Although Joseph could not wait for an opportunity to greatly weaken the strength of the Tower of Dusk, he also clearly knew that it was definitely not the time to have such thoughts in the face of such a crisis. In the face of that powerful Iceblast Wyrm, even if the many Legendary powerhouses of the expedition worked together, they might not be able to fight for a chance of survival. If they had other thoughts, would they be able to escape this calamity if the others were to suffer?
With the addition of Claus and the three elders of the Caesar Family, the number of Legendary powerhouses fighting the Iceblast Wyrm Sindera suddenly reached 17, and each of them was above level-22. There were even Legendary powerhouses like Lin Li, Connoris, Thomas, and Elvis, as well as powerful magical equipment like the War God's Shadow that was almost indestructible. If such a force were to appear outside, it would be more than enough to overthrow the Felan Kingdom. Ordinary Sanctuary powerhouses would probably choose to retreat if they encountered it. Unfortunately, their opponent was the ancient wyrm that dominated the sky of Anril during the prehistoric times. It was the Iceblast Wyrm Sindera that was second only to the five Dragon Aspects.
Although it was unknown what method Brahere had used, the Iceblast Wyrm Sindera seemed to have lost its consciousness at this moment, and was just like a walking corpse with great power. However, perhaps due to the pride of the ancient wyrm bloodline, the Iceblast Wyrm Sindera did not control any of the Humerus Wyrms to join the battle while facing the siege of 17 Legendary powerhouses.
With a low dragon roar, the Humerus Wyrms on both sides of the Iceblast Wyrm Sindera immediately split into several groups. Without even looking at the Legendary powerhouses that were charging towards them, they pounced towards the expedition in the canyon. In the blink of an eye, only the Iceblast Wyrm Sindera and the 17 Legendary powerhouses that were flying towards them were left in the sky.
Each of the hundreds of Humerus Wyrms had Legendary-level power, and they could also pose a fatal threat to the expedition. However, given the current situation, Lin Li and the others had no other choice but to let the Humerus Wyrms pounce on the team below. It might not be appropriate to say that it was up to fate, but it was obviously unreliable to count on them to destroy the hundreds of Humerus Wyrms. He could only hope that they could last as long as possible.
The only thing that was advantageous to the expedition was the terrain they were in. Although the canyon was very wide, the hundreds of Humerus Wyrms could not rush down all at once. They could only put in half of their power at one time, which was about 50-odd Humerus Wyrms. The remaining half of the Humerus Wyrms hovered at a low altitude above the canyon, occasionally spitting dragon breath at the expedition through the gaps.
Lin Li and the others did not look down. It was not that they did not care about the lives of their subordinates, but no matter how difficult and dangerous the situation of the team below was, it was probably not even one ten-thousandth of their current situation. The massive pressure emanating from the Iceblast Wyrm Sindera that belonged to a Sanctuary powerhouse even made it difficult for Lin Li and the others to breathe. The mana that was continuously flowing in their bodies also became extremely sluggish at this moment.
At the same time that the Humerus Wyrms dispersed, a strong magical wave suddenly erupted in the void, and countless sharp ice spikes appeared out of thin air around each of the Legendary powerhouses as if they had passed through space. They then shot towards their bodies at lightning speed. Under the powerful Sanctuary-level pressure of the Iceblast Wyrm Sindera, the strength of the Legendary powerhouses had already been greatly affected. The sudden attack immediately forced them into a dangerous situation.
The battle had just begun, and the Legendary powerhouses, who initially thought that they could at least reach out, had already fallen into a disadvantageous position before they could even cast a single magic spell or swing a single sword. Fortunately, Lin Li had set the standard of level-22 beforehand. If they had been the so-called powerhouses who had just stepped into the Legendary-realm, they would probably have been wiped out by the ice spikes.
Icicle. This should be the lowest level of ice magic. Even a fifth-rank Magician could cast it. However, if the ice spikes were completely cast with nomological power, each seemingly inconspicuous ice spike would be sharper than any magical weapon, and more powerful than any Legendary-level magic spell.
Under the attack of the ice spikes, even the Legendary-level defensive magic spells collapsed, and even the magic sword in the hands of the Sword Sage broke. All of a sudden, the Legendary powerhouses in the sky were forced to be flustered and disheveled, and a few of the weaker ones had even suffered severe injuries.
