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 609: Death Ruling

Translator: Shiraishi Editor: TheAlliance

Lin Yun, Reina, Enderfa and the puppet, the four of them were sieging the Dark Warrior from all sides, but they could only maintain the balance.

The few of them had consumed too much mana to begin with, their power had greatly declined. Even if Reina was using her Dragon Shape, she could only display the power of a level 37. Enderfa and the puppet's spells could only display a suppressing effect. Wanting to inflict heavy damage to the Dark Warrior was nothing more than a dream…

"Merlin, quick, think of a way, we won't be able to keep going at this rate…"

Enderfa was very worried, the Dark Warrior's fighting power could definitely be rated as the strongest among Undeads of similar levels. Moreover, the higher their level, the more the gap would show. So far, the Dark Warrior had only displayed his formidable battle awareness and his Aura Slashes.

No one would believe that this Dark Warrior had only been able to use Aura Slashes during his life…

Lin Yun remained calm and didn't say anything, bursting with a large amount of spells, continuously suppressing the Dark Warrior. After less than a minute, Lagulin and the others exterminated the Skeleton Lord.

The Skeleton Warriors were decisively used as cannon fodder to surround the Dark Warrior, with Lagulin in the back providing support with the Evil Halo. Lagulin was only at level 37, he would be suppressed by the level difference when facing a level 38 Dark Warrior. At that time, the Dark Warrior would need only one slash to behead Lagulin.

Even Lin Yun had no other choice but to acknowledge that the battlefield situation was terrible, if the level 38 Dark Warrior appeared anywhere else, it wouldn't be any worse than an Orachiss…

But in the Ghost Ship filled with Undeads and rich death energy, the Dark Warrior was an almost undefeatable existence.

Unless… Lin Yun could summon Baiers…

Yes, it was Lin Yun's last card, the level 38 Dark Warrior would be no different than an ant against Baiers, who was infinitely close to the Heaven Rank. Whether it was level 38 or 39, when facing Baiers, they would never be able to resist.

But summoning Baiers was easier said than done.

Back then, Lin Yun had been able to seal Baiers in the Book of Death purely out of luck, the timing and all the conditions had been right, all the factors had contributed to that shocking outcome. But sealing was sealing, Lin Yun might not have that kind of luck when attempting to summon Baiers.

Even if Lin Yun successfully summoned Baiers, the final result might not be what Lin Yun wanted to see. If Baiers appeared, the Dark Warrior might be done for, yes, but after the Dark Warrior died, wouldn't Lin Yun and the others be next?

As an existence infinitely close to the Heaven Rank, if Baiers struggled free from the Book of Death's bindings, how could he give Lin Yun another opportunity to seal him?

It would really be a major event at that time.

Because of this worry, Lin Yun put his hand on the Book of Death a few times, hesitating, before ultimately putting his hand back.

But then…

The Book of Death shook as Lin Yun's hand moved away.

"Eh?" Lin Yun was suddenly startled and immediately opened the Book of Death.

By the time Lin Yun opened the Book of Death to the Element Chapter, he pleasantly discovered that, after being nurtured for a while, the Element Chapter had started fusing with the Book of Death!

The original crystal ball pattern seemed to be slowly melting and four colored rays of light started shining.

Although the start of the fusion couldn't compare with being completely fused with the Book of Death, it still meant that he could now use the Element Chapter!

Lin Yun unhesitantly roused the Element Chapter and a large amount of fire elements converged behind him, representing the shadow of a formidable Fire Dragon.

Following the appearance of that shadow, Lin Yun raised his Draconic Staff and started releasing fire spells.

Low Tier Spells were completely forgotten, the lowest ones were at the 5th Tier!

Fire God Spears, Bursting Flames, Mad Fire Dragon Dance, Fire God Hand…

A large amount of fire spells flew out, but there was a huge difference, runes appeared on the Fire God Spears, the flames of the Bursting Flames were dark blue, the Fire God Hands were vivid and lifelike.

The power of all fire spells had greatly increased, but Lin Yun's expression suddenly turned white.

The Element Chapter could greatly increase the might of elemental spells, even the most powerful spells could become even stronger, but the mana consumption was also greatly increased.

With the addition of the Element Chapter, Lin Yun's spells started causing some injuries to the Dark Warrior, its armor of black aura gradually dissipated and traces of burns also appeared.

Lin Yun's sudden burst suppressed the Dark Warrior.

Although those cannon fodder Skeleton Warriors were shaking when approaching the Dark Warrior, they used their bodies to limit the range of action of the Dark Warrior.

"Roar!"

A stifled angry roar echoed from the helmet of the Dark Warrior, the huge greatsword he held with both hands was raised high, and the black fog originally coiled around his greatsword had now reached an extremely dense level, it was like a huge vortex. At that moment, a large amount of death energy was gathering on his greatsword, making everyone feel as if they were suffocating.

"Hell! This is Death Ruling!" Enderfa suddenly let out.

Unfortunately, there was no more time…

Enderfa's words had barely left his mouth when the Dark Warrior's Death Ruling already burst. Those thirty or so cannon fodder Skeleton Warriors didn't have time to react before being turned to ashes by the Death Ruling. The endless death energy in the surroundings was crazily roused, and a kind of evil and rotten aura filled the entire room

As for Xiuban, the only melee fighter of the group, the impact he received was second only to the Skeleton Warriors. Xiuban couldn't dodge the power of Death Ruling and was sent flying alongside Carnage, vomiting a lot of blood.

The others' circumstances were similar, the power of the Death Ruling swept everything within a few hundred meters. Reina straightforwardly fell from the sky, the puppet had to use three defensive spells to resist the impact of the Death Ruling, while Lin Yun and Enderfa joined hands and used two Runic Shield…

"Damn, too abnormal…" Enderfa hid behind his Runic Shield, cursing and retreating.

Lin Yun's expression was also not so good. At this time, he couldn't even attend to the poor Xiuban who was sent flying by the Death Ruling. He roused the Magic Tool Incarnation of his Draconic Staff and the young Purple Dragon flew out with a clear and melodious roar. After being roused by Lin Yun's mana, he transformed into a hundred meters tall Purple Dragon, appearing behind Lin Yun like the shadow of a God…

Lin Yun's casting ability was strengthened to the point of being comparable to Chromatic Dragons. He hurriedly cast High Tier Fire Spells, completely disregarding his mana consumption to end the Dark Warrior.

Enderfa roared fiercely, controlling the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel to make it rain fire spells. Even the puppet tirelessly cast Instant 6th Tier Spells.

The Dark Warrior would endure dozens of High Tier Fire Spells every second.

Regardless if it was Lin Yun or Enderfa, they both knew that this was their best opportunity in this entire fight…

After the sudden burst of the Death Ruling, regardless how formidable the Dark Warrior was, he would inevitably need a second to breathe, and this small pause was their shot at a counter attack. There were only two paths in front of them, either using this opportunity to get rid of the Dark Warrior or let the Dark Warrior recover and use Death Ruling on them.

Under the suppression of a large amount of spells, the Dark Warrior's armor was burnt completely red.

A muffled angry shout could be heard from the Dark Warrior's helmet as he was half-kneeling on the ground, leaning on his greatsword stuck in the ground with both hands.

Following that shout, a dark red mist came out of the Dark Warrior's body. The burning red armor began to fall, exposing the wild runes on the Dark Warrior's rough dark skin.

Those runes emitted a wild aura and a large amount of dark red mist revolved around the Dark Warrior, turning into a sinister crimson viper which frantically buried itself into the Dark Warrior's body.

After letting out a painful shout, the Dark Warrior's body began to swell up. Death Aura started fusing with that dark red mist and the originally deathly still Death Aura seemed to crazily twist at this moment. The Death Aura condensed into a drill revolving around the Dark Warrior's body.

The dark red Aura raised a gale which turned into a black tornado. The half naked Dark Warrior slowly raised his head, exposing a fierce Beastman's face with scarlet red soul fires.

The Dark Warrior had originally been suppressed to the point where he couldn't raise his head by that flood of spells, but now, that black tornado was resisting it.

Lin Yun's expression faintly changed as a berserk shout echoed…

"Roar…"

The sound, combined with the Death Aura, turned into a shockwave. The crazily rotating black tornado also burst out.

In that instant, the Death Aura turned into countless black Wind Blades that flew in all directions, taking countless fire spells along with them and turning into a flaming tornado in the sky.

At that time, the half-kneeling Dark Warrior slowly stood up, berserk. His formidable aura was projecting pressure in the air, even the ground couldn't handle the pressure and countless cracks appeared. In a mere few seconds, the ground around the Dark Warrior looked like a spiderweb of cracks.

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Chapter 610: Kneel

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"Clear-Headed Berserk Transformation, this guy is the 2nd Mate…" Enderfa shivered as he let out a pained groan…

They finally learnt of that Dark Warrior's true identity, but they didn't feel happy about it.

One of the seven Admirals under Red Beard, Viking Beastman Grom, the Intrepid's Second Mate, also known as the Blood Nightmare.

If one talked about true strength, then Grom was definitely the strongest Admiral!

Viking Beastmen were famous in Noscent as Berserkers, they lived in the northernmost Ice Field of Noscent and bordered the northernmost Human settlement, the Sten Kingdom.

In the desolate ice field, even the weakest magic beast had the power of a Great Swordsman. Some more powerful ones could even contend against a Sword Saint.

And the rulers of those lands were the Viking Beastmen. With a bit of training, they could compare to Great Swordsman, and they had the Clear-Headed Berserk Transformation ability, which could make the Viking Beastmen's power increase by a rank under the Sword Saint Rank!

Grom was the most powerful Berserker among Viking Beastmen, he had the power of a 9th Rank Sword Saint during his life, and after becoming berserk, he could temporarily reach the Heaven Rank.

After becoming berserk, his fighting power would increase, whether it was his Aura or his body, they would be greatly reinforced. This was a first-rate ability all Swordsmen yearned for.

A few hundred years ago, a king of the Sten Kingdom was envious the Viking Beastmen's Berserkers and wanted to recapture that territory. He dispatched over ten thousand troops to the northernmost Ice Field, but after setting foot there, they encountered five hundred Viking Beastmen's Berserkers.

Ten thousand vs five hundred, such a large difference in numbers. No one believed that the Viking Beastmen would win, but the outcome startled everyone.

The five hundred Viking Beastmen turned Berserk at the same time, while still clear-headed!

Then, a massacre happened…

The five hundred Viking Beastmen massacred the ten thousand troops.

A bit over three thousand soldiers managed to escape and return to the Sten Kingdom, but those five hundred Viking Beastmen killed their way back to the Sten Kingdom and no one was able to stop them!

The terrified king gave an order that very night, punishing the high-ranking officers leading the troops and delivering a large amount of needed food and livestock to the Viking Beastmen in order to appease them and send them back to the Ice Field.

From that point on, no power ever dared to think about attacking these Beastmen.

Now, in the Sten Kingdom, the Viking Beastmen had become existences that could make kids stop crying.

And the one before them, that Blood Nightmare, was the most powerful Viking Beastman!

He was only standing there, his entire body emitting a storm of Aura, blocking all the spells in a radius of ten meters!

Looking at Grom at the center of the storm, Enderfa despaired. Reina also despaired, the bloody Xiuban, was despairing even more…

Especially since Grom's body was emitting that might and pressure which made everyone understand that even as a Dark Warrior, Grom had also inherited the top-notch ability of the Viking Beasman, Clear-Headed Berserk Transformation.

After becoming Berserk, he directly reached level 39!

Level 39!

A level 39 Dark Warrior!

It was equivalent to a 9th Rank Sword Saint with no emotional obstruction, increased battle awareness, and who was tireless, unafraid of Aura consumption, and fighting even more frantically.

'Done for, we are screwed this time.'

But Lin Yun remained calm. When he felt that burst of power, his entire mana frantically poured into Baiers' symbol.

Before the Elemental Chapter had fused with the Book of Death, Lin Yun wouldn't have dared sending out this dangerous monster, after all, Baiers was a true double-edged sword, he would injure others, but could also injure him.

But now, Lin Yun felt that he could give it a try…

"Stop him for a minute."

"Got it!" In the black fog, Enderfa's roar echoed. The Ten Thousand Spell Wheel frantically rotated, a huge amount of mana flowingin, and with a shout, boundless spells flooded the Dark Warrior…

At the same time, a clear and melodious Draconic Roar suddenly echoed as Reina's Dragon Breath froze everything within a few dozen meters.

The rushing Xiuban's eyes turned red as he swung Carnage while shouting, activating the Bloodline of the Three-Headed Gold Dragon to make his power reach the apex. Carnage carried thunderous power as it fell down, heavily landing on the back of the Dark Warrior and shattering a large portion of the Dark Warrior's back armor.

The Dark Warrior still didn't move after suffering such a hit.

He bellowed, turning the Death Aura around him in a dark red flaming explosion.

"Snap…"

The sound of ice splitting open echoed as the Death Aura on the Dark Warrior's body seemed to burst open, forcibly breaking the frost covering him.

After escaping the frost, the Dark Warrior's greatsword swung towards Xiuban.

Xiuban used Carnage to block, but he was unable to withstand a single blow, he was sent flying seventy to eighty meters away like a Wind Blade and rolled a few dozen meters on the ground before stopping.

At the same time, the Dark Warrior waved his greatsword once again and sent a dozen Aura Slashes towards Reina.

She was hit after barely dodging a few, leaving a few awful wounds on her body as she fell down.

Even the puppet was suppressed by the large amount of Aura Slashes and could only use defensive spells.

"Merlin, hurry up, we can't keep up…" Enderfa shouted in alarm.

Lin Yun hadn't moved, he used a wisp of mana to touch the ring on his left-hand.

A light flashed on the ring and the recovering Shawn appeared.

"Hell! Merlin, I knew you didn't want to let me live peacefully!" Shawn screeched.

He then noticed that mighty berserk level 39 Dark Warrior and became frantic.

"Awooo!"

The Soul Roar instantly echoed on the Dark Warrior who had just shrugged off the ice.

A single Soul Roar brought the greatest effect.

Grom's body was still stiff after barely coming out of the freezing Dragon Breath. The crazily burning crimson eyes looked at if they had stopped burning and were swaying peacefully.

The frantic shiver of his soul fire made Grom unable to control his body.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lin Yun raised his Draconic Staff and urgently chanted an Incantation. A three meters huge red palm covered in countless runes solidified in mid air.

The large palm slapped towards the stiff Grom, forcibly scattering the berserk storm of Aura covering his body. The huge flaming palm slammed Grom, and crackling sound could be heard as Grom's body showed signs of being set on fire.

Enderfa roused the Spell Wheel to repeatedly cast the same High Tier exploding spell towards Grom, burning a part of his body until it was black.

Reina released a few dozen Frost Lances which flew through the air with a sharp sound before piercing Grom's body.

But everyone's formidable attacks didn't even make Grom falter.

With a burst of Aura, their attacks were forcibly scattered.

Lin Yun saw this scene and turned towards Shawn, quickly saying, "I need more time."

Shawn was driven mad, but when he saw Lin Yun no longer paying attention to him he understood how grave the situation was.

"Damnit, meeting you must have been a curse, two spirit mana crystals, not one less!"

Shawn sullenly said, the Evil Eye on his forehead opening, aiming a thick ray at the Dark Warrior. Shawn used his power to his limits, inflicting countless negative effects, that had been raised to their limits, to the Dark Warrior.

The Dark Warrior's momentum quickly declined.

The Evil Eye closed again, and Shawn was laying on his stomach, exhausted, not even returning to his True Spirit Magic Tool. He was truly despairing. If Lin Yun couldn't handle that Dark Warrior, he would be completely screwed. He wouldn't even have the opportunity to slumber in this Ghost Ship.

The group went all out and barely managed to block the Dark Warrior.

Lin Yun was already perspiring, from the start, Baiers hadn't answered his summons. But right now, he didn't need to summon a complete Baiers, even just a hand would be enough to reverse the situation.

But a large amount of mana was poured in only to get no reaction.

Who was Baiers? He was at the Heaven Rank during his life, and his corpse alone became a level 39 Undead after his death. Had it not been for Lin Yun, that guy would have already resurrected and would have been a genuine Heaven Rank powerhouse.

When Baiers' Avatar had appeared, he had already reached the Heaven Rank. But he then failed his resurrection, he didn't have the power of a Heaven Rank, but was also at the Heaven Rank.

A minute quickly passed. The Dark Warrior was unequalled, everyone had to do their best to hold him off, and that was with him being weakened by the Evil Eye!

As cold sweat trickled down Lin Yun's back, Baiers' symbol finally reacted.

A large amount of death energy rushed out from the Book of Death, making it shake. Lin Yun firmly grabbed the Book of Death and poured all his mana in, not caring about the outcome.

The thick death energy condensed in midair and transformed into a hundred meter large black lead cloud, and the pressure of the Heaven Rank could be felt.

The jet-black lead cloud frantically twisted, bolts of black lightning surged within before condensed into Baiers' face.

Baiers' eye sockets looked down, like a God overlooking ants.

A dull whisper was passed down from the sky.

"Kneel."

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That voice carried a chilling aura, causing everyone to stiffen.

And the Dark Warrior facing it was also an Undead, so his body instantly shivered.

The Undead World was very strict, not just regarding levels, but also with respect to social positions. Even if they were of the same levels, Skeleton Warriors wouldn't dare make a move against a Skeleton Lord.

Baiers' pressure revealed a hint of the aura of the Heaven Rank. That whisper was like a thunderous roar in the ears of the Dark Warrior, making his soul fire shiver violently.

The Dark Warrior trembled and knelt on the ground. Enderfa and the others wouldn't let go of this opportunity, and even the bloody Xiuban lifted Carnage and swung it down.

With his soul fire violently shaking, the Dark Warrior didn't dare to use any Aura and just knelt there, waiting to be killed. Except for his thick skin, there was nothing stopping them.

Having lost his Aura Defense, the level 39 Dark Warrior was burnt by a swarm of flame spells.

With a pale face, Lin Yun raised his Draconic Staff and cast an incantation once again, causing a flaming red vortex to appear, with a gold-red spear rushing out of that vortex.

That spear was covered in golden runes and gathered many fire elements, a glaring radiance slowly rising from it.

The golden spear flew out of the vortex as if it had been tossed by a God, leaving a long golden trail behind it and instantly piercing Grom's neck, making his head fly off his shoulders.

The battle was over.

Everyone limply fell to the ground.

Xiuban's terrifying body was now covered in scars, and he almost wept as he was laying on the ground.

Enderfa was sullen, and Shawn looked dead as he was also lying on all fours.

Reina was sitting with a frighteningly pale expression.

As Lin Yun put away the Book of Death, Lagulin already rushing to devour the Dark Knight, followed by Barton. The cleanly took care of the soul fire.

Lin Yun casually threw a spirit mana crystal at Shawn while also taking one for himself to recover his mana.

With great difficulty, they had managed to find a room where they could absorb mana, and their mana was almost exhausted, so no one was in a hurry to leave this place.

At the very least, the area should be considered safe for the time being.

While absorbing mana, Lin Yun started recalling the events that had happened so far.

The mount of the Raging Flame Emperor, Noblesse!

It originally was at level 39 and had been named Noblesse by the Raging Flame Beastmen, referring to the envoy of Gods fallen on earth.

When the Raging Flame Emperor conquered the Raging Flame Plane, he encountered an Abyssal Overlord one step away from entering the Extraordinary Realm. It had been the most terrifying opponent the Raging Flame Emperor had encountered.

In that fight, Noblesse fought alongside the Raging Flame Emperor and thoroughly eliminated the Abyssal Overlord, but had paid a huge price.

Noblesse had died in order to resist the Abyssal Overlord's counterattack on the verge of death.

After the war, although he had been brought to life by the Raging Flame Emperor after the battle, two cross-shaped scars remained on his back.

Had it not been for that scar making him drop a level, then that fake Xiuban wouldn't have just escaped, but rather killed them.

The appearance of Noblesse was beyond Lin Yun's expectations.

Because it was completely illogical for Noblesse to appear here. The Raging Flame Emperor was resting in the Volcanic Mountain Range. As the mount of the Raging Flame Emperor, even if he didn't follow his master to death, he should be guarding his eternal resting place. How could he be in that plane? And on the Intrepid nonetheless…

This discrepancy was too great.

'Could it be… The Raging Flame Emperor is also on the Intrepid?'

Lin Yun was started when he thought about this possibility.

Historically, the Raging Flame Emperor and the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras remained in the Volcanic Mountain Range, yet the Raging Flame Emperor might be on the Intrepid…

Then… Wouldn't the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras also be on the Intrepid?

As he thought to this point, Lin Yun's heartbeat sped up.

Although he knew that in the future, the Raging Flame Emperor's remains and the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras would be in the Volcanic Mountain Range, that was something that would happen ten millennia later.

There were still 10,000 years before then!

There was no clear record of what happened during those ten millennia. Too many things could happen in such a long period of time…

Lin Yun couldn't stand still when he thought about the fact that the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras could be on the Intrepid because of how important it was.

He was a 6th Rank High Mage at the moment, but the fact that he hadn't fused his Meditation Law Sets yet made it more difficult for him to fuse them, especially since he had three of them. He had to make all three of them fuse with his Magic Array or a Magic Tool.

This wasn't a problem that people with only one Meditation Law Set would run into.

They would simply fuse their Meditation Law Set with their Magic Conducting Rune, and if they had a powerful Magic Tool, they would fuse it with their Magic Tool.

As for three Core Meditation Law Sets, the Magic Tools they should fuse with couldn't be too different.

Moreover, the Magic Tools used would relate to future prospects, so Lin Yun simply couldn't settle for just anything.

The Magic Array was known as the most powerful Magic Conducting Rune in history. Its capacity was almost unlimited, so fusing with a Core Meditation Law was no problem. As for the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, it was forged imitating the Magic Array and satisfied Lin Yun's fusion requirements.

Apart from these two, there was also the Book of Death. Unfortunately, though it met his requirements, it was too powerful, exceeding even Lin Yun's abilities.

Lin Yun still couldn't use a wisp of power from the Book of Death, he could only use the Book of Death's Augments.

The current objective for the Book of Death was to add more Augments and to increase the overall power.

He couldn't fuse a Core Meditation Law Set with the Book of Death, so the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras, which was as famous as the Book of Death, was the best choice. Especially since he had a clue about the location of the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras, he didn't need to think too much about it. He would definitely fuse his Core Meditation Law Set with it.

Now, only the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras was missing, and as soon as he got it, he would immediately be able to fuse his three Meditation Law Sets. At that time, his rank would increase extremely rapidly.

There was even a huge possibility that he could attempt to reach the Archmage realm!

Before that, Lin Yun had to keep suppressing himself so that he wouldn't have a breakthrough. Originally, the best timing to fuse with the Meditation Law Sets was at the 5th Rank, but he was already at the 5th Rank, increasing the difficulty. If he reached the 9th Rank, he would have to rethink fusing with a Meditation Law Set, let alone three…

It might be even harder than killing a Heaven Rank magic beast.

Lin Yun couldn't remain calm with that new information.

He thought about it and felt that this was highly possible.

What was the Raging Flame Emperor doing in this plane? And on the Intrepid?

Could it be that the Raging Flame Emperor knew Red Beard? As an enemy? A friend?

Red Beard was one of Constance's subordinates, and apart from those under Constance, it didn't seem like he had many relations.

Could it be that the Raging Flame Emperor was related to Constance?

The Raging Flame Plane, spatial tear, God Nation, Intrepid, Book of Ten Thousand Mantras…

These chaotic things felt a bit less chaotic with the appearance of Noblesse, the mount of the Raging Flame Emperor.

Due to that new clue, Lin Yun made a decision.

He would make a breakthrough!

The situation was becoming more and more dangerous. With the power of a 6th Rank High Mage, he could barely deal with all of it.

He had to break through and raise his power so that they could survive the next time they encountered danger.

Although he could rely on his huge pool of mana to cast High Tier Spells, the greater mana consumption was a critical factor in this place.

The greatest restriction was spell casting. Only by raising his Rank could he control spells more easily and reduce mana consumption, even releasing higher tier spells. This was extremely important for what was to come.

Moreover, Lin Yun was growing more confident that he would soon find the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras.

He started fusing with the Core Meditation Law Sets!

He closed his eyes and entered a meditative state, operating the Equilibrium Law.

This was a Meditation Law Set with only three formulas. Although it wasn't too powerful in itself, it was Lin Yun's formidable foundation.

As the formulas operated in his mind, his Magic Array also started revolving.

Slowly, a formula crystallized into a chain of light and spread out from unknown depths to enter the Magic Array.

When the first rune entered the Magic Array, the array started revolving at maximum power. The rune of light looked like it was thawing, dissipating in the Magic Array.

Countless chains made of runes quickly entered the Magic Array, and the aura of the Magic Conducting rune started transforming as the ability to make endless calculations fused with the power of the Equilibrium Law.

In a mere half an hour, the Equilibrium Law turned into chains of light and disappeared in the Magic Array.

The Magic Array was Lin Yun's foundation, and the Equilibrium Law was the core of the three Core Meditation Law Sets.

Thus, fusing the Equilibrium Law with the Magic Array was the best outcome.

After the fusion was done, Lin Yun opened his eyes. Due to the fusion, he had reached the 7th Rank.

He reached his hand out and the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel flew over.

Enderfa rushed out of the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, looking at Lin Yun with a bit of surprise. "Merlin, you are fusing your Meditation Laws?"

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Chapter 612: Breakthrough (2)

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Lin Yun nodded. He looked at the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and resolutely said, "I'll now fuse my 2nd Meditation Law Set with the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel."

Enderfa's eyes opened wide with disbelief. "Merlin, think about it. No one has ever done it before, fusing three Meditation Law Sets. This…"

Lin Yun shook his head, not saying anything. He knew that his choice was risky.

Because even during the peak of the Magic Era, no one had ever fused three Meditation Law Sets.

If he fused only one Meditation Law Set, Lin Yun was certain that he could reach Bane's heights, and even surpass him.

But Lin Yun understood something from the end of Noscent. In the end, even the powerful mages comparable to Gods could only fall one after the other. When faced with the end, they didn't have the power to resist.

So what if he could contend against a God by walking the path of his predecessors?

It would only eventually be a dead end.

Since there was no path, he could only look for a new one!

It was true whether it was the Magic Array or the three Core Meditation Law Sets.

Enderfa sighed as he saw Lin Yun's resolute expression and then flew out of the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel.

Lin Yun closed his eyes once again and started fusing the Elemental Heart with the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel.

As the most comprehensive Core Meditation Law Set, fusing it with the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel was most suitable. The Ten Thousand Spell Wheel itself was an imitation of the Magic Array, able to cast flurries of all sorts of spells. Ever since it was crafted, the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel's spell bombardments had had huge effects.

As a Core Meditation Law Set, the Elemental Heart also transformed into formula chains of light and slowly merged with the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel.

Countless runes flowed on top of the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel. When all the runes and formulas covered the Spell Wheel, light started blossoming.

A glaring light spread and only dissipated after no less than ten minutes.

Lin Yun opened his eyes at this time.

Another breakthrough!

8th Rank High Mage!

Sensing the increase in mana, Lin Yun firmly suppressed it.

Advancing to the 8th Rank after fusing with two Meditation Law Sets was his limit.

It would be bad if he advanced again. Only by finding the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras and fusing the Void Forge could he break through to the 9th Rank.

By fusing with two out of three Meditation Law Sets, the balance thrown askew. Lin Yun wouldn't be able to deal with the consequences if he couldn't find the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras before the balance was completely broken.

He only had a single piece of information as a clue, and that piece of information had a gap of ten millennia, so Lin Yun normally wouldn't dare to pull something like that… but it was different now.

Noblesse's appearance, even if it couldn't confirm that the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras was on the Intrepid, made it a huge possibility. It could even be considered a confirmation that the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras was at least in the Raging Flame Plane.

That was more than enough!

Even if he wasn't 100% certain, they still needed to survive the current crisis. It wasn't just that monster, there were also all of the Undead. One Grom almost wiped them out. There was no point in holding back for the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras if he was dead.

After finding the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras, he would fuse his Void Forge with it and make his Magic Array more perfect.

But, he would have to find Constance's skull to break through to the Archmage realm. Fusing with Constance's skull was the most optimal opportunity to breakthrough.

After handing the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel to Enderfa, Lin Yun closed his eyes to sense the changes brought about by the fusion.

After an hour, Enderfa woke Lin Yun up.

"Merlin, we more or less recovered… Shouldn't we leave here? Staying in one place for so long is making everyone feel worried."

Before he recovered enough mana, Enderfa could still suppress his worry. Now that he had more or less recovered, he didn't want to stay in that room.

Lin Yun opened his eyes and glanced over. Reina didn't say anything, but she conveyed the same opinion with her expression.

Xiuban had also recovered from his injury and was looking uncomfortably at Lin Yun.

Lin Yun contemplated… The mana of his Magic Array had already been restored when he broke through, and his two Alchemic Mana Whirlpools had already quickly recovered. As for the others, although they weren't at 100%, they had enough power to fight if they encountered danger, and they couldn't stay here.

They couldn't stay in any room in this damned Ghost Ship for too long. If the door was blocked, they would be done for.

"Let's go to the Captain's Cabin."

The group left the room with Lin Yun leading the way, following the map to the Captain's Cabin.

They didn't walk far. After turning a corner, a bone arrow flew and struck Xiuban, and then a deafening shattering sound echoed.

The exploding bone arrow made Xiuban take two steps back, a painful expression on his face, but without any visible injuries on his body. After all the power-ups he had undergone, Xiuban's body had reached an outrageous level, especially since Xiuban also advanced and became a 2nd Rank Sword Saint.

This kind of terrifying sneak attack was just a bit painful for Xiuban.

Lin Yun immediately readied himself when the bone arrow appeared, and with a wave of his hand, three Ice Walls appeared.

The excessive five-meter-high Ice Walls formed a shield in front of Xiuban.

Lin Yun was already an 8th Rank High Mage, so even an ordinary Ice Wall was clearly different in his hands. The originally ice blue Ice Walls had turned much darker, and they were spreading a cold aura in the surroundings when they appeared.

In the next instant, a dozen bone arrows already blasted through the first Ice Wall, shattering it.

But the moment the 2nd Ice Wall shattered, a sparkling and translucent mirror appeared. The bone arrows seemed to just enter the mirror as if it was water, yet it didn't make a single wave or drop of water.

Then, they watched as those dozen bone arrows were reflected back out from that mirror!

Spatial Spell, Mirror Reflection.

Ordinary Great Mages could use this spatial spell, but they needed 2 seconds to chant it. Lin Yun definitely wouldn't have chosen this spell if this had happened before fusing with the two Meditation Law Sets. A span of two seconds was too long. A lot of things could happen in a battle, and a short moment could be deadly.

But Lin Yun had already fused with two Meditation Law Sets, letting him reach the 8th rank. The two-second cast time had already been reduced to a negligible amount. Even if this Mirror Reflection wasn't instant, it wasn't far from it.

Lin Yun controlled the large Mirror Reflection to slowly move forward, reflecting hundreds of bone arrows. It looked like a swarm of white locusts…

Xiuban also swung Carnage as he charged forward.

Reina cast a dozen ice spells from the back. The benefits she had received from the Ancient God Blood were also showing. Not only had she greatly recovered her power, but she became even more powerful after digesting a part of the Ancient God Blood's power. As a Frost Dragon, her ice spells had been reinforced to a frightening level.

As for Enderfa, because of the fusion between the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and the Elemental Heart, his casting ability had been strengthened to an unimaginable degree. Now, under Enderfa's control, a large amount of elemental spells flew out of the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel. Countless Flame Spears, Frost Lances, Wind Blades, and Rolling Rocks turned into a wave of spells that was several meters tall, ruthlessly flowing forward.

Even if the numbers of the enemies were unknown, such a domineering wave of spells was like a storm that engulfed everything.

Two hundred meters ahead, a dozen Skeleton Archers wearing bone armor were arranged in a line, using bone bows to continuously shoot out arrows.

In front of the Skeleton Archers, there were thirty Elite Skeleton Warriors holding bone sabers in one hand and bone shields in the other as they rushed towards Lin Yun's group, unafraid of death.

But the first wave of magic crashed into them. The large amount of spells drowned these thirty skeletons. Burning fire, freezing ice, sharp wind, spiky earth, everything pressured them. The thirty Elite Skeleton Warriors didn't even last three seconds under the impact of all the spells.

In less than ten seconds, the group had already crossed 150 meters.

