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Lucia, riding a griffin, naturally noticed the fighter jets speeding through the air.
In her magical sight, the polarizing magic that could achieve visual invisibility had no effect.
"The highest speed is actually over three hundred kilometers per hour?" Lucia quickly estimated the opponent's speed through the maneuvers of the fighter jets in the air.
If quantified, a mere three hundred kilometers per hour wouldn't count for much, but in their current state, these new alchemical creations might pose a threat.
A divine light shimmered in Lucia's palm, ready to leave these new alchemical creations stranded here.
However, the next moment, the fighter jets changed their course and evacuated in different directions.
"Escaping?" Lucia furrowed her brows, not bothering to pursue further. Instead, she raised her hand towards the sky, and a brilliant divine light instantly spread, piercing through the entire sky.
Powerful magical fluctuations made Lynn and the others a kilometer away stand on end. Subsequently, under their gaze, numerous dazzling starlights descended from the sky.
"What is this... a meteor shower?" Harof's expression turned solemn, sensing a strong sense of danger from these falling starlights.
"Inform everyone, reinforce defenses, full speed ahead, we must leave this place immediately!" Lynn realised something was amiss and immediately gave the command.
The range covered by the starlight was as much as three kilometers. The fighter jets, with their high speed, swiftly raced through and successfully left the area before the starlight descended. However, the slower airships weren't as fortunate...
The falling starlight immediately revealed its terrifying power, effortlessly piercing and dissolving the characteristic leather of the airship's envelope. Even the wizards on board were not spared; their protective magic was thinner than paper and quickly melted in the rising star flames.
In an instant, more than twenty airships crashed thunderously, causing more destruction than the harassment and breath of a fire dragon!
This was the legendary divine magic—[Rain of Stars]!
Lynn's airship was also within the range of [Rain of Stars], but the difference was that all these starlights were blocked by the spatial barrier created by Harof. However, they were powerless to aid the remaining allies and could only watch as ship after ship sank into the sea of starlight.
Having resisted the [Rain of Stars], Harof didn't have half a moment to catch his breath because Lucia, riding a griffin, was now less than two hundred meters away from them!
This meant that the enemy had entered the range of the laser!
The pilot responsible for controlling the laser immediately launched an attack!
Lynn, on the side, immediately thought of something, but couldn't stop it in time because light is just too fast!
At the moment the button was pressed, a powerful laser shot out, directly targeting Saintess Lucia!
With a speed of three hundred thousand kilometers per second, there was almost no possibility of evasion. However, Lucia didn't plan to dodge. She had already witnessed this peculiar laser and naturally wouldn't be unprepared.
An invisible curtain appeared in front of her, and the red laser, like passing through the water's surface, deviated from Lucia's side. Immediately, Lucia opened her mouth and uttered, "Reflect!"
The moment the words fell, the transparent curtain immediately solidified. The approaching light rapidly changed its angle, creating a beautiful arc in the void, and then struck towards the airship!
Fortunately, at the moment Lynn sensed something was wrong, he quickly pulled out the red gem used for casting the laser, just in time to stop the spell and avoid the risk of being killed by his own magic.
The information about the Church's Saintess being able to counter laser magic had been discussed in meetings with people like Aurora. However, the drivers of these airships apparently weren't qualified to attend that meeting.
"Stellar Radiance!" Lucia spoke again, and an infinite sea of starlight manifested around her, rushing towards the massive airships.
Neither Lynn nor Harof dared to be negligent under such a powerful force. They immediately used their most potent protective magic.
[Space Barrier]!
[Indestructible Shield]!
The boundless river of starlight was weakened layer by layer under the barrier of force magic. Then it collided with the rising eternal flames, erupting into a deafening roar!
The interweaving of starlight and fierce fire caused the airship, a hundred meters away, to shake violently. Lynn and Harof showed expressions of shock, as Lucia, riding a griffin, emerged from the brilliant starlight and the endless flames of eternity!
What kind of monster is this?
