Badge in Azure

“Mage, we surrender!” The two puppets were already wounded. They consumed the last bits of their energy in their fight. There was no way that they would be able to resist Saleen. If they resisted, the two would use up their final bit of energy. Their souls would directly be broken down, and their wounds would no longer be protected.

“The situation is like this, and you still wish to surrender?” Saleen gazed at the two. Even if the two puppets had been people, they would only be Cloudflow people.

“We will trade secrets for freedom!” The two puppets still grudgingly spoke about conditions.

“The big guy will know the secret. I am already prepared to give him a bit of freedom. For both you, it is better to forget about it.” As Saleen spoke, he retreated, allowing the puppet world territory to slowly devour the two puppets.

The engulfment was extremely quick. The two puppets were wrecked by a wave of electric current, and their ability to resist plummeted to the lowest level.

However, the type of engulfment was not compatible with the two puppets. Saleen had no way to gain very much information from the two puppets in such a short amount of time.

They had to be digested slowly in the future. Saleen swept a glance through his surroundings. Within the range of the territory, there was nothing in sight.

On land, Saleen had taken apart the temple’s foundations, and the figures within the territory had gained additional power. Saleen’s mind moved. Originally, he had wanted to take the opportunity to create the fourth layer of territory, but he recalled that he did not want to cultivate astrology to such a high extent of achievement. Even if he pushed himself to create a territory, it would not be that powerful.

Unless he had a chance to get a level 19 Star Gathering Needle in the future. However at that time, would he still have the Crystal Wall system?

Putting away the ancient figures, Saleen followed the pathway and returned to the magical tower. He did not encounter any enemies or trials. Saleen spent a total of six days devouring puppets and transforming them into the puppet world territory.

The Magical Element Tower was surrounded by people, including people from the Holy See. Their numbers were not much—about 2,000 wardens and 100 holy masters. The head holy master was grouping up the forces and arranging a large-scale divine rune charm array.

There were about ten large divine flying puppets who had put a divine territory in place, preventing the magical tower from flying.

Water puppets controlled the Magical Element Tower, so there was no need to be anxious, as enemies would need at least a few months to find the magical tower’s weakness. After finding its weakness, opening the magical tower would need another few months. With such a long time, Saleen would definitely have come out.

Saleen appeared in the magical tower, saw that everybody was peaceful and calm, and felt amused.

The powers the Holy See arranged were not weak. Although the holy master who was in charge of the divine rune charm array was level 10, it was evident that this power was forcibly raised. Their combat ability was much weaker than some of the head inquisitors that Saleen had encountered.

The benefits brought to the holy master by level was the ability to place higher level divine rune charm arrays. They were even able to request for assistance directly from the gods, causing power to descend into their body. Of course, the results of doing so was that the holy master would have the possibility of being chosen by the gods and constantly rely on such an identity.

It was an honor, but it was also death.

“Let’s go, we won’t battle them. It will be very boring.” Saleen looked down on the power of the holy masters. He boosted the magic power furnace, and outside the magical tower, a layer of water elemental power appeared. Immediately, outside the water element territory, the elemental creatures’ territory appeared. The area controlled by the elemental creatures’ territory was able to reach 600 meters across.

The divine territory in the sky was no longer able to control the Magical Element Tower. The Magical Element Tower flew into the sky, knocking a large divine puppets into pieces.

If Saleen had not advanced, even if he possessed the Magical Element Tower, he would be unable to deal with the divine puppets. The Holy See had sent the puppets, meaning that they had placed some degree of importance on Saleen. However, they did not account for the fact that Saleen’s territory was able to counter against high grade divine territories.

After rushing through the divine territory, the Magical Element Tower no longer had any obstacles. In the blink of an eye, its speed reached 300 li per hour. At such a speed, and with the driving force from the large magic power furnace, there were no foreseeable difficulties.

Saleen did not want to fight. He was anxious to rush to the third temple in the Cloudflow Empire.

The temple must have been opened by Agares. If the temple was not connected via teleportation portal, Agares would have had no way to destroy the pathway, and Saleen would still be able to enter. After entering, he would take apart everything that Agares was not able to take away.

The later he went, the more forces Agares would be able to mobilize. Perhaps Agares would also learn from him and take apart the temples.

Agares was the Emperor of the empire. No matter how pitiful he seemed, he controlled more resources than Saleen. The Cloudflow imperial family had existed for thousands of years, so they would definitely still have powers like the Golden Plains in existence, otherwise the imperial family would have been overthrown long ago.