However, although the sudden attack was very powerful, it did not exceed the psychological endurance of the crowd. After all, the opponent was a powerful Sanctuary powerhouse, and it would be abnormal if the magic spells he cast were not that powerful. What really shocked them was that they did not discover any abnormalities in advance even though they were in the Magical Domain that they had created. That was too terrifying.
In the Magical Domain that they had created, Legendary-mages were the absolute masters of the domain, and any abnormalities in the Magical Domain would not escape their senses. Besides, the opponent was using magic, and even a Sanctuary powerhouse would not be able to make the magic spells have no magical waves. Hence, it was obvious that they had lost control of their own Magical Domains. Although the Magical Domains still existed, they seemed to be no longer the masters of the Magical Domains.
It was not the kind of domain collision that occurred during a battle between Legendary-mages, but a kind of devouring of a lower level by a higher level! The entire sky was filled with snowflakes that fell into the Magical Domains of Lin Li and the other Legendary-mages without any hindrance. Even the Magical Domains that contained fire elemental Laws seemed to have lost their proper temperature, and could not even melt a single snowflake.
Lin Li, who had already comprehended a trace of the power of the Sanctuary-realm, could be said to be the most powerful Legendary-mage who was closest to the Sanctuary-realm. However, at this moment, Lin Li's Light and Darkness Domain was similarly vulnerable in the face of the Iceblast Wyrm Sindera's Frost Domain. The entire Light and Darkness Domain had become a world of ice and snow, and each snowflake contained the most extreme water elemental Laws. Although the Light and Darkness Domain was also constructed with basic Laws, Lin Li clearly could not compare to the Iceblast Wyrm Sindera in terms of mastery of the Laws.
Even Lin Li was in such a state, let alone the others. In just a short moment of panting, there was a loud bang not far away, and the Magical Domain of a level-22 Legendary-mage from the Mithril Alliance collapsed because it could not withstand the heavy pressure. The Legendary-mage also spat out a large mouthful of blood along with the collapse of the Magical Domain. He had clearly suffered severe injuries. If it weren't for his companions beside him who cast defensive spells to block for him in time, the flying snowflakes would have probably blasted him into pieces.
Upon sight of this scene, everyone was shocked, and they also hurriedly put away their Magical Domains. Anyway, in this situation, the Magical Domains could not provide any help to them at all, lest they were crushed and collapsed, resulting in injuries.
Lin Li was the only one who still maintained the existence of the Light and Darkness Domain. At the same time, he suddenly raised the Helios' Scepter in his hand, and a Light and Darkness Sword that was instantly condensed and slashed at the Iceblast Wyrm Sindera. That was also the first time that the expedition had launched an attack against the Iceblast Wyrm Sindera.
The appearance of the Light and Darkness Sword was like a stone that had been thrown into water, and the snowflakes in the sky immediately surged. The fluttering snowflakes suddenly sped up, and converged into silver pythons that spiraled towards the Light and Darkness Sword, causing a series of intense collisions to erupt in this space. The giant sword that condensed the Power of Light and Darkness, which could easily tear apart a Legendary-mage's Magical Domain, shattered in the collision before it could even reach the Iceblast Wyrm.
Lin Li's face was slightly pale, and he was really frightened. The Light and Darkness Sword was not condensed by him with the Power of Light and Darkness that he had mastered, but with the purest nomological power of Holy Light and Gloomy Dark. In fact, he even added a trace of understanding of the power of the Sanctuary-realm. Even the Magical Domain of a level-22 or level-23 Legendary-mage might not be able to withstand it, let alone Stephen's Magical Domain. At first, he thought that even if it landed on Sindera's body, it would at least be considered an itch. Who would have thought that it would be shattered halfway through?
That scene undoubtedly brought an even greater shock to everyone. They could feel the astonishing power contained in the Light and Darkness Sword, and even Joseph, who disliked Lin Li so much, did not dare to take the sword head-on. However, such a powerful sword actually did not even touch the body of the Iceblast Wyrm. Is this the difference between the Sanctuary-realm and the Legendary-realm!? The peak of the Legendary-realm was said to be infinitely close to the Sanctuary-realm, but as long as one did not step into that door, the distance would be infinitely far!
