Chapter 126: Chapter 125 Flame Bombardment Impact
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, several months had passed.
The chill of deep winter was chased away by the spring breeze, and little green buds began to appear on the ground. Ice in the ponds melted, nourishing the grass and trees. The snow turned into snowmelt, bubbling into streams to join the Jade River.
The breath of life surged once again as all things revived in the spring…
Standing by the bank of the Jade River, Cuijin City still stood firm, yet the spring wind seemed to breathe life into it. The rigid lines on the city walls came to life, becoming smooth and rounded.
As the view zoomed in, the city gate bustled with a constant stream of pedestrians. The scene was lively with carriages and horses, and the noisy clamor almost made the air boil.
Amid the din, a black carriage entered the city with the crowd. At the same time, in a bloody courtyard somewhere in the city, a man in a black robe slowly lifted his head.
Of course, all of this had little to do with Richard at the moment.
After months of quiet, Richard now stepped out of the main house, crossed the courtyard, and entered a separate room on the side.
The room was large and had been specially reinforced. Its walls were much thicker than those of an ordinary house, and both the inner walls and floors were covered with concrete made up of crushed stones, lime, and sand.
This room was designed for Richard to test his spells. In the middle stood a customized metal humanoid target, pitted and cracked from previous tests with Water Element Acid Branch Magic and Wind Element Magic.
At this time, Richard entered the room, ready to test spells that he had prepared over several months using Free Energy Elements, which could also be called Apocalypse Magic.
To call it Apocalypse Magic was somewhat different from the magic truly cast by Apocalypse Wizards. For one thing, Richard didn’t fully understand the ways of the Apocalypse Wizards. On the other hand, Richard wasn’t so reckless as to completely abandon his Magic Origin to cast spells; he didn’t want to go to the extreme of “To become an Apocalypse Wizard, one must first shatter one’s Magic Origin.”
The role of the Magic Origin was to assist. While his power hadn’t reached a certain level, it was still very useful, so Richard hadn’t abandoned it. Instead, he’d spent several months transforming his Magic Origin.
The main transformation involved creating nine independent spaces within the Magic Origin to individually store the nine types of Energy Elements used in Shape Energy Magic. As for the rest of the Magic Origin beyond these independent spaces, it wasn’t wasted either—Richard chose to continue storing Mana there.
After all, some complex spells didn’t just need the nine types of Shape-shifting Energy Elements but required even more varieties of Energy Elements, hence the need for Mana to accomplish the transformation.
Richard’s idea was to use Free Energy Elements for direct spell-casting in combat whenever possible in order to gain a combat advantage. But when that was restricted, he would use Mana for assistance or rely entirely on Mana for combat.
Put simply, Richard was preparing to have a foot in both the “Apocalypse Wizard” and “Dawn Wizard” camps, ready to handle whatever situations might arise.
That said, the path of the “Apocalypse Wizard” indeed proved to be much stronger than that of the “Dawn Wizard.” Whether rapidly firing off Low-level Magic to create a Barrage Impact effect or using Magic Runes to cast High-Circle Magic faster to disrupt the enemy’s formation, it was the optimal choice.
Moreover, by reducing the energy loss in the conversion between “Mana and Free Energy Elements,” combat with Apocalypse Magic would lead to stronger endurance and faster recovery.
Thinking these thoughts, Richard stood still in the room, raising his hand and aiming at the metal humanoid target.
Free Energy Elements quickly surged out from the independent spaces of the Magic Origin, circulated through his body at a distance, and then released.
A flame burst forth, quickly transforming into an egg-sized, fiery red orb that shot out.
Apocalypse Magic·Zero-Circle Low Order·Flame Impact!
With a “puff,” the flames hit the metal humanoid target, tens of meters away, exploding on the surface, creating a palm-sized, fiery-red mark. However, as quickly as the mark appeared, it faded away just as fast, and the target returned to its original state, showing no significant damage.
Richard watched, his eyes flickering, and kept his hand raised in mid-air, still aimed at the target. Under the control of his Spiritual Power, Free Energy Elements within surged again, flowing continuously from the Magic Origin. They circulated rapidly inside his body, then shot out consecutively from his palm.
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh!”,
Three balls of flames.
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh…”
Ten balls, twenty balls, thirty balls… fifty balls… over a hundred balls of flames!
Apocalypse Magic, Zero-Circle High Order, Flame Bombardment Impact!
Over a hundred balls of fire suddenly formed a complete barrage and burst forth. In an instant, the entire room was filled with rolling heat waves, making the air twist and warp. The flames filled the room, incessantly pounding on the metallic humanoid target amidst the roaring sounds.
One ball of flame after another exploded on the target’s surface, sparks flying everywhere, like molten iron being poured onto cold stones.
Visibly, the surface of the humanoid metallic target rapidly turned red-hot. Radiating from the centers of the “Flame Bombardment Impact” hits, the red-hot area spread outward quickly. In no time, a large portion of the humanoid metallic target turned a fiery red, with hints of orange within it, gold glinting within the orange, and a dazzling white within the gold.
The subsequent flames kept bombarding, continuing to explode on the surface of the target.
The surface of the metallic humanoid target inevitably began to soften. Molten iron, like sweat, oozed out from the surface, rolling down, and quickly solidified with a “sizzle” as it hit the cold ground.
“Pff pff pff pff pff pff…”
“Sizzle sizzle sizzle…”
The barrage of flames continued unabated.
The metallic humanoid target began to deform at an exaggerated pace; its chest caved in, its neck became crooked, a good portion of its head had disappeared, all turning into solidified iron chunks on the floor.
Finally, when all the flames had finished bombarding, in Richard’s view, the target had changed from humanoid to an unrecognizable lump.
“Phew”, Richard took a deep breath, feeling the air in the room exceptionally hot, but he didn’t pay attention to these details. Instead, he looked at the state of the metallic target and nodded with satisfaction.
Based on the current effect, the barrage formed by over a hundred Flame Impacts had clearly caused significant overflow damage. In real combat, it would probably only take twenty or thirty Flame Impacts to easily penetrate the armor of elite soldiers and kill them. Moreover, the amount of free energy elements consumed was completely within an acceptable range; due to the absence of the loss from “Melting and Reverse Melting”, the expenditure was more than half less than the mana consumption.
Overall, the casting of low-level Apocalypse Magic showed very good results.
And if low-level magic casting was successful, what about the more complex high-circle magic?
Richard’s eyes gleamed slightly, and with a flip of his hand, he pulled out a White Jade Plate from the Iron Ring.