As a wizard, Jie Ming was keenly aware of the terrifying potential hidden in such seemingly unremarkable abilities.
Moreover, according to the intelligence, the enemy had already developed cross-planar colonization capabilities.
If left unchecked, these three civilizations could become the next Wizard Civilization!
Undoubtedly, this planar war was aimed at eradicating their fearsome “learning and evolution” trait, snuffing out any potential threat in its cradle.
Amid this tense atmosphere…
Buzz!
The entire “ship-plane” shuddered violently, as if colliding with an invisible barrier!
From an external perspective, the massive planar warship was traversing a kaleidoscopic maelstrom of chaotic void currents.
At that moment, countless enormous fortresses, colossal biological beasts, and energy aggregates, each glowing with the distinct radiance of their civilizations, emerged from the shadows of the void, launching a ferocious ambush against the ship-plane!
Defensive arrays spanning the ground blazed to their fullest, dispersing, deflecting, and absorbing the incoming assault energies.The sky was enveloped in a crystalline, translucent barrier shimmering with countless geometric patterns, warding off a deluge of energy blasts and physical projectiles.
A piercing alarm blared through every wizard’s arcane terminal:
Warning! Enemy fleet ambush detected!
Mission issued: Clear the obstacles ahead, secure the navigation route!
All combat personnel, deploy according to pre-assigned formations!
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The wizards’ original strategy was the same as always: approach the enemy’s plane, breach its planar barrier, and wage war.
Considering the enemy’s technology for navigating the chaotic void, the ship-plane had taken precautions from the start to conceal itself, ensuring it wouldn’t be detected by any reconnaissance systems potentially scattered around the target plane.
But plans never keep up with changes.
The reason they were discovered was sheer bad luck.
The wizards’ meticulously planned stealth approach was utterly disrupted by an unexpected “void traffic accident”—a fleet, freshly victorious from conquering some unknown world and laden with spoils, collided head-on with the wizards’ ship-plane at a precise coordinate in the chaotic void!
No warnings, no negotiations—war erupted the instant both sides met.
“Under attack! Counterattack protocols initiated!”
“Analyzing combat mode… Based on available intelligence, the enemy is likely a Giant Spirit Realm fleet!”
Despite the urgency, the wizards quickly identified their foe.
Upon learning it was a Giant Spirit Realm fleet, the eyes of the three seventh-rank wizards gleamed. “It seems our luck isn’t that bad!”
The expedition’s leadership had already designated the Giant Spirit Realm as the primary target.
The reasoning was simple: while their combat strength was formidable, their tactics were the most straightforward and predictable, making them an ideal benchmark for testing the expedition’s strength and the enemy’s characteristics.
“Lock onto the target—Giant Spirit Realm fleet! Annihilate them completely and clear the route!”
The cold mental command of seventh-rank wizard “Adjudicator” Dixon reverberated across the army.
No further rallying was needed. The “shell” of the ship-plane instantly opened tens of thousands of deployment channels!
The wizard war golem legions, elemental creatures, contracted beasts, and wizard armies, sheltered by the rule domains of one seventh-rank wizard and over a dozen sixth-rank wizards, surged forth like a breached dam from the ship-plane!
The chaotic void was not empty.
It was filled with bizarre elemental currents, where chaotic laws formed storms capable of disintegrating matter into its most basic particles at any moment.
Wizards below third rank, without protection, would be committing suicide by stepping into this realm.
Even third-rank wizards and above, with the protection of laws, had to tread cautiously.
Prolonged exposure would erode their power, eventually reducing their bodies and souls to fundamental elemental particles.
However, wizards above sixth rank could operate for extended periods.
At the sixth rank, wizards mastered rule solidification, allowing them to anchor their own rules and withstand the chaotic void’s various damages.
High-ranking wizards could extend this ability outward, forming domains in the endless chaotic void where lower-ranking wizards could operate, though these domains offered little combat utility.
Within the stable, bubble-like rule solidification domains created by sixth-rank wizards, the wizard armies, primarily composed of lower-ranking wizards, gained temporary void-combat capabilities.
These domains, vibrant with varied hues, formed mobile fortresses and combat platforms for the wizard legions in the void, coordinated by the seventh-rank wizards.
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“For Korg! Crush these invaders!”
“Hahahahaha! What luck—prey delivering themselves to our doorstep!”
“Charge! Slaughter them! Plunder their knowledge and trace their civilization’s coordinates to strike back!”
On the other side, the Giant Spirit Realm’s fleet displayed astonishing military discipline.
Despite the sudden encounter, they swiftly formed battle formations.
Their massive, mountain-like metal fortresses lit up with countless energy runes, their thick cannon barrels gathering destructive halos.
Countless smaller, agile assault ships sprang into action, swarming around the fortresses like a hive. After the fortresses launched their attack, these ships broke free from their protective law domains, charging fearlessly toward the enemy.
