If things could continue like this…
In theory, he could rely on the nearly infinite energy supply from the inner world within his body to drag this out until the end of ti!
He could exhaust every last resource this sixth-ring wizard had in reserve!
By then, the tide of battle could truly reverse!
This was his only path to victory!
However…
This tempting idea had barely taken shape before it was doused by the cold reality!
Jie Ming’s expression darkened imperceptibly.
“This place… is enemy territory.”
From the start of the battle until now, this black-robed wizard—perhaps out of absolute confidence in his own strength, or because he believed he could end the fight quickly—had not called for reinforcents.
But the battle had already dragged on for a “long” ten minutes!
Unless the opponent was a fool, he must have realized by now that he could not take Jie Ming down in a one-on-one fight quickly!
In that case…
A request for reinforcents had very likely already been sent!
The reinforcents might even be on their way!
If he continued to drag things out, what awaited him would not be the opponent running out of resources, but even more—and stronger—enemies! Once surrounded, no matter how strong his evolution or how fast his regeneration, there would be no path to survival!
“Can’t drag this out any longer…” A surge of urgency rose in Jie Ming’s heart, cold sweat forming on his forehead.
“…Should I attempt ‘Light Transformation’ to escape?” The thought surfaced once again.
But using Light Transformation carried great risk!
Jie Ming did not expect to actually escape from the opponent’s grasp with it. He was simply uncertain what the result would truly be when he activated it.
If he could successfully change his position after being intercepted, that would be fine…
But if even the escape process was “omitted” by the opponent, leaving him still in the sa spot after interception, then using Light Transformation would consu massive amounts of spiritual qi and ntal energy, putting him at a disadvantage instead!
While engaged in a dazzling, fierce exchange with the black-robed wizard—fists and feet clashing with continuous explosions, energy surging in all directions—Jie Ming rapidly weighed the pros and cons in his mind, his expression shifting unpredictably.
Above the battlefield, energy storms howled.
Deep underground, rock layers continued to collapse.
Two figures madly intertwined across this hellish battlefield. Every collision released terrifying power capable of tearing space itself! Yet Jie Ming’s heart grew heavier and heavier…
Buzz… Rumble rumble rumble!!!
Just as Jie Ming clenched his teeth, preparing to risk everything and activate “Light Transformation” for a slim chance of survival…
The sky changed!
A low yet extrely penetrating roar, as if billions of thunderbolts were brewing in the distant depths of the earth, tore through the air from far to near at an inconceivable speed!
Both Jie Ming and the black-robed wizard felt their hearts tighten. Their movents in the midst of fierce combat slowed involuntarily by half a beat as their senses locked onto the source of the sound and energy fluctuations!
In the distant sky, an enormous black shadow that blotted out the sun was hurtling toward them at nearly a hundred tis the speed of sound!
It was a colossal tallic object composed entirely of dark, somber tal—sharp-angled, diamond-shaped, and mountain-sized!
Its sheer volu was enough to easily cover the entire stretch of gobi desert below. The shadow it cast instantly enveloped the two combatants locked in battle!
Because of its terrifying speed, the air at the front of the giant object was compressed to the extre. Friction between layers of air ford a bright white plasma shockwave, like a blazing crown of light placed upon this tallic mountain range!
The sonic boom, shrill beyond the limits of human hearing, manifested as tangible destructive shockwaves. So of the earlier waves even swept across the land far ahead of the main body!
Wherever they passed, the already shattered rock pillars and ground were torn apart as if plowed by an invisible giant plow, collapsing and hurling debris everywhere!
Carrying the overwhelming montum to crush everything in its path, the object hurtled straight toward the core area where the two were fighting!
The dark red gleam beneath the black-robed wizard’s hood flickered.
His figure blurred slightly in place. In the next instant, he “appeared” tens of thousands of ters away in another section of the high sky, far outside the giant object’s direct impact range.
Against a purely physical, large-scale orbital strike of this magnitude, eting it head-on was absolutely not a wise choice!
Although the [Imaginary] Law could “define” outcos, facing such mass and kinetic energy would likely consu a considerable “quota.” It was better to temporarily avoid the sharp edge!
Jie Ming, however, remained completely motionless where he stood. He rely tilted his head slightly upward, calmly watching the approaching tallic mountain.
In an instant, his spiritual sense completed complex calculations…
Trajectory, speed, kinetic energy decay, air resistance, and… a certain subtle manipulative spiritual force field attached to the giant object!
