End Of The Magic Era

by Stayrr

The world that nurtured the civilization which reached the pinnacle of magic was on the verge of destruction. The last survivor transmigrated to the past, when the magic civilization started growing, as countless mages were still fumbling their ways through the thorny paths of magic knowledge. He, who came from the end of the magic era, aim to reach the pinnacle of magic.

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Chapter 385: Lesser Flame Overlord

Translator: Shiraishi Editor: TheAlliance

But during the peak of the magic era, the secret of the Bloodshed Forest gradually emerged. It was actually very simple, this was a forest full of Reverse Law, in the future it was dubbed the Reverse Forest.

In other words, everything in the Bloodshed Forest was developing in the opposite direction.

Lin Yun carefully explored the Bloodshed Forest, and soon found many signs of fighting. There were apparent sword gashes as well as residual mana fluctuations. These traces seemed very old, which inevitably surprised Lin Yun. The Bloodshed Forest was taboo in this era, no one ever left the forest alive, 'The people getting lost in the Bloodshed Forest wouldn't be slaughtering each other, would they?'

The sword gashes and mana fluctuations gave Lin Yun a feeling that they had been left by people far stronger than Sword Saints and Archmages, it gave off the feeling of Heaven Rank.

No Heaven Rank powerhouse crossed the Bloodshed Forest, yet the traces were clearly that of a Heaven Rank Swordsman and a Heaven Rank Mage. In this era Heaven Rank powerhouses were so rare, how could there be such a scene…

'How did this come about?'

It was strange, there were traces on the ground, but nothing on the trees. Lin Yun even cast a few Mage Eyes to check the surroundings, but the result was the same, the traces were only on the ground.

It meant that the Bloodshed Forest formed after the traces of the fighting were left.

Although LIn Yun looked calm after coming to such an astonishing conclusion, his heart was still beating fast. The answer was simple, those traces had been left by Emperor Zhantui and the Gaugass King, in those days, the two men fought on the land that would become the Bloodshed Forest in the future. The blood that fell led to the growth of the Bloodshed Forest.

Those traces had yet to disappear after thousands of years, it was also because of this that Lin Yun was agitated. No even a Heaven Rank powerhouse could leave behind traces that would last for millenia.

This discovery suddenly made Lin Yun skeptical, 'Did Emperor Zhantui and the Gaugass King already surpass the Heaven Rank?' It was recorded that the two were already 9th Rank Heaven Realm powerhouses, thus, Lin Yun always took it at face value, but these traces toppled his understanding of Emperor Zhantui and the Gaugass King, these two powerhouses had most likely already surpassed the Heaven Realm.

The magic civilization had yet to mature during that time, Archmages and Sword Saints were out of reach to most people at that time, let alone Heaven Rank and the realm above it.

Lin Yun collected a faint wisp of mana fluctuation, these were mana fluctuations left behind by the Gaugass King. He collected it to have the Magic Array analyze it, but not right now. The Magic Array might collapse if he analyzed it now.

This wasn't Lin Yun making a fuss out of nothing, after all, the owner of that wisp of mana fluctuation had surpassed the Heaven Rank realm, he would have to wait until he was an Archmage to try using the Magic Array to analyze it.

Lin Yun walked for a very long time as he followed the traces of the battle. He reached a lake after a few hours. He stopped and thoughtfully looked at the calm water surface.

The lake was very unusual, it was very big, and the water had a faintly red color, moreover, there was no ripples at all.

After looking at it for more than a dozen minutes, Lin Yun didn't notice anything abnormal. But he didn't plan on leaving, because the traces of the battle led to this lake before coming to an abrupt end.

Lin Yun cast a Mage Eye to examine the lake, but when the Mage Eye touched the surface of the lake, it noiselessly dissipated.

'Mana fluctuations…'

Lin Yun was suddenly startled, he cast a few more Mage Eyes and tried a few more times, yet the result was the same. What surprised Lin Yun the most was that he couldn't feel any mana fluctuation from the shore, yet the Mage Eyes would dissipate after encountering an intense mana fluctuations.

The cautious Lin Yun didn't want anything to happen to his body, thus he summoned three Water Puppets and made them plunge in the lake. As they got deeper and deeper the sight of one of the puppets was re-transmitted to Lin Yun and the situation in the lake appeared before his eyes. A stone tablet was standing tall at the bottom of the lake, but because it was too far, Lin Yun could only see that it was a stone tablet and nothing more…

By the time the Water Puppet reached the stone tablet, Lin Yun noticed that there were words carved on it with a sword, [I and Luo Ning have been lost for three years, there is no one left alive…]

Lin Yun was startled speechless, especially by the last sentence, [There is no one left alive…]

He saw those words and felt that they had been carved with a complicated mood, there was bewilderment, frustration, and even more despair.

Most people might not know the name Luo Ning in this era, but Lin Yun remembered quite clearly that the Gaugass King's name was Luo Ning.

The one who craved this stone tablet was most likely Emperor Zhantui.

When Lin Yun explored Vaughn's laboratory, he encountered a Heaven Rank Puppet that said a few profound sentences.

'Is there anyone still alive?"There is no path forward…' These sentences had been left behind by the Dark Sage, but the Heaven Rank Puppet had been seriously damaged, Lin Yun had only been able to hear these few words.

And now in the Bloodshed Forest, he once again encountered such a cryptic message left by Emperor Zhantui, 'Just what are those powerhouses who transcended Heaven Rank trying to convey?'

The message left behind by Emperor Zhantui was conflicting, weren't Noscent's people living properly in the era when the Gaugass King disappeared?

Lin Yun didn't remain too long near the lake, he decided on returning to camp first. The Bloodshed Forest with Reverse Law wasn't easy to leave, even Lin Yun who knew the way to exit had to spend no less than three hours. When Lin Yun reached the camp, he discovered that the three mercenary groups had already left.

Fortunately, the three mercenary groups progressed very slowly since their assembly was quite huge. It didn't take long for Lin Yun to catch up after following their tracks.

A scorched forest appeared before him, traces of flames could be seen everywhere. On the edge of the forest, the temperature reached 40C, and in the distance, an erupting volcano could be seen spewing lava. Lin Yun frowned as he saw the surroundings, a bad premonition rushing over him because this forest looked exactly like a certain magical forest he remembered.

There was a commotion ahead, it looked like something happened to the team that had been dispatched for exploration.

Lin Yun was startled.

He unhesitantly cast half a dozen Mage Eyes and was suddenly startled by the scene unfolding in front of him. A group of Flame Devils covered in fire were in an intense battle with the elite squadron of the three mercenary groups.

Lin Yun wanted to warn them, but it was too late.

Countless spells fell on several Flame Devils, the blazing flames covering their body gradually dimming. When the last spell fell, the blazing flames on their bodies completely stopped burning and they turned into piles of ashes which slowly scattered. But suddenly, flames rose up from those ashes and new Flame Devils rose from these flames.

Flame Devils were the lowest hellish lifeform, like Malevolent Spirits and Evil Spawn, but they were genuine level 20 lifeforms. These Flame Devils were more troublesome than Malevolent Spirits and Evil Spawn, for a single reason, if one couldn't one shot a Flame Devil, then the numbers of hits it received would be the number of Flame Devils it would split in.

This was very frightening.

They actually met one Flame Devil a few minutes ago, but from one, it turned into a dozen, and then bit by bit into several hundreds. If the three mercenary groups kept attacking, the amount of Flame Devils would keep increasing and the three mercenary groups would face destruction sooner or later.

"Stay your hands, everyone stop!"

Following that roar, the elite team halted their offensive and changed to a defensive formation. They released Ice Walls to resist the attacks of the several hundred Flame Devils.

Whenever the Flame Devils shattered an Ice Wall, a new one would come to replace it. All the power of the three mercenary groups was focused on the front and the deadlock lasted for a few minutes. When the mages suffered from mana exhaustion, a new batch would come to replace them.

Suddenly, a horrifying aura spread through the battlefield.

"Rumble!"

It was followed by a world-shaking sound as the earth shook and fractured, a black mist leaking from the crack, and soon, a huge arm reached out of the ground. This was a huge arm covered in twisted flames emitting extreme heat. It was soon followed by another arm.

When the crack was large enough, a wild roar echoed as a several dozens meters tall fire monster jumped out of the hole, shaking the entire mountain.

A dense aura of sulfur quickly filled the surroundings…

This was a level 36 Lesser Flame Overlord!

The three mercenary groups had a shockingly perfect tacit understanding, without discussing anything prior, they sent their strongest troops over, Sword Saint Dean, Archmage Delson and Olaro, as well as Rolf, the leader of the Red Dragon Mercenary Group.

High level Expert Swordsmen, High Mages and Divine Archers came by dozens.

Orson, Yilu, Yema, Anna, Henri, and other strong powerhouses rushed there.

The bright flames of the Lesser Flame Overlord shone on everyone's faces. Everyone's expressions were solemn, anxious, and mostly fearful.

Dealing with a few hundred Flame Devils with their strongest line-up could be said to be easy, but a Lesser Flame Overlord…

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Chapter 386: Meeting An Enemy

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The Lesser Flame Overlord let out a deep bestial roar, its sinister and terrifying aura sweeping through every corner of the battlefield. A lava-like red liquid erupted from the Lesser Flame Overlord's mouth. Sword Saint Dean barely managed to dodge, that red liquid leaving a depression where he had been standing.

Dean's state wasn't great. His Aura Protection felt like it would collapse anytime, he had been using a large amount of Aura to maintain his Aura Protection. Especially when he barely dodged that red liquid, his arm hadn't been so lucky and half of his palm had been scorched black.

This happened under Aura Protection, if it hadn't been on, his whole arm would have been done for.

Delson and Olaro displayed their power, they both chanted long incantations, casting powerful spells one after the other and throwing them at the Lesser Flame Overlord.

But those attacks didn't bring much damage to the Lesser Flame Overlord. They couldn't do anything about it, the resistances of this lifeform from Hell were too high.

High level Expert Swordsmen and High Mages like Anna or Orson also attacked the Lesser Flame Overlord from afar. In a short few minutes, five high level High Mages failed to dodge and were engulfed by that red liquid, turning to ashes.

The three mercenary groups were all fighting together against that Lesser Flame Overlord, yet they were still at a disadvantage.

A powerful Frost Arrow pierced the atmosphere…

Rolf stood in the distance with a solemn expression, his hands continuously moving. The powerful 3rd Rank Phantom Archer shot arrow after arrow with perfect accuracy, not a single one missed and they all greatly affected the Lesser Flame Overlord.

Each Frost Arrow slowed the Lesser Flame Overlord.

Rolf believed that although this battle would be a bit desperate, they would ultimately win.

Another Frost Arrow flew out…

"It's that scoundrel…"

Rolf inadvertently caught sight of a black silhouette and his expression became solemn. His pupils contracted. That silhouette was wearing a black robe and holding a simple staff, he looked to be about twenty and was emitting mana fluctuations of a 2nd Rank High Mage, still carrying that particular smile that Rolf remembered.

He was too familiar with that smile.

He dreamt of it last night.

Not long ago, he found the tracks of a Variant Black Lizard. He was just about to kill it to get its blood to temper his seven Spiritual Magic Tool Arrows, but it was snatched at a crucial time by this young mage.

Rolf quickly moved towards that young mage.

The three mercenary groups needed to maintain a tight relationship now that they moved towards the depths of the Tulan Mountain Range. If the three mercenary groups scattered and walked their own paths, they would end up destroyed.

The young mage appeared in that chaotic battlefield for the first time. At the time, Rolf was wondering whether that scoundrel was part of the Temple Knights, or the Heaven Enlightening Mercenary Group.

Regardless which mercenary group, Rolf couldn't act rashly. If he killed or injured the young mage, the Temple Knights and the Heaven Enlightening Mercenary Group would inevitably be dissatisfied with the Red Dragon Mercenary Group. This wasn't an outcome Rolf wanted to see…

Rolf was a meticulous planner, he wouldn't act irrationally because of excitement or his Red Dragon Mercenary Group wouldn't have become one of the top three mercenary groups of Okland.

After calming down, Rolf's sight moved away from that young mage to a pale young High Mage who was resting, his arm scalded.

Rolf recognized him with one glance, this was the prideful disciple of Vice Leader Olaro. Rolf covered himself in Magic Aura and instantly reached Orson before dragging him over, pointing at the young mage in front, "Orson, do you know this person? Is he one of yours? If you know his name, tell me now."

'If he isn't a member of the Heaven Enlightening Mercenary Group, then he is definitely from the Temple Knights!'

'Once I know everything about this scoundrel, I'll personally take a trip to his mercenary group once this battle is over. Whether it is Delson or Dean, they would definitely kick that scoundrel out of their mercenary group for me. It'll be a lot easier for me to retaliate then.'

Orson was scared on the spot when he recognized Lin Yun, he was shivering all over with a frighteningly pale complexion, 'Mafa Merlin, it's really Mafa Merlin!'

These past few days, Orson had been deliberately low key, always hiding in the back as the three mercenary groups advanced towards the depths of the Tulan Mountain Range, hardly making a move when a magic beast appeared.

He went to such lengths because he wanted Mafa Merlin to forget about him.

Vice Leader Delson found him after investigating and severely reprimanded him. If not because of his teacher, Olaro, he might have already expelled him from the Heaven Enlightening Mercenary Group.

He actually wanted to apologize, he just didn't dare…

He thought of his previous attitude and understood that if Mafa Merlin was unhappy, the consequences would too unthinkable, even his teacher wouldn't be able to save him.

He squeezed a smile while inwardly cursing Rolf and said, "Leader Rolf, this is Mafa Merlin. High Mage Merlin isn't a member of the Heaven Enlightening Mercenary Group but an honored guest…"

"Mafa Merlin…" Hearing this name, Rolf nodded with satisfaction, completely ignoring the rest of Orson's sentence.

'Everything is good as long as I know his name.'

There was no time to chat now, Rolf roughly spent two to three minutes ever since he found Lin Yun, and during that time, the situation in the battlefield had been very fierce. He was still needed to deal with the Lesser Flame Overlord.

"Well, Sir Rolf, I think there has been a misunderstanding between us…" Just as Rolf was about to turn and leave, Lin Yun who had been standing there in silence initiated contact.

"Misunderstanding?"

Rolf stiffly turned, a sneer on his face, "What do you mean, Mafa Merlin? You don't want to admit that you snatched my Variant Black Lizard Blood? Haha, words are useless, I saw you snatching it with my own two eyes. You think I can make a mistake with my eyesight as a 3rd Rank Phantom Archer?"

'That Mafa Merlin is too ignorant, he snatched my Variant Black Lizard Blood and thought that saying that it was a misunderstanding could salvage the situation?'

'This is clearly impossible…'

"Lord Rolf, whether or not you believe this, I want you to know that the blood of a Variant Black Lizard needs to be taken alive to be effective. The blood would have no effect if it was taken after its death, even if it only died for one second. Sir Rolf can confirm this with the Mercury Tower, it's best if you find a Master Alchemist to check if I'm right or wrong…" Lin Yun scratched his cheek. It truly happened like that on that day, when he found out that Rolf was aiming at the Variant Black Lizard, Lin Yun recklessly rushed over.

Had he been late for one second, the Variant Black Lizard he discovered would have already been destroyed by Rolf.

"Ridiculous, keep your pitiful tricks to yourself, Mafa Merlin. You think you can fool me with something you just came up with? This is definitely impossible. There is no need to continue, even if you keep embellishing it, I won't even believe half of it. We can deal with grievances later, I don't have the time to chat with you…"

Rolf had no knowledge of alchemy and had only found out that Variant Black Lizard Blood would have boundless benefits when used to temper a Magic Tool. By coincidence, his seven arrows were at the peak of the Spiritual rank, thus he kept looking all over the place for a Variant Black Lizard.

He simply didn't believe Lin Yun's words. In his eyes, Lin Yun was a pure wretch and those words were only used as an excuse.

'Who would believe such an inferior lie…'

"Err…" Orson who had been cowering on the side wanted to say something, but was hesitating. He had been trying to make himself smaller all along.

"If you want to say something, just say it, I don't have time to waste on you, hurry up."

"Leader Rolf, although I am only a Great Alchemist, I do have some understanding of Variant Black Lizards. Its blood do need to be taken while alive, otherwise it would lose its effect…" Orson talked as if he was walking on thin ice. Nothing could be done about it, he couldn't offend either side, "Teacher is the one who told me this…"

Maybe because he felt guilty or because he wanted to curry favor with Lin Yun, he said what he knew and then tried to make himself smaller, not daring to look at Lin Yun or Rolf.

He didn't dare to look at Lin Yun because he was afraid.

As for Rolf…

He knew that Rolf's expression must be very bad…

"…"

Rolf looked as if he wanted to kill someone.

He was more or less convinced after Orson finished, Orson wouldn't dare to trick him. This was a huge blow to his reputation…

Thus, if Rolf was in the same situation as Mafa Merlin, knowing that the Variant Black Lizard's blood would be wasted if not taken alive, Rolf would have also unhesitantly acted.

At this time, a huge Mana Hand covered up the sky and suddenly came over in a grabbing motion, catching Rolf and Orson off guard as they were firmly held. The Magic Aura in Rolf's body was frantically roused, but contrary to his expectations, the Mana Hand showed no sign of scattering.

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Chapter 387: Elemental Incarnations

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A loud sound echoed as Rolf was thrown away and crashed on the ground. As someone treading on both Martial Path and Magic Path, he was a Phantom Archer whose body and mana perfectly fused. Even if he was thrown a dozen times, he would still remain uninjured.

But…

'Which fucker throwing me for no reason!'

Rolf's expression sank as he glared at Lin Yun…

"Are you crazy!?" Maybe because he had just been irritated, Rolf seemed abnormally angered. He pointed his finger at Lin Yun as he roared.

"I saved you…" Lin Yun frowned.

"You saved me?" Rolf angrily shook. He felt as if his intelligence was questioned, "Mafa Merlin, you scoundrel, I don't have time to deal with you, you best not appear in front of me in the future, otherwise…"

A 2nd Rank High Mage had been toying with an esteemed 3rd Rank Phantom Archer. No matter how enduring Rolf was, he still couldn't help flipping out.

'Shit, this is bullying…'

Orson who had been flown alongside Rolf was stunned, his face was so pale that he looked like a ghost. His mouth was wide open as he stunningly looked at a place not far from here where a huge crater was filled with a red hot liquid.

This had been the place Rolf and Orson had been thrown from.

Rolf noticed Orson's abnormal expression while cursing. As he looked over, his expression changed, but he was still reluctant to admit his mistake, "Mafa Merlin, you aren't injured? So why are you hiding? Could it be that you haven't seen everyone fighting!? Hmpf, you are such a coward…"

Rolf had been speaking in a very low voice. Although he was proud and arrogant, he had already acknowledged that Mafa Merlin had saved his life!

He might have turned into a corpse, had Mafa Merlin been one second late.

Rolf just finished speaking when he saw the young mage's silhouette flying towards the Lesser Flame Overlord.

Rolf looked at Lin Yun's back in shock, speechless.

'He really went to battle…'

'But he is only a 2nd Rank High Mage… Everyone here is stronger than him! Even a 5th Rank High Mage like Orson could only be considered cannon fodder and can only cast spells from a distance. If Orson got closer, even he could be burnt to ashes.'

'Let alone a 2nd Rank High Mage…'

Rolf was feeling guilty, Mafa Merlin saved his life, yet he spoke out of anger, and the worst part was that Mafa Merlin was provoked into action.

Even if Rolf wanted to help Mafa Merlin, the Lesser Flame Overlord reached level 36, Rolf was powerless…

Then, the strength displayed by the young mage thoroughly shocked Rolf. It turned out that Mafa Merlin hadn't been provoked into action by his words, but charged towards the Lesser Flame Overlord because he was powerful enough. Even if Rolf hadn't said anything, he would have still rushed into battle.

The scene of the Variant Black Lizard being snatched couldn't help popping in Rolf's mind. He had always felt that the other side had been a weak 2nd Rank High Mage who had stolen that Variant Black Lizard on a fluke.

But it now looked like it wasn't that simple.

Frantic mana fluctuations engulfed the young mage as he rushed to battle, a light as radiant as a moon blossomed above him with red and blue flickering lights. A huge and indescribable flood of spells suddenly drowned his target, the Lesser Flame Overlord.

In a flash, the addition of another powerful mage delighted Dean and the others, before being followed by worry. These mercenaries were experienced and had a good understanding of each other, they didn't need much time to adjust to each other and smoothly cooperate.

But that was Mafa Merlin…

Although he was very powerful, far stronger than anyone here, what they needed right now was tight cooperation to resist the enemy, and Mafa Merlin's arrival might throw off their tempo, the consequences would be dire if it happened.

But it didn't take long before their worry disappeared. Every single one of Lin Yun's spell was perfectly cast, giving rise to maximum effect as they gradually reversed the situation. They originally fell into a disadvantageous position as they were pressured by the Lesser Flame Overlord, but the addition of Lin Yun gave them some breathing room.

Lin Yun used Ice Elemental Incarnation to its fullest, condensing a layer of ice around his body. Under Ice Elemental Incarnation, Lin Yun's speed and power could be rated as frightening, his body was as frightening as a God's body. Only a white shadow could be seen flashing towards the Lesser Flame Overlord.

Dean and the others had a tacit understanding as they opened a path for Lin Yun, especially Delson and Olaro, they kept releasing powerful spells on the Lesser Flame Overlord to restrict some of his power, as for Dean, his one-handed sword thunderously burst with frightening lightning.

3rd Rank Phantom Archer Rolf stood not far, his eyes locked onto the Lesser Flame Overlord as he let go of a nocked arrow, the latter slowly flying towards the Lesser Flame Overlord's body.

Lin Yun's Frost Giant Elemental Incarnation grabbed that fleeting opportunity to land a heavy fist onto the Lesser Flame Overlord's body. A rumble could be heard as the body of the Lesser Flame Overlord stiffened, many of the twisting flames seemingly darkening in a split second.

This time, the Lesser Flame Overlord let out a deep roar, rousing the fire elements as he smashed the ground with both hands, crushing countless rocks and creating countless cracks. A blazing aura spread to every corner of the battlefield as lava erupted from countless cracks, turning the entire battlefield into a sea of lava.

The few volcanoes in the vicinity were also affected by those eruptions of lava…

Flame Domain…

The expressions of Dean and the others instantly turned solemn. Flame Domain was the strongest innate skill of Lesser Flame Overlords, in the Flame Domain, only Fire Elemental Incarnation could protect one from the damage caused by the flames and lava.

Delson and Olaro instantly cast Fire Elemental Incarnation when the Flame Domain appeared.

As for Sword Saint Dean, he used an extremely taxing method, he roused his Aura and cast three layers of Aura Protection and floated in midair.

"Use Fire Elemental Incarnation, quick…"

Rolf was scared shitless when the white silhouette fell in his sight, because he noticed that Mafa Merlin was maintaining the Ice Elemental Incarnation inside the Flame Domain.

Ice Elemental Incarnation was indeed the best method to gain the advantage against the Lesser Flame Overlord, but the advantage wouldn't last long. The layer of ice wouldn't last long in the Flame Domain, under the extreme heat. Once it melted, how could his flesh endure the heat?

It was simply courting death to Rolf.

Taking advantage of the ice having yet to melt to cast Fire Elemental Incarnation was the best option for Mafa Merlin.

'Shit!'

Rolf stared at Lin Yun but couldn't understand why he had yet to switch at such a time, 'Does he not know that he is courting death?'

Although they had to deal with the Lesser Flame Overlord, but keeping one's life in the Flame Domain was more important…

'How could he not understand such a simple thing!'

Rolf was too anxious. He originally thought that although Mafa Merlin was though, he truly had power on par with Archmage and was even more powerful than Delson and Olaro. With the help of such a person, they would have a greater chance of beating the Lesser Flame Overlord?

But Rolf realized that he was wrong.

Even a low ranked High mage would know that Fire Elemental Incarnation was the only option, yet this Mafa Merlin didn't know and kept his Ice Elemental Incarnation on.

But even after a few seconds, the ice on the young mage's body didn't quickly melt as he imagined. This discovery stunned Rolf and he looked at Lin Yun in disbelief…'How could this be? The floor of the Flame Domain is lava, the temperature is so high that even a peak Archmage's Ice Elemental Incarnation would melt!'

This was toppling common sense, it was a too irrational.

Then, Rolf learnt that this was far from it…

Rolf carefully observed and noticed a thin layer of flames on Lin Yun's Ice Elemental Incarnation. It was extremely hard to notice, but due to this thin layer of flame, Lin Yun's Ice Elemental Incarnation didn't show any sign of melting.

This discovery immediately made Rolf dumbstruck, he was thoroughly shocked. Even if he was just a Phantom Archer, he understood that this was Dual Elemental Incarnation.

This frightening ability didn't belong to the Archmage realm, only Heaven Mages could fully use two conflicting Elemental Incarnations.

'How could he have such a frightening ability!'

Although he knew Mafa Merlin was powerful, but no matter how powerful, it was a bit irrational for him to use a Heaven Rank Mage ability like Dual Elemental Incarnation.

Rolf looked at Lin Yun with a complicated expression, he was inwardly speculating on the origins of such a monster.

Lin Yun who was devoted to the battle hadn't noticed how strange the gazes of those powerhouses were. With his ice covered arm, he grabbed a few meters long Frost Lance and, with an earth-shattering sound, threw it. With a thin layer of flame covering it, that Frost Spear flew out at the speed of sound.

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Chapter 388: No One Left Alive

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The Lesser Flame Overlord's arm was pierced by that Frost Lance, and following a deep roar, the twisting flames quickly darkened. It seemed that the Lesser Flame Overlord hadn't expected Lin Yun to be able to control two different Elemental Incarnations and was caught off guard, suffering a terrible blow.

Although shocked by Lin Yun's methods, Delson and Olaro quickly joined in. The instant the Lesser Flame Overlord lost his arm, they used Flame Flash to arrive in front of him and cast a flood of spell.

The movements of the Lesser Flame Overlord were sluggish at this moment and coping with that offensive seemed extremely strenuous. He let out two deep roars as he glared at Lin Yun. That level 36 lifeform was as intelligent as humans, he knew that this young mage was the core of the group and that he would prevail as long as he killed him.

With a "woosh", the flames on the body of the Lesser Flame Overlord rose up, he used the Flame Field to its fullest and suddenly moved, flashing over to Lin Yun as he raised his huge arm to smash down!

"Heavens…"

Rolf's face became deathly white as he looked at this scene, cold sweat trickling down his back. He truly hadn't expected the speed of the Lesser Flame Overlord to reach this level under the Flame Field, even with his eyesight as a 3rd Rank Phantom Archer, he could only catch an after-image.

More importantly, the power of the Lesser Flame Overlord had reached a despairingly high level. Even a 5th Rank Sword Saint under Aura Protection would die, or be seriously injured, when faced with that heavy attack…

This was the power of Hell's lifeforms.

Rolf only heard a rumble as his expression turned extremely ugly. He had clearly seen the thick arm of the Lesser Flame Overlord crashing on the ground, splashing lava around.

Although Mafa Merlin's Ice Elemental Incarnation had surprising power, it was only that much. Even a 5th Rank Sword Saint wouldn't be able to take this blow, let alone an insignificant Ice Elemental Incarnation.

'Such a pity…'

This young mage went beyond Rolf's expectations and was able to match a powerful Archmage with his 2nd Rank High Mage's status, before using Dual Elemental Incarnation in the Flame Field.

This scene was stuck in Rolf's mind.

He felt sorry for Lin Yun.

In his eyes, the future of that monstrous mage was unlimited, he could reach the peak of the Archmage realm within a few decades and even have a chance to touch upon the Extraordinary realm.

But talking about it was useless now. In order to help the three mercenary groups withstand a Lesser Flame Overlord, he risked his body, not holding anything back, before ending like this.

But, as everyone thought that Lin Yun had definitely died, a silhouette flashing with red and blue appeared in their field of view. His body was covered in a white armor and was wrapped in a tight layer of flames. He punched the chest of the Lesser Flame Overlord with his ice-covered arm. Only a crack echoed as his arm pierced the chest of the Lesser Flame Overlord and grabbed the throbbing flaming heart before dragging it out.

"Rumble!"

The body of the Lesser Flame Overlord stiffened when his heart was ripped out, the flames instantly extinguished, as if they had been blown out by a strong gust of wind. It's pitch-black body turned into ashes as the lava in the surroundings solidified. The volcanoes also stopped erupting.

'Eh?'

The pale Lin Yun cancelled the Dual Elemental Incarnation, but his eyes were attracted to a particular location. A stone tablet seemed to have appeared in one of the volcanic craters. Lin Yun unhesitantly cast three Mage Eyes and sent them over.

[No one left alive…]

Lin Yun was startled when he saw the characters left on that stone tablet.

…

Everyone let out a relieved sigh when the aura of the Lesser Flame Overlord had thoroughly disappeared, including Lin Yun. This level 36 Lesser Flame Overlord hadn't been easy to handle.

Especially in the Flame Domain, the Lesser Flame Overlord's magic defense reached a frighteningly high level in there, Lin Yun had no other choice but to use Dual Elemental Incarnation…

Although Dual Elemental Incarnation was a Heaven Mage ability, Lin Yun knew the theory behind it, and with his omnipotent Magic Array, he managed to extrapolate a crude way to use Dual Elemental Incarnation.

But maintaining Dual Elemental Incarnation was extremely taxing on mana, even to Lin Yun. When the Lesser Flame Overlord charged him with his fist, Lin Yun used almost all of his mana to cast a simple Flame Flash.

This battle's quick victory was all due to this crucial Flame Flash.

"High Mage Merlin…"

Delson and Rolf came over, both of them with pale expressions, beads of sweat dripping down their foreheads, still alert.

"This a magic forest, just to be safe, we best circumvent it…" Lin Yun knew what these two wanted to say. He waved his arm, also worried that Flame Devils weren't the only thing in this magic forest.

After a few sentences, the higher-ups of the three mercenary groups took a few minutes to deal with the hundreds of Flame Devils before withdrawing from the magical forest and taking another path towards the depths of the Tulan Mountain Range.

Ten days passed in a flash. During that time, the higher-ups of the three mercenary groups remained in the camp. They once gathered together and visited Lin Yun's tent. Several dozen people had witnessed Lin Yun killing that Lesser Flame Overlord that day, and although most of them didn't leak the news, that matter still ended up leaked in the three mercenary groups, and the mercenaries thoughts that the higher-ups' strange actions were not surprising at all.

During those ten days, they met countless magic beasts, and although they hadn't met a powerful magic beast on par with that Lesser Flame Overlord, their path forward was very dangerous.

There was a huge canyon a few kilometers away from camp, spreading for five hundred kilometers. With the mercenaries' speed, they could have entered the canyon, but they suddenly stopped and pitched camp.

Only a selected few knew the reason.

Lin Yun was standing in an open space, not far from camp. He was looking at that canyon in the distance, somewhat entranced. If he wasn't wrong, this was the canyon where Emperor Zhantui and the Gaugass King had their decisive battle. One disappeared afterwards, and the other died not long after.

The world-shaking battlefield that would engulf all of Noscent and would be the downfall of countless powerhouses, the battlefield in which Sword Saints and Archmages were only cannon fodder… That battlefield was the canyon spreading in front of Lin Yun.

He wouldn't set foot in that place unless he had no other choice.

From here, he could feel the aura of three powerful magic beasts. He didn't need to use the Magic Array to know that these three magic beasts were much stronger than the magical forest's Lesser Flame Overlord, they were at least level 37 or higher…

And this was only at the edge of the canyon, as for the depths…

If the three mercenary groups had the misfortune to meet a magic beast, even if with his help, it wouldn't go well. If the three mercenary groups insisted on entering that canyon, he wouldn't stop them, but he would take his three cousins and Xiuban and leave them.

"High Mage Merlin…" Yema ran over in a hurry.

"What?" Lin Yun turned his head to look at Yema.

"The higher-ups are asking for you, they would like to discuss something with you…" Yema lowered his head as he respectfully talked. At first, he respected Lin Yun because of Xiuban, but it was different now, he had witnessed the young mage killing the Lesser Flame Overlord and had been deeply stunned. The young mage before him was a lot stronger that Vice Leader Dean.

Anyone who had seen what happened revered Lin Yun.

"Take me over…" Lin Yun nodded.

Lin Yun reached a tent after being guided by Yema. This was the temporary meeting room and Dean, Delson, and the other higher-ups were in there. Just as Lin Yun entered, he felt a heavy atmosphere in the meeting room. At the same time, a few pairs of eyes focused on him.

