Chapter 420: Clear Skies and Bright Sun

Under Master Theodore's order, the two gunners in front of the Oakland Magic Crystal Cannon immediately took action.

They operated the control array on the side of the gun platform, and one of the gunners took a deep breath and pressed his entire weight onto the control lever covered with runes.

With a loud bang.

The control lever was immediately pressed to the limit position.

The other gunner pushed the Auric Crystal, which had already consumed most of its stored mana, upward and pushed it into the core position of the array.

The mana inside the Auric Crystal instantly rioted, as if the fuse had been lit, and the mana surged out like a tide, entering the array.

The runes on the surface of the array flourished, and the entire gun platform lit up.

The Oakland Magic Crystal Cannon emitted a deafening roar, and the entire gun platform began to shake violently.

The runes on the surface of the barrel emitted blinding light, mixed with wisps of electric arcs, constantly jumping and flickering.

The air at the muzzle began to twist and deform, forming a huge energy vortex.

The roar mixed with the humming sound of the Auric Crystal's mana being consumed rapidly, like the roar of a giant beast waking up.

And the golden energy beam gathered at the muzzle had now expanded to nearly twice the thickness of the original.

The light was even more dazzling, making it impossible to look directly at it, and even the slight fluctuations rippling out were incomparably terrifying.

Both gunners were forced back by this powerful energy fluctuation, and their clothes rustled.

One of them almost fell, and the other gunner operating the Auric Crystal had his palm burned by the instantly overloaded Oakland Magic Crystal Cannon, emitting bursts of cyan smoke.

But neither of them noticed it at this moment, just staring fixedly at the magic crystal cannon that was ready to go.

Boom!

The golden energy beam in the overload state rose into the sky.

The space around the energy beam was twisted into a vortex shape, forming a visible conical energy field.

Wherever it went, rainwater was instantly vaporized, and wind elemental creatures were instantly annihilated, leaving a huge trench emitting white steam in the sky.

At the front of the energy beam, tiny lightning bolts generated by highly compressed mana continuously shot out, crackling and hitting the surrounding air.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!

The cyan vortex that had been deadlocked with the golden light beam, and even faintly occupied the upper hand, retreated steadily under the magic crystal cannon's offensive at this moment.

The rotation speed of the vortex slowed down significantly, and the edges were ruthlessly swallowed by the golden light beam, turning into countless tiny wind elemental particles.

If the enemy loses an inch, I advance an inch.

The golden light beam, like an angry golden dragon, bared its fangs and brandished its claws, rising steadily, and almost in a breath, it slammed into the Wind Link.

However, similar to the spells cast by the mages earlier, because the energy fluctuation was too powerful, it was blocked and weakened by the Wind Link to a certain extent.

The Wind Link shook violently, and the spatial rift at the edge emitted an unbearable humming, and the dark purple rift twisted crazily, trying to block this powerful force.

But the power of the magic crystal cannon at this moment was too violent.

Even after being weakened, it still crushed the cyan vortex spewed by the Wind Dragon.

The golden light beam broke through like a bamboo, continuing to advance, and wherever it went, space seemed to be twisted by its power.

Advancing again and again.

In the moment the Wind Dragon was caught off guard, the light beam shot by the magic crystal cannon slammed into its head.

With a bang.

Like heaven and earth collapsing, the entire sky was illuminated by this dazzling light.

As an energy creature, it had no substantial physical body, so there was no head-breaking or bleeding.

Instead, wind elemental particles shattered all over the sky, forming a brilliant nebula in the air.

It was like countless flickering fireflies, floating everywhere.

Another advantage of being an energy creature was also reflected at this time.

They had no so-called vital points.

Whether it was the head or the back, there was actually no difference for the Wind Dragon.

A headshot seemed dangerous, but for it, the damage was the same as the piece of its back being blown off earlier.

It was not fatal.

Its cyan crystal core had already begun to rotate slightly at this time, emitting an ethereal humming, wanting to absorb the wind elemental particles and reorganize its head.

Layers of light halos appeared on the surface of the crystal core, like ripples on a calm lake, and the surrounding wind elemental particles began to gather toward it slowly.

However, the wind elemental particles had just begun to gather when they suddenly stopped.

Because a cyan figure had already rushed from behind the Wind Dragon to the head position at a ghost-like speed at this time.

The cyan flowing light around the Storm Soul rotated rapidly, turning into a vortex, directly sucking the cyan crystal core that had lost the wind elemental wrapping of the head into its body!