“The main shockwave direction is toward… the second quadrant. The remaining kinetic energy is insufficient to breach the current threshold of the Return to Ruins Armor.” He reached this conclusion in his mind instantly.
Thus, under the slightly astonished gaze of the black-robed wizard…
Amid the terrifying hurricane and sonic shockwaves carried by the tallic mountain—strong enough to blow away entire peaks…
Jie Ming simply drifted a short distance away.
BOOM!!!
In the blink of an eye, the burning-red underside of the tallic mountain, carrying enough destructive kinetic energy to annihilate everything, slamd rcilessly into the earth! The entire world seed to tremble!
Centered on the point of impact, the ground within a radius of several hundred kiloters instantly shattered and collapsed, forming a gigantic teor crater so deep it had no visible bottom!
The ground seed to turn into liquid. Countless concentric rings of earthen waves surged outward like tsunamis, completely tearing apart the already riddled gobi desert!
Rumble rumble rumble!!!
The shockwaves spread outward at supersonic speeds like tangible tsunamis!
Wherever they passed, rock layers were pulverized, the atmosphere was torn apart, and every tangible object was reduced to fine powder!
Countless tons of rock fragnts were hurled into the sky, colliding with the sonic shockwaves high above and triggering chains of secondary explosions. The entire sky was dyed a fiery red!
The earth wailed!
Space twisted!
This was a strike capable of altering the landscape itself!
The entire tallic mountain range embedded itself deeply into the ground, with only its upper half still exposed—like a tal peak that had suddenly risen from the earth. The mountain’s surface was burned bright red from intense friction, covered in countless massive cracks. Streams of glowing red molten tal continuously flowed out from the fissures!
And right beside this newly fallen tallic mountain range, Jie Ming stood there calmly and unperturbed.
The invisible field of the Return to Ruins Armor flowed with light, effortlessly absorbing and smoothing out all the violent physical impacts and residual high-temperature plasma waves. Not even a single strand of his hair was disturbed.
He stood like the immovable Sea-Calming Divine Needle at the center of the storm.
“Looks like you’re in quite the bitter fight, Jie Ming.”
A sowhat lazy, sowhat arrogant female voice—sounding a little unfamiliar, yet stirring a strange sense of familiarity from the depths of mory—ca from the peak of the tallic mountain.
Jie Ming looked up toward the sound.
A tall, slender figure was slowly descending from the “summit” of the massive tal object.
She had long, smooth, lustrous black hair like the night sky, fluttering wildly in the turbulent airflow.
Her figure was curvaceous and explosive, perfectly outlined by a dark purple form-fitting combat suit adorned with silver star patterns.
Her features were exquisite and three-dinsional, carrying an aggressive kind of beauty!
Especially her pair of black eyes, which were currently narrowed slightly as she looked down from above at the sowhat “disheveled” Jie Ming below, the corners of her lips curved in a half-smile.
Jie Ming searched his mories with slight confusion and quickly found the corresponding recollection.
A flash of surprise crossed his eyes. Almost subconsciously, he spoke the na that had nearly been forgotten:
“Augu…sta?”
Berta Vera Augusta!
The heaven’s pride who had entered Noren Academy in the sa period as him, dominating the first Academy Trial and seizing first place!
A genius who had displayed astonishing lightning-elent affinity even during her wizard apprentice days, with an arrogant and competitive personality.
However…
Jie Ming stroked his chin. He rembered that he didn’t seem to have had much interaction with her, right?
When Augusta heard Jie Ming accurately call out her na, a nearly imperceptible spark flashed in her black eyes!
Imdiately afterward, that trace of laziness was swiftly replaced by pride.
She lifted her delicate chin slightly, like a queen surveying her domain, her voice crisp:
“That’s right, it’s ! I never imagined… that the guy who always kept such a low profile back then would now show such a disheveled appearance. Truly…” She paused, her gaze sweeping over Jie Ming’s torn robes and the fine wounds on his body that had yet to fully heal…
A complex emotion flashed deep in her eyes, ultimately turning into a soft sigh that was impossible to tell whether it carried disappointnt or sothing else:
“…It makes sowhat disappointed.”
To Augusta, Jie Ming was an extrely special “coordinate” on her path as a wizard!
Even during their apprentice days, she had sensed with her keen intuition that this guy who spent all day in the laboratory and library harbored a kind of heart-palpitating power within him!
Although Jie Ming had never taken her childish “challenges” seriously, perhaps he hadn’t even rembered her, she had stubbornly regarded him as a target she needed to chase and surpass.
