"Action!"
Following the command, the wizard enveloped in green smoke moved first.
After a chant, he floated directly into mid-air, continuously emitting green smoke from his entire body.
Whoosh! All the emerald green smoke combined into a whirlwind and directly assaulted the branch in Leilin's line of sight.
Tsss! This green smoke seemed to have extremely potent corrosive properties.
Several apprentices who had ventured out were enveloped by the smoke and, with screams, instantly turned to white bones. Even the surrounding ground became soft and muddy, as if corroded into a swamp.
Even the defensive spell glow deployed on the branch trembled continuously under the corrosion of the green smoke, as if it might collapse the next second.
"Who goes there? How dare you attack a branch of the Nine-Ring White Tower!"
An alarmed and furious voice rang out from within the branch, and immediately after, a figure clad in black battle armor soared into the air.
"Kill!" The black figure gave a cold shout, and countless wisps of black smoke rose from the ground, coalescing into a skull that flew towards the green smoke.
"Hehehe..." The wizard within the green smoke let out strange laughter. Under his direction, the green smoke formed the shape of an emerald scorpion and crashed into the skull.
Boom!
Bang!
It was as if a gale of level ten or higher had suddenly swept the area, and a shockwave exploded outward in all directions.
The tremendous destructive force directly sheared off an entire layer of the branch's top structure.
"So this is the strength of a wizard who has met the promotion standard?" Leilin watched the wizard's actions in mid-air intently, a strange light gleaming in his eyes.
Under the deliberate control of the wizard in the green smoke, the battle in mid-air began to shift to one side.
"Time for us to make our entrance!" The half-man-sized mouse licked its lips.
"Newbie, don't go and pee your pants in fear! If you hinder the mission, I'll kill you first!"
Viper added, also trying to intimidate him.
"If you get in my way, you're the one who'll die!"
Blood Hand, played by Leilin, let out a weird hehe laugh. A potion vial shattered, forming a red film of light over his body.
"The giant's green smoke is a tremendously powerful area-of-effect wizardry, capable of inflicting horrifying spell damage on all targets within its range!"
The old witch, wearing a mask, seemed to explain this to Leilin.
"Be careful. Although the giant has drawn away the strongest opponent, the remaining law enforcement members won't be easy to deal with..."
"Hehehe... I've long wanted to rip open the chests of those white wizard whelps and taste their hearts..."
A dark wizard who looked like a zombie licked his lips, his entire figure transforming into a black wind that charged towards the branch, whose defensive array was already damaged.
Whoosh!
As if his action triggered a signal, over a dozen light streaks of various colors, radiating powerful magical fluctuations, surged directly into the branch of the Nine-Ring White Tower.
"Not good! It's a trap, quickly alert the captain..."
A white wizard standing by the entrance saw the dozen dark wizards hurtling towards them, his face changing drastically, his voice even distorting.
"Haha... While it might be difficult for the boss giant to kill your leader, stalling him is absolutely no problem. Even if he realizes something's wrong now, he can't save you..."
The old witch laughed, tossing two silver metallic spheres near the branch.
Bang!
The silver metallic spheres exploded like bombs. With the continuous spread of the blast wave, waves of magical turbulence rippled outwards. The air seemed to distort, and even the elemental particles became unstable.
Zzz... The sound of disrupted electromagnetic waves echoed throughout the branch.
"Not good! Elemental Oscillation Bombs!! They actually have such things!"
The white wizards' faces changed dramatically, and they all retreated.
"Alright! Now no communication wizardry can get through, and some spatial wizardries are also disabled. Friends, enjoy the slaughter! Though we only have 5 minutes..."
The old witch waved her hand.
"Soul Detonation!"
Bang! A semi-transparent soul form suddenly appeared among the white wizards and immediately detonated!
Waves targeting the soul spread out. The white wizard stumbled back several steps, and fine streams of fresh blood flowed from his eyes, nose, and ears.
But in the instant the white wizard retreated, a semi-transparent worm appeared from the twisted air and lunged directly at him.
Crack! A lightning shield suddenly manifested around the white wizard, enveloping his entire body.
Pfft! The lightning defense crumbled like paper before the worm, which pierced right through. The semi-transparent, crystal-like worm burrowed directly into the wizard's mouth.
"Uh..." The white wizard's face turned purple, like a large eggplant. He clutched his throat with both hands and collapsed.
"Hehe, usually we can't use wizardry so freely to collect souls! Old rules, all souls collected on the battlefield go to me. I'll offer a good price!"