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In this inescapable arena, the Horned Six-Tailed Fox was the biggest threat!
It could keep dodging and flashing without limits…
'Right! If we can't attack it, then I can just calculate the pattern of its movements and attack its new position ahead of time!
'The pattern!'
Lin Yun's eyes suddenly shone as he completely gave up his calculations on the Rock Giant and the Golden Behemoth and started focusing on the Horned Six-Tailed Fox.
In an instant, Lin Yun's eyes changed and looked like a vortex of data, symbols, and formulas. The Magic Array was capturing every trace of the Horned Six-Tailed Fox's spells and movement.
After a dozen seconds, Lin Yun's computations were already keeping pace with the Horned Six-Tailed Fox's movements, every flash happening to fall in with the outcome of the computing.
But this still wasn't enough. A short while later, Lin Yun's computing speed even exceeded the Horned Six-Tailed Fox's speed!
Every time it disappeared, Lin Yun could predict where it would appear one second in advance!
One second was enough for a lot of things!
Lin Yun slowly raised his Draconic Staff, holding the opened Book of Death in his left hand as he was using the power of the Element Chapter to increase the power of his spells. With the Book of Death as a medium, he pushed his casting speed to its pinnacle.
In an instant, Lin Yun quickly chanted three words and three Space Rending Blades appeared.
The three blades were slashing from different directions, and as he cast them, the Horned Six-Tailed Fox flashed right in the middle of them!
The faint spatial fluctuations stopped the Horned Six-Tailed Fox from disappearing again, and this was all that was needed at this moment!
The three Space Rending Blades formed a dead end, and nothing could escape from the gaps.
But the Horned Six-Tailed Fox didn't panic. Its body twisted in an odd posture. The first Space Rending Blade sliced just above its head, and the second one passed just below its abdomen, only slicing a bit of fur. The third one was slicing from behind the Horned Six-Tailed Fox, but it was also going to only cut off a bit of fur.
The Horned Six-Tailed Fox sneered, while Lin Yun also smiled.
Suddenly, the Space Rending Blade grazing the Horned Six-Tailed Fox's back split in two!
When that second Space Rending Blade appeared, it was close to the body of the Horned Six-Tailed Fox. No matter how fast it was, it couldn't dodge this one!
A black light flashed, and the Horned Six-Tailed Fox disappeared. It reappeared a dozen meters away, but without its head, which appeared someone else.
Instant kill!
Lin Yun had released four Space Rending Blades, but he had merged two of them together! Let alone the Horned Six-Tailed Fox, anyone would have been fooled by it.
Three words, three casts, it was all in order to hide the extra instant-cast spell!
If it weren't for the fact that he wanted to instant-cast that splitting Space Rending Blade without reducing its power, Lin Yun wouldn't have taken out the Element Chapter!
Because instant spells were a bit inferior compared to normally incanted spells, the clear difference in mana would have been discovered very easily.
The Horned Six-Tailed Fox ended up being dispatched by Lin Yun's first move.
Enderfa sighed in relief. No one here knew better than him how threatening a Horned Six-Tailed Fox could be, especially when it was sending spell storms to converge from all directions.
If it wasn't killed immediately, the powerful six-element compound spell would loudly fall…
With the Horned Six-Tailed Fox dead, there were only two left and they weren't in as much of a tight spot anymore.
Lin Yun had more time to make calculations, and after a short period of time, he opened the Element Chapter and brandished his Draconic Staff, three flame vortexes appearing above his head.
The large amount of elemental flames suddenly appeared and covered the Rock Giant. Every time the Rock Giant wanted to escape, Lin Yun would release a Bursting Flames spell to explode on it again.
"Merlin, what the hell are you doing? This is a Rock Giant, it can't be burnt to death…"
Enderfa was doing his best to resist the Golden Behemoth when he saw that Lin Yun seemed to be messing around, and he couldn't help complaining.
Lin Yun didn't say anything and was still continuously casting, using some impact spells that wouldn't do much damage to the Rock Giant.
Slowly, the Rock Giant's body was heated until it was deep red, but it hadn't weakened in the slightest. Flames of this level definitely couldn't harm the Rock Giant. They would even increase its power.
Seeing that it couldn't rush out, the Rock Giant unexpectedly stopped struggling and just stood in the flames and let them burn.
At this time, Lin Yun quickly chanted a few words and a golden pattern appeared under the Rock Giant, covering ten meters in an instant.
Then, a golden-red pillar of fire rushed out of the pattern and wrapped around the Rock Giant.
The Rock Giant let out a roar but didn't feel any pain. It was delighted to be getting stronger.
After ten seconds, the Hellfire dissipated and the Rock Giant fiercely swung its hand, forcibly scattering the elemental flames in the surroundings. The Rock Giant now looked like a heated gemstone.
A terrifying heat spread from its body, which made the cannon fodder that Barton was still summoning turn to ashes on contact.
The Rock Giant waved both arms and loudly shouted, apparently pleased with the fiery, crystalline body.
Lin Yun had an icy expression as he hurriedly told Reina, "That guy is hot, help it cool down."
Reina didn't even think as she transformed into a Dragon and flew into the air with countless blue rays of light appearing in her mouth.
"Roar!"
Countless ice fragments poured out of Reina's mouth. As the Frost Breath fell, snowflakes started condensing in the air.
The Frost Breath engulfed the Rock Giant, and the originally excited Rock Giant suddenly stopped, its body starting to dim.
As the seconds passed, its body returned to its original cyan color, before immediately becoming darker and stiffening. Its body seemed to turn into a stone statue standing there motionlessly.
"Snap…."
A small crack was heard, and like a chain reaction, numerous cracks appeared on the surface of the Rock Giant. Then, a few more snowflakes fell on its body and the Rock Giant shattered to pieces.
Stone had weaknesses, after all. The sudden change between extreme heat to extreme cold could cause any stone to meet its end.
This time, Lin Yun suddenly rushed into the pile of shattered stone and grabbed a seemingly ordinary fragment before he quickly returned.
At this time, those fragments of rock squirmed and quickly converged together to reform the head of the Rock Giant. It no longer seemed so carefree… It was extremely frightened as it looked at Lin Yun's retreating figure, its mouth letting out an angry roar.
And when it saw Lin Yun taking out a box made out of Eternal Gold Essence and putting that rock fragment inside, only despair remained in its voice.
As the box was closed, the Rock Giant's recently reformed head shattered once more.
Lin Yun sneered as he put the Eternal Gold Essence box away.
Rock Giants were troublesome, but they weren't completely invincible. Since they were lifeforms, they definitely had a source of power and life. That seemingly ordinary stone was its heart, its source of power.
But Rock Giants had a special innate ability, able to move their heart anywhere within their body. Thus, even if a Rock giant was shattered, unless one could find the heart, it would be effectively immortal.
After a lot of effort and lengthy observation, Lin Yun used Hellfire to thoroughly heat it, turning its body translucent in order to find its heart. After its body shattered, he could deal with the heart, and the Rock Giant would truly die.
Two were dealt with, and only one was left: The Golden Behemoth.
This guy was the most powerful one, but also the easiest to suppress. Its body was extremely strong, and as long as it wasn't killed, that guy would just keep rushing forward like a mad dog, not stopping until it tore its opponents to shreds.
Moreover, this Three-Eyed Golden Behemoth was the ruler of Golden Behemoths. Causing it to die from exhaustion wasn't possible, as such a lifeform was able to fight against a Three-Headed Golden Dragon for three months. How could they possibly exhaust it?
Everyone was casting spells at the Golden Behemoth, but it yielded very little result. So far, the only achievements had been a few black marks on its body.
After its fur had been strengthened by the 3rd Eye, it could already be said that no power under the Heaven Rank could break its defenses!
Lin Yun pondered for a bit and suddenly lifted the huge Draconic Staff once more and started casting.
But he didn't use an offensive spell this time. Instead, he created phantoms that wandered around the Golden Behemoth.
It naturally understood that it shouldn't get surrounded by these phantoms, so it unhesitantly clawed one of them, tearing it to shreds.
As more and more phantoms appeared, the Golden Behemoth became more and more rash, striking out at the phantoms.
But as the number of phantoms just kept increasing, the Golden Behemoth involuntarily started using all of its arms to attack.
In the end, its four arms were fiercely swinging all around, not even caring about resisting spells.
After a dozen seconds, a Rock Puppet suddenly appeared in front of it, but the Golden Behemoth didn't think much and opened its mouth to bite the Rock Puppet.
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But this time, it wasn't a phantom, but a genuine Rock Puppet!
The Rock Puppet instantly shattered from the bite, but this Golden Behemoth hadn't noticed the five spirit mana crystals covered in golden patterns in the puppet's hands.
These five spirit mana crystals all had a faint layer of mana protecting them.
But those faint layers of magic defense were instantly shattered when the Golden Behemoth bit the Rock Puppet.
In an instant, fierce and terrifying mana fluctuations could be felt as chaotic mana fluctuations surged from the five spirit mana crystals.
After a few seconds, the berserk Golden Behemoth let out a painful roar, its body seemingly inflating.
A loud roar could be heard coming from its abdomen, and following it the Golden Behemoth's body doubled in size!
A large amount of blood spurted out of its seven orifices while chaotic mana fluctuations escaped from its mouth like a storm.
The berserk energy pierced through the sky and no one could see where it ended.
As for the Golden Behemoth, it was like a small mountain continuously rumbling.
Lin Yun sighed in relief and wiped the sweat off his forehead.
That seemed simple, but it had taken a great toll on his mind, and he had used no less than half of his mana on the Magic Array's calculations!
He spent so much effort just to make that Golden Behemoth swallow these five spirit mana crystals…
The Golden Behemoth had a formidable skin and fur, but that didn't mean that his internal organs were as strong as the fur. The five mana crystals had been roused by mana and formed an unstable destructive array, as long as it was slightly damaged, the mana from the five mana crystals would instantly explode!
The power of that explosion could definitely be compared to a 7th Tier Spell. The power would definitely be terrifying when exploding within its body.
But Lin Yun hadn't thought that the Behemoth's skin was so formidable that it even contained the explosion within its body, increasing the might of the explosion to its pinnacle!
After killing the three magic beasts, Lin Yun frowned and stood there. Enderfa called Xiuban and quickly flew to the body of the Golden Behemoth, "Xiuban, scoop that Golden Behemoth's eye for me!"
After scooping out the Golden Behemoth's eye, Enderfa quickly rushed to the Horned Six-Tailed Fox's body and made Xiuban extract the horn.
After getting hold of these two things, Enderfa flew back, satisfied.
"Merlin, if you have no use for the heart of the Rock Giant, let me play with it…"
Lin Yun glanced at Enderfa and frowned, "You are in the mood to run after those things at such a time?"
Enderfa chuckled him, "So it turns out you know about these things…"
How could Lin Yun not know? The 3rd eye of the Three-Eyed Golden Behemoth, the horn of a Horned Six-Tailed Fox, and a Rock Giant's heart.
These three things were the reason those three races' ruling bloodlines had been extinguished so quickly in the early stages of the Nesser Dynasty.
It was because these three things had an extremely rare and valuable use!
They could strengthen Magic Tool's Incarnations!
Especially young Magic Tool Incarnations, it could greatly increase their abilities. As for mature Magic Tool Incarnation, these things could be used to strengthen their True Spirit Magic Tool, and through the strengthening, it would support the Incarnation.
Each of those things was very rare, and three of them appearing at the same time could make any Incarnation reckless.
If it was somewhere else, Lin Yun would would think of any way to get his hands on it. But possessing that thing in here was meaningless.
If they died, they wouldn't be able to use treasures in their life…
Suddenly, Lin Yun glanced at the horn of the Horned Six-Tailed Fox and doubt flashed in his eyes.
He hadn't noticed earlier, but he now remembered something.
Before the Horned Six-Tailed Fox died, it had cast its last compound spell out of rage and its horn had turned red.
And although the horn had returned to its original shape, under careful observation, he could see a faint red trace. But the horn of the ruling bloodline of the Horned Six-Tailed Fox should turn golden when they were enraged…
'How could that be?'
'Three-Eyed Golden Behemoths were the ruling bloodline of the Golden Behemoths. The Rock Giant being able to change shape at will also showed that he had the ruling bloodline of his race, only that Horned Six-Tailed Fox was different.'
'Could it be that it didn't have the ruling bloodline?'
'No, how could it enter the King Arena if it didn't have its race's ruling bloodline?'
"This doesn't look right, let me study these things." Lin Yun mumbled in a low voice and put away the horn and the golden eye.
Enderfa glared, if not for their current situation, he would have loudly cursed.
Lin Yun held the horn, but before he could research it, he suddenly heard the sound of a fence being raised.
In the distance, a huge fence over twenty meters tall slowly rose up, and a thick and sinister aura started filling the atmosphere.
A green flame slowly ignited in the darkness, and a pressuring roar echoed in everyone's ears.
"Thud thud…"
The oppressing footsteps echoed as a huge five-meters-long sharp and malevolent leg covered in fine scales stepped out of the darkness…
Then, a huge ten-meters-tall colossus slowly came out of the darkness.
The lower half of the monster was similar to a Dragon with four huge Dragon Claws treading on the ground, while its upper body was that of an Abyssal Demon.
On its head were two four-meters-long demonic horns, and its sharp teeth could be seen over its lips, its eyes filled with malice. In between its demonic claws was a spear with two blades at its end with some traces of rust on the pole.
When that monster appeared, a thick sinister aura swept the entire King Arena like a gale. The monster lowered its head and looked at Lin Yun's group, and at that time, everyone noticed the green flames swaying on that monster's head…
"Damned, a Destruction Guard, and a level 39 one with ruling bloodline…" Enderfa's voice was trembling and he let an alarmed sound, closer to a painful groan.
Beta was already hiding in the furthest possible location, holding onto his head in alarm. Zeuss looked extremely bitter, silently caressing his own magic staff. Xiuban foolishly looked at the body of the Destruction Guard, before looking at himself with a stunned expression, not moving for a long time.
Lin Yun frowned and softly said, "Very troublesome…"
Destruction Guards, they were said to have been born in the vilest part of the Abyss and were the progeny of the Abyss' Poison Dragons and Demon Guards. But unfortunately, Destruction Guards' intelligence wasn't very high, otherwise, they would already have their own territory in the Abyss.
That terrifying guy had the formidable body of Dragons and could instinctively use fire magic and abyssal magic, it was even proficient in some unusual spells. They were the favorite choice of guards for the Abyssal Overlords, they were powerful, loyal, and thick-skinned.
Lin Yun's heart sank, he hadn't expected the 2nd round's monster to appear so fast, moreover, it was a level 39 Destruction Guard!
Apart from not having the wisdom of Dragons, that guy's power wasn't inferior to a Dragon. When Noscent's development reached its peak, those powerful mages were conquering plane after plane, and the Abyss was naturally not spared.
It was recorded that many formidable Abyssal Overlords had some powerful Destruction Guards at their side, and even in the army, Destruction Guards were the best choice to lead the charge. Powerful strength, powerful defense, powerful casting ability, as well as huge bodies. They were highly regarded by all Abyssal Overlords.
They could survive under any vile environment, and they were rumored to be the only race able to survive in a destroyed plane!
When it came to Destruction Guards, what left the deepest impression on Lin Yun was when he read about an unyielding Heaven Rank Destruction Guard killing an Abyssal Overlord during a war, but because of its low intelligence, it ended up destroying that Abyssal Overlord's territory while killing it after going berserk.
Ten thousand years later, a plane-conquering-army discovered a slumbering Destruction Guard in a new plane and bombarded it with their magic battleships for more than three days without being able to kill it. In the end, the Destruction Guard went crazy and destroyed the magic battleships, along with the plane.
A few dozen years later, someone discovered that Heaven Rank Destruction Guard in another plane, even the destruction of the plane hadn't killed it!
After discovering it once again, three Heaven Mages acted together to handle it, but two of them died and the last one ended up crippled. The crippled one had to use up three Magic Tools to escape.
Cold sweat started trickling down Lin Yun's back, they were now facing a level 39 Destruction Guard.
'How could one of them appear now?'
'Damnit, that kind of thing with lava in guise of brain can also be sent to the King's Arena?'
'And it's one with ruling bloodline!'
'So troublesome…'
As soon as the Destruction Guard came out, he loudly roared and a large amount of dark red smoke converged together in the sky, followed by thunderous explosions loudly echoing.
Three to four-meter-big meteors fell from the sky, covered in a thick sulfuric aura.
As they hit the ground, the disintegrating meteors turned in lava spreading in all directions. Moreover, due to the shockwaves caused by the impact, the lava turned into waves of lava.
Lin Yun's group converged together, continuously casting at the falling meteors, but the temperature just kept rising while the lava was slowly covering more and more ground.
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Chapter 707: Dodge
Translator: Shiraishi Editor: TheAlliance
Lin Yun calmly opened the Book of Death and poured a large amount of mana into the Element Chapter. Ice particles suddenly appeared in the air and quickly revolved, turning into a large ice vortex from which a serpentine Frost Elemental Dragon flew out.
The Frost Elemental Dragon roared as it flew up, before spraying an Ice Breath towards the distant Destruction Guard. The icy blue breath stretched over a few hundred meters and covered a large area around the Destruction Guard.
The lava spreading on the floor started condensing as the temperature in the air quickly dropped, as for the rain of meteors, it quickly stopped.
The Destruction Guard roared, apparently very displeased with the icy aura in his surroundings. It raised the bident in his right-hand and a dark green vortex condensed at the tip of the two blades. After a few seconds, the dark aura converged together into a dark green sphere.
The sphere, over a meter in diameter, emitted such a terrifying power that even Lin Yun had a change of expression and immediately had the Frost Elemental Dragon dodge.
But then, that dark green ball was stabbed by the bident and instantly fused with it. A two-meter-thick dark green light pillar rushed out of it and extended at an unimaginable speed towards the Frost Elemental Dragon.
In the blink of an eye, the pillar pierced the body of the Frost Elemental Dragon and disappeared into the horizon.
Then, the Frost Elemental Dragon let out a loud roar, a huge hole about two meters in diameter in its abdomen. Its body was over two meters thick, yet a big chunk was missing. Moreover, that wound seemed to be covered in a layer of dark green grease which was continuously bubbling.
Its body was constantly being corroded. The surging ice couldn't stop this corrosion and the hole greatly expanded in a few seconds. In less than a minute, the Frost Elemental Dragon's body would be split in two.
Boundless ice power condensed in the air, forming ice particles and turning into a huge ice vortex. The Frost Elemental Dragon fell from the sky and disappeared into that ice vortex.
Everyone was startled as they saw this scene, cold sweat dripping from their foreheads.
One hit!
One hit was all it took to put that level 38 Frost Elemental Dragon on the verge of death!
It actually forced the Frost Elemental Dragon, summoned by the Book of Death, to flee back to the Ice Plane.
Lin Yun turned pale, no one understood more than him what this represented. After the Element Chapter had thoroughly fused with the Book of Death, the summoned Elemental Dragons had directly signed a contract with the Book of Death!
This also meant that before the end of a battle, the summons absolutely couldn't leave, even if they died in battle, they could use the power of the Element Chapter to be reborn in the Elemental Planes and recover to their peak in a short time.
As for the summoned Elemental Dragons, they were Elemental lifeforms who had the support of the Element Chapter, they simply couldn't fear death, and the price of leaving on their own was extremely painful.
After that Frost Elemental Dragon returned, its level would permanently decrease by ten levels!
This was the punishment for breaching the contract!
The Elemental Planes weren't a nice place, most Elemental lifeforms there instinctively devoured other Elemental lifeforms to evolve. A Frost Elemental Dragon that lost ten levels would definitely attract the attention of many Frost Elementals.
At that time, he might end up being devoured. But even though the price was so great, that Frost Elemental Dragon still chose to escape.
What did that mean?
This could only mean one thing, the attack from the Destruction Guard might have been destroying the consciousness, soul and body of the Frost Elemental Dragon!
That was death, the most miserable death, the death that most lifeforms were afraid of.
Even the Element Chapter couldn't make consciousness undergo rebirth in the Elemental Planes!
Thus, that Frost Elemental Dragon escaped…
It was scared away…
Lin Yun had a terrible expression, he glanced at the others who also had terrible expressions and roared in a deep voice, "Everyone, be careful, this guy might be very troublesome, it might even be able to use some of the rare abilities of the ruling bloodlines of Destruction Guards…"
After that attack, the Destruction Guard took a huge step toward their group. The earth shook under its footsteps and a large amount of black aura rushed forth from its body. That black aura turned into strange distorted ghosts revolving around its body.
Lin Yun's left-hand held onto the Book of Death while he raised the Draconic Staff with his right-hand, chanting at a rapid pace.
In an instant, countless thick Frost Spikes fell down, letting out whistling sounds as they flew. The meter-thick Frost Spikes revolved at an extremely fast speed as they charged into the body of the Destruction Guard.
The others watched Lin Yun standing tall and making their first move before gritting their teeth and casting one after another.
A large amount of spells exploded towards the Destruction Guards, countless spells converged together and formed a hailstorm, the snowflakes and hail fell down as if they were leaking from the sky.
But the flaming green eyes of the Destruction Guard were icy cold, apparently not caring as it kept walking forward, the earth melted under its foot, turning red at a rapid pace before cracks started appearing with lava erupting from within.
In an instant, that lava turned into a protection covering the Destruction Guard in the center. The ice spells fell onto that protection and quickly melted, creating a large amount of steam which spread over a hundred meters.
Within that large amount of steam, the Destruction Guards loudly roared and swung its bident, its black aura converging into distorted skulls that frantically charged towards the group.
Lin Yun's expression suddenly changed and he immediately shouted, "Dodge!"
They all used various techniques to quickly dodge, Reina flew in the sky in her Dragon Shape, Lin Yun used his Ice Elemental Incarnation and cast two consecutive Frost Flashes in the area rich in ice elements.
The puppet instant-cast two 6th Tier Spells towards the ground and sent itself flying away.
Even Xiuban jumped away, landing a dozen meters away in a second. Only Enderfa's reaction was a bit slower while controlling the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel.
He barely flew less than ten meters away and ended up grazed by those skulls made of black smoke.
In an instant, they could see the black smoke turning into a dozen distorted skull shadows frantically tearing at Enderfa's body.
Enderfa's three faces made of smoke seemed to be tangible at this moment, with each bite, a part of his body was missing and his connection with the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel was temporarily severed.
"Damnit, Evil Spirit Possession, Merlin, I'm screwed if you don't save me…" Enderfa let out in a mournful scream.
The Ten Thousand Spell Wheel fell to the ground, several dozen small ghastly phantom skulls crazily tearing at it. Lin Yun's expression changed and a light flashed from his Draconic Staff. A subtle lightning fell down and rushed towards the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel like a snake.
As the lightning flickered, that group of ghastly phantoms were forcibly scattered and disappeared in an instant.
This restored the connection between Enderfa and the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel. How could Enderfa delay at such a time, he instantly turned into smoke and rushed into the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel. As for those ghastly skulls biting Enderfa, they followed and started biting the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel.
Another lightning flashed, and these ghastly phantoms disappeared.
After another four seconds, Enderfa slowly came out of the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, his three faces looking seriously ill.
"Damn, that b*stard. I must get rid of this guy today!" Endefa had a really pained expression.
It was very difficult for a Magic Tool's Incarnation to increase its power, but in those few seconds, he had lost a lot of power and it would take a long time to recover. If he hadn't been saved, he might have even been torn apart by those ghastly phantoms…
Lin Yun was calm and collected, but shouted with vigilance, "Everyone, be careful. That's Evil Spirit Possession, it's a power coming from the Destruction Guard's bloodline, It can summon the power of Evil Spirits to surround its target and sever its connection to the outside world, making it unable to cast spells and exhaust its strength, even souls will be torn apart…"
They all exerted themselves to dodge and used many fire spells to get rid of that group of Evil Spirit Skulls.
And at that time, the Destruction Guard, covered in flowing lava, was already fifty meters away.
With another swing of its bident, a dark green light flashed once again on that bident and a thick dark green pillar rushed out of it.
They could only interrupt their casts and start dodging that pillar before it reached them.
That thick light beam arrived in a flash, and left a thirty-meters-long scar on the ground, which kept exploding, as if highly volatile materials were hidden under the earth.
