Chapter 376: Slaying the Enemy

The airship's deck was half‑covered with a greasy technique, making it hard for ordinary people to keep their footing.

However, this greasy technique came only from a Mid-stage Wizard, with just three rings; its effect wasn't as strong as the legendary Mid-stage Wizard Lei En had once seen in Thus: Thus: Shengangcheng, which could even trap a legendary Iron Guard.

He simply applied a little force, his feet in refined iron war boots stepping onto the deck, and easily negated the slipping.

The Frost Ring of a Wizard spread out, the chill reaching his legs, but before solid ice could form it was crushed; the three‑ring Spider Web Technique was as fragile as real spider silk, tearing apart with a single tug, utterly unable to trap the berserk Orc that Lei En had become.

The final Heartfire Arrow was a mind spell, which was directly immune.

All the spells, not a single one was effective.

The remaining few Crimson Flame Sword Guards, whose duty was to protect the Wizards, now all rushed forward recklessly, launching Flame Lunge attacks.

Bang!

Lei En's towering body charged forward, smashing the first Crimson Flame Sword Guard blocking the path into pieces.

His charge also had to pause briefly.

He swung his massive axe leftward; clang, the axe blade clanged against a flame‑gleaming longsword, easily shattering the Crimson Flame Guard's Rage Flame Slash, cutting both the man and his sword, and cleaving the side‑approaching Crimson Flame Guard in half.

At the same time he lifted a foot and kicked the third Crimson Flame Sword Guard in the abdomen.

The heavily armored guard's body emitted a sour‑tooth bone‑cracking sound; his exquisite enchanted armor plus a Stone Skin Element were as fragile as paper under Lei En's foot, the terrifying force nearly pierced his abdomen, and organ fragments spurted from his mouth.

The Crimson Flame Guard was kicked flying, his corpse smashing through the deck's railing and falling from the height to the ground.

The three Crimson Flame Sword Guards were all Mid-stage Transcendents, loyal guards cultivated for years by ParrasFloatingCity, with countless resources invested.

Yet Lei En sliced them cleanly as if chopping melons and vegetables, cutting each in a single glance.

They gave the Wizards a little time with their lives.

The two giant wolves summoned by Mi Er Dun lunged forward, and the ice‑demon bats' frost arrows also covered Lei En's position.

The Wizards' second round of spells arrived as well.

This time they no longer tried to control the terrifying Orc; in sheer panic they chose the most direct high‑power spell.

Two Fireball spells plus a massive lightning arc shot toward Lei En at high speed.

In mid‑air, Luo Kannan finally regained his senses, pointed at Lei En, locked onto the target, and barked, "Set!"—a true‑word spell favored by psychics.

Ice, flame, lightning, sound waves…

The myriad spell energies nearly engulfed Lei En, then an explosion erupted; the deck was blown through amid the booming roar. Yet before the Wizards could breathe a sigh of relief, the corpses of the two giant wolves burst out from beneath the deck, blood staining the sky, turning into a flash of light that returned to Mi Er Dun's soul.

Immediately Lei En leapt high; his body bore large scorch marks, looking ragged, yet he sustained no real injury.

"Die!"

A guttural Orcish word came from Lei En's mouth.

He raised his single‑blade massive axe overhead, his massive body arching like a reversed giant bow, then released, unleashing endless force that slashed straight down.

Luo Kannan's face changed dramatically, and he hurriedly triggered an instant "Sound Burst Spell".

The Sound Burst Spell can cause tinnitus, its shockwave has explosive effect, capable of blasting enemies away, akin to a thunderclap technique.

He intended to blast Lei En out of the airship.

With a booming blast, the sound wave struck Lei En, merely stirring a gust of air; the iron chains wrapped around him clanged, yielding little effect.

The next second, the massive axe came down.

