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Chapter 129 Karug, 2nd Ring?!
Chapter 129 Karug, Second Ring?!
Luo Lin's gaze swept over the surrounding environment.
The area is characterized by dense rock pillars and narrow terrain, making it easy for large-scale spells to accidentally injure friendly forces, but also limiting the mobility of both sides.
He noticed that when the Ash Ring wizards cast spells, they would subconsciously avoid several particularly thick black rock pillars with fine energy veins on their surfaces.
These rock pillars—the echo unit sensed—contained unstable but enormous geothermal energy, seemingly natural energy conduits or nodes.
If subjected to a severe impact, it may ————
A dangerous plan took shape in an instant.
While continuing to fire and harass, Rowling quietly moved to a position near an exceptionally thick black rock pillar not far from the area where the Shadow Wizard and the Flame Shield were fighting.
He pretended to be forced back by a stray arrow, leaning against the rock pillar while silently placing his palm on the rough surface of the pillar.
Within the mental sea, the echo unit operated at full capacity, beginning to simulate and reverse-analyze the frequency of geothermal energy flow inside the rock pillar.
Then, he carefully channeled an extremely faint pulse of stellar energy, but with a deliberately distorted frequency, into the rock pillar through his palm!
The already restless geothermal energy inside the rock pillar became even more chaotic due to the interference of this external frequency!
The surface of the column began to turn slightly red, the temperature rose sharply, and it even emitted a faint, teeth-grinding buzzing sound!
The Shadow Wizard, locked in a fierce battle with the Flame Shield, seemed to sense the anomaly in the energy around him. Glancing out of the corner of his eye, he noticed something amiss with the rock pillar behind Roland, and his expression changed slightly: "Watch out for that pillar!"
But it was too late!
Luo Lin lunged to the side, simultaneously using all his strength to slam a wisp of the explosive properties of the Molten Core within the [Myriad Stars] into the base of the rock pillar, mixed with the last powerful pulse of chaotic star power!
Boom!!!
It was as if an earth dragon had turned over!
The thick, black rock pillar suddenly exploded from the inside!
It wasn't a physical explosion, but rather the complete detonation of accumulated geothermal energy!
The scorching red magma, mixed with violent energy turbulence, erupted wildly in all directions like a volcanic eruption!
The explosion's epicenter was instantly enveloped in scorching lava and destructive energy!
The nearest Shadow Wizard and Flame Shield will be the first to be hit!
The fiery shield that the sinister wizard hastily erected shattered like paper under the violent energy impact. He was blasted backward, his robes charred and torn, and he spat out blood with sparks from his mouth!
Despite having a tower shield and its own protection, Flame Shield was still violently thrown away by the terrifying impact, crashing heavily into the rock wall behind it. Cracks appeared on the surface of the tower shield, and blood spilled from the corner of its mouth.
The shockwave from the explosion and the splashing lava also affected others.
The second-ring witch and several first-ring witches had to interrupt their spellcasting and flee in disarray.
Captain Gore and the Forge Guards were also affected, and their formation was thrown into chaos.
The entire battlefield was in chaos, filled with smoke and dust, and sweltering heat.
"Retreat! Retreat now!"
The sinister wizard, enduring his injuries, roared hoarsely, his eyes filled with horror and resentment as he looked in Roland's direction.
He never expected that this seemingly insignificant "native fire master" could trigger such a terrifying explosion of earth vein energy!
The wizards of the Ash Ring dared not linger in battle. They covered each other and quickly retreated into the depths of the rocky forest, soon disappearing into the intricate terrain.
Captain Gore shook his slightly dizzy head, glanced at the ravaged battlefield and his wounded comrades, and gritted his teeth: "Cease the pursuit! Treat the wounded and take a headcount!"
The explosion site was a scene of utter devastation; the rock pillar had vanished completely, leaving only a deep crater steaming and flowing with lava.
Luo Lin climbed up from behind a pile of rubble, his face pale. The attack had greatly depleted his mental and magical power, but the effect was remarkable.
The count revealed that two furnace guards were killed, three were seriously injured, and the rest sustained minor injuries.
The internal organs of Yan Dun were shaken and require recuperation.
Rowling and Nightingale were relatively intact, but their magical energy was severely depleted.
An ambush ended in mutual destruction after Roland risked detonating a ley line node.
Although the Ash Ring retreated, its core combat force was only injured, not destroyed.
Meanwhile, in Radiant Rock City, they lost a valuable Forge Guardian and also exposed the dangerous ability of the Flame Masters to detonate ley lines.
On the way back to Yaoyan City, the atmosphere was even more somber than on the way there.
Captain Gore remained silent, his gaze towards Rolin and the other two complex and unreadable, containing both a hint of gratitude for their earlier rescue and a deep sense of apprehension.
Return to the fortress and report on the battle situation.
Lord Karug and Prophet Mog were both astonished when they heard that Rolin could actually trigger an explosion of ley line energy.
"Activating the earth's veins—this requires an extremely profound understanding and control of energy."
The Prophet Mog's ever-changing soul fire stared intently at Rolin.
"Your ancestral skills seem to be even more special than I imagined."
Lord Karug was more concerned with the outcome: "They were repelled? Good!"
"Although we also suffered losses, we dealt a blow to the invaders' arrogance! You did a good job!"
This mission brought Luo Lin and his two companions back into the sights of the higher-ups, but it also made them appear more mysterious and uncontrollable.
Although Lord Karug gave them verbal praise, he subsequently strengthened the "protection" of their residence and implied that they should not use that dangerous method of activating ley lines again without his or Prophet Mog's explicit instructions.
Rowling knew this was an inevitable outcome.
The native lords would not allow an uncontrolled and powerful force to exist in their city.
After a few days of rest, Flame Shield's injuries had largely healed. During this time, Prophet Mog spoke with Rolin several more times, the topic gradually shifting from energy purification to the more macroscopic nature of the world, order and chaos, and the characteristics of different flames.
Rowling vaguely sensed that the prophet seemed to be testing something, or perhaps—seeking some kind of resonance.
That day, as Rolin was meditating in the stone house, he suddenly heard an unusual commotion and energy fluctuations coming from outside the fortress, mixed with terrified screams and—the booming of clashing spells?!
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Rolin, Flame Shield, and Nightingale immediately rushed out of the stone house, only to find the square in front of the fortress in complete chaos!
The guards lay dead on the ground, their soul flames extinguished or dimmed. And in the center of the square stood three figures!
Two of them were the sinister second-ring wizard and the second-ring witch who had appeared in the previous ambush battles at the lava lake in the mine and the rock forest!
Their auras were now more concentrated, indicating that their injuries had clearly healed and they might even have improved.
The two stood side by side, their staffs pointing diagonally at the ground, their faces filled with undisguised arrogance and murderous intent.
Opposite them, Lord Karug was wielding a massive battle axe engulfed in blazing white flames, glaring angrily!
His thick leather armor had many scorch marks, and white soul fire rose violently, emitting a powerful pressure far exceeding that of usual!
The intensity of that pressure—it was at the level of a second-circle wizard!
Moreover, he wasn't just a beginner in the second ring; he was quite solid, even slightly stronger than the two second-ring wizards in the Ash Ring opposite him!
Lord Karug, the ruler of this lava city, is actually a hidden second-ring powerhouse!