The Magical Element Tower was too fast. Saleen did not have any demonstration. Rather, they flew for about half a day and then descended in a primeval forest.

The Cloudflow Empire’s territory was broad. The forest was also positioned in a plain and took up hundreds of li of land. Many of the trees were millenium trees, and there was plant life that had existed for more than ten thousand years.

The number of magic beasts was great. The resources of the Cloudflow Empire were displayed through this forest.

Although the Cloudflow people were greedy, they knew that they could not kill the goose that lays the golden egg. The huge forest was protected and kept intact, and the magic beasts inside were sufficient for the empire to capture. The Cloudflow people had not destroyed the forest, so the forest was able to provide a large amount of magic beasts materials to the Cloudflow imperial family, as well as some rare medicinal herbs.

The imperial family did not even need to send people to enter. They sent troops to guard the entrance to the forest and purchased the game obtained by adventurers.

Of course, the purchase price was very low, but adventurers rarely died, since the edges of the forest were not dangerous. Hence, it became an adventurer’s paradise.

The place where Saleen’s Magical Element Tower descended was a dangerous area, the magical tower landed directly in a level 9 magic beast’s nest. The magic beast had been asleep, but was crushed by the Magical Element Tower’s territory. The elemental creatures sprang up and devoured it.

“Rossen, look after the magical tower, Sika, follow me to see if Agares is still here or not. Sul, you come along as well. Nailisi, will you be coming?”

Nailisi shook her head. “Master, I want to sleep.”

“Go sleep then, let’s go.” Saleen retrieved his magic compass and left with Sika, Sul, and Truman.

On top of the Magical Element Tower, the many layers of giant metal gears floated up. The demonic spirits took their positions. If they met any trouble, the demonic spirits would attack indiscriminately.

The magic beasts and poisonous insects in the forest were frightened by Saleen’s Magical Element Tower, and not many dared to approach.

Maintaining a territory needed mental power, as well as some magic chord power. The consumption of Saleen’s three-layered territory was not much greater than others’, but he only released the water element territory, allowing those beside him to stay within the territory to avoid surprise attacks.

Agares, I really hope you will fight me again. Saleen thought secretly. If he could encounter Agares again, he possessed a powerful territory and he would most likely would not be forced to retreat.

Inside the forest was completely dark, the ground was extremely damp, and if they were not professionals, they would probably not be able to live for even half a day. Poisonous gas floated about, and there was a huge number of tiny ferocious mosquitoes.

The poisonous gas was very pretty. It was colorful and gave off a charming radiance.

Hover, it no longer had a way to approach Saleen. The water element territory was about 60 meters in diameter. For a distance of 30 meters, it acted as a magic amplifier. If he had a magic amplifier as well, his combat power would surpass the limitations of level, and he would be able to kill higher level professionals, such as the oracle.

The magic compass indicated that the pathway was nearby, but Saleen did not discover any traces of others having been here.

There was definitely a problem. Saleen opened his Elemental eye, observing the surroundings in detail. He was able to identify where the problem lay. Although the forest had tall trees and numerous living creatures, the age of the trees was problematic.

Saleen released an ice blade, cutting into a big tree. The tree collapsed at an angle, hitting another big tree. Saleen glanced at the growth rings of the trees and discovered that the tree did not have any growth rings.

What did it mdan? The meter-thick tree probably grew in a few days.

Growth medication was not considered too valuable. Many farmers used it to temporarily grow crops to tide them over the harsh days during rough times.

The medication allowed plants to grow quickly. If it were a large tree, the amount of medication expended was terrifying. Considering Agares’ position, Saleen did not find it surprising at all.

Using disguise spells against a mage like him, Agares was really looking down on him.

Saleen followed the direction that the magic compass pointed, heading south for roughly 40 meters, and saw an ant’s nest behind a rock. This ant’s nest reflected the shine of metal. If Saleen had not advanced to level 10, perhaps he would have chosen to leave. There were probably millions of soul eater ants in the nest.

The position of the pathway was precisely where the ant’s nest was located.

Saleen spread out the elemental creatures’ territory. A golden giant dragon stepped on the ant’s nest, and blew out a puff of dragon’s breath. The ant’s nest was immediately destroyed. The soul eater ants in the ant’s nest had not even attacked before being burnt to death by the golden giant dragon.

The soul eater ants were afraid of high temperatures. Dragon’s breath was so hot that it could be used for alchemy. The golden giant dragon blew out two more puffs of dragon’s breath at the nest, and the ground caved in about 10 meters. Only then was Saleen satisfied.

When you possessed absolute power, devious schemes became completely useless.