Suddenly, a slightly taller Skeleton Archer standing in the middle of the line-up grasped its bone bow, and a light flashed. It used Bone Arrow Rain, which sent over thirty bone arrows flying through the air and piercing down at them. That Skeleton Archer had to be at least level 32.

The Bone Arrow Rain caused a ripple as it went through the Mirror Reflection, but it couldn't be reflected by the Mirror Reflection.

Lin Yun sneered, and without moving, eight Ice Fire Shields appeared five meters around the group.

Fire Shields on all sides, Ice Shields on all sides… The eight Ice Fire Shields intertwined in the form of a gyroscope and quickly rotated in midair.

"Thud, thud, thud…"

A series of sharp noises rose as the Skeleton Archer's Bone Arrow Rain was completely blocked.

Three seconds!

Xiuban, who was rushing at the forefront, was already only ten meters away from the Skeleton Archers!

The destructive power of Skeleton Archers exceeded that of other Undead creatures at the same level, provided they were at a distance… It was very different in a melee battle, especially against a Draconic Beastman.

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Chapter 613: Shrieking Ghost

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Carnage fell heavily, and the level 32 Skeleton Archer didn't have time to counterattack as it was crushed into bone fragments.

Enderfa, Reina, and Lin Yun were like fighting monsters. The few of them engaged the thirty Elite Skeleton Warriors, who were level 28 on average, as well ten Archer Skeletons, with the lowest being at level 28 and the highest at level 32, and completely crushed them. Only one attack was enough to deal with the Skeleton Warriors, and the Skeleton Archers fell after taking several spells.

The fight was over after barely five seconds.

But whether it was Enderfa or Lin Yun, they were both unhappy with the results of the battle…

Because they both saw a sign from this battle.

"Merlin, did you also feel like this group of Undead was ambushing us?"

Lin Yun nodded, his expression not so good.

"You also felt it?"

Lin Yun already had that feeling when they first attacked. The moment Xiuban appeared, he took a Bone Arrow. Those Elite Skeleton Warriors and Skeleton Archers were even already arranged in a formation, ready to attack anytime.

Before, Lin Yun would use Detect Undead on every path, but they had been waiting three hundred meters away from the room, at the detection limit of the previous Detect Undead spell.

The Skeleton Archers could be dealt with easily, but if they launched a sneak attack, even a 5th Rank Archmage would be killed in one hit.

When suffering a sudden attack, the quickest defensive strategy for mages was to instinctively cast a Magic Shield or a Magic Barrier. But those were no different from a piece of paper in front of a bone arrow fired by a Skeleton Archer. And without defenses, it was like suffering from an all-out attack from a Sword Saint. Not dying from a bone arrow in that case would be a miracle.

But if this was a premeditated ambush, then who was the mastermind behind it?

They went through the maze-like hallway with such doubts on their minds. At the end, Lin Yun easily cracked an array gate, but this time, he was more careful than before. He summoned a Rock Puppet first, and after confirming that there was no danger inside, he went in…

"Eh? There is a short-distance teleportation array here," Enderfa said.

"Let me see." After a short inspection, Lin Yun discovered that the array was in good condition, but to be safe, he summoned a Rock Puppet again and had it test it.

With a flash of the teleportation array, the Rock Puppet instantly disappeared. After confirming that the connection with the Rock Puppet hadn't been severed for a dozen seconds, he took the lead into the teleportation array.

As the light disappeared, the group reached a new floor. It was even more spacious, as the hallway was even wider. On both sides stood lamps that were still calmly burning.

From that faint, fragrant smell, Lin Yun immediately understood that this was Deep Sea Manatee Fat.

Deep Sea Manatee Fat was very valuable, even during the Nesser Dynasty. Every drop of Deep Sea Manatee Fat could be ignited for over a millennium. The altars used by the royal family of the Pure-blooded Elves always used it as fuel. As for ordinary nobles, they could only use ordinary Manatee Fat to fuel the lamps.

Not much of the Deep Sea Manatee Fat remained in the lamp. Lin Yun conjectured that these lamps had been lit a few dozen millennia ago.

Lin Yun took some Deep Sea Manatee Fat and cautiously warned everyone.

"Careful everyone! Those that can walk on this floor should be the official crew members of the Intrepid."

During their lives, official crew members were at least at the level of 5th Rank Swordsmen, even the most ordinary sailors.

The mood of the whole group was very grave. Lin Yun had already said that the space was strange, and it was very hard to use the map as a reference.

When they were below, Lin Yun could take out the map and find the quickest path to their objective since these short-distance teleportation arrays were fixed.

But this floor was already considered the upper part of the ship. It was separated from the lower part, and those short-distance teleportation arrays weren't fixed. They were mobile teleportation arrays.

At frequent intervals, the position of the array and the opening incantation would change, and although there was a pattern to it, they had just gotten there and couldn't determine it yet, so they could only find their rough position from the map.

There were at least a dozen rooms to open on that floor!

Even stronger death energy was permeating the array, and the accuracy of the Detect Undead spell had greatly decreased.

The group moved forward very slowly.

They entered the first room, where a teleportation door could be found, and encountered a level 30 Dark Warrior. Just like the 2nd Mate, he had been a Beastman Berserker during his life. Unfortunately, the difference in power was too great, and he was annihilated in less than a minute.

Aside from a Low Rank Spiritual Double-edged Heavy Sword, there had been nothing valuable.

They then opened the second door that could have a teleportation door, but it was absolutely empty… There was nothing there.

…

As they kept moving forward, they finally reached the end of that floor. The 10th room could be the room they were looking for… When they cracked the array gate, a sharp, deafening yell echoed in everyone's ears.

They had all been on guard against the Undead, but they hadn't expected to encounter a ghost-type Undead.

At the front, Xiuban's expression instantly became empty. Enderfa also let out a scream as his three faces swayed and turned into smoke that returned into the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel.

Reina's expression alternated between anger and pain.

Lin Yun's face also went white. His soul shook, his consciousness becoming vague for a short duration as his surroundings turned into the end of Noscent.

He could see the endless flaming thunder falling and the bloody sky ready to cave in.

It could be said that this memory was the most profound scene in his mind. His expression kept changing, but he didn't move, before suddenly casting ten Sharp Minds in a row on himself.

At the same time, he chanted an incantation and a surge of pure mana turned into a shockwave, spreading throughout the surroundings.

It was the purest and simplest magic attack, shattering the scene into pieces.

He was once again in front of that door, with Xiuban foolishly standing just ahead of him, Carnage already on the ground.

A dozen limbless ghosts were floating in midair, their bodies translucent with only eyes and mouths.

At the same time, a black, half-meter thick tentacle ignored Lin Yun's pure mana attack and rushed over at them.

Seeing this black tentacle, Lin Yun felt a chill down his spine.

Dense death energy filled with an evil aura…

Lin Yun realized that it was that monster!

He raised his Draconic Staff and cast three fiery red Flame Spears, hitting the front, middle and back of the tentacle, one of them nailing it to the ground.

Taking advantage of this short respite, Lin Yun didn't even cast a single defensive spell, instead casting a few spells covered with runes. A five-meter-tall Fire God Spear appeared out of nowhere, looking like a work of art.

The Fire God Spear pierced the tentacle from its tip and went through it!

And with blazing golden flames, the tentacle burst into black smoke.

That black smoke didn't have time to gather as Lin Yun sent five Bursting Fireballs. The spells ignited a wide area.

The black smoke quickly recoiled, rushing into a corner to escape.

Lin Yun cast three Sharp Minds on Reina, allowing her to struggle out of the illusion.

Then, he fired several 1st Tier Fireballs at Xiuban. The painful burns made the absent-minded Draconic Beastman wake up in fear. The pain was far more effective than Sharp Mind.

Meanwhile, the puppet had already cleansed the place with fire magic.

Smoke rushed out of the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel as Enderfa's three faces congealed once again, cursing fiercely.

"F*ck, how could there be a dozen Shrieking Ghosts here! We were actually ambushed by Shrieking Ghosts!"

A large amount of fire spells erupted like the lava of a volcano and poured inside the room.

The Shrieking Ghosts were smothered by the fire spells and let out miserable shrieks, but they didn't die right away.

Shrieking Ghosts were high-level Undead.

The Shrieking Ghosts before them were all level 32 and had complete immunity to physical attacks. They were even immune to most magic attacks. Fire spells could only cause partial damage.

The best way to annihilate Shrieking Ghosts was to use Holy Magic. Even a simple Holy Cure would make the Shrieking Ghost suffer a huge injury.

Those things didn't have fighting power at all, but their Soul Shriek ability was extremely frightening. Without sufficient defenses prepared, a single level 30 Shrieking Ghost could make even a 9th Rank Archmage sink into a soul-shaking state.

One second could sometimes decide one's fate.

Even so, since Lin Yun already fused with the Core Meditation Law Set, so even a dozen Soul Shrieks only had a negligible effect on him.

Lin Yun would have been in a lot of trouble if he hadn't reacted quickly enough to drive away the tentacle.

Soul Shriek would cause a lot of illusions to impact the mind. Bringing up negative emotions was the key to maintaining the effect of Soul Shriek.

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Chapter 614: Annoying

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In the absence of Sharp Mind, unless they had the willpower to shake off those negative emotions, they wouldn't be able to struggle free on their own.

It was even possible to struggle to death in the endless illusion.

But as long as one had enough willpower and wasn't affected by the negative emotions, they would be able to use their willpower or Sharp Mind spells to break free.

It took the angry Enderfa only a minute to exterminate these dozen Shrieking Ghosts.

Apart from Lin Yun, the others weren't aware that the monster's tentacle had appeared.

When Lin Yun talked about it, Enderfa's expression turned heavy.

"Merlin, don't you feel that this is too much of a coincidence? The moment you cracked that array gate, the ten Shrieking Ghosts hiding behind let out their Soul Shriek, and a tentacle attacked while we sank into the illusions…"

They all were brooding over the matter. Xiuban and Reina seemed particularly down, as they had sunk in the illusions for so long, and from the pain and anger on Reina's face, it could be guessed that the illusion was related to her father.

As for Xiuban…

If Lin Yun hadn't saved him, he would have stayed in that illusion forever.

The appearance of that monster's tentacle made Lin Yun frown.

And while the tentacle appeared, the monster was nowhere to be seen.

The other side was clearly aware of their whereabouts using some unknown methods, considering that they could prepare an ambush just behind a door.

Lin Yun thought of the previous ambush and felt that the monster must have been behind that one too.

The next time he cracked an array, he would have to take some precautions and prepare all kinds of defenses.

As expected, there was another sneak attack when he cracked the 12th array gate.

A level 37 Skeleton Lord wearing a dilapidated cloak sliced at him with a grim reaper's scythe.

And there were also two tentacles attacking along with it, with several more thick, pitch-black tentacles attacking from the sides and his back.

The moment they got ambushed, everyone immediately unleashed the counterattack they had prepared.

Enderfa controlled the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel to cleanse the left side of the hallway with flames, Reina used her ice magic to take care of the right side, while the puppet used a large storm of instant spells to bombard the room on the other side.

In front, Xiuban swung Carnage and clashed with the Skeleton Lord directly. Lin Yun raised his Draconic Staff and a large amount of single-target fire spells rushed out.

A steady stream of Flame Spears pierced through the air. Flame Spears were the most effective tools for controlling these tentacles. Once they were pinned down, Lin Yun immediately used Bursting Flames. The formidable explosive impact and fire damage destroyed two tentacles after a mere three spells.

The tentacle immediately turned to smoke after being blown up.

Having lost the support of the tentacles, the level 37 Skeleton Lord's power couldn't last at all, and it was quickly dispatched by Xiuban and Lin Yun without much problem. After its left hip had been broken by Lin Yun's Bursting Flames, Xiuban swung Carnage and smashed it to pieces.

As for the others, the first to finish their battle was the puppet. With all the instant fire spells flooding them, the three pitch-black tentacles were completely burnt up.

It was more or less the same for Enderfa. The Ten Thousand Spell Wheel rotated rapidly and several dozen Flame Spears rushed out. The five pitch-black tentacles had been unable to even wiggle forwards before thoroughly exploding.

As for Reina, she alternated between Frost Rays and Frost Lances. When the pitch-black tentacles were frozen by the Frost Rays, she used Frost Lances to shatter them into fragments of ice, not giving the tentacles the opportunity to turn into smoke and flee.

Although they weren't forced into a passive state this time, their expressions weren't good at all.

This time, even Xiuban dared to swear upon Syudos that the monster definitely knew their whereabouts and could easily ambush them.

"That monster recovered too fast, a lot faster than before. And it is getting even more powerful! We destroyed half of the tentacles not long ago, yet it already recovered to this degree and snuck up on us from who knows where…"

Enderfa seemed quite distressed.

Before, that monster could only pursue them like a mad dog, but now, it was already setting up traps with these tentacles.

Lin Yun frowned, looking in the darkness.

The monster's tentacles could go through the small cracks of the holds, meaning that it could mount a sneak attack on them at any time.

This was the Intrepid! Even the Void Ghosts, who were experts at going through walls, wouldn't be able to go through any area. The small cracks between cabins and holds could be disregarded because those areas could be said to be nonexistent on the Intrepid.

Yet, this monster could actually go through. To a certain degree, this could already be considered resisting the power of the Intrepid itself.

No one dared to delay after the end of the battle, and they found the teleportation door in that room.

He summoned three Rock Puppets and gave them the command to go through the teleportation door. After going through the door, he immediately looked around.

Twenty seconds had passed without losing contact with the Rock Puppets, so Lin Yun led everyone through the teleportation door.

After going through, he could faintly hear the sound of the monster shouting in the distance.

As Xiuban, the puppet, Reina were on guard, Lin Yun once again took out the map of the Intrepid.

Because of that monster's appearance, his original itinerary might not be very safe. Those areas had too many places where the monster could sneak attack from, and besides Xiuban, if anyone was caught, they would have to pay a high price.

Alongside Enderfa, they drew up a new plan.

"To go from here to there, besides the original path, this is the only path left, crossing past the side of the Intrepid's important crew members. The defenses will definitely be tighter, and there should be fewer areas for the monster to infiltrate…" Enderfa pointed at the map and expressed his opinion with a grave expression.

Lin Yun looked at it and nodded.

Taking that new path was indeed a lot safer. Although they heard the monster's angry roars, they couldn't see its tentacles.

This floor was very close to the Captain's Cabin, and the spacious hallway was covered in alchemy runes, most of which reinforced defense. The doors on both sides were comparable to the First Mate's door, and not only were they fancy entrances, but a large amount of spells were also enchanted on the doors, as well as high-rank array gates.

With these things, regardless of what was in the rooms, as long as they weren't opened, they couldn't threaten them.

Even that monster wouldn't be able to infiltrate the room unless the door was destroyed.

Lin Yun walked at the forefront, carefully looking at the runes on the floor, ceiling, and walls, afraid of touching them in case it would activate a trap or an offensive array.

Although this place was also dangerous, there was no tentacle ambushing them. Those were clearly the arrays added on the Intrepid after it was built, and most of them only had the effect of increasing power and defense, so they didn't constitute any threat.

After walking three hundred meters, a rune suddenly lit up on the floor between them. A dozen Flame Rays rushed out like fireworks, shooting all around.

Reina reacted the quickest and cast five Ice Walls on the ground like a lid over the array, forcibly suppressing the Flame Rays.

Lin Yun turned back and his expression sank when he saw that scene.

The burst of Flame Rays came from the rune next to Xiuban.

Xiuban's face was pale white from fear, as more than a dozen Flame Rays had burst not far from him. Even with his powerful body, he would have been burnt pretty badly.

"Merlin… Sir Merlin, it really wasn't me, I really didn't touch that thing! I don't… I don't know what happened…"

Lin Yun had said before that they had to follow his footsteps exactly, stepping exactly where he did. Since there weren't many traps and offensive arrays, no one knew what kind of people were the owners of those rooms.

It wasn't as if it was incomprehensible for someone to arrange malicious traps outside of their door.

They had just walked past a huge doorway over twenty meters wide with countless alarm arrays.

But alarm arrays wouldn't harm them directly, and who knew how many years it had been since the owner of that room died? It wouldn't matter if these were touched.

Lin Yun stared at the weeping Xiuban.

"Sir Merlin… I really stepped on your footprint, I didn't touch anything else…"

Lin Yun frowned, saying in a low voice, "Everyone, be careful."

As soon as he said that, two arrays started shining on both walls.

One of the offensive counter-attacking arrays was directly activated, and in a split second, over a hundred small rockets flew out at them.

Lin Yun recoiled as he began to cast.

He used Runic Shield to its fullest while also casting three Fire Shields.

The Runic Shield blocked in front of Lin Yun, while the three Fire Shields kept moving in the air, blocking the path of those rockets.

He ended up using twelve Fire Shields to block this attack.

"Merlin, are… Are these arrays activating on their own?" Enderfa asked with a trembling voice.

He wouldn't doubt that Xiuban might carelessly activate some trap, but Lin Yun triggering a trap?

Absolutely impossible!

Enderfa knew how proficient Lin Yun was in the field of alchemy, how could he, while being very conscientious, activate a trap, not to mention an offensive counter-attacking array.

That had to be a joke.

That was the only explanation…

Lin Yun stopped and looked at the two arrays on the walls. His brows furrowed before he lightly sighed, "Annoying…"

Enderfa looked at the hallway, especially at the runes covering both walls. "Merlin… You are saying… Someone…"

Lin Yun nodded as he said with a heavy voice, "Yes, this counter-attacking array was triggered by someone, but no one touched it. The trap earlier might have been the same."

Activated by someone…

Reina and Xiuban couldn't make sense of what they were hearing, but how could Enderfa not understand?

Where was this place?

The Intrepid!

Without anyone in range or touching it, there was only one possibility for how the counter-attacking array activated on its own. Someone was controlling these arrays!

And besides the one who set up these arrays, only the Captain of the Intrepid could control these arrays.

From the map of the Intrepid, there were only two paths that led from the lower floor to the Captain's Cabin. The one they chose at first was the fastest, while the one they were choosing now was the safest.

In addition, it was a path that went through the crew's quarters.

That monster had kept ambushing them, and on this floor, the power of the monster had gotten stronger, meaning that the monster was even closer now, which made the original path more dangerous.

And this relatively troublesome path, in turn, became safer and quicker.

But now, the arrays on this path were being controlled… Wouldn't that make this the more dangerous path again?

Enderfa thought of a possibility.

That one that drove them onto this path and triggered the array might have been that monster!

Fear appeared on Enderfa's three faces as he glanced at Lin Yun.

"Merlin, you mean that the monster might be able to control some part of the Intrepid?"

Lin Yun remained calm and silent. After a while, he softly said, "Follow me, we have to get through this hallway quickly…"

A flaming Fire Shield appeared alongside a cold Ice Shield, slowly revolving around Lin Yun's body.

Enderfa already flew to Lin Yun's shoulder. This was the only spot where he felt at ease.

Reina also cast Ice Armor on herself and Xiuban, closely following behind Lin Yun.

For ten meters, with no one touching anything, an ice elemental trap array activated on its own, and no less than ten level 30 Frost Elementals were summoned.

These began casting a flurry of Frost Spheres, and each ball exploding spread frost in a five-meter area.

Lin Yun's Ice Fire Shield kept spinning, blocking attacks simultaneously. He raised his Draconic Staff and countless Flame Spears flew out, accurately hitting these slow-moving Frost Elementals.

Each Flame Spear pierced the body of a Frost Elemental and didn't spread to other areas. In this place, Lin Yun wouldn't dare to use any spells that could spread to the arrays and trigger them.

It would be like poking a wasp's nest if he activated another counter-attacking array. Under the chain reaction, as well as the mastermind behind the random activations, the entire hallway would turn into hell.

None of them dared to make a move, and it was even worse for Xiuban.

They didn't have Lin Yun's terrifying control and couldn't manage their power as precisely as he could. Furthermore, they didn't know any details about those arrays.

They couldn't guarantee that they wouldn't just cause something else to appear if they did something.

Suddenly, the unpleasant yet memorable roar of that monster echoed from the distance.

Xiuban's face turned green as he asked, "Sir Merlin, what… What should we do?"

Xiuban glanced around but didn't find any places where he would dare to step. Thus he could only walk on Lin Yun's footprints. Every time they stopped, he would only stay in Lin Yun's footsteps.

But the monster's roar was heard again. He really didn't know what to do if the monster came.

Enderfa's three faces kept flickering, looking fretful and worried. From the volume of the roar, that monster shouldn't be too far from them.

They had been chased and ambushed time and time again by that monster, and it had even sent a lot of the Undead to harass them.

Lin Yun's anger had reached its boiling point and he very much wanted to vent.

Bursting Flames spells exploded against the Frost Elementals one after another. At the same time, two Ice Walls blocked the sides of the Frost Elementals, keeping the collateral impact of the Bursting Flames to a minimum.

When the Frost Elementals were sent flying by the impact, an Ice Wall appeared behind them, while another Ice Wall fell from above.

In one second, four Ice Walls had appeared around them, trapping the Frost Elementals in some sort of cage, combined with a Low Tier Freeze spell on the sides of the Ice Walls.

These Frost Elementals were struggling as five blue Bursting Flames that were instantly cast with Lin Yun's Magic Conducting Rune landed on their bodies. Moreover, just as the Bursting Flames were about to explode, another Ice Wall appeared out of nowhere and suppressed the explosions within that Ice Wall box.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom…"

Several fierce explosions echoed one after another within the Ice Walls, covering them in cracks. As for the Frost Elementals within, they had been blown to smithereens.

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After taking out a crystal pen, Lin Yun stared fiercely at the wide hallway.

It was definitely impossible to go back because there would be many troublesome Undead waiting. This floor was the room where the crew members were living, after all. After becoming Undead, none of them would be under level 30.

Furthermore, so far, of Red Beard's seven Admirals, only the 2nd Mate and Winchester had appeared, meaning that there were still five left. It was very possible that they were on the other path.

Although this path was dangerous, the danger only came from those arrays.

This place had mostly defensive arrays, with few offensive traps and alarm arrays.

Even the most powerful attacking array only reached the True Spirit rank.

'So you can activate the arrays? Control them? I shall see how you can activate them once I crack all of them!'

A simple crystal was sent out, controlled by Lin Yun's mana, quickly moving ten meters ahead.

All the offensive arrays were broken by Lin Yun. Within ten meters, even if the arrays were activated, they had no effect and couldn't threaten anyone.

Enderfa was gaping in surprise as he looked at the fluttering crystal pen.

His previous worried expression was slowly waning, to be replaced by a smirk.

'I'm such an idiot… The one it provoked is Merlin! Trying to trap Merlin with arrays is so naive…'

It was a brute-force cracking method. By cracking the key parts of the arrays and then overcoming them with power, Lin Yun made the arrays collapse to the point where they couldn't be restored.

But how could it be that this method, which lacked technique and was pure destruction, seemed like art in Merlin's hands?

Enderfa floated on Lin Yun's shoulder and looked at his calm face as he destroyed those arrays as if they were rotten pieces of wood.

It took them over five hours to cover a bit less than three kilometers.

Once they got past these rooms, Xiuban immediately sat on the floor, panting. On the way, he had to pay attention at all times, guarding against any possible ambush. This made him feel more tired than battling.

Enderfa sighed in relief, and Reina did as well, her serious expression easing up a bit.

Lin Yun listened to the sounds echoing, and his brows furrowed.

They were about to get to the Captain's Cabin, but that monster was actually worrying him. Not only did its recovery speed seem to be getting faster and faster, but it was also getting stronger and stronger.

After walking for such a long time, he still hadn't seen that monster, only its tentacles, and they were more powerful than before.

The monster would be a lot more powerful next time they met.

Time passed as they ran for their lives, exhausted and on guard against any possible ambush or sneak attack. Under such circumstances, it was already quite good that they hadn't fallen yet.

With a deep breath, Lin Yun softly said, "Let's go, that last room should be the entrance to the Captain's Cabin. Everyone, be careful."

The array on the last door was easily cracked by Lin Yun.

But just as he cracked the array, Lin Yun instantly cast an Ice Shield, quickly withdrawing.

Sure enough, after he retreated, three thick, black tentacles sprouted out from the entrance.

A muffled sound echoed as the tentacles ruthlessly slammed the area where Lin Yun had been a second earlier.

At the same time, Lin Yun, who had been on guard, cast a few Flame Spears to pierce these tentacles, followed by a few Bursting Flames to blow them up.

"Get in!" Lin Yun roared.

Not waiting for more tentacles to appear, Lin Yun already started casting. A dozen Flame Spears rushed inside the door. Lin Yun then raised his Draconic Staff and a Fire Dragon condensed in front of the staff and charged through the door.

Enderfa controlled the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and flew to the door, the Spell Wheel rotating behind him while condensing so many spells that they couldn't all be identified. A storm of elemental spells whistled towards the door.

The puppet also extended both arms, casting a great many High Tier Spells at the door.

The three mobile magic fortresses released their spells towards this five-meter-tall array gate. The huge flood of spells converged in that small area and made the surging mana swirl in a huge squall.

All the spells lost their original shapes and were combined into a chaotic and berserk elemental storm.

When that elemental storm charged into the door, regardless of what was behind that door, it would surely be torn apart.

After no less than ten seconds, this elemental storm finally stopped.

Lin Yun was the first to rush through the door.

On the other side, he could see that this was a large zone, a few kilometers wide. From the ruins, it seemed that this place was a communal area. There were many dilapidated structures, platforms used for experiments, and ruins of workshops.

The elemental storm had swept out an area of a hundred meters starting from the array gate. Nothing remained. Outside of these hundred meters, there were forty to fifty pitch-black tentacles twisting crazily.

Lin Yun could even see several tentacles that had been shredded by the elemental storm.

Those pitch-black tentacles had already come out of the ruins and had gathered into a huge, sixty-meter-long tentacle. Furthermore, many of the tentacles were giving out a metallic luster, while one tentacle had runes on it.

When he saw this, Lin Yun knew that it was no good; he clearly understood what this small change represented.

He raised his Draconic Staff again and pointed it in front of him. Large flames appeared out of nowhere and turned into a Flame Vortex. When the vortex reached five meters in diameter, large Fire Dragons began to rush out one after another.

There were constantly at least three Fire Dragons charging into the tentacles every second in an endless attack.

Each Fire Dragon exploded violently when they crashed into the black tentacles, leaving deep burns and distorting the atmosphere.

This was elemental fire from the Fire Elemental Plane. By using a guiding spell, he was able to summon Fire Dragons. They could all explode with great impact, and the existence of the elemental fire made sure that they would also combust violently.

The black tentacles that fell into the flames quickly burst into pieces before being burnt to nothingness.

However, the tentacles flickering with metallic luster were able to resist.

After Enderfa, the puppet, and Reina entered, they immediately joined the spell bombardment. It was the best way to handle that monster's tentacles.

Only a formidable flood of spells would be able to destroy them without giving them any opportunities to recover.

They released all of these spells while pressing onward, but after fifty meters, they could no longer move.

The black tentacles had no way to handle that bombardment, but although the tentacles flickering with a metallic luster would be injured, they wouldn't dissipate quickly.

The only tentacle with a thickness of more than one meter not only flashed with a metallic luster, but it also had some runes on its surface. It could forcibly slash through a dozen spells with one hit!

A dozen Frost Lances cast by Reina were smashed by that huge tentacle, and they were shattered into fragments of ice. The Flame Spears cast by Enderfa didn't even break its skin.

Enderfa couldn't help being startled by its resilience.

"This monster is getting stronger and stronger! Just the split tentacles already have such strength…"

Lin Yun's expression was terrible. He was about to reach the Captain's Cabin, but that monster was already this strong, and it was trying to stop them.

The common black tentacles had been greatly reinforced. Unless they were shredded in one hit, they wouldn't fall.

And the attacks of the tentacles flickering with a metallic luster had the power of a Low Rank Sword Saint.

The tentacle with runes was comparable to a level 38 magic beast. If one took the formidable regeneration of the tentacles into account, it would be a lot harder to handle than a level 38 magic beast.

So far they had only dealt with the common tentacles, and let alone the runic tentacle, even the five metallic tentacles had yet to be annihilated.

A Fire Dragon flew over and the metallic tentacles swept over, forcibly stopping its path. After it exploded, just one second was enough for the damaged areas to recover.

The runic tentacle frantically absorbed the mana from the explosion as if it was absorbing the spell itself. Even if the physical spells such as Flame Spears and Frost Lances were shattered, it wouldn't be too bad, but Fire Dragon, a fire spell condensed from pure mana, was actually shattered…

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Chapter 616: Swordsman

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"Use High Tier Spells and get rid of the thickest tentacle first!" Lin Yun shouted as he frowned.

He then started chanting an incantation. Four seconds later, the Draconic Staff was pointed towards those tentacles again. Many complicated patterns appeared underneath the tentacles, and as if they were coming alive, the patterns rushed forth and spread to cover an area of twenty meters.

"Rumble…"

Turbulent Hellfire surged from the floor, turning a dozen tentacles in its range, as well as three metallic tentacles, to ashes in less than two seconds.

As for the thickest tentacle, its runes shone with a kind of protective layer. It was burnt by the Hellfire, but wasn't cremated.

After Lin Yun released his Hellfire, Enderfa immediately followed with another flood of spells, all of which were High Tier Spells.

Then, rumbling could be heard from the sky as a large, flaming meteor fell, followed by a long trail of flames, and struck that thick tentacle.

As a fusion spell of the Earth and Fire elements, Heavensfall Meteor was a 7th Tier Spell, but its power wasn't worse than that of 8th Tier spells.

Especially when facing these metallic enemies, the destructive power was terrifying.

Because the Hellfire had drained the resistance of that huge tentacle, the impact of the meteor flattened it.

The massive impact of the Heavensfall Meteor turned all the ordinary tentacles within thirty meters into fragments.

When Enderfa released the Heavensfall Meteor, Lin Yun immediately raised his Draconic Staff and cast five Dimensional Edges.

After being heavily injured by the meteor, the tentacle was approached by five Dimensional Edges…

"Slash!"

After being cut into six pieces, the tentacle still had to face the spell bombardment of Reina and the puppet.

Five seconds later, nothing was left of the tentacles.

But no one felt happy.

That monster was becoming stronger, from the first tentacle ambushing them to the barrage of dozens of tentacles now, and this latest never-before-seen runic tentacle.

Would they encounter the main body of that monster when they reached the Captain's Cabin?

With the power of these tentacles, wouldn't the main body of that monster be comparable to a level 39 existence? Not to mention, that monster could compare to the Heaven Rank in terms of vitality. How could they beat it?

The atmosphere was a little heavy, but no one stopped. Even Xiuban knew that if they didn't leave this damned Ghost Ship soon, they would die sooner or later.

"Hurry to the teleportation array." Lin Yun's words caught their attention.

Soon after, Enderfa's voice could be heard.

"Eh? Merlin? There seems to be someone there?"

Lin Yun rushed over and saw a haggard man lying down.

That man's complexion had darkened and he looked older. His skin had wrinkles, and his sparse hair was also grizzled.

"How come he looks so familiar?" Lin Yun asked, feeling apprehensive.

But then, Enderfa pointed at a greatsword not far from there, looking startled.

"That guy is Arthus?"

Had it been outside, Lin Yun would have been unable to connect the corpse of that old man with the Sword Saint.

But after ending up in the Intrepid and having seen that greatsword, Lin Yun was sure that it was Arthus.

After examining carefully, Lin Yun frowned.

Arthus apparently just died. His body was still warm, but there wasn't a single trace of Aura in his body.

Lin Yun thought back to the tentacle and understood. Arthus' vitality had definitely been sucked out of him by the tentacles.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Yun took out the Book of Death and summoned Lagulin.

"Put your Death Aura into his body," Lin Yun instructed.

Lagulin dismounted and grabbed Arthus' arm and began to pour Death Aura within.

Whether it was Death Aura or death energy, pouring it into a corpse was a way of transforming it into an Undead being. But that method had an expensive price, and it could only succeed on a Sword Saint or an Archmage, because this Undead Transformation could preserve some of their consciousness.

But Lin Yun was using this method only to ask for some information.

As Lagulin's Death Aura was poured into his body, Arthus, who had already breathed his last breath, opened his eyes.

Seeing Lin Yun, Arthus' eyes suddenly shone and he struggled to plead with a hoarse voice, "High Mage Merlin, quick, quick, save Sir Zeuss, under the Captain's Cabin, there is a huge monster, too frightening, Rhett is already under that monster's control, he has gone crazy!

"High Mage Merlin, please, save Sir Zeuss, our harvest is yours… Please go save Zeuss…"

Lin Yun didn't answer and instead asked a few questions, but Arthus' consciousness had greatly dissipated and simply didn't know anything. He just kept asking Lin Yun to save the others.