"Perfect, I also have something to ask all of you…"

Lin Yun's eyes swept the tent, and before anyone could say anything, he took the initiative, "Do you know how dangerous this place is? There are three magic beasts far stronger than the Lesser Flame Overlord. With only the few of you, you'll end up in their stomachs. If you insist on throwing away your lives, please don't involve me…"

Lin Yun was a bit annoyed, 'Going in is just courting death, if you absolutely want to go, you have to be self-aware.'

Lin Yun wasn't exaggerating, the three mercenary groups would end up completely wiped out.

"High Mage Merlin, you are misunderstanding, we have no intention of harming you…" Delson quietly wiped some cold sweat as he apologetically answered.

"Indeed…" The others also echoed with chuckles, but their smiles were unnatural.

"Those words are useless." Lin Yun suddenly frowned, "I'm actually very curious about the purpose of your three mercenary groups, what's driving you into the heart of the Tulan Mountain Range… I hope you can give me a satisfactory answer, otherwise we will split up here."

"High Mage Merlin, it's not that we don't want to tell you, but rather, we can't. Our employer requested us to maintain secrecy. You should know that for us, mercenaries, reputation is everything…" Delson was anxious when Lin Yun said that he would leave. Although that young mage only acted twice, he greatly helped the three mercenary groups both times and they owed him two great favors. If not for that young mage, the three great mercenary groups might not have been able to reach this place.

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Chapter 389: Solan

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Let alone needing the help of the young mage to enter the canyon, going back without him might be…

It wasn't that they wanted to rely on Lin Yun, they just had no other way.

Delson wasn't the only one worrying. Rolf and Dean were also worrying, but so what if they were worried…

"Employer?"

Lin Yun laughed when he heard this. "Did the Gaugasses hire you for this? Or was it a descendant of the 3rd Dynasty's royal family?"

Dean, Delson, and Rolf looked at Lin Yun with shock when they heard his words.

"The Gaugass Battlemages have been destitute ever since they split with the Black Tower three hundred years ago, so it can only be a descendant of the royal family, and the descendants of the royal family are mostly located in the Adela Kingdom and the Odin Kingdom. Thus, your employer should be either the Adela Kingdom or the Odin Kingdom?" Lin Yun didn't pay attention to their shock as he shared his guess.

"High Mage Merlin, you, you… How did you know?"

If they had been shocked earlier, the three of them now looked like cats whose tails had been stepped on, especially Delson, who was looking at Lin Yun with an extremely pale face.

The secret information that they were willing to die to avoid a leak of was easily guessed by Lin Yun. How could they not be shocked?

"As for how I know, this has nothing to do with you, does it? Answer my question first. Adela or Odin?" Lin Yun frowned as he pressed on with dissatisfaction.

It wasn't hard for him to guess these.

Delson and the others stammering and not daring to explain the purpose of their trip was highly suspicious. Let alone others, Lin Yun had saved the mercenary groups twice, a huge favor. Even if it was a secret involving some sort of benefits, how could they not share it with Lin Yun?

In this era, most people only knew that the Gaugass King and Emperor Zhantui had a battle in the depths of the Tulan Mountain Range, but few people knew that this battle happened in a certain Line Canyon. The Gaugasses and the descendants of the royal family were some of the few in the know.

And the Gaugasses were currently penniless. They didn't have the financial resources to hire the Three Great Mercenary Groups.

Thus, it could only be the descendants of the 3rd Dynasty's royal family.

The Adela Kingdom and the Odin Kingdom weren't in a very friendly relationship with the Andlusa Kingdom, especially the Odin Kingdom. It bordered the Andlusa Kingdom and both countries had conflicting views. It was very likely that a war would erupt in the next decade.

If the one who hired the three mercenary groups was truly the Adela Kingdom or the Odin Kingdom, then the three mercenary groups' actions could already be considered having secret ties with the enemy…

"Odin…"

This short word seemed to have exhausted all of Delson's energy. He lowered his head after saying it. "A mysterious, black-clothed man suddenly looked for our Leader and told him that he was a descendant of the 3rd Dynasty's royal family from the Odin Kingdom. He gave our leader a piece of a map and made us look for something in the depths of the Tulan Mountain Range, offering us a price that we couldn't refuse…

"High Mage Merlin, it's not that we wanted to hide it from you. The relationship between the Odin Kingdom and the Andlusa Kingdom is worsening. For things that shouldn't be exposed like this, the fewer people that know about it, the better." Delson took a deep breath, before looking at Lin Yun with sincerity. "High Mage Merlin, if you truly don't want to risk your life, you can choose to withdraw. Our Heaven Enlightening Mercenary Group will forever remember what you did for us…."

"As expected, it was Odin…"

The influence of the descendants of the 3rd Dynasty's royal family in the Odin Kingdom was quite shocking. They already controlled the royal power, so it was normal for them to give a price the three mercenary groups couldn't resist. Lin Yun smiled before looking at Delson, "Take the map out…"

Delson nimbly took a palm-sized map from his pocket before putting it on a table and turning to Dean and Rolf, seemingly indicating something.

"We also have some…"

Seeing Delson's embarrassment, they quickly took out map pieces from their pockets, dejected. After putting them on the table, Rolf unconsciously gazed at Lin Yun and explained, "The mysterious man that Sir Delson talked about also looked for our mercenary groups and gave us map pieces. It was only after the Wyvern attack that we realized the extent of the danger of the Tulan Mountain Range. We simply couldn't survive by relying on the power of a single group, so it didn't take long before we allied together…"

Lin Yun didn't say anything. He was firmly staring at the map pieces on the tablet. After watching for a while, he unexpectedly took out two map pieces and put them on the table, forming a complete map!

'Eh?'

After forming a complete map, Lin Yun's attention was instantly caught by a certain location. It was a small blank space, roughly the size of a fingernail. There was no damage there, and it wasn't hidden by anything, but strangely, nothing was drawn there. After looking for a bit, he looked away and didn't explain where those two map pieces came from. He only softly said, "Set off at dawn tomorrow!"

If the three mercenary groups had asked him to go to the Line Canyon before this, he would have unconditionally become hostile and cursed them for courting death and trying to drag him down with them.

But now, he had to go…

Because the blank part of the map was the location of the Line Canyon, and the Line Canyon was quite special. It was the place where Emperor Zhantui and the Gaugass King had their final battle, so there might be some things the Gaugass King left behind there.

The importance of that six-formula Meditation Law Set went without saying. It wasn't something that could be described with a few words.

This was just conjecture. He had to go and investigate to be sure.

The next day, the three mercenary groups got ready in the morning and started marching towards the Line Canyon. They quickly crossed the few kilometers separating them from the entrance and entered the canyon proper, only to be welcomed by a large group of magic beasts. Their ranks weren't too high, only around level 17 or 18, and there were only about a hundred of them.

The bloody fight ended half an hour later, and after clearing the battlefield, the three mercenary groups started resting and reorganizing.

At this moment, a black silhouette descended from the sky.

"Who are you?"

The arrival of an unexpected guest startled many people. Archers nocked arrows and mages started preparing spells. As long as that man did anything deemed dangerous, they would unhesitantly fiercely launch their attacks.

That man silently glanced around before hoarsely saying, "Get your higher-ups to come over."

With one glance, he made those mercenaries feel shivers… They felt as if a viper was watching them.

Delson and the others were discussing some matter, and when they heard a report, they all rushed over. They were startled when they saw that man because they recognized him.

"Sir Solan, such a coincidence… Why are you here? Why are you looking for us?" Delson unhurriedly went over as he said while sizing up Solan. He had already heard of Solan Monchi. He was a famous genius of the Black Tower who had reached the Archmage realm not long ago.

"Yes, it is quite a coincidence…" Solan gloomily looked at Delson as he said with a forced laugh, "In fact, this matter isn't very urgent. It's just that the danger inside the Line Canyon is very high. I'm afraid your three mercenary groups will end up being wiped out, so I'm especially inviting you to join the ranks of the Black Tower. How about it?"

'That's no good…' Delson's expression changed. He could understand the meaning behind Solan Watson's words. Although he was very tactful, Solan wanted to profit from the three mercenary groups' hard work.

Why else would he invite them to join the Black Tower's team and protect them? This was simply impossible.

The strength of the Black Tower, one of the two major mage forces of Andlusa alongside the Cloud Tower, was extremely prominent. Although the three mercenary groups there were the top three mercenary groups, they were a few levels below the Black Tower.

They would normally endure this attitude, but it was different now. The three mercenary groups had no choice and were forced to decline the Black Tower. If their hard work was taken by the Black Tower, what could they give their employer?

"Sir Monchi, I'm really sorry. Our three mercenary groups still have something important to take care of, we cannot join your Black Tower's formation. Our deepest apologies, but many thanks for the Black Tower's good intentions." Dean was not far away. so when he heard Solan's words, he rushed over and refused.

"Vice Leader Dean is right…" Rolf also went over.

"I said, the Line Canyon is very dangerous. If you don't join the Black Tower's formation, you will face destruction…" Solan sneered, hiding a threat in his words.

In his eyes, the three mercenary groups and the Black Tower weren't on the same level. He had only been a bit polite and flattered them, but things weren't going along with his expectations.

"Not being destroyed is something for our three mercenary groups to worry about, not your Black Tower." A rare smile appeared on Delson's face. Although he was afraid of the power of the Black Tower, a 2nd Rank Archmage was posturing in front of him, a Vice Leader of one of the top three mercenary groups. How could he accept this?

'The Black Tower is indeed powerful, but you are a mere 2nd Rank Archmage using the Black Tower's prestige! How could you represent the Black Tower?'

Delson was already scolding in his mind.

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Chapter 390: Commandeering

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"Let me rephrase this! The Black Tower is commandeering your Three Great Mercenary Groups!" Solan glared coldly at the trio.

"Commandeering? With just you?"

The irascible Dean sneered as he looked at Solan, some faint sparks flickering over his body. With the power of a 3rd Rank Sword Saint, Dean wasn't putting Solan in his eyes.

Solan was still a High Mage when Dean had become a Sword Saint.

But, at that time.

A voice suddenly echoed.

"Okay, stop there. Your three mercenary groups seemed to have forgotten that the Black Tower isn't discussing with you, we are taking you over! Do you not know what that means…?"

Everyone felt a huge power descending when that voice suddenly appeared.

That power was unfathomable. Delson and Rolf, those rarely seen experts, didn't have any thought of resisting that power. The Line Canyon seemed to have been silenced, the trio's faces turning ashen.

They instantly understood. Solan wasn't alone, he had a more powerful existence behind him.

Speaking of which, that person who appeared… He was an old man in his sixties, seemingly no different from an ordinary old man. But he was emitting a frightening aura.

"Representative Weiss…" Delson felt a chill run down his spine. He knew that this man was one of the seven Representatives of the Black Tower Council.

Perhaps Solan couldn't represent the Black Tower earlier, but Representative Weiss could! The Council of Seven was almost the highest authority in the Black Tower.

"Representative Weiss, how come you are here?" Delson squeezed out a smile, his voice shivering, not from excitement, but from fear. "Our Heaven Enlightening Mercenary Group obeys the Black Tower's command."

Although they were both Archmages, he was only a 3rd Rank Archmage. He had no confidence when facing Weiss. He believed that as long as Weiss was willing, he would immediately end up dead.

Moreover, as a member of the Council of Seven, Weiss only needed to say one word to cause endless trouble for his mercenary group.

"Representative Weiss, we also wish to obey the Black Tower's command…"

Rolf and Dean glanced at each other and before helplessly looking at the other side. Since the Heaven Enlightening Mercenary Group had already admitted defeat, there was no meaning in standing against the Black Tower.

"I don't have time to waste on this. Solan, the three mercenary groups will follow your arrangements." After saying this, the old man's silhouette disappeared.

The appearance of a Representative made the three wishful mercenary groups feel hopeless. They might be able to ignore Solan Monchi, but they couldn't ignore Representative Weiss.

Although the Vice Leaders and the Leader had some reputation in Okland, and countless people wanted to befriend them, they understood that they weren't on the same level as Weiss.

They gradually felt that the irresistible reward they had been thinking about was becoming more and more illusory.

The three mercenary groups, under Solan Monchi's guidance, rushed to the Black Tower's camp. The Line Canyon was indeed full of danger. The deeper they went, the more magic beasts they encountered.

In a bit over half a day, they encountered over a dozen waves of magic beasts. Fortunately, the three mercenary groups had plenty of people and didn't suffer many losses.

In the temporary meeting room of the three mercenary groups, Delson, Dean, and Rolf were gathered, quarreling over loot. This kind of scene would have never happened before. Before, the three mercenary groups needed to cooperate tightly in order to guarantee their safety.

With the Black Tower appearing and forcibly commandeering them, they were no longer able to complete the commission of the Odin Kingdom, so they couldn't rely on that extremely lavish reward…

Although they still cooperated, they weren't as close as before.

Lin Yun was sitting in a corner, not cutting into the conversation, frowning thoughtfully instead. The appearance of the Black Tower was beyond his expectations.

For a Representative to come, it could be seen how much value the Black Tower accorded to this place.

Well, Lin Yun wasn't completely shocked by the appearance of the Black Tower.

In those years, the Gaugass Battlemages had been part of the Black Tower for over a millennium. During that millennium, they swept through all of Okland's forces and even the peak Cloud Tower had no choice but to lower their heads in front of the Black Tower. If not for that huge disaster three centuries ago, the Gaugass Battlemages would still be fighting alongside the Black Tower. It wouldn't be surprising if some clues about the Gaugass King were left behind.

But this definitely wasn't good news for Lin Yun. The situation of the Tulan Mountain Range was complicated enough. His five-man team and the three mercenary groups had been benefiting from each other, but now, there was also the Black Tower.

Archmage Solan, Representative Weiss, and the Black Tower's mage legion… This was a frightening line-up suddenly appearing! They directly pressured the three mercenary groups, and it might not be that easy if he wanted to explore the vestige of the Gaugass King on his own.

'Had I known earlier that this would happen, I would have left for the Tulan Mountain Range earlier. Although it would be risky, I wouldn't have to worry about others making my plans go awry.'

But, just as Lin Yun thought about this, he heard a noise outside his tent…

"Sir Solan, you, you… You can't go in."

"Fuck off!"

A cold voice echoed as the mercenary guarding the meeting room was thrown off his feet, before heavily crashing into the meeting room.

Solan walked in with firm steps. He gloomily looked around before finally seeing Lin Yun. 'Sure enough, it's him!'

He didn't participate when they met those several hundred magic beasts. Instead, he stood in the distance, waiting, when suddenly, a familiar silhouette flashing in his field of view. He suddenly recalled why that silhouette felt familiar. It was actually Mafa Merlin from Thousand Sails City!

He had heard that Mafa Merlin had come to Okland and spent 37,000,000 golds in an auction. At the time, he had just returned from the Pale Plane and had a huge pile of issues waiting for him that he couldn't get away from. He then followed Weiss to the Tulan Mountain Range and was surprised to learn that Mafa Merlin was also here!

He knew of Mafa Merlin's actions in Thousand Sails City. The Monchi Family had to struggle on the verge of destruction. Solan had been taken back to the Black Tower by his teacher when he was very young. For forty years, Solan rarely had any contact with the Monchi Family. There was nothing he could do about it. When he returned to Thousand Sails City for the first time in a while last year, he didn't head for the Monchi Family, but rather, for Mafa Merlin's home.

He had seen many ancient materials and lots of information in the Black Tower, and he found clues to a plane that was likely located in Mafa Merlin's residence. There might be a Planar Path leading to another plane there.

What did a completely new plane represent? He knew that better than anyone. To any mage, that was a golden paradise, with countless precious magic materials. Any time a new plane appeared, countless forces would fight over it.

Thus, Solan didn't hesitate and immediately got on the move. Not long after Locke Merlin's shipwreck, the Monchi Family followed his hint and started fighting over that residence.

In Solan's eyes, with the power of the Monchi Family in Thousand Sails City, there would be no difficulties, and everything would go smoothly.

But, it was far from that. Not only did everything go wrong for them, but Mafa Merlin's Gilded Rose quickly rose up. In a short year, the Monchi Family could no longer be considered the Merlin Family's rival. Even so, Solan wasn't worried. He had become an Archmage in the Pale Plane. He was originally planning on dealing with all his matters before going to Thousand Sails City to kill Mafa Merlin and take away his Gilded Rose and house…

But that Mafa Merlin had run out of luck. He followed the Three Great Mercenary Groups to the depths of the Tulan Mountain Range and was spotted.

Thus, everything became a lot simpler.

"Solan Monchi, what are you trying to do? Our three mercenary groups are discussing some important matters, what are you rushing in here for? Did you really think that because of Representative Weiss, your Black Tower can interfere in the matters of our mercenary groups? This is definitely out of the question! Now get lost!"

Vice Leader Dean of the Temple Knights had an irascible character and just happened to have been embroiled in an argument. After suffering so many hardships to enter the Tulan Mountain Range, they were taken over by the Black Tower. He had been restraining his anger, but he had lost in the loot distribution just now and had been angrily quarrelling with Delson. Solan Monchi was definitely entering at a bad time.

Normally, with the pressure put by Weiss, Dean might have still endured.

"Solan Monchi, you are too excessive…" Delson's expression was cold, and anger could be felt in his tone. They were the top three mercenary groups of Okland. Even if they were pressured by Weiss and had to lower their heads to Weiss, they still wouldn't put any importance on someone like Solan Monchi.

On the way, whether it was Delson or Dean, or even Rolf, they all looked at Solan in an unpleasant way.

'We are afraid of the Black Tower, of Representative Weiss, but who do you think you are, Solan? You only just became and Archmage and you think you can interrupt a meeting of the Three Great Mercenary Groups?'

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Chapter 391: Must Die

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Although Delson didn't say those words out loud, he was already hating Solan to the bones.

Rolf still looked calm, but Magic Aura was fluctuating intensely around him.

"I didn't come for you today…" Solan smiled, his sight falling onto Lin Yun. Solan was in a good mood after finding Lin Yun and was looking at him with an eerie expression before saying with a hoarse voice, "Mafa Merlin?"

"It's me…" Lin Yun didn't look up, he only nodded as he picked up the cup of water in front of him and drank, not paying attention to Solan Monchi.

"Sir Solan, you know High Mage Merlin?" Delson was somewhat surprised.

"Know? Of course I know him, we have known each other for a while, but we are meeting for the first time today." Solan Monchi threw a strange look at Lin Yun as he cracked a joke, "Mafa Merlin, I truly didn't expect that you would leave that small Thousand Sails City to run to Okland. Did you seek out the Merlin Family for protection?"

"Let me tell you this, I already know everything you did in Thousand Sails City. Even the Merlin Family won't be able to protect you. You should already know my identity, but I don't mind introducing myself properly. I am Solan Monchi, the younger brother of Thousand Sails City's Patriarch Monchi, Mason and Ryan's uncle!"

"So it was you! I had been wondering why your name felt so familiar…"

Solan's words seemed to have roused Lin Yun's interest. He put down his cup of water and looked at Solan with a slight frown.

He clearly remembered that not long after coming to this era, Uncle Fario had been pressing him to pay for his debt and wanted to take away his house to settle it. After driving him away, he came back with Larry of the Viper Nest and his subordinates.

This had all been plotted by the Monchi Family, under the incitement of the Black Tower. Seeing Solan now, he understood that the Monchi Family did all this because Solan Monchi wanted his house.

And that Solan Monchi might be linked to Locke Merlin's shipwreck, that shipwreck might have been set up by him.

"Oh?" Solan clearly didn't expect Mafa Merlin to have this kind of attitude towards him. After a short moment of surprise, he calmly sneered, "I won't beat around the bush, I'll speak frankly. Mafa Merlin, you won't be able to keep your life today. Moreover, those related to you won't be able to escape either…"

He then continued with a smile. "But there is still a margin for discussion. Give me your house in Thousand Sails City and the Gilded Rose, and I can promise you that I won't harm your family and friends after your death. How about it? The promise of an Archmage has a lot of weight, you should consider it."

Solan Monchi was one of the youngest Archmages of the Black Tower, but he was even more brash than Herman in his younger days, especially after returning from the Pale Plane, he became one of the candidates for the Council of Seven.

"Sir Solan, High Mage Merlin is an esteemed guest of our three mercenary groups. If you have an issue with him, our three mercenary groups will have to get involved…" Delson stood up at this moment and said, unyielding, "I think there must be a misunderstanding here…"

"Delson, you should think clearly, I'm only here to deal with a Mafa Merlin, this has nothing to do with your three mercenary groups. You had best not get involved, or you might end up getting in huge trouble," Solan said with his hoarse voice while coldly looking at Delson.

"Solan, did you not understand my words? I said, High Mage Merlin is the most esteemed guest of our three mercenary groups…" Delson expressionlessly said.

"Fuck off." Solan stared back at Delson unflinchingly before focusing back on Lin Yun. "You think I won't dare to make a move here with the three mercenary groups backing you?"

'That Mafa Merlin is too ignorant. Although the Three Great Mercenary Groups aren't weak in Okland, they are quite inferior to the Black Tower… That's a businessman for you, he is good in business, but in this field…'

'Does he really think that these guys will help him against me? Simply ridiculous…'

"Give it a try…" Lin Yun frowned, but only looked at Solan for a short instant.

In the entire meeting room, only Lin Yun knew that his own attention wasn't focused here. His Magic Array was rotating and three Mage Eyes were floating in the sky. Lin Yun was only paying attention to the surroundings, as well as the wind.

To Lin Yun, the chattering Solan was only a fly.

"Mafa Merlin, I have to say, you are quite stupid. I gave you a choice. Had you chosen to compromise and given me everything, I would have upheld my promise and wouldn't have involved your family and friends. Unfortunately, you missed this opportunity. Not only you, but your friends and family will suffer. I might not be able to deal with the Merlin Family for now, but I'll join the Council of Seven in the future and become a Representative just like Sir Weiss," Solan sneered.

At the same time, frantic mana fluctuations rushed over to Lin Yun like hurricanes. Just as Solan expected, Delson, Rolf, and Dean were only being noisy. They didn't actualy do anything to help him. 'I'd like to see your shocked expression, Mafa Merlin!'

Solan could see that Mafa Merlin was only a 2nd Rank High Mage, an entire realm below him. Solan would only need one second, no, less than a second, to turn Mafa Merlin into a corpse.

The power of an Archmage was a hundred times greater than that of a High Mage. Simply releasing mana could kill a High Mage.

If he didn't use a protective spell or item, he would definitely die.

Ridiculing Mafa first to torment him before painfully killing him was the only way for Solan to vent.

Thinking of that guy's actions, his Monchi Family being suppressed in Thousand Sails City, wasn't it all because of that bastard?!

"I think you won't have a chance to become a Representative of the Black Tower in this life…" Lin Yun slowly stood up and looked at Solan with a strange expression. It was as if he was looking at a dead person. Blazing flames rose up behind Lin Yun, burning down the frantic mana fluctuations released by Solan. Lin Yun didn't do anything superfluous during that time. "If Patriarch Monchi heard you say those words, he would have been scared to death…"

As Lin Yun got up, mana fluctuations burst out, making Lin Yun look like he was bathing in light as he was shrouded in an incomparably dazzling radiance.

That was the radiance of the Star Gem and Elemental Amber.

Boundless runes fluttered like butterflies as a huge flood of mana flowed out, turning the meeting room into an ocean of mana.

"How could this be!" Solan was suddenly frightened, a chill rising up his back.

Solan had only felt this a few times in his life as a mage, and he had been facing a huge danger each time.

But…

Mafa Merlin was only a 2nd Rank High Mage, he couldn't constitute a huge danger.

He would only need one spell to harvest his life.

That lingering thought and that unclear and unknown monstrous feeling made him feel ill at ease. He unhesitantly raised his staff and with a waving motion, he instant cast eight Frost Lances towards Lin Yun.

After reaching the Archmage realm, even low-tier spells would become excessively powerful. These eight Frost Lances were powerful enough to break the Runic Shield of a 9th Rank High Mage.

Using them to kill a 2nd Rank High Mage was like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

The Eight Frost Lances moved quickly and tore apart the air, reaching Lin Yun in an instant. But… they stopped in front of Lin Yun!

Solan looked at this scene with disbelief. He couldn't help widening his eyes, trying to look more closely. He then noticed that the eight lances were melting at a visible speed.

'How could this be!'

Solan looked at the melting Frost Lances with shock, his eyes almost falling off.

"Sir Solan, it's time to settle our issues…" Lin Yun left his seat and smiled at Solan Monchi, tightly holding the staff in his hand as mana fluctuations suddenly spread from it. The temporary meeting room collapsed in a flash under the impact of that mana.

As he said before, Solan Monchi had to die!

Solan Monchi snooping around his house worried him for a while. He had always thought that the Black Tower had discovered the secret Bone Plane. This was enough to sentence Solan to death.

How could Lin Yun be reassured if Solan Monchi didn't die?

Nowadays, the Bone Plane had already become Lin Yun's foundation. Soul Fires and the Black Death Rune allowed Lin Yun to nurture Great Mages steadily. The Black Wasteland produced countless magic materials and brought tremendous wealth to Lin Yun every day.

Not to mention, there was still the River of Ten Thousand Ghosts, the Bone Peak occupied by the Bone Dragon, and other areas Lin Yun didn't have time to develop yet. If he fully occupied the Bone Plane, Lin Yun would have the financial resources the Ivory Tower once had.

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Under such circumstances, how could Lin Yun put up with Solan's threatening his Bone Plane?

If Solan leaked information concerning the Bone Plane, even if Lin Yun held the Book of Death, he would still be forced to face endless harassment.

It could be seen from what had happened to the Mercury Tower.

When the news of the Abyssal Evil Dragon's corpse leaked, it unfortunately attracted the attention of the Black Tower.

In the end, they snatched away one of the eyes of the Abyssal Black Dragon's corpse.

'If news of the Bone Plane leaked…'

Thus, Solan had to die!

Yes, Lin Yun planned to kill him to silence him!

Moreover, Solan was very likely to be the culprit behind Locke Merlin's shipwreck…

"Issues? There are indeed a lot of issues, it was the same with your father. Had he not refused to sell that old house, he might not have had a shipwreck, hahaha…"

Solan's expression became twisted, he looked at Lin Yun like a viper looking at its prey. He believed that the old house in Thousand Sails City was bound to be his soon and that Mafa Merlin would run out of luck like his father…

But he then felt mana fluctuations coming from Mafa Merlin.

Lin Yun didn't say anything, a bright moon-like item rose up behind him, emitting a blinding radiance with the two gems, one blue and one red, spreading rich mana fluctuations.

As mana was poured in, the disk burst out with hundreds of spells in an instant, Frost Spikes, Tornadoes, Fire Arrows, Wind Blades, Flame Spears, Frost Lances… This was equivalent to a mage legion simultaneously casting at the same target, Solan, with top tier cooperation!

The countless spells turned into a flood of spells, washing everything away…

When the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel appeared, Solan's face was shrouded with a fearful pale complexion. All those low tier spells were flying forward with the power of a High Mage, 'Shit, this is definitely a True Spirit Magic Tool!'

Solan was inwardly cursing, but he still reacted quite quickly, he timely cast an Elemental Shield, a Runic Shield, and a Mana Shield, one after the other. And thinking that this wasn't enough, he cast an extra three Ice Walls in front of him. The whole casting process took less than a second. It could be seen from this that Solan's power was much stronger than the average 2nd Rank Archmage.

But those three Ice Walls were instantly washed away under that torrent of spells, they weren't able to handle the flood as they shattered in pieces, followed by the Mana Shield. The Runic Shield also didn't even last a second before scattering. At that time, Solan was so nervous he heard his own heartbeat, only his Elemental Shield remained.

This was the most powerful defensive spell an Archmage could use!

But it wasn't worth mentioning in front of Lin Yun. One Flame Burst had been enough to break apart the Elemental Shield of the powered-up Fran when he was still a 9th Rank Great Mage.

Although Solan was stronger than Fran, he was only a bit more powerful.

Solan was becoming scared as his Elemental Shield was darkening, he simply didn't dare to believe this was happening, that a 2nd Rank High Mage could have such frightening power.

He was afraid, and regretful.

When the nightmarish shattering sound echoed, Solan's face turned deathly pale. A dozen low tier spells flew over the instant he lost the Elemental Shield.

Solan flew out after being bombarded and heavily crashed on the ground.

The defensive enchantments on his body also failed to resist the onslaught. After crashing, almost all of Solan's bones broke and he fainted from the pain.

But the young mage didn't give him the opportunity to faint.

The young mage was now walking towards him, a blazing flame floating above his hand. Solan was scared to death, 'That… That's another True Spirit Magic Tool…'

"Stop, stop! Mafa Merlin, doing this is akin to becoming the enemy of the Black Tower. You won't have a good ending if you become the enemy of the Black Tower…"

Solan was laying on the group, breathing roughly with a pale expression. He shouted, but… The young mage only smiled at him before sending that frightening flame towards his head.

He would die within a second if he was burnt by that frightening flame.

"Not just anyone can attack a mage of the Black Tower. Kid, you are too ruthless…" An ice-cold voice suddenly echoed as a stream of air covered Solan and blocked the flame rushing towards him.

"Rumble!"

Explosions burst around Lin Yun, completely without warning, and extremely powerful. Three explosions were enough to almost shatter Lin Yun's Mana Shield. An Ice Fire Shield appeared and, under Lin Yun's elaborate control, blocked a few more explosions. This kind of unseen and unreasonable attack would make anyone frantic, even a 5th Rank Archmage might be in a more awkward position were they in Lin Yun's situation.

"Kid, I don't care about your grievances with Solan, I won't interfere for something like that. But attacking a member of the Black Tower in such a ruthless way is unforgivable…" That illusory voice echoed once again, a bit surprised. It seemed that he hadn't expected Lin Yun to be so strong and remain so calm under such an attack, especially coming from a young mage that was only a 2nd Rank High Mage.

If such a monstrous existence couldn't be roped into the Black Tower, then he had to be killed!

'Weiss?'

The moment the voice echoed, Lin Yun understood that he had been too slow.

'Weiss really made a move…'

This was what Lin Yun had been worried about, Weiss' existence was a true threat to Lin Yun.

The blabbering Solan didn't even enter Lin Yun's eyes, he was like Fran, Lin Yun didn't need much effort to kill him.

The only worrying part was that Solan couldn't be killed in front of Weiss.

Lin Yun raised his head to look at the sky. It was empty, bereft of anything or anyone, yet a formless pressure came from some part of the sky. Lin Yun knew that Weiss was there…

With Weiss here, killing Solan would prove problematic, and not just a bit.

Under such a strange assault, Lin Yun didn't have much time to look after him. Syudos turned into a blazing shield, blocking the countless Wind Blades, Tornadoes dropping from the sky. Even if they were powerful, they still couldn't break the blazing shield. Lin Yun felt that unless he broke this deadlock, he wouldn't be able to get out of this disaster.

"Kid, being too arrogant isn't good for you… You are a Merlin? Even your Patriarch would die if he dared to attack someone from my Black Tower, let alone you."

Lin Yun's eyes suddenly shone as Weiss' voice echoed. The Magic Array clearly caught onto his tracks. That Representative Weiss was a master of the Wind Element, his understanding of the Wind Element had reached its peak and even an existence on par with him would have some trouble finding him when he used Wind Elemental Incarnation…

But, the Magic Array wasn't just for show.

Frantic mana was secretly poured into the Spell Wheel. As long as this burst out, Weiss would be hurt, or forced to appear. It would be a lot easier afterwards, even if he couldn't defeat Weiss, he could still easily escape.

Seconds slowly passed while Lin Yun patiently endured.

The invisible explosions kept echoing as the Mana Shield and Ice Fire Shield reached their limits, Lin Yun was now using his Runic Shield.

The strength of Runic Shields depended on the amount of runes…

Suddenly, the aura of countless magic beasts rose up from the Line Canyon, they had gathered and formed a magic beast tide, a force to be reckoned with.

At the head were three exceptionally powerful magic beasts who were at least level 37, one of them seemed to have already reached level 38. They were the rulers of the Tulan Mountain Range!

The sea of magic beasts was rushing towards them.

'Shit!'

Lin Yun inwardly cursed, this was frightening. One Weiss was already pressuring him, but now there were three magic beasts at level 37 and above…

'Isn't this too much?'

"Rumble!"

At the same time, a world-shaking sound attracted everyone's eyes, the invisible Weiss even let out a surprised cry. The sound came from a several hundred meters tall cliff.

