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 417: Well of Stars

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Before obtaining the Element Chapter, Barus was only a 70-year-old newly advanced Archmage. His talent in the path of magic could only be described as mediocre, but he had some luck. He obtained the Element chapter when he finished his first planar trip and his fate started to change.

After twenty years of silence, he reappeared in Noscent as a Peak 9th Rank Archmage, shocking everyone.

Countless people went crazy at the time. They knew how difficult the path of an Archmage was, as each rank would take a great amount of time. Taking only twenty years to become a 9th Rank Archmage from 1st Rank was impossible.

But Barus did it.

Not only did he reach the peak of the 9th Rank, but he also mastered extremely profound elemental Laws, the most important ones, the Laws of Water, Fire, Earth, and Wind. Moreover, his understanding of the Laws was at the Great Master level.

Great Master of four elements, what kind of concept was that…

That was something that Heaven Mages could do, but not even newly advanced Heaven Mages. Becoming a Great Master of four elements required a lot of time, at least several hundred years. At that time, they would already be at high rank even among Heaven Mages.

Naturally, Barus being a Great Master of four elements remained a secret. Besides Barus, no one knew. Up until Barus used his power to kill an exploration team of the Ivory Tower over some matter. That team had been exploring a Heaven Mage Ruin which contained a vast amount of wealth and the secrets of that Heaven Mage.

That exploration team's line-up could be described as very powerful: four Peak 9th Rank Archmages who had already come into contact with Extraordinary power, as well as over ten other Archmages.

They were the main force of the Ivory Tower and would rarely appear in public, but for that valuable Heaven Mage Ruin, that team was dispatched.

Such a powerful group should have been more than enough to explore the ruin.

But the final outcome was unexpected. None of those people returned alive…

The powerful Ivory Tower sifted through some clues and found out that the one who killed their exploration team was a 9th Rank Archmage, Barus.

Once this information spread, most people didn't dare to believe it. Even if Barus was powerful, the lineup of the Ivory Tower had four Peak Archmages and over ten other Archmages. How could Barus exterminate all of them?

Perhaps a Heaven Mage could do so, but Barus was only a Peak 9th Rank Archmage.

Most of the higher-ups of the Ivory Tower didn't dare to believe that Barus had killed their exploration team, but they still dispatched many powerhouses to retaliate. To their surprise, they found that Barus had disappeared.

Only ten years later did Barus show up again in Noscent, but by that time, Barus had already become a Heaven Mage by relying on the power of the Heaven Mage Ruin's secret.

Barus' life could be described as glorious. In a span of thirty years, from having just broken through the Archmage realm, he reached the Heaven Mage realm.

In the end, the Ivory Tower decided to dispatch Heaven Mage Bane, the holder of the Book of Death. At the time, Bane was only a newly advanced Heaven Mage who had just risen up through the ranks of the Ivory Tower.

It wasn't an exaggeration to describe that battle as world-shaking. Heaven Mage Bane was seriously injured when he returned to the Ivory Tower, where he later revealed Barus' secret. It turned out that Barus was controlling one of the Augments of the Book of Death, the Element Chapter. With the help of the Element Chapter, he became a Great Master of four elements, making him incredibly powerful. It was because of this that the exploration team had been destroyed the decade before.

At that time, the Element Chapter was in Bane's hands. He had just advanced to become a Heaven Mage, and the Book of Death was only a True Spirit Magic Tool, but after merging with the Element Chapter Augment, the Book of Death immediately became an Extraordinary Magic Tool and gradually pushed Bane to be the top mage of that era.

Although Lin Yun obtained the Element Chapter, the Book of Death wouldn't be able to reach the Extraordinary realm. After all, when Bane obtained the Element Chapter, the Book of Death had close to ten Augments, but Lin Yun's Book of Death only had two Augments. The addition of the Element Chapter would inevitably bring some transformation to the Book of Death.

After the Element Chapter was added in, Lin Yun cleared up the mess on the desk and put those four books back. He turned around and noticed that William was holding a magic staff emitting faint mana fluctuations. He was standing there, not moving, a strange expression on his face.

"Cousin William, what's going on…?" Lin Yun walked over.

"Eh, Cousin Mafa…"

William seemed to have been pondering over something before Lin Yun arrived. He was awakened by Lin Yun and when he saw it was his cousin, he smiled, before continuing to frown at the staff.

This was a staff he had found in the study.

Out of curiosity, William had taken the staff to take a look.

There seemed to be nothing special about the staff, and embedded at the top wasn't a mana crystal, but a crystal emitting a very faint mana fluctuation. Unless one got close, they wouldn't be able to sense it.

Crystal…

Looking at the crystal at the top, William's eyes suddenly shone. After all, in Noscent, crystals were used by mages to record important information. Thus, William wondered what was hidden in this crystal.

Thinking of this, William's heart throbbed. He poured mana into the crystal and some information was transmitted into his brain.

But, that thing…

Transmitted in his mind was a dark rune that was difficult to understand. He actually couldn't comprehend that thing.

Thus, he spent a few hours ruminating on it.

William's eyes shone when they fell on Lin Yun.

'That's right, Cousin Mafa can help. After all, Cousin Mafa could even figure out those profound Meditation Law Sets, his knowledge far surpasses my own.'

"Cousin Mafa, can you help me take a look at this?" William smiled before telling Lin Yun everything. When he finished recounting what had happened, he stopped and waited for a reply.

At that time, he found out that his younger cousin was frowning.

This was a bit strange.

"Cousin, what happened?"

"Nothing, Cousin William. Try pouring mana into the crystal. With just that rune, I can't figure out what it is…"

"Okay…"

William nodded and poured mana into the crystal. In a flash, another rune entered his mind, which he reported to Lin Yun.

But Lin Yun was still frowning.

William was unwilling to give up and poured yet more mana in, learning the 3rd rune. But after saying it, he suddenly discovered that his cousin's expression had become very strange. He couldn't help asking, "Cousin, what is it?"

Lin Yun shook his head but didn't say anything. From the three runes, Lin Yun could guess that it was a Magic Conducting Rune, and an extremely profound one.

Even Lin Yun himself was shocked by that Magic Conducting Rune. A mage that learned such a Magic Conducting Rune could actually use the power of stars…

Well of Stars…

It was the only Magic Conducting Rune Lin Yun could associate it with, the only one that could use the power of stars.

But the Well of Stars had been lost a long time ago.

'This wouldn't be the Well of Stars… Right?'

Lin Yun's expression became strange because that Magic Conducting Rune was above even most peak Magic Conducting Runes. It was only a bit inferior to the Magic Array.

The Well of Stars last appeared in Noscent at the end of the Nesser Dynasty. During the Dragon War, hundreds of Dragons flew in the sky, attacking the humans underneath. And among the human powerhouses, there was someone with the Well of Stars. During the final clash, that person used the special ability of the Well of Stars and made countless meteorites fall. At that time, starlight filled the sky and took the lives of hundreds of Dragons.

Thus, the Well of Stars was also known as the Dragon Requiem.

And the one who owned the Well of Stars was the gravedigger of the Silver Era, the Saint Alchemist who used puppets, the Dark Sage!

"Cousin William, this is a Magic Conducting Rune. It is known as the Well of Stars, which allows one to borrow the power of the stars. It is even stronger than some top Magic Conducting Runes. Cousin, you should use this Well of Stars as your Magic Conducting Rune…" Lin Yun briefly introduced the Well of Stars to William.

"Borrow the power of the stars…"

William was greatly startled and almost let go of the magic staff in his hand. "Cousin, you gave me that Lava Heart, and I'll be done studying it within a month. At that time, I'll be able to destroy my Magic Conducting Runes. How about I replace them with the Well of Stars…"

Lin Yun nodded. He felt that apart from the Magic Array, the Well of Stars was the strongest Magic Conducting Rune. "Cousin William, you should first check whether that Well of Stars is complete."

"Okay…"

William kept pouring mana into the crystal and spent a few minutes before he stopped with an odd look on his face. He then looked at Lin Yun and said, "Cousin Mafa, the Well of Stars is complete, it's just that… It's just that it has a few similarities with the soul inheritance from the Merlin Ancestor…"

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"What…?"

Lin Yun looked at William in disbelief. Back then, in the Heaven Enlightening Plane, William obtained a crest of the Merlin Family with a soul inheritance in it. If what William said was true, then the Dark Sage was most likely the ancestor of the Merlin Family.

After a while, Lin Yun gradually calmed down. That was only a conjecture, after all, and William was busy studying the Well of Stars. Lin Yun didn't want to bother him so he quietly retreated to the side.

He went to a secluded corner of the room and fused the Element Chapter with the Book of Death. As he was about to put it away, Lin Yun thought about the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf in the Demiplane. He had taken a trip to the Demiplane not long ago and planted the Mana Vine, but he hadn't seen any traces of the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf.

Although the Demiplane hardly seemed dangerous, he didn't feel at ease not having seen the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf for a few months.

Thinking of this, he didn't hesitate chanted a long incantation before appearing in the natural Demiplane. He cast a dozen Mage Eyes as he walked through the Demiplane. It took him a dozen minutes before he managed to notice a quick shadow.

"Awooo, awooo, awooo…"

The Three-Eyed Secret Wolf had clearly noticed Lin Yun's existence, and it howled, completely unafraid of him.

"Come over." Lin Yun frowned. He could sense that the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf had greatly changed. Just its speed was a few times faster than before. Its power had undergone a transformation, and it now already had the power of a magic beast over level 20.

The Three-Eyed Secret Wolf stood there, indifferent, its small head swaying as it simply didn't listen to him.

Lin Yun resisted the urge to curse a few times before fishing out a few high-level mana crystals. He knew that the wolf had no resistance against mana crystals. And sure enough, a shadow flashed as the palm-sized Three-Eyed Secret Wolf ran to his palm and quickly took care of those mana crystals before impatiently looking at Lin Yun.

Lin Yun rolled his eyes. He ignored the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf and directly bound it with mana before casually putting it in his pocket. He then chanted the incantation to leave the Demiplane.

Lin Yun appeared in the study, but this time, everyone had already finished their preparations and they were all in high spirits. However… the study room on the 9th Floor didn't seem to have a way down.

They looked for over ten minutes, but they couldn't find the way to the 8th Floor.

Lin Yun couldn't help frowning. When he first arrived at the study, he examined it and found that it was safe. Thus, everyone relaxed and no one paid attention to the passage. It felt troublesome now…

Every floor he walked through so far had a passage onwards, so how could there not be one now? In fact, the 9th floor was quite small, only a few hundred meters wide. With the few of them, it would only take a few minutes to turn it upside down.

Lin Yun cast five Mage Eyes and then controlled them to check every corner of the study. Time slowly passed, and soon, ten minutes later, his Mages Eyes had scoured every corner of the study, but he had yet to find anything. By the 4th check, his forehead was covered in sweat.

"Found…"

He was a lot more relaxed now. Under the 1st bookshelf was an extremely faint mana fluctuation. Even with his acute perception, he still missed it the first three times. Only on the 4th try did he discover those faint mana fluctuations. Soon, the group lifted the bookshelf, exposing an array.

"A Teleportation Array…"

Lin Yun frowned. He wasn't too fond of Teleportation Arrays. The Teleportation Arrays that Luo Ning had left in the hovering palace had almost trapped him.

'Just where does this lead to? It wouldn't lead to the Heaven Enlightening Plane, would it? Unless Luo Ning was sick, he wouldn't put one in the hovering palace and one in his magic tower.'

"The mana source has already dried up."

Olaro was a Master Alchemist, so with one glance he could see that the mana source of the Teleportation Array was empty. After all, what array could remain undamaged by the passage of time?

Lin Yun nodded. He fished out a mana crystal and put it on the position for the mana source. He guessed that this Teleportation Array was most likely leading to the 8th Floor. But he was a bit curious. 'The previous floors used staircases, so why did this one uses a Teleportation Array? Could it be that the 8th Floor is special…?'

Lin Yun shook his head. He tried to activate the Teleportation Array, but he discovered that the array was unresponsive. He immediately started frowning and carefully observed for a few minutes, only to find out that there was a miniature array embedded in this array. He needed to crack that miniature array before they could use the array properly.

Lin Yun took out a quill and half a bottle of Melting Snow Ink. But just as he was about to write with the Melting Snow Ink, Olaro's voice echoed.

"High Mage Merlin, please wait…" Olaro's voice was gentle and carried a hint of fear towards Lin Yun. After saying those words, everyone, including Solan, looked at him strangely. Especially the Draconic Beastman, who was already looking at him with mirth.

Olaro was startled when he saw the young mage frowning. Thus, he quickly explained, "High Mage Merlin, don't misunderstand… I don't want to trouble you, but that array is very strange. It is embedded in the Teleportation Array. A small mistake would lead to the entire Teleportation Array being crippled, and once crippled, it would be unrepairable…"

Hearing Olaro, everyone couldn't help worrying.

If the Teleportation Array was crippled, they would never be able to leave this place. After all, the 10th Floor was overrun with puppets, so they didn't have a way back.

But as if he hadn't heard Olaro, Lin Yun dipped his quill into the Melting Snow Ink and quickly started writing on the miniature array.

Seeing this scene, everyone trembled with fear, especially Olaro. Cold sweat was already trickling down his back. 'This is too frightening, could it be that he doesn't plan on performing any calculations first? He's just going to write? Isn't that suicide?

'As a Master Alchemist, I would need at least three to five days of calculations before I would even dare to start. This young mage is too reckless… Shit, my life will be over because of him!'

"Alright…"

Lin Yun had already put down his quill while Olaro was panicking. The way Olaro looked at Lin Yun greatly changed. He was looking at him with fear before due to the other side being too powerful. But now he was actually looking at him with shock and reverence. Cracking a miniature array without making any calculations proved that the young mage was a few times better than him in the field of alchemy. He was at least a peak Master Alchemist!

Lin Yun activated the Teleportation Array and felt as if he was being transported. It only took an instant before he could feel the ground under his feet again and a rich aura of life in his surroundings.

He was surrounded by trees, grass under his feet, and warm sunshine shining on top of his head. He could smell a flowery fragrance around him.

"Where are we… Did we already return to the Tulan Mountain Range?"

Everyone looked at their surroundings, but Delson was the first to react, looking at his surroundings with excitement. The Teleportation Array they thought would lead them to the 8th Floor had now directly transported them to the Tulan Mountain Range.

"It looks like it's really the Tulan Mountain Range!" Dean massaged his eyes before saying in disbelief.

"This is the 8th Floor of the magic tower…" At this time, Lin Yun's voice felt like cold water suddenly being poured on their heads. He looked around and said, "This is a copy of the Tulan Mountain Range, but this isn't the real place. Try feeling the four elemental Laws here…"

As Lin Yun said that, several people, including Weiss and Solan, suddenly felt their mood take a plunge. The few of them were Archmages and had already come into contact with Laws. Hearing Lin Yun's words, they gave it a try, and just as Lin Yun said, it really wasn't the Tulan Mountain Range!

"Mafa… High Mage Mafa, what do you think is going on here?" Weiss' expression was complicated as he looked at Lin Yun.

"This place uses extremely profound Spatial Expansion Arrays alongside a copy of a part of the Tulan Mountain Range…"

Lin Yun looked at the surroundings in amazement. The manpower and resources needed to build this place was hard to describe. Only now did he finally understand why Luo Ning described the magic tower as a war fort.

In this group, the one who understood Luo Ning and Emperor Zhantui the most was Lin Yun. He knew that the two were existences that surpassed Heaven Rank, and thus, he was very suspicious when he arrived there and saw that it was the Tulan Mountain Range. He then figured out that this was actually just the 8th Floor of the magic tower.

And there was a very easy explanation as to why the 9th Floor didn't use a staircase to lead to the 8th Floor, but instead used a Teleportation Array.

Although the Spatial Expansion Arrays were quite complex, they could easily be affected by external forces, so they were designed to be fully enclosed, with Teleportation Arrays being the only ways to enter or exit. If a staircase led to here from the 9th Floor, then the speed at which those arrays would degrade would accelerate.

"High mage Merlin, how do we get to the next floor…?" Delson looked around, embarrassment on his face. He originally thought they had returned to the Tulan Mountain Range, but he hadn't expected to immediately be proven wrong.

"We can try going through that mountain range to see if we can find another Teleportation Array," Lin Yun said with a frown. To be honest, he wasn't quite sure either.

But that was the only thing they could do for now.

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Chapter 419: Armored Devil Tiger

Translator: Shiraishi Editor: TheAlliance

Counting Weiss, who joined halfway, there were a total of eleven people in the group. Besides the three Merlin Cousins, the rest all had power in the Archmage realm. There was also Xiuban. He became a 9th Rank Expert Swordsman after taking that nap in the illusion. With Carnage in hand as well as the casting ability from his Draconic Bloodline and the terrifying strength from his Beastman Bloodline, a low-ranked Sword Saint might not necessarily be his opponent.

And this point was soon proven.

This powerful lineup kept walking forward through the Tulan Mountain Range, and the number of magic beasts they encountered kept rising. In these few hours, the Draconic Beastman had been the one in charge of dealing with them.

The Draconic Beastman looked like a slaughtering storm. The number of magic beasts that died under his hammer had already surpassed several hundred, and most of them were above level 20. There was no lack of level 28 and 29 magic beasts too. With each battle, Xiuban would have better control over his power. In the last battle, he even killed five level 29 magic beasts.

When running across a level 30 or higher magic beast, Lin Yun would send his three cousins to help the Draconic Beastman. William, Leon, and Ross had greatly increased their power. They could easily deal with level 27 and 28 magic beasts, and if they coordinated, they could also prevail over magic beasts around level 30. Not long ago, they spent over half an hour to get rid of a level 33 magic beast!

What Xiuban was facing now was a three-meter-tall Tranquil Wolf King, and this Wolf King had reached level 30. In strength alone, its power wasn't much weaker than a weak Sword Saint's.

Even so, in ten minutes of battle against Xiuban, that Wolf King had yet to injure him.

"Roar!" Following a deep roar, Xiuban raised Carnage and heavily smashed it into the Wolf King, causing bones to rupture. The Wolf King's battered body flew over a dozen meters, and with that thunderous hit, Xiuban finished this long battle.

After making sure that the Wolf King was dead, Xiuban let out a relieved sigh. He then looked at Lin Yun resentfully before running to the corpse to extract its spirit mana crystal.

"Rumble!"

But at this time, an earth-shattering sound echoed, and everyone felt an extremely frightening aura.

That was the aura of a magic beast…

But that aura was comparable to the aura of the level 38 magic beast they had felt in the Line Canyon two months ago!

"Roar!"

A tiger's roar echoed as a shadow flashed over. A monster that was seven to eight meters tall appeared in front of their group. This was a magic beast whose whole body had turned metallic. Under the dazzling sunlight, that layer of metal had a flickering luster to it. A pair of silver eyes was staring at them.

This was the look that a beast would use for its prey.

Level 38…

Armored Devil Tiger!

Everyone in Lin Yun's group was worried. They had encountered level 30 magic beasts everywhere since they entered the 8th Floor. They'd originally thought that the floor wasn't that dangerous, but it looked like they were wrong. They hadn't expected their luck to be bad enough to encounter a level 38 magic beast.

It wouldn't have been that bad if it had been a level 37. With their combined power, even if they would suffer, they would eventually prevail.

But this was a level 38 Armored Devil Tiger.

The Armored Devil Tiger was one of the magic beasts at the top of the food chain in Noscent. Due to their armored bodies, they had extremely high physical and magical resistance. It was even said that the appearance of an Armored Devil Tiger signified disaster.

Armored Devil Tigers would have the power of a 37 or 38 level magic beast once they reached adulthood, and Armored Devil Tiger Kings would have the power of the Heaven Rank.

There had been a massacre once in Noscent's history. It happened during the peak of the Magic Era, when an adult Armored Devil Tiger left its mountain to attack the surrounding villages. It used its formidable power to kill several hundred thousand people, and no one could handle such a powerful monster.

That Armored Devil Tiger followed the surrounding villages and came across a city. It waited until nightfall to charge in. Even in the peak of the Magic Era, a small border town could hardly resist an Armored Devil Tiger. The next day, corpses were found all over the city. At least thousands of people died in one night.

"High Mage Merlin, what should we do…" Delson's face had long since turned white, beads of sweat covering his forehead. His robe was sticking to his body and it was very hard for him to even utter a sound.

"Run…" Dean tightly grasped his one-handed sword, shivering.

"There is no time…" Lin Yun frowned, a pale expression on his face. The appearance of a level 38 magic beast had exceeded his expectations. "Running won't work, it'll only disperse us and make it more dangerous for us. Moreover, with the speed of a level 38 magic beast, catching us one by one is only a matter of time. Also, this is the 8th Floor of the magic tower. Even if we run, where can we even run to?"

"High Mage Merlin is right, we can only stake it all…" Weiss nodded with a pale expression, a feeling of powerlessness rising from the bottom of his heart. If he hadn't been weakened, he might have had the power to handle that magic beast with the help of the group. But now, he only had the strength of a 5th Rank Archmage…

Weiss had lived in the Black Tower for many years and was naturally experienced and knowledgeable. He had also met his fair share of crises, so he quickly figured out the situation and cast his Wind Elemental Incarnation after a short warning. Just as he disappeared, four or five Wind Blasts exploded on the side of the Armored Devil Tiger. Countless wind spells kept falling down from the sky.

During that time, Lin Yun and Solan also got on the move. They cast constantly, forming a flood of spells which crashed down on the Armored Devil Tiger's body.

But those spells only let out explosive sounds, they didn't seem to damage the Armored Devil Tiger at all!

This was frightening…

If the defenses of the Armored Devil Tiger couldn't be broken, how could they win?

"Roar!" The Armored Devil Tiger roared in anger. It flashed over with lightning-fast speed and arrived two meters away from Solan, a sharp, metallic claw suddenly slashing at Solan's head. When that sharp claw fell, Solan was scared witless. He instantly cast an Elemental Shield, and thinking that it wasn't enough, he added a Runic Shield.

But from the cracking sound that followed, everyone could see that an Archmage's strongest defense was no different from paper in front of the Armored Devil Tiger and disappeared in an instant, followed soon after by the Runic Shield.

The darkened Runic Shield shook lightly before being destroyed. The tall Armored Devil Tiger instantly arrived in front of Solan.

But at this moment, a frightening Dragon Breath appeared, repelling that Armored Devil Tiger a dozen meters back and making it crash into the ground.

"What do we do? We aren't strong enough to fight it, and if we keep consuming our mana, it'll sooner or later kill everyone…" Solan, who barely managed to dodge the attack, was very pale, his heart was beating extremely quickly. If it hadn't been for the Dragon Breath he had roused just on time, he might have died.

Although the difference in ranks between them and the Armored Devil Tiger was only three ranks, the gap in strength was hard to describe…

Dazzling spells came flying over one after the other, as Lin Yun kept incanting with a serious face. The Ten Thousand Spell Wheel also flew out, and hundreds to thousands of low-tier spells flew towards the Armored Devil Tiger. Lin Yun's Magic Array was roused to its peak, accurately calculating. If he used the soul fragments of the Ancient God, he might have a chance to kill that Armored Devil Tiger.

But if he did so, his cousin William might not be able to escape.

"Awoooo…"

At this time, a howl echoed from his pocket. Before he could even react, the palm-sized Three-Eyed Secret Wolf leapt out of his pocket and turned into a shadow as it dashed towards the Armored Devil Tiger…

Lin Yun's face turned dark. He might have already cursed out loud if they weren't in peril. 'Brat, I just got you back and you are already causing trouble!'

He was a bit regretful; if he had known earlier, he would have let the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf stay in the Demiplane.

The Three-Eyed Hidden Wolf with Mana Shackles was nothing more than a level 5 minion. The Armored Devil Tiger could just wave a paw and turn it into minced meat.

This was quite unfortunate…

Lin Yun watched as the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf was only five meters away from the Armored Devil Tiger, and the most frightening part was that it was only standing there, seemingly provoking the Armored Devil Tiger with its howls.

'Damn, you really are asking for death…'

Lin Yun was startled. Even he would be scared of being heavily injured by standing in such proximity to the Armored Devil Tiger, let alone a weak Three-Eyed Secret Wolf doing that.

No more than half a dozen Three-Eyed Secret Wolves appeared in Noscent's history, but no one would expect that one of them would die such a pitiful death.

Lin Yun was about to close his eyes.

"Awooo, awooo, awooo…"

But after a few seconds, the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf still had yet to be attacked by Armored Devil Tiger.

No, that wasn't the most important part. Everyone, including Lin Yun, was shocked by the scene playing out in front of them. That tyrannical Armored Devil Tiger was actually trembling in front of the palm-sized wolf. Its silver eyes were filled with fear while its huge body kept drawing back.

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'Wh-what… What is happening?'

Seeing this strange scene, the whole group stared foolishly. Especially Delson, he couldn't help stopping midway through his incantation.

This was really too strange… The Three-Eyed Secret Wolf was only palm-sized while the Armored Devil Tiger looked like a small mountain, it was many times bigger.

Not to mention that in terms of power, even if the Mana Shackles were lifted, the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf wouldn't even reach the Archmage realm. It was like an ant in front of the Armored Devil Tiger.

But the Armored Devil Tiger's eyes were filled with fear, and it was shivering while crawling on the ground.

This felt as if the Armored Devil Tiger was prey that had encountered a predator.

'How could this be…'

Even Lin Yun couldn't make sense of this. Even in the future, he had never heard that Three-Eyed Secret Wolves could pressure other magic beasts like that.

'Just what is going on here?'

Lin Yun was blinking while staring at the small wolf.

"Awoooooooooooo…"

This time, its howl was long and dragged on, the Armored Devil Tiger shivering the whole time. When the howl ended, the Armored Devil Tiger didn't wait, and it fled into the depths of the forest, a lot faster than when it attacked them.

'It fled…'

Everyone looked at each other in dismay before letting out relieved sighs. With a Mana Hand, Lin Yun instantly caught the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf and examined it. He couldn't see any changes in the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf. Although it had stayed in the Demiplane for a few months and its strength had increased to the point of being able to contend with level 27 and 28 magic beasts, it shouldn't be able to act against an Armored Devil Tiger.

He clearly remembered that in the Aurij Mountain Range, the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf was hiding within multiple Frost Wolves, and when the Frost Wolves saw it, they weren't trembling like the Armored Devil Tiger.

"Awooo…"

The Three-Eyed Secret Wolf let out a dissatisfied howl as it slid a small claw against Lin Yun's palm before rubbing its belly, its eyes staring at Lin Yun.

Lin Yun wasn't stingy this time. He directly grabbed a dozen mana crystals over level twenty and rewarded the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf. If the magic beasts of the 8th Floor were all like that Armored Devil Tiger, then their group would be able to leave the 8th Floor safely.

At first, Lin Yun had some doubts, wondering if it was reasonable to trust that little guy.

But their way forward was unexpectedly smooth. Magic beasts over level twenty would immediately turn to run once they met that little guy, they didn't hesitate at all.

Lin Yun's group was a bit depressed. They couldn't help wondering how that little thing could be so powerful.

For a few days, Lin Yun did treat the wolf very well. He would supply a large amount of mana crystals every day and did everything to keep it happy. If it decided to hide in his pocket and go on strike, then even if Lin Yun took it out, it surely would just watch them be devoured instead of helping.

Almost no magic beasts dared to harass them on the way, so their rate of travel was a lot faster. They reached the depths of the 8th Floor in a short few days. That place was very dangerous. The previous day, they met five magic beasts that were level 35 or higher. There was even a level 37 and a level 38 magic beast. If not for the intimidation of the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf, their group would have already been annihilated.

The group effortlessly climbed to the peak of the mountain range, where they hastened their pace to take advantage of the sunlight. The 8th floor of the magic tower was a world of magic beasts, this was an extremely dangerous place and they didn't want to remain there too long. After all, they would be in a dire situation if they lost the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf's intimidation.

"Don't you think it's strange?" Delson who was at the front suddenly stopped, he turned to everyone and continued, "This is the deepest part of the 8th Floor, they should be many magic beasts, right? But we have been walking for a few hours and haven't met any magic beast. This is very strange…"

"It is a bit weird…"

Lin Yun frowned and stopped, he then proceeded to look at his surroundings.

Suddenly, an ear-splitting roar resounded throughout every corner of the mountain range.

This roar seemed to be coming from a very far place, yet it also felt close. More importantly, it contained an irresistible power.

"What is this…'

Lin Yun felt his ears buzzing and his power fading, followed by an aura bringing terrifying pressure to him.

"That… That's a magic beast!" Delson shockingly looked towards a white silhouette in front of them.

That silhouette was the source of the pressure, it was a magic beast who couldn't be considered big, it was only two meters tall, but the aura it emitted made everyone unable to breath.

"It is…" Lin Yun nodded.

"It must be a Heaven Rank magic beast!" Delson had some difficulties breathing, he was staring at the white silhouette ahead of him, struggling to make any sound. As a Vice Leader of the Heaven Enlightening Mercenary Group, Delson naturally had a lot of experience and knowledge. He once saw Star Sage Jouyi, that existence who touched the Extraordinary realm gave him similar pressure, but it was far from being able to compare with the silhouette ahead of them.

Thus, he knew that this was a Heaven Magic Beast.

"Ca-can… Can that small wolf of yours subdue it…?" Beads of sweat kept flowing down Delson's forehead, he didn't dare to wipe his forehead at such a time, just asking that question took all his energy.

"I don't know…"

Lin Yun bitterly smiled, he really didn't expect to meet a Heaven Beast in the 8th Floor of the magic tower. This was the first time he saw a living Heaven Rank powerhouse since he came to this era.

And face to face at that…

"Awooo, awooo, awooo…"

The Three-Eyed Secret Wolf who had been standing on Lin Yun's palm suddenly rushed towards that hazy white silhouette and howled a few times.

However, that Heaven Rank silhouette remained standing there.

Lin Yun's heart sank, he immediately knew that this Heaven Rank magic beast wasn't scared of the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf. The strongest magic beast they met a few days ago was level 39, its power was almost comparable to Star Sage Jouyi. But it still ended up scared of the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf.

They all looked deathly pale, they realized the dire situation they had fallen into. If it had been a level 38 or 39 magic beast, they might have had a chance to live, but this was a Heaven Magic Beast.

At this time, that white silhouette looked Lin Yun. A frightening pressure drowned him, it was boundless.

The Heaven Magic Beast instantly arrived in front of him.

Only now was he able to see the appearance of that Heaven Magic Beast, and he froze after seeing it…

This… This was actually a Three-Eyed Secret Wolf!

'Hold on…'

A thought suddenly flashed in Lin Yun's mind, 'The Three-Eyed Secret Wolf I captured…. Shouldn't be this Heaven Magic Beast's pup, right?'

Very few Three-Eyed Secret Wolves appeared in Noscent after all, so for two of them to appearat the same place… After all, there was only two possible reasons behind the appearance of a Three-Eyed Secret Wolf.

First, it was a variation of a Secret Wolf.

Second, Bloodline heredity.

The Three-Eyed Secret Wolf he had obtained came from the Aurij Mountain Range…

Lin Yun bitterly smiled, no wonder the magic beasts who came across them were afraid of the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf. It turned out he was using this Three-Eyed Secret Wolf's power.

"Human, you are actually Luo Ning's inheritor…"

An aged voice echoed in Lin Yun's mind, "In fact, I came here with Sengman back in the days. But Sengman left and had me remain here. Human, since you are Luo Ning's inheritor, I feel that I should help you a bit…"

Lin Yun looked at the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf in front of him, a startled expression flashing through his face. It had already been millennia since the era of Emperor Zhantui, in other words, this Heaven Rank Three-Eyed Secret Wolf had stayed in the magic tower for a few millennia…

"Help? Can you take us out of the magic tower…" Lin Yun asked while looking at the Heaven Rank Three-Eyed Secret Wolf. If this Three-Eyed Secret Wolf was willing to help, they wouldn't meet any danger.

"I can't…"

But he hadn't expected the Heaven Rank Three-Eyed Secret Wolf to shake his head, "I can't leave this place, but I can tell you all about the magic tower. The 7th Floor is a reproduction of the Abyss, there are innumerable Hell lifeforms there, it is very dangerous, there is even a Great Overlord. The 6th Floor to the 3rd Floor are Earth, Water, Fire and Wind Elemental Worlds…"

"What…" Lin Yun's expression changed, Great Overlords were no joke, they were existences that could kill Heaven Rank powerhouses. Their group would be nothing more than an appetizer, "Why would Luo Ning build an abyssal floor in his magic tower…"

"It's a bit more convenient for magic research…"

'Crazy, truly crazy…'

Lin Yun wanted to curse, 'It might be convenient for you, but did you even thought about those that would come after you?' After pausing, Lin Yun asked, "Then, is there a way to bypass the 7th Floor?"

"There is…"

The Heaven Rank Three-Eyed Secret Wolf's answer shook Lin Yun's mind, "Where?"

