Chapter 936

Additionally, large numbers of Fifth and Sixth Rank mages gathered on the flying ships, and by coordinating tightly through the ships' agility, they could still unleash formidable power.

This was a newly devised tactic of the Flame Empire.

The flying ships carried these non-flying mages, allowing them to attack enemies at close range.

Each flying ship was equipped with decent one-way defense arrays, capable of withstanding numerous magical assaults, leaving these mages completely free from rear threats!

The Purple Cloud Saint Son quickly realized that the Flame Empire's number of mages was in no way inferior to theirs.

You must understand that although the Flame Empire only deployed one million five hundred thousand elite troops in this battle, virtually all of its high-end combat power was mobilized.

Lin Yan's Holy Maidens had all entered the battlefield.

Now, Lin Yan's Holy Maidens, excluding the newly joined Annie, were nearly all Eighth Rank.

Luoying, the winged girl Mia, the centaur girl Bai Ling, the catfolk Loddi, and the dwarf queen Awei.

Among them, Mia and Bai Ling posed the greatest threat to Purple Cloud Empire's mages, for their bow range was extremely long and their rate of fire incredibly fast—one arrow could eliminate a Grand Mage, and even an Incantation Mage, if careless, could be swiftly slain by them.

In addition, the Flame Empire possessed vast numbers of Eighth Rank Incantation Mages and Eighth Rank warriors.

Winnie had arrived at this battlefield through a spatial gate; she did not target ordinary soldiers, but flew into the sky and charged toward the Incantation Mages.

An Incantation Mage spotted Winnie approaching, constantly increasing distance while hurling magical attacks at her.

Winnie carried no shield, only a pair of twin blades; she knew no magic—she was a true warrior.

No, she was more like a ghostly assassin.

She treated the sky as her stage, darting left and right, swiftly evading the Incantation Mage's attacks.

Along the way, whenever she encountered slower Grand Mages, Winnie would charge straight at them and cut them down with a single slash.

Her very existence was a nightmare for mages.

Unless a large number of mages targeted her, preventing her from closing in.

But clearly, the sky battlefield was now packed with too many enemies for such a scenario to occur.

The Incantation Mage soon realized his attacks could not touch Winnie, but at least he had managed to increase the distance.

At this moment, Winnie seemed to abandon him, charging toward other mages in the sky; the Incantation Mage exhaled in relief, flew higher, and began dueling another Flame Empire Incantation Mage from afar.

Suddenly, he felt a gust of wind flash past—he turned back and saw Winnie's speed had suddenly surged, charging straight at him.

The Incantation Mage's soul nearly fled—he accelerated desperately to escape.

But Winnie's ambush came too fast; the Incantation Mage had barely flown a few hundred meters when she caught up and ended him with one slash!

Winnie's targets were always this unwavering!

"Follow me in the charge!"

On another front, the winged girl Mia led a dense swarm of winged warriors in an assault against the Purple Cloud Empire's mages.

These winged warriors wore specially crafted light armor—do not underestimate this light armor; it was designed exclusively for winged folk by the dwarf queen Awei.

Lightweight, yet its defense was no weak.

Combined with the winged folk's agility, it greatly increased their survival rate in the sky.

The Purple Cloud Empire's Grand Mages soon realized the winged folk's arrow volleys posed a severe threat.

Under the winged folk's arrow rain, they could not focus on their own attacks.

Their magical assaults were often easily dodged by the winged folk.

The sky battlefield was unlike the ground.

The sky battlefield was three-dimensional; the winged folk evaded magic far more easily—unless it was a large-area spell, it was hard to threaten them.

Of course, this was also because they were attacking Purple Cloud Empire's Seventh Rank Grand Mages.

Seventh Rank Grand Mages needed time to cast large-area spells, but under arrow fire, they had no sufficient time.

The Purple Cloud Saint Son quickly realized that their numerically superior Seventh Rank Grand Mages were being suppressed by just a few thousand winged folk.

Once these Grand Mages were pinned down, the Flame Empire's Grand Mages could turn their attention to attacking the Purple Cloud Empire's battle formations.

The Purple Cloud Empire's battle formation, already struggling under the Flame Empire's assault, became even more precarious under the Grand Mages' attacks.

Though the formation had defense arrays, a group of Grand Mages, with enough time, could still break them.

Meanwhile, the battles between Holy Domains in the upper sky were reaching a fever pitch.

