Chapter 1 A Demigod Arrives

A day and a night of shelling had already decimated the morale of the magic airship fleet. Yet, just as the United Empire's fleets thought victory was at hand, an old mage with a stern expression descended onto the battlefield, disrupting the rhythm.

With a simple appearance, the old man in the white mage robes, with a few instant spells, destroyed several Sea King-class main battleships, inflicting significant losses on the Allied Fleet.

Seeing this combat power, the fleet knew that this must be a ninth-order powerhouse or above.

Since this old man had been causing trouble on the Lu Ying mainland recently, wanted orders had spread all over the Empire, and the staff recognized his identity immediately.

"That's... the enemy's demigod powerhouse is here! Be careful, that's Constantine Reynaud, the 'Evil Archmage' in the intelligence reports!"

"Not good, that's a forbidden spell, quickly notify the ten-thousand mage corps on the command ship to intercept..."

"Hey, look, someone stopped that mage?"

"That's Mister Black from the Dawn, oh... that's the Dragon Tongue Mage Corps!"

"My God, how can they be so strong? They actually withstood the attack of a demigod powerhouse! This is much stronger than a ten-thousand mage corps."

"This must be His Majesty's secret weapon, haha... Dawn always gives people surprises every time they appear."

"..."

As soon as the old man appeared, the Eternal Night, hidden in the Allied Fleet, also took action. Mister Black led the ten-thousand mage corps to block a super-large forbidden spell, saving at least dozens of battleships from being sunk.

However, under this kind of absolute power suppression, all numbers are fleeting clouds.

Even Mister Black and the Dragon Tongue Mage Corps were a little overwhelmed after taking two full-power magic attacks from the demigod.

Fortunately, before long, a spatial fluctuation flashed, and a few figures appeared on the deck of the Eternal Night.

Looking closely, several mysterious people wearing golden-patterned cloaks appeared out of thin air.

Mister Black on the Eternal Night knew who was coming and was not surprised.

But the soldiers of the Allied Fleet suddenly burst into cheers.

"Look, those golden-patterned cloaks... are the top combat power of the Dawn!"

"Haha, our reinforcements are here!"

"..."

The soldiers were so excited that tears welled up in their eyes. These golden-patterned cloaks... were the "legends" they had seen countless times in the newspapers.

Facing the enemy, there was no need to be soft.

As soon as Soren showed up, looking at the old mage in the sky, he took out the Tartarus Soul Restricting Lamp without hesitation, wanting to lock down this guy's soul.

At the same time, Qian Tiao's reaction was extremely rapid, and she had already drawn her sword and turned into lightning, rushing towards him.

Mister Mirror also turned into a mirror light and disappeared on the spot.

The three wanted to repeat the old trick and use the tactic of besieging the Grand Princess Octavia.

However, unexpectedly, the old mage Constantine seemed to have been prepared. He looked stern when he saw the bronze lamp appear, and his figure strangely turned into an illusion and collapsed, actually dodging the soul light. Then he retreated a long distance, causing Qian Tiao's sword energy and Mister Mirror's attack to miss.

Looking again, the old man had already turned into a streamer. In the blink of an eye, the figure flickered frequently and disappeared into the sky.

What the three didn't expect was that this dignified demigod powerhouse didn't even think of fighting, and chose to escape?

Soren and the other two secretly said it was tricky, and followed up.

In the blink of an eye, the few had chased for dozens of nautical miles, and when they looked again, in front of them were nearly a thousand magic airships from the Celestial God Plane.

The "Evil Archmage" Constantine stood in the void in front of the airships, as if he had confidence.

But that was indeed the case.

Although Soren and the others chased after him, they didn't dare to approach the millions of mages behind the old man glaring at them.

No matter how strong they were, it was absolutely impossible for them to fight head-on against a million-mage legion.

...

The Archmage was already the ceiling-level combat power of the Alchemy Plane, and this old man disregarded his status as an expert, hiding in the million-strong legion, and Soren and the others really couldn't do anything about it.

At this time, Constantine spoke: "I think we can talk. As long as you release the Princess, we can agree to some exchange conditions."

This guy used the magic of [Universal Language], and everyone understood what he was saying.

Mister Mirror looked indifferent and didn't respond.

Qian Tiao coldly looked at the magic circles lit up on the airships, as if considering where to start.

When Soren heard this, he didn't talk nonsense, and directly grabbed the Grand Princess Octavia, who had been tied into a mummy, in his hand. Without saying a word, he was ready to tear up the ticket.

There was definitely no point in talking about conditions.

Even if the Celestial God Plane made the maximum concession and chose to withdraw its troops, the result would not be beneficial to the Alchemy Plane.

Once this important hostage was gone, the enemy would no longer have any scruples, and would launch a retaliatory attack on the Lu Ying mainland at all costs. The final battle would be even more tragic.

Plane invasion was originally an irreconcilable feud.

Moreover, the weaker side never had the right to negotiate conditions.

But at the same time, Soren and the others did not dare to kill the Grand Princess Octavia for the time being.

Once she was killed, those guys from the Celestial God Plane would no longer have any scruples, and would even attack the Lu Ying mainland recklessly in retaliation. The final battle would be even more tragic.

The enemy was obviously sure of this.

That's why the old mage was so calm and wanted to negotiate.

For the other members of the Magic Legion, Grand Princess Octavia was a member of the royal family who was more important than their lives.

But Constantine himself was a demigod. In the Asidun Empire of the Celestial God Plane, he was also a top figure, so he had far fewer worries.

Moreover, the one who could really decide the life and death of a Celestial Saintess was not anyone, but the gods.