Countless rock fragments flew out like arrows, causing large ripples on Lin Yun's shield.
Runic Shields' defensive power depended on the amount of runes of the caster, the more runes the caster possessed, the stronger the Runic Shield was, and the amount of runes Lin Yun had accumulated even exceeded most Archmages, but just these rock fragments were enough to cause ripples on his Runic Shield.
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Chapter 708: End of Battle
Translator: Shiraishi Editor: TheAlliance
It had to be known, the Runic Shield was mages' most important defensive ability, its casting speed was the fastest, but it couldn't be used for a short time after it fell.
Being unable to use a Runic Shield was equal to giving up on their most powerful defense, and they would end up being exposed to the most dangerous situations.
After sending that pillar once again, the Destruction Guard once again summoned the rain of meteors, and they could only barely dodge the large amount of falling meteors.
Reina clenched her teeth and opened her mouth to chant in Draconic. She intended to use a powerful spell to interrupt the Destruction Guard's cast, but who would have thought that the Destruction Guard interrupted its casting on its own. A rune shone on its bident, and in an instant, countless flickering runes appeared above Reina's head.
Then, those runes combined into a new rune which imprinted itself on her forehead, ignoring Reina's magic defenses.
Reina suddenly let out a miserable scream and fell from the sky. Lin Yun quickly cast Featherfall on Reina, but the spell dissipated as it touched her.
Enderfa also used a few spells to slow down Reina's falling speed, but all of them collapsed when touching Reina's body.
"Magic Sealing Rune! Damnit, how could that Destruction Guard use that thing!" Enderfa let out in alarm.
The Magic Sealing Rune could sever all connection between the target and external mana! Any mage imprinted with the Magic Sealing Rune would turn into a cripple unable to sense the outside world's mana!
They couldn't even spread their own mana towards the outside, this was an extremely terrifying rune, it was the nightmare of all mages.
Even if the effect of this Magic Sealing Rune would vary based on the power of the target and the caster, it couldn't help but make all mages feel alarmed.
If an Archmage had a good understanding of that rune and imprinted it on a Magic Apprentice, the latter would have his mana sealed for no less than three years.
Even if it was on someone on the same level, they would be sealed for a few seconds or even a dozen seconds!
Such a long time without being able to cast and with no reaction from their mana, what did that mean to a mage?
Death!
That was enough time for a mage to die ten times!
Lin Yun paled, he hadn't expected that this Destruction Guard had such a terrifying rune. Even the most powerful member of the ruling bloodline didn't have such rune!
'What the hell is happening?'
Reina spat blood when she hit the ground. Her formidable draconic physique greatly reduced her injuries, but a few of her bones broke.
After returning to her Human Shape, Reina looked extremely pale as she quickly stood up, but Lin Yun's expression sank.
"Merlin, how do we handle that guy? It's too troublesome!" Enderfa controlled the Ten Thousand Spell as he asked Lin Yun.
Lin Yun glanced at the Destruction Guard. Most of the spells were blocked by the flowing lava, even the most powerful spells couldn't even crack one of its scales…
"Draw its attention, and scatter." After saying that, Lin Yun cast Haste on himself and quickly ran towards the back of the Destruction Guard.
No one knew what Lin Yun's plan was, but they immediately followed his instructions and scattered, quickly deploying around the Destruction Guard's body.
The Destruction Guard hadn't anticipated this, the bident in its hands swung towards all of them as several flaming meteors fell on them.
But no one was hit, however, the ice spells falling on the Destruction Guard also didn't have much of an effect.
After a short time, Lin Yun suddenly used Ice Elemental Incarnation once again and instant-cast countless ice spells. Enderfa, Reina, Zeuss, Elsa and the puppet also followed suit…
Everyone was crazily casting ice spells and it only took an instant for the area around the Destruction Guard to turn into a world of ice. Dense ice fragments were also falling from the sky and the entire space felt like they were in an ice plane.
The thick ice aura made the Destruction Guard angrily roar, the earth below him turning red once again, crack and lava also appearing.
At this moment, a ball of flames secretly rushed into the Destruction Guard's body.
Lin Yun's body slightly shook, and without a word, he used three Frost Flashes in a row and was now in the air, over twenty meters high.
He was holding the Book of Death in his left hand, with the Element Chapter letting out a huge radiance. The young Purple Dragon flew out of the Draconic Staff and transformed into an awe-inspiring purplish draconic shadow behind Lin Yun.
The Book of Ten Thousand Mantras was floating in front of Lin Yun, who then chanted a long and complicated 6th Tier Spell's incantation.
Following Lin Yun's chant, countless deep blue ice fragments appeared in front of him, the surging mana even making Lin Yun hover in the air.
Then, an eight-meters-long ice sword condensed in front of him, the deep blue ice carrying a bone-chilling coldness. The Ice Sword was covered with numerous runes.
After the incantation was over, the Ice Sword fell down and stabbed towards that head covered in dark green flames.
The Destruction Guard was angry, its bident shining with a glaring dark green radiance
But then, most of the lava covering its entire body dissipated in a flash, especially its upper body, not a trace of lava could be found there!
Syudos had turned into flames and devoured the Destruction Guard's flames before quickly escaping.
As for Reina, she had already re-transformed into her Dragon Shape and was opening her maw towards the Destruction Guard to let out her Frost Breath.
After spraying that Frost Breath, blood leaked out of her mouth and she could only return to her Human Shape and fall to the ground, falling to the ground while resigning herself to fate.
Countless icy blue rays of light hit the Destruction Guard that had lost its lava defense. In an instant, the upper body of the Destruction Guard was completely frozen.
After Reina made her move, Enderfa, Elsa, Zeuss, and the puppet, all crazily used Freeze spells, those countless Freezes falling onto the defenseless Destruction Guard's body.
In an instant, over a hundred Freezes fell down, and the Destruction Guard couldn't react on time after having lost its defenses.
In less than a second, the Destruction Guard's body was completely frozen.
But they then noticed countless dark green flames leaking out of the Destruction Guard's skull and sprinkling over its body, quickly restoring it.
But it wouldn't have an opportunity.
That huge ice sword already fell and pierced the skull of the Destruction Guard.
But a large amount of green flames unexpectedly appeared.
That ice sword pierced less than a meter but the Destruction Guard had almost struggled free out of the ice!
They all had terrible expressions, Lin Yun ground his teeth, and instant-cast three Rock Falls, planning on ruthlessly hitting the ice sword atop the skull, one rock at a time…
That huge ice sword was like a nail being hammered in the Destruction Guard's head…
The angry and mournful roar of the Destruction Guard echoed as he fiercely shook, the earth becoming extremely red as one crack after another appeared and the aura of destruction started filling the air.
"Stop him! Quick!" Enderfa screeched, crazily casting Freeze spells to keep the Destruction Guard frozen so that it couldn't struggle free.
They were risking everything to cast Freezes, they all knew that they were dead if that monster struggled free of the ice.
A berserk level 39 Destruction Guard wouldn't leave anyone off. Although Destruction Guard's intelligence wasn't that great, it wouldn't be tricked twice by the same strategy!
Lin Yun's Magic Array crazily revolved, calculating the most optimal casting interval to make each falling rock smash the skull.
After ten seconds, the ice on the Destruction Guard's body instantly exploded and the earth fiercely shook, geysers of lava erupting up to fifty meters!
"Roar!"
The angry roar echoed as a sinister and evil aura spread in the surroundings.
The Destruction Guard was berserk…
Everyone despaired, they were at their limits and simply couldn't keep casting at such intensity…
At this time, the last rock fell on that ice sword's hilt…
The ice sword, that had been slowly piercing through the skull, finally pierced through that hard skull. Half of its blade went in and instantly pierced the Destruction Guard's head.
At that time, the lava stopped erupting out of the ground, the earth was no longer shaking. The Destruction Guard was like a man whose neck had been snapped.
The berserk aura in the air slowly dissipated…
The Destruction Guard's eyes were filled with unwillingness as the burning flames in its eyes slowly stopped burning. The dark green flames on its head were also extinguished and a large amount of green blood dyed the earth green.
"Rumble…"
The body of the Destruction Guard fell to the ground, like a mountain collapsing.
Lin Yun slowly floated down from the sky and looked at the Destruction Guard's corpse with an ashen face.
He then went to the side of the Destruction Guard and reached out to grab that bident. A white rune floated out and was caught by Lin Yun.
It was that Destruction Guard's Magic Sealing Rune. When seeing this rune, Lin Yun finally understood that this rune wasn't the Destruction Guard's rune, but something he got through external means.
The battle was over, but no one smiled…
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Chapter 709: Evade
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Reina was seriously injured and lying on the ground with a dull expression, looking as if she was waiting for her death.
Elsa looked heartbroken, her pale complexion made it look as if she was seriously ill…
Zeuss had already given up and was sitting on the ground, not caring about his image at all. He had even thrown aside the magic staff which he considered as important as his life.
Xiuban was covered in blood and black burns. Just now, Xiuban had been the only one standing in front of the Destruction Guard, and those geysers of lava alone were enough to riddle Xiuban's body with scars.
Enderfa was floating in the air, silently looking at Lin Yun.
"You are still in the mood to collect that Magic Seal Rune? This was already the 2nd round, the next opponent is definitely a Heaven Rank lifeform! Do you think that Magic Sealing Rune is going to be useful?"
Enderfa's faces were filled with despair. In fact, Enderfa had already accepted his fate, "Hell, we will die in the King Arena, this isn't such a bad place to die. At least you are accompanying me in death…"
Enderfa suddenly looked at Lin Yun. "Merlin, you are the most gifted person I've ever met. It is truly unfortunate that you'll die here, but I feel a lot better since you are dying alongside me…"
Everyone else was despairing in silence.
Only those who survived nine battles in the King Arena could survive and leave, but on their second battle, they already encountered a level 39 freak…
If they hadn't been lucky enough to encounter a colossus with formidable power and low intelligence, they would have already been lying dead on the ground.
They would definitely encounter a formidable Heaven Rank monster on the 3rd round!
Heaven Rank…
That was another species altogether, as everything under the Heaven Rank belonged to the mortal realm. No matter how powerful a mortal was, they couldn't match a Heaven Rank powerhouse. Whether it was in quality or quantity, their life essence was completely different.
Moreover, it involved the Laws. Even a 1st Rank Heaven lifeform could easily kill them.
Everyone remained silent. Only Enderfa was chattering as if he had accepted the situation and had already moved on.
As for Lin Yun, it looked as if he hadn't heard Enderfa's words and was firmly staring at the center of the King Arena as if he was in a trance, completely not caring about the rest.
Despair accumulated up until a metal fence slowly rose up in the distance and they reached their limits.
The 3rd round started…
Elsa's eyes were unfocused as she looked at the distant sky with teary eyes.
Xiuban's Carnage fell to the ground as he foolishly looked at that slowly raising fence…
Zeuss bitterly smiled as he covered his face with his hand, unexpectedly not showing any sign of despair.
Elsa had given up all hopes and was mumbling to herself, "Dying in the hands of a Heaven Rank powerhouse can be considered a valuable death. It is just unfortunate that I couldn't find the Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation…"
Beta, who had been laying on his stomach from the start, was weeping, "I don't want to die… It's over… It's over… Death… Death… I don't want to die…"
The fence would soon reach the top, but Lin Yun, who had been staring at the center of the King Arena, suddenly smiled.
He walked to the center and looked around before creating a pair of flaming wings for himself and flying up. He then raised his Draconic Staff while holding the Book of Death in his left hand and loudly chanted an incantation.
An incantation with a fast cadence echoed from his mouth…
Enderfa, who kept chattering, hovered in midair and looked at Lin Yun. "Merlin, come down, don't resist, there is no point…"
"The 3rd round has already started and we definitely can't contend against the lifeform that's going to appear. We might as well stop resisting and pray that the system of the King Arena isn't working properly after all these years, and maybe we can discuss with that lifeform to find an opportunity to live…"
"Maybe if we don't fight, that King Arena will stop functioning and we might be able to find a way to leave…"
"Even if that's no good, we might as well just save ourselves from pointless suffering…"
…
Enderfa kept talking and talking, trying to persuade Lin Yun, but Lin Yun didn't seem to be listening to his words. He was fully focused on that 7th Tier Spell, using a spell he normally shouldn't be able to use with his current rank.
But with the quality and control over his mana, he could already use 7th Rank Spells.
He normally didn't use those spells, not because he didn't know how powerful 7th Rank Spells were, but precisely because they were so powerful that the time needed for the incantation made them unsuitable for battle.
As Lin Yun continued his chant, a formidable amount of mana surged from his body like a tide.
More than ten seconds had passed, but Lin Yun was still chanting.
This actually surprised Enderfa.
"Merlin, hurry up and get down, what spell are you even casting? It has such a long incantation…"
Lin Yun kept chanting without a pause, the cadence sounding similar to an elven song.
A full twenty seconds!
Lin Yun finished the incantation by the time the fence reached the top.
At that instant, the mana seemed to be berserk as it converged in the sky. Black clouds swirled together and turned into a huge vortex. Thunder flickered and flames surged within those black clouds.
Slowly, all the black clouds collapsed in, condensing into a ravaging golden spear with lightning and fire flickering in its surroundings.
Its powerful aura pressured everyone.
Then, the golden light fell from the sky, ruthlessly attacking the center of the King Arena.
Two eyes were already glowing from behind that metal fence, and the group closed their own eyes in despair.
But after a while, there was surprisingly not a single sound. It was complete silence, there was no monstrous roar…
In the blink of an eye, a miracle happened.
The King Arena had disappeared…
The surroundings had become a wide-open space. The exhausted despairing people were still sitting on the ground awaiting their death, only Enderfa had his eyes wide open while looking at this scene with shock.
Under the effect of Lin Yun's powerful spell, the entire King Arena had instantly disappeared…
Lin Yun coldly laughed, "To actually try to pass it off as the King Arena with those kinds of skills, truly naive…"
Ever since they fought against those three level 38 colossi, Lin Yun faintly felt that something was wrong. The lifeforms that could enter the King Arena were the rulers of their races, or one of the most powerful members of their races' ruling bloodline.
There had been no problem with the Three-Eyed Golden Behemoth and the Rock Giant, they were both rulers of their races, but there was something wrong about that Horned Six-Tailed Fox. When it got enraged, its horn turned red. The ruling bloodline of the Horned Six-Tailed Foxes would have golden horns when enraged!
But this point was just enough to puzzle Lin Yun, he couldn't think too much about it under such a tense atmosphere. However, Lin Yun discovered something even more puzzling during the fight with the Destruction Guard…
The most puzzling part was the King Arena in itself!
Gods were once fighting in the King Arena!
Let alone Gods, Heaven Rank fights were common, and the fights had happened for a long time. Wouldn't it be too simple if one person alone could casually damage the King Arena?
The King Arena would very rarely get damaged, apart from when Gods fought each other!
Heaven Ranks powerhouses were completely unable to damage the King Arena when fighting!
But when the Destruction Guard attacked earlier, it destroyed a large portion of the King Arena, as if it was made of ordinary stones. This was inconceivable.
Although that Destruction Guard was very powerful, it was still a level 39 lifeform. Even two Heaven Rank powerhouses wouldn't be able to damage the King Arena, so how come that Destruction Guard could damage it?
This was completely impossible! Even if the King Arena had decayed over time, not a single stone could be destroyed by the energy of that Destruction Guard.
It's just that the King Arena's name was already too frightening. During battle, who would notice these kinds of details? And after the battle was over, they would have to move onto the 3rd round. This made everyone's minds collapse, no one would care about those minor details.
After the fight, only Lin Yun had been thinking about these illogical small details and used the Magic Array to keep examining the aura of the surroundings, until he finally had a bold hypothesis: This King Arena was fake!
He calculated the location of the center of the fake King Arena and used his most powerful spell to attack the center of the King Arena. And as expected, the King Arena disappeared.
That attack exceeded what the Fake King Arena could endure and it instantly collapsed…
The King Arena disappeared and only the four bodies remained in the surroundings.
The Three-Eyed Golden Behemoth, Horned Six-Tailed Fox, Rock Giant, and the Destruction Guard. The corpses of these four guys were still calmly laying on the ground. Not only had Lin Yun's group been tricked, but these four guys had also been tricked.
The despairing people opened their eyes and stared blankly at their surroundings, not daring to believe what they were seeing
At this time, several hundred Dark Elven Souls appeared in the surroundings and surrounded everyone. A large number of spells flew towards the group and the mana fluctuations spread out like powerful gales.
Enderfa exclaimed in alarm, "Damnit, what are you guys doing being stunned, evade!"
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Chapter 710: Encounter
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They just came back from death's door, the imminent death they were expecting wasn't there, and the Heaven Rank lifeform had turned into a group of level 36 and 37 Dark Elven Souls, this was such a huge difference.
Everyone lively jumped up from the ground and cast a large number of spells towards those Dark Elven Souls.
Enderfa's three faces were howling with laughter when faced with these several hundred spells, he was abnormally happy…
"Hahaha, damned morons, I can only wait for my death if a Heaven Rank lifeform had appeared, but for fools like you to dare to make a move against Uncle Enderfa, haha, just drop dead!" The laughing faces changed positions and cast a large number of spells from the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel. The Spell Wheel rotated at a crazy speed, overflowing with countless runes which combined into boundless different spells. Countless flames, gales, flying rocks and shards of ice. That large number of spells combined together in a chaotic storm of spells that instantly submerged the Dark Elven Souls.
It was more or less the same for the others, the wounded Reina kept casting ice spells, overflowing with killing intent, apparently wanting to kill all these Dark Elven Souls to vent her anger and not planning on letting a single one escape.
Even Xiuban raised Carnage and loudly roared as he charged towards the crowd of Dark Elven Souls, taking spells with his body without care as he crazily crushed the Dark Elven Souls.
Lin Yun raised his Draconic Staff, his left hand holding onto the Book of Death as he methodically cast spell after spell, every spell perfectly killing a Dark Elven Soul.
After a dozen seconds, Lin Yun faintly frowned. Although the level of the surrounding Dark Elven Souls wasn't high, the amount just kept increasing, soon reaching over a thousand.
They had just gone through two exhausting battles, especially the battle with the Destruction Guard where they were almost annihilated. They were all riddled with injuries and this battle against the Dark Elven Souls would soon end up becoming a bit dangerous.
"Break out of the siege, don't be trapped by these guys!" Lin Yun shouted in a deep voice.
He then chose a direction and focused his spells there.
After venting, Enderfa stabilized his state of mind and was the first, alongside the puppet, to follow Lin Yun to cast his way out of the siege.
The Dark Elves simply couldn't stop the three magic fortresses once they wanted to fight their way out of the siege, they made a hole in less than three seconds.
Lin Yun led everyone to rush out of the siege and quickly charged forward while being chased by the Dark Elven Souls, who were unwilling to let them go and kept casting spells as they ran behind them.
Slowly, the amount of Dark Elven Souls chasing them lessened. When only a few dozen remained, Lin Yun suddenly attacked out of nowhere and quickly dispatched them with Enderfa.
They finally sat down to rest, exhausted. Lin Yun took out a pile of Health Potions and Mana Potions and passed them to everyone.
Reina's injury was the most serious one. A few of her bones were already broken and she couldn't transform into her Dragon Shape for the time being, so her power had greatly decreased. However, with her constitution and an adequate supply of Health Potions, she would be able to recover within a few days.
The others' injuries weren't as heavy, and their mana consumption wasn't too bad.
Lin Yun was the one in the best shape, he simply wasn't injured, and had recovered his mana faster than everyone. With the support of the Natural Demiplane, Lin Yun simply couldn't run out of mana.
While everyone rested, Lin Yun spread a dozen Mage Eyes to investigate the surroundings.
They were in a valley between two small hills. The valley was very vast and a river even went through the valley.
There were some traces of small animals in the surroundings, and it could be said that there was nothing more dangerous.
But even so, Lin Yun still released a dozen Mage Eyes towards both hills' summit to guard against possible sneak attacks from the other side of the hills.
After a dozen minutes, they had recovered most of their power, their injuries somewhat healed.
They didn't dare to tarry, once they had the power to fight, they had to set foot onto the path, once again. But as soon as they started walking the depths of the valley, Wyverns' sounds echoed from the other side.
Several dozen Wyverns flew over, patrolling the air space, followed by an army that made the ground shake under their feet.
When Lin Yun's group discovered these patrolling Wyverns, they were also discovered. Several hundred large wolves crazily rushed over, several thousand Beastmen rushing over behind them.
From this distance, they could see an eight-meters-tall Kodo within that army, carrying a huge throne on its back in which a seemingly powerful Beastman was sitting.
Lin Yun's expression sank.
They had avoided these Ash Beastmen before, but he hadn't expected that they would encounter them here, especially when they were in poor condition.
Beta's expression turned deathly pale with the appearance of this army of Beastmen. He was covering his head and hiding behind Xiuban like a kid, afraid of being recognized by those Beastmen.
Lin Yun frowned, that army had already discovered them, those Wolf Riders and Beastman slaves were already rushing over, the war was unavoidable…
Unless Lin Yun made a move, the others wouldn't rashly attack. Even the battle-loving Enderfa was looking at Lin Yun when faced with that army of Beastmen.
Lin Yun raised his Draconic Staff and a vortex of fire slowly appeared. Countless Flame Spears, Fire Arrows, and Fireballs flew out of that flaming vortex, exploding within the ranks of the Ash Beastmen.
Enderfa howled. A large number of explosions started echoing in front of the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel as the spells seemed to transform into an eight-meters-wide river washing over the Beastmen, every wave of the river was a chaotic flood of spells from the four elements reaching up to six meters in height.
As those waves fell down, the Beastman slaves tried to block them with their shields, but to no avail. Their shields were instantly broken when in contact with those spells and countless Beastman slaves were crushed after being hit by the powerful flood of spells…
The war had started…
They all started casting offensive spells, killing a large amount of Beastman slaves. However, the Ash Beastmen's offensive was using the lives of these Beastmen slaves to suppress them.
The Wolf Riders swung their scimitars which had been enchanted by their tribe's Prophet with a special ability, they could cut down spells.
The Beastmen Wolf Riders' task was to charge, endlessly charge, they had to behead opponents each time they charged.
But Lin Yun's group was made of formidable casters. Enderfa and the puppet alone could suppress these Wolf Riders and render them unable to charge.
The Beastman slaves weren't as valuable as the Wolf Riders. Beastman slaves had terrible innate talents and their strength wasn't that great, but they had formidable breeding abilities, they were natural cannon fodder which would end up putting too much pressure on the tribe if they didn't die.
But the training of these Wolf Riders wasn't easy. Lodney wouldn't let these Wolf Riders sacrifice their lives pointlessly.
In the back of the army, a group of Demon Warlocks started casting, a large amount of Abyssal Aura filled the atmosphere, black smoke surged and turned into a large number of meteors falling towards Lin Yun's group.
Moreover, a large number of Abyssal spells were cast by these Demon Warlocks, suppressing the casting of Lin Yun's group.
On the biggest Kodo, Lodney stood up and a large amount of black smoke flew out of his body, dragging him towards the front of the army.
And on Lin Yun's side, a pair of flaming wings grew from Lin Yun's back and he flew up to battle with Lodney.
But suddenly, a faint spatial fluctuation could be felt, and as if triggered by a chain reaction, the space there suddenly started shaking.
Lin Yun and Lodney both fell towards the ground in an awkward way, ripples could clearly be seen spreading in the space.
At that moment, it looked like the entire area was shattered, the earth violently shook, pitch-black cracks appearing all over as the earth was forcibly torn apart.
The earth in the center of the battlefield swelled at a rapid pace as a long and huge continuous rift appeared there as if some huge monster was coming out of the earth.
The ground on which everyone was standing was slanted at a crazy angle, the fierce spatial shakes and mana vibrations made it impossible for them to stand still.
After a few seconds, Lin Yun's group and the Beastman army could no longer see each other…
The ground was like a piece of flatbread that had been split and folded.
The earth in the middle of the battlefield quickly swelled up while a large amount of ground sank, over a kilometer of land was tilting at a rapid pace.
The surroundings hills shook and shattered, the entire ruins were shaking.
After a dozen seconds, the shattering of the earth seemed to have finished, while the spot where Lin Yun's group had been seemed to have been completely flipped, taking Lin Yun's group under the surface, leaving no traces behind, as if Lin Yun's group had never been there to begin with.