After waving to Lagulin, Lagulin transformed into smoke and returned into the Book of Death.

Having lost the influx of Death Aura, the light in Arthus' eyes slowly dimmed.

"Rest in peace."

Arthus' eyes closed once again and Lin Yun sighed, leaving these ruins.

His Aura and vitality had been sucked dry, so even if they revived him as one of the Undead, he would at most be a weak skeleton.

"Merlin, you really want to go?" Worry could be heard in Enderfa's voice.

"Find the Captain's Cabin first." Lin Yun didn't answer and instead took out the map of the Intrepid, looking for the path to the Captain's Cabin.

But then, something happened to Arthus' corpse.

Cracks appeared on the corpse like a piece of porcelain that was under pressure. Then, the corpse exploded.

The corpse first exploded into countless tiny fragments, which then dissipated into ashes.

When the ashes fell, they formed a vague design on the floor.

Strangely, not one sound was heard during the process.

Lin Yun was stunned as he looked at that scene.

'Damn, that's…'

In the legends, the Raging Flame Emperor held a scepter as he battled, and those hit by the scepter would shatter after dying, before turning to ashes and returning to the earth.

And in the battle between the Raging Flame Emperor and the Abyssal Overlord, the latter's corpse also exploded after his death, transforming into ashes which spread over the land, forming a twisted demonic face. It was said to be the result of a soul shackling.

Lin Yun looked at the vague design on the floor in disbelief.

'The Raging Flame Emperor was really in the Intrepid!'

There could perhaps be another reason why the mount of the Raging Flame Emperor, Noblesse, was in the Intrepid…

But there was only one possibility for the Raging Flame Emperor's scepter to be there! The Raging Flame Emperor was also on the Intrepid!

Because even if the Raging Flame Emperor died, he absolutely wouldn't abandon his scepter!

As he thought of this, Lin Yun ended up in a deep struggle.

Arthus had definitely been hit by the Raging Flame Emperor's scepter!

The clue he had been looking for was in front of him, but he was stuck in a dilemma.

He had two options now. First, he could go below and maybe find that clue, which was the crucial step that could lead to the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras.

The Book of Ten Thousand Mantras was too important, especially now that he had fused with two Core Meditation Law Sets. He would have a lot of issues if he didn't find the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras and fuse all three of his Meditation Law Sets.

But that monster might be below. With its current strength, a direct battle was too dangerous.

And the second option was to go to the Captain's Cabin and leave this damned Ghost Ship. This was the safest choice.

But because of that clue, Lin Yun was hesitating.

'F*ck, let's go!'

He had to go down! He definitely couldn't give up on the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras, but he wanted to visit the Captain's Cabin first. He had to secure the escape route so that they could leave if they met danger.

This time, Lin Yun had no confidence that they wouldn't lose their lives. Lin Yun wouldn't have hesitated had there not been a huge risk for his life.

That monster was too powerful.

If he couldn't fight head-on, Lin Yun definitely wouldn't choose a direct battle, so he had to seriously consider the chance of success.

They definitely had to visit that cabin first. Not only did it have the door to leave the Intrepid, but there was a high chance of finding that half of the diary in there.

This path was extremely dangerous. Who knew if there were still things in the Captain's Cabin? They would first clean out everything in the Captain's Cabin before going to the floor below, and if they met something they couldn't handle, they would immediately return and leave the Intrepid.

After all, only by surviving could they have a future.

Moreover, there should also be that part of the First Mate's diary in the Captain's Cabin…

Some critical information could still be recorded in those pages, maybe even the weakness of that monster…

To face that monster, the First Mate's diary was an absolute necessity. Without sufficient information, confronting the monster would only be throwing away their lives. There was no other Hand of Destruction there…

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As Lin Yun sank into contemplation, Enderfa asked, "What's wrong?"

Lin Yun explained what happened to Arthus and shared his conjecture and his decision.

That decision was risky after all, anyone would know how foolish it was to throw away the opportunity to escape just to go look for that monster.

Painful expressions appeared on Enderfa's faces. After a long time, he said in a cursing tone, "Forget it, it's just my bad luck. If that is madness, then we can only follow your madness."

After the decision was made, everyone was somewhat quiet. Lin Yun quickly cracked the teleportation array.

Afterwards, Lin Yun cautiously sent three Rock Puppets into the teleportation array.

After twenty seconds of uninterrupted contact with the Rock Puppets, Lin Yun impatiently stepped on the teleportation array.

The appearance of the Captain's Cabin was beyond his expectation. He had originally thought that the control room of Intrepid wouldn't be big. But it now looked to be over fifteen kilometers wide, and apart from the large amount of alchemic machinery, the center was a big open space.

What he got distracted by was the floor of the cabin, it was dark red, as if dyed by blood, and on these dark red wooden planks were several golden runes.

As soon as they entered the Captain's Cabin, Lin Yun felt a faint pressure emitted by the floor itself. That pressure gave a feeling of a rock having been put on their mind, not greatly influencing them, but making people feel very uncomfortable.

Lin Yun crouched down and gently caressed that dark red floor, his finger slowly streaking across the grain with a serious expression on his face.

"This is Blood God Tree…"

Enderfa's three faces changed color, he clearly had an alarmed expression.

Blood God Tree was legendary, that thing could be considered a legend even in the Ascian Dynasty.

Because the Blood God Tree needed a drop of God Blood to grow…

The energy contained within God's blood was huge, it could be seen from the pond Lin Yun had obtained.

That pond could even make the Chaos Twin Snakes not need to hunt for food, just a bit was enough for the Chaos Twin Snakes for a millennium.

And by taking a bath in God Blood, Xiuban's physical ability was strengthened to an outrageous level. Anyone under the Archmage realm would burst just from a drop of the blood…

As for Blood God Trees, they could actually absorb a drop of God Blood.

In the Ascian era, Blood God Trees could be considered as Gods. Every living Blood God Tree was indestructible, even if it was just at the Archmage Rank. Spells under the 8th Tier couldn't leave any trace on the Blood God Tree.

Harvesting Blood God Tree could only be done with Heaven Rank powerhouses, and only Gods had the ability to use Blood God Tree as a wood material in the Ascian Dynasty.

Hard, indestructible, and because of the absorbed God Blood, the natural patterns even formed runes that contained power from the same source as God.

It even had innate formidable defenses and sealing power. It could be said to be a natural Magic Tool. It doesn't need processing yet could display the effect of a Magic Tool.

What Shapeshifter Devils or Shadow Devils, they wouldn't dare to stand anywhere near a Blood God Tree. As long as they appeared within the range of Blood God Trees, all their disguises and camouflage would be forcibly torn apart, it was a lot more useful than True Eye.

This here was a luxurious use of Blood God Tree, everyone could feel a cold piercing through their heart.

And the Soul Absorbing Tree they had seen before had also been used as flooring.

Moreover the hold where they saw the Soul Absorbing Tree floor was where they encountered the monster for the first time. Had they had not pierced a hole through the floor, the monster would have been unable to come out.

After all, that hold was suppressing a group of level 39 magic beasts with a few on the verge of reaching the Heaven Rank!

Even so, it wasn't suppressed to death…

This place was actually using the legendary Blood God Tree, the effects it would display would be formidable, so what was it suppressing below?

That thought made Lin Yun feel numb, he didn't need to think twice, it was definitely that monster!

What accident happened on the Intrepid was unknown, not one living person could be seen, and it was unknow how that monster was able to escape this suppression.

And if this wasn't suppressing that monster, then it would definitely be suppressing something even more powerful!

This was something Lin Yun didn't even dare to think about.

As soon as he came here, he detected something suppressing them and not a single relaxed expression could be seen in their group.

Lin Yun stood at the entrance of the Captain's Cabin and summoned a dozen Mage Eyes while simultaneously summoning a group of Water Elementals and Rocket Puppets before making these elemental lifeforms slowly scout the Captain's Cabin.

Who knew if there was any trap…

After a dozen minutes, every corner of the Captain's Cabin was checked by these lifeforms, not triggering any change. After sighing in relief, Lin Yun's mood became heavier.

No change only meant that the power of the Blood God Tree was concentrated under the floor…

After a thorough search, the Mage Eyes quickly found a teleportation array, but they also found other things.

In the center of the Captain's Cabin, Lin Yun discovered four statues.

Those four statues stood in a circle around a small obsidian platform, emitting a rich death energy. When Mage Eyes got within thirty meters, that rich death energy destroyed them.

But, these small fluctuations didn't cause any issue. With a frown, Lin Yun cautiously approached the statues.

He stopped fifty meters away from the statues, at the edge of the surge of death energy.

Suddenly, Enderfa exclaimed, "Heavens! It's those four!"

Lin Yun turned to look at Enderfa and noticed his unsightly expressions.

"These four were Red Beard's Admirals…"

Lin Yun understood after hearing Enderfa and turned back.

Red Beard's Seven Admirals, any of the seven was a formidable powerhouse on its own.

Apart from that First Mate who had been "blessed by the gods", who of the remaining six didn't have a formidable background?

Winchester was the disciple of the Noscent's first Death Knight and was one of the few famous ones.

Grom was Red Beard's Second Mate and was a Viking Beastman Berserker. Not only was he the most powerful Viking Beastman Berserker in history, after using his innate ability, Clear-headed Berserk Transformation, he would be able to stand against a formidable Heaven Rank powerhouse for a short time.

As for the remaining four, they were all mages, and all of them were 9th Rank Archmages, known as the Unbreakable Four Stars Array. In those days, they had studied together for some time under a Heaven Rank Mage that could be considered a Demi-God.

If the four of them joined hands, they could even resist a 1st Rank Heaven Mage for some time.

Heaven Rank powerhouses could be said to be a completely different species when compared to Archmages. One was mortal, and the other had exceeded the limits of mortals.

Heaven Rank powerhouses weren't something people under the Heaven Rank could resist. The four of them together resisting against a Heaven Rank powerhouse was already a legendary feat.

Lin Yun examined the statues. One of them was wearing a wide robe covered with ice runes.

This was Cook, the Ice Emissary. His comprehension and casting of ice magic was comparable to the most formidable Frost Dragon under the Heaven Rank. Just on comprehension and casting alone, Reina, this Frost Dragon, was far from being able to compare to Cook.

Cook once conquered an ice plane filled with Frost Elementals by himself.

Another mage was wearing a pitch-black robe, holding an ordinary staff forged out of Spiritual Wood. But that low-ranked staff had a resounding name: Dark Contract!

Many people's souls were unable to rest because of that Dark Contract. He was named Hall and was known as the Dark Left Hand, famous as a dark mage. But because of his identity as a pure dark mage, he was chased by a kingdom and destroyed a legion on his own, binding their souls to the core of the Dark Contract.

The title Dark Left Hand came about because Hall usually held his Dark Contract with his left hand.

The 3rd statue was rather short. It was the rumored Dwarf Arnold. Arnold was a summoner and had suffered from discrimination and bullying during his youth in a human kingdom. Even after becoming a mage, he was still mocked because of his poor innate talent and his inferior casting abilities.

Later, in an accident, Arnold discovered that he had superior summoning talent, and that talent was a lot more formidable than his casting talent. After specializing in summoning, Arnold's strength advanced by leaps and bounds. After advancing to the Archmage realm, he got into another conflict with the mages who bullied him as a youth.

Those mages had formidable background, there was even a Heaven Mage behind them. This time, Arnold thoroughly burst out with power and made everyone experience the terror of a summon tide.

Terrifying elemental lifeforms were summoned, even Elemental Dragons appeared. The quantity was so impressive that even Necromancers would feel overwhelmed. He flattened their mage tower in half a month.

That powerful Heaven Mage rushed back, but not even a worm could be found alive in the ruins of that mage tower.

Chased by that Heaven Mage, Arnold escaped to an elemental plane and relied on those endless elemental lifeforms to flee. He later ended up becoming Red Beard's subordinate.

The 4th statue was actually the most terrifying. That green-skinned Beastman was named Garcia and was known as the Silencer. He was a master of curses and mantras!

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Chapter 618: Demilich

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At the start of the Nesser Dynasty, Garcia, who had just advanced to the Archmage realm, went to the capital city of the Nesser Dynasty, but he ended up clashing with a Pure-blooded Elf, and soon after he left the capital city, he ended up being chased by three 7th Rank Archmages.

But Garcia let everyone experience the terror of a Master of Mantras, as a 1st Rank Archmage, he sadistically killed three 7th Rank Archmages.

It was later revealed that Garcia had received the inheritance of a first-rate Master of Mantras and possessed countless mantras. Just the Silent Curse could make the three 7th Rank Archmages unable to chant a single character.

As he used more and more High Tier Mantras, he achieved the feat of killing three 7th Rank Archmage on his own.

When Garcia, who hardly had any attacking Mantra, reached the 9th Rank, there was almost no one under the Heaven Rank willing to face those High Tier Mantras…

When these four people gathered, even formidable powerhouses that just advanced to the Heaven realm would be unwilling to fight them, even if the difference between Heaven Mages and Archmages was huge…

Seeing those four statues as well as the exceedingly powerful death energy emitted, Lin Yun recalled the ruthless deeds of these four and cold sweat trickled down his back.

"Merlin, these four statues are no good, we should be careful and not provoke them…" Enderfa's expression was extremely strange, he was clearly afraid.

If these four ruthless Admirals had turned into Undeads, then wouldn't they also be level 38?

When the four joined hands, even Berserk Grom would be suppressed.

Although their strength was much stronger than Grom, they would be unable to kill him in his Berserk state…

Lin Yun thought about it and nodded.

The group of four circumvented the four statues and arrived in front of the teleportation array. Lin Yun sighed in relief after examining it. Fortunately, it wasn't a very difficult teleportation array…

But, when Lin Yun took out his crystal pen to crack the array, a loud sound could be heard behind him.

"Snap…"

"Snap…"

A crisp cracking sound echoed in the silent Captain's Cabin.

Arnold's statue was instantly covered in cracks before splitting in countless fragments and transforming into a gray smoke.

Enderfa looked at the scene, terrified.

"Damn, that really wasn't a statue! It was frozen death smoke!"

It was unknown how long the death smoke had been condensed and congealed into a statue, but it had been covering Arnold's surface and maintaining his appearance.

After this shell broke, it exposed the distinctive features of a Lich.

Thin skin pressing up against the bones, his flesh already withered.

And when Arnold turned around, Lin Yun's face turned green.

Soul fires were swaying gently in those empty eye sockets, but the flames were only the size of two fingernails.

This was the characteristic of a successful transformation into a Lich!

"Lich…" Enderfa let out a painful groan.

What was a Lich? It was a Heaven Rank Undead!

Every Lich was at the Heaven Rank!

The most powerful Liches could be considered Demigods!

The soul would be stripped off their body and remain in phylactery. Even if their body was annihilated, the Lich wouldn't die.

When meeting a Lich, Heaven Rank powerhouses would prefer avoiding the battle, because if the phylactery couldn't be destroyed, fighting a Lich was just a waste of energy. They could even become a target for the Lich's revenge if they destroyed only its body.

Lin Yun was greatly alarmed, but he then discovered something.

"Wait! Arnold hasn't finished his transformation!"

A regular Lich only had two needle-sized lights in their eyes, and although the lights in Arnorld's eyes already lost the distinctive features of soul fires, they were still fingernail-sized.

Clearly, Arnold had spent so many years trying to turn into a Lich, but he had yet to succeed.

Even now, he was only a level 38 Undead Mage, but as long as he finished his transformation, he would reach a higher level. It was a huge leap.

From level 38 Undead Mage, in a short period of time, he would become a Heaven Rank Lich!

To tell the truth, Lin Yun was startled. A true Lich, even the lowest of Liches, could make them die dozen of times.

Arnold would have killed them before he could destroy the array.

Arnold was still a level 38 Undead Mage until the transformation was completed, and even if this Undead Mage was more powerful than ordinary level 38 Undead mages, the difference was very small, simply incomparable.

After the initial shock, they saw Arnold raise his hand and condense four death vortexes in front of him.

A large amount of Undeads rushed out of the four vortexes…

One vortex only summoned Undead Skeletons, the lowest of which was at level 15, these were Skeleton Warriors holding bone sabers, there was also a large amount of basic Skeletons, Skeleton Archers, and even a level 35 Skeleton Lord and two level 34 Skeleton Archers…

From two of the remaining three vortexes came a large amount of Ghosts, Specters, Spirits, Zombies, Corpse Eaters, Dark Warriors, Death Knights. And from the last vortex, Gargoyles, Vampires, and Bone Dragons came rushing out…

In a mere few seconds, the area was already filled with a large amount of Undeads, there were already several thousands Undeads on the ground, and over a hundred in the air.

Lin Yun instantly understood that Arnold had kept his talent for summoning, but it had changed from summoning elemental lifeforms to summoning Undeads.

A large amount of Undeads was blocking the path in front of them. Even if they knew that besides his summoning ability, Arnold's other abilities were terrible, they didn't have any method against him.

Following the appearance of the Undead army, some of the Undeads with casting abilities already started their casts.

Lin Yun raised his Draconic Staff and an incantation quickly echoed, a flame vortex appearing in front of him with one long Fire Dragon after another flying out of it and falling into the army of Undeads, burning a large amount of Undeads to ashes.

The war had started.

Enderfa controlled the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and covered the large area in group spells. Powerful spells fell down in waves, but he didn't have to worry about the effect of his spells since the Undeads were densely packed.

Unfortunately, Lin Yun had just started his counterattack, he saw the three statues in the distance starting to tremble and the condensed layer of death energy shattering one after the other, exposing the bodies of the three Undead Mages turning into Liches.

The four had already completed the greater part of their transformation. Although they were still level 38, their strength had already reached an extremely frightening level, moreover, they had been called the Unbreakable Four Stars Array due to their outstanding coordination.

Four Demiliches awakening, the consequences would be catastrophic…

One Arnold was already their limit, if the other three were added… The battle would be even fiercer…

Ice Emissary Cook, Dark Left Hand Hall, Silencer Garcia…

These three ruthless mages, alongside Summoning Tide Arnold… Lin Yun already understood that they couldn't defeat these four Demiliches.

Enderfa looked at the four Demiliches standing side by side and his three faces distorted from fear…

"Merlin, we are in big trouble…" Enderfa let out a groan.

After paying attention, he noticed Silencer Garcia pointing at Reina. Several runes formed above her head, turning into a circle, before entering Reina's body.

A monstrous and coarse incantation echoed as Reina, who had been chanting in Draconic, couldn't help letting out a muffled sound, before falling from the sky.

The Undeads on the ground were shattered by Reina's heavy fall. She turned into her Human Shape, laying face up while breathing roughly.

Lin Yun looked at Reina's red complexion, his expression becoming grave.

Silencer Garcia's signature skill, Silence.

It could interrupt any spells being cast while also making the target unable to use any spell for a certain duration.

Silence wasn't exclusive to Garcia, any top-notch Master of Mantras could use it, but it had too many restrictions. Not only was the duration of the silence too short and could at most be used to interrupt a cast, it was impossible to cast it on someone above one's rank.

But Garcia had broke this convention. As long as the difference in rank wasn't to the point of despair, Garcia's curses and mantras could still be effective.

Even now, one Silence could make Reina, who had extremely high resistance to magic, curses and debuffs, unable to use her formidable Draconic Casting for a short time.

She was instead suffering from a backlash and she needed some time to recover.

The only one that couldn't be affected were Enderfa and the puppet, they were both only using Instant Spells, they simply didn't need an incantation. As for Lin Yun, he also used Instant Spells to deal with those high level Undeads.

After using one Silence, Garcia only stood there, motionless.

Lin Yun saw this and reacted, quickly chanting an incantation.

But just as he started chanting, Garcia pointed his finger and a circle of runes revolved above Lin Yun's body, instantly interrupting the incantation he had been casting and making his body shake from the backlash.

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Chapter 619: Phylactery

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Fortunately, Lin Yun had the Magic Array, when the backlash happened, his Magic Array quickly revolved and suppressed it.

Lin Yun's expression became gloomy.

He just probed by using an almost instant 3rd Tier Fire Dragon…

Fire Dragons Spells could already be cast instantly, but when accompanied by an incantation, the power of the spells would be a bit larger. And that small increase would have little effect in battle.

With Lin Yun's current level, even reading the entire incantation would only take half a second to be completed.

But even so, it was interrupted by Garcia before it was completed.

This also meant that even if Garcia did not use any spells and just used Silence, it would be enough to make all of them unable to use any formidable spell.

They wouldn't have any way to cast a spell of the 7th Tier and above.

Moreover, Garcia wasn't limited to the use of Silence.

The tables have turned because of Garcia's presence…

This difference made them despair…

The four death vortexes were like four Death Gates, large amount of Undeads kept rushing out from within, and the majority of that cannon fodder was between level 15 and level 20!

When faced with this huge quantity, Enderfa and the puppet's crazy flood of spells could only temporarily suppress them.

Lin Yun released a large amount of instant cast spells with a calm face while watching the surroundings.

After five minutes, Lin Yun's group had no other choice but to fall back. They were unable to hold the ground against that army of Undeads.

And at this time, Ice Emissary Cook also made a move.

After a wave of his hand, a human-sized sphere of ice appeared in front of Xiuban, instantly exploding.

The huge ice energy fused with death energy and transformed into six pure attacks spreading out.

The blue gray power rippled like a wave as layer upon layer superpositioned. By the time six layers superpositioned, it exploded.

Ice fragments forcibly condensed in the atmosphere and charged at Xiuban, sending him flying.

Xiuban's miserable scream echoed in the air, but it was drowned in the roars of the countless Undeads.

Not only was Xiuban sent flying, every Undead within ten meters was annihilated. And apart from some bone fragments from skeletal lifeforms, ghosts were unable to leave any remains behind.

"Hell, how could Frost Nova reach such power?" Enderfa clenched his teeth as he dreadfully cursed.

A Frost Nova cast among the Undeads sent Xiuban flying. With only a wave of Cook's hand, snowflakes emitting a flickering cold radiance fell down.

Every single snowflake was at least a dozen centimeters big, and the edges emitted sharp cold light comparable to outstanding weapons.

The light Snow Blades fell within a dozen meters and indiscriminately tore those Undeads apart.

Lin Yun and the others hastily avoided the cast, only to welcome Dark Left Hand Hall's attack.

A large amount of Dark Arrows flew over from the sky. The Dark Arrows condensed purely out of dark energy had incomparable piercing power…

Lin Yun used a large area instant spell, but a dozen Dark Arrows pierced through. And even after fully putting to use his Fire Elemental Incarnation, the incarnation still ended up stabbed by a Dark Arrow.

A large amount of dark power started rushing out in the place that was hit, as if it was being devoured by a group of ants. Startled, Lin Yun hurriedly scattered the Fire Elemental Incarnation.

It was rumored that those killed by Dark Arrows would end up becoming Dark Skeleton Warriors, and all Dark Skeleton Warriors would have to obey the orders of the caster of the Dark Arrows.

"Merlin, what the hell are you doing…"

Enderfa saw the Fire Elemental Incarnation being hit by the Dark Arrow and immediately scolded Lin Yun.

Lin Yun didn't speak, once again using a Fire Elemental Incarnation and a large amount of fire spells to keep attacking those Undeads.

Unfortunately, the spells released were simply unable to get within fifty meters of the four Demiliches.

The fight continued on, Lin Yun and the others were pushing and retreating, continuously moving in the Captain's Cabin.

Suddenly, Garcia, who hadn't attacked again, let out a low roar, raising his hands in apparent anger.

At that instant, a bloody light exploded from Garcia's hands. With Garcia at the core, the blood red light instantly swept through several hundred meters.

Every Undead hit by the bloody light let out an angry shout.

In a split second, all of the Undeads' soul fires turned crimson red and the ignited flames were no longer burning peacefully, it was like an oil had been thrown into a fire.

For some Undeads with physical bodies, the change was even more obvious, such as Zombies, Vampires, Dark Warriors, Death Knights…

All the Undeads with physical bodies seemed to have become bigger and a layer of mist was covering their bodies.

In an instant, the overwhelming majority of Undeads turned berserk, they crazily stood up and rushed at Lin Yun and the others.

These fearless Undeads advanced wave after wave, using numbers to force them back.

"Damn, Bloodthirst, and such a large-scale Bloodthirst spell with no backlash at all… Garcia is even more ruthless than during his life…" Enderfa gnashed his teeth as he cursed.

He then turned to check Lin Yun's expression, but ended up getting angry as he saw him looking somewhere else.

The fight had only started a few minutes ago, yet that guy had remained absent-minded, his attention not on the battle, making the team almost suffer heavy losses a few times. And now, Garcia used this Bloodthirst spell, yet he still was absent-minded, 'Damnit, you are going to be the end of me…'

Before Enderfa could scold Lin Yun, a pleasantly surprise appeared on Lin Yun's face, "Finally found!"

Enderfa Swallowed the words he was about to say and quickly asked, "Found what?"

Lin Yun's originally somber expression was a bit more relaxed now, he only said one sentence, "Follow me."

After saying those words, Lin Yun led everyone to fight and retreat, while heading towards the left side.

After moving a hundred meters towards the left, Lin Yun suddenly smiled, "Did you notice? The pressure has weakened!"

Enderfa was in a daze, he had noticed what Lin Yun was pointing out. Originally, the flood of spells could only be used to resist the attack, but it had gradually changed, the flood of spells seemed to be pressuring them a bit now.

"What's going on!" Enderfa hurriedly asked.

Lin Yun explained while fighting, "The four Demiliches awakened, but the frequency of their attacks isn't very high, especially Garcia, he had only released two spells so far. There hasn't been a time when the four of them attacked at the same time, doesn't it feel strange?"

Enderfa nodded, he also felt that this was odd, but the pressure was so great that he was naturally happy to see the Demiliches' slow pace.

Now hearing that Lin Yun had noticed something, Enderfa hurriedly asked, "What is it? Quick!"

Lin Yun said in a low voice, "Do you see that crystal rudder in the distance? We have been constantly chased around, but whenever we got close to that crystal rudder, the pressure greatly increased, to the point that Cook, Hall, and Arnold simultaneously attacked when we were closest to it."

Enderfa understood something and his eyes opened wide, "Damn, you are saying that the four Demiliches…"

Lin Yun nodded and said with a confident tone, "That's right, these four ruthless mages had waited here for who knows how long, from their appearance, it can be seen that they started the process of turning into Lich before their death and had yet to succeed after such a long time, they definitely planned to retain their consciousness as Liches."

"Moreover, from their appearances, it could be seen that most of their transformation had been done, thus they almost succeeded and possessed the characteristics of Liches, there is no soul fire in their eyes, but their souls must definitely be in their phylacteries!"

"I probed a bit, and when the rudder, I, and the four Demiliches were aligned, I feigned a weakness. With the power of these four Demiliches, they definitely couldn't heavily injure me, but they rarely attacked me. Thus, I'm fairly certain that their phylacteries are at that crystal rudder!"

A remorseful expression appeared on Enderfa's faces, 'Damn, how could I have forgotten that they already had the characteristic of Liches but still didn't finish the transformation, their phylacteries definitely couldn't be far, it had to be in the Captain's Cabin! And since they didn't finish their transformation, their phylacteries should be relatively weak…'

After scolding himself a few times, Enderfa's faces sank. He looked at the large amount of Undeads separating them from the crystal rudder. There were also four Demiliches, it seemed hopeless.

"Even if we know the location of the Liches' phylacteries, what use does it have? We can't force our way there, and we can't determine what the phylacteries are…"

Lin Yun shook his head, "At first, I also thought that these four Demiliches considered me as an intruder, but have you noticed now? To these four ruthless Demiliches, our power is simply not worth wasting energy, they didn't consider us their match from the start, all their attention was focused on protecting their phylacteries…"

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Chapter 620: Life Affixing Rune

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Enderfa was puzzled, but he had no other choice but to admit that Lin Yun was right, they fought so hard and could have been submerged by the sea of Undeads anytime, yet the other side had no intention of chasing with all their might, the other side only thought about how to protect their phylacteries.

Lin Yun beckoned the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel over and held it in his hands before telling Enderfa, "I have an idea and we can test it now. If it's successful, we will be able to get rid of these four Demiliches, but you might feel wronged…"

Since it came to this point, how could Enderfa have a choice, but he was still struggling after hearing Lin Yun's words.

"Then… Then you better be careful and not let me die…"

Enderfa stopped controlling the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and Lin Yun directly controlled it.

The Ten Thousand Spell Wheel was a True Spirit Magic Tool created by Lin Yun himself, his control was very smooth, and since he fused it with the Elemental Heart, controlling the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel was as easy as moving a finger.

Lin Yun controlled the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and had it hover in the air, continuously rotating. This imitation of the Magic Array was fusing spells at an unprecedented speed.

A large amount of fire spells had been fused and the casting speed was even faster than Lin Yun's own casting speed.

Lin Yun was extremely fierce, frantically rousing the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel's potential to its pinnacle. The overload released a flood of spell that was at least twice as powerful as Enderfa's.

Flame Spears bursting with flames, dark red Bursting Fireballs, large scale Fire Rains…

The overwhelming flood of fire spells deliberately avoided the rudder area, thus, the four Demiliches only stood there, not paying attention to Lin Yun at all.

At this time, Lin Yun was certain that the four Demiliches' Phylacteries were there. He watched for a long time, but didn't notice anything resembling Phylactery.

There was only a desk over there with a two meter large crystal rudder. There was no other thing within five meters.

Unless he could confirm what the Demiliches' Phylacteries were, he couldn't start his plan.

Betting everything on something uncertain wasn't Lin Yun's style, moreover, Lin Yun clearly knew that he only had one opportunity.

As long as the four Demiliches get enraged, he would lose that opportunity.

Now, these four Demiliches weren't even watching Lin Yun's group and they could see that the four Demiliches' eyes were focused on that crystal rudder.

After going around the Captain's Cabin, Lin Yun once again returned near the crystal rudder and attracted the Demiliches' attention.

Lin Yun crazily squeezed the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, putting a pained expression on Enderfa's face. He could feel the mana within the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel frantically leaking out while the runes on top were squeezed to their limits.

Regardless of how much it was roused, and even if the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel was a True Spirit Magic Tool, it couldn't keep enduring.

"Merlin…"

Enderfa called out, but Lin Yun didn't react at all, his attention was focused on those four Demiliches and that crystal rudder.

When he was fifty meters away from the crystal rudder, Lin Yun suddenly roused the Spell Wheel again and swept the Undeads in front of the crystal rudder.

He rushed forward and when he reached the thirty meters mark, he cast ten Mage Eyes. Unfortunately, the Mage Eye that lasted the longest had only managed so for a second before disintegrating.

And those four Demiliches also made a move at that time!

Ice Emissary Cook roared and with a wave of his hand, three 10 meters tall, five meters wide and no less than three meters thick deep blue Ice Walls appeared in Lin Yun's sight.

An ordinary Ice Wall had been refined to the point of becoming an artwork in Cook's hands, the deep blue Ice Walls were covered in runes, and these gorgeous runes were constructed into the pattern of two vivid Frost Dragons looking forward. There were also many frost beasts carved on the sides of the Ice Walls.

These things made the Ice Walls look like a huge ice gate. This Ice Wall ability had already exceeded the limits of Ice Walls and had a separate name, Askrim Gate.

Of the three instant Askrim gates, the first one managed to block Lin Yun's flood of spells for no less than three seconds!

No attack would be able to fall within 30 meters of the rudder at this time.

As for Dark Left Hand Hall, he was raising his Dark Contract and a black rune appeared in the sky, and the rune appeared to be melting, silently spreading in a black ripple.

All the Undeads under level 20 within several dozen meters of the crystal rudder stopped and an identical black rune appeared on their foreheads. This was the rune of the Dark Contract!

All the Undeads under level 20 instantly died, their soul fire dissipating. Whether it was Skeletons, or Zombies, their bodies were covered by darkness similar to that rune and they silently dissolved.

Then, a large amount of pillars of darkness rose to the surface and all Undeads above level 20, regardless of the severity of their injuries, instantly recovered. Even those high level Undeads who only had small parts of their bodies left were instantly resurrected in full.

Over a thousand level 20 or below Undeads died, but in exchange, five hundred Undeads were at their peak condition. The lowest level Undeads among them was level 25!

Death Contract…

Seeing the two dozen intact Bone Dragons in the sky, Lin Yun's expression turned very unsightly. Hall's Dark Contract still had its Death Contract ability after he turned into a Demilich. He could forcibly sacrifice low level Undeads to revive high level Undeads in battle, and it could also treat the injuries of high level Undeads.