Lynn was completely stunned. Lucia was surrounded by the eternal flames, so powerful that it could devour all known elements, making even the trifluorochloride seem fake, causing no impact on the Crowned Saintess.
"No, something's not right. This is an illusion!" Lynn immediately realized, loudly reminding.
The false part was not her flames but Lucia herself!
Since the only thing breaking through the [Indestructible Shield] was an illusion, where was her real body?
Just as Lynn was about to speak, the previously subtly swaying airship became more violently unsteady. Then the entire cockpit emitted a harsh, unpleasant creaking sound. Whether it was the floor underfoot or the surrounding railings, everything quickly shattered as if being forcibly crushed!
As for the people on the airship, they had already flipped over the railing, escaping the fate of being crushed into powder...
Lynn was no exception, escaping from the burst airship. Having ascended to Grand Wizard and mastered force magic, he could fly in the air without any reliance, but his speed was relatively slow.
In usual circumstances, this wouldn't be considered a weakness. However, things were different now because in his line of sight, Lucia was already riding a griffin, rapidly approaching.
"Did you choose me as the target?" Lynn's face turned grave, unsure if this was fortunate or unfortunate...
Perhaps only the term 'honored' could describe it!
With a thought, Lynn shot out clumps of eternal flames, blocking her approach. The explosive heat waves even accelerated his descent!
However, Lynn understood that this could only slightly hinder her. His gaze quickly turned to the red gem he had taken from the airship earlier...
Let's try this one!
Whether the fifth-level laser could penetrate the imperfect reflective surface, overcoming the biggest flaw of laser magic, had always been a question Lynn was exploring.
Although it hadn't been validated yet, in this desperate situation, he had no choice but to take a risk!
CH422
"071, initiate overload mode!"
In Lynn's mind, he silently recited, then clasped his hands together, and a ruby spun rapidly in his palm.
Simultaneously, his mental power skyrocketed.
Fourth tier, fifth tier, sixth tier...
The computing power of the magic network was swiftly mobilised, and the sensation of overflowing mental power once again rose within him.
However, unlike the previous time, Lynn did not feel the splitting headache. Instead, it was as if he had broken through some barrier, and his mind became clear...
In fact, during the defense of the royal capital, Lynn had already sensed the realm of high-level wizards in advance. After consuming two bottles of legendary magical potions consecutively, he was only a little short of the accumulation for promotion and stepping into this final step!
Now, seizing this opportunity, Lynn naturally succeeded, breaking through to become a sixth-tier grand wizard, truly mastering the computing power provided by the magic network!
This was undoubtedly an unexpected joy!
However, at this moment, he couldn't afford to check his current status through the smart brain. He devoted himself entirely to the release of magical spells.
There was only one thought in his mind: compress, compress, and compress again!
In the invisible darkness, the ruby, which had absorbed a large amount of energy, trembled violently, as if it would burst in the next moment...
The spell he had spent more than two minutes preparing before was forcibly shortened to three seconds!
Lynn's forehead also had tiny beads of sweat, then he roared, "Break for me!"
The sealed reflective layer instantly cracked with micro-holes even finer than hair strands. A dazzling beam shot out from the darkness, piercing through the heavens and earth!
Lucia, foreseeing the opponent's preparation for casting a laser spell, had already solidified the water screen surrounding her into a circular reflective mirror at the speed of light. Even she couldn't effectively evade at the speed of light...
The only way was to reflect it, perhaps even bounce it back!
However, at the moment the laser beam was emitted, Lucia, located within the protective shield of the reflective mirror, faintly sensed a hint of danger. It was too late, though, as the speed of light was faster than the transmission speed of neurons.
At the moment of realizing the danger, the laser beam, finer than hair strands and more brilliant than starlight, had already penetrated the reflective mirror, instantly piercing through her body!
Then the beam quickly changed direction, severing both her body and the griffin beneath her!
In the void, the ring-shaped reflective mirror reflecting the flames shattered, turning into countless shards falling...
"Should have hit, right?" Lynn's thought flashed through his mind. At this moment, he couldn't afford to check his battle results because he was less than ten meters from the ground!
