All this while, the New Empire's combat strength had been clearly skewed. This skewed referred to the severe imbalance between our technological and Mystic-type combat strength. This was something that was public knowledge. Many people knew that we had a gigantic space fleet, planetary battleships (let's not talk about whether or not they were replicas for now), various levels of high-tech weapons, and a macro world chain that relied on the technology of the World Gate. The strongest aspects of the New Empire were all supported by the power of technology. In terms of the military, 90% of our combat strength came from the power of technology. Of course, we also had the Ravens and the Servant Army that relied on magic to fight. However, the Ravens might be strong, but they could only be considered a weak force. The Heroic Warriors couldn't be used as ordinary soldiers, and the Heroic Warriors couldn't even be considered a regular army …
This skewed skewed gave me a very bad impression. The Xiling Empire's main strength was technology, and the Mystical Side's main force on the battlefield could only be considered ambushes … Of course, this wasn't wrong for the New Empire. However, I had apparently forgotten something. In the era of the old Empire, the Shiring Apostles' technological and Mystical powers weren't as different as they were now — they were equally strong in both fields. In fact, for the Shiring Apostles, the division of technology and Mystical powers was only out of habit and convenience. Regardless of whether it was technology or Mystical techniques, they were both explanations and applications of the origin of all things and the Truth. The Shiring Apostles, who had researched these two fields to the extreme, didn't really care about the so-called difference between technology and Mystical. In fact, in many advanced fields, the old Empire had already merged the two fields together. They simply explained and applied the Truth, and everything was attributed to knowledge. This was enough to prove that, on any level, the Mystical Side that the Xiling Empire controlled wouldn't be any weaker than the power of technology.
As long as one could reach the level of "Truth," they would be able to understand and use the knowledge of the origin of all things. No matter what kind of power they manifested, it would be equally powerful. The high-tech "Basic Force Interference Field" wouldn't be any better than the Mystical Side's "Entropy Storm."
And now, I finally understood the misunderstanding that I had been harboring all this time.
The attacks coming at me from all directions contained every type of energy that I had ever encountered before. Not only that, their methods of usage and destructive power were all astonishing. The most common attacks were various magic missiles (actually, I had no idea what those were, so I could only call them that for now) and explosive blades formed from Holy Light. Needless to say, the latter was something that God Father had invented first. It was a conceptualized "energy" that was on par with psionic energy. I didn't think highly of the former, but it was no weaker than Holy Light explosions. The so-called "fire element", "arcane", and "shadow" power contained in those brilliant magic balls were completely different from the "spells" that you saw in the hands of the sorcerers in other worlds!
It couldn't even be described as a concept! The mystical power of the Xiling Empire was using something completely different!
After exchanging fire for a few minutes, I felt that the magic power outside was completely different from the magic power that I had seen from the sorcerers of Azeroth. Although it could still be considered as magic, the destructive power and the difficulty of resisting it were on a completely different level. Thus, I quickly contacted Raven 001 who was in the City of Shadows. From her, I learned about the magic used by the most elite sorcerers of the Empire. Only then did I know what kind of ferocious and colorful things were out there.
Do you know what was inside those "fireballs"? It was an equation, an equation that was explained by experts as the "Assimilation Formula of Molecular and Analogous Particle Motion"! Those little golden-red light balls would only do one thing after coming into contact with any target, and that was to assimilate all the molecules and analogous particles around them, producing the same average molecular kinetic energy as themselves. In short, they would instantly "transform" everything that came into contact with them into the blazing state of the core of a star. Although the assimilation process and range were limited, please believe me, the effective range was definitely bigger than the thickest heat shield you could create.
Arcane Arrow, the second most common attack that bombarded our shields (the first was the omnipresent Holy Light Storm). This was the thing that I was most familiar with, the Ravens' favorite, the silver-white light bullet that caused the entire World of Azeroth to cancel the sorcerer's arcane certification. This thing consisted of two parts. The outer layer was an arcane shell that rapidly increased the activity of elementary particles, causing them to rapidly degenerate out of a stable state. The inner layer was a small piece of "virtual matter" that was at the critical point of degeneracy. This material itself didn't exist, but the mystical sorcerers of the Empire (it sounded so awkward when I said these words) gave this material a value, allowing it to survive in the mathematical environment of the real world for a few seconds. When the outer layer of the Arcane Arrow destroyed the shield and armor of the target, if the target was still alive, then the virtual matter core would enter the target's body and break the degeneracy state in the target's body. This was known as a supernova explosion.
Of course, it was on a very small scale. Yes, a small scale …
The other attack that the Ravens didn't use often, but it was ubiquitous here, was the Shadow Power. The classification of this power was very vague. Shadows, malicious curses, material corrosion effects, or even dark divine spells were all referred to as Shadow Power. However, the Shadow Power that the mystical side of the Empire was used to was another type of Shadow Power. Its scientific name was "Entropy Acceleration Distortion Field". This was a spell that wouldn't cause immediate destruction, but after a few minutes of its effect, the order of matter within its area of effect would be irreparably weakened. Only psionic energy could neutralize this effect.
