The air started distorting, and the space seemed to be shaking. The terrifying sound waves swept up the airflow and turned into gales. It was as if a 9th Rank Archmage was using all his strength to cast a Gale spell.
Seeing that translucent giant was so powerful, the Raging Flame Beastmen's imposing manner became even stronger. Their terrifying aura converged, and it was as if a transparent flame was rushing towards the horizon.
But in the distance, the expressions of the human army changed.
Lin Yun also frowned. He recognized what that thing was.
He hadn't discovered the existence of a Beastman Priest at first, but he hadn't expected that there would actually be one. Moreover, it was a Beastman High Priest with an altar that directly summoned the Ancestor Totem.
That hundred-meter-tall totem was the Raging Flame Beastmen's faith totem. After appearing on the battlefield, it automatically made all the Raging Flame Beastmen fearless, and no power could make them feel fear.
Not only did it increase their fighting strength by 30%, but it also had the effect of slightly accelerating their recovery. It was very frightening.
It would have been fine if it had only been the totem, but that crazy High Priest had actually summoned the Ancestor Soul of the Raging Flame Beastmen.
That Ancestor Soul wasn't the Ancestor Soul of some tribe that had fallen, but rather a true faith Ancestor Soul. It had been worshiped by the Raging Flame Beastmen for a few dozen millennia, and their devout faith had converged into a Soul Body.
As time passed, that Ancestor Soul had already become one of the Protectors of the Raging Flame Plane. If not for the innate restrictions, that guy might have already become a Heaven Rank lifeform.
But that Ancestor Soul hadn't become a Heaven Rank lifeform, but its power was close to the Heaven Rank. It was incomparably powerful, and not only did it surpass the power of a 9th Rank Sword Saint, but it also had the casting ability of a Beastman Warlock.
What was even more frightening was that although that big guy hadn't broken through to the Heaven Rank, its power reserves far surpassed that of any 9th Rank Archmage. Even if Lin Yun's mana far surpassed that of a mage of the same rank, and with the addition of the two Alchemic Mana Whirlpools, he still couldn't compare to that Ancestor Soul.
That big guy was a tireless and inexhaustible fighting machine. When the Raging Flame Beastmen encountered a crisis, as one of the Protectors of the Raging Flame Plane, he had already made several huge contributions.
In the history of the Raging Flame Plane, before humans appeared, every time the Raging Flame Beastmen encountered a crisis they couldn't resist, they would summon the Ancestor Soul to turn the tide.
Now that the Ancestor Soul appeared once again, it immediately burst with frightening power. That Ancestor Soul extended its arms, which were close to a hundred meters long, and grabbed a 3rd Rank Archmage of the Black Tower.
The Black Tower Mage had a Runic Shield, a Magic Shield, and an Elemental Shield, wrapping him inside like three layers of spheres.
Even an ordinary 9th Rank Archmage wouldn't be able to break through this kind of defense in one go. But after being grabbed by that Beastman, it didn't seem like he had used much strength. The Black Tower Mage's triple shield was instantly shattered, and that terrifying power crushed his body into pieces.
After crushing the closest Black Tower Mage, the Ancestor Soul faced the sky and roared. In an instant, a several-hundred-meter-big black cloud condensed in the sky, and the thick smell of sulfur spread throughout the battlefield. Flames kept flickering within the black cloud, and in less than a second, several-meter-big meteors could be seen burning as they fell towards the ground, dragging long trails of smoke behind them.
The black cloud seemed to boil as the first meteor appeared, and in an instant, several dozen meteors flew out of the black cloud and ruthlessly fell towards the human army. Especially Lin Yun's puppet army, they were the main targets.
In less than three seconds, a dozen Level 30 puppets were smashed into scrap metal.
Lin Yun frowned as he fought. That Ancestor Soul's mana could only be described as frightening. Although it hadn't reached the Heaven Rank, it was definitely comparable to a mage army, and its casting ability was comparable to a few 9th Rank Archmages casting at the same time.
The mana consumption of such a spell would definitely make any 9th Rank Archmage pale. Even Lin Yun didn't dare to cast like that. Catalyzing a several-hundred-meter-big black cloud and crazily summoning meteors, Lin Yun's frightening mana reserves would only last three minutes at most.
But to that Ancestor Soul, this seemed to be a normal battle.
Those Level 35 puppets were fine, but Level 30 puppets definitely wouldn't be able to resist that kind of dense meteor shower for a long time.
In ten minutes, half of the Level 30 puppets would be lost.
But now, Lin Yun simply couldn't get away. His current opponent was a Peak 8th Rank Sword Saint Raging Flame Beastman Sword Saint. Originally, an 8th Rank Sword Saint wouldn't be Lin Yun's opponent, but that Peak 8th Rank Sword Saint's weapon wasn't a small problem.
That Beastman Warlord's weapon was a two-meter-long greatsword forged from some lifeform's tooth, and it hadn't been modified too much.
But Lin Yun recognized it with a glance. That guy's greatsword was forged from a Heaven Rank Dragon's Sacred Tooth, and the patterns on it had left a deep impression on Lin Yun.
