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Elemental Deconstruction failed, and the stone soldier leader's second attack quickly arrived in front of Salin. The speed of a level-10 elemental creature was not something that melee soldiers could compare to.
The Stone Soldier Leader's war hammer was in the shape of a war drum, with a tower-shaped magic array inside. The surface of the hammer was one and a half meters in diameter. When the hammer came smashing down, Salin released a wind dragon and entangled it. His wind dragon was transformed from the water element, so its strength was many times greater than that of an ordinary wind dragon.
Salin hesitated for a moment. He did not use his Crystal Finger, nor did he open the level-10 scroll. When the Wind Dragon took effect, he activated the Vacuum Confinement on his magic robe. Then, Salin unleashed three consecutive Elemental Deconstruction spells.
These three Elemental Deconstructions were released consecutively, forming Elemental Nodes. The rhythm of the three level-nine spells was like a war drum on the battlefield. After one strike, another strike would follow in the shortest interval.
On the surface of the Stone Golem Leader's body, the light of the six elements flashed wildly. Salin didn't dare to wait for the Judgement to be over. He took out his third magic staff and released a Death Strike. This was an instant death spell that was also effective against elemental creatures. However, the effect of the Instant Death Magic stored in the wand was greatly reduced.
After Mortal Strike, Salin immediately released a level-nine spell — Darkness Invasion.
This was a debuff spell. Only by suppressing the enemy's level could it cause death. In other words, a Level Nine Darkness Attack was a sure-kill method for a Level Six professional, but for a Level Seven professional, it was just a weakening method. However, the Stone Golem Chieftain was a Level-10 creature, so this Level-9 spell wouldn't have any suppressive effect. It would simply weaken the Stone Golem Chieftain's attributes.
With a click, the third Elemental Deconstruction spell was successfully cast. A huge crack appeared on the body of the 20-meter-tall Stone Golem Leader, and then it broke into two pieces.
Elemental Deconstruction took effect, and the rest of the spells were also completed. After the Death Strike, the cracking sound of the Stone Soldier Leader was like a thunderclap. Under the effect of the Darkness Invasion, the chief stone soldier's attempt to repair itself was completely ineffective. Salin saw that the chief stone soldier's body, which was more than twenty meters tall, was starting to peel off.
Only then did the warhammer hit the ground, creating a one-meter-deep hole in the stone ground in front of Salin. Salin's entire body bounced up half a foot. The strike of the warhammer felt as if it had hit a soft piece of metal. The edge of the pit on the stone floor was clear, without a single crack.
Salin pointed his finger, and a small stone statue about two meters tall broke through the outer shell of the leader's body. It took a step forward, and the stone spear in its hand stabbed towards Salin's forehead.
Salin's crystal finger pointed out without hesitation. He felt a sharp pain in his finger, and his flesh instantly shriveled. He tried his best to reduce the attack power of the Crystal Finger, but it still caused one of Salin's fingers to lose all of its vitality. It shriveled up like an undead.
After advancing to the 8th Rank of High Mage, Salin's physical strength had increased once again, allowing him to endure even more backlash. It turned out that such a finger would make Salin's entire hand shrivel up.
The attack released by the crystal finger directly poked a hole in the forehead of the chief stone soldier. Salin casually put away his level-10 scroll. He didn't use it because it was too late. He didn't expect the chief stone soldier to still have a trump card hidden in its body.
Salin threw out a jade fragment from his right hand, shooting it into the hole in the forehead of the small stone soldier.
The two-meter-tall stone soldier's head let out a painful howl. The jade fragment Shang Lan left behind was madly absorbing its soul. A level-9 stone soldier still didn't have a soul, but it was a level-10 stone soldier that could advance. It could already shed its outer shell, and was about to become a level-11 chief stone soldier.
The embryonic form of a soul began to be born in its body. With a soul, it could no longer be restricted by its form, and become a high-level elemental creature. The eternal control rule in the jade fragment made its newly born soul feel a strong sense of fear.
An elemental creature, for the first time, felt fear.
There were too few elemental creatures with souls, and the stone soldier was one of the few elemental creatures that could give birth to a soul. It knew that if it couldn't escape, it would lose its freedom forever in the future.
Salin wasn't softhearted. If he didn't have an insane spell like Elemental Deconstruction, he wouldn't have been able to slow down the chief stone soldier's hammer. The magic in the hammer had been completely transformed into a physical attack, and even his Shield of Darkness couldn't block it.
What an insane elemental creature! Salin didn't dare to use the Eye of Thunder against it. The Eye of Thunder might not be able to paralyze the chief stone soldier, and there were some side effects that Salin couldn't bear after using it. For example, a temporary drop in mental strength. This kind of drop would require many times of meditation to recover, and Salin's recovery with divine crystals was a little slow.