Lin Yun's group had fallen under the surface alongside some chunk of earth, the surroundings were dark and there were still fragments of earth up to a hundred meters in size falling with them.
The space was chaotic, and the mana was also chaotic.
A large number of fragments collided in the air, continuously changing directions, some of which fell down like meteors…
Xiuban held onto Carnage and loudly shouted as he fell down, a huge several-dozen-meters-big rock falling onto him from the side. It didn't seem fast, but when it hit Xiuban, it made him spit blood and sent him flying towards another side like a meteor.
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Chapter 711: You Are Courting Death
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Xiuban then hit another huge fragment and spat blood once again.
As for the others, they weren't much better, the chaotic mana fluctuations and spatial fluctuations caused strong interference, greatly increasing the difficulty of casting spells. During their fall, they could only cast some wind spells or some similar spells that could let them adjust their bodies in the air.
Lin Yun tried to cast Flight three times until he was successful, and he also covered his body with a Runic Shield before quickly flying towards Xiuban.
After eight continuous Flame Burst, a piece of ground spanning over several dozen meters was turned to pieces, protecting Xiuban from the fate of being continuously hit.
Lin Yun swept past Xiuban, grabbing him with a Flame Shackle before flying towards someone else.
The huge pieces of ground kept colliding against each other in the air, continuously speeding up, slowing down, in an extremely chaotic manner. As Lin Yun dragged Xiuban over, the latter was was almost hit by those huge fragments of ground spanning several hundred meters a few times…
"Sir Merlin, please be careful!" Xiuban shouted in alarm.
But it didn't seem like Lin Yun heard. Countless runes were flickering in his eyes as he was using the Magic Array to calculate the movement, angle, and path of those fragments and keep moving between them in a seemingly chaotic pattern.
They could all see a huge rocky slope two kilometers below, as well as a river ending in the darkness.
If they couldn't control their own momentum before this, then even if they weren't knocked down by those huge fragments, they would still fall to their death.
Lin Yun quickly moved back and forth, first grabbing the puppet, before flying towards the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel that kept being hit by fragments in midair.
During the fall, Enderfa had judiciously returned to the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel. The power behind the impact of those huge fragments could be described as terrifying and even a Magic Tool Incarnation would be injured.
When he was less than a kilometer away, Lin Yun personally controlled the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and used it to cast Haste on himself before rushing towards Reina, who was falling at the fastest speed.
Reina's Frost Dragon body had already been injured and even if she could transform, she wouldn't be able to fly. Lin Yun rushed to her and used the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel to forcibly cast a Flight spell on Reina in such a chaotic environment, before immediately flying to save the others.
It wasn't until they were three hundred meters away from that rocky slope that Lin Yun saved the last person, Beta.
"Follow me!"
Although everyone had a Flight cast onto them and they wouldn't fall to their death, the situation was still far from encouraging.
The thick surrounding darkness was like a huge empty space, numerous fragments of ground kept falling down from the ceiling and the only exit seemed to be that rocky slope.
But the fragments of earth were precisely falling onto that rocky slope, instantly exploding and turning into smaller fragments spreading all directions with extreme power.
And the only way out of this was the river turning into a waterfall at the bottom of the slope, but no one knew where it led!
Only by entering that waterfall and following that large river could they be able to resist the exploding fragments.
Although such a dire situation wasn't deadly, everyone, apart from Lin Yun, would receive heavy injuries.
Enderfa's head popped out of the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and instantly saw Lin Yun using Flight to lead everyone into that huge waterfall.
"Merlin, you are courting death!"
Lin Yun frowned and kept calculating the paths of every falling fragment of earth, and the result was that five seconds later, the danger would be reduced to the minimum for the next three minutes!
This was the time when fewer debris fell onto that rocky slope, and when their size was the smallest, this was the safest time!
Thus, Lin Yun seized the opportunity and didn't slow his falling speed, he actually increased it as they rushed towards the waterfall.
"Elsa! Wood Barrier!" Lin Yun loudly shouted.
Elsa immediately roused the ultimate magic pattern on her forehead, and immediately, a green sphere covered everyone.
A second later, Lin Yun led the falling group past the rocky slope.
In an instant, the countless stone fragments were like exploding arrows that crazily attacked the Wood Barrier, one ripple after another appearing on the Wood Barrier, making Elsa's complexion turning a bit more ashen with each hit.
Lin Yun then led them into the waterfall.
At that time, the power of the exploding rocks had become a lot weaker and the ripples on the Wood Barrier were sparse. Most fragments couldn't even shake the Wood Barrier.
The rapid impact of the waterfall had a frightening power in itself, but Lin Yun had used the same downward angle to enter the waterfall, as well as a similar speed, which was why they didn't sense its impact. But those fragments were different, as long as their direction was different from the waterfall, they would instantly feel the impact of the waterfall.
In an instant, more than half of those fragments were incorporated into the waterfall and became part of the waterfall, falling alongside it.
Lin Yun didn't relax after safely rushing into the waterfall, he gave Elsa a bottle of Mana Water to let her recover her mana while continuously observing the situation in front of them.
They were now falling at a terrifying speed alongside the waterfall, if they met anything solid, Elsa would definitely be the first to die, that kind of impact wasn't something the Wood Barrier could resist!
Elsa's mana would be instantly drained by the Wood Barrier while the others would die from the power of the impact.
They had drifted within the waterfall for no less than three kilometers when Lin Yun noticed some change not far from there.
That huge passage looked like a huge tube leading towards an abyss, as the waterfall kept falling, Lin Yun discovered a fork, and only an extremely small part of the river was entering that fork!
"Pay attention, we will split off from the waterfall!"
Lin Yun used mana to make his voice enter everyone's ears, his eyes firmly watching the entrance of that fork which was only a few dozen meters tall.
If they missed this opportunity, who knows when they'll be able to leave this waterfall. It was unknown how deep that waterfall was, and what kind of danger awaited them at the bottom.
When they were a bit over a hundred meters away from that entrance, Lin Yun suddenly led everyone to split away from the waterfall and use extremely fast speed to charge into that entrance.
Everyone turned pale, because their speed was truly too fast.
Even Featherfall wouldn't be able to slow down their speed, and they didn't dare to reduce their speed before they entered the tunnel!
If they reduced their speed, they might end up being washed down by the waterfall's impact!
If they were suppressed by the impact of the waterfall, they would no longer be able to enter that passage, thus Lin Yun could hardly reduce their speed.
They were all ready to get wounded when rushing into that entrance…
They rushed into the entrance from above, but that entrance was only thirty meters tall, and Featherfall wouldn't be able to slow down their speed with so little space.
In an instant, they only saw the Book of Death in Lin Yun's left hand shine as an imprint on the Sage Chapter dissipated.
A ripple spread at a rapid pace, quickly sweeping through their bodies and quickly reducing their falling speed.
Over a dozen ripples swept over them, and by the time they were a meter away from the floor, everyone's falling speed had already slowed down to be similar to that of falling leaves.
After safely hitting the ground, Xiuban staggered and fell down. It wasn't just Xiuban, Zeuss, Beta, Elsa all staggered as if their legs had gone soft and they sat on the ground.
This had been scary…
"Merlin, can you not take me along next time you go on an adventure? If something went wrong, I would have been the first Magic Tool Incarnation in history to fall to his death…" Enderfa was so scared that he couldn't even condense his faces.
Lin Yun stood on the ground, his heart furiously throbbing. If the timing had been slightly off, they would have ended up half dead.
Were it not for Lin Yun discovering that entrance, calculating the chances of success, and using the Mass Featherfall imprint in the Sage Chapter, it would have ended in a disaster.
With the increase of their flying speed, he could only use the 3rd Tier Spell slotted on the Sage Chapter.
3rd Tier Spells could only reach the might of a 5th Tier Spell after being turned into an Ultimate Spell, while Lin Yun could instant-cast most of his 6th Tier Spells.
Since the Sage Chapter hadn't been upgraded for a long time, it had lost its importance in battle, thus Lin Yun hadn't used any of the spells slotted in it for a while. There was only one spell on it at the moment, that slot offered the possibility of using Mass Featherfall.
Ordinary Featherfall couldn't slow down everyone speed within twenty meters, but the Ultimate Spell Mass Feather Fall was different, not only could it reduce everyone's falling speed on time, it even made them as slow as falling leaves when they were about to hit the ground.
The crisis had been completely lifted and even Lin Yun couldn't help wiping his cold sweat. If it had been someone else, they might have already died. He had only been able to calculate everything in the most minute details thanks to the Magic Array's terrifying computing ability, making sure everything was absolutely safe.
After a short rest, they kept moving forward in that cave, and they didn't have to go far to find what seemed to be the deepest part of the earth.
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Chapter 712: Foresight
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There was an underground river flowing towards an unknown location, as well as huge rocks in the surroundings. These rocks were extremely smooth, most due to being polished by the river for a very long time.
Silence and desolation reigned, and only the sound of the flowing river could be heard in this place.
As they followed the path forward, the area became bigger and bigger. This place was like an underground world.
Lin Yun's eyes suddenly shone, and without any warning, he cast a Bursting Flames towards the back of a huge rock.
The blue ball of fire had a long trail behind it as it smashed the area behind that huge rock, before two loud explosions could be heard. As the flames spread everywhere, they all saw a Dark Elf jumping out from behind the rock and hiding behind another rock.
Flames swept across as that Dark Elf hid behind that rock.
In an instant, everyone got into offensive stances and Enderfa released several dozen fire spells. Like the roar of a Dragon, these fire spells loudly echoed as they exploded towards that Dark Elf.
But that Dark Elf had already cast Haste on himself and dodged towards another side as Enderfa made his move, using a rock to avoid the flames coming from four different directions, not a single spell hitting him.
Lin Yun slightly frowned when the puppet also cast a suppressive barrage. The Dark Elf seemed able to predict where every spell would fall. His speed clearly wasn't that fast, but he still barely dodged the puppet's instant spells.
As if he knew the trajectory of those spells…
He was clearly only level 35, but he was unexpectedly troublesome. His speed was inferior to that of the previously encountered Horned Six-Tailed Fox. In fact, he might not even be as fast as Lin Yun, but he could miraculously dodge all the spells.
Lin Yun light waved his Draconic Staff and several dozen sharp Wind Blades flew over, covering everything within a dozen meters!
That Dark Elf instantly started running when Lin Yun made a move, but with his speed, he couldn't avoid these instant-spells covering several dozen meters.
But a shocking scene happened before their eyes.
That Dark Elf didn't seem to panic. It looked as if he was randomly twisting his body and limbs. The Wind Blades flew close to his body but didn't even graze his hair!
At this time, the others also made their move. They saw that this seemingly level 35 Dark Elf wasn't that simple. Every second, over a hundred spells fell down, yet, not a single one could hit him!
The only time this happened before was when they fought the Horned Six-Tailed Fox. That was because the Horned Six-Tailed Fox was so fast that it could barely be caught by human eyes, moreover, it had been continuously flashing all over the place, so they naturally couldn't keep up with its pace and were unable to hit it.
But this Dark Elf's speed was average, yet it could miraculously dodge all spells. It wasn't just one or two, but over a hundred spells!
Although that Dark Elf hadn't used any offensive spell in the last three minutes, his dodging skills stunned everyone.
Lin Yun frowned while continuously using Wind Blades. That large amount of Wind Blades was like a gale covering a large area, but not one Wind Blade hit him.
Lin Yun sent several dozen Wind Blades once again, but there were three hidden Space Rending Blades within.
But just like earlier, that Dark Elf easily dodged all the Wind Blades, and by the time those split Space Rending Blades appeared, a level 35 Dark Elven Soul appeared in front of the Dark Elf.
That Dark Elven Soul used an Ultimate Spell as soon as it appeared, a dome of flame rose up and instantly exploded. The force of the explosion swept away the remaining Wind Blades and sent the Dark Elf flying away.
Those three hidden Space Rending Blades appeared at that precise moment, slashing that Dark Elven Soul to pieces…
Lin Yun was a bit stunned…
That guy could escape such a deadly attack in such a way at the cost of one Dark Elven Soul!
'It's not that he saw through the hidden Space Rending Blades, rather, he countered them before they even appeared and managed to escape without any injury.'
Lin Yun opened the Book of Death while countless flames surged out of the Draconic Staff. Suddenly, numerous flames fell from the sky as Flame Cages kept falling, none of them trying to cover that Dark Elf, covering that Dark Elf's surroundings instead.
In three seconds, one Flame Cage after another formed over twenty meters of flaming wall.
But when Lin Yun was about to forcibly grab that abnormal Dark Elf, that Dark Elf took the initiative to rush towards a falling Flame Cage, and before that Flame Cage landed, he rushed out of the confinement.
They could then see him running away from the group, his body continuously twisting and sidestepping, dodging all the spells…
While escaping, the Dark Elf suddenly changed direction and escaped in another direction…
At this time, Xiuban swung Carnage, attacking from behind a huge rock and ruthlessly smashing the location the Dark Elf had just been at.
After a few seconds, that Dark Elf disappeared in the darkness…
Enderfa was staring blankly in the distance, "Damn, what a freak…"
Lin Yun was also a bit startled, they had even been able to kill a level 39 Destruction Guard with the few of them, but they weren't even able to harm a hair of that level 35 Dark Elf…
Even if the other side ran when he saw that things were far from good, they weren't even able to block his path…
Xiuban foolishly stood there, not understanding what had happened. He had perfectly timed the attack, how come the other side ran into another direction?
Everyone felt strange, no one ever met such an abnormal situation. They couldn't understand how a level 35 Dark Elf could safely escape from their encirclement.
Everyone felt strange but they didn't pursue their attacks, a huge group of Dark Elven Souls suddenly appeared in their surroundings. These Dark Elven Souls weren't high-leveled and were quickly dispatched by everyone.
At this time, even Lin Yun didn't think of pursuing him, who knew where that strange Dark Elf escaped to.
After the battle was over, Lin Yun thoughtfully contemplated for a short moment, before looking at Elsa, "Elsa, did you recognize that strange Dark Elf?"
Elsa was puzzled, but there was not a wisp of doubt in her voice, "I have never seen that Dark Elf. I can also confirm that he isn't a Dark Elven Soul, and I'm also certain that he isn't a member of our clan. Every Dark Elven birth is recorded in our clan, and although I'm not too familiar with the records, I've seen it, and I've never heard or seen anything about such an abnormal Dark Elf!"
Lin Yun pondered for a moment before a flash of understanding appeared on his face.
"Of course! He isn't a Dark Elf!"
Elsa shook her head, "He is a Dark Elf, there is a faint reaction between every Dark Elf which allows me to confirm that the other side is a Dark Elf…"
She hadn't finished her words before Lin Yun grinned. "I didn't finish my words. He really isn't a Dark Elf, but he is the Incarnation of your Life Pattern Crystal!"
Elsa involuntarily shouted in alarm, "How could it be? How do you know?"
Lin Yun didn't care about Elsa's questioning and casually said, "I discovered him hiding on the side and used an instant Bursting Flames. That was an extremely fast instant-spell, but he dodged almost instantly. He was hiding behind the rock and shouldn't have seen this coming. But he jumped out from behind that rock the moment I cast my spell.
"Moreover, when he dodged the spells, it could be said that he was foreseeing the trajectory of every single spell, dodging over a hundred spells in a second. And that continued for three minutes!
"Even I can't do that. He couldn't refrain from using defensive spells against some unavoidable attacks, but even then, those were the attacking spells with the lowest amount of power.
"I believe that this was his own choice. When he couldn't dodge spells, he would choose to dodge the powerful ones and block the weaker ones, spending the lowest amount of energy.
"I used three hidden Space Rending Blades while using several hundred of Wind Blades continuously, the concentration and liveliness of wind elements had reached its pinnacle in his surroundings. Within that storm, he shouldn't have been able to notice those three Space Rending Blades.
"But it was like he knew these three Space Rending Blades were there before they even appeared, and he reacted ahead of time, summoning a Dark Elven Soul to send himself out and leaving that Dark Elven Soul to die in its place.
"Finally, when he ran away, I had been casting these Flame Cages randomly. Yet he seemed to know beforehand, even suddenly changing direction before Xiuban's sneak attack.
"It's as if he could foresee everything, and this is one of the abilities of the Life Pattern Crystal!
"Moreover, the only explanation for him being able to summon Dark Elven Souls is that he is the Incarnation of the Life Pattern Crystal!"
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Chapter 713: Sneer
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Elsa immediately understood. No Dark Elf could have this ability, only the Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation had it.
And Elsa clearly knew the strength of this group, a 5th Rank Archmage level Dark Elf definitely couldn't escape so easily, the strongest Dark Elf in history would also be unable to do so at level 35!
Besides the Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation, no one could.
After confirming the identity of that abnormal Dark Elf, Elsa regretfully asked, "Unfortunately, he ran…"
She then looked at Lin Yun with a strange expression, her heart full of doubts, 'How could he know so much?'
Lin Yun sneered, "He can't run!"
He then paused and asked a strange question, "Do you have any of the crystals produced by your clan?"
Elsa's expression was strange, she had even more questions, but she still took out a transparent crystal and handed it to Lin Yun.
Lin Yun took the crystal and took out a pile of tools, even taking out the refining table. He placed the crystal on the refining table and carved runes and patterns on it.
After a short moment, Lin Yun stopped carving and poured mana in that crystal. Suddenly, a projection screen appeared out of the crystal.
Elsa let out a shocked sound when she saw the projection.
The one in the projection was shockingly the Dark Elf they had just encountered!
At this time, the Dark Elf was quickly moving within the dark river, continuously changing direction within that complicated maze, and it didn't take long before he rushed out of the water.
They could see the inside of the ruins in his surroundings. After returning to the ruins, this Dark Elf clearly became a lot more relaxed, dashing forward and never changing direction.
There was a large area of buildings in ruins in front, but it was as if that guy hadn't seen the wall in front of him and rushed through it.
Unexpectedly, that wall didn't stop him, having no effect as if it was an illusion.
Then, that guy kept going forward, and regardless of what he encountered, he just passed through everything, as if there was only air in front of him.
With that kind of path, he quickly reached his destination, arriving in front of a door.
Then, the projection became somewhat fuzzy. That guy stood in front of the door and chanted an incantation, before the projection completely disappeared.
Elsa exclaimed in alarm, "Merlin, what happened? Why can't we see anymore?"
Lin Yun remained calm, apparently thinking that there was nothing wrong.
"The mana interference in his location is too fierce, the imprint I left on him is being blocked. That's why we can't see, but it doesn't matter. Since we know where he is hiding, it's a lot easier now. Let's go!"
Lin Yun led the group to follow that guy's escape path, and it didn't take long before they reached the place they had seen in the projection.
They all followed the path and kept changing direction in the maze-like river.
There were many side paths here, who knew how long they would take if they didn't know the itinerary. Thankfully, they had a ready-made itinerary, they only had to follow that path to return to the ruins.
And sure enough, it didn't take long before everyone rushed out of the river and arrived at the ruins.
They looked at the surroundings and it was indeed the ruins' river, with short hills in the surroundings.
"We are back to the ruins, we should be able to find that path very quickly. We definitely can't let that Incarnation escape this time!" Lin Yun told Elsa, appeasing the slightly impatient Elsa.
Lin Yun's goal this time was to capture the Incarnation of the Life Pattern Crystal, even if Elsa didn't understand the reason behind it, how could Lin Yun give up?
They all reached the shore and didn't walk far before a large group of Ash Beastmen suddenly appeared on a small hill.
The war banner of the Ash Beastmen was fluttering in the sky, while in the rear, a group of Wolf Riders already started their assault. Several thousand Beastman slaves were loudly rushing down the hill on both sides.
In front, that eight-meters-tall huge Kodo suddenly appeared while the Wyverns rushed over from a distant place.
Lin Yun's group was instantly surrounded…
He looked at the surroundings and suddenly understood.
'Sure enough, we had been tricked by the Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation!'
'The previous King Arena had been a trick he had prepared!'
'The Three-Eyed Golden Behemoth's eye, the Horned Six-Tailed Fox's horn, and the Rock Giant's heart, these things are a huge temptation for the Incarnation, it was that crafty guy's doing!'
'He used the King Arena to trick those three guys and made them think that they were in the King Arena. But with his strength, he definitely couldn't kill these three guys and obtain their treasures.'
'When we arrived, he definitely recognized Elsa and thus tricked us into facing those three guys. Regardless of who died, he would get great benefits.'
'As for the Destruction Guard, it was too strong, but not very intelligent, thus it could easily be tricked into it. If we hadn't died on the first round, he would have used the Destruction Guard to kill us.'
'Even if we killed the Destruction guard, we would have been spent and wallowing in despair while thinking of being killed by a Heaven Rank powerhouse, closing our eyes while waiting for death.'
'At that time, he would appear in person and under the guise of an illusion, he would have easily killed us. At that time, those three treasures would have been his. He definitely wouldn't have exposed his own existence!'
'Such frightening intelligence, really crafty!'
Lin Yun looked at the surrounding environment and noticed that they were a bit different from the projection. He immediately understood that this was the doing of that Incarnation. These ambushing Beastmen were definitely led here by that guy!
But Lin Yun knew that he was forced by the circumstances, these Beastmen launched an offensive when they first saw them, it's simply impossible to talk with them, they had to fight first.
The battle was imminent, a large number of spells left everyone's hands, killing a multitude of Beastmen.
The Ash Beastman were using their previous tactic, using the Beastman slaves to force their way through the spells, using their lives to keep moving forward and offer opportunities to the other elites.
Countless spells fell down, killing three Wolf Riders just as they charged down.
But as they suppressed the Wolf Riders, a large group of Demon Warlocks on the hill started casting Abyssal Spells, rain of fire and black ice fell down, forcing the group to divide some of their power to resist those Demon Warlocks.
On a distant hill, Flame Dragon Warlord Lodney was wrapped in black smoke as he flew out, rushing towards Lin Yun's group.
With a move of the black smoke, eight-meters-big meteors appeared beside Lodney.
The huge meteors left black smoke in their wake as they fell towards Lin Yun's group.
Lin Yun frowned, he hadn't expected Lodney to personally intervene.
"Take care of this side!"
After saying those words, Lin Yun suddenly jumped up and flew towards Lodney, his Draconic Staff flickering with light as huge eight-meter-long Frost Spikes appeared in the air.
A series of ear-piercing shattering sounds echoed as the deep blue Frost Spikes flew out and collided with those flaming meteors.
Flames, rock fragments and ice shards spread out in the sky while terrifying mana fluctuations spread in the surroundings.
Lodney's expression became a lot more serious. The black smoke surged and condensed into strange demonic skulls whose eye sockets were filled with swaying dark green flames.
After six five-meters-tall demonic skulls condensed, the Abyssal Aura on Lodney's body became even thicker.
Countless green flames condensed on his body, and the smell of sulfur spread in the air…
"I knew you would be here!" Lodney loudly roared.
As if imitating him, the six demonic skulls opened their mouths wide as if they were roaring and one dark pillar of light after another spurted out of these six demonic skulls, spreading over a hundred meters in an instant and charging towards Lin Yun's body.
Lin Yun's entire body turned into a sea of fire as he used Fire Elemental Incarnation. When those six light pillars appeared, Lin Yun used two Flame Flashes and dodged several dozen meters away.
After disappearing, he saw that except for one light pillar going straight, the other five had gone around to surround the space Lin Yun had just been at, putting pressure and creating spatial fluctuations around his previous location.
The flames he had left behind had been forcibly extinguished.
After those Flame Flashes, Lin Yun held the Book of Death and the Draconic Staff and countless huge ice spells fluttered like Wind Blades, continuously colliding as they flew towards Lodney.
"Lodney, there won't be a good outcome if you keep fighting us!" Lin Yun sneered as he shouted.
When those Frost Spikes flew toward Lodney, a dark green flaming shield appeared in front of him. That eight-meters-wide flaming shield blocked all the Frost Spikes.
But then, the huge Frost Spikes exploded one after another when entering in contact with that flaming shield, turning into ice shards which burst with even more power than the huge Frost Spikes.
After three of those Frost Spikes exploded, three Space Rending Blades split out from them and instantly sliced that huge flaming shield. Those three Space Rending Blades flew from three different angles as they sliced towards Lodney.
