Chapter 244: Soul of Steel

Lei En slightly split his spirit and glanced at the leaves on the World Tree.

Level‑9 poison resistance, the rune pattern is a bit more intricate than before, but the actual change is minor; the biggest improvement is that it has advanced to a Supreme Element.

He carefully sensed it and obtained the corresponding information.

Level‑9 poison resistance is essentially a resistance, extremely high, can reduce the effect of most poisons in the world on oneself to negligible, but not total immunity; it is still far from the Legendary Element "Poison Immunity".

Some extremely terrifying poisons can still harm him.

Nevertheless, Lei En is very satisfied.

In any case, it is a Supreme Element, already able to ignore most poisons.

Those legendary terrifying poisons may never be encountered in his lifetime; even if he does get hit, Level‑9 poison resistance can mitigate part of the toxicity, so there is no need to worry.

This is his fifth Supreme Element, a pleasant surprise.

Unfortunately, after advancing to a Supreme Element, the poison resistance progress bar vanished, and it can no longer be increased.

Lacking this soul‑power‑consuming element, Lei En's mind suddenly throbed; he had to temporarily shut off the soul‑absorption function and let those souls disperse.

At the same time, he frantically cast spells, hurling one Electric Blast Orb after another.

Boom! Boom! Boom…

The explosions of the spells sounded like a continuous barrage of shells, mingling with gunfire.

Each four‑ring Electric Blast Orb that fell shattered hundreds of Undead creatures into fragments; the high‑temperature current pierced the air, charred corpses, and a burnt odor filled the surroundings.

Lei En also experienced for the first time the feeling of casting without worrying about soul‑power consumption.

He felt like a humanoid artillery platform, bombarding wildly!

Watching massive swaths of enemies blown to ash, limbs scattering, he felt only one thing—exhilaration!

So addictive!

The Extreme Warriors' souls kept growing; after throwing a dozen Electric Blast Orbs in succession, his energy dropped sharply, so he quickly re‑enabled soul absorption to replenish his soul‑power.

Several start‑stop cycles made the energy fluctuate up and down.

Lei En's casting became almost numb, mechanically repeating motions; nevertheless, the Undead Army's numbers remained huge, and no matter how many he killed, Nakesasu Fu Kong Cheng could replenish them.

The ground beneath the Extreme Warriors was already piled with shell casings.

He had been calculating bullet consumption by firing time; at most he could last another five minutes before the ammunition ran out.

Moreover, the Extreme Warriors' machine guns began frequently jamming.

The barrels glowed red like hot coals, smoking incessantly.

Even two Lambo's Guns had deformed barrels, forcing a ceasefire to cool down; the other Extreme Warriors' bullets also lost much of their power.

This also destabilized the crossfire network.

At least three or four times the Undead Army broke through the fire net; fortunately Lei En reacted quickly, hurling two Electric Blast Orbs to fill the gaps.

Watching the Undead Army seem endless, Lei En's pressure rose sharply.

"We still prepared too few bullets."

"We also need to solve the barrel cooling issue, preferably find a more heat‑resistant metal; the frost rune‑etched formation is too simple and has much room for improvement."

"Also, in the future we must train the Extreme Warriors to replace barrels on the fly."

"When the ammunition runs out, we'll have to rely on melee."

Lei En glanced at the Extreme Warriors' avatars; after harvesting so many souls, Xika Liusi and Ao Tuo had already ascended to Legendary, and the remaining eleven were not far from the Level‑9 pinnacle.

Thirteen Extreme Warriors plus himself should be able to hold the tower entrance for a while.

If it truly fails, they must retreat; they cannot let Fu Kong Cheng be buried with them.

While Lei En was contemplating a retreat, suddenly a figure flew out from behind a distant building, shouting wildly, "Die! All of you die! This is the fate of those who dare fight me; the souls of Legendary Wizards are a delicacy, offered to my master, it will surely bring blessings, hahaha…"

The sharp, shrill laugh attracted many eyes.

Lei En used his Soul Eye to look and saw a low‑tier Legendary Undead Wizard, pale‑faced, clutching a Weizelan Wizard's head, blood gushing, apparently having its neck ripped off.

"Wa Lei Jia…"

Lei En recognized the dead's identity and sighed.

Not long ago, Wa Lei Jia was the first to step forward, declaring his intention to leave the Weizelan Legendary Wizards, hoping to claim a tower in the new‑town Fu Kong Cheng, but was slain in an instant.