Moreover, Lin Yun could see that these layers of dignified and reserved patterns came from the Sacred Tooth of an 8th Rank Heaven Dragon!
Sacred Teeth were unique to Heaven Rank Dragons. Their four thickest fangs had the most powerful piercing power. It was even rumored that when the Chromatic Dragons wanted to go to other planes or the endless void, they didn't need a Teleportation Array or a Planar Path.
For example, if the Three-Headed Gold Dragons wanted to go to a plane, they only needed to know the coordinates and they could open their mouths to tear open a gate leading to that plane.
And now, Lin Yun felt very troubled. He would only need to spend a small amount of effort to get rid of a Peak 8th Rank Sword Saint Beastman Warlord, but he was being held back.
That greatsword forged from the Sacred Tooth still carried a wisp of Extraordinary Power. It was clear that this Sacred Tooth had been broken by someone while the Dragon was still alive.
Thus, that Sacred Tooth still carried a wisp of its original power. That wisp of Extraordinary Power was the biggest reason for Lin Yun's troubles.
Lin Yun wanted to get rid of it, so he spat out a rune that transformed into a ten-meter-big Ice Cage that enveloped the Beastman Warlord.
But that Beastman Warlord only swung his greatsword, and that wisp of Extraordinary Power curled around it. It pierced through the Ice Cage like it was tofu, and his Aura burst out as he tore a hole in the Ice Cage to escape.
A large number of spells were released, and whether it was a Fireball or a rock, they would be torn to pieces as long as they collided with that greatsword.
At crucial moments, that Beastman Warlord even used that greatsword as a shield. When a spell collided with the greatsword, that wisp of Extraordinary Power would forcibly collapse the spell into ordinary elemental power.
Lin Yun frowned. That Beastman Warlord wasn't powerful, but that wisp of Extraordinary Power from that Sacred Tooth Greatsword was too troublesome. Lin Yun didn't dare to let it approach.
Extraordinary Power, even if it was only a wisp, could suppress everything. That was a genuine gap in quality, especially when the master of that Holy Tooth came from a High Rank Heaven Dragon. That wisp of Extraordinary Power was several times stronger than a Low Rank Heaven Rank powerhouse.
Shield spells definitely couldn't resist that Sacred Tooth Greatsword's piercing!
It was like using a few pieces of paper to block a needle. It wasn't a matter of power, it was a difference in quality!
Lin Yun was stalled and couldn't deal with that Ancestor Soul, and the Black Tower and the Cloud Tower couldn't let that Ancestor Soul display its might.
Soon, a dozen Archmages arrived in front of the Ancestor Soul, and the Black Tower's Dephew also followed them to attack the Ancestor Soul.
Dephew had managed to kill his opponent with great difficulty, so how could he be willing to face another opponent? Killing those Beastman powerhouses wouldn't bring him much merit, but that Ancestor Soul was different!
How could Dephew not know that this Ancestor Soul was one of the Raging Flame Plane's Protectors? It was a soul formed from the faith of the Raging Flame Beastmen over several dozen millennia. If he could destroy this Ancestor Soul, he would gain more merit than killing a Level 39 Raging Flame Beastman powerhouse. And in the context of the war, the significance of destroying this Ancestor Soul was even greater than killing the ten thousand Raging Flame Beastmen!
Destroying that Ancestor Soul was equivalent to severing the countless years of faith of the Raging Flame Beastmen. In the entire Raging Flame Plane, it was far more serious than losing ten thousand Beastmen.
Moreover, there were still a dozen Archmages attacking together. How could Dephew let go of such an opportunity? He rushed in front of the Ancestor Soul and entered its attack range. Dephew sneered and started casting, not holding back at all.
'Damnit, as long as I destroy that Ancestor Soul, my contribution will definitely be greater than Hören's. At that time, the power of the Black Tower will inevitably be under my control.' That idiot Hören, let's see how he will explain himself to the Holy Land. He has to pay the price for his stupidity.
'Hmpf, it won't just be Hören, but also that Mafa Merlin. Just wait and see. Once Hören is suppressed, the first to be dealt with will be you.
'And then there's the Cloud Tower. That damned Hören is actually cooperating with the Cloud Tower. Doesn't he know how stiff the relationship between the Cloud Tower and the Black Tower's Holy Land has been? Did he forget how that genius who had just advanced to the Heaven Rank died three hundred years ago?
'As long as this battle is over, the Cloud Tower will be waiting to be cleaned up. When the time comes, the spoils of war will all be ours. They will all become members of the Black Tower under my leadership!'
Excitement flickered in Dephew's eyes. He didn't feel much fear as he looked at that hundred-meter-tall Ancestor Soul. He followed the dozen Archmages in besieging it and waved his magic staff, causing countless snowflakes to fall down and transform into a large Ice Blade Storm that frantically fell on that Ancestor Soul's body.
The Ancestor Soul roared again and again. Facing the siege of a dozen Archmages, it didn't use any defensive spells. Its huge body was its best defensive method. Every spell it used was an offensive spell, and it even had physical attacks mixed in.
It was like a fusion of a Sword Saint and an Archmage, far more powerful than an ordinary 9th Rank Archmage.
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