"There is a Teleportation Array leading directly to the 2nd Floor, I'll take your there later. But the second floor isn't as simple as you imagine. There is a person buried there, Sengman's son, Baiers. Back then, Sengman personally killed Baiers and buried him in the 2nd Floor. After millennia, Baiers' body had already turned into an undead. And after Sengman and Luo Ning left, I found out that Baiers' soul was still there…"

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'Baiers…'

Hearing this name, Lin Yun's expression stiffened. He had guessed correctly… In those days, Emperor Zhantui personally killed Baiers.

'But why Baiers?'

Baiers was already a Heaven Mage in his forties and was the heir to the throne, even Zhantui himself was raising Baiers as his successor. Lin Yun couldn't figure out why Emperor Zhantui killed him.

"I wish to know why Emperor Zhantui killed Baiers, and what's going on with Baiers' soul and body…" Lin Yun looked at the Heaven Rank Three-Eyed Secret Wolf. It had experienced the events of those days and might know some secrets.

"In fact, Sengman had no other choice. He had always considered Baiers as his successor. He always endlessly praised Baiers' talent in the field of magic. Unfortunately, Baiers was a complete scoundrel. When he found out that Sengman and Luo Ning had a decisive battle in the Tulan Mountain Range, he secretly brought people with him, wanting to take advantage of the battle to kill Sengman and seize the throne…"

"After Baiers' plot was exposed, Sengman was extremely saddened as he personally killed Baiers. He then buried him in the 2nd Floor. As for his crown, it remained in Baiers' tomb. This all should have ended there, but it didn't. After Sengman and Luo Ning left this place, I inadvertently discovered that Baiers' soul had managed to possess a Great Overlord's Incarnation and was in complete control of this Incarnation. As for that Great Overlord, it is the Desolate Overlord of the 17th Layer of the Abyss…"

Lin Yun's frown gradually eased up as the mystery haunting his mind was unravelled. He tried to tie everything together. First was the Great Overlord's Incarnation that appeared in the Line Canyon. He originally thought that it was controlled by the Great Overlord himself.

But now it seemed that he had been wrong. The one controlling that Incarnation should have been Heaven Mage Baiers!

"What is Baiers' goal? When we came in this time, we encountered that Great Overlord Incarnation…" Lin Yun frowned.

"He is a lunatic, but he just wants to return to his own body. He is unwilling to be defeated," the Heaven Rank Three-Eyed Secret Wolf said in exasperation. "Baiers has already become a monster. His body is undead, and if his soul can enter the 2nd Floor and fuse with that body, his power would reach Heaven Rank once again. Be careful on the 2nd Floor, don't provoke it!

"Okay…" Lin Yun nodded.

"As for my child…" The Heaven Rank Three-Eyed Secret Wolf looked at the palm-sized pup in Lin Yun's hand. "Give him to me."

Lin Yun smiled bitterly. No matter how unwilling he was, he could only give the little wolf back when meeting its parent. Not to mention, it was a Three-Eyed Secret Wolf, and it had agreed to help them just because of Luo Ning. If he wasn't tactful enough, he might not be able to leave the magic tower alive. Lin Yun nodded and put the young Three-Eyed Secret Wolf on the floor.

"Awooo…"

But to his surprise, the young Three-Eyed Secret Wolf was unwilling to leave him. It let out a desperate howl and rushed back into Lin Yun's arms in a flash, rubbing its head against him. Lin Yun helplessly looked at the Heaven Rank Three-Eyed Secret Wolf without saying anything.

The Heaven Rank Three-Eyed Secret Wolf clearly froze when it saw that, but after a moment, it turned around. "Follow me, I'll take all of you to the Teleportation Array…"

"Okay…" Lin Yun scratched his nose. He couldn't understand the attitude of the Heaven Rank Three-Eyed Secret Wolf at this moment. 'Does that mean I can keep the pup…?'

To be honest, he would hate to part with the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf…

Under the guidance of the Heaven Rank Three-Eyed Secret Wolf, it only took Lin Yun's group a dozen minutes before arriving at the Teleportation Array situated on a mountain peak.

When the group reached the Teleportation Array, Lin Yun suddenly found out that Delson, who stood at the back, had an extremely strange expression. It was hard to describe, but it gave Lin Yun a weird feeling.

After noting down this information in his mind, Lin Yun looked at the array. He was able to ascertain with a glance that this array was a Teleportation Array that had existed for a very long time. What shocked him was that the mana source powering that Teleportation Array was actually a spirit mana crystal. This was really flaunting one's wealth.

The Heaven Rank Three-Eyed Secret Wolf remained nearby as Lin Yun was getting ready to activate the array, not mentioning the matter of its pup. He was still a bit apprehensive. 'So did it already agree to leave the pup at my side or not?'

Lin Yun poured mana into the array, and suddenly, the surroundings changed. The mountains and forests disappeared to be replaced by a pitch-black sky and pitch-black earth. The aura of death filled their surroundings.

'Where is this?'

Lin Yun couldn't help frowning when he sensed that aura. From where he stood, he could see numerous phosphorous fires. Lin Yun knew that these were undead lifeforms!

Moreover, the number of undead creatures here was incalculable, it could only be described as a sea.

Not long ago, the Heaven Rank Three-Eyed Secret Wolf had mentioned that Baiers' body had become undead in the 2nd Floor, and that he shouldn't provoke it. This floor should be an Undead World.

Lin Yun glanced around at everyone. Some were shocked and some were panicked, but when he looked at Delson, he discovered that he was actually calm. Only a frown was visible on his face as he was examining everything.

He was really strange…

In fact, Delson was already a bit strange when the Teleportation Array was about to be activated, when they were on the 8th Floor.

But he hadn't thought much of it at the time.

Now, it looked like he was hiding some important information.

Thinking of this, Lin Yun's expression hardened. He looked at Delson and said, "Sir Delson, tell us everything you know…"

Immediately, everyone's eyes converged onto Delson.

"What?"

Delson froze, surprise flashing on his face as he looked at Lin Yun. When he saw the other side's solemn expression, Delson couldn't help being scared. He smiled as he said, "High Mage Merlin, you must be jesting… How could I know anything? Haha, it's my first time here…"

"Hey, Sir Delson, since it already came to this, there isn't any need to keep hiding…" Lin Yun sounded very calm, as if he was just asking something of a friend, but only he knew that he had already poured mana into the ten Thousand Spell Wheel.

If Delson kept covering the truth, he would unhesitantly make a move.

After all, Delson couldn't hide anything in front of him. The Magic Tool Incarnation of the Soul Walker was an expert at extracting information.

He didn't mind treating Delson like Herman.

This person was hiding some information, which likely exposing the rest of them to danger.

This was something he couldn't tolerate.

"Answer!"

Delson suddenly paled. He fearfully looked at Lin Yun, his forehead and back drenched in cold sweat.

He hadn't noticed Lin Yun pouring mana into the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, but he suddenly recalled that during the few months he got along with the young mage, it was the first time he saw the young mage ask the same question twice.

To Delson, the unknown was truly dangerous, so he made a firm decision.

He had experienced the young mage's methods firsthand. He was domineering and merciless, as Delson had seen when Lin Yun dealt with Solan.

It couldn't be described as cruel anymore. Rather, he simply didn't consider Solan a person!

If the young mage was infuriated, he might end up suffering the same fate as Solan, something more painful than death…

"Tell me…" Lin Yun saw Delson's expression and discreetly scattered the mana within the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel.

"High Mage Merlin, I'm sorry. I didn't intend to deceive you… I swear, I'll tell you everything I know," Delson said with a sigh of relief. He wiped the sweat off his forehead while keeping his eyes on Lin Yun. "That descendant of the 3rd Dynasty's royal family in the Odin Kingdom not only gave a piece of a map to our Heaven Enlightening Mercenary group, but he also gave us an important piece of information…"

"Eh?"

"In fact, I already knew that Emperor Zhantui's son, Baiers, died in the Tulan Mountain Range and was buried in this 2nd Floor by Emperor Zhantui…" After saying this, Delson apologetically looked at Lin Yun and lowered his head. "The thing that person from the Odin Kingdom had us look for is actually a crown. And that crown was buried with Baiers by Emperor Zhantui. As long as we bring back that thing, we can obtain those Heaven Rank rewards from the Odin Kingdom."

"There is more, keep going…" Lin Yun watched Delson closely, and he knew that things weren't that simple. Delson was hiding a lot more than that.

"Give me some time to explain…" Delson smiled bitterly. "That person had said that the crown was buried in an undead world in some part of the tower. Moreover, Baiers' body should have already become undead, but he remains dormant in his tomb. As long as we don't awaken him, we can get the crown, even if it might be a bit risky…"

"Alright…"

Lin Yun nodded, a serious expression on his face. "I don't think I'm obligated to protect you. Moreover, I have no interest in the crown. We will part ways here. Xiuban, Cousin William, Cousin Ross, Cousin Leon, let's go."

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Chapter 422: Undead Sea

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He truly didn't want to join in on that. What did the three mercenary groups getting the crown and obtaining extremely good rewards have to do with him?

Moreover…

Was Baiers' undead body really that accommodating? If it awakened, it would have power comparable to Star Sage Jouyi. He wouldn't get anything if he helped, and he might even lose his life in the process. Any idiot would know that it wasn't worth it.

"High Mage Merlin, you, you… Let me finish!" Delson panicked and rushed over.

"Hm?"

Lin Yun looked at Delson expressionlessly.

"There was one more important piece of information I didn't have time to share. The 2nd Floor of the magic tower is actually sealed. There is no Teleportation Array. There is only one way to get to the bottom of the tower, and it's that crown! In fact, the crown is the key to the lowest floor of the magic tower." Delson was anxious and nervously looked at Lin Yun.

After all, the forces of the three mercenary groups wouldn't be enough on this floor. It would become really bad for them if the young mage left.

Let alone getting the crown, it might be hard just to survive.

Thus, he had no other choice but to beg Lin Yun to stay. "This place is too dangerous, High Mage Merlin, I think everyone should remain together, it'll be safer…"

Lin Yun's expression slightly changed. As Delson was talking to him, Lin Yun tried to connect to the Bone Plane with his Book of Death, but ended up failing. It seemed that there was a formidable power in the 2nd Floor restricting his ability to open the Planar Path. He also tried the Demiplane, but found out that he couldn't open his Demiplane.

Through this, he knew that Delson hadn't lied to him.

It looked like he would have to get that crown to leave this place, so he nodded. "Okay."

Hearing Lin Yun's answer, everyone, excluding Lin Yun's group, had relieved expressions on their faces. Lin Yun was already the core of this exploration team, he was the one person they couldn't do without.

But, a few minutes after that short discussion, strange sounds echoed in the surroundings. Not far away, a skeleton started crawling out of the ground, muddied from the black soil. It was holding a broken sword that had lost its shine, two phosphorous fires flickering in its eye sockets.

It was followed by more digging sounds as Skeleton Warrior after Skeleton Warrior crawled out of the ground.

And the amount of skeletons increased at a steady pace.

It didn't take long for a few dozen skeletons holding broken, rusty swords to crawl out of the ground, the fires in their eyes flickering sinisterly as they surrounded Lin Yun's group.

But when they were ten meters away from Lin Yun, those Skeleton Warriors all stopped. The fires throbbed intensely once more before suddenly dimming. They withdrew a few dozen meters back before dispersing, not daring to get closer.

What happened?

They were all stunned, especially Weiss. He had been ready to cast high tier spells when those Skeleton Warriors approached, but before he could explode them, he saw that these skeletons were already running away, so he had no choice but to interrupt his cast to avoid drawing their ire.

He had observed these skeletons' strange actions, and there were only two reasons for their soul fires to dim. One was if they were about to die, and the other was fear….

The first one could easily be eliminated. Those skeletons didn't seem to be on the verge of dying. If anything, they were already dead… In any case, if they were on the verge of dying, they wouldn't have bothered to retreat a few dozen meters away.

Thus, only the second reason remained. But what could make those skeletons so afraid? After all, only a high-level undead lifeform could instill fear in these skeletons. In their group, there were only ten humans and one Beastman.

Weiss remained puzzled as he followed everyone onwards. After a few minutes, another group of skeletons surrounded them, but just as they were about to attack, those skeletons were once again scared away.

This made him want to curse.

He was even wondering if a high-level undead was hiding in the vicinity, secretly following them. Thinking of this, Weiss suddenly started looking around, noticing a vast sea of phosphorous lights flickering. There seemed to be at least five to six hundreds.

Weiss couldn't help wiping the sweat off his forehead. They hadn't been here for more than ten minutes! How could there be so many skeletons gathered together? Moreover, it looked like more and more were converging towards that sea of bones. But strangely, those skeletons didn't show any intent of approaching. Rather, they kept milling about a hundred meters or so away.

"High Mage Merlin, let's stop. There are a lot of Skeletons behind us. Shouldn't we deal with that first…?" Weiss looked at Lin Yun, who was walking at the forefront and anxiously added, "Moreover, they keep gathering. I'm afraid that we might come across some troubles soon."

"Sir Weiss, there is no need to take care of them since they aren't attacking. Let's look for the Teleportation Array leading towards the bottom first…" Lin Yun didn't even turn back.

As the cause of all this, how could he not know what was happening?

It was all because of his Undead Predator passive skill.

It was the skill he had obtained in the Death garden and had noticed in the Bone Plane.

But the fewer people that knew this ability, the better.

Thus, he didn't plan to say anything.

"…"

Weiss looked at Lin Yun strangely. He wanted to say something, but he ended up remaining silent.

He felt that this young mage wasn't mature enough. That group of undead behind them was a potential crisis. How could he remain at ease without dealing with them?

'He is too young…'

Weiss inwardly shook his head. Although he was a bit dissatisfied with the young mage, his strength had already dropped to the level of a 5th Rank Archmage and he had no other choice but to yield.

Moreover, he felt guilty when facing the young mage. What happened a few months ago in the Line Canyon kept appearing in his mind. At that time, in order to protect Solan, he even attacked the young mage.

When the Desolate Overlord's Incarnation appeared, he even cast a few Wind Blasts to send the young mage to his death.

Cold sweat trickled down his back as he thought about it.

Fortunately, the young mage didn't seem interested in bickering over it.

Lin Yun faintly looked at Weiss, but didn't say anything. He then turned back and led everyone. With Undead Predator, these few low-level Skeleton Warriors wouldn't dare to attack them. Thus, the way was very smooth. They would occasionally meet a few undead creatures comparable to High Mages, but Xiuban would run forth with his Carnage and turn them to dust.

As the hours passed, Lin Yun slowly discovered that this undead world was far larger than he had imagined. It was comparable to the entire Bone Plane. His Magic Array was revolving at maximum speed all along, taking in information about the surroundings. If Baiers' tomb appeared, he would definitely detect it.

But he couldn't find anything.

Looking for something in such a large undead world was no different from looking for a needle in a haystack.

In these few hours, although they hadn't been attacked by the undead, the aura of death was straining their minds and bodies. They also didn't dare to relax and only kept walking, until a small black hill appeared in front of them. It was only a dozen meters high, and was made up of countless bones and crushed rocks.

"Eh?"

When they approached the black hill, Lin Yun clearly noticed flickering phosphorous lights in the distance, and the number of them kept increasing. He suddenly felt apprehensive and waved the Doom Staff, casting a dozen Mage Eyes and sending them over to look around that area. He discovered that numerous undead were approaching them.

Lin Yun was stunned. With the help of a Mage Eye, he could see that those Skeleton Warriors were covered with a black aura. Skeleton Warriors were the most inferior undead lifeforms. Normally, they simply wouldn't dare to approach Lin Yun. But for some reason, under the control of that black aura, those Skeleton Warriors didn't seem affected by Undead Predator.

The amount of undead was too high to count. They were too packed together, but Lin Yun knew that there were at least a few thousand of them, maybe close to ten thousand. Also, more and more kept crawling out of the ground.

Lin Yun wouldn't be stunned with only that, but several hundred Bone Devils were also mixed in the army of the undead!

Bone Devils were comparable to High Mages! One might not be much, but several hundreds… This was a bit frightening. It was comparable to a legion made up of several hundred High Mages. Such tyrannical power wasn't something an Archmage could deal with.

'Shit…'

Lin Yun's heart sank and his expression changed. After coming to this undead world, he knew that Undead Predator was his greatest advantage.

But he now found out that this undead world was far from being as simple as he'd thought.

He hadn't expected a mysterious force to manipulate a large swarm of the undead to attack them.

"Rumble…"

Skeleton Warriors covered their horizon, raising rusted and broken swords as they uniformly trampled the pitch-black soil, letting out rattling sounds. The earth was trembling as an endless aura of death was emitted from their bodies, condensing into a malevolent face in the air made of black mist.

They were all startled. They could see several hundred Skeleton Warriors under that malevolent face, and that black aura looked very strange, coving all the undead within a kilometer.

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Chapter 423: Undead Horseman

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Loud sounds suddenly echoed, shaking everyone's eardrums as these several hundred Bone Devils fired Dark Fire Bullets covered in a thick aura of death.

The Bone Devils a hundred meters away were the first to attack them.

'No good!'

Just as that sound echoed, everyone knew that the situation had become dire. Dark Fire Bullets were the strongest attacks of Bone Devils. Each Dark Fire Bullet was equivalent to a typical High Mage's most powerful spell. If one Dark Fire Bullet was shot, they wouldn't care about it, but it wasn't that simple. There were hundreds of them!

That was equivalent to a wave of spells from the mid-rank True Spirit Magic Tool, the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel!

Needless to say, the Dark Fire Bullets were carrying the unique corpse poison of the undead. It was frighteningly corrosive, and even Archmages were forced to protect themselves against that corpse poison.

"Rumble…"

The momentum of these several hundred Dark Fire Bullets was shocking. In a flash, a few dozen Ice Wall were raised, blocking the Dark Fire Bullets. Cracking noises could be heard as those few dozen Ice Walls became riddled with holes, mostly melting.

At this time, the tireless Skeleton Warriors raised their rusted and broken scimitars and rushed forward like a tide. Delson's group felt their hearts stop, but they managed to quickly react and raise their staves. Following a burst of light, one spell after the other was cast towards that sea.

'Eh?'

Lin Yun suddenly discovered something wrong. Lesser Undead beings like Skeleton Warriors had a chance of having their Soul Fires turn into Undead Essence, but he hadn't managed to collect any after killing a few dozen. He then noticed a handful of flickering fluorescent things flying up and rushing in a certain direction.

Those were Undead Essences!

'But, why would they suddenly fly away? Could it be…'

Lin Yun felt worried. He looked in the direction that the Undead Essences were flying to… He had a faint inkling as to what was happening. Baiers' tomb might be in that location.

Naturally, this was only a conjecture.

Higher Undead had the ability to collect death energy, and Undead Essences contained the purest death energy, so it could all be explained. The Undead Essences were collected by a higher undead lifeform, and that lifeform was most likely Baiers' body!

This saved him a lot of trouble, now that he had confirmed the location of Baiers' tomb…

They only need to use low tier spells to deal with the Skeleton Warriors. After all, the weakest among them was a 7th Rank High Mage, so destroying them was as easy as blowing aside dust.

But they then discovered that even though they killed many Skeleton Warriors, they just kept coming and coming, and a few Bone Devils would also appear alongside them.

It only took a handful of seconds for them to be submerged by the undead army.

And at this time, that black hill suddenly shook as a loud sound echoed, the rocks and bones shaking as if they had been hit by something.

"Snap!"

A black sword suddenly appeared and engulfed everything. A huge crack appeared on that huge hill, a dazzling red light leaking out of it. A two-meter-tall Nightmare covered in a terrifying aura and twisting flames slowly stepped out of the crack before roaring towards the sky.

At that time, the Skeleton Warriors seemed to have gained a boost and attacked even more fiercely.

"Heavens… It's actually a Nightmare, a Higher Hellish Lifeform, it's at least level 30…"

The group trapped in the sea of skeletons discovered its existence when it roared, and they were almost shocked speechless. They could also see a skeleton riding that Nightmare.

That skeleton looked ordinary, it was no different from the other Skeleton Warriors. The only difference was the damaged black armor it was wearing and the rusted longsword it carried.

"Undead Horseman…"

Besieged by countless skeletons, Lin Yun only needed one glance to know that it was a troublesome opponent. The sword light that had cleaved the hill had been done by the skeleton rider…

Lin Yun couldn't believe that this place actually had an Undead Horseman! After all, Undead Horsemen were true Higher Undead. The weakest ones would be at least level 30, and by sensing that sword aura, Lin Yun could guess that this Undead Horseman had most likely reached level 36.

Moreover, that Nightmare wasn't weak.

His Magic Array had been roused to its peak, yet he hadn't discovered the existence of the Undead Horseman before. The undead sea was already enough to pressure them, but when that hill was cleaved open, he finally realized that there was also an Undead Horseman.

That Undead Horseman had most likely been slumbering before they came here.

The Soul Fire of the slumbering Undead Horseman was pathetically faint. When Lin Yun had been in the Bone Plane, he had also been able to detect the Bone Devil after it awakened.

It was the same now…

The Undead Horseman in front of them had mostly likely been slumbering for a few centuries, or even millennia. During his slumber, his Soul Fire had dimmed greatly, and the fluctuations he emitted simply couldn't be sensed.

A Higher Undead appearing in this place at such a time was a very dangerous matter for Lin Yun's group. And if there was one, there might be a second.

Lin Yun didn't say anything and only cast Fire Elemental Incarnation, followed by a Flame Flash, to charge towards the advancing Undead Horseman.

"Who are you?! You dare to disturb Lord Lagulin's slumber…"

The Undead Horseman let out an angry roar, but when he saw Lin Yun wrapped in countless flames, the two flickering Soul Fires suddenly shrank, and the throbbing reduced in frequency.

He had some doubts… He couldn't understand why that mage made him fearful. He waved his sword, sending death aura towards Lin Yun.

"Lagulin? You are called Lagulin? Who are you? How did you become an undead here?"

Lin Yun naturally knew that Undead Predator had some effect, but a Higher Undead like the Undead Horseman wouldn't be affected too much.

But when the Undead Horseman fought while affected by his Undead Predator, he would end up weakened.

Lin Yun was very curious about how Higher Undead could appear here…

After all, this was the 2nd Floor of the magic tower. Unless something special happened, it would be impossible for Higher Undead to appear.

Lin Yun withdrew after Hasting himself. He then chanted a profound incantation, matched with continuous gestures, causing all the surrounding fire elements to rise to their peak.

"Hateful Human, don't you know where this is? For you to charge in without permission, His Highness Baiers will definitely not forgive you…"

The fire spells exploded on the corpse of the undead, scattering countless sparks into the surroundings. There were three large completely burnt areas behind the Undead Horseman. This kind of attack could seriously injure many kinds of Higher Undead, but it looked like it only tickled that Undead Horseman.

The Undead Horseman looked at Lin Yun, and the Nightmare under it let out a loud roar before turning into a fiery silhouette pouncing towards Lin Yun. At this time, the rich fire elements burst out once again, making the Undead Horseman issue an angry roar…

"His Highness Baiers?"

Lin Yun suddenly smiled. He had already figured out the answer. In the magic tower, the Heaven Rank Three-Eyed Secret Wolf had told him that Baiers had taken people to the Tulan Mountain Range to try to kill Emperor Zhantui. They naturally failed, so this Undead Horseman should be one of the men Baiers had taken with him.

Moreover, the Undead Horseman probably wasn't weak while he was alive. He should have been a Sword Saint. It was just that Lin Yun couldn't understand why he had become undead after his death.

Was it done by Baiers?

Lin Yun raised his Runic Shield and kept attacking the Undead Horseman, the Doom Staff bursting out with bright lights. At the same time, mana was poured into the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, and countless low-tier spells rained out.

"Rumble!"

The numerous spells tore through the air before exploding on the Undead Horseman. Even with the Undead Horseman's astonishing defenses, his powerful magic resistance was standing up to that flood of spells, up until one spell created a very small crack on the Undead Horseman's head.

The Undead were very difficult to kill. If the one attacked had been a magic beast, they would have already been seriously injured.

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Chapter 424: Imprint

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Even if the undead lost limbs, it would only inconvenience their movements. Thus, destroying their soul fires was the fastest way.

It's just that a Higher Undead like the Undead Horseman had some wisdom and retained a portion of their memories, so they naturally knew how to protect their own souls.

The Undead Horseman let out a deep roar. The two Soul Fires in his eye sockets throbbed fiercely as he looked at the crazily burning flames ahead of him. The Nightmare sped up the moment the horseman's head had turned to Lin Yun, turning into a shadow, ready to collide with him.

The crazy Undead Horsman was trampling the ground with every step, making an area a few meters wide tremble with every step.

Moreover, the Undead Horseman's speed could only be described as frightening.

"This… This…"

Weiss, who was surrounded by skeletons, managed to see that scene by chance. His eyes opened wide as cold sweat started forming on his back.

With his eyesight, he could naturally see that the horseman riding this Nightmare had the power of a peak level 36 Undead. It would be equally matched with him, had he not been injured. Moreover, the Undead Horseman was only ten meters away from the young mage. With one dash, that young mage would be sent flying. Even a 6th Rank Sword Saint would be greatly injured.

As for a mage, with his weak body… Under such a frightening attack, he might be crushed flat!

'Shit!'

Weiss inwardly cursed.

Because he could see that the young mage was standing there, aloof, not even firing a defensive spell.

'Sure enough, he is too young…'

Weiss couldn't help sighing. In his eyes, the young mage wasn't weak, but his battle experience was pitifully superficial. He had become scared stiff by the attack.

Had it been Weiss at his peak, even if he wasn't certain he could kill the Undead Horseman, there would definitely be no problem just saving himself.

But, the situation was a bit special; he had been burnt by the Withering Flames and could only display the power of a 5th Rank Archmage. If that young mage was killed by the Undead Horseman, then their team might possibly end up getting annihilated.

As he thought of this, Weiss couldn't help looking at the young mage with loathing.

"Quick, use Fire Elemental Incarnation!" Weiss' back had long since been drenched in cold sweat. The young mage's only way to escape right now was to use Fire Elemental Incarnation and use Flame Flash to quickly escape the Undead Horseman's attack range. Otherwise, he would surely die.

Unfortunately, even if he wanted to remind the young mage, he couldn't do anything about it…

Because the Undead Horseman was already upon him.

The young mage suddenly raised his right hand and the ring on it flickered with hidden light. Weiss then saw a pitch-black beam of light suddenly rush out from the ring, bursting out with extremely powerful momentum and an extremely evil aura.

"Rumble…"

Only that heavy vibration could be felt as the Undead Horseman who was about to collide with the young mage was directly hit by the black beam. He let out a mournful shout as he flew ten meters back, like a kite which had its string cut. Even that Higher Undead ended up defeated by that black beam.

That scene completely shocked Weiss. He couldn't help but shudder. That black beam's power was truly frightening. Even at his peak, Weiss would have been seriously hurt.

Earth Rending Hand!

Lin Yun chanted an incantation and a pitch-back palm silently appeared in midair before quickly smashing against that Undead Horseman's body.

A crack could be heard as the Undead Horseman, who was still suffering from the aftereffects of Evil Dragon Gaze, was smashed by that palm, its entire body caving in the ground as a deep crack spread from the body of the Undead Horseman, looking somewhat shocking. The Soul Fires in the Undead Horseman's eye sockets were burning crazily.

"Human, I must have made you waste a lot of energy… Ah!" The Undead Horseman didn't have time to say more before a flame rose up and covered his body. At the center of the flame, the Undead Horseman screamed, but it only took a few seconds before its bones were burnt pitch-black.

Undeads had innate fear towards flames. Now that it was trapped in a sea of fire, the Undead Horseman's screams greatly weakened.

Lin Yun, whose entire body was wrapped in flames, instantly rushed into the sea of fire and took advantage of the Undead Horseman being unable to react to cast another Earth Rending Hand. This time, the Earth Rending Hand shattered the bones of the Undead Horseman, and its Soul Fires thoroughly darkened.

"Phew…"

Lin Yun secretly sighed in relief. This level 36 Undead Horseman was truly hard to handle. Moreover, it had recovered a part of its memories and possessed all kinds of knowledge and battle experience. As for its true strength, that level 36 Sand Beast he had battled in the illusion might not be its match.

Moreover, the Undead Horseman's defensive power was truly astonishing. It was really hard to kill. If Lin Yun hadn't poured the mana from his Alchemic Mana Whirlpool into the Soul Walker to let out an Evil Dragon Gaze, seriously injuring the Undead Horseman in the process, it might have taken a lot of effort.

He estimated that this Undead Horseman called Lagulin was at least an 8th Rank Sword Saint when he was alive. After dying and turning into an undead, his strength had greatly decreased.

8th Rank Sword Saint…

Let alone in the 3rd Dynasty, even in the current Okland, 8th Rank Sword Saints had extremely high status. Even in terms of strength, they were just slightly inferior to Jouyi and Harren.

Lin Yun was almost certain that Lagulin was definitely an influential person during his era. He was just an unfortunate man who ended up on the wrong side and followed Baiers.

Now that he thought about the history, Lin Yun suddenly found out that everyone who was related to Baiers had been somewhat implicated. Baiers' descendants were the most gravely implicated. After Baiers went missing, they were immediately pushed aside before being exiled to some desolate areas, and Baiers was no longer recognized as a member of the royal family of the 3rd Dynasty.

Lin Yun had been very curious about this part of history when reading about it in the decaying library. What mistake did Baiers' descendants make to actually receive such punishment?

And now, he clearly understood that Baiers was simply a disgrace. He actually tried to kill his own father, Emperor Zhantui, to seize the throne. Not having his descendants wiped out but only exiled was already very kind.

As time passed, the 3rd Dynasty headed towards its demise, and the descendants of the 3rd Dynasty suffered from a calamity. Now, the purest bloodline of the 3rd Dynasty's royal family was in the Odin Kingdom. Coincidentally, it was Baiers' descendants.

Lin Yun crouched down and rummaged through the pile of bones. Usually, when the Soul Fire of a level 36 Undead Horseman stopped burning, it would turn into an Undead Essence, and that Undead Essence could even compare to a level 36 mana crystal.

A faint light rose up from that pile of bones, as if pulled by a force. It then proceeded to rush in a certain direction.

Sure enough…

Lin Yun's expression sank. He wouldn't care about an ordinary Undead Essence, but this was different. It wasn't excessive to say that this one was priceless.

That mysterious force wanted to steal it, but it didn't ask if Lin Yun agreed first.

In a flash, a pitch-black mana hand ruthlessly grabbed that Undead Essence. But Lin Yun couldn't help frowning when confronting that mysterious power.

Shit!

The Undead Essence he was grabbing started heating up and almost burnt his palm. He could feel the energy within the Undead Essence starting to turn chaotic. It might explode if he didn't let go.

He thought about how huge the energy left behind by a level 36 Undead Horseman was and how large of an explosion it could create. Perhaps even a 7th Rank Sword Saint's Aura Protection might not be able to defend against it.

'Damnit…'

Lin Yun's expression was extremely gloomy. With his other hand, he took out the Book of Death from his pocket and heavily slammed the Undead Essence onto the Book of Death.

"If I can't get it, don't even think of getting it…" Lin Yun could only give up on the Undead Essence.

Rather than having it snatched by the mysterious power, he would let the Book of Death absorb it.

Just as it came into contact with the Book of Death, a formidable power rose up from the Book of Death. At the same time, the Undead Essence disappeared without any trace.

But Lin Yun found out something abnormal.

The Undead Essence indeed disappeared, but the Death Power within wasn't absorbed by the Book of Death. 'What's going on?' Lin Yun frowned and looked at the Book of Death in his hand. It looked like something had changed. There was a fingernail-sized imprint in the center.

'Damn!' Lin Yun was startled on the spot, his heart fiercely throbbing. Although that imprint was dim, he could still make out the image of the Undead Horseman.

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That change was too weird…

He obviously slammed the Undead Essence into the Book of Death, wanting to have the Book of Death absorb it, but he hadn't expected this to happen.

This wasn't logical…

Lin Yun stood there, holding the Book of Death in a daze, a grave expression on his face. The change that happened to the Book of Death was completely beyond his expectations. The Book of Death frequently absorbed Undead Essence before, but this strange phenomenon had never occurred before. Even the notes Bane left behind didn't mention this.

'Right…'

He suddenly recalled that before they arrived to the Tulan Mountain Range, his Book of Death only possessed the Sage Chapter and the Truth Chapter. Now, there was also the Element Chapter. The changes that occurred to the Book of Death might very possibly be related to the Element Chapter. After realizing this, he felt that this change might be something positive.

After taking a deep breath, he tried to pour mana into the picture of the Undead Horseman. That wisp of mana was instantly absorbed.

"Roar…"

A deafening roar echoed as a three meters tall Undead Horseman emitting a frightening aura appeared out of nowhere next to Lin Yun.

