Badge in Azure

Saleen frowned and stopped the demonic spirits from their preparations.

The thing was definitely not a water type element spirit. Its powers were far below the fire type element spirit. It could be a level 11 elemental creature, and it would not exceed level 11.

It could be dealt with using the Thunder Dragon Blaster, so there was no need for 3600 demonic spirits to prepare.

What made Saleen frown was that there were definitely elemental creatures and furthermore, they were definitely as powerful as the water type element spirit. The problem was that the thing was intelligent enough to find a scapegoat instead of showing up itself.

It was not done out of instinct, but through solid thought. If Saleen had never seen a fire type element spirit personally, he would have been fooled.

Intelligent elemental creatures were the most difficult to deal with. If the water fox had not been trapped in the divine power cage, Saleen would not have been able to take it.

Gosh, things just turned a lot more difficult! If the great head inquisitor showed up and messed things up again, wouldn’t it be like saying that I have no chance in capturing this thing anymore?

If Saleen captured something like that, he would probably have to venture into the oceans over 10,000 miles away from the mainland, before he had any chance of finding any water elemental creatures.

However, it was the most probable spot to acquire a water type element spirit.

Saleen would go straight to the Imperial City of the Abyss instead, and there would be no need for him to show up at Separation Sea, if that was not the case.

The crevice at the bottom of the lake was over a mile long, and Truman finally retreated several steps, keeping a distance of 50 meters from the crevice. A huge hand extended out and a roar was heard. “Who interrupted my rest?”

“Truman, back away!” Saleen yelled. He gestured at Eleanor, who shot an arrow.

The arrow shot through the Magical Element Tower and drew an arc in the water, hitting the hand that came searching from the crevice. The arrow was coated with poison and the water elemental creature was slow to react.

It did not mind having its hand grazed by the arrow, as the projectile was so small that it was like a human getting bitten by a mosquito.

The problem, however, was that the mosquito was venomous, and it was unable to withstand the venom. The creature let out a pained shriek.

Ouch!

Brrruumm…

The crevice suddenly cracked wide open. Truman retreated quickly, widening the distance between him and the creature to over 500 meters, which was behind the tower. Saleen was relieved. He saw a 100-meter silhouette leap from the crevice, stirring the bottom of the lake.

Two of the wardens that followed Saleen tried to dive to the bottom, but found that it was extremely difficult to go any further than 500 meters deep. Their level was not high enough and 500 meters was their limit.

The wardens returned to the surface and discussed among themselves, deciding the only thing to do was to fly back to Daliang City and report to the great head inquisitor. However, they were about 1000 miles away and were exhausted from the chase.

They had no choice but to rest on an island before returning to Daliang City. With that, they had to delay reporting by over 12 hours.

If the great head inquisitor decided to go to the lake immediately, it would take him about 18 hours. That meant that Saleen had 18 hours to subjugate the water type element spirit without being interrupted by anyone.

However, the problem was that the water type element spirit chose not to show itself and had sent something else up instead.

The thing leapt and formed a level eight vortex under the lake, heading for the tower. It took the demonic spirits two Disperse spells to nullify the vortex.

The elemental creature looked like a Blue Ice Maiden on the outside, but Saleen knew that it was like a water puppet, who seemed to have developed a bit of intelligence.

Saleen deemed the hundred meter tall thing as difficult to deal with. If it was a Blue Ice Maiden, it would have an elemental core, but his net would not be able to capture the water puppet-like thing.

The net had lost all rule powers and was only extremely resilient and capable of shifting sizes. It was incapable of trapping the water puppet, which was liquid.

Furthermore, Saleen had to keep his trump card to himself while capturing it, as it would be more difficult for him to deal with the water type element spirit, which was more powerful.

There was something even more powerful in the eye of the sea, and Saleen had no idea how powerful it might be.

“Truman, get back,” Saleen called and prepared to take the tower into the eye of the sea. He planned to charge as soon as the eye appeared and overwhelm the enemy with his firepower. The eye of the sea was like a portal, and there were many dangers lurking within.

Truman returned to the tower, and Jola followed suit cautiously.

The huge elemental creature was still in pain as it threw a punch at the tower. A huge fist appeared in front of the tower and retaliated.

The move was called Mage’s Wrath, and was an earth magic spell. Saleen initially knew little about the spell, but he quickly realized why the spell was called the Mage’s Wrath after seeing the two fists clash.

