Volume 3 Chapter 173
by Need_More_SleepVolume 3 + Chapter 173: Complete Despair
The Endless Rainbow Light Magic Array.
The final defensive line of Laurel Tree Academy, the legendary iron wall said to be eternal and unbreakable.
In the past history, Laurel Tree Academy suffered several invasions, and after being on the brink of destruction many times, it was precisely through this history that the Academy’s strong ones poured immense effort into research, finally developing the Endless Rainbow Light Magic Array.
Ever since the birth of the Endless Rainbow Light Magic Array, Laurel Tree Academy had never fallen again.
That is the origin of the legend.
Yet now, people are witnessing the birth of an entirely new legend.
Not because the Endless Rainbow Light Magic Array is adding new achievements to the history of resisting foreign enemies.
But because, alongside with Biden uncorking the champagne, the Endless Rainbow Light Magic Array was destroyed.
The light cannon that had just been firing at the monsters ahead stopped its offensive, allowing the legions of calamity to catch their breath.
The expression on Biden’s face vanished in an instant, drained of all color.
Not only him—every single person here could hardly believe their own eyes.
This was absolutely something they could not even imagine in their dreams.
“Teacher Biden, what happened just now?!” Kyle, the senior instructor of the combat department, asked loudly.
“If we stop attacking, those monsters will overwhelm us!!”
“Teacher Biden, hurry and think of something with your invincible Endless Rainbow Light Magic Array!!”
All the instructors began to panic.
Everyone understood what this meant.
Without the suppression of the Endless Rainbow Light Magic Array, if Laurel Tree Academy had to face those monsters head-on, there would be only one road—death.
If it were just a few disaster beasts, then maybe by pooling all the academy’s current top combat strength together, they might think of something. However… this is a legion of calamity!
The most terrifying part is that Laurel Tree Academy originally relied on the Endless Rainbow Light Magic Array to make this place a fortress to resist the monsters.
But once the Endless Rainbow Light Magic Array stopped attacking, Laurel Tree Academy would instead become a prison trapping everyone inside. Now, all directions have already been surrounded by calamity. To escape alive is nearly impossible.
These monsters have already lost all reason; communication is impossible. They will only slaughter everyone, bringing death. Every past calamity proved this without exception—no one harbors any illusions.
“Could it… be a malfunction?” The Sword Saint was extremely anxious.
“Impossible, absolutely impossible!!”
Biden smashed the champagne bottle in his hand to the ground and roared hysterically.
“The Endless Rainbow Light Magic Array absolutely cannot malfunction! These past few days, I’ve checked it many times, and all the magic arrays maintaining the operation of the Endless Rainbow Light Magic Array were managed exactly as I instructed. Theoretically, the failure rate is 0%!!”
“Then why is this happening now?”
“I don’t believe it! I absolutely don’t believe the Endless Rainbow Light Magic Array has a problem!!”
Biden took out the magical communication device to contact the southern magic array, but there was no response at all—only silence.
Furious, he raised his staff, channeled magic power, light flaring as he tried to issue an attack command to the southern magic array responsible for firepower output.
The great archmage of the human race prayed endlessly in his heart for the Endless Rainbow Light Magic Array to return to normal.
This was already the final resort; he had no more backup plans left…
“Answer me, Endless Rainbow Light Magic Array!!”
No matter how Biden issued commands, there was no response at all.
“Roar!!”
The legions of calamity sensed that the Endless Rainbow Light Magic Array had ceased attacking. They let out furious roars, rallied their forces, and launched their charge.
The black ocean surged forward.
“Ah…!!”
Some students were so terrified by the sight before them that their legs went weak; they collapsed to the ground, almost wetting themselves.
Biden was breaking down. He wanted to just sit on the ground and give up, but he knew he was the highest commander now—he absolutely couldn’t do that. Even though rage and despair were making him want to vomit blood, he forced himself to turn and look at the other directions.
“The Endless Rainbow Light Magic Array is only missing the southern side; the eastern, western, and northern arrays are still functioning!!” Biden shouted loudly. “Perhaps it really is just a southern problem, but we haven’t reached a dead end yet! We can immediately shift toward the remaining three directions—”
But before he finished speaking, the western magic array also lost its light, meeting the same fate as the southern array—completely dismantled, stripped of its offensive power.
“Help, Teacher Biden, help!! There’s a traitor inside Laurel Tree Academy!! Ah—!!”
A desperate cry for help came from the communication device inside Laurel Tree Academy, originating from the western magic array, chilling everyone to the bone.
Biden’s eyes widened, his pupils trembling violently. He couldn’t speak—he spat out a mouthful of blood.
“I cannot accept this…!!”
…
Eastern Magic Array.
“This can’t be right. Why have both the western and southern magic arrays stopped functioning? It’s like they were destroyed.”
“Don’t say such ominous things! If something like that really happened, wouldn’t Laurel Tree Academy be finished… This… this can’t be real?!”
“What exactly happened?! Hurry, contact Teacher Biden!!”
The mages at the eastern magic array had noticed something abnormal and were preparing to establish communication.
“What are you doing here—stop right there!!”
The security personnel guarding the eastern magic array noticed a strange student constantly approaching.
A sinister black aura was emanating from him; his eyes no longer looked human.
He seemed almost like… a mutated magical beast!
No—perhaps even stronger than a mutated beast. The aura radiating from him had already far surpassed everyone here.
He was Kobe.
With each step Kobe took forward, his body kept changing. His skin, corroded by the aura of calamity, turned black; his limbs grew as thick as a beast’s, and even an extra pair of arms sprouted from his back.
The hands that once held two swords now, with four arms, wielded four blades.
“Looks like they’ve already taken the other two magic arrays. I can’t fall behind—I have to destroy this one as soon as possible.”
Kobe’s voice had completely changed; it sounded like a demonic tone.
“He’s here to destroy the magic array—stop him!!”
Everyone from Laurel Tree Academy knew the importance of the magic arrays, so the security guards rushed forward while the mages in the back began chanting spells, determined to hold Kobe off.
But to him, now transformed into a calamity beast, such efforts were utterly laughable!
“Mere humans, and you think you can oppose calamity? Before the great will, taste the fear of death!!”
Kobe used the sword technique he had once wielded as a human—Lightning Whirlwind Slash.
Only now, with his current strength, has its power undergone a fundamental leap.
What was once a swirling wind was now an unstoppable storm.
Just as his entire being had evolved, so too had his sword technique.
He roared as he unleashed his evolved sword art—
“Tornado—Destroy the Magic Array!!!”
Boom!!
The sword’s raging wind scattered the mages’ spells; his four arms danced in a suffocating storm of blades, slaughtering every life in the eyes of the calamity beast, crushing and annihilating the eastern magic array.
Another of the four directional arrays was destroyed.
Laurel Tree Academy fell into complete despair.