Chapter 1140 - 890: Light Cannon Duel

"Divine Armor troops, pay attention! The Ancient Mage Tower’s Light Cannon is charging! I repeat, the Ancient Mage Tower’s Light Cannon is charging!"

The light emitted by the charging Light Cannon of the Ancient Mage Tower had already been spotted by some Divine Armor Mages, and the warning from the transport ship further confirmed this fact.

"Everyone, get in formation! Activate the magic Resonance! Assume the Third Defense Counterattacking Formation!"

At the Commander’s command, all the Divine Armor Mages immediately ceased their attacks and dispersed, forming a special pattern.

"What are they doing?" Zulal, high above, saw the change in formation and asked, perplexed.

"They must have seen the Ancient Mage Tower’s Light Cannon charging and are preparing to counter this blast, right?" Elma said with a smile.

Zulal also smiled. If this were just an ordinary warship, that would be one thing, but this is the Ancient Mage Tower! This is the Giant’s greatest legacy in this Plane! Do you really think you can withstand this blast with your mere two thousand men? Ridiculously laughable!

Realizing that the Light Cannon of the Ancient Mage Tower was charging, the Semi-Crazy Demon Mages became even crazier, especially since the Divine Armor Mages had stopped their assault and switched to a passive defense. This was a tremendous opportunity!

All manner of spells were desperately cast down, striking the Divine Armor Mages below, but these mages stood like statues, not moving an inch.

"Bastards! Die! Hahaha!" the Semi-Crazy Demon Mages laughed wildly, casting their spells as if they had an endless supply of mana, while some Crazy Demons didn’t even realize that their mana had been exhausted in the recent battle. As a result, after casting some powerful spells, some Semi-Crazy Demon Mages fell from the sky into the midst of the Divine Armor Mages. The sudden change frightened them, but then they realized that these Divine Armor Mages completely ignored them, as if they couldn’t see them at all.

"Are they scared stiff?" Some of the Semi-Crazy Demons, clueless about their own fate, even kicked at the Divine Armors as they approached them.

"All systems are functioning normally! The Third Defense Counterattacking Formation can be activated!" The messages from various squad leaders reached the main Commander.

"Activate the Mana Resonator!" the Commander ordered.

Hum!

A rumbling sound came from all around as Divine Armors started to resonate the mana between them. The mana within range of all the Divine Armor Mages began to resonate in sync, and the Semi-Crazy Demon Mages who had fallen into their midst suddenly found that the mana within their bodies was resonating uncontrollably. This resonance rendered their bodies completely immobilized, while the mana caused tremendous destruction internally. Although invisible from the outside, the continuous pain and the crystallizing of their bodies indicated that they were being destroyed from the inside out, while simultaneously being repaired by the Crystal Poison!

In the blink of an eye, one Semi-Crazy Demon had completely turned into a Crazy Demon! But even as a Crazy Demon, it couldn’t move at all. Instead, the resonating mana caused its body to shake violently.

Boom!

The Crazy Demon shattered completely, along with its internal Crystal Core! And then, all Semi-Crazy Demons who fell into the area turned into Crazy Demons and were destroyed in the same way!

"Master Elma, charging complete!" came a voice from within Elma’s runes.

"Fire!"

Boom!

An immensely thick beam of light fell from the sky, obliterating the Semi-Crazy Demons who couldn’t dodge in time!

"Activate the Defense Counterattacking emitter! Channel full mana into it!" the Commander roared. A massive Array sprang forward in front of every Divine Armor simultaneously, just as the beam of light struck down!

The bombardment lasted a full three seconds, so intense that even Elma couldn’t see what was happening. But he was confident that his blast would be enough to wipe out all the Divine Armor Mages below.

After three seconds, the bombardment ceased.

Elma looked down, and the sight before him was simply unbelievable!

All the Divine Armor warriors were still standing in place, their metal gleaming brilliantly as the vast energy echoed between them!

"It’s an Array!!" Zulal shouted, staring at the scene below.

Once Zulal had realized it, Elma of course understood as well. The two thousand Divine Armor Mages had used their own bodies as nodes for Runes, the surging mana forming the Array itself. And it appeared this Array was sufficient to withstand a blast from the Ancient Mage Tower’s Light Cannon!

"Not bad at all... This Long Yi, he’s really something!" Elma said with a smile, although his facial expressions didn’t show much change. But Zulal knew that Elma was truly angry now, as the light within his transparent head was moving rapidly. This was an indication of Elma’s emotional agitation, a fact known to almost no one else but Zulal.

"Master Elma, this..." Zulal began, looking at Elma questioningly.

"Charge the Light Cannon again, and fire another shot!" Elma commanded. The personnel responsible for the Light Cannon immediately complied, and began a second charging.

The previous blast had given the transport ship’s captain a scare, not expecting the Divine Armor Mages to survive unscathed. His anxiety was briefly alleviated, but then the second charging of the Light Cannon made his heart leap once more.