"Damn it…"

Lin Yun paled, but he didn't hesitate. Three Ice Walls instantly appeared alongside a Runic Shield. But after casting these defensive spells, he discovered that this revived Undead Horseman didn't plan on attacking him.

'What's going on…'

He looked down and found out that the picture of the Undead Horseman in the Book of Death had disappeared. Lin Yun then looked at the Undead Horseman with an extremely surprised face. He just noticed that a spiritual connection was established with the Undead Horseman.

This meant that the Undead Horseman existed as a Summon and would obey his orders.

It's just that a level 36 Summon was a bit too powerful… It would make many mages crazy with envy, even at the peak of the Magic Era.

He was almost certain that the strength of this Undead Horseman was comparable to 6th Rank Sword Saint.

"Return…"

Lin Yun reluctantly severed the connection and the Undead Horseman turned into a death mist before entering the Book of Death and condensed back into the Undead Horseman's picture. During those few dozen seconds the Undead Horseman had been summoned, Lin Yun had felt the huge consumption of maintaining the Undead Horseman.

'It looks like I have to speed up the progress on the Bone Plane…' Lin Yun bitterly smiled. With a Flame Flash and the Book of Death in his hand, Lin Yun rushed towards the undead sea, throwing Flame Burst after Flame Burst. Each Flame Burst would turn a vast amount of skeletons into ashes.

With the change in the Book of Death, the death power it used up increased by a few levels, the Undead Essence produced by the Black Wasteland was no longer enough.

As the Skeleton Warriors collapsed, one Undead Essence after the other rushed out of the ashes, pulled by that mysterious force. But the Book of Death was more overbearing and tyrannical than that mysterious force, whenever an Undead Essence appeared, it would be transformed into death power and stored.

With a short incantation, a wisp of flame turned into a fire arrow, flying toward the final Bone Devil and exploding onto its skull, scattering sparks everywhere. Shattered bones spread everywhere as the Bone Devil didn't even have time to roar before its Soul Fire darkened.

"Phew…"

They all sighed in relief. This three hours long fight finally ended and close to ten thousand Skeleton Warriors as well as Bone Devils were destroyed. A sea of bones spread around them, giving off an eerie feeling as the surroundings were shrouded in an aura of death.

"Damnit, how come so many undead appeared…" Weiss cursed loudly before sitting on the ground, still panting and fearful. A three hours fight was quite long, even with the power of a 5th Rank Archmage.

But his situation was quite special, he had to muster a large amount of mana to block those two Withering Flames' corrosion at all times.

In fact, the others were relatively better than him, excluding Lin Yun of course…

Weiss recalled that extremely intense fight and his heart shook, especially the end of that fight, that ring emitting the black light almost scared him to death.

With his insight, he could tell that this black beam could seriously injure a 6th Rank Archmage, he truly didn't know how that young mage could have such a terrifying thing.

He turned his head and saw the young mage sitting not far. Weiss thought for a bit before walking over with a smile, "Erm… High Mage Merlin. Sorry to bother you, that Undead Horseman was called Lagulin, right,"

"Yes…"

Lin Yun frowned, he threw an indifferent look at Weiss and lightly nodded, "He was someone of the 3rd Dynasty, one of Baiers' followers who died in the Tulan Mountain Range."

"Eh…"

Hearing Lin Yun's answer, Weiss frowned, "That should be right, I remember that in the 3rd Dynasty, during Emperor Zhantui's time, there was a famous Sword Saint called Lagulin, he also had a rather high status, he was the guardian of the court and Emperor Zhantui even gave him pointers…"

Lin Yun inwardly shook his head when he heard that, 'No wonder Emperor Zhantui died ten years after returning, it looked like he was too broken-hearted… Not only did his son betray him, but even someone he helped unhesitantly betrayed him…'

"Are you the ones who killed Lagulin?"

As Weiss and Lin Yun talked, the black smoke rose up in the surroundings and a sharp voice echoed. That voice felt sharp and gloomy as it carried a sinister aura of death.

As those words fell, the black smoke thickened and an immense death power spread. They could all see a bony silhouette coming out from the black smoke, two throbbing phosphorus lights looking at them like pupils.

The newcomer's body was filled with death power, it donned a black robe and held an ancient white staff. But there was no flesh on his face, it was all bones.

This was an undead.

"Lich… It's truly a Lich!"

They were all stunned when the Lich appeared, cold sweat drenching their back as they were scared by the Lich's death aura. Lin Yun even frowned.

The shaping of an undead was an extremely complicated process, an undead like a Lich was something very rare in Noscent. Archmages could turn into Lich after their death. And the Undead Horseman Lin Yun had fought a few hours ago had been a Sword Saint during his life, when turning into an undead he directly became a high level Undead Horseman.

In fact, undeads' power depended on their strength during their lives.

Just like Heaven Mage Baiers, after his death, his body turned into an undead. He was exceptionally powerful, thus the Heaven Rank Three-Eyed Secret Wolf reminded them that they definitely couldn't provoke it.

"Answer, quick. Are you the ones who killed Lagulin…" His two phosphorus fires were fiercely throbbing. While the Lich sharply spoke, black mist leaked from his body. This was the frightening part of undeads, they could absorb death power, and their power would increase with every absorption, "Humans, you are quite bold, you actually dare to trespass into the place His Highness Baiers' is eternally resting at, and you killed Lagulin. I, Barton, will definitely kill all of you…"

After saying this, his phosphorus fires fiercely throbbed, just like eyes, they swept through everyone before a powerful mana fluctuation was emitted from Barton's body. He raised his bone staff and a white radiance flashed, sending boundless death power towards them.

"Barton… Turns out he also became an undead…"

Weiss, standing next to Lin Yun, paled when facing that death power, "During Emperor Zhantui's era, Barton was one of the Empire's Court Mages. He was said to have gone missing when he was standing at the peak of the Archmage realm, even touching upon the Extraordinary realm. His power should be equivalent to Okland's Star Sage. I truly didn't expect Barton to not have gone missing, but to have died here and turned into an undead."

In fact, when he heard the name Barton, Weiss knew that things were far from good.

How frightening was the undead formed by the death of a peak Archmage? After turning into a Lich, it regained magic knowledge and battle experience he had accumulated during his life. Moreover, he was no less intelligent from an ordinary person and had absorbed death power for a few millennia.

Barton…

Hearing Weiss' introduction, Lin Yun couldn't help frowning, the Lich in front of them was comparable to Jouyi in terms of power, no wonder he was giving everyone such pressure.

That Lich would truly be hard to handle.

With his power alone, he was a lot stronger than Undead Horseman Lagulin. Lagulin had been level 36, Lin Yun could handle him on his own. But that Barton was level 37, moreover, he was proficient in magic and had been in this undead world for several thousand years.

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Chapter 426: Substitute Clone

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"Sir Barton, I think you misunderstood, it's definitely a misunderstanding…" Weiss walked out of the group, "We didn't break in here on purpose, and we will definitely not disturb His Highness Baiers' eternal rest…"

If he could, Weiss would rather be besieged by an army of Skeleton Warriors than face a single Lich.

No one knew how frightening a Lich was more than him.

Back then, he was only a newly advanced Archmage. During a campaign in the Dark Azure Plane, he met a Lich. It was very hard for an undead to be formed in the Dark Azure Plane, yet he encountered a powerful Lich.

The Lich's accurate casting, mana control and cooldown calculation all remained fresh in Weiss' mind. Moreover, that was only a several hundred years old Lich, it couldn't compare to Barton who had existed for several millenniums.

Even at his peak, he could only flee in defeat when faced by such a frightening existence.

Moreover, they had no plan to disturb Baiers, they only wanted to find the Teleportation Array to the next level so they could immediately leave this magic tower…

Thus he gave an explanation and called the Lich politely "Sir Barton".

"Oh?"

The two flickering phosphorus fires in the Lich's eye sockets slightly throbbed as he eerily looked at Weiss before issuing a sharp and ear-piercing sneer, "Humans are too naive…"

"You… Sir Barton, what do you mean?"

Weiss' expression greatly changed, beads of sweat were rolling down his forehead. He had a bad premonition when the Lich finished his words. He truly lacked confidence when facing this Lich close to level 37.

"This is His Highness Baiers' country, it has been millennia since humans came in. You are the first batch of humans that came, and also the first batch of humans that will be buried alongside His Highness Baiers…" There was no trace of any mood fluctuation in the Lich's voice, the bone staff suddenly shook and burst with a white light, firing off undead magic in a flash.

At the same time, a few Ice Walls appeared in front of everyone, followed by cracking sounds. Lin Yun had a grave expression, he opened his eyes and glanced at Weiss, "Talking nonsense with it is useless, the only way to leave this place safe and sound is to kill it…"

After saying that, Lin Yun didn't wait for Weiss' reaction before casting Fire Elemental Incarnation and turning into a flash, dashing over at top speed while waving his Doom Staff, emitting mana fluctuations and a burst of light.

A Meteor Rain emitting extreme heat appeared in the sky above the Lich as one ball of fire after the other fell down and flooded the Lich.

This was Lin Yun making use of the highest fire spell he could use as a 5th Rank High Mage, Meteor Rain. It was extremely destructive and covered that small area. The space also seemed to distort from the heat, and the originally pitch-black soil was burnt down in a few seconds, the black mist also evaporated…

Lin Yun clearly understood that Barton and Lagulin had inevitably been influenced by Baiers and had turned into undeads. This was very similar to Prince Barov's tomb.

"Ah!"

The Lich let out a miserable shriek as he was caught off guard. He was hit by the countless burning balls of fire, but it wasn't enough to really harm him, he only had some blazing wounds on his body and some black marks.

The skeleton of this Lich who lived for several hundred years was extremely durable, and death power had greatly reinforced his defensive abilities. Newly advanced Archmages would find it very difficult to leave any mark on his body.

"Human, you angered me…"

Following the throbbing of Barton's phosphorus fire, the Lich let out a sinister roar and stared at the fiery silhouette. Although that person was wrapped in flames, Barton could still see that it was a shockingly young mage, moreover, that young mage made him feel intimidated. It was a feeling he hadn't felt in millennia. He only felt that from Sir Baiers…

Originally, with his casting speed and reaction speed, he could easily dodge a Meteor Rain, but he had clearly felt suppressed by an indescribable power, to the point that it was hard for him to display his power, and thus, ended up hit by the Meteor Rain.

This was the first time he had been injured in millennia, thus it was obvious how angry he was. The bone staff in his hand lightly shook and surged with death power. That death power turned into a dozen Bone Spears, those Bone Spears had extremely piercing properties, especially since the point of the Bone Spear was covered in a layer of pitch-black power. That was naturally pure death power.

With regard to undeads, death power was undoubtedly the best tonic, but it was extremely toxic to humans. If one was wounded by death power, it would quickly spread through the whole body and continuously corrode their vitality and make them age quickly.

With a sharp sound, those dozen Bone Spears simultaneously shot and tore through the air as they pierced that pitch-black mist. Lin Yun already used Flame Flash to dodge the attack, but he received a wave of undead spells where he landed.

It turned out that that dozen Bone Spears was just a bait to force Lin Yun to Flame Flash. When Lin Yun understood, he couldn't help coldly glancing at the Lich with a frown. He waved the Doom Staff and a dazzling Runic Shield appeared to block them. The Runic Shield darkened as undead spells kept falling on it.

Fortunately, the Runic Shield managed to block the Lich's wave of spells. Lin Yun raised his staff and cast five Flame Burst to engulf the Lich, he then used one of the Ultimate Spells stored in the Book of Death, making a huge Fire Arrow appear out of nowhere and sent it flying towards Barton. With a bang, the Lich was forced to fall back a few steps, one of the bones in his chest turned pitch-black and caved in.

This was the effect of the Ultimate Fire Arrow.

In those short few seconds, Lin Yun and that Lich were almost equally matched. This couldn't help making the onlookers astonished, they felt that they had truly underestimated the young mage.

In fact, they weren't aware that Lin Yun had the Undead Predator and was able to suppress a portion of the Lich's power. If the Lich was at his peak, Lin Yun wouldn't have been able to hold for long before falling into a disadvantageous position.

After all, this was a Lich close to level 37!

He had been a peak 9th Rank Archmage during his life…

Even if Lin Yun had Undead Predator, he wouldn't be able to prevail over such a frightening existence on his own.

At that time, Weiss and the others saw that the Lich was wounded and the morale was greatly boosted. They instantly started casting and one fire spell after the other was sent out. Especially Weiss, after seeing the young mage's strategy, he threw away his worries and fully used Wind Elemental Incarnation and instantly disappeared, however, countless wind spells were thrown at the Lich.

"Human, I'll make you pay the price…"

The Lich shouted again. Dealing with the attack of a dozen of people was quite strenuous. His two throbbing phosphorus fires couldn't help looking at Lin Yun with rancor. In that dozen of minutes, the overwhelming majority of his scars had been caused by that young mage. Although those were insignificant small injuries, it thoroughly angered him.

As for the others, they were restricting him to give a chance to the young mage to attack.

As seconds passed, injuries piled up on the body of the Lich and some small cracks even appeared on his bone staff.

The Lich was definitely at a disadvantage this time. He let out a nasty laugh and a bone-chilling aura spread out. White flames appeared out of nowhere on his body and shrouded it. All the spells flying towards him were unable to go through the white flames, they couldn't injure him at all.

That layer of white flames seemed to have extremely high magic resistance.

The Lich looked very strange at this moment.

That layer of white flames wasn't emitting heat, but a bone-chilling cold, freezing everyone. Those who were a bit weaker, like the Merlins, had to operate their mana to get rid of that cold.

The Lich suddenly disappeared and strangely appeared behind Lin Yun, holding his bone staff with both hands as a deep incantation echoed. The Lich summoned a dozen Bone Spears and pierced Lin Yun's body. But to his shock, no blood came out of the young mage's body.

"Substitute Clone… How could this be!" The Lich let out a sharp roar, his voice filled with fear. This one mistake was enough to consign him to eternal damnation.

At this time, a heat wave came over, making the Lich turn his head, only to see endless spells about to engulf him. Those spells all had the might of 3rd Tier spells. A dozen wouldn't matter, but hundreds of spells together… If the Lich had hair, they would be raising on its head.

An enchantment dark as the night and containing rich death power appeared and the surrounding thick black mist containing death power surged towards the Lich. The Lich's phosphorus fires were crazily burning.

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Chapter 427: Heaven Defying

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As a Higher Undead, a Lich could inherently use Energy Barriers, those Energy Barriers were the most powerful defensive methods of Liches and were formed by boundless death power. Even an opponent on the same level would have a hard time breaking a Lich's Energy Barrier.

When the wave of spells flew from the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, Lich Barton finally felt pressured. He hadn't used an Energy Barrier even when wounded under siege, but he was forced to use it now, that young mage was already posing a huge threat.

It was the first time he panicked in several thousand years.

Lin Yun cast a Flame Flash and hovered in midair with Levitation, the Doom Staff held high. Blazing fire elemental fluctuations rapidly gathered into Flame Bursts before being sent flying and exploding onto the Energy Barrier. Every Flame Burst dissipated a portion of the death energy, and with a hundred of Flame Burst, the death energy forming that Energy Barrier had greatly weakened.

Had it been a while ago, he might have been powerless when facing the Energy Barrier, but in the study room in the 9th Floor of the magic tower, he fortunately found the Element Chapter and merged it with the Book of Death, reinforcing his elemental attacks.

Thus, his hundred Flame Bursts obliterated over half of the Energy Barrier. Suddenly, the flames on Lin Yun's body extinguished and were replaced by a bone-chilling cold aura. A layer of ice armor covered his body as he instant cast Ice Elemental Incarnation and transformed into an Ancient God-like Frost Giant. With the addition of the Element Chapter, he could fully use Ice Elemental Incarnation and was more powerful than the Lesser Flame Overlord they had encountered a few months ago. It was due to both his strength increasing and the additon of the Element Chapter.

A Frost Lance appeared in Lin Yun's hand, he tightly grasped it and burst with power, throwing that lance with all his might. The lance tore through the air with a sharp sound and arrived at the Energy Barrier, shaking it with its huge momentum.

Weiss and the other Archmages understood Lin Yun's intention and started casting powerful high tier spells at the Energy Barrier, regardless of everything else.

"Rumble!"

Following this loud shaking sound, the Energy Barrier shattered. Without his Energy Barrier, Lich Barton was exposed to the group's attacks.

A while silhouette, engulfed in bone-chilling aura, arrived in front of the Lich, swingin its huge arm and heavily punching the Lich.

However…

A Lich was a Lich after all, Barton also has the memories of his time as a peak Archmage and his current power was around that of a level 37. He hadn't panicked when faced with the team's offensive, that Energy Barrier had gained a lot of time. The deadlock had made him realize that it would be very hard for him to win if he didn't kill the young mage.

A nasty laughed echoed, followed by a sinister chant. The throbbing Soul Fires were swaying even more frantically as the Bone Staff emitted a cold aura. A strange arc streaked through the sky and all the mist covering the sky and earth gathered and twisted around the Bone Staff.

The Lich raised his staff and boundless death energy gathered at its tip, forming a black sphere emitting terrifying aura.

"No good…" Even the experienced Weiss couldn't help looking at the Lich in shock, his voice extremely faint.

He had already guessed the Lich's plan. That black sphere contained extremely pure death energy, and this wasn't the Lich's power, but the death energy remaining from the battlefield.

Weiss was horrified when he thought of the amount of undeads that died there and how much death energy would remain.

And now, the Lich was using his bone staff as a medium to gather the death energy of the battlefield and condense it into a sphere of death energy

Although this wasn't a spell, it was a lot more terrifying.

'If it exploded…'

Thinking about this, Weiss couldn't help feeling cold, cold sweat dripping down his back. The Lich was actually using such an extreme method kill the young mage.

Unfortunately, the young mage was still in Ice Elemental Incarnation. Weiss knew very well the advantages and flaws of the Ice Elemental Incarnation. Although its defense was outstanding, it also had a deadly flaw, extremely slow movements.

Being slow was very bad in such a situation, if the black sphere exploded, he wouldn't be able to dodge even if he wanted to!

Although the defensive power of the Ice Elemental Incarnation was shocking, it was only shocking, nothing more, under such a frightening attack, let alone Ice Elemental Incarnation, even a 6th Rank Sword Saint with layers upon layers of Aura Protection would have a hard time making it out alive.

In Weiss' eyes, if this young mage was steady and not reckless, they would prevail sooner or later. After all, the eleven of them were besieging one Lich.

But that young mage was too impulsive. After breaking the Lich's Energy Barrier, he impatiently charged over.

The death energy within that black sphere was increasing and eerie laughters echoed from within as countless strands of dark energy slowly flowed within the sphere, emitting a sinister energy. The Lich raised its head and sneered, although there was no flesh on its face, he looked extremely creepy.

That sphere reached the size of a head in a short few seconds, at that time, the Lich waved his staff and aimed at Lin Yun before chanting a strange incantation.

"Roar…"

At that time, a roar echoed behind the Lich as a formidable black sword aura spread out, filling every corner of the battlefield.

Then, a loud "rumble" echoed as the Lich's incantation was forcibly interrupted. It hadn't managed to react before being sent flying.

"Rumble!"

At the same time, that sphere gathering a large amount of death power seemed to have lost its balance and suddenly exploded. The explosion was overwhelming and blasted countles bones away, the death energy crazily surged and submerged the Lich instantly.

Everyone cast a defensive shield when the explosion occurred, and the aftermath alone was enough to make them feel numb.

At this moment, the Lich's arms were completely broken, Lich Barton had flown a few dozens meters before finally crashing into the ground.

A fiery shadow flew over and didn't even give the Lich a chance to recover as the Nightmare's front hooves appeared before the terrified Lich's gaze, before a loud cracking sound echoed.

"Ah! Lagulin! You actually betrayed His Highness Baiers, you, you…" The Lich was laying on his back, his two darkened Soul Fires crazily flickering as he angrily stared at the Undead Horseman.

Barton was sent flying when the Undead Horseman appeared, causing the black sphere to lose its balance and explode, seriously injuring him, otherwise the young mage would have already been blown to pieces, not even leaving a skeleton behind.

However, the Undead Horseman remained unmoved, he unsheathed his long sword and stabbed the Lich's skull, creating sparks.

"Lagulin, His Highness Baiers won't forgive you! Wait until His Highness Baiers awaken, you and those humans will sink into an endless hell…"

Higher Undead's bodies were truly tough, especially a Lich's skull. It received an all-out attack on its skull and only a crack appeared. But the Undead Horseman didn't plan to stop. By the 5th attack, the Lich was no longer able to resist and its skull was split open, it's Soul Fire also stopped burning.

A weak light suddenly burst out from the fragment of the Lich's skull, and Lin Yun didn't hesitate, he used a Mana Hand to catch the Soul Essence before it could escape, he then instantly cancelled Ice Elemental Incarnation and put that Undead Essence onto the Book of Death.

In a flash, a black light flashed and the Undead Essence instantly disappeared. A black design appeared on the Book of Death and emitted a strange mana fluctuation.

Seeing the newly appeared design, Lin Yun almost let out a laugh. This was a Lich comparable to a 7th Rank Archmage, it was even a bit stronger than the previously summoned Undead Horseman.

A level 37 Lich what kind of concept was that?

That was a high ranked Archmage, if placed in the Black Tower, it could definitely compare to a Representative of the Council of Seven.

But Lin Yun could control that powerhouse at will to fight for him.

Just like the Undead Horseman.

In that critical moment, the Undead Horseman was summoned and greatly helped him, timely interrupting the Lich's casting and reversing the battle situation.

To be honest, the ability of the Book of Death could only be described as heaven defying.

The only small flaw was that summoning such a high level undead consumed a lot of mana.

No one was paying attention to Lin Yun at this moment, they were all focused on the three meters tall silhouette wearing worn-out armor and a rusted longsword, as well as that two meters tall Nightmare emitting blazing flames.

They were nervous and couldn't believe their eyes. Lin Yun's fight against the Undead horseman was so flashy that none of them had missed it, but…'Wasn't he killed…?' They all thought.

'Moreover, why was it crazily and recklessly attacking the Lich…'

The most incomprehensible part to them was that the Undead Horseman killed the Lich and then stood there, motionless, as if he was waiting for orders.

They were puzzled and had countless questions.

This felt like a dream to them.

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Chapter 428: Crown

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Black smoke suddenly rushed over, emitting a bone-chilling aura. When they sensed that aura, everyone froze. A thin and bony black silhouette came out of the thick black mist.

'Shit…'

When they saw that scene, they all started sweating, 'The Lich isn't dead yet!'

Lin Yun secretly shook his head, he only wanted to try summoning the Lich, but he hadn't expected that the others would react like that. When he severed the connection, the Undead Horseman and the Lich's silhouette gradually turned blurry, they transformed into a black mist once again and entered the Book of Death. Lin Yun immediately noticed the two new designs on the Book of Death, the Undead Horseman and the Lich.

After going through that arduous battle, everyone, except Lin Yun, was suffering from mana exhaustion, their fighting power had dropped and they looked exhausted. Some of them even had some minor injuries. They would be in great danger if they met another Lich.

"This undead world is far more dangerous than we imagined. Moreover, there are definitely numerous Higher Undeads. The Lich might have been attracted by the large amount of death energy, staying here is dangerous, we should keep going…" Lin Yun called out to the others and they got on the move.

They had been in this place for less than a day and Lin Yun experienced how dangerous that place was. Although it wasn't comparable to the 8th Floor's magic beast world, they still encountered two Higher Undead in a day, which was a bit too much for him.

He was already certain that the people Baiers brought with him back then had most likely died in this place and had turned into undeads. Lagulin and Barton were only two among them, there might be many more Higher Undeads slumbering in some corners of this undead world.

Lin Yun couldn't help worrying…

Was there a Heaven Rank powerhouse among the subordinates Baiers brought back then? If there was, then the undead formed after that subordinate's death wasn't something they could handle.

On the way, Lin Yun's Magic Array was revolving at maximum capacity.

After two hours of going deeper, Lin Yun clearly noticed the huge changes in the surroundings. A thick black fog was slowly flowing in the surroundings alongside a bone-chilling cold aura, and broken bones could be seen everywhere.

Moreover, the power of the undeads they encountered had greatly increased. When they first came to the undead world, half an hour could pass without them meeting a Bone Devil, but now, one would appear every few minutes.

Fortunately, it was only Bone Devils, they couldn't pose a threat to Lin Yun's group. And thankfully, no Higher Undead appeared in the past two hours.

Several wind spells flew and landed on a Bone Devil. At this moment, Weiss discovered something in his peripheral vision, and when he looked at it, his eyes widened from shock.

"Heavens… Look at this! What is that…" Weiss pointed in a direction and exclaimed.

"That's…"

Lin Yun couldn't help frowning, he followed Weiss' finger, but could only see a white outline due to the black mist. It looked like a hundred meters tall hill, but after observing it for a bit, Lin Yun's expression changed. That wasn't a hill, rather, it was a pile of bones!

This scene was truly shocking…

How many bones were needed to make a hundred meters tall hill?

Moreover, this could never be formed naturally.

Thus…

They all looked at each other, seemingly recalling something as happy expressions started appearing on their faces.

"Rumble…"

More wind spells landed on that Bone Devil, and the latter let out a shout before its bones scattered on the ground, his Soul Fire extinguished. The Undead Essence flew out of its bones and entered the hill of bones.

"If there is no surprise, this should be the place we are looking for…" Delson looked in the distance, "Baiers' body should be buried here, and the crown should also be there."

"Wait…"

Just as they prepared to move, a disharmonious voice echoed.

"Wait? Wait for what…" Delson instantly answered, his expression turning heavy. Getting that crown wasn't just the way to leave this place, only with it could they get that sky-high reward.

After saying that, Delson was startled as he recognized that voice, it was the young mage. Thus Delson paled, he turned his head and threw an apologetic look at Lin Yun, "High Mage Merlin, this… You…"

Delson wanted to ask what the young mage had in mind, but his words were stuck in his throat. He then understood what Lin Yun meant by "wait".

He noticed a dark sea, continuously echoing with the sound of Skeleton Warriors digging themselves out of the ground. There were so many of them digging out of the ground that the group couldn't figure out their numbers.

"Heavens, how could there be so many undeads…" Delson held his breath as he fearfully looked ahead of him. Just on momentum alone, he could sense that this undead sea was more frightening than the one they encountered before.

"There is at least a few ten thousands…" Watching the Skeleton Warriors climbing out one by one made them all feel numb. Delson could hardly let out a sound.

"Let's put the matter of the crown aside for now, we can talk about it after we deal with these undeads…"Lin Yun's expression turned heavy. He looked at the undead sea in the distance and could see countless Soul Fires, as well as the black aura twisting around these skeletons' bones, protecting them from the effect of Undead Predator.

After saying those few words, Lin Yun got on the move, he gently waved the Doom Staff in his hand and immediately emitted rich fire elemental fluctuations all over the place. Then, flames rained onto the undead army, spreading within a hundred meters, causing a few dozens Skeleton Warriors' Soul Fires to extinguish.

Skeleton Warriors were the lowest undead lifeforms, their strength would usually hover between the Mage realm and the Great Mage realm, but there was a lot of them, thus Lin Yun just kept casting spells with large area of effect, successfully dealing with large groups of Skeleton Warriors one after the other.

The rest of the team also joined up the Skeleton Warrior carnage, flames soared one after the other, killing an innumerable amount of Skeleton Warriors.

But none of them discovered that crack in the pitch-black ground.

Suddenly, a formidable aura surged from that crack, and with a deafening rumble, the entire ground shook as the crack expanded, revealing a white finger.

'Shit, what kind of monster is that…" Lin Yun managed to look over in time to see that skeletal finger coming out of the ground. It wouldn't have mattered if it had been a normal skeletal finger, but that finger was a bit too frightening, it was a big as a waist, and the part that came out of the ground was already a few meters long.

As seconds passed, the finger was followed by a skeletal arm a dozen meters long. It suddenly slammed on the ground and caused the crack to expand, while also killing countless Skeleton Warriors and sending a few down the crack.

Beads of sweat started falling down Lin Yun's forehead, the fluctuations emitted by that arm could only be described as frightening, giving him a bad feeling. He didn't doubt that this arm could kill an Archmage or a Sword Saint.

What kind of existence was that?

Not only did Lin Yun stop casting, the others also stopped to look at the huge arm, clearly shaken.

When that arm appeared, the Skeleton Warriors all started fleeing in disarray, no longer attacking Lin Yun.

After a few seconds, the crack shook and another arm came out. The two arms heavily slammed on the floor, scattering dust everywhere. A golden crown slowly came out of the ground, followed by the top of a huge skull. The Soul Fires in the eye sockets flickered with blue radiance as it motionlessly watched everyone.

'What… What… What is that thing?' They all remained silent for a few seconds, completely shaken, before Delson finally broke the silence, looking at the crown he said, "Is that… Baiers?"

Delson wouldn't have made the connection to Baiers if what appeared was a huge and monstruous skeleton, but that crown…

It wasn't just Delson, everyone was staring at that crown.

They knew that the crown was extraordinary. When Charles the Emperor shattered the Throne of Life and established the 3rd Dynasty, he had the famous Dark Iron Dwarves forge this crown.

That crown gradually became the inherited token used as the Emperor's symbol. But that crown was lost after Emperor Zhantui's era, no royal family member ever found it.

"How could this be… How could this be! Delson! Didn't you say that Baiers was slumbering? Why did he come out? Are you trying to deceive us?" Dean was looking at Delson with a pale face. He was obviously resentful, Delson knew so many secrets but he hadn't shared them with the other two mercenary groups…

Now that he saw that horrifying existence, suspected of being Baiers, crawl out of the ground, Dean could no longer suppress his anger and directly vented on Delson.

Just how powerful would a Heaven Rank Mage be after becoming an undead…

Peak 9th Rank Archmage Barton had turned into a level 37 Lich, this was an existence very hard to deal with for their group. Thus, how could they deal with a Heaven Rank powerhouse turned undead…

"Had I known it would be like this, our Heaven Enlightening Mercenary Group wouldn't have accepted that damn mission…" Delson bitterly smiled. That descendant of the royal family in the Odin Kingdom had promised an extremely high reward to the Heaven Enlightening Mercenary Group, they just had to go to the Tulan Mountain Range to find the lost crown…

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Chapter 429: Regeneration

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At that time, the Heaven Enlightening Mercenary Group felt emboldened and recklessly rushed to the Tulan Mountain Range.

Thinking about it now, It was quite stupid.

A sense of powerlessness rose up in Delson's mind as he looked at the huge skeleton. He truly hadn't expected to die in this mission.

He had been really excited when he arrived to the 2nd floor, he thought that he would quickly complete the mission of that royal family descendant and earn that huge reward.

But…

He hadn't expected such an outcome. Baiers not only wasn't slumbering, he had also transformed into a huge monster.

"High… High Mage Merlin, do you have a way?" Delson couldn't help looking at the young mage. He had considered the young mage as the backbone of the group and had never been disappointed so far. But the current situation was quite special, Delson didn't have any hope, it was just curiosity before death.

In his eyes, this was a deadly situation. Even if he wasn't killed by this skeleton, unless they got the crown, they would forever remain in the 2nd Floor, waiting to die or turn into an undead.

"I'm not too sure, we can only rely on luck…"

Delson awkwardly smiled when he heard Lin Yun's words. Sure enough, he had guessed right, even this almost omnipotent young mage was helpless at this moment and could only say something demoralizing.

'Hold on…'

'That wasn't demoralizing!'

Delson's eyes shone, his heart beating extremely fast, he stared at Lin Yun and said with a trembling voice, "High Mage Merlin, what do you mean…"

"Haha…"

Lin Yun chuckled and chose not to explain.

Among those present, maybe only he knew that the situation wasn't as grim as they imagined. Naturally, it was relying on luck, and even he wasn't sure whether it would succeed.

As for Solan, he wasn't despairing like the others, a trace of joy could be seen in his eyes, and he couldn't help smirking when he looked at the others, especially when he glanced at Lin Yun.

Then…

To everyone's shock, Solan turned into a shadow and rushed towards that skeleton. In their eyes, it was nothing more than courting death!

After all, this huge skeleton belonged to the undead Baiers. Even if he wasn't a Heaven Rank powerhouse after turning into an undead, he wouldn't be far off.

Let alone 5th Rank Archmage Solan, even Star Sage Jouyi who was praised as the strongest Archmage wouldn't rashly rush over to lose his life.

'Crazy, he is definitely crazy.'

They couldn't guess the reason why Solan rushed towards the skull. They thought that Solan most likely had a nervous breakdown and recklessly rushed over…

But…

The situation progressed far beyond their understanding, in a short few seconds, Solan used Levitation to approach that skull. The two blue phosphorus fires were staring at him, but didn't attack.

This… This was illogical!

They didn't dare to believe what was happening in front of them, they could feel how powerful that skeleton was, the power it displayed when it appeared was enough to shake ten thousand Skeleton Warriors and make a lot of them fall into the crack.

But it didn't even attack the approaching Solan!