Right now, we were being bombarded by all kinds of things that couldn't be considered as conventional firepower …
"Alright, I don't care about the theory behind this." I frowned as I looked at the storm that was bombarding us like a violent storm. The order of the space outside had already disappeared. A mirror-like phenomenon appeared in the distance. I could clearly see the back of our heads through the mirror-like cracks. This was the phenomenon of the curvature of space closing. I reckon that it wouldn't be long before the entire space we were in would be forcefully bombarded into the void. "Alaya, we are currently being bombarded by the firepower of an entire fleet. Do you have any ideas?"
"I am currently working on it." Alaya's hand was continuously drawing a rather complicated array. However, his expression was still that dazed expression. "I have found a way to conceal themselves. It is to merge with the Illusory Tower's magic energy flow. If we were to slightly block this energy flow, all of their concealment would disappear. Give me a few minutes and I will be able to settle it quickly. "
"Then hurry up. If you still can't settle this problem, I will have to destroy the entire Illusory Tower before the entire space is bombarded into the void," I frowned and said helplessly.
Even though the attacks of the guards were fierce and unexpected, it was apparent that the enemy had no way to break through the combined barrier of a large group of Commander-tier fellows in a short period of time. Thus, even though we were surprised by the strength of the mystical side of the old Empire, our defensive line didn't show any openings. (Alright, I can only say that there weren't any openings for the time being. Because I could feel that the enemy's attacks were getting stronger and stronger. Furthermore, their strength wouldn't be exhausted in a short period of time.) But at the same time, we still couldn't find a way to destroy the power of the guards here. Dragging this out for a long period of time was definitely not a solution. And the only way I could think of to break through the current situation was to use a Great Tower Quintuple Kill — a true tower crossing. If I were to channel the power of the void into this space, I would undoubtedly be able to overload the Illusory Tower and even the entire Sky Tower's energy array. If the tower was destroyed, the guards here would probably be wiped out as well.
However, this could only be the final plan of the final plan. To destroy the Sky Tower required a lot of determination.
"It's done!" Just as I felt that the structure of the space here was getting more and more abnormal, and the area outside the barrier had already become a lawless zone, the angel sister finally let out a soft sigh of relief. Then, an unprecedentedly strong golden flash erupted from behind us.
Alaya had spent a long time to create an array formed by the power of Holy Light. Now, this spherical array with a radius of more than two meters that was floating in mid-air was fully charged. It was like a nested celestial body model that was constantly rotating in the center of the sphere. The golden light that burst out from the array passed through the combined barrier and rushed into the shattered space outside. Then, it completely ignored the distortion of light conduction in the space and disappeared into the distance.
Holy Light was an all-purpose carrier that was as useful as psionic energy. It was not affected by conventional optical effects and spatial structure. After it was created, it would always take effect according to the user's settings — this was what Icetis told me when I was chatting with her in the past.
The Holy Light that disappeared into the distance quickly resonated with the entire space, and even the entire Illusory Tower. Suddenly, an uncontrollable energy appeared in the existing energy circulation system, causing the magic array of the tower to pause for a moment. And it was this moment that was enough for the guards that had fused with the defense system to separate from all the magic flow.
The storm-like attack suddenly stopped, and the distorted space in the distance gradually calmed down. Powerful Holy Light surged in all directions like falling snowflakes. The Holy Light spun and gradually gathered to form human figures — seeing this scene, I subconsciously thought of Alaya who always appeared in the same way. But as soon as this thought popped up in my mind, the human figures in the distance became clearer. It was actually … a group of Alaya!
Cough cough, I made a mistake. Let's do it again. It was actually a group of Angels!
The guards of the Illusory Tower that were attacking us were actually Angel troops, unique Angels created by the Xiling Empire. Their silver-white hair, snow-white wings, and golden eyes were a combination that was completely different from the Star Domain Protoss. Looking at these unexpected figures, I was almost stunned. Is this Alaya's entire family here to kill us?
"Oh, no wonder they are so strong." Sandora got into a battle stance and looked at the Angel troops that were appearing in the air. "They are actually all Kareta like Alaya … I thought that I would never see so many Schilling Angels in my lifetime …"
Before Sandora finished her sentence, the enemies in the distance had already launched their attacks. Sensing that they might be killed one by one by our powerful long-range attacks if they continued to stand still, these experienced warriors of the old Empire immediately split into small groups of three. They wielded Holy Light swords and charged forward with a powerful energy storm. These Angels want to engage in close combat!
"Pay attention, their close combat strength is definitely not any weaker than magic!"
