The scattered Silver Legion quickly sensed that something was wrong.
Baroque, who had been surrounded in the center, was seeing his aura surge at an extremely rapid pace.
“Now, we're just getting started.”
Stones continuously orbited Baroque, forming a natural coat of armor around him.
Watching this, the Silver Legion soldiers finally cast aside their previous contempt.
“Hey.”
“This guy's magic response is rising.”
But before they could reform their defensive array, Baroque moved.
He swung his arm toward the orbiting stones.
Enveloped by Baroque's magic, dozens of stones flew out like cannonballs compressed to their absolute limits.
They shot toward the surrounding Silver Legion with the screech of tearing wind.
The Silver Legion watched the stones hurtle toward them, but before they could even form a defense, they were pierced through.
Seeing their comrades fall, a brief moment of chaos finally rippled through the surrounding Silver Legion.
Watching this, the smile on Bode's face vanished bit by bit.
He had originally wanted to continue testing the limits of the two beastkin.
But now, he couldn't wait.
His blitzkrieg strategy had completely turned into a joke.
A blitzkrieg that had been detected was no longer a surprise attack.
However, looking at the two surrounded demons before him, he obviously couldn't just let them walk away.
“Silver Legion! Hear my command!”
His voice rang across the battlefield.
“Detain them! Maximum combat level—release restrictions!”
With that, the blue light on Bode's armor flashed violently.
The light ignited at his breastplate, then traced the rune lines inside the armor, spreading all the way to his limbs.
The surrounding Silver Legion soldiers followed Bode's lead, releasing the restrictions on their armor as well.
“Beastkin, I didn't expect you to force us to use this.”
The auras of the Silver Legion soldiers began to surge.
Taking advantage of this window, Samuel retreated to Baroque's side.
Golden lightning still crackled around her.
However, the continuous fighting had made her breathing slightly heavier than before.
“Baroque, you've gotten a bit rusty.”
Seeing that Baroque had only managed to kill a dozen or so Silver Legion soldiers even after unleashing his strength, Samuel felt it was a bit underwhelming.
“Hmph. You might not have dealt with as many as I did.”
Although Samuel didn't look completely disheveled, the constant harassment had left her covered in a fair amount of dust.
“These guys are still quite troublesome.”
There were about several thousand soldiers here. While not an overwhelming number, the real headache was the armor they wore.
Watching the Silver Legion as they continued to lift their restrictions, the two exchanged a glance.
Immediately after, dozens of stones mixed with powerful lightning surged forward like a thunderstorm of crackling gravel, hurtling toward the Silver Legion.
“Hmph. Trying to interrupt us? I'm afraid you'll have to get past me first, you lowly beastkin.”
Bode swept his blade, unleashing a horizontal wave of blue sword energy.
Most of the stones Baroque had thrown were knocked down by the sword energy.
Samuel's lightning was also blocked by the defensive runes deployed simultaneously by several Silver Legion soldiers behind Bode.
“Commander, restriction release complete!”
By now, the blue patterns on the Silver Legion's bodies were flashing incessantly.
“Beastkin, what can you possibly do next? How will you face this Silver Legion, composed entirely of Level 70 High Knights?”
Bode looked at Baroque and Samuel, a smile returning to his face.
Bode's tone carried the pride he felt for his troop. In his eyes, this army was more than enough to crush the two primitives before him, who could do nothing but throw stones and use low-grade lightning.
“Hmph, you talk too much!”
Baroque didn't even wait for Bode to finish.
While Bode was speaking, he had already thrown a punch.
“My, my... how impolite.”
Bode raised his hand, unleashing sword energy to shatter the incoming stones.
Although a few stones still managed to hit, they were completely blocked by the defensive magic on the armor.
Baroque ignored Bode and whispered to Samuel beside him:
“Samuel, leave this guy to me!”
He could sense that this man, addressed as the commander, possessed strength that far exceeded the rest of the armored soldiers.
