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Even more miserable than these bishops were the soldiers of the empire. Their unprotected bodies, along with their armor, vaporized and became part of nature.
About three kilometers above them, the remaining sixty or so airships were shaking violently under the huge wind pressure.
"Speed up, speed up, don't stop!" Philip urged anxiously on one of the airships. At this speed, they would most likely be caught up by the shock wave.
"This is already the maximum speed, Master Wizard!" The pilots turned their backs and focused on controlling the airship, not daring to look back at the lights.
Only Philip and his companions wearing alchemical goggles could see the beauty of the nuclear explosion...
According to Master Lin En, these lights are too strong to be viewed directly with the naked eye, but they can still be seen if one wears alchemical eyepieces that can block ultraviolet rays to a certain extent.
However, even though the brightness of the light was weakened dozens of times, the pupils of several people were still stung and tears appeared in their eyes.
"Is this Master Lin En's new magic?" Tik's voice trembled as he looked at the collapsed mountain, the steaming river, and the ground that turned into glass scorched earth under the terrifying high-temperature shock wave. "This is simply..."
Tik was at a loss for words for a moment, and it took him a long while to finally speak. "It's like the sun falling from the sky!"
Tik's words expressed everyone's feelings. They could not find any other adjective except "the sun is falling".
Is this really the power that magic can possess?
Deep doubts arose in everyone's heart.
And this is just the aftermath; the power at its core will only be even more terrifying.
Perhaps only such a powerful force can fight against that false god!
Fortunately, Tik soon discovered that the speed of the shock wave below was slowly decreasing as the range spread, and it was no longer as violent as before. Therefore, the airship with a speed of about 100 kilometers per hour should be able to escape the range of the nuclear explosion if it evaded in advance.
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At the moment the nuclear explosion sounded, the battle in the kerosene city dozens of kilometers away had entered a white-hot stage!
The attack by Anthony and his men was very successful. As the main force had been transferred away, the Fire Oil City, which lacked defense, was successfully captured by them in less than ten minutes. However, Joshua, who arrived with thousands of God's Punishment Army, caught them off guard!
There is a huge gap between a legend and a great wizard.
After only three minutes of fighting, two of the seven great wizards who were besieging Joshua had already fallen!
The remaining five people were also injured.
Anthony was the most seriously injured, with a deep scar on his chest that was deep enough to see the bone.
Joshua seemed calm and composed, except that half of his robe on the right side was burned and the scepter in his hand was also broken in half.
Arad and others who participated in the siege had already tried their best, but still saw no possibility of defeating the enemy, and could not help but feel like retreating.
"Everyone, it won't be long before the speakers deal with that saint and return to provide assistance!" Anthony boosted morale.
Although there were some errors in their plan, as long as they could delay the Chief Judge here, it would reduce a lot of pressure on Lin En and others, allowing the plan to proceed more smoothly!
"Come to the rescue?" Joshua sneered. "You don't understand what kind of opponent they are facing!"
The bishops and priests of the church usually believe that the saints of the Vatican are merely servants chosen to serve God, a pretty vase.
But only the high-level officials like them understand why the Saint must exist.
Because that is the incarnation of the Lord!
These so-called "legends" of wizards, even if they were several times more numerous, would be directly crushed to death by the mighty power of the Lord!
"Let's end it all here!" Joshua's voice became very cold.
It seems that without mobilizing some power from the Kingdom of God, it will be impossible to get rid of these wizards in a short period of time!
"This is God's territory. All evil will disappear!" Joshua prayed loudly.
Anthony and his companions all had solemn expressions on their faces. They were all well aware of the power of the Kingdom of God, a force that they could not resist at all.
However, contrary to everyone's expectations, no vision occurred when Joshua's voice sounded.
This made the wizards present a little confused, wondering if the other party was deliberately intimidating them?
Joshua's face turned extremely ugly. Under the fierce backlash of the magic, he spat out blood. What made him even more horrified was that the divine power in his body was being drained away...
The great Lord actually cut off the energy supply to him, so that the kingdom of God collapsed instantly before it was formed.
"Chain lightning!" Although Anthony didn't know why the opponent suddenly stopped attacking, he did not miss this opportunity. The blue-purple thunder knocked Joshua to the ground in an instant.
Arad and the others watched as the Chief Inquisitor of the Holy See, who had displayed his divine power not long ago and beat them to the point where they could not fight back, was actually hit by a second-ring magic. They all had puzzled expressions on their faces, and even suspected that this might be some kind of hallucination magic, meant to make them let down their guard.
Just when everyone was confused, a terrifyingly powerful energy wave came from a distance. Anthony turned his head suddenly and saw that a sun had risen in the night sky!
Chapter 430: Nuclear explosion destruction zone, destroying the expeditionary force in one blow!
The horrific nuclear explosion lasted for more than an hour before gradually subsiding. The area with a diameter of ten kilometers was completely turned into a scorched earth. The soil gradually cooled down after being dissolved by high temperature and solidified into a vitrified substance. The dust cloud in the sky did not dissipate for a long time...
With the help of the river water, Lin En, who survived the nuclear explosion, flew out of the rolling river water, and several speakers were no exception.
"What a terrifying power!" Harov exclaimed.
They drifted along the river for seven or eight kilometers and were in the outermost area of the nuclear explosion. However, everything they saw had been destroyed, leaving only the burning flames, like a doomsday scene.
Although Lin En had demonstrated the power of a nuclear explosion to them last time, the explosion occurred deep underground, so the impact range was limited, and they were unable to witness the power of this magic with their own eyes.
But the difference this time is that it exploded on the ground!
