The Synthesis Wizard-Chapter 330:This Gains While That Loses

Xige Plane, the Wanxi Plains.

In previous years, by June, the Wanxi Plains would be a sea of flowers and greenery, with herds of wild buffalo galloping across the landscape, brimming with vitality.

However, this year, the entire Wanxi Plains was engulfed in smoke and the air was thick with the stench of blood.

The Star Alliance and the ancient insects had gathered millions of troops here, locked in a desperate battle.

The collisions of energy, the flashes of magical brilliance, the smoke that blotted out the sky, the roars of golems, and the screeches of ancient insects had turned the Wanxi Plains into a wasteland, devoid of its former beauty.

More than half of the Wanxi Plains was now scorched black. After years of warfare, the surface of the ground had been blasted countless times, leaving it pockmarked and cratered, resembling a wilderness struck by meteors, with hardly a single intact spot to be found.

Looking around, across thousands of square kilometers, only a few stubborn blades of grass peeked out from the charred earth, a faint reminder that this was once a beautiful grassland.

At this very moment, a fierce battle was still raging in the center of the Wanxi Plains.

Hordes of ferocious insect beasts surged forward like a tidal wave, their piercing screeches echoing across the plains.

Blocking their path was a battle formation composed of countless golem puppets.

Like reefs, they stood firm against the onslaught of the insect horde, unmoving.

High above, thousands of Flying Magic Ships guarded dozens of star fortresses and three wizard towers, relentlessly pouring firepower into the insect swarm.

Numerous flying insect beasts flapped their wings and charged at breakneck speed, attempting to destroy these war constructs that posed a great threat to the swarm. But before they could even get close, they were annihilated by concentrated fire, unable to breach the outermost line of Flying Magic Ships.

Boom! A thunderous sound suddenly rang out, audible even amidst the chaos of the battlefield.

Two cavalry Legions abruptly entered the battlefield from the flanks, like sharp knives stabbing into the insect formation.

The construct knights, clad in exquisite armor with dark magical patterns etched on their faces, rode on wyverns and Black Rock Leopards, charging into the insect swarm like tigers among sheep, instantly unleashing a storm of blood and carnage.

The insect swarm, already at a disadvantage under the assault of the Star Alliance's war constructs, began to retreat further as the magic knight order joined the battle, showing signs of collapse.

But at that moment, an invisible wave swept across the battlefield like a storm.

In an instant, the cacophony of screeches rose to a new level.

The remaining ancient insects on the battlefield suddenly became frenzied, charging at the Star Alliance forces without regard for their own lives.

At the same time, more ancient insects emerged from the rear and from underground, joining the battle. The insect swarm, which had been on the verge of collapse, stabilized and even began to counterattack.

Inside the wizard tower, Xieman, Artier, and Corey watched this scene, not with alarm, but with joy.

"It's the mental wave of the ancient insects. The broodmother has finally appeared!"

"After waiting for so long, we've finally forced it out."

"After all, this is the last army of the ancient insects. If it didn't show up now, it would never have another chance."

The war on Xige Plane had been ongoing for over a decade, with the ancient insect invasion numbering in the tens of millions.

Upon realizing that such a massive swarm must be commanded by a broodmother, the Star Alliance immediately deployed a large army to counter it. After hundreds of battles, countless ancient insects had been exterminated, and now, at last, the broodmother had been forced to reveal itself.

As the commander of the Xige Plane campaign, Xieman had long prepared for this situation and immediately issued new orders.

The next moment, deafening dragon roars echoed from the distance.

A group of dragons flapped their wings, stirring up a fierce wind as they swiftly approached the battlefield.

After over a thousand years of breeding and development, the Star Alliance's dragon Legion had become a formidable force, with over six thousand dragons in total.

Among them, more than a hundred had reached the second level.

The dragon group that suddenly appeared on the battlefield was only a part of the dragon Legion, numbering around a thousand.

With the dragons joining the battle, the insect swarm, which had been showing signs of a counterattack, was once again suppressed. Countless ancient insects perished under the scorching breath of the dragons.

Boom! At that moment, a loud explosion erupted from deep within the insect formation, followed by a piercing screech that seemed to pierce eardrums, and a thunderous roar.

The moment the sound rang out, all the ancient insects on the battlefield suddenly froze, then turned and charged toward the source of the sound without hesitation, completely disregarding the fact that they were exposing their backs to the enemy.

Seeing this, Xieman's face lit up with joy.