Even with the simultaneous activation of force field magic and slow-fall spell, it was difficult to completely offset the impact force of falling straight from a kilometre-high altitude in such a short distance.
Lynn had a rough landing, rolling on the ground in a sorry state, only dissipating the impact force after a few rounds. Still, he felt aches all over his body. If not for his cells being infused with magic and the cushioning effect of magic, he would probably have turned into a pile of flesh by now...
Drops of blood continued to drip onto the barren soil!
Of course, this wasn't Lynn's blood. The owner of it soon fell from the sky!
It was a griffin, split in half, and its internal organs and blood flew out during the fall, splashing into the sky...
Lynn's gaze swept over, focusing on the other side. The figure of the Holy See's saintess, Lucia, appeared in front of him, landing gracefully from the sky...
Did the laser miss?
This doubt arose in Lynn's mind, but he quickly dismissed it because there was a trace of blood flowing from the left arm of the saintess in front of him, continuously dripping on the ground.
The saintess's robe was also cut from the left shoulder to the right leg, but the garment did not fall. It seemed to be glued together by some force, and the internal body should be similar...
The whole person was split in half but still acted as if nothing happened, a state that could only be described as terrifying.
Lucia seemed to have just noticed the anomaly on her body. Her slender fingers lightly traced the wound, and the severed injury was completely restored!
Is it an illusion, or is it immortality?
Lynn furrowed his brows. He had encountered this tricky problem during the battle with Edweil.
The opponent seemed to be invincible, and even dismemberment was not fatal.
According to their speculation, this was likely related to the secret of ascending to legendary...
"Quite an impressive magic!" Lucia praised and then turned to Lynn, asking, "Can you tell me its principles?"
She had been very interested in this unique beam of magic.
Initially, she thought it simply utilised the principles of focusing and refracting light, but after experiments, she found it was not that simple!
There must be deeper secrets involved...
"Why, do you want to learn magic?" Lynn was quite surprised.
If he remembered correctly, according to the Bible, magic belonged to the power of the devil. Those who used this power would gradually corrupt their souls and go to hell after death!
"Not every high-ranking member of the church is so conservative," Lucia said with a light laugh. "If you are willing to sacrifice your faith, I will have the Pope personally baptise you, allowing you to enter a more profound realm—the true legendary realm!"
"Better not." Lynn shook his head straightforwardly.
High-ranking members of the church might be closer to true legends than the councillors like Harof, but they would undoubtedly be subject to significant restrictions. Perhaps even their lives would be controlled by others, something he could not tolerate.
However, Lucia's words also raised a slight warning in Lynn's heart. Could a saintess of a church really have such great authority, pardoning him, a minion of the devil, or even ordering the Pope to baptise a wizard?
"What a pity!" Lucia said regretfully. For the first time in hundreds of years, she felt a sense of cherishing talent. However, it seemed the other party was really unappreciative.
"Pity?" A cold laugh echoed in this desolate land. "You better think about yourself!"
As the words fell, more than ten chains composed of alchemical runes rose from the ground, tightly binding Lucia's legs, then extending to her body...
In less than a second, the saintess of the church had been firmly bound.
Victor, who had spoken just now, appeared in the night, and the figures of Aurora and Harof also emerged around, faintly surrounding Lucia in the center.
CH423
With the arrival of the three councillors, the situation on the battlefield instantly reversed.
Alchemical runic chains tightly bound Lucia, her expression unchanged as she calmly spoke, "It seems your target isn't just the oil..."
"Of course, we'll take the oil after dealing with you," Harof sneered in response.
Their airship wasn't flying aimlessly; heading to the oil location was just a diversion!
The importance of oil was undeniable, but it couldn't serve as a battlefield for that reason!
"Why is there only one person? Where is the Chief Justice (High Judge/Chief Inquisitor)?" Victor was surprised; according to their plan, Lynn and others would try to lure both legendary figures of the Holy See for a joint resolution.
"Dealing with just this one isn't bad," Aurora said with a hint of a smile in her eyes.