The creature’s entire arm exploded after clashing with the earth element fist. It might have been a level ten creature, but there was no way it was able to contend with a spell cast by over 3000 enchanters in the Magical Element Tower.

To mages, combination magic was extremely difficult, but to enchanters, it was almost effortless due to help from the magic net. It was also why Saleen’s Magical Element Tower was so powerful.

If it had not come equipped with such eerie equipment, Saleen would not have dared to run all over the place, going so far to even bait the great head inquisitor in broad daylight.

Things did not end when the elemental creature’s arm exploded. The fist conjured by Mage’s Wrath then landed onto the elemental creature’s chest. The water element froze immediately, due to rule powers like Fossilization.

Over 3000 demonic spirits brought their power at the same time, resulting in a level eight magic spell with enough rule powers to subdue a level ten creature.

Saleen realized something at that moment. When power was gathered to a certain extent, it compensated for differences in level. However, the requirements for doing so were extremely steep. It was 3.600 demonic spirits versus one level ten elemental creature, after all.

The elemental creature’s chest froze and its water element body was gradually converted to earth element, turning into a huge statue. Saleen did not hesitate, flying out of the tower and putting that elemental creature away into the dimension stone.

Level ten elemental creatures would serve well as soldiers. Furthermore, it was not the Blue Ice Maiden, but a water puppet.

If the elemental creature refused to submit to him, Saleen would not mind Rossen devouring it. It would allow him to advance to level ten.

A thin, long fish sprung out of the crevice before Saleen was able to return to the tower, shooting freezing stars as it charged at Saleen.

Saleen would have laughed if he was not in the water. The elemental creature’s intelligence apparently remained at the level of battles with magic beasts. It had yet to acquire inherited memories of ancient times, which was in Saleen’s favor.

If it had been like the fire type that his teacher had subjugated, which was equipped with ancient memories, it would be very difficult to fight it.

Saleen conjured many light wisps, clashing with the elemental projectiles. He had learned the nullifying techniques when he was still a low level mage. They cost mental powers but conserved magic chords.

Saleen’s mental powers were practically inexhaustible. The Ring of Cosmos amplified his mental powers 64 times. That meant that Saleen’s current mental power reserves had reached that of a level 11 sorcerer, and maybe even higher than that.

If others reached the same level, they would not continue to torture themselves, but Saleen insisted on training himself with his family badge every day without fail. He did not even stop torturing himself during the hundred-year training.

His mental powers felt stronger than ever. Saleen even felt that if he cast a mental spell, it would become tangible and capable of reaching effects like elemental magic.

The thin fish arched and sprung, arriving before Saleen in mere seconds.

There was a very hard spike in front of the fish’s mouth, making it seem like a small Silverline Golden Spearfish. Saleen laughed and imbued Thundering Phantasm into it.

Six identical Saleens appeared underwater, all acting differently. The fish lost its focus right away. Magic beasts were not smart and acted according to their instincts. The fish searched with its mental powers, hoping to find the true target.

Everyone saw the fish’s head, which was covered in rust-colored scales, explode. A magic nucleus flew from it and was caught by Saleen.

Saleen’s Thundering Phantasm was extremely effective against magic beasts, as they lacked any type of skills used for protecting their souls and their brains were also the most vulnerable part of their constitution.

It had only been searching the Thundering Phantasm using mental powers, and that was enough to blow up its head.

Attacks that were entirely reactionary did not seem to be of much use, but in battle, an enemy that was incapable of separating illusions from true bodies meant that they had to deal with many enemies at once.

“Come out already. I’m here for you.” Saleen faced the huge crevice.

The lake water was dark and cold. Saleen put his Water Shield up and wrapped it around him. The transparent ball had lightning magic patterns coursing over it, sparkling with blue electricity.

Furthermore, he had the Figure of Fate, which meant that there was hardly anything that could end him in just a single strike.

He had left the tower with full intentions of making himself bait.

“Do you want to die so badly, human?” A calm voice was heard from the crevice. It was speaking in Ancient Myers language. Saleen laugh coldly, as he found it was another scapegoat, but a higher level one.

“Spare the chitchat. You’re a water type element spirit, so talk to me in Elementish instead.”

The voice from the crevice stopped, and a transparent monster came out from the crevice. It was inappropriate to say that it was a monster, as the six meter-tall thing was of similar proportions to the Elemental Envoy. It had three heads, six arms and four legs.