Another three rumbles were heard as a terrifying aura spread through every corner of the Line Canyon. Weiss shrieked when he felt that aura and no longer caused trouble for Lin Yun.

Lin Yun's expression also became unsightly. He looked at that cliff in a daze.

"Rumble!"

A long crack appeared on the several hundred meters tall cliff as a terrifying existence was using brute force to split open the cliff. As seconds passed, the crack on the cliff widened.

It was followed by loud footsteps.

Ash colored flames rose up all around as a sulfur smell spread through the area. When the ashen flames rose up, the lively forest unexpectedly withered, and the aura of life in the entire Line Canyon also followed suit.

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Chapter 393: Underground

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The ruler of the Desolate Territory in the 17th Layer of the Abyss, Desolate Overlord Jalax.

It was the real one this time.

Jalax came from the Mythological Era and was a terrible existence who had walked the earth alongside the Ancient Gods. He was so powerful that he was above the Heaven Rank.

Now, the Desolate Overlord was unexpectedly in the Line Canyon!

Even if it wasn't his real body and only a projection or an Incarnation, it still wasn't something Lin Yun could contend against.

Jalax's name had yet to be known in this era, but the famous Desolate Overlord of the 17th Layer of the Abyss had later spread through Noscent.

Among the Abyss' Demons, the Desolate Overlord was a force to be reckoned with, and numerous Heaven Rank experts fell at his hands.

The thick aura of sulfur, the aura of the Abyss, spread through the Line Canyon.

"Rumble!"

Jalax's foot heavily stomped the soil of the Line Canyon, and the entire world seemed to shiver. Only a rumble could be heard as a huge crack split the ground open. With each step, the crack gradually expanded, creating a ghastly sight.

Countless plumes of ash-colored withering fire gently floated down from the sky.

The three powerful magic beasts roared with all their might. It seemed that Desolate Overlord Jalax's appearance terrified them. Countless magic beasts fled, trampling the ground of the Line Canyon, making the whole canyon shake.

A large, pitch-black palm swept over to the level 38 magic beast. That regal magic beast was afraid to escape because of the pressure of that large palm. It had no room to resist and was grabbed before being ruthlessly smashed against the cliff. A terrifying sound echoed as the powerful magic beast died. The withering fires quietly fell and burnt its soul.

The level 38 magic beast was nothing more than an ant in front of the Desolate Overlord. It only took one hit to explode it.

Moreover, the other two level 37 magic beasts didn't manage to escape either. They were firmly held by two large hands made of ashen flames. They were issuing heart-wrenching cries before their souls were also obliterated.

The Desolate Overlord remained there, motionless, emitting a frightening aura. He suddenly raised his head and his demonic pupils looked at the sky. The sky seemed empty, only a vast sea of blue.

But everyone knew that a mage was hidden there, Representative Weiss.

Although Representative Weiss was very powerful and his Wind Elemental Incarnation made it very hard for him to be noticed, he was facing the Desolate Overlord, an extremely powerful Demon that went through the Mythological era. He could see through Weiss' trick with one glance.

"Shit!"

Weiss and everyone else were shocked by the Desolate Overlord. They felt an extremely dangerous aura as the Desolate Overlord emerged from a cliff. Weiss was startled when these two demonic eyes fell onto him. They felt like they were exuding powerful magic, able to pierce through his thoughts. In front of these eyes, no secrets could be kept.

Weiss was anxious as he cursed. He'd just witnessed the power of the Desolate Overlord when it obliterated the three magic beasts without them being able to even resist.

In front of this power, he had no choice but to run, and the further the better.

Fortunately for Weiss, he was proficient in the Wind Element's Law. Few people could compare to him in terms of comprehension of the Wind Element Law in all of Noscent.

Weiss had already turned into a gale the instant the Desolate Overlord looked at him, crossing a distance of a kilometer in an instant.

But, the Desolate Overlord wasn't slow. Weiss' peak speed wasn't anything too great in front of the Desolate Overlord. In a flash, withered flames spread through the sky and chased Weiss faster than gales!

"Shit!" Weiss cursed.

'This is bad…'

The Desolate Overlord wasn't an existence Weiss could contend against, and moreover, that withering fire was the Ash-Gray Flame from the 17th Layer of the Abyss. Weiss' soul would burn to ashes if he was touched by it. He would never dare to fight the Desolate Overlord in the open. In such a terrifying situation, the Representative of the Black Tower tripled his speed. By managing such an impossible feat, he was able to keep a safe distance between him and the flames.

But…

After barely managing to escape from danger, Weiss looked at the ground.

There, he saw Solan laying on the ground, as well as the young mage not far from there.

A young mage at the High Mage Realm that could contend with him. He would become extremely dangerous if allowed to grow.

Thinking about this, Weiss raised his hand and cast a handful of Wind Blasts.

Of everyone present, Lin Yun was the closest to the Desolate Overlord and the Wind Blasts exploded next to him. He hadn't expected that old geezer to play such a hand!

"Fuck!"

Lin Yun swore. He had no fewer than ten defensive spells enchanted on his body, so although the five Wind Blasts were powerful, they still couldn't wound him. But Lin Yun knew that Weiss' true goal was to blow him towards the Desolate Overlord.

'Shit, that's Jalax… someone that can crush me in an instant! If that old geezer succeeds, I'll be crushed to pieces…'

Unfortunately, there was no time to dodge.

The five Wind Blasts exploded almost at the same time. The huge shockwave spread out and carried an irresistible force.

Lin Yun wasn't able to stop himself from flying through the air towards Jalax.

At this time, Lin Yun was inwardly cursing Weiss' eighteen generations of ancestors.

'This bastard…'

Fortunately, Lin Yun reacted quickly and cast a Fire Elemental Incarnation the moment his body flew out, followed by a Flame Flash to avoid flying into a falling withering flame. He ended up landing in an area a hundred meters away from the Desolate Overlord.

"Heavens…" The mercenaries who witnessed this exclaimed in surprise. In their eyes, this was no different from courting death.

Being a hundred meters away from an existence like the Desolate Overlord was no different from being right in front of him.

But as if he didn't know that he was moving toward danger, Lin Yun cast Haste after that Flame Flash, increasing the speed at which he rushed towards death…

Because only Lin Yun had seen it.

There was a deep crack in a place a hundred meters away from the Desolate Overlord. That was the crack that appeared when the Desolate Overlord stomped the ground.

However, a faint light could be seen shining from that crack.

He felt that there was a completely different world under the crack!

Lin Yun even felt a faint mana fluctuation being emitted from the crack.

Lin Yun knew that this was his only choice. The situation would take a sharp turn for the worse if he remained on that battlefield. Those three monstrous magic beasts were all killed in one hit, so what about him?

Moreover, Lin Yun had noticed that the Desolate Overlord had been targeting the strongest people first. First he went after that level 38 magic beast, then the other two level 37 magic beasts, before going for Weiss.

Lin Yun might have been the next target after Weiss.

Thus, he took the initiative to leave the battlefield at such a time by entering the huge crack.

Suddenly, a whistling sound echoed near his ear. That crack was so deep that he couldn't see the bottom. His body remained falling for over ten seconds.

It felt as if he had jumped down from the top of a cliff.

Lin Yun had a bad feeling. He tried to use Levitation to balance himself and see if there was any danger at the bottom. If there wasn't, it would be perfect, and if there was, he would be able to make preparations… But when he cast the spell, he clearly felt the surrounding mana being so chaotic that it greatly affected the spell, only slowing down his speed.

After an entire ten minutes…

An explosion could be heard.

Lin Yun's body fell heavily. It felt as if he had been hit in the chest by a hammer.

If Levitation hadn't been slowing his rate of descent, if he didn't have those dozen enchantments covering his body, he might have fallen to his death.

Fortunately, he could feel that he was on even ground, and it looked like there was nothing dangerous around. He moved with some difficulty as a sharp pain coursed through his body, making him frown. He fished out a few potions from his pocket and drank them all. After resting for a dozen minutes, the pain gradually eased up and he managed to force himself up. But his entire body still felt broken, and even just breathing hurt.

He flipped through his pocket and a large number of potions were taken out. He looked at all of them one by one, but discovered with disappointment that he hadn't crafted any Rebirth Potions. The injuries he was suffering from were very serious this time. An ordinary Health Potion would be useless, and the potions he had just drunk only restored superficial wounds…

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Chapter 394: Dark Iron Dwarves

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He could only compound a bottle of Rebirth to deal with this emergency. Rebirth Potion needed a total of four ingredients. Lin Yun looked around his pockets and quickly found three of the needed ingredients, but after a few minutes, he found out that he was missing the Blazing Flame Grass.

'Misfortune never comes alone!'

But soon, Lin Yun felt a warm aura within his Magic Array. This made his eyes shine. The Blazing Flame Grass was a very common herb that usually grew in hot environments, so it shouldn't be hard to find some around here.

Lin Yun patted the dust off his clothes and examined his surroundings. It seemed to be a naturally formed cave, a huge, naturally formed karst cave. It was very wide, and after some calculations, Lin Yun roughly estimated that this place was five kilometers away from the surface… Yet it wasn't dim at all…

He followed the warm aura forward and walked for roughly a dozen minutes before the scene in front of him shook him deeply. A huge palace was hovering in midair, fastened to the ground with countless thick chains, and the warm aura was coming from that palace.

What truly shook him wasn't the hovering palace, but the manpower needed for such a great feat of engineering. Even during the flourishing period of the 3rd Dynasty, if the entire country was focused on this project, it would still need at least ten years!

He walked to the hovering palace by following a thick chain. The heatwave coming from below made him frown. There was boiling lava emitting terrifying heat below. In a short few seconds, the high temperature made his robe stick to his body due to sweat, and his face flushed red.

Although the mana here wasn't as chaotic as earlier, there was still a lot of interference. In such circumstances, it would be very difficult for him to survive if he fell.

'Eh?'

With a quick glance, he discovered something.

There were four skeletons floating in the lava. These skeletons were a bit special, as they weren't human skeletons. With a careful look, Lin Yun noticed that they were emitting a gloomy dark-gold luster, and the people these four skeletons belonged to should have been about a meter tall when they were alive…

'Dark Iron Dwarves?'

Lin Yun frowned. He could confirm that these were the skeletons of Dark Iron Dwarves. They would spend most of their time working by a forge, so they naturally had extremely high heat resistance. It could be seen from these four skeletons. They remained there for at least a millennium and were floating in the lava, but they had yet to melt.

'But, how come Dark Iron Dwarves died in this place… After all, this is within the borders of Okland…'

The Dark Iron Dwarves were famous in the Nesser Dynasty. They were the servants of the Chromatic Dragons and they held the richest mineral resources on Noscent. They had the most advanced forging techniques, but unfortunately, the era of the Dark Iron Dwarves fell alongside the Nesser Dynasty, when the Dragons went to the void. Now, the Dark Iron Dwarves couldn't be seen in Noscent. They were already hiding underground and few people would ever meet one alive. Only the best auction halls of Noscent would see a masterpiece of a Dark Iron Dwarf from time to time, proving that the race had yet to become extinct.

'But, what happened to those four Dark Iron Dwarves? Is it related to the hovering palace?'

Dark Iron Dwarves were innate forging masters, so finding a hovering palace near them wasn't surprising at all, but their death put Lin Yun at a loss.

As he moved alongside the chain, Lin Yun paid attention to the lava below, and sure enough, the number of Dark Iron Dwarves' skeletons weren't limited to those four. After walking a few more minutes, he found a dozen more.

A heatwave suddenly rose up as a large, flaming bird came out of the lava with a sharp cry, flapping his wings, surrounding Lin Yun in countless flames.

'Flame Vulture!'

This abrupt change startled Lin Yun. He had had a strange feeling while going up the chain, as if someone had been spying on him, but he had been unable to find anything amiss, so he had been walking cautiously for the past few minutes. He understood when the Flame Vulture appeared. The Flame Vulture itself was a fire lifeform and had been hiding in the lava. No wonder he hadn't been able to find him…

That Flame Vulture wasn't very powerful. It was approximately only level 31. Had it been before, a magic beast of that level wouldn't have drawn Lin Yun's attention. But the environment here was very bad for Lin Yun. The mana was chaotic, greatly weakening his power, and the fall had also injured him.

He gently raised the magic staff and three Ice Walls instantly rose up in front of him, blocking the flames. At the same time, the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel also rose up behind him and burst with mana, forming a flood of spells that engulfed the Flame Vulture. At this time, Enderfa came out of the Spell Wheel, and with his control, the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel ruthlessly bombarded the Flame Vulture.

Lin Yun didn't know what Enderfa used the Variant Black Lizard Blood for, but after getting it, the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel's might did increase a lot. Just as Enderfa had said, it reached the level of a middle-rank True Spirit Magic Tool!

After being bombarded by the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, the Flame Vulture slowly became unable to resist. The frequency at which it flapped its wings gradually slowed down until it finally chose to flee with all its might. Even if the spells were low-tier spells, they were all-powerful and greatly injured it. In less than five minutes, the flames on its body darkened and it was riddled with scars.

Growing tired as it ran for its life, the Flame Vulture didn't notice the three clear blue rays of light, those three Frost Lances. The Flame Vulture let out a mournful howl as the flames on its body stopped burning. At this time, a large Magic Hand grabbed it.

Lin Yun bent down and carefully extracted the Flame Vulture's mana crystal.

But Lin Yun's expression became strange when he took out that mana crystal. He looked at it thoughtfully.

It was too strange…

The fighting power displayed by that Flame Vulture had already surpassed level 30. In other words, its mana crystal should have reached the realm of spirit mana crystal…

The mana contained within spirit mana crystals was pure, and not only could they be used in any field of alchemy, but even low-rank mages could directly draw power from them.

But the mana crystal in Lin Yun's hands was far from being pure. The mana contained within was extremely complicated, and even Lin Yun, with his experience and knowledge, couldn't help shaking his head. This mana crystal would be poison to a low-ranked mage.

If that were all, Lin Yun wouldn't have lost any self-control.

The Flame Vulture was a fire lifeform. The condensed mana crystal should contain fire elements, but that mana crystal didn't just contain fire elements… It also contained earth, wind, and water!

What did that mean?

One mana crystal contained four elements… Lin Yun had never heard of such a thing, even 30,000 years in the future.

He was very curious about how the Flame Vulture could condense such a strange mana crystal.

After carefully observing the crystal, Enderfa's lofty voice echoed. "Shit! What's going on! Merlin, come over and take a look…"

Lin Yun frowned and crouched down. The Flame Vulture's body had stopped burning and was just a pitch-black corpse now. He followed Enderfa's sight and discovered a scar that was hard to notice. After carefully observing it, he discovered that there were traces of the scar being sutured. With the addition of the strange mana crystal, Lin Yun froze, a preposterous thought flashing through his mind.

The four-element mana crystal should have been man-made before being implanted into the body of the Flame Vulture.

If his guess was correct, then the person that did such a thing was too crazy…

But after thinking about it, Lin Yun felt that this was inconceivable. How could a four-element mana crystal be man-made? Moreover, how could a magic beast be unscathed after being implanted with a mana crystal? There would be a lot of trouble to extract the mana in the mana crystal to cast a spell…

"That magic beast isn't the only strange thing, its mana crystal is also strange…" Lin Yun frowned and showed that strange mana crystal to Enderfa. Enderfa's three faces turned contorted.

"This, this…" Enderfa was also startled speechless…"Merlin, don't you think this place is very strange? Most of the bones floating in the lava came from Dark Iron Dwarves. Who knows how they died here?"

Lin Yun nodded but didn't say anything before resuming his path.

Before he passed the chains to reach the hovering palace, Lin Yun discovered some herbs growing on the wall. His pupils constricted as he saw that the Blazing Flame Grass he needed was among them.

But the Blazing Flame Grass wasn't easy to pluck. It was tenaciously growing on the wall and needed Lin Yun to use Levitation to harvest them. This wouldn't pose a problem normally, but the mana was in chaos now and was seriously interfering with casting. Other spells would be fine, but Levitation was out of question. If the chaos suddenly became worse, wouldn't Lin Yun fall to his death?

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Chapter 395: Array

Translator: Shiraishi Editor: TheAlliance

But he still had some injuries. He would feel pain whenever he walked, and truly couldn't bear it.

Lin Yun suddenly recalled the Vine and Earth Puppet combination. He first summoned vines, and after tightly fastening them at the chains, he made the Earth Puppet crawl down the vines to pluck some Blazing Flame Grass.

Not long after, Lin Yun successfully got a few stalks of Blazing Flame Grass, but he didn't rush to compound the potion. He instead stepped into the hovering palace.

'This is the building style of the 3rd Dynasty…'

After taking a closer look, Lin Yun and Enderfa immediately discovered that this was a palace from the 3rd Dynasty.

And from the era of Emperor Zhantui.

At that time, Lin Yun was already certain that this hovering palace had most likely been constructed by Emperor Zhantui. But what Lin Yun couldn't understand was why Emperor Zhantui built a palace needing so much manpower in such a place.

After all, Emperor Zhantui and the Gaugass King had their decisive battle in the Line Canyon, yet this palace just happened to be buried under the Line Canyon.

Could it be that before the decisive battle between Emperor Zhantui and the Gaugass King, he still squandered so much manpower to build this underground palace over ten years?

Wasn't that too strange?

Furthermore…

Lin Yun clearly remembered that huge, monolith-like stone tablet in the Bloodshed Forest with the sword gashes left behind by Emperor Zhentui, which said that he and Luo Ning had come here…

The way the words were written didn't seem like something one would write before a decisive battle… it actually looked like they were exploring something.

At that time, Lin Yun was already a bit suspicious as to the veracity of that story.

Did Emperor Zhantui and the Gaugass King really have a decisive battle in the Line Canyon?

Could it be possible that they didn't fight each other there, but rather, were secretly doing some kind of exploration?

Thinking of this, Lin Yun couldn't help shaking his head. The history of the era of Emperor Zhantui and the Gaugass King had too many suspicious parts. Even the crazy gravedigging era hadn't been able to uncover the truth behind those.

Uncovering those might need to wait until someone found the ruins of the Gaugass King.

Lin Yun wasn't in a hurry to explore that place, so he just looked for an empty spot to compound his potion. He arranged the four magic materials in front of himself and fished out a crucible from his pocket, as well as a few test tubes. He was now ready to compound a few Rebirth Potions.

…

Lin Yun's injury had long since recovered. He got up and walked through the solemn gates before entering the palace. Lin Yun found four open portals in his surroundings, all leaking different auras.

'Earth, Water, Wind, Fire…'

Lin Yun frowned as he felt the aura from the four portals. He could clearly feel something off about the four elements coming from these open portals. It felt as if something was trying to rush out.

Suddenly, a dense Ice Aura came out of one of the portals, and before Lin Yun and Enderfa could react, several Frost Elementals came out.

Something similar happened to the other three portals…

Flame Elementals, Storm Elementals, Rock Elementals…

Lin Yun and Enderfa were startled by this. The person who built this palace was crazy. He had set up four portals leading to the Elemental Planes. As long as someone came in, the huge array in the middle would instantly activate, and four kinds of Elemental Spirits would come from the Elemental Planes…

It only took a few seconds for the number of Elemental Spirits coming from the four portals to reach a few hundred. Blazing heat, freezing cold, piercing gales, and heavy pressure. Enderfa and Lin Yun felt numb. These Elemental Spirits had the strength of Great Mages. Several hundreds of them might not be much, but what about several thousand, several tens of thousands, or even more?

Moreover, who said that the Elemental Spirits coming out would all be at the same level?

Out of tens of thousands, wouldn't a few Upper Rank Elemental Spirits appear?

Out of tens of thousands, wouldn't an Elemental King be provoked?

It was hell…

The four portals flickered fiercely as numerous elementals rushed out, turning the room into an Elemental World. In a flash, Lin Yun and Enderfa were flooded by the huge amount of Elemental Spirits.

Lin Yun didn't look hurried as he walked around, the Doom Staff in his hand continuously flickering as he chanted various incantations. The Elemental Spirits were crowded on all sides, and every time a Flame Burst exploded, at least a dozen Elemental Spirits collapsed.

Enderfa controlled the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, and the Star Gem blossomed with an azure light as the Elemental Amber offered a steady flow of mana to the Spell Wheel. Each time the Spell Wheel burst out, hundreds of low tier spells would sweep through the battlefield, killing swarms of Elemental Spirits every time. This killing speed was a lot quicker than Lin Yun's…

But, there were still too many Elemental Spirits, they spread everywhere. Even if Lin Yun and the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel could kill hundreds, the Elemental Spirits kept pouring in from the four portals. There was no end to them!

"To hell with this!" Enderfa couldn't help cursing. His mana was being used at an extreme pace under the flood of Elementals. At this rhythm, he would sooner or later run out of mana. When that time came, even if the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel was a Mid-Rank True Spirit Magic Tool, it would still stop functioning.

"As long as that array remains, the Elemental Spirits will keep rushing out…" Lin Yun frowned as he realized the seriousness of the situation. If this continued, even if he had a lot of mana, he would still end up exhausting it. His gaze then focused back on the huge array in the center of the room. "Enderfa, buy me some time…"

Hearing this, Enderfa immediately understood Lin Yun's plan. He instantly burst out with a boundless flood of spells and cleansed the center of the room of all Elementals.

Lin Yun crouched down and studied the array on the floor. There were all kinds of strange patterns crisscrossing it. They were extremely strange, and with a glance, Lin Yun knew that this True Spirit Rank array would be very troublesome. It was the most complicated array Lin Yun had ever encountered.

He had broken more than one True Spirit array and had accumulated a lot of experience. Had it been before, he might have had no confidence in breaking this complicated array.

But it was different now…

He quickly took out a quill and some Melting Snow Ink and cast an upgraded Sharp Mind on himself. His mind cleared up and his analysis ability was increased at least ten times. He gently dipped the quill into the Melting Snow Ink and quickly drew on the array while his Magic Array was working at full capacity at the same time.

That array might look incredibly complex to others, but it was a basic elemental array in Lin Yun's eyes as he kept breaking it down.

Lin Yun's writing speed was scarily fast, he almost didn't pause.

Without Lin Yun's terrifying calculation ability, anyone in this situation would fall, including Star Sage Jouyi. After all, any mage would run out of mana when facing an endless army of Elemental Spirits.

Enderfa was rousing the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, continuously bursting out with spells and killing countless Elementals. Every wave of spells would kill several hundreds of Elemental Spirits. Although the rate at which they were being killed was very high, so was the mana consumption. At this time, the Elemental Amber in the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel was a lot darker than before, showing that a lot of the mana contained within had been consumed.

The busy Lin Yun took a quick glance before speeding up his writing. He had seen Enderfa's situation. As his mana was consumed, Enderfa had no choice but to settle for the next best thing. He drew closer to Lin Yun and protected him as he broke the array.

"Hurry up!" Enderfa's anxious voice echoed. He was the Magic Tool Incarnation of the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, and the Magic Tool itself was driven by mana. If Lin Yun died in there, the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel would be a Magic Tool no longer. What would await Enderfa would be either falling into a never-ending sleep or dissipating away.

Regardless of the outcome, it wasn't something he wanted to see.

He slowly felt the mana of the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel seriously depleting and the number of Elemental Spirits hardly decreasing. At the start, several hundred low-tier spells were cast every time he burst out with a wave of spells, causing the Elemental Spirits in a large area to collapse. But now, he only dared to release a dozen spells. He was scared of exhausting all the mana, and Lin Yun had yet to crack the array.

His only choice was to gain as much time as possible for Lin Yun.

Each group of collapsing Elementals would be replaced by a new one, making one despair.

But Lin Yun was calm and collected, not panicking at all. The quill in his hand was quickly moving on the ground, seemingly unaffected by Enderfa's urging. He had already reached the core of the array, his mind calculating at a crazy speed, his Magic Array roused to its peak as the quill kept drawing mana circuits.

Eventually, Enderfa could no longer protect him. The Ten Thousand Spell Wheel's Elemental Amber had darkened, not letting out any radiance.

"Alright…"

Lin Yun had already put down the quill. He massaged his aching wrists as the connection between the four portals and the Elemental Planes was severed. Lin Yun stood up and glanced at all the Elementals, before the Doom Staff in his hand burst out with a bright radiance…

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Chapter 396: Inheritance

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It took only a dozen minutes before the Elementals remaining in the room were taken care of. Lin Yun took out a few mana crystals to replenish his mana while examining this place. When he first came in, countless Elemental Spirits had rushed over, so only now was he able to properly examine this room.

He was suddenly attracted by something in the corner of the room. After approaching, he noticed a deep blue crystal that was roughly the size of a head and felt cold to the touch, which made him curious. 'What is this?'

'Emperor Zhantui should have spent so much on this hovering palace, so it's safe to say that nothing here is ordinary, yet that crystal ball seems very common. There isn't a thread of mana coming from it. Could it be a mechanism of some sort?'

When this thought flashed in Lin Yun's mind, he tried pouring his mana in. But the result left him disappointed, as there was no change to the crystal ball.

But Lin Yun had yet to give up. He observed the crystal ball and thought of moving it, but when his hand touched the bottom of the crystal ball, he discovered a notch. This instantly made him frown. He took out the strange mana crystal he got earlier and attempted to put it in the notch.

A light flashed as the crystal ball quickly rotated, displaying a projection on the opposite wall. But the time it lasted was too short. It only felt like a second to Lin Yun. He only had the time to throw a hurried glance at it, and he wasn't able to see what the projection was before it disappeared. Lin Yun couldn't help feeling annoyed. He turned to look at Enderfa only to see him looking back at him.

'Did Enderfa discover something?'

"Enderfa, did you see that projection?" Lin Yun threw a strange look at Enderfa.

"It looked like a map."

"A map?" Lin Yun frowned. He thought of the glimpse of the projection he had seen after hearing Enderfa's words and felt that this might indeed be a map. He lowered his head to look at the azure crystal ball before reaching for the notch with his hand, only to find out that the mana of that strange mana crystal had long since been absorbed. When his hand came into contact with it, the mana crystal turned to ashes. "That crystal seems to be supported by that special energy, and that map is most likely the map of the entire palace!"

"To completely learn the map, one would need a large number of mana crystals, just like the Flame Vulture's. Would there be some in this palace?"

After saying this, Lin Yun and Enderfa headed towards the depths of the palace. The entire palace was like a huge maze with countless rooms and countless hallways, and they were exactly the same. It was very easy for one to get lost inside the palace.

After three hours of wandering around the palace, Lin Yun discovered that magic beasts were living there, but they weren't powerful enough. Of the thirteen he met, the strongest was only level 32…

During these three hours, he also discovered many sword gashes as well as faint mana fluctuations that gave him a familiar feeling. He took out some of the mana fluctuations he had collected in the Bloodshed Forest which had belonged to the Gaugass King and compared them. Sure enough, they were identical!

This proved that Emperor Zhantui and the Gaugass King had once fought in this palace, and it was very likely that they finished their battle here.

If he had guessed right, then that six-formula Meditation Law Set might very likely be hidden in a corner of this palace.

But that palace was too spacious, who knows how long it would take him if he went room to room. Thus, he could only rely on the map projected by the crystal ball, hoping he could glean some clues from it.

He soon reached the crystal ball's room and casually put a mana crystal in the notch. The crystal ball changed and projected a scene on the wall. It really was a map, but this time, the crystal ball was supplied with a total of thirteen mana crystals and lasted for a dozen seconds before that scene disappeared.

With Lin Yun's outstanding memory, a dozen seconds would be more than enough to accurately record the details of that map. But when that map appeared, seven static cursors were dispersed in seven different directions. He secretly recorded them, but he couldn't understand what they represented.

Following the map he memorized, Lin Yun fumbled around the palace for a while, but he didn't discover anything apart from magic beasts. He chose not to take their mana crystals since they could only be used on the crystal ball.

He frowned when he reached a certain place. He stopped before a black wall that was very different from the rest of the building. It was huge and had an array inscribed on it.

Lin Yun walked to the black wall and softly hit it with his hand.

A hollow sound came from the wall, and it wasn't thick. That wall might be hiding a room.

Lin Yun stood in front of the wall for a long time…

Because Lin Yun suddenly recalled that this wall was located at one of the seven lights he had seen on the map earlier.

The room behind the wall might tell him what those seven lights were…

But he had some issues opening the wall. In the center of the wall was a Hybrid Array. It was a lot different from ordinary arrays, this array was made up of three arrays with inseparably close connections.

Lin Yun studied it for a while and was able to recognize two of the three arrays, opening and self-destruction.

If the array suffered an attack or a mistake appeared while it was being cracked, the self-destruction array would trigger, and the power of the self-destruction would be not inferior to the full strength attack of an Archmage powerhouse, which would turn the wall, as well as the room behind it, into ruins.

What made Lin Yun rejoice was that the three arrays forming this Hybrid Array had yet to reach the True Spirit Rank. This discovery made him a bit more relaxed.

But he only let out a sigh of relief…

Because this was a Hybrid Array, and Hybrid arrays were True Spirit Rank arrays.

Only Master Alchemists who had reached an extremely high level in terms of calculations could use this technique. A peak Master Alchemist would need several months of calculations without sleep nor rest, not to mention the fact that this Hybrid Array had a self-destruct safety procedure.

Even Lin Yun had no choice but to be careful as he moved his quill to quickly calculate on a piece of paper. It took Lin Yun over three hours to calculate the characters for opening it.

He then picked up his quill again and very carefully inputted the nine characters to open the Hybrid Array. The mana circuit violently flickered before a "bang" echoed and the wall opened.

Lin Yun didn't rush in, clearly on guard since this palace was too strange. He waved his Doom Staff and a Mage Eye explored the room in the back. The room was very small and very empty. There was only a palm-sized crystal laying down on the floor of the room.

After confirming that it wasn't dangerous, Lin Yun walked in, picked up that disk-like crystal, and studied it. That crystal had a memory function which was usually used by mages to record information. Lin Yun tried to pour mana into the crystal and the crystal suddenly changed, countless azure runes appearing around it.

'The complete Elemental Tide…' Lin Yun stared for a bit before putting away that crystal. From Okland to the Tulan Mountain Range, Lin Yun had been helping Ross calculate the Elemental Tide's Meditation Law Sets, so he clearly remembered the Elemental Tide and recognized it when he saw those azure runes.

The appearance of the Elemental Tide also confirmed his guesses to some extent. He originally thought that those seven marks on the map had some special meaning, but he was now sure of it.

The Gaugass King left behind seven inheritances. The Elemental Tide Meditation Law Set and the Magic Conducting Rune Arcane Ring were just a part of it.

'That six-formula Meditation Law Set is most likely among those seven inheritances…'

Lin Yun thoughtfully left the room in order to confirm his conjecture, and he impatiently rushed to another location that had been marked on the map.

…

In the past two days, Lin Yun had encountered a dozen magic beasts, and after one of the fights, Lin Yun's robe was splattered with blood. He had broken many Hybrid Arrays and including from the first room in which he found the Elemental Tide, he found six rooms and obtained three complete Meditation Law Sets and three kinds of Magic Conducting Runes, which included the Arcane Ring that Leon was using.

But Lin Yun was stunned by the seventh room.

The seventh room was located in the center of the palace and was relatively spacious. After breaking the array, Lin Yun rushed in, unable to wait. That 7th room was most likely hiding the six-formula Meditation Law Set, but… The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

In the previous six rooms, there was a crystal disk representing the magic inheritance of the Gaugass King, but this room didn't have anything like a crystal.

This was illogical.

Lin Yun couldn't help frowning. This outcome was totally out of his expectations. He'd thought that the six-formula meditation Law Set would be in one of the seven rooms, but now…

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Chapter 397: Formula

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'Let's look for it again, maybe there'll be some clues…' Lin Yun got a bit angry, he didn't know what the Gaugass King was thinking. He obviously wanted to pass on his magic inheritance in Noscent, but he used so many tricks. Lin Yun carefully thought about it again and felt that the most important magic inheritance definitely couldn't have vanished.

'Eh?'

Suddenly, a wave of mana fluctuations rushed over. Lin Yun couldn't help but exclaim in surprise before walking over. There, he found an array carved on a wall emitting faint mana fluctuations. This was actually a teleportation array. This discovery made Lin Yun overjoyed, even if he didn't know where the teleportation array led to. But it meant that the trail of the six formula Meditation Law Set wasn't lost.

A bit of trouble was nothing, the most important part was to find the six formula Meditation Law Set…

'What's going on with this…'

Lin Yun was looking at the teleportation array, it should have existed for millennia. But he quickly found out that the mana source and magic circuit had been artificially severed. He frowned and then took out a quill, dipped it in ink, and went to restore those mana circuits.