Therefore, Baroque chose to let his wife deal with the rest of the Silver Legion.
While he would hold back the commander.
Samuel didn't ask any questions.
“Don't die.”
“You too.”
After their brief exchange, lightning flashed beneath Samuel's feet, and she dashed straight toward the Silver Legion's ranks on the other side.
“Oh? Not attacking together? With your strength, you must be one of the so-called Four Heavenly Kings.”
“But before this armor, you're not even worth looking at!”
Bode waved his hand, and the surrounding Silver Legion soldiers unleashed sword energy at Baroque alongside him.
Dozens of blue waves of sword energy tore through the air, hurtling toward Baroque.
“Hmph, let's see you try!”
This time, Baroque chose to rely on his own immense magic to resist the sword energy.
Shattering the ground beneath his feet, Baroque unleashed a heavy shockwave of magic from his fists.
Boom!
The shockwave from his fists collided with the sword energy.
The sword energy was forcibly neutralized.
But the next wave of sword energy followed immediately.
Baroque didn't have time to unleash another punch to counter it and was forced to dodge to the side.
The sword energy grazed his shoulder.
Leaving a shallow cut on his skin.
Meanwhile, Samuel was once again surrounded by a swarm of Silver Legion soldiers.
Her lightning magic remained formidable.
With every blast, she sent dozens of Silver Legion soldiers flying.
Although the enemy's numbers were continuously dwindling, the pace was too slow; as soon as her magic was neutralized by the front-row soldiers, those in the back immediately stepped up to take their place.
“Hey, hey! Beastkin, what are you dodging for?”
Bode continuously unleashed sword energy at Baroque, while the numerous Silver Legion soldiers behind him also fired wave after wave in seamless succession.
The blue flashes of sword energy came one after another.
Leaving Baroque absolutely no time to breathe.
On the other side, Samuel's magic was steadily draining.
To make matters worse, the enemy's armor was actually absorbing her attacks.
“Damn it, where did that piece-of-trash prince find these lunatics?”
The two had originally only intended to test the waters, but they hadn't expected the enemy to launch an all-out assault with their entire army.
“Damn it! Baroque, you go first!”
Samuel shouted to Baroque, who was still desperately dodging attacks.
“Fuck that! A beastkin never abandons their companion!”
Baroque had finally gathered enough magic. He whipped around and threw both fists forward.
A heavy surge of magic erupted like an earthquake.
The sword energy chasing him from behind was completely neutralized.
“Oh ho, still fighting back?”
Bode had slightly underestimated the pair.
He accelerated the speed of his swings.
One blue wave of sword energy after another flew from his blade.
“The Demon Realm is truly a treasure trove.”
Feeling the rapid recovery of magic in his body after every swing, the endless supply of energy made him lose himself in intoxication.
He was thoroughly enjoying the power provided by his armor.
Just then, a scream echoed from the sky.
A white figure suddenly materialized in mid-air.
“Whoa! That's terrifying!”
Lin Ling landed not far from Baroque.
She had originally wanted to make a cool entrance.
But once the teleportation ended, she realized she had spawned directly in mid-air.
Seeing Lin Ling appear, Baroque was shocked as to why she was here.
But the sword energy behind him was already closing in.
“Lin Ling!”
Baroque shouted at her.
Lin Ling turned her head instinctively.
And was immediately greeted by a swarm of sword energy hurtling toward her.
The blue light of the blades filled her entire vision.
Lin Ling's eyes widened instantly.
“Holy crap!”
“Did they just dump me right in front of a magic attack?!”
There was no time to dodge. Lin Ling instantly raised her hand, deploying dozens of magic barriers in a split second.
In the next instant, the incoming sword energy slammed violently against the barriers.
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!
Thick smoke instantly erupted.
The magical shockwave generated by the collision between the blue blade beams and the transparent barriers kicked up all the surrounding dust.
The spot where Lin Ling stood was instantly swallowed by the smoke.
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