"This guy, a fifth-order awakened, can summon a sixth-order summon?!"
"This goes against the most basic laws of summoning!"
In the audience, Kim Tae-kwang from Kimchi Country was the first to exclaim.
"Moreover, the quality of the summons he's performing is still so high..."
"These elemental spirits are all fully armed."
"Weapons, armor, runes... every item is perfectly equipped."
"This looks exactly like the work of a standard summoner!"
Kapil from India also frowned.
Petre from Rooster Country looked even worse:
"He's clearly not a summoner by profession, yet he can summon such terrifying existences!"
"Then just how terrifying is this guy in his true field of expertise?"
Everyone who heard Petre's words exchanged glances, unsure of what to say.
But one thing was certain: their estimation of Lin Ran had unconsciously risen another notch in their hearts.
Looking back at the arena.
Wiggins, somewhat dazed by Lin Ran's sudden summoning, knew he couldn't just stand there. He decisively commanded his undead army to advance, intending to overwhelm Lin Ran's elemental spirits with sheer numbers.
After all, his undead army had multiplied to nearly four hundred, while Lin Ran's elemental spirits, despite encompassing nine elemental systems, only had four of each summoned.
Consequently, Lin Ran's side appeared much sparser, with a total of only thirty-six.
However...
Element Split!
As Lin Ran made his casting gesture, a brand new magic array appeared beneath his feet.
The effect of this magic array, as its name suggested, allowed the summoned elemental spirits to split multiple times.
One becomes two, two become four, four become eight...
In just a few dozen seconds, the number of elemental spirits around Lin Ran reached a staggering 576!
Each elemental spirit's core had split into sixteen clones!
And what was even more monstrous was that these sixteen clones had suffered very little energy decay.
Even after so many rounds of dispersion, they still retained a peak fifth-order combat power...
This not only astounded the audience and contestants below but even Wiggins, the direct participant, felt dizzy.
What a joke!
Did this guy not adhere to any basic laws of energy at all?!
It was simply too outrageous.
While Wiggins was stunned, Lin Ran was not. He directly commanded this vast elemental spirit army to charge forward.
Thus, the myriad colors of energy elements illuminated the entire arena!
Lin Ran's elemental army exhibited excellent coordination, a wide range of skills, strong individual combat power, and could engage both at range and up close, making them impervious to targeted attacks. They threw the undead into disarray.
In comparison, Wiggins's undead legion seemed comparatively weaker.
With their larger numbers in the rear, they couldn't find effective ways to stop the elemental spirits' charge. No matter how hard they tried, they could only delay the inevitable, and defeat was already sealed.
"Damn it!"
Wiggins never expected that after a flashy display of maneuvers, Lin Ran would so brazenly summon an elemental army even more formidable than his own undead legion!
The most exasperating part was that the strength of these elemental armies surpassed his undead legion, and even their numbers formed a significant壓制.
He was truly being forced to use his trump card!
It seemed that to defeat Lin Ran, he needed to summon more high-order summoned units...
However, to summon high-order summoned units, low-order summoned units had to be sacrificed.
In the previous exchange, his sacrificial units hadn't even fully deployed before many were already crushed by the first wave of Lin Ran's elemental army.
Now, the available sacrifice materials were even scarcer.
If he continued to summon through conventional means, his summons might not be able to kill as fast as Lin Ran, let alone rely on accumulating numbers to summon high-order creatures.
However...
Besides being a necromancer, I have another identity...
That of an alchemist!
"Alright!"
"I have to admit, you arrogant fellow, you do possess some strength."
"You even seem to have adopted a unique tactical system specifically targeting me."
"But all that is mere illusion in the face of my great alchemy!"
Wiggins roared, producing a vial of potion from somewhere and downing it in one gulp.
Within the rules of this competition, there was a limit of one hundred consumable items, so he had no need to worry about that.
As this mysterious potion was consumed by Wiggins, his entire body began to emit an unhealthy, greenish glow.
Especially the bottomless green light in his pupils, which became even more profound and terrifying.
Seeing Wiggins gradually descend into madness, Lin Ran's smile grew wider.
Oh, this guy actually drinks potions that lower his consciousness! What a great help.
No matter what effect this potion ultimately has, for me, whose focus is the soul, it's merely insignificant triviality...
Looking over there.
Wiggins, after consuming the potion, clearly became much more agitated, his movements becoming jerky and frenzied.
Simultaneously, the two undead tomes floating in the air before him flipped their pages rapidly.
As the pages turned faster and faster, more and more summoning arrays appeared around Wiggins.
Innumerable low-order undead units poured out as if they were free, quickly engaging Lin Ran's elemental spirits with their numbers.
And that wasn't all!
As the summoning arrays deepened, more advanced sacrifice arrays also appeared one after another.
Under the effect of the sacrifice arrays, low-order undead units fell to the ground one by one with mournful cries, turning into rotten bone dust.
Their sacrifice was not in vain. The sacrifice arrays unreservedly absorbed their life force and energy, creating even higher-order undead units.
Undead Warlords, Death Wyrms, Soul Reapers, Rune Banshees...
Each of them emanated an ominous aura of death.