Chapter 1425: Chapter 1425: Brief

Not just the audience, even Starfire’s own people were left dumbstruck by this spell.

Li Yao said they would wait for half an hour without providing any explanation, and the quiet waiting was purely out of trust in Li Yao; they had no idea that those thousands of Mages were so defiant of the natural order.

Li Yao had no intention to explain. Among the primordial gods, if speaking of an understanding of magic, the High Elves were the most formidable.

The High Elves, apart from the Blue Dragons, were the most proficient magic-wielding race. In Ancient Times, it was precisely due to their addiction to Arcane and magic that the then Elf King made a grave mistake, inadvertently ushering in the Burning Legion.

Later, most of the Upper Elves sank into the sea and transformed into Naga, while the remaining Upper Elves continued to create an energy source to study magic, and for this reason, they were exiled by the Ancient Elves, who had already obtained dominion.

The Ancient Elves split, leaving behind the Ancient Elf. Those who crossed the vast seas became today’s High Elves.

Exile did not make them give up on their research in magic; they created the Sunwell. Over tens of thousands of years, the addiction to magic practically merged into the very blood of the High Elves, which is why after the Sunwell was corrupted, many of their people suffered magic addiction outbreaks, went mad, and turned into Witherbarks.

And strictly speaking, the magic of humans and other races all extended from the learning of High Elf magic.

Even the Blue Dragon Princess proficient in magic transformed into a High Elf to learn magic at the High Elf Kingdom, which shows the flourishing state of the High Elf Kingdom.

Therefore, the High Elf Mage cannot be simply covered by the traditional notion of the profession Mage. Between Mages of the same rank, a High Elf Mage and a Mage of another race, there is virtually an immeasurable gap in magical knowledge.

Tens of thousands of years of development allowed the High Elves to amass vast knowledge of spells, and their grasp over forbidden spells far exceeds that of other races.

Moreover, all of Li Yao’s subordinates are magic addicts, which shows their thirst for magic.

The collective spells they possess include over fifty quasi-forbidden spells, not to mention at least ten true forbidden spells, with hundreds more group spells below forbidden spells.

In the previous life, after a decade of the game’s operation, players concluded that only High Elf Mage troops could be considered as genuine Mage troops.

But recruiting a structured Mage troop was challenging; only after Li Yao made enormous efforts and huge investments to help High Elves solve such a significant problem did he have some guards.

In the previous life, a player worked hard for several years to own a High Elf Mage troop that had over a thousand members, and was worshipped and envied by countless people.

Apart from the High Elf Mages’ control over spells, the capacity to release this spell was also thanks to the ten thousand Gnome Magic Wands.

These wands were all embedded with Earth Crystals, improving the connection with the earth. They were accumulated by the team after overcoming so many challenges. The spell’s release sacrificed all the wands, a significant cost.

Moreover, after casting the spell, the five thousand Mages were nearly drained. To avoid revealing any weaknesses, they each maintained their composure, but Rangers and special troops were already strictly protecting the Mages. They now have nearly no combat power left and need some time to recover their strength. However, to return to their peak, they need at least a day’s rest, and that’s with an ample supply of magic potions.

One spell, and the city walls fell, the defensive armaments vanished, and more than one-fifth of the seventy-two pillar Demon God troops were lost; such was the shock.

Seeing this scene, everyone was dumbfounded, not knowing what to say, followed by a surge of envy and resentment.

Li Yao smiled slightly: “What are you spacing out for? Charge with all your might.”

Starfire’s battle formation suddenly accelerated.

Tong Tong was the first to snap back to reality, her eyes brimming with excitement, as she cautiously took out a totem entwined with whirlwinds, obscure incantations emerged, and the totem exploded violently.

Following that, the phantom of the Wind Elemental Lord appeared in midair, and everyone from Starfire was enveloped by a breeze, their army’s speed suddenly increasing by three hundred percent.

“Summon Totem: Wind Soul Sacrifice!”

Starfire’s military formation, originally an artillery shell’s distance away from the city walls, charged into the breach like the wind with the totem’s blessing.

They plunged directly into the enemy’s chaotic ranks. Before Starfire’s Legion even arrived, the Rangers unleashed a wave of Arrow Rain, followed by the military formation’s assault–a devastating blow to the seventy-two Demon Gods’ formation.

Originally, their arrangement was different from standard ones–it wasn’t meant for confrontation but for easier mobilization of troops to support and defend the walls.

Once the walls vanished and the front ranks disappeared, everything happened too swiftly. Even if they managed to react, regrouping wasn’t so simple.

At this moment, Starfire went all out. As the saying goes, defeat is like a crumbling mountain; Starfire’s fierce charge caused the seventy-two Demon Gods’ guild’s army to collapse and be slaughtered wildly.

Not only were the seventy-two Demon Gods’ guild stupefied, but the two guilds still foolishly fighting on the walls were also dazed, many clueless about what to do next.

The aerial battle was similarly one-sided. The sound waves generated by the taboo spells meant little to ordinary creatures but were almost catastrophic for the bats.

Weaker bats plunged to their deaths, while the stronger ones were utterly disoriented, unable to navigate by echolocation.

Amidst the charge of the Steel Gryphons, it was a complete rout.

The seventy-two Demon Gods’ guild had no power to resist and were almost entirely massacred in less than ten minutes.

Starfire, seizing the initiative, had in fact occupied the outpost, but due to the breach and the chaos that just ensued, two guilds had taken over the walls.

A brief standoff ensued among the three parties.

Li Yao stood atop a hell devil scorpion, the cold wind splitting through, his cloak fluttering fiercely, as he regarded the two guilds on the walls with an indifferent expression.

“Our cooperation has come to an end, right?” smiled one guild chairman.

The other chairman also said, “I forgot to tell Chairman Liaoyuan, our two guilds actually belong to the same boss. We were lucky to be randomly assigned to the same region by the System–actually, it’s sufficient as long as any one guild obtains the pass-through qualification.”

Li Yao raised an eyebrow: “So what?”

“Hahaha, Chairman Liaoyuan, we’re all smart people, why play dumb? Now we have twice the troops you do, and we also have ten thousand air forces in hiding. Your Mages, having cast that spell just now, won’t be able to participate in battle for a while, right? In fact, your available forces are even fewer. Your tank insects also suffered heavy losses; as long as we break through your defense, the Starfire group will inevitably perish. If you give up now, we won’t stop you, and perhaps if we fail, you may have another chance to compete for this passage. Otherwise, haha…”

“I’m a person who really doesn’t believe in superstitions, so what of it?” Li Yao smiled as well…