Leo's sudden outburst was undoubtedly a shot in the arm for all the wizards, giving them hope. Since Leo could unleash a level three attack, their fortresses no longer needed to worry about self-defense under the current offensive intensity.
No wonder Leo has such a long list of titles and honors; he certainly has the ability!
"The slave army will quickly resume its attack; those who cannot launch an attack within a single breath will be executed after the battle."
Having dealt with the intruding Level 3 combat force, Kaba instantly returned to command mode. Seeing the beast army approaching within a three-kilometer radius, he immediately issued the most ruthless and brutal order.
If the slaves were to get close to the beast army, they would suffer heavy losses. It would be better to make use of them and force them to fight back immediately. As for whether they would be injured due to overexertion, that was not a consideration.
Before they could even adjust, the slave army, under the cruel command of the Kaba wizard, roared and immediately unleashed its most powerful attack.
The explosive power, exceeding normal limits, instantly killed the rapidly approaching army of beasts within three kilometers.
From the perspective of these slaves, once a wizard gave an order, it had to be carried out; failure to do so would result in punishments dozens of times more terrifying than death.
The fear of wizards is etched deep in the soul, inherited from generation to generation.
In just two minutes, Benji dealt with his opponent and went to another battlefield. There, he joined forces with ten Level Two Wizard to take down the second level-three creature. With the beast army now devoid of level-three combat power, only a few level-two creatures remained.
Without cleaning up the battlefield, the moment Benji finished off the second level-three creature, he appeared in front of the secret chamber in the center of the Polyhedral Fortress, wagging his tail and showering Leo with compliments.
The blatant, unsolicited flattery poured forth at the secret chamber's door, giving the wizards goosebumps.
The sheer power Leo unleashed in that instant stunned Benji, who was engaged in battle, because he felt a tremor in his very soul from Leo's attack.
Although his attack power of just over 10,000 points wasn't enough to kill him, Leo was only level one and yet he could do this so well. He had to hold onto this powerful ally he had unintentionally chosen.
"Be quiet, or I'll throw you outside."
Benji's flattery was so nauseating that it infuriated Leo. He was racing against time to familiarize himself with mental power and calculation processes, and also had to squeeze in time to draw the shadow magic circle. Who had time to pay attention to Benji?
"Yes, Lord Leo."
Having been scolded Benji sat wagging his tail in front of the secret chamber, warily eyeing the few wizards who passed by. He was afraid they would disturb his Lord Leo, and also afraid others wouldn't know he was Lord Leo Xi's most loyal lackey!
"Woof woof woof"
"Come on, come with me to do some light work."
An hour later, a slightly tired Yaoyao suddenly appeared on Benji's head, lightly tapped Benji's head with her little paws, and directly called Benji away.
"Master Kaba, please come in."
After Yaoyao left, Leo's voice came from the secret room, and Kaba walked in with a puzzled look.
Kaba entered the secret chamber and looked at the Godslaying Staff stuck in the center of the fortress. Leo's hand was always gripping the Godslaying Staff, and his whole body exuded the aura of Level Two Wizard.
Leo's aura was clearly connected to the Polyhedral Fortress, temporarily granting him a level above his own!
What alarmed Kaba was that Leo's aura was nothing like that of a pseudo-level two wizard; it was more like that of Level Two Wizard who was even more skilled than himself!
This is completely wrong. Normally, after Polyhedral Fortress is enhanced with increased mental power, it can only become the weakest among those of the same level. So why has Leo become so much stronger?
Thinking about the witchcraft that Leo had just unleashed, which was even stronger than his own enhanced mental power, he looked at Leo again and felt that there was a mysterious aura surrounding Leo.
No wonder he's known as Elemental Body Refinement Wizard capable of competing for first place in the championship!!!
"Master Kaba, you know the situation. I can't leave here. The slave army and the rest of the wizards are all under your command. I'll be responsible for holding off the level three and some level two wizards."
Leo seized the time to regulate the massive flow of magical energy within his body, and also to cultivate the mental energy filling his brain.
With only one hour left before the arrival of the native army, he needed to get his body into peak condition as quickly as possible.
"As long as Lord Leo has no problems, we will definitely have no problems either," Kaba said.
Since Leo can unleash an attack power exceeding 10,000 points, Leo naturally becomes the protagonist of the battle, while the others are merely supporting characters.
With the handover of command complete, Kaba left, and Leo closed his eyes in deep thought, his mental energy, depleted from the overload of calculations he had just undergone, rapidly recovering.
Considering the eventual nuclear fission scenario, Leo wasn't sure if he could handle the upcoming battle.
"Warning, warning, warning! The native army has arrived and will be within your attack range in three minutes."
