Chapter 362: On the Eve of the Planar War (Lower) (22)

Underground military base.

"Your Majesty, within the high-energy law ring, whether it's elements, souls, or magical power, everything is extremely condensed."

"Therefore, within the high-energy law ring, the disturbance caused by any power erupting is far smaller than in an ordinary law ring."

In a training room, Tīlālìlín was giving Luosen pointers on combat tactics in the high-energy law ring area.

"It's just like the same fusion explosion bomb: detonating underground causes far less disturbance than detonating in the sky."

Luosen nodded to show he understood.

Tīlālìlín continued: "But a small disturbance does not mean weak power."

"Many seemingly insignificant spells may actually contain tremendous power; a misjudgment can plunge one into extreme danger, even death."

Luosen felt he had no intuitive impression, so he said: "Give me an example of a twelfth-ring spell."

Tīlālìlín thought for a moment, then with a thought used Transformation Technique to carve a fist-sized stone from the ground and shape it into an almost perfect sphere.

"Look at this stone sphere: it's only fist-sized, its surface as smooth as a mirror. Judging by appearance alone, it's hard to tell whether it's spinning, right?"

Luosen nodded.

Tīlālìlín began continuously casting Enhancement Technique on the stone sphere, raising its strength to an extremely high level.

Afterwards, she also used Pure Force Technique to make it spin at high speed.

After about ten-odd seconds, she continued: "You see, this stone sphere just hovers motionless in the air, seeming utterly tranquil, but in fact, each second it must rotate at least fifty-one thousand times."

"Obviously, it contains tremendous power; if an ordinary person reaches out to touch it, they will surely be severely harmed, right?"

Luosen nodded again.

Tīlālìlín continued: "Within a twelfth-law ring, by combining Time Torrent and Spacetime Transformation Technique, one can accelerate an identical sphere to tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of revolutions per second."

"Once its balance is broken, it will instantly shatter into terrifyingly destructive fragments."

Luosen listened, clicking his tongue in amazement: "Can Xīsāiluó use such a spell?"

"In fact, what I just described is the basic principle of his most proud spell, the 'Destruction Sphere'."

"Perhaps Your Majesty doesn't know yet, but time and space are actually a multifaceted unity of a more fundamental existence."

"Likewise, rotation is far more complex than what our eyes perceive; its essence is actually a symmetry."

"Based on these two points, the developed Spacetime Transformation Technique can perform some truly astonishing operations."

Tīlālìlín ultimately couldn't escape her scholar's nature; as she talked, she began explaining profound arcane principles to Luosen, even using Light and Shadow Technique to write complex arcane formulas in the air.

Fortunately, Luosen is also an Arcane Master, so he can barely understand.

When he encounters something he doesn't understand, he just asks directly.

Tīlālìlín naturally does her best to answer.

About a quarter of an hour later, she wrote the final line of the arcane formula.

"Your Majesty, look: based on fine adjustments of these spacetime coordinates, one can endow a sphere in all three spatial dimensions with a strong rotational property, thereby storing astonishing power within it."

"And once this quiet sphere is disturbed, its stored power will, via Spacetime Transformation Technique, erupt directionally from the fourth dimension, forming a terrifyingly powerful high-energy ray capable of easily piercing a Dawn Guard of twelfth-law-ring strength."

Luosen now clearly felt the power of refined Time Technique.

"The spell structure of this Destruction Sphere looks extremely complicated; how much casting time does it require?"

"At least half a minute."

"Oh~ that's not bad."

"If it could be instant-cast, that would truly be terrifying."

Tīlālìlín warned in a solemn tone: "But he can prepare in advance, and can even prepare three at once."

Luosen immediately asked humbly: "So, how should I defend against it?"

Tīlālìlín, however, felt troubled: "To be honest, I can't think of a reliable defensive method."

"Although the Spacetime Stagnation Shield is a very effective defensive spell, Xīsāiluó is extremely skilled in arcane combat techniques, casting with incredible speed—I am no match for him, and your Time Technique's power is also too weak."

Luosen understood, smiling: "My Time Technique's power conversion efficiency is indeed low, but its power is not weak, and its casting speed is not slow either."

As they spoke, he focused his thoughts, combining multi-line spellcasting to stack a super-massive spell, and in less than one-fifth of a second, he poured a million Luosen's worth of magical power into a Spacetime Stagnation Shield.

At a glance, there was no change around his body, but when Luosen moved, a cluster of continuously moving strange afterimages appeared around him.

At a glance, it looked just like the overlapping images that appear on a screen when a graphics card suddenly stutters.

But as soon as his footsteps stopped, it immediately returned to normal.

And this is the unique spacetime viscosity phenomenon of the great-power Time Stagnation Technique.

Tīlālìlín's eyes lit up upon seeing it: "Oh~~ this is enough."

Afterwards, she continued her explanation.

The two of them teaching and learning, before they knew it, half a day had passed.

"Alright, I've taught everything I can about the twelfth-law ring situation; next, we'll see Your Majesty's combat performance."

Luosen nodded, but didn't rush to end the lesson: "Lilin, do you know the Extinction Law Sword?"

Tīlālìlín immediately nodded: "Of course I know."

