Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 167 - 67: If You Can’t Beat Them, Shake Them Off

Chapter 167: Chapter 67: If You Can’t Beat Them, Shake Them Off

The appearance of the War Giant Worms had brought some changes to the battlefield.

Faced with this group of powerful siege creatures, the command had no choice but to dedicate significant forces to deal with them, lest these insects completely overwhelm the outer defense perimeter of the Floating City.

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However, given the sheer number of the insects, the command’s resources were stretched thin.

“Activate the Big Decomposition Cannon,”

suggested a Three Rings Wizard in the command room.

“Without the Big Decomposition Cannon, those giant insects are simply unmanageable.”

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The trouble with the War Giant Worms did not lie in the creatures themselves, but in the swarms of insects that clung to them. In the face of such an insect tide, no wizard could withstand the onslaught of the smaller creatures and slay the giants.

“What does the Curse School think?” another Three Rings Wizard asked.

As one of the Five Major Schools, the Curse Wizards played a limited role on the front lines. Although Curse Witchcraft was powerful, it was the torrent of spells that truly constituted a weapon on the battlefield.

However, their limited role on the front lines did not mean that the Curse Wizards were useless.

When facing certain difficult-to-handle enemies, a Curse team composed of Curse Wizards was a strategic weapon.

“No, the Curse team has tried many times. But these giant insects are protected by the World Master of the enemy’s world using the Power of the World. Even a Great Wizard from the Curse School would struggle to break through this protection.”

“So, we go back to the Big Decomposition Cannon,” the Three Rings Wizard proposed again.

At the center of this group of Three Rings Wizards, Susanna, enveloped in flames, was deep in thought.

Currently, the Great Wizard was fighting on the frontline, leaving Susanna to bear the full burden of command—power that was immense yet profoundly heavy.

Suddenly, the flames around Susanna flared intensely, and her crimson eyes emitted a chilling presence.

“The Big Decomposition Cannon… do not activate it! All the energy of the Floating City must now be diverted to ignite the Cross-border Portal. All else must yield to the portal!”

Susanna believed that the task her teacher had assigned her held significant importance.

Perhaps, behind the portal, there lay a fully prepared White Wizard Army waiting for her.

As the supreme commander, Susanna’s orders were to be followed, even if there were objections.

Many voices could discuss an order, but once decided, there was only one voice—that of obedience.

“If we’re not using the Big Decomposition Cannon, we need to prepare to retreat to the Inner Ring,” sighed a Three Rings Wizard. “I’ll have the logistics wizards ready, and I’ll direct them later.”

“It’s been years since I’ve been on the battlefield; I hope my skills remain.”

As the command room debated, the frontline wizards remained unaware, holding their positions steadfastly as no orders had been issued yet.

A step wasn’t just a joke.

The old wizard glanced at the distant War Giant Worms, his wrinkles growing deeper.

“They’re tough to deal with, lad, here, take this.”

The old wizard handed Richard a Magic Pocket filled with parts for Magic Stone Cannons.

He patted Richard’s shoulder, “You and I have repaired plenty of Magic Stone Cannons together. This thing isn’t hard; I’m leaving the rest to you.

Given the current situation, it seems the command doesn’t plan on using the Big Decomposition Cannon, or else we would already be feeling the Magic Fluctuations.

I need to go find some old chaps in logistics to assemble a big device to take down these giant insects.

Otherwise, we’re all doomed.”

With that, the old wizard flew towards the depths of the Floating City Fortress, leaving Richard alone, staring blankly.

At that moment, Richard felt like Ben Boba from Journey to the West.

“You go and take down Tang Seng and his disciples.jpg”

As a loud bang resounded nearby, a White Wizard rushed towards Richard.

“Master Richard, our Magic Stone Cannon has melted!”

Richard nodded blankly and then gripped the pocket tightly.

Since the orders were given, there was nothing left but to grit one’s teeth and get on with it.

…

The horror of the battlefield lies in the fact that most people cannot control their own life and death. Often, death and survival are just a step away.

Sizzling…

A ball of arc acid liquid broke through the Magic Barrier, exploding inside a residential area and instantly melting half the body of a wizard.

And Richard was only a step away from him.

Watching the lifeless wizard in front of him, Richard coldly flew over the corpse into a cannon room.

Inside, a wizard with half his body charred was receiving treatment from an Undead Wizard, his controlled Magic Stone Cannon now quiet.

Richard looked at the Magic Stone Cannon, which was well made; even the runes on the parts had carvings, making it quite appealing. Even now, melted, it hadn’t suffered significant damage; it only required the reshaping of the Magic Conduction circuit and a reinstallation of a casting component to function again.

“Master Richard, could you please see to this Magic Stone Cannon?” a White Wizard respectfully said.

News of Richard’s battlefield repairs had spread. While the army’s ordnance chief was inside the Floating City assembling a large device, Richard had quickly become one of the most reliable Alchemy Wizards at the frontline.

Rumors about Richard swiftly transformed within hours—from “Master Richard reshaping conduction circuits in just one minute,” to “Master Richard can fix any Magic Stone Cannon, no matter how damaged,” and finally to “Master Richard can handcraft Magic Stone Cannons.”

While exaggerated, these rumors also sideways validated Richard’s capabilities.

Richard touched the Magic Stone Cannon, and suddenly, a piece of information appeared in front of his eyes.