Then, the skeleton made another shocking action, it raised his arm and grabbed Solan, before carrying him in front of its eyes.

To be honest, Solan didn't feel at ease, he was very nervous when the skeletal hand brought him up and cold sweat soaked his back. But fortunately, nothing dangerous happened. By being in front of the two phosphorus fires, he could clearly feel the coldness they emitted.

With his drenched back, Solan calmly looked at the huge skeleton and said, "I came here as promised, shouldn't you give me what you promised me?"

After saying this, Solan waited with apprehension.

After his words, the skeleton seemed to come to a realization and gently nodded, his two phosphorus fires focusing on Solan.

Solan's eyes shone when he saw the skeleton's action, he was overjoyed.

This was an inheritance…

It was the inheritance he obtained after disappearing in the hovering palace and which increased his strength to 5th Rank Archmage… But it had only been a small part of the inheritance.

Only by meeting Baiers in the 2nd Floor of the magic tower could he inherit the power of this Heaven Mage.

At that time, he would become a Heaven Mage…

Let alone becoming a Representative of the Black Tower, Even Harren and Jouyi would have to look up when speaking to him.

As for that Mafa Merlin, he would only need one finger to take care of him!

'No… I can't kill him that easily, I have to torture him until he begs for mercy.'

"Alright, quickly pass on the inheritance to me!" Solan was already in a hurry to get that power, due to over-excitement, his body was shivering, his face was thoroughly twisted as he roared.

He kept suffering humiliations every time he met Mafa Merlin, he had always been living on the edge, and the last humiliation was still vivid in his mind.

He believed that only a formidable power could bring him the self-confidence to sweep away all his enemies, he was waiting to be reborn.

But…

He suddenly felt something wrong.

That palm hadn't stopped and seemed to be slowly dragging him towards the skull while holding him very tightly.

Solan's expression suddenly changed, his joy disappeared and was replaced by fear, his body was cracking all over under the power of the palm.

He unleashed the power of a 5th Rank Archmage, but it had no effect. Let alone fleeing, just making a sound was challenging.

"I… I… I don't want… The inheritance! Let… Let go…" Solan weakly said as the strength left his body.

That huge skull emotionlessly looked at Solan, its phosphorus fires not reacting, as if it hadn't heard Solan's words. It was only moving its arm mechanically as it threw Solan into one of its eye socket.

"Ah! You deceived me! You actually deceived me! You promised me Heaven Mage power…" Solan sank into madness as he hysterically roared. But he could only say those words before his body fell into the eye socket. In a flash, that phosphorus fire engulfed Solan.

Dead.

Solan Monchi had died, no ashes were left after being burnt by the phosphorus fire, however, the latter turned red after engulfing Solan. And that red energy rapidly expanded, it only took a split second before that phosphorus fire was dyed crimson. Immediately after, the other phosphorus fire also turned crimson.

At this time, a frightening mana fluctuation spread all over. Half of the skeleton came out of the crack, and suddenly, black clouds covered the pitch-black sky and thunder boomed. The entire undead world shook under that terrifying fluctuation. Countless undeads fled in disarray when they felt that fluctuation, regardless of whether they had been slumbering or awake, and whether they were Lesser or Higher Undeads.

That skeleton seemed to be recovering, and the frightening pressure emitted from his body felt heavy, making the group feel as if they couldn't breath.

Everyone could sense that this skeleton was roughly at the peak of the Archmage realm, infinitely close to the Heaven Rank realm. And every since it devoured Solan, his aura had kept soaring.

Everyone present was filled with despair, they could see that the skeleton was transforming and would soon reach Heaven Rank.

They wanted to run, but their legs weren't listening to them due to the pressure. Moreover, even if they ran, where could they run to? Without the crown, they would be trapped here for their lifetime.

"Roar!"

The skeleton let out a deafening roar. In a few seconds, half of its body had turned red. Its increase in power could only be described as frightening. Although it wasn't Heaven Rank at the moment, it could still kill a Peak 9th Rank Archmage!

As long as it had time, it would reach Heaven Rank and would be able to escape from the power shackling him and leave that crack.

With that roar, they all felt that the skeleton was looking more and more like a person. Previously, the skeleton looked like a machine and was acting mindlessly, but it felt as if it got a soul now.

At this time, their faces paled. They knew that Baiers originally was a Heaven Mage.

A skeleton with the power of an Archmage would already make them despair, let alone a Heaven Rank one…

Although they didn't know why the skeleton was transforming, but it was obviously related to Solan being swallowed. But they had no way to know what had happened to Solan.

Suddenly…

A destructive aura was emitted from the skeleton, that was the aura of the Heaven Rank. The white lower body of the skeleton turned crimson red and emitted a strong aura of life.

'Regeneration…'

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Chapter 430: Trap

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They were all startled speechless, looking at the terrifying scene in a daze. They clearly understood what Regeneration meant, it meant that Heaven Mage Baiers was about to be reborn!

A formidable Heaven Mage reborn after a few millennia, let alone the Andlusa Kingdom, even the entire Noscent might be completely shocked.

Moreover, Baiers had a very special status, he was the eldest son of Emperor Zhantui…

"Rumble…"

Just as they were dumbstruck, countless lightning bolts fell on that skeleton, making it roar in pain, shaking its entire body. At the same time, the blood red light on its body quickly dimmed, exposing its white bones after a few seconds, that rich aura of life disappearing instantly.

"Roar!"

As the aura of life disappeared, the skeleton who recovered its original appearance seemed unwilling to give up and its exposed lower half fiercely struggled, its two huge arms crazily slamming the ground, raising a large amount of dust. But it couldn't separate from the mysterious binding. The aura on its body was quickly declining, and in a short few seconds, the Heaven Rank power thoroughly disappeared.

Those two phosphorus fires also regained their original appearance, turning back from crimson to deep blue and emitting bone-chilling cold aura. However, the frequency at which the phosphorus fires throbbed had slowed down quite a bit, moreover, the phosphorus fires also darkened quite a bit, as if it would stop burning anytime.

"I-It… it failed?" Delson's heart was beating crazily. He was watching the struggling skeleton and couldn't help rubbing his eyes, making sure that the skeleton had indeed been weakened.

His gaze couldn't help switching to the crown before turning heated.

'We might be able to give it a try…'

The others were also thinking the same.

After experiencing all this, their moods had became quite complex. From the skeleton appearing with almost invincible power, to Solan being swallowed, to that strange Regeneration bringing it to the Heaven Rank. Their minds had been at an all-time low, only filled with despair.

But then…

For some unknown reason, the skeleton failed to reach Heaven Rank and only a tenth of its strength remained. This was their opportunity!

"Let's take advantage of this to kill it. Then we can leave this damned place…" Weiss had an excited expression, he was tightly holding his staff, shivering from excitement. What happened in the last few minutes gave him the illusion of having escaped by the skin of his teeth.

This was their best opportunity.

The skeleton had received an intense devouring backlash after having failed to reach Heaven Rank, causing serious damage. And under the binding of that mysterious power, it couldn't crawl out of that crack.

The eleven of them could kill a Higher Undead, and even though they lacked Solan now, their power wasn't to be trifled with, it was enough to handle this skeleton who fell from Heaven Rank to level 37.

Even if they couldn't kill it, they should still be able to steal that crown and leave this place.

As he thought about it, Weiss suddenly saw a figure wrapped in flames charging towards the skeleton and was startled, he knew that the young mage was already on the move.

"Let's go! Quickly support High Mage Merlin, facing this skeleton alone is very dangerous…" Weiss immediately roared when Lin Yun rushed. He then used Wind Elemental Incarnation and quietly went above the skeleton's head before casting countless wind spells downward.

Although he had fell to 5th Rank Archmage, Weiss still had his comprehension of the Wind Law and was considered a Great Master in that domain. The power he displayed was far superior to any 5th Rank Archmage.

He had complicated feelings towards Lin Yun. When he first joined the group, he had felt that Mafa Merlin was too young, too impulsive, and couldn't lead them. Although he didn't like it, after being seriously injured by the Desolate Overlord Incarnation, his power had been reduced by half, and his mind had been focused on Solan, provoking the young mage in this situation wasn't a smart idea.

But he gradually discovered along the way that the young mage was quite formidable. Level 36 and 37 undeads were quite powerful, but that young mage would still end up shattering their bones.

If this group didn't have the young mage, just taking one step forward would be very difficult.

The three Merlins, Xiuban, Delson, Dean, Olaro, Rolf, and Weiss all used their full might to assault the skeleton, none of them held back, they all used their most powerful attacks. At this moment, Aura and mana fluctuations rose up in the entire area.

They were all stimulated, because the enemy they were facing had once been a frightening Heaven Rank existence.

"Roar…"

The skeleton was clearly angered after being besieged by ten people, its body was emitting a cold aura as the two large phosphorus fires slowly throbbed, attentively watching everyone like vipers. Those two enormous hands moving back and forth, using tremendous power. Although it already suffered heavy losses, that power was still frightening and even a 6th Rank Sword Saint might not be able to resist.

After roaring, those throbbing phosphorus fires suddenly ignited and the upper half of the skeleton shook, seemingly gathering power. And as expected, a flood of white flames was expelled from the eye sockets and fell onto the team.

Those flames were extremely weird, they weren't burning, but freezing.

"So close…"

Dean, who had been the closest to the skeleton, was caught off guard by the flood of flames and his Aura Protection darkened after being hit by a few flames. The white flames then spread while emitting a cold mist, freezing the entire Aura Protection into a transparent crystal, before shattering it into fragments.

Dean was startled, 'Thankfully I had Aura Protection on, or I might have turned into shards…'

Although this skeleton had been heavily injured, it was still extremely powerful, far more powerful than the two undeads they met on the way, it was at the peak of level 37.

"It's an undead formed from a Heaven Rank powerhouse, it is powerful to begin with, and it slumbered for several millennia, absorbing death energy all along. Its bones had long since became extremely tough. Killing it isn't going to be easy. We can only focus our attacks on its head and slowly obliterate its Soul Fire…" Although Lin Yun's voice was very low, it still reached everyone.

There were a few red afterimages in the air, Lin Yun was very flexible in his Fire Elemental Incarnation and used a few Flame Flashes in a row to dodge the white flames. He had the Magic Array analyze those flames, and although they weren't as strange as the Withering Flames, they were still unblockable. If touched by it, it would spread and freeze one's blood instantly, thus even Lin Yun was afraid of the white flames.

"Rumble…" That huge palm locked onto Lin Yun and slammed down with a large amount of death power.

Lin Yun instantly used Flame Flash to dodge that dangerous palm. He was less than twenty meters away from the skeleton, the cold aura dimming the flames surrounding Lin Yun's body. But he didn't plan to stop and used another Flame Flash.

Red and blue lights flickered behind him, alongside a dazzling full moon. As he poured mana into it, the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel's lights shone even brighter and countless spells rained on that huge skull,causing loud rumbles.

The skull was drowning under the spells.

But…

After an angry roar, the team could see that the skeleton remained undamaged, its white skull shining with a black light and giving off a strange feeling. Those two phosphorus lights were crazily ignited as two skeletal arms were rushing towards Lin Yun.

But it was too late, Lin Yun was like a ghost under his Fire Elemental Incarnation, he only left behind red afterimages as he kept casting spell after spell towards that skull.

"Too powerful…"

Lin Yun had a serious expression, he had to remain on guard at all times when facing that skeleton in close range. After a few minutes of battle, he had used his Flame Flash over ten times. And that skeleton had yet to receive any substantial injury while under attack by nine other people. It was really hard to believe. If that skeleton had been at its peak, the group wouldn't have been able to last more than a few minutes before being annihilated.

Lin Yun was inwardly rejoicing.

To be honest, he hadn't been surprised by the skeleton failing to reach Heaven Rank and suffering a loss after devouring Solan… Because it was due to him…

Well, to be more precise, it was due to Shawn.

When he was in the study, he learnt from Shawn that Baiers, who left the Bloodline Curse on Solan, hadn't died. Thus Lin Yun had Shawn leave something in Solan's body, and Shawn who was proficient with such matters, easily accomplished his task.

And just like this, he dealt a heavy blow to Baiers…

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Chapter 431: Roar

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The power of the Bloodline Curse contained within Solan's soul had already become impure when the skeleton devoured him. And Baiers, who was possessing the Desolate Overlord's Incarnation, used the Bloodline Curse as a medium to transfer his soul into the skeleton, giving rise to the Regeneration phenomenon.

At the critical moment of the fusion between soul and body, just as Baiers reached Heaven Rank, the trap Lin Yun had set up was activated, causing the fusion to fail and the skeleton to suffer from the aftereffects, his power greatly falling from Heaven Rank to below level 38.

This was also the reason that Lin Yun had kept Solan alive! After all, in the 10th Floor of the magic tower, Solan used a Dragon Breath to try to kill him. With Lin Yun's character, he would never be able to tolerate such a threat and should have eliminated Solan.

But during the battle, he inadvertently discovered something abnormal about Solan. He felt that Solan was hiding a huge secret, so he kept him alive until Shawn woke up.

It was a bit laughable. Solan, who had always been enduring, would have never thought that he was only kept alive as a sacrificial pawn.

And he didn't let Lin Yun down. When Baier's body appeared, he immediately rushed over.

A dazzling spell left his hand as the flood of spells continued. Lin Yun couldn't help frowning. He hadn't expected that skeleton to be so powerful even after suffering such a loss. Moreover, half of its body was trapped in the ground, but even under such circumstances, the power displayed was far more terrifying than that of Lich Barton.

After all, there had been eleven of them battling Lich Barton, but the fight had still been very strenuous.

Fortunately, the skeleton couldn't move freely. If the other half of its body came out, then even if it only had the power of a peak level 37 powerhouse, they would definitely suffer.

"Crack…"

The battle continued for half an hour, and everyone including Lin Yun used a lot of mana. After all, they kept throwing spells at the skeleton for the entire time. This was far beyond the ability of an average person. One powerful attack after another fiercely crashed down before a subtle sound was eventually heard.

An insignificant crack appeared on the skeleton's glossy skull. All of them got a boost in morale when they saw this, and they started putting more power into their attacks.

The bound skeleton was a fixed target, but its bones were so hard that even under their nonstop attacks, it took half an hour to leave that small crack on its skull.

"It won't be able to last much longer…" A voice echoed in midair. It came from Weiss, hidden behind his Wind Elemental Incarnation, and although he sounded happy, his hands just kept moving, casting one wind spell after the other.

He was attacking using very crafty angles, and although he wasn't using high-tier spells, only using Wind Blast and Wind Blade, his spells were all targeted at the crack that appeared on the skull, slowly widening it fragment by fragment.

As time passed, the originally insignificant crack had already been enlarged a couple times and was now a few meters long, looking quite ghastly.

At this time, the young mage's silhouette appeared in Weiss' line of sight. Weiss was startled when he noticed that the young mage was less than five meters away from the skull, but he quickly calmed down. He knew of the young mage's methods. Especially during those last few fights, he'd realized that although the mage was very young, Weiss was outclassed by him in both power and experience.

A Flame Burst landed in the crack, and following a loud rumble, countless bone fragments flew out. The skeleton let out a powerful roar, and those two phosphorus lights flickered crazily. Weiss was alarmed when he saw this.

This was what the skeleton had done before casting the white flames earlier. Weiss couldn't help sweating for the young mage. He was less than five meters away from the skeleton, and if he was engulfed in the white flames, then even if he was a 7th Rank Archmage, he wouldn't be able to withstand them.

He had experienced the power of the white flames. They were so frightening that even an Elemental Shield would be destroyed.

They obviously had the upper hand right now. As long as they had enough time, obliterating the skeleton's Soul Fire wouldn't be an issue. Rashly rushing forward was too reckless and shortsighted.

'This isn't good, I have to remind him!'

After all, the young mage had a huge impact as the core of this team. If they lost him, the team wouldn't be able to contend against the skeleton.

Just as Weiss, who was hiding in the sky, was about to say something, he noticed a book emitting dense death aura in the young mage's hands. It felt as if it was containing boundless death energy.

Then, two streams of black mist rushed out of the book, leaking auras that Weiss found familiar.

His eyes opened wide. He was thoroughly stunned and even forgot about warning the young mage.

'Th… Th… That's the Undead Horseman, and the Lich, how could this be?!' Weiss didn't dare to believe what was in front of him. His eyes were glued to the two undead behind Lin Yun, and he could clearly feel that the power of these two undead wasn't inferior to his own. Even at his peak, Weiss would flee when facing that Lich.

'Could they be… Mafa Merlin's Summons?'

Although Weiss was in disbelief, the facts were in front of him. The young mage took out that mysterious book and the two powerful undead beings appeared. This was a bit too outrageous.

Weiss suddenly felt that he didn't really know that young mage at all…

After all, Lin Yun's methods were rather frightening. By relying on those two, he would be able to walk freely in the Andlusa Kingdom.

"Baiers, I'm afraid you might never be able to resurrect…"

After summoning the Undead Horseman and the Lich, Lin Yun chanted a very profound character and entered Unlimited Mode. The Doom Staff burst with dazzling lights. A spark rose up and enlarged a few times, emitting a blazing aura before turning into a Fire Dragon spell leaking shockingly intense heat. That Fire Dragon then struck the crack in the skull, sending sparks scattering in all directions, mixed with bone fragments.

In this instant, one fire spell after the other kept crashing against the skeleton's skull.

The intense explosions kept echoing continuously.

"Roar…"

The skeleton was thoroughly infuriated. It let out a pained shout before looking at the young mage less than five meters away. It then turned its body and stretched its skull in front of Lin Yun, one of its phosphorus lights almost touching Lin Yun's body.

The skeleton had extremely high offensive abilities, especially those two phosphorus lights emitting cold auras. Even 5th Rank Archmage Solan was powerless before them and ended up getting devoured.

But…

A deep incantation echoed as the Lich waved its bone staff, its phosphorus fires throbbing in its eye sockets as its finished casting, forming a few dozen Bone Spears that had black gas surrounding their tips. As the Lich let out a deep roar, those Bone Spears flew as fast as lightning.

The targets of the Bone Spears were the two phosphorus fires in that skull's eye sockets.

Just as the Bone Spears flew out, the skeleton let out a painful, deafening cry. It was caught off guard as the phosphorus instantly disintegrated after being hit by those Bone Spears. Sparks even sprayed from the eye sockets. They had been thoroughly extinguished and had turned into pitch-black coal.

The Undead Horseman raised his long sword, his Nightmare emitting a thick aura of sulfur as it suddenly sped up towards the skull and collided into it. A loud sound echoed as cracks rapidly spread.

The skeleton's arm froze in midair, before falling to the ground heavily, raising a cloud of dust. The two phosphorus fires had already dimmed, and half of the skull had cracked. Broken bones kept falling down every few seconds as only half of the skull remained.

Dead.

Everyone, including Lin Yun, sighed in relief. This had been a very fierce battle. They had all used a large amount of mana.

The golden crown was also falling to the ground, shrinking in midair before regaining a normal size.

Lin Yun crouched and picked up the crown. He wiped the sweat off his forehead before smiling.

"Roar!"

At this time, an hysterical roar echoed beside his ear. A frown appeared on his face, and it wasn't just him; the others also frowned.

That roar came from underground…

"Desolate Overlord… Oh no… He should be called Baiers, it's his voice!" Delson was startled. He paled and said in a trembling voice, as if he had encountered the most frightening thing in the world, "Ho-how did he enter the magic tower!"

They could sense that the roar hadn't come from the undead world, but rather, from the lowest part of the magic tower!

"This…" Dean's forehead was soaked with sweat, at a loss for words. They finally managed to kill the skeleton and get the crown that would allow them to get to the next floor, but the Desolate Overlord's Incarnation had appeared in the lower floor.

They had seen the power of that Incarnation with their own eyes. A frightening level 38 magic beast was killed with a wave of his hand, so what about them?

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Chapter 432: What To Do

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At this moment, everyone stood there, motionless, despair on their faces.

They still had the confidence to fight against a Heaven Rank skeleton that suffered a backlash and dropped to the peak of level 37, but Baiers… That was the soul of a Heaven Rank powerhouse. He could kill them in a short time even without a body, not to mention that Baiers was still possessing the powerful Desolate Overlord's Incarnation.

They were in an impasse…

"Doomed, doomed, we are really doomed…" Weiss sat in the pitch-black floor, not keeping up the appearance of a Representative of the Black Tower. He kept mumbling before bitterly smiling and laughing nastily. He foolishly said, "This is a plot, a plot set up for millennia…"

"What are you hiding?" Lin Yun, who was sitting not far from him, looked at Weiss with a frown. He had always been suspicious as to why Weiss and Solan had come to the Tulan Mountain Range. It wasn't incidental, there was certainly a goal behind it/ "Speak now, maybe it'll be helpful."

Everyone's gazes instantly fell onto Weiss.

"We were deceived…" Weiss bitterly smiled. He looked at the dusky sky and slowly said, "Ten years ago, I met a descendant of the 3rd Dynasty's royal family in the Dark Azure Plane…"

"Hold on!" Delson suddenly interrupted Weiss. At this point, he had already forgotten Weiss' status as a Representative of the Black Tower. "Was it a descendant from the Odin Kingdom?"

"No, it wasn't them. Strictly speaking, that branch in the Odin Kingdom isn't considered among the descendants of the royal family, because they are the descendants of Baiers. Because of Baiers, they had been expelled by the royal family and were exiled to a land of cold. Ironically, it was because of this that they managed to survive the fall of the 3rd Dynasty…"

Weiss laughed at the thought. "The descendant we met was actually a proper descendant of the royal family. After the fall of the 3rd Dynasty, those people fled to various major planes, and there are traces of them in many of the planes. But a millennium ago, those people completely vanished. In the Dark Azure Plane, they had planned to capture the Dark Azure Dragon to control its power…"

"That is an existence surpassing Heaven Rank…" Lin Yun shook his head. He knew just how frightening that Dragon was. In several millennia, it would kill many powerful existences, with no lack of Heaven Rank powerhouses among them. As for those exiled descendents of the royal family, trying to capture that Dark Azure Dragon was just asking for trouble.

Let alone them, even Emperor Zhantui and Gaugass King Luo Ning might not necessarily be willing to act against that powerful Dragon.

"That's right…" Weiss nodded approvingly. "The Dark Azure Dragon was slumbering, so they had such thoughts. You should be able to guess the outcome. Over half of those descendants died, and the survivors took the bodies of those people away. But before they could even bury them, the Dark Azure Dragon pursued them. After those people fled, the fallen descendants had no one to bury them. Moreover, it was a very remote location that had been undiscovered for a thousand years, until Solan and I found it."

"Is this related to Baiers?" Lin Yun was getting interested.

"Yes, it is truly related to Baiers. Even they were deceived by Baiers…" Weiss let out a long sigh. "At first, I wasn't aware of the status of these people, but after inspecting the remains, I found an image. I managed to deduce the chain of cause and effect through that image, as well as the identity of those descendants. I then buried the skeletons based on the requirements of the image before acquiring a secret concerning Baiers."

"Baiers transmitted a piece of information to the descendants of the royal family through the Bloodline Curse, and it was roughly instructing them to go to the Tulan Mountain Range, summon the Desolate Overlord, sacrifice a powerhouse there, and enter the hovering palace to receive a part of his inheritance. Then, they would be able to obtain the complete power of Heaven Mage Baiers at the bottom of the magic tower. I was only a 4th Rank Archmage back then and had yet to become a Representative of the Black Tower, so I didn't dare to rashly enter the Tulan Mountain range. Thus, I crazily looked through all information concerning Emperor Zhantui's era."

"So that's why…" Lin Yun took a deep look at Weiss. "No wonder you are so familiar with that part of history and even recognized Lagulin and Barton."

Lin Yun then smiled mysteriously. "You did your best to nurture Solan to use him as an offering? But something unfortunate happened and Solan threw you out and turned you into an offering, it's so funny…"

"…"

Weiss' face was red. He had wanted to conceal that part, but he hadn't expected the young mage to see through him. He could only nod, feeling depressed. "You have seen what happened afterwards? This is a plot created by the treacherous Baiers. If I'm not wrong, Solan's strength should have quickly increased in the hovering palace because of the part of the inheritance. He saw Baiers' body and rushed over. He originally thought of obtaining Baiers' power, but he hadn't expected Baiers to trick him like that and devour him alive…"

Lin Yun secretly shook his head. This master and disciple pair was truly strange. They were master and disciple on the surface, but they were secretly scheming against each other. Lin Yun had been wondering if Weiss knew about the Bone Plane and if he had been involved in Locke Merlin's shipwreck, but it seemed that the chance was very small. With Solan's temperament, he wouldn't have told Weiss something so important.

What had been perplexing Lin Yun had been solved. The Bloodline Curse should have been left on Solan when he sacrificed Weiss, and he did get the inheritance from the hovering palace. That was the demonic energy of the Desolate Overlord's Incarnation. It was suppressed by the Bloodline Curse, which was why Solan hadn't transformed into a Demon.

And reaching the 2nd Floor was the only way for him. If they wanted to leave this place, they had to encounter Baiers' body. And after Devouring Solan, Baiers used his Bloodline Curse as a medium to send his soul into his body, causing Regeneration, making him become a human once again.

Baiers' plan had no loopholes… At least, not until Lin Yun appeared and shattered his plan. Lin Yun looked at the skeleton bitterly. The skull had long since been shattered and couldn't be restored. Even if Baiers' soul entered that body, he wouldn't have the chance to be reborn.

'Hold on…'

Lin Yun's expression suddenly changed. If Baiers obtained that Undead Essence while controlling the Incarnation, wouldn't he be able to fuse with it once again?

Thinking of this, Lin Yun unhesitantly rushed towards that pile of bones. After shattering the skull, he saw a huge Undead Essence fall down, but he had forgotten about it due to Baiers' roar.

"Rumble!"

A loud sound echoed as that huge Undead Essence let out fluorescent light and sent countless bone fragments flying as it shook. It then rushed towards that pitch-black crack.

"No!" Lin Yun's expression sank. He formed a huge Mana hand and grabbed the Undead Essence. With a peal of creepy laughter, the Undead Essence became covered in demonic aura and instantly evaporated the Mana Hand before continuing to fly towards the crack.

"Stop it!"

This sudden change roused everyone. They saw the Undead Essence move and immediately used all kinds of spells to try to stop that Undead Essence.

If Baiers really obtained that Undead Essence, he would definitely reach Heaven Rank and they would have no chance to survive.

"We definitely can't let Baiers obtain it!" Dean let out a powerful roar, Aura spreading around as lightning coursed through his hand. He slashed with his sword, trying to disable or at least stall that Undead Essence.

"We can't let Baiers get it, even if we destroy it!" Rolf's expression turned fierce as the Magic Aura within his body surged. His True Spirit Longbow shook as the seven powerful arrows were shot in succession.

They all used their own methods.

But…

That Undead Essence wrapped in demonic energy was extremely powerful. With a simple shake, it stopped the lightning, the arrows, and the spells, before continuing on its way.

They all heard Baiers' roar, one mixed with all kinds of emotions.

"High Mage Merlin, what do we do?"

Seeing this, everyone began to feel dread. Baiers was too powerful. They had gone all out, but they weren't able to stop that Undead Essence.

The consequences would be too horrifying to contemplate if that Undead Essence fell in Baiers' hands.

Lin Yun didn't say anything, a grave expression on his face. He suddenly raised the golden crown in his hand and gently scratched it, instantly causing spatial fluctuations to appear. He then leapt into the spatial fluctuation and disappeared from the 2nd Floor.

The crown was the only way out of the 2nd Floor.

"Let's go…"

Seeing the young mage open the way to the lowest floor of the tower, Delson and the others looked at each other, slightly hesitating, before rushing into the passage.

Their surroundings suddenly changed: the bones, pitch-black soil, death energy, black mist… Everything disappeared.

It was replaced by a simple and unadorned hall. Everything was ancient and possessed a long history.

"That… That's Baiers, he is coming!" Delson shouted. He looked at the entrance in front of him in a daze. Baiers was squeezed between the two doors, looking extremely malevolent and emitting a sinister demonic energy, his eyes looking at them like vipers.

Everyone felt a chill rapidly spreading from their feet to the rest of their body, and they couldn't help shivering.

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Chapter 433: How Could It Be?

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They all felt fearful facing the former Heaven Mage, Baiers, they couldn't suppress this fear coming from the depths of their souls.

They had already experienced Baiers' power in the Line Canyon as he killed those frightening level 37 and 38 magic beasts in mere seconds.

What about them?

"Hold on… He isn't completely in!" Dean was looking at the entrance in shock. There seemed to be a mysterious force twisting at the entrance, tightly restricting the doors. No matter how much Baiers struggled, he couldn't even get half of his body in.

It wasn't only Dean; the others also noticed that anomaly and immediately looked at the entrance in shock. After all, even if Baiers wasn't at the Heaven Rank while in the Desolate Overlord's Incarnation, he was infinitely close to Heaven Rank, so he could easily deal with 9th Rank Archmages.

The mysterious power at the entrance was tightly suppressing Baiers, somehow making him unable to enter. They all wondered who had left that restriction.

The one responsible was definitely a Heaven Rank powerhouse.

"Fortunately, that mysterious power is dealing with Baiers for now… Otherwise, we would…" Rolf's face had turned pale a while ago, and beads of sweat could be seen sliding down his forehead.

But before he could finish his words, a dense aura of death filled every corner of the main hall, startling them all once more.

A huge Undead Essence, emitting fluorescent light and leaving a black misty trail behind, was quickly rushing towards Baiers.

This was the Undead Essence from the 2nd Floor!

"After fusing with that Undead Essence, Baiers will probably regain his power as a Heaven Rank powerhouse! We will all die once he crosses the entrance!" Weiss nervously said as he tightly held the staff in his hand. He looked at Baiers and the Undead Essence, his eyes filling with despair.

Weiss wasn't the only one, either. They had all cooperated to intercept that Undead Essence in the 2nd Floor, only to fail.

Everything would be over the second the Undead Essence reached Baiers' hand.

They thought that they could leave the tower by defeating the skeleton and taking the crown, but they hadn't expected such an outcome.

They ultimately failed to escape.

But shocking mana fluctuations suddenly appeared, silently rising up as a frightening aura spread in all directions, shaking the entire hall.

That power was utterly terrifying…

It seemed to belong to a powerful existence that was growing even stronger. This aura was so frightening that they all felt as if they couldn't breathe. But what truly stunned them was that those mana fluctuations felt very familiar.

Mafa Merlin!

They all looked at Lin Yun when they found out that the mana fluctuations were actually coming from him.

Lin Yun didn't pay attention to their shocked expressions. He held the Book of Death, and formidable death energy emitted from it, letting out a pitch-black luster. The Doom Staff, the Soul Walker, and the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel all hovered around his body. These Magic Tools had all dimmed, because Lin Yun had absorbed their mana.

"Rumble…" The frightening mana fluctuations emitted from his body were quickly intensifying and echoing as they hit the ceiling, letting out thunderous noises. Just these waves of mana fluctuations were enough to turn a High Mage to ashes. Even Delson and Weiss paled in front of this, unable to move.

Only Lin Yun knew what was happening. His strength was sharply increasing because the mana within the three True Spirit Magic Tools was enough to push him into the Archmage realm.

He had no other choice but to do this now.

If Baiers fused with that Undead Essence, he would quickly regain the power of a Heaven Rank powerhouse and be able to enter the hall, killing them all.

Lin Yun could feel that he was at the Archmage realm, but this was only temporary, and it had been at the cost of all the mana of the three True Spirit Magic Tools.

This was the only way he could contend against Baiers.

He wanted to use the real power of the Book of Death…

He hadn't been able to use the true power of the Book of Death ever since he obtained it, because the lowest requirement to use the Book of Death was to be in the Archmage realm, which had been too far from Lin Yun.

During his time in Thousand Sails City and in the Bone Plane, he had only used the Augment of the Book of Death, the Sage Chapter. Just one Augment had been able to help him so much.

All along, he hadn't really been using the power of the Book of Death.

But now, for a lack of a better option, he had to absorb the mana of his three True Spirit Magic Tools to raise himself to the Archmage realm and rouse the Book of Death.

After pouring the mana into the Book of Death, the black book slowly rose up and hovered in front of him before bursting with a dazzling black light and emitting boundless death energy.

At this time, the Undead Essence covered in the thick demonic energy brushed past him and rushed towards Baiers.

But…

He slowly raised his hand and extended it at a strange angle, and with a soft sound, he accurately grabbed the Undead Essence. The demonic energy then burst out with terrifying power, instantly exploding within Lin Yun's body. Even 7th or 8th Rank Archmages would be sent flying by that.

But the Undead Essence in Lin Yun's palm didn't move. Wisps of demonic energy leaked from his palm, and just that leaking power was enough to annihilate Archmages.

Baiers' power was simply too frightening. He was infinitely close to the Heaven Rank and even 9th Rank Archmages would have a very hard time surviving. But the Undead Essence that he was doing his utmost to obtain was intercepted by Lin Yun. This was a bit too outrageous.

