Chapter 1395: This Is Magic!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
For a moment, Ice Storm’s entire palm disappeared.
It was as if a pa.s.sage leading to a different dimension had formed at the center of the magic array.
Ice Storm’s reached her right hand into the pa.s.sage, feeling for something.
Then, all the runes that formed the magic array extended thousands of rays of light in all directions.
‘When the crisscrossing rays of light split the magic array into tens of thousands of fragments, a crisp and melodious ding could be heard as the magic array completely disintegrated.
It turned into crystal fragments that were even thinner and more transparent than mica. Ice Storm’s right hand spun rapidly and blended perfectly into her flesh that was about to be burned.
Ice Storm’s right arm appeared once again.
However, it became crystal clear, ethereal, and volatile.
Meng Chao did not know how to describe it.
Ice Storm’s right hand was like a holographic projection that flickered at a high frequency. It existed in the current three-dimensional s.p.a.ce but also in another higher and more mysterious dimension.
It retained the flesh and cell structure of carbon-based life.
It also seemed to be condensed from pure spirit energy.
From the depths of her burnt flesh, the holiest and most terrifying radiance blossomed.
The radiance turned her right arm into a torch, a living magic staff!
It appeared that even Ice Storm never thought she would actually crack and use the mark.
Her expression was partially excited and partially absent-minded, and her eyes revealed some determination as well as emptiness. Not only were the cruelty and bloodl.u.s.t of the Turan orcs on her face, but there was also the solemnity of being possessed by an even more powerful being.
The burning Holy Light that erupted from her right arm immediately attracted the everyone’s attention in the Mother of Origin’s laboratory.
If the Hope Potion in Meng Chao’s hand was still within the Mother of Origin’s expectations and precautions, a witch with partial Holy Light bloodline in her body appearing in its lair would be not be in its calculations.
All of a sudden, the roots, branches, and vines of the surrounding mandrake trees became increasingly impatient and even crazy.
Although the warriors brought by the Lion King and Tiger King were all elites of the Gold Clan, both sides had suffered heavy losses along the way. Besides, after a large-scale blow from the Angel of Strength’s self-detonation, they were exhausted by the time they caught up despite their injuries.
Facing the mandrake trees that were as demented as demons, the lion and tiger warriors were outnumbered. They kept falling into the entanglement of branches, roots, and vines.
Once they were entangled by the mandrake trees, a large number of spirit magnets immediately poured into their totem armors through the branches, roots, and vines.
Even their flesh and blood bodies were still unwilling to yield.
Their totem armors that were enveloped and infiltrated by a large number of spirit magnets would also be controlled by the Mother of Origin. So, they would become the shackles of their master.
The hands and feet of many warriors were forcefully broken by the vines that were as thick as pythons, causing them to faint from the pain.
There were even those whose hearts were pierced through by the vines that infiltrated their totem battle armors. Large amounts of nano-metal flowed along their cardiovascular vessels and surged into their bodies to control them.
These lion and tiger warriors turned into the most terrifying puppets. They were like marionettes, swaying under the mandrake trees’ control as they approached Meng Chao, Ice Storm, and the others.
Facing the zombie puppets’ attack, Ice Storm mumbled a series of incantations.
It was not in a language that any normal human could understand.
It was more like an extremely complicated and mysterious language. Any lengthy description, definition, and request was compressed into a short three to five sentences.
Then, those three to five sentences were uttered at the same time, and they activated some kind of command with an ultra-high frequency vibration.
Accompanied by the strange incantation, it ended with the most sonorous coloratura’. Ice Storm stretched out three fingers as if they were dipped in ink condensed from Holy Light, and drew a shining big triangle in the void.
Then, she gently tapped the center of the big triangle.
The big triangle broke into four small triangles.
Following that, the four small triangles flew toward four puppets.
Right then, something incredible happened!
There was no sign…
There was no deafening roar, no raging flames, and no ferocious totem.
The puppet at the front quietly turned into a ball of fire.
‘The moment the ball of fire was born, it burned to the extreme. It did not spread out, but simultaneously exploded from the depths of every cell in the puppet’s body.
In just half a second, all the spirit magnets attached to the puppet’s body, including his totem armor and vines, roots, and branches that wrapped around his limbs, were all burned into gla.s.sy fragile substances.
The spirit magnet’s nanostructure, as well as the puppet’s cell activity, were all incinerated in an instant.
The second puppet that followed closely behind did not spontaneously combust.
Instead, it inexplicably turned grayish-white and instantly lost all its physiological functions, turning into a statue that was close to absolute zero.
Even though Meng Chao was still seven to eight meters away, he could clearly feel the bone-chilling coldness from this statue.
