Chapter 1291: Insect Plague (Part 2)
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The bodies of the large-scale puppets were outfitted with magic cannons, forming an army at the pier. There were about 20,000 Iron Blood warriors and about 1,000 large-scale puppets. Additionally, with the Dragon Remains combat vessels that rushed into the harbor, magic nets covered the pier. Alchemy City’s pier was slowly captured.
The Bug Angel troops ravaged the city, causing the mages at the pier to lose heart.
Saleen took command in the middle. On his Bug Angel Armor, there were complex Bug-type magic compound eyes that could transmit all images back to the Magical Element Tower. There was no need for Saleen to make a move in order to be able to see the details of the battle.
Of the 20,000 Bug Angel Armors purchased by Grand Duke Iron Blood, only 2,000 sets had Saleen’s Dark s.p.a.ce magic patterns added on them.
Nevertheless, the Bug Angels without the Dark s.p.a.ce magic patterns still had a defensive power that was shocking. Saleen allowed the 3,600 demonic spirits that had stayed within the Magical Element Tower to record the details of the battle faithfully and search for the Bug Angel Armor’s weaknesses.
The battle between the mages and the Bug Angel warriors was extremely intense from the start. Most of the mages’ battles originated from fire element magic spells. These mages did not have any skills to take control of the warriors. This was because the numbers of the Bug Angel warriors were too great. Taking control of them would be a waste of mental power.
Fire Serpent, Wings of Flame, Fireball, and even fire magic arrays formed by pentagons, hexagons, and octagons burned within Alchemy City. The temperature of these flames was enough to melt iron. Yet Saleen discovered that the soldiers within the Bug Angel Armors only felt as though the temperature had increased slightly. This increase in temperature was something the armor allowed for the sake of warning the soldiers of the current danger, telling them that they should try their utmost to either leave or change the environment.
In the Bug Angel Armor, all kinds of magic patterns provided protection. Between the skin inside the armor and the outer part of the armor, it was filled with liquid and spherical metal machinery. Some of this machinery was independent. They could also combine and rotate together so that it could continue to operate even after a major portion of it was lost.
The special properties of the insect race were displayed completely. The fire magic attacks did not even cause the speed of the Bug Angel warriors to slow down by half. Dozens of Bug Angels rushed towards a seven-floor magical tower. Half of them dug up the ground. The other half spat out magic flames and attacked the tower.
After the magic chords that were stored within these Bug Angel Armors stimulated the magic arrays, they could carry out attacks that were more simple, and the distance was also rather close. However, this was sufficient. These Bug Angels had basically climbed up the magical tower to burn it up.
The seven-floor magical tower had been a bit too careless. Its windows were not closed and one Bug Angel warrior rushed inside.
The mages and warriors within the tower immediately attacked this Bug Angel. About ten warriors chopped it with their greatswords. The Bug Angel warrior twisted its body, deflecting all of the blows. There were now merely a few faint scratches on the Bug Angel Armor.
While the scratches were still rapidly healing, the Bug Angel’s six long legs had already swung, slicing and dismembering the warriors. The insect’s long legs had fine and compact sawteeth at their end. Magic arrays were refined at the sawteeth. Under the urging of the magic chords, it erupted with strong cutting power.
The mages were terrified. Amidst those warriors, there had been a Silver Grand Swordmaster. The sword aura of the Silver Grand Swordmaster had more or less completely permeated that insect’s body, yet it had been unable to cause any damage. For close-range combat, the sword aura of a Silver Grand Swordmaster had a stronger killing power than that of a grade-7 mage. Some could even surpa.s.s grade-8 magic spells.
The most horrific thing was the wings of this bug. When the transparent wings vibrated, it would release dozens of wind blades that flew around wildly within the small and narrow magical tower. These wind blades did not have a particular destination to speak of, but in such an environment, n.o.body could hide.
Apart from the Silver Grand Swordmaster, the middle-grade mages could not block it at all.
The Silver Grand Swordmaster yelled angrily and the sword aura of his body suddenly increased by ten times. With a stroke of his sword, he had pierced the spot between the Bug Angel’s two eyes. That was the weak spot at the head area.
However, the Bug Angel was basically just a suit of armor. Between its eyes, some poisonous liquid was stored. Once it was pierced open by the sword, the poisonous liquid was immediately evaporated by the sword aura, forming a poisonous mist within the magical tower.
The protective s.h.i.+elds held by the mages who were hurt by this did not block it. Essentially, protective s.h.i.+elds were a form of defense that could only block attacks from one direction. A water s.h.i.+eld like Saleen’s was also something that only a few mages could use.
The sawteeth on the Bug Angel warriors’ toes continued to dance about in the state of a magic blade. It was only after it had killed all the people on that floor that it rushed towards the upper floors.
The sorcerer on the top floor had no choice but to cut off the connections between each floor. The Silver Grand Swordmaster had been unable to resist the Bug Angel, so he, a grade-7 sorcerer, would definitely be unable to do so.
Once the magical tower was sealed shut, the Bug Angel was unable to continue attacking the upper floors. He could only rampage through the bottom six floors, killing all of the remaining soldiers and low-grade mages. Only then did he block off the pathway heading towards the lower part of the tower from the 7th floor and wait for reinforcements to arrive.
The Bug Angels outside swarmed in. It was only after they had destroyed the magical towers inside until very few were left that they started to launch attacks on the 7th floor. The method of sealing the magical tower was simple: firmly lock the gates. The magic arrays blocked the gates from opening and closing. Magical towers like the Magical Element Tower, which relied on teleportation portals to carry out communications, were too few. Because teleportation portals had a very high consumption, even if the distance of transmission was only about 10 meters, the magic chords consumed would still be worth thousands of gold coins.