"Roar!" Baiers was still stuck in between the doors, but his eyes filled with boundless killing intent as he glowered at the young mage in the hall. The Desolate Overlord's Incarnation was fiercely struggling, but he couldn't break through the mysterious power since he had yet to reach Heaven Rank.

"You are never going to get it…"

Lin Yun looked at Baiers expressionlessly as he held the Undead Essence. He could only admit that Baiers was truly powerful, in a short few seconds, he had spent the mana within one of his Alchemic Mana Whirlpools. It would be dangerous if it continued.

Lin Yun then unhesitantly raised the Undead Essence and slammed it onto the Book of Death. A loud rumble echoed as the remaining demonic energy evaporated when it came into contact with the book. But that Undead Essence didn't completely disappear when this happened.

"Roar! Roooaaar!" Baiers' crazy roars could be heard as he desperately tried to break his way inside. In a flash, a heavy sulfurous aura spread through the hall.

But it was too late.

The Lich and Undead Horseman imprints flickered fiercely as Lin Yun poured mana into the Book of Death. They then burst out with shocking momentum as the dazed group could hear the shouts of the Lich and the Undead Horseman. A loud sound echoed as the Undead Essence was pulled into the Book of Death, only leaving a light imprint behind.

The aura of the Undead Essence completely disappeared.

The entire hall fell silent as Baiers froze at the entrance, looking over at them in a daze, while Lin Yun was panting with a pale face.

"Ho-how… How could this be?"

They were all stunned. They could hardly believe what they were seeing, and their faces were filled with complex expressions: astonishment, happiness, shock…

In fact, they were already despairing when the Undead Essence soared past them. They thought that Baiers would successfully reach the Heaven Rank after fusing with the Undead Essence and would rush in to kill everyone.

But instead, that Undead Essence ended up disappearing in the young mage's hands.

After missing the opportunity to fuse with the Undead Essence, Baiers would never be able to come into contact with Extraordinary energy in the future. After all, his current existence was a bit special. He was possessing the Incarnation of the Desolate Overlord. He wasn't like Star Sage Jouyi, who could still naturally attempt to ascend to the Heaven realm.

By losing the Undead Essence, Baiers lost everything. He was indeed powerful, but it still wasn't enough for him to enter the magic tower.

After realizing this, they all relaxed. It seemed that they were safe for the time being.

However, the power displayed by that young 5th Rank High Mage was indeed frightening. Baiers ended up failing in his quest to regain the Undead Essence. If news of Lin Yun's prowess reached Okland, it would scare a large number of people.

'How did he do it?' Weiss couldn't help wiping cold sweat off his forehead. The more he was around this young mage, the more frightened he felt. He could still vividly remember what happened that day in the Line Canyon. He had been extremely reckless at the time and had provoked someone he shouldn't have, he provoked Mafa Merlin!

He was now deeply afraid of the young mage. Before, he had only felt some respect for the young mage. After all, Weiss was a member of the Black Tower. Behind him stood one of the two major forces of the Andlusa Kingdom. No matter how strong Mafa Merlin was, he could only defeat level 36 and 37 undead lifeforms. What about it? He would be unable to withstand a single blow in front of the colossus known as the Black Tower.

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Chapter 434: Returning

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He didn't dare to think so now, the power the young mage just displayed was enough to contend against Baiers!

Weiss estimated that in the Black Tower, only Harren could do what the young mage accomplished.

'This Mafa Merlin is too terrifying…'

'And he is only a 5th Rank High Mage, if he reaches the Archmage realm, who in Okland could become his opponent?'

'This is way too scary…'

'And I made a move against this young mage… It looks like I have to find a way to apologize for my mistake, or else, or I'll never be able to sleep if he is the kind of guy that bears grudges.'

"Ah! You are the ones who forced me!"

As they were all shocked, Baiers let out a deafening roar which thunderously boomed in everyone's ears, painfully shaking their eardrums.

"Rumble…" Demonic energy poured out from Baiers' body and covered every corner of the hall. Following that echoing roar, Baiers emitted an extremely frightening aura and the body of the Desolate Overlord Incarnation fiercely expanded.

That sinister demonic face was completely twisted by craziness.

"Ah… He shouldn't be thinking of detonating that Incarnation to destroy the power on the entrance, right?"

Just as Delson said those words, a loud rumble echoed and the power of that Desolate Overlord Incarnation expanded to an extreme before suddenly exploding. At that time, boundless demonic power rushed through everyone.

The impact of the detonation was mostly blocked by the mysterious power at the entrance and only a small part had gone through the entrance. The expressions of everyone, including Lin Yun, suddenly changed before they all used their most powerful defensive methods.

"Rumble!" They didn't have time to react as the building suddenly shook after the demonic energy completely dissipated. Feeling this change, Lin Yun frowned and tightly held the Doom Staff.

When Baiers controlled the explosion, Lin Yun roused the Magic Array to lock onto Baiers' aura. Baiers already separated from the Desolate Overlord Incarnation before the explosion and relied on the momentum of the explosion to forcibly enter the magic tower, but the situation was far from good. Baiers' soul seemed to be slowly fusing with the magic tower.

The soul of a Heaven Rank powerhouse could be said to be as vast as an ocean. It had already sealed the lowest floor of the magic tower and it would be very hard to forcibly pass through it even with the power of a Peak Archmage.

"High Mage Merlin, did you notice…"

Weiss, who was standing beside Lin Yun, had an extremely unsightly expression. Beads of sweat were dripping from his forehead as he said in a hoarse voice, "This place has already been sealed by Baiers' soul, getting out is going to be very hard.."

He wasn't loud, but the others also heard his words and were startled. The were horrified as they looked at their surroundings. They understood the meaning behind Baiers' words, his goal hadn't been to kill them, but to trap them in the magic tower.

This was definitely more painful than killing them.

Despair was visible on everyone's face.

The soul of a Heaven Rank powerhouse was something their group couldn't deal with, thus, they wouldn't be able to leave the tower…

"Rumble!"

At this time, a bright golden sword ray suddenly appeared with a huge momentum, shocking everyone, including Lin Yun. In front of that sword ray, they all felt insignificant, just like specks of dust…

A world-shaking sound echoed as the entire magic tower trembled. Then, a faintly discernible scream could be heard as the sword ray streaked through the seal Baiers' soul had formed on the lowest floor, creating a crack. In a flash, Baiers' soul energy crazily rushed forth, wanting to restore the crack.

But…

No matter how much soul energy he sent, the crack was like a bottomless pit constantly swallowing his soul.

"Quick!"

Lin Yun's voice echoed, leading them out of this life and death situation. After a few seconds, the group escaped the magic tower.

Lin Yun felt his surroundings change. He was now walking on a ground with fragrant flowers and singing birds, the aura of life assaulting his senses. He could also faintly heard the roars of a few magic beasts. But more importantly, he could feel the Laws of Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire, thus concluding that this wasn't a special space but the real Noscent.

After getting a new lease on life, he couldn't help taking a few deep breaths. Lin Yun had originally planned on trying the Ancient God's soul fragments when Baiers had used his soul to seal the magic tower, but that sword ray ended up appearing.

He had come in contact with the traces of Luo Ning and Emperor Zhantui's battle in the hovering palace and the Bloodshed Forest, and had a faint feeling that the sword ray which ended up cutting Baiers' soul had been left behind by His Highness, Emperor Sengman Zhantui. Fortunately, Emperor Zhantui had left something behind, or the consequences would have been too horrible to contemplate…

Lin Yun's group left the magic tower and appeared in the depths of the Line Canyon. After a few hours, they found the rest of the members of the three mercenary groups and their group finally left towards Okland.

Although this trip to the Tulan Mountain Range had been extremely difficult, they ended up having quite a great harvest. Lin Yun had originally planned on going to the Tulan Mountain Range for that six formulas Meditation Law Set, but he ended up not only getting the six formulas Meditation Law Set, he also profited quite a bit. He had gotten the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf, the Elemental Chapter, the Ancient God's soul fragment, a Mana Vine, and a few other minor things.

Naturally, the most important reward was killing those Higher Undeads in the 2nd Floor and discovering the Summoning function of the Book of Death. Now, there was three imprints in the Book of Death, the Undead Horseman and the Lich were the first two, and as for the third one, it was from the Undead Essence he has absorbed not long ago. He tried pouring mana in it, but there was no reaction, thus he left it for now, he would slowly research it later.

On the way back to Okland, he carefully linked everything that had happened back then, but ended up finding many puzzling parts. First, why had Emperor Zhantui and Gaugass King Luo Ning went to the Tulan Mountain Range. He understood that this wasn't for something as simple as a duel, moreover, he could guess that this so-called duel was only a pretense. From the stone tablet left in the Bloodshed Forest, Emperor Zhantui and Luo Ning seemed to have gone to a certain place.

But where was it?

This puzzled Lin Yun. In the diary he roughly translated in the study room in the 9th Floor of the tower, that place was also mentioned, but due to something happening between Luo Ning and Emperor Zhantui, the exploration had been left unsettled. In the end, Luo Ning had gone to that place on his own.

There were also many questions about Heaven Mage Baiers. The Empire's throne belonged to him, and he was the biological son of Emperor Zhantui, Lin Yun really couldn't understand why Baiers would go to the Tulan Mountain Range to try assassinating Emperor Zhantui. There must have been an ulterior motive behind this.

He would have to take another trip to the Tulan Mountain Range in the future, not only to search for the answer to those questions, but also because there was something he needed there, the passage to the Puppet Plane in the 10th Floor. Although he had recorded the coordinates of the Puppet Plane, he still needed to be in the magic tower to open that Planar Path.

If he found that thing hidden in the Puppet Plane, then the power of his puppet would rise to a frighteningly high level. It would easily be able to deal with level 37 and 38 powerhouses.

Thus, he was eager to take a trip to the Puppet Plane. Although it was very dangerous, not any less dangerous than the Undead Plane, but if he was careful, he shouldn't be in too much danger with his current strength.

Everyone got some substantial benefits after safely leaving the magic tower. Among the three youths of the Merlin Family, Ross battled Stan Watson in the illusion before finally defeating him, not only resolving the matter that had always being gnawing at his mind, but also greatly improving his power. He was already an 8th Rank High Mage and with the complete Elemental Tide it was only a matter of time before he could advance to the Archmage Rank.

After obtaining the complete Arcane Ring, Leon tempered himself in the illusion and finally merged his nine Arcane Rings into one, standing at the peak of the 7th Rank High Mage, even Ross would be weaker to him when fighting against many.

As for William, he ended up gaining the most, the Well of Stars was the most formidable Magic Conducting Rune in Noscent after the Magic Array, once William completed his Lava Heart, he would be able to destroy his original Magic Conducting Runes, and form the Well of Stars instead. Although he was only a 6th Rank High Mage, once he formed the Well of Stars, 9th Rank High Mages might not necessarily be his opponent.

Xiuban only slept in the illusion, but he had already advanced to 9th Rank Expert Swordsman after coming out and after tempering himself against magic beasts in the 8th Floor of the magic tower, he reached the peak of 9th Rank. In half a year, at most, he should be able to smoothly reach the Sword Saint realm.

As for the members of the three mercenary groups, they completed the mission entrusted by those descendants in the Odin Kingdom and took out the crown from the magic tower. They should soon receive that extremely high reward. But Delson and the others had been deeply worried and unhappy. It wasn't a trivial matter to deal with an opposing country, and being employed by that descendant was no longer a secret. In the 2nd Floor of the magic Tower, Delson shared everything and everyone in the team was aware now.

If this matter came out, even their mercenary groups wouldn't be able to handle.

They weren't very worried about the youths of the Merlin Family, they had already established a deep friendship on the way, it was unlikely that they would leak secrets. The only one they were worried about was Representative Weiss.

But, they were truly overthinking.

Weiss wasn't in the mood to worry about their matters, he was under great pressure. Ever since he experienced that young mage's terrifying power, he had been greatly worried, he was afraid that the young mage would come look for trouble due to what had happened that day in the Line Canyon…

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On the way back to Okland, Weiss had been deliberately avoiding Lin Yun.

In fact, he was quite unlucky. Apart from him, everyone else in the team had gotten some sort of benefit, while he not only didn't obtain any benefits, but he even fell to 5th Rank. But with his comprehension, it shouldn't take long for him to regain his strength.

The only saving grace was that the two Withering Flames plaguing his body had disappeared alongside the Desolate Overlord's Incarnation.

No magic beast could threaten their huge group as they kept moving on unimpeded. They crossed the Aurij Mountain Range fifteen days later.

There were a lot less magic beasts around since they were only about half an hour from Okland.

The events that had transpired over the course of this trip had exhausted everyone.

And Lin Yun was no exception. On the lowest floor of the tower, he had absorbed the mana of his three True Spirit Magic Tools and finally used the power of the Book of Death in order to snatch the Undead Essence. In fact, forcibly raising his power to the Archmage realm did cause him some injuries, and he had been slowly recovering for the past half of a month.

The Book of Death was definitely the strongest card he had at the moment, but it had a price. He wouldn't use it unless he was at a critical juncture.

He was hurrying on his way back while thinking over some things when suddenly, a strange mana fluctuation spread through the surroundings.

He raised his head towards the sky while pouring mana into the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, his Magic Array roused to its peak. That mana fluctuation felt familiar, and it was also very powerful.

Black mist suddenly filled the sky.

The black mist in the area seemed particularly strange. It was twisting continuously while emitting strange, shocking mana fluctuations, a sinister and bloody aura spreading along with it, startling everyone and leaving them speechless.

"Human Mage, I said that I would make you pay the price…"

The black mist turned into a sinister face hovering over twenty meters in the air. A pair of eyes flickered as a sharp, deafening voice echoed.

That voice seemed to be coming from the depths of Hell, and although it wasn't very loud, it reached everyone's ears. Many mercenaries instantly went pale with fright.

"Who is it?"

Even Weiss, who was at the level of a 5th Rank Archmage, couldn't help holding his breath when he saw that face in the sky. That sinister face caused him to feel extreme pressure. It felt as if he had been enveloped by some malignant power and could be devoured anytime.

This was definitely a formidable existence, and with his insight, he could naturally see that this was was a Devil from Hell!

And it wasn't an ordinary Devil…

After all, Weiss could still handle ordinary Devils even after his power had dropped, but that Devil clearly couldn't be an ordinary one.

'A Greater Devil…'

Weiss was breathless as he thought of this possibility. A chill quickly spread through his entire body, and he couldn't help shivering. Although he hadn't personally seen one before, Weiss had heard some rumors about a certain Heaven Mage meeting a peak Greater Devil after going to Hell, and it was said that this Heaven Mage had fallen.

Every time a Greater Devil appeared in Noscent, it would cause an unprecedented massacre. The Greater Devils coming from Hell were bloodthirsty and evil, and they would feed on flesh. They were extremely powerful, and peak Archmages might not necessarily be able to defeat one.

And now, their group met one…

Weiss really couldn't understand why a Greater Devil would suddenly appear here. Moreover, it looked like it came looking for a specific individual.

"Human Mage, you thoroughly infuriated me! I won't let you or your family off even if you hand over the gem. Get ready to receive my fury!"

The sinister face let out a deafening roar and a boundless, sinister aura spread, bursting with frightening power. A pitch-black beam of light fell down from the sky.

"You are still the same, trying to deceive others. You should f*ck off back to sleep now, I'm not very patient…"

Shocking mana fluctuations suddenly spread around them as a red silhouette shrouded in flames charged into that sinister face, flooding it with countless spells. The collision between the two destructive powers uprooted the trees in the surroundings and raised a cloud of dust.

"Despicable, it's been three months, yet you actually…" A sharp roar echoed as a flustered expression appeared on the floating face. The fiendish power shrank back, gradually dissipating completely.

Following the disappearance of the Greater Devil, Lin Yun slowly descended with Levitation. He let out a long breath. Just now, it had been the Magic Tool Incarnation of the Charlotte Family, Thousand Souls Sacrifice. Three months ago, when Lin Yun got the Star Gem, he had an encounter with Hanson Charlotte, and after killing him, the portion of fiendish power within Hanson came out.

At that time, he used the Truth Chapter and managed to eliminate the Greater Devil's Incarnation, and the Greater Devil had said that he would come looking for him three months later.

And just as expected, he came.

If Lin Yun hadn't obtained such benefits in the Tulan Mountain Range and greatly increased his power, Lin Yun would have had a hard time against the Greater Devil's true body. After all, the Greater Devil was an existence that could contend against a peak Heaven Rank powerhouse. Even though that Greater Devil had been greatly injured, he became the Magic Tool Incarnation of the Thousand Souls Sacrifice and was cultivated in the Charlotte Family for a millennium before being able to regain some power.

After the Greater Devil's initial display of power, Lin Yun discovered that the power emitted was that of a peak level 37, and thus, he unhesitantly entered Unlimited Mode to start the battle, sharing the limelight with the Greater Devil for a moment. It would have been very difficult to contend against the Greater Devil without it. Lin Yun's performance ended up shocking the wily Greater Devil and scaring him away…

If Lin Yun exhausted all his cards, even a peak level 37 Greater Devil likely wouldn't be his opponent. But this greater Devil was too crafty. He immediately withdrew when he felt that something was wrong with his target.

Lin Yun wasn't certain that he could kill the Greater Devil, but the Greater Devil didn't pose much of a threat to him.

Under such circumstances, Lin Yun didn't want to reveal all his cards.

"High Mage Merlin, that…" After the Greater Devil disappeared, Delson's face regained its rosiness as he looked at Lin Yun. That power had been too terrifying. Had it not been for Lin Yun confronting it, none of them would have been able to face that terrifying Greater Devil.

"It's nothing, let's return to Okland first…" Lin Yun shook his head but didn't plan to explain. The Charlotte Family didn't want outsiders to learn about the Thousand Souls Sacrifice, but it was the same for Lin Yun. A peak True Spirit Magic Tool like the Thousand Souls Sacrifice… How could Lin Yun not be tempted? It was just that he wasn't certain if he could suppress the Greater Devil right now.

'There will always be a chance later…'

"Alright…" Delson tactfully nodded and stopped prying.

…

A black mist carrying a terrifying aura rushed through Okland's sky.

It was the Incarnation of the Thousand Souls Sacrifice that had attacked Lin Yun not long ago.

Although he hadn't been greatly injured during that confrontation, after eating a loss, he clearly understood that with his current strength, killing that young mage would be very difficult. Moreover, during the battle, he sensed a dangerous aura in the young mage's body, making him give up and flee back to Okland.

But he wasn't willing to be defeated…

As the Incarnation of the Thousand Souls Sacrifice, as well as a Greater Devil, when had he been provoked like this?

Unfortunately, nothing could be done about it. The puny and insignificant mage from three months ago had become ten times stronger.

Ever since receiving that serious injury and being forced to become the Incarnation of the Thousand Souls Sacrifice, he hibernated in the Charlotte Family for close to a millennium, slowly recovering his power. In fact, it was the first time his real body had gone out. He clearly knew that Okland was a very dangerous place, as a few of the powerhouses there could pose a threat to him.

Even if he was determined to kill that young mage, he wouldn't dare to show up in Noscent. He would have to take care of things outside Noscent instead.

Unfortunately, he failed.

But he didn't intend to let that human mage go. He was waiting to regain more power before he could kill him off. He needed time.

"You actually dared to make a move in Okland…"

Suddenly, an extremely imposing voice came from the Cloud Tower's vicinity. The Thousand Souls Sacrifice was scared the moment he heard that voice. He could tell from the power within the voice that the owner was someone who could pose a real threat, one of Okland's peak powerhouses.

It was also the person he was the most scared of.

Astonishing mana fluctuations inundated the area and a golden light flashed, slowly enlarging. It was an extremely powerful Mana Ray. Before the Thousand Souls Sacrifice could react, he was pierced by the Mana Ray and let out a blood-curdling screech. His sinister face suddenly distorted. He was resisting that sharp pain with great difficulty as he rushed towards the Charlotte Family.

That opponent simply wasn't someone he could contend against. He would die there if he didn't escape.

"Hmpf!"

The Thousand Souls Sacrifice suffered a serious injury from the first attack, when a cold snort came from the Black Tower. The power behind that snort almost made him fall to the ground. This time, the aura of the Thousand Souls Sacrifice had greatly weakened, and after letting out two miserable shrieks, he left a dark afterimage as he fled into the Charlotte Family Manor…

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Chapter 436: Fifty People

Translator: Shiraishi Editor: TheAlliance

The large group reached Okland half an hour later. After separating from the three mercenary groups, Lin Yun, his three cousins, and Xiuban looked for a carriage to go to the Merlin Family Manor.

As they were half an hour late, they naturally couldn't know what had just happened. The Thousand Souls Sacrifice had been discovered by the powerhouses of the Cloud Tower and the Black Tower and had suffered heavy losses as it fled back to the Charlotte Family.

Soon after, the few of them returned to the Merlin Family Manor.

After finally getting some rest, the exhausted Xiuban simply didn't care about the others and already started sleeping…

"Oh right, Cousin Willian, has Faleau's group arrived at Okland?" Lin Yun suddenly recalled this important matter. After discovering the change to his Demiplane in the Aurij Mountain Range, he had told William to contact Faleau in Thousand Sails City. He just didn't know if they had arrived yet.

"Faleau arrived half a month ago, but since we weren't there, he didn't go to the Merlin Manor, stopping somewhere else instead." William promptly nodded. After putting down his cup of water, he took out a piece of paper from his pocket and quickly wrote something using magic runes. He then poured mana into the paper, and it transformed into countless dissipating rays of light. "If nothing unexpected happened, they should rush to the Merlin Family Manor within half an hour."

After a while, Lin Yun, William, Ross, and Leon reached the Merlin Family Manor. Their group was very eye-catching as they entered, drawing everyone's attention. It was obvious for Ross and Leon, as they were the two great geniuses of the Merlin Family and were very famous in Okland. Aube had once stood alongside them, but unfortunately, that Elder Council three months ago had completely ruined his magic path.

If nothing unexpected happened, the next patriarch of the Merlin Family would be chosen between Leon and Ross.

Usually, when the powerful candidates for the patriarch's seat returned to the Manor, many people would come to curry favor. But no one dared to come over this time. In fact, no one dared to stay within a hundred meters.

Seeing this situation, Leon and Ross couldn't help recalling what had happened in the Elder Council three months ago. Their Cousin Mafa had been truly fierce, killing three Elders and crippling one. It had already been three months, yet his prestige hadn't subsided at all in the Merlin Family.

The four youths waited right outside, and soon, ten carriages arrived with the crest of the Gilded Rose. The carriage at the forefront stopped, and a young figure came out. With a glance, he recognized Lin Yun's group and rushed over. "Boss, Cousin…"

A vein twitched on William's forehead. He hadn't expected Faleau's behavior to be that strange after a year, calling him cousin in such a shrill voice.

The members of the Gilded Rose's mercenary group came out of the carriages one after the other. There were a total of fifty people, not one less, all standing straight behind Faleau.

A year ago, they had been the worst batch of mages of the Merlin Family. They should never have had the chance to advance to the Great Mage realm. But their fates changed after being sent to Thousand Sails City by the Merlin Family and meeting with Boss Merlin. They reached the Great Mage realm in less than a year.

The Great Mage realm was something they could only dare to dream of…

But that dream came true after going to Thousand Sails City.

They as mages with the worst potential in the Merlin Family, but they returned there after a month as Great Mages.

This was quite ironic.

They clearly understood that this was all due to the young mage in front of them.

"Faleau, how are those formulas' calculations going?" Before leaving Thousand Sails City, Lin Yun had arranged a few formulas for Faleau. In a flash, half a year had passed.

To be honest, Lin Yun was very pleased with Faleau.

When Faleau first came to the Gilded Rose, Lin Yun had intended to let him supervise the technical work and had planned on making Faleau the Chief Alchemist. But Faleau hadn't let him down. Back then, when the Gilded Rose received a batch of alchemists from the Alchemist Guild and frantically expanded before monopolizing the market of the eastern part of the kingdom, a lot of it had been due to Faleau.

And during the past half a year, Faleau had taken care of everything concerning the Gilded Rose. It kept quickly expanding and bringing in large amount of money every day.

Although Faleau wasn't a genius, he was still qualified as an outstanding alchemist. Lin Yun valued Faleau's diligence and his eagerness to study. Back in Thousand Sails City, Lin Yun would frequently see Faleau staying in the laboratory late into the night to solve a thorny problem. He could even stay up the whole night working on it.

In Lin Yun's eyes, Faleau's future achievements would in no way be inferior to those so-called genius alchemists. He might even leave those geniuses in the dust.

This time, he had Faleau come to Okland with the mercenary group used for commerce. He wanted to increase the power of this mercenary group since their power obviously couldn't keep up with the crazy expansion of the Gilded Rose.

Fifty Great Mages was far from enough for the current Gilded Rose.

"Boss, I haven't finished yet…" Faleau suddenly stiffened when this topic was brought up. He said with embarrassment, "I've only completed ten of the thirteen formulas you have left me…"

"Not bad…"

Lin Yun merely smiled, not saying much. In fact, it wasn't easy to get a "not bad" as praise from him. Faleau's pace actually slightly surprised Lin Yun. The thirteen formulas he had left before leaving were each incrementally harder than the previous one, and even the most simple one involved a large amount of Master Alchemist knowledge. For Faleau to solve ten in half a year showed just how great his progress had been. He already had a foot in the Master Alchemist realm. Perhaps within two months, he would become a genuine Master Alchemist.

He wasn't a genius, but he had greater achievements than most geniuses. Faleau was in his early twenties, but when looking at some of Okland major forces, which of them didn't constantly invest expensive resources to produce Master Alchemists in their twenties and thirties?

Just like the Merlin Family's Aube. Through spending a large amount of wealth, he became a Master Alchemist in his thirties.

As for Faleau, he had relied on his own efforts.

Naturally, this also had something to do with the guidance he received.

Faleau, as one of the first people to come into contact with Lin Yun, naturally understood the character of his boss. He knew how much weight this "Not bad" had. Thus, he smiled, but remained silent.

Even he felt shocked by his results. Before joining the Gilded Rose, he had just been a slightly talented Alchemist in the Black Horn Auction House. But everything changed after he began to follow that young mage.

Before meeting his current boss, becoming a Great Alchemist had been his lifelong pursuit, but his situation now felt like a dream. It wouldn't be long before he could become a true Master Alchemist.

He clearly knew that this was all thanks to the young boss, so he would always remain grateful and do his best to manage the technical work of the Gilded Rose.

Next, Faleau simply reported the recent developments of the Gilded Rose and the problems he had encountered. The Gilded Rose had already been set up, and even if Faleau left for three months, there shouldn't be too much impact. Not to mention that the old butler, Pave, was still over there.

"Hey, did you notice…"

Leon's expression suddenly turned strange. He was looking at the fifty mages with disbelief.

"Notice what?" Ross was thinking about something when he suddenly got interrupted by Leon, so he sounded a bit annoyed and didn't even glance at Leon.

His relationship with Leon had been even worse due to this trip to the Tulan Mountain Range.

A few months ago, Leon shamelessly asked to follow them when they were getting ready to leave for the Tulan Mountain Range. And when he explained the reason, Leon managed to make Ross' face darken a few times. Ross clearly remembered those matters. Naturally, this wouldn't cause their relationship to deteriorate. It had to be known that in the past, Ross was considered the strongest of the three geniuses of the Merlin Family.

But Leon became a lot more powerful after fusing those nine Arcane Rings into one. Ross had the upper hand when they first started exchanging pointers, but on the way to Okland, Ross suddenly found out that he wasn't Leon's match.

This wasn't a big deal…

The most significant part was that Leon just kept provoking and defeating him.

"Check their power…" Had it been any other time, Leon wouldn't have taken the initiative to chat with Ross. The two were powerful candidates for the seat of the next Patriarch. It could be said that within a decade or two, they would have to fight each other. But Leon had clearly forgotten himself at this time.

"Great Mage? So what?" Ross said without care as he glanced at Leon. In his eyes, it was quite normal for their cousin Mafa to have a mercenary group with fifty Great Mages for his Gilded Rose. Leon was making a fuss for nothing.

"This group of mages was sent by our Merlin Family a year ago… They were the group with the worst aptitudes and they had only been 5th Rank Mages…" Leon paled as he looked at the group of Great Mages, stunned and in disbelief.

Leon had access to a wide range of information in the Merlin Family, including the conditions Mafa Merlin had raised when negotiating. He had asked the Merlin Family to send him a group of fifty Mages. Moreover, Leon knew a few of these fifty Mages and he recognized them when they all came out of the carriages.

Not one less, not one more; all fifty of them were Great Mages!

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'Heavens! How did Cousin Mafa do this?'

After all, these mages had extremely poor aptitudes, they were considered trash that would never be able to reach the Great Mage realm and didn't have much use to the Merlin Family, thus, the Merlin Family had accepted that condition.

But in less than a year, their cousin had actually turned these unpolished rocks into jewels, making all of these Mages advance to Great Mages.

Anyone who knew about the trade would be shocked, because this was too outrageous. It would be understandable if Mafa Merlin could make a Mage advance to Great Mage, after all, with the Gilded Rose's financial resources, spending some wealth to make a Mage advance was no issue. But it wasn't just one Mage, there were fifty Mages.

"What did you say…"

Ross had originally been absent-minded and unwilling to chat with Leon. But he ws utterly shocked when he heard those words. Although he didn't really put Great Mages in his eyes, but making fifty Mages with poor talent advance in a year…

'What about High Mages…'

Although this idea was ridiculous, Ross couldn't help thinking about it. In his eyes, since his mysterious Cousin Mafa made that group of Mages advance in a year, there might be a way to repeat the feat. Even though it would be very scary if he did.

In fact, only William and a few others knew that these fifty Mages only took a few months to advance…

Although Ross had an important position in the Merlin Family, as both an Elder and a candidate for the seat of next Patriarch, he would spend most of his time roaming around the major planes and would rarely stay in the Merlin Family. His relationship with the Merlin Family, excepted Lin Yun, was at its worst. He had faintly heard the matter of these Mages being sent to Thousand Sails City, but he never saw them. Thus, he didn't think too much when he saw these fifty Great Mages, he had thought that they had been hired by his cousin.

At this time, another carriage with the Merlin Family's crest stopped outside the manor and a middle-aged man came down from it, emitting a fierce sword aura while increasing the temperature in his surroundings.

This was a tall middle-aged man with an extremely stern aura. He couldn't help squinting when he caught sight of Lin Yun, hardly concealed the killing intent bursting from his eyes. A cold smile appeared on his face as he slowly walked over.

"Looks like you still know to return, Mafa Merlin…" Thorne Merlin's fierce gaze quickly swept through the people in the surroundings before finally stopping on Lin Yun's body, his pupils shrinking as he resisted the urge to attack. With a sneer, he said, "You disappeared for close to three months. Many people thought that you didn't dare to go to the Raging Flame Plane, after coming back you should obediently wait in the manor, don't run all over the place and go to the Raging Flame Plane in five days."

In the Merlin Family, Thorne was naturally the one who hated Lin Yun the most. When he saw Lin Yun after getting down the carriage, Thorne immediately had the thought of killing him. But after thinking of the decision made by the ancestors in the Guardian Tower, he had no choice but to give up. But he couldn't let Mafa Merlin off.

Even if he couldn't kill Mafa Merlin, he had to cripple him!

The hatred between him and Lin Yun had reached a stage where reconciliation was completely off the table. Aube was his only son and he had spent a few decades nurturing him, turning him into a 5th Rank High Mage and a Master Alchemist. Aube had become one of the three geniuses of the Merlin Family and his future was boundless, he even had the opportunity to become the Patriarch.

Thorne felt proud whenever someone spoke of how outstanding Aube was, because he was his son!

If not because he spent his resources on nurturing Aube, Thorne wouldn't have been a mere 5th Rank Sword Saint…

But…

In one day, the decades of nurturing had turned to ashes. That Mafa Merlin ended up piercing Aube's Mana Whirlpool, thoroughly severing Aube's magic path and crippling him.

Thorne had been wanting to kill Mafa Merlin three months ago, but Sir Ryan had appeared to stop that fight. The most hateful part was that Mafa Merlin was not only not blamed for crippling Aube, he also received the authority to lead half of the Planar Legion.

This was something he couldn't tolerate.

"Great Mages?" After checking those mages and the carriages, Thorne quickly discovered that these unfamiliar mages seemed to have come from Thousand Sails City's Gilded Rose, then, Thorne's expression suddenly became strange, 'There isn't even a High Mage.'

'This… Isn't this too shabby?'

But after thinking about it carefully, Thorne felt relieved. From the information he had received, the young mage had suddenly emerged after Locke Merlin's shipwreck. It had barely been more than a year. Although the True Spirit Magic Tools he had relied on during their last battle weren't weak and hadn't been mentioned in the information he had gotten, how could a small place like Thousand Sails City compare to Okland? Being able to recruit a few Great Mages was quite good already.