The third puppet was flattened.
Along with his totem armor, the vines, roots, and branches that were wrapped around the armor and enhanced the armor were compressed into a thin sheet.
It was not more than half a finger thick and evenly distributed on the ground within a three- to five-meter radius.
It was as if there was an invisible ten-thousand-ton boulder… No, it should be a ten-thousand-ton hydraulic press that had fallen from the sky and hit his head.
Even OCD patients would not find any flaws or b.u.mps on the surface that was as smooth as a mirror.
However, Meng Chao could clearly see. Forget the ten-thousand-ton hydraulic press, aside from the flash triangle that had flown out of Ice Storm’s fingertips, not even a small piece of gravel had fallen on the puppet’s head.
As for the fourth puppet…
He had disappeared.
It was as if he had stepped into the spatial gap opened by the flashing triangle and was directly transported to an unknown place. Perhaps it was the mantle of the earth, which was thousands of kilometers deeper than the Mother of Origin’s laboratory; perhaps it was in the vast ocean that covered
two-thirds of the surface of the Other World; perhaps he was transported to the cold, dark, vast starry sky outside the atmosphere. He could even be directly transported to the legendary “ocean of light” that enveloped the Other World, where he would decompose into the most basic elements.
The only thing that could prove that this puppet once existed was the few strands of roots, vines, and branches that had been wrapped around him. The sections were even more precise and neat than a surgical operation.
“This is…”
Meng Chao’s scalp went numb.
Not only was he shocked by Ice Storm, but he was also shocked by her mysterious and powerful magic power.
He discovered that this secret weapon known as the “mark” had a similar attack to the giant crystalline war fortress of the Ancients, which he had seen in the scenes of the ancient battlefield. The way they had attacked the ancient beast horde was almost identical, especially when they used spatial laws to
teleport the enemy into a hostile environment where they could not survive, or even directly into the enemy’s formation. That caused multiple enemies to be in a state of overlapping s.p.a.ce, triggering a reaction similar to nuclear fusion. It was a strategy for killing enemies on a large scale.
The tactic had left an extremely deep impression on Meng Chao.
“Tt seems that the Holy Light Temple is indeed related to the ancient rulers of this planet. The so-called ‘mark’ is similar to the miniaturized and portable version of the Ancients’ crystal weapons. Of course, its power is much lower. I remember that when the Ancients’ war fortresses were at full power,
they were able to directly teleport a giant creature that was hundreds of meters tall into outer s.p.a.ce. That creature was made up of thousands of vicious ancient beasts,” Meng Chao muttered to himself.
“So, this is magic!”
In the memory fragments of his previous life, the thing that puzzled Meng Chao the most had been magic.
‘Whether it was the superhuman individuals of Dragon City or the totem warriors of Picturesque Orchid Lake, although the training system and combat techniques were not the same, the training principles were the same—they all used their own flesh and blood as containers and support on top of
absorbing spirit energy to the maximum. They stimulated gene mutations and cell evolution until they broke through their human limits and turned into ferocious humanoid beasts, humanoid battle tanks, humanoid armored airships, or even humanoid nuclear warheads.
‘Whether it was the powerhouses of Dragon City or the orcs, whatever they released was their own strength.
At most, they would use the resonance between their vitality magnetic field and the planet’s magnetic field to increase their strength to the maximum.
But magic was not like that.
From a certain point of view, mages were relatively weak existences.
Even the high and mighty Nine-ring Magicians were relatively weak existences when they were not enveloped by the Holy Light. They could be killed by Chaos a.s.sa.s.sins who were several levels lower than them.
‘That was also the reason why the nine mega corporations of Dragon City had formed the Ghost Tribe to ma.s.s-produce Ghost a.s.sa.s.sins.
But on another level, the mages were ridiculously strong.
Once under the protection of the Holy Light Army, they would calmly complete the drawing of their magic array, allowing the Holy Light to flood the place.
‘Then, even a mage could kill several enemies who were far stronger than him in an instant, or even break an entire armored army into the most basic parts.
If the human and orc champions were like war machines with dozens of turrets, thousands of tons of ammunition and fuel, and incomparably thick composite armor, with devastating force on their own…
‘The mages were like guides who provided ground-based laser guidance to aerial bomber formations and even long-range missiles.
Perhaps they were ordinary, or even powerless.
Nevertheless, they could summon power from far away or even from beyond the heavens, using carpet bombing to cover the entire battlefield.
“So that’s how it is!
“If a mage is the operator of an ancient long-range weapon left behind by the ancient civilization on this planet, then everything makes sense!”
Meng Chao suddenly came to a realization.