Chapter 210: The Wrath of Frostfire (Part 3)

Even as a Level Six Wizard, when Augustine manipulated the Ship Plane to confront this colossal monster, his expression became exceptionally grave.

After all, the plane before them was a living entity, possessing independent will and terrifying power.

No wonder the wizards had previously searched the entire plane without finding any trace of other intelligent life.

Because the most powerful "Ruler" was the Frostfire Plane itself!

Regarding the definition of life, the settings within the Endless Planes where the wizards reside are extremely complex.

However, the generally accepted view is that only beings possessing a "soul" can be considered alive.

If in Gao Jie Ming's previous world, life was a miracle formed by organic matter under countless coincidences,

then in the world of wizards, life is a miracle formed by spiritual power under specific conditions.

Of course, the "soul" and "spiritual power" mentioned here do not refer to a specific fixed substance or energy, but rather a general term for concepts within a plane's living beings that can carry consciousness.

In fact, the composition of souls is not fixed; on the contrary, the basic elemental structures composing the souls of creatures from different planes are all different.

It can be said that within the Endless Planes, the composition of things called "souls" is utterly bizarre and varied.

Precisely for this reason, the bodies suitable for souls to inhabit are also diverse.

The birth of many elemental beings is based on this principle.

Inferring from this principle, if a certain suitable element gathers in sufficiently vast quantities, and fortunately does not collapse due to its own gravity or energy conflicts,

but instead, through a stroke of luck, forms an extremely grand and unified "soul,"

then upon this foundation, gathering enough elements to form a body could indeed create a living creature the size of the plane before their eyes!

Activated Plane, Plane Behemoth, Living Plane; for such existences, wizards have different names based on their varying forms.

But basically, all describe this cosmic miracle that can only be born from a perfect series of coincidences!

Gazing at the living plane before him, which was still roaring in fury and causing the entire void to tremble, these knowledge points branded deep in his mind flashed rapidly through Gao Jie Ming's heart.

After overcoming his initial stupor and shock, his first reaction was actually: This Wizard Augustine has hit the jackpot!

Yes, he has truly hit the jackpot!

The birth of a living plane requires too many near-impossible coincidences; its very existence is a miracle even greater than a divine power faith network.

It is no exaggeration to say that even a legendary Level Eight Wizard would drool with envy upon seeing this living plane before them!

Whether captured, enslaved, dissected, or studied, its value is immeasurable!

Gao Jie Ming's second reaction, however, was to suddenly recall a geological issue once discovered on this plane.

The Lava Giants and Snow Monsters would periodically launch large-scale wars, and the victor's territory would expand accordingly.

When Gao Jie Ming had previously discussed this with Viola, he once suspected that these two monster groups might have mastered some special technical means to alter the illumination areas of corresponding elemental projections.

Now it seemed, how ridiculous that guess had been.

What technical means?

These two powerful monster groups were clearly nothing more than "playthings" of this living plane before them!

For lifeforms on a plane to alter the plane's elemental projections requires extremely profound techniques and vast energy.

But for a living plane, changing the proportion of elemental projection illumination is very simple—just like when a human takes a sunbath, slightly shifting their body to ensure more even exposure!

"Roar!!!"

Another wave of spiritual energy carrying pure rage swept over,

and Gao Jie Ming stared blankly at the other side of the rift, where the living plane once again emitted a silent roar, attempting to devour surrounding matter and energy with its massive magma mouth, as a third question uncontrollably surfaced in his mind:

"Augustine... can he actually win?"

From the information he knew, existences like living planes were absurdly strong!

They were inherently merged with the rules of the entire plane, or rather, they were the plane itself.

For such an existence, every move and gesture was a natural disaster!

Could this Wizard Augustine really win?

"He should be able to win, right?" Gao Jie Ming comforted himself internally, "After all, looking at his demeanor, he must have made thorough preparations for this long ago, even willing to sacrifice the entire wizard camp to deliver a fierce preemptive strike against this living plane..."

Various strange and chaotic thoughts constantly reflected in Gao Jie Ming's mind.

He appeared to be distracted.

But in reality, only Gao Jie Ming himself knew that he displayed such behavior because the scene before him was too astonishing and the volume of information too massive.

To put it plainly, with his current strength, he simply had no solution facing such a situation, causing his brain to somewhat freeze up.

It was not just Gao Jie Ming; the other wizards on the Ship Plane basically all reacted this way.

