Chapter 846 - Too Stupid (1/2)

The dozen surviving Black Iron Beastmen were fleeing, and even that 7th Rank Sword Saint was riddled with scars, but Lin Yun’s mage army took no actions.

Their casting had consumed over half of their mana, and they had no way to intercept these Black Iron Beastmen if they wanted to run.

After all the strengthening, Mafa Merlin was testing their strength for the first time, so all of them went all-out and used the signature skill of mage armies, spell combination, as well as the array that Lin Yun had imparted onto them.

They had been very anxious, but they could now sigh in relief as they were very excited about their own strength.

Back then, they had just been abandoned by the Merlin Family because of their poor talent, and Great Mages were existences they could only look up to… But now, the weakest of them were 9th Rank High Mages, and that was only because they hadn’t accumulated enough mana to break through yet and they needed more comprehension.

As time passed and they experienced more battles, everyone in the mage army would advance to the Archmage realm!

Archmages… In the past, that rank was something they’d only heard of. Each Archmage was a high-ranked member of the Family, a powerhouse that decided the fate of the Merlins, and now, they were part of them.

This was all given by Mafa Merlin, so everyone in the mage army had a strong desire to show off in front of him and gain his acknowledgement.

Lin Yun was very satisfied with the strength of the mage army, and with the addition of their Dragonscale Staves and their Blazing Robes, their power was already comparable to an experienced 8th Rank Archmage.

But this kind of calculation was very vague. In a war, the efficiency of that group would definitely be a lot higher than that of an 8th Rank Archmage.

They would be able to face a 9th Rank Archmage for some time without suffering any losses, and if they fought desperately, they would definitely be able to get rid of the opponent, at the cost of no more than half of their members.

A flash of understanding flickered in Lin Yun’s eyes. He now understood from experience why the standard to consider if a force was weak or strong required both a peak powerhouse and a mage army.

During Noscent’s Planar Colonization Era, all the powerful forces, without exception, had a formidable mage army.

Lin Yun didn’t mind that the mages didn’t keep attacking, because this fight was just to test out their newfound power after their latest strengthening. It was only a small skirmish, and they didn’t need to use up Mana Potions just for a dozen fleeing Beastmen.

On the other side, Xiuban was already raising Carnage as he cut off the path of those Black Iron Beastmen.

Xiuban bared his teeth while grinning at them. The Black Iron Beastman leading them was the 7th Rank Sword Saint covered in burn marks, and when he saw that Xiuban was only a 5th Rank Sword Saint whose Aura couldn’t even be felt, he couldn’t help looking down on him.

“Foolish Raging Flame Traitor, you are courting death!”

The 7th Rank Sword Saint saw Xiuban’s red skin and thought that Xiuban was a traitor of the Raging Flame Beastmen, and now that he dared to block their path, how could he be polite?

A Scarlet Aura Slash flew over and instantly arrived in front of Xiuban.

“Insignificant 7th Rank Sword Saint, you dare to make a move in front of Lord Xiuban? Stupid guy, apart from Sir Merlin, Lord Xiuban has no equal!”

Xiuban chuckled evilly as he slightly crouched down before a loud explosion echoed and the earth under his feet caved in.

Xiuban instantly disappeared due to the power of his jump, and only a vague shadow could be seen as he charged into the scarlet Aura Slash.

Unexpectedly, Xiuban’s speed wasn’t reduced by the impact at all. It was as if he just brushed past it, yet the Aura Slash loudly exploded shortly after.

As for Xiuban himself, he was already in front of that 7th Rank Sword Saint, sweeping his huge Carnage in a terrifyingly wide arc and creating a visible shockwave as it ruthlessly fell towards that Sword Saint’s head.

A loud roar echoed as the 7th Rank Sword Saint suddenly emitted a rich Abyssal Aura, sending tyrannical power bursting out of his body.

This was the power from his ancestors, condensed into a blow that surpassed his limits.

His large blade turned scarlet and looked like a crystal with strands of black smoke curling from it.

The large blade collided with Xiuban’s Carnage.

“Bang!”