If it were four against two, there might be room for error. If the enemy forcefully broke through, that would be troublesome.
But now it was four against one, the advantage was ours!
Thinking this, Aurora soon noticed something was amiss. The Holy See's Saintess Lucia, despite being surrounded by them and bound by Victor's alchemy, showed no sign of worry on her face.
"Is this all you planned for tonight?" Lucia spoke, sounding somewhat disappointed.
The wizards' goal not being the oil indeed surprised her. However, using polarization magic, she had sensed Victor and others hiding here, as well as the alchemical arrays laid underground. She didn't pay much attention, though.
For her, whether facing one person, four, or ten, it made no difference!
"Now that everyone is here, let's settle this together!" Lucia's gaze turned cold, a terrifying magical aura surged around her, and the chains binding her suddenly trembled.
[Projection—Divine Realm!]
A grand hymn echoed through the night sky. Following that, the desolate land saw a surge of plant life, vines winding out, destroying the alchemical arrays on the ground.
Lucia floated in the air, her eyes sparkling like stars. The chains binding her shattered instantly, and everything within sight, the entire barren land, transformed into a divine sanctuary...
Lynn stepped back hastily but was still enveloped by the divine realm. What shocked him more was that Lucia didn't use holy words to unleash the Divine Realm.
Previously, when she used power beyond the Archbishop's, she didn't seem to pray like Edweil did...
In an instant, all the information converged in his mind, and the earlier confusion was suddenly unravelled!
"You're not the Holy See's Saintess!"
Lynn's pupils contracted, and he spoke decisively, "You're Aila? That...pseudo-god?"
In the entire Holy See, only one person could command the Pope to baptise wizards as 'evil' and mobilise the power of the Divine Realm without using holy words.
That person was Aila, the god revered by the Holy See!
"What?"
Harof, Victor, and Aurora looked at the floating Lucia in shock. With Lynn's reminder, they all quickly realized.
The Saintess chosen from among the nuns, rotating every few years, living a comfortable life in the Holy City, couldn't possibly possess such power!
Perhaps it was some kind of divine descent!
What chilled them even more was that she was conscious, extremely sharp in thought, completely different from their previous assumptions...
This was undoubtedly the worst situation!
"Have you found a way to eliminate the poison of faith?" Victor asked, his expression both horrified and filled with intense desire.
The faith-turned-magic was a shortcut to a higher realm, a path they had abandoned due to the obstacle of the poison of faith.
It would corrode one's will, assimilating them completely into the imagined god of the believers!
Lucia ignored the title of pseudo-god, looking down on them. Her star-like eyes swept over the four, finally focusing on Lynn, saying coldly,
"This is the last chance; regret is still an option now!"
In response, a flame that seemed to burn eternally appeared around Lynn...
The meaning was clear; only battle remained!
Although things had taken a somewhat unexpected turn, all their preparations were for this battle!
There was no reason to surrender before the battle!
Lucia remained silent. Since she couldn't use them, they had to be eliminated as threats!
As the imminent battle approached, Harof made the first move. The space around him twisted, accompanied by a slight sound resembling glass shattering. Black threads rapidly spread within the Divine Realm projection, collapsing the area, shattering plants and trees...
This was the legendary magical spell—[Temporal Blade]!
Simultaneously, the destroyed alchemical runes on the ground silently reconnected, and from all directions, they targeted Lucia...
Lucia's expression remained indifferent, allowing the chains and invisible blades piercing through her body, pulling her into a vortex of space.
It was then that Aurora urgently reminded,
"You're attacking an illusion. Be careful, Victor; her real self is on your right!"
Victor's mind had already sounded the alarm. The Divine Realm compressed around him to less than three meters, and his perception abilities were significantly reduced.
Unknown when, Saintess Lucia's figure had appeared to his side. Her right hand, gleaming with magical radiance, had already penetrated his protective magic...
A fear aimed at the depths of the soul surged in Victor's brain...
The intense sixth sense made him realize that once hit, he was doomed!