After ten minutes, Lin Yun put away his quill and inspected his progress on the teleportation array. Although it came from an ancient era, it was still in good condition. At this time, strange mana fluctuations passed through the teleportation array.

"Shit!"

Lin Yun couldn't help retreating a few steps, pale in fright, when those mana fluctuations came over. He looked at the teleportation array with a fearful expression as he cursed. Only then did his face regain some color. The mana fluctuations just now were truly frightening, they actually had the aura of the Heaven Enlightening Plane.

In other words, the teleportation array led to the Heaven Enlightening Plane…

The Heaven Enlightening Plane was in the middle of rebirth, everything there was in chaos, and everything on the plane was being transformed by the power of primal chaos. Let alone Lin Yun, even a Heaven Rank powerhouse would fall in the Heaven Enlightening Plane.

Teleporting to the Heaven Enlightening Plane at such a time was as good as courting death.

Fortunately, the teleportation array's magic circuits had been severed. The consequences would have been horrible had he approached and activated the teleportation array.

Although fortunate, Lin Yun was also annoyed, the only clue remaining for the six formula Meditation Law Set had virtually disappeared. He would definitely not go to the Heaven Enlightening Plane, even if that Meditation Law Set was precious, it was definitely negligible in comparison to his life. He was inwardly complaining to the Gaugass King, 'You could have put it anywhere, yet you chose the Heaven Enlightening Plane…'

'What should I do…'

After all, Lin Yun rushed from Okland to the Tulan Mountain Range for that six formula Meditation Law Set, but he no longer had any clue about it.

Soon after, Lin Yun put the Meditation Law Set to the back of his mind and focused on the teleportation array. After the final battle between Emperor Zhantui and the Gaugass King, the Gaugass King disappeared in the depths of the Tulan Mountain Range, and this teleportation array led to the Heaven Enlightening Plane. Lin Yun conjectured that the Gaugass King most likely went to the Heaven Enlightening Plane.

"Merlin, come over, there is a secret door here…"

While Lin Yun was in deep thought, Enderfa's surprised voice roused him back to the present. He then turned towards Enderfa, and sure enough, there was a secret door.

That secret door was leading underground and was roughly one meter large. Lin Yun was about to enter when a wave of heat blew over, making him frown. He turned to Enderfa and said, "Let's go check…"

Lin Yun entered the passage when Enderfa returned to the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel. Down there was an ordinary flight of steps, but the surprising thing was that not a speck of dust could be seen on that millennia old staircase. Lin Yun's eyelids twitched when he took the first step on that staircase, he had clearly noticed a spatial fluctuation and a feeling of distortion. That feeling was somewhat odd. Taking that step gave him the feeling of moving from one space to another.

The further he got, the more intense that spatial distortion feeling became. Each step he took would make him alarmed, afraid that he would walk into a spatial crack and be forever lost into chaotic space if he was careless.

At the same time, the further he went, the hotter it became. It reached the point where his robe was soaked with sweat and sticking to his body, which was very uncomfortable. He couldn't wipe the sweat off his forehead as it kept appearing. He continued going down, and after half an hour, the temperature reached an extreme level, it was like being in a stove. His cheeks had become very red, and the sweat drenching his robe had long since evaporated.

Fortunately, he had already reached the end of the passage, but the scene ahead greatly surprised him. That was a library, and when he entered, the hot aura completely disappeared.

Rows of bookshelves were neatly arranged, with books piled up on them. Lin Yun found out that the entire library was spotless. Not only was the ground clean, but even those books didn't have a speck of dust on them. This was a millennia old library, yet it looked like it had just been cleaned.

As Lin Yun explored, he quickly found out that there was only one table in the entire library. It was clean and had nothing on it. He couldn't help gasping in surprise. This shouldn't have been the Gaugass King's private library, so how could there be only one table in here?

But as he explored the library, he felt that the master of this place should have been the Gaugass King.

In his peripheral vision, he caught sight of a crystal ball in a corner of the library. With his previous experiences, Lin Yun knew that this crystal ball wasn't there just on a display. After some hesitation, he softly walked over, but when he was half a meter away from the crystal ball, a bright light suddenly blossomed from it and created a projection.

This was a middle-aged man with an imposing figure wearing a mage's robe. He was tightly holding onto a jet-black spear. Although this was a projection, it gave Lin Yun endless pressure when it appeared, but as time passed, that pressure gradually lightened.

Battlemage, Gaugass King!

Lin Yun knew who that person was with one glance, the legendary person who rose amidst the Gaugass Battlemages, with the power of a Heaven Rank, or beyond… The projection or incarnation left behind by such a person would have shocking power.

This was the first time he saw Gaugass King Luo Ning, even if it was just a projection.

"If you want to obtain my final inheritance, you have to pass a test. There are 3768 books in here. You have to finish these books within twenty days, then I'll put you to the test…"

After saying that, the projection of the Gaugass Battlemage disappeared.

'3768 books in twenty days…'

Lin Yun scratched his cheek, 'That's a lot of work…'

Soon, Lin Yun made a discovery.

The knowledge recorded in those books surprisingly didn't have too many mistakes, only a few parts had some errors. For them to have reached this level of knowledge astonished Lin Yun, after all, there was still about a few ten thousand years till the peak of the magic era, many magic theories had yet to completely mature.

The books collected by the Gaugass King were all fine works and few of them had any mistakes. Even the knowledgeable Lin Yun had no choice but to gasp in admiration. If this library was obtained by any force, they would be able to reach the height of the Cloud Tower and Black Tower, it would only be a matter of time.

Lin Yun flipped every book on the desk at least once, recording the errors in his mind. Soon, books were piled on the desk like small towers. These books were enough for an ordinary person to read for a month, yet Lin Yun only used over an hour to flip through them once.

A day soon passed and during that time, Lin Yun flipped through the books on two bookshelves, remembering all the errors.

After meditating for a dozen minutes, Lin Yun recovered some energy and started reading without stopping.

Two days…

Three days…

Ten days…

On the 20th day, Lin Yun had long since read through all the books. He put back a book bound with a black string to its original place, before thoughtfully sitting at the desk, not talking for a very long time.

As he sat for a day, Lin Yun kept pondering, taking out a quill from time to time to write down some calculations on a piece of paper.

"How come the Gaugass King has yet to appear, didn't he say he would test you? This is already the 21th day…" Enderfa turned into a black mist as he floated out of the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, and looked at the crystal ball with a doubtful expression.

"He won't come…" Lin Yun's quill paused. After saying those words, he began calculating once again. It felt as if the projection of the Gaugass King had nothing to do with him.

"He shouldn't be fooling you, right? High profile characters like him don't easily go back on their words…" Enderfa's three strange faces were tightly frowning. After looking at Lin Yun, he found out that the other side wasn't even paying attention to him, still immersed in his calculations, "Merlin, did you find something?"

"This library's 3768 books are the last inheritance of the Gaugass King…" Lin Yun nodded, but didn't raise his head, the quill in his hand writing even faster. Maybe only he knew what test the Gaugass King had set up for him.

Indeed, it was patience.

Reading over three thousand books one by one would require ten years, but only after reading all these books can one understand the intention of the Gaugass King. In other words, the six formulas Meditation Law Set was hidden within these 3768 books, only by putting all the knowledge together, calculating and inferring, could the six formula Meditation Law Set be obtained!

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Lin Yun, coming from 30,000 years in the future, definitely took a shortcut.

Gaugass King Luo Ning's last magic inheritance definitely wasn't easy to obtain. If Lin Yun hadn't time travelled, he would have been unable to figure out the true intent of the Gaugass King and naturally wouldn't have had the opportunity to obtain the six formula Meditation Law Set.

Lin Yun had been pondering over it while reading. Only when he finished the last book did he have a rough outline in his mind. He estimated that it would take about a day to calculate the six formula Meditation Law Set.

Rustling sounds kept echoing from the piece of paper and soon, a day passed. The young mage suddenly stopped writing and picked up the piece of paper to seriously look over the details. Seeing this scene, Enderfa couldn't help being startled, "Merlin? Got it?"

"Yeah…"

Lin Yun nodded. The piece of paper in his hand only had a simple six formulas. But these six formulas were the most precious thing in this world to Lin Yun.

'Gaugass King Luo Ning was truly talented…'

After looking at it for a while, Lin Yun inwardly sighed. The magic knowledge involved in this formula couldn't be considered deep, even an ordinary Archmage would be able to understand most of the magic knowledge within. But mastering so many diverse magic knowledge and creating this outrageous Meditation Law Set showed that Luo Ning was a true genius. Luo Ning might not be inferior to some of the most outstanding mages of the peak of the magic era.

Every since Lin Yun came to this era, Luo Ning was the first person that Lin Yun thought of as a genius.

After getting the formula, Lin Yun chose a spot in the library and sat down, but before he started learning this Meditation Law Set, he gave it a name. It was now the Equilibrium Law.

The Equilibrium Law's worth was that once it was used as a core Meditation Law Set, and after being integrated with the Magic Array, he would still be able to treat two other Meditation Law Set as Core Meditation Law Sets. And the Meditation Law Sets which could catch Lin Yun's sight were inevitably the top-class Meditation Law Sets in Noscent. Just one top-class Meditation Law Set could easily surpass all the Meditation Law Sets of this era, let alone two.

This wasn't as simple as one plus one equals two.

Lin Yun chose the Void Forge, a very fierce Meditation Law Set. Thirty thousand years later, when Noscent was at its peak before the decline, countless precious Meditation Law Sets were put in the decaying library. The Void Forge was the most widespread Meditation Law Set at the time, most people chose the Void Forge as their Core Meditation Law Set.

A mage who mastered the Void Forge could turn themselves into a forge to smelt everything in the world, even the Netherstorm could be turned into mana by the Void Forge. The Void Forge could be said to be the least picky Meditation Law Set in Noscent's history.

Lin Yun had personally experienced it 30,000 years later. When mana was exhausted, the existence of the Void Forge saved countless mage's magic path. At that time, they were able to absorb mana from the Netherstorm, and it became the only way for many mages to absorb mana.

Including Lin Yun.

Moreover, this Meditation Law Set was very powerful!

Powerful to the point that it had sixteen formulas!

What did that mean?

In all of Noscent, the strongest Meditation Law Set had fifteen formulas, yet the Void Forge appeared with its sixteen formulas.

The Void Forge was also the only Meditation Law Set with sixteen formulas.

After coming to this era, Lin Yun had originally planned on using the Void Forge as his Core Meditation Law Set, but the Gaugass King's Equilibrium Law made him hesitate. This hesitation lasted for over half a year. An ordinary mage would confirm their Core Meditation Law Set at 9th Rank great Mage by merging it with their Magic Conducting Rune, but he had been dragging it until now.

Fortunately, this trip to the Tulan Mountain Range had been successful and he obtained the Equilibrium Law, through numerous hardships.

The Void Forge had been created by Joussona, a legendary Heaven Mage. He became a High Mage at sixty five, having spent most of his life researching the Void Forge. The year after he became a High Mage, he published the Void Forge. Joussona's name then shocked the entire Noscent.

At that time, the entire Noscent went crazy over that Meditation Law Set and Joussona was revered as a deity by fanatical mages, he was called the father of the Void Forge. At that time, every mage, even Heaven Mages, would be extremely deferential when facing Joussona.

Only someone like Joussona could enjoy this kind of treatment in the strict hierarchical world of magic.Regardless if it was an Archmage or Heaven Mage, they would all face Joussona as if they were disciples facing a teacher.

It could be seen from this how great Joussona's status was in Noscent.

And this wasn't all…

Jousonna became a High Mage at sixty five, published the Void Forge at sixty six, and became an Archmage at sixty eight. He was called the Void Conqueror. Six years later, the Void Conqueror brazenly stepped into the Heaven Rank, and Joussona's name shocked the entire Noscent once more.

It was then that people understood…

Joussona's talent in the path of magic far exceeded anyone's expectations.

He had become a High Mage late not because he wasn't gifted enough in the path of magic, but rather because he spent all his time researching the Void Forge.

He was a true genius.

Later on, Joussona's secret gradually surfaced. It turned out that at fourteen, he had already created a twelve formula Meditation Law Set and used it as his Core Meditation Law Set.

In that era, a twelve formula Meditation Law Set could only be described as average. Many people were curious as to why Joussona didn't opt for a more advanced Meditation Law Set and instead created his own Meditation Law Set. And one that only had twelve formulas…

In fact, that Meditation Law Set was incomplete, only when Joussona became a 5th Rank Great Mage was the Meditation Law Set able to reach fourteen formulas. When he became a 9th Rank Great Mage, the Meditation Law Set had fifteen formulas.

Even in the peak of the magic era, fifteen formulas would turn a Meditation Law Set in one of the top-class Meditation Law Set of Noscent. There were only a few of them in Noscent, and they were all in the hands of those peak forces.

But, Joussona was unsatisfied.

He spent thirty years to turn the Void Forge into a sixteen formula Meditation Law Set. For this reason, he even stopped devoting himself to the magic path.

That was the first sixteen formulas Meditation Law Set of Noscent, and also its last.

A few decades later, countless planes were conquered by powerful mages, before they cast their sights on the boundless Abyss. Jousson, who had already reached the Heaven Rank, was leading a group of mages and they killed their way to the 20th Layer of the Abyss, and that Desolate Overlord Jalax was personally killed by Joussona.

Joussona's Void Forge ended up being stored in the decaying library.

The other Meditation Law Set Lin Yun chose had fifteen formulas and was called Elemental Heart. Although it was a bit inferior to the Void Forge, it was one of the top-class Meditation Law Sets even in the peak of the magic era.

Lin Yun was interested in the Elemental Heart because it was the most comprehensive Meditation Law Set of the four elements – Earth, Fire, Wind and Water. Lin Yun already had the Void Forge that would allow him to transform everything in the world into mana, he could still meditate even under the pressure of the Netherstorm. With the addition of the two Alchemic Mana Whirlpool, Lin Yun's mana could be said to be endless. The Meditation Law Sets that could hasten Lin Yun's mana absorption were already useless.

What Lin Yun needed wasn't a famous Meditation Law Set…

What he needed was a Meditation Law Set that could supplement the Magic Array and the Void Forge. The more comprehensive, the better.

The Elemental Heart was the most suitable.

Lin Yun kept his eyes closed.

He was starting to integrate the three Meditation Law Sets into his Magic Array as Core Meditation Law Set.

This process was very long…

…

In a flash, a month had passed. Lin Yun was still sitting in a corner of the library, motionless and expressionless.

Enderfa was waiting on the side. He knew that this was generally an extremely long process, but he hadn't expected it to take as long as a month.

After all, ordinary mages would take a day to fuse their Meditation Law Set with their Magic Conducting Rune, yet Lin Yun hadn't moved for a whole month…

As Enderfa was sighing, a shocking mana fluctuation came from Lin Yun's body. In a split second, a gale burst out in the library, turning countless books into shreds. That building would have already been destroyed if it hadn't been constructed with special materials and techniques.

"This…" Enderfa was stunned. He turned his head to look at Lin Yun with shock, 'He is only merging his Core Meditation Law Set, how could there be such a huge reaction?' Moreover, Enderfa could sense that Lin Yun's mana fluctuations were ten times stronger than usual.

In other words, Lin Yun's strength increased ten times just by fusing his Core Meditation Law Set.

"…"

'No… This isn't all…'

Enderfa could clearly feel the mana fluctuations Lin Yun emitted were quickly rising!

3rd Rank High Mage…

4th Rank High Mage…

5th Rank High Mage…

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Chapter 399: Encounter

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"Heavens…" Even the experienced and knowledgeable Enderfa couldn't help letting out a surprised cry when faced with this scene.

It was incredible…

This young mage only took a few minutes to advance from a 2nd Rank High Mage to a 5th Rank High Mage.

In fact, Enderfa couldn't be blamed for making a fuss.

Lin Yun was too abnormal…

After all, it's been almost a year since Lin Yun broke through the High Mage realm, and he has been suppressing his rank for a while. Some time ago, he carelessly advanced to 2nd Rank High Mage, and since then, Lin Yun spent most of his energy suppressing his own rank.

His accumulation of mana was steady and powerful, far beyond what any mage could imagine.

Lin Yun had felt like a dam, and just like a dam, the more water inside, the taller the dam had to be built. And now that the dam's gate was finally opened, a huge stream of water irresistibly surged forward.

The powerful accumulation of mana was finally set free, making Lin Yun reach 5th Rank High Mage in one go.

And this wasn't all…

Lin Yun could use this momentum to break through 6th, 7th and even 8th Rank, but Lin Yun was very rational and stopped there.

Because Lin Yun knew that the Void Forge and the Elemental Heart weren't ready yet.

He had to give them more time.

What he had to do now was completely merge these two Meditation Law Sets with his Magic Array and make the Meditation Law Sets and his Magic Array seamlessly fuse. At that time, he would be ready to attack a higher realm.

He might even break through the Archmage realm on his next breakthrough.

Right now, Lin Yun completed the initial fusion between his Meditation Law Sets and his Magic Conducting Rune and ended up reaching the 5th Rank of the High Mage realm. When he opened his eyes, he noticed that the library had been destroyed beyond recognition and those precious books all transformed into pieces. That made him speechless.

He knew that he was the cause behind it.

Beforehand, Lin Yun had used the Magic Array to simulate establishing the three Meditation Law Sets as his core and the fusion with the Magic Array and came up with a ten days estimation. However, something unexpected happened during the fusion, Lin Yun discovered that the Equilibrium Law wasn't as simple as he imagined, it actually also had a supplementary role. After being added to the Equilibrium Law, the Elemental Heart unexpectedly reached the level of 16 formulas, making him spend twenty days more than his initial estimations.

Thus, Lin Yun had two sixteen formula Meditation Law Sets…

He was stronger than Joussona who had one sixteen formula Meditation Law Set. Lin Yun had two, this was simply scary.

Suddenly, the crystal ball that had remained inactive all along suddenly shone, projecting the appearance of a middle-aged mage, Gaugass King Luo Ning.

"You obtained my inheritance, so you could barely be considered my disciple. If you want to know what happened, you can go to the lowest floor of the magic tower. You are now in the twelfth floor of the magic tower…"

After saying that, and before Lin Yun could answer, the projection of Gaugass King Luo Ning disappeared.

'What happened… Lowest floor…' Lin Yun frowned, trying to digest what the Gaugass King said, 'Just what is hidden at the lowest floor?'

In any case, he had to go and take a look.

'The 12th floor of the magic tower…'

Lin Yun recalled something important, he was actually in the 12th floor of the magic tower! 'I guessed right, the Gaugass King truly surpassed the Heaven Rank! Noscent is a strict world when it came to hierarchy, mages could only build magic towers based on their own ranks.

Archmages' towers had eight floors, Heaven Mages' had ten floors, as for twelve…

Lin Yun soon found a flight of stairs leading down, but it was sealed by a True Spirit Rank array. He took out a quill and dipped it in Melting Snow Ink before spending as long as three hours to smoothly crack the array. He then followed the flight of steps down and arrived in front of a door. The scene on the other side of the door surprised him.

"Cousin Mafa…"

"Sir Merlin…"

"High Mage Merlin…"

Several exclamations sounded as he appeared. On the 11th floor of the magic tower was a group of acquaintances. His three cousins, the Draconic Beastman, Dean and the other high ranked mercenaries, as well as Black Tower's Solan.

"How did you come in here?" Lin Yun clearly froze as he looked towards that group with a startled expression. He clearly remembered getting there from a crack in the ground while the Desolate Overlord chased Weiss. He hadn't expected that close to two months later, he would meet them on the 11th floor.

'Just what happened?'

"Cousin Mafa, it's great that you are fine…" William, Leon, and Ross walked over and spent a few minutes reiterating everything.

Turns out, two months ago, the Desolate Overlord Incarnation kept chasing Weiss, and because of this, they got some time to escape. After entering the underground hovering palace, the group kept walking and walking and discovered a way downward up until they reached the magic tower.

From William's description, the hovering palace they found was exactly the same as Lin Yun found, but Lin Yun was certain that it was another palace. How else could he not have met them after moving around for such a long time.

It looked like more than one hovering palace existed under the Line Canyon, there might be two, or even more.

Dean, Delson, and the others also came over and greeted Lin Yun. Only Solan remained in the distance, standing there on his own.

As he was being greeted, Lin Yun secretly observed Solan and to his own shock found out that the current Solan was already a 5th Rank Archmage.

'Could that guy have obtained something in the other Palace?'

'How else could he have advanced to 5th Rank from 2th Rank in a short two months? This was illogical…'

This could only explained with getting an unexpected opportunity.

Beside his strength having increased, his aura also greatly changed. His eyes were full of madness and the aura coming from his body was cold, thoroughly cold. He even displayed a sinister smile as he looked at Lin Yun.

'What happened to him…' Lin Yun frowned. Being stared at by Solan made him feel uncomfortable, it felt as if he was being watched by a Demon.

Solan Monchi was a human, how could he give this kind of monstrous feeling?

Lin Yun had some conjectures, but he ignored Solan's gaze and fished out two crystal disks, handing one over to Ross, "Cousin Ross, this is the complete Elemental Tide…"

"Complete Elemental Tide…" Ross was startled. He took the crystal disk, felt the aura from inside and immediately put it away.

In Okland, he had given the first section of the Elemental Tide to his cousin Mafa, and then, his cousin Mafa gave him the 2nd section of the Elemental Tide before they had to hurry to the Tulan Mountain Range, leaving the matter of the Elemental Tide unsettled. He hadn't expected Cousin Mafa to reappear a few months later with the complete Elemental Tide and to just give it to him.

At this time, Ross felt a lot of emotions. Before he met his cousin Mafa, he was still worrying over his Meditation Law Set. If he couldn't find it, he might have to remain a 5th Rank High Mage all his life…

Then, Mafa took him to the Tulan Mountain Range and through countless dangers making Ross realize that even if he knew that the Elemental Tide was hidden in the depths of the Tulan Mountain Range, by relying on his puny power as a 5th Rank High Mage, he couldn't obtain the Elemental Tide. He might have ended in a magic beast's stomach halfway.

"Thank you, Cousin Mafa!" Ross smiled, these words came from the bottom of his heart!

"This, this… Cousin Mafa." Leon nervously stood at the side, twisting his fingers as he stared at the crystal disk in Lin Yun's other hand…

To tell the truth, Leon was very envious of Ross. Although he hadn't come in contact with the Elemental Tide and only met Ross in the Dawn Plane where he saw that diary, he learnt that Ross had an incomplete Meditation Law Set called Elemental Tide coming from the Gaugass King.

But Leon knew how powerful the Arcane Ring was. If a mage with Arcane Ring reached the Archmage realm, each Arcane Ring could fuse with a True Spirit Magic Tool. If he could fuse nine of them, just how high would his power reach?

That Magic Conducting Rune was also a magic inheritance of the Gaugass King.

Therefore, Leon knew that the value of this Elemental Tide was equivalent to his Arcane Ring, maybe even slightly higher.

Seeing Cousin Mafa give a complete Elemental Tide to Ross, how could he not be envious?

His eyes were glued to the crystal disk in Lin Yun's hand, his heart beating fast. He couldn't wait and asked, "Cousin Mafa, this is…"

"Arcane Ring." Lin Yun didn't even look at it and threw it at Leon. In fact, he had already mastered the Arcane Ring long ago and it was one of the Magic Conducting Rune he had considered before choosing the Magic Array.

Even if he didn't obtain the Arcane Ring's magic inheritance, he intended on giving the complete Arcane Ring to Leon once they returned to Okland.

"The complete Arcane Ring…" Leon sensed the aura within the crystal disk and was too nervous to even breathe. He knew that this Magic Conducting Rune was linked to his future. With the incomplete Arcane Ring, he had managed to complete nine Arcane Rings, but he couldn't fuse them together.

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Chapter 400: Soul of the Ancient Tree

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Without the complete Arcane Ring, Leon would never be able to attack the Archmage realm in his life.

In fact, in order to look for the trail of the complete Arcane Ring, Leon went to countless planes during these past few years. After so many years, he had yet to make any progress, and only learnt that the Gaugass King's magic inheritance might be hidden in the depths of the Tulan Mountain Range. But that was a huge place, how could he find it? He almost gave up a few times…

A few months ago, he guessed that this mysterious distant cousin was going to the Tulan Mountain Range and thickened his face to follow him. In reality, he had to bolster his courage whenever he was facing this distant cousin, especially when he remembered the crazy actions his cousin did, such as killing three Elders of the Merlin Family, or crippling Aube.

Now, as he was holding the Arcane Ring's magic inheritance, Leon felt that this was surreal and everything was a dream.

"Xiuban, come over." After dealing with the two, Lin Yun called the Draconic Beastman over.

"Eh?" Xiuban suddenly tried to make himself look smaller, thinking he had made a mistake and that Lin Yun was about to summon that flaming monster to have a chat with him.

"This is for you."

"Eh?" The Draconic Beastman looked at the crystal disk in Lin Yun's hand and didn't know if he should reach out or not…

"Stop with your eh…" Lin Yun's expression darkened, 'That Beastman is so annoying, he is close to a Sword Saint in terms of strength, but he has the same courage as a rabbit…' He then said, "Take it if I'm giving it to you, stop being foolish, or do you need me to have Syudos personally give it to you?"

"No need, no need…" Hearing Syudos' name, Xiuban was scared stiff on the spot. He didn't wait for Lin Yun to urge him and reached out to receive that crystal disk.

"Really…" Lin Yun said, a bit annoyed. He unhappily looked at Xiuban, but didn't want to explain to that gutless Beastman that the crystal disk he had given him was a treasure people could only yearn for in their dreams.

The Gaugass King left six magic inheritances behind, three Meditation Law Sets and three Magic Conducting Runes.

He just gave Xiuban one of the three Meditation Law Sets, the only one that doesn't require meditation to gather mana, the Soul of the Ancient Tree.

This was a Meditation Law Set from the Nesser Dynasty, it was created by a powerful pure-blooded Elf in order to nurture his Ancient Tree Legion.

The Soul of the Ancient Tree had a total of eight formulas, it was the most simple of the Meditation Law Sets left behind and the least powerful one.

But the Soul of the Ancient Tree had one advantage, as long as the one practicing it was under the sunlight, they could automatically gather mana, undergoing photosynthesis like plants.

This was also something Lin Yun came up with after thinking for a while, Draconic Beastmen were gifted in the path of magic but they couldn't meditate.

Only the Soul of the Ancient Tree which didn't require meditation was suitable for Xiuban.

Moreover, the Soul of the Ancient Tree was rare and was a Meditation Law Set specialized in strengthening one's body. In the Nesser Dynasty, the Ancient Tree Legion was always charging at the front line. They were like armored carriage charging through the battlefield, weapons and spells brought little injuries to them. They would become impregnable forts on the battlefield.

It was extremely suitable for the Draconic Beastman.

Lin Yun had some high expectations.

After the Draconic Beastman mastered the Soul of the Ancient Tree, with the heavy Carnage in hand, he would cause landslides with a single blow and his body would be as hard as a diamond. What would he look like when he charges on the battlefield?

After finishing up with him, Lin Yun turned towards William.

"Cousin William, how come you guys are here, what happened exactly?" Lin Yun was still puzzled, he remembered that the situation in the Line Canyon was very chaotic two months ago, there was a beast tide and the Incarnation of the Desolate Overlord.

"The situation was very chaotic. The three mercenary groups' people were scattered by the beast tide while the Desolate Overlord chased after Weiss, completely ignoring us. Vice Leader Delson suggested to find a place to hide and we found a cave besides a stone wall in which the few of us hid in. Oh right, in the end, Solan followed us…"

"We went deeper inside the cave and found out that it wasn't as simple as we had imagined. We kept walking, but couldn't see the end, so we understood that this cave was leading underground and was a naturally formed karst cave. Ultimately, we discovered a hovering place chained down to the ground by huge chains. We went in and found out that everything looked similar, just like a maze. From time to time we would see some alchemy array, but in short, it was extremely troublesome. In a room we found a passage leading down and followed it, and we arrived here…"

William thought for a while before deciding to add some important information. He glanced at Solan and said, "Cousin Mafa, you noticed the strange part about Solan? After entering the palace, he inexplicably disappeared and we only met him again half a month ago. At that time, we discovered with shock that within half a month, he advanced from 2nd Rank Archmage to 5th Rank Archmage…"

Lin Yun nodded but didn't say anything. He frowned and tried to digest the information William had supplemented. William's group went through a cave and explored an underground palace. Lin Yun could basically confirm that the palace William and the others explored was a different one, because it was less dangerous, it only had some arrays.

'It looks like there is more than one palace in the Line Canyon…'

As he thought about this, Lin Yun secretly observed Solan. Even though he had a strange feeling earlier, he was still startled when he heard William's explanation about Solan's power up.

'Could he really have gotten some benefits in the time he was missing?'

'Otherwise, how could he have advanced so much in half a month?'

'This could only be explained by a stroke of luck…'

"Solan is a complete bastard…" William's gloomy voice echoed besides Lin Yun's ear, "After becoming a 5th Rank Archmage, he became so self-satisfied that he used his power to threaten us to take turns and find a path ahead. It reached the point where the few of us got injured on the way. Cousin Mafa, you have to be careful around Solan, he is very troublesome now…"

Lin Yun's expression became heavy when he heard this, he slightly nodded and walked to the corner where the idle Solan was and said with a frown, "You already reached this place, you can no longer order them. If you want to follow us, then follow, and no one will stop you if you wish you leave."

Everyone present, including William, watched Lin Yun and Solan's discussion while shivering, afraid a battle would occur between the two.

It would have been fine if it was the previous Solan.

They had clearly seen Solan attacking Lin Yun in the Line Canyon, and ending up seriously injured. Had it not been for Weiss' timely appearance, he would have long lost his life.

This group had no place for two leaders.

Everyone felt that Solan who had a huge increase in strength and was currently overconfident would take advantage of the situation to retaliate against Lin Yun, or simply leave.

But, contrary to everyone's expectations, Solan did something unpredictable after hearing Lin Yun's words, he softly nodded and said, "Mafa Merlin, with your insight, you should have detected that this place is full of danger. We could be hit by a disaster if we are careless. I have a good understanding of your strength, but it might be hard with only you. It would be better if we cooperated, after all, I'm a 5th Rank Archmage now…"

"Cooperate then…" Lin Yun nodded after thinking about it. Maybe only Solan and him knew some things about this place's secrets and knew how dangerous this place was.

To be honest, he wasn't surprised by Solan asking to cooperate.

Soon, the two reached an agreement. The terms were simple, before they left this place, they would peacefully interact and cooperate when meeting unknown danger.

Although he agreed to cooperate with Solan, this didn't mean Lin Yun trusted him. After all, two months ago, Solan had been defeated in front of an audience and almost killed… But now, there was no trace of hatred in Solan's eyes, showing how much he could endure.

A barking dog isn't frightening, but an unpredictable silent dog was very terrifying.

Then, Lin Yun studied the 11th floor of the magic tower. It was a very spacious hall with no facilities. In front of the group was a shut door from which faint mana fluctuations could be felt escaping. That entrance was sealed with an array. In the corner of the room was the staircase leading to the 12th floor.

The only choice was to go through that door.

"High Mage Merlin, the array on that door is very strange, I've never seen it before… Due to cautiousness, we haven't touched it after coming in, what should we do now?" Delson came to Lin Yun's side and pointed at the entrance as he talked.

"Oh?"

Lin Yun immediately followed Delson's sight, and just as Delson said, he got a strange feeling from the array on the door. He moved over and observed that strange array. Ten minutes later, Lin Yun smiled, "This is only a smokescreen, it's specially used to confuse people.."

Although that strange array looked complicated, it was nothing more than a decoration…

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Chapter 401: Ten

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Lin Yun's alchemy knowledge transcended this era. Just by looking at it for a moment, Lin Yun had been able to discover a flaw in the array and confirmed it with the Magic Array's calculations.

That array existed only to scare people.

A peak Master Alchemist like Karon might be able to find the flaw in the array pretty fast, but he would need at least a few days to come to this conclusion.

"No way…"

Delson looked at Lin Yun with shock, he didn't dare believe that the array that had been stumping them for a few days would be described as a smokescreen by the young mage.

He knew of the young mage's power, but that was something completely unrelated to alchemy knowledge. After all, alchemy knowledge was something that needed to be accumulated overtime, and the youth in front of him was in his early twenties.

