Chapter 600: Oil Film

The surrounding Battle Mages all looked toward him, their faces full of astonishment, and Du Zhengyi also gave him a cool glance. Luo Qi let out a breath; all in all, this topic was finished.

Wen Lin turned to him and shouted loudly, "Luo Qi, look at the sky!"

Luo Qi raised his head; the cloud banks carrying the blizzard were like a polar ice sea constantly churning and raging, and they were like helpless shrimp soldiers and crab generals in the deep-sea currents.

"A storm like this cannot last too long," Wen Lin shouted. Seeing he didn't react, she explained further, "I mean, no matter what kind of weather scheme they designed or what kind of diversion they did, this kind of artificially created severe weather could potentially trigger a global climate chain reaction."

Luo Qi realized it, finally remembering the content of his last final exam: the Butterfly Effect.

"The drop in oxygen is a sign. When the oxygen drops to the point where we are tangibly affected, that moment in time will be when those things launch their all-out attack on us," Wen Lin shouted. The strong wind blew her long hair to one side, and a drop of rainwater landed on her brow bone, sliding down her cheek.

She couldn't be more right.

Luo Qi stared at her for a moment, feeling a bit jealous—jealous that he hadn't thought of this himself.

He was a little distracted; perhaps it was because there were many capable people today, so his sense of crisis had decreased, subconsciously waiting for these Battle Mages to solve the problem.

Wen Lin continued, "I speculate that they might not only have three monsters. Before they launch their final attack, we must think of how to deal with it. Space Distortion Magic is exactly what should be used at a time like this. Zhengyi, what do you say?"

Luo Qi couldn't find a good reason to refuse her proposal, but he had to refuse; regardless of whether the reason was reasonable or not, he had to dispel this idea from everyone's mind. Just as he took a deep breath in the gale to speak, Du Zhengyi stopped him. He became irritable, gazing anxiously at the composed Du Zhengyi. The calmer Du Zhengyi was, the more agitated he became. With the snow peaks above and everything close at hand, the possibility that he couldn't stop Du Zhengyi began to gradually turn into a sense of frustration. He stood on the Snowy Plateau, yet it felt like he was standing on the equator.

It wasn't just him; everyone looked toward Du Zhengyi, even Liu Ziyu, who was standing leisurely inside the Shield, looked at him with anticipation. The object of everyone's reliance, everyone's true backbone, the Demigod whom everyone believed had enough combat power... Luo Qi's irritable thoughts were interrupted by the words Du Zhengyi spoke.

"In today's situation, squandering energy based on past circumstances is unwise," Du Zhengyi said.

"Huh?" Luo Qi said aloud in surprise.

"Do you have an opinion?" Du Zhengyi asked, looking at him pointedly.

"I have no opinion," Luo Qi said sheepishly, seeing a teasing smile flash across Du Zhengyi's face.

Du Zhengyi continued, "We rarely encounter true opponents; in the world of Mages, each of our powers is often overwhelming. In the missions we have done in the past, once we reached this level, it was basically the final battle, and we could spare no energy. But today we are facing a brand-new challenge; no one knows what else is coming after this wave of attacks."

Luo Qi finally regained his wits, filling in the gaps on the side, "In other words, although they are hard to deal with, these thick-skinned and sturdy monsters are ultimately just beasts, and the Mages behind them have not yet appeared."

Wen Lin shook her head, unconvinced, "You also said they are thick-skinned and sturdy, which means they are very hard to chew. If we continue to engage like this, we will keep getting injured. If we don't finish the battle quickly, we will all become wounded soldiers, and it will be just as hard to continue fighting."

"I say," Luo Qi asked, "I've heard that in severe weather conditions, especially in blizzards or Thunderstorms, Space Travel is very difficult to complete. Can we find a way to block those things from using Space Travel? Being assassinated by flash attacks like this is really no way to go."

Wen Lin replied, "The fact that they can still travel in these weather conditions shows that they are themselves very skilled at..." She paused, as if remembering something, and continued, "... very skilled at traveling. We would need to change the local force field to have any chance of blocking their travel actions, but this is also very difficult; it would require consuming a large amount of magical power and would also divert a portion of the manpower that should be used for combat."