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Chapter 714: Watch Out
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But at that moment, the six demonic skulls quickly rotated, and Lodney instantly changed position with one of the skulls.
The Space Rending Blades sliced that demonic skull into pieces that then turned into smoke. But barely two seconds later, the black smoke condensed once again into a demonic skull.
With no result, Lodney's expression became even more serious.
'Those three Space Rending Blades had a faint spatial crack… Such fierce cutting ability, even the demonic skulls that I condensed can't resist, it won't be good if it hits me. We rushed here because we found some clues but it was actually them! Moreover, that guy is clearly just a 9th Rank High Mage, yet he is so powerful.'
Lodney kept casting and countless dark green Fireballs flew out like a sea of fire in the sky, its waves fiercely coursing towards Lin Yun.
Before it could even hit, the smell of sulfur assaulted Lin Yun's nostrils and his mana slowed down.
The flames were highly toxic!
Lin Yun's mana instantly rushed out and turned into a whirlwind. Countless ice fragments condensed in front of him, and the layering of ice fragments looked like a Dragon's scales as they formed a huge drill.
Lin Yun hid in the back of the drill and was pushed forward by the wind as he met the wave of flames head-on…
Many ice fragments shattered and were evaporated by the flames, but even more of them were replenished from the center of the drill.
The frantically revolving whirlwind made most of the flames spin around Lin Yun, and the drill easily pierced through the wave of poisonfire.
Lodney was slightly started. He hadn't expected his opponent to use such a method to dodge. That wave of poisonfire would have displayed even more power if his opponent had chosen to block or withdraw. Meeting it ahead of time greatly reduced its power so that not even a tenth of its power was brought out.
After the huge drill rushed out of the poisonfire wave, it continued towards Lodney, though it looked like the ice couldn't bear with that terrifying rotational power and the formidable momentum of the mana fluctuations.
The demonic skulls rotated, allowing Lodney to change position. The skull left behind at Lodney's original location opened its mouth wide and shot out an extremely hot pillar of dark green light.
The loud, rumbling explosions didn't stop, and in a split second, the demonic skull and icy drill collided.
But Lin Yun disappeared after the explosion and reappeared above Lodney's head, brandishing his Draconic Staff and casting a dozen Bursting Flames spells downward.
Those balls of fire with long blue trails behind them exploded on Lodney in an instant.
"Rumble…"
The blue flames kept burning amidst the loud explosions, but the black smoke could be seen resisting in the center, taking the shape of an egg with Lodney in the center.
Lin Yun cast once again, sending a dozen more instant-cast Bursting Flames, when suddenly, Lin Yun's expression slightly changed and the spell he was about to cast became a Flame Shackle instead.
This Flame Shackle caught Lin Yun and fiercely sent him flying away.
At the same time, a dozen flames with thick black smoke appeared in the sky, attacking Lin Yun's position from every angle.
Lodney's silhouette could be seen not far away. "You are very powerful, but I won't let you find that place," Lodney said with a serious expression.
Lin Yun was a bit baffled by this and sneered, "Don't blame me for being rude if you don't stop. You were tricked and are still helping the mastermind, are all Beastmen that stupid?"
The fight continued, but they were still unable to deal with their opponents, and they surreptitiously started reducing the power of their attacks.
Lodney was attacking while pondering over Lin Yun's words. 'Fell into someone's scheme and continued helping the mastermind? Could he be trying to find someone? From the way he is speaking, he must be chasing someone, is he not looking for that door?'
As Lodney kept pondering, he felt that this was very likely. This legend only had meaning for the Ash Beastmen, and that guy was a human. 'It's not likely that he is here to wreak havoc.'
As for Lin Yun, he also understood some things from Lodney's words. These Ash Beastmen had gathered a large number of people to look for a place, so they couldn't be here for the Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation.
After a few exchanges, Lin Yun felt bored. This was purely a waste of time, and Lodney felt the same.
Their goals weren't conflicting, so there was no need to fight.
Suddenly, the two of them simultaneously withdrew.
Lin Yun and Lodney both giving up didn't mean that the battle below would stop, as it was still quite fierce.
The Flying Riders were steering their Wyverns and continuously diving down, one poisoned javelin after another breaking through the sound barrier as they fell.
The sharp sounds never stopped, and the Beastman Wolf Riders were encircling Lin Yun's group, charging continuously.
And there were still those Demon Warlocks, who were incessantly using one Abyssal Spell after another. So many spells were colliding in the air that they were causing constant waves of mana fluctuations to spread in the surroundings.
Lin Yun's group was also going all-out, using their spells to cover all sides, causing those poisoned javelins to blow up in the air.
None of the charges of the Beastmen Wolf Riders were able to force the group to scatter as Xiuban was swinging his Carnage to defend the group. The Wolf Riders relied on the power of their charge, but every time one of them managed to enter the defensive perimeter, Xiuban would use his abnormal strength to send them flying.
The mass of Beastman slaves was already losing its effectiveness because they could even be torn apart by the secondary effects of spells, like the pieces of earth thrown up by the impact of the spells.
When compared to the fighting happening below, the sky was strangely quiet.
After a while, a voice echoed, "Still fighting?"
Lodney hovered in the air, his six huge demonic skulls still on the move, his deep green eyes watching Lin Yun attentively.
Lin Yun lightly gestured with his Draconic Staff to scatter the flames lingering on it as he shook his head. "Nah, I'm bored."
Hearing Lin Yun's words, Lodney confirmed that there was no meaning behind this battle. It was a waste of everyone's time.
"Stop! Withdraw!" Lodney stared at Lin Yun as he yelled at the army below him.
At this moment, whether they were Wolf Riders or Beastman slaves, they all stopped their attacks.
The Wolf Riders were originally emitting fierce Aura fluctuations and were red-eyed, but they all did the exact same movement when they heard that order, pulling on their reins and pausing for a bit to control the fierce fluctuations. Once they calmed down, they started putting the army in order.
As for those Beastman slaves who were fighting to their last gasp, most of them immediately stopped marching when they heard Lodney's order.
But although the army had stopped, a few had already lost their reason because of the fight and desperately continued charging towards Lin Yun's group.
A few Wolf Riders charged over with cold expressions and ruthlessly beheaded these few slaves that didn't listen to the order.
All the remaining slaves instantly calmed down and stopped their footsteps.
The Wyverns soared in the sky and stood guard, no longer diving down. The Abyssal aura coming from the Demon Warlocks also dissipated.
"Everyone stop." Since Lodney gave the order and the elites stopped, Lin Yun also told his group to stop.
The huge vortex of spells revolving around Lin Yun's group thoroughly dissipated, and the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, which had become extremely red, calmed down as the runes slowly disappeared into the Spell Wheel.
Everyone stopped casting before vigilantly walking towards the center.
But as everyone stopped fighting, Cohen, the Army Overseer, was quietly moving outside the defensive perimeter of Lin Yun's group.
A green light blossomed from his hand and ruthlessly flew towards the closest person, Elsa. The ray of light condensed into a grinning demonic skull with a long trail and a huge mouth, which flew towards Elsa's back.
"Watch out!"
The sudden change startled everyone. Enderfa controlled the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and instantly cast a few Ice Shields behind Elsa.
But that strange skull opened its mouth wide and ruthlessly bit down on impact with the Ice Shields, turning them to pieces.
"Boom!"
The skull opened its mouth wide just before hitting Elsa and ruthlessly bit her back, half of it getting into her body.
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Chapter 715: Have You Made Your Decision?
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"Aaah!" Elsa let out a miserable shriek after getting attacked. Her bad was immediately covered with blood, and moreover, a strange force infiltrated her body, causing her pale skin to be dyed green.
"Chaos Bolt!"
Lin Yun was angered. He had seen Cohen's casting, but he hadn't had time to block it. Besides a few Demons, only Ash Beastmen could release that spell.
Through fighting, the Ash Beastmen could keep gathering Abyssal power, and once they gathered enough, they could use that Abyssal power to release a powerful spell, the Chaos Bolt!
It had the same speed as an arrow but had terrifying destructive power, and that Abyssal power had extreme toxicity that would easily spread through non-Abyssal lifeforms. Even Dragons didn't dare to be hit by a Chaos Bolt of an Ash Beastman of the same level.
It was fatal without protection!
It was even said that there was no remedy. The Abyssal power was very insidious and also used the target's mana to strengthen itself. Once it absorbed all of the target's mana, it would turn into an Abyssal Flame and burn the target from within.
After fighting for such a long time, Cohen had gathered a large amount of Abyssal power and released all of it at once, hitting the unguarded Elsa. The consequences could clearly be imagined. Elsa hadn't been killed instantly because the Ice Shields had slowed down the Chaos Bolt and slightly altered its path.
Otherwise, that Chaos Bolt would have hit her head!
"You are courting death!"
Lin Yun's eyes turned icy, and the mana fluctuations in the surroundings felt like a volcano suddenly erupted. The earth shook as if something was drilling up from underground.
In an instant, everyone saw a huge vine pierce out of the ground under Cohen's feet and restrict him.
That blood-colored Hell Vine frantically coiled around Cohen. Alarmed, a large amount of black smoke spread from his body, and following the release of mana fluctuations, an Abyssal Flame appeared.
But sharp thorns sprouted out of the Hell Vine, and as the vine moved, the many thorns pierced into Cohen's body.
Suddenly, Cohen could no longer use any spells, as the great pain made him unable to gather his mana. Everyone could hear the sickly sounds as the Hell Vine sucked Cohen's blood.
And this wasn't over… The Hell Vine was still squirming, and from its thicker vines, a few smaller root-like vines coiled around Cohen's limbs and head.
One after another, the sharp thorns pierced every part of his body. It was like a knife was stabbed into his skin before being dragged in a direction, forcing it open.
Blood dripped out of the wounds, so much that even the Hell Vine couldn't absorb everything.
His eyes widened from the pain, his face thoroughly distorting as he crazily screamed, "Ah… Lodney, damnit, help me! You're done for if I die… Aaahhhh! Kill him, Lodney! Kill him quick, save me!"
Cohen's screams stunned everyone. Reina was already carrying the unconscious Elsa. Even Enderfa, who was prejudiced against Dark Elves, used the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and made countless runes emerge.
Lodney had a gloomy expression as he icily glared at the bound Cohen. If he could, he would eagerly let that scoundrel die a miserable death.
Even the surrounding Beastmen all retreated. Even the less intelligent slaves were looking at the screaming Cohen with disdain.
Beastmen respected heroes. They respected the formidable powerhouses and they all despised people like Cohen who would launch a sneak attack after the fight had already ended. This made the sinister Ash Beastmen feel humiliated.
Especially since Cohen mounted a sneak attack after Lodney ordered a ceasefire. This was simply inciting a war to the bitter end out of malice!
Lodney's elite subordinates all had calm expressions as they kept withdrawing in order to be as far as possible from Cohen. No one thought of saving Cohen, especially when Lodney hadn't expressed his stance.
Cohen kept screaming, his body already losing its shape. The sharp thorns kept stabbing his body while the Hell Vine was slowly squirming, leaving terrifying, sinister wounds behind. He might even end up dying from that before the Hell Vine absorbed enough of his blood.
Lodney let out a gloomy sigh before grinding his molars. After a while, he sighed again and looked at Lin Yun. "Powerful Human, it's normal for you to vent, but this guy can't die. He isn't one of my people, he is an Army Overseer dispatched by the tribe. If not for that position, I would have personally killed him for violating my order.
"It'll be very troublesome if you kill him. As an Army Overseer, his death is equivalent to offending the Elder Council's prestige, and the entire Ash Beastman Tribe will end up chasing you. It really isn't wise to offend the Ash Beastman Tribe for that trash.
"There is no big conflict between us, just a small misunderstanding. Our goals are also different, so there is no need for a clash to happen because of this trash. We can also try our best to treat this Dark Elf, so I hope you won't kill Cohen.
"After returning to the Ash Beastman Tribe, I'll use my identity as the Flame Dragon Warlord to pressure the Elder Council to severely punish Cohen. I will charge him with the crimes of violating an order, making an enemy for no reason, and obstructing our Tribe's mission. Cohen's best end would be expulsion from the tribe, so killing him now is unwise.
"When the time comes, I'll send someone to notify you of the outcome. This Dark Elf was hit by our Chaos Bolt. Although it is critical, it isn't without cure…"
Lodney tried his best to persuade Lin Yun to not kill Cohen, but Lin Yun's cold expression didn't change.
Lodney sighed, he hated Cohen to death, but he had to save him.
"I advise you to think about it carefully. No one can predict what will happen in a war. I admit that you are powerful, stronger than anyone I have ever encountered. You are clearly a 9th Rank High Mage, yet you can hold your own against me. I'm not certain I can defeat you, but it is also unlikely that you'd defeat me.
"Although I can't kill you, you won't be able to complete your goals. Do you think this trash is worth so much?"
From the clash they had earlier, Lodney already felt that both sides hadn't revealed all their cards. The battle had looked dangerous, but none of them had been going all-out. It would ultimately end up in a battle of attrition, to see who would make a mistake first.
After confirming that they had no prior conflicts and different objectives, he was even more unwilling to fight a meaningless battle.
'But that damned Cohen… It's not a big deal if he usually doesn't listen to the orders, but this time he actually did something so outrageous. Let alone that human, even I want to choke him to death.'
The screaming Cohen still sounded as if he was full of vitality. Beastmen were physically stronger than humans, after all.
So much blood had flown out, yet he still hadn't lost consciousness. The pain already made him lose reason. Hearing Lodney saying so many words while the human remained silent, Cohen loudly roared, "Damned Lodney, hurry up, kill, kill that damned wretch!"
Lodney frowned and glared at Cohen with a cold expression before turning his head back towards Lin Yun. "Have you made your decision?"
Lin Yun indifferently glanced at Lodney, a cold expression on his face. "Are you done speaking?"
Then, everyone saw the Hell Vine on Cohen's body violently squirm.
In an instant, the surroundings turned silent.
Only the sound of crunching bones could be heard, echoing loudly.
"Snap!"
The miserable shriek in Cohen's mouth was immediately muffled as the vine coiled around his head made a full rotation. The skin was ruptured and the vertebra turned into bone shards piercing out of the skin.
Lodney looked at Lin Yun with shock.
He completely didn't expect that this human would be so unyielding. He didn't care about the rest and made Cohen die such a miserable death.
The surrounding Beastmen were also shocked. Cohen was killed in such a horrifying way in front of so many people, with no regard for the consequences.
But Enderfa and the others felt that this was quite normal… This was Lin Yun's usual style. He would either do nothing, or he would go all-out until his target was beaten to death. As for guys like Cohen, he wouldn't bother to speak with them; killing was the only outcome.
Zeuss looked at Lin Yun, and remembering his previous achievements, he looked as if it was to be expected.
'How could someone like Merlin be threatened? That damned Beastman touched Merlin's bottom line, he definitely couldn't survive.'
Shock could be seen on Lodney's face, as well as some helplessness. After a while, he looked at Lin Yun and slowly said, "You forced my hand. He was my Army Overseer. Even if I wanted to kill him, I'd have to give an explanation to the tribe. As long as you can defeat me, you can take your people and leave, we won't stop you. My people also won't set themselves against you because of this matter."
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Chapter 716: Waiting For a Long Time
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Lin Yun landed on the ground and carefully checked Elsa's injury with a gloomy expression. Elsa was already unconscious and couldn't wake up. The Health Potion barely let her keep her life.
The mana within her body had already become chaotic and was mixed with that dense Abyssal power. Its toxicity had already dyed Elsa's mana and saving her was impossible.
Lin Yun stood up and flew into the air before looking at Lodney.
After a while, the two tacitly made their moves. Lodney's entire body was covered in black smoke. This smoke with dense Abyssal power spread into the horizon.
Several dozen arc-shaped flames converged from multiple directions to swallow Lin Yun.
Lin Yun's right hand held the Draconic Staff while he opened the Book of Death with his left hand. Mana surged and turned into a blue halo covering him.
In an instant, an icy blue light covered Lin Yun's body and quickly expanded to be three to four meters in diameter. Countless decorative patterns were also on that shield, resembling the convergence of multiple snowflakes.
When the flames rushed over, this protection suddenly exploded and sent countless snowflakes flying into the surroundings.
The snowflakes spun and collided against the flames, immediately forming steam. All the flames were scattered apart after colliding with the snowflakes, transforming into black smoke drifting in the surroundings.
And when the snowflakes scattered, Lin Yun Yun's silhouette was exposed. He raised his Draconic Staff and four rays of light flickered on it, and four rays of light also flickered on the Book of Death, seemingly mirroring the staff.
Fire, Ice, Wind, Earth… The four types of spells formed a four-colored vortex in front of Lin Yun.
The vortex was filled with berserk and unstable power, and as Lin Yun gently touched the center of the vortex with his magic staff, that berserk energy had a path to leak out.
In an instant, countless spells of the four attributes flew out of the vortex before colliding in the air. The complex elemental collisions made these spells unable to move forward.
All the spells turned into the purest elemental power, and the originally eight-meter-tall wave of spells turned into a dozen-meter-thick elemental flood. The purest chaotic elements created the fiercest destructive power.
As the flood spread across towards him, the six skulls spinning around Lodney suddenly sprouted six green rays of light.
But the addition of these rays of light made this chaotic flood even more berserk. The elements kept colliding and devouring each other, and the six rays of light ended up also getting destroyed, turned into the purest elemental power, and sent back alongside the flood.
Lodney's expression changed, and wind rose around his body as he suddenly withdrew. He made a gesture and the black smoke converged, turning into a pitch-black Abyssal Gate from which a huge, flaming hand appeared.
That enormous hand came out and blocked the elemental flood. On impact, the elemental flood also drew in the flames swaying on the hand.
It barely took three seconds for the fingers of the demonic hand to disappear completely, turned into pure elemental power by the elemental flood.
The hand was only half as large as its original size now, and as the arm slowly extended out of the Abyssal Gate, the power of the elemental flood also started weakening.
After a few seconds, a torso forced its way out of the Abyssal Gate.
"Roar!"
A furious roar echoed as the flaming demon's hands ruthlessly tore at the elemental flood, its powerful force sundering it apart.
The dense flood turned into two streams flowing on both sides.
Seeing this scene, Lin Yun slightly frowned. He knew that Lodney had signed an agreement with an Abyssal Demon before, but he hadn't expected it to be something like a Flame Demon that had an elemental lifeform's characteristics. As long as the flames weren't extinguished, the Flame Demon wouldn't die.
Even if he was injured, he would quickly recover in a place with a high concentration of fire elements, just like elemental lifeforms could.
With Lodney on the side, killing the Flame Demon before he completely exited the Abyssal Gate was impossible. Taking advantage of the fact that the Flame Demon wasn't all the way through the gate yet, Lin Yun decisively poured a large amount of mana into the Book of Death.
The Element Chapter let out a glaring four-colored light before three of the colors disappeared, only leaving the blue radiance behind.
The light started shaking, but Lin Yun didn't stop, continuously pouring more mana inside, until a sphere of light appeared in Lin Yun's hand.
Once that sphere of light fiercely shook, as if ready to explode, Lin Yun stopped pouring mana in.
In an instant, a blue pillar of light streaked into the sky, making thick clouds suddenly appear, from which lightning kept falling.
The temperature in the air kept dropping as a large number of snowflakes fell from the sky. The clouds swiftly rotated, forming a vortex covering over a kilometer.
Then, a layer of blue light flashed as the clouds turned into ice fragments. In the center of the vortex, another dark blue vortex was slowly rotating.
"Roar!"
A Dragon's roar echoed as a Frost Elemental Dragon seemingly carved out of ice rushed out of this vortex.
Dense ice elements burst out as the Frost Elemental Elemental Dragon appeared, and the activity of the ice elements in the surroundings kept increasing.
This was the most powerful Frost Elemental Dragon that Lin Yun could summon at this moment. It was at the peak of level 38 and could compare with that Flame Demon.
The Frost Elemental Dragon was immediately attracted by the Flame Demon. Fire was something that Frost Elementals disliked the most, while the Flame Demon couldn't help attentively watching his counterpart.
The two instantly started their magical offensive.
The movements of the two colossi were simply devastating. Spells fell down like rain, forcing the Beastmen below them to hide far away.
Ice and fire collided in the air, and the weaker Beastmen simply couldn't handle the sounds of these explosions.
The Purple Dragon Incarnation flew out of Lin Yun's Draconic Staff and turned into a huge shadow behind Lin Yun.
The Incarnation's support greatly increased the power of Lin Yun's elemental spells.
And the four-colored radiance of the Book of Death flickered and increased the power of Lin Yun's elemental spells.
At that moment, Lin Yun's mana fluctuations had already greatly exceeded the limits of a High Mage!
Countless cyan Wind Blades turned into whirlwinds that flew towards Lodney. Faint spatial fluctuations warned Lodney that these weren't ordinary Wind Blades.
Lodney summoned a large amount of green fire and hid his body within it. The countless Wind Blades sliced through the sea of flames but weren't able to injure anything.
The Space Rending Blades were unobstructed as they entered the sea of flames, Lin Yun's line of sight blocked, and he couldn't even investigate Lodney's location with his mana.
And this seemed to be the prologue to an all-out fight.
A large number of green Fireballs flew towards Lin Yun, while the latter started displaying his formidable casting ability.
Each second, over a hundred spells collided between the two of them. The endless collisions created a chaotic elemental storm in the sky.
After a few minutes, they knew that they were headed towards the conclusion. The battle had turned into a war of attrition. The mana consumption was huge, and whoever made the first mistake would lose.
Lodney pushed himself to form his spells carefully so he had yet to make a mistake, but that also meant that he would consume more mana.
His expression was quite heavy, and a few minutes were enough to see that his opponent was casting in a mechanical manner and wouldn't make a mistake. Moreover, the human didn't seem to care about mana consumption when casting his spells and it didn't look like he even used mana. Lodney was truly at a loss, now knowing what he should do to prevail.
But the battle was too fierce, and no one could stop. The frantic mana fluctuations had already made all the elements within kilometers go berserk. The density of the elements was rising with every spell and even space started faintly shaking.
At that time, the earth quaked and ruptured as fierce spatial fluctuations swept the entire area.
Lodney and Lin Yun had no choice but to return to the ground.
The Beastman army was in chaos.
Peaks crumbled and the ground split open as if the world would be overturned once again.
Lin Yun reacted extremely quickly, not at all flustered when the spatial fluctuations appeared. "I've been waiting for you for a long time!"
He instantly flew to his group's side and a light flashed, making Lin Yun and his group disappear…
The surroundings had thoroughly changed once they reappeared.
The light was dim, and the most conspicuous thing was an eight-meter by ten-meter gate with countless runes and ancient lifeforms carved on it.
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Chapter 717: Hellfire
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The greenish-black entrance looked very old. It gave them the feeling of having been there for an entire era.
And not far from the entrance, the Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation was standing there.
The Incarnation was shocked when it saw Lin Yun's group appear and kept retreating in fear, involuntarily letting out, "How could you find me!?"
Lin Yun sneered as he looked at the Incarnation of the Life Pattern Crystal.
He already knew that this guy wasn't very powerful, but he was very crafty and was using his abilities to create troubles to accomplish what he couldn't do with his own strength.
From the Dark Elven Souls to the King Arena, everything had been part of his scheme. He even planned to make them withstand the Beastman army.
Lin Yun definitely didn't believe in the odds of randomly meeting the Beastman army twice in a row. That Ash Beastman army was huge, and when they marched, it was definitely impossible for the other side to discover them first, let alone directly surround them.
'How could that happen? This guy is purely scheming to get profits, he wouldn't ignore it if Lodney and I fought, he definitely wouldn't be able to stop himself from making a move.
'And sure enough! Hmpf, don't think you can run away if you interfere!'
Lin Yun sneered as he looked at the Dark Elven appearance of the Incarnation.
Lin Yun had prepared a secret card before the battle, or else he wouldn't have bothered to listen to Lodney speak for such a long time, and he wouldn't have let this Army Overseer live all this while. Lin Yun had used the time to make preparations
That secret card was a special teleportation array, that had virtually no restrictions when it came to distance or environment, but it could be said that it had the greatest restriction.
