201st Assault

At the very beginning, Yuan Chen's understanding of elements was limited to a rather special kind of magical energy.

However, when Qiyana said "the elements are responding to her," Yuan Chen realized to some extent that the so-called elements were not just a simple form of energy.

Rather, it is a real life form, like Ixialia's Wilderness Consciousness.

Just like the omnipresent "spirits" of Ionia, the elements also possess a simple consciousness and, benefiting from the unique nature of Runeterra, reside in a spiritual realm hidden outside the mortal world.

In this situation, Qiyana completed the transformation into an elemental master, although she herself did not fully master it, and even her understanding of it was quite one-sided. However, the elements in the material realm had already become her subjects.

It's not just a simple immunity to elemental attacks; it's also the ability to forcibly alter the nature of elements through willpower commands, so that all enemy Elemental Magic can only unilaterally charge Qiyana, restore her health, and replenish her stamina and mana.

The Elemental Magic absorbed by Qiyana, once reflected, will be amplified several times in destructive power due to the "Elemental Master" class characteristics.

In this situation, Qiyana, hidden in the invisible wind and appearing and disappearing like a ghost, is like a special large-scale counter-magic spell. Once she appears, it often means that the Elemental Magic in the area has fallen into chaos.

The allied elements were enhanced, while the enemy's elements exploded in their energy circuits during the process of gathering magic power.

Even so, Qiyana still felt inexplicably resentful...

Why do you have to sneak around like a thief when you could be on the front lines yourself...?

Of course, despite her reluctance, Qiyana did not choose to act on her own. After all, this battle was never just a place to show off individual strength.

The Yishuaoken was guarded and managed by more than forty Elemental Master, led by King Yuen and Sem. The remaining Elemental Master, including Yuan Chen, were all engaged in the battle.

To be honest, although I had long anticipated this scene, the moment Yuan Chen personally stepped into the battlefield with his flying blade, the cruel environment, like a meat grinder, was still shocking and suffocating.

Yuan Chen even came to understand why, in the future, Ionia, which revered martial arts, suffered such a crushing defeat in the early stages when facing Noxus.

The battlefield is ruthless; there is no room for maneuvering. Here, except for masters, ordinary skills are useless.

The weapon does not require precise operation; all that is needed is to slash and pierce.

The strong will be overwhelmed and brutally killed by the weak, while the weak will be caught off guard and have their necks or other parts of their flesh severed.

Especially when facing these ethereal insects from the Void, people's attack methods were as straightforward as butchers chopping meat.

The only difference between them and the butcher is that in order to kill these insects, they must first enchant and enhance their swords.

With his arms outstretched, twelve sharp blades bloomed into the shape of lotus flowers behind Yuan Chen. The swords pointed forward, and the petals resembled a steel dragon piercing forward.

The blade, resembling a work of art, instantly reached a temperature of hundreds to nearly a thousand degrees Celsius under the catalysis of magic. Thanks to the enchantment of the Dawn Power, the final shortcoming in the quality of this already extraordinary divine weapon was also made up for.

Wherever it passed, sharp blades clashed, leaving scorching trails in the air as the blades, already displaying bright red blood-like patterns due to the high temperature, pierced through the air.

The Void Creature' steel-like carapaces were like chunks of butter touching a hot knife under this blade; the carapaces were often sliced open the instant they made contact, and then their entire bodies were reduced to flying filth under the scorching Dawn Power!

But as mentioned before, on such a battlefield, the influence that a single master can have is extremely limited.

Before Yuan Chen advance even a little, he suddenly felt a surge of alertness in his mind—

Amidst the surging, endless swarm of insects, in a corner unseen by anyone, several Xer'sai Dunebreaker emerged from the hard soil, simultaneously hurtling towards Yuan Chen from three directions, some longer and some shorter.

Compared to ordinary Xer'sai, the Xer'sai Dunebreaker's mission from the moment of its birth was to smash through the massive rocks beneath the Shurima, thereby creating more passageways for the Rek'Sai Tribe to traverse.

In this situation, the Xer'sai Dunebreaker can be considered a natural siege engine.

Although the master's body had been tempered and strengthened to a level far exceeding that of ordinary people, it was still, in the end, a mortal body. Faced with such a collision, the slightest mishap would result in the loss of most of his fighting power.

But having accumulated countless trump cards over the years, Yuan Chen's eyes showed little tension as he sensed the beasts charging straight toward him, smashing countless of his own kind's Xer'sai Dunebreaker in the process.

Because the moment these Xer'sai Dunebreaker approached him, a golden energy barrier appeared around Yuan Chen.

Under the watchful eyes of onlookers, the barrier rippled outwards the moment it was impacted, dissolving the impact on the metal.

Although she often slacks off, she has already prepared for battle in advance, and Yuumi never neglects serious matters!

However, Yuan Chen didn't have time to communicate with Yuumi right now, because for safety, Yuumi had already hidden herself in the mental domain passage constructed through the Book of Thresholds.

The reason we can strengthen and protect Yuan Chen now is because we have already anchored the phase on Yuan Chen.

Although it may seem like they haven't done anything, Yuan Chen and the other masters have been using the Book of Thresholds as a medium to operate in the realms of space and spirit.

Similar to Monolith Fortress, but unlike the Monolith Fortress's all-around computing power, the Book of Thresholds primarily serves as a spatial phase processor.

It's a bit of a shame, though, because the Book of Thresholds is already bound to Norra, so even if the Book of Thresholds itself allows it, its effectiveness is very limited without Norra's response.

With a cold gaze, Yuan Chen didn't linger. Instead, he swiftly maneuvered his flying blades to cut through the surrounding Xer'sai Dunebreaker of Aisai.

To facilitate rapid traversal beneath the sand sea, the Xer'sai Beast has undergone specialized modifications in terms of the hardness and heat resistance of its exoskeleton and endoskeleton, as well as its muscle strength.

In this situation, even if Yuan Chen wanted to break through by brute force, it would consume a lot of useless magic power.

Therefore, these flying blades are like precise surgical scalpels.

Like a skilled butcher carving up an ox, his sharp blade pierced the flesh through the gaps in its scales, cutting through the veins and bones. In an instant, the once giant rhinoceros-like Xer'sai Dunebreaker was reduced to large chunks of flesh scattered on the ground!

Meanwhile, the Ascended also ventured deep into the battlefield.