Badge in Azure

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The moment the sorcerers fled, the reinforcement troops were easily defeated. From a magic tower in Lonestar City, Aini was using his Spirit Gaze and saw that the troops from the north camp were fleeing toward the west. Although he could not see everything clearly, he guessed that Saleen must have defeated the north camp.

Weren't there only 100,000 men? Aini wondered before immediately asking someone to call for Nailisi.

Recently, Nailisi and Aini had been sneaking outside the city to kill some of the enemy soldiers. So far, their endeavors had been successful, for as long as there were less than a hundred enemy soldiers, they two of them had been able to kill them all.

If Saleen was unable to arrive in time, Nailis and Aini would have to go deep into the camps to start killing the enemies. The lure of the blood soul tower was so great that Aini was willing to take that risk.

When Nailisi arrived at Aini's magic tower, she immediately said, "We need to leave the city quickly. Bring your most elite spirits of the dead. Master has gone crazy! He wants to defeat the Sikeqinyans in a single battle. I'm not having much fun anymore."

Nailisi knew that Saleen had Nicholas by his side and would definitely help Nicholas to boost the power of his blood soul tower. By doing so, Saleen probably hoped to make use of this battle to elevate Nicholas' power until Nicholas was able to break through to grade 10.

In that case, the benefits that Nailisi could reap would be almost limitless. Of course, creating the blood soul tower had other uses.

However, she could not possibly allow Nicholas to gain everything. This was why she had to convince Aini to leave the city as soon as possible.

Aini gritted his teeth and said, "Alright. Let me inform Her Highness, Lex, first."

Aini was no longer an impulsive person, and he did not wish for his city to be attacked. Hence, he figured that it was best to handover the defense of the city to Lex before they left.

Then, he began to summon the spirits of the dead. Plenty of middle-level and high-level spirits were gathered at the main gate, and once the city gate opened, Nailisi dashed out with Aini and the ancient warriors.

In terms of attacking the enemy, Nailisi was not as experience or skillful as Saleen. So, she was mainly relying on the 24 ancient warriors and the massive spirit army to help her in this area.

If Saleen had given her the order, she would not have needed any coordination between the armies inside the city and those outside. After all, she was at least capable of leading her army into the Sikeqinyan camp and chasing them away. The only reason she had been holding back was because Saleen had not allowed her to attack before.

Now that Saleen has begun his killing spree, there was no reason for Nailisi to continue holding back. So, she decided to transform herself into her devil-form, then took out her long lance. With her long lance in one hand and a blood soul tower in the other hand, she began her own killing spree!

With Aini personally leading the attack, the morale of the spirit army was high. While the floral spirits remained in the city, a massive fleshy spirit flew above his head.

Once in a while, it would spit out a powerful death aura that would surround Aini within an area of a whole mile. This fleshy spirit was already at grade nine, but if Aini was unable to advance to grade 10, the fleshy spirit would not be able to advance either. Thus, it would only keep growing in size and power as it prepared to advance to grade 10.

The spirits within a mile became extremely ferocious. Among those that had charged into the north camp, some were quite massive in size. In preparation for this battle, Aini had even assembled a skeletal dragon!

Only the skull of this skeletal dragon belonged to a real dragon, as the rest of its body was pieced together and compiled of many various beings and existences. This was an intimidating creature, as just one of its Spirit Breaths would leave no survivors within a hundred meters!

The speed at which Aini was collecting souls was much faster than Nailisi's. Upon seeing this, she was frustrated, so she decided to unleash all 24 ancient warriors to kill at will!

Aini and Nailisi gradually inched closer to the interior of the camp. The spirits on the outside decreased steadily as they went. This was because the Sikeqinyan north camp was built like a fortress, so some casualties were inevitable.

"Hmm?" Saleen gasped as he saw armies leaving Lonestar City and attacking the north camp.

He quickly summoned the Tempest Dragonmights, 24 of which immediately flew toward Nailisi. Saleen knew exactly what Nailisi was thinking, but he still had no idea what Nailisi wanted to use the blood soul tower for.

If it was purely for her spirit form, Nailisi probably would not have been so enthusiastic about it. So, this made Saleen think that all of this was probably related to her Luoluokaluo bloodline. If Nailisi was able to obtain all of the powers, she would probably become the most powerful creature after Saleen!

Nailisi was pleased when she saw the Tempest Dragonmights flying toward her. This meant that Saleen was allowing her to collect souls. Although the blood soul tower might seem useless now, it would become an irreplaceable item once all eight types of powers had been gathered.

Until then, Nailisi must make sure that the blood soul tower was filled with souls. If possible, she figured that she should head back to the demon dimension to kill some imps and demonic spirits, as in the demon dimension, even some magic bugs possessed souls.

Without Saleen's leadership, the Tempest Dragonmights would be no match for a group of sorcerers. Fortunately, the Sikeqinyan camp had already fallen, and with two powerful forces attacking them from both sides, the Sikeqinyan soldiers had fallen into a state of complete chaos and disorder.

Upon seeing this, Saleen summoned more Vermillion Knights. These tall elemental creatures charged everywhere in the camp, riding on their flaming warhorses. Most of their enemies died from being burnt by the flaming warhorses instead of being wounded by their flaming knives.