They hung dumbfounded in mid-air, their faces bearing shock, confusion, fear, and a trace of uncontrollable fervor.

For wizards, who were always known for their rationality and calmness, losing control of their minds to wander aimlessly could already be considered a rather undignified display.

However, looking at this group of distraught wizards before him, Gao Jie Ming suddenly felt that something seemed missing?

"Ah~ What exquisite pain~"

A voice, perverted and filled with pleasure and intoxication, abruptly sounded beside his ear.

That voice carried a hint of morbid magnetism, instantly letting Gao Jie Ming realize what he had just overlooked.

"No, this is just a pervert," Gao Jie Ming silently complained in his heart.

Turning his head, he looked at Viola, who had quietly approached his side at some unknown moment.

At this moment, Viola's cheeks flushed with an abnormal crimson, and her silver-gray eyes shimmered with extremely excited light.

She paid no attention to Gao Jie Ming's gaze, remaining immersed in her own world, greedily breathing in the "pain" "secreted" by the many wizards in this void.

Gao Jie Ming observed slightly and discovered that Viola's attention did not seem focused solely on the wizards around her whose spirits were on the verge of collapse.

It seemed she was placing more of her attention on that living plane in the distance, which was still roaring in fury and emitting endless waves of pain due to being severely injured.

The corners of Gao Jie Ming's mouth twitched, and he could not help but ask:

"Senior Sister, do you also enjoy the pain of that thing?"

"Of course!" Viola turned her head, licked her lips, her eyes hazy with delirium. "Such a powerful creature, such a magnificent miracle..."

"... yet it emits such agonizing wails—this is truly... thrilling enough to make one tremble with joy—"

Gao Jie Ming clicked his tongue, deciding not to discuss philosophical matters with this pervert any longer.

He forcibly changed the subject and began asking Viola what they planned to do next.

In truth, Gao Jie Ming did not expect to receive any reliable answer from her.

He simply wished to use conversation to distract himself from the indescribable, immense pressure swelling in his heart from facing the "Living Plane" directly.

But Gao Jie Ming did not expect that, this time, Viola would actually give him an answer.

She reined in a fraction of the fanaticism on her face, recovering a bit of her usual coldness, and said lightly, "Next... you should receive a mission to assist Wizard Augustine in taking down that big fellow down there."

Gao Jie Ming paused slightly, taken aback.

Soon, just as Viola had said, clear and cold commands were precisely issued via the Magic Network Terminal to every wizard on the Ship Plane; Gao Jie Ming looked down and found his mission was: 【Proceed to Array Node "369-7" to perform energy transmission and array regulation.】

He subconsciously looked up and discovered that, among the crowd not far away, a spatial teleportation array had somehow been quietly established without him noticing.

Wizards who had received their missions were already subconsciously following the mission guidance, one after another passing through the spatial formation to teleport to the areas they needed to reach.

Gao Jie Ming did not hesitate much either and followed the crowd over.

A flash of light, and a sensation of weightlessness struck.

Via spatial teleportation, Gao Jie Ming quickly arrived at a wasteland indistinguishable from other parts of the Ship Plane.

The earth here displayed a metallic gray-black hue, devoid of any vegetation, appearing exceptionally dead and silent.

The only unusual feature was that, standing abruptly in this wasteland, was a small fortress that appeared to be cast from various metals.

The fortress's shape possessed a simple yet heavy beauty, its surface inscribed with complex energy circuits.

Gao Jie Ming opened his Magic Network Terminal, passed information authentication, and entered the fortress directly; at the control panel inside, he skillfully manipulated the controls, linking his wizard authority into the system.

Soon, from the information revealed above, Gao Jie Ming understood that this fortress served as the control core for an array node.

As for the entire formation—from Gao Jie Ming's knowledge, its structure was so complex and its energy circuits so grand that it must be part of some super-large defensive formation.

He activated his "Eye of Investigation," and an invisible wave spread outward from the fortress in all directions.

Gao Jie Ming swept the area roughly and discovered that within a radius of over ten kilometers, there were only three or four nodes like this one!

With such vast distances between the nodes alone, one could only imagine how enormous the final formation assembled from these nodes would be!

"Could it be a defensive formation covering the entire Ship Plane?"

The instant this thought flashed through Gao Jie Ming's mind—Boom!!!

The ground outside suddenly began to shake violently!

This tremor was far stronger than when the Lava Giant legion had marched before, as if some colossal entity weighing hundreds of millions of tons was slowly awakening deep beneath the earth of the Ship Plane!