Chapter 755: Foreseeing Teleport

Boom!

The ground within a hundred meters trembled, and the Apocalypse Knight's steel body, like an egg crushed by a massive boulder, instantly burst apart.

The steel soul, stripped of its vessel, was swept by lightning the moment it emerged, turning to ash and smoke.

This time, it didn't even have a chance to call for help.

The Apocalypse Knight's death caused its Nether Soul Realm to vanish, the surrounding space returned to normal, and only Lei En in his Titan Giant form remained. He and two Mirror Images were cautious, scanning the area, ready to fend off the Holy Soul Lich Plamon's counterattack.

But that didn't happen; Death Lord did not appear to rescue it a second time.

Lei En let out a sigh of relief.

Immediately, the spiritual power pool on his phone interface surged wildly.

The Apocalypse Knight was a Saint Rank elite; even though it had just reached Level 20, its soul power was far greater than a legend's, and within a single breath the energy spiked by six to seven hundred units like a rocket, threatening to burst the spiritual power pool.

"Damn!"

Lei En couldn't help but mutter, feeling his head swell and a bit dizzy.

He frantically selected every Element, whether Arcane Element or Physical Element, ignoring any priority, as long as it consumed energy.

The dozen or so mage clones in the Obsidian Tower, some having completed Soul Transformation, surged from Level 4 to Level 6 in one go, then entered a soul metamorphosis.

The progress bars of dozens of Elements flickered forward.

This series of actions finally eased the danger of the pool bursting; a few seconds later the energy dropped rapidly to about half, balancing absorption and consumption, and Lei En stopped recklessly feeding energy.

Only then did he have a moment to reflect.

The Apocalypse Knight was the first Saint Rank he personally slew; although its strength was far below Baro Flame Demon Dimaretu and weaker than King of the Hills Kestajin*Iron Must, it was nonetheless a genuine Saint Rank elite.

A legendary kill of a Saint Rank is a feat worthy of being sung through the ages!

Lei En had long known his own strength, already surpassing many Saint Ranks, especially non‑caster Saint Rank professions; opponents below th Level found it hard to retaliate against his multitude of legendary Elements.

Nevertheless, after truly slaying the Apocalypse Knight, Lei En felt a few lingering thoughts.

The enemy he had once fought desperately, exhausting every method to barely defeat, could now be slain with ease.

Unwittingly, he had already traveled far along the Transcendent Path.

Not yet a Saint Rank, yet his power far exceeds that rank.

This is the power of cheating: breaking conventions and surpassing limits!

Lei En let out a chuckle, quickly composed himself, and just then the Soul World Tree quivered slightly; an Element rune on a leaf emitted boundless light, its intricate pattern shifting rapidly before stabilizing, standing out from the other Elements.

Wish Spell!

After feeding in over 1500 units of energy, this spell famed as the "King of Ten Thousand Methods" finally rose to Eight‑Ring, capable of emulating all Level 1 to Level 7 spells and Divine Techniques; even an Eight‑Ring spell is manageable with sufficient cost.

Lei En glanced at the phone interface; the core mind and Titanium‑Extreme Golden Body progress bars were also past halfway.

High above, the teleportation gate had already closed.

His eight Mirror Images were slaughtering the over two thousand Black Soul Knights, who, while struggling against the images, recklessly sprinted toward Getan, their altitude gradually dropping, soon to descend and charge en masse.

The Black Soul Knight Legion moved swiftly and in great numbers.

Even with eight Mirror Images encircling them, they couldn't be wiped out before breaching Gotham City, and the legion had split into multiple groups, perhaps half would remain.

Lei En instantly grasped the legion's strategy.

They used themselves as expendables to delay the Mirror Images; no matter how many fell, as long as they could breach Gotham City, destroy the highland fortress, kill the residents and craftsmen around it, or rush beneath the walls to sandwich the Dwarf Legion between the fortress and the Undead Army across the strait, they could instantly turn the tide.

This ruthless, all‑out tactic gave Lei En a chill.

Only the Cataclysm Army would treat its Transcendent Army as expendables, indifferent to casualties; only emotionless undead would faithfully obey such a suicidal order.

And this was merely the first wave; more Black Soul Knight Legions were teleporting in.

Lei En scanned the area.

His gaze pierced the void, yet he saw no sign of teleportation spells. Even the Eight‑Ring Key of Doors' control over space has limits.

