Chapter 495
Escape and Preparation in Light
Chapter 495 Escape and Preparation in Light
Jemin's figure almost transformed into a twisted streak of light, hurtling towards the depths of the wasteland, far from the Allied camp and the main battlefield.
Behind them, the group of wizards, after a brief moment of shock, immediately sounded a piercing alarm.
More wizards converged from all directions, like a swarm of sharks that had caught the scent of blood, roaring and relentlessly pursuing them.
After discovering that offensive spells were ineffective, a barrage of detection, locking, remote interception, and binding spells rained down.
Jemin had to frequently change direction, rising and falling abruptly, weaving through a dense network of fire, each turn fraught with danger.
"Damn it...this is truly an undeserved disaster..."
He gritted his teeth and cursed inwardly, but his eyes remained unusually calm.
You can't escape in a straight line, because that will allow them to predict your movement.
We cannot escape towards the Norren Workshop defense line; it's too far, and we'll be intercepted along the way.
They could only engage in a desperate chase on this unfamiliar wasteland, with the ever-growing number of pursuers behind them.
He subconsciously scanned the magic network terminal inside the space expansion bag with his mental power. On it, the signal representing his own unit was so weak that it was almost gone.
This means that at this moment, he is truly alone.
"So unlucky, so unlucky, so unlucky..."
Jemin's figure traced a twisted trajectory across the gray wasteland.
He pushed the Tai Xu Step to its limit, making him appear like a phantom merging into the wind, but the torrent of pursuing lights composed of dozens of different colors behind him clung to him like a malignant tumor, relentlessly pursuing him.
"Since you want to pursue me, then I'll take care of you first!"
He gritted his teeth, swung his left hand backward, and released the spell stored in the witch artifact on his wrist. Three beams of annihilating divine light shot backward in a fan shape!
The dark golden light tore through the atmosphere, instantly expanding to a diameter of several thousand meters the moment it left the hand, and precisely bombarded the area where the pursuing team was most concentrated.
The two Chaos Cult members and the three wizards from the Tower of Annihilation were unable to dodge in time. Their shields melted away like ice and snow the moment the light touched them, and their bodies turned into scattered ashes.
Another wizard from the Tower of Annihilation was a little luckier; his left arm was grazed by the light.
The entire arm disappeared at the shoulder, the cut was as smooth as a mirror, and there wasn't even time for blood to gush out.
However, such a blockade has limited effectiveness.
More attacks poured in from behind: crimson cursed chains, grayish-white annihilation energy orbs, and invisible mental spikes relentlessly pursued them.
Furthermore, wizards skilled in the laws of binding joined forces to cast a spell, causing the gravity around Jemin to suddenly increase, making the air thick and sticky.
The Guixu Armor continuously emitted a transparent glow on its surface.
Most of the attacks landed on it, like pebbles thrown into a deep pool, creating ripples but then disappearing.
The curses and mental shocks that directly affect the soul are quietly dissolved by the Xuan Gang Red Dust Barrier.
However, Guixu Armor was powerless against those energy-based binding spells.
In order to dodge, Jemin inevitably slowed down.
What's more troublesome is that the number of pursuers has not decreased, but is instead increasing.
In the distance, more points of light are converging on this pursuing army from all directions.
What alarmed Jemin even more was that, at the edge of his perception range, three much stronger energy fluctuations, like mountains pressing down, were approaching at an alarming speed!
Level 6 wizard.
And there's more than one.
"We can't delay any longer..."
Jemin took a deep breath, focused his will into his dantian without hesitation, and unleashed his trump card.
The Five Aggregates Transform into a Rainbow Mirror.
They vanished into the light.
"open!"
With a low shout, Jieming unleashed his spiritual power into the Five Elements Rainbow Mirror, while simultaneously releasing another round of Extinction Fire Divine Light behind him!
The iridescent light on the surface of the disc suddenly intensified, instantly enveloping his entire body!
The next moment, his body completely "melted" into the light.
Under the influence of the Five Aggregates Rainbow Mirror, the entire body instantly transformed into a true ray of light!
hum! ! !
Amidst the deafening roar, Jemin's figure vanished from the spot.
The wizards who were chasing at the front were caught off guard and were hit by his final Fiery Annihilation Divine Light, turning into ashes.
Meanwhile, the rainbow light that Jemin had transformed into shot towards the deeper part of the wasteland!
A few minutes later.
Three figures appeared like ghosts at the spot where Jemin had disappeared.
The leader was a level six wizard of the Chaos Cult, wearing dark purple heavy armor inlaid with bone spikes, his exposed skin covered with writhing black runes.
He hovered in mid-air, his eyes, as deep as an abyss, sweeping over the chaotic pursuing force below, his brows furrowing slightly.
"Ran away?" His voice was hoarse, like sandpaper rubbing against metal.
A level-five wizard flew forward tremblingly and bowed to report: "Sir, the target suddenly turned into a rainbow of light... It was too fast, we couldn't track it at all..."
"Transformed into rainbow light?" Another level six wizard from the Tower of Annihilation—whose entire body was shrouded in gray-white mist, with only two points of scarlet light flickering deep within the mist—uttered a low hum, "I didn't know you were so skilled in writing."
