Chapter 175

The officer's command had just fallen when the ground suddenly lit up with intricate magic runes, blue light spreading across the ground like water, finally forming a massive magic circle around the iron cage.

"Is this magic?" Madara Uchiha looked at the magic circle constantly expanding beneath his feet, "It's somewhat interesting."

"Arrogant!" The officer sneered, his hand gripping the magic staff suddenly tightening, "Let me show you the power of the Empire's Judgment!"

As the magic staff struck the ground heavily, the magic circle suddenly burst into dazzling white light. In an instant, dozens of energy beams surged out from the magic circle, fiercely bombarding the iron cage like shells leaving a barrel.

Boom—

Amidst the violent explosion, flames shot into the sky, swallowing the entire iron cage in the blink of an eye. Scorching air waves swept around, and the watching crowd involuntarily retreated.

Thick smoke billowed, and the outline of the iron cage had completely disappeared within the flames.

"See? This is the fate of a traitor!" The officer curled his lips into a mocking smile, turned and waved his hand, "The execution is over, disperse!"

"Is that it?" A low voice suddenly came from the smoke and dust.

The officer suddenly turned around, his pupils shrinking. Only to see Madara Uchiha's figure revealed as the thick smoke slowly dispersed, he still stood in place, his clothes intact, not a single scorch mark.

"Impossible!" The officer widened his eyes, "There's clearly a magic-sealing array on the handcuffs!"

"Is that so?"

Madara raised his right hand, suddenly, an invisible fluctuation surged from his palm, the air violently twisted, emitting a faint trembling sound. "Crack!"

The chains broke inch by inch, turning into fragments falling to the ground, Madara moved his wrist, a hint of satisfaction flashed in his eyes: "Vibration Power, indeed interesting."

Afterwards he took a step forward, at the moment his foot touched the ground, a low tremor suddenly spread through the air.

Hum! The next moment, thick metal railings shrieked as they twisted and deformed, bursting into dazzling sparks, under the surging aftershocks of the vibration, countless shattered metal pieces scattered like a violent rain, smashing deep pits into the ground.

"Run!" Someone in the crowd cried out in alarm, and in an instant the square was in chaos. Panicked citizens pushed and shoved each other fleeing in all directions, some were trampled to the ground emitting painful screams, others stumbled outwards, screams rising and falling.

"Damn it! Everyone take your positions immediately!" The officer raised his magic staff, shouting hoarsely, "Kill this traitor for me!"

The soldiers quickly formed ranks, the magic staffs in their hands simultaneously glowing with dazzling light. Countless magic runes appeared around them, blue halos rippling outward like waves. Dozens of magic staffs uniformly aimed at Madara Uchiha.

"Let me show you the strength of the Imperial Magic Corps!" The officer's face was ferocious, he raised his magic staff high, magic power gathering at the staff tip, "Volley fire! Fire!"

In an instant, dozens of thick magic light beams tore through the sky, emitting piercing whistles, the entire square was illuminated as bright as day. The beams intertwined into a net, enveloping Madara.

Madara looked at the beam net coming toward him, a hint of playfulness flashed in his eyes. He slowly raised his right hand, blue chakra surged out from within his body like a tide, condensing into a violently vibrating energy sphere in his palm.

"Let me try this newly acquired power." Madara suddenly stepped forward, the muscles of his right arm instantly tensed, the vibration sphere heavily slammed into the air. A visible ripple of vibration exploded at the collision point, the air twisted and deformed under this force.

Crack!

At this moment the air seemed to freeze. The next moment, a huge crack suddenly appeared out of thin air, space shattering like glass inch by inch rapidly extended. Terrifying vibration ripples spread wildly centered on Madara, wherever they passed, all magic light beams collapsed.

Boom—

The earth shattered inch by inch under this vibration power, a bottomless ravine spread from beneath Madara's feet. Wherever it passed, the ground was torn like paper, rocks flying everywhere. The entire square shook incessantly under this force.

The officer's pupils suddenly contracted: "This, what is this magic! This is impossible! How could this kind of power"

His voice had not yet fallen, the vibration wave had already swept over. The violent force instantly tore his body into pieces, along with the soldiers behind him turning into a blood mist, dissipating in the air.

The next moment, Madara leaped up, soaring into the sky. Afterwards, the outline of the entire city unfolded in his vision. Majestic building clusters stretched for dozens of kilometers, crisscrossing streets like intersecting meridians, connecting this huge Du Cheng together.

Piercing alarm sounds suddenly rang out, echoing over the city. Silver armor on the streets reflected dazzling cold light, countless mages swarmed out from all directions. They held magic staffs, quickly formed ranks, forming tight battle formations.

"The target is in the air!"

"All magic corps, take your positions immediately!"

