Chapter 392: Picking a Soft Target to Squeeze

Chapter 392: Picking on a Soft Target

Boom! Boom!

Giant waves surged toward the isolated island like mountains collapsing.

The little island stood alone, utterly helpless.

Faced with such terrifying waves, everyone could only think of self-preservation.

No one could stop them.

Some tried to resist the tidal wave, but their efforts were futile.

The wave had already taken shape, carrying with it the might of heaven and earth—human strength alone was no longer enough to alter its course.

Boom!

A hundred-meter-high wave crashed directly into the forest, instantly submerging vast stretches of trees.

Its aftermath surged up the mountain slopes until it reached halfway up the peaks.

Splash! Splash!

Great volumes of seawater poured back into the ocean.

In many places, only tree crowns protruded above the surface.

Many creatures on the island were swept into the sea; some died the moment the wave struck.

Li Wei looked down and said, "At this rate, it'll take at least a day before all the seawater drains away from the island."

Eris added, "Even if it does drain, there can still be second and third waves."

"If one can be summoned once, then more will surely follow."

"What began as a contest has now become a struggle for survival."

Eris felt somewhat helpless too.

The competition was scheduled to last three days.

But clearly, someone wasn't satisfied with that timeline—

They wanted to end everything in just one day.

Meteor bombardments, towering tsunamis—

Who knew what other insane actions those mages would pull next?

"Everyone focus on the Elemental Tower mages first—their wide-scale destructive powers are too dangerous. This must be part of their scheme!"

Someone shouted loudly while floating midair.

"That's right! Using meteors and tsunamis so casually is totally against the rules!"

Others echoed in agreement.

Hearing this, people instinctively turned their gaze toward the mages of the Elemental Tower.

Several who had earlier landed among the trees were forced to fly again under threat of the giant waves, fleeing the forest.

Yet even they couldn't escape being caught by the surging waters, appearing quite disheveled.

Already battered and irritated, upon hearing accusations directed at themselves, the Elemental Tower mages grew even angrier.

"You're full of shit—whoever claimed we caused this tsunami?"

"We nearly drowned ourselves—we wouldn’t do something that puts us at risk too!"

The Elemental Tower mages argued fiercely.

"You’re the ones being ridiculous. Look around—who else here has the power to summon a tsunami? Other than your Elemental Tower mages, who else could possibly do it?"

Their opponents retorted mercilessly.

On the surface, the likelihood that the Elemental Tower mages created the tsunami seemed highest.

After all, mages from other towers neither possessed nor specialized in such spells.

"Stop making excuses—it was definitely you."

"Screw you—if you don’t believe me, fight me instead of yapping endlessly!"

An irritable mage from the Elemental Tower immediately engaged his accusers.

"Thundercloud Tempest!"

Taking advantage that most were still airborne,

the hot-tempered lightning-elemental mage unleashed a fifth-tier spell without hesitation.

Rumble! Rumble!

The previously clear sky was instantly covered by dark clouds, thunder rumbling across the heavens.

Lightning flashed wildly.

Everyone wore expressions of shock.

"Damn it—you guys fight each other, why drag me into this?!"

Some turned to flee the area of attack.

Others launched fierce counterattacks.

"Illusion Art—Eye of Confusion!"

The lightning mage locked eyes with a mage from the Phantom Spirit Tower.

Bolts of lightning erupted from the stormy skies, striking down upon members of the Elemental Tower, Alchemy Tower, and Summoning Tower alike.

The Space Tower mages had long since fled.

Briefly confused by the Eye of Confusion,

the lightning mage quickly regained clarity—and became even more furious.

"Heaven-Shaking Thunderbolts!" Boom! Boom!

Hundreds of bolts of lightning rained down from the darkened sky overhead.

All indiscriminately targeting anyone within range.

There was no time left for cursing.

Everyone frantically defended against the thunderous assault, desperately trying to escape the reach of the thunderstorm.

When it came to large-area offensive magic, the Elemental Tower held absolute superiority.

As for numbers, the Summoning Tower had the edge.

Just as everyone escaped the range of the thunderstorm,

they found themselves surrounded by flying magical beasts, hastily engaging in chaotic combat.

Li Wei dodged attacks while simultaneously retaliating, killing nearby aerial monsters.

Every now and then, he also had to watch out for crackling lightning snakes passing dangerously close by.

He shook his head and said, "It is chaos, utter chaos."

Eris smiled and replied, "Only when it gets lively does it become interesting."

"Watch your back."

Levi's sharp eyes caught a figure approaching from behind Eris, and he rushed to warn him.

Eris reacted swiftly.

"Ring of Frost!"

An icy-blue ring of frost rapidly expanded outward, centered on Eris.

Crack, crack, crack!

The figure behind him was struck by the ring of frost, its body instantly blanketed in thick white rime as its movements grew rigid.

Eris followed up instantly with a backhanded "Frost Blast."

Bang!

The ice crystallized upon the figure exploded, unleashing a more terrifyingly low temperature capable of instantly freezing any living soul.

Snap!

Eris looked back to find that the frozen entity was a shadow assassin.

The summon of a certain summoner.

Shadow assassins possessed a relatively high resistance to magic.

Even after taking Eris's full combo, it was not yet dead, its actions merely slowed down drastically as its form remained frozen in place.

"Let me."

Whoosh!

A blue fireball soared toward the frozen shadow assassin.

Bang!

The flames erupted, and the shadow assassin's figure dissolved into the blaze.

Eris glanced at Levi and said, "My thanks."

"Don't mention it."

Levi scanned their surroundings; the mages still battling mid-air were essentially all summoners and elementalists.

The alchemists and illusionists had already retreated.

They did not excel in this kind of large-scale, chaotic combat.

Illusionists were better suited for one-on-one encounters, playing with their opponents in the palm of their hands without their ever realizing it.

Alchemists were better suited for battles where they could prepare.

Against illusionists, they could brew sobering elixirs to maximize immunity against illusory attacks.

Against summoners, they could craft specialized potions tailored specifically to counter summons.

The mages of the five top mage towers each had their own specialties.

Caw, caw, caw!

Several flying magical beasts surrounded Levi and Eris.

A look of surprise crossed Levi's face as he glanced not far away.

Two summoning mages sat upon the back of a flying bat-ray.

"There are two isolated elemental mages here, one ice and one fire; while their spells interfere with each other and prevent them from unleashing their full power, let us eliminate them."

The distance between the two parties was somewhat far.

Eris could not hear their conversation clearly.

Levi possessed keen hearing, allowing him to catch every single word of their dialogue without missing a syllable.

He smiled inwardly, amused that the opponents actually deemed this an opportunity not to be missed.

Weren't they looking down on him just a bit too much?

Did the spells of an ice mage and a fire mage absolutely have to interfere with one another?

The two summoned even more magical beasts to besiege Levi and Eris, intending to exhaust their mana through this method.

And then deliver the decisive blow.

Summoners all possessed their own life-bound summoned beasts.

The surrounding summons were not of a high level, easily dealt with by both Levi and Eris, so they were certainly not the opponents' life-bound beasts.

While dealing with the small fry, they also had to remain vigilant against the enemy's life-bound summoned beasts.

Eris said, "Leave the summoned beasts to me, you deal with the two of them directly."

"Understood."

(End of Chapter)