Black beams struck the wings, an explosion sounded, and then the wings slowly unfolded, and Chen Tian, in his Angel Clan state, appeared before Pigeon.
Chen Tian then looked at the black vortex and spoke again, "Xie Tianyi, our battle is not yet over. I await your arrival!"
"Hahaha! Wait, fated one, I will kill you with my own hands. I look forward to your arrival!"
The black vortex then slowly shrank, and Chen Tian's figure transformed back into the Elf Clan state. He looked at Pigeon and said, "Pigeon, I apologize. Fortunately, you weren't harmed!"
"It's nothing, Chen Tian. What was that just now?"
"Don't worry about it. Just an enemy. They won't appear for now."
"Shall we go down?"
Then, light wings slowly unfurled behind Pigeon, and they headed towards the city walls together. As Chen Tian landed on the city wall, Shui Li looked at him in astonishment and asked, "Chen Tian, what race are you descended from?"
Chen Tian shook his head and said nothing. Shui Li then gave instructions. The Fire Spirit Clan's army had retreated and would not attack for the time being. Knowing their strength, they likely wouldn't attack easily, but vigilance was still necessary to prevent surprise attacks.
Afterward, Shui Li and Chen Tian and the others headed towards the City Lord's mansion. Inside the mansion, Chen Tian pulled up his map interface and spoke slowly, "Shuzhi Wuque and Nan, you two will go from this location to cut off the Fire Spirit Clan's retreat. Qing Ling, you need to follow them and set up trap magic. Pigeon, you, me, and Shui Li will break through the Fire Spirit Clan head-on. Shui Li, the Fire Spirit Clan's monarch is yours to deal with. The rest are up to Pigeon and me."
Chen Tian said with a calm expression. Chen Tian's plan was to break through the Fire Spirit Clan head-on. His mission was to help either the Water Spirit Clan or the Fire Spirit Clan destroy the other, and Chen Tian would definitely choose Shui Li, to help the Water Spirit Clan.
The group then nodded and quietly left the City Lord's mansion. No one knew that they had secretly departed and were heading for Fire Spirit City.
Chen Tian's actions would, after some time, directly trigger a war between two kingdoms, escalating the conflict here.
But Chen Tian did not consider the consequences. Destroying the Fire Spirit Clan before them was an opportunity.
Shui Li, Ye Ge, Chen Tian, and Xue Yuan Long flew through the sky, heading towards the Fire Spirit Clan's city.
Fire Cloud City was initially controlled by Huo Yun Tian, but he was killed by Chen Tian and Shui Li. The city then became Huo Long Yun's city, and Huo Long Yun resided here.
Four figures slowly appeared outside the city gate. The elven guards outside the gate shouted angrily, "Who goes there? Present your racial proof. Those who are not of the Fire Spirit Clan are not allowed to enter!"
Chen Tian and Shui Li looked at each other, then said nothing. Two flashes of light appeared, and instantly, the two guards dissolved into countless red starlight and vanished.
On the city walls, red flames spat out with a "poof, poof, poof" sound, and the entire city immediately went on alert. Nearly thousands of elves appeared on the city walls.
"Shui Li, are you here to die? I will grant you your wish!"
From within the city walls, a man laughed heartily. Shui Li calmly replied, "It's not certain who will die. Today, we are here to annihilate your Fire Spirit Clan."
"Arrogant! Do you think you are so powerful? Have you forgotten how mighty our Monarch is? You defeated subordinate!"
"Huo Lie, you can only retort at times like this. Let me speak more!"
Shui Li thought of Chen Tian's plan. Indeed! He was no match for Huo Long Yun, but if they followed the plan, they still had a chance of winning.
"Xue Yuan Long, Shui Li, Pigeon, stop the chatter and attack! Take them down!"
Chen Tian unfurled his azure wings and charged towards the city walls. The four of them flew towards the city walls in unison.
Upon seeing this, Huo Lie panicked and shouted, "Attack! Block them! Hurry and notify the General, the Commander, and the Monarch!"
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
Dense fireballs, rockets, and fire lances, any weapon that could be formed from flames, were hurled from the hands of the Fire Spirits. The sky instantly resembled a swarm of locusts, with crimson points of light heading towards the four of them.
Pigeon then arrived in front of the four, and a golden shield illusion slowly appeared. The terrifying fiery attacks all struck the shield.
Even the attacks that were meant to hit Chen Tian curved and headed towards Pigeon's shield.
Heavy Shield Profession Skill: Gravitational Pull.
This skill was the most unsolvable move for the Heavy Shield profession. It was similar to taunt but different. When this skill was cast, all attack targets were locked onto their shield.
