The Era of Gods

Chapter 672: Chapter 672: Mushroom Men?

She then looked towards Jacob and said softly,

“I propose that this time we share the responsibility equally and deal with this imminent threat first.”

Among the three, one had a fiery temper, another was cunning, and it was usually her job to maintain balance between them. Otherwise, they would have turned against each other long ago. This time was no exception.

After her gentle threat, coupled with the fact that Lin Xiao’s threat was indeed very great, the two usually discordant administrators finally reached an agreement to jointly request support from their superiors.

After reaching an agreement, the two colleagues quickly left, as if staying any longer was unbearable, leaving Marsha pinching the bridge of her nose with a headache.

But there was no other way. Although they all belonged to the True Underworld Council, it was just a faction built on the foundation of the True Nether Mirror, not even an alliance. Usually, each faction did its own thing, and sometimes they even had disputes over interests. It was always her who maintained the balance. Without her, the Galon School and the Gaius School would have fought each other long ago.

So exhausting!

Although they had secretly requested support from the council’s upper echelons, it was uncertain when the high-level mages would be available and when they would arrive. Meanwhile, they had to execute the commands issued from the Wizard King’s Tower immediately to prevent Lin Xiao from catching them off guard and tripping them up.

Indeed, that was exactly what Lin Xiao intended to do; he would have taken advantage of any delay by the three major schools.

Unfortunately for him, they acted very cautiously. As soon as the order was issued, the three major schools had transferred their shares faster than other forces, each sending one Fifth Level Dawnlight Wizard, five Dawn Wizards, and thirty Level 3 Wizards, as well as one hundred Level 2 Wizards.

Among the thirty-three forces of the ancient contract, the shares dispatched varied based on their strength and status. The strongest among them was the Bright Wizard Empire from the central region, which sent one Sixth Level Sun Wizard, two Fifth Level Dawnlight Wizards, fifteen Dawn Wizards, one hundred Level 3 Wizards, and four hundred Level 2 Wizards.

Beyond that, since the Wizard King decided to rebuild the Guard Legions, many smaller forces that received the news were willing to support His Majesty the Wizard King in rebuilding his Guard Legions, offering not only funding but also troops.

Their strength could not match those of the ancient contract’s powerful forces, with the strongest being only a Level 4 Dawnlight Wizard, unable to send any powerful mages, thus only contributing a small number of Level 2 and Level 3 Wizards. Despite this, these small forces were scattered throughout the Wizard World and were numerous. The combined number of Level 2 and Level 3 Wizards surpassed that of the ancient contract’s Level 2 and Level 3 Wizards.

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After the tally, there were a total of four Sixth Level Sun Wizards, forty-one Fifth Level Dawnlight Wizards, one hundred eighty-seven Fourth Level Dawn Wizards, over two thousand eight hundred Level 3 Wizards, and more than twenty-one thousand Level 2 Wizards.

Together with the twenty-four Sixth Level Sun-Level Wizards from the Wizard King’s Tower, the strength under Lin Xiao’s command at this moment was comparable to the upper echelons of the entire Sea King Empire, not to mention his own personal strength.

Yet such powerful forces still paled in comparison to the former Guard Legions.

According to the elders from the Wizard King’s Tower, during the peak of the old Wizard King’s Guard Legions, there were nearly three hundred Sixth Level Sun-Level Wizards, over fourteen hundred Fifth Level Dawnlight Wizards, and five to six thousand Dawn Wizards. The entire Guard Legions consisted of more than one hundred thousand Wizards above Level 2, capable of overpowering all other forces except for Jade Dreamland, even without the Wizard King.

With this group of subordinates, Lin Xiao felt a bit more at ease and began to contemplate how to deal with the three major schools of the True Underworld Council in this world.

It was worth mentioning that all the subordinates sent by the three major schools were Natives, not a single one was a Descender from the Spirit Realm, which saved him the trouble of clearing the field.

While he was pondering how to deal with the True Underworld Council, in a far-off world, three legions from the Azure Sect were exterminating the last resistance army of this world when the enemy, in the world’s last Fortress, performed a Witchcraft Formation blood sacrifice of over a million people, opening a world channel. An Unknown Other World Legion that had been prepared in advance burst forth from it, with a Rank 7 powerhouse from a different world striking across space to kill the commander of the Azure Sect’s Allied Forces, crushing the three major legions of the Azure Sect in one fell swoop.

Afterward, a Rank 7 powerhouse from an unknown other world descended to stabilize the channel, and a continuous stream of Other Races’ armies entered this world. In cooperation with the Natives, they began a full-on campaign to exterminate the forces of the Azure Sect.

By the time this information reached Lin Xiao’s hands in the Wizard World, this otherworldly army, seemingly evolved from fungi or plant-like beings, had already routed the main forces of the Azure Sect and swept through that world. Now, their vanguard troops were tentatively attacking the Azure Sect’s Sky Blue Fortress. This Fortress was also a stronghold for many otherworldly expeditions of the Azure Sect, with heavy troops stationed there and multiple layers of Witchcraft Formations that could not be easily breached by even a Rank 7 powerhouse.

Upon receiving the news, Lin Xiao had to halt his original plans. After thinking it over, he ordered the nearest Galon School, Gaius School, and the Tagama Wizard Empire to provide immediate support in the name of the Wizard King’s Tower. He also ordered the other ancient contract forces, including the Wizard King’s Guards, to prepare themselves.