In an instant, the once-silent void transformed into a seething crucible!
At the rear, the surface of the ship-plane raised thousands of massive turrets, their runes glowing as they drew energy from the entire plane.
Buzz!
Several beams, each over a kilometer in diameter and composed of pure energy, shot across the void, slamming into the largest Giant Spirit Realm fortress!
Its heavy energy shield shattered like paper, its armor vaporized instantly, and the colossal structure disintegrated in a silent explosion.
The fortress became an expanding fireball, engulfing nearby assault ships in a burst of light that resembled fireworks but carried the stench of death.
Stunned by the wizards’ terrifying destructive power, the other fortresses scrambled to evade the precise bombardment.
In that moment, the fleet’s earlier bravado fell silent.
It was no joke—their combined barrage had barely scratched the enemy, yet a single volley from the wizards obliterated a fortress!
Though they knew this giant ship was formidable, the gap in strength was staggering!
After a brief pause, the fortress commanders issued new orders: “Close in! All units, close in! Engage in boarding combat!”
At the front, under the cover of the ship-plane’s bombardment, the wizard war golem legions collided with the Giant Spirit Realm’s war beasts!
The wizards’ war golems, pinnacle creations of alchemy and enchantment, were forged from runic metal, equipped with an array of weapons and absurdly durable shields, making them ideal for breaking through enemy lines.
The Giant Spirit Realm’s beasts, meanwhile, were hybrids of flesh and machine.
Clad in heavy bio-metal armor, their claws could rend the earth, and their roars carried psychic shockwaves.
Like primal gods of savagery, they clashed with the wizards’ steel constructs in a brutal, direct contest of strength.
Metal fragments, severed limbs, and boiling energy fluids sprayed everywhere. Each collision unleashed deafening booms, and the violent energy surges reverberated through every being’s senses.
Further back, sixth-rank wizards began directing their subordinates to cast joint sorceries, weaving a deathly net across the battlefield.
Hundreds of wizards chanted in unison, summoning a rain of fire that blanketed vast swathes of the void. Flaming meteors trailed tails of light, precisely striking clusters of enemy ships.
Ice wizards collaborated to freeze the void, creating vast ultra-low-temperature zones that turned enemy ships and their energy shields into brittle ice sculptures, shattered by subsequent shockwaves.
Eerie curse sorceries spread silently, causing warriors aboard struck Giant Spirit Realm ships to wither or descend into madness, attacking their own allies.
Jie Ming, within the pale golden rule domain of a sixth-rank wizard, calmly observed the battlefield.
He refrained from deploying his Black Giant Legion into this chaotic void boarding battle—it wasn’t their strength.
Moreover, it wasn’t yet time for wizards like him to act.
In the face of the enemy’s initial group assault, independent wizards like him were no match for the organized legions led by high-ranking wizards.
Soon, as the enemy’s offensive momentum was halted, a mission came through the terminal.
“It’s time!” Jie Ming’s spirit surged as he quickly reviewed the mission details.
The high-ranking wizards, aware of the strengths and weaknesses of independent wizards, didn’t issue specific combat orders, instead assigning them a sector to break through the enemy’s blockade at their discretion.
Jie Ming immediately focused on his designated sector.
His gaze soon locked onto the enemy fleet’s motherships, ceaselessly deploying swarms of small assault units like hives.
“Prowlers, first echelon, target—enemy mothership launch ports.”
With a thought, over a thousand Prowlers, primed within his internal space, erupted like a disturbed swarm, streaking out from the edges of the rule domain!
Thanks to the earlier bombardment, the intense energy fluctuations, though destructive, had briefly stabilized a section of the chaotic void’s laws.
The Prowlers broke the sound barrier, carving thousands of pale white trails through the void.
With impossibly agile paths, they evaded all intercepting fire and slammed into the motherships’ vulnerable launch channels!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
A relentless chain of explosions erupted within the Giant Spirit Realm fleet’s formation.
Huge breaches were torn into the motherships’ flanks, internal chain reactions turning them into floating coffins.
The Prowlers, in their extreme way, effectively curbed the enemy’s reinforcement of small units in this sector.
As the wizard legions fully engaged, the war’s brutality surpassed imagination.
Every moment, entire swathes of the Giant Spirit Realm fleet were wiped out.
Yet the enemy’s resilience was chilling.
Despite such devastating losses, with their vanguard fleet nearly annihilated, the Giant Spirit Realm’s forces showed no signs of collapse.
On the contrary, from the distant but now clearly visible direction of their homeworld, more dense clusters of light were surging forth—reinforcements from their native realm!
Like a swarm of fearless, relentless metal bees, they pressed forward, stinging the enemy even as their comrades fell in droves.
The void had become a true meat grinder, devouring the lives and creations of both sides.