Fortunately, Lynn and the others had already reacted. A strong beam of laser shot through the air.
Though he couldn't instantly unleash a fifth-level laser without the ruby as a focus, risking reflection, Lucia didn't dare to gamble on that probability. Layers of rippling water screens appeared, diverting the beam, but also missing the opportunity to kill Victor...
[Great Disintegration]
[Death's Touch]
Harof and Aurora, working together, shattered the layers of water screens. The intense laser beam slashed out again, and Victor took advantage of this moment to distance himself, breaking free from her control...
CH424
As soon as they engaged, everyone present realised how formidable their enemy was this time. Although constrained by the limitations of the physical body, Lucia couldn't unleash much power, but it was still beyond the reach of these pseudo-legends.
With just a glance, Victor almost met his demise!
The raging, unquenchable flames surged quickly, blocking Lucia's pursuit.
Surviving a close call, Victor dared not make any further attempts and immediately activated the trap they had set in advance!
Accompanied by the sound of earth and stones exploding, the ground beneath everyone's feet collapsed instantly...
Whether it was Lucia or Lynn and the others, they all fell helplessly towards the depths at the same moment!
Despite reaching the level of Grand Wizards, flying in the air was the most basic ability, but now everyone was being dragged underground by a powerful force, rendering them unable to take flight!
This was Harof's greatest achievement in the study of force field magic, combined with Victor's alchemy to create the "Gravity Domain"!
Below, where everyone was falling, was a mined-out and abandoned cavern.
The walls around were adorned with intricate alchemical runes.
These spells were meticulously arranged by Victor and over three hundred alchemists in just an hour, not just the Gravity Domain alone!
"Thunder, descend!" Lynn raised his hand, a shimmering lightning appeared in his palm, and the complex alchemical runes on the walls lit up one by one. Soon, everyone present was engulfed in a sea of lightning!
The thunderous roar echoed through the underground space!
The violent power of thunder wreaked havoc indiscriminately in the entire mine, with the white-hot arcs of electricity continuously leaping and flickering, forming a dense network of lightning that encompassed everyone present.
This formation was none other than the Thunder Summoning Array he had used in the capital!
Although lacking the support of celestial phenomena, with Victor, the 'legendary' alchemist personally improving and casting it, along with the magical power of three hundred wizards and thousands of lightning stones used to charge electromagnetic cannons.
Its power was unquestionable!
At the moment of descent, Lucia was already enveloped in the lightning, and the elements in her divine realm were directly ionised into a high-temperature plasma...
The entire mine became like a sauna with a temperature over a thousand degrees, enough to evaporate the moisture from the human body in seconds!
Similarly, Lynn and the others, struck by thunder, constructed a circular copper mesh around them at the moment of descent. That was the Faraday Cage!
All thunder was blocked outside, and they could even feel the cool breeze caused by the electron wind.
For Archmages and Legendary Mages, using the magical power within their domains to create a Faraday Cage was not a difficult task. The difficulty lay in understanding its principles!
The rampant lightning continued to flicker. Lynn, Harof, Aurora, and Victor, after landing, anxiously watched the center of the mine.
As the center of the array, most of the power of the thunder gathered there, forming a gigantic vortex of lightning, with white-hot plasma constantly surging, emitting a chilling aura!
"She might already be dead, right?" Aurora said in a low voice as Lucia descended.
"Maybe..." Victor responded casually. This array was personally arranged by him, so he naturally understood its power.
Although due to the sudden attack by the Holy See, they didn't have time to perfect this array, its power surpassed ordinary legendary magic.
Victor believed that if he fell into this trap himself, without being able to release the Faraday Cage, he would probably be dead...
But their target was the Saintess of the Holy See, likely the incarnation of the pseudo-god Lucia. Even Victor wasn't completely confident!
Just as the two spoke, the gathered vortex of thunder exploded directly, revealing the interior!
The surface rocks had melted into molten lava due to the high temperature, and Lucia's feet stood on the scorching lava. Her fair skin had turned into a vivid red due to the high temperature, sweat soaked her robe, and dense electric arcs surrounded her...