"It is one of the high-energy matching swords of the Lord of the Nightmare Abyss, Āntuōwànjí; once infused with high power, it can unleash tremendous might."

"But having said that, although its power is astonishing, this sword is only suitable for one-on-one duels and small-scale skirmishes; its impact on large-scale battles is minimal."

Seeing that she knew, Luosen immediately said: "I recently received a report that Xīsāiluó might have obtained this sword, and I know almost nothing about its performance."

"This news was told to him by Beilu Dandi, and Beilu Dandi's news came from her mother, the Goddess of Love Mǎgé lì tè; accompanying this news was also the War God Clan's willingness to cooperate."

"Regarding this, Luosen temporarily holds a friendly and accepting attitude; as for what comes later, however, we still need to see the other party's subsequent performance."

"On the other hand, upon hearing this news, Tīlālìlín's eyebrows twitched slightly: 'Your Majesty, this matter is indeed rather troublesome.'"

"Let me introduce this sword's performance."

"First, it is a second-rank attack divine artifact, which guarantees its overwhelmingly strong attack power. Second, its effect is simply that its attacks never miss the target!"

As long as the Extinction Law Sword is thrust out, even if the target immediately transfers planes, or flees into the void, or uses any known escape method, it cannot escape its attack.

Therefore, as long as one's strength intensity is lower than that of the Extinction Law Sword, it is hard to escape death.

After hearing her finish, Luosen also felt it was troublesome.

Any countermeasures?

There are two countermeasures. One is to have strength above the 13th ring and directly resist. Two is to not let the opponent find your true body.

After a pause, Tirarilin added: "If you can make the opponent drop their weapon, or prevent them from thrusting out the Extinction Law Sword, that also counts as a countermeasure."

But Cicero is extremely skilled in combat, one of the most capable Sage attendants in the history of the Dawn Empire; trying to knock down his weapon is of such high difficulty as to be almost impossible.

Regarding this evaluation, Luosen neither affirmed nor denied, and he continued to ask.

Then if he discovers your true body and you cannot block his attack, can you only wait to die?

Then there is another method that isn't really a method: just run, keep running, run faster than the opponent's sword-drawing speed, until you exhaust the opponent's strength.

This really is a foolish method.

Tirarilin added: "The Time-Stagnation Shield is effective against it; it can slow its speed."

Luosen immediately understood, and his apprehension toward the Extinction Law Sword instantly dissipated by ninety percent.

After a while, he began receiving messages one after another from the generals of the various legions.

Your Majesty, the Lava Legion is ready and can sortie at any time!

This is Beilu Dandi.

A total of twelve thousand lava warriors, wearing specially made high-energy reinforced magic steel armor, greatly enhancing their defensive power.

They also carry focused injectors, greatly increasing the range and power of their main attack, the Lava Jet.

They also carry specially made phantom resonance arcane devices, able to draw power supplies from the base Eternal Heart at any time, greatly enhancing their combat endurance.

Finally, according to the situation of the Lost Plane, they were blessed with a super-tenacious soul blessing, which can greatly resist the law-ring storm.

This can be considered the strongest air force of the Nature Empire at present.

Your Majesty, all enemy underground teleportation gates have been locked onto; we can strike at any time!

Following closely, the report came from the commander of the Blaze Legion.

The Blaze Legion commander's main weapon is the unmanned blaze aircraft.

Among them, there are ten thousand ordinary blaze aircraft and six hundred directed fusion blaze aircraft.

The latter's yield reaches up to 500,000 tons of TNT; if detonated directionally, although it cannot destroy the Dawn Sentinels, it can exhaust their already limited strength, forcing them into a dormant state.

Your Majesty, the First Dawn Legion is already prepared and can sortie at full speed at any time!

This is the commander of the Armored Legion.

Its main weapon is the Armageddon Tank, heavily reinforced for the situation of the Lost Plane.

Each tank weighs 150 tons, carries twenty soldiers; not only is the hull extremely sturdy, it also carries a ring-wall shield powered remotely by the rear solar core, capable of resisting the erosion of the law-ring storm, ensuring all-weather combat.

Because time is urgent, only 2,000 were reinforced; a ten-thousand-strong legion gets 500 vehicles, for a total of four armored legions.

Because the northern terrain is a broad, flat Gobi desert, it is very suitable for tank warfare.

Therefore, the Armageddon Tank Legion is the main force of this grand legion's ground advance.

Afterward, the second, third, and fourth armored legions also took their positions in turn.

As the various combat legions took position one after another, Luosen, with the aid of arcane devices, faith, or vehicle-mounted communicators, precisely located the coordinates and status of each soldier.

These data were gathered by Laifu, forming in Luosen's mind a dynamic real-time battlefield sandbox.

Based on this sandbox, Luosen could at any time monitor the legions' movements and issue real-time tactical adjustment commands according to the battlefield situation.

These orders are not given randomly, but are the result of Laifu's calculations and simulations.

To some extent, this is even more formidable than Haigelite's war chessboard.

At this point, little time remains until the Gate of Creation opens; since everything is ready, Luosen issued the order.

All forces, advance! Target: the Gate of Creation!

(End of chapter)