Soren and the others followed, wanting to see how much value this bait had.

Now, looking at the attitude of these mages preparing to launch a strong attack, it was probably hopeless.

...

At the level of a demigod, scheming and calculations were almost useless.

When the two sides met, they could already judge each other's plans.

Constantine looked at the hostage in Soren's hand, and already knew that there was no room for negotiation. This guy was also extremely decisive, snorted coldly, and waved his hand: "Do it!"

Immediately, terrifying magic energy fluctuations surged from the magic airships behind him. Obviously, they were prepared, and colorful magic was instantly released.

Just the previous moment, the black crow on Soren’s shoulder had cawed, warning of danger.

Mister Mirror, Soren, and Qian Tiao all retreated violently.

When they came, Soren's Eye of Omniscience had already seen through everything, so they did not enter the enemy's ambush circle.

This violent retreat happened to avoid the most deadly coverage area of the legion magic.

Even though the three had reacted so quickly, the light bullets and countless magic beams still attacked on a large scale, making it impossible to avoid them.

To deal with the three of them, the million-mage legion did not spare any magic power, releasing a terrifying range attack that could almost kill any ninth-order professional.

The deadly crisis pressed down like a collapsing mountain, making people's scalps tingle.

While retreating violently, Mister Mirror raised his hands, and the mirror light refraction had already reflected back the magic that touched her.

Qian Tiao slashed out three knives, and the several ninth-order legion magic attacks that came from behind were instantly cut into several pieces.

Soren teleported with ease.

With a flash of light and shadow, when they looked again, the three were already several nautical miles away. The old archmage Constantine frowned, but did not move. The two sides immediately fell into a very strange situation.

The Magic Legion moved too slowly to catch up. And although Constantine was strong, he didn't dare to chase alone. On the other side, Soren and the other two didn't dare to rush over.

...

The two sides were at a stalemate in the air for a moment.

Constantine looked at the three in the distance, his face darkened, but he didn't hesitate any longer, turned around and returned to the fleet.

Looking again, the entire Magic Legion no longer paid attention to the three, and headed straight for the Lu Ying mainland in the west. Although the artillery battle in the past two days had damaged some airships, they were still an invincible legion.

Now it was Soren and the others turn to look at each other.

Qian Tiao complained in disappointment: "This guy is a dignified demigod, but he doesn't dare to fight and just hides?"

They had been waiting for these two days to catch this last big fish first.

She thought she could have a big battle.

Unexpectedly, this guy avoided the battle directly.

Now that he was hiding in the million-strong legion, even a few more demigods wouldn't be able to rush in.

Qian Tiao was also helpless.

Soren frowned slightly and muttered: "It seems that the god of the Celestial God Plane has given up on that Octavia. This is troublesome."

They probably felt that they couldn't save her, so they gave up decisively.

And the enemy was now obviously planning to attack the Lu Ying mainland according to the original plan and destroy the Alchemy civilization.

If they really fought head-on, even if the Alchemy Plane could win, it would be a pyrrhic victory.

A dignified look flashed across Mister Mirror's eyes, and he said lightly: "Let's go back to the Eternal Night and discuss it later."

With that, the three disappeared on the spot.

The surrounding scenery changed, and the three had returned to the deck of the Eternal Night.

As soon as the three of them returned, countless cannons on the warship began a new round of firepower coverage towards the Magic Airship Fleet, and the sound of artillery fire was deafening.

Although they had been busy for this trip and failed to stop the Celestial God Plane's general offensive, it was a bit of a good thing that with Soren and the others in the fleet, they were not afraid of the enemy's top power coming to behead them.

This also ensured that the artillery tactics could continue.

And from these guys to the Lu Ying mainland, at the cost of ammunition, they could at least consume 10 to 20% of the other side's combat power.

But apart from long-range artillery warfare, no one dared to directly confront the million-mage legion.

As it seemed now, there seemed to be no better choice than to gather forces in the Lu Ying mainland for a final battle.

The situation fell into a stalemate again.

...

Not many people knew about Qian Tiao's return from the Yellow Springs, but now that they saw her return safely and also advance to the ninth order, it was a great joy.

The Dawn members on the deck cheered.

Especially her disciple, Lolota, was so excited that she danced with joy.

Anyway, the Dawn didn't have to participate in the artillery battle, so everyone on the ship surrounded Qian Tiao, asking about her experiences in the Yellow Springs and asking what the ninth-order Sword God realm was like.

They also prepared a lively celebration.

No matter what, the Dawn would always face it with optimism. This was a tradition.

Soren didn't participate in the excitement, but returned to the captain's cabin.

Because there were some things he had to do immediately.

Since the enemy didn't care about the hostage, there was no point in keeping her alive.

Even a demigod powerhouse's corpse was of great use.

Soren closed the door, arranged an isolation formation, and directly solved the demigod prisoner.

He wanted to strip the soul to strengthen himself, and also wanted to get some necessary information.

"You have stripped the soul of Octavia J. Fielding."

"You have obtained a large amount of Holy Light magic, Light forbidden spells, and elemental experience."

"You have understood the mysteries of the elemental forbidden spells and mastered a large number of high-level elemental magic spells."

"You have stripped the perception of the 'Light Rule' and understood some of the mysteries of the 'Archmage'."

"You have obtained information: details of the war capacity arrangement of the Asidun Empire in the Alchemy Plane..."

"You have obtained some secret stories of the Asidun Empire royal family: In the Magic Tower of the Imperial Royal Magic Academy, there is a heretical sect's secret book, which records the secrets to reaching the god rank. That is a taboo and no one is allowed to read it..."