After seeing the battlefield logs presented tremblingly by another level-five wizard, the wizard from the Tower of Annihilation finally let out a cold laugh:
"Interesting, truly interesting technology. But can a level five wizard master this level of spatial and elemental manipulation technology? When did Norren Workshop produce such a person?"
The third level six wizard, an old woman with a hunched back and holding a withered wooden staff, slowly landed on the ground. She didn't speak, but simply tapped her withered wooden staff lightly on the ground.
hum...
Invisible ripples spread out.
Dust on the ground, residual energy fragments in the air, ripples of light that haven't completely dissipated...
All the "information" related to the chase just now converged on the withered wooden staff like iron filings attracted by a magnet.
The old woman closed her eyes and concentrated, her withered lips opening and closing silently.
A moment later, she opened her eyes, and countless shimmering fragments of images were reflected deep within her pupils.
Those were the "traces" belonging to Jieming extracted from the environmental information: the energy characteristics when he released the divine light of the extinguishing fire, the spatial disturbance of the movement of the Taixu Step, and even a trace of extremely faint rainbow spirituality belonging to the Five Aggregates Rainbow Mirror.
“A very sophisticated technique of concealment and energy conversion,” the old woman said slowly, her voice like the wind blowing through withered leaves, “but he left behind enough ‘scent’.”
She looked at the level six wizard of the Chaos Cult: "Kalon, your 'Shadowhound' should come in handy."
The heavily armored wizard known as Kalon grinned, revealing jagged, sharp teeth.
He stretched out his right hand, his five fingers spread.
The shadow beneath my feet suddenly began to twist and writhe, as if it had come to life, rising from the ground and deforming in the air.
It eventually transformed into a "shadow dog" that was entirely black, with only an outline and no details.
The shadow hound had no eyes, but its head turned toward the fragments of information gathered by the old woman's staff, emitting a silent hiss.
Kalon grabbed the fragments in mid-air and pressed them into the Shadowhound's body.
The shadow hound's body instantly solidified by a third, and faint rainbow patterns appeared on its surface—those were the spiritual characteristics of the Five Aggregates Transformation Rainbow Mirror.
“Go,” Caron patted the shadowhound’s head. “Find him.”
The shadow hound raised its head and let out a silent roar. With all its might, it transformed into a black lightning bolt that sped along the ground, chasing after the direction in which Jemin had fled.
Its speed was so fast that it was not much slower than a level six wizard flying at full speed!
The three level-six wizards exchanged a glance, their figures blurring as they followed the shadow hound.
……
……
at the same time.
More than 15 million kilometers away from the battlefield just now.
A rainbow of light descended from the sky, reforming into a human shape the instant it touched the ground.
Jemin knelt on one knee, supporting himself with his hands on the ground, panting heavily.
The light-transformation technique places a tremendous burden on both the mind and body. Even after years of tempering and adaptive evolution through body-strengthening techniques, he still felt soreness in every muscle of his body and a sense of emptiness emanating from his spiritual sea.
"Huff...huff...flying this far in one go...that must have been exhausting..."
Fortunately, the body training method has adapted to this kind of fatigue, and the body is recovering quickly.
Jemin stood up and looked around.
This is an even more desolate area. The ground is no longer a monotonous gray-white, but a dark iron gray, like the weathered residue of slag after refining some kind of metal ore vein.
In the distance, there were several low, rocky mountains, as if they had been cleaved by a giant blade, and the sky remained a somber, leaden gray.
We're safe for now.
Even if the opponent is a level six wizard, it would be unlikely to catch up with him if he traveled more than ten million kilometers at the speed of light...
The moment the thought crossed his mind, Jemin's heart skipped a beat!
He instantly understood, as if on a whim, that this was a passive feedback from the Cause and Effect Tracing Technique.
Although this spell makes it difficult to actively predict the future in a chaotic world, it can still sense "dangerous tracing" that involves oneself.
Something... is tracking him.
The fact that the Xuan Gang Red Dust Barrier showed no reaction indicates that the other party does not rely on the causal line or the chain of fate.
It's highly likely that he used the information he left behind, which is why the Causal Tracing Technique reacted!
"The methods of a level six wizard... are really troublesome." Jemin's eyes were serious.
Based on his current understanding of tracking and counter-tracking technologies, it would be virtually impossible to completely erase all remaining information.
Since the other party was able to catch up, it means that they have mastered a tracking spell that is difficult for him to deal with.
but……
Jemin raised his head and looked in the direction where the Shadowhound and the three level-six wizards might be chasing after him. Instead of panic, a hint of... eagerness flashed in his eyes.
"A distance of 15 million kilometers... Even if the other party is at level six, it will take time to catch up."
"This period of time is enough to get a lot done."
He originally participated in peripheral reconnaissance missions in order to hone his own system in actual combat.
And now, isn't fighting against a level six wizard the best opportunity to hone one's skills?
Of course, Jemin wasn't arrogant enough to think he could directly confront a level six wizard.
Moreover, the enemy is likely to be more than one person.
"So... I need to prepare some 'gifts' for my guests." He grinned.
(End of this chapter)