Chapter 209

Jie Ming also did not hesitate.

He suddenly turned the orientation of the "Great Da Guang Xiang," aiming its light wheel toward the interior of the camp. In an instant, he fired a round of fully charged energy bullets toward the camp direction.

But Jie Ming was not trying to attack the camp; under his precise control, these energy bullets did not fly out immediately, but instantly condensed in front of him, gathering into an energy shield exuding scorching light!

This was the main reason why Jie Ming had mainly used energy bullets as an attack means until now.

Energy bullets themselves have physical properties, and gathering them together is equivalent to a reactive shield with extremely high physical resistance!

Besides being able to continuously release wizard spells, another advantage of the design of runic wizard tools is that it allows the user to control the released wizard spells more easily than other wizard tools.

Jie Ming had similar thoughts a long time ago, but at that time, his spiritual power was not enough to complete this fine operation.

But now, with the growth of the Five Elements Transformation Rainbow Mirror's spirituality and the increase in spiritual power after entering the Foundation Establishment mid-stage, Jie Ming could finally use such defensive means.

Just the next moment after everyone unfolded their shields, on the camp side, light erupted that was countless times more dazzling, scorching, and magnificent than the energy shield in front of Jie Ming!

Rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble!!!!!

Based on the entire wizard camp, a huge earth vein magic circle spanning dozens of kilometers was instantly activated by the three Tier 5 wizards!

The moment the magic circle was activated, the vast energy fluctuations made the entire earth groan.

The core of this magic circle was precisely the energy reserve that had been painstakingly managed for four years in the deepest part of the underground.

In the earth-shattering loud noise, a thick energy beam of extreme destruction, enough to pierce the entire sky, shot out from the center of the magic circle in the core area of the camp!

It did not rush toward the sky, but with incredible speed, blasted straight toward the ground—directly beneath the camp!

Crunch—boom!!!

The entire plane, at that moment, seemed to be torn apart by this force!

The terrifying energy impact triggered an earthquake like doomsday underground.

The earth wailed, space distorted, and countless lava erupted into the sky, like the simultaneous eruption of a volcano group!

That was a strike launched against the earth veins below within the plane.

It was an attack capable of piercing the core of a planet!

Immediately following, endless terrifying aftermath, wrapped in air waves mixed with lava and rubble, spread frantically in all directions in the form of shock waves!

The "Great Da Guang Xiang" energy shield in front of Jie Ming was like a small boat in an angry sea, pushed away, shaking unsteadily.

The shield light flickered violently, like glass that could shatter at any time! Jie Ming's whole body muscles were tense, the veins on his forehead jumped, and he exhausted all his strength to maintain this final defense!

But Jie Ming only bore the second round of aftermath.

The defensive node in front of him was the first unit to bear this round of aftermath!

Even with the node's powerful defense, it emitted a painful groan under this impact!

The energy force field bore an overloaded pressure, emitting a tooth-aching "creak creak" sound!

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

The surrounding wizards, in the shock wave, used almost all their strength to maintain their defense!

A few wizards who were not prepared in time or whose defense was not strong enough even let out shrill screams, their defenses shattered in the impact, and their flesh was torn!

As the aftermath gradually subsided, Jie Ming struggled to stabilize his figure. He endured the boiling blood in his body and cast his gaze in shock toward the direction where the camp was originally located.

There, the huge fortress that had once stood for the wizard camp was—gone!

Replacing it was a giant crater with no bottom, which had been hard-hit into the earth in the area of several hundred square kilometers where the camp was located!

Inside the crater, boiling lava was still surging, and the scorching energy aftermath rendered that piece of land into a scorched land of death!

It was as if the skeleton of the entire plane had been pierced by this strike!

After the earth-shattering strike, Jie Ming looked at the terrifying abyss that seemed to pierce the entire plane, and the shock in his heart reached an indescribable level.

"Could it be that the true ruler of this plane is actually hiding underground?"

Looking at this terrifying attack, Jie Ming couldn't help but think.

Just after the moment of the terrifying aftermath caused by the attack, Jie Ming suddenly felt a strange—indescribable "distortion." That was a feeling even harder to describe than the blurry "time pause" before, as if the existence foundation of the entire plane was being quietly moved and tampered with by an invisible force.

He instinctively followed this feeling and raised his head to look.

The node core, which was humming, even after experiencing the earth-shattering explosion aftermath just now, still had runes flickering with faint light.

But the frequency of that light was jumping irregularly, as if it had been interfered with by something.

What made his heart shake even more was that the huge dust cloud on the distant horizon, which had originally been stirred by the movement trajectories of the lava giant army and the snow monster army, suddenly began to move.

Jie Ming understood in his heart: "This is... the time pause has been lifted!"

He couldn't help but frown, his gaze sweeping over the corpses of the lava giants and snow monsters that had survived the attack just now.

Although the two monster communities looked like they had suffered heavy losses, many giants and snow monsters had been shredded by the aftermath of the energy attack.

But Jie Ming felt that this was still far from enough!

"It doesn't make sense..." Jie Ming muttered to himself.

Relying on his understanding of energy fields and runic knowledge, a strong doubt arose in his heart:

"Even for that plane-level attack just now, its target was only aimed at a certain area underground. Unless it directly hit the enemy's energy field core, with the time-stopping energy field formed on those monsters, there is no reason it would be so easily resolved in a targeted manner."

The time-stagnation domain, especially one so vast that it could be called a strategic-level weapon, its core can be imagined as quite stable and powerful.

A simple area attack can at most kill the creatures in its edge area, but cannot reach the foundation of its laws!

"The only explanation is—" The pupils in Jie Ming's eyes suddenly contracted.

"There is another existence that intervened in the time pause and lifted it! And that existence is very likely the true enemy in this conquest!"