But Great Mages were no different from cannon fodder when it came to Planar Wars…

"Mafa Merlin, I hope you aren't thinking of taking them to the Raging Flame Plane, right?" Thorne's expression was very strange, contempt could be seen in his eyes as he looked at Lin Yun. After saying this, he sneered and shook his head, "You shouldn't have gone to the Raging Flame Plane yet, so you don't know how dangerous that plane is. That place isn't like Thousand Sails City, most of the major forces of Okland are gathered there, fighting over it. If you want to take your own people in, you should bring stronger ones, because these guys don't even have the qualifications to be cannon fodders…"

'That naive guy still thinks of taking a batch of Great Mages to the Raging Flame Plane…'

Some people started looking at Thorne strangely after the latter was done talking. Those fifty Great Mages remained calm, seemingly not hearing Thorne's words. In fact, they didn't really care about being cursed as cannon fodder. After all, they had inferior aptitudes in the Merlin Family and had heard their fair share of unpleasantness. So what if they were considered cannon fodder?

"Err, Sir Thorne, you might have misunderstood…" Leon suddenly paled. He looked at Thorne and coughed twice. He was terrified and his heart was beating crazily, 'Damn, that's unlucky, to actually meet Thorne outside the manor…'

He wasn't terrified because of Thorne Merlin, but rather, because he had just seen his cousin frown….

'F*ck!'

'This isn't a good sign.'

'Cousin Mafa isn't an easy target, he is someone who even dared to kill Elders. Thorne, you do have the status and power to contend against him, but… Cousin Mafa isn't the same as three months ago, he is a frightening existence that can even scare away Greater Devils!'

'You might be very powerful as a 5th Rank Sword Saint, but do you dare to challenge a Greater Devil?'

Leon intervened this time only for the sake of the Merlin Family, no matter how loathsome Thorne Merlin was, he was still one of the three Sword Saints of the Merlin Family and was quite famous in Okland. If Thorne Merlin completely infuriated Cousin Mafa and was dealt with, it would be a huge loss to the Merlin Family.

In Leon's eyes, Thorne's actions were truly courting death.

He clearly understood that Thorne loathed Mafa because of Aube.

'It's just that… Your son could have provoked anyone, but he chose to provoke Cousin Mafa and stated that he would buy 40% of the Gilded Rose's shares with a mere three million golds, and that if he couldn't make the deal, the Elder Council would forcibly snatch the Gilded Rose. Who can blame Cousin Mafa for crippling him?'

'Look what happened to Aube, you'll only be stepping in Aube's footsteps if you keep provoking Cousin Mafa!'

'This damned father and son duo, they are normally very shrewd, they have been profiting a lot from the Raging Flame Plane… So how come their insight is so bad right now…'

Leon had a pretty good understanding of Lin Yun's strength after following him for three months. Even level 36 and 37 magic beasts couldn't resist..

Thorne's power as a 5th Rank Sword Saint was far from enough.

'You said Cousin Mafa planned on taking that group of Great Mages with him to the Raging Flame Plane? What a joke, does a powerhouse like Cousin Mafa even need to take people with him?'

'Moreover, those Great Mages are clearly not that simple.'

'Cousin Mafa wouldn't transfer the Gilded Rose's mercenary group to Okland for no reason…' Leon had a faint feeling that this group of Great Mages would soon become High Mages. If someone else had told him, he wouldn't have believed them, but that was Mafa Merlin… He only used a year to make those Mages advance to Great Mages, what if he had a way to make them advance again?

"Leon Merlin! Don't you see I'm talking with Mafa Merlin? The younger generation is becoming more and more unruly…" Thorne said as he looked at Leon. To be honest, Thorne didn't have a favorable opinion of Leon.

Before, Leon had been one of the geniuses of the Merlin Family alongside Aube and the two had been competing over the seat of next Patriarch.

When he saw Leon now, he couldn't help recalling his outstanding son. After finishing, he started walking towards the manor. Although he wanted to kill Mafa Merlin, he clearly knew that today was no good, the ancestors should have already noticed what happened here, 'It looks like I can only wait until we are in the Raging Flame Plane…'

"Phew…"

Seeing Thorne's back, Leon finally let out a relieved sigh. His own back was already drenched in cold sweat, 'Thank god that Thorne left quickly, or else he would have turned into a corpse…'

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Chapter 438: Swift Star Mark

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Lin Yun soon realized that such a large group of people gathering outside the Merlin Family Manor was indeed inconvenient for the Merlins wishing to enter or exit the manor. Thus, after a few minutes, he led the group in the Merlin Family Manor and went straight for their residence. Although the power of the fifty Great Mages, William, and the others wasn't particularly high, such a grandiose group appearing in the manor would be very imposing. On the way, many people curiously looked over, but they would be scared right away after seeing Lin Yun at the forefront.

After returning to their residence, the room ended up filled with people. Lin Yun then held the Book of Death and chanted an incantation, distorting space in an instant and creating a Planar Path in front of everyone.

The group of Great Mages weren't surprised, they had the experience of the Bone Plane.

The entire Demiplane still seemed to be thriving, trees were casting shadows everywhere, while grass spread all over the land. The air was filled with a fragrant smell as the whole world was full of vitality.

Lin Yun didn't say anything after arriving to the Demiplane, he only smiled.

But that group of Great Mages behind him couldn't remain calm, their gazes became heated. These Great Mages weren't completely ignorant, they could clearly feel that mana circulated twenty times faster here.

Even though they had experienced the Bone Plane and the rich mana created by feeding Black Death Rune with Soul Fires, they still ended shocked and speechless when arriving in the Demiplane.

The surroundings were so rich in mana that it even took liquid form. They had no other choice but to be stunned, this wouldn't happen in all of Noscent.

"This is the place you are going to be meditating for a while…"

Lin Yun stood in front of the Great Mages and looked at the expressions of all the Great Mages before slowly saying, "I presume you all already found out how superior the environment in this place is? I can guarantee that within a year at most, the worst one among you should still be able to advance to 1st Rank High Mage, if you put in a lot of effort, you might even reach 5th Rank…"

He said this based on his calculations, the current Demiplane was still growing, the density of mana was twenty times that of the outside world, and the Mana Vine would finish maturing in several months to half a year, at that time, the steady flow of mana absorbed from the void would speed up the growth of the Demiplane.

In fact, he himself didn't know what kind of appearance the Demiplane would have after a year. But he was certain that this group of Great Mages would reach the High Mage Realm.

At this time, it felt as if a fire was burning in the eyes of the fifty Great Mages. They looked around, but no one questioned Lin Yun's words, not even in their minds.

They were sent to Thousand Sails City by the Merlin Family because of a big problem, their aptitudes were too bad, almost every one of them had no hope of reaching the Great Mage realm. It was only after being in the Bone Plane for a while that they managed to become Great Mages.

This was all due to this young boss.

In fact, they were perfectly content to become Great Mages with their aptitudes, as for the High Mage realm, this was a dream they didn't dare to have.

But now, this young boss gave them the opportunity to become High Mages.

Had it been someone else saying that, they definitely wouldn't have believed it. After all, advancing from Great Mage to High Mage in a year was simply inconceivable. But the one who said that was their young boss, so they had no reason not to believe him.

Moreover, the mana flowing in this place was enough to prove it already. With such a heavenly advantage, they would only need to put in some effort before they could become High Mages.

Soon, this group of excited Great Mages built a camp in a spacious area. There was no need to build a sentry tower since they was no danger in the surroundings, there wasn't any magic beast. Moreover, they didn't need to do anything here beside meditating.

After finding a good place for the Great Mages, Lin Yun didn't leave right away, he instead took a trip around the Demiplane and went to check on the Mana Vine he had personally planted.

After close to a month, this Mana Vine had already become a dozen meters tall and was exuding frighteningly high vitality.

Not far from the Mana Vine was a small pond in which a shining light flickered. This was the place with the densest mana in the entire Demiplane.

The Mana Vine was extracting a lot of mana through the ground. If that Mana Vine had been growing normally, it would have taken at least three to five months before it could reach such a height.

The Laws of Fire, Water, Wind, and Earth were a lot more stable than a month ago.

He originally planned on getting a batch of magic beasts in here to raise the vitality of the Demiplane and get some fighting experience for those Great Mages, to let them familiarize themselves with their power. After all, in the Bone Plane, these mages quickly became Great Mages under the influence of Black Death Rune, but they also had a lot of opportunities for battle, which they wouldn't in the Demiplane.

However, it seemed hard to control magic beasts in such an environment, unless he kept them Mana Shackled.

Even though he hadn't interacted with that group of mages very often, they were important to Lin Yun. This was a group of subordinates he could completely trust and who might become a huge force in the future.

In Okland, fifty Great Mages might not be much to any force, but what about fifty High Mages?

After all, except the Black Tower and the Cloud Tower, not many forces could have fifty High Mages. Even the Heaven Enlightening Mercenary Group, the strongest among the three famous mercenary groups, couldn't gather fifty High Mages.

As for Lin Yun, he would have a commercial mercenary group consisting of fifty High Mages within a year.

Moreover, these High Mages wouldn't be ordinary High Mages.

Lin Yun specially helped that group of mages and taught them a Meditation Law Set and a Magic Conducting Rune. The Meditation Law Set contained fourteen formulas and was known as the Swift Star Mark, it was a first rate Meditation Law Set even during the peak of the Magic Era.

Actually, Lin Yun had been very anxious when he chose the Meditation Law Set.

He had a dozen such Meditation Law Sets, but he ultimately put his sight onto the Swift Star Mark. Even if that Meditation Law Set wasn't the best of the best, it had its own uniqueness.

The Swift Star Mark's only benefit was that meditations would be very efficient. And those Great Mages were in the Demiplane, a place were mana was twenty times as concentrated as Noscent. By relying on the meditation efficiency of the Swift Star Mark, that group of Great Mages would only need half the time to get to the High Mage realm.

If Lin Yun could be said to have chosen the Swift Star Mark Meditation Law Set because of its meditation efficiency, then the Magic Conducting Rune he chose was relatively special.

That Magic Conducting Rune was called Blazing Storm and was created at the start of the peak of the Magic Era, it was also one of the top Magic Conducting Runes, and although there was a gap between the Blazing Storm and first-rate Magic Conducting Runes like the Magic Array and the Well of Stars, the Blazing Storm Magic Conducting Rune was still the most suitable for that group of mages.

After all, at the peak of the Magic Era, the Caster Legions controlled by those peak forces would mostly use the Blazing Storm as their Magic Conducting Rune. Alone, this Magic Conducting Rune wouldn't compare to the Arcane Ring, but it was different in a Caster Legion.

Lin Yun was certain that once those fifty mages with the Blazing Storm Magic Conducting Runes reached the High Mage realm, their fighting power would reach new heights. Archmages below 5th Rank wouldn't be able to do anything against them.

…

It was already late at night when he came out from the Demiplane. But after returning to his room, Lin Yun remembered his Heaven Rank Puppet. In fact, the repairs on the Heaven Rank Puppet were almost finished before he came to Okland. Of course, those repairs referred to having an ordinary puppet shell wrapping the Heaven Puppet.

Let alone him, the people that had the financial abilities and skill to repair a Heaven Rank Puppet could only be counted on one hand in the entire Noscent. A Heaven Puppet's battle system wasn't something he could afford, it required an astronomical amount of Latour Gold Essence.

But Lin Yun had met a damaged Heaven Puppet on the 10th Floor of the magic tower, and he had dismantled all the intact rare parts of that puppet. Just those rare parts should be enough to raise the power of his Heaven Puppet to a frightening level.

He could only use this seemingly stupid method to restore the power of his Heaven Puppet, accumulating a large amount of precious parts, the more precious, the more power it would regain. Ultimately, that Heaven Puppet would be undefeatable below the Heaven Rank. But it would be a bit more complicated to make it reach Heaven Rank. After all, even Saint Alchemists could only shake their heads and sigh in front of a Heaven Puppet.

Lin Yun arranged a few arrays in the room to stop people from disturbing him, because repairing a Heaven Puppet might take a lot of time.

Lin Yun then took out the rare parts he had dismantled and put them on the ground. Just these rare parts were enough to make any Artisan crazy. Lin Yun frowned and picked up the mechanical system before starting to restore the puppet.

Repair work was undoubtedly dull…

It took him until the next morning to assemble and install all those rare parts on the Heaven Puppet. But it was still far from enough, because the Heaven Puppet's body still lacked two parts. And for these two parts, he could only do the next best thing and replace them with ordinary materials for now.

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Chapter 439: Wailing River

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There might be only 20% of the parts missing, but the impact was huge. Some of the missing parts included some of the core components, and those components were very hard to find in Noscent.

'It looks like I have to take a trip to the Puppet Plane soon…'

After finding that Planar Path during the Tulan Mountain Range trip, Lin Yun had planned to visit the Puppet Plane, but something unexpected happened in the middle and he had no other choice but to give up. But he would go back to the Tulan Mountain Range sooner or later, and through that Planar Path, he would enter the Puppet Plane. That plane was filled with endless puppets, and getting a large amount of rare materials wouldn't be a problem there.

Moreover, that thing was in the Puppet Plane. If he could get it, he would definitely get huge benefits, and although his puppet wouldn't reach Heaven Rank, easily dealing with level 37 and level 38 existences wouldn't be a problem.

The next step was constructing arrays. This work would expend a lot of energy, and various problems would appear midway, such as the carved array conflicting with a spell enchanted on the puppet, or similar issues. These thorny problems would be very troublesome if they couldn't be fixed.

Even Lin Yun, who came from the future and had dismantled countless puppets, also felt like he was under pressure. With ink and a quill in hand, he first made calculations on a draft paper before starting to carve the array.

He attached a lot of importance to this Heaven Puppet, and the carving of the arrays was no exception. They were all extremely profound and could be classified as the work of a top-rate Master Alchemist. Most of the techniques used didn't belong to this era. However, Lin Yun fell far short in terms of technique. Even some Saint Alchemists couldn't reach the requirements. It was because this Heaven puppet came from the greatest alchemist since ancient times, the Dark Sage.

After carving the arrays, he added a few enchantments and finished up everything. After two days of work, Lin Yun's eyes had become bloodshot. He was completely exhausted, but when looking at the puppet in front of him, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. After installing the parts, the power of this Heaven Puppet could be considered quite good.

He estimated that the puppet was no weaker than a 5th Rank Sword Saint.

Moreover, this was after using ordinary materials to repair the damaged components. If his trip to the Heaven Plane went smoothly, this Heaven Puppet might become one of the most terrifying assets he possessed.

Lin Yun could no longer resist the urge to activate the array to look at the might of the Heaven Puppet. After all, he had spent a lot of time on this puppet. He fished out a level 35 mana crystal from his pocket, the one he obtained after killing the Wyvern King, and although it was only a level 35 mana crystal, it was enough for now.

He inserted it into the mana source location.

But it was immediately followed by a voice: "The end of the Wailing River…"

Lin Yun suddenly noticed the eye of the Heaven Puppet opening. Although this wasn't the first time, Lin Yun was still startled and anxiously looked at the Heaven Puppet… But after saying those words, the Heaven Puppet remained motionless.

'Could it be another message left behind by the Dark Sage?'

Lin Yun felt strange. The Heaven Puppet had said two sentences when Lin Yun first found it. The first one was, "Is there still someone left alive?" while the second one was "There is no path forward, no future, no hope…"

Back then, Lin Yun had been wondering if it had been a message left by the Dark Sage. Unfortunately, the Heaven Puppet had been damaged too severely.

The information the Dark Sage wanted to transmit had to be very important. Otherwise, he wouldn't use such a method. If Lin Yun could, he would repair the Heaven Puppet to its original state to receive that message.

Unfortunately, it was too difficult.

'The end of the Wailing River…' Lin Yun kept repeating this sentence in his mind. The phrase was definitely holding some important clues, and although he didn't have a lot of information concerning the Wailing River, he knew that it was located in the Raging Flame Plane.

Lin Yun suddenly recalled that Emperor Zhantui had remained in the imperial palace during his last decade and rarely showed his face. Many people thought that the emperor had caught a serious illness. However, there had been one exception, which had been a year before Emperor Zhantui's death. Sengman Zhantui secretly led guards and a group of Court Mages to the Raging Flame Plane. When he returned a month later, Sengman passed the throne to his 2nd son and passed away not long after.

From the three sentences uttered by the Heaven Puppet, as well as that stone tablet left in the Bloodshed Forest, it looked like those three powerhouses from different eras all shared something in common, it seemed to be related to a terrifying secret which was now pointing towards the Wailing River.

It looked like he had to take a trip to the Raging Flame Plane…

And there seemed to be an opportunity waiting for him…

On the way back from the Tulan Mountain Range, Lin Yun had been pondering on how he could quickly increase his strength. After fusing with the three Meditation Law Sets, Lin Yun became a 5th Rank High Mage. Although the trip to the Tulan Mountain Range quickly increased his rank, it also caused a lot of problems. It was common knowledge that whenever a mage wanted to break through to the Archmage realm, they had to merge their Meditation Law Set with their Magic Conducting Rune.

This might not be a difficult step for others, as normally, fusing a Magic Conducting Rune and a Meditation Law Set together was only a matter of time. But it was a huge problem for Lin Yun.

After all, he had three Core Meditation Law Sets: the Equilibrium Law, the Void Forge and the Elemental Heart. However, he only had the Magic Array as a Magic Conducting Rune.

In other words, he could only fuse one of the Meditation Law Sets with his Magic Conducting Rune. But if that happened, he wouldn't be able to advance to the Archmage realm.

Moreover, he had never heard of someone possessing three Magic Conducting Runes…

After thinking for a long time, he had an idea. The Magic Array was the most powerful Magic Conducting Rune in Noscent's history. It was almost omnipotent and had high capacity, and the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel was crafted using the principle of the Magic Array, making it also have high capacity. Lin Yun's idea was to try fusing a Meditation Law Set with the Spell Wheel. The theory should be fine and it should most likely be a success.

But even if he dealt with second Meditation Law Set, there was still one left.

He had thought of fusing the last Meditation law Set with the Book of Death. After all, it wasn't an ordinary Magic Tool, and a few millennia later, Heaven Mage Bane would fuse his own core Meditation Law Sets with the Book of Death.

But fusing one's Meditation Law Set with the Book of Death was very difficult. The lowest threshold required would make Lin Yun flinch. He estimated that he would need to reach the Heaven Rank like Bane first.

Thus, merging the Meditation Law Set with the Book of Death could only be put at the back of his mind for now.

He soon recalled the diary that Heaven Mage Bane left behind. Inside, Bane had mentioned that his biggest regret in life was not being able to figure out the true secret of the Book of Death. Moreover, Bane always felt that the Book of Death's complete form was that of one of the two books born with Noscent, the Book of Ten Thousand Spells which recorded all spells.

As for the other book, it was called the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras and recorded all mantras, incantations, curses, maledictions, and so on. It was extremely powerful, not any weaker than the complete Book of Death. Moreover, the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras was just like the Book of Death, in the sense that they both had yet to recover their complete forms. In the current era, the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras was merely a True Spirit Magic Tool.

If he could obtain the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras, then the matter of fusing with his Meditation Law Set would be easily solved.

Lin Yun happened to know some of that book's history. In a few millennia, a powerful person would rise in Noscent. He was called Wayate and came from the Starry Sky College.

Although Wayate was considered the backbone of the Starry Sky College, the first half of his life could only be described as ordinary. It was only when Wayate led the Starry Sky College's Planar Legion in the fight over the Raging Flame Plane that he inadvertently obtained the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras. Wayate's name then slowly spread through Noscent.

After returning to the Starry Sky College, Wayate remained silent for ten years. During those ten years, Wayate had been studying the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras. When he reappeared in public, he had already become the most powerful Archmage in Noscent and defeated one challenger after the other. Even Heaven Mages would look up to him with newfound respect.

It was said that after Wayate controlled the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras, he fought over certain ruins and killed several dozen Archmages alone. This was also the battle that made Wayate famous, and after that battle, his achievements would spread crazily through Noscent…

He became the idol of countless mages for some time.

At that time, the powerful Wayate had already joined the core power of the Starry Sky College and become one of the new higher-ups. With the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras in hand, he led the Planar Legion of the Starry Sky College to conquer large plane after large plane. After developing for a few dozen years, the Starry Sky College gradually became one of Noscent's most formidable forces, almost on the same level as the Ivory Tower.

During that time, the two individuals mentioned the most by mages were the Starry Sky College's Wayate, and the Ivory Tower's Bane.

Most mages clearly understood that the wielders of the two books were bound to have a fight, and Wayate and Bane didn't disappoint them. In their later years, they both reached the peak of the Heaven realm and were the policymakers of their respective forces.

At the time, the two formidable forces simultaneously discovered a secret, and it was said that this excavated secret changed Noscent's power structure. The two powerhouses led the entirety of their forces and collided several times. Just the fallen Heaven Mages amounted to more than ten, not to mention Archmages. They were no different from cannon fodder in that battle, and the number of fallen Archmages reached triple digits.

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Chapter 440: Provocation

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Naturally, everyone was looking forward to the battle between Bane and Wayate the most. It was said that this battle was carried out on a certain plane, but both Wayate and Bane ended up going missing after the battle. Some people guessed that the two had been evenly matched and died together, while others said that their battle had been too intense and that they carelessly fell into the Endless Plane.

Countless conjectures emerged until ultimately, the greatly weakened Ivory Tower and Starry Sky College had no other choice but to have a cease-fire and declare that Bane and Wayate were dead.

Even several hundred years after that battle, there would be many mages in Noscent that would bring up that battle. Bane and Wayate had been two peak existences during that era, their influence had been too great.

Unfortunately, the Book of Death and the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras no longer appeared in Noscent after this battle. Many powerhouses rushed to the Endless Plane to look for the two legendary books. However, no one was rewarded, and most of them ended up buried in the Endless Plane.

Lin Yun felt quite regretful when he read that part in the decaying library. Two of the few Extraordinary Magic Tools that appeared in Noscent had actually been lost.

However, he now had an opportunity to get the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras, and he naturally wouldn't pass on it. This book had boundless potential and would become one of the most powerful Extraordinary Magic Tools. Just the fact that it could merge with his Meditation Law Set to allow him to reach the Archmage realm made it something he had to get.

…

He would go to the Raging Flame Plane with Thorne a few days later, and as a commander of the Planar Legion. He had been unwilling to follow the decision of the Ancestral Land a few months ago because he felt that the matters of the Merlin Family and Raging Flame Plane were more dangerous than the Tulan Mountain Range. Not to mention that the plane had countless Raging Flame Beastmen and all the major forces.

But thinking of the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras made him a lot more cheerful. That hint of unwillingness had completely disappeared, and the status of Planar Legion Commander might help him at some point.

After severing the mana supply to the Heaven Puppet, Lin Yun got rid of the arrays he'd set up. After finishing this, he stretched and left the room.

"Cousin Mafa! You finally came out…" But Lin Yun hadn't expected to see Ross anxiously waiting in front of his door just as he left the room. Moreover, Ross became overjoyed when he saw him.

"What is it?"

"Patriarch Ofran is looking for you, it seemed very important. But Cousin, you went inside your room and didn't come out for three days. You must have been very busy, so Patriarch Ofran didn't dare to disturb you… But the Patriarch said that I should bring you to him once you come out."

"What for?"

"I'm not too sure…"

"Alright, take me to Patriarch Ofran…" Lin Yun thoughtfully nodded. After being busy for three days, Lin Yun had planned on resting. But it looked like he wouldn't get such an opportunity.

Something serious must have happened for Patriarch Ofran to urgently look for him.

'Does it have something to do with the Raging Flame Plane?'

Lin Yun shook his head and looked at Ross before indifferently asking, "Cousin Ross, has something happened recently?"

"Something incredible did happen…" Ross frowned and took some time to think before answering, "Cousin Mafa, the Charlotte Family conquered the Frost Leaf Plane! This news already spread through Okland yesterday. Everyone is in disbelief, as no one thought that the declining Charlotte Family could actually conquer the Frost Leaf Plane…"

"Conquered the Frost Leaf Plane…"

Even Lin Yun was startled when he heard this news from Ross' mouth. He knew of the Frost Leaf Plane. Although that plane wasn't as huge as the Raging Flame Plane, it was quite rich, and all of Okland's forces had been watching it attentively. If a force could conquer the Frost Leaf Plane and use it as their private plane, then their strength would raise a few times within a few years.

But unreaped wealth usually co-existed with danger. All the forces who had tried to conquer the Frost Leaf Plane before had to pay a shocking price and still ended up defeated. Even the two major forces of Okland, the Black Tower and the Cloud Tower, were somewhat afraid of the Frost Leaf Plane. Although they had the power to conquer the Frost Leaf Plane, they didn't want to take any risk. The losses would be too great and it wasn't worth it.

But the Charlotte Family, who had declined for several hundred years and whose name was already removed from the Three Great Families, actually conquered the Frost Leaf Plane the day before. Everyone was in disbelief.

Although the declining Charlotte Family was one of the major forces in Okland, they weren't close to the peak forces. They had been suppressed by the Merlin Family and the Watson Family in the past years and were struggling at death's door. If not for their restraint, the Charlotte Family would have already been annihilated a few times.

But each major force in Okland had slowly forgotten the existence of the Charlotte Family, and Lin Yun was certain that the Charlotte Family could catch up to Merlin Family if they could focus on development for a few dozen years. Even if they couldn't catch up, they wouldn't be too far behind. After all, the wealth the Frost Leaf Plane contained could make all of Okland's forces jealous.

But how did the Charlotte Family do it?

The Frost Leaf Plane wasn't that easy to conquer. After all, the Frost Leaf Plane's coordinates had been found several hundred years ago, yet no one had conquered it during that time. This made everyone suspicious and wonder if the Charlotte Family received the backing of some other major force in Noscent.

'Could it be… Thousand Souls Sacrifice?'

Lin Yun was suddenly startled as he thought of that possibility. It seemed to be the only logical explanation. After all, this was the early stage of the Planar Colonization Era. All of Noscent's forces were busy exploring and conquering planes, so how could they have the time to help the Charlotte Family?

The only method that could allow the Charlotte family to conquer the Frost Leaf Plane in such a short time was the Thousand Souls Sacrifice.

Lin Yun definitely wasn't exaggerating. The Thousand Souls Sacrifice was a true Spirit Magic Tool and its Incarnation was a Greater Devil who had been self-cultivating for about a millennium. Its strength could be ranked among the most powerful powerhouses of Okland. But the Thousand Souls Sacrifice wasn't a simple Magic Tool. If it helped the Charlotte Family rise, then even if they didn't reach the Cloud Tower and the Black Tower, they would still stand above the Watson Family and Merlin Family within a couple centuries.

But from what Lin Yun knew, the Thousand Souls Sacrifice was an extremely wicked Magic Tool that was using the Charlotte Family. He remembered reading about the tragedy befalling the Charlotte Family a millennium later. The Thousand Souls Sacrifice devoured almost all members of the Charlotte Family and was the reason for the Charlotte Family's destruction, so why would it help them?

'Did something unforeseen happened?'

"Cousin Mafa, I'd guess that Patriarch Ofran looking for you must be related to the Charlotte Family. The Frost Leaf Plane being conquered by the Charlotte Family is extremely unfavorable to our Merlin Family. Moreover, I heard that the Charlotte Family is making some other moves," Ross said with a sad expression.

"Haha, they are quite courageous…" Lin Yun smiled but didn't say anything else. He knew that the Frost Leaf Plane was extremely close to one of the private planes owned by the Merlin Family, the Cold Wind Plane. The Charlotte Family conquering the Frost Leaf Plane posed a small threat to the Merlin Family, so the Merlin Family would naturally be worried about this.

After all, the Cold Wind Plane was very important to the Merlin Family. The reason the Merlin Family could send expeditions to every major plane and possess such a huge Planar Legion was inextricably linked to the Cold Wind Plane. If they lost it, it would be a disaster for the Merlin Family…

The actions of the Charlotte Family were a bit too overbearing, putting the Merlin Family on edge. Had it been the previous Charlotte Family, the Merlin Family wouldn't have been too worried and could have made them cower with their power, but it was very different this time.

After getting the support of the Thousand Souls Sacrifice, the Charlotte Family could no longer be considered weak.

Even the Merlin Family at its peak wouldn't dare to rashly make a move against the Charlotte Family even though they were dissatisfied.

…

They both set foot on the 3rd Floor of the magic tower, moonstones neatly arranged on the ground. They knocked on the door and soon heard an aged voice from within. "Come in."

A short old man was sitting in the study. It was Patriarch Ofran, and worry could be seen on his face. When he saw the two people coming in, his eyes stopped on Lin Yun and he said with a smile, "Take a seat first…"

Ofran felt that Lin Yun was giving out a sort of unapproachable feeling. He absent-mindedly thought that this youth had the shadow of Santon Merlin. They were both outstanding and unconventional.

It was just that no matter how unconventional Santon Merlin was, it wouldn't reach the point where he would cause havoc in the Elder Council.

One thing was certain: This youth would definitely be able to compare to Santon. After all, he was already capable of contending against one of the three Sword Saints of the Merlin Family, Thorne Merlin, despite being in his early twenties. Moreover, that youth was extremely wealthy. He did a careful investigation recently and the current Gilded Rose had long since been enjoying a monopoly over the market in the entire eastern kingdom, and it kept expanding.

The future achievements of such a young mage wouldn't be much lower than Santon Merlin's.

But he was too unconventional…

And the ancestors didn't even blame him for killing some Elders. They instead gave him control over half of the Planar Legion, which was incredible.

"Mafa, you should have heard what happened recently…" Ofran recalled something and couldn't help massaging his temples as he said with a bitter smile.

"Concerning the Charlotte Family conquering the Frost Leaf Plane?" Lin Yun nodded as he took a seat. Ofran indeed looked for him for that matter. Had it been any other force, Lin Yun wouldn't have planned to get involved, however, the Charlotte Family was another matter altogether…

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Chapter 441: Intimidation

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"In fact… There is some news that was sealed off by the Merlin Family. If it spread through Okland, it would trigger a storm. Last night, our Merlin Family clashed with the Charlotte Family in the Cold Wind Plane…" Ofran was no longer smiling as he mentioned this matter. Three hundred years ago, after the emergence of Santon Merlin, the young genius who crushed the Charlotte Family, the Charlotte Family's resources had been decimated and the entire Charlotte Family walked into a dead end. They remained very low-key in Okland, and besides Hanson Charlotte's matter, the Charlotte didn't do anything big in the past few years.

But Ofran was in disbelief when they conquered the Frost Leaf Plane. Even the Merlin Family wouldn't be able to conquer the Frost Leaf Plane so easily in such a short time.

Yet the Charlotte Family did it…

And not only did the Charlotte Family conquer the Frost Leaf Plane, but after doing so, they directly threatened the Merlin Family's Cold Wind Plane. A conflict had occurred on the previous night. Ofran wasn't able to sleep well after receiving that news.

After saying this, Ofran looked at Lin Yun and found out that the young mage's mood hadn't changed at all, which couldn't help but make Ofran feel disappointed. Such an outstanding youth had no sense of belonging towards the Merlin Family, it was such a pity. However, he could understand it when he thought about the events from three months ago. Those Elders were impatient to snatch Mafa Merlin's Gilded Rose, and even though they didn't end up getting it, a few of them still had to compensate with their lives. It was inevitable for Mafa Merlin to have some bad feelings about it.

Had Ofran been in his shoes, he would have felt the same.

After a faint sigh, Ofran said, "I sent someone to tell the Charlotte Family to negotiate. The Charlotte Family's Patriarch, Wollings, should be here soon…"

"This matter might not be that simple…" Lin Yun smiled while remaining calm. He had already determined that this whole matter was linked to the Thousand Souls Sacrifice, but he didn't intend to reveal the secret of the Thousand Souls Sacrifice, because that would just bring trouble to himself.

In any case, the Charlotte Family and the Thousand Souls Sacrifice had to be dealt with sooner or later.

Lin Yun recovered a lot of energy after meditating for more than half an hour. At that time, they finally heard news of the slow Patriarch Wollings. One of the guards rushed in with the Charlotte Family's patriarch.

"Ofran, sorry, I'm late…"

A terrifying mana fluctuation followed that voice, and although his words were apologetic, he didn't sound sorry at all. The door was roughly pushed open, and an old man walked in, seemingly in his sixties. After coming in, his eyes swept across the surroundings. He didn't even stop on Lin Yun before looking back at Ofran. He squinted and coldly said, "I heard that you were looking for me, Ofran?"

"There is something I wish to discuss with Patriarch Wollings…"

Ofran's gaze turned cold. He knew from the moment Wollings entered that the negotiations didn't have much meaning. When they met before, Wollings would respectfully call him Patriarch Ofran, or Sir Ofran. Since when did he dare to call him directly by his name?

When Wollings became the Patriarch of the Charlotte Family, he acted very sly and simply didn't dare to offend anyone. He would show him the utmost respect in every possible way.

