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The tribe also had a Swordmaster-level expert, but only one—the warrior leader Barok who led the team to surround Chen Xuanfeng and Jin Luosha a few days ago, that fierce bearded fighter. However, facing two Swordmaster officers of roughly equal strength, the bearded Barok was in a difficult position, unable to spare any strength to deal with the invading "Flame Sand Army" soldiers.

It was at this moment that Jin Luosha made her move, and as soon as she appeared, the tide of battle changed.

Although Jin Luosha was merely a first-tier Swordmaster, she practiced the "Holy Grail Aura" created by Chen Xuanfeng, which could rival the "Martial Emperor Tyrant Technique." Even without activating the powerful "Holy Ice Thorn Halo," her inherently holy attribute aura was extremely formidable, not inferior设计entially inferior to that of a typical second or third-tier Swordmaster. Moreover, Paladins were originally leaders on the battlefield, with many skills aimed at significantly boosting the combat power of their allies. With Jin Luosha's supreme talent in light attributes, the young girl could cast dozens of Paladin magic skills, including the "Leadership Spell," which greatly enhances the morale and fighting spirit of the entire army, even without the help of her "Holy Angel" war beast and without revealing her true magical and divine powers.

Relying on Jin Luosha's immense mental power as a tenth-level mage and tenth-level divine caster, the "Leadership Spell" had long been refined to the level of a grandmaster. Therefore, when she stepped into the battlefield with the "Frenzy Halo" and the "Holy Spirit Armor" buffed, she immediately became the core around which all the tribal warriors rallied. The warriors gathered around her received various auxiliary divine spells, each seeing a significant boost in combat power. They quickly formed a breakthrough formation, disrupting the "Flame Sand Army's" battle array into chaos.

At the same time, the mages on both sides began to engage in combat. As the regular army of the "Mercenary Empire," the "Flame Sand Army" naturally had a mage corps, though it included only two or three full-fledged mages, with the remaining dozens being magic apprentices and magicians without formal mage qualifications. However, with the assistance of the "Mercenary Empire's" world-renowned magic cannons, the concentrated magical attacks of these dozens of individuals were equivalent to the continuous bombardment of two ninth-level mages.

As for the tribe, they originally had no mages; the barren desert lacked the basic resources needed for magical cultivation. Thus, the one now engaging in a heated battle with the "Flame Sand Army" was none other than the traveler claiming to come from Viking—Chen Xuanfeng.

"Magic Corps power infusion, spiral spiritual pressure amplification, target calculation lock, Solar Flame Magic Cannon, fire—"

"In the name of the Fourth Demon Lord Asinog, I command the burning and leaping souls, Purple Thunder Collapse—"

Boom, boom, boom, boom—

"Magic Corps power infusion, spiral spiritual pressure amplification, target calculation lock, Solar Flame Magic Cannon, fire—"

"In the name of the Fourth Demon Lord Asinog, I command the burning and leaping souls, Purple Thunder Collapse—"

Boom, boom, boom, boom—

...

(The above process repeated countless times, though the author, who writes without payment, does not wish to further occupy the reader's time and attention.)

The powerful magic, strong enough to make the vast majority of mages on the Mainland blush, and the crude magic techniques, enough to make all mages vomit, created countless dazzling lights and fires in the sky over the desert, yet not a single attack landed on the ground.

The magic cannon technology of the "Mercenary Empire" is unparalleled in the world. The super cannon "Babel Tower," which guards the imperial capital "Star Shattering Abyss," is a fearsome weapon capable of making even dragons quake in fear. Under the shadow of the Babel Tower's renowned success, the alchemists of the Mercenary Empire simplified their requirements for magic cannons to just three words: 'faster, farther, stronger.' The control of ballistic changes and special magical effects were considered secondary. This research philosophy turned the empire's magic cannons into magical versions of giant crossbows—powerful, yes, but limited to linear and parabolic attacks with no other variations.

As for Chen Xuanfeng, he was fundamentally a magic idiot. While there are geniuses capable of both martial and magical cultivation, he certainly wasn’t one of them, especially since he was a wandering soul from another world. Deep down, he had an innate barrier against magic and lacked identification with it, a foundation that could only be formed if one was trained from a very young age. In his previous life, he had only learned the Confucian principle of "The Master said, 'Do not talk about strange phenomena, strength, disorder, or spirits,'" and he was reborn with the mature disposition of that life, skipping the mental growth phase. Thus, although he had obtained immense martial arts skills, he had never been able to practice magic—only to understand and use it.

There were two instances in the past where Chen Xuanfeng gained the ability to use supernatural powers. The first was the ice, fire, and lightning magic bestowed upon him by his companion beast, Ice Wind. The second was the divine light magic obtained by drinking large amounts of holy water from the "Eternal Holy Grail," which later transformed into the singular 20th-level "Vitality Aura." This aura was further corrupted by the power of demons from the Netherworld into the stronger "Magic Aura," leaving him without any true offensive spells.

It is said that getting something for nothing is always appealing, and Chen Xuanfeng was no exception. After two opportunities to gain magic effortlessly, he became quite interested in such matters. Especially after using the "Tiger Soul" to absorb half of the demon core and a wisp of soul from the Great Demon King Bator, he was pleasantly surprised to find that, as the master of "Tiger Soul," he also benefited. The dragon aura of the Abyssal Demon Dragon King and the incomplete power of the Great Demon King complemented each other, giving him a half-Netherworld creature physique. This physique not only rendered his body ageless, much like the past wielders of the infamous Soul-Devouring Blade, but also earned him recognition from Netherworld demons. He could enter into pacts with them through sacrifices and harness their magical power to cast spells.

Demons are also gods, and in terms of pure power, they have no essential difference from gods of war or light. They do not grant divine spells to their followers but form contracts. The types and effects of these contracts vary, and what the sacrificer gains in relation to what they give up depends not only on the quantity and quality of the sacrifices but also on the sacrificer's own strength. After all, demons have no concept of morality and only respect true strength. Even if a lowly slime offered the soul of the Pope of the Radiant Temple, it wouldn’t win the favor of a demon. Chen Xuanfeng, however, was a top-tier strongman. Though he wasn’t a Sword Saint, he was nearly as powerful. Moreover, his power bore a trace of the Earth Mother Goddess Gaia's essence, forcing demons to pay extra respect to his sacrifices.