Sandora immediately warned loudly. In the next second, three Schilling Angels were already charging towards us. The one in the lead appeared outside our shield in a flash. He held two longswords in his hands and slashed down with all his might. The power of Holy Light surging on the longswords immediately attempted to assimilate the shield in front of me. The other two enemies used their swords to guide the energy storm around them and pointed it in my direction. In the next second, two magic cannons charged over with a colorful radiance.
I originally wanted to use a killing move to get rid of the guards that had finally revealed themselves. However, at the last moment, I forcefully stopped the surging energy from exploding. Instead, I switched my shield from the energy shield that I had been using all along to a Void Shield.
The two Holy Light longswords that were in the midst of assimilating the Void Shield instantly shattered and were rapidly assimilated by the power of the void. The owners of the longswords reacted incredibly quickly. They immediately abandoned their weapons and retreated several hundred meters away. Meanwhile, the two magic cannons completely dissipated in midair. Their energy reactions had been forcefully stopped.
"I say, are you really going to kill them?" Just as I was suppressing the three attackers, Bryndis did the same thing as me. Her arrows only injured a few enemies and temporarily sealed their magic power. However, it was obvious that she didn't intend to kill them. "These soldiers don't seem to have any Chaos Abyss reaction on them."
This was what we suddenly thought of. Originally, we had thought that the guards of the Sky Tower would be magical soldiers or automatons. If that was the case, we would be able to dismantle them easily. However, we never expected that the enemy would be a group of high-level Apostles. Not only that, they were angels who were similar to Araya. Of course, we would be restricted in our attacks. More importantly, the enemy didn't have any Chaos reaction. They weren't Fallen Apostles, but normal Shiring Apostles. It could be said that they were on the same side. It was just that their identification device had malfunctioned. What if it could be fixed?
Of course, Sandora had thought of this as well. That was why her Chaos Abyss Claws hadn't landed on any of the guards. She simply used a large AOE spiritual shockwave to suppress the enemy's ability to continue casting magic. Shallow Shallow was the best at this situation. As long as she stopped or slowed time, she would be able to suppress all the enemies without causing any damage to them. This also gave us time to come up with a countermeasure.
Araya furrowed her brows as she looked at her former compatriots who were struggling to move around in the chaotic suppression of time. She still couldn't remember who these angels were. However, her naturally naive expression wasn't completely blank anymore. It was obvious that this younger angel sister was feeling conflicted.
Should we kill them or not? If we don't kill them, how the hell are we supposed to fight them?! Are we supposed to capture all these high-level angels alive?!
Just as everyone was caught in a dilemma, Ji Shanshan, who was summoning her noble artifact at the back of the group and preparing to show off her skills, suddenly exclaimed, "The little princess went over!"
I was shocked and followed Ji Shanshan's line of sight. To my surprise, I saw a small white figure running towards a lone angel in the distance. It was Little Bubble. That child didn't realize how dangerous the environment outside was. Perhaps the temporary stillness of the scenery had made her think that it was safe there. She ran to the side of an angel who was trying his best to attack in slow motion. Then, her figure suddenly blurred. Everyone's attention was momentarily distracted. By the time we came back to our senses, Little Bubble was no longer in the distance. All that was left was a happy cry from behind me. "Chirp!"
I turned around and was dumbfounded to see Little Bubble hugging an enemy angel and claiming credit from me.
Angels, they glowed …
Everyone stared at her in shock. After the angel was grabbed by Little Bubble, he coincidentally escaped from all sorts of negative statuses, especially the fatal time stagnation effect. He … or rather, she reacted after being stunned for less than a second. She swiftly focused her attention on the two people who had the weakest energy signatures at the scene. She instantly materialized a golden longsword of holy light in her hand!
"Chirp!" Little Bubble screamed in joy and snatched the longsword of holy light. She hugged it and kissed it twice. Then, she looked at the angel that she had kidnapped with anticipation.
Everyone was speechless.
The enemy angel was obviously dumbfounded. He looked at his hand in confusion. Then, he materialized a crackling arcane core and aimed at Shakina …
"Chirp!" Little Bubble happily received the arcane core that shone even brighter than before. Then … then, the arcane core didn't explode. Instead, it was held in her arms like a ball.
Then, the little princess continued to look at the enemy angel expectantly, waiting for her new toy.
"I … I remembered something very sad." Ji Shanshan's eyes were filled with tears. She covered her face and was speechless.
The angel was now completely dumbfounded. I reckoned that he or she (it was impossible to tell since the angel's body wasn't completely materialized and looked blurry) had never met such an opponent before. That was why he or she couldn't come back to their senses for several seconds. While the angel was dumbfounded, Shallow Shallow finally reacted and used time stagnation to turn the angel into a slow-motion scene.
Almost at the same time, Araya suddenly spoke up. "Brother Monarch, don't worry. These aren't real angels!"
I looked at Araya in astonishment. She had already materialized a powerful and scorching magic ball in her hand. She was prepared to participate in the battle. She took one last glance at the unlucky angel that Shallow Shallow had suppressed again and said with certainty, "It's only a consciousness!"
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