This wasn't over. Garcia then made a move and a totem fell from the sky, emitting dense death energy.

That totem seemed to have been made from countless skulls and was emitting death ripples visible with the naked eye. All the Undeads not only recovered, their abilities also greatly strengthened.

It didn't end with single totem, a second totem appeared, seemingly made from blood, which was still dripping. The bloody light spread out and affected the Undeads, turning their blue soul fires red.

As for Arnold, he controlled his four death vortexes, making them spin even faster and the speed at which Undeads appeared increased.

The outcome of the four Demiliches acting at the same time suppressed Lin Yun, who had even squeezed more power from the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, and forced him back.

Lin Yun unhesitantly gave up on the breaking through plan and led Reina, Xiuban and the puppet back to break out of the siege.

As Lin Yun got away from the crystal rudder, the four Demiliches no longer acted against him, but they did something that made Lin Yun's heart sink.

The four Demiliches floated up and moved closer to the crystal rudder.

The four Demiliches stood in a row in front of it and had the Undeads guard a three hundred meters area around it. This meant that the Demiliches who hadn't taken him seriously so far were finally putting him in their eyes.

The pressure greatly lowered after retreating a kilometer away. Lin Yun turned around to look at that crystal rudder with doubt, before finally understanding.

Why these four Demiliches didn't pay attention to them at first and why he was certain that these four Demiliches' phylacteries were in that crystal rudder yet nothing resembling a phylactery was there.

Although those ten Mage Eyes didn't last long, he was still able to see for a second, and thanks to that, he discovered something shocking.

Those four Demiliches didn't have phylacteries to begin with!

The Mage Eyes spotted some runes on the crystal rudder which shocked Lin Yun to his core. These legendary runes had already faded in the river of time!

Only when the magic civilization stepped into the peak of the Magic Era and conquered the Undead Plane for the first time did these forgotten runes reappear.

This was the rune countless mages unwilling to die were looking for, the Life Affixing Rune!

It was something of a higher level than phylacteries.

Liches' phylacteries were items in which the Lich's soul was deposited. As long as the Lich's Phylactery was hidden properly, the Lich would remain immortal.

Even the most inferior Lich was at the Heaven Rank, but as long as a Lich's phylactery was exposed it could be killed by a 1st Rank Archmage.

By destroying the phylactery, the Lich would be destroyed.

As for the Life Affixing Rune, they were a lot more profound than the phylacteries.

If when turning into a Lich, one's life was affixed to an item, that iem wouldn't have as many restrictions as phylacteries. They wouldn't be restricted by materials or by arrays.

They could affix their life to a mountain, or to a True Spirit Magic Tool, or even to an ordinary crystal pen.

Although it didn't have the tedious restrictions of the phylactery, the Life Affixing Rune was even more dangerous in some conditions. Sometimes, even the lowest amount of power could make a Lich fall.

Because affixing one's life to an item could have some unexpected circumstances. As long as these circumstances were met, then the Lich's life could dissipate from the item, and this also spelled the death of the Lich.

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Chapter 621: Elemental Dragon Summon

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In those days, when Charles the Conqueror stepped into the Undead Plane, he encountered a Demigod Lich. The battle between the two almost destroyed the Undead Plane, even after many years, Charles the Conqueror's fame spread through countless planes. That particular battle still remained fresh in his memories and he even admitted that it was one of the most challenging fights he had gone through.

And that Demigod Lich had been using a Life Affixing Rune.

It was also because of that battle that the Life Affixing Rune was revealed in Noscent. Countless mages started researching this Life Affixing Rune.

People gradually discovered that although the Life Affixing Rune had all kinds of shortcomings, its stealthy nature was enough to make up for it. Being hidden meant safety and for Liches whose existence depended on their phylacteries, safety was the most important. They would be able to endure all kinds of shortcomings as long as it could be a little more hidden.

How could Lin Yun not have a deep impression of the thing that made Charles the Conqueror suffer a huge loss? With a glance of the runes he had been able to recognize them and was certain that the four Demiliches didn't have phylacteries at all. They were instead using Life Affixing Runes to turn into Liches!

And the thing they affixed their lives to was shockingly that crystal wheel!

Lin Yun understood everything after seeing that crystal rudder.

No wonder the transformation was so strange and was taking so long…

After all, when the Lich's features already appeared on the one undergoing the transformation, they would already be the strongest under the Heaven Rank. But the increase in power these four had gotten after undergoing the transformation wasn't very obvious…

Everything was clear now…

That crystal wheel itself was a True Spirit Magic Tool, and its Incarnation had already been wiped. These four ruthless men definitely forcefully defeated that Incarnation before affixing their own lives instead.

The benefits were huge, the four men's lives were linked together from that point on, killing one wouldn't work, only by killing the four of them at the same time could they be temporarily killed.

To thoroughly kill these four men, wiping their lives was the only method!

Moreover, once they successfully became Liches, their strength would exceed the average Lich by far!

But Lin Yun felt that someone had tricked them… After doing so, the four of them were bound to the Captain's Cabin for all eternity…

The person who told them this method definitely had bad intentions, they would truly be unequalled in the Captain's Cabin, especially after their transformation was over. Even a group of Heaven Mages would be suppressed to death in the Captain's Cabin.

And they would also never die there…

But there was a huge flaw… That crystal wheel was part of the Intrepid and a crucial part needed for the Intrepid's movement. It couldn't be hidden.

They couldn't hide the item they affixed their lives to.

This was the worst use of the Life Affixing Rune in Noscent's history…

But there was an opportunity now. Lin Yun didn't care about anything else, all that mattered right now was surviving this crisis.

Most of the energy of these four ruthless Undeads was on the Life Affixing Runes, it would result in utter failure if they stopped the transformation midway, which was why they were worried about the crystal wheel…

All they cared about was completing their Lich transformation.

Lin Yun was fighting and retreating, while recalling everything he had seen earlier, the arrays on the crystal wheel and its support were all reconstructed inside his head.

He didn't even need to think too much about it to come up with a simple way to crack it.

After deciding on a rough plan, he quickly shared it with the pained Enderfa, who nodded after hearing it.

After half an hour, the battlefield had been dragged four kilometers away from the crystal wheel, and at that time, it could clearly be seen that most Undeads were on the other side of the Captain's Cabin, only a small number of Undeads were pursuing Lin Yun's group.

At this time, Enderfa bitterly smiled as he nodded, "I understand, just don't let me die…"

Lin Yun solemnly nodded, "This is our only chance, the four of them are Demiliches with Life Affixing Runes. If they gathered more energy, then ten minutes would be enough to exterminate us, we have at most ten minutes!"

From the start, over an hour had passed. The amount of Undeads that rushed out from the death vortexes was unclear, but now was an opportunity for a counterattack.

Lin Yun flipped the Book of Death and mumbled, "It should be about time…"

Within less than ten seconds, the Book of Death started shaking and an indescribably faint fluctuation spread out. Lin Yun could clearly feel the power of the Book of Death increasing!

He flipped to the Element Page, and the scene of the four elements had already disappeared, replaced by a four colored vortex spinning. He could clearly feel the movement of the four elements.

"Finally fused!"

Lin Yun let out a long sigh of relief. He had been waiting for a long time. He had been keeping track of the time for the fusion of the Element Chapter. Lin Yun had been waiting for it from the start of the battle until now…

With the completely fused Element Chapter, Lin Yun was a lot more confident in the outcome of this battle.

Because he knew that only by thoroughly fusing with the Book of Death could the might of the Element Chapter be released. Not only could it greatly increase the might of elemental spells, it also had a heaven defying ability.

Elemental Dragon Summon!

Summoning one of the most powerful elemental lifeforms from the Elemental Planes!

But…

Before Lin Yun could summon an Elemental Dragon, something unexpected happened…

The four death vortexes were still pumping out Undeads like Death Gates, forming a sea of Undeads. The amount was a huge threat.

But at this moment, Lin Yun suddenly discovered that some of the Undeads chasing them started falling back!

It was especially visible from the Skeleton Warriors. Their soul fires were fiercely flickering, and with the Bloodthirst spell, they had already turned berserk. But those soul fires suddenly shook, as if they had met death.

Fear! Fear so great that it made those Skeleton Warrior instinctively terrified!

Lin Yun carefully observed this phenomenon. Whenever they got thirty meters from him, all the Undeads under level 20 seemed to have been deeply frightened and couldn't help moving backward.

But those above level 20 weren't really affected.

Undead Predator!

Lin Yun instantly understood, this was the effect of Undead Predator.

The always neglected Undead Predator ability had been forgotten because the Undeads appearing on the Intrepid so far had been around level 30. Even now, there was no Undead below level 10 in the sea of Undeads.

And his Undead Predator ability only had effect on Undeads below level 10 and would at most suppress the fighting power of Undeads. As for those above level 10, they would at most have their power suppressed. And the Undeads above level 20 would simply remain unaffected.

Now, he could see chaos in the army of Undeads. Some Undeads retreated while some advanced, creating a mess. The fight hadn't even started yet a large damage had already been done.

Seeing these circumstances, Lin Yun couldn't help feeling happy.

The Undead Predator ability had been strengthened, now, Undeads below level 20 couldn't get closer than thirty meters.

And in this huge sea of Undeads, most of them were below level 20!

Although there was quite a few high level Undeads, most hadn't yet gone past level 20, and these Undeads were like the soldiers making up an army. These soldiers could only be a huge threat when they were attacking while unafraid of death. By inflicting fear on them, the power of the horde had weakened to a tenth.

Especially for Undeads, their huge numbers were their greatest advantage, without that advantage, the Undeads wouldn't be too difficult to deal with, apart from a few annoying one…

90% of the Undeads had stopped within 30 meters and only 10% managed to cross that boundary. As long as the four Liches didn't make a move, that large army of Undeads would no longer be considered a deadly threat!

Lin Yun guessed that the Undead Predator ability had strengthened after killing a large amount of Undeads. In those days, Charles the Conqueror had been fighting Undeads for almost his entire life, and managed to develop the Undead Predator ability through killing endless Undeads.

Undead Predator's power up was a timely help relieving some pressure.

"Get close to me…" Lin Yun held the Book of Death as he solemnly instructed.

Mana poured into the Book of Death and the Element Chapter turned into a four colored fist-sized revolving vortex in the sky.

Then, as if inflating, it expanded to be over ten meters large and a humongous fiery red Elemental Fire Dragon's head drilled out of this four colored vortex.

A shocking Dragon Roar echoed as the fire elements in the surroundings became lively like fairies.

The huge convergence of fire elements was comparable to a volcano in terms of liveliness. Sparks kept flashing in the air from time to time which only happened when the fire elements' density and activity reached a certain level.

A ten meters long Elemental Fire Dragon had come out of the four colored vortex. After appearing, the natural flames and heat spreading from its body burnt all Undeads below level 30 in the surroundings to death.

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Chapter 622: Huge Loss

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The Elemental Fire Dragon's body was burning with reddish orange flames. This was the Elemental Fire Dragon's innate ability, Sacrificial Flames. Anything within a certain range would be burnt.

Moreover, as a pure Elemental, as long as it wasn't instantly killed, it could recover from its injury at an incredible speed with fire elements. That recovery ability was even better than actual Dragons.

The flaming vortex above its head didn't close and a large amount of fire elements rushed out of it. Not only would fire spells be greatly strengthened, casting them would become a lot easier and it would increase the Elemental Fire Dragon's recovery ability by another step.

After summoning the Elemental Fire Dragon, Lin Yun roused the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and rushed forward.

A large amount of Undeads below level twenty were affected when Lin Yun charged forward and they fled back in alarm. But there were many Undeads behind them, so they simply couldn't move.

The Undeads in front crazily rushed backward, colliding with the Undeads in the back who hadn't been affected by Undead Predator.

When Lin Yun was ten meters away from the Undeads, the pressure of Undead Predator increased and the Undeads in that range collapsed from fear.

After the first Skeleton Warrior raised his weapon to attack the ones blocking his retreat, the Undeads' internal strife started in full.

A level 30 Skeleton Lord wanted to control those crazily escaping Undeads, but he was turned to pieces in less than ten seconds by the cannon fodder he usually controlled.

The huge amount of low level Undeads was still displaying a terrifying power against other Undeads.

Lin Yun hardly needed to make a move in a thirty meters range, the higher level Undeads within that range would be crazily swarmed over by the Lesser Undeads.

There were really too many Undeads, they were so packed that even if one wanted to turn and run, it would be unable to.

This was the most terrifying human wave tactic, or in this case, skeleton wave tactic. But it was their biggest weakness in front of Undead Predator.

Lesser Undeads wanted to escape backward while Higher Undeads wanted to control these Lesser Undeads, thus, the Lesser Undeads had no other choice but to attack those blocking them, it was instinct.

Then, the situation became strange.

Lin Yun's group only needed to attack occasionally. The Lesser Undeads were doing most of the work, changing side whenever they got too close to Lin Yun and waving their bone blades at the Undeads behind them…

Even the Lesser Undeads within range didn't care about the group's attacks, they were only focused on counter-attacking the rogue Undeads in front of them…

Enderfa wasn't the only one surprised by that scene, Xiuban was stunned as he tightly held Carnage.

But no one dared to ask as they saw Lin Yun charging head first, they only followed behind him.

When they had charged out of the perimeter of the crystal wheel they still took over an hour, even though the undead were not really pursuing them.

And now, going back while facing even more Undeads took them only a bit over ten minutes, and they had met almost no obstruction!

Lin Yun clenched his teeth as he frantically roused the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, sending a large amount of fire spells to sweep the front.

As they rushed towards the Four Demiliches, Lin Yun still didn't stop and instead squeezed the Spell Wheel to its limits and turned more fire spells into a flood of flames that poured on the four Demiliches.

Three muffled sounds echoed as three huge Askrim Gates appeared.

Unfortunately, in front of the overloaded Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and that torrent of fire spells supported by the Elemental Fire Dragon's fire elements, those three Askrim Gates only lasted three seconds before being broken through.

Suddenly, a pitch-black smoke spread from the sky, forming a sort of curtain to block the fire spells. Another five Askrim Gates rose up behind the Dark Curtain.

This defense was simple, but invulnerable…

Facing such circumstances, Lin Yun did something unexpected.

He turned around and ran…

After running ten meters away, he saw that the four Demiliches had attacked the spot he had just been standing on with a large amount of dark spells, ice spells, as well as curses.

Countless Dark Arrows were raining on that spot, alongside countless Frost Lances, and a corrosive pillar had also appeared there.

Even Arnold had used his instant summon ability to summon a dozen Death Knights and ten Bone Dragons.

Quite a few Mantras fell on the Undeads' bodies, and seven curses had fallen over there, but to no avail.

Lin Yun used the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel to cast a flood of fire spells once again and led Xiuban, Reina, and the puppet to rush a few hundred meters away.

After retreating over a hundred meters, he once again rushed back in and did the same as earlier, charging to the four Demiliches and sending a flood of flames before running away.

The Demiliches' casting became better and fiercer, and the others were looking at this with alarm, not understanding why Lin Yun had been infuriating the four Demiliches to that point.

"Merlin, take it easy, the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel would collapse if it keeps being overloaded like that…" Enderfa said, worried.

Lin Yun didn't say a word and kept charging forward.

The four Demiliches had been completely infuriated after the third time, but the strengthened Undead Predator had enabled Lin Yun to move unobstructed within their sea of Undeads, and he would run away every time they started casting. Hit and run, and spells were landing near the crystal wheel.

How could these four ruthless Demiliches ignore it now.

For the first time, the four Demiliches started chasing…

Ice Emissary Cook, Dark Left Hand hall, Silencer Garcia; these three Demiliches chased after Lin Yun while Arnold stayed behind.

How could Lin Yun let this opportunity slip by? While running, he ruthlessly threw the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel towards Arnorld and had it squeeze out its remaining power.

The Ten Thousand Spell Wheel's Elemental Amber had already dimmed, but under this reckless attack, an unprecedented light blossomed.

The power of the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel was displayed and every second, dozens of fire spells were cast.

Arnold used his Instant Summon ability and summoned a dozen Higher Undeads as meatless meat shields, but they were instantly burnt to death and a large amount of fire spells fell on Arnold.

At such a critical time, Hall pointed in the distance and countless dark red light converging at his fingertips, followed by a blood red lightning.

The speed of lightning couldn't be caught with the naked eye and it instantly pierced through the flood of spells cast by the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and hit the Elemental Amber.

"Snap!"

With Hall's instant spell hitting the overloaded Spell Wheel, the Elemental Amber became unable to support the burden and exploded…

Having lost the Elemental Amber, the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel lost the source of its power and fell like scrap iron.

The Ten Thousand Spell Wheel was no different from trash…

And this provocation made Arnold, this pure Undead Summoner, fly into a rage.

Arnold also joined the chase.

Lin Yun led everyone to quickly run back as four Demiliches were chasing after them like mad dogs.

But no one noticed that the trashed Spell Wheel rolled to the side of the crystal wheel, as if still under someone's control…

Arnold almost exploded from anger, even if he didn't die, that attack was enough to make that Demilich explode in rage.

All the Undeads followed those four Demiliches in their chase, and in less than ten minutes, not a single Undead could be seen in the surroundings of the crystal wheel that had originally been packed with Undeads.

In the distance, Lin Yun was holding the Book of Death in one hand and the Draconic Staff in the other, battered and exhausted from the fleeing.

The four Demiliches attacking together was too much pressure, it was like walking on the edge of a precipice. If he didn't pay attention, he would fall into the abyss.

Whether it was Lin Yun, Xiuban, or Reina, their power had been roused to their pinnacle, and a single mistake could cost them their lives.

Frost, Askrim Gates, Frost Lances…

All of Cook's spells became viable tools to obstruct Lin Yun's group.

As for Hall's Dark Hand, Dark Arrows were powerful offensive spells accurately striking the weakest areas of Lin Yun's defenses.

Not to mention, there was still Garcia and his disgusting curses and Arnold and his treacherous Instant Summon.

It was very hard for Lin Yun to resist, he clung to a single thought, 'Enderfa, I'm counting on you!'

On the side of the crystal wheel, a smoke slowly came out of the trashed Spell Wheel. The smoke condensed into three pained faces.

Enderfa silently turned his heads, saw that there was no danger in the surroundings and immediately condensed a pair of hands and took out a spatial ring hidden in a notch of the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel.

There were a few crystal pens as well as a few bottles of Star Ink, moreover, there was also an Alchemic Mana Whirlpool.

Enderfa plugged the Alchemic Mana Whirlpool in the location of the Elemental Amber and started operating the Alchemic Mana Whirlpool. The Ten Thousand Spell Wheel that had lost its source of power once again started operating.

"Damn, this is a huge loss… A True Spirit Magic Tool damaged like that… Such a huge Elemental Amber won't appear again…"

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Chapter 623: Second Half of the Diary

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"Making me crack this array… Thankfully that scoundrel thought it out…"

Enderfa's heart was bleeding. Although the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel could still be used with the Alchemic Mana Whirlpool filled with Lin Yun's mana in it, how could it compare to the Elemental Amber. The Spell Wheel's power would be reduced by more than half.

Although he had a bitter expression, Enderfa didn't tarry and started moving his hands. He dipped a crystal pen into Star Ink and started writing around the crystal wheel.

Lin Yun had told Enderfa the position of every rune three times, and only after confirming that there was no problem did he start this plan.

That would take some time so Lin Yun couldn't attend the wheel on his own. With the four Demiliches, Lin Yun didn't have an opportunity to crack the arrays near the crystal wheel.

These arrays had all been arranged by the four Demiliches to protect the crystal wheel, only by cracking these arrays could they get close to the crystal wheel and crack the Life Affixing Runes on the crystal wheel. That was the requirement to deal with the four Demiliches.

Lin Yun knew that he had absolutely no opportunity to do this task. As long as he approached the crystal wheel, the four Demiliches would chase him with all their might. Thus, Lin Yun could only think of that method.

After being trashed, the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel would lose its mana source, and even if Enderfa hadn't died, he would be discarded and would be of no threat.

The four Demiliches absolutely wouldn't pay attention to the trashed Spell Wheel.

This was the only opportunity…

Enderfa held the crystal pen and quickly went to cracked the array.

On the other side, Lin Yun's situation was getting more and more dangerous.

Xiuban had already been injured, and it wasn't a light injury. His formidable body was already covered in bloody scars. As for Reina, she didn't dare to transform in her Dragon Shape, she could only remain in her Human Shape to cast Ice Spells.

Even the surface of the puppet was covered with mottled marks. Had it not been for the fact that it had previously been at the Heaven Rank, this puppet would have been gravely damaged long ago.

But even so, many parts had been dented…

Lin Yun looked very pale and his mana consumption was very severe, with one less Alchemic Mana Whirlpool, he had lost a third of his mana. If Enderfa couldn't wipe out the four Demiliches' life before he ran out of mana, then they would all be done for…

After ten minutes, Enderfa finally broke the defensive array around the crystal wheel. When he cracked the first rune on the crystal wheel, the four Demiliches instantly reacted and immediately charged towards the crystal wheel while shouting.

Lin Yun clenched his teeth as he rushed towards the four Demiliches, disregarding mana consumption, to stop the four Demiliches.

The Undeads in the surroundings weren't regarded as much of a threat, but the four Demiliches had to be stopped so that Enderfa could wipe their Life Affixing Runes!

The crazy Demiliches were too frightening, not only did Lin Yun use his Draconic Staff' Incarnation, he even had Shawn come out once again.

He used all his power in order to slow down the four Demiliches.

Xiuban was the first to fall, he got pierced by a dozen ink jade Dark Arrows. The moment he tumbled, he ended up being restrained by three Askrim Gates. Although the powerful Xiuban wasn't crushed to death, he had to use all his power to resist the pressure.

Reina was hit by Garcia's enhanced Fear and resentment covered her entire body. She couldn't help running away, leaving the safety of Lin Yun's Undead Predator ability only to be submerged by a group of Undeads.

The amount of instant spells the puppet was releasing had decreased by half due to accumulated damage. It could still move, but it was thanks to the Hydra Heart being too formidable after being irrigated by God Blood.

As for Lin Yun, his left arm was already covered in a layer of frost, already frozen stiff and his right hand was pierced by a Dark Arrow and a large amount of dark power permeated the wound, stopping it from recovering and making the wound continuously bleed. Moreover, on the edge of the wound, the flesh was already rotting.

Arnold, who had turned crazy, didn't even know what he was summoning. A huge death vortex was rotating in mid air, and before anything was summoned from it, a thick death energy rushed out like a tide.

At that time, the four Demiliches suddenly stopped, their bodies shivering as they shouted, angry and afraid.

A large amount of death energy turned into smoke and rushed out from the four Demiliches' bodies before dissipating.

Two seconds later, the power of the four Demiliches turned chaotic, dark energy came out of Cook, while mantra fluctuations could be felt from Hall.

Five seconds later, the four Demiliches defiantly bellowed, their flesh and clothing rapidly dissipating and four lifeless corpses fell to the ground.

That huge death vortex also disappeared and the countless Undeads within the Captain's Cabin also dissipated, turning into smoke.

Lin Yun sat on the ground, breathing heavily. He took out three Health Potions and started drinking.

Xiuban was spitting out blood, he ran over and reached out for one of Lin Yun's Health Potions.

Reina fell to the ground in an unladylike manner, looking like a mess.

In the distance, Enderfa, who had been frantically using mana to rotate the crystal wheel, halted…

Lin Yun paused and turned his head, letting out a long relieved sigh as he glanced at that crystal wheel.

Lin Yun had known how to kill the four Demiliches after discovering their secret.

Unfortunately, knowing the method wasn't the same as being able to put it in practice. He could only trick the four Demiliches and send Enderfa to crack the array, the rest was simple.

These four Demiliches had affixed their lives onto the crystal wheel, which was a very amazing method, they even forcibly destroyed the crystal wheel's Incarnation and fused their four Life Affixing Runes in its stead.

This had a huge benefit to the four of them, but it was also a critical flaw before the completion of their transformation.

There hadn't been just one, but four Life Affixing Runes on the crystal wheel.

Earlier, Lin Yun had speculated that the condition to scatter their true life was to spin the wheel.

Before their transformation was over, the four's true soul and the Life Affixing Runes' orientation and location absolutely couldn't change.

The fusion of their true souls could bring benefits, but it also carried risks, they only needed to spin the crystal wheel to make the four's true souls and Life Affixing Runes fall in disarray.

That kind of messing up was very deadly, with their true souls destroyed, no matter how formidable the Demiliches were, they could only die miserably.

Enderfa used the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel's spell bombardment to forcibly rotate the crystal wheel and pressure the runes.

Fortunately, Enderfa had accurately remembered the method to crack the array, or everyone would have been in danger…

Lin Yun drank three Health Potions in a row and expelled the remnant dark energy, ice energy and death energy from his body, allowing his wounds to slowly regenerate.

Xiuban and Reina's recovery abilities were outstanding, only one Health Potion was enough for them to recover.

Upon reaching the crystal wheel, they saw Enderfa laying on the ground like a dead dog, next to the trashed Ten Thousand Spell Wheel.

"Merlin, you made me miserable this time…"

As he recalled the shattered Elemental Amber, Enderfa was distressed for a while, this hadn't been a small injury at all…

"Alright, when I have the opportunity, I'll trade it for an even better one, although that Elemental Amber was big enough, it had limited effect on the power of the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel…" Lin Yun answered casually.

But Enderfa didn't feel any consolation…

Naturally, Enderfa also understood that this had been the only way. Under such circumstances, without sacrificing the Elemental Amber, how could they trick the four Demiliches…

Enderfa bitterly shook his head before pointing a finger at the crystal wheel, "Forget it… Just now, I discovered something after cracking the array, take a look…"

Lin Yun reached the back of the crystal wheel and discovered a hidden compartment with a defensive array on top.

The array had been added later on and was of the True Spirit rank. Lin Yun immediately broke the array.

After cracking the defense and opening the hidden compartment, he discovered there two things.

One of which was the other half of the Diary!

Lin Yun picked it up and saw important clues on the first page.

"One time, the captain was drunk and I got an important information. Apparently, that monster might have been left by Nightmare God Senders…"

He flipped to the second page.

"I heard that Senders was full of resentment after his death, and that monster appeared after we met that terrifying whirlpool. That monster boarded the ship and I guess that monster came from the fusion of that vile thing and Senders' resentment, creating something even more evil…"

"I suddenly recalled something the Captain said; the Captain's cabin has a path leading down, and opening that path would create a disaster. I wonder if it's related to that monster…"

Lin Yun continued to flip a few pages recording the First Mate taking an indirect approach to gather information. And then there was a clue regarding the monster.

"Today, I took advantage of the Captain being out of his room to find that passage. I saw that monster. Too terrifying, that monster's power keeps increasing. And it created a clone… I can't figure out who is actually a part of the monster…"

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Chapter 624: Polychrome Crystal

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Lin Yun suddenly recalled that fake Xiuban that kept disturbing them, as well as the strange tentacles. Wouldn't all these things be that monster?

After a few pages, he gained some new details.

"Today, when I was chatting with the Captain, I finally heard something important. Senders was killed by the Wisdom Tree. I had a feeling that this information was very important so I carefully thought about it on my way back, and sure enough. Since Senders was killed by the Wisdom Tree, then wouldn't the Wisdom Tree be able to restrain the monster born of Senders' resentment?"

Next page.

"I can't stay calm, I was so happy that I found a way to restrain this monster that I couldn't help requesting the Captain to leave for the Wisdom Tree's God Nation, but the Captain ruthlessly refused and forbade me from disturbing the Wisdom Tree's eternal rest. I'm already despairing, but I unexpectedly obtained another important piece of information…"

"Before the Wisdom Tree evolved in the Wisdom God Nation, it left behind seven seeds, but those left in Noscent were in unknown locations. I guess, since there is no way to get the Wisdom Tree's help, then could the Wisdom Tree's seeds be able to handle that monster?"

After reading to that part, Enderfa suddenly said, "I remember a very old legend. I originally thought it was fake, but now I suspect it to be true."

Lin Yun pensively looked at Enderfa, "What legend?"

Enderfa immediately explained, "In those days, the Wisdom God Constance and the Nightmare God Senders were fighting a war. Both sides were equally matched, but strictly speaking, Wisdom God Constance was at a disadvantage…"

"Senders then slowly closed in and Constance had to admit defeat and requested a peace negotiation. The details were unknown, but for more than a thousand years, the two Ancient Gods lived beside each other in harmony, Constance even won Senders' friendship and trust."

"It was said that the key to obtaining Senders' trust was the precious jewel Constance had offered to him. It was said that swallowing it would give someone boundless power and they would even surpass the almighty God King."

Lin Yun's face lit up with enlightenment as he heard that part, a smirk even appeared on his face.

"Senders was really stupid, that so-called precious jewel was a seed of the Wisdom Tree."

Lin Yun suddenly recalled a history book he had read at the end of the Magic Era. He had treated it as something to pass time, but it looked like the content was true.

In those days, the Wisdom God Constance had used a crafty scheme to trick the foolish Nightmare God into swallowing a seed of the Wisdom Tree.

What kind of thing was the Wisdom Tree?

Constance was known as the source of all knowledge, he was called the Wisdom God, largely due to his God Nation being formed from the evolution of a Wisdom Tree.

The Nightmare God was dubbed the most stupid God in the books because he had been gullible enough to believe Constance's words and swallowed a seed.

That Wisdom Tree Seed germinated in Senders' body and used Senders' formidable power as nourishment to grow at an extreme speed.

This was the same as having a God Nation evolve within Senders' body. Moreover, it was the God Nation of another God, simply deadly.

It was too late when Senders noticed that something was wrong.

His power was already leaking out, faster and faster. He could no longer be considered Constance's equal…

Senders was already extremely weak when the seed grew into a Wisdom God Nation.

Constance very easily killed Senders and also used his corpse to create the Intrepid.

And by killing Senders, Constance became Noscent's 2nd god with more than one God Nation.

The first god was God King Yashan!

And when everyone thought that Constance would challenge Yashan, no one expected him to do something shocking instead. He thoroughly stripped off his second God Nation and threw it in the endless void. No one knew where that God Nation would end up.

Constance explained that every corner of this God Nation was filled with Senders' hatred.

But no one knew if those words were true or false.

Lin Yun had previously read those things to relieve boredom, he hadn't expected these legends to be true.

He flipped through the diary. What followed was the story of the First Mate crazily looking for the Wisdom Tree Seeds.

With great difficulties, he obtained some information about the Wisdom Tree Seed and hurriedly rushed over, only for the information to turn up fake. He killed the one that gave him the fake intel, but that didn't lessen his disappointment.

After flipping through countless pages, Lin Yun read about the First Mate's search of the Wisdom Tree Seed, with no result.

Up until the last page.

"That monster is urging me to help him steal the Intrepid's blueprint, I can only delay…"

Lin Yun flipped another page.

"I wasn't disappointed this time, I found a Wisdom Tree Seed in the Odin Kingdom, but it is on the verge of death."

"I spent a huge amount of money, but I found a Master that can restore the seed. He helped me create a special Magic Tool to revitalize the seed and give it a chance to recover."

"Although that necklace looks very simple, I paid a huge price and still was very grateful. I even took the opportunity to help him deal with a huge problem!"

Necklace!

Lin Yun wore an amazed expression, he held that seemingly ordinary ruby necklace and looked at the strange gem. At this time, he understood that this ruby was actually a seed of the Wisdom Tree.

No wonder…

No wonder it had such formidable mana yet was so stable, nothing was leaking and it couldn't be roused.

As for the necklace's arrays, they looked very crude to Lin Yun, no secret could be hidden from Lin Yun's eyes, it was impossible for these arrays to stimulate the seed of the Wisdom Tree.

After testing again, Lin Yun gave up. The Wisdom Tree Seed was too strange. Whether it was mana or anything else, there was no way to rouse this seed.

He truly hadn't expected that this thing he got a hold of was the monster's nemesis. Lin Yun was very surprised.

He then continued flipping the diary of the First Mate.

"Captain invited the Raging Flame Emperor Norrick on board, but I don't know what they discussed in the Captain's Cabin. After the talks were over, the Captain told us that the Raging Flame Emperor would remain on the Intrepid for a long time and that we cannot slight him…"

Lin Yun was overjoyed with the confirmation that the Raging Flame Emperor was on the Intrepid. The Raging Flame Emperor being there meant that the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras was near.

He kept reading the diary, hoping to find any useful information, but from there to the last page, nothing useful appeared.

But he was surprised by the bloodstain on the last page. The handwriting was so crooked that it clearly showed that the writer had been fiercely shivering.