With this kind of defenses, how could it resist the Bug Angels’ attacks?
Within the Bug Angel Armor, most of the fighters were Dragon Blood warriors. By themselves, they were sufficiently menacing. When maneuvering this type of armor that was similar to a puppet while relying on their mental power and battle experience, the weapons they were able to utilize included the sharp magic blades and the spitting of magic spells and poisonous liquids. When the two wings vibrated, they could also directly trigger wind blades. Within the small and narrow s.p.a.ce, their killing power was horrific.
The speed of the wind blades was too fast, and their dissipation was slow. After releasing them in the magical tower, unless the magic arrays within the magical towers were complete, it was very difficult to defend against them.
After the Bug Angels entered the magical towers, the first thing they did was to destroy the magic arrays that were used for defensive purposes. It was only after the defensive magic arrays lost their effect that they triggered the wind blades. This series of actions had all been tested by Saleen and Grand Duke Iron Blood. They had established a simulated battleground in Floating City and let the Bug Angel army train a few times. Only then had they implemented them in Alchemy City.
Alchemy City’s mages had been the first to encounter this type of enemy. They basically had no experiences or preparations in place.
Saleen observed patiently. He discovered that the Bug Angel Armor also had its weakness, which was that it had too many attack modes. The warriors within the Bug Angel Armors needed to be like the Dragon Blood warriors or the imps, who were races that were not worried about exhausting the mental power. For ordinary warriors, if their mental power was depleted, the harm caused towards their bodies would not be small.
Indeed, the attack modes of a human were still better!
Saleen involuntarily let out a sigh. Although the attack modes of this insect race were powerful, he could calculate that once humanity advanced above grade-13, they would immediately reform their true combat abilities and suppress the insect race.
The insect race’s eyes and mentality were naturally divided and could cope with complex environments. They were more suited for survival. Magic bugs were an example. Even if it was the demon plane, these magic bugs were still great in number and could not be exterminated. Although they were at the lowest rung of the food chain, they were great in number, allowing the insect race to exist everywhere. Once they had an opportunity, they would give birth to an even stronger body form.
Humanity’s mental power was strong in the manner of focus. For such a lifeform, once they had grown to grade-13, they would be able to grasp the rules. More importantly, humanity’s capacity for creation allowed humans to be able to imitate any type of lifeform to create magic spells that were suitable for human usage. For example, the Bug Angel Armor was one such case, capable of allowing humans above grade-6 to fight against a Silver Grand Swordmaster.
Hey!
Not even ten minutes after the Bug Angels had entered Alchemy City, there was already damage, yet it was mostly on Grand Duke Iron Blood’s side. The Bug Angel Armor was a metal armor that covered the whole body. Its magical defenses were low, but when they collided, they were strong and powerful, like an iron battle chariot.
While the Bug Angels were charging on their way forward, they had collided into who knows how many enemies. However, in the end, they had been pierced by a gigantic alchemy crossbow. A Golden Grand Swordmaster had fired this alchemy crossbow. The Golden Grand Swordmaster had added his golden sword aura onto the arrow of the crossbow. The Bug Angel Armor had been torn apart by the sword aura. The crossbow arrow grazed against the body of the warrior inside, and the sword aura directly sliced his body into two pieces.
This Bug Angel warrior died, but the armor still convulsed and frantically released attacks. The Golden Grand Swordmaster that had cornered and attacked this Bug Angel Warrior was grievously injured. The wind blade flew wildly. Some even flew back, slicing injury upon injury into its own armor.
The poisonous sac at the head of the armor immediately burst open. The magic chords stored inside it had followed it in exploding. There were flames everywhere, and the poisonous mist, as well as the parts of the Bug Angel Armor, flew about. Within an area of a few dozen meters, a large hole had been blown out. The Golden Grand Swordmaster looked on from a distance, feeling shocked. What was this monstrosity?
The Golden Grand Swordmaster felt more and more shocked the longer he looked. For this type of giant insect, he would not even break a sweat after killing eight of them. However, he could not protect the people on his side. In addition, if these insects were numerous, even he would eventually be surrounded and killed.
Were there thousands of this type of insect? Based on what he could see, there were tens of thousands flying about in the sky and attacking magical towers. No, there were over a hundred thousand!
This was a disaster akin to that of doomsday. It had actually descended upon Alchemy City. This was really an unimaginable situation!
If it had only been these large insects, it would be one thing. The huge city in the sky was sending a flood of magic spells downwards! Even the sun had been blocked out. The edges of Floating City had turned into a brilliant golden glow. The entire Alchemy City had been covered in darkness, with only the glow of magic spells flowing down.
Whoosh…
The Golden Grand Swordmasters felt an intense vibration in their brain and fresh blood spurted from within their noses. They had been hit by a sound wave magic spell and the protective golden sword aura had not reacted in time. It had only been in time to staunch their wounds.
It had been Saleen who had discovered the powerful swordmaster and ordered the enchanters to target and take care of him.
A Golden Grand Swordmaster was even more difficult to handle than a grade-9 sorcerer was. That was under circ.u.mstances where the numbers were equal. Within the small and narrow range, Saleen’s Floating City was able to a.s.semble hundreds of enchanters to launch an attack against a single target. It was truly strong in this area.
The numbers of Alchemy City’s mages were great, but they were unable to launch a targeted attack at a small and narrow territory at the same time.
The Ice Pistol spell, Extreme Cold spell, Flame Explosion spell…
Three consecutive magical spells fell. Three hundred enchanters engaged in a wild and unrestrained bombardment aimed towards this Golden Grand Swordmaster. The Golden Grand Swordmaster died with eyes wide open, staring at Floating City in the air, and his breathing stopped in an instant.