Chapter 257: Combat

"Acceleration!"

Looking at the white fur balls gathering continuously from the sea of clouds below, Jie Ming did not hesitate at all and decisively activated the "Acceleration" rune wizard tool.

Relying on the high dynamic vision provided by "Acceleration," Jie Ming quickly looked at the group of wizards beside him while observing the actions of these fur balls.

Although Levin Mills's shout, which contained spiritual power, gave everyone a moment to break free from the illusion and react,

among this group of wizards, besides Jie Ming, only Levin Mills, this Level 3 wizard, was least affected.

Jie Ming couldn't see the opponent's means of resisting the curse; it should be the law he studied that played a role.

The other one in decent condition was Jie Ke.

At this moment, complex wizardry spiritual light was constantly lighting up on his body.

It looked like he had specially manufactured some kind of wizard tool specifically to resist "mind" and "curse" type attacks for himself.

Although looking at his gritted teeth, the resistance was quite difficult, at least he could maintain combat effectiveness.

And besides that, there were only one temporarily recruited wizard and one person from Jie Ke's squad left.

These two wizards, although affected quite a bit, were no longer able to conduct effective combat.

But at least they could still cast basic protective wizardry to protect their figures.

Levin Mills, as the strongest Level 3 wizard present,

saw him beckon with both hands, and streams of ink-green poisonous mist, like substance, spread out from his sleeves.

Those white fur balls that swarmed over died one after another as soon as they touched this seemingly ordinary poisonous mist, as if corroded by strong acid.

But the number of these fur balls was simply too many!

Millions of fur balls attacked one after another, fearless of death.

Like moths to a flame, they continuously consumed that seemingly boundless poisonous mist.

And every fur ball, the moment it died, would explode violently, completely releasing the weak energy stored inside it.

Although the destructive power of each fur ball's explosion was not strong, the continuous, tide-like quantity still forcibly suppressed Levin Mills's deadly poisonous mist.

On the other side, Jie Ke, after barely stabilizing his mind, immediately activated the "armor"-like alchemy armament on his body!

He saw continuous, metallic-lustered mechanical components surging out from his seemingly thin alchemy armament!

Soon, he had built his entire person into a giant humanoid construct, like a war fortress, dozens of meters high!

"Die!"

The giant humanoid construct let out a roar and jumped into the white "ocean" composed of countless fur balls.

It waved its huge metal arms unscrupulously, its palms constantly spraying flames, releasing its own violent power!

Jie Ming, seeing this, first used his spiritual power to grab the surrounding wizards who had completely lost their combat ability.

Then he threw them like sacks to the side of the two wizards who could barely hold up protective shields in the rear.

"Watch out! Ten thousand military merits each! Deducted from the remuneration of these guys later!"

Taking a look at the situation on Levin Mills and Jie Ke's side, Jie Ming slowly raised a hand.

The ten crystal-clear rune wizard tools on his wrist floated up under his intent, forming a brilliant band of light floating around his wrist.

"These guys are unexpectedly fragile... Then, use 'blast' mode..."

Observing the combat situation of the two, Jie Ming thought to himself.

Locking his spiritual power forward, he tentatively test-fired a compressed energy bullet forward.

A head-sized energy bullet blasted out instantly; like a cannonball out of the chamber, it easily shattered all the fur balls blocking the front.

After the energy bullet penetrated deep into the enemy's depths, it exploded violently under Jie Ming's control!

A visible shockwave tore a huge hole in the white "ocean," and a terrifying blast of air whistled over!

The fur balls along the way were shattered into fragments by the powerful force!

Seeing the effect was good, Jie Ming did not hesitate, and the rune wizard tools on his wrist lit up with dazzling light at the same time.

The ten Level 2 rune wizard tools he made displayed their divine power at this moment!

Continuous energy bullets flew out from the rune wizard tools like a rainstorm.

Under Jie Ming's exquisite control, they blasted evenly and densely toward the white ocean composed of endless fur balls!

Level 2 rune wizard tools not only can instantly release powerful Level 2 wizardry, but their release speed is also further improved.

Almost every rune wizard tool can release dozens of astonishingly powerful energy bullets per second.

The terrifying output capability Jie Ming displayed at this moment made even Levin Mills, a Level 3 wizard, unable to help but cast his gaze over in the midst of his busy schedule.

And on the other side, Jie Ke was dumbfounded in the cockpit of the construct!

He originally thought that his set of trump-card alchemy armament had enough fierce firepower.

But compared to Jie Ming's seemingly endless "artillery washing," it was simply a minor witch compared to a major witch.

He had never thought that a Level 2 wizard could burst out such exaggerated continuous firepower!

Under Jie Ming's near-rogue attack, he spent only a few minutes alone to clean up the fur balls visible to the naked eye in front of them.

After the battle, everyone began to collect war loot: the corpses of those dead fur balls, or some fur balls that were lucky enough to survive the bombing.

Those wizards who recovered and were still fearful also sensibly agreed to Jie Ming's request to charge ten thousand military merits per person as a "protection fee."

Being able to save one's life under such circumstances, a mere ten thousand military merits was simply too affordable.

Afterward, the three who participated in the battle and the two who provided protection divided these military merits according to their respective contributions.

Levin Mills walked up to Jie Ming and sighed sincerely: "Your future is limitless."

Jie Ming modestly indicated: "It's just good luck."

"Hehe, to have such achievements, what you rely on is not just luck." Levin Mills shook his head and said nothing more.

And Jie Ke was more direct.

After he deactivated the armament state, he instantly darted to Jie Ming's side and patted his shoulder hard: "Amazing, didn't expect you to be so strong! This is really beyond my imagination..."

Jie Ke then lowered his voice: "That wizard tool you used just now... can it be sold? I can pay a high price, rest assured, the price will definitely satisfy you!"

"Sorry, this involves my core knowledge, it can't be sold for the time being..." Jie Ming shook his head.

He was not lying; rune wizard tools could be said to be the core technology Jie Ming used to mix the cultivation system and the wizard system.

After being rejected by Jie Ming, Jie Ke could only sigh helplessly.

After all, involving the core technology of another wizard, he dared not inquire casually.

After regrouping, a group of people continued to explore cautiously.

Soon, under the guidance of the stout wizard to the mosquito swarm, Levin Mills found the corpse of the missing wizard in an inconspicuous cloud and mist.

Strictly speaking, this could no longer be considered a corpse, but just a complete "skin" of the missing wizard.

Everything under the skin—flesh, bones, internal organs, etc. —everything had disappeared.

When the few discovered it, this bizarre skin was still squirming slightly.

Levin Mills stepped forward, extended his finger, and sliced lightly, cutting open the skin.

Everyone saw a scalp-numbing scene—inside the skin, it was densely packed with transparent fur balls in their juvenile stage!

The surrounding wizards frowned, showing expressions of disgust on their faces.

Afterward, however, they took action one after another, collecting these juvenile fur balls with high research value without changing their expressions.

In fact, regarding the ending of this wizard, other wizards had long expected it.

The "airspace plane" is just like this.

Because material here is extremely scarce, even many indigenous creatures themselves are composed of semi-material and semi-energy forms.

And wizards like them, who are composed purely of solid matter, are completely rare "big meals" in the eyes of these "airspace" original creatures!

"Let's go, continue searching. Everyone pay attention to their own situation."

The wizards did not show any sadness for the death of this wizard.

After Levin Mills gave the order, all the wizards set off one after another, continuing to fly toward the originally set search route.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 258 =====