"Open!"

On the gobi desert, a ten-mile-tall Earth Elemental Giant's right hand burst with terrifying Power of Earth Element, heavily pounding the sky above it.

"Boom crack crack crack—"

A piercing sound of space shattering echoed, and a massive space rift, spanning a hundred miles, suddenly appeared in the sky above it, as if it covered the entire sky.

"Go in." Balin glanced down at the circular War Fortress more than thirty miles in diameter.

"Yes." In the control room of the War Fortress, Basil, the director of the Magic Artifact Research Institute, responded and activated a trace of Elemental Power, initiating three of the twelve Magic Arrays in front of him.

"Buzz buzz—"

Amidst a faint buzzing sound, the four-ring Floating Technique and Flying Technique magic runes at the bottom of the massive War Fortress began to light up slowly under the support of two four-ring Energy Furnaces.

The fortress trembled slightly, as if an enormous beast was awakening from its slumber.

Subsequently, the four-ring Energy Furnace maintaining the Floating Technique and Wind Magic Array began roaring. Their speed of converting Magic Crystals accelerated, and the fortress trembled more and more violently.

"Boom crack crack—"

Finally, amidst a deafening roar, the fourth-tier War Fortress lifted off the ground, heading straight for the pitch-black space rift above the sky.

During this process, a Water and Earth Dual Element four-ring Defense Magic Array, 'Jade Wave Strong Wall,' silently appeared around the fortress, emanating a faint blue-yellow dual-colored halo.

It appeared fragile, yet it possessed a defense up to 4.9 rings and had the ability to self-repair.

It wasn't that the maximum defense of this Magic Array was only at this level; mainly, the energy conversion limit provided by the four-tier Energy Furnace couldn't maintain a higher power.

In fact, besides the 'Jade Wave Strong Wall' Defense Magic Array, this fourth-tier fortress also had two other multi-element four-ring Defense Magic Arrays and a Perception Shielding Magic Array.

However, since it was a test rather than actual combat, Basil did not activate them all at the first moment.

"Hoo—"

The fourth-tier War Fortress crashed straight into the space rift, with Balin following closely behind, entering the Divine Realm Spatial Layer.

Below, eleven Legislators each inscribed a Magic Array on the War Fortress, and Amy, who had come to witness the ceremony, didn't hesitate, also following the space rift opened by Balin into the Divine Realm Spatial Layer.

"Basil, let's first test the evasion capability. Prepare yourself, I'm about to attack." In the Divine Realm Spatial Layer, where only a faint Divine Kingdom light flickered, Balin transmitted his voice to the War Fortress five thousand miles away.

"Go ahead, Legislator Balin." Basil, in the War Fortress control room, nodded.

Balin sank his Spiritual Power into his Sea of Consciousness, triggering the fourth-ring Earth Witchcraft 'Earth Vein Splitting Beam.'

"Swoosh—"

A dark yellow beam, exuding terrifying energy fluctuations, suddenly erupted and charged straight toward the War Fortress, moving so fast it was almost imperceptible to the naked eye.

"Zila—"

The War Fortress slightly veered to the right by less than ten miles, then was inevitably hit by the Earth Vein Splitting Beam, leaving a slight dent on the Jade Wave Strong Wall, which quickly self-repaired.

Eight thousand miles away, Amy watched this scene and shook her head slightly, "Too slow to react. The War Fortress's flying speed is sufficient, but even having been warned by Balin, Basil still couldn't react in time to evade the Earth Vein Splitting Beam."

The Wind Magic Array 'Wind Vortex' inscribed on this War Fortress, refined to a 5.2 ring level, was the original version.

Inscribed on the War Fortress in the form of a Magic Array, it reached the energy limit of a four-tier Energy Furnace at 4.9 rings.

If a fourth-ring Wizard were controlling it, evading Balin's Earth Vein Splitting Beam with speed only at 4.5 rings should be done with ease.

Yet under Basil's control, he reacted only when the Earth Vein Splitting Beam was almost upon him, briefly activating the Wind Vortex Magic Array without enough time to avert the impact of the Earth Vein Splitting Beam.

"No help for it, Basil is ultimately only a third-ring Wizard," a middle-aged Legislator in a green robe interjected, "His reaction speed simply can't leverage the speed advantage of the Wind Vortex."

"True, but with the Jade Wave Strong Wall Magic Array, speed advantage is irrelevant," remarked a Female Wizard donned in a blue-yellow dual-colored legislator robe, smiling, "As long as the Magic Crystals in the fortress aren't depleted, even if Balin attacks with all his might, he won't harm the War Fortress in the slightest."

"Legislator Cassie, it's not just about defense,"

The middle-aged Legislator frowned, "If Basil can't manage the Wind Vortex Magic Array, then should a fourth-tier enemy wish to flee, he won't be able to catch them."

"In that case, the fourth-tier War Fortress fails to serve its purpose of pinning down fourth-tier enemies, becoming nothing more than a sitting duck!"

"Willie, who are you calling a sitting duck?" Cassie glared at the middle-aged Legislator.

"Focus on the key issues, Cassie Legislator." Willie twitched a smile, "A third-ring Wizard can't handle the Wind Vortex Magic Array, which makes the situation passive."

"Let's reassess speed tests once Vincentia reaches the third ring."

Amy cut off the bickering between the two, "With his control and reaction ability, he might already be barely managing the Wind Vortex Magic Array, it'll be even easier at the third ring."

"Indeed, according to Speaker Lole's strategic plan, the War Fortress is destined to be piloted by a Mechanical Wizard." Willie nodded, "We should now focus on testing aspects that don't require rapid reflexes to ensure the War Fortress is free of substantial issues."

Reaching a consensus, Amy quickly communicated to Balin, halting the ongoing speed test, shifting focus to evaluating the fortress's actual attack strength, defense capability, energy supply stability, and other facets.

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