Luo Qi's heart stirred, and he said thoughtfully, "They are very skilled at traveling; perhaps it is because their natural way of survival relies on traveling through space to move their positions."

"I don't know, and that doesn't matter, does it?" Wen Lin said.

"It matters to someone who wants to open a pet shop in the future. I don't want to wake up every morning and find that I've lost my merchandise," Luo Qi said casually.

Wen Lin looked at him in confusion; this interruption made her forget what she was about to say for a moment. The third attack happened at this very moment. Yan Hao suddenly shouted and looked in one direction. Luo Qi now believed that Yan Hao was a Battle Mage who could control Space Magic quite well; apart from Du Zhengyi, only he could sense something before the monster appeared.

"Get out of the way," Du Zhengyi said loudly.

No one wanted to compete with him; Luo Qi retreated a step in anxiety. The Battle Mage closest to the monster had already engaged in close-quarters combat with it; hearing this, he dodged to the other side. Luo Qi praised him for dutifully maintaining the attack.

Du Zhengyi's speed in closing in on the monster was very fast. Luo Qi was already used to his cheetah-like swiftness and could easily observe his intentions, but this time he was a bit confused. Du Zhengyi closed in on the monster and immediately dodged its frontal attack. Luo Qi stared at him intently; he could be certain that he still used some kind of Magic, but it really didn't look like Attack Magic—there was no impact force, not even the basic Magic for condensing cold weapons.

Luo Qi couldn't help but move two steps closer. He saw Du Zhengyi nimbly dodge and attack the monster's flank. He had seen this move before; Du Zhengyi had discovered at a glance that there were breathing gaps in the monster's flank armor. However, they had all reached a consensus: to accurately hit such a small weak point without paying any price oneself was truly too difficult. Therefore, when most people executed this kind of attack, it was a case of hurting the enemy by ten thousand and damaging oneself by eight thousand.

In reality, Du Zhengyi did not attack the monster. Luo Qi saw him stop at least one meter away from the monster's flank. This was, of course, already within the attack range of the monster's two pairs of giant mandibles and six metal claws, but it was not the physical attack distance for a Mage. Du Zhengyi used some kind of Magic on one side of the monster; Luo Qi didn't see any dazzling effects, and Du Zhengyi had already flipped to the other side of the monster. The Battle Mage fighting in coordination with him nimbly left the position for him, taking on the frontal attack in front of the monster himself. Du Zhengyi also used Magic on this side of the monster.

Luo Qi really couldn't help it and rushed over to observe carefully. Du Zhengyi was already retreating, stepping back until he was in front of him. At first, nothing happened, but Luo Qi suddenly noticed that the black armor under the monster's ribs seemed to become shinier. "Brother, brother, did you rush over to give it a maintenance job? Did you even oil it? Are you afraid it will rust?"

His words suddenly stopped. There was no need for Du Zhengyi to answer; the half-insect, half-beast Alien monster suddenly trembled violently. Luo Qi thought of the scene of biological suffocation; it seemed to be in great pain.

"What did you use?" Wen Lin asked loudly, excited.

"Grease," Du Zhengyi said concisely. "Everyone pay attention, use the first half of Primary Illumination Magic to pour grease onto the breathing membranes under their ribs; the oil film will block their breathing." Luo Qi suddenly realized; Du Zhengyi, this person with an extremely strong sense of revenge, had the opponent increase their breathing difficulty, and he immediately thought of the same entry point. Just then, Du Zhengyi yanked him, taking him to dodge a flying rock. Luo Qi came back to his senses and saw that the monster had even gouged rocks out of the ground in its painful struggle.

"What's wrong with you? Why are you so unalert?" Du Zhengyi shoved him.

Luo Qi felt no shame and pointed at the psychic Mage, shouting, "Seize the opportunity, attack it!"

The battlefield situation was suddenly reversed right then and there.

(End of this chapter)