Lord of Ashes
Chapter 214

Average Strength

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The apprentices of the Azure Source Holy Tower, represented by Saine, did not first encounter the apprentices of the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower led by Gade. →

Instead, it was the Thunder Radiance Holy Tower Remnant Army, which had been defeated twice by the apprentices of the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower and was already in a state of collapse.

Furthermore, these Thunder Radiance Holy Tower Remnant Army, which are few in number and of varying quality, are not led by any top apprentices.

What defines a top apprentice?

These are the Quasi-Magician who have made a great name for themselves in the academy early on and are valued by the academy's instructors.

Aside from Saine, the Azure Source Holy Tower currently only has two top apprentices: Daniel and Anna.

The Shadow of Darkness Holy Tower fared a bit worse, as two of its top apprentices had already been killed by Saine, leaving only Boboli to hold the fort.

Lei Yao originally had five top apprentices. Among them, Hippocrate of the Electrocution Staff was driven out of the Trial Zone by Saine early on, and another top apprentice was defeated head-on by Gade of the Heart of the Earth and escaped by activating the Holy Tower Badge.

As for the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower, there are as many as seven top apprentices.

Five of them, led by Gade, participated in the encirclement of the Azure Source Holy Tower.

The other two occupy Large Resource Point within the territory of the Thunder Radiance Holy Tower, guarding against a counterattack from the Thunder Radiance Holy Tower.

The number of Peak Apprentice alone is enough to gauge the general strength of each of the major Holy Tower Academy.

The attack by the remnants of the Thunder Radiance Holy Tower on the Azure Source Holy Tower resource point did not cause much damage to the Azure Source Holy Tower. →

However, after these Thunder Radiance Holy Tower apprentices were eliminated and left the Trial Space, the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower apprentices who followed quickly gave the Azure Source Holy Tower apprentices, who had already achieved consecutive victories, a wake-up call.

Nearly seven thousand apprentices of the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower, led by Gade and two other top apprentices, appeared at the resource point occupied by the apprentices of the Azure Source Holy Tower.

Judging solely from the number of apprentices, the number of apprentices from the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower who came to invade was twice the total number of apprentices from the Azure Source Holy Tower led by Saine and others.

Even though the apprentices of the Azure Source Holy Tower, including Saine, had the advantage of defense, their so-called "momentum" ultimately lost out to the real difference in strength between the two sides when faced with the more elite apprentice troops of the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower.

In the Black Tomb Forest Resource Point.

Daniel and Anna had already withdrawn from other resource points ahead of time.

With the Heart of the Earth, Gade, personally overseeing the event, and the number of apprentices at the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower...

With both quantity and quality far exceeding those of the Azure Source Holy Tower, continuing to divide forces would not be a wise move.

"I heard that the total number of apprentices participating in the Regional Academy War at the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower this year is approaching 30,000, which is almost three times the number of apprentices at our Azure Source Holy Tower."

"I didn't expect that after defeating the Thunder Radiance Holy Tower, they would still have such a strong force targeting us," Daniel said as he appeared beside Saine.

At this moment, Daniel was unaware that the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower had dispatched at least five thousand students to launch an attack from the direction of the Secret Language Holy Tower.

However, those apprentices need to clear the path to the Secret Language Holy Tower before they can threaten the Azure Source Holy Tower.

Otherwise, Daniel would be even more shocked.

As an ancient and powerful Holy Tower with an 80,000-year history, the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower possesses comprehensive strength in all aspects.

If it weren't for an anomaly in the last Thunder Radiance Holy Tower, the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower would have maintained its number one ranking in both the individual points leaderboard and the total Academy Points Academy War for thousands of years.

The chance of producing a Peak Apprentice in a place like the Azure Source Holy Tower is like winning the lottery.

However, for a long-established holy Holy Tower like the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower, one can be born on average every two or three Regional Academy War.

In terms of teaching quality and the breadth of talented apprentices recruited, the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower truly surpasses those newly built Holy Tower by a great margin.

How long can the Secret Language Holy Tower withstand the attack of three top students from the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower on the other side?

We are unaware of this at the moment.

However, when Saine passed through the Secret Language Holy Tower, he encountered a pair of twin female apprentices with very strange strength and methods. They were probably not the kind of beings who could be easily manipulated by the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower.

It should be able to hold out for at least a while.

At that moment, Gade, the Heart of the Earth, appeared at the very center of all the apprentices.

From the moment he arrived in this region, visible to the naked eye, layers of elemental ripples continuously converged on Gade from other parts of the ground.

This is a top apprentice with well-rounded abilities in all aspects. Due to Gade's talent and potential on the Magic Elemental Road, more than one academy instructor at the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower has said that Level One is not the end for Gade.

At least on the road to Level Two, Gade seems to have no shackles.

Gade held the heavy, greyish-white Stone Pestle staff in his hand and plunged it heavily into the ground.

A deep yellow Earth Elemental Armor appeared on Gade's body.

In terms of defensive strength alone, this Earth Elemental Armor provides Gade with protection that surpasses most Elemental Shield.

At this moment, Gade's eyes were fixed on the Black Tomb Forest Resource Point.

A striking Golden Light Pillar indicated that the top- Regional Academy War Individual Scoreboard was among them.

"Attack!" The massive Stone Pestle staff pointed forward.

At Gade's command, thousands of apprentices of the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower began casting spells simultaneously.

Unlike the apprentices of the Shadow of Darkness Holy Tower, who are mostly skilled in dark and Necromancy Element magic, the apprentices of the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower demonstrate a more balanced and broad range of knowledge in elemental magic.

Many students at the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower have mastered the various elemental magics to a very high level.

Furthermore, compared to the apprentices of the Shadow of Darkness Holy Tower who use necromancers and Darkness-type summons to fight together, the apprentices of the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower are more skilled in the art and science of Combat Domain.

These apprentices of the Great Earth Academy Holy Tower were not only able to launch concentrated attacks on the weak points of the Azure Source Holy Tower's defenses with rhythm and intensity, but also with a high degree of precision and timing.

They even possess a set of specialized sequences for releasing elemental magic, and strict requirements for coverage.

The goal is to maximize the power of the magic release without wasting too much Magic Power, and to achieve comprehensive coverage of the entire resource point.

This army of apprentices, born entirely for war, perfectly illustrates how the Wizard Civilization, in its external wars, used the power of ranged magic to annihilate the ignorant and weak Alien Plane natives into energy particles.

The Great Earth Academy Holy Tower has specialized courses in tactics and magical coordination, which are compulsory for all apprentices.

The Azure Source Holy Tower also has similar courses, but very few apprentices actually take them.

For example, Saine had absolutely no interest in this type of course.

Furthermore, due to differences in teaching staff and the fact that the Azure Source Holy Tower was newly built, many things were not yet on the right track.

This also makes the Azure Source Holy Tower seem quite immature in many areas.

The academy can cultivate top apprentices like Daniel and Anna through specialized training programs.

However, the overall average skill level of the apprentices cannot be improved or changed in a short period of time.

The future of the Azure Source Holy Tower will require a long period of development.

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