"A calamity is coming… I'm unwilling. I truly didn't expect it, I didn't think that the Intrepid wouldn't be destroyed by that monster, but by Constance. Constance actually wanted everyone to accompany him in his eternal rest…"

Lin Yun closed the diary, doubts filling his mind. He had also thought that Intrepid had become a Ghost Ship because of that monster…

The monster wasn't that powerful at first, but it got stronger very fast and was resourceful.

Lin Yun guessed that some crew members had sacrificed their lives to seal the monster and it ended up being released after their arrival.

But it looked like it wasn't the case, the main culprit behind the Intrepid turning into a Ghost Ship was actually Constance?

This was shocking news!

Red Beard was Constance's faithful subordinate!

But thinking of Constance's temperament, forcing them to bury themselves after his death wasn't out of character…

While Lin Yun was still brooding over it, something happened in the center of the Captain's Cabin.

A black whirlpool appeared in the center of the room and a Wyvern flew out of that black whirlpool, quickly flying towards those four corpses, grabbing those four Demiliches' remains before flying back to the black whirlpool.

This sudden change startled everyone.

Lin Yun cast Fire Elemental Incarnation by reflex and used a few Flame Flash while waving his Draconic Staff, Instant Casting a large amount of spells.

But he was too far and Noblesse only sprayed green acidic flames to block Lin Yun's Instant Spells.

In less than ten seconds, it recovered the four Demiliches' corpses into that black vortex.

As the black vortex disappeared, Lin Yun's spells fell on that stone platform in the center.

It was the same stone platform the four Demiliches had been originally slumbering around.

At that moment, a wave of mana fluctuations emerged from it in reaction to being hit by Lin Yun's spells.

A one meter tall pillar slowly rose up in the middle of that stone platform and crack could be seen at the top. A fist-sized seven-colored crystal was embedded in there.

Those mana fluctuations came from that crystal.

Lin Yun slightly frowned, the appearance of Noblesse was beyond his expectations, especially the fact that this guy only came to steal the corpses of the Demiliches, spelling bad news.

But Lin Yun's attention was instantly attracted by that seven-colored crystal.

"First-rate Record Crystal! Polychrome Crystal!"

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Chapter 625: Secret Passage

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A multitude of colorful rays of light could be seen within the Polychrome Crystal. These rays of light then flew out and converged not far away, forming a 3D scene.

A table over ten meters long could be seen, with two people sitting on either end of it.

One was wearing a captain's clothes and had an iconic curled red beard. It was evident that this was Captain Red Beard.

And the man on the other side looked very powerful. He was tall and wore a broad, red cloak that was wrapped around his entire body.

Lin Yun also recognized that man. It was the Raging Flame Emperor, the conqueror of the Raging Flame Plane.

But what caught Lin Yun's attention was the scepter in the hands of Raging Flame Emperor!

The golden-blue scepter was covered with numerous patterns, and at its top, there were four hands grasping a ball of light. Countless mantras were flowing within that ball of light. Each and every mantra that appeared was entirely different. It looked like there were seemingly infinitely many of them with no duplicates.

Lin Yun's eyes turned red very quickly.

"Book of Ten thousand Mantras! That's the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras!"

The Magic Tool that he had been looking for was actually embedded in the Raging Flame Emperor's scepter! At this moment, the one thing Lin Yun knew about the most was the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras. He knew all the shapes of the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras like the back of his hand.

Lin Yun recognized it at first glance; that was one of its shapes!

At that time, Lin Yun finally understood why there had never been any legends recounting that the Raging Flame Emperor possessed the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras.

It was because the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras was the Raging Flame Emperor's scepter, and the scepter was the book.

At the start of this projection, the Raging Flame Emperor was glaring at Red Beard.

"Red Beard, you disappoint me. We are protecting Master's resting place in order to let him rest proudly for all eternity. But you actually want to take the Intrepid and leave!? You are betraying Master!"

The Raging Flame Emperor was becoming more and more infuriated as he spoke. He gnashed his teeth as he continued, "Master originally chose the Raging Flame Plane as his resting place and established a Demiplane there, even moving the God Nation into it. He originally let you cruise in this Demiplane while I went to conquer the Raging Flame Plane, but you actually want to betray Master?!"

Red Beard looked pained as he replied, "Norrick, it's not that I want to betray Master, but we will die if we stay here…"

Norrick sneered before slamming the table and shattering it into pieces. "Rubbish! How could Master harm us! I see that you want to betray master after he sank into eternal rest!" the Raging Flame Emperor shouted before storming off.

Red Beard stood up and walked to the Polychrome Crystal. It was as if he was standing in front of Lin Yun. His tone was dull and his eyes were filled with worry as he said, "Coming here was a mistake, to begin with. Norrick's help is needed to let the Intrepid leave this Demiplane. Since Norrick is unwilling to leave, the Intrepid is doomed.

"I'm unwilling, unwilling to become a petty sacrifice. I hope that someone will see this and let everyone know that the so-called God Era, and the so-called God Wars were nothing but despicable lies…"

After Red Beard's words, the scene disappeared.

Lin Yun hadn't understood what Red Beard's words meant, but he got a shocking piece of information from this scene.

The Raging Flame Emperor was also Constance's subordinate!

And he looked like a very loyal subordinate…

But Lin Yun was very happy because he now knew where the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras was. With the information he got from the First Mate's diary, he was fairly certain that Norrick's scepter was under the Captain's Cabin!

And when Red Beard mentioned needing the help of Norrick, it should have been linked to the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras!

After shaking his head, Lin Yun walked to the Polychrome Crystal.

Lin Yun recognized what that thing was at first glance, especially when taking the previous scene into account, that Polychrome Crystal should be the Intrepid's navigation log.

He put his hand on the Polychrome Crystal and poured mana into it, making many logs appear before his eyes.

But just as three or four years' worth of logs appeared, Lin Yun quickly pulled his hand away as if he had been stung by a scorpion.

It only took a few seconds for nearly all his mana to be drained.

Moreover, these few years' worth of logs were meaningless. The Intrepid had been drifting in the dark all this time.

And the mana consumption would sharply rise if they wanted to see further and further, so Lin Yun simply couldn't do it.

He smiled bitterly and shook his head.

'Forget it, it looks like it's impossible to control this log without controlling the Intrepid. The mana consumption is too extreme…'

He wanted to take out the Polychrome Crystal and tried to crack the array around it, but he was sent flying by the backlash.

Lin Yun was a bit helpless. The Polychrome Crystal was a main part of the Intrepid and the arrays surrounding it were all at the Heaven Rank. He simply couldn't touch them or he would pay a huge price.

After taking a trip through the entire cabin, he discovered that he was unable to touch most things, as they were all at the Heaven Rank. The array around the teleportation door was an exception. After cracking it, Lin Yun decisively summoned three Rock Puppets.

He let the Rock Puppets walk into the teleportation door, and the connection between them remained stable for over a minute, so Lin Yun assessed that the other side shouldn't be too dangerous.

Since the escape route was already secured, Lin Yun started looking for other things and the passage that would lead downstairs.

He absolutely couldn't give up on the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras, especially since he already had detailed information.

It didn't take long for him to find a mechanism at the back of the crystal wheel. That mechanism was hidden in the compartment where the other half of the diary had been stored.

After cautiously activating it, a mechanical sound echoed.

The platform under the crystal wheel slowly moved.

A pitch-black entrance appeared.

At that moment, death energy spread from below, followed by a faint roar.

Lin Yun frowned. He could only see three meters into the darkness, yet that voice echoed from such a distant place. He simply didn't know how far this tunnel led.

The flight of steps was full of an evil and ominous aura.

Lin Yun was in no hurry to step into that terrifying passage, so he sat and recovered his mana outside.

Although they had all recovered from their injuries with Health Potions, they hadn't completely recovered. Especially their mana, which needed time to recover.

Some of the puppet's components also needed to be replaced, or else its power would sharply decline.

It would definitely be very dangerous then. Fighting without making sure that they were at full power would just be courting death.

After some time, Lin Yun opened his eyes, after having recovered his mana.

"Thud thud…"

"Thud thud…"

Muffled footsteps could be heard coming from the passage.

Along with the faint roar, those muffled footsteps became clearer and clearer.

Lin Yun stood up and stared at the entrance of the passage, holding the Book of Death in one hand while grasping the Draconic Staff in the other.

Enderfa controlled the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and had it hover in the air. Xiuban held Carnage while baring his teeth, ready to attack at any time. Reina was looking at the entrance coldly. Even the puppet, whose components had already been swapped, raised its arms, aiming at the passage.

Two shadows slowly appeared in the passage.

Lin Yun was startled when he saw them.

He could see Rhett with a tattered robe and a very pale expression, supporting Zeuss with one arm as they walked out of the passage.

When he saw Lin Yun, Rhett's face turned red from excitement as he stumbled to the ground with Zeuss.

"Merlin! I finally found you! So fortunate, quickly save Sir Zeuss…"

Rhett's eyes were tearing up as if he had met a long lost brother.

Xiuban was about to help them up, but he was stopped by Lin Yun.

After stopping Xiuban, Lin Yun sent a Mage Hand over.

The pitch-black hand slapped Rhett before pulling him into the air, flipping him three times, and sending him back to the ground.

Rhett spat a mouthful of blood after hitting the ground, a dozen teeth falling out.

"Your acting skills are too exaggerated!" Lin Yun snickered as he looked at the shocked and pained Rhett.

Hearing Lin Yun's words, Rhett's bloody appearance suddenly changed. He opened his eyes wide as he looked at Lin Yun.

"Impossible, impossible, how did you find out again!?"

Lin Yun raised his hand and sent Bursting Flames over at the figure as he disdainfully said, "Since when is that damned Rhett Watson so friendly? That expression, that appearance, you think that guy is a close friend of mine?"

"Rhett" clenched his teeth and fire burned in his eyes. Since he had been recognized, he changed into someone else this time.

"Seeing through my camouflage won't change your fate, human. You are getting closer and closer to the darkest place in the Intrepid…"

The figure then turned into smoke and quickly disappeared into that eerie passage.

Lin Yun cast a few spells, but didn't stop that guy who had tried to trick him a few times.

Rhett was fake, but Zeuss was actually real. After they came into the room, Lin Yun had discovered that Zeuss didn't have a single bit of mana in his body. He was extremely weak and was barely breathing.

Lin Yun took a Health Potion and poured it into Zeuss' mouth. After no less than five minutes, Zeuss slowly opened his eyes.

He looked around and bitterly smiled as he saw Lin Yun, looking like he had aged a few dozen years.

"So you were the one to save me, Merlin. Before, I…"

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Chapter 626: Dream of Heiss City

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Zeuss was in a very complicated state after being saved by Lin Yun, and he didn't know what to say.

Lin Yun shook his head. He didn't need to think about it to know that Zeuss must have encountered the monster and had his mana drained.

He softly asked, "What happened?"

Zeuss recounted the story with pain and regret.

"We were separated as soon as we fell on the Intrepid. I only found Rhet and Arthus, and I soon saw Falton. Falton taunted me and I lost all reason and started chasing him…"

As he said that, Lin Yun understood. When he met the Orachiss, Falton had put Zeuss in a very bad spot. They had ended up getting split up, yet instead of trying to reconcile, Falton had taunted him. It was understandable for Zeuss to burst out on the spot and start chasing Falton.

And as Lin Yun expected, that Falton was a fake and was luring Zeuss' group into a trap. Arthus' aura ended up being absorbed by that monster as he screamed miserably. Zeuss' mana also ended up being absorbed, and he almost died. And Rhett had been controlled by the monster.

Zeuss was barely conscious at that point. Even if he knew that this Rhett was fake, he couldn't do anything about it.

"I was the one that harmed Rhett and Arthus… Ah…"

Zeuss was agonizing and regretting what had happened. He had lost his mana and was now no different from an old man with a foot in his grave. His prestige as an Archmage had already disappeared, nothing was left.

Lin Yun let out a long sigh. He also wasn't in the mood to quarrel with Zeuss. Although that guy used to have a bad temper and Lin Yun didn't particularly like him, surviving in that state was worse than death…

"Xiuban, take Zeuss along with you." Lin Yun instructed.

Xiuban looked unwilling to waste his power on that old man. He would rather swing his hammer around.

But Xiuban could only bear with it, so he roughly put Zeuss on his shoulder.

When Zeuss noticed that Lin Yun still planned on entering the passage, he was greatly alarmed. He promptly warned, "Merlin, by all means, don't go. Flee! That monster is too frightening. Before I was dragged out, I even heard that the monster had infiltrated over half of the Intrepid and had a good grasp of the Intrepid's controls. Going down would just be throwing away your life!"

Lin Yun glanced at Zeuss and shook his head, not saying anything. The Book of Ten Thousand Mantras was something he absolutely couldn't give up.

Lin Yun walked at the forefront and cast a Runic Shield as well a Light spell, which lit the tip of the Draconic Staff.

The dark passage was about four to five meters tall, but the environment didn't change as they kept walking in. Everything was dark around them, and from time to time there would be a chilly wind blowing, echoing with whimpers and wails.

The walls looked like they had absorbed all the light, and the Light spell could only illuminate the area around them for ten meters. The front was always dark.

The sounds of the muffled footsteps made everyone feel nervous. And the further they went in, the thicker the evil, the resentment, and the death energy.

That anguished wailing was getting clearer and clearer.

Suddenly, a person dripping blood appeared in front of them. He had lost his skin and was covered in red flesh. He was looking over, extending his hand to grab at them.

Xiuban waved Carnage because he was startled, and the shadow disappeared.

Lin Yun frowned and cast Spirit Defense on everyone. This place was too strange.

With the addition of the Spirit Defenses, the whimpers became quieter. But then, another illusion appeared.

This time, Spirit Defense didn't have much of an effect, and the frightening illusion caught everyone in the surroundings.

Many dead people even appeared.

Warriors that had lost half of their heads, mages so twisted they didn't even look human, female corpses dragging their intestines on the floor…

More and more illusions appeared, and everyone seemed to be walking through this terrifying hallway. It looked as if the path was leading to Hell.

Xiuban was extremely pale, and his teeth were chattering. Although he knew this was fake, when he saw a zombie approaching him, he couldn't help swinging.

All kinds of terrifying things were crammed into the passage, and although they knew it was an illusion, they still felt scared as they moved onward.

Soon after, those miserable howls echoed in their minds like soul magic.

Zeuss, who had lost all his power, had already sunk into the illusion, and even Spirit Defense didn't have an effect. Xiuban had to knock him out to keep him quiet.

Lin Yun's expression was very unsightly. He actually couldn't stop the illusion from attacking his mind with ten Spirit Defenses up. Although he knew that those things were fake, those soul attacks made his body believe that they were real.

After over an hour, they finally saw something different.

There had been nothing different so far. The passage had been repetitive, and it looked like an endless maze filled with illusions, slowly torturing their minds.

A huge hall appeared after they left the passage. The surrounding walls were completely black, and only a black vortex could be seen covering the entire hall.

Spatial fluctuations were circulating there, carrying things that looked like large, rotating spatial fragments.

Lin Yun stood at the entrance of the passage and would occasionally see his silhouette within those spatial distortions.

The chaotic spatial structure was like a completely obscure maze. A simple glance gave Lin Yun a headache.

Strands of dark energy revolved around the vortex. Those strands frequently condensed into sinister and terrifying skulls that laughed oddly at Lin Yun and the others before once again turning into black smoke and returning into the black vortex.

In fact, all kinds of terrifying things condensed within the vortex. With a surge, a pair of eyes filled with malice looked at them, causing them to shiver.

They stood at the entrance of the passage, looking at the vortex that almost filled the entire hall, before looking across at the other entrance on the other side of the vortex. It was clear that they would have to go through the vortex to get there.

This black vortex, besides the illusions and evil aura, didn't seem to have any way to attack directly.

But Lin Yun was still worried. He couldn't help recalling the First Mate mentioning the vortex, and the whirlpool on the map indicating certain death.

"Everyone be careful! Stay resolute as we move forward. Remember, everything you see is an illusion!"

Lin Yun added a pile of Spirit Defenses on the others before taking the lead and entering the maelstrom. Although this black vortex was strange, Lin Yun only sensed illusion energy within. Even the chaotic space was caused by the obscure, continuously changing maze. They only needed to spend time and energy and they would be able to walk through.

As they stepped into the vortex, all the darkness was swallowed. Not a single sound could be heard, no light could be seen, and no one knew where to go.

Lin Yun blinked and realized that he was losing consciousness. He was attacked by a wave of sleepiness and he subconsciously felt that the situation wasn't good, but he didn't have time to react. His power that could overwhelm an Archmage felt lacking against this sleepiness.

'The power of Laws…'

This was the final thought that appeared in Lin Yun's mind before he fell asleep…

He didn't know how long he slept…

Maybe a year, maybe a decade, maybe a century…

In short, when Lin Yun opened his eyes once again, what appeared before his eyes was a dusky sky.

The sky was covered with sinister and terrifying cracks caused by the Netherstorm continuously tearing the sky apart.

The bloody red sun was letting out a cruel light that made all the moisture in the atmosphere evaporate. The extremely high temperature caused the air to distort. Looking into the distance felt like looking through a wall of flames. Everything was continuously swaying and twisting.

'Heiss City?' Lin Yun rubbed his eyes as he looked at the familiar environment. He didn't know why, but Lin Yun constantly felt like he had forgotten something…

Unfortunately, before Lin Yun could remember what he had forgotten, the dusky sky suddenly combusted. Endless darkness covered everything as blood and flames sprinkled over the earth. The Netherstorm crazily tore the sky apart, expanding the cracks…

Meteors fell down from the sky. In the distance, a huge meteor that was a kilometer in diameter could even be seen falling down. Space itself was like a fragile mirror that instantly shattered. The impact of the chaotic energy dissipated the area in an instant.

"Boom…"

The earth started shivering, and the sand outside Heiss City flew a kilometer into the air and was blown around by the gales. Nothing outside of Heiss City survived.

Lin Yun raised his head and saw a meteor falling from the sky to Heiss City and mumbled, "It's going to be completely destroyed again… Eh? Why again?"

Lin Yun watched the huge meteor fall, but to his surprise, it didn't fall on Heiss City. Instead, it landed a few kilometers outside. The huge shockwave spread, and all wails, wretched howls, and begging voices were instantly drowned out.

The land outside of Heiss City was thoroughly disintegrated…

This area of fifty kilometers flew up. Lin Yun stood atop Heiss City and watched as all of Noscent exploded into countless pieces like a cookie slammed against the ground.

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As for Heiss City, it was left on a relatively larger piece of debris.

Countless fragments floated in the void, large and small ones, continuously colliding together as they turned into hundreds of pieces.

"The once glorious Noscent actually ended up in such a way. But shattering like this is also good, at least the mana produced by the Netherstorm is abundant," Lin Yun casually mused as he left the desolate library and looked at the chaotic void filled with fragments of the continent.

Lin Yun remained there for a few months after Noscent shattered. Every few days, he would go out and kill Sand Beasts. Those hard-to-swallow Sand Beasts were the only thing left there for him to eat.

People were dying in Heiss City everyday… Fewer and fewer people remained alive.

During his free time, he could only read the books in the library, many of which were considered advanced magic books that he hadn't heard of, but he always had this strange feeling, as if he had already read them….

It might be because he always read books to pass time, so it felt similar? Who knew… In any case, time gradually passed as he read.

He had finished the latest Sand Beast's meat, so it was time to hunt again.

Lin Yun left Heiss City in order to find more prey to fill his stomach. With his power as an 8th Rank High Mage, killing a Sand Beast was very easy.

He didn't walk far before discovering a Sand Beast chasing a man. That man was running for his life, but the Sand Beast behind him was unwilling to let him go, doing all it could to devour him.

Lin Yun used Flight to go over and cut the Sand Beast in two with a Dimensional Edge while using Freeze to freeze the Sand Beast.

After putting away the Sand Beast's corpse, Lin Yun landed and glanced at the man panting heavily on the floor.

Seeing Lin Yun landing, that man promptly crawled over and followed old customs. "Many thanks for saving my life, Sir. I am Rhett Watson, Sir, you…"

Lin Yun waved his hand. "It was just a slight effort…"

Rhett promptly exclaimed, "Sir, it is as you say! This might be nothing to you, as you are a formidable mage that was able to save me just from a wave of your hand, but I still want to thank you…"

Rhett boldly approached Lin Yun. Ever since Noscent had been shattered, just surviving was becoming harder and harder.

The fragment they were on wasn't too small, and although the Shelter Tower's mana had been exhausted, it was still made out of good materials and could block many of the things within the void.

But on this fragment that was roughly fifty kilometers in size, everything besides Heiss City was just desert. And apart from those few people remaining, only the Sand Beasts survived.

If they didn't want to starve, they had to kill Sand Beasts.

On the premise that mana could barely be extracted from the Netherstorm, Great Mages were few and far between, let alone an 8th Rank High Mage like Lin Yun who was comparable to an Archmage.

Rhett followed behind Lin Yun while flattering him, and the latter didn't say anything.

Naturally, the most important part was that Lin Yun kept having this feeling of deja vu. It was as if he had already encountered this person before, but he couldn't figure it out in the end.

It seemed to him that he'd had this strange feeling since before Noscent shattered. He always felt that some things were familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen them before.

It was the same with the books of the desolate library, and it was also the same with Rhett.

Lin Yun shook his head. He might as well tag along with the shameless Rhett. Lin Yun could eat a Sand Beast for many days, but it didn't matter to him if Rhett wanted to keep hunting.

It was unknown when this era would end. At some point, those Sand Beasts outside Heiss City would go extinct.

And Rhett's strength wasn't that great. Handling a small Sand Beast was fine, but any more than that would be dangerous. Especially a large Sand Beast that would give trouble even to a High Mage. Rhett Watson's strength wasn't worth mentioning here.

They walked in the desert for over half an hour and hadn't seen a single Sand Beast…

After another half an hour, Lin Yun got a bit impatient until he noticed some sand moving in the distance. There was apparently something drilling out of the sand and this was typical of Sand Beasts appearing on the surface.

Rhett Watson exulted. He promptly used Haste to rush closer. After moving a few dozen meters, he impatiently used Earthquake.

The ground within a radius of twelve meters started shivering. Since the entire area was a desert, the might of Earthquake was shocking. The sand was bubbling upward like boiling water.

The sharp, angry shouts from the Sand Beast echoed as the sinister maw covered with sharp teeth erupted out from the sand.

Just as it appeared, the Sand Beast sprayed a mouthful of sand and acid.

Rhett was startled, but he instantly chanted an incantation, quickly gathering the sand in front of him to form a large Sand Wall.

But this Sand Wall was melted by the acid on contact, and a lot of in a direct confrontation, and a large amount of acid mixed with sand fell onto Rhett.

Lin Yun frowned as he wondered, 'How can this guy be so weak? How come he can't even resist a simple Acid Spray?'

But this was just a passing thought. Lin Yun casually condensed an Ice Wall in front of Rhett and followed with a Freeze spell, freezing the acid and making it fall harmlessly to the ground.

He raised his head and saw the Sand Beast's body as it emerged from the ground. It was two meters thick and about five meters long. Moreover, after it got out of the ground, Lin Yun noticed that the Sand Beast had three bleeding holes in its body.

'This Sand Beast was injured?'

As he thought of this, three figures flew over.

"Damn, someone dares to snatch Lord Xiuban's prey?"

At the forefront, a Draconic Beastman covered in gold and red was grasping an extremely imposing hammer, shouting while kicking up a large amount of dust.

An exquisite Magic Tool in the shape of a wheel floated behind him. Smoke rose out from the wheel and converged into three strange faces. The middle face scolded the Draconic Beastman with a terrible expression. "Xiuban, it's your fault for eating too much. One day, even those disgusting Sand Beasts will be no more! Anyways, quickly get rid of that Sand Beast!"

The Draconic Beastman ignored him as he shouted, "Whoever tries to snatch Lord Xiuban's prey will be thrown into the void to starve to death!"

The Draconic Beastman rushed over with the Magic Tool in tow, and the icy woman in the back followed suit. There was also a patched puppet that seemed to be under their control.

On this side, Rhett was doing his best to attack, creating a lot of bruises on that Sand Beast. After a bit, Lin Yun casually cast a Dimensional Edge to behead it.

The Draconic Beastman rushed over and grabbed the Sand Beast's body without saying a word, trying to pull it out of the ground.

Rhett instantly became angry. "Who are you? Are you looking to die? You dare to fight over our prey?!"

After saying that, Rhett cast a Fireball that directly struck the Draconic Beastman. Xiuban was enraged by the attack and waved his weapon at Rhett.

"Damn, gigolo, you dare to make a move against Lord Xiuban! You're the one looking to die!"

The huge weapon shattered Rhett's shield to pieces, and the rest of the power sent Rhett flying a dozen meters away.

If it hadn't been for the Ice Armor he had been wearing, this fierce hammer strike would have turned Rhett into mincemeat.

As the Draconic Beastman attacked, the Spell Wheel on the side let out a strange incantation.

"Xiuban, get rid of them! They dared to attack us, angering this great Enderfa!"

Lin Yun hadn't planned to punish them at first. That Sand Beast had clearly been chased by the other side for a long time, and seeing their appearance, he could tell that they weren't weak. It was unwise to fight over one Sand Beast. In any case, that Sand Beast was so huge that everyone could take a portion.

Unfortunately, before Lin Yun could say anything, they already attacked…

That Magic Tool Incarnation was controlling the mana and releasing many instant spells. Although these instant spells individually weren't very powerful, the amount of them would make anyone feel numb.

The Draconic Beastman brandishing his heavy hammer screamed as he charged. Each swing of his hammer would make the sand within ten meters explode with terrifying shockwaves.

And the icy woman was even fiercer. With one move, dozens of Frost Lances were sent without pause, with no regard to mana consumption.

There was also the patched puppet… It looked like an inferior product, but all the spells it was casting were instant, and they were all of the 6th Tier or above.

'These people are completely unafraid of wasting mana?'

Lin Yun was so annoyed, he was baffled by this battle.

This newly appearing group felt somewhat familiar to Lin Yun, especially when he heard them say their names. He was struck with an extreme sense of deja vu.

But he couldn't remember anything about them. Before he could even try to figure it out, Rhett was smashed and sent flying, and he couldn't even crawl this time.

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Chapter 628:

Dream

Translator: Shiraishi Editor: TheAlliance

This strange team was even more baffling. For just a Sand Beast, they didn't hesitate to start a fight…

Moreover, they were using methods that consumed a lot of mana, casting a flood of spells.

Although this kind of fighting style was formidable, there was only one enemy in such a wide area. It wasn't that efficient, so most of the spells were wasted.

If they had been fighting against a large number of enemies or in a small area, this would have been much more effective.

The mana brought by the Netherstorm had indeed increased since Noscent shattered, but it wasn't to the degree of allowing one to squander mana.

'These people are brainless!'

Lin Yun was puzzled, but he still reacted appropriately, using the double Elemental Incarnation of Fire and Earth to keep flashing through the desert.

While accurately calculating the casting time, he also used spells that required the least amount of mana and blocked the crucial actions of the opponents.

This was the most correct way of using magic, because recovering mana was a headache…

After no less than half an hour, Lin Yun eventually found an opportunity and reached the back of the puppet. In an instant, those patched parts fell to the ground.

With many of its key parts removes, the puppet could only stand there foolishly.

At this time, Rhett finally rejoined the battle while swearing heavily, infuriating the trio.

All of a sudden, the pressure greatly increased as they poured out even more spells.

The barrage of spells didn't give him any opportunities to counterattack.

'F*ck, these guys are crazy, they are wasting so much mana!'

But after fighting for more than half an hour, this group still didn't show any signs of mana exhaustion. It looked as if Berserk had been cast on them, and they only followed their own rhythm.

'This won't work…'

Lin Yun disguised an Elemental Shield as a Runic Shield, making the pure elemental power from runes and then having the runes float around the shield.

Soon, this disguised Elemental Shield was broken. But just as it broke, Lin Yun flashed next to the wheel-shaped Magic Tool.

A magic wand that had been discarded for a very long time appeared in Lin Yun's hand. He pointed it at the Magic Tool's source of mana and suddenly caused it to become chaotic. Lin Yun had observed the three-faced Incarnation of the Magic Tool for a long time. After having its mana scrambled, it simply couldn't function anymore.

The next instant, the Draconic Beastman's huge weapon smashed down, and the Runic Shield that he had saved came in handy.

The Runic shield was still steady after blocking a hit, which clearly startled the Draconic Beastman.

Even those who hadn't experienced it firsthand knew that once a Runic Shield was broken, it would need some time to recondense. It absolutely couldn't reform in just a few seconds.

And Lin Yun took advantage of this opportunity to instant cast three Bursting Flames, disregarding the mana consumption.

These three blue balls of fire pincered the Draconic Beastman from three different directions and exploded at the same time, greatly increasing the might of the spells.

And there was a secondary explosion afterwards!

The three Bursting Flames left the Draconic Beastman covered in burns and bruises. He fell to the ground and stopped moving.

The only person remaining was that icy woman. But surprisingly, that woman changed shape and turned into a Frost Dragon.

A Frost Breath mixed with countless ice fragments fell down from the sky. The flowing, ice-blue attack spread through the air, and everything within a dozen meters was completely frozen.

Lin Yun was startled, but that feeling of familiarity was getting stronger and stronger…

'A Frost Dragon…

'Reina…

'Reina? How come I know her name?'

But Lin Yun didn't have time to think about this in the middle of the battle. He used Flame Flashes and kept moving about, fighting this Dragon.

When the Frost Dragon starting chanting in Draconic, Lin Yun also followed and chanted an incantation of his own. A fragment of the destroyed continent passing by was forcibly summoned by Lin Yun as a meteor.

That meteor fell from the sky and struck the Frost Dragon's back. Lin Yun could even hear the sound of bones cracking.

The Draconic chant was also forcibly interrupted.

The aggressors had lost their fighting power, but Lin Yun didn't have a good expression. All the mana and abilities he had used made him feel hurt, not to mention some of the attacks he had endured just now.

Mages' bodies were far from those of fighters. Even if they had defensive spells active and were only shaken, they would still feel unwell.

Lin Yun was frowning, but he didn't stop casting.

These strange, brainless people hadn't died, but they had to be killed…

During that time, Rhett had crawled over and got behind Lin Yun.

Even though he was a mage, he was holding a pitch-black dagger, and the dagger seemed to be absorbing light. It didn't reflect any light at all… It was like a shadow.

A sharp glint of evil intent was visible in Rhett's eyes. He had snuck up to Lin Yun's back very naturally, and a smirk appeared on his face as he saw how unguarded his mark was. He then plunged his dagger into Lin Yun's back.

The dagger pierced Lin Yun's body, but Rhett didn't feel any resistance.

The next moment, Lin Yun's body distorted and dissipated.

Rhett turned and saw a thoughtful Lin Yun in the distance motioning with his staff.

A huge, pitch-black palm appeared and ruthlessly smashed Rhett.

The disgusting sound of cracking bones echoed as Rhett screamed while being sent flying. But before he could fall to the ground, a huge palm formed from the sand and struck him once again.

Rhett's bones were completely twisted as he fell to the ground. Blood kept foaming at the corner of his mouth, and he seemed to be in shock.

Lin Yun frowned as he walked over, subconsciously saying, "I can see through you again… Eh, why am I saying this?"

But when Rhett heard those words, his face turned green and he spat blood on the floor.

With grief and indignation, he shouted, "B*stard! How can you recognize me in a f*cking dream! I will kill you! I'll kill you!"

Lin Yun suddenly realized something.

"Turns out it was like this! This is a dream! No wonder, no wonder…"

'No wonder I felt that something was wrong from the start, but I was unable to find any trace of the illusion. Everything seemed real, down to the details. The books in the library were also real, an illusion couldn't have so many first-rate magic books.

'No wonder I kept having this feeling of deja vu after reading the contents.

'No wonder Rhett, that Draconic Beastman, that strange Magic Tool Incarnation, that puppet, and that icy woman all looked familiar… They all looked and felt familiar.

'Turns out it was a dream.'

A dream… This was like being tricked by himself, because everything came from his own memories. Looking for a flaw in his own memories was impossible!

Rhett looked as if he was about to slice Lin Yun into pieces, but he couldn't help asking, "How did you see through me?"

Lin Yun seriously thought about it for a moment…

"That huge meteor. When it first appeared, I knew it would destroy all of Heiss City and kill me too. But the meteor didn't fall and I didn't die, so it felt wrong."

Rhett looked stunned. He then roared, "Don't be too proud of yourself! You'll definitely die! You'll definitely die!"

