Merchant From Earth in the Magical World-Chapter 550 - 384: The Battle of the Century_2

"You must strictly follow my commands.

"Forget your existence as an individual, forget the existence of your enemies. Consider yourself a chess piece, and attack in the direction and with the tactical moves I have designated along the path I have cleared for you.

"Now... activate the holographic visual display in your helmets."

Inside the helmets of the Thunder Coalition soldiers, a lens descended, and lines of commands were displayed upon it.

As the distance between the two armies closed to within one kilometer, Yan Xing led all the heroes equipped with super armaments and Magic Weapons to take off. They accelerated rapidly, armor completing its assembly in mid-air.

The Tower Mages of the Cloud Coalition advanced a hundred meters into the air, pre-casting spells to support their ground troops. Large Magic Circles unfolded on the open ground between the two armies, gathering Elemental Energy to form expansive screens of light.

Probes on the gigantic floating observation platforms transmitted collected data to the command center, where an intelligent core on standby analyzed the Magic being produced based on its elemental properties, magical structures, and Magic Circle patterns. The processed information stream was then sent to Chui Chui for final data processing.

Based on the analyzed Magic unleashed by the enemy, Chui Chui formulated countermeasures, decomposing the strategy into commands for the heroes on its side.

The heroes of the Thunder Coalition received these commands on the move. The fragmented instructions were initially beyond their comprehension. Most heroes simply followed the spell-casting angles provided by their holographic visors, releasing constituent modules from the disassembled magical framework. Each hero only needed to expend a small amount of Magic Power to complete their assigned part of the simple structure.

Vast Magic Beams were fired from within the Thunder Coalition ranks toward the front. These beams merged in flight, layer upon layer, forming thicker beams. After flying over their army, the beams struck the ground, expanding into Magic Circles that gathered Elemental Energy to generate new Magic.

The magical countermeasures took effect; the pre-cast spells of the Cloud Coalition's Tower Mages were detonated one by one due to the interference. The explosions triggered ground vibrations, and rampant magical elements sprayed out like brilliant fireworks.

The Tower Mages hadn't expected their carefully prepared large-scale Magic to be so easily destroyed, without the enemy even deploying their airborne advanced heroes. Instead, hundreds of heroes on the ground had cast in unison.

How did they accomplish this?

It was a known fact that the more people involved in forming a magical framework, the higher the failure rate, especially with their positions so scattered. Such coordinated spell-casting should have been impossible.

And yet, the Magic they released perfectly countered each pre-cast Spell our side had prepared!

How could they have anticipated our spells?

After the first magical exchange, the Tower Mages couldn't help but feel a knot form in their stomachs. They felt as though they weren't facing 20,000 enemies but were... at war with a single person.

The two armies continued to approach, giving the Tower Mages little time to ponder. The drummers with the Cloud Coalition's rear guard beat their war drums with increasing urgency. The Orc heroes in their ranks let out roars, their war-cry skills once again buffing their allied soldiers. At this moment, the air above the Cloud Coalition's formation was truly resplendent, a kaleidoscope of colors.

In contrast, the Thunder Coalition's ranks remained dispersed, advancing without any magical enhancements.

The two armies kept closing in. The oppressive atmosphere grew stronger; even the high observation platforms fell silent.

The instant they entered magical attack range, heroes from both fronts unleashed their Magic simultaneously. Countless Magic Beams soared, transforming in mid-air into lightning, flames, ice spikes, and stone projectiles that smashed toward the enemy. But most struck magical shields.

The Cloud Coalition's magical shields were maintained by specially assigned defensive Tower Mages, who pieced together a wall of shields to protect the entire army. The Thunder Coalition's magical shields, however, were actual, individual shields. The heroes at the front responsible for magical attacks focused solely on offense, while heroes in the rear, guided by Chui Chui, projected highly durable, small-area protective shields forward. These shields were arrayed in rows at different heights like fish scales. Although large gaps existed between them, their angling ensured that direct magical attacks would only strike the shields.

