Just as Chen Xu, controlling the ‘Element Overlord,’ issued his command, Huangjinwu and Yan Ruyu simultaneously received his decree. Following Chen Xu’s intent, they released the update for the event.
【The event introduces new gameplay. Detecting that the hostile target, the Church of Pain, has abandoned all sense of honor by continuously using power that does not belong to them, the great Necrotic Archmage Tower has recruited powerful allies for all challengers.
Starting now, any mage participating in the event who travels to other worlds via the Necrotic Archmage Tower to crusade against the Church of Pain and save civilizations will receive elemental assistance.
During the event, the mana requirement for elemental summoning magic will be waived. Each cast will result in a random doubling of the summons—either in quantity or quality.
Challengers, join the event quickly! Fight side-by-side with the elements, experience their formidable combat power, and sweep away the darkness!】
Once the update announcement was released, it immediately sparked intense discussion among the transcendents.
On the forum, the number of posts began to skyrocket.
【Please Call Me Top Scholar: What does ‘element’ mean? Isn’t the mage tower a creation of that Lord of the Undead? How did it get involved with elements?】
【Black Magic Master: Unclear. Didn’t that Lord form an alliance with Heaven? Now there’s a connection to the elements too?】
【Young God of Magic: That Lord? Which Lord? What are you masters talking about? I don’t understand.】
【Please Call Me Top Scholar: I just tested it. One elemental summoning spell directly summoned three mythic-tier Element Lords.】
【Black Magic Master: Tripled? In that case, we might actually have a chance.】
【Please Call Me Top Scholar: It’s not a fixed triple. I tested it twice more; once was two, and once was five. Though one Fire Element Lord looked battle-worn, it shouldn’t affect its strength much.】
【AAA Top-tier Staff Customization: Speaking of which, are the spells in War Magic also categorized as elemental summoning?】
【Please Call Me Top Scholar: Uh, I guess so.】
【AAA Top-tier Staff Customization: AAA Group has arrived! Little brother God of Magic, this time you will surely reclaim your world.】
With the help of the elemental army, the transcendents turned the tide, and the Church of Pain retreated steadily.
Especially for those with organized forces like the AAA Group, they were able to use War Magic to summon eternal-tier Element Monarchs, directly flattening and uprooting the Church of Pain within their target worlds.
With the mana tax removed from elemental summoning magic, high-consumption spells like War Magic could be cast at will.
Relying on the power of War Magic, the AAA Group advanced with irresistible force, quickly clearing the Church of Pain from several worlds containing high-value resources.
In an unknown world, a beam of gray light shot from the tip of the Necrotic Archmage Tower’s projection and landed on the ground.
A group of well-trained Guardian Army soldiers immediately took their positions, circulating mana among themselves as they chanted incantations.
Shortly after, a magic array lit up, and two unfathomable auras emanated from within.
A faint mist rose in the dry air, and waves surged out of thin air on the ground.
Then, branches sprouted from the water’s surface, quickly growing into saplings.
The dense mixture of wood and sea elements proclaimed the prestige of their masters.
“Sea Element Monarch Ousheng!”
“Wood Element Monarch Qu Mu!”
A mage wearing an eye patch, with a shrewd face and dressed in a disguise, sighed at the sight.
“A single War Magic spell that doesn’t even require a mana sacrifice... to think it could summon two eternal-tier Element Monarchs at once. Tsk, tsk. What exactly is the relationship between the Lord of the Undead and the Element Overlord?”
Beside him, an elderly man in simple but clean white robes spoke calmly.
“President, you should speak less of those Lords behind their backs. At their level, to speak of them is to be sensed.”
“Hehe, what’s there to fear? If I’m lucky enough to meet such a supreme being face-to-face, I’d die without regrets.”
The elder shook his head and did not respond.
However, while the Element Monarchs were powerful enough to easily crush the members of the Church of Pain, their eternal-tier auras also attracted the deity behind the cult.
A wicked, fallen claw tore through the space outside the world, its five sharp talons ripping open a massive hole.
Immediately, a vast amount of black-red mist poured through the breach. Wherever it passed, all life withered.
Along with the mist, a terrifying pressure of mental strength weighed down on everyone present, forcing the two Element Monarchs to deploy shields to protect the summoners behind them.
“Heh. Elements? Instead of hiding in your nest, you dare to interfere in the affairs of Hell?”
The black-red mist slowly coalesced into a female demon with a graceful figure and an extraordinary temperament. If Chen Xu were here, he would have recognized her instantly—she looked eighty to ninety percent like the Mother of Hell.
The Sea Element Monarch Ousheng and Wood Element Monarch Qu Mu felt immense pressure. The aura of this humanoid demon was unpredictable; they felt as if they were facing one of the Guardians.
But having received orders from the Element Overlord, their actions represented not themselves, but the great Element Overlord.
Even with fear in their hearts, they gritted their teeth and bit back verbally.
“Demon King of Pain, we follow the command of the great Element Overlord. Your actions are a provocation to His Majesty!”
With that, Ousheng unleashed a massive tidal wave, crashing toward the Demon King of Pain.
The Demon King of Pain showed a look of disdain and softly uttered a single word: “Idiot.”
She made no move to react as the giant wave came crashing down, simply standing still in her place.
As the wave rolled over her, Ousheng’s expression changed drastically. He felt as if the wave he controlled had struck the hardest object in the world, unable to budge it even an inch.
Only after the seawater receded did the Demon King of Pain slowly step forward toward the two Element Monarchs.
As she walked, her expression remained contemptuous.
“War Magic? Heh. You’re only fit for crushing ants and slaughtering stupid pigs. For trash like you, I can slap one to death with a single hand.”
As she spoke, the Demon King of Pain suddenly exhaled a stream of black gas. The gas spread rapidly, bypassing the two Element Monarchs and piercing through their shields to head straight for the mages inside.
Before the mages could react, the black gas bored into their bodies through their apertures.
In the next moment, the mages eroded by the black gas suddenly bloated. Their bodies mutated as they let out chilling howls, emitting a foul aura of corruption.
Instantly, over a hundred mages turned into demons under the Demon King’s control, turning on their former comrades.
The Demon King of Pain continued.
“As for these ants, a single breath is enough to deal with them. Why waste so much mana to whip up a giant wave?”
With over a hundred mages no longer maintaining the War Magic, the summoning connection became unstable. Spatial power wrapped around the two Element Monarchs, pulling them back toward the Elemental Spirit Realm.
Ousheng unleashed one final, desperate attack, gathering all his remaining mana into a single point to create a whirlpool that devoured everything, attempting to drag the Demon King of Pain into the abyss.
Unfortunately, just as Ousheng finished the whirlpool, the spatial power pulled him back into the Elemental Spirit Realm.
Without a caster to maintain it, the Demon King of Pain simply flicked her tail, and the whirlpool below collapsed and vanished.
However, Ousheng’s final whirlpool was not entirely useless. The brief distraction allowed the remaining mages to flee back into the Necrotic Archmage Tower.
A gray light flashed as they were teleported away from that terrifying world.
The Demon King of Pain looked up at the projection of the Necrotic Archmage Tower, her thoughts unknown.
The AAA Group branch president, having narrowly escaped with his life, caught his breath and immediately posted on the Undead Network to warn everyone.
【AAA Top-tier Staff Customization: Attention! Attention! Attention! The force behind the Church of Pain is the Demon King of Pain—one of the Seven Demon Kings of Hell!】
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