"Why is her casting speed so fast!"

Holy Domain Gabriel immediately felt the frustration of being overwhelmed by Meng Ying's instant-cast spells.

Holy Domain casting speed was already extremely fast; within one's own domain, many medium and large spells could be cast at will—but still required some time.

Holy Domain-level spells required even more time.

But Meng Ying's spells came one after another, crushing him under relentless pressure.

On another front, Lucine and the fox girl Sister Qing Ling faced the powers descended by the Purple Cloud Pantheon's gods without flinching.

Holy Domain was the peak of power on the Gods Continent; unless these gods were willing to pay a heavy price, such levels of power held no fear for them.

In terms of Legendary-tier power, the Flame Empire was inferior to the Purple Cloud Empire.

Only the Crown Princess and one newly promoted Legend.

This newly promoted Legend was the headmaster of the Flame Empire's newly established Holy Flame Magic Academy—a woman whose appearance resembled a ninety-year-old human grandmother, though her actual age was nearly two hundred.

On the opposite side, excluding the Purple Cloud Saint Son, there were a full five Legends.

"First concentrate on eliminating them, then target the Incantation Mages."

The five Purple Cloud Legends moved in unison, surrounding the Crown Princess and the Holy Flame Academy Headmaster.

Once they eliminated them, these five Legends could turn on the Incantation Mages and wipe out the Flame Empire's other mages.

Then, they could join the Holy Domain battlefield—five Legends working together could already pose a threat to the ongoing Holy Domain combatants.

Meanwhile, Purple Cloud Empire's forces below the Legendary tier could strike at the Flame Empire's army, enough to reverse the tide.

Yet, they soon discovered that ideals were full-bodied, but reality was bony.

As soon as they clashed, they felt how troublesome the Princess Royal was.

You must understand that the Eldest Princess was already very close to the Holy Domain, occupying an absolutely dominant position even in legend—let alone the fact that she could pray for Lin Yan's power at any moment.

【62】 She was already very close to the Sacred Domain, regarded in legend as an absolutely dominant figure, and moreover, she could summon Lin Yan's power at any moment.

"This legend is troublesome—I'll hold this old woman off, the four of you attack her together!"

A white-robed legend from the Zi Yun Empire said.

The Dean of Sacred Flame seemed noticeably weaker; he believed one man was enough to handle her.

The other four legends unleashed a barrage of magic upon the Princess Royal.

"You can't even maintain your appearance—when you Became a Sixth-Rank, you must've been seventy or eighty. Such poor talent—even as a legend, you're not worth mentioning. I alone can defeat you."

Upon finishing, the white-robed legend launched a sudden attack on the Dean of Sacred Flame.

The Dean of Sacred Flame looked ancient beyond measure, yet fought with startling precision—she blocked all of the white-robed legend's high-power spells, leaving the latter increasingly agitated.

"Let's see how much magic power is left in that skin-and-bones body."

The white-robed legend snorted lightly and intensified his assault.

The Dean of Sacred Flame immediately seemed on the verge of collapse.

"Die!"

The white-robed legend unleashed a long-prepared Legendary-tier Forbidden Spell at the Dean of Sacred Flame.

The Dean of Sacred Flame instantly shattered into countless fragments.

But the white-robed legend felt no joy—his face darkened: "Magic residue illusion!"

"Boom!"

Flames erupted above the white-robed legend's head.

Within moments, a Legendary-tier being was gone.

On the other side, the Princess Royal faced the four legends' attacks without yielding an inch.

"Beware the flames she releases!"

All these Legendary-tier beings were terrified of the flames granted by the Eldest Princess's prayers—and with the Dean of Sacred Flame joining the battlefield, the four legends instantly realized they had become the clearly weaker side!

"Is this force from the Eternal Night Empire?"

On the sandship, the Zi Yun Empire's Imperial Prince stared in stunned disbelief.

He had no more heart left for mockery.

The fact that their army had been crushed upon collision had already shocked him enough.

He had assumed that the addition of mages would reverse the tide of battle.

But he never imagined that after the mages entered the battlefield, their situation… seemed to have only worsened.

In the sky, divine powers continued to descend, yet they could do nothing against the Three Sacred Domains of the Flame Empire.

And their own Sacred Domain, Gabriel, was likewise being battered mercilessly by Meng Ying, long since lost the grandeur of his earlier boasts.