The purple light in the chief stone soldier's eyes dimmed. The rule in Shang Lan's jade fragment had completely suppressed the embryonic soul that had just been born.
"What are you struggling for? In ancient times, you were just a human's weapon!" Salin shouted, and the chief stone soldier's soul was immediately struck by an electric current. Salin didn't want to kill the chief stone soldier's soul. After all, it wasn't easy for an elemental creature to produce a soul. Salin hoped that his new subordinate would be smarter.
If it was like Ismail who refused to yield, Salin wouldn't mind killing it completely. Anyway, he would get a level-10 chief stone soldier in the end.
"Master …" The chief stone soldier knelt down in front of Salin. It wasn't Ismail. Salin was right. In ancient times, it was just a human soldier. Soldiers knew how to obey.
"What is this place?" Salin asked his new subordinate.
"I … don't know." The purple light in the chief stone soldier's eyes lit up again, but it couldn't tell what it remembered. Too much time had passed. There hadn't been any humans in this city for tens of thousands of years. Elemental creatures couldn't remember much, and its embryonic soul was only recently born.
Salin was slightly surprised and immediately understood that he couldn't get anything from the mouth of this Stone Soldier Leader. Even this leader's language was a bit dry. The Ancient Myers Language was very pleasant to listen to, but in the mouth of this Stone Soldier Leader, it was dry and stiff, using some words to put them together.
The knowledge inherited naturally needed to be gradually digested and absorbed before it could become an elemental creature.
Salin wasn't disappointed. If this chief stone soldier knew too much, he might not be able to control it. The methods of ancient humans were too complicated, and they might even be able to break his Eternal Control.
"I know, you can … transform into …"
"Master, I will … summon my subordinates!" As the chief stone soldier spoke, the mageweath on the surface of its body flickered. More than 20 miles away, at the edge of the city wall, there were 144 level-9 stone soldiers. As if they heard the chief's summon, they opened their eyes one by one, turned around, and walked in the direction of the military station. These stone soldiers were huge, and each of them was more than 100 meters tall. The weapons in their hands were all war hammers.
The power of these magic war hammers was enough to put most mages to shame. This was magic equipment. Even magic armor wouldn't be able to withstand the strong shock and impact of a hammer strike. For equipment, attacking was always easier than defending. However, in this era, the defense of magic armor would render most weapons useless.
Therefore, even though magic armor was expensive to manufacture and maintenance was even more expensive, many people were willing to equip their most trusted soldiers.
Salin compared the elemental stone soldiers to the ones he summoned with magic. He felt that the elemental stone soldiers were easier to control, and their fighting strength wasn't something summoned elemental creatures could compare to.
The 144 Elemental Stone Soldiers ran in the same direction. Every step they took covered a distance of more than 20 meters. The 144 elemental stone soldiers took less than five minutes to cover the distance of 20 miles.
Salin brought the chief stone soldier to the street. Looking at the row of level-9 stone soldiers in front of him, he was overjoyed. Even if he couldn't find the real grave of the White Whale, the income this time was enough to satisfy him.
No! I can't be satisfied!
I must find the grave of the White Whale. Otherwise, how can the ancient warship I've captured really operate? I must have a large number of magic cores to make this ancient weapon unleash its true fighting strength. With the ancient warship, I can conquer Alchemy City and Cloud Flow City to the south. If I go west, I can attack Purgatory Island.
Not only can I not practice magic, but I also have to be a person. If I'm satisfied and leave, the ancient warship will just be a decoration. Just like Cloud Flow People, I can only use the upper levels. I can only look at them and sigh as I slowly open the lower cabins.
"Let me give you a name first." Salin looked at the stone soldier leader, who wasn't much taller than him. He thought for a moment and said, "Let's call you … Winnie."
"Yes, Master."
"Winnie, how many stone soldier leaders are there like you?" Salin asked a simple question. If possible, he wanted to collect more stone soldier leaders. That way, the number of stone soldiers he could use would reach a terrifying level.
"The Abyss King City is six thousand miles long and eight thousand miles wide. There are countless elemental creatures like me. I can always be replenished. Master … "
"If you die, will these stone soldiers …?"
"No, I'm only their leader. If I'm gone, these stone soldiers will belong to a new leader."
Salin understood immediately. The ancient humans wouldn't let you subdue a large number of stone soldier leaders and take over the edge of the city. Unless you had countless pieces of jade, you wouldn't be able to subdue the stone soldier leaders one by one. If you killed the stone soldier leader, it wouldn't come back to life.
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