Chapter 287: Immense Wealth! Massive Shock!

After the explosion, the Slo family's castle erupted into fierce flames.

The central area of this castle actually had a defensive magic array.

Moreover, that defensive magic array was not weak at all—if fully activated, Meng Ying would need many attacks to drain its energy before she could destroy the castle!

However, to allay Meng Ying's suspicions and lure her into a trap, Count Slo ordered the magic array shut down.

What good is a magic array without a corresponding strong cultivator?

Unless the Slo family's magic stones were inexhaustible and they could hide inside indefinitely, it was merely a matter of sooner or later death.

Then Count Slo's scheme failed.

Without the protection of the magic array, Meng Ying unleashed her most powerful spell, combined with massive amounts of Explosive Flame, and blew the Slo family's castle into the sky.

With the aid of so much Explosive Flame, the power of her spell approached that of a forbidden spell.

In fact, even that magic array likely could not have withstood such a terrifying combination of spell and Explosive Flame.

Meng Ying's plan was to destroy the castle in one strike, creating maximum shock value!

"Sister Meng Ying, this count was definitely suspicious."

In the sky, Mia sensed the energy fluctuations from the forbidden spell array's explosion and said.

Meng Ying looked down at the remaining ruins of the castle and said:

"Remember, Mia, when dealing with humans—especially human nobles—don't listen to what they say, watch what they do; just focus on what you need to do."

Mia pondered this carefully and found it deeply sensible.

Human nobles were all incredibly cunning.

Once you believed their words, you were already influenced by them, drawn into their rhythm.

These nobles were all masters of conspiracy and deceit.

Even Sir Hawk was no exception—though he had been on the battlefield, had a straightforward nature, and was Mia's maternal grandfather, so he would never use such tricks against Mia or the people of Yan Country.

Don't listen, don't watch—just do your own thing!

Mia looked at Meng Ying and said: "Sister Meng Ying, you're so clever!"

Meng Ying smiled: "This is the teaching of my God!"

Mia's mind also turned to her own God, the Lord of Flame, and she gazed in reverence: "My God is truly wise as the ocean!"

Meng Ying nodded firmly: "Yes!"

Mia asked: "Sister Meng Ying, what do we do now?"

Meng Ying said: "The Slo family's wealth is immense. Nobles like them always bury their riches underground. Since we've wiped out the Slo family, we must not leave their wealth behind—it will strengthen Yan Country's treasury."

Hundreds of winged warrior soldiers had already flown down.

The Slo family's territory held many castles and cities, but this one was the core.

This core castle housed only the core members, and nearly all of them had now been wiped out.

However, a few stragglers remained around the castle.

But these few stragglers had no knowledge of where the Slo family had buried their wealth.

Meng Ying chose the simplest, most brutal method.

One spell after another, paired with Explosive Flame, blasted the ground into a thousand holes.

Then, a passage was blasted open.

Several winged warriors followed the passage and successfully located the Slo family's wealth buried deep underground.

After looting all the wealth, the ten magic bags Meng Ying brought were nearly full.

This was a tremendous fortune!

Perfect for filling Yan Country's imperial treasury!

"Let's go back!"

After taking all the Slo family's wealth, Meng Ying said.

"Yes!"

Mia nodded.

Meng Ying flew again onto the back of a female winged warrior.

Though a Seventh Rank Archmage could fly through the air, long-distance flight drained both mental energy and magic, so Meng Ying chose to ride the female winged warrior back.

This also allowed her to recover her mental energy and magic along the way, for this was still the territory of the Heling Kingdom; though she had already anticipated the outcome of this probe, she still had to guard against intervention from the Heling royal family or the Church!

When Meng Ying returned with Mia and two thousand winged warriors in a grand procession,

The nobles who had come to watch finally gathered around.

The Slo family's core castle had been utterly destroyed; not a single member of the Slo family survived!

If Count Slo's plan had succeeded and Meng Ying had been killed, the people inside—except for his few sons and the old steward who had hidden underground—would still have died.

They would have been slaughtered by the enraged winged warrior soldiers.

The nobles stared at the once-towering, impregnable castle reduced to rubble by a single strike, and each felt awe at the Archmage's power!

In truth, no other Archmage could have achieved such devastating power in one strike.

The greatest force in this blow came from the massive amount of Explosive Flame Meng Ying had summoned through prayer.

Once the quantity of Explosive Flame increased, the resulting explosions became terrifying.

The Explosive Flame carried by ordinary cavalry or archers contained only 100 points.

But Meng Ying, as Lin Yan's favorite, belonged to the highest-tier sequence under the virtual divine authority system.

She could be called the First Sequence!

After prayer, she had the authority to set the energy content of the Explosive Flame herself!

Only the fox girl Qing Ling shared this authority—none of the other priestesses did, because their magical control was insufficient.

Of course, it's not without an upper limit.

But the upper limit is very high.