Thus, all the Fire Spirit Clan's attacks struck the shield. Then, Pigeon released the shield, and water currents slowly entwined with the shield, suspending it in the air.
The speed of the four of them increased as they headed towards the city walls, diving directly downwards.
Due to the Gravitational Pull skill, all attacks were directed at the shield. The Fire Spirit Clan members were bewildered. They clearly didn't intend to attack the shield, so why did all their attacks target it, as if they were attacking themselves?
Boom! Four consecutive sounds echoed, and then a golden beam of light transformed into a blade and shot straight towards the city wall. A terrifying tremor spread, and countless Fire Spirit Clan members exploded, turning into starlight.
Chen Tian and the other three appeared there. They looked at the city before them, and the hunt had begun!
The four figures transformed into four beams of light and headed in different directions. This was part of the plan and needed to be executed as planned.
As Chen Tian flew towards the east, a figure appeared before him from the center of the city. Chen Tian looked at the player before him and said, "Hello there, Huo Mie."
"Kid, are you Water Spirit Clan members too arrogant? Daring to attack our base camp, you're asking for death!"
Huo Mie said with disdain, but Chen Tian said kindly, "I'm not here to fight you. I want to ask if you're interested in forming a team to participate in the World Competition in two years?"
"Oh? I've heard of that and am quite interested, but do you think you can meet the participation requirements?"
"You don't need to worry about that. We can find more people slowly, level up, and skill upgrades depend entirely on the individual. This part is a bit difficult, but I believe in you. Your talent should make skill upgrades no problem, right?"
"Furthermore, what I value is your elemental usage. Your method of using elements is unprecedented, and even monarchs-level NPCs haven't thought of it. You're only stagnating because you're obsessed with power. If you agree to form a team, I can teach you a few tricks, how about it?"
Chen Tian's analysis was logical and accurate, and the points he made were indeed correct. Huo Mie was somewhat tempted. His skills were too limited, and he didn't know how to improve further.
But Chen Tian's words intrigued him. If, and only if, the other party could truly help him advance?
"If what you say is true, I can agree to your request and join your team."
Huo Mie spoke. Chen Tian said again, "If I'm not mistaken, your method of elemental usage is by fusing blood and nerves, compressing them inside your body, right?"
"At the moment of explosion, the blood boils, the nerves surge, and elemental power expands continuously, giving your entire body terrifying explosive power and strength. This is why you could shatter Pigeon's skills with one punch. At that time, the blood and nerves in your fist were already elementalized, and they were compressed elements. If I'm not mistaken, you compressed to half your maximum elemental value, right?"
Huo Mie was astonished. What Chen Tian said was indeed correct, and he nodded. There was hope.
Chen Tian then continued, "As you compress elements, because you compress and explode them inside your body, your attacks are only directed from parts of your body like fists and feet. That's why you haven't researched self-created skills, right? And your personality prefers close combat, right? Physical clashes, but choosing the Elf Clan was because you wanted to train yourself, right?"
"Mmm!"
Huo Mie nodded. Chen Tian then said, "Good! I will tell you the path forward. This path you are taking has lost elemental attacks, but surprise power is your advantage. Now, try to compress and condense the elemental power of your nerves and blood in your legs, but do not release it. Concentrate all your elemental power and gather it in your left and right legs to build up strength. Hold on for the maximum duration."
As Chen Tian finished speaking, Huo Mie did as he was told. His legs instantly turned fiery red, and his skin and bones slowly turned fiery red. Huo Mie's face became increasingly distressed.
The compressed elemental power was too much; his legs were about to give out!
Chen Tian saw that the time was almost right and said, "Come, use your legs to attack! Attack me! Test the power!"
"Ha!"
Huo Mie didn't seem worried about Chen Tian getting hurt at all. He then delivered a roundhouse kick with both legs, striking Chen Tian's body.
Boom!
A terrifying wave of energy swept across thousands of miles. Huo Mie looked at his legs and felt the power released. The sky itself seemed to ignite where the wave of energy swept by.
"Ding!"
An interface appeared before Huo Mie's eyes, clearly the interface for creating a skill.
He then retracted his legs, and Chen Tian patted his clothes and said, "How was it? Did you create a skill? And it's a melee skill. In the future, your path can go in this direction: compress and gather elemental power in one place!"
"Thank you, I agree to your request and will join your team. I will continue to research this method and won't drag you down. Compressing and gathering elemental energy is difficult, my stats drop too quickly, and it requires time to charge. It can only be used as a trump card."
Huo Mie was aware of the shortcomings of this method, but Chen Tian would naturally be aware as well. Chen Tian then said calmly, "Here's a small gift for you, consider it a welcome gift. Welcome to the team!"