'Even if he had some understanding of alchemy, he should at most be a Great Alchemist…'

In their group, Olaro was a Master Alchemist, and even he could not understand the array. So how could Mafa Merlin?

Naturally, Delson wasn't foolish enough to directly question Lin Yun's words.

After hesitating, Delson said, "How about we keep studying the array?"

"Studying? Hey, Sir Delson, did you not hear what my cousin said? That array is fake, it's used to fool people…"

William rolled his eyes, feeling disinclined to look at Delson. He felt before that Vice Leader Delson was a decent person and had taken good care of them over the last two months. But for some reason, the more William looked at him, the more he felt that Vice Leader Delson wasn't very pleasing to the eye.

'To keep studying the array means that he didn't believe Cousin Mafa's words…'

'How could Cousin Mafa be wrong…'

'If even Cousin Mafa is wrong, then you guys would have to spend a hundred years researching this array!'

'Moreover, has Cousin Mafa ever been wrong?'

William didn't hesitate and rushed towards the door, his magic staff flickering with a bright light as he Insta-cast a Frost Spike towards the array. Nothing happened to the array after a few seconds and William immediately said with a laugh, "Sir Delson, Cousin Mafa was ri…"

But, before William could finish his sentence, a small change appeared. The originally still entrance suddenly shook. At the same time, low cracking sounds could be heard.

These sounds came from the entrance!

Everyone was startled, holding their breath while attentively watching the entrance, afraid of some powerful existence coming out.

"Cousin Mafa, what, what… What's going on?" William was also startled, he looked at Lin Yun in disbelief, 'Did Cousin Mafa really make a mistake? This is clearly impossible…'

"It had nothing to do with the array…" Lin Yun knew what he was thinking and shook his head. Just as he finished speaking, the tightly shut entrance was opened with great power. They all looked at what was on the other side of the door, there were ten paths!

But the most important part was the group of puppets coming from the other side of the door.

A total of ten puppets, all Battlemage Models. They were all wearing plate armor and holding a spear, but the power of these puppets was uneven. The strongest two were comparable to 5th Rank Archmages! And four others weren't much weaker, comparable to 2nd and 3rd Rank Archmages. As for the remaining few, their power was below the Archmage realm.

It took an instant for the ten puppets to reach them and start attacking.

There was no probing, they instantly launched a fierce offensive. These Battlemage Model Puppets were waving their crystalline spears while releasing the spells enchanted on their bodies. The hall sank into chaos in an instant, and the elements were roused to their peak.

Battlemage Model Puppets were hard to handle, their frames were built out of Gold Essence and was incredibly hard. Moreover, they had ten or more defensive buffs enchanted on their bodies. Tier 1 and Tier 2 spells simply had no effect on their bodies.

Solan Monchi was currently fighting one of the puppets, it was actually one of the two most powerful puppets whose might was even comparable to a 5th Rank Archmage. He was facing its fierce body, accurate and powerful spear attacks, as well as the spells that kept appearing one after the other. Under such circumstances, Solan was strangely able to cast at ease.

He had already became a 5th Rank Archmage a while ago…

At the start of the battle, Solan had been struggling because he was unfamiliar with his power. Even if he went all-out, he couldn't injure a puppet.

But, as the battle continued, his control over his power became more and more refined.

After twenty minutes of fighting, Solan had gained the upper hand and one powerful spell after the other exploded on the puppet's body, "rumbling" sounds constantly echoing. A large part of the puppet's Gold Essence's frame had been dented around the chest, and every other part of its body had suffered some damage.

All in all, Solan Monchi's robe had barely been touched by dust, there was no trace of him being injured. It had to be said, Solan Monchi truly had the power of a 5th Rank Archmage.

Another high tier spell accurately exploded on the body of the puppet followed by some Gold Essence being broken off. The body of the puppet was a bit sluggish, but the spear it waved and the enchanted spells it cast towards Solan were still as fierce.

In ten minutes, at most, Solan should able to finish his battle.

Solan took the time to glance around and checked Lin Yun's location. He discovered that the puppet the other side was fighting was still intact, which made Solan squint.

At the start of the battle, everyone knew which puppet they should handle, Solan and Lin Yun chose the two most powerful, while the higher-ups of the three mercenary groups, Dean, Delson, Olaro, and Rolf, chose to battle the other four Archmage-rank puppets. As for the remaining four, they were divided between the three Merlin Cousins and Xiuban. Was it a coincidence that ten puppets came out to face ten people?

After glancing at Lin Yun a few times, Solan secretly shook his head. He suddenly regretted cooperating with Lin Yun, Lin Yun didn't seem as strong as he imagined.

'He can't even handle a puppet…'

He saw Mafa Merlin display power comparable to a 4th Rank Archmage, but that was all, he wasn't comparable to himself. Solan already planned on killing Lin Yun after leaving this place.

Lin Yun who was focused on disassembling the puppet's components naturally hadn't noticed Solan's strange gaze. Battlemage Model Puppets were very strong puppets. Instantly dismantling, or severing the mana source or mana circuits became extremely hard when faced with this puppet comparable to a 5th Rank Archmage.

It wasn't that he didn't understand the structure of the Battlemage Model Puppet, but rather, that puppet had four or five Haste enchantments on his body, making this puppet extraordinarily fast. Even when Lin Yun raised his speed to his limits, even with his disassembling speed, it was very hard to sever the mana circuits.

Thus, this deadlock lasted twenty minutes

If he used his power on that puppet, he wouldn't be able to avoid damaging its structure. In this era, Battlemage Model Puppets weren't easy to find…

In these twenty minutes, Lin Yun dismantled many parts, which had great use to him. The puppet he had found in the Bone Plane had already been restored and wasn't weak, it could walk unhindered in the Bone Plane. After getting parts, he could use them to upgrade that puppet. Lin Yun was certain that the power of that puppet would reach a whole new level.

After disassembling one component after the other, the outer layer of the mana source was soon revealed and the puppet's speed was clearly a few times slower. Lin Yun cast Haste on himself and raised his speed to his limits before instantly arriving behind the puppet. He softly moved his hand and the puppet remained rooted on the spot, motionless.

The puppet then collapsed into a pile of components.

Solan's battle also reached its end, a High Tier Spell exploded on the puppet and sent it flying. It stood up, but what awaited it was a flood of spells. But Solan also noticed the end of Lin Yun's battle. He was looking at Lin Yun as if he was a monster.

Lin Yun crouched down and took out a specific thing. This was the most useful part of the puppet, the mechanical system which supported the puppet's fighting. It could also be said to be the core of the puppet. He intended to use this mechanical system to remodel the Bone Plane's puppet. If nothing unexpected happened, after being remodeled, he would have an obedient level 30 puppet.

The speed at which he would amass Soul Fires would be raised four to five times.

After Lin Yun and Solan finished their battles, they went to help the others and quickly put an end to this fight. Then, everyone's eyes fell onto those paths, suspicious expressions on their faces.

'Strange, too strange…'

'This definitely isn't a coincidence…'

'The mercenary groups' side amounts to four people, the Merlin Family side plus one Beastman amounts to five, when Solan is added on top, we just happen to have ten people…'

'Ten people, ten puppets, ten paths…'

'This…'

Lin Yun tightly stared at the paths, but didn't say anything. He had a strange feeling earlier, as if a mysterious force, or existence, had discovered them and arranged everything. But, this was too inconceivable…

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What force, or who, could control the magic tower?

"This place is very strange, if you are not careful, you'll encounter danger. I recommend staying grouped…" Solan said in a deep voice. After saying that, he looked at Lin Yun, waiting for his answer.

"Sir Solan, you are right, but there are ten paths. If everyone explore one path together, how long will it take until we find the real path?" Lin Yun softly added, "Divide and conquer…"

After Lin Yun was done speaking, everyone apart from Solan nodded. Although Solan's suggestion was safe, if they explored each path one by one, when would they find the real one?

They had ten people and there were ten paths.

Solan had a solemn expression, but he didn't say anything else.

"Then, let's do as High Mage Merlin suggest, let's split up…" Delson nodded with a heavy expression, before taking out ten purple crystals from his pocket. He gave one to everyone and said, "If you find the way, use the crystal in your hand to tell everyone the news"

"Whispering Crystal…"

Lin Yun knew that this was a high grade advanced item produced by the Crystal Workshop. It was usually used to transmit information even when separated by thousands of kilometers. But the Whispering Crystal's transmission function was a bit unstable.

The Crystal Workshop was Noscent's peak alchemy workshop, its headquarters was in the Odin Kingdom and they had branches almost everywhere in Noscent. Even the test tubes and beakers Lin Yun used in his alchemy workshop in Thousand Sails City came from the Crystal Workshop. But Thousand Sails City was too small, the Crystal Workshop wasn't willing to establish a branch there. It was mainly because of that that the tools in his laboratory were severely outdated.

Everyone got a Whispering Crystal, and after spending some time to finalize the details, the ten people took different paths.

Lin Yun chose the leftmost path, but just as he took one step forward, a fierce spatial fluctuation almost ripped apart his entire body. When he opened his eyes again, the surroundings had changed, the ground had become sandy and the sky dusky. A blood red sun could be seen hanging in the sky, emitting heat and sunlight. Gusts of winds were whistling past, carrying around the sand, and the air was extremely dry.

This scene shocked Lin Yun!

This was a desolate desert…

"Fuck!"

Lin Yun subconsciously cursed. A cold feeling suddenly rose up from his feet to his head. He was certain that this place was completely different from the magic tower. 'I just stepped on a path, how come I suddenly ended up in a desert? Damn it.'

He just realized how evil Luo Ning's magic tower was.

He had observed the path carefully before stepping on it, he had even used his Magic Array to analyze it, and even so, he didn't find anything wrong. Up until he took that step and the spatial fluctuations submerged him. Now that he thought about it, he had been careless.

He turned and cast a probing spell, but found out with disappointment that there was no teleportation or transmission array here.

He was very suspicious.

'What the hell was that…'

'There is no way I appeared here randomly…'

A bit over ten minutes later, Lin Yun had yet to discover anything. He softly moved and carefully walked in this weird desert. He was suffering from the sun's rays shining over various corners of the desert, and sweat soaked his robe before evaporating due to the heat.

Soon, Lin Yun found out that this extraordinary desert was exceptionally large, so large that it felt boundless. He walked for half an hour without seeing a building or a living creature. He could only see desolation.

At this time, the Whispering Crystal in his hand suddenly shone. He looked at it and found out that it was Leon's message. He immediately poured mana into it and heard an intermittent voice transmitted from the Whispering Crystal, "Where are you guys? I'm really unlucky, I inexplicably ended up in the Pale Plane…"

'Pale Plane…'

Lin Yun was suddenly startled, 'What's going on, Leon entered a path just like me, how could he be in the Pale Plane…'

'Where am I?'

'Some place in Noscent? Or a plane?'

Lin Yun still couldn't figure it out.

He needed to find more clues to solve the mystery that was bothering him…

At this time, Lin Yun noticed something in the scalding sand. A very low rustling sound which was soon followed by a python's head rushing out of the sand, its maws wide open. That python head was as thick as a bucket and was leaking a fishy smell.

When the python's body came out of the sand, Lin Yun was able to see its full shape. The python was ten meters long, and a light blue light was flickering on its body, like a runic pattern. It was frighteningly fast, it was able to cross a dozen meters in an instant. When that fierce head reached Lin Yun, the sharp fangs flickered with a cold light under the sunlight before rushing towards Lin Yun's head.

Lin Yun didn't wait to become the python's tasty snack and instead cast a powerful Flame Burst. With a rumble, that python let out a mournful cry as it was sent back a dozen meters by Lin Yun's Flame Burst. A head-sized scar could now be seen on the python's sleek body, it was the mark left behind by the Flame Burst and deep red blood was slowly leaking out of it.

Lin Yun frowned. He had a serious expression as he looked at the python, 'Where is this place for such powerful magic beasts to appear?' In that short battle, he clearly assessed the python's level, it was level 33.

The only lifeform he encountered since coming to this desert was this python, yet that python's level was a bit too high…

In the most dangerous part of the Tulan Mountain ranges, only a few magic beasts surpassed level 33. The hovering palace supposedly built by Emperor Zhantui was also a dangerous place, yet no magic beast surpassed level 33.

He really couldn't pinpoint the location of that desert, 'What kind of dangerous place is this, how come the first creature I encounter is level 33?'

If it was the previous him, he might have some issue surviving in this desert. Fortunately, he had established his Core Meditation Law Sets not long ago. If not for this, killing a level 33 magic beast would require him to spend some effort and a few Flame Bursts might not necessarily kill it.

But it was different now.

The blue light flickered on the python's body. That runic-like pattern on the python's body seemed to be giving it magic resistance, otherwise, that Flame Burst would have grievously wounded it.

After all, the current Lin Yun had fused three Meditation Law Sets, two of which were made up of sixteen formulas. It was no exaggeration to say that they were the best Meditation Law Sets in Noscent History. Moreover, he had reached 5th Rank High Mage, his casting speed, casting accuracy, and casting power had increased, and not just by a little bit.

The difference between his current strength and his strength two months ago could only be compared to the difference between heaven and earth, he was at least ten times stronger.

A ghostly silhouette flashed over as the python spat out its tongue, a fishy smell spreading all over as lights flickered in the ferocious eyes that were locked onto Lin Yun. With a very fast speed, it instantly reached Lin Yun and fiercely attacked.

Lin Yun remained unmoved. He softly shook his magic staff and another Flame Burst was cast, exploding on the python once again, followed by another miserable shriek. But Lin Yun didn't plan to stop this time, his magic staff kept flickering as Flame Bursts kept exploding.

3rd…

4th…

5th…

Lin Yun stopped after casting the 5th Flame Burst since the level 33 python had already reached its limits. Its entire body was covered in burn scars. It didn't let out any sound as it fell on the sand.

This level 33 python only endured five Flame Burst before it died….

After confirming the Python's death, Lin Yun cautiously moved over. He intended to take the spirit mana crystal, but walking on this scalding sand gave him an uneasy feeling. Just as he was about to take the mana crystal, the sandy ground shook.

'There is something underground…'

Lin Yun was suddenly startled and immediately cast Haste on himself to flee at top speed. He had been alert ever since he came to this desert, his Magic Array always revolving, yet, something appeared below him and he couldn't sense it.

This was a bit scary…

When Weiss, a Representative of the Black Tower and master of the Wind Element, had been hiding with Wind Elemental Incarnation, Lin Yun still managed to find him with the Magic Array, and that was when he was still a 2nd Rank High Mage.

He was now ten times stronger, yet the Magic Array hadn't been able to sense this underground lifeform.

"Rumble!"

A loud sound echoed as a magic beast whose head was a few meters tall emerged where Lin Yun had just been. The head that surged from underground swallowed the entire python whole, before the two dark red eyes stared at Lin Yun, not far from there.

'Sand Beast… It's really a Sand Beast, how could this be!'

Lin Yun almost went crazy, he was looking at that magic beast in disbelief. It was the first time Lin Yun lost it since he came to this era.

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Lin Yun lost it not because of the power of the Sand Beast.

But rather, because the Sand Beast didn't belong to this era.

A chill instantly spread through his whole body, cold sweat soaking his robe and dripping down his forehead.

'Ho-how… How could it be? Sand Beasts shouldn't exist in this era!'

After all, Sand Beasts appeared one after the other in Noscent at the end of the Magic Era. Once the mana was getting exhausted, Noscent was slowly moving towards its end. Countless powerful godlike mages fell one after the other, countless magic beasts went extinct. In all of Noscent, most areas had turned into deserts, and at that time, Sand Beasts were one of a small number of magic beasts. They lived under the desert and especially attacked humans…

Lin Yun had learnt the power of Sand Beasts back then. Sometimes, he would spend several days in the scalding desert to extract a bit more mana from the atmosphere, meditating without stopping. Just to disassemble puppet parts, he would spend ten days to half a month walking in the desert, and Sand Beasts were undoubtedly the greatest danger the desert had to offer.

Even someone as cautious as him had narrowly dodged the maws of Sand Beasts several times. Now, seeing the Sand Beast once again, those memories all floated back to his mind. He couldn't get rid of them, because the Sand Beasts had reaped the lives of countless mages at the end of the Magic Era. To someone of that era, Sand Beasts represented death.

A gust of wind whistled past, and suddenly, that Sand Beast rushed towards Lin Yun.

Sand Beasts were able to survive in Noscent at that time because they were relying on their fierce bodies. They couldn't use magic and didn't need to absorb mana. They could remain alive as long as they were nourished with flesh. When the Nether Storm came, they still remained, staying hidden underground.

Lin Yun now understood why he had been unable to detect the Sand Beast. Because Sand Beasts spent their entire lifetimes hidden in the desert, their aura was the same as the desert's. And Sand Beasts relied on their fierce bodies, not having a wisp of mana, so no wonder the Magic Array didn't sense any…

The Sand Beast pounced at Lin Yun like a gust of wind.

At this time, Lin Yun maintained his composure. He raised his hand and put a Mana Shield in front of him. At the same time, he Instant Cast three Frost Spikes, which flew towards the Sand Beast with a freezing aura. But only three "Cling" sounds echoed as the three Frost Spikes didn't even put a scratch on the Sand Beast.

In fact, Lin Yun had very little combat experience against Sand Beasts in direct confrontations, because during that era, Noscent's mana was exhausted and mages had very little mana. They would use it to survive, and no one was willing to use mana unless it was at a critical juncture.

But Lin Yun clearly understood the characteristics of Sand Beasts. Powerful bodies, no understanding of magic; it was this simple.

The three Frost Spikes were only probing attacks. That Sand Beast was roughly level 35, but in the desert, it was like a fish in water, the power it had there was closer to level 36 and was similar to the Lesser Flame Overlord they had met before.

It might have been difficult for the previous Lin Yun to handle a Sand Beast of that level.

"Rumble!"

A Flame Burst was cast. Lin Yun's strength could only be rated as frightening when he went all out. A few Flame Bursts were enough to drown the Sand Beast in a sea of fire.

The might of Flame Burst never disappointed Lin Yun.

Even the Sand Beast, with its powerful body, could only let out two roars as blood dripped out of a sinister wound and fell on the desert before instantly evaporating.

By relying on Levitation, Lin Yun was able to hover in midair. Seemingly not wanting to lose the initiative, Lin Yun started recklessly expending his mana as one Flame Burst after the other was cast at the Sand Beast. A short twenty seconds later, close to a hundred Flame Bursts had fallen down on the Sand Beast like rain.

This was his first time going all-out ever since his strength greatly increased. This casting speed was something out of his range before. A rain of hundred Flame Bursts in twenty seconds was really terrifying.

Each Flame Burst created a fierce explosion when it landed, lacerating the flesh of that Sand Beast. It kept roaring, but it couldn't do anything. It took so much damage that it even lost the ability to dash back into the sand to flee.

The vitality of Sand Beasts was extremely robust, at the top among magic beasts. Even when suffering from very serious injuries, they still wouldn't die and could recover after some rest. Naturally, few Sand Beasts had been killed by humans during the end of the magic era.

Following the final Flame Burst, that tenacious Sand Beast let out an unwilling roar. Those two dark red eyes thoroughly dimming. With a rumble, the Sand Beast heavily fell on the ground, spreading a cloud of sand around.

After the Sand Beast's death, Lin Yun didn't even look at it. He stood there pondering over his location. 'Sand Beasts in a desert, dusky sky, blood-red sun, as well as that faint Void Storm aura…

In fact, ever since he arrived at this desert, Lin Yun felt that this place was very similar to his memories of the end of the Magic Era. It was almost a perfect copy, and he hadn't been able to confirm this feeling before the Sand Beast appeared.

Now, seemed that everything here was an illusion based on his memory. It was a simulation based on his own memories of the end of the Magic Era.

The only explanation for this was that this was an illusion and everything was fake.

The fact that Leon was in the Pale Plane confirmed his conjecture. Leon was in the deepest area of the Plane Plane.

Lin Yun chanted an incantation, casting True Sight, the 3rd Tier spell known for seeing through all lies and illusions. Lin Yun's eyes suddenly flashed with radiance, but his surroundings didn't change. The dusky sky, the crimson sun, the endless desert, and the scalding sand, everything remained the same.

The result of the detection contradicted his conjecture.

Lin Yun was clearly dumbstruck. He suppressed the shock in his heart and came to the conclusion that the person who arranged this was extremely brilliant. He had arranged a place that was different from the real world but couldn't be seen through with True Sight.

'Heiss City! Yes, there should still be Heiss City…'

Heiss City was a city built by the mages when they realized that mana was slowly being exhausted during the end of the Magic Era.

'As long as I can find Heiss City, I can confirm that this is an illusion and not the real world.'

Lin Yun cast a guiding spell to follow the path to Heiss City he remembered and walked on the scalding sand the entire way.

During the ten days of walking, Lin Yun encountered many magic beasts, with no lack of powerful Sand Beasts. After dealing with them, he finally reached Heiss City.

Heiss City was exactly the same as he remembered. Although it looked magnificent, such a great city was desolate… There was no sign of life. Seeing Heiss City once again made Lin Yun reminisce like an old man. After all, he had once lived there for twenty years. He had watched as many mages had nervous breakdowns one by one due to the environment and left Heiss City, never to come back.

Lin Yun sighed, feeling a lot of emotions.

He walked with heavy steps as he entered Heiss City. He was very familiar with everything here and was observing all the buildings.

He walked aimlessly through that deathly silent street, wandering around randomly. Every time he saw something he remembered, his mind would return to that time when the world shook and darkened, when the buildings collapsed, when there were still people struggling to survive.

There was no one in this illusion apart from Lin Yun. Lin Yun was the only one walking in this desolate city.

After walking for a while, Lin Yun suddenly stopped and looked up, only to see the biggest building in Heiss. The crystallization of Noscent's civilization, the Shelter Tower!

The Shelter Tower was built at the peak of the magic era. The peak forces of Noscent had gathered, and countless alchemists participated, including several Saint Alchemists, and many Artisans and Master Alchemists. They took several hundred years to build this unprecedented structure.

The most shocking part was that the blueprint of Shelter Tower far surpassed the peak of the Magic Era. Even those Saint Alchemists could only exclaim in surprise at how exquisite the blueprint was. It could only be described as a masterpiece, and one of the Sword Saints who participated in the construction left a note in the decaying library.

It said that participating in the construction of the Heiss Tower was the proudest thing he ever did in his entire life.

But there were no relevant records mentioning the person who presided over the construction of the Shelter Tower. It felt as if that person never appeared in Noscent, as if no trace of his existence could be seen.

But there had been such a person… Someone had taken out the blueprint of the Shelter Tower and had overseen the entire construction of the Shelter Tower, but no one mentioned him afterwards.

Lin Yun stared at the huge building in front of him. It was left behind after the peak of the magic era and protected Noscent for a few millennia as Noscent's mana was getting exhausted and the world was facing its end. It managed to delay it up until the last wisp of mana was exhausted and the entire world sank in the darkness.

The Shelter Tower seemed ordinary, but it was engraved with the most advanced arrays. Even if Lin Yun could break True Spirit arrays, he couldn't see through these arrays. The magic materials that the Shelter Tower had been constructed from were the most precious materials in Noscent's history. Even 30,000 years ago, in the era of endless resources, it was very difficult to find those magic materials.

The emergence of the Shelter Tower completely exhausted the magic materials of the peak Magic Era.

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Chapter 404: Behind the Illusion

Translator: Shiraishi Editor: TheAlliance

Lin Yun entered the Shelter Tower and discovered that the spiralling staircase was spotless. He followed the stairs up and walked for over half an hour before reaching the top floor of the Shelter Tower. He never truly entered the Shelter Tower during the end of the magic era. During that era, the mages struggling at death's door believed that entering the Shelter Tower was blasphemy and wasn't allowed.

After reaching the top floor, Lin Yun discovered that this place wasn't empty, but rather had a tightly shut room. He walked over and softly pushed the door. The door wasn't locked and slowly opened, letting Lin Yun see what was on the other side.

This was a very spacious room, and after entering, Lin Yun shockingly discovered small arrays inscribed in a spotlessly white wall. It looked just like the control room of a magic ship. In Yun hadn't come into contact with many magic ships, as those had been abandoned when Noscent's mana became exhausted. Without the support of mana, magic ships were nothing more than piles of junk. Lin Yun only studied them for a bit.

Thus, he had been able to associate this room with the control room of a magic ship. He walked to the wall and studied the countless runes making up the arrays. The techniques used in this array far surpassed his understanding, it surpassed the understanding of all of Noscent's magic civilization.

But, most of the arrays were dimmed, meaning that they weren't supplied with mana. There was only one array operating. Lin Yun approached and checked it out. Although he couldn't see through these profound arrays, he could still see that this part of the array played a role in the Shelter Tower affecting Noscent.

He was deeply shocked. All the mages of the end of the magic era, including him, had thought that the Shelter Tower was used to protect Noscent.

But it now seemed like this wasn't the case…

If it was just used to protect Noscent, then what about the arrays that weren't working? About 90% of the arrays weren't active… This showed that just protecting Noscent wasn't the Shelter Tower's only function. It was far more mysterious than he had thought.

The purpose behind the construction of the Shelter Tower was worth thinking over. After all, the most precious magic materials had been exhausted to build such a huge structure.

Its purpose wasn't as simple as just protecting Noscent. It was extremely possible that it was something like a magic ship that transcended the entire magic civilization.

Naturally, these were only conjectures, and the truth had yet to be discovered…

After leaving the Shelter Tower, Lin Yun went to the spacious decaying library. At the end of the magic era, he spent most of his time in the decaying library. The books here recorded all of Noscent's history, as well as the magic knowledge of the peak of the Magic Era. Those powerful godlike mages left behind the crystallization of their experiences and knowledge.

These books also accompanied Lin Yun for over twenty years.

He reached out to pick up a book with a black cover and gently patted the dust off it. This was a book left behind by a Heaven Rank Mage, recording his knowledge and experience. Lin Yun had been an amateur in the path of magic back then, and that book had been leisure reading material. After opening it again, Lin Yun finally found out how valuable the magic knowledge and experience of a Heaven Mage was…

Only rustling sounds could be heard echoing from time to time in the peaceful library, caused by Lin Yun turning the pages of the book. He didn't know how long he was there before he closed the book and put it back in its place. He then picked up a thick stack of books and went to a wooden table and devoted himself to reading.

Lin Yun completely neglected the passage of time, seemingly never growing tired of going through books and even taking out a quill and a piece of paper to make some calculations from time to time.

He had long been accustomed to this lifestyle, just like in the two decades he spent at the end of the Magic Era. Had it been someone else, they would have gone crazy if they tried to read all this.

During this time, he sorted out the information here and greatly benefitted.

The pieces of paper on the wooden table had long since turned into a pile due to him calculating a large quantity of formulas.

Lin Yun carefully closed a book and put it back in its original place before returning to the wooden table, frowning in deep contemplation. Many of the difficult problems that had been perplexing him had been solved, and his understanding of magic had taken a few steps forward.

At this time, the Whispering Crystal in his pocket suddenly shone, and after a quick look, he saw that he had received some news from Leon. He poured mana into the crystal and Leon's voice came out. "How is it over there? There is no danger for me at the moment, but after continuously fighting in the Pale Plane, I already fused my nine Arcane Rings and became a genuine 7th Rank High Mage, and even an 8th Rank High Mage might not necessarily be my opponent…"

After receiving this news from Leon, Lin Yun's frown accentuated. Ever since he knew that this was an illusion, he had been wondering… For what purpose were these illusions set up?

Was it to trap them? Or kill them?

No, there was no need to do that much for that… Lin Yun already had a strange feeling when the puppets appeared. There weren't many of them, only ten, and although they were powerful, they definitely weren't dangerous enough.

Then there were ten paths… The person arranging this clearly wanted to split them up and send them into the flawless illusions. There was no danger they couldn't have expected in the illusions, and instead, Leon and Lin Yun had both gained some benefits while exploring them.

Had Lin Yun not come to this illusion, he wouldn't have been able to return to the decaying library, and he wouldn't have been able to revisit the things he hadn't been able to clearly understand before. The magic knowledge he had learnt this time was extremely advanced. Had he not come, he would have had to spend a few decades without necessarily ever gaining understanding of this.

Leon Merlin also obtained a lot of benefits. After all, the Arcane Ring was a magic inheritance from the Gaugass King and was a top-class Magic Conducting Rune. Fusing nine Magic Conducting Runes wasn't something that could be done in a short period of time. Yet, Leon had been in the Pale Plane for such a short time and unexpectedly fused them. This was undoubtedly a shortcut which had saved him at least one or two years.

Thinking about it, an absurd thought popped into Lin Yun's head. 'This illusion… shouldn't be to help us raise our strength, right?'

He shook his head. He couldn't be certain with only that amount of information. He touched the Whispering Crystal and poured some mana within, calling out to William, Ross, and Xiuban. After doing that, he cautiously put the Whispering Crystal on the table and waited.

It could be said that Whispering Crystals were the most advanced communication tool in Noscent. They could receive information from thousands of kilometers away, but the stability was very bad. After waiting for a while, the Whispering Crystal flashed with a purple light. Lin Yun picked it up and saw that it was Ross contacting him. "Cousin Mafa, this is too inconceivable, you know what strange thing is happening to me? After I set foot on that path, I inexplicably landed in the Raging Flame Plane…

"I didn't have much time to think about it before Stan Watson shockingly appeared before me, startling me. Didn't you already get rid of Stan Watson? I then fought him, but nothing could be done about it… He has a few ranks on me, he is a lot more powerful. It didn't take long before he defeated me. But, the freakish thing is that after being defeated, I actually went back re-experienced the scene of encountering Stan Watson again.

"Every time I'm defeated, I appear there once again, collapsing time and time again… Fortunately, I always gain some new understanding between every fight, greatly increasing my power. I'm already a 7th Rank High Mage. Oh, I don't have time to talk any more, that bastard Stan Watson is there again…"

Ross' transmission abruptly stopped. Lin Yun was a bit amazed. Although he already knew that Ross was also in an illusion, he definitely hadn't expected this kind of outcome. Every time he failed, he would start over again. This was freakish…

Lin Yun clearly remembered that Ross was a 5th Rank High Mage before entering the illusion. It hadn't been long, yet he was now already a 7th Rank High Mage…

This kind of progress could only be described as advancing by leaps and bounds.

Lin Yun scratched his cheek. It seemed that his conjecture was right. There was no danger in this illusion. It was actually helping people increase their power. The only thing was… How could they leave the illusion?

After waiting for a while, he didn't receive any news from William and Xiuban. He thought that the Whispering Crystal had failed the send the message, since it wasn't stable after all. Just as he wanted to put the crystal away, a purple light flashed from it. It was news from Xiuban. After pouring mana in, the Draconic Beastman's lazy voice echoed.

"Sir Merlin, why are you looking for me?"

It was only a short sentence, but it made Lin Yun's expression darken. How could Lin Yun not guess from Xiuban's tone that the latter had just woken up?

'Fuck, he was actually sleeping… How come that bastard still thinks of sleeping at a time like this…'

"Where are you now?"

Lin Yun poured mana into the crystal and transmitted a short message to the Draconic Beastman. Soon, the purple light flashed once again, and after pouring more mana in, the voice of the Draconic Beastman echoed once more. But this time, it no longer had the lazy tone, it was rather cautious this time.

"Sir Merlin, how could I know where this is… I, I'm only a Highland Beastman. Sir, this place is too strange, I became very sleepy after coming here and for some inexplicable reason, I fell asleep and just woke up. However, I seem to have become stronger, I should be… I should be a 9th Rank Swordsman now."

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Chapter 405: Sand Beast (2)

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Lin Yun's expression was very strange, but he didn't say much. He put away the Whispering Crystal and just remained seated, frowning. He was considering how he could leave the illusion.

He stayed in the illusion for a long time and kept an eye on the surroundings, but he didn't discover anything else about it.

'How did this come about…'

He was already certain that the person that arranged these illusions had no evil intent. This could be ascertained from the situations Ross, Leon, and Xiuban experienced. Not only was there no danger, but they were even gaining a lot of benefits.

But benefits were useless if they ended up trapped in the illusions forever.

'No… As long as it is an illusion, there should definitely be a way to crack it.'

Lin Yun was still pondering over this matter. He had first appeared in the desolate desert, and he hadn't discovered any arrays after a careful inspection.

The question was, how did he get in there?

Lin Yun's mind was restless at this moment. He was at the end of the Magic Era… From time to time, some fragmented memories appeared in his mind. Sometimes, he saw the scene of Noscent's destruction. Sometimes, he saw his dangerous experiences on the edge between life and death.