Because that teleportation array was called Nowhere To Hide! An imprint could be placed on a target, and as long as the conditions were met, he could instantly teleport to the target's side.
When Noscent had developed to its peak, that special array was widely used. Any genius especially nurtured by a major force would have this imprint on his body.
When these geniuses encountered a danger they couldn't face, they would trigger the imprint, warning the person who had placed the imprint.
And with it, the powerhouses of those major forces could teleport to them in an instant.
Before the Mana Baptism Potions were invented, the geniuses of the younger generation were even more important than powerful experts, and whether someone had such an imprint on their body was already the main difference between a genius and someone who wasn't.
Because the Nowhere To Hide Array was too troublesome to use.
The most basic requirement of the Nowhere To Hide Array was that it needed to be located in an area rich in elements, and those elements had to be berserk and chaotic.
And such a place could only be found in one situation, which was during the battle between powerhouses. The longer the fight, the faster the elements rose, to the point that they would be flaring up until the whole place looked as if it was boiling.
Moreover, the further the distance, the more berserk the elements needed to be. If it wasn't far, they might only need two Archmages fighting each other to be able to reach it, but if the distance was too great, only a battle between Heaven Rank powerhouses would be enough to create the needed effects.
In the future, there was even a record of a Heaven Rank Mage borrowing that imprint to flee. When that Heaven Rank Mage opened a new plane, something unexpected appeared and the Planar Path shattered, and he ended up falling into a massive elemental storm.
Those berserk elements had reached the extreme, but the powerful Heaven Mage used the Nowhere To Hide Array to return to Noscent. He was known for some time as the luckiest person.
Because the Nowhere To Hide Array not only required dense and berserk elements, but there was another crucial requirement, which was the degree of mana interference.
If the target of the array was in a place that completely shielded mana, and if the target didn't use mana, then the array might not work.
Even if it was only a few kilometers, they would need Heaven Rank Mages to battle to be able to use it.
The target utilizing mana was equivalent to receiving coordinates in an instant, and having those coordinates was the key to using the Nowhere To Hide Array.
That Heaven Rank Mage was able to flee the huge elemental storm because the person he had put an imprint on happened to be in the middle of a battle.
When mana is flaring up, the coordinates are the clearest, so no matter how far apart, they can be sensed.
After the Incarnation arrived there, the imprint had become indistinct and Lin Yun could only get a faint response, so it was impossible to use the Nowhere To Hide Array.
That was when they just encountered the Ash Beastman army and Lin Yun used the opportunity to fight with Lodney. Especially at the end, he went all-out and purposely pushed the density of the elements on the battlefield to their peak. He was only waiting for the last coordinate to appear.
And sure enough, the Incarnation made a move. As long as he used the tiniest amount of power, it would provide coordinates for Lin Yun. Unfortunately, there was too much interference where he was located. Only when the earth split apart again and the ruins changed did Lin Yun get a response from the coordinates, like a lighthouse in the night.
Thus, Lin Yun activated the Nowhere To Hide Array and instantly arrived there!
Moreover, he used the most unexpected method to block the Incarnation!
They had experienced how troublesome and crafty that guy was before. If they used normal methods to track him down, it was highly likely that this guy would have escaped again.
This was a dead end. Even the huge door, the only exit, was behind Lin Yun, with the Incarnation blocked in a corner.
Lin Yun sneered and simply didn't give him a chance to react. A gorgeous golden-red decorative design appeared on the ground, and in an instant, a column of flame could be seen rising from the surface and reaching the sky.
Loud explosions echoed as three pillars of flames rushed out and started gathering together. The expanding Hellfires now covered half of the area.
After columns of flames rushed out and turned this dead end into a cage, there were still two meters of space in the center that were clear of the fire, but the ground there was already being filled with more of the same decorative designs.
The Incarnation suddenly panicked and frantically summoned the Dark Elven Souls to attack, piling several hundred of them Dark Elven Souls in that dead end.
They released countless spells, but they were too packed. Over a hundred Dark Elven Souls were instantly killed by those spells.
The spells attacked the Hellfires, but Lin Yun didn't react at all and maintained the flames as he summoned the last Hellfire to thoroughly turn this place into a prison of death.
The Incarnation lost his mind as he looked at the golden-red patterns spreading on the ground. Then, some Dark Elven Souls cast spells towards the last gap, and the Incarnation could be seen chasing after those spells.
As the last Hellfire appeared, the Incarnation rushed out of the final gap, but what awaited him was the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel floating in front of him.
Lin Yun controlled the Hellfire and transformed it into another pillar of flames. He had purposefully left a gap in the center by delaying it.
The difference in timing was completely negligible for others, but for this Incarnation that could see one or two seconds in the future, it was an opportunity to flee for his life. He could accurately grasp the timing so that the flames wouldn't burn him.
But it was this foresight ability that made him fall into a trap.
The Incarnation opened the way with a large number of spells and followed behind the spells to escape the Hellfire Cage, which should have been a perfect plan.
But as soon as it rushed out of the gouts of Hellfire, the Incarnation roared in despair. "No!"
The space under it, behind, and in the surroundings was all covered in raging Hellfire. This flame rumored to be able to burn all living things would destroy the Magic Tool-less Incarnation in a matter of seconds.
But Enderfa was controlling the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, which calmly floated in front of the Incarnation, firmly blocking the path. The Incarnation only had one choice, which was to collide with the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and Enderfa in hopes of breaking through.
The flames kept rushing forth behind him, a moment of hesitation would kill him, but the Incarnation already foresaw what would happen once he went out.
There was death in every direction, and the only path to survival was in front. At that time, even if he could see the future, he also couldn't make a decision.
The Incarnation went all-out and released his power, but he only had the power of a level 35, so he couldn't even shake the power of the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel.
Enderfa controlled the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and burst in laughter. "B*stard, can't you see the future? Shouldn't you know what is going to happen? Crafty rat, foresight is useless in front of absolute power!"
The Incarnation screamed in despair while struggling but couldn't avoid colliding with the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel. Endless runes flew out of the Spell Wheel, taking shape of a runic cage that tightly bound the Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation.
The Incarnation kept struggling, as the cage made of runes kept shrinking. From a sphere with a diameter of two meters, it slowly shrank to a bit over a meter, making the Incarnation unable to keep his Dark Elven shape.
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Chapter 718: Let's Go
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His body was squeezed and deformed, and after letting out a cry of despair, he turned into a ball of light that frantically struggled, slightly deforming the runic cage in multiple spots as it kept shrinking.
At that time, Enderfa turned into smoke and entered the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, letting Lin Yun take over.
The flickering runic cage instantly stabilized after Enderfa flew back into the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel. With Lin Yun personally controlling the Spell Wheel, the runic cage kept shrinking while slowly being dragged into the Spell Wheel.
After a dozen seconds, the Incarnation let out his last despairing roar as the countless runes returned into the Spell Wheel.
At that moment, the runes slowly moved, and in the center, a bright ball of light was constantly flickering.
Lin Yun maintained control over it all as he sneered, "An Incarnation that has disconnected from its main body for such a long time thinks it can escape?"
The Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation had left his Magic Tool for over a hundred years. Without the Incarnation, the Life Pattern Crystal could no longer be used, and most of its power was gone.
But, the Incarnation was affected just as much. The most direct effect was that the Incarnation had nowhere to rest. If he was wounded, the wound might even become deadly over time.
That Incarnation was a few times weaker than when it was at its peak. His strength was only at level 35, so how could he escape the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and Enderfa's suppression?
The Ten Thousand Spell Wheel was an advanced True Spirit Magic Tool and had Enderfa as its Incarnation. Moreover, Enderfa wasn't a young Magic Tool Incarnation. He was a mature Incarnation with extensive knowledge, and his original True Spirit Magic Tool wasn't inferior in the least.
After such a long time, Enderfa had total control over the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and was inseparably close to it, he simply had no issue controlling the Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation.
He hadn't known that it was an Incarnation last time and had let him use his foresight to escape, but how could he let him escape now?
Lin Yun speculated that the Magic Tool Incarnation could predict what would happen two seconds ahead of time at most, so he trapped him step by step until the Incarnation discovered that it was too late even two seconds later.
The others were a bit surprised at how smoothly the capture of the Incarnation had gone.
Reina was still holding the unconscious Elsa as she asked, "Merlin, what about her? She has yet to wake up, and the effects of the Health Potions are weakening…"
Lin Yun sighed. "Her mana has already been infected, both internal and external. The simplest method to save her is to expel all the mana within her body, and she would wake up by the time her mana completely dissipates. Unfortunately, to Dark Elves, mana is just as important as their own lives. Doing so would no different from killing her. Now we can only help her save herself."
After saying that, Lin Yun took out some tools, a crystal pen, Star Ink, as well as some special materials.
He carefully handled those materials, and after inspecting three times, Lin Yun calmed down. He was very careful and deliberate as he arranged the array. That speed was not even 10% of his normal speed.
Lin Yun was very cautious because the array he was arranging was said to be able to activate the Sky Bloodline. It had very strict requirements, and if a very small part wasn't up to par, it could make the entire activation process fail.
An ordinary array only needed the bare minimum to be able to work, but this special array needed to be Outstanding to work!
In the future, when that array appeared, it didn't reach the Outstanding level and thus failed to activate the Sky Bloodline. Even after a few hundred years, the array was still called a failed work, up until someone figured out the true reason for its failure.
When Lin Yun found out about Elsa's Sky Bloodline, he had planned on using the Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation to activate it. He had been wondering how to ask the Dark Elves to lend him the Life Pattern Crystal, when he suddenly learnt that the Incarnation had escaped.
That made things easier for him. As long as he found that Magic Tool Incarnation, he could borrow a path from the Dark Elves and use the Incarnation more easily. The success rate was even higher than with the Life Pattern Crystal!
Moreover, Elsa's injury was too serious, and because of the nature of Dark Elves, the few methods Lin Yun had couldn't save Elsa's life and preserve her power.
The best method was activating the Sky Bloodline. If it was activated, that heaven-defying power would take the initiative to cure her injury from inside and outside, and it would also increase her power.
When the array was set, Lin Yun placed Elsa in the center before putting the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel as the array's core source of energy.
Enderfa flew out of the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and was now outside the array, snickering as he looked at it.
Without Enderfa's suppression, the Spell Wheel couldn't suppress the Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation on its own.
Soon, a small light slowly spread out from the center of the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel as if probing around.
Lin Yun didn't do anything for over a second, only sneering as he glanced over.
But then, the Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation seemed to react to something, and the spreading light instantly wanted to return to the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel.
But the entire array shone instantly and all the runes seemed to come alive. The small amount of light was like a thread spun from the Spell Wheel as it was instantly fixed in the air, unable to move back to the Spell Wheel.
Then, as the array activated, the flickering thread of light kept expanding from the Spell Wheel, seemingly endless.
The countless rays of light scattered throughout the array and completely activated it!
A power containing obscure fluctuations filled the array before converging towards Elsa in the center.
Elsa's body was instantly shrouded in a layer of light, and her greenish skin slowly recovered.
The Magic Tool Incarnation's mournful scream echoed, but he couldn't prevent his power from being drained.
The array had grabbed that thread, and that was all it took for his power to be forcibly dragged out.
Over an hour had passed, but the Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation had yet to make sound, and the light in the center of the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel had become a lot weaker.
At this time, the array didn't continue absorbing the power of the Incarnation and instead poured all the power of the array into Elsa.
A large number of shining runes followed that power and entered Elsa's body as she absorbed the entire array.
Only then did Lin Yun sigh in relief. That array being absorbed meant that it had reached the Perfect level, maximizing the probability of Elsa's Sky Bloodline being activated.
The Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation was the origin of Dark Elves, so using it to supply the energy was the method with the best success rate.
Enderfa floated over and watched the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel. The Incarnation within had become extremely weak, and the Spell Wheel alone was enough to suppress it.
Lin Yun watched Elsa and felt the power flowing within her body. With the activation of that new power, her skin had already recovered the paleness of the Dark Elves and she could rely on her own power to deal with the rest.
There was nothing else to do. After returning to the Dark Elven Clan, he would borrow the path leading to the peak of the Wisdom Tree, as this was the most important thing at the moment.
Then, Lin Yun stood in front of the huge gate and sank into contemplation, only recovering after a while and telling everyone, "We are leaving…"
Beta also followed behind Lin Yun and stood in front of the gate for a while, unexpectedly restraining himself from opening the gate to check it. With an expression of surprise, he suddenly said, "Sir Merlin, this is the gate mentioned in the Ash Beastman Tribe's prophecy. It was said that one day, the Ash Beastmen would find a gate, and after opening it, the Ash Beastmen would regain their glory. This gate is so strange, it must be the one mentioned in the prophecy…"
Beta quickly explained the prophecy of the Ash Beastmen and recalled the glory of the Ash Beastman Race. He said everything he knew in one breath, as if to encourage Lin Yun to open the gate.
Lin Yun shook his head and smiled, keeping his words short. "Let's go…"
Beta turned to look at the gate. He hesitated, but he couldn't muster the courage to touch that door.
'Forget it, Sir Merlin didn't even touch the door, so there must be something special about it. Sir Merlin never made a mistake until now, so if he didn't touch it, I won't do it either…'
The cowardly Beta gave up on the door and rushed to Lin Yun's group.
The Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation had been grabbed, so the return trip should be extremely smooth and without danger.
But not long after leaving this place, they encountered Lodney and his army blocking their path. Over a hundred Wyverns were circling in the sky, the Beastman slaves and the Wolf Riders were ready to battle, while black smoke was leaking from the Demon Warlocks.
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Abyssal aura filled the area.
Lodney stood at the front of his army, his hands behind his back as he looked at Lin Yun's group.
Lin Yun slowly walked over and calmly looked back at Lodney.
The pressure kept intensifying.
Enderfa started rousing the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel while the others made their casting preparations. The mana fluctuations were like gales spreading in their surroundings.
It looked like the battle would soon break out again, when Lodney suddenly said, "Be careful, the Dark Elves are no good. Someone in their clan wants to harm you, and it looks like Cohen was colluding with them in a plot to target you."
Lin Yun smiled. "Don't worry, I can settle my own issues."
Lodney remained silent for a moment before waving his arm, making the army give them a path.
Lin Yun led his group to pass through the army, everyone vigilant of the surrounding Ash Beastmen.
After passing through the army of Beastmen and just before they were going to leave, Lin Yun suddenly turned and looked at Lodney. "Let me offer you a small piece of advice. If your goal is that gate, you had better not touch it. That thing isn't something you can touch."
Lodney frowned but remained silent.
Lin Yun then led everyone away.
Lodney pondered for a moment before waving his hand. "Forward!"
After a short time, Lodney found the gate.
But he wasn't happy at all, he actually felt a chill when he saw that huge gate.
Lodney stood in front of the gate for a long time before confirming that this definitely wasn't the gate from the tribe's prophecy.
But how could Lodney not extend his hand to push it?
Just as he extended his hand with some hesitation, he heard some loud sounds not far from there.
"Hey! What are you doing? Don't you have eyes? How could you dare stop the Black Dragon Warlord!"
Lodney frowned and turned around to see the elite guards in the back being pushed away by a group of robust Ash Beastmen, one of whom had a long scar across his face and was wearing a black cape.
Lodney's expression sank when he saw that person.
"Black Dragon Warlord, are you trying to start a war?"
The Black Dragon Warlord had an icy expression as he scanned his surroundings before loudly questioning, "Where is Cohen? How come I don't see him?"
Lodney remained silent.
The Black Dragon Warlord immediately sneered, "I heard Cohen was killed. I thought it was a rumor, but I hadn't expected it to be true. Lodney, I always felt that you were a waste, but I hadn't expected you to be that trashy. You didn't even stop the enemy. The Army Overseer was killed and I see that the Flame Dragon Warlord gave up."
Lodney coldly answered, "Cohen colluded with the Dark Elves and set up a powerful enemy for us. It is unavoidable that he was killed, and even if he didn't die, I would have immediately reported this to the Elder Council and made the Elder Council punish him."
The Black Dragon Warlord was immediately angered and raised his voice while pointing at Lodney. "Lodney, don't think I don't know, you are the one colluding with the Dark Elves! Cohen discovered your secret and you killed him to silence him!
"You think I don't know what's going on? There were so few people on the other side, how come you didn't block their path and actually let them leave?
"Cohen is a true warrior of the tribe, he never compromised when fighting the enemy! And don't you know how important the tribe's prophecy is? You actually let the Dark Elves know about it at such an important time, do you know how much damage this could do to the tribe?
"Lodney, I see that you are brainless! But for the sake of the tribe, and for the years of contributions you have done for the tribe, I'll act as if this didn't happen. You'll go back to the tribe and report this matter to the Elder Council in person. That way, the punishment of the Elder Council will be a bit lighter." The Black Dragon Warlord said all this, pretending to be magnanimous.
Lodney forced a smile and shook his head. How could he not know the reason behind the Black Dragon Warlord's sudden appearance?
The tribe's prophecy had been passed down for countless years. Many people were looking for that gate, but the Black Dragon Warlord appeared just as he found it. Needless to say, someone in Lodney's army had notified the Black Dragon Warlord, and he now came over to fight over the contribution.
Lodney also knew that what happened before would be used against him, but he hadn't expected them to be so fast, let alone that it would be the Black Dragon Warlord.
Fortunately, Lodney wasn't completely obsessed by that gate and his mind was filled with Lin Yun's warning. Moreover, after standing in front of the door for a while, Lodney also felt that this door wasn't that simple. It was giving out a kind of cold aura, and the sense of danger he felt from his intuition was getting stronger and stronger.
Lodney sighed, "Black Dragon Warlord, I know your objective is that gate."
The Black Dragon Warlord immediately burst out in anger, "Lodney, I am helping you!"
Lodney waved his hand dismissively. "Okay, I can give you the credit for this, but I advise you… Don't meddle with it, that thing isn't something we can touch."
The Black Dragon Warlord's face was full of impatience as he urged, "Okay, I got it, I won't touch it. Now hurry up and go back to the tribe."
Lodney was somewhat helpless. He could see from the Black Dragon Warlord's attitude that he just wanted him gone so he could directly take over that door.
Unfortunately, this schemer had information he could use against him. Before Lodney reported to the Elder Council, the Black Dragon Warlord could use this as an excuse to force him to leave.
Lodney led his people and left, but the Black Dragon Warlord was a bit impatient as he told a subordinate, "Go and guard outside, don't let anyone come in! Guard against Lodney, that guy is definitely unwilling to yield this credit!"
The Black Dragon Warlord's elite subordinates stood guard outside, and the many troops scattered around to cover all the avenues of approach.
Moreover, the Black Dragon Warlord felt that since he could plant spies in Lodney's army, Lodney could also plant spies in his, so he couldn't trust anyone.
The Black Dragon Warlord was excited and nervous as he walked towards the huge gate, before unhesitantly pushing to open it. But before he could put forth any force to open the door, his hand felt a cotton-like texture.
In an instant, all the carvings on the gate seemed to come alive. Ancient lifeforms slowly raised their heads before boundless black smoke rose up from their mouths.
A large amount of black smoke poured into the Black Dragon Warlord's mouth. Moreover, animal-shaped wisps of smoke forced their way through his eyes, ears, and nostrils.
The Black Dragon Warlord let out an alarmed scream as he couldn't endure the pain that came from his soul. He had already lost control of his body and it slowly floated in the air with the black smoke wrapping around him. At that moment, the miserable shrieks could no longer be heard.
The black smoke converged into a sphere that kept spinning, and it only stopped pouring from the gate after a few minutes. All the black smoke then started collapsing towards the center, and a few seconds later, all the remaining smoke entered the mouth of the Black Dragon Warlord.
The Black Dragon Warlord closed his eyes and slowly floated down from the sky. After a while, he suddenly opened his eyes. They had turned pitch-black and gave a sinister feeling.
The Black Dragon Warlord extended his hand and clenched his fist before revealing a cold grin. He then let out an evil laugh as if something worth rejoicing had happened to him.
His expression and aura were different from those of the original Black Dragon Warlord, but unfortunately, no one was here.
…
On the other side, Lin Yun was leading the group back to the Dark Elven Clan.
There was someone waiting at one of the clan's side gates. People could rarely be seen at that gate because there was nothing valuable in that direction, but Jers had been waiting there every day.
"I don't know if that damned outsider is already dead… He must be, it's been so many days but he has yet to return, he definitely died outside. It would be best if that calamitous Elsa also died with him. She was the one who brought that disaster. And that shameful outsider dared to humiliate me! Having you be killed by those outsiders is really letting you off lightly," Jers cursed under his breath, his eyes staring at the path to the clan.
Jers suddenly noticed something and buffed himself with an Eagle Sight Spell. He then saw Lin Yun walking over from that small path.
"Damnit! I knew those filthy Ash Beastmen were no good, they really didn't kill that b*stard!"
Jers angrily stomped his feet and got down from the sentry tower after a while.
Soon after, Lin Yun arrived outside the clan. At that time, Jers saw Beta behind him and his eyes instantly shone.
He was originally distressed, not knowing what to do if he had brought back the Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation but things changed with this. 'It's fine now, that damned outsider brought back an Ash Beastman with him, it's just perfect, he brought about his own destruction!'
As he thought of that, Jers grinned and suddenly jumped out from the side of the road, pointing at Lin Yun while righteously yelling, "Good! I knew that you had malicious intentions! But I hadn't expected you to truly be colluding with Ash Beastmen! Let's see what you can say now! I knew you were a spy of the Ash Beastmen. What happened to the tribe is definitely your plot!"
Lin Yun indifferently shot a glance at Jers and asked, "Do you even have a brain?"
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Chapter 720: One More Word
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Jers was enraged as he angrily pointed at Beta. "There is indisputable proof in front of us, yet you don't want to admit your guilt! You colluded with the Ash Beastmen! Explain your scheme now!"
Beta stood on the side, trembling in fear, not daring to say anything. The relationship between the Dark Elves and the Ash Beastmen wasn't exactly friendly in the past few years. They wouldn't be lenient when they met each other alone outside, and such circumstances had lasted for many years.
Beta barely arrived at the entrance of the Dark Elven Clan when this Dark Elf jumped out. He was trembling in fear, afraid to die, but he didn't dare to say a word. After seeing Lodney's battle with Lin Yun, he didn't dare to do something reckless.
But contempt could be seen in Beta's eyes as he heard Jers continuously listing all these charges against Lin Yun.
'This Dark Elf is truly foolish! He actually dares to talk like that to Sir Merlin. He might not know how powerful Sir Merlin is. He would be scared to death if he had seen Sir Merlin fighting Lodney.
'He really is courting death… Even Lodney and his army didn't dare to attack Sir Merlin. This Dark Elf's brain must have problems.'
Jers kept running his mouth as he blocked the path with an unyielding attitude, making Lin Yun impatient.
"Xiuban, inform that fool."
Xiuban was beaming with joy as he heard those words. He skillfully raised Carnage with one hand and looked at Jers, and with another hand, he picked up Beta as if he was lifting a chick. "Fool! For the sake of Sir Merlin's reputation, Lord Xiuban is going to explain to you, so listen carefully!
"Beta was Lord Xiuban's captive and is now an important member of Lord Xiuban's retinue! Do you know what a retinue is? They are subordinates that completely obey orders!"
Xiuban put on some airs as he loudly explained the situation. He felt that Jers was so foolish to not be able to notice such a simple matter.
A flattering smile appeared on Beta's face as he continuously nodded in agreement, before stepping back and remaining behind Xiuban like a proper subordinate.
Jers' face turned green and white and it looked like he was holding back from spitting blood. He was being looked down upon by a Beastman!
After a while, Jers angrily shouted, "I don't care! The Dark Elves have a hostile relationship with the Ash Beastmen! Who knows if that Ash Beastman is a spy? Since you brought him in, we have to interrogate him! He can't enter the Dark Elven Clan without an interrogation!"
After saying those words, Jers angrily walked over with the intent of arresting Beta.
Lin Yun frowned and coldly snorted. In an instant, thick mana appeared and surged forth. Only one thought from Lin Yun was needed to form a powerful spell.
"I dare you to touch him!"
Lin Yun watched Jers with an extremely cold expression. If Jers dared to move, he would immediately be put in a dangerous situation.
Jers stopped in his footsteps as he felt the terrifying mana in the surroundings. If he took another step, the surrounding mana would turn into a dozen spells falling onto him.
