pressure, showed no signs of breaking.

However, under the huge impact, the warship inevitably began to shake violently.

The mages on the deck were thrown around uncontrollably, and many were thrown off the ship with a thud, falling into the seawater, instantly swallowed by the surging seawater.

This was considered lucky.

Those who were unlucky hit hard objects on the hull, and even with protective spells, they were knocked dizzy under the powerful impact, and the sound of bones breaking was transmitted.

With the continuous impact of the tornado, the warship began to tilt at a shocking angle.

In this situation, not only people, but various objects on the ship fell into the sea with a clatter.

Gao De was considered quick to react, grabbing the mast beside him at the first moment, temporarily stabilizing his figure.

But as the hull tilted, he understood that he definitely couldn't stay on the warship.

Mana surged in his body like a tide, and the 【Ocean's Touch+】 spell model in his spell star sea flourished.

Mana fluctuations instantly lingered on his hands and feet.

Fine scales grew out from under his skin, gradually forming webbed feet and hands similar to marine creatures.

At the same time, Gao De opened the capybara bag he had been carrying on his back.

—Knowing he was going to sea to fight a war, how could he not bring Tuanzi.

This was his last guarantee.

And from a utilitarian point of view, these were all life-saving graces.

And Gao De also made the same move as Tuanzi, took a deep breath, and actively jumped into the sea.

Rather than being forced into the sea at the end, it was better to enter the water actively.

With a splash, the cold seawater wrapped around Gao De.

Of course, this coldness was an objective fact, not Gao De's subjective feeling.

Bang!

Just at this moment, the entire warship emitted a deafening loud noise, flipping on the water surface, like a collapsed giant tower, slamming sideways onto the sea surface.

The water sound exploded like thunder, and the huge splash, carrying white foam, rose into the sky, forming a water curtain tens of meters high, pressing down fiercely toward the people who had fallen into the water.

If this hit the top of the head, even if it was water, it would inevitably end in a broken head and bleeding.

Gao De reacted extremely quickly, hurriedly plunging his body downward, struggling to dive into the seawater.

Rumble!

The water wave landed on the sea level, instantly shattering, forming countless undercurrents.

Gao De opened his eyes wide in the seawater, watching various sundries falling from the ship falling from his side.

The broken sails sank slowly like huge ghosts, the broken mast fell rapidly with sharp wooden thorns, and there were those mages who were constantly rolling and struggling in the seawater.

Just beside him, a box was falling toward a mage.

Gao De stepped with his feet, swam over at a very fast speed, grabbed the mage's sleeve, and pulled him toward his side.

And another figure slammed into the falling box like a cannonball, directly knocking the box away.

Round-headed and round-brained.

It was Tuanzi.

It blew a bubble and swam to Gao De's side to claim credit.

"Save people." Gao De touched Tuanzi's head lightly and conveyed the instruction.

At the same time, he pulled the mage he had just saved and struggled to drill toward the water.

Whoosh!

As soon as he drilled out of the water, the mage took a deep breath of air.

"Thank you." He said, panting.

Gao De waved his hand, indicating no need to be polite, and drilled back into the seawater to save people.

Mages in coastal cities must all know how to swim.

But knowing how to swim does not mean that they can be calm in this situation.

Gao De was able to do this only by relying on 【Ocean's Touch+】 and the self-adaptive water flow sensing degree.

Therefore, there must be many mages who need his help.

The only good news is that these wind elemental creatures should only be attacking the fleet under the Wind Dragon's instructions, and their intelligence is limited.

So after the warship was overturned, they did not beat the drowning dog, chasing and killing the mages who fell into the sea, but turned to attack another warship that had exhausted its mana and lost shield protection.

On the third battlefield, as the mana of the Auric Crystals on each warship was exhausted, they gradually fell into a disadvantage.

And before the Wind Link, the situation was not optimistic either.

The high-circle mage phalanx led by Master Theodore poured their strongest attack spells onto the wind elemental dragon in the Wind Link without reservation.

The golden light on Master Theodore's staff had never stopped for a moment.

Count Roland's body was flashing with thunder.

Other mages also cast their signature spells one after another.

Every spell, passing through the Wind Link and landing on the Wind Dragon's massive body, would stir up wind elemental particles all over the sky.

Part of the Wind Dragon's body instantly dissipated under the bombardment of the spells, and the massive body was missing a piece.

However, it only needed the cyan crystal core in its head to rotate slightly, and the shattered wind elemental particles, as if pulled by an invisible giant hand, re-gathered and merged into the wind elemental dragon's body, filling in the missing parts of the body.

Although the filled part was not solid enough and was illusory and ethereal, it was enough for the wind elemental dragon to maintain its form and continue to contend with the Oakland Magic Crystal Cannon.

"At most one more minute, the Oakland Magic Crystal Cannon's energy will be exhausted." Master Theodore gave an accurate time.

He couldn't know how long the Wind Link and the Wind Dragon could hold on, but he was incomparably clear about the attack time of the Oakland Magic Crystal Cannon.

"Attack that crystal core, that is the lifeline of the Wind Dragon!" Count Roland's eyes widened, almost popping out.

It was this cyan crystal core that had condensed into substance that gave the Wind Dragon unparalleled power.

This point was visible to all the mages present.

But the problem was that the cyan crystal core was located in the head, too close to the mouth where the Wind Dragon spewed the cyan vortex.

If attacking other parts of the Wind Dragon's body, it would have no time to be distracted while busy dealing with the Oakland Magic Crystal Cannon and could only resist hard.

But if attacking the cyan crystal core, the Wind Dragon only needed to move its mouth slightly to use the cyan vortex to destroy the spell.

This was simply an unsolvable problem.

"Count, Count, that is..." Suddenly, a fourth-circle mage exclaimed.

Everyone was still immersed in anxiety and despair, and hearing the fourth-circle mage's exclamation, they subconsciously thought that the other party couldn't help but vent their inner emotions.

"What kind of thing went over..." It wasn't until the fourth-circle mage finished speaking that everyone came back to their senses and looked forward.

At this time, in the gaze of a group of high-circle mages, a humanoid cyan figure, half-bowed, with its head constantly turning, looking left and right, just like that, sneakily drilled into the Wind Link along the bottom of the cyan vortex.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 419 =====