Rhett suddenly exploded and dissipated into black smoke.

And the entire world turned into pure darkness. There was no sound, no light…

There was nothing at all.

Eventually, a light appeared.

This small glimmer looked glaringly bright, and Lin Yun couldn't help closing his eyes. When he opened them again, the surroundings had thoroughly changed.

The black vortex had disappeared, and the hall had also disappeared…

Xiuban was standing there foolishly, Reina had yet to wake up, Zeuss' eyes were unfocused as he had yet to recover, and one of Enderfa's faces was strange, watching the surroundings with alarm, wanting to confirm whether this place was an illusion or not…

Xiuban soon recovered and looked at Lin Yun before excitedly moving over.

"Sir Merlin, I just had a dream! I dreamt of becoming a noble and then fighting with a Three-Headed Gold Dragon. And that Three-Headed Gold Dragon fell to my Carnage and acknowledged me as his master. I also overpowered Syudos…"

Xiuban kept talking about his chaotic dream…

Lin Yun responded, "I also had a dream, I dreamt that you dared to call yourself Lord in front of me and then attacked to try to get rid of me, but I got rid of you instead…"

Xiuban was startled and instantly forgot his dream.

"Sir Merlin, how could that be, how could Xiuban attack you? This was just a dream… Yes, this was just a dream…"

Lin Yun then turned to look at Reina and Enderfa. They both clearly were also having dreams.

Enderfa was vigilantly looking around, his expression not very good. That dream should have been quite bad.

Lin Yun recalled the black vortex and made a conjecture.

That black vortex had probably been left by Nightmare God Senders. It made everyone unconsciously enter the land of dreams.

But someone must have been controlling that land of dreams, and the most logical culprit was that monster.

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Chapter 629: Raging Flame Emperor

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Unfortunately, no matter how bold he was, he never would have guessed that the fall of that meteor was originally the preface to Noscent's destruction.

Thus, Lin Yun kept feeling that something was wrong in the dream, because Noscent was only shattered, but not completely destroyed.

Even if the Nightmare God was alive and personally acted, he would also be unable to make Lin Yun's dreams flawless.

After shaking his head, Lin Yun began to size up his surroundings.

The group was standing at the entrance of a huge palace.

This palace was magnificent and looked like an old shrine. The front was supported by eight huge red pillars, and on the pillars, statues of thin and tall people could be seen. A huge snake was coiled around the statues, and on the body of that snake, countless small magic beasts were sculpted.

There was no mage tower at the top of the palace, and it hadn't been carved into a noble dome either. Instead, it was carved into a large treetop.

From the entrance, they could feel an aura of dignity coming from the building.

This palace was situated in a volcanic crater! They could see the thick magma flowing down, and the mountain range was covered in black smoke, a thick smell of sulfur permeating the air.

They even saw a volcano erupting in the distance…

'Damn, this is the Volcanic Mountain Range!' Lin Yun was alarmed.

He then looked at that huge palace in shock.

'That's the Raging Flame Emperor's palace! It was rumored to be in the core of the Volcanic Mountain Range, in the greatest volcano!

Looking down from the volcano, Lin Yun keenly noticed minute flaws.

One of the volcanoes had already been destroyed in battle, and another one had been dormant for a very long time and could now be considered extinct.

But here, these two volcanoes were still standing and erupting…

This was an illusion!

Lin Yun turned towards the palace, rushing closer in order to check whether or not the building was truly an illusion.

Because that palace was too exquisite. All the details and the dust couldn't be compared to the scene of the volcano below.

Lin Yun rushed in frantically, leaving the others baffled, but they still followed nervously.

The inside of the palace was dark, and when their eyes suddenly got used to the darkness, they saw something shocking.

Besides the thick pillars, the most conspicuous thing in the main hall was the exaggerated throne. A silhouette was sitting on that throne, and on the side, Noblesse was laying on its stomach, asleep.

The figure was sitting atop golden, pyramid-like steps. Each step was one meter wide and twenty centimeters high. They were made out of dark-gold magic stones, and they were all covered with various alchemy runes and patterns.

There were ninety-nine flights of steps both on the front and on both sides. The three flights of steps met at the summit, converging at that excessively huge throne.

The throne was low-key yet luxurious. Li Yun could recognize the materials used with a glance. It was made of Pure Flame Crystals! A first-rate magic material! It could be used for both True Spirit Arrays and the crafting of True Spirit Magic Tools. Some Heaven Rank Arrays might also need that material.

Simple shape, luxurious magic materials. Lin Yun even knew that during the forging of this throne, all the Pure Flame Crystals from three different planes were completely excavated, and only after refinement did he have enough for the throne.

This was the best True Spirit Magic Tool!

It was rumored that the Raging Flame Emperor had never suffered a defeat while holding the scepter and sitting on his throne.

And now, a silhouette covered in dust was sitting on that throne!

The thick layer of dust had accumulated after countless years, transforming in a kind of stone armor on the person's body.

His fiery cloak had already decayed, and the armor that covered every part of his body was tattered. Only a small part had yet to suffer from the corrosion of time.

Lin Yun didn't need to get closer to know that it was an armor made of Skyfall Magic Metal. It wasn't the best armor for fighters, but this kind of softness made it so that even fingers could be protected while maintaining dexterity!

Not only that, but the weight of the Skyfall Magic Metal was very low, and it had very good magic conductivity, making it useful for various things.

It had already been completely excavated in Noscent in the era of Chromatic Dragons and Pure-blood Elves. It was only seen again in the Planar Colonization Era.

Only a few pieces of Skyfall Metal remained from the corrosion of time.

This man was the Raging Flame Emperor!

Lin Yun was quite certain about this not only because Noblesse was sitting next to him, but also because he was holding that scepter.

It had a simple shape, revealing dignity and power. At the peak of the scepter floated a continuously transforming rune as well as countless floating mantras that were transformed into a ball of dark light.

The Book of Ten Thousand Mantras!

It was the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras!

That power and those features simply couldn't be faked!

Light shone in Lin Yun's eyes, his breathing couldn't help becoming rough as he became a bit anxious.

How long had he dreamt of that book?

Ever since he obtained the Equilibrium Law, he had started thinking about it. No, it had started from his rebirth. He'd thought of the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras among other things that early, but it hadn't been urgent before he got the Equilibrium Law.

It had been so risky and full of untold dangers, but he could finally see the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras/ How could Lin Yun not be excited?

Lin Yun walked over with excitement, but after taking two steps, he was forced to stop. He cast a dozen Mage Eyes in the surroundings.

After casually casting Detect Undead, something unexpected appeared, it collapsed thirty meters away from the Raging Plane Emperor.

Lin Yun was suddenly startled as if he had been splashed with cold water.

His Detect Undead had been defeated by a stronger power.

Behind him, the others saw Lin Yun's baffling actions and they approached one after another.

Lin Yun urgently warned, "Don't move, don't speak, don't make a sound!"

They were all startled when they saw Lin Yun being so cautious. No matter how great the danger had been before, they hadn't seen him in such a state.

Lin Yun stood at the bottom of the flight of steps and looked at the Raging Flame Emperor, truly afraid…

He'd assumed that the Raging Flame Emperor had died and that before his death, he had sat on the throne, trying to use the throne's absolute defenses to resist the power of death. Thus, it was very unlikely that he had been turned into one of the Undead.

As long as he hadn't become Undead and was only a corpse, Lin Yun would have a lot of ways to open up the throne's defenses.

But the probing wasn't just resisted… It collapsed completely.

As if the source of the spell had been overcome in an instant.

The difference in nature was too huge!

If the Raging Flame Emperor had already become Undead, then they all could only wait for death.

Everyone remained quiet, and Xiuban was even scared into holding his breath.

The hall instantly became quiet and even a heartbeat could be heard.

"Ba-thump"

"Ba-thump"

A slow and heavy heartbeat echoed in Lin Yun's ears. He looked at the Raging Flame Emperor and bit his own tongue.

'Sh*t, the Raging Flame Emperor is still alive?!'

Enderfa's three faces looked as if they had seen a ghost.

Lin Yun leaned towards Enderfa and asked in a low voice, "Enderfa, what's going on? How can the Raging Flame Emperor still be alive? Has he been sitting on that throne, still alive, for countless millennia?"

Enderfa was also bewildered. He unhappily replied, "You're asking me, but who should I ask? Who knows? Just don't provoke him, he's been sleeping for so many years, he won't wake up as long as we don't touch him.

Lin Yun thoughtfully nodded, calmly his own heartbeat.

The Raging Flame Emperor being alive was a really scary matter…

But Lin Yun was confused by the current state of the Raging Flame Emperor. He was obviously still alive, but how had he been sleeping for? What was going on in the end?

How could the Raging Flame Emperor fall asleep on his throne like this?

In the legends, when the Raging Flame Emperor sat on his throne, he was invincible. The throne was a peak True Spirit Magic Tool and was famous for its absolute defense. That ability was enough to make the throne known as being just short of an Extraordinary Magic Tool.

Could it be that the Raging Flame Emperor had met a huge danger that forced him to remain asleep on his throne?

But how could he remain asleep after so many years?

Lin Yun looked at the scepter in the Raging Flame Emperor's hands and wanted to go get it. After seeing the current situation, Lin Yun couldn't help recalling Arthus' death. Hadn't he been hit by the scepter, leaving him in a poor situation?

But Lin Yun was unwilling to give up.

He frowned deeply, before suddenly being struck by inspiration.

If the scepter was real, and the Raging Flame Emperor was also real, then shouldn't this throne also be real?

This wasn't an illusion, this whole palace was real!

In the legends, the palace and the throne were one and the same. The power of the throne was supplied by the palace.

He had seen some information in the books of the decaying library and the Merlin Family's books, as well as some of the scattered information he had gotten in the Raging Flame Plane.

A smile suddenly appeared on Lin Yun face after putting all the information together.

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Lin Yun made a trip around the palace and easily found an array.

This array was at the front of the flight of steps.

Lin Yun took out ink, a quill, and a dozen pieces of paper and started calculating rapidly, writing down many illegible words and numbers. After no less than ten minutes, Lin Yun put away the paper and took out a crystal pen to start cracking the array.

A dozen minutes later, he touched a rune on the first step.

"Rumble…"

A mechanical sound echoed as the floor in front of the flight of steps sank.

While it shook, a small platform rose up from the cavity. The small platform looked as if many arrays had been stacked together, as a great number of patterns were converging towards the notch in the middle.

And in that notch was a book-sized crimson crystal. The crystal had several dozen faces and a flame of similar color was slowly swaying inside.

'The Molten Core! It was really here! I knew it, this palace couldn't power up the Raging Flame Throne on its own. For the Raging Flame Emperor to conquer the Raging Flame Plane, he had to have something like the Molten Core in his hands. Moreover, what could be more suitable to power the Raging Flame Throne?'

The Molten Core was said to be the core of the Volcanic Mountain Range. Unless the Molten Core was taken out, the volcanoes would never stop erupting. Even in the entire Raging Flame Plane, many of the volcanoes there had been powered by the Molten Core.

And according to the legends, while the Raging Flame Emperor conquered the Raging Flame Plane, he also conquered the volcanoes within. Many of these volcanoes went extinct, only leaving a few still active within the entire range.

This matter was a miracle to the Raging Flame Beastmen, as they considered the volcanoes quite irritating.

It looked like the Raging Flame Emperor had dug out this Molten Core containing terrifying mana.

A smile could be seen on Lin Yun's face as he looked at the sleeping Raging Flame Emperor.

Enderfa looked at the Molten Core and his eyes opened wide. He gulped and moved closer to Lin Yun, saying with a flattering smile, "Merlin, you see, with that Alchemic Mana Whirlpool, your mana has been reduced by a third. It should have a huge effect on your fighting strength, you should take it back, I can use this Molten Core instead…"

Enderfa was a little regretful after saying those words. Although he knew that putting the Molten Core in the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel was the best choice, he couldn't help himself.

'Damn, such a huge Elemental Amber was rare to begin with, but it shattered and was replaced by that Alchemic Mana Whirlpool, but its performance is just a bit too low. The Spell Wheel can at most display the power of a Low Rank True Spirit Magic Tool at the moment because of the mana restriction.'

Lin Yun looked at Enderfa with a strange smile. After a while, he couldn't help chuckling, "No kidding, where should I put that thing if not in the Spell Wheel?"

Enderfa's looked upset, but he immediately laughed it off.

Lin Yun shook his head and started pondering on how to take the Molten Core out.

The Molten Core was the palace's mana source. Well, most of its mana was used to supply the Raging Flame Throne.

Taking out the Molten Core wasn't easy. Those arrays were carefully carved while focusing on the safety of the Molten Core.

After writing on a new stack of draft paper, Lin Yun solemnly used his crystal pen to write the first rune to begin cracking…

But the moment that rune appeared, loud rumbling could be heard.

A depression appeared on both sides, and two pillars rose from the ground.

When he looked at these pillars, Lin Yun knew that they were huge trouble…

On one pillar was carved a formidable Beastman Warrior glaring sharply and holding a thick totemic pillar as a weapon.

On the other pillar was carved a Beastman Shaman wearing a fur hat and holding onto a light staff.

The moment these two pillars rose up, Lin Yun decisively gave up on cracking the array and instead retreated at a crazy speed.

Sure enough, a few seconds later, the two pillars shone, and the two figures on the pillars disappeared.

On the left, a half-naked Beastman Warrior that stood two and a half meters tall had appeared, carrying on his shoulders a black totemic pillar that was a whole meter thick.

On the right was a similarly sized Beastman wearing a fur hat and shamanic clothing while holding a magic staff with lightning flickering on it.

Enderfa howled in grief.

"Damn, the soul of a Beastman Ancestor, and they are both level 38! There is no end to it…"

Lin Yun also felt that it was quite troublesome. These two Ancestor Souls were more annoying than the previous Demiliches.

The Demiliches had a fatal flaw, but these two Ancestor Souls knew that they had both been given life thanks to the totems. As long as the totems were destroyed, the Ancestor souls would dissipate by themselves.

But these level 38 Ancestor Souls were still guardians of the Raging Flame Emperor's palace. It was clear that destroying those totems would be as hard as advancing to the Heaven Rank.

Zeuss, who had been waiting at the entrance let out a cry of alarm when he saw those two Ancestor Souls.

Although he had no mana, his body had almost recovered. But looking at these two, his legs went soft and he almost fell to the ground.

He wanted to run, but he remembered what Lin Yun had said earlier. This place was a land of illusions.

Leaning on one of the pillars at the entrance, he looked at the scene with a pained expression. Although he had no mana, he still had his experience and was all too familiar with Ancestor Souls.

The biggest obstruction in their conquest of the Raging Flame Plane was those consecrated Ancestor souls.

Ancestors Souls were specific to Beastmen. When an ancestor Beastman was known as a hero, his or her soul wouldn't dissipate and would instead attach itself to an already prepared totem.

The moment a Beastman was known as a hero, the senior Beastmen would start making a totem. That totem would represent the hero walking about in the Beastman world and would be worshipped by other Beastmen.

In the process, materials could be added to the totem, and after years of worship, it would develop a special kind of power that would make the totems more and more powerful.

From the start, a simple totem couldn't compare to a Magic Tool, but as more and more Beastmen left their traces behind and their worship, the revered totem would keep growing stronger, and even the materials would become completely different than they were at the beginning.

And the soul of the hero would attach itself to the totem and become the Ancestor Soul guarding the Beastmen.

And as they protected the Beastmen, they would attract more worship, which would make them even stronger, creating a cycle that enhanced itself.

In the Raging Flame Plane, when a Tribe was pushed past its limits, they would summon the Ancestor Soul, and these things were very annoying.

At the start, an Ancestor Soul was extremely weak, but as time passed and they reached level 35, every single level would bring a qualitative change.

Just like these two Ancestor Souls who weren't any different from a real person at the moment.

Moreover, the power they displayed would always be at their peak, even when beaten down.

As long as they weren't killed, even if a fragment of their bodies remained, the Ancestor Souls would quickly recover. They were practically unkillable unless their totem was destroyed.

This was the part that gave the mages a headache.

Moreover, it was unknown how many Beastmen had worshipped these two Ancestor Souls. Their power might have even reached level 39…

Especially since one of them was a Warrior and the other a Lightning Shaman.

Zeuss' worry wasn't without reason. Among Beastmen, there weren't many that could use totems as weapons, and the most famous were the Ox Beastmen Totem Warriors.

His huge weapon and huge body looked very oppressive.

As for the other one, not many Shamans could directly participate in battle, as they usually played more supportive roles. But in large-scale war, a mage simply couldn't compare to a shaman. Those supporting abilities could improve the fighting efficiency and survivability of the troops by a great amount.

Only a Lightning Shaman could directly participate in battle…

When he saw these two Ancestor Souls, Lin Yun's head started to hurt. Although he didn't know the names of these two Ancestor Souls, there weren't many famous Lightning Shamans and Ox Beastman Totem Warriors.

And all of them were ruthless fighters.

A level 38 Ancestor Soul Totem Warrior would definitely have the power of a level 39.

The Totem Warrior took the initiative to approach, and each step covered a lot of ground. Although he wasn't going fast, he was by no means slow.

And each of his steps would make the ground shake. When he waved the totem on his shoulder it created a lot of pressure.

Lin Yun, Enderfa, the puppet, and Reina all released spells at the same time. But when the spells approached the Totem Warrior, they saw a flash of lightning roaming around the Ox Beastman's body.

Two Lightning Shields were spinning rapidly, and many blue blades of electricity collided with the flood of spells and resisted all of them.

After spinning for three seconds, the Lightning Shields seemed to have taken the shape of a sharp point, and all the spells that fell on the Ox Beastman looked like a river meeting a rock. They split to both sides as the rock stood strong.

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Chapter 631: Ten Seconds

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Xiuban swung Carnage with his body filled with aura as he displayed power close to his limits, leaping over with a slam.

But the Ox Beastman Totem Warrior just held his thick totem and waved it as if he was shooing away a fly. A series of wild runes flashed on the pitch-black totem, and it created visible explosions as it collided with Xiuban's Carnage.

The intense exploding auras even gave rise to unstable, cobweb-like lightning.

"Bam!"

A loud noise echoed as a shockwave spread from the totem. The totem's power had been activated, doubling the damage inflicted by the Ox Beastman's attacks!.

Xiuban, who had already been using his full power, was unable to retaliate. He was hit by the power of the shockwave and sent flying.

Due to the power of the impact, Xiuban's speed was comparable to a mage using a Flight Spell. He flew two hundred meters before crashing into one of the supporting pillars of the main hall.

Enderfa saw this scene and shivered.

"Merlin, quick, think of something! These two are much more ruthless than the four Demiliches, they don't have to focus most of their energy in a Life Affixing Rune…"

The Ox Beastman was crazily charging over at them with his totem, and everyone retreated. Even a Frost Dragon like Reina had no confidence to get close to that Ox Beastman. That totem weighed at least five thousand kilos, and might be even heavier due to the runes.

The power seemed irresistible, as any obstruction would be smashed by the totem…

Lin Yun frowned. This Ox Beastman Totem Warrior was standing in front, putting pressure on everyone, not to mention the Lightning Shaman in the back.

Slow, Weaken…

It was casting various debuffs. Lin Yun took out the Book of Death and summoned Lagulin and Barton, and then Lagulin cast his Aura to buff everyone before charging towards the distant Lightning Shaman.

Barton began to used many debuffs to weaken the Ox Beastman.

Reina also started her Ice spells to slow him down.

After being inflicted with so many debuffs, the Ox Beastman's speed immediately decreased quite a bit. At least he wouldn't catch up to them. Anyone with a brain would know not to fight that Totem Warrior in melee range.

But that Lightning Shaman was truly too disgusting. The Lightning Shields on both sides made their group's most effective tactic, the spell flood, lose its effectiveness. At this moment, they still didn't know what support spells that Lightning Shaman had. They would be at a loss if he could increase the strength of the Totem Warrior.

Lin Yun fully used his Fire Elemental Incarnation and flashed across the flame-covered hall. Reina transformed into a Dragon, and the puppet could only stand there, unable to do anything other than continuing to cast spells.

Even after being weakened by at least 20%, the Ox Beastman still chased them…

Lagulin and Enderfa were battling the Lightning Shaman, who covered himself with a shield of lightning.

Lagulin held Heaven's Wrath as he attacked the Lightning Shield, and just as his blade struck it, countless fine strands of lightning rushed along the weapon.

The countless strands wreaked havoc on Lagulin's body and turned the death energy into smoke, causing great injuries.

Then, the Lightning Shaman raised his staff and pointed at the distant Totem Warrior.

A thumb-sized bolt suddenly appeared and headed for the Ox Beastman.

The lightning spread over the Ox Beastman's body and cleansed him of his debuffs in an instant…

Lightning Purification…

Zeuss, who was standing in the distance, let out a surprised shout. He truly hadn't expected this Lightning Shaman to have this ability that could instantly purify the debuffs on the Totem Warrior's body.

And it still wasn't over with that. The Lightning Shaman swayed his lightning staff and used a Bloodthirst spell.

A blood-colored ball of light flew out and engulfed Ox Beastman's body.

Bloody lights flashed as the Totem Warrior bellowed, his eyes turning red and his body swelling. His ripped steel muscles strengthened, seeming ready to explode.

A fierce, berserk aura swept the surroundings like a hurricane.

Then, the Ox Beastman raised his totem and fiercely slammed the ground.

"Withdraw! Now!" Lin Yun shouted in alarm as he used two Flame Flashes to retreat.

As the totem hit the ground, a white aura rippled through the surroundings like a shockwave.

The puppet was the slowest to retreat and took the shockwave head-on. That white aura was apparently made out of Wind Blades, and it created sharp, ear-piercing noises as they hit metal.

Lin Yun cast a Runic Shield but was still sent flying. His complexion was pale when he hit the ground.

In the distance, Enderfa and Lagulin, who were battling the Lightning Shaman, had been pressured to the point that they couldn't raise their heads.

With a movement of his staff, a chain-like bolt of lightning flew out and hit Lagulin before bouncing toward Enderfa.

Enderfa was instantly scared into using the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel to cast Ice Coffin and freeze himself into a block of ice.

The bolt of lightning was frantically twisting around the block of ice, continuously lashing at it and rapidly melting the Ice Coffin.

Enderfa was scared shitless. That Chain Lightning would be especially harmful to him as an Incarnation. If it didn't go well, he might even be completely purified by that Lightning Shaman…

"Damnit, it's not going to go well if this continues, we are definitely not a match! Merlin, hurry up and think of something!" Enderfa shouted out of fear.

He then saw Xiuban coming to help, but the Draconic Beastman was hit by the Chain Lightning, which left him twitching on the ground continuously, black smoke appearing from his burns. Even after the Chain Lightning disappeared, he was still shuddering.

How could Lin Yun have time to worry about Enderfa? This Ox Beastman Totem Warrior was chasing him like a mad dog. After that blasting strike that covered an area of over thirty meters, his Runic Shield was almost shattered. He would be screwed if he let this foe approach.

As he kept fleeing, he used various spells to try to suppress the Totem Warrior, but to little effect.

Lin Yun frowned and used mana to rouse the ring on his left hand.

Shawn came out and looked at the surroundings with vigilance, before seeing the Ox Beastman Totem Warrior chasing them.

He instantly wanted to return to his ring.

Lin Yun was already prepared for that and use mana to block Shawn, keeping him outside.

"One spirit mana crystal as long as you can block these two troublesome guys for ten seconds!" Lin Yun decisively offered a high price.

Shawn had been rather scared recently. Ever since he fused with the Evil Dragon Eye, he no longer had any peaceful time. It was taxing every time he used the Evil Dragon Eye.

After each use, he would end up weakened. Recently, he had been in a vicious cycle. Every time he made some progress in his meditation, he would be called out by Lin Yun, and after returning to meditate and getting some insights, he would be summoned again by Lin Yun.

When he felt Lin Yun's summon, Shawn knew that things weren't good. He looked and saw level 38 Ancestor Souls and didn't feel like going.

"Deal, but I really don't have the power to use the Evil Eye…"

After hearing that all he had to do was block these guys for ten seconds, Shawn relaxed a bit as he warned Lin Yun.

Lin Yun nodded and Shawn stood on his shoulder, waiting for Lin Yun to give him the timing.

Lin Yun gave an order to the puppet, having it move towards the left totem. At the same time, he shouted, "Xiuban, when these two are blocked, immediately destroy that right totem!" Lin Yun paused and then added, "If you can't do it, you'll die!"

Lin Yun then turned towards Reina and said, "Help me block!"

After saying all this, Lin Yun started pouring his mana into the Book of Death.

The large amount of mana rushing in made the Book of Death shine brighter and flicker with radiance.

After feeling it, joy flashed on Lin Yun's face.

But with only Reina and Barton blocking, the pressure was greatly increased.

In order to withstand a few more seconds, Barton became cannon fodder and got closer to the Totem Warrior to resist it directly, before being turned into fragments by the totem's blasting strike.

Reina recoiled from the impact. She looked at Lin Yun, who was pouring a large amount of mana into the Book of Death, and opened her mouth to chant in Draconic.

A cold breath mixed with terrifying power spread over the Totem Warrior's body, freezing him solid.

After that move, she turned back into a human, looking extremely weak.

And as Lin Yun felt the mana surging from the Book of Death becoming more and more intense, he felt a faint connection appearing and immediately shouted at Shawn, "Lord Shawn! Ten seconds!"

Shawn angrily sulked, but he didn't complain. He opened his mouth and roared at the Ox Beastman Totem Warrior and the Lightning Shaman.

His voice was obviously not very loud, but it had a power that directly reached one's soul.

Shawn controlled the power of the Soul Roar to hit the two Soul Ancestors.

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Chapter 632: You Are Finally Here

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As Ancestor Souls, they were soul lifeforms that didn't even have truly corporeal bodies. This kind of ability that could target souls would be most effective against them.

When facing Shawn's Soul Roar, they would be greatly affected, just like Ghosts.

The two Soul Ancestors fiercely shook as they were hit by the Soul Roar, and their bodies started to distort, apparently unable to maintain their shape.

This kind of great power was why Lin Yun was confident that Shawn could earn them 10 seconds, which was enough to do a lot of things.

The moment Shawn's Soul Roar echoed, the puppet already moved to take care of left totem, holding the totem with both hands as it pulled on it.

As a Heaven Rank puppet, even if it was broken, as long as it could still move, it could still remove this totem without spending too much effort. It only took two seconds to remove the totem. And along with the totem, a big part of the floor, at least two meters long, was taken out.

And Xiuban, as a Draconic Beastman, had innately outstanding physical capabilities. After fusing with the Three-Headed Gold Dragon's drop of blood and bathing in the Ancient God Blood, his physique had already been strengthened to an unexplainable state. When he met the Ox Beastman head-on, he hadn't suffered huge injuries. It was just that his power wasn't able to match the other side.

Xiuban rushed to the right totem and shouted as he pulled it out.

After a few seconds, the right totem was forcibly pulled out by Xiuban.

Those two Ancestor Souls frozen by the Soul Roar went crazy as they could sense everything happening. Their bodies were on the verge of scattering as they crazily struggled, wanting to break out of that stunned state.

But how could Lin Yun let them break free?

He roused the Book of Death and desperately poured all his mana into the rune opening the Demiplane, regardless of the consequences.

"Snap!"

A sharp sound echoed as if the world was being forcibly torn apart. A crack that was about half Lin Yun's height appeared in front of him.

A crack to the Demiplane had been forcibly opened!

The moment the Demiplane appeared, the puppet rushed and threw the totem inside. And with a roar, Xiuban, who was several dozen meters away, pushed himself past his limits and threw that totem towards the crack.

In an instant, the 2nd totem was also sent to the Demiplane.

And the crack that had been forcibly opened quickly began to close.

It only took six seconds. In six seconds, the bodies of the two Soul Ancestors suddenly dissipated as they unwillingly roared, their bodies turning into two rays of light that recklessly rushed over at them.

Just before the spatial crack closed, the two Ancestor Souls quickly rushed inside.

The spatial crack closed, and Lin Yun instantly fell on his butt.

This had been too close…

He had originally estimated that Shawn's Soul Roar would last ten seconds, but surprisingly, barely six seconds passed before these two guys forcibly shook themselves free.

These two totems were the lifeblood of the two Ancestor Souls. They would be able to move when they were close enough to their respective totems. If they had struggled free before their totems were sent to the Demiplane, the situation would have been dire.

But after throwing them into the Demiplane, these two Ancestor Souls absolutely couldn't fight them. All they could do was follow their totems.

If they were separated from their totems, Lin Yun wouldn't even have to make a move, as they would slowly die on their own. They would only drift about, their souls weakening. They would end up dissipating, unable to find their totems.

Enderfa floated over, still somewhat fearful.

He glanced at the Book of Death and asked in bewilderment, "Merlin, how were you able to open the Demiplane here?"

Lin Yun said with a rejoicing tone, "The suppression towards Planar Path is still there, but the Truth Chapter has already thoroughly fused with the Book of Death, and the Elemental Chapter also thoroughly fused with it. The Book of Death is a lot stronger than before…"

Lin Yun was happy. After the Truth Chapter completely fused with the Book of Death, no matter how much he tested, he couldn't connect to it. But now that the Element Chapter also fused, he gave it a try and unexpectedly succeeded.

Although he barely opened a small crack and it only lasted a few moments, it was more than enough.

After the two totems were thrown into it, the two Ancestor Souls would collapse. Being separated from the totems would be more than enough to weaken them.

But he hadn't expected that they would struggle free early and chase into the Demiplane.

In any case, they couldn't enter the Demiplane now. After becoming stronger, he could go there to deal with the two Ancestor Souls.

After the guarding Ancestor Souls disappeared, Enderfa started spinning around the Molten Core.

Lin Yun chuckled and immediately started cracking the array.

He had to destroy the Elemental Amber earlier because he had no other choice, but luckily, they found a replacement.

Since he had fused a Core Meditation Law Set with the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, the Spell Wheel's power had greatly increased, but it was still far from reaching its limits.

The greatest reason was due to the limitations of the Elemental Amber.

Such a huge Elemental Amber was very rare, and the mana within was very pure, but the Elemental Amber's main effect wasn't to supply mana.

When forging the Spell Wheel, using the Elemental Amber was more than enough, but by now, that Elemental Amber had become something restricting the Spell Wheel.

Lin Yun had already thought of replacing the Elemental Amber, but he hadn't found a suitable replacement. When fighting the four Demiliches, his best and only plan had been to destroy the Elemental Amber to deceive them.

After all, even if they had started transforming during their lives, they had retained their consciousness, knowledge, and experience.

But they hadn't expected that a destroyed Magic Tool could still be working and that its Incarnation could control it to cast a wave of spells… And crack an array…

Lin Yun wouldn't let the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel be destroyed, but destroying its mana source wasn't as big of a deal.

Of course, without a replacement, destroying the Elemental Amber did hurt.

But he now had a replacement, and an exceptional one at that. Lin Yun was greatly pleased.

Although Lin Yun already knew about something like a Molten Core, he had simply never thought that one was in the hands of the Raging Flame Emperor because he had conquered the Raging Flame Plane.

Its usage and location were unknown.

But discovering that this Molten Core was used as a mana source was naturally an unexpected surprise.

After carefully breaking the array, he slowly took the Molten Core out of the notch.

Lin Yun couldn't conceal his happiness as he felt the mana within.

Enderfa already couldn't wait. He took the Alchemic Mana Whirlpool out of the Spell Wheel and impatiently gave it to Lin Yun while staring at the Molten Core.

Lin Yun took the Alchemic Mana Whirlpool back within his body and then embedded the Molten Core in the Elemental Amber's original location.

Dark-red mana started circulating on the Spell Wheel as a large amount of mana surged forth. Everyone could see that the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel's power had already been upgraded several times!

It was incomparable to the previous times when he used the Alchemic Mana Whirlpool.

While using the Alchemic Mana Whirlpool, the mana rushing forth was extremely weak, and there was almost no reaction. Only while it was casting could the source of mana be felt. This was the distinctive feature of the mana source being far below the Magic Tool's needs.

And now, the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel had yet to be roused, yet a formidable amount of mana could be felt, like a rising tide. This state was due to the mana source far surpassing the Magic Tool's current needs.

The Molten Core would be able to support the mana requirement of the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel for a very long time.

Enderfa squeezed into the Spell Wheel before coming out with a surprised cry after a short time.

"Too powerful! Damn, the difference is too great, I feel like mana is about to overflow!"

