Chapter 303

Mages who had constructed Enhanced Vision Magic could clearly see that the Level Six Dillus' mouth had split into several dozen layers the moment it had touched the energy pillar. Each layer had absorbed the energy, and after each layer had reached a saturation value, it would collapse. However, this kind of collapse wouldn't cause any damage to its body, and the energy that had been absorbed would thus merge into its body and be stored in a special organ.

The main cannon bombardment with double the output was thus absorbed by Dillus' body.

Adam understood what it was trying to do. No matter how confident the Tier 1 Dillus was, absorbing energy that didn't belong to it in the middle of battle was abnormal. It simply didn't have the time to convert it. Instead, it needed to spend even more effort to control it and prevent it from going berserk, unless its goal was to counterattack!

Adam immediately took over control, and the twenty floating fortresses began to move and change formation. At the same time, he roared, "Defense system, charge! Defensive barrier, output maximum output! Advanced Mages, evade!"

Without any delay, the Mages unconditionally carried out the commander's orders. Twenty layers of materialized energy defense bloomed and fused together after coming into contact with each other.

Adam hadn't even finished speaking when Dillus' body squirmed forward from behind and curled up, looking like a chrysanthemum. A crack appeared at the stamen, and the gray energy from the main cannon blasted out, instantly hitting the defensive barrier.

The defensive barrier's durability rapidly decreased, and the magic array nodes that formed the defensive system overloaded and collapsed one by one. Ten seconds later, Dillus' attack dissipated. That attack alone had consumed sixty percent of the energy reserves of the twenty fortresses.

The Tier 9 Mages returned from evading and intercepted Dillus' path. They had to buy time for the floating fortresses to repair the magic array. Only ten minutes of the fifteen minute rotation had passed. If the fortress was destroyed, their deaths would be a small matter, but if there was a breach in the defensive line and Dillus broke in, disrupting the Hyperdimensional Mages' operation and causing the battle to fail, no one would be able to bear the consequences.

The Titan Commander stopped in the air and directly opened itself. Titans were truly weapons that suited Alchemists. After a few Alchemists moved in, the circuits on the kinetic furnace were immediately reconstructed according to the Alchemists' habits. The Titan began to transform a second time, its fighting strength increasing by several times.

The floating fortresses' work came to a standstill for a short time. The ordinary Dillus took advantage of this time and began to charge forward one after another.

The speed at which the orders were issued couldn't keep up with the changes in the battle. In these last five minutes, they could only resist.

The Titans in charge of transportation put down their work and flew out of the fortress without hesitation.

Within a few seconds, almost all of them were wiped out.

At this point, it was no longer possible to repair the fortress completely. After the mages had restored the basic combat capabilities of the fortress, they flew out in groups to fill in the gaps left by the Titans. They formed a battle formation and formed the last line of defense.

Under the siege of dozens of 9th-rank Mages, the 1th-rank Dillus was still valiant. He did not care about his own injuries at all and attacked madly, as if he was willing to trade his life for theirs.

Fourth-level Mages fell one after another.

At this moment, other than Adam, the only ones left in the fortress were the Second-level mages who had low combat capabilities. After they had completed the tasks at hand, they silently replenished their energy and stepped onto the deck, ready to set off at any time.

On this battlefield, the power of a Grade Two Sorcerer was negligible. Rather than saying that they were going to fight, it was actually no different from sending themselves to their deaths. Even so, no one took a step back.

Adam could not leave. He took over the weapon systems of all the fortresses. He calculated the coordinates mechanically and fired the main cannons. He only wanted to buy a little more time. He did not care whether the continuous saturation bombardment would cause the floating fortress to completely collapse.

After 78 seconds, the surviving mages finally heard a message from the headquarters: Number 7935 to 7055, withdraw from the frontline immediately and wait for the next order. You have 60 minutes to rest.

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Within the seal of the Devourer was a sea of gray. There was a huge gap between Grade Eight and Grade Nine. Although it was only a difference of one grade, the difference in power was like heaven and earth. Although the Devourer had not completely advanced, the gray now had the characteristics of a Grade Nine.

Aisha, Hyperdimensional, and the others could be said to be the best of the best among the Grade Eight Mages in the entire World of Mages. Although the system was different, the degree of strangeness of the modified ancient magic was far beyond that of modern magic. They were originally the mages who were best at dealing with such situations, but now they were having a hard time.

Every step they took required a long pause. Every time they passed through a layer of gray, it was as if they were trying to open up a new world.

Thirdly, the true form of the Hyperdimensional mages of the Holy Tower was completely different from ordinary mages. The surface of their bodies was surrounded by various spells. These spells flew out from their bodies and souls. Every time they were attacked by the gray, they would instantly form a suitable spell and activate a spell. If the true form of an ordinary mage was an active spell, then the true form of the Hyperdimensional mages was a passive state.

Hyperdimensional, isha, said, We have to speed up. The army outside does not have the strength of a Hyperdimensional. They won't be able to hold on for long. If they're all wiped out, we won't be able to bear the blame of His Excellency Maxissen.

The other five mages stopped and dispersed the spells. They used the Mage Armor constructed by discontinuous functions. One of the mages muttered, "This thing is very awkward. It feels like it's going to split into several pieces."

"But it's very effective." Isha, Hyperdimensional, said calmly, "This mission is more difficult than we thought. Perhaps we won't be able to hold on to this body."

The other mages nodded and said casually, "It's fine. We'll just be weakened for a while. As long as the mission is successful, His Excellency Maxissen will pay for our losses."

Isha, Hyperdimensional, nodded. "In that case, let's proceed with plan B. Open the way for me. I need to conserve my power to invade the soul of the Devourer. "

They all knew that every word they said here could be heard by the Devourer, but even if the eyes of the soul in the depths of the gray sea were getting fiercer and fiercer, they still said it out loud.

They followed isha, Hyperdimensional, as their leader. Her words were orders. The first mage did not hesitate to ignite his mana. Countless murmurs sounded around him, and countless spells flashed around him. He then took a step forward, and a gap appeared in the gray sea. At the same time, a tenth of the mage's body and soul disappeared.

The rest of the mages followed closely behind. After ten steps, the first mage burned his own existence. He used all of his power to close the gap between himself and the soul of the Devourer.

The second sorcerer, the third sorcerer … Every sorcerer made the same choice. Before the fifth sorcerer finally disappeared, he smiled at Aisha Chaowei and said, "It's up to you now. You must succeed, or we won't even be able to revive ourselves."