Even as a sixth-level wizard, Augustine’s expression turned exceptionally grave while controlling the ship plane to confront this colossal monster.
After all, the plane before them was a living, breathing entity with its own autonomous will and terrifying power.
No wonder the wizards had scoured the entire plane earlier and found no traces of any other intelligent life.
Because the most powerful “ruler” was the Flame and Frost Plane itself!
In the endless planes where the wizards resided, the definitions of life were extraordinarily diverse.
But the most widely accepted notion was that only beings possessing a “soul” could truly be called life.
If in the world of Jie Ming’s previous life, life was a miracle formed by organic matter under countless coincidences,
Then in the wizards’ world, life was a miracle formed by mental power under specific conditions.
Of course, the “soul” and “mental power” here did not refer to some fixed substance or energy, but rather a general term for the conceptual entity within a plane’s life form capable of bearing consciousness.
It could be said that in the endless planes, the things that could be called “souls” had compositions that were bizarre and varied beyond imagination.
Precisely because of this, the bodies suitable for souls to attach to were also incredibly diverse.
The birth of many elemental creatures was based on this principle.
By this reasoning, if a suitable element gathered in sufficiently vast quantities, and by some stroke of fortune did not collapse due to its own gravity or energy conflicts,
But instead, through coincidence, formed an extraordinarily grand, unified “soul,”
Then, upon that foundation, aggregating enough elements to form a body could indeed create a living organism as massive as the plane before them!
Activated planes, plane behemoths, living planes…
For such existences, wizards had different names based on their forms.
But essentially, they all described this cosmic-level miracle born from a perfect alignment of coincidences!
Watching the living plane before him roaring in fury, shaking the entire void, Jie Ming’s mind rapidly flashed through this knowledge imprinted deep in his memory.
After the initial stupor and shock, his first reaction was— this Augustine wizard had struck gold!
Yes, struck gold big time!
The birth of a living plane required too many near-impossible coincidences; its very existence was a miracle even more profound than a divine power faith network.
It was no exaggeration to say that even a legendary eighth-level wizard would envy this living plane to the point of drooling!
Whether capturing and enslaving it, or dissecting and studying it, its value was immeasurable!
And Jie Ming’s second reaction was a sudden recollection of a geological anomaly he had once discovered on this plane.
The lava giants and snow monsters would periodically launch large-scale wars, with the victor’s territory expanding accordingly.
Jie Ming had once discussed this with Viola, speculating that perhaps the two monster groups had mastered some special technological means to alter the illumination zones of their corresponding elemental projections.
Now, that guess seemed utterly ridiculous.
What technological means?
These two powerful monster groups were clearly nothing more than playthings of the living plane before them!
For life forms on a plane to alter the elemental projections of the plane required extremely advanced techniques and vast energy.
But for a living plane, adjusting the proportion of elemental projection illumination was incredibly simple—like a human shifting slightly while sunbathing to tan more evenly!
Another wave of soul fluctuations carrying pure rage swept over them.
Jie Ming stared blankly at the living plane on the other side of the rift, which let out another silent roar, its massive magma mouth attempting to devour the surrounding matter and energy. Uncontrollably, a third question popped into his mind:
“Augustine… can he actually beat it?”
From the information he knew, living planes were outrageously powerful!
They were innately fused with the entire plane’s rules—or rather, they were the plane itself.
Such existences could unleash natural disasters with a mere gesture!
Could this Augustine wizard really defeat it?
“He should… be able to beat it, right?” Jie Ming comforted himself inwardly. “After all, looking at him, he’s clearly prepared thoroughly for this, even sacrificing the entire wizard camp to land the first heavy blow on this living plane…”
Jie Ming’s mind was filled with all sorts of strange, chaotic thoughts.
He appeared to be lost in thought.
But only Jie Ming himself knew that this reaction was because the scene before him was too astonishing, the information overload too immense.
In plain terms, with his current strength facing such a situation, he was utterly at a loss, causing his brain to short-circuit somewhat.
It wasn’t just Jie Ming; the other wizards on the ship plane were mostly reacting the same way.