However, be it shock or fear, no one dared to slack off at this moment. While supporting the crumbling defensive magic spells, the Legendary-mages raised the staffs in their hands, and cast their most powerful magic spells without holding back at all.
All of a sudden, the sky became incomparably gorgeous. Amidst the flying snowflakes, thunder, lightning, fire snakes, and wind dragons surged forward, as if they were going to drown the massive body of the Iceblast Wyrm. The rays of sword light condensed from Combat Energy were not to be outdone, either. With the power to tear the sky apart, they passed through the numerous magic spells and blasted towards the Iceblast Wyrm's body …
"Roar!"
The dragon's roar resounded through the sky without a trace of emotion.
With the dragon's roar, all the attacks disintegrated in an instant. Be it magic spells or sword light, they were all like torches that had fallen into a pool of water. All of them vanished in an instant. However, immediately afterwards, the snowflakes that filled the sky began to boil, and the snowflakes flew towards everyone with infinite killing intent …
The Legendary powerhouses who had always been high and mighty finally experienced the feeling of being insignificant in front of the Iceblast Wyrm Sindera. Even though they were already regarded as god-like existences in front of ordinary people, and seemed to have the power to destroy heaven and earth, the Legendary powerhouses were actually no different from ordinary people. However, in the face of a true Sanctuary powerhouse, Legendary powerhouses like them were actually no different from ordinary people. They were just insignificant ants that were at most slightly larger than the average person.
Faced with Iceblast Wyrm Sindera's seemingly casual counterattack, the people present almost didn't even have time to catch their breath. The sound of the magic shield shattering was endless, and everyone was desperately releasing defensive magic spells. If they weren't careful, they would probably die a horrible death.
On Lin Li's side, it was not much better. There was simply no way to avoid such an attack. Apart from defending with all his might, there was no other way. Although he was still wearing the Space Robe, the entire battlefield was filled with deadly snowflakes. Even if he activated teleportation, where could he go? In his hand, the Helios' Scepter kept flickering, and he had no choice but to desperately set up layers of magical shields. 10 layers were not enough. 20 layers were still not enough. Lin Li kept releasing defensive spells, but he still felt the snowflakes getting closer and closer to him.
Connoris, who was not far away from Lin Li, was also exasperated at this moment. The Eternal Frost Blade in his hand was continuously creating cracks in the surrounding space. As soon as each crack appeared, it would suck the surrounding snowflakes into it like a whale drawing water. He seemed to be dealing with it more easily than Lin Li.
However, Connoris was the only one who knew that even with the power of the Eternal Frost Blade, it was not an easy task to cut open a crack in space. If it weren't for the perfect body created by Osric, any other Sword Sage of the same level would probably have been exhausted after a few strikes. However, even with the perfect body, Connoris knew that he definitely wouldn't be able to hold on for too long. After all, he was not a Sanctuary powerhouse like Rodhart.
Hence, after desperately creating a temporary safe space for himself, Connoris suddenly injected his power into the Eternal Frost Blade, and slashed at the Iceblast Wyrm in the distance. As the Eternal Frost Blade slashed down, a huge ray of light that was dozens of meters long flashed and disappeared without a trace.
"BOOM!"
The ray of light that disappeared directly traversed thousands of meters of space, and suddenly appeared in front of the Iceblast Wyrm Sindera. It then slashed at Sindera's throat. After a loud noise, the surrounding snow actually stopped, and the powerful snowflakes disappeared without a trace in an instant.
The unexpected change made it difficult for everyone to accept for a while. In fact, there was even a Legendary-mage who continued to cast defensive magic spells. Was this a surprise? However, when everyone's eyes were focused on the Iceblast Wyrm, their hearts turned even colder. The ray of light had indeed slashed the Iceblast Wyrm's body, but the power that could even split a wyrm into two did not even break the ice armor on the Iceblast Wyrm's body.
"Damn it, I can't even hurt it like that!" Connoris cursed angrily after his sword attack failed. Although he did not expect to be able to severely injure the Iceblast Wyrm Sindera with that sword attack, he felt that it was too exaggerated that he could not even break the defense of the Iceblast Wyrm Sindera.
