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Every marine mage naturally knows this, but knowing is one thing. Due to millennia-old fears of turbulent ocean currents, no marine mage has ever thought of utilizing this natural force to achieve the effect of killing enemies. Even if someone thought of it, no one could implement it. After all, apart from forbidden spells and super combination magic, no force can interfere with the direction and changes of ocean currents that span thousands of kilometers. Even gathering more mages wouldn’t help, as without a unified and rigorous combination, the power of many mages would only lose effectiveness due to mutual interference.

So before hearing the intelligence, no mermaid mage had thought that what they dared not do and could not do was not difficult for the elves.

By the time they realized it, it was already too late. This highlights the vast disparity in magical civilizations.

The elves, sacrificing two-thirds of their magical power, used two golden tree islands as bases, casting spells thousands of miles apart, forcibly twisted two ocean currents originally unrelated to the battlefield, and changed their magical composition, giving them the magical properties of ice and fire respectively. Propelled forcefully, they surged toward the sea where the mermaid mages were assembled at a speed several times faster than ordinary ocean currents, only an hour later than the time the mermaid army received the intelligence. This left the mermaids no time to retreat or escape, because once the ocean currents became turbulent, the affected area would be at least three to four hundred kilometers.

The icy current, carrying icebergs, floated on the surface, while the other hot current, under the control of the elves, surged along the seabed. When the two met, anyone with basic knowledge could guess—hot water rises, cold water sinks, and then...

On land, this would be called a tornado or typhoon, but in the sea, the mermaids call it "Elaguna," meaning—"the great whirlpool of death."

But the elves weren’t done yet. When the entire mermaid magic army was in chaos, the second tree island, "Rainy Night," approached the battlefield, bringing the final despairing elegy to the mermaid magic army—the super combination magic, "Thousand Billion Thunderstorm."

The clash of the icy and fiery currents not only caused intense turbulence but also involved several nearby normal ocean currents into chaos, causing a large amount of water vapor to rise into clouds and mist. This set the stage for the ultimate super lightning spell, so the weight of this "Thousand Billion Thunderstorm" was exceptionally heavy.

The three-headed chimera is a magical synthetic creature with the heads of a lion, goat, and dragon, capable of spewing fire, ice, and lightning respectively. The tactical plan named "Chimera's Song" is a super strategic concept that uses the combination of ice, fire, and lightning magic to defeat the enemy.

The marine magic army, once confident it could rival the elves, was thoroughly defeated before the official battle began.

Heroic Werewolf Scroll Chapter 62: The Dagger Reveals Itself at the End of the Game

In early summer, the magical battle that took place in the South China Sea ended with a great victory for the high elves.

The sprawling deep purple lightning spanning dozens of kilometers for nearly half an hour, along with the terrifying whirlpool that almost exposed the seabed, completely shattered the formation of the marine mage group. Despite the Mermaid Empire’s deployment of 120,000 water mages, only about one-tenth could adapt to such a desperate situation, naturally unable to withstand the high-spirited elven mage army. Therefore, when the three golden tree islands finally converged and advanced together, the entire marine army's front line could only retreat step by step.

However, despite this, the elven mages did not completely annihilate the marine mage army. According to post-war statistics, about 47,000 marine mages died in this war, and more than 80,000 ordinary warriors were killed or injured. Although it seems like a lot, most of them were low-level cannon fodder and miscellaneous mages. The core of the mage army—regular mermaid mages and elite troops—suffered minimal losses. This result, on one hand, was due to the fact that only 20,000 high elven mages directly participated, and their strength was mediocre. On the other hand, the mermaids had natural advantages in the sea. Except for the unlucky ones directly struck by lightning, most mermaid mages and warriors caught in the whirlpool were only injured, not killed. Moreover, at the last moment, eight nine-headed snakes arrived in time, setting up a defensive barrier in the center of the army, forcibly withstood the most violent moment with the super magical beasts' strong physique, thus preserving the elite troops of the Mermaid Empire.

The real impact of this battle was crushing the Mermaid Empire’s ambitions. The marine mage army lost more than one-third of its members, and half of the remaining personnel were injured and unable to fight, making them realize their position in the entire Star Sea Continent. Therefore, they quickly chose a full retreat, and the 600,000-strong army retreated like a receding tide, leaving the sea area within 500 kilometers of the elven country in just a few days.

However, the Mermaid Empire did not give up the southeastern sea trade routes they had controlled, still clearing pirates and collecting taxes at sea. The elves did not continue to pursue the retreating enemy, and within a few days after the magical battle ended, they fully gathered their forces and returned to their original living sea area.

The war seemed to stop abruptly at that time, and both sides tacitly ceased confrontation.

This strange situation naturally led to different interpretations among all those who were watching the war.

"The elves remain the most peace-loving race," concluded the big merchants on the southern sea routes. "As long as they are not provoked, they will not step out of the elven country. This is indeed the best outcome. Otherwise, if the mermaids were completely defeated by the elves and retreated to the eastern sea, the pirates who had disappeared would surely reappear all over the sea routes, and the risks and costs of traveling between the east and south would be several times higher than now."

"Good, this war has shown us everything we wanted to see," was the reaction of the human military watching the war. "The power of the elves has indeed completely declined. Four hundred years later, the strength of the elven mage army has not recovered to one-tenth of what it was in the past, otherwise they would not have allowed the Mermaid Empire's army to exit the war so easily. Judging from this, they are no match for the human army on the continent, and their threat can be temporarily put aside. Once we handle the orcs, we’ll turn our attention to them."