However, the sharp-eyed Lynn saw that most of the lightning couldn't penetrate about three centimeters from her body surface. Only a small part could break through and enter her body.
Harof, Aurora, Victor, and Lynn were all shocked, and Lynn felt a sinking feeling.
"Some kind of insulating material?"
Obviously, the opponent utilized some insulating element, significantly weakening the power of thunder magic, and then blocked the remaining small part. That was why the opponent could stand there intact...
This was the conscious and unconscious difference. The former wizard, Aila, was much more difficult to deal with than those 'ignorant' divine magic practitioners.
Damn, if only he had switched to chlorotrifluoroethylene...
Lynn regretted himself.
Mainly because using that as a trap would easily burn him to death.
He also didn't expect that the Holy See's Saintess would turn out to be Aila's incarnation. This thunder trap was enough to deal with those 'illiterate' bishops...
"Retreat!" Lynn uttered these two words with difficulty; their previous plan had failed!
"Want to escape?" Lucia's cold voice echoed in everyone's ears, followed by a strong and dazzling divine light emerging from her body.
The divine light was extremely fast, instantly covering the entire mine. Everyone present immediately felt their domains further suppressed. Not only that, but their movements also became incredibly sluggish...
It was the element of air that spontaneously hindered their actions!
In fact, without the protection of the domain, these elements would turn into deadly weapons, piercing their bodies from all directions!
"River of Stars!"
Lucia spoke again. In the void around her, brilliant starlight emerged, converging into a river of stars rushing towards everyone present.
Harof, closest to Lucia, suffered first. The protection around him shattered in the explosion of starfire. A crisp sound of bone breaking echoed as a huge gap tore open in his chest, blood sprayed out wildly, and he flew out, crashing heavily to the ground.
"Harof?" Victor exclaimed, but he couldn't afford to check on his condition because the azure river of stars was already close.
"Realm of Water Curtain!"
At this moment, numerous illusions immediately appeared in the mine. Dozens of Aurora, one after another, surrounded Lucia, forming a circle. Before the river of stars arrived, they all rebuked in unison.
"Mirror Shift - Heaven and Earth!"
The emerging starlight seemed to enter a lake, being absorbed by the appearing water curtain. Immediately after, it rebounded along the same path.
CH425
The brilliant river of the stars, manipulated by the mysterious spell "Mirror Transformation - Heaven and Earth" cast by Aurora, were sent back along the original path. Lucia's face revealed a slight expression of surprise, then she uttered a single word.
"Annihilate!"
At the moment her words fell, the reflected starlight exploded the moment it left the mirror, transforming into a fierce stellar fire.
In the rising starfire and shockwaves, several phantom figures were instantly obliterated!
The walls inside the mine were directly cut through, leaving a meter-thick layer of rock demolished, and all magical runes were nearly destroyed!
In just these two or three seconds, Lynn and the others had vanished...
However, she wasn't worried because the projection of the divine realm had already expanded to cover the entire mining mountain, every move of the other party under her control!
Lucia didn't rush to pursue but instead looked down, the once pristine white holy robe on her body had been cut by the terrifying laser beam, further damaged in the violent, thunderous force moments ago, relying solely on her divine arts to sustain it.
Lucia tore apart her torn robe, using the energy of divine arts to rebuild a new holy robe, and with an icy tone, she spoke.
"The blasphemer shall descend into hell!"
The words of the divine became reality!
The entire divine realm projection quietly underwent a change, centered on this mine, rapidly spreading in all directions.
Wails and screams that sent shivers down the spine echoed out of nowhere, a terrifying aura surged, and the once joyful land turned into an inferno in an instant...
Meanwhile, Lynn and the others, forced to flee, were swiftly moving along an abandoned mine passage.
"Councillor Harof, are you alright?" Lynn expressed concern.
At this moment, Harof's face bore traces of blood, a large hole in his chest, tattered clothes, and he sounded like a leaking drum with every breath, appearing extremely miserable!