While Enderfa was exclaming, Lin Yun was already focused on the scepter of the Raging Flame Emperor…

The Raging Flame Emperor still hadn't woken up from that fiery battle, even when his two guardian Ancestor Souls had been sent to another Demiplane.

And he still hadn't reacted when the Molten Core was taken…

Under such a situation, Lin Yun couldn't help wondering if the Raging Flame Emperor would keep sleeping even if he went to get the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras.

Let alone the Raging Flame Emperor, even Noblesse hadn't reacted. It was sleeping peacefully beside the Raging Flame Emperor's throne.

Lin Yun nervously rubbed his hands, unable to resist the temptation of the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras.

'He hasn't awakened for such a long time, he wouldn't wake up if I stole the book, would he?'

Lost in his desire for the book, Lin Yun hadn't noticed that after the Molten Core was taken out, the palace had lost most of its mana and some lights started dimming.

The most obvious ones were the lights shimmering on those pillars on the outside, their glimmer quickly dissipating.

And then, all the power in the main hall started being depleted, and the defenses around the Raging Flame Throne started shrinking…

Lin Yun couldn't help taking a step onto that flight of stairs when loud laughter echoed within the hall.

"Hahaha, you are finally here!"

Boundless black smoke surged into the hall from outside.

The smoke instantly turned into a black cloud, shrouding the ceiling of the hall. But that smoke couldn't get through the outer defenses when it rushed towards the Raging Flame Throne.

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Chapter 633: Mutation

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The rolling black smoke was filled with dense and evil death energy. The majestic aura of the palace was immediately filled with that energy.

A pair of flaming eyes condensed in midair. The dark flames swayed gently, full of hate and evil intent.

"Silly mortal, I said that you would die, so you'll definitely die! Now, play with my servant first…" The monster's voice was echoing from all directions.

Boundless black smoke was surging within the main hall, covering the entire area within a few seconds.

The surroundings became pitch-black. Everyone converged on Lin Yun and he used a Flame Barrier to protect them all.

After a few seconds, they could see the black smoke condensing into a pillar.

The smoke blocking their vision slowly dissipated, and a pale Rhett came out of the opening.

That black smoke rushed into Rhett's mouth.

Rhett let out a painful shout as his entire body floated up, his four limbs stiffening. His head lifted upward with his mouth wide open, and a thick pillar of smoke rushed into his mouth.

And there was also smoke entering his body through his ears, eyes, and nostrils.

Power began to flow from Rhett's body, even distorting the space around him.

It could clearly be seen that Rhett's power was soaring rapidly, only taking a few seconds to gain a rank.

He became an 8th Rank Archmage!

And it didn't stop there…

By the time he reached the threshold to the 9th Rank, all the black smoke had entered his body.

Lin Yun held his breath, a serious expression on his face.

9th Rank Archmage!

This wasn't just a typical difference of one rank when compared to an 8th Rank Archmage. Starting from the 5th Rank, every increase in rank would be far greater than the previous one!

Not only would their mana crazily double, but their casting ability would see a huge increase, and it would also increase their comprehension.

For ordinary mages, a single gap between ranks could cause total suppression by a stronger opponent.

Not every mage was like Mafa Merlin, whose abilities far exceeded those of this era. He also possessed three first-rate Core Meditation Law Sets, the most formidable Magic Array, and powerful, tailor-made True Spirit Magic Tools.

When all of Lin Yun's cards were added together, he could handle an 8th Rank Archmage. As for a 9th Rank Archmage, that was a whole other matter. They were just a step away from the Heaven Rank.

At the 9th Rank, their own Laws would have already started condensing, which was the key to the pressure created by 9th Rank Archmages.

This was why although Lin Yun could kill some 8th Rank Archmages without paying much of a price, he would be at a loss against a 9th Rank Archmage.

Anything involving Laws, even if only slightly, would cause a huge gap.

Not to mention the current situation. Rhett was being possessed by that monster, and its power had entered his body. This was a lot more troublesome than a mage that had advanced to the 9th Rank normally.

Zeuss, who was standing in the distance, was in tears as he looked at Rhett's painful expression.

At this time, Zeuss was afraid and pained. No one understood how frightening that monster was more than he did. And when he saw Rhett reached the 9th Rank, Zeuss was almost no longer able to think… He even felt somewhat free of any worldly worry.

It was better to die than to live in pain…

But Lin Yun's group didn't have the time or the energy to spare on Zeuss. This 9th Rank Archmage was standing against them.

Even Enderfa, whose strength had sharply increased, had a very serious expression on his face. The Ten Thousand Spell Wheel was revolving swiftly, and many spells began to condense.

Countless Flame Spears, Fire Arrows, Fireballs, Fireblades, and Fire Dragons…

They transformed into a massive column of flame that burst towards Rhett.

Unfortunately, the strengthened Ten Thousand Spell Wheel was still unable to harm Rhett Watson. It was like those spells met an incorporeal wall right before hitting him.

"Wretched mortal, so what if you have seen through me several times? You'll die today!"

"Rhett Watson" had a sinister expression. His eyes were full of hatred as he watched Lin Yun and cursed while gnashing his teeth.

Lin Yun suddenly understood something. The fake "Xiuban" and fake "Rhett" must have carried a large part of the original consciousness, or else it wouldn't have had such a huge grudge against him.

A vague conjecture appeared in his mind.

But he didn't have time to think because "Rhett" was already making a move.

With a wave of his hand, a giant, pitch-black mouth appeared before him.

It had a hundred sharp teeth that crisscrossed. All the teeth were covered with strange runes, and the mouth was shrouded in black smoke.

A simple bite would have a completely different meaning when coming from that monster.

The giant mouth suddenly opened up and chomped down on Enderfa's flood of spells.

"Crunch…"

When the spells were bitten by the huge mouth, a bunch of cracking sounds were let out.

The Flame Spears were directly snapped… These spells condensed from fire were broken like real spears.

And not only did it bite down on the spells, but it even swallowed them.

Enderfa had a strange expression. He stopped casting and his voice shook.

"Damnit, that monster is actually eating my spells, my mana is being swallowed…"

Lin Yun's expression was very unsightly. He had never heard of spells being swallowed like this.

The mana contained within spells was different from normal mana…

There were many ways to absorb mana from a human body, but that was only when directly absorbing it from the body.

Mana Steal, Mana Absorption, Mana Burn…

These spells all had variations of this effect, but they couldn't compare to that monster's tentacles. The absorption speed of the tentacles was too terrifying.

The mana consumed by the spells could be recovered.

But he had never heard of absorbing a spell's mana…

Absorbing directly from the human body was like eating plain rice; it didn't have any flavor, but it had a lot of benefits.

Absorbing the mana after it was shaped into a spell was like stumbling onto a flowerpot and eating the rice hidden amidst the soil.

One bite would be full of soil, making it very difficult to process.

No spell had this effect.

"Damn, this monster's appetite is really not normal," Lin Yun couldn't help cursing.

He could feel the monster becoming stronger after swallowing a few spells.

Realizing this, they stopped casting spells and Xiuban charged ahead with Carnage. Unfortunately, against a 9th Rank Archmage, he couldn't even get close.

The monster sneered, and with a wave of a hand, the large mouth appeared again.

This time, it was three hundred meters tall. If one described the previous one as an Ogre's mouth, this one would be the mouth of a Draconic Alligator.

The mouth opened wide and flew towards Lin Yun.

Lin Yun cast Bursting Flames, and the mouth unhesitantly swallowed it. Two explosions were heard, only making the mouth swell a bit, and strengthening it from the mana of the spell.

Lin Yun frowned and sent three more Bursting Flames over in a row. They all exploded together and surpassed the limit of what the huge mouth could bear before bursting open.

But after being blown up, the giant mouth turned into black smoke and flew back to the monster. The monster casually waved a hand, and an even more formidable mouth appeared…

This was a disgusting ability. The opponent would only get stronger and stronger, and the more he was attacked, the more powerful he would grow. But being on the defensive wouldn't work either, as they would be suppressed to death.

The opponent was a 9th Rank Archmage. No matter how strange he was, he was still a 9th Rank Archmage…

The monster kept laughing, not even using defensive spells, condensing eight toothy maws next to his body. Those huge maws would rush up to eat any incoming spells and transform them into their own power.

"I said you would die! You won't be tricked this time… I don't need to trick you, because absolute strength is enough to kill you!"

The monster laughed abnormally, his face twisting.

The monster suddenly raised his hands, playing with his finger as if he was composing music. In an instant, thirty to forty Wind Blades flew out of the monster's fingertips.

The monstrous, pitch-black Wind Blades turned into a storm. Everyone waited for it, not looking down on these small Wind Blades.

Lin Yun decisively used a Runic Shield to shield in front of him. And after finishing this, he kept moving to dodge the black Wind Blades.

Lin Yun dodged most of the strange Wind Blades, but he couldn't avoid being hit by a few…

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Chapter 634: Monster

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The power of those pitch-black Wind Blades was a lot greater than that of ordinary Wind Blades, but they couldn't shake Lin Yun's shield.

But these few Wind Blades changed as they collided with his shield.

A crack appeared on the edge of the Wind Blades, and a mouth full of teeth appeared.

That mouth full of fangs ruthlessly bit into Lin Yun's Runic Shield. The shield didn't shatter, but Lin Yun could feel that its mana was like a delicious cake for the toothy maw.

Wind Blade was obviously a rather weak spell that couldn't shake his defenses, but this one used a huge amount of mana, which could be compared to the cast of a 6th Tier Spell…

Lin Yun's expression became grim, and it was about the same for the others. Everyone's mana was being swallowed while they resisted these spells in their own ways.

And these few dozen Wind Blades were only the start. The monster's face twisted and he kept shouting and screaming, using the power of a 9th Rank Archmage to continuously cast these Wind Blades, releasing a few dozen with every cast.

And these spells were just the beginning. He was casting even more spells than the Spell Wheel did.

Low Tier Spells were everywhere, whether they were Fire Dragons or Wind Blades…

Every spell cast by that monster was pitch-black and was filled with a sinister, eerie aura.

Each time they came in contact, these spells would absorb a bit of everyone's mana.

They could only suffer time and time again…

If they defended, they would only lose a bit of mana, but whenever they tried to counterattack, the monster's mouths would swallow half of the mana used in the counterattack.

And that power would make the monster stronger and stronger.

At the start, the monster had barely entered the 9th Rank, but it continued to grow stronger as the fight went on.

After dodging over thirty Flame Spears. Lin Yun was extremely pale. The loss of mana from casting spells and having some drained by the mouths was only a bit slower than when he had been caught directly by the monster's tentacles…

Enderfa had a bitter expression. A dozen minutes ago, the power of the Molten Core had overflowed, making it easy to absorb quickly. If this continued, it wouldn't take long before the Molten Core was depleted.

Reina looked deathly pale. She felt that the monster's casting was too strange. A Mana Hand turned into a huge maw when brushing past her and absorbed a lot of her mana. Her defensive spell was completely drained and ended up dissipating.

Even as a Dragon, Reina couldn't resist this absorption.

The puppet's mana was also continuously being swallowed and the many mouths would often explode before reforming even stronger.

The puppet wasn't able to do anything about it.

Only Xiuban had an easier time. He didn't have to worry about having his mana devoured, and with his thick skin, he didn't get damaged much. However, his strength was too low, and he simply couldn't approach that monster.

After half an hour, the monster had already condensed over thirty toothy maws, the biggest of which was already six to seven meters in size.

This largest one was remaining in front of the monster, devouring all spells directed at it.

And the strength of the monster had already reached Mid 9th Rank. With just a wave of a hand, a hundred instant spells would rush out. Every second, several hundred 1st Rank or 2nd Rank spells would turn into a storm that washed over Lin Yun's group.

Obviously, most of the spells used were Low Tier Spells, but because of that monstrous devouring ability, Lin Yun's group couldn't lift their heads against the pressure.

Suddenly, Lin Yun laughed heartily. After so long, he clearly understood that faint conjecture.

"I almost got tricked by you once…"

The monster's face stiffened as he heard those words.

"Mortal, stop resisting and just die!"

After saying this, the monster gnashed his teeth and started using High Tier Spells. A hurried incantation came from his mouth as he chanted an 8th Tier Spell.

Lin Yun's expression was pale, but he sneered and opened the Book of Death…

He then flipped it to the Truth Chapter's page and frantically poured mana into it. The Truth Chapter had already acknowledged its allegiance earlier when Lin Yun had forcibly opened the crack to his Demiplane.

The Element Chapter that Lin Yun hadn't been paying a lot of attention to had become the biggest contributor, not only allowing the Book of Death to open a crack to his Demiplane, but also strengthening the Book of Death's power once again and making the restless Truth Chapter behave.

When the smoke entered Rhett's body, Lin Yun recalled the Truth Chapter.

But because the Truth Chapter hadn't been well-behaved since fusing with the Book of Death, Lin Yun had subconsciously neglected it.

Moreover, he had a faint feeling, but couldn't figure out the details. After fighting for half an hour, Rhett got stronger and stronger, and the monster was getting more and more excited, until a flaw could be seen in its words.

As Lin Yun urged the Truth Chapter, and the Crystal Phoenix on the page seemed to become alive. Its head stretched out from the Book of Death and the cry of a Phoenix echoed. The Crystal Phoenix then turned to look at Rhett, its eyes emitting two rays of light.

They instantly pierced through those toothy maws and struck Rhett.

Rhett seemed to turn transparent, and a fist-sized black octopus could be seen within his body.

The octopus was completely made of smoke, and when its true form was exposed, it glared angrily.

As for Rhett, he also showed the exact same expression. He glared at Lin Yun, just like when he had seen through his trick, and recklessly bombarded him with spells.

Faced with the monster's attack, the Crystal Phoenix apparently was angered. Talons made of light flew out and ignored the monster's defense, grabbing the octopus made of smoke from Rhett's stomach.

The smoky octopus struggled angrily, making it difficult for the Crystal Phoenix to keep a hold on it.

But even so, Rhett's casting completely fell apart.

All the spells cast collapsed into smoke in midair. Even his defenses, those toothy maws, completely fell apart.

In an instant, a large amount of smoke emerged from Rhett's body and a mournful and unwilling howl came from his mouth.

Lin Yun gritted his teeth and coldly groaned before quickly chanting an incantation that made three Flame Vortexes appear. Three Fire God Spears covered with runes appeared from those vortexes.

The Fire God Spears had a golden-red luster and instantly pierced through the unguarded Rhett.

One pierced just below his abdomen, one pierced his abdomen, and one pierced his chest. The Fire God Spears were the thickness of an infant's arm and carried raging red flames.

A large amount of black smoke was forcibly purified.

As for the black octopus within Rhett's body, it angrily shouted and transformed into surging black smoke, forcing its way out of Rhett's mouth.

"Aaah…"

Rhett let out out a mournful scream. When the black smoke surged out of his body, Rhett was left kneeling on the ground, having recovered his mind.

Seeing this, Zeuss couldn't help feeling guilty. "Rhett, I'm the one that harmed you. Had it not been for me being muddled by anger, you wouldn't have suffered to this point… I'm sorry…"

Rhett spat blood, as the three Fire God Spears had already burnt more than half of his organs. He did regain his mind, but he was about to die.

"It's fine… I don't blame you, so don't blame yourself…"

After saying this, golden flames emerged from Rhet's body. The flames sharply flared up, turning Rhett to ashes.

Lin Yun raised his head to look at the smoke converging in the sky and sneered.

He had finally understood the nature of that monster earlier!

This monster didn't have any power by itself. It was unknown what exactly that monster was, but its power was entirely made from the mana it absorbed.

The black smoke was the power it had devoured, but it wasn't its body.

Its body was relatively weak.

This was why the monster didn't die even when shot by the Hand of Destruction.

It was because it had only blown away its power. Even if it looked miserable, it had only lost its power.

It wouldn't be able to display its full power without a body to possess.

Thus, he had been tricked by the monster at the start, with that "play with my servant first" lie!

It had given Lin Yun the illusion that it had given Rhett some of its power, but it had actually directly entered Rhett's body and used it to increase its own power.

But it was too complacent, getting too happy after managing to trick Lin Yun once, and it spoke too much.

Had it not said anything, Lin Yun might have taken a while to notice, or he might have even failed to figure it out.

Its body was an octopus made of smoke!

A strange monster.

The voice of the monster echoed again from the rolling smoke.

"Hahahaha, you saw through me again, but so what? I already decided, it'll be you! I'm very pleased. After such a long time, there is finally a body that can satisfy me. Only an 8th Rank High Mage, yet such formidable power.

"Mortal, offer your body and soul to me! Hahahaha!"

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Chapter 635: Leaving

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The monster's plan had failed, but it was crazily laughing, and the smoke covering the ceiling frantically rushed downward.

Lin Yun's heart was beating fast, he had a bad premonition and used a few defensive spells in a row.

The black smoke was permeating the entire area, covering everyone in darkness.

Then, some unexpected changes happened to Lin Yun. His defense was completely useless as that omnipresent black smoke frantically rushed to his body.

That monster was going crazy, using a large amount of power to drill into Lin Yun's body.

For a few seconds, Lin Yun's defenses were lowered while withstanding that huge power and the black smoke entered through his mouth.

Everyone was stunned by this scene…

Enderfa forgot to control the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and was only staring foolishly, not knowing what to do. He could unhesitantly attack Rhett because it didn't really matter to him if Rhett died, but Lin Yun was different.

Reina, Xiuban, and Zeuss were all completely stunned.

'What can we do?'

An ordinary Archmage like Rhett had turned into a 9th Rank Archmage after being possessed… Then if Lin Yun got possessed, even if he didn't reach the 9th Rank of the Archmage realm, wouldn't he be unequalled under the Heaven Rank?

Scary…

They were all terrified, and the more they understood, the more scared they were. After being in contact with Lin Yun for so long, how could they not know how terrifying his power was?

'Done for…'

'Merlin won't be able to stop the possession…'

After a few seconds, all the black smoke entered Lin Yun's body and Lin Yun's expression became extremely sinister.

"Hahaha, good, very good, this body is shockingly powerful! I've never seen such a powerful body. Using so much energy to possess it was worth it. Thank you, mortal…"

Lin Yun's face was wickedly twisting as he was crazily gesturing. After spending so much power to possess the body, the monster was exultant to find that it was worth it.

"Come here, let's see what else is in your memories, let me occupy your soul…"

After saying so, "Lin Yun" closed his eyes.

Lin Yun's memories quickly flashed before the monster's eyes.

The memories that had left a deep impression appeared in front of the monster's eyes…

Huge buildings reaching the clouds…

Birds of metal flying across the sky…

Metal boxes moving without magic…

Frightening weapons that could cross continents.

Death…

…

A gray sky covered in scars, a blood-red sun, an unending Netherstorm…

Meteor, flames, destruction…

A huge Meteor falling, the destruction of the world, and death again…

…

"Damn, what's this, hell…"

The monster let out a miserable shout, the impact of these memories was like a taboo spell.

It couldn't accept it.

It couldn't comprehend it.

The shocking memories were released in its mind like a mana storm, making it go crazy.

Especially since this kind of investigation made it feel everything firsthand…

Lin Yun's most profound memories were his two deaths…

The shock from the complicated memories, the feeling of death, everything was completed in an instant, and the monster collapsed.

"What, what kind of monster are you…"

A loud roar came from Lin Yun's mouth before he recovered. Then, he unhesitantly took out the necklace of the Wisdom Tree Seed and put it around his neck.

"F*ck, now you know how troublesome the urban management officers are," Lin Yun cursed.

The Wisdom Tree Seed started shining and the monster's miserable shout echoed from Lin Yun's body.

Lin Yun's expression was one of pain and suffering, and after a few seconds, he opened his mouth and black smoke rushed out.

His eyes fiercely flashed as he formed a huge palm out of his mana and blocked the path of the black smoke, forcibly redirecting it towards the necklace.

All of Lin Yun's mana poured out to force the smoke into the Wisdom Tree Seed.

The monster issued a mournful, blood-curdling screech and a large amount of black smoke was destroyed as it drifted into the necklace. The struggle was more and more intense.

Lin Yun clenched his teeth and roused his mana to its limits, gripping the necklace with both hands.

Nobody could understand what was going on. Why was the monster rushing out with a scream? Who were these urban management officers? And why was the monster so scared?

And in the midst of this, something unexpected happened.

The sound of a rock cracking echoed from the Raging Flame Plane. The dust that had turned to stone had completely disintegrated.

The Raging Flame Emperor slowly opened his eyes and stood up from the Raging Flame Throne.

The calm and aged eyes looked at Lin Yun, who was still struggling to suppress that monster, and slowly stepped down from the throne, step by step.

Xiuban was terrified, Carnage fell to the floor as he foolishly looked at the approaching Raging Flame Emperor.

Enderfa was also stunned and was shivering.

Reina ground her teeth, but she didn't have the courage to even move a hand.

The Raging Flame Emperor slowly walked down, his prestigious appearance not influencing his presence at all. He wasn't even emitting any pressure, but that ordinary expression was enough to pressure everyone.

That was the Raging Flame Emperor…

The Raging Flame Emperor walked emotionlessly while saying, "You don't need to worry, I have no evil intent…"

Hearing this sentence, none of them doubted him and they all relaxed.

The Raging Flame Emperor walked to Lin Yun and patted his shoulder. Lin Yun, who had been focused on suppressing that monster, suddenly became clear-headed.

He was then stunned…

That monster had completely calmed down, apparently suppressed by an invisible power.

The Raging Flame Emperor solemnly took the necklace off Lin Yun's neck before slowly hanging it on his own neck.

As he looked at the necklace, the Raging Flame Emperor said to himself, "Red Beard was right, I was wrong. I should pay the price of my mistakes. Those so-called God Wars were truly a lie…"

After saying that, the Raging Flame Emperor turned and walked back towards the throne.

As he was walking back, the Raging Flame Emperor raised his dust-covered hands and softly pulled…

Then, everyone was shocked…

The space was torn open by the Raging Flame Emperor like a rag, forming a wide crack… But this was the Intrepid!

A huge spatial tear that was eight meters tall and five meters wide was actually opened by the Raging Flame Emperor…

Behind that tear was a path filled with boundless stars. Who knew where this path led?

The Raging Flame Emperor stepped onto this starry path with the awakened Noblesse following behind him.

As the spatial tear slowly closed, the sluggish Lin Yun managed to react.

He saw the Raging Flame Emperor's back and hurriedly shouted, "Raging Flame Emperor, wait a moment! If you are leaving, please leave me the scepter!"

Then, he saw the Raging Flame Emperor turn to glance at him before turning and taking two steps, disappearing into the starry sky as the crack disappeared.

Lin Yun looked at the throne, feeling sullen and extremely regretful. He even fiercely cursed, "That damn Raging Flame Emperor, I did all the dirty work! He doesn't even need the scepter anymore, he could have just left it to me… Yet he took it and left. Too stingy, I've never seen anyone so stingy…"

Lin Yun was so angry that he wasn't able to get the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras. This was a huge problem…

Lin Yun cursed as he looked at the throne until Xiuban came and tapped Lin Yun's shoulder.

"Sir Merlin…"

Lin Yun glanced at Xiuban while fuming. "What!"

Xiuban's face was strange. He pointed at Lin Yun's feet and said in a low voice, "Sir Merlin, isn't this what you are looking for?"

Lin Yun looked down and saw a book with runes on top. These were the runes of the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras…

Lin Yun turned red and awkwardly chuckled, but he grabbed the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras in an instant.

"Ha, the Raging Flame Emperor is a trickster, but he is a very good person…"

The group looked at Lin Yun with hollow laughs.

"Haha…"

Lin Yun didn't care if the others were laughing at him. He was overjoyed as he looked at the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras.

A crystal ship wheel could faintly be seen on the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras.

"Looks like the key to controlling the Intrepid is this Book of Ten Thousand Mantras…" Lin understood.

On the first page of the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras were numerous 0th Tier Mantras, and there were at least a hundred.

The second page had countless 1st Tier Spells and 2nd Tier Spells.

The third page had 3rd Tier and 4th Tier spells.

The fourth page had 5th Tier and 6th Tier spells.

It was matching the Ranks… Magic Apprentice, Mage, Great Mage, High Mage.

By the time Lin Yun was about to open the fifth page, he found out that the fifth page was shut tight, and he couldn't turn it at all.

Understanding flashed in Lin Yun's eyes. He was only an 8th Rank High Mage, so he could only read the first four pages. At best, he could only read the High Mage's spells.

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It was the same result for the next pages.

After checking the first four pages back and forth several times, he noticed that every single spell was different.

"No wonder it's called the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras, the book that recorded all kinds of incantations, spells, curses… Each one is different."

Lin Yun kept checking the pages. The first page alone had five hundred to six hundred different magic incantations. There were all kinds of rare enchantments to suit every need.

After happily looking at it, Lin Yun began the fusion with his 3rd Meditation Law Set.

To fuse it with his Meditation Law Set, the first step was to connect with the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras and obtain its approval.

After all, the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras wasn't the Spell Wheel. The Spell Wheel had been forged by Lin Yun, so there would be no disagreement.

Holding the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras, he poured mana into it. He wanted to communicate with the Magic Tool Incarnation of the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras, but after pouring some mana into it, he didn't get any reaction.

Lin Yun was a bit stunned by that. He didn't know what was going on.

He had done countless calculations, thinking about how to get the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras, but he hadn't expected this situation after actually getting the book.

It looked like the Incarnation was slumbering, hidden in the innermost part of the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras. No matter how Lin Yun tried to communicate, he didn't get any answer.

Lin Yun frowned, wondering if the Incarnation had died… If the Incarnation didn't answer at all, what should he do?

Enderfa floated over and did a few rounds around the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras.

"Merlin, what's to be done? The Raging Flame Emperor left you the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras, but you can't even get its approval, and there are more pressing matters…"

Lin Yun thought deeply about it and had a sudden enlightenment.

"Right, why can't I simply try to fuse it the conventional way? I'll directly fuse the Core Meditation Law Set into it, and as long as the fusion succeeds, the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras would be unable to reject me!"

Enderfa was stunned by Lin Yun's bold thoughts, and by the time he reacted, Lin Yun had already started.

"Damn, Merlin, you didn't die to that monster, so don't end up killing yourself…"

Enderfa was at a loss. He wanted to stop it, but he had no way to stop him.

Because he could already see Lin Yun's hands holding onto the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras while runes and formulas were flowing out of his body. The characters of these runes and formulas were similar to shackles revolving around Lin Yun's body.

A large number of radiant runes rushed out of Lin Yun's body and slowly combined into the shape of a furnace, emitting wisps of auras encompassing everything.

The Void Forge Core Meditation Law Set had already been taken out of Lin Yun's body…

The runes and formulas forming the radiant furnace slowly rotated, and a large amount of elemental mana converged towards the furnace. Regardless of the element, they turned into pure mana within the Void Forge.

This was a display of the Void Forge's greatest quality. Being all-encompassing, it could absorb any mana and convert it, with nothing excluded. This was similar to the characteristics of the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras, as it contained all incantations.

After revolving a few times, the radiant furnace decomposed once again and turned into circles of lights revolving around Lin Yun, before turning into shackles of light.

A fierce mana fluctuation was emitted from Lin Yun's body, and his entire body seemed to be the eye of a tornado, forcing the others to stand back.

Zeuss was looking at the radiance of the Void Forge around Lin Yun's body and was unable to guess how many formulas that Core Meditation Law Set possessed.

He had never seen this in his entire life. He had never heard of someone causing such a big scene while fusing his Meditation Law Set.

Seeing all the elemental mana rushing into the furnace as if it was their home, Zeuss could only remain sluggish, unable to understand it. He had once been an 8th Rank Archmage, but he was the same as an ordinary villager now.

The first rune of the Void Forge was about to come into contact with the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras, slowly approaching it. Nothing unusual was happening… The Book of Ten Thousand Mantras was just like a stone, not reacting.

But the moment Void Forge's rune touched the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras, the deathly still book suddenly let out huge rays of light.

It was like a poked wasp's nest. Countless runes loudly exploded from the book and frantically attacked the Void Forge's runes.

The impact of the collision could be seen with the naked eye, causing bright and multicolored ripples.

Lin Yun's expression faintly changed, but he had expected it this time and increased his mana output. The mana within his body rushed out like a flood. This mana was wrapped in the Void Forge and was frantically attacking the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras.

Lin Yun's body slowly floated up alongside the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras.

The runes of a few unknown incantations appeared near the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras. These runes kept revolving, turning into balls that were wrapping the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras within.

And more and more runes were surging out of the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras. The layers of runes formed curtains of lights, quickly turning into layers of defenses.

Lin Yun's eyes were wide open as he stared at the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras, grinding his teeth. Earlier, he had been trying to connect for a long time, but there had been no reaction, and now, when he wanted to forcibly fuse this book, it was like stabbing a hornet's nest…

"Damn…" Lin Yun was annoyed.

His Magic Arrays and his two Alchemic Mana Whirlpools were revolving at full capacity to condense mana into a liquid state so that it could be poured out of Lin Yun to impact the Book of Mantra.

The shackles of light that the Void Forge had turned into formed the shape of an awl, and Lin Yun added a large amount of mana to it.

Then, Lin Yun roused his mana once again.

That awl started spinning frantically…

The glaring light at the tip of the awl collided with the runes, causing lightning from friction.

The fierce lightning wreaked havoc and made the space fluctuate.

Enderfa and the others had poor complexions as they saw that, and all retreated to the edge of the palace.

"Snap…"

A sharp sound echoed as a rune was pierced by the awl, and then, a cobweb-like crack appeared on the sphere of light.

A large quantity of runes were shattered, and the first layer of defense was broken through. But the awl didn't stop, as it immediately collided with the 2nd layer.

The sharp and deafening friction sound was like the screech of a Banshee. The frantically rotating awl was piercing layer after layer of defenses like a hot knife through butter to reach the book. But Lin Yun's complexion was getting paler.

The closer he got to the book, the more powerful the book's defenses were, especially since the book would set up two more defenses every time he broke one, spouting mantras' runes at a crazy speed, far faster than Lin Yun could break through them.

After more than a minute, the defenses of the book had greatly increased, and Lin Yun had become extremely pale.

The mana consumption was too high. Using pure mana for a direct collision instead of a spell was consuming a lot more mana.

Facing this resistance, Lin Yun frowned and wondered what was going on with the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras. The backlash from his mana was outrageous, and the more mana he used, the more powerful the backlash of the book.

If he slightly decreased the output, although the counterattack of the book would still be powerful, it wouldn't increase, but rather decrease quite a bit.

Then… If he completely scattered his mana. Wouldn't the book not counterattack at all?

But this was a dangerous risk…

The Core Meditation Law Set was of utmost importance. He had to use mana to protect the Core Meditation Law Set when fusing it.

This was common sense that had never changed since the enlightenment to magic at the peak of the Magic Era.

Because a Core Meditation Law Set was a mage's magic life. Not only was it related to their future prospects, but it was also the foundation for the future. No damage could be supported.

If their Core Meditation Law Set was damaged, they might be stuck at the 5th Rank of the Archmage realm. There had been many geniuses in history that had been unable to break through after reaching the Archmage Realm due to a problem with their Meditation Law Set.

The most formidable one in history advanced to the 5th Rank before ultimately dying, unable to advance again.

Lin Yun hesitated a bit. He kept weakening his mana output, and the backlash from the book also weakened to a degree that was relatively easier to handle.

The Book of Ten Thousand Mantras was reacting to mana, but the pure Meditation Law Set wasn't mana, so there was actually a great chance of success.

So far, he had consumed more than half of the mana, but there was no meaning in wasting more. Once his mana was completely consumed, he might not be able to accomplish the fusion anymore.

'Sh*t, let's try!'

How could he give up on the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras? At this point, he could only take the risk!

Lin Yun clenched his teeth and slowly reduced his mana output and the backlash of the book also slowly weakened.

Every time his mana output was reduced, those large runic defenses would pressure him like a tsunami, their momentum making it hard to break for Lin Yun.

But as the counterattack of the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras weakened, the huge runic tsunami would retreat a bit more…

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Chapter 637: Breakthrough

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Cold sweat kept dripping from Lin Yun's forehead, this was far more dangerous than walking on a tightrope. As long as there was a little problem with his mana control, he would drown in those runes and the formidable counterattack would make his body explode in an instant.

Time slowly passed…

When the mana output was very small, Lin Yun suddenly cut it off, and the mana protection in those shackles made of runes suddenly dissipated.

Those boundless mantras runes collided with the Void Forge's shackles.

"Boom…"

It felt as if his head exploded. Lin Yun only felt a loud sound echoing in his head, and then, everything before him was covered in boundless light.