In fact, was Connoris really the one who interrupted the Iceblast Wyrm Sindera's magic spells? As a Sanctuary powerhouse who had mastered the ultimate power of water elemental rules, he did not need to chant spells to cast magic spells like ordinary mages. Perhaps he just wanted to change his method of doing things.
However, the pause also gave everyone a chance to catch their breath. However, they did not attack the Iceblast Wyrm, and instead used various means to strengthen their defenses. The situation just now left everyone with a lingering fear. No one knew what kind of powerful magic the Iceblast Wyrm was going to cast next. Since attacking it would no longer have any effect, it was more important for them to stay alive for the time being, regardless of the outcome.
However, Lin Li did not intend to give up this opportunity. In fact, when he sensed the changes in the surrounding magical waves, he had already raised Holy Light in his other hand. "Since the Light and Darkness Sword can't do anything, let's try this!"
At this moment, a Magic Array that was about the height of a person suddenly appeared out of thin air in front of Lin Li. The entire Magic Array was made up of milky white light, and the center of the Magic Array was the debris of the stars, Holy Light. As the Magic Array rotated, the origin points on the Magic Array shone with a dazzling light. When the light from the origin points reached its peak, rays of light shot out at the same time and converged on a central point that was one meter away from the Magic Array.
"BOOM!" A ray of white light that was as thick as a bucket suddenly burst out from that point, causing ripples in the space and emitting the purest Holy Aura in the world. It darted towards the Iceblast Wyrm Sindera.
"Holy Light Adjudication!" Upon sight of the white light and feeling the pure Holy Aura, everyone could not help but gasp, and they even forgot what they were doing.
Holy Light Adjudication was one of the most powerful theurgy of the Brilliance Shrine. In the entire Brilliance Shrine, there were only a handful of people who could cast that theurgy! It was said that only the most devout believers of Holy Light who had been personally taught by Pope Rosario of the Brilliance Shrine could cast the Holy Light Adjudication.
However, Lin Li was the most hated mage of the Brilliance Shrine! Even if the Brilliance Shrine's attitude towards mages had softened in recent years, there was no need for them to impart the most powerful Holy Light Magic to him. Besides, even if a mage learned the Holy Light Magic, he wouldn't be able to cast it. Would he really have to believe in the illusory God of Light!?
There were plenty of rumors about the relationship between the Tower of Dusk and the Brilliance Shrine in the Breezy Plains, but everyone thought that it was just a cooperative relationship. Even if there were rumors that there were Holy Paladins in the Tower of Dusk, no one would believe it unless they saw it with their own eyes. After all, the Holy Paladins were the guards of Pope Rosario of the Brilliance Shrine, and they usually wouldn't leave the Holy Mountain.
However, no matter how much they dared not believe it, the pure Holy Aura could not be faked. Now, they had no choice but to recall the rumors that had been spreading in the Breezy Plains. Maybe there was a possibility that they were true?
However, no matter what thoughts they had, there was still a glimmer of hope in their hearts when they saw Lin Li suddenly display such a powerful Judgment of Light. No matter how powerful the Iceblast Wyrm was, it was still an Undead creature, after all, and the purification effect of the power of Holy Light on Undead creatures was well known throughout the continent. Even if this blow could not purify the Iceblast Wyrm, it would at least be able to severely injure it.
It could be said that the pillar of light that was filled with pure Holy aura blasted a large hole in the thick fog of death that surrounded the Iceblast Wyrm Sindera, and blasted it hard on its chest. The ice armor that had blocked Connoris's shocking sword seemed to have lost its effect under the light of the Judgment of Light. The pillar of light blasted the Iceblast Wyrm's body without any hindrance.
The light that erupted at that moment almost engulfed half of the Iceblast Wyrm's body, making it seem like the sun that no one dared to look at.
Seeing this scene, almost everyone was overjoyed. Even Joseph, who was extremely hostile towards Lin Li, was no exception. Of course, they also knew that the Judgment of Light alone was not enough to completely purify the Iceblast Wyrm, but as long as they could injure it, it would at least mean that it was not necessarily in vain to continue fighting, and that there was still a chance of survival in a desperate situation.