A mere hollowed-out mine cannot effectively withstand the shock wave of a nuclear explosion.
Aurora, who was in the best condition, expanded her domain immediately and used her magic to construct a ring around everyone, using tight lead elements to block the radiation out.
Even though they are powerful and can construct a magic field to protect themselves, if they stay in the radiation zone for too long, their bodies will inevitably suffer injuries that are difficult to heal.
"What happened to your eyes, Vittorio?"
Aurora turned to look at Vittorio, who had his eyes closed, and asked with a frown.
"I should have told you not to look at the explosion, Speaker Vittorio." Lynn shook his head helplessly. He could certainly see that the injuries in the other party's eyes were caused by being burned by the strong light.
The light produced by a nuclear explosion is extremely strong and is accompanied by various high-energy rays, which is very dangerous.
Vittorio smiled bitterly. What Lin En said before was too exaggerated. He was extremely curious about what kind of power it was. Even these "legendary" wizards couldn't look directly at it, so he took a sneak peek. Unexpectedly, in just a moment, his eyes were blinded!
Fortunately, this is not an incurable injury. With his perception ability, the lack of vision will not affect his movements. He will just have to recuperate for some time.
"She should be dead, right?" Harov looked far away at the center of the nuclear explosion. There used to be a mine there, but now the whole mountain has disappeared, leaving only a huge pit.
"Let's hope so! If we can't get rid of the opponent in this way, then we can only wait to be killed!" Lin En said solemnly.
The strength of this Holy Lady of the Church far exceeded their expectations. The three 'legendary' chairmen joined forces, plus he himself used the magic net, the four of them could only flee in defeat in front of the opponent...
If I hadn't had a backup plan, they would probably be the ones dead now!
I just don't know how much of the other party's power is...
Lin En was somewhat worried. After taking protective measures, he flew back to the center of the nuclear explosion with Harof and others. After confirming that there was nothing left of the enemy and there was no need to finish them off, he returned with peace of mind.
Although the battle here has ended, Lin En is quite concerned about the sudden disappearance of the Chief Inquisitor of the Holy See. It is very likely that the other party has seen through their plan to launch a surprise attack on the City of Kerosene, so he went back to provide support!
Anthony and others may find it difficult to deal with such an opponent.
Taking this into consideration, the several injured people did not take time to rest and immediately flew back as fast as possible.
Outside the ten-kilometer nuclear explosion destruction zone, those imperial soldiers who fell behind and did not enter the nuclear explosion range managed to save their lives by chance, but they were also in a miserable state.
Some soldiers were burned by the flames or blinded by the light, and fell to the ground wailing in pain. Others knelt on the ground and prayed madly, begging God for salvation.
Aurora sighed and simply ended the other person's life to spare them the pain, as the chances of them surviving in such a situation were slim.
More soldiers who were farther away threw away their weapons and armor and fled madly.
Harof stretched out his hand, wanting to destroy these imperial guards here and eliminate every bit of the opponent's manpower, but was stopped by Lin En.
"Let them go back, we can't kill everyone who escapes!"
"Moreover, these people have completely lost their morale and are filled with panic. It would be better to let them return to the empire. Perhaps this will cause even greater chaos," Lin En explained.
The result of the last battle of the royal capital was blocked by the Holy See, so the entire empire continued to be prosperous and most civilians did not know that the kingdom had fallen.
However, this time it cannot be concealed. With such heavy casualties and so many witnesses fleeing all the way back to the Holy City, the news will probably spread throughout the empire soon.
The Lord in the Bible is great and invincible, and the messengers who follow God's will will surely usher in victory!
The fact is that the expeditionary army suffered successive defeats here, and even the saint died at their hands. Once this news spreads, it will inevitably deal a great blow to the theocratic system.
Lin En was even more curious about how the Holy See would deal with these soldiers who spread panic!
It took about twenty minutes to fly from the center of the nuclear explosion all the way to the kerosene city. When everyone saw that everything was fine here, their tense expressions suddenly relaxed.
Also feeling relieved were the wizards stationed in the Kerosene City.
The moment they saw Lin En and others return, they knew that the outcome had been decided!
Anthony brought Lynn and the three speakers to the cleaned Duke's Manor and asked, "It looks like everything is going well over there?"
At least Lynn, the magic star, and the speakers were there, unlike them who lost two great wizards.
“It wasn’t smooth sailing!” Lin En shook his head and then began to explain what had happened.
When the wizards present heard that the saint of the church was the incarnation of the Moon Goddess, they all broke out in cold sweats.
Although they scoffed at the title of God, and even openly called [Ella] a false god, the opponent's strength is self-evident!
Even if the legendary speakers join forces, they can hardly compete with him!
"The fact that we are still alive is partly due to luck, and the other part is due to Master Lin's new magic!" Harof said with emotion.
"New magic? Is it the sun that just appeared in the sky?" Arad asked with great curiosity.
Of course, they all saw the huge light that suddenly appeared in the sky and the rising mushroom cloud, but because the distance was too great, the light transmitted had been weakened to the point where it would not blind people. It was about the same brightness as the midday sun, dazzling and glaring.
The ground was shaking violently, so violently that some people wondered if Master Lin En had pulled the sun down from the sky!
Chapter 431: Holy City Shocked
As for the rumors about the falling stars, wizards who have done some research in astronomy all understand that this is complete nonsense!
According to the calculations of the prophetic school, the mass of the sun is hundreds of thousands of times that of the planets below us. Who can shake such a behemoth?
"Yes, that is the new magic I developed. I call it the Nuclear Explosion Technique!" Lin En nodded. There was no need to hide it anymore.