"Warning! The Light Cannon is charging again! I repeat, the Light Cannon is charging again!" the captain warned dutifully.

The soldiers below had naturally seen this, and they were already prepared.

"Everyone, check your mana reserves immediately!" the Divine Armor Mage Commander ordered loudly.

"Mana reserves are full! Energy devices have been charged to double capacity! Ready to activate at any moment!" the report immediately came back.

"Target the Ancient Mage Tower’s Light Cannon! Lieutenant, you aim, and I will activate!" the Commander ordered.

"Yes, aiming now!" Next to the Commander, the lieutenant looked upwards as a series of arrays sprung out in front of the Divine Armor’s enormous single eye, with a crosshair at the center of the arrays. The lieutenant was slowly aligning the crosshair with the position of the Light Cannon on the Ancient Mage Tower.

"Target locked!"

"Report to Master Elma, charging complete!"

Both reports rang out simultaneously.

"Fire!"

"Activate!"

Boom!

Boom!

Two beams of light shot out from the sky and the ground simultaneously, one from the Ancient Mage Tower and the other from an array formed by the Divine Armor Mages. Both beams were of the same thickness, equally dazzling!

Elma, of course, also saw the Light Cannon fired from below. His eyes squinted slightly, because the light was just too bright. Unfortunately, his transparent eyelids could not block out much of the brightness. The two beams collided in the air, creating a chaotic sphere of light, which surprisingly remained stationary in the middle, neither advancing nor retreating!

This meant that the power of the cannon fire from both sides was almost equal!

The bombardment ended quickly. The Ancient Mage Tower’s Light Cannon entered its cooling period, and the Divine Armor Mages below also lost their earlier brilliance. However, none among them were harmed.

"This... How is this possible..." Zulal said in surprise.

At this moment, Elma also fell silent because even he didn’t know what had just happened. It all happened too fast, and completely outside their understanding.

"This Long Yi..." Elma grimly forced these words out, but he did not finish, because even he did not know what he wanted to say.

Yes, Long Yi had naturally made preparations long ago. As soon as Long Yi witnessed the attack of the Ancient Mage Tower’s Light Cannon, he immediately realized that the group of Divine Armor Mages would inevitably face such Light Cannon attacks in the future. Reliance on Divine Armor’s defensive capabilities alone would definitely not withstand a direct attack from the Light Cannon. Hence, Long Yi, together with Ai Lin and Little Zi, designed this combat formation for the Divine Armor. They utilized the properties of magic resonance to forcibly disperse the power of the Light Cannon’s assault, spreading it evenly across each Divine Armor. At the same time, they opened the energy core of the Divine Armors to absorb as much of the attack’s energy as possible, and after that, the power of the Light Cannon was greatly reduced, enough to be resisted by the Divine Armor itself. In fact, because of the design margin, these cores could even overcharge to triple capacity, and finally, the array formed by the formation itself created a temporary Light Cannon, firing back the absorbed energy.

This was the entire working principle of the Defense Counterattacking Formation. Since it required time to be deployed, it would generally only be effective against attacks like the Light Cannon, or strategic magic spells that required time to prepare. During past training, it proved to be very effective against many strategic magic spells. Now, bringing out this formation and robustly withstanding a blow from the Ancient Mage Tower’s Light Cannon, it proved to be an almost perfect defense and counterattack.

Originally, the Semi-Crazy Demons of the Ancient Mage Tower thought that one cannon blast would be enough to annihilate those arrogant Divine Armor Mages, or at worst, two blasts would do the job. But in reality, the strength of these Divine Armor Mages was far more terrifying than anyone could imagine. Withstanding a strike from the Ancient Mage Tower’s Light Cannon, was there any justice left in this world!

"Retreat, being able to witness such a splendid performance this time is already not a loss," Elma suddenly said.

Zulal nodded his head because fighting against such individuals who could even withstand the Ancient Mage Tower’s Light Cannon was simply a dead end for the Semi-Crazy Demon Mages.

The order was given, and the Semi-Crazy Demon Mages below began to retreat en masse, taking off and still remembering to cast some symbolic spells to attack, although in reality, they were minuscule in effect.

"Commander, should we pursue?" the lieutenant asked.

"There’s no need. After all, it’s the Ancient Mage Tower, and we don’t know what’s hidden up there. Lord Long Yi’s orders were very clear; we are to defeat them, not pursue them," the Commander said.

"Yes, my Lord!" the lieutenant answered.

Defeating the invasion of the Ancient Mage Tower was definitely an event that would shake the entire Plane.

Although they had defeated the Ancient Mage Tower once before not long ago, those were just scattered troops and did not amount to much. Besides, it could not be said that those Sanctuary Mages were professional soldiers. Even though they were first-rate bullies with the Sanctuary Halo, their combat abilities were in question. However, this time, it was clear that the Semi-Crazy Demon Mages were specifically created for battle. This failure was indefensible.

Moreover, the most valuable part of this time was the confrontation with the Ancient Mage Tower’s Light Cannon. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)