"But I'm not trying to absorb it! I'm just going to use it as fuel and burn it all at once, then use the power of the combustion to push my Meditation Method to the next level!"
Leilin smiled faintly and extended a finger, tapping the center of the flame crystal!
Buzz!
As light flowed and shimmered, the entire Spiritual Power crystal instantly came alive, transforming into a vast expanse of silver-white flames that blazed fiercely, enveloping Leilin's entire body…
Outside the crimson barrier.
The wizards outside naturally had no idea what was happening inside, but at the moment Leilin destroyed the Secret Realm's core consciousness entity—
Buzzing!
The massive metal gate at the center of the Four Seasons Garden headquarters emitted continuous wails, and the various runes on it instantly dimmed. Then, enormous cracks began to appear across the surface of the metal gate.
Crack! Crack!
The metal gate made sounds like melting ice, and huge chunks of metal rolled off the gate like boulders tumbling down.
This scene was so dramatic that even the two Second-rank Wizards inside the tornado stopped fighting and turned their attention here.
In the end, under the incredulous gazes of both Black and White Wizards, the massive metal gate crashed to the ground, shattering into pieces and kicking up a massive cloud of dust!
"The Secret Realm entrance has self-destructed! Damn it! That Leilin must have destroyed the core!"
Coben, inside the tornado, let out a roar and charged straight toward the crimson barrier's defense.
Reisman's eyes flashed, and he stayed put, making no move to intercept.
Outside the crimson barrier, Number Two and Number Three held metal greatswords taller than themselves, the Brand Runes on their bodies blazing with bright light, and around them lay the corpses of various wizards.
These were all the wizards who had attempted to rush forward and stop Leilin from collecting souls earlier—both Black Wizards and White Wizards—but under the combined assault of the two Brand Swordsmen, they had all been cut apart right here.
Brand Swordsmen had always been one of the most formidable offensive professions of the ancient era! And Number Two and Number Three had fully replicated that fearsome combat record.
Ordinary Semi-elementalized Wizards were no match for them at all, and even if the opponents were slightly stronger, once they deployed the Brand's instant-cast spells in conjunction with their martial techniques, the enemies were easily dispatched!
Powerful physical bodies, expert martial skills, combined with instant spellcasting ability, turned Number Two and Number Three into something like meat grinders on the battlefield. To completely finish them off would require at least a Peak First-rank Wizard.
But Peak First-rank Wizards weren't so easy to come by!
Leilin had already deliberately eliminated the Peak First-rank Wizards on the field earlier. Not to mention those Black Wizard elites who had been obliterated to ash—even Xishan and Giant had been heavily injured and knocked unconscious. For a time, this actually allowed Number Two and Number Three to run rampant.
But no matter how formidable Brand Swordsmen were, before advancing to Second-rank, they were no match for a Second-rank Wizard.
As Coben came charging in, Number Two and Number Three exchanged a glance, expressions of resolute sacrifice appearing on their faces.
"For the Master!"
They shouted in unison, and the Brand Runes on their bodies flared to ten times their previous brightness in an instant as they charged directly at Coben.
"You're overestimating yourselves!" Coben scoffed, raising his hand to release two black Destruction Hurricanes.
Snap! Snap!
The corrosive hurricanes struck Number Two and Number Three, leaving only a few white marks on their bodies without even breaking the skin.
"Hmm? What kind of modification is this?" This time, it was Coben who was somewhat shaken.
But he had no more time. At this moment, Number Two and Number Three had bizarrely swollen up, like two fully inflated balloons, and arrived right in front of Coben.
Boom! Boom!
Two enormous explosions erupted.
As Brand Swordsmen, when facing an enemy they couldn't defeat, there was one final resort: to completely detonate the Brand Runes on their bodies, creating a one-time devastating attack!
The principle behind this attack was to detonate the Brand Swordsman's Life Energy, the energy particles absorbed by the Brand Runes, and even their very soul all at once! A single First-rank Brand Swordsman's self-destruction could pose a threat to a Second-rank Wizard!
When Leilin had modified these two Brand Swordsmen, he had specifically amplified the power of this one-time burst!
And this powerful trump card of the Brand Swordsmen was an extremely covert ability—one that even Coben, a Second-rank Wizard, had never heard of. Therefore, completely unaware, he took both attacks head-on!
Two massive crimson clouds roared and spread, swallowing Coben entirely.
At their edges, these crimson clouds released crown-shaped scarlet flames, and anything they touched—whether wizard or stone—was melted directly into red-hot magma.
"What kind of spell is this? It's almost comparable to an ordinary Second-rank Wizard's power!"
The surrounding wizards' eyelids twitched wildly as they scrambled away from the area as if seeing ghosts.
Rumbling! The crimson clouds shimmered with brilliant light, radiating powerful and terrifying energy. Several minutes later, the two vast clouds of haze finally dissipated completely, revealing the silhouette of a black-robed wizard.
"Cough cough…" Coben's current appearance was quite wretched. His black robe was tattered and ruined, like a beggar's garment. Especially his left hand—it was twisted at an unnatural angle, bearing obvious burn marks. He had clearly suffered no small damage in Number Two and Number Three's self-destruction.
"Damn it!" Coben was furious beyond measure. Since becoming a Second-rank Wizard, he had never suffered such a significant loss—and especially not at the hands of two previously insignificant juniors. How could he remain calm?