All this time, Nicholas followed Saleen closely. The number of souls in his blood soul tower was increasing very quickly. The soul brand on the blood soul tower was becoming clearer, and Nicholas' stature has also grown.

At the moment, the souls in the blood soul tower were all bowing to Nicholas, and he could feel that his lifespan was no longer shortening. He could also sense that the damage that had been caused by the lesser prophecy spell was being repaired by these souls.

The damage caused by the lesser prophecy spell was not only inflicted at the moment that the divine spell was cast. In fact, Nicholas' lifespan had been shortening very quickly this whole time. It was only when Saleen had allowed Nicholas to collect more souls that Nicholas had finally managed to reap countless benefits.

On top of that, most of the souls that Nicholas had collected were all in one piece and were more powerful than those that Fycro had collected for him previously. When Fycro had created the soul beads for him, he had taken away more than half of their power in order to limit Nicholas.

On the other hand, the blood soul tower that Nailisi had given Nicholas had not been tinkered with at all. Therefore, Nicholas was able to fully enjoy all of the benefits of collecting those souls. In this way, the mages' saying, "One must be prepared to give up something of the same value as what one desires" had really proven to be true.

It was only now that Nicholas had truly began to understand this saying of the mages. He had no idea how many years of his lifespan that he had given up, but in exchange for it, he was now on the brink of advancing to grade 10!

Although the risks might be high, without this opportunity, he just couldn't see the purpose of living a slightly longer life anyway. If he had not cast the lesser prophecy spell, Saleen would have died on Grand Duke Iron Blood's island!

If things had turned out that way, Lex might not have taken him in and the Winged Skull and Nailisi might not have forgiven him. In the end, he would probably have turned out to be a fallen Holy Master, being reprimanded by everyone!

Then, the mages would not want him and the Holy See would never accept him. Even the Supreme Court was known to be fond of killing fallen Holy Masters!

With the 24 Tempest Dragonmights, Nailisi began to kill the enemy forces very quickly. The Sikeqinyans were taken by surprise by this.

They had never expected to encounter an enemy like this, where there were close to a hundred grade nine elemental creatures that were able to overcome their defenses so easily! The king of the Metatrin Kingdom had personally led this expedition, quickly crushing the Sikeqinyans' dreams!

Now, the outcome of future battles no longer hinged on the number of soldiers on both sides, as all soldiers must be clad with magic armor on the battlefield or they were as good as dead. Also, all of their crossbows must be the most powerful ones. Otherwise, they would never be able to break down the enemy's defenses.

Furthermore, all of the mages must work together. Otherwise, they would be easily killed by the enemy's grade nine creatures. Any loophole in their spells would definitely be exploited by such intimidating enemies!

At the moment, Nailisi was in a great mood. This was because the Tempest Dragonmights had managed to create magic cannons from wind elements.

These cannons shot out huge wind blades, and against ordinary soldiers, these grade seven wind blades were capable of killing dozens of them! In fact, with a single shot of the cannon, close to a hundred wind blades would fly everywhere, obliterating every enemy in sight!

Right now, Nailisi was completely focused on collecting as many souls as possible. She was no longer involving herself in any battles. As she had the Tempest Dragonmights and the ancient warriors, she was practically invincible in the Sikeqinyan camp.

Meanwhile, thousands of meters up in the sky, a figure was looking down at the battlefield…

"Wow. Saleen has become so strong! I shouldn't have even bothered to sign a bond with him. I should have just killed him and saved myself the trouble." The figure sighed and turned around to fly toward the direction of the Chaotic Swamp.

Behind him, approximately 15 miles away, a mage with a colorful magic robe and long green hair was secretly tailing him. The manner in which both men flew was very queer.

The one in front was barely visible. He was flying through the sunlight, and each time that he did so, he would advance several miles.

Even though he did not seem to be flying very quickly, the frequency in which he was flying through the sunlight was as high as that of when he was casting spells. Hence, in the blink of an eye, he had already traveled more than a hundred miles!

As for the mage behind him, the six major elements around him were undisturbed. He was like a bird, gliding through the sky. However, a bird would never be able to fly faster than 200 miles an hour, and although there seemed to be nothing special or unique about this mage, he was somehow able to maintain a distance of 15 miles behind the man in front of him.

After the two of them had flown hundreds of miles, Nicholas suddenly said, "My Lord, Fycro was here just now!"

"I know," Saleen replied calmly.

Nicholas was taken aback at his response. He was surprised to hear that Saleen could sense Fycro's presence. This was because Nicholas was able to sense the presence of Holy Masters and knew how rare the ability was. Moreover, this particular Holy Master in the sky had left Nicholas with only terrible memories.

But, in fact, Saleen had not sensed Fycro. He had only heard Joey's voice.

"Saleen, Fycro is right above you, and he is watching the battle unfold. I will think of a way to kill him. Take care of your own safety," Nicholas advised.

Saleen's palms became cold. By now, he already knew that the repercussions of a grade 10 breaking a bond would not be very severe, and they would certainly not endanger one's life.

For this reason, Saleen had become too arrogant. Now, if Fycro wanted to kill him, there was no one around Saleen that would be able to protect him.

Instinctively, Saleen grasped his clan badge. If Fycro returned, he was going to give it a try, no matter what. He might not die from breaking the bond, but if Fycro was going to attack him anyway, Saleen figured that he might as well strike first!