Perhaps the illusion would end with Noscent's demise… But when would that happen?

He didn't know when Noscent would be destroyed in this illusion… And if it was never destroyed, wouldn't he spend his life trapped here?

'This can't do…' Lin Yun massaged his temples. 'If that's the case, I might as well kill myself.'

But suddenly, Lin Yun's eyes shone as he recalled something. He got up and left the library without looking back. He crossed the deathly silent street and left Heiss City.

He actually recalled the first time he had danced with death. It was at the end of the Magic Era, before the world met its end, and it was the most frightening experience he had back then. He now wanted to try and see if he could get out of his current plight from that experience.

That time, he and thirty Mages travelled together to look for food outside Heiss City. Lin Yun, who had just come to the end of the Magic Era, clearly knew that travelling alone was very dangerous and that there was strength in numbers. Under the lead of more experienced people, the group didn't meet many dangers…. Up until they chose to take a different path to return to Heiss City. They were still thirty kilometers away from Heiss City when the group met a Sand Beast.

At the end of the Magic Era, Sand Beasts represented death…

Lin Yun hadn't thought too much of it at the time, since the group of thirty Mages was a huge force for that period. Let alone ordinary beasts, they could even handle Sand Beasts.

But… things didn't go according to his expectations.

That Sand Beast wasn't an ordinary Sand Beast. Its strength far exceeded Lin Yun's expectations. Two Mages ended up getting swallowed at the start of the battle, sending flesh and blood flying around. The group then fell into chaos. People cried for help and let out miserable shouts as the Sand Beast's fangs became drenched in blood.

Of the thirty Mages, Lin Yun was the only one that escaped this complete destruction.

Afterwards, the bloody scene remained in Lin Yun's mind. The Sand Beast even appeared in his nightmares for a few nights, with its bloody maw wide open as it leaked a bloodthirsty aura before pouncing on him. Every time he dreamt up to this point, he would wake up with a start, his body covered in sweat.

And the worst part was that these nightmares just wouldn't stop.

After leaving Heiss City, Lin Yun cast a guiding spell and followed the path from his memories, walking on the scalding sand in the direction he remembered.

The illusion should be shaped based on his memories. The desolate desert, the crimson sun, the dusky sky, Heiss City, Shelter Tower… These were the things he had a deep memory of. Since these things existed, that powerful Sand Beast should also exist.

He needed to kill that Sand Beast. Only in that way could he remove that sour memory, and perhaps get the opportunity to leave the illusion.

He absent-mindedly followed the path from his memory, feeling as if he had gone back to that time. The only difference was that he was alone now.

"Rustle…"

The shivering of a sandy area was caught by the Magic Array. It was so slight that even if one had their ear stuck to the sand, they wouldn't have noticed it. Only the almost omnipotent Magic Array could catch such a subtle movement. Lin Yun didn't act right away. He turned his head to look at the surroundings, and although he was still surrounded by the desolate desert, he had a familiar feeling.

He had come here once before.

Returning to this place many years later, countless memories flowed back.

Sure enough, his guess was accurate. The things he had a deep memory of were now in this illusion, and that powerful Sand Beast was no exception.

"Rumble!"

An earth-shattering sound echoed as the shivering sand was suddenly swept up. For a moment, countless specks of sand covered the sky. At the same time, a formidable, pitch-black figure emitted a frightening aura as it covered the sky. A sinister monster appeared in front of Lin Yun, and just like in his memories, it was extremely huge, its body looked like it was made out of armor plating, its fangs were extremely sharp, and its two dark, crimson irises were staring down at him.

In a flash, that terrifying aura covered Lin Yun, and he finally had the answer to something that had been puzzling him for all those years.

What level was the Sand Beast that annihilated an entire team of mages?

He had thought about it many times…

But he now understood. The Sand Beast had the power of a level 36…

In that era, a level 36 Sand Beast was an unkillable existence. After all, the mana had been exhausted and the powerful godlike mages had fallen. No Heaven Mages had appeared in Noscent for the past thousand years, and very few Archmages appeared. Who could kill a level 36 Sand Beast?

With a deep roar, the enormous Sand Beast moved its mountain-like body toward Lin Yun. The two sharp fangs were shining under the moonlight while the tips flickered. One look was enough for anyone to feel their blood run cold, especially when facing that armored-body, it was so hard that one would despair when their attacks failed to harm it.

The Sand Beast was extraordinarily fast, and it only took an instant to reach Lin Yun.

The pressure that the Sand Beast gave Lin Yun was not at all inferior to Black Tower's Weiss. Its long tail covered in sharp thorns tore through the air. It felt as if no defenses would be able to withstand it.

Lin Yun's magic staff was raised the moment the Sand Beast Beast rushed over, setting up a Mana Shield in front of him. The thorn-covered tail struck the Mana Shield heavily, letting out a loud sound. The Mana Shield, which would require Archmages to spend some effort to break, was pathetically weak in front of the Sand Beast. It only needed one hit to darken.

This was followed by a deep roar. The Sand Beast seemed infuriated by Lin Yun still being alive after the attacks, and a cold aura spread from it. A thick stench leaked from its wide-open mouth as it tried to bite Lin Yun. Those two sharp fangs fell onto the Mana Shield.

The darkened Mana Shield simply couldn't support this frightening power and it cracked the moment one of the Sand Beast's fangs came into contact with it. Even Lin Yun didn't expect that the Sand Beast would be that powerful. He raised his magic staff and cast three Ice Walls while Hasting himself and quickly moving back. He then cast three Flame Bursts.

Just as Lin Yun cast the Flame Bursts, the three Ice Walls were shattered by the Sand Beast. The Flame Bursts fiercely exploded on the Sand Beast's body, but those attacks only made the huge Sand Beast tremble slightly. The armor-plated body seemed to have high magic resistance. The Flame Bursts that could easily shatter an Archmage's Elemental Shield only left a few shallow traces on the body of the Sand Beast.

'Quite troublesome…'

Lin Yun's expression became serious as he quickly withdrew. In the Archmage realm, each step forward would greatly increase one's strength. Post level 35 was a huge dividing line. If the Merlin Family's 5th Rank Sword Saint, Thorne, or the 5th Rank Archmage of the Black Tower, Solan, fought this beast, they would only be able to handle it for a few minutes before suffering a bitter defeat. They simply couldn't contend against this Sand Beast.

Although the difference was only one rank, the difference in strength was hard to describe.

In the Line Canyon, the Incarnation of the Desolate Overlord had yet to reach the Heaven realm, but it could easily kill a level 38 magic beast as well as two level 37s.

After level 35, one rank of difference would be comparable to the difference between heaven and earth. Even Lin Yun, whose strength greatly increased and had fused three Meditation Law Sets into one, would have to spend some effort to deal with this Sand Beast.

One Flame Burst after another fell onto the Sand Beast. A disk rose up behind Lin Yun as the latter was fiercely attacking, flooding the Sand Beast with countless low-tier spells. A single spell might not injure the Sand Beast, but if hundreds of spells were layered together, the armor of the Sand Beast wouldn't matter. The Sand Beast roared as it was drowned by hundreds of spells, its crimson eyes filled with boundless anger…

That Sand Beast was thoroughly enraged. At the end of the Magic Era, no one had ever injured it.

Today was its first time…

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Chapter 406: Great Changes

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After roaring fiercely, the Sand Beast took a few steps forward, shaking the earth and flattening the sand. Every attack of the Sand Beast carried frightening power and momentum. It turned into an afterimage as it used its fastest speed to rush towards Lin Yun. This terrifying speed could even be compared to lightning. Even 5th Rank Sword Saints wouldn't be able to dodge.

The Sand Beast tore through the air and instantly reached Lin Yun. At that time, flames could be seen emerging from Lin Yun's body as he dodged with a Flame Flash. At the same time, a dozen Flame Bursts exploded on the Sand Beast's body.

Rumbles kept echoing as the dozen Flame Bursts exploded at the same location on the Sand Beast's body. Under such a fierce attack, even a 6th Rank Sword Saint's Aura Protection would be broken. Only a reddish flaming glow remained on the body of the Sand Beast, from which crimson blood kept pouring out.

Drops of blood fell on the scalding sand, before instantly evaporating due to heat.

Lin Yun relied on Levitation to float in midair, the Doom Staff held in a horizontal position in front of his chest. A large amount of mana was coursing through his body as his two Alchemic Mana Whirlpools also worked at full efficiency. After gathering mana, Lin Yun waved the Doom Staff and a bright radiance instantly burst out.

With one Flame Flash, he closed the distance between him and the Sand Beast. Lin Yun shouted that mysterious character and entered the Unlimited Mode. He completely disregarded mana consumption and burst out with countless fire spells, Flame Bursts, Fire Dragons, Flame Rings, Holy Flame Prisons…

The fire element was extremely dense in this area, and with the countless fire spells Lin Yun cast, the flames thoroughly submerged the Sand Beast.

It roared in anger and howled in grief…

The Sand Beast's roars were full of panic and despair. It was trapped in flames and was being burnt thoroughly, and even its fierce body was now colored red from the heat. Under the effect of the flames, the sand on the ground could no longer be described as just scalding… The Sand Beast let out a painful roar before suddenly rushing out a dozen meters forward.

But what awaited it was a torrent of spells. The Ten Thousand Spell Wheel flickered with a dazzling light, submerging the Sand Beast once again under several hundred spells. After those spells dissipated, the Sand Beast's huge body could be seen struggling on the ground.

At this moment, three Frost Spikes were already flying over. The Sand Beast could no longer resist and let out its last breath before the Frost Spikes could even pierce its body.

However, Lin Yun could already see the Sand Beast's figure becoming hazy before suddenly disappearing.

"Rumble!"

That sound came from above his head. Lin Yun immediately looked up, only to see a huge hole tearing through the dusky sky, continuously expanding, slowly covering the crimson sun and stopping any sunlight from coming out. Lin Yun could no longer feel the heat from the sand. The land in front of him was quickly disappearing.

No more dusky sky, no more desert, and the crimson sun had already disappeared. A fierce spatial distortion appeared and Lin Yun saw his surroundings change. He immediately knew that the illusion had disappeared.

'Where am I now…'

He looked around a few times and saw that he was still on the 11th floor of the magic tower after recognizing the construction style.

There was a portal ahead of him.

There was nothing abnormal about that portal, and no mana fluctuations.

That portal should lead to the 10th floor of the magic tower.

But he wasn't ready to take it. His cousins and Xiuban had yet to come out, so he would go to the 10th floor once they came out.

After going through that illusion, he knew that the person who set it up had no evil intent. In fact, the illusion itself was a stroke of luck. It was an extremely rare opportunity for him. Otherwise, who knew when he would have been able to understand all that profound magic knowledge?

He knew that Leon, Ross, and Xiuban had received a lot of benefits, especially the Draconic Beastman… He only took a nap and advanced from the 7th Rank to the 9th Rank. If he let him sleep for a while longer, he might even have a chance to reach the Sword Saint realm.

As he thought about this, Lin Yun's eyes were attracted somewhere. It was a cyan sapling growing in a crack. It didn't look strange on the surface, but Lin Yun was staring closely at it.

'Mana Vine…'

Lin Yun squatted down and looked at the cyan sapling with disbelief. He really couldn't believe it, and he looked at it for a while before confirming that it was indeed a Mana Vine.

'Mana Vine haha, a Mana Vine…'

It was a very mysterious plant. Before it became extinct, almost every mage wanted to nurture one, because Mana Vines could automatically absorb mana from the void. The poorer the environment in the void, the more mana it could absorb.

Moreover, after absorbing mana from the void, they would automatically transform and purify it, forming a Mana Pond to store liquid mana under them.

Because of this, Mana Vines were priceless. If a few Mana Vines were planted in a Demiplane, mana from the void would be absorbed day and night, and after being purified and poured into the pond, it would form a never-ending fountain of mana.

Unfortunately, Mana Vines needed a very harsh environment to grow, so harsh that it was almost impossible to find one in Noscent. No more Mana Vines appeared in Noscent over a thousand years ago.

But he hadn't expected that one would actually appear here.

The Mana Vine would have an unimaginable impact in his hands. There were currently two Soul Fragments of an Ancient God in his Demiplane, and under the effect of their power, the Demiplane's growth speed reached an inconceivable level. It was to the point that within ten years, that naturally born Demiplane would thoroughly mature, the Laws would be born, and it would nurture life. At that time, the Demiplane would become a genuine world.

And that world belonged to Lin Yun.

But, ten years was still a bit too long for Lin Yun. He sighed a few times, thinking that if he could get a Mana Vine absorbing mana every day and night and steadily offer that mana to the Demiplane, it would grow, and the growth of his Demiplane would reach a terrifying level.

The Demiplane should also mature a lot faster.

When he first entered the Demiplane, he visited Rudolph's library and obtained the book – Mana Vine Breeding –. At the time, Rudolph had most likely thought of using Mana Vines to accelerate the growth of that Demiplane.

But it seemed that Rudolph never managed to find a Mana Vine's seed, or else that Demiplane wouldn't have looked half-dead when Lin Yun entered. Mana Vines were already extinct in Noscent, so one might not necessarily find a seed if they looked through the entire land.

When Lin Yun obtained the Demiplane, he'd first thought of borrowing Osul's Dusk Fire to open a certain plane. He clearly remembered that there was a Mana Vine's seed in that plane. When the mana was exhausted in Noscent, a few Heaven Mages joined hands to go to that plane and obtain the Mana Vine. But the environment that the Mana Vine needed was too harsh. It didn't take long for the Mana Vine's seed to sprout and die.

Naturally, a Demiplane was a suitable environment for Mana Vines.

But Lin Yun was puzzled. 'How did this Mana Vine manage to grow here? This is simply illogical…'

If one was not careful, they would only think that it was a strand of grass growing in a crack and simply wouldn't even look at it. Lin Yun had also initially thought so, but after thinking about the fact that this was a magic tower that had existed for several millennia yet remained undamaged, he was a bit perplexed by the existence of grass.

He then checked it carefully and discovered that it wasn't a strand of grass, but rather, the Mana Vine he had been dreaming of!

He carefully brought the Mana Vine to the Demiplane.

After several months without checking on it, the Demiplane had once again greatly changed. Especially that river spanning the entire plane. He remembered that the last time he came in, that river didn't look as majestic as it did now, with waves surging forth. The river's length and width had almost doubled, and Lin Yun could see trees and grass spreading through the entire plane. There were some flowers growing.

Lin Yun was amazed by the Demiplane's changes every time he came in.

'Eh?'

Lin Yun suddenly noticed a slight change. There was some slightly chaotic power of Laws. Although they were a bit chaotic, Lin Yun quickly recognized them, the Laws of the four elements, Water, Wind, Fire and Earth.

What did the appearance of the four elements' Laws mean? Lin Yun knew that if the four elements' Laws were stable, the Demiplane would most likely nurture life.

Lin Yun soon found the location of the two Soul Fragments of the Ancient God. It was already a lush forest, and the deeper he went in, the more vigorous the vitality of the trees was. After reaching the center of the forest, Lin Yun noticed that the two Soul Fragments had already fused and were now calmly resting in the lawn.

And not far away was a pool emitting rich mana fluctuations.

Sensing such rich mana fluctuations, Lin Yun was startled.

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Chapter 407: Surprise

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He walked over to the pond and found out that the liquid in the pond wasn't water, but liquid mana…

What did liquid mana mean?

In the entirety Noscent from ancient times till now, liquid mana had only appeared in a handful of places…

Lin Yun stood by the pond and suddenly felt a stream of mana flowing out. His Magic Array revolved crazily, and it only took him ten minutes to recover the mana he had used during his fight with the Sand Beast.

As he recovered his mana, he unintentionally caught sight of a ray of light at the bottom of the pond… There seemed to be something there. With a wave of his hand, Lin Yun summoned a Water Puppet and had it dive into the water for him. The scene transmitted by the Water Puppet made Lin Yun grin from ear to ear.

It was unexpectedly a Mana Quartz.

A Mana Quartz which contained ten times the amount of mana within that liquid mana!

Something like a Mana Quartz was rare, even during the peak of the Magic Era, and they were even purer than spirit mana crystals. Although it was impossible to compare with the mana within a spirit mana crystal, its value was considerable. A palm-sized Mana Quartz could compare to a level 20 or above mana crystal.

When the Water puppet dissipated, Lin Yun checked his surroundings and finally found a suitable place to plant the Mana Vine. It wasn't far off… It was a flat piece of land, and he was very cautious when he planted the Mana Vine's sprout. At that time, the palm-sized Mana Vine showed some changes.

It actually grew at a visible speed and became half as tall as a human in a few minutes, and it was still growing! The size of a Mana Vine wasn't fixed. It was determined by its environment.

It was said that the growth period of a Mana Vine was two years. In these two years, the richer the mana around it, the faster it grew. By the time it matured completely, it could absorb mana from the Void.

Lin Yun estimated that the Mana Vine would take at most a few months to mature in this Demiplane. At that time, it would absorb a steady flow of mana from the Void and would speed up the growth of this Demiplane.

Since the matter of the Mana Vine was perfectly settled, Lin Yun didn't remain in the forest for long. He instead walked around. He had to say, the environment of this Demiplane was very good. The mana that surged forth made him constantly remain at his peak state. The first time he came, this place was just a shadow of itself. It was only a kilometer wide and had no Laws and no life, it looked empty…

But, he had acted without thinking and put the Soul Fragment of an Ancient God in that Demiplane. And the Demiplane ended up greatly changing. Now, half a year later, the Demiplane's surface area had greatly expanded and covered five hundred kilometers, and every corner was full of vitality. Even the Laws of the four elements showed signs of being formed.

With the Magic Array operating at full speed, Lin Yun soon captured the trajectory of a wisp of Law. He felt from it that the Laws were constantly changing indescribably.

But he knew that the Laws of the four elements were slowly getting more stable.

It wouldn't take long before the four Laws stabilized thoroughly. 'What kind of change will happen to the Demiplane when that time comes?'

He kept walking and walking, before suddenly coming to a stop. Lush trees could be seen everywhere, emitting vigorous vitality. But for some reason, the Demiplane still gave him an empty feeling, not seeming as natural as Noscent.

'Right, lifeforms…'

In a flash, he thought of the crux of the problem. The Three-Eyed Secret Wolf was actually being nurtured in this place, and with the expansion of this place, trying to find the Secret Wolf within such a large area wasn't that easy. He was also thinking of grabbing a batch of magic beasts to put them in the Demiplane when he had time.

A batch of magic beasts living in the Demiplane would surely raise the vitality a bit…

Lin Yun straightforwardly sat on the grassy lawn, his Magic Array roused as he followed the trajectory of that wisp of Law and started studying it.

The power of Laws was very mysterious. Even Archmages' understanding of Laws Archmages was only superficial. This was also the reason he had paid a large price to buy the Star Gem. After all, it contained World Power within, and even if it was only a wisp, for powerhouses at the Archmage realm, this would play a critical role.

At first, he tried to use his Magic Array to peek at the four elemental Laws, but he hadn't expected it to actually succeed, catching traces of the trajectory of the four Laws. In theory, using the Magic Array's terrifying calculation ability to analyze the four elemental Laws should be feasible, but…

After putting it into practice, he understood that his thoughts had been too simple. Catching the trajectory of an elemental Law was easy, but analyzing it was very challenging. Even with the almost omnipotent Magic Array, keeping pace with the trajectory of the Law was very difficult.

Perhaps only Heaven Mages had the ability to analyze Laws and control World Power.

As for the Magic Array, well, it was the Magic Array, after all.

A few hours later, Lin Yun was using his two Alchemic Mana Whirlpools to keep pace with the Law trajectory. With the Magic Array rotating at full speed, he analyzed the Law for four days before slowly opening his eyes. The mana within his body had long since been used up. Luckily, the Demiplane's mana was twenty times stronger than the mana in the outside world, and one of Lin Yun's Core Meditation Law Sets was the Void Forge.

After replenishing his mana, Lin Yun left the Demiplane and once again returned to the magic tower. After coming out, Lin Yun couldn't help shaking his head. It had been four days, yet the others hadn't come out of their illusions.

Lin Yun more or less knew how to break illusions due to his experience. Each illusion had its core. His own illusion was a bit special since it was the end of the Magic Era, but in Ross' case, defeating Stan Watson should be the key to leaving that place.

As he was thinking of this, a familiar mana fluctuation appeared not far from there. Lin Yun turned and saw Solan Monchi's silhouette appearing out of nowhere.

At that time, Solan Monchi discovered Lin Yun and was suspicious at first before his face eased up. He then walked to Lin Yun and asked, "The others…?"

"They have yet to come out…" Lin Yun frowned and poured mana in the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, urging his Magic Array to its peak. He had no choice but to protect himself when facing the persistent Solan.

"Then we can only wait…"

Solan nodded and stopped near Lin Yun, only two meters away. In fact, he had been startled when he noticed Lin Yun there. He truly hadn't expected Mafa Merlin to come out of the illusion faster than himself.

When he had just stepped on that path, everything around him had changed and he had ended up in the Dark Azure Plane. He had stayed at least twenty years in the Dark Azure Plane before, so he was very familiar with the environment there. He knew where he was when he appeared.

He was indeed startled after recognizing where he was. No matter how strange that path was, it couldn't let him cross to another plane, could it?

He soon found a flaw. While backtracking, he didn't find the Black Tower's Planar Legion, and no matter how many times he contacted them, he received no answer. He then suspected that this was an illusion.

But he didn't find anything amiss after using True Sight to probe.

He then began looking around aimlessly, and only after half a month did he find a Dark Azure Dragon slumbering. Had it been the real world, he wouldn't have dared to disturb a slumbering Dark Azure Dragon… He had heard his teacher say that the Dark Azure Dragon had been slumbering for several millennia, and that if it woke up, the Black Tower would have no choice but to give up on the Dark Azure Plane.

He had been quite curious at the time. It was only a Dragon's awakening, so what could it do to a power like the Black Tower? Then his teacher told him.

The Dark Azure Dragon was an existence that surpassed the Heaven Rank.

Although he'd only been a High Mage at the time, he still understood what this meant. Such an existence had apocalyptic power and could stand toe to toe with the Ancient Gods.

The Dark Azure Dragon's lair was a forbidden place that no one dared to enter.

After learning that this was an illusion, Solan quickly recalled the Dark Azure Dragon and thought that it might be the key to cracking this illusion.

And he guessed right.

When the Dark Azure Dragon woke up, an unbelievable power burst out and smothered him. He kept repeating his actions up until he accidentally managed to collect some Dragon Breath, and the illusion disappeared. He then met Lin Yun back in the magic tower.

He originally thought that he had broken through the illusion very quickly, but Mafa Merlin had been faster than him. When he saw Lin Yun after coming out, he suddenly felt uncomfortable.

In fact, his hate for Lin Yun had long since reached the point where he would surely fight him until only one of them was left. He was only cooperating because of two reasons. The first being that this place was truly dangerous, and even if he had already become a 5th Rank High Mage, he wasn't at ease. Whether he would be able to leave this place safe and sound was unknown. Under this kind of situation, temporarily leaving their hatred behind and cooperating with Lin Yun would give the best chance of having a positive outcome.

The second reason was that he was afraid of Lin Yun's strength. In the Line Canyon, the 2nd Rank Archmage Solan was defeated without even being able to retaliate. He was almost killed, and he learnt at that time that Lin Yun had two True Spirit Magic Tools. After he advanced to become a 5th Rank Archmage, he still couldn't grasp Lin Yun's strength properly. That fight with the puppet was the perfect opportunity to check his power.

But, contrary to his expectations, Mafa Merlin didn't fight the puppet at all. He used a strange trick to dismantle it.

Thus, Solan just held himself back, waiting for an opportunity.

After collecting the Dark Azure Dragon Breath and leaving the illusion, he knew that this was an opportunity to kill Mafa Merlin.

The Dark Azure Dragon was an existence surpassing Heaven Rank. Even if it was only the breath from a sleeping Dark Azure Dragon, its might couldn't be looked down on. Even he himself as a 5th Rank Archmage would end up seriously injured after using all his defenses.

'If it's a surprise attack… Mafa Merlin will instantly die.'

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Chapter 408: You'll Die

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A sinister smile appeared at the corner of Solan's lips as he thought about it before straightening his face. He was certain that Mafa Merlin's house had a Planar Path that led to a very fertile and mysterious plane. 'How else could a 9th Rank Magic Apprentice like Mafa Merlin attain his present achievements? Oh, right, and those two True Spirit Magic Tools definitely came from that mysterious plane.'

Solan had good reasons to kill Mafa Merlin. Let alone becoming a Representative of the Council of Seven, even reaching Heaven Rank was very likely if he could snatch those two True Spirit Magic Tools as well as that mysterious plane.

Suddenly, a Dragon's aura was emitted from his body, and the Dragon Breath he had been holding was finally released and covered the entire hall, but the brunt of the attack was directed at Lin Yun.

Solan and Lin Yun had been separated by two meters, something he had planned. He estimated that Mafa shouldn't be able to react in time from such a short distance.

Even a Sword Saint with an extremely fierce body wouldn't fare well when hit by that.

What's more, Mafa Merlin was only a High Mage who relied on his two True Spirit Magic tools to defeat him, his own strength was pathetic.

The moment he released that Dragon Breath, Solan knew that Mafa Merlin was screwed. And everything Mafa Merlin had in Thousand Sails City would be his.

At this time, he saw the young mage's black robe fluttering under the blast and knew that the enchanted robe would soon fail to resist and the young mage would disappear from the face of Noscent.

But then…

"How, how… How could this be!?"

The over-excitement led to his face suddenly freezing, as if he had seen a ghost. His eyes were wide open as he looked in front of him with disbelief.

He had just seen the Dragon Breath reaching Mafa, and the young mage remaining motionless as if he hadn't noticed it, not even putting up any defensive spells. Yet, an incredible scene appeared when the Dragon Breath was about to hit the young mage. The young mage turned fuzzy and disappeared. Then, after the Dragon Breath dissipated, the young mage reappeared in place.

'Shit! Damn it…'

Solan really wanted to ask, 'Mafa Merlin, are you possessed by a Demon? How else could something like that happen? This simply shouldn't be possible…'

He had the urge to kill him, had schemed and used the most powerful method he had on hand to handle that young mage, yet he hadn't expected that young mage to easily deal with it. Let alone being injured, even his robe was spotless.

But…

At this time, a huge, black hand appeared above Solan's head and heavily slammed down.

This was a 5th Tier Spell, Earth Rending Hand.

Solan didn't even have time to react when that large hand fell down, and ended up pressed against the ground, turning deathly pale in an instant. Half of his defensive enchantments had been destroyed, and if not for those enchantments, he might have died.

"Sir Solan, this is embarrassing, you went against the mages' unspoken rule of honoring contracts. Our cooperation stops here…"

Lin Yun had a dark expression, not at all hiding his intent to kill. With a wave of his Doom Staff, three blazing Flame Bursts instantly appeared, dragging long, flaming trails behind them as they flew towards Solan.

He had already steeled himself.

On the 11th floor of the magic tower, he had been forced into this strange cooperative agreement with Solan due to circumstances. If the other side hadn't had the strength of a 5th Rank Archmage and had value, he would have already been killed.

If it had been just a dirty trick, Lin Yun might have been able to tolerate it.

But what just happened clearly exceeded what he could put up with.

In fact, Lin Yun was already paying attention when Solan came out of the illusion and approached him. His Magic Array was working at full capacity, monitoring Solan's every movement. When that powerful Dragon Breath appeared, the Magic Array instantly analyzed it and classified it Dragon Breath as an attack of a Dragon surpassing Heaven Rank.

Surpassing Heaven Rank…

Lin Yun was instantly startled. An existence surpassing Heaven Rank wasn't to be trifled with. Such a being could destroy him by lifting a finger. But how could Solan have a power surpassing Heaven Rank? In a split second, Lin Yun recalled the illusion.

'Right, it was definitely the illusion.'

Those who entered the illusion got some benefits, and the mana fluctuations on Solan's body were still at the 5th Rank Archmage realm, no different from before he entered the illusion.

It looked like the gain he got from the illusion wasn't an increase in power like himself and the others, rather, he obtained something.

He only understood when Solan released that Dragon Breath. Solan obtained that Dragon Breath in the illusion, and the owner of that Dragon Breath was a Dragon that surpassed Heaven Rank!

Just how frightening was its breath?

Even an accidental Dragon Breath, like a small breath expelled during its sleep, would be enough to kill an Archmage powerhouse.

After all, existences surpassing the Heaven Rank had power on par with that of the Ancient Gods.

Solan had released it two meters away from him, and completely without warning. Even if he discovered something, his defensive spells would be useless.

But Solan clearly would have never expected that Lin Yun had a naturally born Demiplane in which the four Elemental Laws had been born. In those four days, his Magic Array was crazily revolving and after four days of analyzing the four Elemental Laws, he finally made a connection with the Demiplane. Only then did he leave the Demiplane to go back.

When the Dragon Breath spread, his fading technique wasn't some demonic technique, but rather Lin Yun hiding in the Demiplane in that split second.

One of the benefits of connecting to the Demiplane was that he no longer needed to rely on the Book of Death and those seven characters to enter the Demiplane.

Just now, he entered the plane in a split second.

Had it been before, he would have needed at least thirty seconds to enter the Demiplane.

Establishing contact saved a lot of trouble, but the cost was high. Relying on his connection with the Demiplane to enter used almost all the mana contained within one of the Alchemic Mana Whirlpools, and they were both empty after his return.

This horrible consumption was something he wouldn't have done unless he needed to.

There was a reason behind that huge consumption.

As everyone knew, Heaven Rank Powerhouses could establish planes, and creating the connection between the powerhouse and his plane was something only a high-ranked Heaven Mage could do.

Lin Yun had just used the method of a high ranked Heaven Mage, so it would be very strange if the consumption wasn't huge.

"How could this be!?"

Solan let out a deep roar. He'd always thought Lin Yun was a lot weaker than himself and had been relying on the two True Spirit Magic Tools to defeat him.

But it seemed like it wasn't the case now.

That Earth Rending Hand could barely count as a superior 5th Tier Spell. The power was incomparable to the superior spells he'd mastered as a 5th Rank Archmage. And even if he got caught off guard, he shouldn't be injured by a High Mage with all the enchantments on his body.

But not only had that Earth Rending Hand managed to injure him, but it had also destroyed more than half of his defensive enchantments.

Being able to do this proved that this adversary was in no way weaker than him.

'But he is just a High Mage…'

Solan had no time to think about it, because those three Flame Bursts were already reaching him. He waved the magic staff in his hand and seven Ice Walls rose up in front of him. He also Hasted himself and used extreme speed to retreat.

As he retreated, he heard a cracking sound as his seven Ice Walls were unable to resist those Flame Bursts and shattered into pieces.

The fight lasted for ten minutes…

Every single fire spell put the 5th Rank Archmage Solan into an extremely awkward situation. It could be seen from the state of his mage robe. It was already tattered, and his chest and back had burn scars.

"Hell! High Mage Merlin! Solan Monchi, what… What are you doing?!" At this time, a startled shout echoed. It came from Vice Leader Delson. At some point during the fight, he had also come out of the illusion and saw the terrifying battle between Lin Yun and Solan.

Delson was suddenly anxious.

'How could they be fighting? Weren't they supposed to cooperate?'

Delson soon found out that 5th Rank Archmage Solan was at a disadvantage in this battle, as his body was in a sorry state. In contrast, Lin Yun was calmly casting spells. Delson could easily see that it wouldn't take long before Solan would lose and be killed by Mafa Merlin.

"High Mage Merlin, please stay your hand. This is a very dangerous place! If we aren't careful, we might encounter danger. Solan is still a 5th Rank Archmage, if you kill him, it might be harder to leave this place…" Delson could feel the undisguised killing intent and was startled by it. He knew that the young mage already planned on killing Solan. "What's the matter? It won't be too late to kill him after we escape this place…"

Lin Yun expressionlessly looked at Delson before gathering a large amount of mana in his hand. He then turned towards the ashen Solan and said, "Remember this, you owe your life to Vice Leader Delson…"

Delson only let out a relieved sigh after Lin Yun said those words. His back was drenched in cold sweat. He had already experienced the young mage's temperament, but he fortunately pulled back…

"If there is a next time, you'll die."

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Chapter 409: Something Inside

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Delson wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, but before he could say anything, he suddenly felt berserk mana spread through the 11th floor of the magic tower.

His heart sank and he panicked. He tried to say something, but no sound came out of his throat.

