Extraordinary Voyage-Chapter 620 - 543: Holy! More Rivets, Steam Power, and the Largest Turret!

Facing these three peak wizards, their aura of wisdom completely retracted, as wild and domineering as berserkers.

Clang—

Anita stepped forward, the Dragon-slaying Sword in her hand unsheathed, the frost-white Sword Qi swirling with an awe-inspiring power. The jade-colored light flames around her exploded with force, shattering the tourmaline used to conceal the Great Knight's Life Energy Field.

Like a reverse meteor shooting upward into the sky, she actively met the School Chief Cedric, who held a power heavy hammer and wore an astonished expression.

Gel drew the [Lightning Rod Series] longsword crafted by Aiven, under the auxiliary control of the symbiont [Thunder Core]. Two blue-white electric snakes emitting sharp bird cries constantly roamed his arms.

Following closely behind Anita, a [High-Voltage High-Frequency Pulse] had already rushed ahead to attack the approaching School Third Seat.

And the third to charge forward was not Aiven of the same tier but an external aide he specifically enlisted—one of the Golden Sea Twin Kings, "Dead Bone" Rudolph, who also was a peak official wizard on par with these three evil alchemists.

Roar! Roar!

With two roars, a Tier 3 "Sewn Corpse" and a Tier 3 "Living Corpse" smashed the rocks beneath their feet and charged forward. The "Crow Language Document" in Rudolph's hands spewed out a mass of dark green corrosive poisonous cloud, enveloping towards the School Second Seat.

Zi la... Zi la...

The Dragon Cavalry and this "Dead Bone" were originally a unified front against Hilus and Bradley. With Hilus pressing down on them, the mere fall of Bradley wasn't enough to cause infighting between them.

Before he escaped from the labyrinth, Aiven and his team still took good care of the Pirates under the enemy's command, and their smooth exit from the Mist Sea was thanks to the guide captured by the Dragon Cavalry, owing Aiven and his team a favor.

Currently, both sides are in an unprecedented honeymoon period.

Since they had already collected enough intelligence on the enemy, Aiven certainly couldn't just create an equal three-on-three situation. The minimum goal was to seize the foundational inheritance "Brass Key" from the chief, ideally uprooting them to eliminate future threats.

If it weren't for the Marchioness Nymph being occupied with the "Gem School" affairs and not returning from the Old Continent, he would have already executed his insidious ultimate move of "calling for reinforcements."

Whoosh!

Before the battle commenced, Olivia's triple-split bright red light beam cannon shot towards the three evil alchemists in the air like a rainbow across the sky, instantly exerting pressure on their towering and domineering momentum.

Then.

In the night sky after the sunset, mingled with thunderous roars, the extraordinary spiritual light flashed violently. A total of six powerful extraordinaries, with a combat power comparable to Tier 3, finally engaged in chaotic battle.

Simultaneously, Aiven certainly wasn't just watching. He waved his hand, tossing out a black kernel.

The blinding spiritual radiance flickered in his eyes, and the chant echoed from his mouth:

flo—

Life-giving incantations resonated with the world, stirring omnipresent natural energy.

Ssss! Ssss! Ssss!....

Thick, black thorns as if made of raw iron began to grow explosively, emitting sharp hissing sounds like snakes as they pierced the air.

The massive root systems spread and caused the entire land to tremble violently, with one giant thorn after another piercing through the ground and shooting skyward.

In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a forest of black thorns, two kilometers wide and extending one kilometer forward, until its momentum was halted by the fortified rune array beneath the fortress.

In this vast area, even the sturdiest stone couldn't escape being pierced and fragmented by the thorns.

"Ah!"

"Help!"

The [Clockwork Servants] charging out of the fortress, already beginning their charge toward this position, bore the brunt of the attack.

Those below the Senior Apprentice Level were almost completely wiped out in one wave. Even those lucky enough to survive could only cling to the thorns with the ability of super-speed regeneration, wailing in agony.

This was enacted through a battlefield ritual and the use of the "Bronze Talisman" nurtured seeds, allowing the exclusive "Vitalist School's" Military Witchcraft: Blackthorn Forest!

With their peak power temporarily in an advantageous position, of course, the side would strive to expand their advantage. The so-called "Military Witchcraft" was indeed a divine artifact for clearing ordinary troops.

Without concerning himself with the increasingly distant Tier 3 battle, Aiven calmly extended his right hand and clenched it tightly.

coro—

A large section of black thorns near the fortress sparked with spiritual light and then abruptly exploded. Tens of thousands of sharp spikes like iron needles delivered a second wave of attacks on those [Clockwork Servants], while also sweeping across the surface of the fortress.

Creating a massive scene of blood and gore.

[Subordinate Blackthorn Crown]

Thus the energy within this seed was completely exhausted, wilting and disintegrating into a pile of wood shavings in an instant.

"Everyone, advance!"

Thud.. thud.. thud..

Aiven waved his hand grandly. Thus three hundred toy soldiers upfront, the well-rested orthodox extraordinaries, fifty Skin-Wearing People, and three hundred members of the Venom Legion fully charged forward. Faced with a group of battered Clockwork Servants, I just want to say: Everyone here is trash!

Aiven took out a fist-sized sphere covered with blue alchemy runes from his pocket, casually tossing it a couple of times:

"Hesi, I'll go take down those brain-only robots first, be careful yourself."

"Okay, you be careful too."

...

Bang!

From the chest "Steam Furnace," red light gleamed, and amid the surging white steam, the power heavy hammer brought the momentum of overturning mountains, ferociously striking towards Anita, who's enshrouded in Combat Qi flame.

The girl stepped on the halo endowed by [Swift Run], slipping away from beneath the heavy hammer silently like a fish.

