Chapter 407 - 405: Giant Magic Puppet
Golden Apple Stone Forest.
A burst of holy light streaked across the sky, followed by several explosions.
Alina and another mentor hovered in the air, suppressing the Tier Four Mages at the stronghold, while keeping an eye on the battlefield, mindful of the hidden Tier Four Mages that could appear at any moment.
After days of research, they had discovered the circumstances of these Tier Four Mages elevated through sacrifices.
Like most Tier Three cultists forcibly elevated, these Tier Four cultists had power but lacked matching magic, not even a magic puppet.
Facing a genuine Tier Four was simply offering themselves up, though their potential self-detonation might cause some apprehension for Tier Four Mages.
Of course, even if it’s pseudo-Tier Four, it’s still Tier Four, capable of severely injuring or even killing Tier Three Mages with a casual pollution wave.
These temporarily elevated Tier Four Mages seemed to be usable only temporarily; after elevation, the massive energy concentrated within them compressed their lifespan infinitely, making survival for even a day a question.
It’s like dismantling a bunch of firecrackers and forming a grenade with the gathered gunpowder; powerful, but short-lived and lacking the lethality of a proper grenade.
Alina looked below, clutching a scroll in her hand, eyeing the Tier Four cultist opposing another mentor, and sneered: "What, afraid to show your sacrificial product?"
Occasionally, Alina would launch sneak attacks, causing chaos for the opponents, who, upon hearing her, sneered weirdly, "Hehehe, if you’re so keen to see, then I’ll let you see."
As soon as these words fell, Alina immediately sensed intense magic reactions from below.
The hidden Tier Four cultist appeared.
But instead of sneakily hunting Tier Three Mages, he planned to—
Self-destruct!
Up above, the Tier Four cultist laughed wildly: "Let’s see if your group of Tier Three amphipods can withstand the turmoil of the Deep Sea power!"
Without hesitation, Alina dove down.
She realized that the pseudo-Tier Four cultist, gathering countless souls, didn’t intend to annihilate the Tier Three students below with his self-destruction but aimed to trigger surrounding chaotic magic and pollution, causing it to explode as if encountering Purification.
The voice of the Tier Four cultist echoed: "Hehehe, you can’t stop this."
Alina’s lips curled into a smile: "Oh, really?"
She took out a scroll and tore it open, targeting the pseudo-Tier Four cultist.
Immediately, a ball of radiant energy filled with wind, light, and darkness emerged, quickly expanding to envelop a ten-meter radius.
Within this range, all chaotic pollution was expelled.
Bang!
The pseudo-Tier Four cultist exploded, releasing massive magic power.
Alina’s expression remained unchanged, her magic puppet raised a hand, and the purifying light of the Purification Skill enveloped the opponent.
Within the Wind Domain, the use of the Purification Skill was unrestricted, allowing her free rein.
The Purification Skill she used wasn’t the Holy Court’s common purification method but a special Purification Skill from Hilia.
This Purification Skill was highly destructive to a cultist’s pollution power.
The explosion’s magic and pollution impact saw a large amount of pollution eliminated by the Purification Skill, leaving only a small fraction of magic pollution to pass through the Wind Domain, tousling the students’ clothes outside the field.
Hemlines slightly dirtied.
Within the domain, besides the self-destructed pseudo-Tier Four cultist, there were several cultists who screamed under the Purification Skill’s light.
In the sky, the Tier Four cultist witnessing Alina’s actions twisted his face in anger.
"This Purification Skill... is it you who destroyed so many of our star spirit bases?!"
Alina raised an eyebrow, accepting the blame: "So what if it was, what can you do?"
The mentor opposing the Tier Four cultist also smiled gently, ripping open a scroll to release the same Purification Skill.
"Ah, sorry, I can do it too."
"You..."
The Tier Four cultist rarely showed a look of terror.
"This isn’t right, how can you Holy Court folks use such an impossible Purification Skill?!"
The mentor chuckled: "What, don’t you feel satisfied?"
Boom!
The battle ended.
...
Deep Sea Mutual Aid Association’s headquarters, Deep Sea Fortress.
The fortress, as before, spewed out countless pseudo-Tier Four cultists elevated temporarily, recklessly attacking the formation of the Law Enforcement Knight Order.
Last time, they were driven to desperation facing these reckless temporary weapons.
Now, the domains were unfolding everywhere.
The pseudo-Tier Four cultists charging into the domains were greeted with the special Purification Skill.
Within the domain, every Law Enforcement Knight used the Purification Skill, causing the pseudo-Tier Four cultists who entered to scream, their pollution rapidly purified, their power plummeting, and they were easily subdued by the Law Enforcement Knight Order.
This sudden shift caused the man’s expression at the fortress’s apex to change.
The next moment, light beams burst out from each window of the fortress, pouring out towards the Law Enforcement Knight Order.
"Hmph." Melina dashed over, raising a hand to erect a tall light curtain, blocking all attacks.
Her voice echoed inside the fortress: "Surrender, you’re merely resisting stubbornly; failure is just a matter of time. Surrender, it’s your only choice, or face death!"
"Dogs of the Holy Court, hehe, just try breaking through this fortress first!"
From the top of the fortress came the leader’s voice, as he raised his hand, opening a large door within the fortress.
Melina suddenly noticed the Law Enforcement Knight Order appearing to stagger below; upon closer inspection, she sensed the ground trembling.
That tremor...
Did not seem to be caused by magic.
Which meant—
Melina squinted her eyes, looking at the opened large door.
Moments later, a massive magic puppet over ten meters tall emerged.
The leader ascended, standing atop the magic puppet.
"Hehe, I’ll let you see what a magic puppet truly is."
He pointed outward, and the massive magic puppet leaped, instantly landing outside the fortress.
Thud!
The ground shook violently, with some Law Enforcement Knights even losing their balance, nearly stumbling to the ground.
They gazed fearfully at the colossal magic puppet, astonished.
"Giant magic puppet?"
"Can something like that really fight?"
"So big!"
Melina and Blake exchanged glances, seeing the shock in each other’s eyes.
They didn’t have time to think, quickly leading their respective magic puppets to engage.
The giant magic puppet raised its hand, a vast purple-black light materializing on its hand, shooting towards the Law Enforcement Knight Order’s formation.
Blake charged forward, positioning himself in front of the light.
Boom!
The light dissipated, with Blake’s figure crashing to the ground, creating a large pit.
He flew out from the pit, gasping for breath.
"Such powerful magic puppets, for the Deep Sea Mutual Aid Association to create giant magic puppets, it’s unbelievable."
Melina nodded, shouting to all the Law Enforcement Knight Order: "Continue the attack, circle around us!"
The Law Enforcement Knight Order obeyed, immediately distancing from the giant magic puppet, allowing Melina and Blake to confront it.
Light from magic appeared on Blake’s and the magic puppet’s fists.
"First time seeing a giant magic puppet, come, let’s observe the battle strength of a giant magic puppet!"