The Doom Staff in Lin Yun's hand burst out with a brilliant radiance and a hot aura spread everywhere. At the same time, a dozen Flame Bursts landed on Solan out of nowhere.

It was followed by a mournful scream.

Solan was instantly sent flying, and he crashed heavily against the white wall. Delson watched as the 5th Rank Archmage was suddenly attacked by the young High Mage without being able to react. His mage robe had long since been burnt to a crisp, and a large part of his chest had been lacerated by the Flame Bursts. And countless drops of blood flowed out of his wounds. Those wounds were incomparably sinister, and if anyone weaker than Solan had taken these hits, they would have already died.

Although Solan hadn't died, his aura had reached an extremely depressingly low point. Perhaps even a Great Mage could easily finish off Solan in his current state.

From this, it could be seen how serious his injuries were.

Whether it was Delson or Solan, neither had expected that Lin Yun would suddenly do something like this right after apparently agreeing to compromise. And not only did he teach Solan a lesson, but he did it very ruthlessly.

Even if a 5th Rank Archmage's defenses were solid, the flesh was still flesh. It couldn't resist ten Flame Bursts. It was already a blessing that Solan didn't die immediately.

A freezing aura spread all around. At this time, Delson noticed four Frost Lances being cast by the young mage. The sound of the air being torn apart as they flew echoed in his ears. The Four Frost Lances quickly arrived at their destination, followed by a blood-curdling screech. Delson looked at the terrifying scene and felt a chill run down his spine. Solan was actually nailed to the wall.

His limbs were pierced by the Frost Lances, and blood flowing down from them. Half of the wall was dyed red in a few seconds.

Delson shivered. His mage robe was already soaked in cold sweat and was sticking to his back, making him highly uncomfortable.

He no longer dared to say anything.

Because he could feel that the young mage was no longer in a talkative mood.

In fact, the life or death of Solan Monchi had nothing to do with him, he wouldn't dare to provoke Mafa Merlin for him.

"You won't die this time," Lin Yun coldly said. "I only want to check if there is something inside your body…"

Lin Yun slowly walked towards the wall, his eyes studying Solan Monchi. Although Solan had suffered an extremely grievous injury, he still retained a part of his consciousness. Hearing Lin Yun's words, he couldn't help shivering. He tried saying something, but no voice came out.

When Lin Yun met Solan on the 11th floor of the magic tower, the latter had already become a 5th Rank Archmage. At that time, he had already noticed some anomalies. And those were most likely the keys behind Solan's power-up.

Unfortunately, he wasn't able to detect what exactly those anomalies were.

Solan had changed in a lot of aspects. It wasn't just his strength… His personality was also affected.

Before entering the illusion, in that battle against the puppet, Lin Yun had kept an eye on Solan Monchi, but he hadn't been able to find anything. Up until that battle just now. Lin Yun had fought while rousing his Magic Array and making some calculations. He then shockingly found a wisp of demonic aura.

He was most amazed by Solan being able to completely suppress that wisp of demonic aura. He'd almost been fooled!

This was the most suspicious part about Solan Monchi.

Even at the peak of the Magic Era, those powerful mages who entered the Abyss to hunt Demons conducted various experiments, but in the end, they were unable to suppress the demonic aura and make it unnoticeable as Solan did.

Lin Yun had some conjectures about the change to Solan's body. He clearly remembered that Solan had disappeared for some time in Zhantui's palace, yet he was already a 5th Rank Archmage when he came back.

But what Lin Yun was curious about was, what happened to Solan's body?

'Is it related to Emperor Zhantui?'

Lin Yun frowned and took out various kinds of medicine and test tubes. He then placed everything side by side on the ground and held a test tube against Solan's wound. Soon Solan's blood entered the test tube and filled it. After securing it, Lin Yun cautiously studied it.

He used Flaming Hand to keep the crucible heated, and then discovered that Solan's strange blood contained something special. When the temperature of the crucible reached 200C, that blood turned dark purple.

At this time, the blood let out a thick aura of sulfur. It spread through every corner as it continued to be emitted from the blood.

Lin Yun could already determine that Solan had gotten his power from a Demon, but for some reason, he had been able to completely suppress the demonic aura.

A sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he couldn't help shaking his head. Solan was a complete monster now. Was the power of Demons so easy to get? Even during the peak of the Magic Era, those godlike mages didn't dare to rashly merge with demonic power, because doing so was no different from courting death.

Even if he didn't personally kill Solan, it wouldn't take long before that demonic power burst out. At that time, Solan would be unable to suppress it and would end up being controlled by that demonic power, completely losing any form of self-awareness.

Lin Yun picked up three potions from the ground. These potions' effects were targeted towards hell's lifeforms.

Solan was already half-conscious by now and could clearly see everything Lin Yun was doing. But his four limbs were already nailed to the wall. He tried to struggle a bit, but the sharp pain was unbearable. That kind of feeling was more painful than being killed.

When he saw Lin Yun holding three potions and pulling apart his mouth, Solan' expression suddenly changed. He was scared to the point of turning pale, beads of sweat dripping down his forehead. He wanted to curse, but he wasn't capable of doing so.

He could only try to keep his mouth closed.

But then…

"Slap! Slap!"

Two heavy slaps loudly echoed, leaving Solan in a daze. Lin Yun then pried open Solan's mouth and poured one of the potions inside. Wisps of black smoke could be seen coming out of Solan's body as he shook fiercely, as if he was under extreme pain.

After letting out a painful roar, Solan stopped shaking and lost consciousness.

"…"

Delson was terrified. The way the young mage handled Solan was a bit too frightening. First were the dozen Flame bursts, followed by the Frost Lances nailing him to the wall. And it didn't end there… He then took Solan's blood to study it and poured a strange potion in his mouth, causing such a big reaction that Solan ended up losing consciousness.

Delson had a feeling that the young mage didn't seem to think of Solan Monchi as a person, but rather, as a test subject…

He was a bit regretful now. If he had known, he would have delayed leaving the illusion.

Although he didn't know what happened between Solan and the young mage, he could guess that Solan had done something reckless and thoroughly infuriated the young mage? Why else would Lin Yun, who usually looked harmless, cause such a scene?

Thinking about it, Delson suddenly heard the passed out Solan letting out a blood-curdling screech. His face distorted, his body shaking violently. Due to the larger movements, the wounds on his limbs were agitated and a lot of blood flew out.

Delson looked away, as he didn't have the heart to watch this. He even thought that it was a miracle Solan could remain alive until now.

"Bloodline Curse…"

Lin Yun frowned. He really hadn't expected such an outcome when he started studying Solan. He just used a mind attack to forcibly cut a wisp of Solan's soul to integrate it to his blood research and ended up finding out that Solan had a Bloodline Curse within his body. It was because of the Bloodline Curse that Solan was able to suppress the demonic aura.

This should explain it…

But Lin Yun still frowned. There was still something puzzling him.

Besides their magic knowledge being extremely high, the members of the 3rd Dynasty's royal family were greatly proficient in Bloodline Curses. That was the power brought up from their bloodline, and the purer their bloodline, the stronger the power of the Bloodline Curse. Moreover, after their death, that power would linger for a very long time like a specter. It looked like Solan had obtained a part of that power.

Solan went to the palace left by Emperor Zhantui and ended up like this. 'Doesn't that mean that a member of the royal family of the 3rd Dynasty once died in that palace?'

And for a Bloodline Curse to increase Solan's power from 2nd Rank Archmage to the 5th Rank, it meant that the person wasn't just a minor member of the royal family.

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Chapter 410: Unidirectional Mana Shackles

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Lin Yun could only think of a few people of Emperor Zhantui's era who could have such a powerful Bloodline Curse after their deaths, including Emperor Zhantui himself, but it was quite clear that Emperor Zhantui returned to the Empire and died ten years later.

But with a Bloodline Curse being in that palace, Lin Yun was a hundred percent certain that a member of the royal family with extraordinary status died inside, but he just couldn't figure out who it was.

Lin Yun shook his head and extended his hand to scatter the mana. In a flash, those four Frost Lances disappeared, and Solan, who had been nailed to the wall, powerlessly fell to the ground. Solan was now covered in bloodstains, bloody holes remaining in his limbs, his hair in disarray, his face pale and wearing a lifeless expression. He was gasping for air in a daze.

"No one can do something wrong without paying the price…" Lin Yun coldly shot a glance at Solan Monchi. He'd had his soul torn, which wasn't something he could recover from easily. Moreover, he had been repeatedly tortured. Solan's path of magic could be considered crippled.

Although he still had the strength of a 5th Rank Archmage, he would never be able to become a 6th Rank Archmage. Of course, Solan himself didn't know that.

Lin Yun extended a hand, gathering mana as he chanted a few profound words. It was followed by a ray of mana entering Solan Monchi's body.

"That's…"

Delson frowned, a suspicious expression on his face. He had just seen the young mage casting a spell, and it looked very similar to Mana Shackles, but there was something odd he couldn't figure out. He stealthily tried to sense it, only to find out that the mana within Solan Monchi's body was still there. He then relaxed.

He had just been startled by the thought that the young mage might by trying to shackle Solan's mana.

A 5th Rank High Mage Mana Shackling a 5th Rank Archmage… This would be a bit too scary.

'Fortunately it wasn't… But what did Mafa Merlin do to Solan Monchi?'

Only Lin Yun knew the answer to that question. The method he used didn't belong to this era. Unidirectional Mana Shackles came from the peak of the Magic Era. The spell was developed by a Heaven Mage that wasn't particularly well known. It was from one of the books he had read out of curiosity in the decaying library.

The Unidirectional Mana Shackles were very complicated to set up, requiring a very high degree of control from the user. If not careful, the process might lead to the destruction of the target's Mana Whirlpool.

He managed to shackle Solan on his first try.

His mana existed within Solan's Mana Whirlpool in a special way. This mana wouldn't influence Solan when he meditated.

But if Solan aimed a spell at Lin Yun, the mana hiding in his Mana Whirlpool would violently conflict with his own mana, creating violent mana chaos.

Thus, this was known as the Unidirectional Mana Shackles.

After ten days, everyone got out of their illusions. Leon, who had gone through the Pale Plane, had already fused his Arcane Rings, and although he was only a 7th Rank High Mage, even a 9th Rank High Mage would have some trouble suppressing him.

Ross' experience was the most incredible, as he had just been repeating a battle.

It was the battle he previously lost against Stan Watson that day in the Raging Flame Plane. He had always been brooding about it, and he had been limited by the flaws of his Meditation Law Set, preventing him from increasing his strength. Later, Stan Watson had been killed by Lin Yun, and thus, that battle in the Raging Flame Plane was his eternal regret. But this time, after entering the illusion, he finally defeated Stan Watson after countless attempts and was already an 8th Rank High Mage.

Xiuban was the last one to leave his illusion. He looked a bit sleepy, and Lin Yun suspected that after he contacted him with the Whispering Crystal, that guy went back to sleep.

But regardless, the Draconic Beastman was now a genuine 9th rank Expert Swordsman.

After everyone was gathered, they took an hour to rest and reorganize before opening that door. Contrary to their expectations, they didn't meet any danger. Behind that door was a staircase spiralling downward, leading to a very dark place, most likely the 10th floor of the magic tower. The group followed the stairs down and quickly reached the 10th floor.

Once there, everyone was startled. The 11th floor spread for no more than several hundred meters, yet the 10th floor was huge.

It had clearly been extended via arrays.

To be more precise, this was an alchemy workshop specialized in producing puppets. That alchemy workshop was huge, several times bigger than the alchemy workshop Lin Yun had seen in Vaughn's laboratory. But this place was different from the 11th and 12th floors. It was covered in cobwebs, and the floor was covered with a layer of dust, looking dilapidated.

"Heavens, how many puppets can be produced here," Delson murmured, startled.

In the center of the criss-crossed assembly lines was a huge, black forge. After several millennia, it was still in good condition, but there was not a single spark within…

Suddenly, a slight sound of metal friction was captured by the Magic Array. Lin Yun frowned and sent a few Mage Eyes over to check on the source of the sound. There were about a hundred puppets rushing to this side…

After a short few seconds, the hundred puppets surrounded Lin Yun's group. There were various kinds of puppets: Magic Beast Models, Battlemage Models, Swordsman Models, and so on.

"Isn't this an abandoned alchemy workshop? How come there are so many puppets?" Ross looked at the three puppets and felt a bit numb.

Fortunately, the strength of these puppets was uneven and it was relatively easy to handle them. But the Mana Rays they had enchanted on themselves was a headache, especially when a hundred puppets would keep shooting Mana Rays continuously. Even if Lin Yun's group was powerful, they had no choice but to spend some efforts on their defenses.

After half an hour of battle, none of the puppets managed to escape, and they were all destroyed.

But this was still far from over. Lin Yun's group only walked a few hundred meters before being surrounded by a large number of puppets once again. There were fewer of them this time, only about thirty.

After dealing with these puppets, Lin Yun frowned. He suddenly had a strange feeling. After reaching the 10th floor, their group had stayed beside the forge for at least half an hour, and during that time, no puppets had attacked them.

But when they started walking towards the depths of the alchemy workshop, they encountered two waves of puppets.

He crouched down next to a Shadow Wolf Model and after looking at it, he quickly dismantled it, making everyone else dumbstruck.

"Something is amiss…"

After a few minutes of dismantling, Lin Yun shook his head in doubt.

"What's wrong…"

Hearing Lin Yun's opinion, Delson was immediately worried. He had experienced how strange that place was, especially that illusion. "High Mage Merlin, can you explain a bit for us?"

"They aren't moving based on scheduled procedures. It looks like they are being influenced by something. And their system has been altered…" Lin Yun frowned and got up. He looked into the distance and sent out a Mage Eye. After seeing the scene transmitted by the Mage Eye, Lin Yun pointed ahead. "There is a workshop producing puppets, and these puppets are also rushing out of that place. We should go take a look."

Under Lin Yun's guidance, the ten men rushed towards the workshop producing puppets. They were only a few kilometers away, and with their speed, it wouldn't take long before they reached it.

But after rushing over, they discovered that the amount of puppets far exceeded what they'd imagined. One after one, puppets dashed towards them.

The battle finally ended after six hours. Apart from Lin Yun, everyone was exhausted. Ross' side even got some light injuries.

Lin Yun gradually discovered that these puppets were extremely strange. Their goal might not have been to kill them, but to do their utmost to stall them. They seemed to be protecting something.

And those alterations to their systems was the key to this…

This huge alchemy workshop should have been abandoned for a thousand years, so Lin Yun simply couldn't understand what these puppets were protecting.

There were no puppets at the door to the workshop, so maybe all the puppets left in the workshop had already been killed by them. In the six hours of fighting, they killed no less than a thousand puppets. Such a quantity of puppets could form a Puppet Legion in any plane.

On the way, Lin Yun disassembled many puppets and got a variety of precious components from them.

"Is there danger inside?" Delson looked at the dark workshop and asked, seeming quite unsure of himself.

The group stayed at the entrance while Lin Yun was frowning. He had tried to send a Mage Eye to investigate the situation in the workshop. Whatever had been controlling the puppets was inside, so he couldn't be careless. But there were fierce mana fluctuations in the workshop, and the Mage Eye dissipated just as it entered.

"Be careful…"

Lin Yun had a very serious expression. The Magic Array was roused to its peak and he poured mana into the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel before finally taking a step into the workshop. Delson and the others hesitated before following him.

The workshop was extremely dark, and they could only see within two to three meters of themselves.

A Light spell was cast, and it gradually shed light on the surroundings.

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Chapter 411: Screen

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The workshop looked completely empty aside from a few puppets by the entrance, but they weren't operational. The group walked deeper inside, but didn't find anything special.

'But what's that fierce mana fluctuation…'

Lin Yun's gaze inadvertently fell onto an inconspicuous corner where a puppet was laying flat on its back. From where he stood, that puppet didn't seem special at first glance, it looked no different from the puppets at the entrance. But Lin Yun could see that this puppet had many sword gashes on its body, as well as lingering mana fluctuations.

Those few puppets flanking the doorway had defective parts, or no mana sources, but the one in the corner was different, it looked as if it had gone through a very arduous battle and looked quite worn out.

Lin Yun walked next to that alchemy puppet and crouched down. He carefully studied the puppet in front of him and with his insight, he was able to glean that this puppet was old, very old. Lin Yun then proceeded to do a thorough check of the puppet's body and found out that the mana source's mana circuits had been forcefully severed a long time ago.

He then followed along those circuits and found out that the mana source compartment was empty, it had clearly been removed by someone a long time ago.

Lin Yun shook his head. Just as he got up, he felt faint, almost undetectable mana fluctuation. It came from the empty place for mana source. Lin Yun's expression suddenly changed, his body stiffened as he motionlessly looked at the puppet. He clearly felt a remnant mana fluctuation left by the mana source, and it was unfathomably powerful.

'The mana source that supported the puppet was definitely a level 40 mana crystal… At the very least…'

Lin Yun wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, this was definitely a Heaven Rank Puppet. Had the mana source not been snatched by someone, they might have ended up dead today.

The reason behind the siege of a thousand puppets was easy to guess now, it was definitely the doing of this puppet, it altered the programs of the puppets in the workshop. After that Heaven Rank Puppet lost its mana source, those puppets kept operating based on their program and besieged anyone who approached the workshop.

After examining the parts of the Heaven Rank Puppet, Lin Yun discovered with joy that most of the components were intact. Only a small part had suffered various amount of damage.

Lin Yun suddenly thought of the Heaven Rank Puppet he got from Vaughn's laboratory. If Lin Yun used the parts of the Heaven Rank Puppet before him to fix his own Heaven Rank Puppet, then he would need only a high level mana crystal as a mana source.

As for those few components he needed to replace, Lin Yun wasn't too worried. In any case, he would inevitably take a trip to the Puppet Plane in the future and take some components back.

Once he completely restored that Heaven Rank Puppet, even if its strength wouldn't reach as high as Heaven Rank, it would be able to easily handle level 37 or 38.

If he could find everything he needed in the Puppet Plane, Lin Yun was certain that he could make the puppet reach Star Sage Jouyi's level.

What kind of concept was that…

That was the peak of the Archmage realm, an existence that could grasp a wisp of Extraordinary power.

In Noscent's history, no more than twenty Heaven Rank Puppets appeared. It would already be quite decent if Lin Yun could make that puppet's strength approach Heaven Rank.

Lin Yun didn't remain idle, he casually disassembled the components. The speed at which he was disassembling would make Artisans gasp in amazement. The light dismantling noises kept going for a dozen minutes as each and every precious part was taken apart. William, Delson, and the others didn't pay attention to his movements, they were actually looking around the huge workshop.

Lin Yun tore apart the core part, and when he was about to tear apart the mechanical system, the Heaven Rank Puppet that had been laying down on its back suddenly moved.

That's right, it really moved.

Lin Yun jumped up, startled.

'What's this…'

He then remembered that the mana source of that Heaven Puppet was gone and no matter how strange it was, it couldn't threaten him. Moreover, he had dismantled over half of the parts already.

After going through the end of the Magic Era, Lin Yun knew that whether it was magic ships or puppets, once they lost their mana source, they were no different from piles of scrap metal.

But… The Heaven Rank Puppet's eyes suddenly shone. Lin Yun saw this scene and seemed to recall something as he turned towards the wall behind him.

"This is…"

Lin Yun was stunned when he saw that screen. It was a screen recording Charles the Emperor leading numerous human powerhouses to break the Throne of Life.

That was an unprecedented battle.

Chromatic Dragons and pure-blooded Elves were jointly protecting the Throne of Life and launched all sorts of powerful attacks towards Charles' group. At that time, many humans fell to those attacks.

'The Merlin Family Ancestor! It's really the ancestor of the Merlin Family…'

A middle-aged man was standing behind Charles, a crest on his body that Lin Yun recognized. It was the crest of the Merlin Family Lin Yun had seen not that long ago in the Heaven Enlightening Plane and which ended up in William's hands.

Lin Yun looked at that crest in shock, 'The Merlin Family is indeed not as simple as they look, if that person is truly the ancestor of the Merlin Family, then wouldn't that mean that the history of the Merlin Family can be traced back to the end of the Nesser Dynasty…'

He then discovered that the Chromatic Dragons, pure-blooded Elves, and Humans weren't the only parties participating in this battle. Behind Charles the Emperor there were a few Heaven Rank Puppets, one of which looked extremely familiar. It looked just like the one laying down on the floor next to him.

'It's not right…'

There were many questions in Lin Yun's heart. Although he only looked at that battle for a few seconds, he could also see that many of the powerhouses on Charles' side fell, and they were in a disadvantageous position. Let alone breaking the Throne of Life, even wanting to escape from the Chromatic Dragons and pure-blooded Elves' encirclement seemed hard.

In Noscent's history, Charles the Emperor broke the Throne of Life and established the 3rd Dynasty.

It looked like there was a huge deviation from what he had learnt.

At this time, the screen darkened and Lin Yun caught sight of an indescribable black palm. It was unknown where it came from, but it was covering the sky, and those Chromatic Dragons and pure-blooded Elves looked like they had seen a ghost when that black palm appeared. It seemed that the black palm was a very frightening existence.

The black palm heavily smashed down,displaying an unforgettable scene for Lin Yun. Countless Chromatic Dragons and pure-blooded Elves were unable to resist and were annihilated by that black palm…

The scene reflected on the wall stopped there.

But that black palm covering the sky couldn't leave Lin Yun's mind. He could no longer be described as mildly as just stunned.

'What kind of power is that…'

'It killed powerful existences like Chromatic Dragons and Elves, and it didn't just kill one, it killed a group…'

'Is there really such a powerful existence in this world?'

That frightening power simply surpassed his imagination.

After observing for a bit, he saw that the Heaven Rank Puppet was no longer moving and was calmly laying down again. Lin Yun frowned, that Heaven Rank Puppet was very old, it participated in the fight in which the Throne of Life was destroyed, making him suspicious about the circumstances of the puppet appearing in the magic tower of the Gaugass King.

Moreover, it looked like it had experienced a bitter struggle which lead to several components being damaged and the mana source being snatched.

Lin Yun shook his head but didn't dwell on it too much. He crouched down and devoted himself to dismantling the parts. Roughly twenty minutes later, the valuable parts of the Heaven Puppet had already been dismantled.

After dealing with everything on his side, Lin Yun slowly got up and glanced at his surroundings. He found out that everyone else had been busy too.

There was no real danger in this huge workshop, although there was occasionally one or two damaged puppets emerging, any one of the ten people could deal with it. Thus, after entering the workshop, they all scattered to look for the entrance leading to the lower floor.

Lin Yun cast a few Mage Eyes, carefully controlling them while walking around the place, looking for something in the workshop.

It took a few minutes before Lin Yun found the place he was looking for. This was a very small room with a dozen disabled puppets at the entrance and a very dusty floor.

Among the group, Lin Yun was the only one who knew that an alchemy workshop of this size usually had a control room, and the place he was at right now was precisely the control room of the alchemy workshop.

The current control room had long since been destroyed beyond recognition, but there were still some vestiges of the control arrays.

Lin Yun stood in the narrow control room and couldn't help shaking his head. He was originally looking for the control room for clues, but it looked like he was expecting too much…

He turned to leave the control room, but carelessly kicked something as he wasn't paying attention. He looked down and saw a pitch-black fist-sized thing.

'What's this?'

Lin Yun frowned. Normally, the control room was the core of the entire alchemy workshop, it wasn't a place where junk could be found. That thing on the ground didn't have any special features, but from its shape, it looked to be a fragment of something.

He crouched down and picked it up, however… Lin Yun froze when his palm came in contact with the black thing. He remained there, motionless.

That thing was too strange…

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Chapter 412: Withering Flames

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The moment he touched it, that black thing emitted an unfathomably powerful mana. It felt as if he wasn't touching a piece of metal, but a Chromatic Dragon instead.

'Yes, it's that kind of feeling.'

'What is this thing…'

Lin Yun frowned, holding that thing with one hand gave him a fearful feeling. He tried to pour mana into it, but nothing happened.

This thing was definitely not simple.

He put it in his pocket for now, he didn't have the time to take care of it right now, he would slowly research it later.

After coming out of the control room, he sensed that the others were already waiting next to the central forge.

"What did you find?"

"High Mage Merlin, we found the passage leading to the 9th floor…" Delson said with excitement. After experiencing the 11th floor's illusion, Delson thought that the 10th floor would be even more dangerous, but he hadn't expected it to be so easy. Apart from that thousand puppets army being somewhat troublesome, the 10th floor didn't pose much danger.

Lin Yun nodded. He was about to say something when he suddenly felt a fierce mana fluctuation and immediately turned to look at the huge forge.

He wasn't the only one to notice this fierce mana fluctuation, everyone did. They all turned their heads towards the forge. Among them, Solan was the only one whose expression greatly changed, he was looking at the forge with disbelief.

At this time, a silhouette in a very pitiful state suddenly rushed out of the huge forge. They could see the worn out mage robe covered in blood and mud that the silhouette was wearing. His hair was unkempt and his face deathly pale. But more importantly, a thick aura of sulfur spread when he appeared.

'Is it a Demon?'

Everyone was startled.

But after paying attention, they could see that the man that came out of the forge had two ash-colored flames on his back which were spreading that sulfur aura.

"Representative Weiss! How come it's you…" Delson let out in surprise.

Nothing could be done about it, the changes Weiss underwent were too great. Before, in the Line Canyon, Weiss had appeared and disappeared without a trace, giving out a mysterious feeling. But now…

He was no different from an old man past his prime.

This could no longer be described as pitiful state, everyone knew that those two ash colored flames were Withering Flames, flames from the Abyss. If one was infected by them, they would get eradicated by the Withering Flames unless they already reached Heaven Rank. In the end, the Withering Flames would only stop burning when the soul was turned to ashes.

But Representative Weiss now encountered that kind of predicament, the Withering Flames were constantly obliterating his soul. He managed to last so long because he was powerful.

Weiss' sudden appearance startled Lin Yun, 'He actually appeared in the 10th floor of the magic tower…'

'Where did he go before?'

William said that two months ago, Weiss had been chased down by the Desolate Overlord's Incarnation, but he still used an outrageous way to get into the magic tower.

Weiss managed to escape the chase of the Desolate Overlord, just this was shocking enough, after all, the three magic beasts back then were comparable to Weiss, yet they hadn't been able to escape disaster.

When the Desolate Overlord Incarnation appeared, Lin Yun knew that it's power was comparable to Jouyi.

Yet, Weiss managed to escape from such a terrible existence, this was incredible.

Everyone, including Lin Yun, thought that under the chase of the Desolate Overlord, Weiss had no way out.

But it looked like Weiss had met some huge trouble, the two Withering Flames were corroding his soul, and even with his strength, Weiss' soul would soon fade away, unless a Heaven Rank Powerhouse was willing to help him get rid of these Withering Flames…

"Solan Monchi!"

Just as he came out of the Forge, Weiss caught sight of these familiar faces and froze for a second. But then, his eyes locked onto Solan, he glared while shouting Solan's name. Some mana fluctuations leaked out from his body before countless wind spells took Solan by surprise.

That old man was infuriated.

Everyone was astonished when they saw how the situation was unfolding. No one expected this. After all, Weiss and Solan were both members of the Black Tower, and they had a master disciple relationship. They had been interacting for a few decades, they should have some friendship. How come Weiss suddenly attacked Solan out of nowhere?

The only explanation was that this old man was enraged. Why else would he attack his beloved disciple out of nowhere.

After all, Solan had raked quite a few achievements nowadays, and he was ranked among the top geniuses of the Black Tower. It was very likely that he would enter the Council of Seven in the future, and as his teacher, Weiss' reputation would naturally shoot up. With such an outstanding disciple, Weiss should be pampering him, yet, from his current attitude, it looked like he wanted to kill Solan Monchi!

Moreover, in any organization, killing a fellow member was an unforgivable crime. Even if Weiss was a member of the Council of Seven, there needed to be a rational explanation behind such an action, or he might be expelled from the Black Tower.

"You did something wicked, now, the time for your judgement has come…"

But Xiuban who was standing near Lin Yun was the only one not surprised by Weiss trying to kill Solan, he even had a joyful expression on his face and was snickering while mumbling.

"What did you say?" Lin Yun couldn't help frowning, Xiuban seemed to know something.

"Eh?"

Xiuban saw Lin Yun's frown and was clearly scared, he stood on the spot while shivering from fear, not daring to let out any sound.

"Eh what? If you know something, tell me…" Lin Yun stopped frowning as he looked at Xiuban, 'He is already a 9th Rank Expert Swordsman, how could he be so spineless.'

Xiuban let out a relieved sigh, looking a lot more relaxed. Naturally, he didn't know that Lin Yun was looking down on him. Xiuban then pointed at Solan, "That guy is worse than us Highland Beastmen. He was originally laying down on the ground, soon to be killed by that Desolate Overlord, yet Weiss saved him and took him with him as he fled. But he took advantage of Weiss not paying attention to push Weiss towards the Desolate Overlord before fleeing alone and meeting us in the cave…"

A pondering smile appeared on Lin Yun's face. He truly hadn't expected that something like that could happen. To use even his own teacher as bait… No wonder Weiss directly tried to kill Solan the moment he appeared.

Maybe even Solan himself hadn't expected such an outcome. 1st, he did everything secretly, Xiuban had seen it purely by accident. 2nd, Weiss shouldn't have been able to escape from the Desolate Overlord alive.

But he actually did.

If this incident was revealed, even if Weiss didn't kill him, Solan would lose his footing in the Black Tower.

In short, Solan was running out of luck.

Weiss and Solan fought each other in the vast workshop, yet no one planned to stop them.

After all, no one had good feelings neither for Solan nor for Weiss.

Because they had been commandeered, the people of the three mercenary groups had been delayed in the search of the thing their employer wanted. If Weiss and Solan wanted to fight it out, Delson and the others would happily watch, hoping both of them would die in the process.

As for Lin Yun, he had an even worse opinion of the two individuals from the Black Tower. Solan's actions already far surpassed what he could endure, and if not for the dangerous magic tower, he would have already killed him.

As for Weiss, he had attacked him first in the Line Canyon, and then trapped him. Had his reaction speed been any slower, he might have already become fodder for the Desolate Overlord.

Moreover, Weiss, as Solan's teacher, most likely knew some secrets related to the Bone Plane.

'What's going on…'

At this time, Lin Yun could clearly sense that Weiss wasn't restraining himself, but still couldn't hurt Solan at all. This discovery shocked him. He had personally experienced Weiss' strength and even used the Magic Array to calculate it. Weiss was a peak 6th Rank Archmage, with his strange wind techniques, he could even compare to a 7th Rank Archmage, otherwise Lin Yun wouldn't have had so much trouble back then.

He should definitely be able to deal with Solan, yet, he couldn't get the upper hand.

This was a bit too strange.

After all, even if Solan's strength had greatly improved, he was only a 5th Rank Archmage, and he hadn't completely mastered his power. Being able to be on par with Weiss under such circumstances was irrational.

'Weiss' injury looks quite serious, I wonder what happened during the last two months…' Lin Yun frowned as he looked at Weiss who kept casting spell after spell. He quickly discovered a problem. Weiss' strength seemed to have dropped to 5th Rank Archmage, moreover, a part of his power was used to suppress the Withering Fire's corrosion. Like this, he wouldn't be able to defeat Solan Monchi, and if the fight continued like that, he might very well lose to Solan.

"Solan Monchi, you bastard! I must kill you today!"

Weiss' face was completely ashen, after shouting, a few Tornadoes appeared in his surroundings, and following the appearance of the tornadoes, the mana in the surroundings crazily rushed out, as if it was pulled by an invisible force. Countless high tier wind spells burst out of Weiss' body, engulfing Solan.

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Chapter 413: Puppet Tide

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What happened that day was constantly repeating in Weiss' mind, driving him insane. After being dragged down by Solan, he spent ten days to escape from the pursuing Desolate Overlord, but although he succeeded he had to pay a price, and that price was huge. Not only was he seriously hurt, he was also infected by two Withering Flames, burning him alive. He might not be able to survive if he couldn't find a Heaven Rank Mage on time to help him remove the Withering Flames.

Moreover, when fighting Solan, he had no other choice but to use part of his power to suppress the Withering Flames in order to reduce the corrosion speed, or he wouldn't be able to stay alive.

The moment he was dragged down by Solan, he swore that even if he could make it alive, he would definitely kill Solan Monchi!

The disciple he had wholeheartedly nurtured for a few dozen years actually kicked him down in such a dangerous situation. Anyone would go cray if this happened to them. If not for his long life filled with various experiences, Weiss might have already spat out blood in anger.