Previously, it was the Oakland Magic Crystal Cannon that was overloaded.

Now, it was the Storm Soul that was overloaded.

A fifth-rank wind elemental creature's energy core, the Storm Soul, as a small fry, swallowed it directly.

Its appetite had no upper limit, not that it couldn't digest it, but the problem was that it couldn't swallow such a big "meal" all at once.

Greed is not enough to swallow an elephant.

The cyan crystal core sucked into the Storm Soul's body began to rotate rapidly.

The surface of the crystal core erupted with blinding cyan light, and each ray contained power sufficient to tear space.

Accompanied by the rotation, a powerful suction force spread to the surroundings with the Storm Soul as the center.

Space twisted and deformed under this suction force, forming countless tiny vortices.

The wind elemental energy from the secondary plane was like a boiling ocean, setting off heaven-shaking waves.

The originally formless and qualityless wind elements were now so thick that they were almost about to condense into substance.

Visible cyan light halos continuously condensed, finally turning into a cyan torrent, sweeping toward the Storm Soul with the momentum of breaking through withered wood and overturning mountains and seas.

A large number of wind elemental creatures of various forms were affected by this surging energy torrent, instantly washed away into dots of cyan light, merging into the energy torrent, making it increasingly stronger and increasingly terrifying.

The Storm Soul's body, which had just condensed into substance not long ago, would inevitably fall apart and disintegrate under this terrifying energy impact, just like those wind elemental creatures affected by the energy torrent.

Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers.

From beginning to end, the Storm Soul never considered the consequences of swallowing a fifth-rank wind elemental creature's energy core; it was just blindly rushing forward.

Until now, "death was imminent," it realized that the situation seemed a bit bad, and began to panic, waving its cyan arms repeatedly, as if signaling, don't, don't.

The problem is, can you say don't and it stops?

This cyan wind elemental energy torrent was like an out-of-control beast, and it wouldn't stop because of the Storm Soul's weakness, still rushing toward the Storm Soul like a surging tide.

The next moment.

The cyan wind elemental energy torrent completely engulfed the Storm Soul's body.

Because it was too powerful, the sweeping speed of the wind elemental energy torrent was extremely fast, like a wave flashing by, and in just an instant, it took everything away.

Where the Storm Soul had originally been, there was no shadow of it left, only a piece of empty nothingness, as if it had never existed.

Master Theodore had been watching this scene nervously.

Seeing the Storm Soul engulfed by the energy torrent, his heart tightened, hanging in his throat, his face full of anxiety.

However, when he discovered that the Wind Dragon's energy core had also disappeared along with the Storm Soul, the tight string in his heart finally relaxed unconsciously.

He let out a long sigh of relief, as if all his strength had been drained in an instant.

Although the Storm Soul had also been annihilated in this terrifying wind elemental energy torrent, without the energy core, it also meant that the Wind Dragon had no possibility of resurrection.

This could be considered as achieving his goal for this trip.

The facts were indeed so.

With the disappearance of the cyan crystal core, the Wind Dragon's massive body, which had originally spanned hundreds of meters and blocked the sky, suddenly collapsed at this time.

First, the scale armor on the surface of the body, composed of wind elemental energy, began to crack inch by inch, turning into flowing light and dissipating in the air.

Then, its strong dragon claws gradually became transparent, and cyan light spots continuously splashed out from the joints, like stardust falling from the sky.

After the huge dragon tail swung powerlessly in the air a few times, it exploded with a bang, and the erupted cyan energy scattered like fireworks.

Wherever the cyan energy went, the air was stirred into distortion, forming small tornadoes.

Finally, its entire body exploded into cyan light all over the sky, rapidly dissipating in the plane and returning to the primitive state.

The changes didn't stop there.

After the Wind Dragon disappeared, the edge of the Wind Link began to shake violently.

This was the power from the mage plane, repairing the spatial rift, this "scar" that had grown on its body.

The purple rift at the edge of the Wind Link emitted a sharp humming sound, followed by water-like ripples, slowly closing toward the middle.

The wind elemental energy in the rift became violent, continuously impacting the edge of the rift, wanting to prevent the closing of the ripples.

It was just that in the face of the powerful power of the mage plane, these were clearly all futile efforts.

The Wind Link began to shrink at a slow but steady speed.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

With the death of the Wind Dragon, the wind elemental creatures raging on the sea surface seemed to have sensed something at this moment and actually stopped their current actions at the same time.

The originally whistling and noisy scene became strangely quiet at this time, leaving only the sound of waves and rain.