Madara looked down from above, directly ignoring the densely packed soldiers below. His gaze swept over every corner of the city: "Magic energy system? It should be much harder than ordinary buildings, right."

He quickly formed hand seals with both hands, vast chakra surged within his body in an instant: "Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!"

Boom! Boom! Boom! The earth violently shook, countless thick tree trunks suddenly burst out of the ground, each dozens of meters thick. They rushed into the sky like giant dragons, growing wildly, spreading for several kilometers in the blink of an eye.

Thick roots spread wildly underground, wherever they passed, the ground cracked inch by inch, cracks on the road spread like spider webs.

"What is this magic!"

"Impossible! Magic of this scale"

A commotion of panic broke out among the crowd. Seeing the soldiers' morale beginning to waver, the commander shouted hoarsely: "Calm down! No matter how strong he is, he's just one person! All mages form ranks, prepare the Magic Power Cannon, concentrate fire and bombard him to death!"

Hundreds of mages quickly formed a battle formation, magic staffs in their hands simultaneously glowing with dazzling blue light. Magic power surged wildly in the air, condensing into dense beams, shooting toward Madara Uchiha like a rainstorm.

At this time, densely packed tree trunks blocked the midair.

However, these magic light beams capable of piercing steel struck the huge tree trunks but could not leave a single trace. A faint green light appeared on the surface of the tree trunks, easily dissolving all attacks.

"Impossible!" The commander widened his eyes.

His voice had not yet fallen, a thick branch suddenly burst out like a giant python coming to life, wrapping around him with lightning speed. Amidst shrill screams, his body was violently flung away, heavily crashing into a distant building, kicking up smoke and dust.

At this time, terrifying Wood Release power swept across the entire city, countless thick roots like tentacles burst out from underground, uprooting buildings one after another, bricks and tiles flying everywhere like a sudden rain.

Terrified screams and cries echoed over the city, as if doomsday had arrived.

At this moment, blue light curtains suddenly lit up one after another, enveloping some buildings within them. Wood Release struck the light curtains, emitting metallic clashing sounds, but could not advance an inch.

Blue energy fluctuations rippled in the air, Madara's gaze quickly captured the flow trajectories of these energies. Following the guidance of the energy, his gaze fell on several key locations in the city.

"I see." Madara curled his lips into a cold smile, "Found the locations."

"One, two, three" Madara recorded the positions of all these energy nodes, "Four magic nodes around, plus the central Energy Core, five points in total."

At this moment, a strange fluctuation suddenly came from the air, Madara slightly frowned, only to see the scene before his eyes begin to twist, countless golden sand particles appearing out of thin air, spinning rapidly in the air.

"Sandification!" A low voice echoed in the air.

Madara's eyes narrowed, only to see the huge tree trunks that had just burst out of the ground instantly turn into fine sand particles pouring down. In the blink of an eye, the entire area was covered in yellow sand.

"Interesting." Madara looked up.

A black figure descended from the sky, black skin, spiral-shaped brown hair, bare upper body, the bracelet on his wrist flashing with metallic luster in the sunlight.

"Such boldness, actually daring to invade the Royal Capital, it's been who knows how many years since anyone dared do this." Ajier Lamm coldly spoke, he raised his right hand, the surrounding sand particles instantly surged wildly.

At this moment, a pleasant female voice came from afar: "Still at our location, truly troublesome." Only to see a slender green-haired woman slowly walking over, the air around her twisting due to her magic power, Branty lightly raised her hand, her fingertips glowing faintly: "I'm also curious, who dares to come here to die."

Madara's gaze swept over the two: "Guardian Saint 12 Shields?"

"Knowing our identities and still daring to be so presumptuous?" Ajier Lamm coldly snorted, in an instant golden magic power surged around his body, countless sand particles spinning wildly around him.

A glint of excitement flashed through Madara's eyes: "Perfect, let me see just what the top combat power of this world is capable of."

"Honestly, fighting in the city, that old man's going to nag again." Branty sighed, lifting her slender right leg and lightly tapping the ground.

Blue magic runes spread from her toes, covering a radius of several hundred meters in the blink of an eye, and the ground began to tremble violently.

"Hm?" Madara noticed the ground beneath his feet trembling faintly.

In the distance, clusters of buildings began to shift eerily, as if pushed by some invisible force. Streets stretched, houses retreated, the entire space twisting and deforming. In the blink of an eye, the area they were in had expanded into a vast open plain over a dozen kilometers in diameter.

"This way the city won't be damaged." Branty clapped her hands in satisfaction, "Fight to your heart's content here."

"Since it's come to this." Ajier Lamm gave a cold smile, "Then let you witness why I'm called the 'Sand King'!"

He abruptly raised his right hand, and in an instant the ground for several li around exploded with a boom, countless yellow sands soaring into the sky, blotting out the sun. Sand particles rotated crazily in the air, emitting sharp whistling sounds, as if ten thousand flying swords were dancing in the sky.

