Chapter 199: Chapter 183: Underground Battle (Part 2)

“Although I must apologize to you both, given the current situation, it’s best if I slip away first.”

Muttering to himself silently, Jeming looked at the metal plate in front of him with a pained expression.

This metal plate was thin yet heavy, its surface engraved with an ocean of runes, visibly emitting faint and complex energy fluctuations.

This was not an ordinary witchcraft artifact, but a rather rare one-time-use artifact in the Wizard World.

The drawbacks of this kind of artifact were obvious: its internal rune array pursued instant powerful effects without considering durability and self-cycle.

Therefore, once used, the artifact would self-destruct from excessive energy impact, making it truly a single-use item.

However, its advantages were equally prominent: due to the low requirement for material durability and the ability to avoid some complex self-cycling and recharging nodes in the manufacturing process, its material cost was relatively inexpensive.

It’s easier to manufacture as well, so its price is only a third of that of similar-level artifacts that can be continuously recharged and reused.

In terms of “cost performance,” this kind of one-time item definitely cannot compare to the normal kind of artifact that can be continuously recharged and reused.

Recorded within the metal plate in Jeming’s hand is a Fifth Level Space Element Witchcraft—”Space Jump.”

This witchcraft allows the user to perform large-scale spatial displacement in an instant, evading almost all attacks that cannot lock onto the dimensionality of space itself.

The reason Jeming managed to get this rare Fifth Level Witchcraft was thanks to his uncommon “All-Purpose Eye.”

At the Boundary Point wizard registration, it was because he demonstrated the “All-Purpose Eye” that he attracted the attention of many High Tier Wizards from the Tower of Annihilation, among them the actual commander of this expedition—Master Roland Faner.

After learning of the other party’s primary research direction in Space Element Annihilation Witchcraft, Jeming had planted an idea.

Later, Jeming contacted the other party through the communication serial number left by Master Roland and only obtained this life-saving Fifth Level Witchcraft after paying a considerable price.

The fact that it is a single-use artifact is precisely because Jeming was indeed financially strapped at the time.

Purchasing this artifact nearly consumed most of the military merits he earned from taking on research tasks over the year, and that was just the deposit.

The real burden was the harsh contract he signed with Master Roland:

Once he advanced to a Second Level and Third Level Wizard, he would learn some obscure and extremely difficult specialized knowledge as required by Roland to add new observation modules for his “All-Purpose Eye.”

Then, he would have to hand over the complete witchcraft model of “All-Purpose Eye” with these new observation modules to the other party.

Jeming had roughly reviewed the “specialized knowledge” designated by Master Roland, which were all of such high difficulty and of almost no practical use for a Low Level Wizard.

They not only required Jeming to expend a large amount of energy in learning and understanding but also could not be converted into obvious power in the short term.

But to prevent this possible “desperate situation,” Jeming gritted his teeth and signed this seemingly unequal contract with the other party.

Jeming suppressed the “painful” feeling in his heart, his Spiritual Power pouring into the metal plate like a tide.

He also had several vials of magic potions at hand, ready to be consumed to restore his Spiritual Power when needed.

The continuous influx of Spiritual Power quickly activated the runes, and strands of silver-white Power of Spatial Law began to gather around the metal plate, as if in the next second, a spatial crack would be torn open to teleport him away.

However, in just the next moment, the anticipation on his face froze instantly, transforming into utter astonishment!

“What’s going on?!” Watching as the metal plate stopped functioning again, Jeming felt a shock in his heart.

He immediately forced his Spiritual Power to condense and carefully checked according to the detection method mentioned in Roland’s “after-sales” instructions.

Soon after, Jeming’s face turned ever more unsightly under the red light of the magma.

“This underground cave… actually has spatial interference?!” Jeming almost uttered this sentence through gritted teeth, his voice filled with inexplicable bewilderment.

Although the strength of this spatial interference was not high, it was enough to turn a First Level Junior Wizard like Jeming into a pulp upon activation.

But evidently, his plan to use “Space Jump” to escape from the underground void was utterly defeated!

His most relied-upon life-saving trump card was thus ruthlessly constrained by the unforgiving environment before it could even be activated.

For a moment, Jeming’s face turned ashen, but he quickly suppressed his inner emotions.

As it was, mere anger was meaningless.

Now, there was only one last and most brutal method left—fight his way out!

Moreover, Jeming understood that this decision, this attitude had to be expressed quickly and resolutely enough!

The pervasive despair could not be allowed to continue spreading.

Otherwise, he didn’t know what foolishly desperate actions or breakdowns the other two wizards might resort to in extreme despair.