They hovered in mid-air, their faces showing shock, confusion, fear, and a hint of uncontrollable mania.
For wizards renowned for their rationality and calm, letting their minds run wild was already a considerable lapse in composure.
However, looking at this group of dazed wizards, Jie Ming suddenly felt as if something was missing.
“Ah~ What exquisite agony~”
A voice like that of a pervert, filled with pleasure and ecstasy, abruptly rang in his ear.
The voice carried a sickly magnetism, instantly reminding Jie Ming of what he had overlooked earlier.
“No, this is exactly a pervert,” Jie Ming silently grumbled in his heart.
He turned to look at Viola, who had silently appeared by his side at some point.
At this moment, Viola’s cheeks were flushed with an unnatural red, her silver-gray eyes gleaming with extreme excitement.
She paid no attention to Jie Ming’s gaze, still immersed in her own world, greedily inhaling the “agony” “secreted” by the many wizards in this void.
Jie Ming observed her briefly and realized that Viola’s attention wasn’t solely on the wizards around them teetering on the brink of mental collapse.
Rather, she seemed more focused on the distant living plane, still roaring in fury, emanating endless waves of agony from its severe wounds.
Jie Ming’s mouth twitched, and he couldn’t help but ask, “Senior sister, do you like that thing’s agony too?”
“Of course!” Viola turned her head, licking her lips, her eyes glazed with desire. “Such a powerful creature, such a grand miracle, yet emitting such agonized howls… It’s simply… thrillingly delightful…”
Jie Ming smacked his lips and decided not to discuss philosophical issues with this pervert any further.
He forcibly changed the subject, starting to inquire about what they were going to do next.
In truth, Jie Ming didn’t expect any reliable answers from her.
He simply wanted to use the conversation to divert the immense, inexpressible pressure in his heart from directly facing the “living plane.”
But to Jie Ming’s surprise, Viola actually gave him a real answer this time.
She restrained a bit of the mania on her face, regaining some of her usual aloofness, and said flatly, “Next… you all should receive missions to assist Wizard Augustine in taking down that big fellow below.”
Jie Ming was slightly stunned.
Soon, just as Viola had said, clear and cold orders were precisely issued through the magic network terminals to every wizard on the ship plane.
Jie Ming glanced down and saw his mission: [Proceed to array node ‘369-7’ for energy transmission and array control.]
He instinctively looked up and noticed that, unnoticed amid the nearby crowd, a spatial teleportation array had been quietly established.
Wizards who had received their missions were already following the guidance, one after another, teleporting through the spatial array to their designated areas.
Jie Ming didn’t hesitate much and hurried over with the crowd.
A flash of light, and the sensation of weightlessness came.
Through the spatial teleportation, Jie Ming quickly arrived at a barren plain indistinguishable from other parts of the ship plane.
The ground here was a metallic gray-black, devoid of any vegetation, appearing exceptionally desolate.
The only distinctive feature was a small fortress, seemingly forged from various melted metals, standing abruptly on this plain.
The fortress’s exterior exuded a simple yet sturdy beauty, its surface inscribed with complex energy circuits.
Jie Ming activated his magic network terminal, authenticated via information, and directly entered the fortress.
At the control panel inside the fortress, he deftly manipulated it, linking his wizard authority to the system.
Soon, Jie Ming understood from the information displayed that this fortress was the control core of an array node.
As for the entire array… based on Jie Ming’s knowledge, its structure was so complex and its energy circuits so vast that it must be part of some super-large defensive array.
He activated his “Eye of Scouting,” and an invisible wave spread outward from the fortress.
Jie Ming roughly scanned and discovered that within a dozen kilometers, there were only three or four such nodes!
Just the spacing between nodes was so immense; the scale of the array formed by all these nodes was unimaginable!
“Could it be… a defensive array covering the entire ship plane?”
The moment this thought flashed through Jie Ming’s mind—
The ground outside suddenly trembled violently!
This vibration was far stronger than when the lava giant legion had marched earlier, as if some colossal entity weighing billions of tons was slowly awakening deep beneath the ship plane’s surface!