In less than a second, Lin Yun passed out.

In mid-air, the chains the Void Forge had turned into were completely submerged by the mantras runes.

Then, as Lin Yun's mana disappeared, the counterattack of the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras dimmed as well, and a large amount of mantras runes re-entered the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras.

Lin Yun's Void Forge followed after it and also disappeared.

Lin Yun fell down, the light of the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras slowly rescinding before it slowly fell down.

Enderfa and the others had calmed down after seeing this and promptly rushed over. Xiuban was holding half a Health Potion and poured it in Lin Yun's mouth.

After a while, Lin Yun slowly opened his eyes.

He massaged his head, feeling a bit dizzy as a large amount of information had entered his mind.

"Merlin, how are you?" Enderfa worryingly asked.

Lin Yun smiled and reached out and the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras appeared in his hand. As his mana was roused, a completely different aura rose up from Lin Yun's body.

9th Rank High Mage!

Then, the mana within his body started moving on its own and Lin Yun's aura kept rising, stabilizing his aura from the newly advanced 9th Rank High Mage stage, and it kept growing.

Lin Yun forcibly suppressed the breakthrough and after a minute of suppression, the rising aura decreased.

The three Meditation Law Sets had already fused and he was ready to advance to the Archmage realm.

Lin Yun not only had three kinds of Meditation Law Sets, but apart from the Equilibrium Law, the other two Core Meditation Law Sets consisted of sixteen formulas!

This meant that Lin Yun's mana had already surpassed the pinnacle of 9th rank and he didn't need to take the initiative to break through!

If he didn't suppress it, it would initiate a breakthrough on its own!

He closed his eyes and sensed that the Void Forge was working perfectly with the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras, and he had a clear understanding of the book.

The most urgent matter was finally sorted out and the group's gains were much greater than expected!

Everything had worked out perfectly, making it hard for Lin Yun to supress his happiness.

He stood up, glanced at the palace and pointed towards the inside.

"This palace isn't an illusion, it's really the palace of the Raging Flame Emperor. We should check it, there must be some good things that we can take away there. Even a brick might be a rare magic material…"

Everyone remembered after hearing his words.

Ever since they came in, they had went through countless difficulties. And even after dealing with the monster, there was the situation with Lin Yun. How could they have a mind to look for treasures in such a situation.

Their enthusiasm soared high, this was the palace of the Raging Flame Emperor! Even if it looked empty, they definitely would be able to find some good things in there.

Lin Yun looked at the throne at the top of the stairs, unwilling.

The most valuable thing here was naturally that Raging Flame Throne, it was a top-notch True Spirit Magic Tool with absolute defensive abilities, but unfortunately…

The Raging Flame Throne was one with the hall. Only someone with the power of the Raging Flame Emperor would be able to move it.

Not only could the throne not be removed, they couldn't even think about removing the main structure of the palace. Those precious magic materials could only be admired.

The Raging Flame Emperor was really generous, he didn't even take the palace when leaving, nor did he take the Raging Flame Throne, and he even left Lin Yun the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras.

Lin Yun sighed, he could only admire how carefree the Raging Flame Emperor was.

But unfortunately, this palace would remain here and couldn't be taken away.

A first-rate True Spirit Magic Tool was in front of him but it couldn't be coveted, this was extremely depressing.

Since he couldn't take the Raging Flame Throne, Lin Yun kept walking around the hall, examining every corner. Nothing was left out, they took everything they could.

A lampstand there was made of treasured magic metal, extremely extravagant…

They made two passes and plundered everything, gathering it in a huge pile of magic materials, and they were all treasured magic materials. If not for the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras, these materials would have been the greatest harvest.

They had found over twenty pieces of Eternal Gold Essence, each one not smaller than the one Lin Yun had used before, and there were all kinds of elemental gems.

There were also two rare Spatial Gems. These were top tier embedding material for crafting Spatial Magic Tools. If mages specializing in spatial magic found out about it, they wouldn't hesitate to use their own blood to have a chance to purchase it.

There was plenty of rare magic materials of various types. This made Lin Yun's vision go blurry.

Naturally, there was also a pile of mana crystals that made Lin Yun envious. Lin Yun originally wasn't lacking in magic materials, but since he had to take care of Shawn and the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf, his stock couldn't keep up with the consumption.

Shawn had a fanatical craving for mana crystals, he was just itching to ask for more.

As for that Three-Eyed Secret Wolf, he was eating mana crystal as if they were grains of rice. How could Lin Yun have enough mana crystals to feed him. Moreover that guy had been locked in the Demiplane for so long, he is probably very hungry.

While inspecting these materials, Lin Yun unexpectedly discovered something. Half a Rhizome of Dragonblood Flower. That thing is a supporting ingredient for the Dragon Transformation Potion. Unfortunately, this material was useless in this era, because the main ingredient to the Dragon Transformation Potion was the blood of a Chromatic Dragon…

The Chromatic Dragons had already left Noscent, so how could he find some?

But if a Draconic Beastman like Xiuban took that thing, his strength would quickly rise. He was already a Peak 2nd Rank Sword Saint, with this Dragonblood Flower Rhizome, he might be able to break through.

"Xiuban, eat this."

Lin Yun casually threw the Dragonblood Flower Rhizome to Xiuban, who, after being puzzled for a while, bitterly looked at it..

Enderfa slapped Xiuban's head and angrily scolded him, "Idiot, this thing can make you break through…"

After hearing this, Xiuban's eyebrows raised in delight, he ignored the fact that he had been slapped and unhesitantly swallowed that root.

"No reaction…" He then mumbled to himself, but a few seconds later, Xiuban's face turned red and steaming.

Gold red veined patterns appeared on his body, and his aura became restrained.

A minute later, Xiuban suddenly roared, the restrained aura suddenly exploding and an even more powerful aura spread.

Xiuban swung Carnage twice with one hand and a smile appeared on his face…

"The Great Xiuban has broken through!"

After laughing out loud, Xiuban suddenly remembered something and rushed to Lin Yun's side with a calm expression.

"Great Sir Merlin, is… Is there more of that root? I didn't taste its flavor properly…"

Hearing Xiuban's shameless words, Reina rolled her eyes.

Lin Yun kicked Xiuban's foot and then looked at everyone, "Let's leave this place first…"

The others were puzzled. Although that monster had been sealed in the necklace of the Wisdom Tree and taken away by the Raging Flame Emperor, the illusion had yet to dissipate, how could they leave this place?

Enderfa looked as if this was a troublesome problem, "Merlin, if we want to leave, we must first find the way out, no? We can't even find the way in…"

Everyone scattered, trying to find any clue, but Lin Yun shook his head, "There is no need…"

After saying that, Lin Yun held the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras and read a short incantation.

Suddenly, in a spacious area in the center of the hall, rays of lights congealed to form threads. These threads of light kept twisting and quickly sketched out a complicated array in the air.

After three seconds, an activated array appeared in mid air, spreading a faint spatial aura.

The threads were like a fine rain of lights spilling out of that array, forming a light pillar emitting a faint radiance.

Enderfa was puzzled.

"Damn, there is actually a teleportation array? How come I didn't feel it?"

Enderfa's face was full of doubt, he obviously couldn't remember anything being there, so how could a teleportation array be hidden, and in midair? During the fight, that place had been razed by countless spells, even if it was a teleportation array, it was impossible for it not to react.

Moreover, when the teleportation array appeared just now, it gave the feeling of having been created out of nothing.

Enderfa looked at Lin Yun, but Lin Yun was already stepping into the teleportation array.

The others stepped in after him and light flashed as everyone disappearead.

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Chapter 638: Wolf God

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In the center of the Captain's Cabin, a teleportation array made of light appeared out of nowhere, making everyone appear suddenly in a pillar of light.

Everything was exactly the same as when they left the Captain's Cabin. That teleportation door was also emitting a faint light.

After confirming that it was safe, the tense Zeuss was finally relieved and sat on the ground with an exhausted and regretful expression.

"High Mage Merlin, may I ask if you had seen Sir Arthus before?"

After being sure there were no threats, Zeuss' emotions caught up to him as he recalled the wandering Arthus.

Lin Yun regretfully said, "Sir Arthus already passed away…"

Zeuss still had hope in his eyes, "Can you tell me where his body is?"

Lin Yun shook his head, "Just like Rhett, he turned to ashes…"

Zeuss had a painful expression on his face as he sobbed. The repeated blows had put Zeuss on the verge of collapse.

"It's all because of me… If I hadn't been muddled by anger, Arthus wouldn't have died from the monster's plot and Rhett wouldn't have been possessed."

"They were still young… Why wasn't I the one to die…"

Zeuss looked like an ordinary old man as he kept sobbing, already collapsed.

After losing all his mana, he had become crippled, but he hadn't died. And adding Rhett and Arthus' deaths, he felt that dying might have been a better option.

Lin Yun looked at the broken Zeuss and didn't know what to say. This guy used to be disagreeable and arrogant, proud of having the power of an 8th Rank Archmage, but now, the achievements he took pride in were turned to nothing, and even others had been involved. This wasn't something Zeuss could bear.

The Family's honor, as well as his own, had turned into an illusion, dying would be a lot more comfortable.

After a while, Zeuss raised his head, his eyes looking empty.

Lin Yun knew that this was because Zeuss had already lost the will to live, he had already made his decision.

Sure enough, Zeuss painfully looked at Lin Yun and said with a voice full of despair, "High Mage Merlin, thanks a lot for saving me. But Arthus already died, Rhett already died… I'm also a cripple without a wisp of mana. You don't need to take care of me, this ghost ship shall be where my life ends."

"It's not as bad as you think…"

"Eh?" Zeuss suddenly froze, surprise flashing on his ashen face, "What… What do you mean?"

"What I mean, Sir Zeuss, is that although your mana had been absorbed by that monster and not even a seed of mana remains in your body, turning you into an ordinary person, in my experience, this situation isn't hopeless…"

"Merlin… High Mage Merlin, you… You are saying that I… I… I could still be saved?" Hearing this, Zeuss looked as if he had gained a new lease on life. His gaze relaxed and he was suddenly full of expectations. He gently grabbed Lin Yun, as if he was his life saver, "Can you really… Really save me?"

"It should be doable…" Lin Yun thought about it, but didn't give a definite answer.

But this was enough for Zeuss.

This was more than enough.

He had been studying magic meticulously all his life and had been accustomed to wielding the power of magic. Moreover, he had already reached the Archmage realm. Losing magic was simply losing everything. Lin Yun's words were like going from hell to heaven!

"Then you…"

"I can try."

"Thank you, thank you, High Mage Merlin. I, Zeuss Watson, will never forget your kindness. I can even guarantee that whether you succeed or not, the Watson Family will become the Merlin Family's staunchest ally in the future…"

Zeuss was holding onto his last straw desperately, his eyes shining as he grabbed Lin Yun's arm with excitement, even promising huge benefits when he saw Lin Yun remaining tight-lipped, directly saying that as long as he didn't betray the Watson Family, he would give Lin Yun anything he wanted, he would even send him his grand-daughter…

"Haha…" Lin Yun didn't take it to heart. To be honest, Lin Yun didn't have a huge hatred against Zeuss, he merely felt that the latter was unpleasant at best. A living 8th Rank Archmage was definitely more useful than a dead Zeuss…

Lin Yun took out the Book of Death and chanted a character. Soon, a spatial crack appeared in front of them as a stable Planar Path formed there.

Zeuss was in a hurry to recover, and the others didn't discover anything wrong. Only Enderfa felt something fishy.

Earlier, Lin Yun had to go all-out to open a small crack to his Demiplane, and he was only able to maintain it for a bit over a second.

But now, there didn't seem to be any problem, he was effortlessly opening path to his Demiplane in a relaxed way. And it had already been a few seconds, yet he didn't seem to be struggling.

Enderfa suddenly thought of something, 'Does he control a part of the Intrepid?'

That monster had been controlling a part of the Intrepid before, but it hadn't been so outrageous, he was just continuously infiltrating it.

And Lin Yun's current control over the Intrepid was obviously not low, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to casually open the way to his Demiplane.

His control over the ghost ship had already surpassed that monster!

Enderfa was startled when he came to that conclusion.

This was the Intrepid, a ship forged out of a God's remains, and its structure itself was a huge Heaven Array. Even if it was a Ghost Ship right now, as long as the main body of the ship was fine, it would be worth a lot more than a Peak True Spirit Magic Tool…

Lin Yun effortlessly controlled the Planar Path to his Demiplane and solemnly instructed, "Be careful, those two Ancestor Souls are still inside."

The group entered the Demiplane, the Planar path slowly folding behind them. There was no sign that the Planar Path was being forcibly opened, demonstrating the ease in Lin Yun's actions.

The group was on guard. Xiuban was baring his teeth while tightly holding onto Carnage. Enderfa also controlled the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, making it slowly revolve so that it could cast spells anytime.

Lin Yun held his Draconic Staff, seriously studying his surroundings.

Lin Yun didn't dare to be careless, even though he had just advanced. Those two Ancestor Souls were extremely troublesome, they had experienced it earlier.

But the group slowly walked a hundred meters until they saw a shocking scene.

The Three-Eyed Secret Wolf was sitting on a one meter tall stone with an impatient appearance.

Below the stone, those two Ancestor Souls were piously and respectfully kneeling on the ground, continuously kowtowing towards that small wolf.

"Great Wolf God, I beseech you to listen to your most pious believer's prayer."

That Lightning Shaman had thrown his staff to the side and was a hundred meters away from his stone pillar, but that Lightning Shaman didn't care and piously kowtowed to the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf, continuously making appeals.

The Ox Beastman had also thrown his weapon aside to kneel in front of the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf, using his shocking huge voice to keep pleading, "Great Wolf God, with your respectable identity, how could you live in such a crude place? I beseech you, please come to our Raging Flame Plane. We can build the greatest divine temple and have all the beastmen of the plane give offering to you. All the Beastmen are your most sincere followers…"

"Respected Wolf God, please consider our request, all the pious Beastmen are waiting for you…"

That 2.5 meters tall Ox Beastman kneeling there and talking about devotion and piety, made Lin Yun and the others stare in amazement.

Lin Yun put the Draconic Staff down from shock, unable to understand what was happening.

Enderfa's three faces were almost blown away…

'Damn, what's happening. I even made proper preparations, what the hell happened to these two ruthless Beastmen?'

Especially since the Ancestor Souls' totems and weapons were laying in the distance.

Enderfa remained silent.

A sound came from their side, which immediately caught the attention of the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf and its eyes shone when it noticed Lin Yun.

With a "woosh" the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf rushed over and charged into Lin Yun's embrace, and after a few affectionate rubbing, it took the initiative to dig into Lin Yun's pocket.

Lin Yun grabbed the small guy and happily fed him a level 20 mana crystal. The small guy took the mana crystal and dashed to a distant location to start gnawing on it.

He could see that this little glutton was famished, but Lin Yun didn't mind, he had gained a batch of mana crystals. Moreover, in this situation, the two troublesome Ancestor Souls had become well-behaved.

That little guy finished the mana crystal in a few bites and then rushed to Lin Yun's legs, rubbing against him like a spoiled child.

In the distance, the two Ancestors that had been persuading the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf raised their heads and saw that scene.

White smoke came out of the Ox Beastman's nostrils, his eyes turning red.

He reached his hands and the totem that had been thrown aside immediately flew over.

"Damn human, you dare to blaspheme the Wolf God!"

The Totem Warrior raised his totem and rushed two steps before roaring, increasing his momentum once more.

Berserk…

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Chapter 639: Endless

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Behind him, the 1.5-meter-tall Lightning Shaman was also holding his Lightning Staff, waving it to buff the Totem Warrior with Bloodthirst and Lightning Shield.

"Blaspheming the Wolf God! Death shall be your punishment!"

The Lightning Shaman hissed and shouted. If he could also go Berserk, he would unhesitantly do so.

Lin Yun depressingly watched the Ox Beastman rushing over while making the ground shake.

'What the hell, that Ox Beastman didn't even turn Berserk when I was going for the Molten Core, why is he charging as if his life depends on it now?'

Enderfa couldn't wait any longer and controlled the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel to launch a flurry of spells.

Xiuban was in high spirits since he had just broken through, and he swung Carnage to attack.

Charging the Lightning Shaman…

Lin Yun had a terrible expression and used Fire Elemental Incarnation, softly waving the Draconic Staff to cast a series of Flame Shackles. The shackles twisted around the Ox Beastman from all directions.

But after going Berserk, and with the addition of the Bloodthirst and Lightning Shield, the Ox Beastman Totem Warrior was simply a monster. It charged violently and wasn't hindered by the shackles. They all ended up breaking under his strength.

The Ox Beastman swung his totem to block in front of him. The Flame Spears and Frost Spheres were all forcibly blocked, and they didn't even reduce the Ox Beastman's speed.

That huge guy was panting, his eyes crimson red, and he charged thirty meters using his Ox Beastman's Charge. He was carrying his totem while lowering his head to angle his horns forward, his speed increasing three to four times.

He would dash four meters with one step, breaching the thirty meters in just a few steps. All the obstacles were blasted away, and he didn't even bother to go around the Demiplane's trees. He simply plowed through them, not even lowering his speed.

Deep imprints were left on the ground that he treaded.

Lin Yun's eyes twitched. He promptly cast an illusion, leaving a copy of himself where he had just stood. His main body turned into a flame, instantly flashing a few dozen meters away.

Just as he reached that new location, he could see the Ox Beastman charging through that illusion before continuing his charge towards him.

Lin Yun knew that the Ox Beastman would just keep going if he wasn't stopped. He was an Ancestor Soul, so he didn't have the same restrictions as an ordinary Ox Beastman.

While holding his Draconic Staff, he cast two Flame Flashes in a row to dodge a hundred meters away before quickly chanting the incantation of the Askrim Gate that he had found in the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras. He had been surprised when he discovered that it was only a 6th Tier spell.

Lin Yun had instantly recorded that most-used defensive spell, and after obtaining it, he guessed that it must have been perfected by the Demilich.

Because the essence of the Askrim Gate was the Ice Wall. Once the comprehension of Ice Wall reached its limits, it would become the Askrim Gate. In fact, strictly speaking, there was no such thing as the Askrim Gate.

After hurriedly chanting the incantation, he waved his Draconic Staff and an Askrim Gate rose up from the ground and appeared before him. The deep blue gate of ice had the sculptures of two Frost Dragons and many minute ice magic beasts on it. Over four meters tall and three meters wide, the large gate was blocking the way in front of Lin Yun. The Ox Beastman collided at the same time as the Askrim gate rose up.

After a loud explosion, the earth shivered, and a crack started appearing in the center of the Askrim Gate.

The charging Ox Beastman was stopped by the collision but was still able to react instinctively, swinging the totem he was holding as a black light exploded out of it.

In a split second, the Askrim Gate exploded into fist-sized fragments.

Lin Yun's eyelids twitched and he cast a Sea of Fire with a wave of his hand before using Flame Flash once again.

That Ox Beastman was just too powerful after turning berserk. His transformation wasn't much inferior to the Viking Beastmen's Berserk Transformation. That kind of fierce offensive made Lin Yun unable to use any powerful spells, while instant spells only tickled that monster.

Although that Askrim Gate couldn't compare to Ice Emissary Cook's, it should have been able to stop him for a few seconds. But to Lin Yun's shock, it wasn't able to stop him for even a second.

In one clash, it was broken down.

"Damn Human, you dared to blaspheme the Wolf God! The devoted Cooper shall make you pay the price!" the Ox Beastman roared once again, his eyes shining red.

Hearing this, Enderfa's expression became strange and he remained silent.

That Ox Beastman named Cooper didn't dodge the flood of spells cast by the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and ruthlessly charged towards Lin Yun. Even if the others were closer, that guy was stubbornly chasing Lin Yun.

In the distance, the Lightning Shaman had two Lightning Shields protecting him as he faced Xiuban's attacks, not even looking at him as he waved his Lightning Staff while going towards Lin Yun's position. The Lightning Staff flickered with power… As long as Lin Yun stopped for a second, a large, black cloud would appear above his head and lightning would strike at him.

Lin Yun had a terrible expression. These two Ancestor Souls were crazy. They simply didn't care about the others, only stubbornly wanting him to pay the price. Lin Yun couldn't even counterattack under such pressure.

They were just crazy fanatics… Let alone their totems, they weren't even defending their own bodies. Fanaticism and anger were overflowing from Cooper's red eyes. With one glance, it could be seen that this guy wouldn't care if he died, as long as he got rid of Lin Yun.

After a few minutes of chase, the others' attacks began to weaken. That scene was too strange. Xiuban broke the Lightning Shaman's defense and shattered his head, yet that beastman, known for being wise, didn't even glance at Xiuban.

'I wonder if I should keep messing with Xiuban…'

Enderfa had been casting spells with the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel like an addict. He was extremely pleased by the power of the Molten Core.

Lin Yun was extremely sullen as he thought, 'What the hell… The pet I raised was affectionate towards me, isn't it normal after not having seen me for so long? These two have gone crazy!'

"F*ck, you are done for!"

Lin Yun flew into a rage and directly opened the Book of Death to the Elemental Chapter's page. The Purple Dragon of the Draconic Staff also appeared.

With a wave of his hand, over twenty Ice Walls appeared in front of him, and while rousing the Sage Chapter, he cast Freeze. A blue light spread with Cooper in the center. The Ultimate Freeze instantly turned Cooper into an ice statue.

As for the Lightning Shaman in the distance, he took advantage of this opportunity and waved the Lightning Staff with a loud roar. A lightning bolt flew out from the staff and went straight for Lin Yun.

The glaring lightning turned into Lightning Shackles and advanced a few dozen meters in an instant, reaching Lin Yun in less than a second.

But then, the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf jumped over in front of Lin Yun.

The Lightning Shaman was terrified when he saw this scene and promptly controlled the Lightning Shackles to change their path.

But Lightning Shackles couldn't dissipate after being cast. They could only be stopped after hitting a target.

Not to mention that in his fury, the Lightning Shaman had cast seven Lightning Shackles, forming a circle of lightning.

But the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf had jumped out in front of his target. Wouldn't that mean that he would be injuring the Wolf God?

The Lightning Shaman barely managed to control the Lightning Shackles, and after noticing the frozen Cooper, he immediately changed the target of the Lightning Shackles to Cooper. They struck Cooper directly.

Lightning flickered on Cooper's body, forcibly shattering the Freeze. Then, the Lightning Shackles turned into an arc and twisted around Cooper. Seven bolts of lightning fell and made Cooper fall to the ground, twitching.

He was burnt black, and even after the lightning disappeared, Cooper couldn't control himself.

The Three-Eyed Secret Wolf raised his head and howled at Cooper and the Lightning Shaman. Those piercing, youthful howls sounded critical and full of dissatisfaction.

It was unknown what exactly the howls of the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf meant, but the two Beastmen turned pale white on the spot.

Despite still not having recovered, Cooper knelt on the ground, frightened. He kept his head and limbs still as he remained in a kowtowing position, the effect of his Berserk Transformation dissipating.

The Lightning Shaman also hastily rushed over, kneeling on the ground without even thinking about it.

"Honorable Wolf God, how could the lowly Galekuch dare to attack you. Please don't misunderstand, we only wanted to punish this sinner blaspheming the Wolf God…"

Before he could finish his sentence, the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf bared his fangs and loudly howled a few times.

The Lightning Shaman, Galekuch, and the Ox Beastman Totem Warrior, Cooper, quickly knelt and shuffled back.

"Honorable Wolf God, we will withdraw immediately.

Galekuch and Cooper retreated thirty to forty meters, apparently thinking of something and throwing their totem and staff into the distance before prostrating themselves in admiration with a pious expression.

Lin Yun raised his staff with an annoyed expression and shouted with dissatisfaction, "You think you can do as you please? Chasing me all this time… If you don't want to fight, then don't f*cking fight!"

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Chapter 640: Disregard

Translator: Shiraishi Editor: TheAlliance

As soon as Lin Yun spoke, the pious and devoted Cooper raised his head, steam coming out of his nostrils as he bared his fangs at Lin Yun. "Stupid Human, if you have the ability, don't hide behind the Wolf God! Come here and let's see how Lord Cooper breaks all your bones!"

Galekuch also raised his head and glared at Lin Yun, lightning flickering in his eyes.

The Three-Eyed Secret Wolf frowned and roared, terrifying the two Beastmen. They laid back down on their stomachs, not daring to move anymore.

Let alone the others watching the scene, Lin Yun himself was quite cheerful. He pointed at the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf, looking as if this was obviously normal. "You are talking a lot of sh*t! This little guy is my pet, he is eating the food I'm giving him, living in my place, and even what he drinks is mine. Isn't it normal for him to lend me his power? That is none of your goddamn business!"

Despair appeared on the faces of the two Ancestor Souls. They looked as if the sky had collapsed on them.

Galekuch was in disbelief, but a last hint of hope appeared on his despairing face as he looked at the small wolf. "Honorable Wolf God, is what this human is saying true? It shouldn't be, right?"

Cooper looked at the little wolf as if he was living in a nightmare. "Great Wolf God, this human is lying, he is definitely lying, right?"

The small wolf howled and jumped on Lin Yun's shoulder before affectionately rubbing against his cheek, looking very happy.

The two Ancestor Souls looked defeated. Their despairing expressions made it hard for Lin Yun to even look at them.

'Hell, I didn't excavate your Ancestral Tomb, nor did I abduct your women and relatives. I didn't even cripple you, what is this?'

Lin Yun angrily waved his Draconic Staff. But he knew that this definitely couldn't continue. These two Ancestor Souls were undergoing a mental breakdown.

But then, Lin Yun recalled a legend. It was said that the Beastmen of the Raging Flame Plane had believed in the Wolf God a long time ago. Only after the Raging Flame Emperor conquered the plane did the faith change to that of the Raging Flame Emperor.

It was also said that at the earliest times, the highest position in the Tribes was that of Shaman. Even the Chief's position was below the Shaman's, and many temples were built during that time for the worship of the Wolf God. And those powerful Shamans known as Prophets could only summon Ghost Wolves.

After the appearance of the Raging Flame Emperor, many things happened over the years. The temples were abandoned and the Tribal Chiefs became the ones at the top of the chain. Although the position of Shamans was still pretty high, they no longer had a monopoly over the power as they had before.

After recalling this information, Lin Yun forgot about it in an instant. This wasn't valuable information. All Beastmen had beliefs, but most believed in totems. They might worship some fierce beasts or some Beastman that they believed to be a God.

Lin Yun was surprised by the existence of that Wolf God. Not only was it a primitive totem, but it was also as small as the Three-Eyed Secret Wolf.

Even after obtaining confirmation, the Ancestor Souls were unwilling to accept it. Cooper even tried to persuade the small wolf as he entreated, "Honorable Wolf God, how could you become someone else's pet? Please reconsider this decision!"

After saying that, Cooper kept kowtowing. Galekuch followed suit, patiently trying to persuade him.

"Honorable Wolf God, as long as you leave this human, we will immediately build the greatest temple for you and make all the Beastmen piously worship you. You don't need to do anything, we will meet your demands."

Galekuch was clearly smarter than the Ox Beastman, and after seeing that the little wolf was still not answering, he added, "Honorable Wolf God, as long as you follow us, we will give that human twice what he has given you. Moreover, he'll become the most respected guest of us Beastmen…"

The two Ancestor Souls tried persuading him for a long time, making the Wolf God start to seem impatient. Lin Yun took out a level 25 mana crystal and the small wolf immediately started nibbling on it with delight while crouched on Lin Yun's shoulder, not even looking at those two Ancestor Souls.

This time, the two Ancestor Souls were resigned to the fact that the little wolf had become that human's pet.

Cooper was weeping in despair while Galekuch was unwilling. Seeing that he couldn't persuade the little wolf, he turned towards Lin Yun and said with a stern face, "Human, we can disregard the fact that you snatched the Molten Core, and we can also disregard the fact that you offended the Emperor, but you have to return the Wolf God! That is the only way you can obtain our friendship!"

Galekuch racked his brain before coming up with this idea. He would use his own power and the Raging Flame Emperor's name to suppress this person and make him return the Wolf God.

Unfortunately, after he said those words, even Xiuban looked at him like he was an idiot.

Enderfa seemed to be pitying them. These two Ancestor Souls had been thrown to the Demiplane and definitely hadn't seen what happened afterward. If they had seen the end, they definitely wouldn't have said such an idiotic thing.

Sure enough, Lin Yun cheerfully took out the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras, wanting to smash it on Galekuch's face.

"Take a look, do you see what this is? The Book of Ten Thousand Mantras!"

Galekuch froze. 'How could the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras be in that human's hands?'

Lin Yun looked at the two Ancestor Souls with disdain.

"Who said I stole your Molten Core? Who said I offended the Raging Flame Emperor? Are you blind? What is this? This is the Raging Flame Emperor's scepter, given by the Raging Flame Emperor himself! It's the same with the Molten Core, they were both gifted to me by the Raging Flame Emperor himself!"

Galekuch and Cooper were stunned…

"You are saying I stole it? Taking it while the Raging Flame Emperor was sleeping? You are stupid! How could I obtain the approval of the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras so fast if I stole it? You think I have the power to steal things from the hands of the Raging Flame Emperor?"

The two Ancestor Souls were left speechless. They had no choice but to admit that Lin Yun was right. The Book of Ten Thousand Mantras had previously been turned into the Raging Flame Emperor's scepter, and unless the Raging Flame Emperor personally took it out, no one would be able to steal it, and it indeed looked like that human had already been acknowledged by the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras…

The two Ancestor Souls were anxiously looking at Lin Yun, and even Galekuch had nothing else to say. Even the Raging Flame Emperor, their greatest argument, was standing against them.

Lin Yun sneered, "You don't have anything to bargain with. Not to mention giving the wolf to you, even if I did, the wolf wouldn't even want to follow you!"

After Lin Yun said this, the wolf nibbling on the mana crystal nodded in approval.

This answer made the two Ancestor Souls completely despair.

Lin Yun waved his hand, looking like he didn't care.

"Leave, I also don't want to bother with you. For the sake of the small wolf, and to repay the Raging Flame Emperor's generosity, I'll let you leave. I'm magnanimous, so I won't bicker with you. You can leave this place and everyone can mind their own business.

Lin Yun didn't feel like dealing with these two crazy believers, so he told them to get out of the way. But the two Ancestor Souls looked extremely embarrassed.

Galekuch pulled Cooper to the side, feeling distressed.

Cooper scratched his head and said with a bitter face, "Galekush, what should we do? We managed to find the Wolf God after so much trouble, how could we leave!"

Galekush nodded. "Yes, we definitely can't leave. But we can't just remain here, this is that human's private plane. If news of this spread, wouldn't it shame the Honorable Wolf God?"

Cooper scratched his head before fiercely saying, "I'll go kill that human, then the Great Wolf God will be free!"

Galekuch was startled by Cooper's conclusion. "You moron! Are you trying to make the Wolf God hate us? We definitely can't have a fall-out with that person, the Wolf God is very intimate with him! If we fight, the Wolf God will definitely stand on that person's side! Could it be that you want to stand against the Honorable Wolf God?"

Cooper was frightened at the prospect and promptly waved his arms. "How could I dare make a move against the Wolf God? Impossible! I would rather kill myself…"

Galekush considered this from all angles. After a while, he sighed, "It looks like there is only one path ahead of us… We have to stay and serve the Great Wolf God."

Cooper answered, "We will be following the Wolf God anyway."

"Yes, right, we don't need to care about the human, it's fine if we serve the Honorable Wolf God!"

After chatting for a while, the two Ancestor Souls came over.

Galekush looked at Lin Yun and said, "Human, we came to a decision! We want to remain here and serve the Honorable Wolf God for life!"

Cooper couldn't help baring his teeth at Lin Yun as he added, "But don't be delusional, we will only be serving the Wolf God, it has nothing to do with you. Don't think that you can order us around!"

Lin Yun indifferently waved his hand. "Do as you wish, but I'll let you know that every single blade of grass, every wisp of mana in this place is mine!"

After saying this, Lin Yun turned towards the excited Zeuss and beckoned, "Follow me."

Lin Yun abandoned the two Ancestor Souls and led Zeuss to the mana pond.

Enderfa floated behind, his three faces sneering as he looked at the two Ancestor Souls pretending to be tough.

'How could you change your fate after having fallen into Lin Yun's hands… Too naive…'

Lin Yun led Zeuss away while the two Ancestor Souls were beaming with joy, moving around the small wolf, thinking of ways to brainwash it.

Unfortunately, empty promises just weren't as convincing as a mana crystal.

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