Three piercing alarm sounds rang out in succession, and all the wizards and slaves saw the terrifying scene in the distance.
Dark, heavy clouds rolled in from the horizon, sweeping up all elemental energy as if the sky were about to topple over and shatter everything in sight.
The earth trembled, and the huge, rumbling sound was like the groaning of the earth's crust, unable to bear the weight any longer.
The sky and the earth swept across simultaneously, as if a harbinger of natural disaster, a terrifying chant before the world's destruction!
All life could see clearly that the black clouds in the sky that turned day into night were actually an army of flying native creatures.
A massive army of hundreds of thousands of flying creatures, more than ten thousand meters thick, whose outstretched wings alone could block out all light. Wherever they flew, not a ray of sunlight could be seen, as terrifying and dark as an abyss swallowing the world.
Earthquakes on the ground are not simply movements of the earth's crust, but rather the result of countless lives running around at the same time. The faint sound of footsteps leads to a qualitative change from a quantitative one, and the vibrations caused by the mere treading of the earth's crust cause it to tremble.
Leo did not tell them what kind of enemy they were about to face. The slaves did not know, and none of the wizards except Kaba knew either.
The moment they witnessed it with their own eyes, everyone understood that this was the first large-scale counterattack from the Giant World, and the number of attackers was... incalculable.
These were wizards who had experienced at least several expeditions. They took deep breaths to ease their inner tension and calm the magic power that was about to surge within them. At such a critical moment, it was even more important not to lose their composure.
Countless experiences have taught them that as long as they get through this, the biggest hurdle will be over, and any subsequent backlash will not be as severe as the first time.
"So, how do we get through this?"
A wizard muttered to himself, "Everyone knows that the larger the world is, the higher the danger level, but no one told us it would be this high."
An immense weight, like the collapse of the heavens, pressed down on them; the entire world was attacking them!
To make matters worse, they were on the front lines!
"Focus all on defense. We don't need to launch any attacks. Defense, defense, defense is the priority!"
Kaba gave a loud command. With the Polyhedral Fortress in place, the wizards' defenses were very solid, and they could hold out for some time even against such a large army.
As for the slave army behind them and the Ancient of War on both sides,
"All slaves will build defensive positions around the Polyhedral Fortress, defend it, and when the war ends, whoever survives will be freed from the slave class."
No one cared whether these slaves lived or died; the only thing they cared about was how much value they could create before they died.
Leo stood in the secret chamber, controlling the entire fortress through the central control system; all the defensive arrays on the fortress had been activated.
With energy at 100%, three hundred wizards available to replenish energy at any time, and over twenty thousand slaves protecting the fortress outside, these prepared backup plans offer a chance to withstand this counterattack.
On the dynamic aerial display, the fortresses in other locations had been overwhelmed by the native army, and rows of constantly updating data spoke of the brutality of war.
[Fortress AS4587 has been breached; 30,000 slaves and 300 wizards have perished.]
[Fortress DE5236 was breached; 30,000 slaves perished, and only one of the 300 wizards escaped.]
[Fortress CR8965 has been breached; 30,000 slaves and 300 wizards have perished.]
The rows of breached fortresses reported the deaths of over 30,000 wizards, with only a handful surviving – a survival rate of one in ten thousand!
This is only the beginning of the battle; the battle has not yet lasted for a long time.
Two other pieces of information caught Leo's attention. One was that the God of Giants was defeated and fled by the Indestructible Body Stigmata Great Wizard, but did not suffer any real harm.
The second point is that in this major counterattack by the native world, the previously at odds beast army and giant army have merged together and launched a joint counterattack war.
"It's all bad news!" Leo sighed softly.
This God of Giants is indeed powerful; even the Indestructible Body Stigmata Great Wizard couldn't harm him, only managing to drive him away first.
"Everything is bad news, but I have good news for you: all thirty-seven atomic bombs have been placed."
Just as Leo was reciting all the bad news, Yaoyao teleported back and appeared on Leo's shoulder.
"This is good news."
With Yaoyao back, Leo felt much more at ease.
"They've entered our attack range. No proactive attacks are allowed. Let them pass; let the wizards behind deal with them."
Such a large-scale global counterattack was something their frontline Polyhedral Fortress defenses couldn't withstand.
It required a gradual, multi-layered attrition, so they allowed the indigenous army to pass through smoothly, letting the defenses behind them annihilate them.
All the wizards and slaves were on tenterhooks, ready to fight back at any moment.
Leo was the same; many of the leading air units had already flown past the fortress's range without even glancing at it below, as if Leo and his group were completely insignificant to them.
The next instant, the native army arrived...