The violent mana intimidated Jers, who clenched his teeth while fiercely watching Lin Yun, but he didn't dare to take that step.
They were in a deadlock up until a large amount of mana surged as the 2nd Elder made his appearance.
"Jers, calm down," the 2nd Elder indifferently said, allowing Jers to get off the tiger he had got onto. After taking a step back, he retreated behind the 2nd Elder, still glaring at Lin Yun.
Lin Yun scattered the mana rushing from his body as if nothing had happened.
The 2nd Elder saw Elsa being held by Reina and surprise flashed in his eyes. He put the rest aside and asked first, "What's wrong with Elsa?"
Lin Yun shook his head. "An Ash Beastman launched a sneak attack and hit her with a Chaos Bolt. She lost consciousness from the injury and might die."
The 2nd Elder couldn't help sighing when he heard him mention the Chaos Bolt. To look like that, she must have been directly hit by one.
Jers, who was gnashing his teeth, jumped out and pointed at Lin Yun as he roared, "You definitely colluded with the Ash Beastmen! Elsa saw your true nature so you wanted to kill her, isn't that right? You are holding our Dark Elven Princess in such a condition, and you are still saying that you didn't collude with the Ash Beastmen? Didn't you return now after discussing some plot with the Ash Beastmen?"
Jers seemed to feel safe with the 2nd Elder at his side and once again threw out accusations at Lin Yun.
Lin Yun was impatient. His eyes carried killing intent as he coldly looked at Jers. "Say one more word and it'll be your last!"
Jers opened his mouth again but then noticed Lin Yun's chilly expression and his undisguised killing intent, so he could only let out a cold snort and swallow his words back.
The 2nd Elder ignored Jers and looked at Elsa before softly sighing. "Hand her to me, I'll make our clan's doctor save her. But a Chaos Bolt is very dangerous…"
Lin Yun shook his head. "No need, I already treated her. Her situation is very dangerous and all external forces are useless at this point. She is the only one able to save herself now."
The 2nd Elder murmured, "Elsa is really unlucky…"
After a while, the 2nd Elder started the business talk.
"Mafa Merlin, you went out for quite a few days. Have you gotten anything useful?"
Lin Yun nodded. "There were some profits. I already captured the Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation."
The 2nd Elder casually started to answer, "Getting some profits is goo…"
But suddenly, the 2nd Elder's expression stiffened and he stared at Lin Yun, screeching loudly, "What! You captured the Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation?"
It wasn't just the 2nd Elder, even Jers was lifeless, continuously mumbling, "It's impossible, it must be fake, it must be fake…"
Lin Yun took out the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and Enderfa's head came out of it, unhappily saying, "What are you doing? I'm busy suppressing that restless guy!"
As Enderfa's face poked out of the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, the faint light in the center of the Spell Wheel became a bit brighter.
Enderfa hastily returned to the Spell Wheel, and in an instant, the light dimmed once again.
The 2nd Elder's pale expression became a bit rosier as he rubbed his hands with emotion.
They had been unable to retrieve the Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation for so many years!
He was too familiar with the aura the Incarnation let out. He'd thought that he would never be able to feel this again, and he hadn't expected it to truly be brought back.
The 2nd Elder's words were incoherent, and for a while, he didn't know what to say.
Lin Yun walked towards the Dark Elven Clan while saying, "2nd Elder, since the Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation has already been retrieved, in order to prevent any issues, we should quickly carry it to the Life Pattern Crystal."
The 2nd Elder immediately shouted, "Yes!"
After saying that, he led the way through the clan, seeming quite impatient. He would have directly flown there if it weren't for that place being special.
Jers was behind them. He looked at the group and hatefully stomped his feet before quickly following.
As he walked, Lin Yun recalled the matter of the Life Pattern Crystal.
In the future, the Dark Elves' Life Pattern Crystal had a lot of mentions in the records. That thing was a lifesaving place for the Dark Elves. Since the Life Pattern Crystal had existed for a long time, it had formed an independent space.
If not guided by a Dark Elf, an outsider wouldn't be able to find this place because the entrance was a very small area.
Unfortunately, in the future, Constance's God Nation would be excavated over and over by locust-like mages. The Dark Elf Clan was naturally a place of importance.
Anything slightly strange would be inspected, and the small difference of fluctuation in the Life Pattern Crystal's area would naturally be discovered.
Moreover, there were also records about that small world saying that the place was covered with grass and full of dense mana and countless valuable plants. The mana in that place was very gentle and even the weakest magic plant could grow there.
It was a thriving world, and if it could develop smoothly, it might grow into a new plane someday in the future, one most suitable for the Dark Elves to live in.
Sure enough, the 2nd Elder led them inside a hall, and in an unremarkable corner of the hall, the elder chanted an ancient elven incantation and a ripple instantly appeared as if the wall was made of water.
They stepped through the wall and entered a new world.
At that moment, Lin Yun only felt the aura of death. It wasn't thriving like the legends mentioned. The sky was grey and dreary, while the earth was dried up and yellowish. Let alone magic plants, not even weeds could be seen.
The mana in the air was very thin and carried the aura of death, making even Lin Yun feel unwell, let alone the Dark Elves that used mana as the source of life.
As they moved forward, the barren ground slowly turned into sand, and only sand could be seen on the horizon. There wasn't even wind, only deathly stillness. Everything here was almost dead.
The 2nd Elder, as well as the Dark Elves that followed them, looked heartbroken in front of this landscape.
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Chapter 721: Impatient
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Lin Yun knew that everything here was caused by the disappearance of the Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation. The foundation of that small world was the complete Life Pattern Crystal, especially the Incarnation.
Without it, that world would keep falling apart over time, and if it continued at this pace, it wouldn't be long before it died off completely. At that time, the Dark Elves would have lost their foundation, and they would die one after another.
When the Life Pattern Crystal disappeared, the Dark Elves could practically be considered extinct.
They reached the center of the desert after walking for a long time. At that time, the 2nd Elder pointed with a trembling finger and slowly chanted a rhythmic incantation with emotional eyes.
The silent and windless desert suddenly shook as the sand in the center started moving, forming a thousand-meter-wide sand whirlpool.
The center of the desert started caving in until a pitch-black abyss could be seen, and a small light came floating up from it.
With the appearance of that faint light, the light within the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel fiercely shook.
A few seconds later, they were able to see what that floating light was.
It was a crystal that was half a man's height, and needless to say, Lin Yun knew that this was what the Dark Elven Clan viewed as their foundation, the Life Pattern Crystal.
At this moment, the Life Pattern Crystal didn't have its original shape. The surface was full of rough marks, and it looked like the most inferior type of quartz. It wasn't dazzling at all, and if it weren't for the faint, crystal-like luster, people would likely believe it if they were told that it was just a piece of limestone.
With the appearance of the Life Pattern Crystal, the whirlpool's rotation slowly disappeared and the desert once again regained its peace. There was just an extra piece of crystal in the desert.
The Dark Elves following behind them were looking at the Life Pattern Crystal with complicated expressions. The Dark Elves' rise and glory, as well as their talents… Everything was linked to this Life Pattern Crystal.
But that connection was so close that even their lives were linked. If there was a problem with the Life Pattern Crystal, the Dark Elves would meet a disaster.
Lin Yun looked at the Life Pattern Crystal in front of them and couldn't help recalling those future powerful mages, especially those that were comparable to Gods. In the end, they fell one after another when Noscent's mana dried up.
They were just like these Dark Elves.
The changes that happened to Noscent at that time remained secrets and weren't even recorded in the decaying library.
"Merlin, since you have retrieved the Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation, can you take him out and hold him in place?"
The 2nd Elder's words pulled Lin Yun out of his contemplation.
Lin Yun's expression became a bit strange as he looked at the 2nd Elder, "This Incarnation already gained sentience of his own… You want to put him back, but do you think he'll patiently wait in there?"
Worry flashed on the 2nd Elder's face. He didn't know what to say, and even the surrounding Dark Elves looked at each other in dismay.
No one had thought about that problem before, because let alone capturing the Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation, they couldn't even find clues about it, so no could have known how it had developed or thought about what to do after they caught it.
Everyone was stunned at this moment.
Yes, the Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation was able to think by itself, so it definitely wouldn't remain in this small world like before. Wouldn't it run away again?
Now that they'd caught it, would it be enough to have one person guard it? As the Incarnation of the Life Pattern Crystal, it had absolute authority in this place, so hiding something from its guard was too simple.
What about sealing it in the Life Pattern Crystal?
There was no need to think about it. The Incarnation could enter and leave the crystal as if it was its own home. Furthermore, the foundation of this world was the Life Pattern Crystal. To trap the Incarnation inside, they would have to seal the Life Pattern Crystal, which would sever the connection between the Life Pattern Crystal and the Dark Elves.
This was simply not an option.
All the Dark Elves looked at each other in dismay, not knowing what to do.
Lin Yun had a deep gaze as he looked at the Life Pattern Crystal that was already transforming into limestone.
"Shatter it."
The 2nd Elder looked at Lin Yun blankly, thinking that he had misheard. "What did you just say?"
Lin Yun remained expressionless as he repeated, "Shatter it. If you want this world to recover and help the Dark Elves recover, you have to shatter this decayed Life Pattern Crystal."
These words shocked the Dark Elves that were listening.
Jers' eyes were wide open as he shouted, "Impossible! You are insane!"
After that loud scream, Jers was hysterically roaring at Lin Yun with anger. "Damned Outsider! I knew you were scheming something! Turns out you want to destroy our entire Dark Elven Clan! Damnit, I knew you were despicable, crazy, shameful, and full of malicious intent! You want to shatter the Life Pattern Crystal? No way! Hell, as long as I'm alive, no one can shatter the Life Pattern Crystal!"
Jers ruthlessly glared at Lin Yun with mana surging from his body, seemingly ready to make a move.
'Damned Outsider, so what if you retrieved the Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation? You want to shatter the Life Pattern Crystal! I shall see how you'll die this time!'
The 2nd Elder looked at Lin Yun in shock, trying to make something of Lin Yun's expression.
If Lin Yun had said so at that start when they first met, the 2nd Elder definitely wouldn't have just stood there. But now, Lin Yun had already recovered the Incarnation of the Life Pattern Crystal, so his words held some weight and made the 2nd Elder hesitate.
'Shattering the Life Pattern Crystal is definitely a no-go, but that Mafa Merlin is very knowledgeable, knowing things that even I don't know. Could it be true?
'No, the Life Pattern Crystal is too important for our clan, I absolutely can't let it be shattered. Is it really Mafa Merlin's scheme? Does he really want our Dark Elven Clan's destruction?
'No, he wouldn't have needed to do this much if he wanted our doom. We looked for so long without finding that Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation, not finding any trace of it. If that continued, the Dark Elven Clan would have been destroyed in the upcoming years…'
The 2nd Elder was a bit skeptical, but he also didn't have much faith in that doubt. He couldn't help doubting the matter of shattering the Life Pattern Crystal.
As the 2nd Elder didn't say anything, the other Dark Elves all started being skeptical, each of them extremely shocked. But once they recovered, they tacitly scattered, trying to surround Lin Yun's group to guard against him.
Shattering the Life Pattern Crystal… This idea was unheard of in the Dark Elven Clan, and nothing like it had ever been proposed over the countless years. Even their enemies, the Chromatic Dragons and the Pureblood Elves, never dared to say that they would shatter the Dark Elves' Life Pattern Crystal. Such a declaration would surely result in an all-out war that would never stop until one side was completely exterminated.
If Lin Yun had said those words when the Life Pattern Crystal was fine, or a few years before the Incarnation was lost, he would have definitely been immediately attacked by enraged Dark Elves.
But now, the Dark Elves were already on the verge of extinction and Lin Yun had brought the Incarnation back. Although everyone was shocked and skeptical, they didn't directly attack yet.
The Dark Elven Clan had been suffering for a century
The group of Dark Elves discussed with each other, and the chaos made it impossible for Lin Yun to see who said what, but he knew that this group of people didn't like the idea of shattering the Life Pattern Crystal.
"This is the only choice if you want to recover," Lin Yun conscientiously explained. Unfortunately, these guys weren't listening. Jers kept loudly denouncing Lin Yun of scheming to exterminate the Dark Elven Clan.
Doubt could be seen on the 2nd Elder's face, but he didn't say anything.
Lin Yun impatiently waved his hand and a blue flame appeared above the Life Pattern Crystal and struck it in an instant.
Two explosions echoed loudly and sent a large amount of sand flying. The Life Pattern Crystal shook, causing a crack to appear on its surface.
All the Dark Elves were stunned by how suddenly he'd acted.
Jers loudly screeched, "B*stard! You brought about your own destruction! You are screwed! Let's see who will save you now!"
The 2nd Elder also frowned, instantly appearing in front of the Life Pattern Crystal with a dissatisfied expression. "Mafa Merlin, stop while you can! Shattering the Life Pattern is not an option! This is the entire foundation of the Dark Elven Clan. We can discuss other things, but this is absolutely impossible. You are our clan's most respected friend since you brought back the Incarnation, so I won't bicker about this action, but if you attack the Life Pattern Crystal again, don't blame me for having to fulfill my duty!"
The expressions of the other Dark Elves weren't good, but they restrained themselves and didn't attack. They only went in front of the Life Pattern Crystal to guard against Lin Yun.
They didn't make a move, but someone was impatient.
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Chapter 722: Shattered
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Jers' proud face was full of anger, and his body's magic patterns were shining brightly as one powerful spell after another flew towards Lin Yun.
He had been waiting for this moment all along. 'Let's see what kind of excuse you'll use this time. You are screwed since you dared to attack! The entire Dark Elven Clan is your enemy now!
'Shameful sneaky guy, I'll personally kill you this time in front of everyone… You'll wallow despair!'
Jers couldn't help smiling. He had been waiting for a chance to get revenge ever since he was defeated. He had always felt that he would never have lost in a fair fight and had wanted to wash away that disgrace for a long time.
Countless Wind Blades shining with metallic luster and several kinds of ice spells formed a sharp, freezing storm that flew towards Lin Yun.
Lin Yun held his Draconic Staff and softly waved, causing a small light to rise from the tip of the Draconic Staff and creating six layers of Ice Fire Shield around Lin Yun.
Three of them were Fire Shields and three were Ice Shields. The six layers of Ice Fire Shields quickly rotated around Lin Yun and completely stopped spells contained within the freezing storm.
It looked as if a red and blue sphere was enveloping Lin Yun.
After a few seconds, all the spells that Jers had sneakily thrown had been completely intercepted, unable to make Lin Yun have to take a single step.
Lin Yun slowly raised his head and looked at Jers. "You were already lucky the first time, but I really didn't think that you wouldn't even treasure that opportunity."
Jers froze, looking at Lin Yun in disbelief. He was surprised that the spell bombardment he was so proud of would be blocked by a simple Ice Fire Shield.
Moreover, it looked as if the Ice Fire Shield was continuously rotating and intercepting each of his spells.
'This is impossible, how could that sneaky and despicable human block my spells! I used instant magic pattern spells!
'Wait, I still have an Ultimate Spell! I can get rid of that human as long as I use that Ultimate Spell! Using that Ultimate Spell is showing too much respect to that shameful outsider, he might have never seen an Ultimate Spell in his entire life… but it's worth it to get back at him!'
As he thought of this, Jers sneered.
A magic pattern on his arm began to shine, and the earth started shaking in an instant. Sand converged and transformed into a huge palm.
The sand kept being squeezed until it turned into a citrine-like palm. The realistic palm slowly stretched out from the ground and ruthlessly swatted at Lin Yun.
Lin Yun threw an indifferent glance and asked, "Is that the extent of your power?"
A light shone at the tip of the Draconic Staff, and in an instant, an eight-meter-tall Askrim Gate came out of the ground in front of Lin Yun. Casting a spell like this in such an environment only relied on Lin Yun's own mana.
The gigantic palm slammed the Askrim Gate and a fierce power erupted as a result of the collision. In an instant, the Askrim Gate turned into fragments falling to the ground, while the huge palm turned back to sand.
Jers was shocked. He didn't dare to believe that his most powerful spell, an Ultimate Earth Hand that was comparable to a 6th Tier Spell, was so easily blocked.
Then, the sand under Jers' feet faintly shook as the endless sand rushed forth like a group of ants and covered half of his body.
Jers was startled and angry at the same time. His mana surged and scattered a large amount of sand, but even more of it rushed from the ground. It only took an instant for the sand to cover Jers up to his neck.
The other Dark Elves were pale and sweating as they watched this.
Jers was their clan's number 1 genius. He was the strongest person apart from the powerful Elders. He had the power of an 8th Rank Archmage, but he couldn't even withstand a single blow in this direct confrontation.
That Mafa Merlin hadn't even incanted, nor had he used his True Spirit Magic Tool to make Jers suffer.
Was that Mafa Merlin really a 9th Rank High Mage?
How could he be so powerful?
The group was completely shocked, but they didn't dare to make a move. Jers had already been defeated, so they certainly wouldn't be able to change the outcome if they went.
It looked as if Jers' head would soon be completely covered by the sand, and the 2nd Elder soon couldn't endure Jers' miserable screams any longer.
"Mafa Merlin, release Jers."
Formidable mana fluctuations rose as the power of a 9th Rank Archmage spread in the surroundings, making Lin Yun frown.
The 2nd Elder released some pressure, but as he saw that Lin Yun didn't give up, a magic pattern shone on his body and a dozen Wind Blades charged towards Jers. He wanted to use the power of the Wind Blades to break apart the layer of sand around Jers' body.
But then, Frost Spikes that numbered the same as the Wind Blades appeared out of nowhere and struck them down.
By that time, the sand had already thoroughly covered Jers' body, and countless grains of sand kept converging together. It took less than two seconds for the sand to turn into a huge sphere, trapping Jers inside.
Lin Yun extended his hand towards the sphere of sand before clenching his fist. The three-meter sand sphere shrank as if all the sand was being squeezed towards the center.
The struggling Jers had disappeared and the sand sphere seemed to have condensed into a rock. After a few seconds, blood started percolating out of the sphere.
The 2nd Elder had an angry expression as he shouted, "Mafa Merlin! You are going too far!"
Then, the 2nd Elder's body shone with three magic patterns, and in an instant, thirty to forty 3rd and 4th Tier Spells flew over.
As a 9th Rank Dark Elf Archmage, the 2nd Elder's burst of power forced Lin Yun to go all-out.
He took the Book of Death with his left-hand and roused the power of the Element Chapter, and a light also radiated from the Draconic Staff.
The Magic Array frantically started doing calculations on the 2nd Elder's spells… Their power, characteristics, paths, it captured everything.
At the same time, Lin Yun started his own casting, creating a flood of spells that collided with the 2nd Elder's spells.
Gales suddenly rose as the violent mana fluctuations turned into shockwaves that spread in all directions. The sand sprayed out like arrows that attacked the surface of the Life Pattern Crystal.
The expression of the 2nd Elder changed and the power of the spells he cast was greatly reduced, the amount halved in just a few seconds.
This made cold sweat trickle down the backs of the spectating Dark Elves.
The 2nd Elder was a genuine 9th Rank Archmage, and even though he was quite old and wasn't comparable to his heyday, he was still powerful, far more powerful than an 8th Rank Archmage!
Yet that Merlin was so formidable that he could match him. With the two going all-out, the aftermath alone would be enough to shatter the Life Pattern Crystal which was so close to them…
After the 2nd Elder also discovered that point, he was fearful and nervous as he threw his spells. His strength had dropped because he had been managing the clan for so long, and now, he just kept hesitating as he cast spells, only fighting Lin Yun to a standstill.
Lin Yun was casting but didn't have these misgivings, as he knew that it would be for the best if the Life Pattern Crystal shattered.
It was really awkward with his current strength. With a True Spirit Magic Tool, he could win against ordinary 8th Rank Archmages without too much issue, and only the strongest 8th Rank Archmages could make him display his full power.
But he still couldn't handle 9th Rank Archmages, as the gap between those ranks was too large. However, his current opponent was holding back because of their nervousness about the Life Pattern Crystal while Lin Yun could go all-out. Where else could he find such a good opportunity?
After a few minutes, the 2nd Elder was visibly becoming even more hesitant while Lin Yun wasn't too far from the Life Pattern Crystal, releasing spells against it. The 2nd Elder was using his experience to block those spells while not even daring to use offensive spells of his own.
Lin Yun didn't use his Draconic Staff's Incarnation, and he didn't summon an Elemental Dragon, either. He only used the Element Chapter and the Magic Array to fight.
The result of the battle satisfied Lin Yun
"Alright, finished," Lin Yun mumbled in a low voice as a rune emitting strange mana fluctuations appeared within his palm.
As Lin Yun poured his mana into that rune, countless spinning runes appeared above the 2nd Elder. All the runes condensed into a new rune that flew towards the 2nd Elder's forehead.
The 2nd Elder was frightened and quickly retreated, casting a dozen defensive shields to block the rune, but they ended up being useless as it went straight through his defenses.
In an instant, the 2nd Elder felt as if he had lost contact with the surrounding elements as if he had been sealed. The mana within his body was disconnected from the outside world and couldn't even spread to the surface of his body.
"Magic Sealing Rune!" the 2nd Elder exclaimed in alarm.
He then extended his hands and pleaded to Lin Yun, "Mafa Merlin, please don't be reckless, we can still talk about it…"
Lin Yun didn't try to attack the 2nd Elder while the Magic Sealing Rune was in effect.
Although it disconnected the 2nd Elder from external mana and kept his own mana inside, it also sharply reduced the damage that the target would receive from spells. The greatest value of that rune was for buying time or interrupting a spell.
The Draconic Staff aimed at the Life Pattern Crystal, and in an instant, a dozen flaming meteors fell from the sky, followed by a dozen Bursting Flames, all with the same target, the Life Pattern Crystal
In one second, Lin Yun surpassed his limits and cast several dozen spells, each of which was no lower than the 5th Tier!
All of these powerful spells converged together into a berserk spell wave and flooded the Life Pattern Crystal.
And at this time, the Magic Sealing Rune's effect disappeared from the 2nd Elder's body.
The 2nd Elder didn't have time to move. He only saw the Life Pattern Crystal suddenly exploding into countless fragments and spreading in all directions.
The 2nd Elder, as well as the other Dark Elves, became lifeless.
The group foolishly watched as the Life Pattern Crystal was shattered to pieces.
The 2nd Elder was lying limply on the ground while everyone remained stunned.
'Shattered…'
'It shattered…'
'Doomed…'
'We are really doomed…'
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The Dark Elven Clan's source of life had ceased to exist, it was all over.
Although the Incarnation had been missing for a long time, at least they had a few dozen years left before their doom, so they still had hope.
Now, they couldn't even hold on to that hope. The Dark Elves would become history. From now on, no more Dark Elven children would be born in this world…
'We shouldn't have brought Merlin here… If not for him, this wouldn't have happened and our clansmen would have had at least a few dozen years of hope. Now they can't even have that…'
The 2nd Elder watched as that small world started violently shaking. The space within started fluctuating, and one pitch-black spatial crack after another appeared in the sky like scars.
Fierce winds blew, and a chaotic power started coming into view. Mana rushed into the world from the void and the deathly silent desert flared up again, grains of sand flowing alongside the tornado.
All the Dark Elves fell to the ground while wailing as if they had lost all hope.
Moreover, a few crazy Dark Elves even charged at Lin Yun, flinging out all the spells they had.
"B*stard! Pay with your life!"
"We will drag you down with us! Since we will die, so should you!"
…
The world was about to be destroyed and the Dark Elves were about to perish…
Lin Yun glanced indifferently at the prologue to that world's destruction, completely unaffected by it.
After all, what could be more shocking than Noscent's destruction? He had even seen it three times. In comparison, this small event wasn't even worth noting.
Lin Yun released a few spells with a flick of his hand and multiple vines drilled out of the sand to restrict the crazy Dark Elves.
Disdain flashed on Lin Yun's face as he looked at the Dark Elves who had lost their reason and wanted to kill him out of despair. 'These Dark Elves didn't even understand their race's foundation… Really now…'
"Have you ever heard of a Black Phoenix? Don't you know about rebirth? Really a bunch of fools," Lin Yun casually said before holding the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel that was violently shaking. The bright light it hosted couldn't be suppressed. The Incarnation was going crazy as he sensed what was happening outside.