"The Shadow Dragon has succeeded!"

Artier smiled slightly and said, "As expected, the Shadow Dragon is the best for this kind of task."

As the magical pet of Su Nan, the ruler of the Star Alliance, and the only third-level dragon in the Star Alliance, the Shadow Dragon was a high-ranking combatant within the Star Alliance, consistently ranked within the top thirty.

Its ability to shift between the real and the ethereal made it a terrifyingly unpredictable force on the battlefield, often easily breaking through to the enemy commander's location to execute decapitation strikes.

This time was no exception.

The broodmother had remained hidden for so long, but now that it had revealed itself, no matter how deep it was hiding, the Shadow Dragon quickly found it.

For a creature like the broodmother, which had little combat ability of its own, once the Shadow Dragon got close, the outcome was inevitable.

Sure enough, not long after, the distant screeching abruptly ceased.

At the same time, the remaining ancient insects fell into disarray, panicking and scattering in all directions like headless flies.

The Star Alliance forces seized the opportunity to intensify their assault, exterminating the insect swarm.

"It's over," Xieman said with a faint smile.

With the end of this battle, the insect swarm on Xige Plane would be almost completely wiped out, and the remaining scattered ancient insects would no longer be a concern.

"Now the insect swarms within the Star Alliance's territory are basically cleared out."

A hint of joy also flashed in Artier's eyes.

Unbeknownst to them, the ancient insect calamity had already lasted for over twelve hundred years.

The entire Multiverse had suffered greatly from it, with countless forces perishing under the tide of insects.

Even powerful major Wizard factions had suffered immense losses during the ancient insect calamity.

None were spared, not a single one!

Among them, the Dark Throne had suffered the greatest losses.

Over a third of its territory had fallen, and it had yet to reverse the situation.

Among the many factions, the Star Alliance's performance had been particularly outstanding.

On one hand, the Star Alliance had made thorough preparations early on, stockpiling vast amounts of resources.

On the other hand, although the Star Alliance was a top-tier second-rate Wizard faction, it controlled relatively few Planes, even fewer than second-rate Wizard factions like the Myriad-Headed Bird.

As a result, it didn't need to disperse its forces to defend numerous Planes like the major Wizard factions, allowing its defensive strength to remain relatively concentrated.

Over the course of the thousand-year war, the Star Alliance had suffered minimal losses.

On the contrary, the high-intensity war had caused the Star Alliance's strength to multiply.

Numerous Wizard apprentices and Wizards had successfully broken through after being tempered by the war.

While other Wizard factions had lost many Wizards due to the war, the Star Alliance's number of Wizards had actually increased, now surpassing five thousand.

The number of second-level Wizards had exceeded three hundred.

There were also seven third-level Wizards.

The leader, Lady Lize, was currently in seclusion seeking a breakthrough, and it was estimated that she would soon ascend to the level of a True Spirit Wizard.

By then, the Star Alliance would have another fourth-level combatant, in addition to Su Nan and the three divine golems.

With the balance shifting in their favor, the Star Alliance's current strength was now almost on par with the Dark Throne.

"With the Xige Plane campaign concluded, we can return to the Starlight Continent."

Xieman let out a long sigh of relief.

Artier glanced at him and smiled. "Your third Talent Crystal is almost fully charged, isn't it? Are you planning to go into seclusion when you return?"

Xieman nodded with a smile.

As the commander of the Xige Plane campaign, he had earned a significant amount of contribution points, enough to exchange for a large amount of resources and go into seclusion until he reached the third level of Wizard.

"Don't just talk about me. The two of you are almost there as well."

Artier shook her head. "Corey is almost there, but I'm still far off."

Her talent was not as good as Xieman's and Corey's, and she had become a Wizard much later than them. She had only just constructed her third Talent Crystal and would need several hundred more years to refine her Divine Power.

Corey simply nodded slightly, saying nothing.

"Roar!"

A dragon's roar sounded.

The massive form of the Shadow Dragon slowly appeared outside the wizard tower, its right claw clutching a bloated, obese insect beast with an unusually large head.

Clearly, this was the broodmother, the command center of the insect swarm.

Seeing this, Xieman and the others stopped chatting, handed over the remaining tasks to their subordinate Wizards, and then returned to Starlight City with the broodmother.

The broodmother was a creature their teacher had explicitly ordered to be collected, so they had to deliver the corpse to his laboratory as soon as possible. (End of Chapter)