Fortunately, he was able to escape from the Desolate Overlord's pursuit and find Solan!

When he saw Solan, the bottled up resentment burst out.

But, his heart turned cold once he started fighting Solan…

Because he discovered that Solan had changed…

He was now a 5th Rank Archmage!

A genuine 5th Rank Archmage… Weiss whose power had fallen to the 5th Rank Archmage level couldn't even deal with Solan. This was something hard to accept.

Solan's expression was terrible. When Weiss appeared, he truly panicked. He clearly understood the strength of his teacher, a 6th Rank Archmage wouldn't be able to survive against his teacher, let alone a 5th Rank Archmage like himself.

Then he found out that his teacher was in a very bad state and his strength diminished to the 5th Rank Archmage realm. Weiss was even a bit weaker than him.

"Weiss, do you remember? Three years ago, in the Dark Azure Plane? I entered a ruin and barely escaped with my life. I had gotten a True Spirit Magic Tool then, but you forced me to hand over that True Spirit Magic Tool. I had enough of such a scummy teacher. I would have turned hostile earlier if not for your strength. But you know what, you don't need to be angry about what happened two months ago, we can call it quits, I'll also forget about that True Spirit Magic Tool matter…"

But even though Solan had said that, Weiss didn't intend to stay his hand, his offensive actually became fiercer, dazzling wind spells whistling towards Solan.

Solan's expression couldn't help but turn solemn. It looked like Weiss was fighting as if his life depended on it.

During these ten days, he kept suffering in silence, afraid of offending Mafa Merlin and losing his life. One Mafa Merlin was already enough to make him distressed, and now there was Weiss added to the count.

'Damn, does everyone want to kill me?'

'At worst, I'll take you down with me!'

Solan stared at Weiss with red eyes, he hardened his heart and burst out with the full power of a 5th Rank Archmage.

That battle lasted over ten minutes and could only be described as fierce, both sides were 5th Rank Archmage powerhouses and weren't holding back, they both wanted the other side to die.

The former master and disciple were now arch-enemies.

This was quite ironic…

The wonderful part of this battle lay in the fact that both of them kept trying to expose the other side's shortcomings. It reached the point where the two kept disclosing personal matters. Everyone, Lin Yun included, were speechless when they heard those shouts, 'How is this a fight? Isn't this just a cursing contest?'

Whether it was Weiss or Solan, they both exhausted their mana, it could be seen from the fact that they could no longer use high tier spells and were only casting 1st Tier and 2nd Tier spells.

But Weiss seemed to be in a pickle, new injuries were added to the wounds he already had from the chase.

"Stop, both of you…"

But suddenly, the expression of Lin Yun, who was watching this battle leisurely, changed without warning. He called out to both of them in a deep voice. The control system he had dismantled from the puppet had displayed some change.

This change startled him, it was as if some power was trying to manipulate the control system.

He couldn't help linking it to the thousand of puppets that attacked them earlier. He had guessed that the thousand of puppets recklessly attacking them had been due to something that Heaven Puppet ordered a long time ago, but that theory didn't look very likely now.

If the control system hadn't been extracted, that Heaven Puppet might have attacked them under the control of that power.

What kind of existence had the power to alter the puppet's programs?

He suddenly felt that things were far from good, his intuition told him that something huge was about to happen, and thus, he shouted at Weiss and Solan. If they remained there, they might be in trouble.

But…

Solan and Weiss acted as if they couldn't hear him and kept staking it all with low tier spells. Their eyes were already red, they were only motivated by hatred. Only when one of them died would this battle stop.

Lin Yun frowned, his expression cold and terrifying. He suddenly rushed forward, using Fire Elemental Incarnation, he reached Solan and Weiss and Instant Cast seven Ice Walls without saying a word, effectively separating the two men. He then pointed the Doom Staff and two Flame Shackles wound up around Solan and Weiss.

Flame Shackles was only a 2nd Tier Spell, it would usually have a hard time stopping a 5th Rank Archmage for even a second.

But it was clearly a special case.

Solan and Weiss were almost out of mana, they simply couldn't throw off the Flame Shackles…

Weiss angrily looked at Lin Yun.

As for Solan…

Solan remembered that he had just ignored Lin Yun when he told them to stop. He had been fully focused on the battle, so he hadn't paid attention, but recalling that moment, Solan suddenly started sweating. He was afraid that Lin Yun would do as he did ten days ago and torment him.

"High Mage Merlin, what… What do you plan on doing? This is a matter between Weiss and me, please do not get involved…"

Solan was fearful as he looked at Lin Yun, his limbs constantly shivering. But he was still unwilling to spare Weiss.

It took him all his courage just to say those words, his fear for Lin Yun was so high that it couldn't be described anymore.

He couldn't help shuddering when he remembered the torture from ten days ago. At that time, Mafa Merlin completely regarded him as an experimental subject, it took ten days for his injury to more or less recovered, but a shadow was forever left in his heart.

And the other side had restrained his limbs once again… When he tried to throw off the Flame Shackles, he clearly felt chaos rising from his Mana Whirlpool. Fortunately, he didn't have much mana left at this time. Had it been at any other time, he might have died or been seriously injured.

"If you want to live, shut up for me…"

Lin Yun coldly glanced at Solan, and that was enough to make cold sweat trickle down Solan's back. Solan couldn't stop shaking and no longer dared to speak.

"Everyone leave here, take the path to the 9th Floor quickly. Cousin William, lead the way…" Lin Yun anxiously shouted. Under his Fire Elemental Incarnation, Lin Yun carried the two Archmages and arrived in front of the rest of the group with a Flame Flash.

"Okay…"

Among these people, William was the one with the best understanding of Lin Yun. When he heard Lin Yun's anxious tone, he immediately knew that something big had happened and reacted with a Haste spell, before rushing towards the passage to the 9th floor.

Delson and the others were distracted at first, but they soon followed William and ran towards the passage.

"Rumble!"

A world-shaking sound came from the huge forge in the middle of the workshop, before it exploded out of nowhere, only to be replaced by a Planar Path. One puppet after another rushed out of the Plane Path.

Following that explosion, the group which was rushing towards the passage didn't dare to look back. A major event happened, but they didn't dare to turn around.

At the entrance of the passage, Lin Yun threw down Weiss and Solan. He then turned to look at the workshop, only to find that they were already surrounded by countless puppets.

Puppet Plane…

The planar path appeared just as the forge disappeared. He also instantly discovered that this Planar Path led to the Puppet Plane.

The discovery of Planar Paths was only in its infancy in this era, only one tenth of the Planes known in the peak of the Magic Era had already been discovered. And the Puppet Plane was one of the planes that had yet to be discovered.

The name Puppet Plane would spread through Noscent only three millennia later. When it would be discovered by a Heaven Mage.

But that Heaven Mage soon found out that the Puppet Plane was a terrible place, there was an endless number of puppets that didn't know fatigue and weren't afraid of death. Even the Heaven Mage was exhausted after handling a few puppets. After coming out with exhausted mana, the Heaven Mage shared his experience of the Puppet Plane.

It was in the peak of the Magic Era that several major forces in Noscent joined hands and paid a great price to conquer the Puppet Plane. In some way, the danger of the Puppet Plane was no less inferior to the Undead Plane, but the wealth held within couldn't be underestimated.

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Chapter 414: Diary

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The Puppet Plane was undoubtedly a holy land for alchemists specialized in puppets, it had countless puppets. After conquering the Puppet Plane, those few major forces sent a large amount of alchemists into the Puppet Plane, and after a few decades, those few major forces had the most powerful puppet legions in Noscent.

Lin Yun was a bit stunned. How could a Planar Path leading to the Puppet Plane appear in the workshop of the magic tower? Thinking of this, his heart couldn't help beating faster, 'Could it be… Luo Ning already discovered the Puppet Plane a thousand years ago?'

'And the Planar Path in this workshop was most likely established by Luo Ning.'

'This is quite outrageous…'

While rushing to the passage, Lin Yun took the time to record the coordinates of the Puppet Plane in his Book of Death so that he would be able to easily take a trip there later.

"What… What's that?"

Delson and the others were taking a breather at the entrance to the passage. They had clearly sprinted, but they found it difficult to rush through the passage without confirming what happened, thus, after making sure they were safe, they looked back.

They were instantly petrified, they only saw a sea of densely packed puppets, too many to be able to count. The thousand puppets they had seen when they first arrived was nothing compared to this sea of puppets.

The puppets were tightly packed in the workshop, it could be inferred from this that they might be a few ten thousands of them….

What kind of concept was that?

A puppet legion made up of a few tens thousands puppets was enough to sweep through Okland's major forces.

Weiss and Solan had been thrown to the ground by Lin Yun. Although their Flames Shackles had long since been dealt with, the two had no intention of making a move, they were instead sluggishly looking at that sea of puppets as they recalled their previous situation. If the young mage hadn't taken them away, they would have already lost their lives.

Weiss' expression seemed a lot more complicated as he looked at Lin Yun. He wanted to say something, but held back.

Everyone could understand that remaining on the 10th floor wasn't a good idea, those puppets wouldn't take long to wipe out this place.

The group got down the spiralling staircase and went through a dark passage before new surroundings appeared in front of them.

The 9th floor was very small, not at all like the previous floors who were using expansion arrays. It was only a few hundred meters wide and had a few sparse bookshelves and a desk on which was set up a quill, paper, and a few other things.

Lin Yun could determine with a glance that this should have been the Gaugass King's study. Moreover, there was no danger here. He told the others to rest as they would go to the next layer in a few hours.

Everyone's mind was strained on their way here, hearing Lin Yun's words, they all relaxed and scattered to various corners of the study. Some meditated, some started flipping books on the bookshelves, and Xiuban directly picked a corner, shot a glance at Lin Yun, and after discovering that he wasn't paying attention to him, shut his eyes and started sleeping.

At this time, Lin Yun's eyes were focused on the desk. To be more exact, they were focused on the piece of paper on the desk. That piece of paper emitted a faint mana fluctuation, moreover, he was startled when he recognized the characters used. That piece of paper was filled with Divine Characters.

The source of all knowledge came from the Divine Characters of the Ascian Dynasty.

He had studied a few books pertaining to the Ascian Dynasty in the decaying library, but they didn't have much depths, and he could only barely manage to translate a few important characters, such as Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Lightning and Thunder, Darkness, Light, and so on.

But, not long ago in the illusion, he once again entered the spacious decaying library and spent some time to study the characters of the Ancient Gods.

Lin Yun couldn't help frowning, had he not had another opportunity to explore the decaying library, he wouldn't have been able to understand anything…

Even so, translating so many Divine Characters would take a lot of effort, and there would still be a portion he wouldn't be able to understand.

Lin Yun spent three hours translating, continuously studying the Ancient Gods' characters. It was extremely painful, but his frown gradually eased up. In these three hours he translated a large part of the Ancient Gods' characters and had profited quite a bit.

That piece of paper was left by Luo Ning, the Gaugass King, and those Divine Characters were also written by Luo Ning. It was like a diary in some way, but not quite like it. It seemed to be something Luo Ning wanted to share with those who would discover this place.

The start of the diary faintly mentioned the Throne of Life…

It also mentioned how Luo Ning cooperated with Emperor Zhantui and used the 3rd Dynasty's power to build two palaces at the bottom of the Line Canyon. As for the magic tower they were in, it was in fact a war fortress, especially the 10th floor. The huge puppet workshop was supporting Luo Ning and Zhantui with a huge puppet legion.

They spent a lot of energy on this because they were preparing to enter another place.

After reading up to there, Lin Yun became somewhat doubtful. Luo Ning and Emperor Zhantui had both surpassed Heaven Rank, what place would require them to make so much preparations.

But on the eve of their departure, Emperor Zhantui and Luo Ning had a disagreement for some unknown reason and Emperor Zhantui went back while Luo Ning seemed to have gone to that place. At the end of the page was a paragraph Lin Yun more or less understood, the place was full of danger and the enemy was extremely powerful.

Luo Ning didn't sound too confident in his last paragraph, in fact, this couldn't help but shock Lin Yun. What kind of place could make a powerhouse that surpassed Heaven Rank lack confidence?

After translating up till here, Lin Yun had a rough outline of the situation. Luo Ning and Zhantui used the power of the 3rd Dynasty to build the palaces and the magic tower, and this was all in order to start a campaign on a certain location. But on the eve of the departure, something happened and Luo Ning got stood up and had no other choice but to go on his own.

The core to this matter, the most important information, was where was the place Luo Ning went to.

Unfortunately, there were some characters Lin Yun couldn't translate, so he missed a lot of details and couldn't figure out which place Gaugass King Luo Ning and Emperor Zhantui wanted to explore.

The diary didn't finish there, there was a small part down there, but it wasn't in Divine Characters, but in Nesser Language, it was clearly something Luo Ning added afterwards. Lin Yun only needed one glance to understand the meaning behind these characters.

[Sengman killed his own son, he is broken-hearted…]

Lin Yun expression suddenly changed after reading this. Emperor Zhantui's name was Sengman!

Emperor Zhantui killed his own son, what did that mean?

Lin Yun had a strange feeling.

He had come from 30,000 years in the future, yet he had never heard anything about Emperor Zhantui killing his own son.

'Hold on…'

An information suddenly surged in his mind, 'Baiers! He was a member of the royal family in the 3rd Dynasty and also Emperor Zhantui's eldest son. Back then, he was praised to be the most promising candidate to take over the throne.

Moreover, Baiers was a hard-worker. He followed the chief court mage as a kid to study magic. He was innately gifted in the field of magic and to everyone's shock, he reached the High Mage realm at 14.

This was too shocking.

After all, even in the peak of the Magic Era, reaching High Mage realm at fourteen or fifteen could already be described as terrifying. And Baiers did so in the 3rd Dynasty, when the magic civilization had yet to mature. From this it could be seen how gifted that Baiers was…

In the entire royal family, everyone had high hopes for Baiers, including Emperor Zhantui. It was to the point that he even hinted quite a few times that Baiers would be inheriting the throne.

Being doted upon for all of his childhood, Baiers inevitably became arrogant and hardly paid attention to anyone apart from Emperor Zhantui.

Moreover, Baiers also said on more than one occasion that once he took the throne, he would make the entire Noscent, as well as countless planes, pledge allegiance under his feet.

But…

No one expected Baiers to suddenly disappear. This news shocked the the entire 3rd Dynasty. The best candidate for the throne had suddenly went missing.

After disappearing, he no longer appeared in Noscent…

After Emperor Zhantui's death, another son took over the king position. As for Baiers' son, he lost his status in the royal family and ended up exiled. As it turned out, he was exiled to the Odin Kingdom.

'Baiers was killed by Emperor Zhantui?'

This thought appeared in Lin Yun's mind, he came up to this conjecture not only because Baiers' disappearance happened when Emperor Zhantui came back from the Tulan Mountain, since this could be a coincidence, but also it was clearly written in Luo Ning's diary that Emperor Zhantui killed his own son.

Thus, the son Emperor Zhantui killed was most likely Baiers.

But Lin Yun was puzzled, 'Why did Emperor Zhantui kill Baiers?'

After all, Baiers was already a Heaven Rank powerhouse at the time and was very likely to transcend Heaven Rank like him. Such an heir should be treasured, why did he kill him?

Lin Yun spent a few minutes thinking hard, but he really couldn't figure out why.

He massaged his aching temples. There were definitely a huge secret hidden behind all this.

'Oh, right…'

Lin Yun suddenly recalled something, his gaze stopping on Solan Monchi, 'The Bloodline Curse on that guy wouldn't have been left by Baiers, would it?'

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Chapter 415: Still Not Dead

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This conjecture wasn't impossible. Baiers was not only Emperor Zhantui's son, but he was also a Heaven Rank powerhouse. In that era, only a few people could compare to him in terms of bloodline.

It wouldn't be strange for the Bloodline Curse left after Baiers' death to make Solan advance from the 2nd Rank to the 5th Rank.

If Lin Yun was right, then it would mean that Baiers came to the Tulan Mountain Range and was killed by Emperor Zhantui in the hovering palace. As for Solan, he might have encountered Baiers' Bloodline Curse. He then disappeared for a while and his strength reached the 5th Rank.

Suddenly, Lin Yun's ring flickered.

Lin Yun clearly noticed this change and he couldn't help feeling pleased. He called out, "Lord Shawn, wake up…"

Ever since he fused with that Evil Dragon Eye, Lord Shawn had remained slumbering in the Soul Walker, only awakening now…

"Merlin, the talented Shawn just woke up, why are you so urgently calling out to me?" Smoke came out as Shawn left the Soul Walker, grumbling with dissatisfaction, "Whatever it is, it can wait, First, give Lord Shawn a few mana crystals."

After slumbering for a few months, Shawn had greatly changed. He was no longer transparent like before, his form already looking a bit more solid. Moreover, there was one more eye on his forehead. But while examining it, Lin Yun could sense an evil intent from within. "Lord Shawn, how is it after fusing with the Evil Dragon Eye?"

"Merlin, I shall have you know that the current Lord Shawn is ten times stronger than before…" Being stared at like this, Shawn was smug, and he just lazily laid down on the ground.

"Really?"

"Of course!" Hearing Lin Yun's doubt, Lord Shawn looked at Lin Yun with annoyance and didn't forget to brag. "In any case, Lord Shawn is a True Spirit Magic Tool, why would I deceive you? Oh, I almost forgot, Lord Shawn is already a Mid-Rank True Spirit Magic Tool."

"Say, what's up with that eye…" Lin Yun pointed at the vertical eye on Lord Shawn's forehead with a frown. He wasn't surprised by Shawn's power increasing after the fusion, and as for the ten times increase he was boasting of, he had yet to confirm it.

But the Soul Walker becoming a Mid-Rank True Spirit Magic Tool was a pleasant surprise. Lin Yun, who possessed three True Spirit Magic Tools, knew more than anyone how difficult it was for a Magic Tool to advance. Even last time, he had to trade the Variant Black Lizard Blood to Enderfa to advance the Spell Wheel to Mid-Rank through special methods. That drop of blood was worth a top-tier Spiritual Magic Tool.

Usually, the path to advancing a Magic Tool was very long, especially for a Magic Tool like the Soul Walker. The advancement of the Soul Walker this time was linked to the fusion with the Evil Dragon Eye. The Evil Dragon Eye had disappeared, and it was a priceless True Spirit Magic Tool. That power was equivalent to that of an Archmage.

Moreover, the history of the Evil Dragon Eye was extraordinary.

Thus, Lin Yun felt that the eye on his forehead wasn't that simple.

Lord Shawn threw a mysterious glance at Lin Yun. A light flashed through that tightly closed eye, emitting a frightening aura. Even Lin Yun couldn't help having some palpitations. Seeing Lin Yunn's expression, Shawn couldn't help looking at Lin Yun while complacently saying, "Merlin, this eye can't be opened rashly because it would consume a huge amount of mana. Moreover, if this eye is opened, even someone powerful like you will still be greatly influenced. I named it the Evil Dragon Gaze…"

"Oh?" Lin Yun's eyes shone, he could clearly feel that aura, Shawn didn't lie. Moreover, there was still the Soul Contract, Shawn simply wouldn't be able to keep something hidden from him.

He found out that he had underestimated the power of the Evil Dragon Eye. After feeling the aura emitted by that eye, he proceeded to analyze it with the Magic Array, and the results surprised him. The Evil Dragon Gaze could make even a 6th rank Archmage suffer heavy losses.

Lin Yun then remembered the Dragon Breath that Solan had gotten from the illusion. The owner of that Dragon Breath and the owner of the Evil Dragon Eye were existences that transcended Heaven Rank, but the power of the Dragon Gaze was many times stronger than the power of the Dragon Breath.

"Merlin…" Shawn, who still felt proud, suddenly became coy. He said with embarrassment, "Lord Shawn can feel that there is another Evil Dragon Eye…"

"Indeed…" Lin Yun nodded, naturally understanding Shawn's thoughts. Not long ago, he had forced Herman to tell him the method that he used to get to the Evil Dragon Eye. Although it was somewhat risky, it was worth trying it out to get another one.

After all, Shawn was already a Mid-Rank True Spirit Magic Tool after fusing with one eye, and the Evil Dragon Gaze was quite formidable. It could be considered a trump card. If Shawn fused with the 2nd Evil Dragon Eye, he would most likely become a Peak True Spirit Magic Tool!

And Peak True Spirit Magic Tools could be compared to Star Sage Jouyi in terms of power.

He inevitably wanted to take a trip to the Golden Forest Plane, because the attraction of that Evil Dragon Eye was too great. But being a 5th Rank High Mage was far from enough to go there. He needed to reach the 9th Rank at least, or even the Archmage realm to be able to retrieve the second Evil Dragon Eye.

Naturally, talking about it now was too early, as that was all still a long way ahead of him.

Lin Yun looked at Solan, who was resting on the side, and said with a weak laugh, "Sir Solan, can you come over?"

"Eh…?"

Solan, who was meditating next to a bookshelf, was almost scared when he heard Lin Yun's voice. He stood up and quickly ran towards Lin Yun, trembling with fear. "High Mage Merlin, do… Do you need me for something?"

At the moment, Lin Yun was ten thousand times more frightening than the Desolate Overlord in Solan's eyes, he even felt that Lin Yun was a true Demon.

"Yes, there is something…"

Lin Yun scratched his cheek as he looked at Solan expressionlessly. He then softly waved his staff and Flame Shackles suddenly twisted around Solan.

"Eh…"

Solan let out an alarmed cry, his face deathly pale. With his strength as a 5th Rank Archmage, he could easily break through the 2nd Tier Spell, but he didn't dare to. If he used mana to resist Lin Yun, the mana within his Mana Whirlpool would become chaotic. Let alone being unable to cast spells, once his mana was in chaos, he would vomit blood, and even if he could recover after a while, in the worst-case scenario, his Mana Whirlpool could rupture and he would lose his life.

"Help me with something. The reward is three mana crystals above level 25. How about it?" Lin Yun pointed to Solan as he took out three mana crystals from his pocket while asking Shawn.

"Deal…"

Sensing the mana fluctuations from the mana crystals, Shawn immediately agreed. He crawled up from the ground and rushed towards Solan while displaying a malevolent expression.

A shadow flashed past, and Shawn disappeared.

"Eh!?"

At the same time, a blood-curdling screech echoed and Solan twitched fiercely. Solan wanted to die at this moment. The pain was so excruciating that words couldn't be used to describe it. Moreover, the pain didn't originate from his body, but from his soul. It felt as if a hand was cruelly tearing his soul apart.

Solan soon lost the ability to think, he could only feel like his head was exploding.

After a few minutes, Shawn appeared in front of Lin Yun, bewildered. "Merlin, who is this guy? How come there is a Bloodline Curse on his body?"

"You noticed it?" Lin Yun looked at Shawn in surprise. Ten days ago, he had examined Solan's body and had spent a lot of time and effort before being able to detect it.

Shawn only took a few minutes to learn that Solan had the power of a Bloodline Curse in his body. Had Shawn awakened ten days ago, he would have saved a lot of effort.

Lin Yun then remembered that Shawn had been following Prince Barov in the past, and although he didn't have a complete understanding of Bloodline Curses, he was definitely familiar with them.

"You don't say…" Shawn rolled his eyes, seemingly in a bad mood.

"Lord Shawn, help me detect the Bloodline Curse in his body…" Lin Yun frowned, his gaze fixed on the shivering Solan.

"Okay…" Shawn was straightforward this time. With his mastery in the field of souls, detecting a Bloodline Curse couldn't stump him. After saying that, he slowly moved towards Solan.

Under Solan's panicked gaze, Shawn's figure once again disappeared.

Then Solan felt a familiar pain, the pain of his heart being torn apart and his lungs being split open. Solan couldn't help clenching his teeth until his gums bled. He then groaned and his body started rolling on the ground. When he just began to adapt to that pain, even fiercer jolts suddenly coursed through him, almost giving him a nervous breakdown.

In a split second, his mind turned blank as the screams became weaker and weaker.

"I just cut a wisp of his soul, Merlin, give me a test tube. I'll also need some time to inspect that Bloodline Curse…" Not long after, Shawn came out of Solan's body.

"…" Lin Yun couldn't help sympathizing with the twitching Solan. He took a test tube from his pocket and gave it to Lord Shawn.

After some time, Shawn actually withdrew a crimson power from Solan. That power was emitting some strange fluctuations, and even Lin Yun frowned when seeing it. Shawn got busy and used a few potions from Lin Yun before focusing on the study of that crimson power.

Half an hour later, Shawn crawled out of the body and looked at Lin Yun. "Merlin, from how the Bloodline Curse is… That person shouldn't have died…

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Chapter 416: Element Chapter

Translator: Shiraishi Editor: TheAlliance

"Eh…" Lin Yun was stunned. He naturally knew that the person Shawn was talking about was the royal family member of the 3rd Dynasty that left the Bloodline Curse in the hovering palace, most likely Baiers. He doubtfully said, "Shouldn't the 3rd Dynasty's royal family members be able to leave Bloodline Curses only after their deaths? Shawn, did you make a mistake? If that person didn't die, how could he leave a Bloodline Curse behind?"

"He did die once, Merlin, you should know some things about Bloodline Curses, right? That'll save me the long explanation." Shawn shook his claws, seemingly impatient.

"Yes, I naturally know some stuff." Lin Yun nodded. "That is the power brought to them by their bloodline. The more closely related a descendant was, the stronger the curse power.

"By saying that he was still alive, I meant that his soul still existed, and from the strength of the Bloodline Curse, he was at least a Heaven Mage during his youth." Shawn was already becoming impatient. "Merlin, I did what you ask and answered your question, quickly give me my mana crystals."

"Hold on…" Lin Yun suddenly recalled something and pointed at the shivering Solan, "Lord Shawn, help me do one final thing and I'll give you the mana crystals. Take care of him…"

"To hell with it!"

After hearing Lin Yun's request, Shawn directly burst in anger, but in order to get hold of the mana crystals, he had no choice but to do as Lin Yun asked. Thus, Shawn went directly to Solan…

"You… You… Don't come over here…"

Solan had long since been scared out of his wits. Shawn had only appeared for a few hours, but he completely terrified Solan. He was far more terrified by Shawn than Lin Yun. Because he was entangled by the Flame Shackles, he could only move back extremely slowly.

After being backed into a corner, Solan felt despair. It was followed by a shadow flashing over to his body before he fell unconscious.

"Merlin, doing business with you is really painful…"

After half an hour, Shawn's silhouette came out, but he couldn't help complaining.

"Lord Shawn, you didn't kill him, right?"

Lin Yun couldn't help frowning when he saw the motionless Solan on the ground. His aura was declining, and although there was no wound, his eyes appeared empty, as if he was just a corpse. Lin Yun was a bit worried. If Shawn made a mess and killed Solan…

After all… Lin Yun still had a use for Solan.

If he really died, it would be ruined.

"Rest assured, Lord Shawn knows what to do…" Shawn rolled his eyes. Je took the mana crystals and turned into smoke before going back into the Soul Walker.

After doing so, Lin Yun took a few books from one of the bookshelves and read patiently. Most of the stuff written on the books wasn't profound magic knowledge, but just as he was about to put the books back, Lin Yun felt some change in the Book of Death in his pocket…

Lin Yun froze in surprise for a moment before quickly taking out the Book of Death. He studied it meticulously and discovered something strange. Usually, when Lin Yun didn't rouse the Book of Death, it would look like a simple book that would emit very weak mana fluctuations. But now, it was flickering with black radiance.

'What's going on…'

Lin Yun frowned, as he had never encountered this kind of situation. Of the few Magic Tools he owned, the Book of Death, was the one that had been with him the longest. It was also the Magic Tool with the greatest potential. Once the key Augments were gathered, it would become a genuine Extraordinary Magic Tool!

Moreover, the Book of Death wasn't as simple as it looked. Heaven Mage Bain researched the Book of Death his entire life, but he was still unable to get close to the Book of Death's true secret.

The Book of Death could also be said to be Lin Yun's core Magic Tool. Any change happening to it would affect Lin Yun's mind, so he decided to study it thoroughly.

'Could it be reacting to an Augment?'

Lin Yun's eyes shone. After all, the Augments of the Book of Death were almost all at the True Spirit realm, they were worth a lot more than ordinary True Spirit Magic Tools. Thinking of this, Lin Yun grabbed the Book of Death and moved away from the desk to start searching.

Even if it was only a guess, he wouldn't let it slip by. It could be a critical Augment for the Book of Death!

He looked everywhere and inspected the bookshelves extremely meticulously, flipping through every book once, not letting any nooks escape his sight. Unfortunately, he had yet to find anything after half an hour, but the Book of Death in his pocket had yet to calm down. This made Lin Yun frown. The study was so big and he felt like he'd checked everything, but he had found nothing of value, let alone an Augment for the Book of Death.

'Where is that thing…'

Lin Yun returned to the desk, somewhat anxious. After sorting out his state of mind, he once again started to size up up the entire study. There were a total of four bookshelves, and close to a thousand books. Apart from that, only the desk in front of him remained. He was almost certain that this narrow study didn't have any hidden walls. He had checked every wall earlier, but there weren't any arrays or hidden mechanisms.

'But the Book of Death wouldn't act like this for no reason…'

As he was puzzling over this, the four books on the edge of the 4th row of a bookshelf attracted his attention. He recalled that the content of these four books seemed to have to do with space.

Finding this trail, he directly grabbed those four books and returned to the desk. He checked the books page by page, and took a dozen minutes to check the books once over. After he finished, he took out a stack of paper and his quill and started computing.

He knew Luo Ning's style and had already guessed something…

This was most likely Luo Ning's test.

Written in the four books was information about spatial magic. Although it wasn't very profound, he could only dissect a formula and try to reassemble it. This was an extremely huge undertaking that 99% of mages would have to give up on in this situation. Because the copious calculations weren't something they could solve in a short time.

But Lin Yun was different…

He had already grasped Luo Ning's pattern on the 12th floor of the magic tower. He was a guy that liked wild goose chases. Some matters which were usually simple would become incomparably difficult in his hands. Thus, Lin Yun rarely took detours during his calculations.

Luo Ning would even try to assemble two formulas which could hardly be combined. Luo Ning would boldly attempt it anyways. Of course, some would fail, but some would succeed.

When Lin Yun obtained that six-formula Meditation Law Set, he discovered that they were many new ideas inside, even some that no mage at the peak of the Magic Era had tried. This all relied on Luo Ning's boldness and his daring attempts.

After six hours of calculations, Lin Yun's wrist started aching. When he stopped writing, he noticed that the desk had already been filled with discarded papers. Even Heaven Mages would be shocked if they were to learn that such a complex calculation was solved in six hours.

But Lin Yun did it…

He stretched and massaged his sore wrists, frowning as he walked around the study. In a short few minutes, he circled the study before going to the middle of the second bookshelf and abruptly stopping. He frowned as he chanted an incantation, a silver light appearing at the tip of his Doom Staff. He then lightly slashed forward.

It was only a light stroke.

But what was incredible was that after crossing over, Lin Yun's hand stretched and made a grabbing motion forward.

"Element Chapter!"

Lin Yun was suddenly startled when he saw that thing. It was a small crystal with four different kinds of colors. Moreover, Lin Yun could sense that four completely different energies were flowing in that crystal: Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind. And these four kinds of energies weren't in conflict in the crystal ball.

He had already recognized that thing…

The Element Chapter was one of the most important core Augments of the Book of Death. He really couldn't believe that the Element Chapter was in Luo Ning's magic tower.

For a moment, Lin Yun felt extremely pleased.

'Luo Ning is truly a genius…' Lin Yun sincerely praised. As he held the Element Chapter, some questions he realized that some questions of his had already been answered. Those magic beasts he had met in the hovering palace had the four elements. He had been very surprised back then and had been wondering if those mana crystals had been man-made.

Now it looked like it truly was the case. Apparently, Luo Ning followed the theory of the Element Chapter and made those mana crystals.

This was why Lin Yun praised Luo Ning. In all of Noscent's history, no one had attempted to pour four elements into something and create a mana crystal, let alone successfully put the mana crystals into magic beasts that could function normally.

This was a shocking and innovative idea.

Even Lin Yun was thinking of learning from it and planned to try using that technique to create a mana crystal that could contain four elements as the mana source of his Heaven Puppet.

Just thinking about it, his eyes turned red.

He sat at the desk and carefully stared at the Element Chapter. He came from 30,000 years in the future and knew the value of the Element Chapter. A millennium later, a mage named Barus would have this Element Chapter.

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