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The entrance was blocked by the Water Pattern Shield, but there were still demons charging in. This Water Shield could defend against both hard and energy-based attacks. However, if a person were to slowly stretch their hand inwards, they could penetrate it.
However, the demons had to pay a huge price to penetrate the Water Pattern Shield.
Salin's triple Water Pattern Shield wasn't much stronger than a single Water Pattern Shield. This kind of multi-layered defense had to be calculated carefully so that it wouldn't affect each other. Salin used it after a brief calculation. The key was to use the lightning mageweath, the Restoration Water, and the magic liquid to kill the demons.
The demons that passed through the Water Pattern Shield all emitted black smoke. Their bodies were rotten and miserable. Some demons even had half of their horns melted, and black liquid flowed out.
They were originally diving down, but in mid-air, their hands and feet were already stuck, and they fell randomly.
One Water Pattern Shield blocked off the demons' main path of attack. The eyes of the four level-10 mages beside Sephiroth brightened. Although they didn't know Salin's skill, the four of them only had a brief discussion before they released a huge Water Pattern Shield. This Water Pattern Shield wasn't in the form of a bubble, but a normal shield.
Their Water Shield was cast by the four of them at the same time. Salin could only sigh in admiration when he saw it. These four mages had probably never been separated when they were learning magic. Their teamwork was like one person with four heads.
Sephiroth's mages were indeed outstanding.
However, the four mages also made mistakes. They had calculated that Salin's Water Pattern Shield was about to shatter, so they prepared this spell. A normal Water Pattern Shield could only be released quickly in water. It couldn't be released instantly in the air. The four powerful mages calculated the time it would take for Salin's Water Pattern Shield to shatter and wanted to use their own to make up for it.
However, after their Water Pattern Shield was formed, Salin's Water Pattern Shield didn't shatter either. It blocked off the demons, preventing them from passing through.
What made the four Mages feel awkward was that Salin led his men to the platform and slaughtered the demons along the way. When they reached the bottom of the platform, their Water Ripple Shields were all broken. Salin's bubble was still blocking the two layers of the tunnel, blocking the demons' attack.
Salin's spell lasted more than three minutes. Normally, this wouldn't have been a big deal. However, the Water Ripple Shield had already forcibly passed through hundreds of devils. Every time it passed through a devil, it had to expend a certain amount of energy. This was an unchangeable rule. In other words, the energy contained in Salin's Water Pattern Shield was more than what the four of them could cast at the same time.
Salin brought his men and flew onto the platform. The four archmages' expressions changed when they saw the floating black ring behind Salin.
"Magic Amplification Tool!"
"Yes, a magic amplification device," Salin replied with a smile. Only now did he realize how important the magic amplification device was to him. The duration and strength of this Water Pattern Shield were twenty-four times that of the original.
For auxiliary or defensive magic, such an increase in power was something that even Salin himself could not calculate.
"Your Highness." Salin looked at Sephiroth with a smile. This expert from the Glücos Family was also observing him.
"Prince Salin."
"What happened? How did Saint Rock City get breached?"
"Sigh …" Sephiroth sighed and said, "A spy destroyed the magic amplification device and created a spatial rift to open the passage to the Devil's Plane here."
"Spy?" Salin found it strange. It was impossible for there to be a spy among the Magicians of the Glükos Family. There was no need to. The treatment of the Royal Magicians was much better than that of the Magicians in Metatlin City. It might even be similar to that of his followers.
Sephiroth's expression was a little ugly, but he still said to Salin, "It was the people from Alchemy City who used a transformation spell to disguise themselves as the Royal Magicians."
Alchemy City!
Hearing this, Salin felt a little regretful. He should have chased after those guys and not let them retreat so easily. The bone dragon might not have come to join in anyway.
"Where's Rex?" Salin asked the name that Sephiroth was unwilling to mention.
But now that Sacred Rock City was about to be destroyed, Sephiroth no longer thought about the prophecy. He said to Salin directly, "He's behind the door. His Majesty is there too."
"Should I help you guard here, or should I go take a look first?" Salin's question was very vague.
"There's no rush. Guard here for a while first. How many people did you bring?"
Salin raised his hand and pointed at the big hole in the dome. Lightning stars flew up and blocked the hole. Among the lightning stars, the lightning warriors pounced down and fought with the thousands of demons on the ground.
"I brought a few hundred thousand. That should be enough to guard this place." Salin looked at Sephiroth.
"Very good, Salin. With your current strength, you can be the ruler of a country and intimidate everyone. I have nothing to fight for. But if Rex wants to inherit the throne, His Majesty can't be killed. Go to the lower level and protect His Majesty. "Sephiroth's eyes were cold, as if he was going to cut Salin into pieces.
