The appearance of Salpheni brought much vitality and brilliance to Xiao Xun's monotonous military life.
Mainly, Xiao Xun had inquired around, and this wasn't a big deal in this world, but he didn't know how to explain it to Her Majesty the Empress.
After all, Salpeis had accepted advanced ideas from another world, and her resistance to such matters should be significant.
However, now was not the time to consider this. The undead army's ghouls were swarming in.
A vast expanse of ghouls, mixed with killing intent, swept over. The crackling thunder and lightning in the sky had immobilized space, time, and everything around them.
Xiao Xun watched in surprise as two figures hovered in the air, their emitted aura so profound and powerful.
It was like a mountain, pressing down on Xiao Xun until he could barely breathe. Compared to the opponent's strength, Xiao Xun felt like a tiny ant. The opponent could crush him with a mere flick of a finger.
For a moment, Xiao Xun felt an urge to kneel before them. The opponent, with mere powerful aura and magic, could overwhelm him.
Never surrender!
Xiao Xun, with his unyielding pride, ordered Delvana to make combat deployments, first clearing these annoying ghouls. The Red Dragon Knight, with powerful area-of-effect skills, was undoubtedly the best vanguard.
Lottf, mounted on a red dragon, broke the sound barrier the instant he received the order. The red dragon's speed was so fast that it left only an afterimage.
Despite the extreme speed, Lottf felt a stronger sense of danger. He realized he was still locked onto by the opponent and could easily be hit by magic.
However, he did not hesitate and charged forward.
Reaching the opposing commander, he raised his magic staff, and a beam of lightning, like a venomous snake, instantly tore through the pressure and struck out.
Finally breaking through the immense pressure created by the opponent, a hint of joy flashed across Lottf's face. Despite his joy, he remained steady, his left hand still firmly controlling the lightning, attacking the commander.
The opponent, seeing Lottf break through the pressure and magic he generated, showed a clear flicker of surprise in his eyes. However, he remained unfazed, casually raising a finger and slowly pointing it at Lottf. Just a single finger descended with the pressure of a great mountain.
Though it appeared slow, the red dragon, capable of breaking the sound barrier, found nowhere to hide.
His finger, with the power of a mountain, ferociously brought down endless magic.
At that moment, Lottf knew that if he were hit by that immensely powerful finger.
The furious magic, carrying raging lightning, would surely shatter him in an instant. Thus, in that moment, the only countermeasure he could think of was to gather all his strength and magic for a desperate final blow.
Lottf chanted quickly, then raised his staff. A colossal starry lightning, like a celestial river carrying a moon, permeated with immense current, converged all his magic and was about to strike the enemy commander.
Both were lightning mages, but the opponent's level was clearly higher.
The opponent calmly raised a hand and casually cast an advanced lightning spell – Thunderbolt.
In an instant, the commander seemed to split space and time.
Lottf watched with unwillingness as his peak attack landed on empty air.
He slumped onto the red dragon's back like a powerless leaf, and the red dragon, hit by the opponent, fell from mid-air.
Too strong!
It was a battle of completely different leagues. Archmages were among the most powerful beings on the entire planet, a height that some mages could never reach in their lifetime. With the enhancement of a Red Dragon Knight, they were national treasures in any country, yet they couldn't even last three rounds against this person, showing the opponent's immense power and formidable strength.
"Save my teacher!" Dukal shouted hoarsely, pointing at the falling red dragon and his teacher.
The red dragon, the moment it lost consciousness, turned its belly upward, catching Lottf, who was also falling.
The ghouls below had stronger attack power and higher attack speed than usual.
Even after being ignited by the Phoenix army's flames, they could still attack for half an hour. Ordinary wooden shields were reduced to splinters in just a few hits.
These ghouls were even more adept at biting than the werewolves of the orcish tribes, and they carried a large number of pathogens. Soldiers bitten by them would, after a period, turn into zombies controlled by the enemy.
Most importantly, the enemy commander was still above, staring at the entire battlefield with a predatory gaze.
Xiao Xun intended to enter the fray himself, but his twin-headed dragon, Borjard, couldn't fly yet, and he couldn't fly either, which was a significant disadvantage.
Delvana took her shield from behind, frowned, and said, "I'll go."
As she spoke, her whole body was enveloped in flames, and she leaped up.
A magic sword descended from some unseen cloud, hovering before Delvana.
A majestic voice shouted, "Take one more step forward, and you will die!"
Delvana, as a Valkyrie, was not one to be intimidated. She directly wielded the Corona Divine Sword and struck at the magic sword before her.
The magic sword emitted purple light, and the Corona Divine Sword couldn't move it an inch.
One of the commanders suddenly appeared, grabbed the hilt of the magic sword, and raised his hand to slash at Delvana.
Delvana raised her shield to block, but the immense force of the magic sword sent her flying back.
"Just this much strength, and you claim to be of the divine race? Hmph!"
Delvana's armor shattered a bunker. Xiao Xun quickly told Aries to check on her.
Before Aries could cast any spells, Delvana flew out of the ruined bunker and rushed back into the sky.
"Overestimating yourself, this time I'll let you... Huh?"
He discovered that Delvana's flames had changed. They were not only dazzling but also extremely scorching.
Xiao Xun, looking at Delvana, who was like the sun in the sky, felt a very bad premonition.
Delvana's divine sharpness reached its peak, and the owner of the magic sword actively dodged. "You're using your own blood as a sacrifice for the Blazing Sun spell. Do you think it's effective?"
Delvana gritted her teeth and said, "Whether it's effective or not, you'll know if you try."
As soon as her words fell, the owner of the magic sword flew up, and a huge purple light, like a chain, enveloped Delvana.
Seeing this, Xiao Xun shouted at the Twelve Star Envoys, "All of you go together and save Sister Na for me."
"Yes!"
Not everyone here could fly, and only Pisces and Capricorn among the Twelve Star Envoys could fly.
Delvana's body erupted with light, breaking free from the magic sword's purple chain restraint. Her fighting spirit was at its peak. Not only her blood but also her soul was burning. She herself was like a radiant atomic energy, unleashing immense power.
The owner of the magic sword cursed, "Insane!"
The magic sword in his hand seemed to grow countless times larger, and its sword aura pressed down with an overwhelming momentum.
This aura also revealed the magic sword owner's true appearance. His skin was like bronze, like steel, and his build was very tall. The armor woven from skulls and shattered bones looked eerie and terrifying. Most striking was his helmet, which was actually the gilded skull of a monstrous beast.
The fierce battle raged in the sky, while the wounded Lottf and the red dragon below were carried back from the battlefield.
Xiao Xun ordered them to avoid close contact with the ghouls as much as possible. Those with a casting range less than ten meters were to use weapons. Priests were to form a healing wall, and blessing scrolls and purification potions were to be used without regard for cost.
For a short period, those injured by ghouls would not turn into zombies if treated with purification potions.
Delvana was like the scorching sun at noon. Pisces and Capricorn couldn't intervene at all, but Xiao Xun gave them two items: handguns and grenades. They were to seize the opportunity and rescue Delvana.
The remaining ten protected Xiao Xun's safety.
Suddenly, a circle of light blue radiance bloomed from the magic sword owner. Wherever the light passed, even the air turned an eerie, dark blue.