Facing the Apocalypse with My Other Selves-Chapter 270 - 171: Reinforcements Arrive in the Magic World!
"Hard to say." At this moment, Wizard Shen Yu had lost all imperial dignity, even sighing softly as he spoke to Cultivator Shen Yu, "These days, the Divine Spirits have kept launching fierce assaults against us with Divine-made Monsters, and their numbers are only increasing. Although our defensive forces are growing stronger, I can clearly sense that the Divine Spirits are losing patience."
Throughout this period, the clashes have been confined to levels beneath the Divine Spirits.
It’s all happening at the tier of Divine-made Monsters and Mages.
But this won’t last long, because the decline of the Divine-made Monsters is becoming more and more obvious.
After all, Wizard Shen Yu is getting the full support of interstellar world Shen Yu.
All sorts of optimized weapons are produced and shipped in.
And they’re also continually upgraded based on tactical conditions on the battlefield.
Take for example, a type of Divine-made Monster with powerful corrosive abilities, which releases a gas during battle that can corrode the protective magic armor of mages, causing fatal damage without them realizing it.
Yet as soon as this was discovered, interstellar world Shen Yu immediately brought the research staff to analyze it, and in an extremely short period, delivered breakthroughs.
And then rapidly moved into mass-production optimization.
In just half a day, the mages confronting these Divine-made Monsters had nothing to fear from their threat.
And incidents like this happen across the battlefield all the time.
The means available to the Divine Spirits are nothing but these several hundred forms of Divine Authority. Even when these Authorities overlap and reinforce each other, interstellar world Shen Yu can always respond with corresponding countermeasures quickly.
After all, Magic and this world’s Divine Authority and Divine Power all share the same origin, and interstellar world Shen Yu is channeling the top intellect and strength of two worlds into their research.
Even when confronted by enemies for whom there’s simply no detectable weaknesses to exploit, there’s still the fallback of Gray Mist.
In previous acts of salvation, interstellar world Shen Yu already rescued Human Civilization once—hundreds of billions of sentient lives.
Even during this period, in the process of strengthening his own foundation and decrypting captured warships, where huge quantities of Gray Mist were frantically invested into research, he remains the wealthiest of all the Shen Yus.
All the more so, in the unending struggle against Divine-made Monsters, there’s also continual salvation of humanity.
The amount of Gray Mist possessed by Wizard Shen Yu keeps growing as well.
With both of them sharing the load, such research demands are negligible.
On the contrary, through this process, the research is constantly deepened, and the technology tree perfected.
Bringing endless inspiration to countless mages and technological researchers.
Both worlds have entered a phase of technological explosion.
But as a consequence, the methods of the Divine Spirits are gradually waning; on some battlefields, one can even sense the Divine Spirits warily probing with cautious, tentative attacks.
Very covert, but unable to escape the eyes of Wizard Shen Yu.
If they fail to develop some effective measures, it’s evident that the likelihood of Divine Spirits entering the battlefield in full force grows sharply.
In this situation, Wizard Shen Yu is feeling the pressure too.
Hence, this time it’s something Wizard Shen Yu must resolve, actively inviting the strong of the Immortal Cultivation World to come.
He personally commits to paying the promised reward.
And once Wizard Shen Yu roughly explained the current situation, Cultivator Shen Yu and the three Taihe Earth Immortals fell into contemplation as well.
They already had a general grasp of the situation.
So, how should they proceed next?
"We can take initiative and strike." Taihe Earth Immortal finally spoke up. "But if we do, it may provoke the nerves of the Divine Spirits and trigger an all-out war, and we’ll need time to gauge the true power of the Divine Spirits—which is exactly the most dangerous period."
Simply put, this is still a matter of risk and trust.
The Immortal Cultivation World is only here to support, naturally reluctant to shoulder excessive risk; without sufficient understanding, they can never throw everything into support regardless of consequence.
Wizard Shen Yu already anticipated this.
"No problem, you’re welcome to attack with force," Wizard Shen Yu said. "If the Divine Spirits do make a full move, we still have some ability to resist, but if our losses become overwhelming, I’ll deduct the payment promised to you. After all, this reward is to hire your full strength, not the kind of reserved, probing action you’re using now."
Taihe Earth Immortal paused, then finally nodded.
Their own risk is reduced; the risk to the Magic World increases, and a lower reward is only fair.
Of course, they understood—thanks to this added condition, they truly must do what the old seniors in their Immortal Sect advised before coming:
Once the situation is clear, request aid immediately.
No delays—none at all.
Any delay means missing their opportunity!
"Since that’s settled, who should we target first?" Cultivator Shen Yu looked toward Wizard Shen Yu.
That’s right—though they have three Earth Immortals, there’s only one suitable target for probing attacks.
After all, this probing isn’t meant to unearth the full power of all the enemy.
They only need to grasp the general situation of cross-dimensional combat under different worlds and different Extraordinary Laws.
Just learning from one Main God would suffice.
Gang battle is genuinely the best strategy.
As long as the three Earth Immortals aren’t utterly crushed by a Main God, this war is essentially won!
Wizard Shen Yu also had a target in mind.
"Thunder God." Wizard Shen Yu said, "Thunder is the key driver of the human eradication plan and ranks among the strongest Main Gods, with vast prestige among the Divine Spirits. In fact, he is becoming the de facto controller of their operations. Attacking him first will also prevent other Divine Spirits from quickly consolidating a unified voice and action during the assault."
Yes—if you strike, strike the strongest!
Only the strongest Main God can truly exhibit the power of a Main God, and reveal what happens when it collides with cultivation techniques.
The three Taihe Earth Immortals, naturally, had no objection.
They themselves are among the strongest forces of Star River Immortal Sect.
Having decided, Wizard Shen Yu did not delay a single second.
Immediately issued orders: every city in the Magic Empire is to enter the highest level of defensive action!
This level of defense was conceived for just one scenario.
—The Divine Spirits personally attack!
As orders went out, city after city activated their newly-built maximal defense barriers.
These barriers were collaboratively engineered by interstellar world Shen Yu using both technological and magical methods.
They not only incorporate high-end technological advances, but also house super-large-scale alchemy devices, designed with defensive magic at the Fifth Stage—the Divine Level.
Requiring massive Magic Power to sustain.
In fact, at initial startup, some Divine Power must be consumed as well.
This demonstrates that even the current foundation of the Magic Empire is nowhere near able to keep this level of shield running continually.
What’s more, even with all this, facing direct action from the Divine Spirits, it’s still hard to sustain for long.
After all, mages’ endurance can’t compare with True Gods.
Thus, another means of protection is needed—offense.
Pure defense makes one a sitting target. Over this period, with help from interstellar world Shen Yu, Magic Empire now possesses a weapon capable of threatening Divine Spirits, even when wielded by the common mage.
Namely, the Magic Cannon!
This cannon uses magical methods to bind its target, preventing Divine Spirits from escaping. Then, with technological means, it launches an overwhelming, destructive energy strike that annihilates the Divine Spirit’s divine body.
The next steps are simple.
Deprived of a divine body, a Divine Spirit doesn’t exactly fall asleep, but unquestionably grows extremely weak.
Effectively eradicated.
This combination of defense and offense is Wizard Shen Yu’s core foundation for the impending final war.