This obsession had, to so extent, driven her to grow and advance at a shocking speed.
Now, unexpectedly reuniting with him on this dangerous behind-enemy-lines battlefield, what she saw was the Jie Ming who had always seed calm and in complete control, now trapped in such a difficult, even tragically fierce battle…
The feelings in her heart were truly mixed.
Augusta seed to want to say sothing more—perhaps to show off her current strength and title, or to question why Jie Ming had fallen to such a state.
Unfortunately, Jie Ming gave her no such opportunity.
The mont he confird the newcor was Augusta, a sharp light suddenly burst from Jie Ming’s eyes.
He completely ignored the complex look in Augusta’s eyes. A condensed stream of ntal information instantly flowed into her mind: “Perfect timing! Help pin him down from the front! Buy one second! Be careful! He controls the [Imaginary] Law! Absolutely do not let any of his attacks directly touch your body!”
Jie Ming’s tone was unprecedentedly grave and urgent!
“…Ah?”
Augusta was montarily stunned by the sudden ntal transmission. Her black eyes were filled with astonishnt.
She was, after all, an elite wizard who had undergone countless real battles. Although she didn’t understand the situation, Jie Ming’s urgent warning and the solemn spiritual fluctuations could not be faked!
Moreover, almost at the exact mont she received the information, she sensed danger approaching!
The black-robed wizard seed sowhat impatient with Augusta, this sudden “troublemaker.” Seeing her “conversing” with Jie Ming, he casually raised a finger toward her direction.
And lightly tapped.
A seemingly unremarkable dark gray energy bullet shot out silently.
Its speed was not particularly fast, and its trajectory was ordinary.
Under normal circumstances, with Augusta’s strength and pride, she might have casually swatted away or hardened her shield against such a “probing” attack, or even ignored it entirely.
But at this mont, with Jie Ming’s warning still echoing in her mind, alarm bells rang wildly in her heart!
“Magnetic Field Manipulation!”
Augusta shouted sharply. She thrust her hands forward in a virtual press, her black eyes exploding with intense spiritual radiance!
The massive tallic mountain range that had just crashed into the earth—heavy beyond asure in billions of tons—seed to be gripped by an invisible giant hand. It emitted a deafening roar of twisting tal!
Rumble rumble!!!
With agility and speed completely disproportionate to its size, it was instantly wrenched from the ground. Countless tons of soil and shattered rock cascaded down like a waterfall! The entire tallic mountain range shifted horizontally, acting like an incomparably enormous super shield as it brazenly positioned itself between Augusta and the dark gray energy bullet.
The entire process was smooth and fluid, revealing just how exquisitely refined Augusta’s current control over magnetic fields had beco.
However…
The scene that appeared next caused the proud expression on Augusta’s face to freeze instantly!
Puff…
There was no earth-shattering explosion, nor any clash of energy flas.
The seemingly insignificant dark gray energy bullet sank into the incredibly thick tallic mountain body without any resistance, like a red-hot iron ball falling into snow!
Imdiately afterward, centered on the point of impact, the internal structure of the impossibly vast tallic mountain range seed to have its “integrity” and “structural strength” “negated” at the most fundantal atomic level by so incomprehensible power!
Rumble rumble rumble!!!
A collapse sound even more muffled than during its descent echoed from within the mountain body.
Countless massive fissures spread and expanded at an unimaginable speed!
In the blink of an eye, the tallic mountain range completely disintegrated and shattered before Augusta’s incredulous gaze, turning into countless tal fragnts and powder of varying sizes whose edges rapidly oxidized and dimd!
The out-of-control tal chunks exploded outward in all directions. For a mont, the entire area seed to be raining a storm of steel and dust.
Through the curtain of falling tal debris, Augusta stared fixedly at the black-robed wizard still standing quietly in the void in the distance, as if he had rely done sothing trivial.
The proud, beautiful face no longer held any trace of her previous laziness or arrogance—only unparalleled solemnity.
To so easily annihilate the giant tallic construct she had fully controlled and reinforced with multiple runes…
There was definitely sothing wrong with that attack!
Jie Ming’s warning was real!
In the distance, the black-robed wizard’s gaze also pierced through the rain of debris and landed on Augusta’s highly recognizable face.
He seed to identify her for a mont. From beneath the hood ca a nearly inaudible sound of realization:
“Judging from the spiritual fluctuations and fighting style… that should be the fifth-ring wizard from the Noren Workshop side who has been making quite a stir recently… the one with the ‘War God’ title.”
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