His escape wouldn't be a problem at this time. His connection to the Life Pattern Crystal was very weak outside, especially in places with great interference like that door. The distance when outside this world was incomparable to the ease of access when actually in this world.
But since it was in this Life Pattern Crystal's small world, if the world collapsed, the first to die would be the Magic Tool Incarnation!
The world was already showing signs of collapse and the Incarnation was frantically struggling. Unfortunately, it wasn't just Enderfa and the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel; even Lin Yun was personally suppressing him, giving him no chance to resist.
More and more pitch-black spatial cracks appeared in the sky, absorbing the berserk mana like a flood. The light in the center of the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel chose this time to suddenly burst with power.
In an instant, a beam of light rushed towards the sky.
After a few seconds, everyone could see a glaring light suddenly exploding and scattering in the sky like fireworks.
Light bathed the entire world as countless drops of light fell down from the sky.
Those continuously widening cracks slowly closed, and, as if the dusky sky was being pushed aside by a big hand, a blue sky replaced it.
The power of the berserk elements also hurriedly stabilized, and as those drops of light hit the ground, the desert started to undergo great changes.
The sand within five thousand kilometers slowly changed back into soil, and emerald-green sprouts drilled out from that soil, growing fast enough to see with the naked eye. It only took a few seconds for saplings to turn into tall trees that further grew until they towered over all of them. The ground was covered in grass and five-colored flowers bloomed all over.
In less than a minute, the entire world had changed.
The originally desolate desert had turned into a bright place… The flowers and grass felt like a dream.
The originally withered and silent world was now transforming into a thriving place full of vitality and rich in mana.
And in front of everyone, an altar of trees and flowers slowly rose up from the ground.
Countless rays of light converged from across the entire world towards this altar, and from a fist-sized glimmer, it turned into a glaring light the size of a man.
After all the rays of light converged, the glaring radiance slowly scattered, only leaving behind a crystal that was over a meter tall in the center of the altar, overflowing with radiance and full of illusory reflections.
The 2nd Elder was sitting on the ground, blankly looking at the world in front of him. He hadn't even recovered from the blow he had suffered before such a shocking transformation happened, he couldn't even react.
Those crazily weeping Dark Elves that had wanted to kill Lin Yun were dumbfounded, completely forgetting about the fact that they were bound in midair.
After a while, the 2nd Elder jumped out from the ground while crying out in fear and crawled in a mad dash towards the reborn Life Pattern Crystal.
The 2nd Elder trembled as he nervously touched the Life Pattern Crystal and couldn't help shedding a tear after feeling that familiar power.
They had been looking forward to it for a century. They were helpless about what happened during that time, but this day, they finally solved their issue.
After some time, the 2nd Elder walked down from the altar and approached Lin Yun. He was extremely respectful and deferential as he bowed to him.
"Mafa Merlin, I don't know how to express my gratitude. I represent the entire Dark Elven Clan to thank you for this matter. As for what happened just before, I sincerely apologize. You can ask for anything, even if it's my death, I will accept it without the slightest bit of complaint."
The 2nd Elder looked ashamed. If he'd really stopped Mafa Merlin, then he would have been the biggest sinner of the Dark Elven Race, and dying a thousand times wouldn't have been enough to make up for it.
As for the other Dark Elves, they recovered from their shock and all looked at Lin Yun with very complicated expressions. No one had expected that shattering the Life Pattern Crystal would restore everything.
Lingering fear could be seen in many of them. If not for Merlin, then even if they found the Life Pattern Crystal, they might have been unable to restore it to its original state.
Lin Yun set down the few Dark Elves that had wanted to kill him, and the first thing they did was to apologize profusely. It looked like they would happily be killed in exchange for forgiveness.
Lin Yun ignored these overjoyed Dark Elves and let them continue their raucous cheers.
After a while, these people recalled that this good news should be spread through the entire Dark Elven Clan.
The small group left the crystal's world to return to the clan, only to discover something wrong.
The clan was too peaceful… The excited Dark Elves shouted that the Life Pattern Crystal was restored, but they didn't get any response.
There was not even a single Dark Elf at the gates…
Lin Yun frowned, but he didn't say anything.
The group went towards the center of the clan, but they couldn't see anyone moving about, and the people that should have been on guard duty were missing.
After walking for a bit, they discovered the silhouette of a Dark Elf not far from there, so the 2nd Elder shouted, "Come over, what happened to the clan and our people?"
But to their surprise, that Dark Elf remained in the distance and only coldly looked at them, completely ignoring the 2nd Elder's words.
The 2nd Elder was a bit surprised, and he didn't understand what was going on. As the clan's 2nd Elder, he was the one in charge when the Great Elder wasn't there, yet there was a Dark Elf ignoring him.
With that added to the strangely calm surroundings and the missing people, even a fool could see that something was off.
Suddenly, a few spells aimed at the 2nd Elder rushed out from some treehouses in the surroundings, clearly carrying the power of Ultimate Spells. They were obviously aiming to kill him.
Fire and ice spells instantly arrived in front of the 2nd Elder.
Shock could be seen on the 2nd Elder's face, but he instantly cast a Mana Shield blocking all those spells as his mana was roused, summoning several dozen Wind Blades at the same time.
In an instant, a few blood-curdling screams echoed before coming to an abrupt end in those treehouses, but one of them kept echoing.
A Dark Elf next to the 2nd Elder rushed into the treehouse and brought back a Dark Elf with a huge wound on his chest that was caused by one of the Wind Blades.
"To dare ambush the clan's 2nd Elder, you are simply courting death!" a Dark Elf angrily shouted from the side.
The injured Dark Elf was strong-willed and kept taking deep breaths as cold sweat dripped down his forehead, but he didn't say anything.
The 2nd Elder had a cold expression. After that ambush, he felt that things were more serious than he imagined.
"2nd Elder, I'll interrogate him." The one saying those words was a Deacon in charge of the prison. The 2nd Elder knew what that interrogation entailed, but the situation was too serious and he couldn't hesitate, so he could only nod.
That Deacon sneered at the ambusher, and after a few seconds, the mournful screams of that Dark Elf kept echoing.
Less than a minute later, the screams came to an abrupt end.
The Deacon then came back with an extremely unsightly expression.
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Chapter 724: Extinction Disaster
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"2nd Elder, this is very serious. The 3rd Elder unexpectedly betrayed the clan! He took advantage of you being away to ambush the 4th Elder and the 5th Elder before taking control of the entire clan. The 3rd Elder must have gotten the news that we just came out. Let's stay away for now…"
Hearing this, the 2nd Elder's expression turned ashen. He had fire burning in his eyes while still looking extremely sorrowful.
Lin Yun frowned slightly and took out a few spirit mana crystals after checking the surroundings. He quickly carved a few runes on these spirit mana crystals and tossed them out.
The mana crystals merged with the ground and the surrounding defensive trees.
'No wonder the Dark Elves' greatest defense didn't seem to react, it was because the 3rd Elder had rebelled…
'These trees were ordered to sleep.'
After doing that, he could hear the sounds of some people approaching, and then the 3rd Elder came over with a group of Dark Elves, his mad laughter reaching them before they did.
"Hahaha… 2nd Elder, you hadn't expected the entire Dark Elven Clan to already be under my control, did you? What achievements do you have? You are only a peaceful old fart hoarding the 2nd Elder's position and using the clan's authority. Let's see how many people will support you now!" The 3rd Elder laughed as he came over with an unconcealable expression of pride on his face.
The 3rd Elder wasn't as serious and righteous as before. He no longer looked like the staunchest supporter and executor of the rules of the Dark Elven Clan.
He looked around with confidence at everyone as if he was looking down on a group of animals waiting to be slaughtered.
"Starting today, I have the final say when it comes to the Dark Elven Clan. You'll all understand what happens to those who resist me! I'll give you one chance. Whoever wants to rely on me, come forward and I might consider it."
The 3rd Elder laughed heartily as he acted like a charitable winner.
But his smile froze after he looked around.
"What about Jers? Let Jers come out to meet me!" As he was unable to discover Jers, the 3rd Elder suddenly had a bad feeling. He yelled twice but didn't get an answer.
All those who had gone to the Life Pattern Crystal with Lin Yun lowered their heads and remained silent. Lin Yun remained expressionless as he calmly stood there, as did the 2nd Elder.
Seeing the actions and expressions of that group, the 3rd Elder understood that something might have happened to Jers.
The 3rd Elder suddenly grabbed the person next to him and angrily shouted, "Where is Jers?"
That person shook as he answered in fear, "He seemed to have followed the 2nd Elder's group to the Life Pattern Crystal's location…"
The 3rd Elder was at a loss… He now understood that Jers was definitely dead.
The 3rd Elder turned towards the group of people coming back from the Life Pattern Crystal's small world, pointed at them, and shouted with a shaking voice, "You are dead! None of you can leave this place alive today! Since you murdered my son, I'll bury you alongside him!"
The roar of the 3rd Elder and his sudden change in attitude scared some of them, especially when they sensed him emitting his pressure as a 9th Rank Archmage. They were all trembling with fear, as if a huge rock was pressing onto their backs.
A few Deacons looked at each other and suddenly walked out from the 2nd Elder's group before quickly moving aside.
"3rd Elder, Jers' death has nothing to do with us!"
"It's him, it's that outsider, he was the one who murdered Jers!"
"We wanted to stop him, but we were unable to!"
The few of them walked over in fear as they shouted to the 3rd Elder, still vigilantly looking at Lin Yun, apparently wary that Lin Yun would silence them.
Lin Yun glanced at those guys indifferently, not surprised in the least by their betrayal. In the Life Pattern Crystal's world, they had been hiding in the back the whole time while only casting a few spells to keep up appearances, but they never dared to keep fighting.
The 3rd Elder stared at Lin Yun icily, his eyes filled with killing intent. He ground his teeth and looked at those treacherous Dark Elves who had spoken up. "Tell me! How did Jers die in the end!"
Those Dark Elves paled before answering fearfully, "3rd Elder, Jers died a miserable death in the hands of that outsider…"
"Right, he used an earth-attributed spell to drown Jers in sand and we couldn't do anything…"
"It really has nothing to do with us, this outsider wanted to shatter the Life Pattern Crystal, but Jers was trying to stop him. We wanted to stop him, but we were unable to, and Jers died…"
"If it wasn't for us being too weak for him to care about, that outsider might have killed us…"
These Dark Elves kept professing their innocence while claiming that everything was Lin Yun's fault.
The sorrowful 3rd Elder raised his head, clenched his fists, and ground his teeth for a few seconds before looking at Lin Yun with bloodshot eyes, a fierce aura leaking from his body.
"Outsider, I should have dealt with you earlier, I should have killed you regardless of the cost, I should have listened to Jers! If I had killed you back then, Jers wouldn't have died in vain, goddamnit! You are dead!"
The 3rd Elder's body was shivering, feeling sad and angry. At his proudest moment, he learnt of his son's death.
"Surround them, no one can escape today! Especially that damned outsider, he has to die!"
A large number of Dark Elves converged in from the surroundings, and as more and more of them appeared, they completely encircled Lin Yun and the 2nd Elder's group.
The 2nd Elder seemed sorrowful as he looked at these familiar faces and saw the people he knew obeying the 3rd Elder's orders. This showed that the situation was worse than he had thought… The 3rd Elder had thoroughly rebelled.
The 2nd Elder slowly took a step forward and threw a pained look at the 3rd Elder. "Broust, do you know the consequences of your actions?"
Broust was the 3rd Elder's name, a name that was no longer used since he rose to the seat of 3rd Elder. It was the same for the 2nd Elder; 2nd Elder and 3rd Elder had become their new names. This was a reminder that they should forget about themselves and only think of the responsibilities of their positions.
The 2nd Elder hadn't called the 3rd Elder by his name for a very long time, but after hearing his own somewhat unfamiliar name, the 3rd Elder only sneered, "2nd Elder, regardless of what you say today, I'm now in charge of the Dark Elven Clan. Starting today, you are no longer the 2nd Elder, but my prisoner. Rest assured, considering the friendly relationship we had over the years, I won't kill you. I'll just imprison you for life. But that outsider has to die! You had best surrender obediently!"
The 2nd Elder lamented and angrily stomped his foot on the ground. "Broust, do you even know what's going on? Mafa Merlin killed Jers by mistake while trying to restore the Life Pattern Crystal. This has nothing to do with Mafa Merlin! He is our Dark Elven Clan's benefactor and you actually want to kill him? Mafa Merlin suffered countless hardships to retrieve the Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation and then made the Life Pattern Crystal completely recover, putting an end to the Dark Elves' extinction disaster. How could you fight him for a personal grudge!?"
The 3rd Elder slightly froze before proudly laughing, "Good! Good! I originally believed that a guy like you who is only good at using the clan's authority would slowly lead our clan to extinction and that once I took control, I would look for the Incarnation myself! But I truly hadn't expected that damned outsider to have already retrieved the Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation! Great, very great! It is surely the will of heaven, everything returned to normal after I took control of the clan!"
As the 3rd Elder proudly laughed, and the other Dark Elves also cheered as they heard the news. The biggest reason that they had decided to follow the 3rd Elder was the commonly known fact that the clan only had a few decades left before their extinction, and the 3rd Elder had promised to do his best to restore the Life Pattern Crystal within these few decades.
Now that it was already restored, they couldn't help cheering.
When the despair of the Dark Elves reached its peak after a century of disasters, the 3rd Elder gave them hope and he had the Dark Elves on his side revolt alongside him.
And just as the 3rd Elder rebelled, the Life Pattern Crystal was unexpectedly restored. Hearing his words, many Dark Elves indeed thought that the 3rd Elder being in power was truly the will of heaven.
At that time, the most loyal Dark Elves even felt that Mafa Merlin had to die. Even if he did a huge favor to the Dark Elven Clan, he still had to die. That kindness was too great, so he had to die. Only that way could they feel better.
The 2nd Elder saw the expressions on the Dark Elves near the 3rd Elder becoming even fiercer and grief appeared on his face. 'How could the Dark Elves end up like this?'
As for the 3rd Elder, the killing intent on his face was hardly concealed. He was the one who hated Lin Yun the most.
"Broust, even if you control the clan for now, don't you forget about the Great Elder and the Empress!"
But the 3rd Elder only laughed maniacally as if he didn't care.
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Chapter 725: Massive Difference
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"Great Elder? Hahaha… I truly don't care! That old b*stard had been suppressing me for a long time. It was a waste of our long-lasted friendship. This time he went into the Lightless Dreamland to undergo his last struggle and unexpectedly gave you the authority. He'll die in the Lightless Dreamland and will never be able to wake up. And even if he ends up waking up, so what? I will have already taken control of the entire clan by that time. What could he do by himself? Moreover, everyone knows that he won't wake up…
"As for the Empress, do you guys even remember about the Empress? She has left the clan for so many years, hasn't she? Do you still remember her? She left to search for the Incarnation and we haven't received any news from her for the last few decades. She might have already died, and even if she didn't, it's no longer a cause for concern."
The 3rd Elder was so lost in exhilaration that he didn't even care about the Empress and the Great Elder.
This made the 2nd Elder feel defeated… He had no hope for the 3rd Elder, who had already gone mad, and the 2nd Elder definitely couldn't make a comeback with the power of their group. The situation was completely under the 3rd Elder's control.
The 3rd Elder proudly looked down at the defeated 2nd Elder before looking at Lin Yun with eyes full of killing intent. He gnashed his teeth as he said, "Outsider, it is time for your death. Regardless of what you did, your ending was decided the moment you killed Jers! Do you want to keep hiding behind these wastes? What's wrong? You have no confidence? You don't dare to step up?"
Lin Yun was extremely calm as he walked to the front, looking at the 3rd Elder as if he was looking at air.
"3rd Elder, right? No wonder you could only be the 3rd Elder, that goading is really crude. Do you really think victory is already within your grasp?"
The 3rd Elder sneered as he looked at Lin Yun. "So you are trying to show off now? Wait until you are in my grasp and you'll regret being born. You think I'll give you an easy death? That would be letting you off easy!
"I'll lock you in the darkest cell of the Dark Elven Clan, the place with the densest and most chaotic mana. Locking you there will pollute your mana like a poison and it will feel like a knife flowing through your body. You never experienced that feeling before, have you?
"You think that's all? You are gravely mistaken. There is a kind of half-ghost lifeform in the God Nation that is fond of devouring flesh. I'll capture a batch and put them in your cell. But rest assured, these lifeforms have very little appetite, they will only swallow a bit of flesh every day and it will take several years until you are cleanly eaten.
"And don't think that your soul can rest once your body falls apart, I'll make a lantern out of your skull and use your soul as fuel. I shall watch as your soul slowly burns over several hundred years!"
The 3rd Elder's shouts made the surrounding Dark Elves shiver. That was the most malicious torture method which would make any victim yearn for death.
The dense mana would make a mage's body very tenacious. It would be quite normal for a High Mage to survive there for a few hundred years, and with his mana being polluted, he wouldn't have the means to die on his own and could only endure the torture.
Lin Yun's expression didn't change. 'Chaotic mana? Could that place be any worse than the end of Noscent?
'At the end, every wisp of mana had to be absorbed from the Netherstorm, and such a wisp was far more than chaotic. Absorbing it was like having countless red-hot flaming knives rotating within my body.
'Scaring people with those kinds of threats? Too childish…'
"That's it? I thought you had some special method… This is so disappointing."
As he saw the disappointment on Lin Yun's face, the 3rd Elder immediately flew into a rage and angrily shouted, "Capture him! And don't kill him!"
A dozen Archmage-ranked Dark Elves came out of the encirclement. They were the most loyal subordinates of the 3rd Elder, and each one was very powerful.
The 2nd Elder worryingly looked at Lin Yun.
'The 3rd Elder is truly heartless, he really wants to catch Mafa Merlin to torture him. Those dozen Dark Elves are all powerhouses within the clan, each with their own specialty. I really didn't expect them to all be his subordinates…
'That hunting team's captain once killed a level 36 magic beast, and the one next to him killed several Archmage-ranked Demon Warlocks in a war against the Ash Beastmen… Mafa Merlin is in trouble… I can't let them capture him.
'But he isn't as weak as he appears to be, so he should be fine, right?'
The 2nd Elder was feeling sullen as he was thinking about whether he should help Lin Yun or not. He was afraid that if he made a move, the 3rd Elder would intervene even further and the situation would go out of control…
As the 2nd Elder hesitated, the 3rd Elder's subordinates attacked.
A Fire God Spear suddenly appeared, and the sharp sound it let out as it pierced the sky was the prologue of that fight.
Lin Yun pointed his Draconic Staff, and another Fire God Spear appeared in the air, colliding with the one flying towards him.
A loud explosion echoed as the two Fire God Spears shattered simultaneously.
In an instant, a large number of spells were released by those Dark Elves and countless fire, ice, wind, and dark spells flew towards Lin Yun.
Lin Yun opened the Book of Death in his left hand and, without even chanting, wind rose up and condensed into a cyan tornado before transforming into a Tornado Shield revolving around Lin Yun.
Immediately after that, an eight-sided Ice Fire Shield appeared and crazily rotated alongside the Tornado Shield. The spells cast by the Dark Elves were stopped three meters away from Lin Yun by this impenetrable defense.
Lin Yun then raised his Draconic Staff and a faint radiance rose from its tip as a large number of Low Tier Spells burst out and transformed into a huge storm.
Every single Dark Elven powerhouse was surrounded by several dozen spells, and half of them had their shields instantly shattered before they were sent flying while puking blood.
The others immediately cast advanced defensive spells as they saw the bloodbath, quickly condensing Fire Shields while setting up Ice Walls.
But in an instant, one Dark Elf's Runic Shield was forcibly torn apart, and the deep cyan Wind Blade that tore through his Runic Shield left a bone-deep cut in his chest.
More than half of the Dark Elven powerhouses had their defenses torn apart by Space Rending Blades and were seriously injured.
At that time, a few dozen Dark Elves came out of the encirclement, half of them casting spells at Lin Yun while the other half cast defensive spells at the wounded Dark Elves.
But more and more spells were cast by Lin Yun. He was pushing them back on his own while continuously wounding some of them. A few dozen Dark Elves were fighting against one person, but Lin Yun alone was suppressing all of them.
The 3rd Elder looked startled and angry, before becoming gloomy a few seconds later.
He waved his hands towards the subordinates that couldn't even raise their heads and blade-like gales suddenly appeared to block Lin Yun's spells.
"Withdraw!" he angrily shouted towards his subordinates before walking over.
"I didn't expect you to be so powerful! I had actually tried to overestimate you quite a bit to be safe, but I hadn't thought that I would still be underestimating you… No matter, the conclusion will still be the same!"
After saying that, a huge amount of mana emerged from the 3rd Elder's body and the powerful mana fluctuations caused visible ripples in the air. Those fluctuations were also carrying a wisp of an indescribable, frightening aura.
That was the qualitative difference between a 9th Rank Archmage and an 8th Rank Archmage. Before the 9th Rank, Archmages would have to rely on their own power to break through, but 9th Rank Archmages definitely had a certain understanding and comprehension of the Laws.
As the final step before the Heaven Rank, although they still couldn't use the Laws to fight like the Heaven Rank powerhouses, they had already stepped on that extraordinary path.
Meanwhile, 8th Rank Archmages might not have even discovered what path to follow.
Although the 3rd Elder had broken through to the 9th Rank not long ago, the Dark Elves' long lifespan gave him a solid foundation, and his strength far surpassed that of an 8th Rank Archmage.
Lin Yun's expression instantly became serious.
He could feel that the mana fluctuations of the 3rd Elder carried a hint of the laws, and that bit was like the difference between heaven and earth.
That was a genuine 9th Rank Archmage. It wasn't like the battle he fought against the 2nd Elder in the Life Pattern Crystal's small world.
At that time, the 2nd Elder was plagued by apprehension, which was causing him to hold back. He was afraid of shattering the Life Pattern Crystal if he used his full power as a 9th Rank Archmage, yet he still fought Lin Yun to a standstill.
But the 3rd Elder didn't have those misgivings. He could fully use his power and was even a bit stronger as he was fueled by rage.
And sure enough, the 3rd Elder instantly summoned a meteor. A massive ten-meter-wide meteor fell down, dragging a long, black trail behind it. The pressure made the air shake. It was still over a hundred meters away and falling down at a moderate speed, but that still made Lin Yun feel extreme pressure.
Lin Yun raised his Draconic Staff and a dozen Bursting Flames soared out.
The sound caused by the explosions loudly echoed within the Dark Elven Clan.
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You Dare
A dozen fierce explosions echoed as the meteor's size was reduced by half, but it didn't dissipate. It only fell in a different direction.
"Boom…"
The meteor crushed a treehouse, and the flaming impact reduced all the buildings within a hundred meters to pieces.
The 3rd Elder seemed displeased after that. "It looks like I still underestimated you…"
After muttering those words, the fluctuations specific to 8th Tier Spells started spreading in the surroundings.
Lin Yun frowned. He hadn't expected that the 3rd Elder, who had advanced to the 9th Rank not that long ago, could use an 8th Tier Spell.
Lin Yun decisively used the Mana Sealing Rune, and in an instant, countless runes appeared on the 3rd Elder's head. These runes converged into a single mysterious rune that imprinted itself between the 3rd Elder's eyebrows.
Just as the 8th Tier Spell was about to take shape, the mana fluctuations disappeared and the spell was forcibly interrupted…
The 3rd Elder's mana also seemed to disappear, and he let out a groan as his spell was interrupted, clearly not feeling well
Although Dark Elves' magic patterns were considered instant-cast, that didn't mean they didn't require any time at all.
For every spell to be cast, the magic pattern would first need to shine, which indicated the convergence of mana into the magic pattern. Once enough mana was gathered, the magic pattern's spell would be released.
That time could be ignored for Low Tier Spells, but the magic patterns of High Tier Spells had huge mana requirements, and the time needed to gather mana was more apparent.
Of course, that time was nothing when compared to classic casting.
The 3rd Elder hadn't expected Lin Yun to be able to interrupt his spell. After all, there was such a huge difference in rank between them. How could a 9th Rank Archmage be interrupted by a 9th Rank High Mage?