Chui Chui knew that in magical combat, its side was at a disadvantage. To conserve its heroes' Magic Power for the actual battle, Chui Chui made calculations to maximize the magical counter-effect while minimizing the drain on their magical reserves.

The two armies continued to close in while exchanging magical fire. Occasional spells pierced the shields, causing casualties, but for two armies each 20,000 strong, such losses were not crippling.

The distance closed—400 meters, 300 meters, 200 meters... With the range diminishing, more powerful Magic Spells were unleashed, and casualties mounted.

But the Thunder Coalition's army still relied only on magical shields for defense, refraining from enhancing their warriors with magical buffs.

Have they gone mad?

Don't they want to win anymore?

...

One hundred meters!

The Cloud Coalition's warriors launched a charge, the heroic Orcs surging like a tidal wave toward the scattered ranks of the Thunder Coalition. For a hero, such a short distance would only take a few seconds to cross. By this time, casting any buffing Spells was too late. The Orcs roared, wielding their weapons and charging with their strongest combat techniques.

But then, the charging warriors saw countless spatial portals opening around the Thunder Coalition warriors. The Thunder Coalition warriors stepped to the side, entered the portals, and re-emerged behind the Cloud Coalition's formation.

Nearly 20,000 warriors executed this spatial teleportation simultaneously and with precision!

All the heroes in the stands, and those watching the live broadcast in the four great cities, were astounded.

Could Spatial Magic, a top-tier form of Magic only accessible to high-level heroes, be used so cheaply?

Could it be utilized so effortlessly?

Silence fell once more upon the battlefield; even the Orc drummers stopped their drumming. All around them were Thunder Coalition warriors.

At this moment, the Cloud Coalition's vanguard still didn't realize the enemy had appeared behind their lines. Facing an empty front, they didn't know where to unleash the combat techniques they had readied. Then, sounds of fierce combat erupted from their rear.

The Thunder Coalition's warriors attacked the Cloud Coalition's rear guard, unleashing countless Spells and combat techniques upon their exposed backs. In an instant, casualties were innumerable.

After suffering heavy losses, the Cloud Coalition warriors turned to fight, only to find the enemy once again appearing behind them, some even stepping out of portals right beside them.

Enemies were everywhere, ubiquitous...

They were being struck from all sides. Returning fire... more often than not meant harming their own allies.

How could war be waged like this?

How could war be fought like this!

This is not the war we imagined...

The audience in the high observation platforms watched quietly as events unfolded on the ground. The Cloud Coalition's dense military formation had become a liability, effectively tying their own hands and feet and robbing them of the ability to adapt to the rapidly changing combat situation. They were pulled back and forth by the teleporting Thunder Coalition warriors, their formation growing increasingly disordered. Commanders lost control over their subordinates, and most warriors had to rely on their individual combat prowess.

The Thunder Coalition, using their spatial teleportation capabilities, had encircled the Cloud Coalition. Whenever a gap appeared within the Cloud Coalition's ranks, a powerful Thunder Coalition hero would inevitably be teleported in. After sowing chaos, the hero would be quickly withdrawn. The precise control of the portals, the impeccable timing, made everyone watching break out in a cold sweat.

This could no longer be called a war. It was an elegy presented by the masters of the new age to the old, and all present were witnesses to this funeral.

...

Yan Xing led his Super Soldiers against the Tower Mages, providing cover for his ground forces as they systematically dismantled the Cloud Coalition's main army. Noticing some intermittency in the ground-level spatial teleportation, he asked Chui Chui, "What's happening? I saw some errors in the spatial teleportation."

"Master... The Tower Mages are indeed causing spatial interference; this has increased the difficulty of calculating spatial coordinates. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

"I am adjusting the algorithm and will soon restore it.

"Master, the Tower Mages seem to be closing in for an encirclement. Please be careful."

"Understood. I will lure them higher into the sky. Resolve the ground battle as quickly as possible.

"I feel like full access to 'Executioner' is about to be granted to me."