Today, more than just Wa Lei Jia died.

At this moment, battles rage throughout Fu Kong Cheng; the Dead‑Knot Seal Wizards and the Heavenly Disaster Legion's Death Knights are ravaging everywhere.

The Weizelan Wizards will pay with their lives to protect their homeland.

Lei En shook his head in anguish; regardless of the battle's outcome, the strength of Weizelan Fu Kong Cheng will be severely damaged and hard to recover for many years.

The Legendary Undead Wizard flying mid‑air suddenly turned to look.

He was in extreme excitement, his eyes a bit wild, licking his lips with a blood‑red tongue; his figure flickered and turned into a black smoke that surged forward.

Within a few breaths, he was hovering not far from the tower entrance, suspended in mid‑air.

With withered, bone‑like claws, he waved his hands to cast, his gaze locked on Lei En on the ground, eyes filled with ferocity and cruelty.

Lei En let out a cold snort.

If that Undead Wizard hadn't come over, I still couldn't do anything to him; I didn't expect the opponent to come to me voluntarily, which provides a perfect chance to avenge Lord Wa Lei Jia.

All along, the Extreme Warriors' crossfire network never fully utilized the range of Lambo's Gun, reaching at most half its potential.

This misled the enemy into thinking Lambo's Gun could only fire that far.

The airborne Undead Wizard stayed cautiously beyond five hundred meters, while Lambo's Gun actually has an effective range of eight hundred meters!

"Second group!"

Lei En shouted loudly, "Take that guy down."

At the same time he also drew his Lambo's Gun and fired at the Undead Wizard.

Tap tap tap…

In an instant, eight gun‑flames erupted, and hundreds of bullets streamed out at a speed invisible to the naked eye, pouring forth like a raging storm.

The Undead Wizard flew in the sky, literally the perfect target; every bullet hit him.

A shield manifested around the Undead Wizard's body.

Pa pa pa pa a few times.

The shield existed only for a moment before shattering; the Undead Wizard was terrified, his soul fleeing, letting out a scream, but the sound stopped abruptly before he could even cast a self‑rescue spell.

Blood blossoms burst, and countless bullets tore his body apart, causing him to collapse.

Lei En pressed the barrel down and kept whipping the corpse.

The Undead Wizard's corpse, halfway down, was shot into a spray of blood and shattered flesh, never having a chance to hit the ground.

"You're courting death yourself."

Lei En said it indifferently.

If it were a Legendary Mid-stage Undead Wizard, the shield would be solid enough, not fearing a gun's sweep fire; this guy, even as a mere Legendary Early-stage, dares to be so arrogant, swaggering in the sky, with seven or eight machine guns firing together, able to blow up in a second!

The fate of this Undead Wizard frightened many wizards bearing death‑knot seals.

In fact, they all harbored thoughts of a sneak attack.

Now they all avoid it, daring not to fly into the sky; some Death Knights mingling in the Undead Army also retreat quietly, avoiding exposure to the Extreme Warrior's sight.

Lei En sensed the enemies' movements, but did not pursue.

He sheathed the Lambo gun and continued to serve as a turret.

Time passed minute by minute.

The Undead Army still showed no sign of dwindling, surging forward endlessly, while bullets were nearly exhausted; the barrels of three Extreme Warriors overheated and warped, unable to fire, and the crossfire network was stretched thin.

Lei En grew anxious, gazing at the plaza outside the academy; the protective shield still stood as solid as a mountain.

In the middle of the shield, Lu Yin held aloft the Astral Crystal Pillar, unmoving.

The torrent of energy from the Iola Core made this Legendary High-rank Arcane master's body disintegrate inch by inch, muscles melting, blood vaporizing, and white, skeletal bones exposed on the arms.

The hand that held the Astral Crystal Pillar no longer had any flesh, only bone claws remained.

His face resembled shattered porcelain, fissures spreading.

Energy light leaked from the skin's cracks, as if it would explode in the next second.

Yet Lu Yin persisted, channeling energy to sustain the portal without any wavering, like a statue without consciousness that will not fall until its life force is spent.

His fate was already sealed; today he would surely die.

Lei En felt both hatred and helplessness, thinking, "Title: Master Lu Yin's centuries‑long reputation and prestige vanished in an instant; truly a loss of dignity…"

While thinking that, he tossed another Electric Blast Orb from his hand.

Boom—.

The orb landed amid a cluster of Undead, detonating the surrounding zombies, skeletal warriors and spider demons; only one Abomination, blocked by a few spider demons and not hit directly, staggered forward.