The information obtained from the Azure Sect indicated that an enemy Rank 7 powerhouse had appeared, a threat that could only be countered by a Mage of the same rank. It was Lin Xiao’s unshirkable obligation as the Wizard King to take action.

However, just as Lin Xiao was preparing to depart, he was suddenly informed that the Old Sorcerer King requested an audience. Lin Xiao paused for a moment before quickly responding,

“Please, bring him in quickly!”

Then, he saw the Old Sorcerer King, having changed into a casual Magic robe and wearing silver-rimmed glasses, stride in lightly and speak to him,

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“As the Witch King, I cannot act on a whim, so let this old bone handle the matter this time.”

Seeing the seriousness on his face but the impatience in his eyes, Lin Xiao immediately understood and said with a slight smile,

“Since the senior is willing to make the trip, I’d be troubled.”

Obviously, Abatanik, who had been the Witch King for over two hundred thousand years, had long since grown restless inside the Wizard King’s Tower, itching for something to do. The moment he heard that there was a task, and it involved leaving this world, he immediately came running.

Such a request, of course, could not be refused by Lin Xiao. Regardless of emotion or reason and considering that the Old Sorcerer King had truly been good to him, he could not say no.

After all, he had just taken up the role of Witch King and had not yet reached the point of idleness.

If a few hundred or a thousand years had passed, perhaps he would not let him go, but now…

The Old Sorcerer King teleported over without a moment’s delay, with half of Lin Xiao’s Guard Legions following behind him.

Before long, news arrived: when the Old Sorcerer King reached the Sky Blue Fortress, a Rank 7 strongman from the Other Races was probing the Fortress. The Old Sorcerer King fought a great battle with him, and although the opponent was ultimately injured and retreated, the Old Sorcerer King pursued him into that world. Not long after, a main legion from the Tagama Wizard Empire, along with two regrouped legions from the Azure Sect that had previously withdrawn, also launched an assault into the opposite world. Both sides engaged in a fierce battle within that middle world.

As time went by, reinforcements from the Galon School and the Gaius School arrived one after another. They joined the other main forces of the Tagama Wizard Empire, amounting to over a million troops, invading the middle world and engaging in a mixed battle with the world temporarily named the Plant-man World.

The beings of the Plant-man World evolved from various plants, with two major classes: the Tree Men and the Mushroom Men, each further divided into various subclasses.

Their power system was quite extraordinary. Unlike Traditional Wizards practicing various forms of witchcraft, they specialized in either evolving their own bodies or enhancing their spiritual power.

Most Tree Men chose the path of bodily evolution, each blessed with a physique as strong as reinforced steel; even fire couldn’t scare them.

The Mushroom Men, on the other hand, followed the spiritual path, using their powerful spiritual power to bind particles of energy in the Void and manifest various Innate Wizardries. In addition to commonly seen abilities controlling energy for direct harm, they possessed many peculiar powers.

Among the invading Plant-men, there were two Rank 7 powerhouses. One was a Tree Man whose trunk and branches, reaching a kilometer in height, were tougher than steel. He could root himself into the Earth and drain all the energy and nutrients within a thousand miles, turning the land into a desert—or release the stored essence to revert deserts into fertile land.

The other was a giant mushroom whose body resembled molten lava. It could tear the Earth apart to summon volcanoes or call down a meteorite with a hundred-meter diameter from the Vault of Heaven, immensely powerful.

In addition to these, there were many Plant-men with extraordinary abilities.

For example, a Tree Man who could turn into a flesh-like substance, extract the Blood-flesh Essence from corpses, and use it to nurture powerful Puppets.

Or a colossal tree akin to a giant banyan with abundant leaves and branches, covered in countless transparent energy tendrils that could manipulate weak creatures or corpses to fight within a ten-kilometer radius of the tree.

There was also a gargantuan black mushroom, not quite Rank 7, that could spray dense black mist from the holes in its massive umbrella-like cap, enshrouding the sky and sun over a vast area, subtly altering the energy within that area and shielding the World Will’s control over it.

Of course, aside from these Plant-beings with terrifying abilities, the majority were Tree Men and Mushroom Men of normal size.

It has to be said, the world is vast and full of wonders.

It’s nothing unusual for Tree Men and Mushroom Men to evolve into sentient life forms, as many worlds have them, including the Wizard World, which also has Tree Men and a few fungal races. However, seeing Tree Men and Mushroom Men from this world that have evolved to such extent and started to colonize other worlds was a first for Lin Xiao.

You must understand, he had previously perused countless pieces of information about different worlds’ intelligent civilizations in the archives of the Fifth Level War Zone, but had never encountered such powerful and aggressive plant races.

According to the latest data, the overall strength of the world named Fungus World is still uncertain, but from what is currently observed, the individual strength is not inferior to the Wizard World. Apart from the two Rank 7 powerhouses, there is also a large number of beings above the level of Level 4 Dawn Wizards.

Currently, having just repelled the Plant-man World’s Expeditionary Army, both sides are in a stalemate in that world, and scouts have not yet been sent into the Plant-man World’s homeland to investigate the exact strength. For now, all major forces are adopting a cautious stance, deciding to first hold the middle world and wait until the details of the Fungus World are clear before making further arrangements.

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