Abyss demons are a race that craves combat.
On this vast battlefield where two civilizations clash, Richard feels his body cells becoming active even without engaging in battle.
The invisible war atmosphere in the air is continuously stimulating his body.
Beside him, the Great Wizard gives Richard a slight sidelong glance. Unlike Richard, who is tense yet slightly excited, their spirits are taut the moment they entered this world.
They are old veterans who have fought centuries of civilization wars, well aware of the horrors of such a battlefield.
A wave of magic power sweeps across the senses of the Great Wizards. Richard takes out the crystal ball to look, only to see that the Battle Zone Command Center has already designated his battlefield.
"West Eleven to West Fifteen Battle Zone."
Perhaps because Richard is a Five Rings wizard, he is responsible for not just one battle zone but five. In other words, he is akin to a subcommand center.
Richard looks up at the Great Wizard of Soul Sea hovering beside him. This Crown Throne student’s arrangement is just like his, also responsible for five battle zones.
Moreover, according to the battle zone map issued with the command, the area he is responsible for seems to be the most intense part of the war.
Noticing Richard’s gaze, the Great Wizard of Soul Sea looks at Richard and calmly says, "Goodbye, hope we both survive after the war."
With that, the Great Wizard of Soul Sea disappears like a phantom.
Without lingering, the other Great Wizards each exhibit their divine skills and head towards their respective battle zones.
Richard looks at the map, his figure flashes, and he appears in front of a small teleportation gate.
As the teleportation gate’s location, the square they are on is firmly anchored by a space anchor. Without the teleportation gate, even Richard would not be able to use spatial means to leave this place.
Passing through the teleportation gate, Richard arrives at an area resembling a fortress. After leaving the fortress, the grand battlefield at the front line truly unfolds before him.
Standing in the air, the breeze brushing by Richard’s ear feels like carrying the lamentations of Galaxy Mayflies and Wizards.
He can feel his body, deeply influenced by the Power of Abyss, becoming restless. Even though Richard is restraining himself with reason, he is still filled with battle spirit.
"Perhaps cooperating with Abyss demons will be more in-depth than cooperating with gods."
Richard murmurs while looking at the distant battlefield, then his figure turns into a stream of light, constantly flickering in the air.
"Wizard, you are too weak!"
The King of Mayfly emits a piercing insect cry, its massive body constantly flickering in the air. The dark horn on its head shakes the wizard’s barrier with every strike.
Though its body presents many signs of carbonization, and two joints are missing, its life radiation has not diminished, instead becoming vigorous as a sun due to the battle.
Combat is the best catalyst for physique evolution.
Compared to it, the Great Wizard fighting against it looks rather miserable.
The Great Wizard’s spherical rule body is now tottering, with its spiritual power skeleton severely damaged by the King of Mayfly’s attacks, even its soul is suffering losses.
In contrast to the King of Mayfly’s increasingly strong momentum, this Great Wizard has no strength left to resist.
The best result he can achieve is to forcibly swap the King of Mayfly using the ultimate ability of Wizard Rules.
However, does his value truly compare to that of the King of Mayfly before him?
The Great Wizard knows that his only chance of survival now is to return to the Material World. There, the Wizard Army can assist him, and perhaps he can hold on until other Great Wizards come to support...
The King of Mayfly appears again, its dark horn piercing through the Great Wizard’s rule body like a nail. The destructive energy attached to the horn is like the last straw that broke the camel’s back, instantly causing the Great Wizard’s rule limbs to collapse uncontrollably.
The Great Wizard’s figure flashes, instantly slipping out from behind the veil. But as he appears, the King of Mayfly’s figure almost simultaneously appears.
No words, no arrogance; at this final juncture of the battle, the King of Mayfly shows twelve points of caution.
His figure turns into a stream of light, and even when the horn above his head does not move, the surrounding space keeps breaking apart. As he moves, space within a hundred meters shatters instantly, forming a giant rift traversing the heavenly vault.
This strike, the energy level has reached half a million.
A trace of despair flashes through the Great Wizard’s heart.
"Eh, this rule is interesting."
Just as the Great Wizard falls into despair, a figure suddenly stands before him, stopping the King of Mayfly’s final strike with one hand.
This Wizard is covered in bone scales, with runes and blood threads faintly appearing on the scales. Judging by the pressure emanating from him, this Wizard is a Five Rings Great Wizard.
A thought flashes through the Great Wizard’s mind, and he instantly breathes a sigh of relief.
But before he can get out of the jubilance of escaping death, an equally terrifying aura enters his senses.
A Level 5 King of Mayfly is closing in on him.
"Don’t just stand there foolishly, quickly rebuild your rule body."