Jeming’s eyes flashed with light, and the vast spiritual power within him surged like a tide.

Without hesitation, he emitted a powerful and bright energy wave, like a blazing sun in the night, completely illuminating the human-shaped pit he was hiding in, proclaiming his existence, and attracting the attention of all living beings present!

At the same time, his thoughts moved, and the space within him circulated with light.

Thousands of crystal-like attack-type talisman witchcraft artifacts surged out from behind him like a swarm of bees in an instant.

These talisman witchcraft artifacts rotated rapidly in the air, forming a complete version of the “Great Light Appearance” posture behind him, following a specific rune array!

Simultaneously, Jeming unhesitatingly took out a specially-made bracelet and wore it on his wrist: “Acceleration!”

On the other side, seeing that another Third Level Magma Giant blocking the exit also started to converge toward him, joining forces with the Third Level Magma Giant he originally tangled with, the Second Level Wizard couldn’t help but reveal a look of profound despair.

He was already feeling pressured dealing with just one Third Level Magma Giant in front of him, let alone with another one added, and Magma Giants were still continuously pouring in from all around.

He knew that at this rate, he would likely lose his life here today.

Just then, a suffocating wave of energy suddenly came from behind him!

Immediately, dense volleys of energy bullets shot over his head like a meteor shower, carrying devastating energy, directly bombarding the newly appeared Third Level Magma Giant!

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!!!

The deafening explosions were incessant, and the energy light nearly illuminated the entire underground cavity.

The Third Level Magma Giant was bombarded head-on by thousands of energy bullets, its figure swaying violently and letting out a painful groan, its rocky outer shell continuously cracking under the dense strikes.

It was even blasted and sent flying, crashing into the magma pool, creating soaring waves of lava!

Although this did not inflict fatal damage on the Third Level Magma Giant, it did indeed force it to retreat!

The Second Level Wizard and the First Level Wizard turned their heads in shock, and saw Jeming’s imposing figure unfolding the “Great Light Appearance.”

Jeming carried a talisman array five meters high, the whole person suspended in mid-air, exuding a radiance like that of a Demon God!

This enormous “Great Light Appearance” posture brought an unprecedented sense of safety, causing the two wizards who were originally in despair to reveal expressions of surprise and relief!

“I’ll hold this one back!” Jeming’s icy and determined voice transmitted clearly to the ears of the other two wizards through spiritual waves, “You must hold off the other one as long as possible! I will provide you with fire support!”

As Jeming spoke, his gaze swiftly flicked over the Third Level Magma Giant he had blasted into the air, which was now slowly standing up from the magma pool, unscathed.

The rocky shell on its body had completely fallen off, not due to receiving damage on its body, but rather actively evolving into a magma state under the high-temperature environment.

The previous volley of energy bullets only left shallow pits on the opponent’s body, and these shallow pits were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Looking at this small creature that had blasted it away, the Magma Giant’s eyes blazed with nearly tangible anger.

“It’s worthy of being a Third Level… Such regeneration and defense capabilities are really tricky.” Jeming couldn’t help but “tsk” with a hint of annoyance, yet no fear could be seen in his eyes.

This situation was long within his expectations; he knew well that this would be a war of attrition.

“Sigh… I hope help can arrive in time.”

Jeming took a deep breath, took out his Magic Network Terminal, and mercilessly crushed it!

This crystal terminal obtained during registration at the Boundary Point not only had the function of local network communication, mission posting, and merit statistics.

The most crucial function of this crystal terminal was to serve as an emergency rescue beacon.

When wizards find themselves in extreme danger, they can crush it, and even if too far to normally contact the camp, the camp will receive the corresponding distress signal.

Upon receiving it, the command center will immediately assign a rescue mission to wizards nearby.

The more terminals crushed, and the more chaotic the data transmitted by the communicators, indicates the more critical the situation is, and the wider the range of the rescue mission issued, with stronger the rescue forces mobilized!

In fact, before this, the Second Level Wizard and the First Level Wizard, upon sensing impending doom, had already unhesitatingly crushed their own Magic Network Terminals!

Jeming’s goal was very clear.

From the beginning, he never intended to rely on himself to kill all of these monsters, not to mention that the Magma Giants were not worthless like the Blood Angels.

Ensuring he didn’t die was already good enough.

As long as they could hold off these two Third Level Magma Giants until rescue arrived, it would be their victory.

But the commanders of the Magma Giants were not planning to give them a chance to catch a breath.

(Continuing with more updates, there’s another Chapter.)

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