Chapter 764
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The armor that the Cloudflow soldiers were wearing underwater were light and properly sealed up . When the mechanical soul was blown up by the grade-8 spell into hundreds of pieces, the pieces melted into metallic fluid that solidified in the cold water to become sharp and lethal shards that pierced through the swordmasters' armor .
The ones whose limbs were injured were still able to use their sword aura to stop the bleeding temporarily before swimming towards the surface . Some of the metal shards shot through the swordmasters' lungs and heart . Blood oozed out of the noses and mouths of the swordmasters as they fell paralyzed to the bottom of the lake . The water seeped through the holes in their armor and they died very quickly .
The mechanical soul's body was not new and its defense was weak . It would have been blown to pieces if not for his unique attributes and high grade .
"Go!" The winged skeleton urged the mechanical soul from within his body . Now that the mechanical soul was his slave, it did not dare to disobey . He did not dare to underestimate the grade-8 sorcerer either . Humans always possessed strange equipment . He was heavily surrounded so it was wiser to flee . There would be opportunities for revenge in the future .
The sorcerer was also taken aback by his powerful spell not managing to kill the mechanical soul . It was too late to use a scroll either . Instead, he cast an ice attack directly and six huge blocks of ice shot at the mechanical soul .
The mechanical soul's body expanded so that it became twice its original size . Six arthropods pushed hard against the rock and sprang tens of yards out . The ice attack only managed to freeze the mechanical soul's tail . The mechanical soul swept his tail and a segment of it broke off automatically . A grayish white fluid flowed out the segment where the tail had broken off .
The grade-8 sorcerer was shocked and upset . This grayish-white fluid was an extremely poisonous toxin . Momentarily, he was unable to tell what it was . He could only cast cleaning spells consecutively on top of elemental dispersion to try and cleanse the toxin released by the mechanical soul .
Although spirit-type toxins could be broken down, they could linger for a long time if not processed properly . The Separation Sea was the Cloudflow armies' main water source . Tens of thousands of troops, warhorses, and magic beasts depended on the Separation Sea for water . If it became polluted, the entire camp would be in terrible condition within two or three days .
The newly-built city could only contain about four-hundred-thousand people . The reservoir was insufficient, so the main camp took water from the Separation Sea every day .
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Since the mechanical soul had devoured so many spirits of the dead, the amount of toxin released was enough to pollute the water for a one-hundred miles range . The grade-8 sorcerer tried to disperse and cleanse continuously to no avail .
At this point in time, the sorcerer was no longer in the mood to capture the spirit of the dead . He took out a black scroll and cast a grade-8 holy light . This was a spell that was almost like a divine spell . It did not possess much offensive abilities, but it was a type of necessary equipment in an army .
After the grade-8 cleansing light had been used in a diameter of more than two-hundred yards, the grayish-white fluid was broken down by the light elements . They melted and merged with the water to become a harmless resource .
Even so, quite a number of toxins were still spreading . Typically, a low-grade spirit of the dead could only pollute a surface area of about three to five yards . Since the mechanical soul had devoured more than five-thousand spirits which were all of quite high levels, the amount of toxins in its body was so lethal that basically anything that touched it would die .
That was how the mechanical soul fought . It would do anything to win, even if the toxin might be so strong that it would destroy the entire ecosystem . In order to grow, he would have no qualms sacrificing all the spirits of the dead within tens of thousands of miles . The life and death of humans on Myers Mainland was none of his concern .
The winged skeleton was almost killed by the grade-9 sorcerer, so there was still a lot of angst in his heart . Seeing how cruel the mechanical soul could be, the winged skeleton praised him and said, "Well done!"
The mechanical soul shook his metal tail with glee . He opened up six holes, each measuring half a yard in diameter, and shot out death aura through these holes . He used the death aura to propel his gigantic body around the water at a high speed .
"Idiot, control the water current . The grade-9 sorcerer is going to come after us and then we are all dead!" the winged skeleton scolded the mechanical soul, so the latter finally stopped . He began to use the spitting out of lake water from his mouth as a way to maneuver himself around instead .
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The grade-8 sorcerer was busily trying to cast cleansing spells consecutively to control the pollution of the toxins . When he had finally cleaned up the toxins, he was already surrounded by more than two-hundred Cloudflow swordmasters who had now turned into spirits of the dead .
The grade-8 sorcerer was enraged . He could not afford not to care about the spirits of the dead . If he did not kill them, they would attack the organisms around them until they tracked down the people that created them . The water elements gathered on the surface of the lake and a grade-6 spell, with a range of more than two-hundred yards, was completed within half a minute . Everywhere that the Snow Flurry passed, the armor and bodies of the spirits of the dead were broken in half .
Snowkill, which was a water-element area of effect spell of grade-6! Except that what the sorcerer did was to combine ten snowkills before casting them together . The attacking range was two-hundred yards and the amount of damage it could deal was no different from any other high-level spell .
After he has finished killing the spirits, he had to cleanse the lake . These spirits were all created by the mechanical soul, hence their toxins were extremely potent too . The mechanical soul did not hesitate to use up all the toxins that he had extracted, which effectively stopped the sorcerer's pursuit .