The Wizard’s urging brings the Great Wizard back to his senses instantly.
At this moment, he is already a burden on the battlefield; staying any longer means seeking his own death.
"Thank you for your help, Master, I am..."
"I know who you are, the Great Wizard of Green Light." The Wizard replied urgently, "I am the commander of the West Battle Zones eleven to fifteen, you can call me Richard.
Now, use every ounce of your strength to run!"
As he spoke, Richard’s body grew larger once more, and the King of Mayfly had its skull shattered by him and was thrown into the Secret Realm.
"Luckily, I had Ulysses guarding the Secret Realm, otherwise it would have been a waste..."
Before Richard could finish mumbling, the Level 5 King of Mayfly had already reached him.
This was a giant insect over five hundred meters long, its entire body looked like a piece of exquisite jewelry, covered with various sizes of white crystals.
As a Galaxy Mayfly, it had typical compound eyes, two wings, and six limbs, but instead of the common tail filaments, its tail had a trifork-like bifurcated crystal spike.
Its mouthparts were like a guillotine, with a crystalline tube resembling a mosquito’s proboscis inside.
Of its six segments, four were covered with saw-like crystalline barbs, where Richard could even see blood vessels and nerves among the crystals.
The remaining two, although not barbed, looked like pickaxes.
Richard had no doubt that these two segments were specifically evolved to break through the defenses of other creatures.
"Feels like I’ve encountered a worthy opponent."
The Power of Abyss in Richard’s body began to flow, surging like tides.
His body ached for battle.
The body of the King of Mayfly and Richard collided fiercely, and these two giants, each over five hundred meters tall, instantly tore through the Heavenly Vault, the impact wave almost wrinkling the sky itself.
"Physique Evolution? I didn’t expect Wizards to also pursue Physique Evolution."
A deep insect chirp came from the mouth of the King of Mayfly, and seeing this Wizard before it, its entire body felt like it was boiling.
Its body told it that this was a worthy opponent!
In contrast, Richard felt somewhat disappointed.
"This insect isn’t quite up to standard."
Although the insect displayed significant power, whether due to rule issues or Bloodline problems, the strength of this King of Mayfly was not as strong as Richard had imagined it would be.
It was roughly about sixty percent of his strength.
So much so that using seventy percent of his power was enough to suppress it.
Richard sighed internally, "Sigh, evolving too well is also a problem, I can’t fully enjoy the battle."
The thoughts of a World Master flashed by, and in the next moment, the two massive figures suddenly separated, then clashed again.
This collision shattered the Heavenly Vault, and the hundred-kilometer-diameter space void almost dimmed the entire sky.
This time, Richard finally confirmed that this insect’s evolution was indeed inferior to his own.
"Since you’re not as strong as me, there’s nothing more to say."
Richard sported a vicious smile, like a Demon God descending upon the world.
Since its evolution lagged behind his, this insect was bound to lose.
But before they could continue, an immense pressure descended from the Heavenly Vault.
It was the aftermath of a battle involving a Dominator.
This battlefield actually had Dominators fighting!
The two Level 5 creatures exchanged a glance and slowly shrank their bodies.
Dominators were on a different tier of life altogether, even the battle’s aftermath was difficult to withstand without the strength of Level 6 creatures.
If these little fish and shrimps accidentally wandered into the Dominator’s battlefield, they would likely be obliterated instantly.
"Wizard, next time I’ll use your heart as a sacrificial offering for my golden crown."
The King of Mayfly emitted a low buzz, but Richard only chuckled coldly in response, "Make sure to fuse more Bloodlines, so when I eat you, I won’t need so much seasoning."
The aftermath of the Dominator’s battle quieted the entire battlefield significantly.
The Great Wizard and the King of Mayfly flew out from behind the curtain, temporarily entering a truce. However, this bit of disturbance seemed unaffected by the mortals, as the insect swarm continued their fierce battle with the Wizard fortress.
Following the map’s direction, Richard arrived at his sub-battle zone command center.
Without commands from the main command center, he directly managed these five battle zones from West eleven to fifteen.
The sub-battle zone command center was typically built underground, and Richard entered through the entrance, quickly reaching his command center.
Surprisingly, amid this chaos where Richard had to fight upon entering this world, his command center was eerily calm.
The staff officers, who were supposed to be busy, were idly sitting in the command center, while the intelligence department was utterly silent.
Richard entered with a very serious expression.
"What is going on here? Why is there no work being done?"
Seeing Richard, the advising Three Rings Wizards immediately stood up.
One of the oldest-looking Wizards wore a slightly helpless look and explained to Richard, "Sir, we’d like to work, but without a Great Wizard overseeing, which Great Wizard beneath would pay attention to us?"