Before Jie Ming could have more thoughts, just as most wizards had barely recovered their ability to act, a new order was issued:

"Everyone, take the time-freezing potion, leave the Flame Frost Plane, quick!!"

A decisive voice, directly through the magic network terminal, resounded in the mind of every wizard.

That voice was both strange and familiar to the wizards present.

Because the person who issued this order was precisely the commander-in-chief of this conquest, the Tier 6 wizard Augustine!

"Quick! Quick!!"

"Leave! Leave!!"

All wizards who had recovered their state did not hesitate in the slightest, acting according to the mission requirements.

Jie Ming also did not hesitate in the slightest.

Although his body was still slightly weak due to the terrifying attack aftermath before, and the consumed spiritual power had not yet fully recovered.

But after hearing Augustine's order, he poured a "Time-Freezing Potion" exuding strange blue light into his throat without hesitation!

He had heard of the effect of this potion long ago; it could greatly interfere with or even offset the abnormal time flow rate in the surroundings in a short time—simply put, it could resist the time pause outside the node.

After the destructive impact just now, where would the wizards care about how miserable their state was.

They frantically drank this precious potion one after another, and then, they broke through the "Time Sequence Stability Anchor" protection inside the node and flew frantically toward the damaged crack in the sky—that is, the passage to the ship plane!

Jie Ming also followed the crowd closely. He could feel the plane law repulsion on the ground, which was even denser after the time pause was lifted,

and more chaotic, like countless fine needles piercing into his body.

He had almost just flown up when a hair-raising shudder instantly spread through his whole body, making the hair on his skin stand on end!

That was a perception more direct than just plane repulsion before!

Jie Ming felt that this perception was like a feeling produced by the mixture of plane repulsion and death crisis!

It was as if the laws of the entire space were repelling him, and every direction was hiding a killing intent sufficient to make him vanish instantly!

This sudden huge danger almost made Jie Ming subconsciously want to activate the "light transformation" supernatural power again to fight for a glimmer of survival!

Fortunately, his psychological quality was incomparably strong, and he forcibly suppressed that primitive fear that almost made him lose control.

After all, the spatial crack was already close at hand; as long as he crossed this gap, he could reach the ship plane!

Relying on instinctive guidance and the assistance of the potion, he almost gritted his teeth and rushed toward the sky crack that was slowly closing at full speed!

Pop.

He had almost just passed through the crack in the sky when he felt his body lighten.

Immediately following, a sense of safety that felt like a lifetime ago made his body feel somewhat limp.

However, when Jie Ming turned around and saw the scene behind him, his heart suddenly jumped to his throat.

Only then did Jie Ming discover that it wasn't just the wizards; even those powerful lava giants and snow monsters were flying rapidly toward this ship plane under the leadership of their respective kings!

Their goal was actually this "ark" floating in the void.

However, looking at those enemies that were still flying toward the ship plane but had no actions, the wizards appeared exceptionally restrained.

After all, judging from the situation just now, these monsters should have allied with their side.

Although they didn't understand why these monsters also wanted to fly up with them, since Augustine didn't stop them, the other wizards wouldn't rashly launch attacks on them.

Jie Ming, having experienced the strange distortion after the time pause was lifted, as well as the short-lived but hair-raising danger perception, felt somewhat lingering fear.

Especially after seeing the monster community fleeing with the wizards, he subconsciously put his gaze on the Flame Frost Plane like other wizards.

At this time, the time pause outside had been completely destroyed.

In Jie Ming's view, the next moment should be the time for the final enemy to appear.

The facts were indeed as he thought, but the true face of the enemy was a bit unexpected!

Just as all the wizards, including Jie Ming himself, were staring at the vast territory that should have been the Flame Frost Plane, the Flame Frost Plane underwent a hair-raising change!

Everything started from the earth torn apart by the attack.

The black-patterned cracks that originally served as the dividing line between the Blazing Sun Realm and the Frost Dark Realm actually began to squirm and expand!

They were no longer simple cracks, but like the veins of a living thing, quietly forming a huge "mouth"!

Inside that mouth, countless scorching lava was spewing out.

Immediately following, the atmosphere represented by the Blazing Sun Realm and the Frost Dark Realm began to stir frantically!

They were no longer simple gases, but gathered, rolled, and finally formed two huge, whirlpool-like colorful gas clouds!

One was a red gas cloud symbolizing heat and energy, corresponding to the Blazing Sun Realm, and the other was a blue gas cloud symbolizing cold and time, representing the Frost Dark Realm.

These two huge gas clouds rotated slowly in the sky, looking from afar like two huge eyes flashing with light!

Soon, the entire Flame Frost Plane completed its desperate transformation—it was no longer a simple plane, but a huge, living life form with a terrifying face!

On the left and right sides were those two huge rotating "eyes."

And between these two giant eyes, a vertical, blood-basin-like crack was slowly opening, spewing out scorching lava from within, as if to swallow everything!

This was not the end.

Just after this giant monster composed of a lava mouth and two eyes completed its morphological change, it emitted a magnificent "soul fluctuation" sufficient to sweep across the entire ship plane!

Although that magnificent soul fluctuation did not carry any useful information, the emotions contained within were enough to declare its awakening,

declare its existence, declare its... anger!

If before seeing the changes in this plane, the wizards only guessed whether the ruler inside this plane could manipulate the entire plane to fight.

Then the meaning carried by this terrifying soul fluctuation was enough to shatter the last glimmer of luck in everyone's heart!

What a magnificent soul, what a terrifying emotion, what an astonishing scene!

Under the impact of that soul fluctuation, all the wizards on the ship plane, including Jie Ming, were dumbfounded, accepting this fact with an expression of disbelief—

The Flame Frost Plane is alive!!!

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