Cedric didn't mind, believing that with his superior strength, as long as he could graze her once, he could secure victory. Easily pulling out the heavy hammer embedded in the ground, after transforming its form, his voice was like resounding thunder:

"Jade Light? Dead Bone? Our 'Mechanical Immortality School' should not hold any grudge against you Pirates, right?"

The research-focused personnel might not recognize who Anita and Rudolph were, but this School Chief evidently wasn't among them. While speaking, he continued intensifying his assault.

Woo woo woo...

The power hammer swept the storm, creating an extremely terrifying momentum.

After all, this was the main realm of the Evil Alchemist. As long as one was within a certain range around "High Cliff Castle," the chief of the Wizard Tower's owner could gain enormous benefits.

Under the premise that the mechanical body never tired, its strength seemed endless.

Annie was somewhat struggling in the face of him alone, and it wasn't long before she was slightly at a disadvantage, able only to keep dodging and occasionally counterattacking. In the face of heavy extraordinary weapons, Sword Qi was no longer so unstoppable.

Just at this moment.

The alchemy runes covering Sedric's body flickered slightly, narrowly avoiding a bolt of lightning striking at him, the shattering stones making a cracking sound against the iron-like body.

"Another one?"

Faced with the blazing blue lightning shooting towards him, Sedric's expression changed slightly. Taking advantage of the wizard's edge, he disengaged from combat and suddenly soared into the air.

Quickly, he reached into the "Magic Pocket" and pulled out a half-man-high glass vessel filled with blood-colored viscous liquid.

As soon as the blood-colored liquid appeared in the open, it bubbled like a startled wild beast, causing the entire glass vessel to vibrate continuously.

After a few breaths, it burst open the lid by itself and turned into a giant eagle with a tiger's head, seemingly made of blood mist.

Roar—!

[Blood Construct Body: Red Kite's Wings]: Composed of rune techniques and bio-energy-rich extraordinary creature blood, immune to physical damage, its attacks contain a life-stealing effect and spiritual contamination, making its difficulty level higher than a Great Knight.

Witchcraft research, like scientific research, constantly involves trial and error from one point in multiple directions. This is one of the results discarded on their journey studying immortality.

However, although this strange construct looked mighty and imposing.

It was a mistake, a grave mistake that its foundation was based on the "Life Tree School's" flesh puppet.

Indeed, Aiven casually lifted a finger, and a red glow burst forth.

Rui—

Just as "Red Kite's Wings" let out a cry, it was shattered into debris by a single [Flesh Destruction] attack. When it comes to knowledge about biological organizations, what could surpass the creations within one's own knowledge system?

Sedric's pupils narrowed as he finally reevaluated the illustrious yet mysterious White Knight, because this slightly familiar sensation was... the "Life Tree School"?!

...

On the main battlefield.

Zi! Zi! Zi!

Bright red beams continually flashed, coordinating with the ground forces' advance. Olivia controlled the Light Beam Cannon for repeated targeted shots at troublesome targets within the enemy formation.

Especially "Clockwork Man" Billiver, who should have represented absolute dominion on the battlefield, was nevertheless repeatedly struck by Olivia as a key target and couldn't even lift his head.

Even hiding in the mêlée of both sides' formations didn't prevent a beam cannon from taking off one of his legs, greatly reducing his combat capabilities.

Nevertheless, High Cliff Castle, after many setbacks, finally initiated its support forces.

Bang!

An alchemy fire cannon, with a range of up to twenty kilometers, spewed flames as a heavy conical shell hurtled straight for Olivia's position.

But it was deflected far away by Pipi, who flicked his tail, after having its kinetic energy steadily reduced by the already activated hexagonal defensive barrier.

In just this brief moment, this group of [Clockwork Servants] was almost pushed back to the edge of the fortress by Aiven's forces.

On the second turret level, an official wizard temporarily in command couldn't help but question their companion responsible for fort defense:

"It's been so long, is the turret still not ready?"

"Our technology isn't very mature, it'll still require at least two more minutes."

"Dispatch all defensive forces from the Wizard Tower to buy time for the turret!"

"Entire units have almost been exhausted. That group of 'Night Spirits' we just captured hasn't been modified at all; do we deploy them now?"

"Put on the restraining collars—whether they die a bit later or right now, they know what choice to make. At this moment, every minute gained is precious."

"Yes, it's just a pity for these rare humanoid creatures." 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Subsequently, a group of thirty to forty female humanoid creatures wearing metal collars around their necks, wielding swords and blades, were driven out of the fortress, though their hesitant steps forward and back didn't show any will to fight.

Even these official wizards had to take the field themselves, some using [Flesh Armor] due to insufficient mechanization, while those with higher mechanization levels used their own bodies. Although they were a group of wizards, they vaguely felt like futuristic mechanical warriors due to their path.

Boom! Boom! Boom!...

Amidst the roar of gunfire, their involvement merely delayed the rout by a moment.

Yet, in the precision of a technician, the estimate by the head of fort defense wasn't too far off.

Clack... clack...

Amidst the mechanical transmission sounds of turning gears, three steel ramps rose on the second level, along with several isolated twin-gun turrets at the four corners of the fortress—a turret array exceeding forty in total.

[Mechanical Tower: Modo Sage]

Shh—

With white steam gushing, the forty towers turned slowly, aligning their barrels with the position where the beam cannon continually fired, a destructive aura already strongly pervading.

"Blessed be! Multi-riveted steel, the turret supreme!

Billions of stars, billions of turrets!

Multi-riveted steel, the turret preeminent!

Billions of turrets, billions of glory!"

Watching the spectacle from afar, Aiven seemed to hear the prayers of a fanatical sect echoing once again in his ears.

His second thought then was: Coach, I wanna learn this too!