[Raw Material: Damaged Lavoce II Magic Stone Cannon]

[Refinable Information: Lavoce II Magic Stone Cannon blueprints (incomplete)]

[Refinement Cost: 10 spiritual power]

Richard was startled and turned around to speak to the surrounding wizards,

“This cannon is somewhat troublesome to repair, please help me block those worms that are infiltrating.”

As he spoke, Richard cast a Fireball, blasting a Samurai Worm trying to enter the room away.

“Of course, Master!”

Several White Wizards responded and then left the room to guard Richard.

After they departed, Richard immediately chose to refine.

After a moment of dizziness, a ball of white light appeared above the Miracle Furnace; Richard ingested it and a design diagram missing several components appeared before him.

The missing parts were Magic Conducting Components, but to Richard, these components were not significant.

Most wizards might think that the core of the Magic Stone Cannon lies in the Magic Model of its Magic Conducting Components; however, for Richard, these components were far less useful than this highly sophisticated blueprint.

Magic Stone Cannons couldn’t be immediately deployed on the battlefield, they had to undergo prototypes and constant updates until they could perfectly adapt to the Plane Battlefield.

This process could take up to a thousand years.

Throughout this process, the components of the Magic Stone Cannon would gradually be streamlined and perfected, and the structure would evolve, which was far more precious than the Magic Model.

Besides, the most crucial point was, if Richard intended to build his Magic Stone Cannons, using the same Magic Model and getting discovered would result in physical rights enforcement by the White Wizard Army.

Similarities in components could be explained by coincidence, as some parts have only one optimal solution.

But Magic Models would never be exactly the same.

Stealing knowledge was a serious crime; although there were no patents in the Wizard World, being hunted by the original owner for stealing knowledge was an incident not even Law Enforcement Wizards would handle.

After the refinement was complete, Richard repaired the Magic Conducting Components, installed the Spell Components, and left the artillery position. The White Wizards guarding the door gave him a respectful Wizard’s Salute, unaware that this Black Wizard had acquired the blueprint for their army’s Magic Stone Cannon.

Far off, the War Giant Worms were now less than a kilometer away from the residential area, their massive bodies covered with thick shells. Although a Fireball could blast a large hole in them, the golden light from the Mother Worm God gave these giant worms a shockingly high recovery ability. Before a second Fireball could be launched, the worms’ wounds began to scab over and heal visibly fast.

The emergence of the giant worms created a significant gap in the wizards’ firepower blockade, allowing an influx of insects mixed with the giant worms into the residential area.

This line of defense was on the brink of collapse.

Suddenly, Richard looked up towards the Floating City.

A violent Magic Fluctuation emanated from the Floating City, followed immediately by an arc of rainbow light piercing the sky.

A giant worm struck by this rainbow light instantly disintegrated into the Four Elements; the chaotic Elementalization turned into a small Elemental Storm, continuously tearing the giant worm’s body and enlarging the wound.

Richard saw that at the origin of the rainbow light, several elderly wizards were operating a massive Alchemy Weapon, which appeared quite rough and steampunk in style.

“Is this the big guy Master Vladimir assembled?” Richard exclaimed.

But soon, Richard noticed something was wrong.

The rainbow light indeed inflicted effective harm on the giant worm, but the worm’s body was too large, and it took the rainbow light two full minutes to kill one worm.

But with dozens of worms in the swarm, this rate was insufficient to prevent the giant worms from destroying the defense perimeter.

“Alas, with the protection of the Power of the World, the speed of the small Decomposition Cannon is too slow,” an elderly wizard sighed.

Across from him, Vladimir was glaring at the distant giant worms, furiously saying,

“What in the world is the command center thinking, not deploying the Big Decomposition Cannon at this time? The defense line is about to collapse, if we don’t use the Big Decomposition Cannon now, just wait to be overwhelmed by these bugs.”

Another wizard walked up to Vladimir and pointed to the sky.

“Vladimir, the general commander is a student of the Black Tower Great Wizard, you’d better be cautious with your words.”

But right after that, he looked worriedly up at the two massive entities in the sky; ordinary people might not notice, but these elder wizards could tell that the Black Tower Great Wizard’s condition had declined significantly.

And the worm on the opposite side looked still vigorous.

“Could this be a failure?”

…

In the sky, the Mother Worm God calmly blocked the Black Tower Great Wizard’s spells, the Balance of War now tipping towards Her, and in the battle, She had the absolute upper hand.

The strategy of remaining unchanging to respond to all changes meant the Black Tower Great Wizard had no means to deal with Her.

“Wizard, take your lackeys and get out!”

The Mother Worm God issued the first decree since the battle started.

But immediately afterward, an intense Magic Fluctuation emitted from the Floating City.

The Cross-border portal finally lit up by the logistic wizards.

The logistic wizards nervously looked at the enormous Teleportation Gate, large enough for a War Airship to pass through.

They were hoping for a whole regiment of the White Wizard Army to emerge from the gate and turn around the unfavorable battle situation; however, after a slight fluctuation of the portal, only one figure stepped in.

This wizard was clad in a white robe, his body composed of blue Ice.

The wizard slightly lifted his head, his gaze seeming to penetrate the Floating City, reaching directly to the battlefield in the sky where the Black Tower Great Wizard clashed with the Mother Worm God.

“Black Tower, you’re in quite a predicament now.”