It was a lot different from his current appearance.

Wollings had a very tough attitude right now.

"If there is anything you want to say, say it quick," Wollings said with an icy expression. Impatience could be seen on his face as he sat opposite Ofran. "Don't waste time, I still have something to do, just say it…"

Ofran's expression hardened even more. Anger was overflowing within his heart. 'That Wollings is too rampant, he doesn't even put the Merlin Family in his eyes. I've been patient enough, but he can't even tell what's proper. Does he really think that the Merlin Family is afraid of the Charlotte Family?'

"I'm in no hurry. Patriarch Wollings should speak first, you are a guest, after all…" But as he thought of the current situation of the Merlin Family, Ofran had no other choice but to rein in his anger. Thus, he just put on a fake smile as he talked.

"Haha, Ofran, you are too polite…"

Wollings shot a glance at Ofran with a smirk on his face, as if everything was normal. He put his withered hand into his pocket and fished out a sheet of yellow paper. He then carelessly threw it on the table in front of Ofran. "Ofran, take a look at this. I came this time because I want to take back a piece of territory in the northern part of the kingdom. That place originally belonged to our Charlotte Family, so there should be no problem with taking it back, right?"

"No way! This is definitely out of question… Wollings, I'm telling you, your Charlotte Family shouldn't even entertain those thoughts!" After picking up the paper, Ofran's eyes widened. He didn't even think and directly refused. 'Hell, Wollings should wake up already, to dare make such a request…'

To be more accurate, the paper a deed for the territory in the northernmost part of the Andlusa Kingdom, bordering Gaugass. The amount of resources it brought every year was comparable to a private plane, and even if his life was on the line, Ofran wouldn't agree to this condition. Furthermore, such a major decision would have to go through the Elder Council in the end.

The territory did belong to the Charlotte Family a few centuries ago, but it was a complicated matter.

Three hundred years ago, the Merlin Family was facing a crisis. They were suppressed by the joint effort of the Watson Family and the Charlotte Family, and many of their territories had been divided by the two Families. They seemed to be headed towards their downfall, but the appearance of Santon Merlin thoroughly reversed the situation and his abrupt rise gave a huge advantage to the Merlin Family.

The power struggle between the Families was no longer in the dark, so in order to prevent the Charlotte Family from rising up again, they did everything they could to weaken the strength of the Charlotte Family. As for that bounteous territory in the northern regions, it had been ceded by the Charlotte Family.

But that territory was truly fertile, and for the following years of exploitation, the Merlin Family invested a great amount of financial and physical resources and turned it into one of its primary economic sources.

And now, Wollings brought a deed and wanted to get back the territory for nothing. That was truly crazy.

"Wollings, you should clearly know what's going on with that territory. Over two hundred years ago, an ancestor of your Charlotte Family took the initiative to cede that territory and asked our Merlin Family to accept it. You think you'll get it now just because you are asking for it?" Ofran had already been restraining his anger, but when he heard Wollings' unreasonable request, he couldn't help sneering.

Besides, he wasn't making it up, this was a fact.

"Hmpf!"

Wollings had an icy expression on his face as he couldn't help but look back on past events. Killing intent directed towards Ofran could be seen in his eyes, but he then smiled and fished out a crystal card from his pocket and threw it on the table, coldly saying, "No matter what, the Merlin Family has to hand over that territory today. It obviously belongs to our Charlotte Family, why is your Merlin Family occupying it? You think the Merlin Family can hide the truth from Okland?! I know the Merlin Family spent a lot of effort developing that territory, and our Charlotte Family isn't unreasonable. There are a few dozen thousands on that crystal card, this shall be regarded as proper compensation…"

Recalling what the Charlotte Family had experienced in the past few centuries, Wollings couldn't help gnashing his teeth. That had been an extremely humiliating period, and it was all because of that Santon Merlin that the Charlotte Family fell from prosperity and sank without any hope. All their resources and wealth had been divided up by the Watson Family and the Merlin Family.

But that was a matter of the past.

The Charlotte Family wasn't easy to bully now!

It wouldn't take long before their former enemies would be destroyed, starting with the Merlin Family.

The Thousand Souls Sacrifice, who had remained silent for close to a millennium, had recently promised that he would do his best to help the Charlotte Family. This kind of support was a great boon to them, and in a mere two days, the Charlotte Family completely conquered the Frost Leaf Plane! Moreover, this was only the beginning. After some time, they planned to make a move against the Cold Wind Plane and weaken the power of the Merlin Family.

When the time was ripe, he would instantly defeat the Merlin Family and ruthlessly stomp on that hateful Family…

He couldn't wait…

This time, he took the deed of the northernmost territory of the Andlusa Kingdom to get it back. It had great significance. He wouldn't allow any failure because this represented not only a piece of land, but if he could get it, it would declaring to Okland's forces that the Charlotte Family had returned!

Moreover, it was stronger than it had been at its previous peak.

"Wollings, wh… What are you trying to do!" Ofran didn't bother to hide his anger. 'That damn Charlotte Family is shameless. Did they think that such a pittance would be enough to get that territory back?' Ofran coldly said, "Your Charlotte Family is deluded… Haha, Wollings, we don't welcome you here, please leave."

The Charlotte Family was definitely provoking the Merlin Family's honor by raising this request, so Ofran naturally had no plan to negotiate peacefully. 'Do you really think the Merlin Family is afraid of your Charlotte Family?'

"Want to make me leave? How could I let that happen? I'm telling you Ofran, your Merlin Family has to hand over the territory, or else… Hmpf!" Wollings wasn't angered, an expression of ridicule appearing on his face. But after saying those words, he emitted shocking mana fluctuations.

"What?"

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Chapter 442: Return to the Ancestral Land

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Ofran looked at Wollings with disbelief when he felt those mana fluctuations. His throat moved, but he couldn't make any sound. Wollings was already a 5th Rank Archmage, and an extremely powerful one at that.

Even if he was also a 5th Rank Archmage, Ofran felt alarmed when faced with these mana fluctuations. He would definitely not be Wollings' opponent.

But, when he saw Wollings a month ago, the latter was only a 3rd Rank Archmage…

How could his strength increase so quickly?

No wonder he was so arrogant…

"Ofran, the current Charlotte Family isn't the same one from before anymore. I advise you to hand over that territory. If you keep refusing, our Charlotte Family won't mind shedding all pretense of cordiality and attacking in the open." Wollings ridiculed him. He saw the look in Ofran's eyes and couldn't help displaying a prideful expression.

"Sir Wollings, are you deaf? Didn't you hear Patriarch Ofran telling you to leave…?"

At this moment, a cold and sharp voice echoed.

Wollings' expression instantly soured when he heard Lin Yun's voice. He looked at the source and saw that it was the young mage he had recognized earlier.

Speaking of which, the Charlotte Family hadn't troubled him…

Mafa Merlin was a child of the Merlin Family stranded outside who had returned several months ago. And this Mafa Merlin possessed the huge gold-making machine known as the Gilded Rose, enjoying the monopoly of the alchemy market in the eastern part of the kingdom. He even spent over thirty million golds in an auction a few months ago.

This had all been investigated by Wollings and wasn't considered a secret. More importantly, during the auction of the Star Gem, that young mage and Hanson of the Charlotte Family had a disagreement. After the end of the auction, Hanson and a few people he took with him disappeared without a trace.

After obtaining the information, Wollings had suspected that Hanson's death was linked to this young mage.

But this young mage's strength hadn't reached the stage where he could contend against Hanson. Wollings clearly knew of the Charlotte Family's secret. Even an Archmage or a Sword Saint might not necessarily be able to kill Hanson, so he'd wondered if it had been a powerhouse of the Merlin Family.

Thinking of this, Wollings' expression gradually became cold. He looked at Lin Yun with killing intent and said, "Ofran, look at the youths of your Family, what kind of child is that? As his elder, you should properly discipline him. A youth like him doesn't have the qualifications to butt in on our discussion!"

"Haha, Patriarch Wollings, you are a bit too controlling…"

Ofran sneered. 'With Mafa's strength, he even has the qualifications for me to treat him as an equal! So what if he wants to say something? He can even make a move against you if he wishes to!'

Naturally, Ofran wouldn't say those words out loud, but he knew how terrifying that young mage was. Three months ago, he fought against 5th Rank Sword Saint Thorne, and the victor hadn't been decided. Now, after meeting him three months later, the young mage gave him a very dangerous feeling. He knew that the young mage was a lot stronger than before.

"It's been a long time since a youth dared to talk to me like this. Haha, I really want to see what gave him the confidence to be arrogant…"

A gloomy aura suddenly spread to every corner of the study as berserk mana fluctuations rose up.

"Wollings! You dare to do this in our Merlin Family!?" Ofran exploded in anger as he instantly stood up.

Wollings didn't say anything, a serious expression on his face. He used his actions to answer Ofran's question as the mana fluctuations continued to flood the entire room. The pressure of a 5th Rank Archmage was unleashed onto the sitting Lin Yun.

But…

A simple book emitting an aura of death suddenly appeared in Lin Yun's hands. He gently flipped a page and the Truth Chapter, known as the source of all understanding that could annihilate all evil and make all lies and illusions disappear, burst with a bright radiance. Numerous characters appeared one after the other and quickly combined in the sky, turning into a huge rune containing a frightening power.

"Ah! What is that?"

The originally aggressive Wollings instantly felt scared. He felt as if he had met a predator and was panicking. After screaming, Wollings fell limp into his seat, the black mist covering him obliterated by the Truth Chapter.

As for Wollings, it seemed as if he had aged by ten years, and he looked very weak.

"Get lost." Lin Yun looked at Wollings indifferently, before inwardly shaking his head. 'Just as I thought, the Charlotte Family gained the support of the Thousand Souls Sacrifice and it made them become very arrogant.' Just now, Lin Yun had used the Truth Chapter to erase the fiendish power covering Wollings.

"You, you…"

Wollings truly felt like dying. His strength had greatly advanced after obtaining the support of the Thousand Souls Sacrifice, letting him reach the 5th Rank and even be a bit stronger than Ofran. Because of this, he had the confidence that he could force the Merlin Family to hand over that territory.

But he'd never expected that young mage to take out such a mysterious Magic Tool and drain away his strength.

This was too outrageous…

He didn't dare to make a fuss anymore, and he forced himself out of the chair while panting, hurrying out of the study.

"This, Mafa…"

Ofran was completely stunned. He was looking at the young mage in a daze, shock filling his mind. This couldn't be described with a few words. He wanted to ask something, but he swallowed his question back and ended up reminding Lin Yun, "Mafa, you should take a trip to the Ancestral Land before leaving for the Raging Flame Plane…"

"Okay…"

Lin Yun nodded and directly left the study.

…

After staying in his residence for a day, Lin Yun left the room. He went out of the Merlin Family Manor and followed the Fallen Star Lake until he quickly arrived at the bottom of that cliff.

The Ancestral Land was always shrouded in a dense fog obstructing one's sight. He simply couldn't see anything inside. This was the most mysterious part of the Merlin Family.

It was passed down that the Merlin Family's ancestor had come out of here and followed the Andlusa's first king to establish the kingdom. He retreated after attaining some achievements and once again entered the Ancestral Land, never to come out again. From that time on, the entire ravine was filled with a dense fog.

Lin Yun also felt that this mysterious ancestor should have been hiding a huge secret.

The last time he entered the Ancestral Land, he had just arrived at the Merlin Family Manor and had needed to spend some effort to get Ofran's approval. Moreover, that Ancestral Land did interest him quite a bit. In the depths of that ravine, there were over a dozen magic towers with seven or more floors. This meant that in the Ancestral Land, there were at least a dozen Archmages, and there was even a tower with 9 floors, which represented the Heaven Rank.

It's just that that no mana fluctuations could be seen on that tower. It felt as if it had lost its master a long time ago.

But this was shocking enough. The Magic Era was still in its infancy, so the Archmage ream was a goal countless mages would pursue all their lives without attaining, let alone the Heaven realm.

When he first came to the Ancestral Land, his first target was the merging of his Magic Arrays. But back then, he discovered that the temple in which the bloodline ceremony was conducted had the style of the Nesser Dynasty, from the era of Dragons and Elves.

At that time, he knew that the Merlin Family was far more complicated than it appeared to be. His conjectures had been confirmed after going in the depths of the Tulan Mountain Range. In the 10th Floor of the magic tower, the scene reflected by that damaged Heaven Puppet made Lin Yun discover that one of the ancestors of the Merlin Family had followed Charles the Emperor and participated in the campaign to destroy the Throne of Life.

And in the 9th Floor's study, the Well of Stars that William obtained was a clue pointing to the gravedigger of the Silver Era, the greatest alchemist of all times, the Dark Sage. The current members of the Merlin Family were most likely descendants of the Dark Sage. Naturally, Lin Yun couldn't say for certain that this wasn't a coincidence.

Lin Yun walked for close to an hour before reaching the bottom of the ravine. When he left Ofran's study the day before, Ofran reminded him that Sir Ryan, who had appeared a few months ago, had told him to take a trip to the Ancestral Land before leaving for the Raging Flame Plane. Apparently someone wanted to meet him.

Lin Yun inferred that the ancestor who wanted to meet him should have a higher rank than Ryan, or else Sir Ryan wouldn't have personally relayed the message.

After reaching the bottom of the canyon, although still foggy, Lin Yun could see the silhouettes of the magic towers. It felt like a small town, and the surroundings were quite beautiful. It was difficult to see the end at first glance, but Lin Yun noticed a hidden fluctuation. If he hadn't been using the Magic Array, he would have had a hard time discovering it.

After carefully sensing it, he felt that the fluctuation was quite peculiar. In the ravine's dense fog, amidst the flickering radiance, there seemed to be several mysterious runes moving up and down, and that fluctuation felt as if those mysterious runes were fusing together. This should be the reason why it was hard to detect.

He had heard William say that the area around the Guardian Tower was very strange. There had once been a youth who came to undergo the bloodline ceremony who met a powerful magic beast in here, and that unlucky guy met the ghost of an ancestor and ran away, not even doing the bloodline ceremony. After returning to the Merlin Family, he became crazy.

Thinking of this, Lin Yun looked at the depths of the canyon with a strange expression. It was very hard to see through that layer of dense fog. He even doubted whether that strange mana fluctuation came from some magic beast, or the ghost of an ancestor.

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Chapter 443: Crushed

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But then, Lin Yun knew that this didn't come from a magic beast or the ghost of an ancestor, but from a real person, and a very powerful one at that.

A gust of wind swirled past, carrying a foul smell. The mysterious runes flickered and, in a flash, over a dozen lifelike pythons pounced towards Lin Yun.

That was the 4th Rank Spell, Wind Python. Back then in Thousand Sails City, the Head of the Magic Department of the Cloud Tower, High Mage Hoen, had once tried to use that spell to deal with him. But the person who attacked now was a lot more skillful in his use of the Wind Python than Hoen was. Hoen could make nine Pythons appear out of the Wind Python spell, while this person could create almost twice as many. These seventeen pythons were equivalent to an Ultimate Wind Python spell in terms of power.

As the wind whistled by, the seventeen Wind Pythons charged at Lin Yun with impressive momentum. At that moment, Lin Yun's Doom Staff flickered and Ice Armor quickly spread around his body as a cold aura rose up. Immediately, a loud sound echoed. Countless stones flew out and a white silhouette flashed through the ruins. It was Lin Yun holding his Doom Staff. As mana was poured into it, the Doom Staff shone with a dazzling light, it was followed by Flame Bursts blazing towards a certain shadow.

"What?" An amazed voiced echoed.

The dense fog retreated like a tide and revealed the outline of an old and fat silhouette wearing a gray robe, a simple staff in his hands. That person seemed to be over seventy years old and was looking at Lin Yun in disbelief and shock. After all, Wind Python was the spell that he was the most proficient with and was close to an Ultimate Spell in terms of power when he used it. It wasn't any weaker than a 7th Tier Spell.

But…

The young mage before his eyes only used a Frost Armor to block his Wind Python…

From that point on, he no longer dared to look down on that young mage. He gently waved his staff, bursting with shocking power as he instant-cast seven Ice Walls to block. The five Flame Bursts exploded on the Ice Walls, melting them while penetrating through at the same time, before exploding on that ash-gray silhouette.

'To hell with it…'

The ashen-robed old man looked as if he had seen a ghost, but he quickly calmed down. Countless runes rose in front of his body, forming a huge shield. Then, those five Flame Bursts exploded on the man's Runic Shield. A loud sound could be heard as a crack appeared on the shield.

"That's…"

The ashen-robed old man no longer hesitated. He Hasted himself and quickly fell back. But just as he wanted to say something, he noticed that the staff in the young mage's hands was once again shining with dazzling lights as the aura of several Flame Bursts was once again directed towards him. The old man was shivering from fear. It reached the point where he didn't care what it was; as long as it was a defensive spell, he would use it.

The might of these Flame Bursts wasn't to be trifled with. His bones might fall apart under the impact of these explosions.

That battle continued for over ten minutes, and although that old man tried to say something several times, he was continuously interrupted and could only defend himself helplessly.

'Damn…'

The old man had a grim look on his face. His robe had traces of burns, and there were as many as twenty holes of various sizes. He was in an extremely awkward situation, and the worst part was that this young mage's attacks were extremely fierce, giving him no choice but to focus completely on his defensive spells. During those ten minutes, he hadn't successfully cast a spell to counterattack after the first Wind Python.

Moreover, his mana was slowly getting drained. He would at most be able to cast a few more defensive spells before his mana was exhausted.

He was getting worried.

He no longer cared about being humiliated. After defending against a few more fierce spells, he mustered the remaining mana within his body and cast an Elemental Shield to guard himself, and took this opportunity to yell, "Mafa Merlin, stay your hand! Quick, stop! This is a misunderstanding, I'm someone from the Ancestral Land of the Merlin Family…"

Rio Merlin really felt depressed.

He was one of the ancestors of the Merlin Family and had learnt several months ago that a youth named Mafa would become one of the Planar Legion Commanders of the Merlin Family.

To be honest, he admired that youth, and after asking Ofran about him, he was a bit startled. Having such power in his early twenties… At that age, Rio was still striving to become a High Mage.

Then, he heard that this young mage had used the power of two True Spirit Magic Tools to contend against Thorne, one of the three Sword Saints of the Merlin Family, while he himself was only a 1st Rank High Mage. That kind of power was around that of a 4th Rank Archmage, only a step away from the 5th Rank. This kind of powerhouse was certainly qualified to be a Planar Legion Commander.

It was because he admired that youth that Rio decided to test him. He had been waiting in the canyon earlier, and when Lin Yun appeared, he used his Wind Python spell. He had been hesitating about it… He had become a 5th Rank Archmage this year, would he injure this youth?

After all, that youth had boundless potential, he was very valuable to the entire Merlin Family. If something unexpected happened, he wouldn't be able to bear the blame, even as an ancestor. After all, that youth was called to the Ancestral Land by "that person".

But Rio then thought about it. Since it was a test, restraining himself would prove nothing. Moreover, that youth even had True Spirit Magic Tools, two of them. Moreover, he should still have some cards he hadn't used yet. Thinking about this, Rio made his move.

Any 5th Rank Archmage would have to be cautious when facing a Wind Python spell with might close to that of an Ultimate Spell.

But…

The shocking part was that the young mage only used a Frost Armor and completely blocked the Wind Python spell. This young mage was too powerful…

Rio wasn't an ordinary 5th Rank Archmage. He had spent most of his time studying magic in the few decades he spent in the Ancestral Land. Even if he was a 5th Rank Archmage like Patriarch Ofran, the latter would only be able to last minutes against him.

But what made his heart sink when fighting the young mage was that he couldn't be described as merely being at a disadvantage. He had been completely crushed. With his insight, he could naturally tell that the young mage hadn't made any ruthless moves, and after the first round of attacks, he even let up a bit to give him the opportunity to breathe.

'Damnit, Ofran, you dared to trick me…" Rio was feeling resentful of Patriarch Ofran. This wasn't like Ofran's description. 'He only has the power of a 4th Rank Archmage? Even I am getting suppressed. If he used another True Spirit Magic Tool, he would definitely be able to contend against 6th Rank Archmages!'

He couldn't help feeling bitter, because this was a huge humiliation. He was an ancestor of the Ancestral Land testing a youth of the Family, yet he ended up in such a state.

If this spread through the Ancestral Land, he would become a laughing stock. How would he be able to face the others if that happened?

But humiliation was better than death…

Who could have ever thought that someone so young would be so fierce? Even he, a 5th Rank Archmage, was pressured.

"Don't talk nonsense, the ancestors in the Ancestral Land wouldn't try to kill me…" A smirk appeared at the corner of Lin Yun's mouth as shocking mana fluctuations rose up. The Doom Staff burst with a dazzling light as the incantations finished.

"I, I… I wasn't planning to kill you, it's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding! I only wanted to test you! Mafa Merlin, I am Rio Merlin and I come from the Ancestral Land, you must believe me…" Seeing Lin Yun's movement, Rio was almost scared to death. Cold sweat steadily flowed down his forehead while his gray robe was drenched. He looked nervously at Lin Yun. He had exhausted his mana, so if another wave of spells arrived, he would be shedding a layer of skin.

To an old guy like Rio who lived for close to a hundred years, how could fail to realize that Mafa knew he was an ancestor? But the youth seemed to be holding a grudge. 'Damn, I should never provoke that guy in the future.'

"Eh? Turns out it's Sir Rio…"

Lin Yun scattered the gathered mana, finally allowing Rio to relax. But the latter didn't even have time to wipe his sweat before Lin Yun's voice echoed once again. "But Sir Rio, if there is a next time, please greet me in advance so I have time to make preparations…"

"Okay, okay… No problem!"

Rio smiled unnaturally as he looked at Lin Yun with a strange expression.

'Next time? Hell, how could there be a next time!? I'm not the kind of person that likes being abused…

'I already brought trouble to myself once, how could there be a second time?'

"Well, Mafa, we have delayed for quite a bit, and there are still a few guys waiting to meet you. It would be best if I take you there…" Rio took a deep breath and forced himself to say those words as gently as possible. "I truly didn't expect you to be far more outstanding than we had expected. You aren't inferior to Santon Merlin back in his days. If those old geezers learn about that, they will definitely be very happy…"

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"Haha…"

When he heard the young mage laugh, Rio had the urge to run into a wall. He really hadn't expected that his praise would only get a chuckle from the other side. This made him feel really embarrassed. Just as he intended to say something else, Lin Yun's voice echoed again.

"Err, Sir Rio, can I ask some questions? Why are the ancestors of the Ancestral Land looking for me…?"

"…"

This question instantly made Rio choke back his words. When the Family's young geniuses were summoned to the Ancestral Land, they didn't even have time to feel happy, so how could they ask such a question? But after thinking about it, this Mafa Merlin wasn't an ordinary person, so Rio stopped and answered, "As for the true reason, you'll have to wait to meet them to ask. Their answer has more weight. But this matter should be related to the Raging Flame Plane. The Sword Saint going to the Raging Flame Plane with you, that Thorne guy, came to the Ancestral Land a few days ago.

"Oh…"

Lin Yun lightly nodded. He then landed beside Rio and walked into the ravine with him. Lin Yun suddenly recalled the mysterious Ancestral Land, and Rio, as one of the ancestors, should know many things. Thinking of this, Lin Yun asked, "Sir Rio, what's going on with our Merlin Family's Ancestral Land…?"

Rio smiled. He seemed to have been expecting this question. This was one of the secrets of the Merlin Family and couldn't rashly be leaked, but the youth next to him wasn't ordinary. He would know of some matters sooner or later. "Mafa… In reality, the source of our Merlin Family's Ancestral Land has been an enigma to this day. No one knows how it appeared. The only thing I can tell you is that a millennium ago, there was Lorr Merlin, our ancestor. He left the Ancestral Land and built the Andlusa Kingdom alongside the first king. After establishing the kingdom, he withdrew and returned to the Ancestral Land, and no one met him ever since.

Rio sighed as he looked at the dense fog, a complicated expression on his face. "Ever since Lorr Merlin disappeared, the successive generations of the powerhouses of the Merlin Family chose to live in the Ancestral Land, firstly to attack a higher realm, and secondly to wait for a certain matter to happen."

"Wait for a matter to happen?"

Hearing Rio's answer, Lin Yun was bemused. He could understand attacking a higher realm, but living in seclusion in the Ancestral just to wait for something… This sounded pretty strange. " Does Sir Rio know what that matter is…?"

"No. This was an ancestral teaching Lorr Merlin had left behind. Even if we don't know anything, we still comply with it," Rio said, perplexed. He didn't seem unwilling to answer the question, but he truly didn't know. He pointed to a tower in the distance. "That magic tower is said to be the dwelling of a Heaven Mage that disappeared, and in reality, the Ancestral Land is the true foundation of our Merlin Family. There are many Archmages here, and if ancestor Lorr is counted, we have three Heaven Rank powerhouses. As for the other one, you should have guessed. It is Santon Merlin. But he hasn't returned to the Ancestral Land for a long time and his last appearance seemed to have been in the Blood Moon Plane.

"The Merlin Family has truly exceeded my expectations, it's even deeper than I thought…" Hearing Rio's explanation, Lin Yun coughed with sorrow.

If he hadn't known the secret of the Merlin Family beforehand, he would have been truly shocked hearing this news. The Merlin Family actually had three Heaven Ranks!

The last time he came to the Ancestral Land was to undergo the Bloodline Ceremony. He didn't enter the ravine back then, but when passing by, he discovered the outline of over a dozen magic towers. Now, the deeper he went in, the more apprehensive he was. He finally understood what Rio meant by "many Archmages".

"This is only an Ancestral Land?"

Lin Yun walked alongside Rio for over ten minutes, but he was so shocked that he was speechless. He could clearly sense that this Ancestral Land was incomparably huge, just like a plane, and was ruled by the Merlin Family. It looked just like an independent kingdom. There were nearly a hundred magic towers with seven floors, and more could be seen in the depths…

Didn't that mean that the number of Archmage powerhouses was in the triple digits?

"Mafa, you can see now, this is the true Merlin Family…" On the way, Rio observed Lin Yun's expression and was secretly prideful. He then gave Lin Yun a bit of an explanation. "The most elite children of the Family would come to this place. This is the foundation of the Merlin Family. Not only are there many powerhouses here, but there are also all kinds of passages to various planes, some of which were conquered, and some still in the process of being conquered."

"Sir Rio, do the major forces of Okland have similar areas to our Ancestral Land?" Lin Yun didn't doubt Rio's words. The Ancestral Land was indeed showing such power and definitely had the qualifications to launch expeditions on every major plane. But he then remembered the Black Tower and the Cloud Tower.

It would be quite frightening if those forces also had places with the same layout as the Merlin Family.

"Naturally, those well established thousand-year-old forces also have their own locations similar to our Merlin Family's…" Rio smiled gently. "In fact, this isn't something you should have known, but you are already qualified, which is why I'm leading you to the Guardian Tower…"

Half an hour later, an imposingly large tower was now standing in front of the two. Just by standing in front of it, Lin Yun could feel rich mana assault his senses, and he couldn't help looking up. The tower was built with incomparably profound arrays, and even with Lin Yun's achievements in the field of alchemy, there was a small part he couldn't understand.

Lin Yun and Rio entered the Guardian Tower together and followed the staircase up. After about ten minutes of walking, they reached the top floor of the Guardian Tower. Rio stopped and knocked on the door with a solemn expression. After hearing an answer from inside, he opened the door and entered with Lin Yun.

This place was a conference hall. It was extremely spacious, and a simple wooden table stood in the middle, around which seven old men were sitting. With one glance, Lin Yun felt apprehensive, because he saw that everyone here was stronger than Rio Merlin.

While he sized up these people, they also studied him, smiling to some extent.

"Very powerful…"

When Lin Yun's eyes fell on the old man recuperating with his eyes closed on the other side of the table, his mind couldn't help shivering. Although this man seemed to be sixty or seventy years old, there was no hint of his vitality declining, and he gave Lin Yun the feeling of an insurmountable mountain.

At this moment, a storm raged in Lin Yun's mind.

'That old man is too powerful.'

He hadn't had that feeling before, even when he faced Star Sage Jouyi. That old man was definitely more powerful than Star Sage Jouyi!

He could sense that the old man had a hint of Extraordinary aura, but clearly, that old man still wasn't at the Heaven Rank yet.

At this time, the old man opened his eyes and looked at Lin Yun for a few seconds before coughing. "Hey young man, we meet again…"

"…"

Lin Yun really wanted to spit up blood. He clearly remembered that a few months ago, Sir Ryan had said the same thing when he came to the Elder Council, but he really couldn't remember when he met Sir Ryan and this person…

He could see that the old man who had just spoken had an important position among the seven people.

One of the old men sitting on the side coughed twice and waved at Lin Yun, smiling kindly.

"Mafa, we meet again…"

That person was the Archmage that came to the Elder Council a few months ago, Ryan Merlin. He looked at the one who was almost Heaven Rank and said, "Mafa, let me introduce you. This is Sir Oren. He is the most powerful Archmage among the ancestors. He had even fought a Heaven Rank ancestor of the Watson Family over a hundred years ago and held his own. Oh, right, you should know of Ancestor Lorr, Ancestor Lorr is Oren's father…"

Lin Yun looked at Oren in disbelief. Just the fact that he had fought a Heaven Rank ancestor of the Watson Family without being defeated shook him. Lin Yun clearly knew the gap between Archmages and the Heaven Rank, but Oren was able to contend against a Heaven Rank powerhouse despite only being a Peak Archmage. This was shocking.

No wonder that old man gave him this kind of feeling. It turned out that he had strength surpassing his rank.

Moreover, Sir Oren was extremely old. He knew that Lorr Merlin had come out of the Ancestral Land a millennium ago and helped establish the Andlusa Kingdom before vanishing. But Lorr being Oren's father meant that Sir Oren was close to a thousand years old…

Lin Yun was startled speechless. If not for Sir Ryan's introduction, he wouldn't have guessed that Sir Oren was a millennium old. But it also explained his strength. Lin Yun knew that the most powerful in Noscent weren't all geniuses. Some relied on their effort to steadily advance through realms and make up for their weakness. Oren might also be such a person.

After Ryan's introduction, the old man known as Oren Merlin only smiled at Lin Yun, but he didn't say anything.

Ryan smiled and nodded before looking at another person and starting to introduce everyone one by one.

"Chila Merlin. Became an Archmage three hundred years ago, already a 7th Rank Archmage."

"Lyde Merlin. Became a Sword Saint two hundred and seventy years ago, already a 5th Rank Sword Saint."

"Jass Merlin. Became an Archmage two hundred years ago, already a 7th rank Archmage."

"Hodin Merlin. Became an Archmage two hundred and eighty years ago, already a 6th Rank Archmage."

"Kara Merlin. Became a Sword Saint one hundred and fifty years ago, advanced to 7th Rank Sword Saint not long ago."

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Chapter 445: Volcanic Mountain Range

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Lin Yun was completely speechless. This was quite a formidable line-up. It wasn't easy to see high ranked Archmages and Sword Saints in Okland. The 5th Rank was a dividing line. Archmages before 5th Rank were classified as low-ranked Archmages. But after 5th Rank, they were classified as high-ranked Archmages. The difference in power between the former and the latter was huge.

But the seven old people in front of him were all high-ranked Archmages and Sword Saints. That kind of force was truly frightening.

The number of high-ranked Archmages and Sword Saints he had met before coming to the Ancestral Land was very small.

"Ryan, you seem to have forgotten to introduce yourself…"

Oren, who was sitting at the edge of the table, faintly smiled. He looked at Lin Yun and said, "He is Ryan Merlin. He became an Archmage two hundred years ago, and he is now a Peak 8th Rank Archmage. He is the Archmage with the best chance of becoming a Heaven Mage. Moreover, Mafa Merlin, I officially welcome you to become part of the Family Council!"

Although the old man had a kind voice, it also felt imposing. Lin Yun couldn't help feeling nervous when facing this old man. But he still had doubts. "What is the Family Council?"

"Haha… I almost forgot. In fact, the Family Council is the center of power of the entire Merlin Family. Not only for the outside Merlin Family, but also the Merlin Family in the Ancestral Land, in every major plane, and all the branches scattered throughout Noscent. They are all under the control of the Family Council, and you now officially became the 8th member of the Family Council."

In fact, Rio hadn't left after bringing Lin Yun in. Instead, he stood to the side. When he heard Oren's words, Rio was startled speechless and couldn't help looking at Lin Yun with envy. This was the Family Council, after all!

Rio, who had been in the Ancestral Land for several hundred years, clearly knew what the Family Council represented. It was the symbol of supreme authority, and they were in control of the entire Merlin Family's fate. He really didn't expect that this Mafa Merlin would become a member of the Family Council after entering the Guardian Tower for the first time.

If not because of the difference in status, Rio would have asked if this wasn't too careless.

After all, this was the Family Council.