Lei En cleaved a Mid-stage female Wizard, who seemed no older than her twenties; her face was death‑pale, she desperately dodged while holding up a shield. The Mid-stage Wizard's flash activation was too slow; her running speed, to a legendary warrior, was no faster than a turtle's crawl.

The massive axe split her like an eggshell; the shield shattered instantly, and as the axe fell, the Wizard was bisected, blood gushing out.

Lei En sidestepped with a long stride, the axe swung past, cutting down the nearest other Wizard along with his shield.

Only Mi Er Dun remained.

He was terrified, his soul scattering; before Lei En's axe could strike, he turned and leapt off the deck, with a dozen ice‑demon bats trailing. Clearly, he intended to use the bats to cling to him in the air to avoid falling to death.

Lei En, of course, would not let Mi Er Dun go; he snapped off a piece of metal railing and hurled it forcefully.

Empowered by ninth‑level strength, the railing was comparable to the most terrifying javelin.

Poof!

The arm‑thick hollow railing pierced Mi Er Dun's shield, penetrated his chest, and continued to fly downward.

Mi Er Dun spat a gush of fresh blood, looked down, and saw a bowl‑sized hole where his heart should be, visible from his front chest to his back. His eyes were filled with despair and countless regrets; he never imagined his life would end this way.

Immediately, he lost consciousness.

The dozen ice‑demon bats, lacking soul power, instantly dissipated into energy.

During Lei En's slaughter of the three Wizards, Luo Kannan consecutively unleashed two spells—a mind‑type nightmare spell and an elemental fire impact—but they were powerless to stop Lei En's massacre, only the fire impact leaving minor burns.

"Damned!"

Luo Kannan finally lost his mind, shouting angrily, "Dirty Orc, you dare kill the Wizards of Parras, wherever you run, the Duke will not let you go, and your clan will surely pay the price!"

He was frantic, yet helpless.

The legendary Orc's strength and spell resistance were terrifyingly high; what shocked him most was that his own mind spells seemed all ineffective!

As a legendary psychic, his mind spells were useless, equivalent to losing eighty percent of his combat power.

He had to invoke the reputation of a Holy Soul Wizard, hoping to frighten the enemy.

Lei En's face showed a cruel smile.

"Kill you all, how could Duke Hong Shi ever find my head again? Hehe… you've collected so much tax from the plains, you should spit some out." He said brazenly in Orcish, looking up at the two high‑rank Wizards repairing the airbag—one Feilis, the other a seventh‑level psychic.

They were all trying to seal the airbag's breach, preventing the airship from crashing, unable to draw their hands to cast spells.

The airship spun in the sky, not falling for the moment.

Luo Kannan's heart sank, finally understanding the enemy's intent, and said bitterly, "The Holy Soul Wizard's spells can see past and future; killing us won't help."

"Pah! Stop bragging, do you think you're a deity?"

Lei En spat disdainfully, "Others fear the Holy Soul Wizard, but I, Bu Luo Ke Si Jia, am not afraid! What a damned Duke Hong Shi, if you've got the guts, come at me. I already betrayed the Dragon Throat clan; as long as there's money, even if you slaughter the whole clan I won't even raise an eyebrow."

Luo Kannan's face turned the worst it could.

He wanted to abandon the airship and take two Wizards aboard to escape, but he couldn't bear to give up the huge tax revenue on the airship. This tax‑collection trip out of Fu Kong Cheng had already collected ninety percent, an amount so large it could drive even a great dragon mad.

Losing this tax money would also earn him the scorn of a deserter; how could he explain it to his teacher when he returned?

He couldn't win the fight, nor could he flee; Luo Kannan was at a loss for what to do.

Lei En noticed his contradictory mindset.

He strode across the deck, leapt over the central hole, his figure springing in a high‑speed run, and swung his great axe at the high‑level psionic.

The psionic let out a scream, abandoned repairing the breach, and flashed away.