After a moment of dead silence, all the wind elemental creatures took off one after another, heading toward the Wind Link that was closing.

Thousands of wind elemental creatures took off from the sea surface, and the dense figures instantly blocked half the sky.

Their maneuverability was already extremely strong, and in groups, their speed was even more astonishing, and wherever they went, the air emitted a sharp whistling sound.

In an instant, the wind elemental creatures had all taken off and left this sea area.

That scene was like a cyan giant dragon winding forward in the air, truly blocking the sky.

The sea surface below instantly fell into a shadow.

Their departing figures gradually became smaller, finally turning into dots of cyan light in the sky, disappearing into the Wind Link that was constantly shrinking.

The battlefield returned to calm, leaving only the surging sea surface and the air that was still shaking slightly, silently proving the existence of the intense battle just now.

Finally, about a quarter of an hour later, the Wind Link shrank to only a purple narrow slit.

After a crisp "pop" sound, that narrow slit also disappeared completely.

Above the horizon, the location of the original Wind Link became smooth as a mirror.

The wind dispersed, and the clouds were also pushed aside by the rising sun.

Strands of clean sunlight sprinkled on the sea area, on the surviving warships, and on the mages who were still soaking in the seawater.

Gao De's body rose and fell with the waves, he looked up, squinting his eyes, letting the sunlight fall on his body.

The next moment, he heard cheers.

These cheers quickly connected into one, resounding over the sea area.

I don't know how many mages, soaking in the seawater, let the rain and sunlight fall on their faces, their hearts full of excitement and joy.

Survival from a desperate situation.

When the mana of the Auric Crystal was exhausted and the warship tilted, they all thought that this defensive battle had been lost.

Who could have thought that the turning point would come so suddenly and so quickly.

The Wind Link disappeared, and this sudden natural disaster finally had a perfect ending.

Dark clouds occupied the sky, and the sky was gray.

Drizzling rain continued.

Zuowen Burns rode the Flame Mane Horse, his hair all soaked by the rain, and raindrops fell on him, making muffled thuds.

He straightened his waist and looked at the majestic city wall of Oakland City ahead.

"Finally arrived."

From Tyrell Town to Oakland City, the distance is not far if you take the waterway, but taking the land route adds some distance.

Plus the flooding of the river caused by the dam breach, many roads were flooded, causing him to take quite a few detours.

But hurrying along, he still arrived at Oakland City within half a day.

He clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and the horse's hooves stepped up splashes, galloping toward the city gate.

"Who comes?" Before reaching the city gate, Zuowen Burns was called to a stop by the city guards on the city wall.

"I am a Sea Hai Shao Bing Mage, here to provide disaster relief to Oakland City!"

In a place like Oakland City, Zuowen Burns was not as reckless as he was in Tyrell Town, so he stopped immediately and stated his identity and origin.

"Sea Hai Shao Bing Mage, disaster relief...?"

The city guard froze for a moment, then shouted at Zuowen Burns: "Master Mage, you are late. The main mage force in the city already went out to sea on warships half a day ago. Now there is no disaster in the city that needs relief. If you have the heart, you can go to the surrounding villages and towns to help save the disaster victims."

Zuowen Burns, who was originally high-spirited, stood on the horse's back, his head unable to turn around for a while.

"Went to sea...? What for?" He asked subconsciously.

"The Chief Mage discovered a spatial rift of a secondary plane overseas and issued a mage assembly call..." The city guard briefly introduced the ins and outs of the matter.

After hearing everything, Zuowen Burns only felt his head buzzing.

He was shocked by the fact that the Catfish Cyclone actually came from a secondary plane, and also confused about his current situation.

Traveling day and night, crossing mountains and rivers, arriving at Tyrell Town and Oakland City one after another, what was left for him were empty "messes."

Although he was tired, he didn't earn any credit, really... a wasted trip!

Zuowen Burns gritted his teeth.

Running empty in Oakland City was a helpless situation, but he still felt it was inconceivable that he had run empty in Tyrell Town.

Who exactly was it that set off only an hour earlier than him, but could use this time difference to complete all the main disaster relief tasks alone?

It was precisely this inconceivable nature that made him give up the decision to rescue the villages and towns and come directly to Oakland City to "do chores."

As a result, now, there were no chores to do.

So, in the final analysis, these two empty runs were all due to that Sea Hai Shao Bing Mage whose name was temporarily unknown.

Damn it!

Zuowen Burns's brows couldn't help but furrow tightly.

(End of chapter)