Rex's brother, His Majesty Ojarvis, was already on the verge of death. But this could be a moment of disappearance, a few days, or even three to five months.
If the emperor was killed by demons, it would be troublesome for Rex to inherit the throne. This wasn't Sephiroth fooling Salin; it was the rules of Qin Yin.
Of course, Salin could ignore the rules, but in that case, someone would use this to attack the legitimacy of Salin and Rex in the future. By then, the people on the Golden Plain wouldn't know their place either.
If they wanted to take over the Qin Yin Empire safely, they had to follow the rules. Otherwise, even Ebola might turn against them.
Salin didn't expect Sephiroth to say this. This was equivalent to a sigh of relief. As long as Salin could protect the emperor and let him die a normal death, Sephiroth wouldn't set any more obstacles for Rex.
Salin took a deep breath and summoned the Winged Skeleton. He said, "Guard here with His Highness. If you can't do it, you can take back the Lightning Stars."
After instructing the Winged Skeleton, Salin took out piles of scrolls and four pieces of Divine Crystal from his star ring. He placed them in front of the Mage beside Sephiroth and said, "This is a token of my appreciation."
The four Mages were already convinced by Salin's skills. They didn't feel that Salin was being rude. That demon's attacks were endless, and they didn't know how long they would have to defend. So, after the four Mages expressed their gratitude, they accepted Salin's gifts.
For the Mages, after accepting Salin's gifts, they would have to avoid him at least once in the future if they had conflicts with him. Unless Salin wanted to kill Sephiroth.
The Winged Skeleton pushed up its mask and smiled at Sephiroth. The smile on its white bone face was a bit strange.
"His Highness, let your soldiers retreat. I'll arrange for the undead to help defend."
An intelligent undead!
Sephiroth finally envied Salin. This powerful skeleton was the dream of countless Mages. Even the True Martial Arts powerhouses envied this intelligent undead.
Sephiroth let Salin enter the gate behind him with the hundreds of metal angels. Raphael looked back at Sephiroth. Being stared at by Raphael's golden eyes, Sephiroth felt uncomfortable all over.
Raphael's figure disappeared into the gate. The Winged Skeleton called out from behind, "His Highness, you can let your people retreat a bit. I think there will be casualties if we persist."
"Yes." Sephiroth was a bit dazed. Raphael's figure before he left was actually imprinted in his heart, making him unable to calm down.
There was a platform behind the gate, and in front of the platform were wide steps. The width of the steps was obviously prepared for the large puppets. There were even smaller steps on both sides for humans.
Below the steps, hundreds of Mages were busy assembling the large puppets. Salin saw that the puppet was still being assembled, but it was already seventy to eighty percent complete. The huge puppet's head was inlaid with a complex crystal structure. Although it wasn't as advanced as the compound eye structure, the consumption was still very low.
Salin saw that although the cylindrical head was ugly, the black gemstones embedded in the crystal and the magic array inscribed inside were things that made him a little shocked.
The Mages of Sacred Rock City had already developed the Death Ray magic array!
Death Ray was also an instantaneous spell. Whether it succeeded or not completely depended on luck. Mages had always found it difficult to use this kind of spell in magic arrays. Only humans could use it. But now, this large puppet could actually launch the Death Ray. Even if the success rate was only one percent, it was still quite terrifying.
Just like Salin's floating city, the level-nine spells released by Manipulators were definitely not as powerful as those released by Level-Nine Mages. But if thousands of Manipulators attacked together, even Salin himself wouldn't be able to block it.
"Your Highness Salin!" A Mage walked over, but Salin recognized him. He'd seen him in the palace before, but he didn't know his name. "I'm Tuman."
The level-ten Mage greeted Salin very politely.
Salin didn't even feel it himself. He'd seen more level-ten powerhouses recently than level-nine Magic Shooters before. But this was Sacred Rock City's last line of defense. Salin didn't find it strange that there was a level-eleven Mage here.
"Greetings, Master Tuman." Salin nodded in greeting. Tuman glanced at Neris and Raphael beside Salin, and his heart skipped a beat.
Salin frowned and glanced at Raphael. Raphael smiled at Salin. She didn't understand why Salin was unhappy that she was friendly to others.
She didn't even think about it. She was a level-thirteen perfect creature, and her charm was shockingly high. Sephiroth was a little infatuated by her stare.
On the other side of the door, Sephiroth had already woken up. He was extremely surprised that the golden-eyed woman, who seemed to have a simple skill, had actually moved his heart. This wasn't a good thing!
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