"Hm?"

Lei En sensed something amiss; the Abomination kept its front toward him, blocking the view behind.

He added another strike without hesitation.

Lightning burst forth, the Electric Blast Orb slammed onto the Abomination's head, blowing it to pieces; amid the electric flash, a pitch‑black figure suddenly appeared, soaring upward.

Lei En's pupils contracted.

It was a Death Knight, its whole body sheathed in massive black armor, over two meters tall, elegantly designed; the helmet bore two upward‑pointing spikes, and the shoulder, elbow and knee guards bore sharp iron spikes, encasing it completely with no skin exposed.

Dark‑green ghostly light seeped from the seams of the armor.

The helmet's face featured a pair of evil eyes that also emitted dark‑green light, suggesting that within the armor lay something far more terrifying than a mere body.

He grasped a massive two‑handed hammer.

The shaft alone stretched over two meters, its material unknown, appearing to weigh at least three thousand pounds; the hammerhead, shaped like a nail, had four corners, resembling a lantern pole, and emitted a ghostly green glow.

Lei En felt the overwhelming power of death!

The Soul Eye, in an instant, pierced through the opponent's eyes straight into the depths of the soul.

"Legendary High-rank Death Knight!"

Lei En's heart startled; within the Death Knight's soul he saw over twenty Elements, not many for a Legendary High-rank, yet four of them were Super‑Exceptional Elements.

Steel Soul, Level‑10 Strength, Iron‑blood Armor, Netherworld Domain!

The rest included Soul‑Pursuing Step, Ruinous Heavy Strike, Death Grip, Desecration, Undead Resurrection, Undead Control, Gargoyle Claw, Withering, Living Split‑Flow, Decay Entanglement, Bone Storm and many other Elements, all rare, each extremely formidable and chilling.

Moreover, that two‑handed hammer seemed to be an epic weapon!

"WTF, can't beat it!"

Lei En instantly judged his power gap was too great, almost turning his head to flee.

The Death Knight leapt into the air; its massive heavy armor did not hinder its speed or agility, raising the two‑handed hammer as green flames erupted from its body, smashing down toward Lei En.

A warning bell rang in Lei En's mind; the Willpower of Truth's telepathy warned him of a great danger approaching.

"Fire!"

The Extreme Warriors on the steps began firing at the Death Knight that had leapt into mid‑air, without waiting for Lei En's order.

Bullets whistled out, striking the target.

A blood‑colored armor manifested around the Death Knight's body, seemingly formed of iron plates, solid as stone; bullets that struck it sparked but failed to penetrate.

The high‑kinetic bullets could not move it a hair, as if merely tickling the Death Knight.

In an instant, the enemy was overhead.

A terrifying wind pressure descended from the sky like a mountain crushing down!

"Can't fight head‑on."

Lei En's thoughts were clear; he didn't know how much weight a Level‑10 Strength could lift, but he was certain the enemy's power far exceeded his, perhaps by more than tenfold!

His gaze was calm, flashing with the light of reason.

The Truth Will ran at full power, and the whole world seemed to slow, the enemy's every move reflected in his eyes.

From start to finish, Lei En never stopped casting; just as another Electric Blast Orb formed, he locked onto the Death Knight and casually tossed it into the sky.

Then, whatever the result, he triggered Electric Flash Teleport and leapt backward.

Boom!

The Electric Blast Orb exploded on the Death Knight, bursting with dazzling light; the Death Knight's armor easily resisted the spell's energy, and from the heavens a hammer fell, smashing the ground.

Bang……

The stone‑tiled floor cracked like a spider web, and a massive wave of death energy surged from the hammerhead, like a torrent of flame, sweeping the space within a hundred meters.

While transforming into lightning and retreating, Lei En was unexpectedly caught up by the flame; the spell was forcibly broken, and he fell out.

The death energy within the flame coiled around his entire body.

Lei En let out a low growl; even with a steel body he was burned painfully, and at the same time sensed an evil Will invading his mind, repelled outward by the Truth Will.

The three‑ring Thorn Electric Armor activated, sealing the flame outside.

Lei En stood firm, Thunder Hammer in hand, as if facing a great foe.

"Hmm?"

The Death Knight opposite let out a surprised cry, apparently not expecting Lei En to resist the flame; he stared at Lei En for several seconds, then a deep, resonant voice emerged from his armor: "Your soul is already mine."

(End of chapter)