Diana stood in midair, her feet clad in ice skates. Each time she swung the Laurel Leaf Blade, a trail of ice appeared in the air, allowing her to step onto it and glide along its surface.
At the same time, she chased the Steel Fortress above Cloud Lake. Every time she slashed forward, the Steel Fortress would be covered in a layer of frost. Sometimes, Locke, who was pursuing the Steel Fortress from behind, would be caught in it as well.
However, no matter how many times the Laurel Leaf Blade, which carried the fragrance of osmanthus, struck, it could break at most five layers of Locke's Permanent Defense Field. Since the Permanent Defense Field could rapidly recover on its own, it would not matter unless all the layers were destroyed in an instant.
While pursuing the Steel Fortress, Witch Diana also noticed Locke. She raised her brows in surprise. "Nine layers of Permanent Defense Field? Even attacks bearing the characteristics of a Second-Ring Great Magic can't break through?"
Witch Diana instantly felt that if she were to fight Locke, she seemed to have no way to break through his tortoise shell other than using Ritual Magic.
Moreover, even if she used Ritual Magic, she might not be able to break through the ultimate tortoise shell covering Locke's body.
Edgar the Treant also descended from the sky. Using the branches atop the Life Ancient Tree, he summoned three War Ancient Tree Treants and continuously formed three battlefield ancient trees, enveloping all the Mekanians protecting the Steel Fortress nearby.
At the same time, he leaped onto the Steel Fortress and smashed a Treant Fist into its upper surface.
Bang!
Instead of collapsing as expected, the building of the Steel Fortress that had been struck underwent a special transformation. The building