The great axe swung, slicing across the gasbag opening with a hissing sound; a crack ten‑plus meters long was cut beneath the gasbag, as if it were being gutted, and the gas inside rushed out wildly. The gasbag quickly deflated, the airship could no longer stay aloft, and it spun rapidly as it plummeted down.

"Dammit!"

Luo Kannan shouted furiously, retreating a distance to avoid being hit by the airship. He gave up his mental spell, a fireball coalesced in his hand, locked onto Lei En, and hurled it.

On the airship, the psionic flashed to the opposite side, almost being flung away.

He barely steadied himself when a terrifying beastman charged at him, smashing through every obstacle in its path like a high‑speed steam train, with fireball explosions behind it that actually increased its charge speed.

The psionic instinctively triggered a rapid Fear Technique, the most commonly used against warriors.

But the Fear Technique had no effect.

By the time he reacted, Lei En had already charged forward, swung his great axe in a sweeping slash, turned and leapt away, but was a half‑step too late, and in mid‑air his body split into two halves.

Lei En killed the high‑level psionic, curled his mouth in a taunting grin at Luo Kannan.

This legendary Wizard belonged to the Naisè faction, knew many spells, but once his most proficient mental‑type spells ceased to work, he was practically useless. His spells of other types never rose above the fourth ring, most were third or second ring, and against his own resistance they were merely a tickle.

If he were a Mo Du Wizard, he might still pose some threat.

Luo Kannan also realized his predicament; he usually spent his resources on increasing soul power, his enchanted gear focused on amplifying mental spells, and he didn't even have a single high‑power scroll.

"Aaaah…" the legendary psionic was on the brink of madness.

Lei En ignored him and headed straight for his most important target today—Feilis.

The beautiful female Wizard barely kept her composure; seeing the enemy charge, she didn't flee immediately but calmly produced a scroll.

The seemingly ordinary scroll was ripped open forcefully, and she shouted in a high voice, "Tear Soul!"

A spell formed instantly.

Incantation: Tear Soul!

This is a seventh‑ring mental spell, its effect similar to Death Finger, targeting the opponent's soul and tearing the soul into fragments, only Willpower can resist. Its instant‑death effect is weaker than Death Finger; if one fails to withstand it, the soul is severely damaged and can be butchered; even if one endures the spell, the soul is wounded, plunged into excruciating pain, worse than Soul Transformation.

Psionics generally call it the Tear Soul Technique.

To forge a seventh‑ring Tear Soul Technique onto a scroll that can be triggered instantly, in this world almost only one person can do it—that is Hong Shi, the Duke!

This was Feilis's last resort for survival, and she used it without hesitation.

The running Lei En could not evade the Tear Soul Technique.

The spell left no flight trajectory nor obvious magical energy; it resembled Death Finger, acting directly on the target's soul.

Yet he also was not severely wounded by the Tear Soul Technique, not even furrowing his brows.

"This is impossible!"

Feilis was shocked, barely able to believe her eyes, completely losing her battle courage. When the gasbag was torn, she immediately cast Flight Technique on herself and fled the airship without looking back.

"Want to run?" Lei En roared, "It's not that easy!"

He picked up a long sword of the Red Flame Sword Guard, aimed at Feilis, and thrust it forward.

Feilis kept watching the enemy's movements; halfway through the sword's flight she activated a Flash, appearing in mid‑air dozens of meters away.

"Roar!"

A dragon roar suddenly exploded across the sky.

The roar was filled with intimidation; Luo Kannan, as a legendary psionic, possessed innate mental shielding and was unaffected, but Feilis was not so lucky—just as her Flash ended, the roar stunned her into dizziness.

When she shook off the dragon roar, a tall, terrifying figure had already leapt from the airship, and the great axe loomed rapidly before her eyes.

The shield shattered on contact.

In the next second, Feilis felt the whole world spin, saw her own headless corpse, and was plunged into endless darkness.

Three chapters done, time to sleep.

(End of chapter)