By the time the sorcerer was finished with the cleansing, the mechanical soul had already vanished with the winged skeleton .
As the grade-8 sorcerer looked at all the corpses floating on the surface of the lake, he wanted to cry . He had screwed up such an important task that Master Jill had entrusted to him . If only he had been monitoring the entire situation underwater! The spirit of the dead that had escaped was simply too dangerous . The spell that he had stored in his magic staff had the ability to seriously injured grade-9 magic beasts . Even dragons were not immune to such attacks . The spirit was not seriously injured and could still turn the tables on him by killing so many of his swordmasters .
The spirit of the dead was really lethal!
The enemy had successfully destroyed fourteen troop carriers when they attacked the harbor . The cargo on the troop carriers had almost been completely loaded, but the problem was that the fleet at the Separation Sea was originally only left with thirty troop carriers . Now that almost half of them had been destroyed, it would be much more difficult to transport cargo in the future .
The Cloudflow fleets had to protect the remaining sixteen troop carriers with their lives, otherwise the Cloudflow Empire would never forgive them .
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The mechanical soul gleefully led the winged skeleton away for more than two-hundred miles into the southwest, then towards the west . Under the winged skeleton's guidance, he eventually brought the winged skeleton through the reefs and back to the bone castle .
The mechanical soul's appearance almost led to a barrage of stone artillery attacks by the bone castle . It was only when the winged skeleton appeared from the mechanical soul's body that the attack was stopped . The mechanical soul did not care if these people were his enemies or not . The moment he was attacked, the mechanical soul would not hesitate to kill thousands of the low-level spirits of the dead .
It would be too late for the winged skeleton to stop him!
The winged skeleton looked drastically different, but he was wearing armor that was originally prepared for jade skeletons . The other spirits could still detect a hint of his aura, so there was no conflict .
When the winged skeleton entered the castle, the mechanical soul was immediately put back into the death space . He returned to the magic tower and summoned the people in the city . He only said that he was injured and needed some time to rest . Through Mu En, he announced that he would be passing command to Su .
Although Su was young, he had followed Lex into quite a number of important battles . They battles involved tens of thousands of people, so he was extremely familiar with the command of armies .
After the winged skeleton had given his instructions, he began to try and familiarize himself with his new body in the magic tower . The body of the golden zombie possessed great power . The winged skeleton would need at least half a year before he could completely control it . Fortunately, that would not reduce his combat abilities . By the time he was fully in control of this body, he would be equivalent to a death king .
When Daliang City received news that the winged skeleton had initiated an attack that had sunk fourteen of the enemy's troop carriers, Lex quickly spread the news . They did not mention the fact that the winged skeleton was almost killed as a result, so the atmosphere in the city was joyous .
Saleen and Lex were not very pleased . It was almost time for their wedding . Now that Cloudflow's logistic vessels were destroyed, there could only be two outcomes . One, Cloudflow would give up attacking and would retreat . Two, Cloudflow would gather all their forces and launch one more concentrated attack on Daliang City .
To make it worse, it seemed that the second outcome was probably the only possible outcome .
In the big picture, destroying the Cloudflow troop carriers was the right move . That also meant that Cloudflow would have no qualms giving everything they had when they attacked on their wedding day .
Since their logistics had been damaged, the only way out for Cloudflow was to take down Daliang City .
What worried Saleen and Lex the most was that the winged skeleton had sent them a letter about an incredibly powerful Cloudflow sorcerer . Saleen knew that the winged skeleton would never lie and what he said was usually objective . According to him, the sorcerer might even possess a magic amplifier .
There were three grade-8 sorcerers and a grade-9 fallen holy priest in the city . Even so, Saleen had no confidence facing a grade-9 sorcerer that possessed a magic amplifier .
"Lex, you should advance . " Saleen told Lex helplessly, "We already have five magic towers . With another seven-storey magic tower, the circle of defense will be complete .
Lex looked at Saleen and said, "I want to wait for you . "
Saleen laughed bitterly and said, "It will be difficult for me to advance . I will help you build a seven-storey magic tower . Before our wedding, you must advance . I will let Eleanor move into the tower first . She is weaker, but also possesses special abilities that will allow her to hold off the enemy's attack . Without the complete circle of defense from the magic towers, the sorcerer would be able to swoop in and kill at will . "
What Saleen described would not usually happen . Since this grade-9 sorcerer had a magic amplifier, he would dare to attack the magic towers from a close distance . Daliang City did not have any better options other than building up all six magic towers to form a real anti-flying area .
If that sorcerer put aside his status and entered the city to kill ordinary people, it would be too late to wait for the enforcement team from Alchemy City .
"Alright . " Seeing how worried Saleen looked, Lex nodded and agreed to Saleen's request . She had not wanted to be above Saleen in grade, but now that Cloudflow was pressing in with the appearance of such a terrifying grade-9 sorcerer, she could not afford to care about Saleen's feelings for the sake of Bitter Water Prefecture .