How could one easily become a member?

Every single one of the seven members had lived for several hundred years, and they were qualified in terms of power and experience. These people were essential to the Family Council. But that Mafa Merlin was only a twenty-year-old youth, yet he became a member of the Family Council less than a year after entering the Merlin Family Manor. It felt like a dream.

But after recalling his own battle with the young mage, Rio couldn't help but shiver. Perhaps Sir Oren made the right decision. This youth was indeed not simple. Despite being just a 5th Rank High Mage, he had impressive fighting power, and even a 5th Rank Archmage wasn't his opponent.

If this kind of genius matured, he might end up becoming another Santon Merlin and becoming the Family's 4th Heaven Mage!

Moreover, the way the young mage said or handled things seemed very old-fashioned, not at all like a youth. Thinking through it, Rio more or less accepted the fact that Lin Yun was becoming a member of the Family Council. He was even looking forward to the path that the young mage would take in the future.

At this time, the way Rio looked at Lin Yun completely changed. There was a deep-seated fear within his eyes. What happened earlier made him realize that the young mage would easily hold a grudge. Now that he had become a member of the Family Council, he definitely couldn't provoke him.

"By becoming a member of the Family Council, shouldn't I be qualified to know the Merlin Family's true strength?" Lin Yun scratched his cheeks as he asked. Oren might have been speaking casually, but his words didn't give Lin Yun the opportunity to accept or reject the position. It was directly finalizing it, making him the 8th member of the Family Council.

But this clearly was something good…

He could naturally see that the standing of a member of the Family Council was extremely high. It was equivalent to being one of the decision-makers of the Merlin Family. To be honest, he hadn't cared much about the Merlin Family when he first came to Okland. He'd assumed that he would have no more contact with it after undergoing the bloodline ceremony.

But his way of thinking had changed as he got a deeper understanding of the Merlin Family. This force truly wasn't weak. Even in all of Noscent, the ancient Merlin Family should be at the top.

"Of course you are qualified…" Oren smiled. "In the past thousand years, three Heaven Rank powerhouses were born in the Merlin Family, but they aren't in the Ancestral Land. Santon Merlin's situation is not as bad. He last went to the Blood Moon Plane. As for the other two, there is no news of them. As for how many Sword Saints and Archmages there are, I can't give you an exact number right now, but it should be over 300! The current Merlin Family has about thirty private planes and a dozen more in the middle of being conquered. I can say for certain that what you can see right now is only the tip of the iceberg. A portion of the powerhouses aren't in the Ancestral Land but are instead divided among the major planes, or otherwise helping the Merlin Family expand in some part of Noscent.

"Regarding the troops, Ryan will show you. Alright, young man, do you have any other questions?" Oren's tone was monotone, as if he was narrating an insignificant matter.

"Sir Oren, I want to know the matters regarding the Raging Flame Plane…" After hearing Oren's introduction to the Merlin Family, Lin Yun remained silent for over ten seconds before asking this.

To be honest, he was already prepared when he asked about the Merlin Family's power, but he still ended up feeling surprised. Over three hundred Archmage level powerhouses, about thirty privately owned planes…

Was this really the Merlin Family he knew?

But then, Lin Yun quickly recalled the matter of the Raging Flame Plane, and after learning about the true strength of the Merlin Family, he didn't have to think much to know that the fight over the Raging Flame Plane wasn't as simple as he had thought. Otherwise, Ryan wouldn't have come to the Merlin Family Manor a few months ago and chosen him as a commander.

It showed that the Family Council was very concerned about the battle over the Raging Flame Plane. It was a doubtful point by itself, not to mention the cooperation with the Watson Family.

After all, the Watson Family was a hostile force. Over three hundred years ago, they joined forces with the Charlotte Family and suppressed the outside Merlin Family. Had it not been for the young genius Santon Merlin coming out of Ancestral Land at a critical time and reversing the flow of the lost battle, the outside Merlin Family might have collapsed.

Naturally, after understanding some of the matters happening behind the scenes, Lin Yun understood that the true Merlin Family couldn't be so easily defeated.

Not falling out when facing a former enemy was good, and cooperation showed that there were many hidden secrets behind this.

But unexpectedly, Oren who had only been direct so far actually answered with a question unrelated to the Raging Flame War. "Mafa, you know about the Draconic War?"

Oren no longer had a relaxed expression, looking quite serious. Moreover, the atmosphere in the conference hall was a lot more solemn than when Lin Yun was announced as a member of the Family Council.

"I know…"

Lin Yun nodded. The Draconic War was famous in Noscent's history. How could he have not heard of it? That was a war that was sung about by bards and minstrels. It gathered many human powerhouses and happened at the end of the Nesser Dynasty. The dynasty ruled by the Chromatic Dragons and Pure-Blooded Elves was gradually heading towards its end.

All the Dragons appearing during the Draconic War were adult Chromatic Dragons that had reached Heaven rank. There were even terrifying existences such as the Three-Headed Gold Dragon.

That war was the beginning of the end of the Nesser Dynasty, and even though Mankind ultimately prevailed, they paid an extremely bitter price. Many Heaven Rank powerhouses had fallen.

During his trip to the Heaven Enlightening Plane, Lin Yun's cousin, William, obtained a crest of the Merlin Family. It was after seeing that crest that Lin Yun suspected that an ancestor of the Merlin Family had participated in the Draconic War, because only those who had participated in the war could use that kind of crest. It represented the highest honor.

Hearing Oren mention the Draconic War, Lin Yun linked the two together and felt that this might have something to do with the Merlin Family's ancestor.

"It's good that you know. In reality, the true ancestor of the Merlin Family can be traced back to the end of the Nesser Dynasty, and that ancestor was a very powerful existence, far more powerful than anyone could imagine. All the information concerning him clearly stated that this ancestor was far more powerful than Charles the Emperor. At the time, he used his own power to decide the outcome of the Draconic War." Oren seemed a bit emotional. "But all the clues leading to that ancestor are dead ends. We can't seem to find out who he was. And in the initial stage of the 3rd Dynasty, the Merlin Family thrived for a very long time, but after the disappearance of that ancestor, as well as some unforeseen event, the Merlin Family gradually declined…"

"Unforeseen event? The Merlin Family gradually declined?"

Lin Yun was quite calm this time. Although he had been a bit surprised at first, he had already obtained a lot of clues beforehand, especially regarding the Well of Stars and the family crest, making him suspect that the Dark Sage was the ancestor of the Merlin Family. It reached the point where he was already numb when Oren told him these secrets.

It looked like his guess wasn't preposterous. The Dark Sage was most likely the ancestor of the Merlin Family, and even if he wasn't, he was definitely linked to the Merlin Family in countless ways.

"The information gathered showed that this ancestor had several disciples, and after the ancestor disappeared, one of them brazenly made a move against the Merlin Family and stole the inheritance left behind by the ancestor. Because of this, the Merlin Family lost their part of the inheritance and slowly started declining. Even now, we still don't know the identity of the ancestor." A trace of anger appeared on Oren's face. "The decline continued until a thousand years ago, when my father, Lorr Merlin, left the Ancestral Land and gradually let the Merlin Family recover."

"May I ask, how is this related to the Raging Flame Plane?" Lin Yun awkwardly interrupted Oren.

"Haha…"

Oren Merlin laughed, his anger gradually disappearing. He looked at Lin Yun and said, "I'm not done, so how could you know if it was related to the Raging Flame Plane or not? The family name of that disciple was Watson, the ancestor of the current Watson Family! He stole half of the ancestor's inheritance and it resulted in today's Watson Family. The truth behind the Watson Family wanting to suppress our Merlin Family a few hundred years ago was because they wanted to snatch another part of the inheritance. Doesn't it feel weird? Why would the Merlin Family cooperate with this kind of mortal enemy? In fact, the key reason is that inheritance."

"The inheritance is related to the Raging Flame Plane?" Lin Yun understood when he heard this and made a bold guess.

"Yes…"

Oren Merlin nodded. He took a deep breath and continued, "The ancestor left a ruin in the Raging Flame Plane, but all the relevant clues were incomplete. Only by collaborating with the Watson Family can we seek out the location. To be more exact, that ruin is in a volcanic mountain range.

"A volcanic mountain range…"

After saying that, Oren took out a damaged map from his pocket and spread it out in front of Lin Yun. After a few seconds, Lin Yun was stunned and in disbelief.

'It's that Volcanic Mountain Range!'

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Chapter 446: Enemies on a Narrow Path

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What shocked Lin Yun was that this place was too special. In the spacious decaying library, he had read the diary left behind by Starry Sky College's Wayate. It recorded Wayate's later years and contained all his experience, including how he led the Starry Sky College's Planar Legion to the depths of the Volcanic Mountain Range and ended up being besieged by a large amount of Raging Flame Beastmen. At the time, he scattered the Planar Legion and luckily hid away without being found. After exploring, he ended up discovering the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras.

As for the details regarding how he obtained it, Wayate hadn't mentioned it in the diary. He only vaguely said that it was in the Volcanic Mountain Range.

Although the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras, which could make countless mages envious, was hidden in the Volcanic Mountain Range, it definitely wasn't a safe place. After all, this was the headquarters of the Raging Flame Beastmen. Countless powerhouses were gathered there. To explore the ruin in the Volcanic Mountain Range was akin to suicide, so it was unknown how Wayate succeeded that day.

But when Lin Yun saw this map, he knew that he had to go to the Volcanic Mountain Range, whether it was for the Merlin Family or for himself.

"It looks like the location of the ruin can only be found when the map is pieced together, and the Watson Family also has a half. Several hundred years ago, the Watson Family's Ancestral Land also made a move against the Merlin Family for this damaged map. After several hundred years of silence, they finally suggested cooperation to jointly explore that ruin. This is the reason we are cooperating with the Watson Family." Oren's expression sank. "But, that is bound to belong to us. Our Merlin Family must not let the Watson Family get what they want…"

Lin Yun, the new member of the Family Council, stayed in the Guardian Tower for over an hour. He chatted with the ancestors for a long time before he was brought out by Ryan. According to Oren, he would be taken to experience the situation of the true Merlin Family.

The two of them walked side by side towards the depths of the Merlin Family, and after over half an hour, they appeared in front of a Planar Path. After stepping on the path, Lin Yun clearly felt that it was very stable and had most likely been set up by a Heaven Rank powerhouse.

His surroundings suddenly changed, and he appeared in a huge city, surrounded by countless buildings. There were many seven-floor magic towers. Silver-armored guards were passing through the street in a uniform manner, not a hint of disorder could be seen. After coming to this place, Lin Yun could feel that the mana was very rich here, making meditation more effective here than outside.

Although it was far from being on the level of his Demiplane, this kind of place was rarely seen in Noscent. Only the major forces could have places like this to nurture their young geniuses.

"Fiendish Aura, Undead Aura…"

Lin Yun suddenly felt two different kinds of auras and couldn't help frowning. How could such a place have both Fiendish Aura and Undead Aura? Curious, he cast a few Mage Eyes to fly in the surroundings, and after a few minutes, he caught sight of a very shocking scene. There were breaches in two different directions. Undead lifeforms and Hellish lifeforms were coming from the two breaches.

Caster Legions were fighting with these two different kinds of lifeforms. Although there were many of these foes, the Merlin Family's Caster Legions were quite formidable, even having some Archmages. They were currently dealing with the enemies, but they kept pouring in like an unending flow.

The Caster Legion wouldn't be able to avoid having some injuries during this kind of prolonged fight.

"Rumble…"

At this time, Ryan displayed his power as a Peak 8th Rank Archmage, bursting out and transforming into a huge Mana Hand as it rushed towards one of the breaches. The hand closed and countless Hellish lifeforms exploded, and that breach was slowly shut. Using the same method, the other breach was closed.

After finishing this, Ryan explained to Lin Yun, "The space here is very unstable. There are some lifeforms from different planes appearing here at regular intervals. But this is also good. It can temper our army and increase their fighting strength…"

Accompanied by Ryan Merlin, Lin Yun wandered around the city and found out that there was no difference from Noscent. There were many people living in it, and after listening to Ryan's explanation, he learnt that there were many young children and troops here. Moreover, there wasn't just one city. There were seven of them.

Ultimately, Lin Yun and Ryan left and returned to the Ancestral Land's Guardian Tower. They followed the staircase up, but when they reached the conference hall, they ended up meeting Thorne Merlin.

"Mafa Merlin!"

Thorne was clearly stunned when he saw Lin Yun inside the Guardian Tower, his gaze turning ice-cold. The person he loathed the most in the entire Merlin Family was Lin Yun.

He had placed all his hopes on Aube, but he ended up crippled.

Thorne was infuriated that Lin Yun wasn't punished after doing such a thing. With bloodshot eyes and a viper gaze, he hatefully said, "You have destroyed my son's Mana Whirlpool, turning him into a cripple. I'll never forgive you! Although I can't do anything to you now, just wait! I'll definitely carry out in the Raging Flame Plane what I promised that day! I'll throw you into the Wailing River."

Lin Yun's gaze couldn't help becoming icy. He frowned but didn't say anything. Instead, he poured mana into the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and got ready…

"Thorne Merlin, so impudent! Do you know you are talking to?"

Ryan Merlin had naturally returned alongside Lin Yun. When he saw Thorne Merlin, he realized that something unpleasant might happen. He was very well aware of what had happened back then, but he hadn't been able to prevent it. Aube was crippled and Lin Yun fought against Thorne.

This gave him a headache. Thorne Merlin was a 5th Rank Sword Saint. Even in the Ancestral Land, he would be considered quite powerful. Sending him to the Raging Flame Plane with Mafa Merlin was most suitable, but unfortunately, there was deep hatred between the two of them, and it was very hard to defuse. However, Lin Yun's status in the Merlin Family had already changed, becoming one of the members of the Family Council.

Thus, Ryan severely reprimanded Thorne. His words had been improper, as the Family Council represented supreme authority in the Merlin Family. In other words, Mafa Merlin was worth a lot more than Thorne Merlin, to the point that Thorne Merlin could be convicted of a crime for speaking to him so rudely.

"Sir Ryan…"

Being suddenly reprimanded by Sir Ryan, Thorne was scared stiff. The last time he came to the Ancestral Land, he understood some secrets to some extent and he knew that the person standing in front of him had great influence over the entire place.

But he really couldn't understand why Sir Ryan flared up like this. After all, he was quite considerate towards him a few days ago.

Moreover, after being in contact with Sir Ryan for a while, he discovered that this old man with exceedingly high status was actually gentle and easy to get along with.

'How come he suddenly got so angry? It looks like what I said to that Mafa angered Sir Ryan. But that doesn't make sense. What kind of person is Sir Ryan? He stands at the peak of the Archmage realm and has enormous influence. How could he care about Mafa?'

Thorne was confused by Ryan asking him if he knew he was talking to… After all, he was talking to Mafa Merlin…

'Could it be that the person standing in front of me isn't Mafa Merlin? How could this be…

'I'd be able to recognize the scoundrel that crippled my son even if he turned into ashes.'

While Thorne was at a loss, Ryan's voice echoed once again. But this time, the old man's voice was solemn. "Thorne Merlin, you might be unaware, but Mafa Merlin officially became a member of the Family Council not long ago. We will not hold you accountable this time on the basis that you were unaware, but you must still apologize to Representative Mafa…"

After saying those words, Ryan smiled bitterly. He had noticed earlier that although the newly promoted Representative hadn't said anything, he had poured mana into his weapon and was ready to attack.

Although Lin Yun's actions weren't done overtly, and 5th Rank Sword Saint Thorne hadn't noticed, who was Ryan? He was an old fox that had lived for a few hundred years and was a Peak 8th rank Archmage. How could that little trick escape his sight?

However…

Fighting in the Guardian Tower of the Ancestral Land was really unprecedented.

Ryan was very clear about it. Others might not be bold enough to make a move inside the Guardian Tower, but what about this new Representative? After all, a few months ago, this new Representative not only caused havoc in the outer Merlin Family's Elder Council, but he even killed three Elders and crippled one.

Perhaps only Ryan himself knew that the reason he asked Thorne to apologize was actually to save Thorne's life. Because if Mafa Merlin really made a move, Thorne might not be able to handle it.

In fact, not long ago, Ryan had learnt from Rio Merlin about what had happened on the outskirts earlier. Even Rio Merlin, who had become a 5th Rank Archmage over half a year ago, was bullied within an inch of his life by this new Representative, let alone Thorne who had just became a 5th Rank Sword Saint.

It was no exaggeration. Ryan was truly saving Thorne Merlin…

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Chapter 447: Change

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A few decades ago, Thorne Merlin had some outstanding achievements during a Planar War and was fortunate enough to travel to the Ancestral Land to undergo the bloodline ceremony. At the time, Ryan met him and mentally noted down his name. He paid attention to Thorne after that, and he wasn't disappointed, as Thorne made many great contributions during the past few decades.

In his eyes, Thorne was truly remarkable. He would be considered a powerhouse even in the Ancestral Land. He was qualified to lead an elite Planar Legion to conquer planes.

But…

But Ryan now felt that Thorne wasn't very pleasing to the eye…

"Family Council… Representative…"

Thorne was thoroughly stunned. He obviously knew of the Family Council. It was the true hub of power of the Merlin Family. Moreover, there were very few Representatives, and each of them had been famous figures, but they were now training in seclusion in the Ancestral Land. The Patriarch and the Elder Council of the Outer Family was simply a joke compared to the Family Council.

'How… How could this be? How could Mafa Merlin become a Representative!?'

He repeated Sir Ryan's words a few times in his mind and confirmed that he hadn't misheard. Mafa Merlin had truly become a Representative of the Merlin Family.

Thorne was startled speechless.

'A Representative…'

A Representative had supreme authority and exceedingly high status!

But, even though Thorne was thinking very hard about it, he couldn't understand. Mafa Merlin, who had disappeared a few months ago, just went to the Ancestral Land. How could he have become a Representative?

This was illogical…

After all, Ryan and the other members of the Family Council had been living in seclusion in the Ancestral Land for at least a hundred years and had the strength and experience required, so it made sense for them to be in the Family Council.

But this Mafa Merlin…

Whether it was his strength or experience, they were both insufficient. Moreover, just how long had he been in the Merlin Family for? Even if the few months he had disappeared for were counted, it would still be less than half a year!

Mafa Merlin becoming a Representative thoroughly shocked him, but apologizing was impossible! He unhesitantly turned and left.

Ryan silently shook his head as he looked at that receding back, feeling somewhat dissatisfied with Thorne Merlin.

Lin Yun didn't say anything. He only smiled and secretly scattered the mana gathered in the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel. He chatted a bit with Ryan in the Guardian Tower before leaving the Ancestral Land to go back to the Merlin Family Manor.

He then stayed in the alchemy laboratory for over five hours, preparing some commonly used potions. After all, the Raging Flame Plane was very dangerous. Most lifeforms there had poisonfire, so Lin Yun had no choice but to prepare.

It was already night when he was done with this and returned to his residence. Just as he was about to start meditating, he recalled that group of Great Mages in the Demiplane. He had given them the Swift Star Mark and the Blazing Storm, and he was planning on helping explain things for them if he had time.

As they were a Magic Conducting Rune and a Meditation Law Set that came from the peak of the Magic Era, it wasn't easy to master them. Ross and Leon were extremely talented youths, so there would rarely be a part that they didn't understand while learning the Elemental Tide and the Arcane Ring. Lin Yun hadn't needed to explain anything to them.

But this wouldn't work for that group of Great Mages.

Their innate conditions were too inferior, and before meeting him, most of them would have had no chance to become Great Mages. They were able to advance with the help of Black Death Rune in the Bone Plane, but for them to understand the Swift Star Mark and Blazing Storm on their own was simply a fairy tale.

Lin Yun would lead the Planar Legion to the Raging Flame Plane the next day, and he might not be able to take the time to disappear for a while. Thus, he planned to use this last night to give pointers to the Great Mages.

After an incantation, an intense spatial fluctuation burst out. The next moment, he reached the naturally-born Demiplane and mist-like mana assaulted his senses, giving him a kind of godly feeling.

"Taji."

Lin Yun caught sight of a silhouette in the distance meditating on the lawn. In fact, Lin Yun hadn't been in contact with the fifty mages very often. The names he knew could be counted on his fingers, and this Taji was one of them. In Thousand Sails City, Taji was someone that had left a profound impression on him.

It hadn't been because Taji was outstanding… Rather, it was due to how slow-witted he was.

In the Bone Plane, when the mages relied on the Black Death Rune to transform Soul Fires into mana to advance to become Great Mages, Taji had been the last one in the group to advance.

"Boss…" Hearing this familiar voice, Taji opened his eyes and rushed to stand up. He was a bit overwhelmed and answered Lin Yun, "Boss, why are you looking for me?"

"Nothing much, I came to check on everyone's understanding of the Swift Star Mark and the Blazing Storm…" Lin Yun smiled. "Taji, if there is anything you don't understand regarding these two, you can ask me."

"Eh…?"

Taji was obviously stunned, but he then said in surprise, "There doesn't seem to be anything hard about them."

Lin Yun's expression suddenly became strange. He was staring at Taji in bewilderment. He didn't dare to believe that Taji could completely comprehend the Blazing Storm and Swift Star Mark with his aptitude. Although they had only been in contact with the first part, which wasn't profound, Taji's words were quite unbelievable to Lin Yun.

But one thing was certain: Taji wouldn't dare lie to him. This meant that Taji understood the Meditation Law Set and the Magic Conducting Rune. Thinking of this, he secretly extracted a wisp of Taji's mana fluctuations And poured it into his Magic Array. After some time, his face suddenly paled and the way he looked at Taji changed.

"Boss, you… Are you okay?" Taji said anxiously.

"It's nothing, you should go meditate first…"

After sending Taji away, Lin Yun frowned and stood there, lost in thought. He had lost himself just now because he had discovered something incredible. While rousing the Magic Array to analyze Taji's aura, he accidentally found out a wisp of strange aura.

From the few times he came into contact with the Ancient God's soul fragments, Lin Yun could easily determine that this wisp of strange aura was the aura of the Ancient God. This discovery shocked him. Taji was a human, so how could there be the aura of an Ancient God within his mana? This was too scary.

After all, no Ancient Gods appeared in Noscent after the end of the Ascian Dynasty. He could only link it to the Ancient God's soul fragment in the Demiplane.

"Merlin, did you notice…"

A gloomy voice suddenly echoed beside Lin Yun's ear as the elusive Enderfa turned into black smoke and came out from the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, his three faces displaying different moods as it said to Lin Yun, "They are infected with taboo power, this is going to cause a disaster…"

"Taboo power?"

Enderfa's appearance interrupted Lin Yun's train of thought, making him frown faintly. "You mean that those Great Mages would obtain the power of Ancient Gods?"

"How could this be?" Enderfa disdainfully sneered before explaining, "You should know better than anyone how the mana of the Demiplane reached this point. As for those Great Mages, they are absorbing that mana, and after some time, their bodies will start gathering wisps of the Ancient Gods' aura.

"Every Ancient God is an existence surpassing Heaven Rank. Even just one wisp contains extremely great power, and under the effect of that aura, it will cause qualitative changes in those Great Mages. That change wouldn't reflect in their power, but rather, in their magic talent."

"What…"

Lin Yun was almost startled speechless. The biggest weakness of these fifty mages was their poor talent in magic, and he wasn't able to change it. After all, even he could hardly get hold of fifty Mana Baptism Potions. After hearing Enderfa, he realized that this might be a good thing.

With his insight, he could naturally see that these mages with poor magical talent would at most be able to fuse their nine Magic Conducting Runes together and reach the High Mage realm.

But the High Mage realm wasn't as simple as accumulating mana. One would need an extremely high comprehension to be able to walk deeper and deeper in that realm.

The fifty mages with poor aptitudes clearly didn't possess such comprehension. Lin Yun estimated that the group would reach their limits around the level of 5th Rank High Mages.

But a change beyond his expectations had happened. After meditating in the Demiplane, the aura of an Ancient God appeared on those mages' bodies, and according to Enderfa, it improved their aptitudes, but Lin Yun was unclear as to what extent.

But one thing was certain: the qualitative improvement in these mages' magical aptitudes would cut down the time they need to reach the High Mage realm to less than three months!

"Merlin, you shouldn't forget that it is an Ancient God, it is taboo. Everything concerning them is taboo, including their power. That might not be all that changed with these mages. If they keep meditating in the Demiplane and absorbing this mana, the amount of Ancient God aura will accumulate and maybe, after ten to twelve years, it might condense into a drop of Ancient God Blood. Although it wouldn't be pure, it would still be extremely frightening…" All of Enderfa's faces had alarm plastered all over.

Lin Yun's eyes twitched when he heard that. He felt as if it was a dream, as if it was unreal. He originally planned on making those fifty mages become High Mages to increase the Gilded Rose's strength. However, Enderfa told him that these mages would not only have their magical aptitudes strengthened, but they might even have the bloodline of Ancient Gods in the future.

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Chapter 448: Planar Legion

Translator: Shiraishi Editor: TheAlliance

The former was already a huge surprise. After all, those mages that had inferior aptitudes could become High Mages in a short time in such a blessed environment. If their talent was strengthened, they were bound to walk further and further along the magic path. After becoming 9th Rank High Mages, they might even eventually become Archmages.

As for the latter…

That was something he didn't dare to think of. To have the bloodline of an Ancient God, even if it was just mixed blood, was scary enough. In Noscent, everything regarding Ancient Gods was taboo, but Lin Yun didn't dare to imagine how crazy the achievements of a group of mages with Ancient God Bloodline would be in the future.

He could be sure of one thing: this group of mages was no longer ordinary, it was the most special group of mages since time immemorial.

Enderfa soon returned to the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, but the extremely excited Lin Yun couldn't calm down. He made a trip around the Demiplane, but this time, the way he looked at the mages greatly changed.

In the future, these people would become a terrifying force.

And he planned on sparing no efforts to nurture them.

Standing on the lawn, Lin Yun roused his Magic Array to its peak and covered the area where those mages were cultivating. Not long after, Lin Yun discovered that they were indeed progressing at a very fast pace, and three of them had already condensed their Magic Conducting Rune after just four days.

He could foresee that after three months, they would all become High Mages. At that time, the joint burst power of these mages with the Blazing Storm would be frightening. He had originally predicted that they would be able to deal with Archmages below 5th Rank, but the unforeseen matter of the Ancient God aura made this a bit unpredictable. Maybe even he would have some trouble when faced with those fifty mages.

After staying four to five hours in the Demiplane, Lin Yun returned to his room. It was already dawn, so Lin Yun prepared himself and opened his door, only to discover that William, Ross, and Leon were waiting for him.

"Cousin Mafa, these two guys want to follow us to the Raging Flame Plane." William helplessly said, rolling his eyes.

Who would have thought that Ross and Leon, the two geniuses with the greatest chance of becoming the next Patriarch of the Outer Merlin Family, would actually fall so fast.

The relationship between Ross and Leon was very precarious. After Aube was crippled, only the two of them remained in the race for the seat of the next Patriarch. If nothing unexpected happened, one of the two would become the future Patriarch.

The competition had already reached its climax.

They knew that Lin Yun would go to the Raging Flame Plane as a Planar Legion Commander, so they didn't slack off after returning from the Tulan Mountain Range because they were afraid of missing that opportunity.

They knew very well what kind of benefits they could get from following Lin Yun after their experience in the Tulan Mountain Range. This time, Lin Yun wanted to go to the Raging Flame Plane, so how could they not follow?

These two youths were competing. If one of them didn't follow, wouldn't he lag behind the other?

Lin Yun didn't refuse them and only smiled, allowing Ross and Leon to follow him. After interacting for a few months, he knew that these two were trustworthy individuals.

After that, they spend a lot of effort to wake up the slumbering Xiuban before the party was finally ready to head towards the Ancestral Land. As for the Draconic Beastman, he had gone straight to sleep after returning to the Merlin Family Manor and had just woken up. He was carrying Carnage while following behind Lin Yun, yawning and mumbling.

Half an hour later, they reached the Ancestral Land's ravine. Although the ravine was filled with a thick layer of fog and they couldn't see anything, Lin Yun could still feel the imposing momentum of the Legion rushing forth from all directions.

He had roughly guessed that this should be the Planar Legion that would follow his lead in the Raging Flame Plane. He discreetly roused his Magic Array to its pinnacle and was able to figure out the situation within a few hundred meters. This was a huge Planar Legion consisting of about a thousand people.

'They are all at least Great Mages…'

Lin Yun held his breath. Although most of these people were Great Mages and weren't particularly outstanding, when a thousand of them stood there and countless mana fluctuations and aura fluctuations mixed together, the momentum was quite powerful.

In fact, he was very surprised when he found out that all of them were at least Great Mages. This Planar Legion was very frightening!

Even in Okland, Great Mages weren't as numerous as this. Although each major force had its own method of nurturing powerhouses, nurturing a Great Mage wasn't that easy. After all, in Thousand Sails City, Lin Yun had to borrow the Black Death Rune and have it transform the Soul Fires in the Bone Plane into mana, which took three months to make those 50 mages become great mages.

Yet, the Merlin Family dispatched over a thousand Great Mages in one breath. How could he not be shocked?

With the insight of the Magic Array, he quickly found out that the amount of High Mages, Divine Archers, and Expert Swordsmen wasn't low in this Planar Legion either. There were close to a hundred of them.

The true strength of the Merlin Family was a bit scary.

"You are Mafa Merlin, the Planar Legion Commander?"

As Lin Yun was immersed in his amazement, a disagreeable voice rang out. Lin Yun then noticed two figures coming out of the dense fog. One of them was a middle-aged man with an arrogant expression, wearing a mage robe and holding a magic staff emitting a frightening aura.

'True Spirit Magic Tool…'

With one glance, Lin Yun knew that the magic staff was a genuine True Spirit Magic Tool, and from the mana fluctuations emitted by that middle-aged man, he should be a 2nd Rank Archmage. The power of this middle-aged man with his magic staff should have exceeded his own rank, so he'd likely be more powerful than 3rd Rank Archmages.

When the middle-aged man appeared, Leon, who had been standing next to Lin Yun, frowned. It was clear that he had never seen that middle-aged man in the Merlin Family.

This meant that this person ought to be someone from the Ancestral Land.

Coming out alongside the middle-aged man was a thin and bony old man who seemed to be over seventy. His body was tightly wrapped in his black robe, and although he looked at Lin Yun in a bad way, he was a lot more polite than the middle-aged man. "You are High Mage Merlin?"

"I am…"

Lin Yun calmly nodded, squinting as he looked at the two Archmages in front of him. With his insight, he could naturally tell that these two should be some of the most powerful members of this Planar Legion.

"Acknowledged, I am Ida Merlin…" The middle-aged man shot a glance at Lin Yun expressionlessly. "Commander Thorne took a part of the Planar Legion and rushed to the Raging Flame Plane two hours ago. Mafa Merlin, you are a little late…"

Ida Merlin was from the Ancestral Land and had participated in countless Planar Wars in the past decades, contributing in every major plane.

To be honest, Ida wasn't looking forward to working with this young mage.

He thought about it a lot and couldn't understand the intention of the Family Council. They actually sent a 5th Rank High Mage s a Planar Legion Commander. This was insane!

Moreover, he had heard that this young mage had no experience of Planar Wars.

Ida had been shocked by this news and had wondered if there had been a mistake. How could such a person become a Planar Legion Commander? Was the Family Council deliberately planning to have the Planar Legion destroyed in the Raging Flame Plane? Why else would they send such a person as their commander?

He simply couldn't understand.

As he thought that he would have to unconditionally obey the orders of a commander who didn't know anything, Ida was driven mad. If possible, he would really like to withdraw from this Planar Legion.

In his eyes, the decision of the Family Council was too silly. Originally, the Planar Legion should have followed Thorne Merlin, but now, half of the authority was given to Mafa Merlin. In the Ancestral Land, Ida had heard of Thorne Merlin's battle achievements, and he would have no problem if Thorne had been leading the entire Planar Legion.

But reality wasn't as nice.

This young mage didn't have the slightest bit of self-awareness, hadn't experienced any Planar Wars, and wasn't obviously powerful. There was not a single good point. And Ida, who spent so much of his time in Planar Wars, knew that a single mistake from a commander would have a huge effect and might lead to the destruction of the Planar Legion.

Thinking of this, Ida's expression turned cold. 'It looks like I have to wake up this Mafa Merlin early on. If he goes on like that, everyone will run out of luck, me included…' He then said, "Mafa Merlin, I heard you had no experience of Planar Wars? That's fine, this isn't a huge problem. Commander Thorne has a lot of experience, he's already participated in Planar Wars before you were even born and contributed greatly. I think you should carefully study under Commander Thorne, you'll benefit a lot that way."

"Oh, really?" Lin Yun scratched his cheek and threw a strange look at Ida, wondered if that guy was ill. How could Lin Yun not understand the meaning of those words? He was asking him to defer to Thorne in the Raging Flame Plane.

How could this ever happen…

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