"I'm fine, can't die!" Harof laboriously took out a bottle of "Water of Life" and drank it straight.
The large hole in his chest rapidly healed before the naked eye!
This legendary magical medicine was undoubtedly precious, but now was clearly not the time to be frugal; life was always more important than material possessions...
"It seems our planned strategy has failed. What should we do now?" Aurora sensed that her projection magic had been completely shattered, speaking with a grave expression.
According to their plan, they intended to lure the two legendary figures of the Holy See here, join forces to fight them four against two, and then, using the lightning-based legendary spells set up by the alchemy array, push them to the limit, inducing them to unleash the Gate of Heaven!
Based on Harof and others' research on the spatial portals within the magic crystal mine, the more powerful an entity, the more challenging it was for them to cross dimensions.
Entities like Aila, even with a legendary priest providing enough energy at the cost of their own life, would still take about six or seven seconds from opening the gate to the pseudo-god stepping out!
This time was enough for him to launch the nuclear explosion magic inside!
However, Lynn did not expect that the opponent would push them into such a desperate situation with just a single incarnation!
Their carefully laid traps were also diminished in potency by the insulating body, providing almost no effect...
"Normal attacks can't kill this Holy See's Saintess, even dismemberment is useless. I've tested it just now!" Lynn reminded.
Harof and others looked serious but soon relaxed.
During the Battle of the Royal Capital, Edweil also demonstrated a similar ability to an undying body, but in the end, they still managed to kill him.
This proved that an undying body was not truly immortal; it had its limits!
It might require a massive amount of energy or have an upper limit on healing capabilities.
"We can only use your new magic then." Victor looked at Lynn. With the power of nuclear magic, if located at the core of the explosion, nothing would be left!
There would be no possibility of bodily reconstruction.
"But, do we really need to use it here? Just to deal with an incarnation?" Aurora hesitated.
"With the power demonstrated by the opponent, it's definitely not as simple as ordinary divine descent magic!" Harof decisively said.
Lynn remained silent; in fact, he couldn't find an opportunity to use nuclear magic!
After all, the distance between them was too close; in this situation, using nuclear magic would undoubtedly be a mutual destruction...
This was something Lynn could think of, and naturally, Harof and others were aware of it as well.
There were alternative solutions derived from this problem.
The plan was to have one person temporarily delay Lucia, allowing the others to cast the spell and escape!
The problem was, could one person really hold her back? Their combined strength wouldn't last long enough to support escaping from the explosion range.
Moreover, who would be the one to sacrifice?
"We can only leave two people behind and let two escape!" Harof sighed, then looked at Lynn and spoke again. "Can your magic be cast by someone else?"
If it could, then there was no need for Lynn, the star of magic, to sacrifice himself.
"Things haven't reached that point yet..." Lynn suddenly interrupted everyone's thoughts. "Do you remember how I had them evacuated?"
Harof and others pondered, realising that when Lynn mentioned "them," he was referring to the wizards responsible for Victor's alchemical array.
"In addition, do you have a way to break this divine realm projection, Councillor Harof..." Lynn spoke again, stressing the importance.
He remembered that in the previous Battle of the Royal Capital, Harof had shattered the divine realm area set up by Edweil!
"It's difficult, very difficult!" Harof furrowed his brows.
Although this was just a projection of the divine realm into the real world, the caster was the incarnation of Aila, whose strength far exceeded that of Edweil!
"Just because it's difficult doesn't mean it's impossible, right?" Lynn emphasised once again.
"Difficult, but not impossible!" Aurora added.
Harof was about to reply when a wave of red light spread from behind them. The solid mountain rock under their feet immediately turned into a stinking mud, and skeletal hands emerged from the underground, attempting to pull Lynn and the others into it.
The walls around them continuously crumbled, revealing twisted faces on the disintegrating surfaces. In their visible front, dozens of grotesque monsters crawled out from the muddy ground, blocking their path...
A strong, nauseating stench overwhelmed them, enough to suffocate and chill anyone...
This was the depiction of hell descending upon the mortal realm as described in the scriptures!
