As Baiyi finished his incantation, the cliff-like waves that were crashing down from all directions suddenly let out a series of crackling sounds. If one were to look at it from another angle, one would see a layer of white frost spreading from the surface of the sea to the top, and the frozen waves had turned into numerous icicles. At that moment, it was as if the floating island of the Royal Capital had been plunged into a thicket of thorns made entirely of ice crystals.
However, the speed of freezing was still slower than the speed of the waves. The tallest wave was not frozen, but it had already lost its previous momentum, and it crashed into the waterproof enchantment with a dull thud.
"Tsk, it's a good thing the waves are still some distance away from the floating island, or else …" Baiyi muttered to himself. Fortunately, with Laeticia's help, his power output had increased, and his incantation speed had also increased. Otherwise, he would not have been able to cast such a powerful ice spell, and he would not have been able to finish the incantation in such a timely manner. If the waves had already reached the sky above the city, or even touched the waterproof enchantment, it would have been too late even if he had frozen all the water.
As soon as he finished speaking, the frozen waves began to shatter under the effect of gravity, and the flood-like ice fragments rolled down like an avalanche, sweeping in the direction of the floating island.
"Tsk, try harder …" Baiyi muttered under his breath. He descended onto the floating island, crouched down, pressed his palms against the ground, and began to channel mana into the island.
In fact, when the floating island of the Royal Capital began to fall, there were still some powerhouses in the Kingdom who were able to maintain their composure. They knew very well what would happen if such a large floating island were to fall into the sea. The Kingdom's Chief Archmage, at the cost of blood flowing out of his eyes, nose, ears, and mouth, as well as the collapse of his entire body's magical circuits, unleashed a large amount of mana in an instant, and held up the floating island slightly, slowing its descent.
The Archmage died on the spot, but his sacrifice had bought them precious time to breathe. The other sorcerers followed suit, and one after another, levitating runes lit up in the darkness like specks of fireflies, trying to save their last home.
Levitation spells alone were not enough to save the floating island from danger. All they could do was slow down the island's descent, but that little bit of precious time was enough for a large-scale levitating formation to take effect. All the sorcerers in the Kingdom simultaneously channeled mana into the formation to overload it, and the falling speed was finally within a safe range. When the floating island touched the surface of the sea, it only trembled slightly, but the worst-case scenario of a complete collapse did not occur.
At that moment, Baiyi had just finished incanting a forbidden spell to neutralize the incoming tsunami. Their teamwork was pretty good, eh?
However, the crisis was far from over. The avalanche was already right in front of them.
"Tsk, I need to fly a little higher …" Baiyi muttered under his breath. He had already channeled as much mana as he could into the levitating formation. Since he did not cast his Special Shapeshifting spell in advance to give himself a sturdy and powerful body, he did not dare to use the twenty percent of power he had stored in the Mysterious Dimension. The sorcerer's armor had already reached its limit, and the crisp sound of metal cracking could be heard from every part of his body.
"Mr. Hope!" Suddenly, a girl's sorrowful cry came from behind him. Before he could turn around, Aya was already lying down beside him, imitating him as she began to channel mana into the formation. Baiyi turned his head to look at her. There were two clear streaks of tears on the girl's face, and her eyes were bloodshot. It was obvious that she had just cried her heart out. The complicated and gorgeous bun on top of her head had been untied, and it was tied into a neat ponytail. Her golden hair fluttered in the strong winds brought by the avalanche.
For some reason, Baiyi felt that Aya had become even more beautiful this way.
"Yo, I didn't think they'd actually make this formation," Baiyi said casually.
The giant levitating formation, which carried the hope of the entire floating island, had been proposed by Baiyi during an analysis meeting. At that time, everyone was still worried about the realm's destruction, and out of reverence for nature, they had prepared many backup plans. Among them, Baiyi had proposed the possibility of the floating island crashing, and this levitating formation, which was currently being used as an emergency measure.
The effect of the formation was not very strong, and it was much weaker than the high-end formation used by the Sorcerer Association's City Amongst the Clouds. However, it was easy to set up, and in an emergency situation, it could even be used as a substitute for mana crystals to provide energy for the formation's operation.