However, when the light dissipated, everyone was disappointed to find that although there was a large hole in the ice armor on the chest of the Iceblast Wyrm, its body seemed to have not been harmed at all. Although no one present knew how to use Holy Light Magic, they knew what it looked like when Undead creatures were purified by Holy Light. Clearly, the Judgment of Light did not play its intended role. Besides, they could clearly see that the large hole in the ice armor had also been repaired in the blink of an eye.
"Even the Judgment of Light can't do anything about it. Could it be that we really have to …" Apart from being disappointed, almost everyone had a despairing thought.
Even Lin Li himself couldn't help but be horrified when he saw the result. He had learned the Judgment of Light from Pope Rosario when he was a guest in the Brilliance Shrine, and it was said to be the strongest manifestation of the Purification of Holy Light Magic. Since the establishment of the Brilliance Shrine more than 1,000 years ago, the Undead creatures that had been purified by the Judgment of Light were all ferocious Undead Kings. However, they ended up turning into wisps of smoke under the Judgment of Light.
Lin Li naturally knew that his strength was still far from Pope Rosario's, and there was still a huge gap between the Sanctuary-realm and the peak of the Legendary-realm. However, the Judgment of Light that Lin Li cast did not use his own power, but the debris of the stars, Holy Light, that contained the purest Laws of Light. Although Lin Li could only exert a small portion of the power of Holy Light without the Stars of Fury, the Judgment of Light formed by such power was probably only slightly inferior to Rosario's in the entire Brilliance Shrine.
However, even so, the Judgment of Light that was cast with the debris of the stars, Holy Light, actually did not cause any damage to the Iceblast Wyrm Sindera. If the Judgment of Light couldn't even break Sindera's defense, Lin Li would just admit that he was weaker than Sindera. However, the problem was that the Judgment of Light had penetrated Sindera's ice armor, and the power of purification should have been directly applied to Sindera's body. Yet, there was no effect at all. Could it be that it's not an Undead creature!?
Of course, that was just a random thought. Lin Li was very clear that the Iceblast Wyrm Sindera in front of him was enough to prove its identity as an Undead creature, be it its physical condition or the strong death aura. The reason why the Judgment of Light couldn't be exerted was probably the work of that crazy Prince Brahere. God knew what he had done to Sindera's body.
However, the Iceblast Wyrm Sindera clearly did not intend to give them too much time to catch their breath. At the moment when the light of the Judgment of Light dissipated, it suddenly let out a deafening roar, causing the entire space to tremble violently. The people who were floating in midair could not stabilize their bodies at this moment, and some even almost fell.
Next, a terrifying magical wave spread out in all directions with the Iceblast Wyrm as the center. Huge ice tornadoes that were hundreds of meters tall instantly took shape, spinning at a high speed and crashing towards the crowd with devastating power. Even the space around the ice tornadoes seemed to have become distorted, and the huge suction force could be felt from afar.
In the blink of an eye, the Legendary powerhouses in the sky once again fell into a desperate situation. Apart from fleeing in all directions, there seemed to be no other way out. At the same time, on the ground, the battle between the expedition and the Humerus Wyrms had also entered a temporary stalemate with the help of the terrain.
The departure of Lin Li and the other senior executives of the four major forces definitely had a huge impact on the strength of the expedition, but it did not mean that the expedition had completely lost the ability to resist.
In particular, the team of the Tower of Dusk, in particular, still played a central role in resisting the siege of the Humerus Wyrms even though they had lost five of their strongest Legendary powerhouses all of a sudden. Their team alone had withstood the attacks of more than 20 Humerus Wyrms, and at least at this moment, they did not seem to be at a disadvantage at all.
In this battle, the most eye-catching one was not Angelano who was controlling the Titan-level Alchemy Colossus, but the Archmages who were at the lower levels of the team and had yet to step into the Legendary-realm. In everyone's opinion, the Archmages who had yet to step into the Legendary-realm would probably be able to continuously cast defensive magic spells in the face of the powerful attacks of the Legendary-level Humerus Wyrms until they collapsed.
However, to everyone's surprise, the mages of the Tower of Dusk actually had the strength to launch a counterattack against the Humerus Wyrms while defending. Besides, their counterattacks were not the kind of sporadic attacks that were just like scratching an itch. Instead, each attack contained terrifying power, and almost every attack could cause substantial damage to the Humerus Wyrms.
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