"Sand Thorn!" Ajier Lamm slammed both hands down, countless sand particles condensing in midair into dense, countless thorns. Each sand thorn gleamed with cold light, several meters long at least.

"Go!"

Amidst whistling sounds, uncountable sand thorns poured down like a violent rain, piercing the air and leaving trails of sharp sonic booms.

"Is that the level?" Madara stood in place, unmoving, Madara stood in place, gazing calmly at the oncoming sand thorn storm. Just as the blades were about to pierce his body, his right hand finally rose unhurriedly.

"Shinra Tensei!"

Boom! An invisible repulsive force erupted with Madara at its center, a terrifying shockwave spreading instantly. All the sand thorns collapsed and disintegrated under this force, turning into fine sand particles scattering in all directions. Even the surrounding sandstorm was torn open into a huge hollow by this power.

But the shattered sand particles suddenly stalled in midair, then began rotating crazily. In the blink of an eye, a giant vortex hundreds of meters in diameter formed out of thin air.

"Sand Burial Hell!" Ajier Lamm's cold laughter echoed in the storm.

Terrifying suction erupted from the vortex center, the surrounding air twisting and deforming under this force. Madara's robes were pulled taut with a hunting sound by the powerful gravity, his figure swaying slightly.

Sand particles in the vortex rotated at high speed, emitting a piercing friction sound, as if ten thousand sharp blades were cutting against each other. Once caught inside, one would inevitably be instantly shredded to pieces.

Facing the ever-stronger suction, Madara suddenly crossed and clenched his hands, powerful energy surging in his arms.

"Space Quake!"

Madara violently spread his arms to both sides, terrifying vibration ripples erupting instantly.

The vibration power tore space, a terrifying shockwave sweeping across the field like a tangible thing. The sand vortex collapsed with a boom under this unmatched force, sand particles filling the sky blasted scattering in all directions.

"Not done yet!" Ajier Lamm's eyes flashed with golden light, dense magic power runes surfacing on his dark skin, his headscarf fluttering in the turbulence. "Death Sand!" Ajier Lamm's roar sounded like thunder exploding.

Boom!

In an instant, the earth trembled violently, a golden tsunami blotting out the sky suddenly rising. A sand wave hundreds of meters high roared sweeping in, like a golden sky canopy about to topple.

"Magic power fluctuations of this degree." Branty stood in the distance, slender fingers lightly stroking her chin, "Looks like he's serious."

"Be buried in my sand sea!" Ajier Lamm shouted violently, slamming both hands down.

Boom!

Countless sand particles sharp as knives turned into a roaring sea of death, violently crashing toward Madara's location. Where the sand wave passed, the air emitted piercing shrieks, the ground continuously trembling under this terrifying pressure.

In the blink of an eye, the golden sea of death had completely swallowed Madara.

Ajier Lamm's mouth hooked into a cold smile, "Before absolute power, everything is futile. This sand sea can crush anything into fragmen......"

"Susanoo!"

A low violent shout suddenly came from the depths of the sand sea.

The next moment, dazzling blue light tore through the yellow sand like a sharp sword. A huge figure rose from the sand sea, blue chakra light soaring to the heavens.

"What is this?!" Ajier Lamm's pupils contracted sharply.

Susanoo's huge figure stood up from within, its massive body wreathed in raging chakra. The raging sand waves continuously scoured that huge body, yet couldn't leave even a single trace.

"Is that your full power?" Madara's voice came from within Susanoo.

Ajier Lamm gritted his teeth, violently waving both hands. "Sand Giant Soldier!"

Boom!

The ground trembled violently, countless sand particles condensing into form, a Sand Giant equal in height to Susanoo rising from the ground.

"Go!" Ajier Lamm roared.

The Sand Giant swung its huge fists, charging madly at Susanoo. Every step made the earth tremble, kicking up countless dust clouds.

And just then, Susanoo slowly raised its right hand, pressing it against the giant blade at its waist, the blue chakra flames coiled around the hilt jumping violently.

The next instant, the blade left its sheath.

Clang! Dazzling blade light tore through the sky, this slash so fast it could barely be caught, even the air having no time to emit a whistling sound.

The Sand Giant's movements suddenly froze, then split neatly into two halves from the middle, countless sand particles scattering in the air, pouring down like golden raindrops.

But it wasn't over yet.

The sword qi's remaining momentum undiminished, continued advancing forward. The raging sand waves rolled back like a receding tide under this slash's might, revealing the scorched black earth below.

Where the blade light reached, the earth was split open by this slash into a bottomless ravine stretching for several kilometers.

Madara looked down at Ajier Lamm from above, saying indifferently:

"Truly disappointing, Sand King."

(Chapter End)