However, at that time, Baiyi had only proposed this emergency plan and did not pay much attention to it. At that time, he did not think that the situation would be as dire as it was now. Later on, when everyone thought that it was just making a mountain out of a molehill, most of the emergency plans that had been prepared were scrapped, and the formation was naturally forgotten by Baiyi. He did not expect that a plan that he had come up with to gain people's trust would come in handy one day.
From the looks of it now, the Kingdom's higher-ups must have known about the danger of the island crashing, and in the end, they had put this plan into practice as an important contingency plan. Fortunately, they had prepared and practiced for the worst-case scenario, so they had not forgotten about it yet. That was why they could react so quickly. Otherwise, they would not even have the time to think about what was going on before they were killed.
"If I'd known this would happen, I would've designed it more intricately …" Baiyi said, feeling a little guilty. However, just as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of metal falling to the ground. He looked down and saw that it was his left arm, which could no longer withstand such a huge amount of mana. It had broken.
"Ahhh!!!!" Aya screamed in pain when she saw Baiyi's broken arm.
"What's your name?" Baiyi snapped. "I'm a Soul Armature!"
Only then did Aya realize that a Soul Armature's limbs could still be reattached. She immediately shut her mouth and lowered her head, concentrating on sending mana into the formation.
At the same time, strong waves and loud noises came from all over the city. Various buildings were directly destroyed by the surging combat chi, turning into debris that flew in all directions before falling into the sea. The whole city looked as if it had been swept by the palm of a giant, sweeping all the neatly arranged buildings into the sea.
It turned out that the warriors who could not help had made a move. They had also realized that the floating island still needed a certain height, so they had resorted to such a crude method to lighten the floating island's weight.
In truth, such an effort was just a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood. It could only make the floating island float a little.
However, that little bit of height was the distance between life and death.
After all, it was an avalanche that had occurred on the sea. The frozen sea surface could not withstand such an impact and shattered. The broken pieces of ice were actually sliding down to the bottom of the sea. When the floating island gained a little bit of height, the ice slid dangerously past the bottom of the island. Only a few pieces of ice that tumbled down from a high place fell into the city, causing the crowd to scream in fear.
"Phew … The crisis should be over for now." Baiyi breathed a sigh of relief. When he had chosen this floating island to build the Capital City, he had taken into account the principle that no one should live on top of the King's head. One of the important considerations was that there were no other floating islands in the sky, so there was still the risk of the floating island crashing into them.
Baiyi picked up his broken left arm from the ground and stood up again. He reattached it and used ice magic to freeze the crack, so that he could still use it.
After that, he checked the other parts of his body that had cracked and froze them with ice magic. For a moment, he looked as if he had just been dug out of an avalanche.
Aya, who was beside him, stood up as well. She wanted to jump into Baiyi's arms, but when she got close, she saw the chunks of ice on Baiyi's body. She stopped in her tracks and stared at him.
The other girls, who had been released by Baiyi from the sky, were in a similar state. Baiyi had just cast a spell that could rapidly reduce the surrounding temperature. Coupled with the avalanche, they did not have the time to look for Baiyi to activate the Thermometer Barrier. They were now frozen in place, hugging their arms and huddling together.
Only Aya and Mordred were slightly better off. After all, they were dragons, so they were much more resistant to the cold than humans.
"Hey, that's what you get for wearing short skirts. Did you learn your lesson?" Baiyi did not forget to grumble. Then, he enveloped the girls with a Temperature-Controlling Barrier, and the girls' faces, which were pale from the cold, regained some color.
"Take me to your father and the others," Baiyi said to Aya.
Aya nodded and led Baiyi and the others to the palace.
Along the way, they saw many civilians wailing and crying. There were people running around like headless flies in the ruins of collapsed houses. There were also those who were trying their best to dig through the ruins, silently kneeling on the ground, silently praying as they looked at the floating island that was constantly falling from the sky …
It was a typical scene of doomsday.
Laeticia wanted to stop and help them, but Baiyi rudely stopped her every time.
When everyone arrived at the square outside the palace, they realized that the place was as chaotic as a wet market. Nobles in luxurious attire, civilians in fear and despair, soldiers with weapons in hand, mages lying on the ground and infusing mana into their bodies, workers and carriages moving all sorts of magical crystals from the warehouse … Everything was mixed together, in addition to endless curses, cries, and screams, it was so complicated and messy. Violence and panic were presented without reservation.
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