A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 543 Construct Knight

Accompanied by roars and terrifying aura, a chilling energy reverberated across the battlefield.

The weather, which was originally hot, started to snow.

This is an ancient white dragon, reaching the level of weak divine power. No wonder Tiamat sent it to lead the charge.

For Jiang Shuzhou, this was nothing to worry about. If he took action himself, taking it down would be a piece of cake.

However, Jiang Shuzhou wanted to try out his invention.

It's time, construct knights, move out!

With a thought from Jiang Shuzhou, a force consisting of tens of thousands of high-level transcendents and five Saint-level warriors was quickly teleported to the battlefield.

"Pale Calamity? Let me see your strength."

Jiang Shuzhou smiled. If it were before, he might have needed to take action himself, but things are different now.

Under Jiang Shuzhou's control, the construct knights he creates will change the world's landscape.

"A bunch of tiny insects, and a few big ones, ha ha, do you really think you can defeat me with just these?"

At first, Aite was startled; he hadn't even realized when the other side had teleported these troops over.

However, after experiencing their strength, he smiled.

They're just a bunch of ants, nothing more than his snacks.

"I mercifully grant you death!"

Aite laughed heartily, then opened his mouth, and endless icy aura spewed out from his blood-red maw, freezing everything in its path, as if even spacetime itself was sharded with ice.

This attack was an irresistible force for the soldiers on the battlefield.

All the soldiers who came into contact with it were frozen solid in an instant.

Fortunately, Jiang Shuzhou had already consciously withdrawn other troops, so his troops did not suffer heavy casualties.

However, the dragon beasts were the ones who suffered the most damage from Aite's attack.

When they saw their boss arrive, they thought they had someone to back them up. But as soon as they scurried over to their boss, they were frozen solid.

This time, Aite dealt a heavy blow to his own allies.

"Form ranks!"

Faced with the enemy's attack, the construct knights remained calm and orderly, their powers linked together, forming a mysterious whole.

This is something Jiang Shuzhou came up with on the side while building the floating city: a military formation.

Simply put, it's a moving magic circle.

As we all know, magic circles are made of runes, and the constructs on construct knights are also runes. So, is it possible to connect these runes to form a circle and achieve a miracle where 1+1 is greater than 2?

Of course it is possible.

After several experiments, Jiang Shuzhou finally succeeded in improving and creating the construct knight.

They made a vow to each other, and under the witness of their "Big Brother," they became each other's most important fighting brothers.

That's right, this thing is actually the Imperial Knight, but Jiang Shuzhou secretly learned it and improved it, so it's much better than the original now.

Not only does its own strength increase, but it can also collaborate with others.

The armor on these knights is meticulously designed, with different runes on different parts of their bodies, and the placement of each rune is also carefully considered.

"How could this be? This is impossible!"

Under Aite's incredulous gaze, there was no doubt that the construct knight had withstood his previously invincible icy breath.

Immediately afterwards, the heavily armored knights and their horses charged towards the dragon.

"Roar, I'll kill you all!"

Aite was furious and embarrassed by his fruitless attack.

Sharp claws and teeth slammed down, attempting to kill all the knights around.

However, he failed.

"clang!"

With a crisp clang of metal, a Holy Knight blocked his attack.

The power emanating from that knight far surpassed that of an ordinary legend, reaching the level of a high-ranking legend, or even stronger.

And there are five such knights here.

They are the "eyes of the formation" and the bearers of the formation's power. Although they are at the Saint Realm level, with the support of the military formation, their strength can reach the peak of the demigod level.

Of course, this was also thanks to Jiang Shuzhou's use of "Big Brother's" blessing; with the support of the power of order, they would be invincible.

Jiang Shuzhou named this knightly order "Sword of Order." They would serve Jiang Shuzhou, paving the way for him as his sword, wherever his gaze fell.

"How dare you! How dare you harm my noble body!"

"Aite roared."

At this moment, the self-proclaimed white dragon had several bloody wounds on his body, with violent destructive power surging within them, preventing him from healing himself.

The berserk dragon launched a counterattack, unleashing countless massive ice spikes that crashed down upon each knight. The ground was also chilled by the icy air that seemed to pierce through the armored knights, threatening to pierce them from top to bottom and bottom to top if they weren't careful.

But the construct knight blocked it.

Despite some disarray and casualties, the construct knights were successful overall.

"Dragon, in the glory of the Lord of Order, you will be annihilated!"

The Holy Knights roared and engaged the dragon in battle.

The other knights were not idle either. They cooperated with the Holy Knights, attacking the dragon as if they were one person.

Tick, tick.

Blood was flowing, whether it was from dragons, construct knights, or anyone else.

However, the victor of this war had already been decided long ago.

There can only be one winner, and that is Jiang Shuzhou.

"no I do not!"

With Aite's unwilling roar, after suffering nearly 30% losses, the construct knights successfully slayed the dragon.

"Pale Calamity? Nothing special."

Jiang Shuzhou smiled dismissively.

However, he was still a little nervous. After all, those who know about this kind of weapon know that it is usually used without any reason.

If it doesn't make a sound, it's a blockbuster.

Now, upon its appearance, it has killed a weak divine being.

"Not bad, but the casualty rate is still too high; there's room for improvement."

Jiang Shuzhou nodded in satisfaction. Real combat is the only standard for testing truth. Now that he had experienced a real battle, Jiang Shuzhou also saw some shortcomings.

"It's still too difficult to send a construct knight to kill a dragon with only a little divine power."

Jiang Shuzhou pondered for a moment, then seemed to have thought of something.

There's not much room for improvement in the current Construct Knights, since they are already a high-cost unit. The cost of one Construct Knight is enough to train five or six high-level warriors.

There's no room for improvement in other aspects, but there's one more thing we might try.

That's specialization. For example, when fighting the White Dragon, we'll send out construct knights with specialized ice resistance, and when fighting the Red Dragon, we'll send out construct knights with specialized fire resistance.

Similarly, these construct knights are considered surprise troops and are generally not deployed directly on the regular battlefield unless the enemy's legendary units are deployed.

Satisfied with teleporting the construct knights back for rest and replenishment, Jiang Shuzhou began to ponder his next plan.