But there was still a way.

Two Mirror Images cast teleportation, vanishing from sight.

At the same time, the other eight Mirror Images abandoned the chase, each teleporting to zones east of Getan. The ten images spaced about five li apart, and with Lei En himself, eleven in total, formed a defensive line to block the Shield Island eastward.

"Seven‑Ring, Pre‑knowledge Teleport!"

Lei En and the Mirror Images shouted in unison, the words identical.

Pre‑knowledge Teleport is a relatively rare Four‑Ring Arcane, mastered by few and useful in limited situations. As its name suggests, it can foresee teleportations within a certain range, allowing pre‑emptive preparations.

It is somewhat like Divination, but the foretold events and distances are bounded.

The higher the Ring count, the larger the sensed range.

Seven‑Ring Pre‑knowledge Teleport has a sensing radius of about five li; eleven Lei En simultaneously casting Wish Spell drained over three hundred units of energy instantly, a cost fully acceptable for the current Lei En.

When the casting completed, all eleven Lei En received a fragment of information.

Ten of them were invalid.

Only one Mirror Image saw a massive teleportation gate that would open about half a minute later at a point two thousand meters from it. This time the Liches chose to open the gate on the ground, evidently for concealment, not wanting it found too quickly.

Lei En and the Mirror Images each teleported to the designated spot, waiting patiently.

East of Gotham City, the remaining two thousand Black Soul Knights had landed, charging into the open city district. Without Mirror Images in pursuit, they reconvened into a torrent; Death Knights led the evil spirit cavalry, surging full‑force toward the highland fortress within the city.

The ground trembled, dust billowing.

A visible force of death rose like black smoke, its aura enveloping Gotham.

Lei En saw all this through the Thundercast Celestial Soldier's eyes, yet he did not intervene.

He was confident that the defensive line of Electric Light Cannons could hold these foes; even if the turrets were breached, Extreme Warriors awaited them.

The Electric Light Cannons were positioned about four li from the highland fortress, forming an arc.

Soon, the Black Soul Knight Legion surged into the range of the two Electric Light Cannons.

Boom!

Boom!

The two Electric Light Cannons had calculated the lead, pre‑charging for twelve seconds, and fired two massive bursts of light, like two meteors faster than lightning, straight at the Black Soul Knight Legion.

All the Death Knights and Evil Spirit Cavalry lit up with black glimmer; a huge death force gathered, forming a field made of countless wailing dead souls that promptly blocked the Legion's front.

The Electric Light Cannon projectiles struck the dead‑soul field and exploded instantly.

High‑temperature lightning collided with death force, countless energies raged, the dead‑soul field shook violently, cracks appeared, yet it still withstood the bombardment. They endured the beams of the two Electric Light Cannons and kept charging at high speed.

Thunder roared, the beams struck the dead‑soul field like raindrops on water, rippling countless circles.

The Black Soul Knight Legion surged forward a kilometer at top speed, entering the range of two distant towers, similarly pre‑judging and charging, and launched two energy shells.

Another two deafening explosions.

Within a short span, they endured two successive bombardments; some Evil Spirit Cavalry had their soul energy instantly drained, their mounts fell, and were trampled into fragments by the following riders.

The dead‑soul field finally collapsed, fully exposing the Black Soul Knight Legion.

All four Electric Light Cannons switched to sweep mode; torrent‑like beams instantly shattered the dozens of Black Soul Knights at the front into fragments. As the beams swept onward, both mounts and undead fell like cut wheat, in massive sheets.

In just a few seconds, the Black Soul Knight Legion lost one‑tenth of its numbers.

When they finally managed to re‑establish the dead‑soul field and keep the beams at bay, only about seventy percent remained, yet they were still a full five miles from the highland fortress.

Getan's eastern tower positions were meticulously arranged.

The closer one approaches from the east, the more towers fire upon them. With the four Electric Light Cannons atop the fortress, at peak they can all fall within the range of eight towers simultaneously; the terrifying intersecting barrage even overwhelms a Saint Rank.

With just over two thousand Black Soul Knights, they have no chance of breaking through to the fortress.

Lei En finally relaxed completely.

At that moment, the void before them rippled like a water surface, and a portal opened swiftly; beyond it lay a boundless wasteland, endless ranks of Black Soul Knights.

Four Liches that jointly opened the portal instantly spotted Lei En and his Mirror Image.

Their withered faces were expressionless, yet the flames in their eye sockets stalled, shrinking to grain‑size as if about to extinguish, revealing their current mood.

"Again him!"

A legendary undead Wizard nearby shouted in alarm.

Undead Wizards are still living humans who have not undergone the Lich transformation ritual, so they retain human emotions, their faces showing fear.

The Black Soul Knight Legion surged forward at once.

Bang!

In his Titan Giant form, Lei En lifted his right foot and delivered a war‑stomp.

He deliberately shaped the war‑stomp's forward blast into a fan, encompassing all the portals. The shockwave, laced with lightning and thunder‑flame, shattered the hundreds of Black Soul Knights that surged out, instantly clearing his view.

The aftershock of the war‑stomp struck four Liches; shields materialized on them, and they immediately recoiled.

More fearless Black Soul Knights charged out, but Lei En and the Mirror Images blocked them tightly, and bodies piled up in an instant.

"Close the portal!"

The leading Lich calmly gave the order.

After Ai Long Ruiwen Tena's death, it became the highest‑ranking commander in the area, and the other three Liches obeyed immediately. But Lei En would not let the enemy succeed; before the portal closed, the four Mirror Images rushed forward, wielding war hammers, ready to unleash slaughter.

Lei En and the remaining Mirror Images teleported apart, preparing to cast foresight teleport again.

On the other side, a Mirror Image burst out and immediately acted, a mind‑leap soaring high to survey the wasteland's surroundings.

Boundless death aura coalesced into dark clouds in the sky, intensely oppressive.

Within sight, the Black Soul Knight Legion spread across the ground in countless formations, innumerable, like an endless black jungle.

It was Lei En's first time seeing such a massive transcendent army, and his heart grew cold.

Before this Mirror Image could gather more intel, the enemy's spell attack arrived.

On the ground, three Mirror Images had already entered combat.

Their first targets were the casters bearing a dozen death‑knot sigils; a Mirror Image flashed forward, landing with a thunderous strike, hundreds of bolts of lightning erupted, the ground caved, destroying the teleportation array etched there.

The Liches maintaining the teleport array scattered like startled birds, pulling away.

They dared not get too close to Lei En.

A Lich flashed to a distance, raised a hand and unleashed a Disintegrate, a dark‑green ray that leapt through the void, instantly striking the Mirror Image's chest.

However, the Mirror Image showed no reaction, directly saving.

The Lich's pupils shrank to needle‑point size, barely able to believe what it saw. Its most mastered Disintegrate, studied for centuries, finally achieved a daily instant cast of the Eight‑Ring Disintegrate, directly hitting the target.

Yet it was saved by a Mirror Image.

The Mirror Image's resistance is that terrifying; if its original appeared…

The Lich was momentarily stunned.

That fleeting stun was seized by the other Mirror Images; their mind‑leaps moved behind it, a pre‑prepared anti‑magic field burst open, nullifying all spells below the Eight‑Ring, a hammer shattered its shield and smashed its head.

The Mirror Image was about to continue the pursuit when the surrounding temperature plummeted to the extreme.

Its outer body crystallized into thick, solid ice; the terrifying icy force seeped inward, its limbs lost sensation, and its movements unknowingly slowed.

Just as it was about to dispel the anti‑magic field and blink away, a spell already descended.

Greater Dispel Magic!

Exactly Eight‑Ring.

The ice‑frozen Mirror Image instantly dissolved like foam, and before that, the two Mirror Images that had leapt skyward and destroyed the teleport array were eliminated first.

Only the Mirror Image that had been slaughtering within the Black Soul Knight Legion remained alive.

This Mirror Image located the enemy hidden in the void, none other than the previously evasive Holy Soul Lich Pu Laman, who had already returned here.

The Holy Soul Lich eliminated three Mirror Images with a single strike.

On Shield Island, Lei En realized he had still underestimated Pu Laman's strength; Mirror Images differ from their originals, and before a Holy Soul Lich, they are hard‑pressed to achieve anything.

While Pu Laman had not yet acted, the remaining Mirror Image's thought shifted, casting a Rainbow Light Cloak.

Mirror Image vanished instantly, and then the spirit leapt to a distant place.

Pralam searched around the void, furrowed his brow, realized he couldn't immediately locate Mirror Image's trace, but didn't pursue further; he also transmitted into the star realm, speeding toward Shield Island.

(End of chapter)