But Lin Yun had the Mana Sealing Rune…
The spell was interrupted and the 3rd Elder's mana was sealed. At that moment, the 3rd Elder's mana was constantly attacking the power of the Mana Sealing Rune, and the imprint on his forehead kept shivering as if it would shatter anytime.
However, Lin Yun didn't take the opportunity to cast anything. Instead, he quickly chanted an incantation and waved the Draconic Staff as he poured some mana out. That mana transformed into runes that fell onto the earth.
In an instant, the surrounding Ancient War Trees woke up one by one.
The Ancient War Trees that reached up to several dozen meters in height had aged faces, and countless tree leaves flew down as their branches condensed into two huge arms spanning over twenty meters.
Their thick roots also came out of the ground and swayed. The Ancient War Trees stood up, supported by their numerous roots, the faces on their trunks filled with anger.
With a wave of these thick hands, several dozen subordinates of the 3rd Elder were sent flying.
Four huge Ancient War Trees moved towards Lin Yun, protecting him in the center. And not far from there, there were still four more of them clumsily moving over towards Lin Yun, and all the Dark Elves they met on their way were pushed aside like bugs.
The Dark Elves that were a bit slower were sent flying while puking blood, and even their mana shields were destroyed in one hit.
Only two seconds after the first four Ancient War Trees gathered around Lin Yun, the 3rd Elder broke through the seal of the Mana Sealing Rune, and with a fierce burst of mana, over a hundred spells condensed in the air.
The frantic spells were like a powerful flood that tried to smother Lin Yun.
At this time, the four Ancient War Trees around Lin Yun had already taken root and set their foundations in the earth.
Two Ancient War Trees swung their huge fists and blocked the area in front of Lin Yun. Those terrifying spells hit the fists, but were instantly destroyed.
All the spells collapsed as they touched the Ancient War Trees, transforming back into ordinary magic elements and dissipating.
These magic elements now in front of Lin Yun felt like a breeze when they reached him, not harming him in the slightest.
The 3rd Elder turned pale. "How could you control the Ancient War Trees? Quick! Capture them! Don't let them escape!"
The 3rd Elder issued that order in an instant. The awakening of the Ancient War Trees had completely messed up his plans.
As for the 2nd Elder and the dozen Dark Elves following him, they fearfully rushed into the protective range of the Ancient War Trees.
The 3rd Elder's subordinate mage army made their move, and spells covered the heaven and earth, but they were forcibly dispersed after reaching the Ancient War Trees.
Even the 3rd Elder's spells couldn't go through the protection of the Ancient War Trees.
The Ancient War Trees were the staunchest guards of the Dark Elven Clan, and apart from the fact that they were extremely hard to rouse into action, as well as the stringent requirements for their existence, they only had terrifying strong points.
It was rumored that the Ancient War Trees were descendants of the World Tree. That World Tree was supporting a massive plane, and the entire plane's mana, elements, living creatures, and everything had derived from the World Tree. The Ancient War Trees naturally had the powerful ability, magic immunity!
It was as if they were innately good friends with all magic elements. All attacking spells would collapse when touching the Ancient War Trees, transforming into ordinary magic elements.
Although these War Tree weren't especially high in terms of levels, they were powerful enough to resist any spell under the Heaven Rank!
As long as they didn't leave the protection range of the Ancient War Trees, no matter how many spells came, nothing would happen.
The 3rd Elder's expression was extremely nasty. He had used an 8th Tier Spell, but that only made the Ancient War Trees sway a bit. They couldn't break through the defenses.
The Dark Elves with swordsmanship magic patterns also launched their attacks, but none of them were able to break through the defenses of the ancient War Trees, and the most terrifying part was that the other four Ancient War Trees had now arrived.
These four Ancient War Trees took root around the others, and light fell down from their treetops. A Dark Elf proficient in swordsmanship wanted to break through that side and sliced at an Ancient War Tree's arm.
But in an instant, the screams of that Dark Elf loudly echoed as a scar appeared on his body.
"That's an Ancient Thorn Tree! Don't approach!"
But it was already too late. In an instant, a dozen Dark Elves were sent flying. When they attacked the Ancient Thorn Trees with their power, at least half of their power was returned back at them.
All the Dark Elves took a step back.
Every single Dark Elf knew of the power of the Ancient War Trees, and some special Ancient War Trees had different abilities.
Thorn Halo!
Any Swordsman's ability attacking an Ancient Thorn Tree would bounce back at the attacker. These Ancient Thorn Trees could only return about half of the attack's power, but it was rumored that the most powerful Ancient War Tree's Thorn Halo could cover an entire clan and reflect the entirety of an attack.
The four Ancient Thorn Trees and the four ordinary Ancient War Trees were like a fortified castle protecting Lin Yun in its center, and the Dark Elves surrounding it were all wise enough to not launch any more attacks.
They knew that attacking was futile because they simply couldn't break through the defensive perimeter. Furthermore, the Ancient War Trees were the most powerful guards of the Dark Elves, and they weren't just defenses. The power of each Ancient War Tree could compare to powerful level 38 magic beasts.
It only took ten seconds for everyone to stop. Not a single Dark Elf within several hundred meters dared to approach.
The aged faces on the trunks of the Ancient War Trees were glaring, reminding them that they would ruthlessly tear them to shreds if they approached.
When they returned to the Dark Elven Clan from the crystal, Lin Yun had sensed something strange, giving him a bad premonition.
He had originally set up a crude array that used the power of the Life Pattern Crystal, but he hadn't thought that he would have to use it.
He used this power to awaken the sleeping Ancient War Trees, and they were extremely powerful in their strongest defensive battle mode.
After a while, the 3rd Elder bellowed, "Outsider, don't think you can do as you please just because you can control a few Ancient War Trees!"
At the same time, the 3rd Elder waved his hand and a ringing arrow rushed in the sky, the whistling sound spreading through the entire clan. Soon, Dark Elves could be heard rushing over.
After a few minutes, the surroundings were filled with even more Dark Elves.
The 3rd Elder proudly sneered at Lin Yun.
"Outsider, I shall have you know that more than half of the Dark Elven clan is here. Let's see where you can still run!"
Lin Yun was fearlessly shot back, "Don't regret this."
The 3rd Elder laughed heartily. "Hahaha… Me? Regret? I shall have you know, despicable outsider, that although I don't know what method you used to control these Ancient War Trees, there is something you are unaware of.
"Although the Ancient War Trees' defenses are formidable, there is a limit! I have most of the power of the Dark Elven Clan on my side. These few Ancient War Trees absolutely can't defend against it!"
After saying that, the 3rd Elder added, "The 2nd Elder definitely knows about this. A few centuries ago, an Ancient War Tree killed a Dark Elf for the first time…"
As the 3rd Elder said those words, the 2nd Elder's expression changed and he loudly shouted, "3rd Elder, you dare!?"
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The 3rd Elder proudly sneered.
Lin Yun slightly frowned before looking at the 2nd Elder.
The 2nd Elder had a bitter expression as he explained in a low voice, "There once was an accident where an Ancient War Tree unexpectedly killed a clansman. From that point on, all the Ancient War Trees within the clan were restricted. After killing Dark Elves, they would fall into slumber, never to wake up. If the 3rd Elder uses sacrifices, the same will happen to these Ancient War Trees.
"They are too powerful as a group. If they attack together, they will trigger the Ancient War Trees' powerful counterattack, and at that time, some Dark Elves will surely be killed…"
The 3rd Elder was laughing nastily as he waved his hand. "Kill them."
Lin Yun frowned before repeating, "Don't regret this."
The 3rd Elder hardly cared. "Outsider, you are still talking big at this time!"
The Dark Elves in the surroundings slowly approached, and all of their magic patterns started shining.
The 2nd Elder's face was full of grief and despair as he looked at the familiar-looking Dark Elves walking over. He couldn't help feeling pained… This was more painful than being killed himself.
The Dark Elves on the 2nd Elder's side were panicking even more. They couldn't even guess how many Dark Elves there were in that surrounding swarm. If this kind of force attacked, the Ancient War Trees would also be unable to resist.
If the 3rd Elder went berserk and used the Dark Elves' lives as sacrifices, the defense of the Ancient War Trees would definitely be breached…
"2nd Elder, what should we do? The 3rd Elder will really kill us!"
"2nd Elder, we will really die! The 3rd Elder shouldn't kill us if we hand over that Outsider…"
"Finished, we are finished, we can't resist!"
As the despairing mood spread, even the 2nd Elder could only close his eyes in pain. Even in such circumstances, he truly didn't want to shed Dark Elven blood.
'It's fine, it's only death. As long as the Dark Elves don't suffer a blow they can't recover from, I hope the 3rd Elder will lead the clan to its rise. That way, our deaths won't be in vain…
'It's unfortunate that Mafa Merlin was dragged into this… I'm sorry Mafa Merlin, the Dark Elves are unworthy.'
The 2nd Elder was tearful. This matter already made this old man, who was well-known for always playing the mediator, unable to control himself.
A large number of spells fell and landed on the Ancient War Trees, and moreover, the Dark Elves with swordsmanship magic patterns also brandished their swords and rushed over.
But at that time, the entire Dark Elven Clan shook.
In the distance, the door leading to the Life Pattern Crystal's small world exploded and a mirage-like scene of that world's entrance could be seen in the air.
A tree growing into an altar could be seen in the center of that flourishing world, hosting a crystal overflowing with colors.
At that time, everyone could see the crystal continuously shaking and the rainbow-colored light frantically flickering.
The Dark Elves were all terrified.
Those that were still attacking instantly stopped.
The 3rd Elder was shocked as he looked at the mirage appearing in the air.
Every single Dark Elf felt a fear evolving from their hearts, and furthermore, every single one of them understood what this represented.
The entrance to the Life Pattern Crystal's world collapsed and that image appeared. This meant that the Life Pattern Crystal's small world was about to collapse.
Everything happening inside appeared in front of them, and the Crystal kept shaking while its light flickered frantically. This was the sign that the Life Pattern Crystal was collapsing!
"What did you do?!" the 3rd Elder asked in alarm and anger.
Lin Yun sneered and raised his head to look at that mirage. "Oh, nothing much. But don't regret attacking me. The Life Pattern Crystal has recently undergone a rebirth, but it can't bear being tormented like that."
All the Dark Elves instantly understood that Lin Yun was in complete control of the Life Pattern Crystal.
The Dark Elves stopped in alarm, all of them terrified, and some couldn't help retreating.
They had just heard that the Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation had been retrieved and that the crystal itself had been restored, moving all of them to tears, while many of them were deeply grateful to Lin Yun.
The ones that had been against these actions had been forcibly subdued by the 3rd Elder's men, but they originally felt like rebelling.
They were reluctant to attack Lin Yun and stood on the edge, but because of the 3rd Elder's intimidation, they were forced to act.
Now that they discovered that the Life Pattern Crystal's existence was in the hands of Lin Yun, they all became scared. They were afraid that the Life Pattern Crystal would truly shatter, so most Dark Elves started retreating, afraid that any action would cause a misunderstanding.
The 2nd Elder was also shocked as he looked at Lin Yun.
'When did Merlin do it? Heavens, he wouldn't really shatter the Life Pattern Crystal, would he? That foolish 3rd Elder will become the greatest sinner of the Dark Elven Race!
'Yes, Merlin definitely used the power of the Life Pattern Crystal to control the Ancient War Trees. If he really wants us to die alongside him and shatters the Life Pattern Crystal, won't the Dark Elves end up extinct now?
'Even before, we still had a few dozen years left, but could it be that the Dark Elves will end up being destroyed today?'
Fear could be seen on the 2nd Elder's face. He had originally given up in despair because only he would die while the Dark Elves would at least survive with their greatest crisis dealt with. But it was different now… As long as Lin Yun used enough power, the entire Dark Elven Race would be eradicated.
The 3rd Elder was taken aback. Because the original entrance to that small world was destroyed, the defenses that normally would protect it had disappeared, meaning that its world was now wide open.
'That damned outsider, does he really have the life of the Life Pattern Crystal under his control? If that really were the case, then wouldn't my life be in the hands of that damned outsider? As well as the lives of all Dark Elves?
'Then what was the point of scheming to put the entire clan under my control…'
A subordinate of the 3rd Elder was nervous and shocked, glancing at the 3rd Elder from time to time.
'Since that outsider was able to restore the Life Pattern Crystal, then wouldn't he be able to control the Life Pattern Crystal itself? It just barely recovered, and now it's on the verge of shattering again… If it shatters this time, it might never recover again…
'My son was born in the last few decades but has yet to obtain the blessings of the Life Pattern Crystal… Should I try to persuade the 3rd Elder to let that outsider leave? He is an outsider anyway. After leaving, he won't disturb the peace of the clan. At that time, everything will return to normal…
All the Dark Elves were terrified, none of them wanted to confront Lin Yun, and the greatest majority wanted Lin Yun to quickly depart.
The despair of regaining hope before losing it completely was like a poison corroding the Dark Elves' minds. That was true fear.
After being shocked for a short moment, the 2nd Elder shouted in horror for the first time, "Mafa Merlin! Please don't be impulsive! We can always discuss this!"
The 2nd Elder tried appeasing Lin Yun, but after seeing no change, he felt his heart sink. He anxiously rushed to the edge of the Ancient War Trees before roaring to the 3rd Elder, "3rd Elder, are you trying to bury the entire Dark Elven Race because of your personal grudge?"
The 3rd Elder sneered, "Who knows if what he says is true or false? The Life Pattern Crystal of our Dark Elven Race is an inheritance inherited for countless years, even we can't control the Life Pattern Crystal. He is a mere outsider, how could he control the Life Pattern Crystal? This is a scam!"
The 2nd Elder angrily answered, "Damn you! Broust! Don't you understand? Mafa Merlin retrieved the Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation, and he made the Life Pattern Crystal undergo rebirth! His understanding of it is higher than ours, it's completely normal for him to be able to control the life of the Life Pattern Crystal! Moreover, haven't you seen what just happened!?"
At that time, a subordinate of the 3rd Elder couldn't help but say, "3rd Elder, how about we just expel that outsider? The clan's safety is everything. Now that the Life Pattern Crystal has already recovered, we definitely can't bear to see a second disaster. Have you forgotten about the 1st disaster? Having the outsider disappear, isn't that good?"
The 3rd Elder glared at his subordinate and angrily shouted, "What do you understand? That outsider is extremely crafty, but I've seen through his plot! He only placed an array at the entrance of the small world ahead of time and just destroyed the entrance! After the entrance was destroyed, the Life Pattern Crystal's world can no longer be hidden. It's definitely fake, he is tricking all of you. That mirage is also fake!"
The 2nd Elder hurriedly stomped his feet. "Broust, the price for your stupidity will be the entire Dark Elven Clan! Is destroying the entire clan your wish!?"
At that time, Lin Yun softly said, "The Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation was suppressed in my True Spirit Magic Tool, so the Life Pattern Crystal now has my imprint. I advise you to not act rashly if you don't want to lose it."
As soon as Lin Yun said this, the 2nd Elder immediately stood out and shouted, "Everyone, don't act rashly, I can confirm what he said. The Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation was indeed suppressed in Mafa Merlin's True Spirit Magic Tool. In the end, the Incarnation was forcibly shattered into pieces, turning into a rain of light drizzling in the Life Pattern Crystal's small world, and the world was reborn alongside the shattered Life Pattern Crystal! Mafa Merlin's words are true!"
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Chapter 728: Cooperation
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The 2nd Elder's loud shout made the surrounding Dark Elves start to retreat silently. At this time, no one cared about the 3rd Elder's words.
Even the original subordinates of the 3rd Elder lowered their heads and slowly started retreating. They didn't dare to gamble… Even if there was only a faint possibility, they wouldn't dare. This wasn't a matter of just one or two Dark Elves, after all…
This concerned the lives of the entire Dark Elven Race. No Dark Elf was willing to face a disaster after the situation had just returned to normal.
Apart from a few Dark Elves extremely loyal to the 3rd Elder, the rest used their actions to declare where they stood.
One, two, three…
In less than a minute, the overwhelming majority of the Dark Elves had retreated. Apart from the most loyal subordinates of the 3rd Elder, the others couldn't help following the large army in their retreat.
The 3rd Elder's eyes looked like ignited balls of fire as he sneered at Lin Yun Yun with a sinister expression. "I don't believe it! Impossible, absolutely impossible! How could the life of the Life Pattern Crystal be decided by an outsider!? This is your scheme, you damned outsider! No one can save you today, you are dead, I'll kill you!"
The 3rd Elder's rage soared as he watched the Dark Elves declare their stance one by one and retreat. On the other side, the Dark Elves surrounding that tree castle had opened a path leading out of the Dark Elven Clan…
A magic pattern on the body of the 3rd Elder started shining and a surge of mana fluctuations filled the air. In an instant, a flame shone in the sky, soon growing into countless plumes of fire.
A rain of large Fireballs that carried terrifying impact force flew towards Lin Yun.
A Fireball exploded above an Ancient War Tree, and as the flames fell onto it, they turned into fire elements.
Lin Yun wasn't injured in the slightest.
At this moment, all the Dark Elves paled, and many of them even threw hostile glances at the 3rd Elder.
But even more were looking at Lin Yun, afraid that he would really destroy the Life Pattern Crystal…
Lin Yun expressionlessly stood below the Ancient War Trees, seemingly immobile.
But the entire Dark Elven Clan suddenly started shaking.
They could see from the mirage in the air that the Life Pattern Crystal on the altar was violently shaking. Then, seven-colored rays of light flickered, and it only took a moment before they could see a crack appear on the Life Pattern Crystal.
All the Dark Elves felt their strength rapidly fall and the power of their magic patterns quickly weaken. It only took a few seconds for the Dark Elves to lose a rank. And the weaker they were, the more power they lost. The auras of the 3rd Elder and the 2nd Elder only weakened a bit.
Countless Dark Elves looked at the mirage with despair.
That was only a crack on the Life Pattern Crystal… If the entire Life Pattern Crystal collapsed, wouldn't the power of the entire Dark Elven Clan vanish? Within a day, all the Dark Elves would be exterminated…
But this wasn't over. The mirage slowly fell down, and it did, other parts of the small world were shown.
The altar was looking more and more solid and the surroundings also started becoming real.
By the time the mirage fell on the ground, everyone could see the buildings in the distance shattering, as if pressured by a formidable power…
A portion of the Life Pattern Crystal's world had already fused with this world. The earth was shaking and the space was fiercely fluctuating.
After a while, the shaking stopped, and everyone could see that the entrance to the Life Pattern Crystal's world had already thoroughly disappeared. Instead, it had fused with a few kilometers of the clan's ground.
This also meant that from this point on, the Life Pattern Crystal's world would no longer be hidden from the world. The Dark Elves' greatest secret and foundation was now completely exposed. Anyone within a few kilometers could enter the realm of the Life Pattern Crystal.
The changes slowly stopped, but the spatial fluctuations continued. The place where the God Nation and the small world overlapped seemed to still be colliding as if a huge change could still happen at any time.
All the Dark Elves were terrified. No one dared to attack Lin Yun at this moment… They didn't even dare to let their mana leak for fear of any retaliation from Lin Yun.
Even the 3rd Elder's face was filled with bitterness and despair as he glared at Lin Yun.
'It's that damned outsider's work… Damnit, do I really have to let him leave? I'm unwilling, I'm unwilling! That damned human has to die, I have to avenge Jers! My son was the most talented in the clan and might have advanced to the Heaven Rank in the future. He would have become a Heaven Rank powerhouse! But he died at his hands, how could I let him go!?'
The 2nd Elder seemed pained, but he didn't need to try and convince them anymore, as everyone was looking at the 3rd Elder.
The struggles of the 3rd Elder could be seen on his face and he didn't react for a while.
At that time, everyone stopped breathing and waited for the 3rd Elder to move, but suddenly, the roars of Wyverns could be heard in the distance.
After a few seconds, everyone saw a group of Ash Beastmen riding Kodos and madly charging into their clan, followed by the Flying Riders in the sky and a fierce group of Wolf Riders trailing behind.
The large group of Ash Beastmen rushed through the Dark Elven Clan as if they were entering an uninhabited area. And since the Ancient War Trees had been put to sleep earlier on, they didn't react to those Ash Beastmen.
It was too late by the time the Dark Elves reacted…
Their most powerful defense had sunk into sleep, and most of the forces were led by the 3rd Elder to attack Lin Yun. This left their outside defenses extremely weak to the point that they could be rated as the weakest they had ever been in Dark Elven history…
The force left behind to guard the clan was quickly breached. They simply couldn't resist and were captured.
An eight-meter-tall, twenty-meter-long Kodo slowly walked forward, forcibly making its way through the buildings in its way.
Riding on the Kodo was a sinister-looking Ash Beastman whose seat was completely made of skulls, and from the color of these skulls, it could be seen that their owner had been powerful.
Arrogant and despotic, an Ash Beastman that didn't care about attitude, and the throne filled with a sinister aura… They could all recognize the Evil Dragon Warlord.
"Broust, my old friend! I came to honor my promise to help you conquer the Dark Elven Clan!"
The Evil Dragon Warlord was sitting on the skull throne while supporting his chin with one hand, his other hand holding onto a bone scepter. He had a cordial smile as he looked at the distant 3rd Elder, and particularly when he saw the situation of the Dark Elven Clan, the smile on his face became even friendlier.
'That foolish Flame Dragon Warlord is still wandering around the God Nation while that Black Dragon Warlord is also a fool trying to fight over the Flame Dragon Warlord's contributions…
'The Tribe's prophecy has been spreading for so many years, who knows how accurate that prophecy is? These idiots are still thinking of that prophecy and gaining credit. Since when has that been enough? They are truly indulging in fantasy.
'I have to help Broust take over the Dark Elven Clan! That way, the Flame Dragon Warlord and the Black Dragon Warlord, these two foolish idiots, will be dead. Once they are dead, no one will be able to compete with me over the Tribal Chief position…
'But in order to make Broust fulfill his promise, I can't let him play any tricks…'
The Evil Dragon Warlord had a smile on his face as he thought of his actions. He just swaggered directly into the Dark Elven Clan and explained his goal in front of all the Dark Elves, all in order to cut off the 3rd Elder's escape.
The Dark Elves and Ash Beastmen had been hostile for so many years that this hatred was even spread to the newborn children. By exposing all of this, he cut off the 3rd Elder's retreat and only left his own path. Once this matter was over, they wouldn't have the opportunity to go back on their deal.
The 3rd Elder looked pleasantly surprised as he saw the Evil Dragon Warlord rush in.
"Haha, Evil Dragon Warlord, you are really a Beastman of your word…"
'As expected, I knew the Evil Dragon Warlord was trustworthy. The Flame Dragon Warlord is an upright fool, so he definitely wouldn't cooperate with me, and the Black Dragon Warlord is a reckless idiot whose brain is filled with Abyssal lava… Only that Evil Dragon Warlord is fearless enough to be my cooperative partner.
'And it looks like it really is the case. He came to help me control the Dark Elven Clan so that I have the authority. Then, I'll go help him gain control of the Ash Beastman Clan, and how much effort I put in will depend on my mood…'
The 3rd Elder was in high spirits as he saw the scene of himself standing at the peak of the clan.
As the Evil Dragon Warlord saw the 3rd Elder's expression, the evil smile on his face became stronger.
"We are old friends, it's natural to keep our promises. I'll help you control the Dark Elven Clan today, but once this is over, you have to abide by your promise and help me control the Ash Beastman Tribe."
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Chapter 729: Erase
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The other Dark Elves were a bit shocked. They didn't know how the 3rd Elder became "old friends" with the Evil Dragon Warlord, but the Evil Dragon Warlord's words caused a commotion…
The Dark Elves looked at the 3rd Elder with shock. They hadn't expected the 3rd Elder to actually collude with the Ash Beastmen and borrow their power to deal with his own clansmen.
The originally reluctant Dark Elves immediately became angry.
They had been in despair until the 3rd Elder promised to do his best to restore the Life Pattern Crystal. But then, they found out that the Life Pattern Crystal had already been restored, and many Dark Elves' thoughts of rebellion had already faded.
In the end, they became even more reluctant as they were ordered to attack the great benefactor that helped them restore the Life Pattern Crystal.
Not to mention the fact that the 3rd Elder was forcing their hands, killing their benefactor and the 2nd Elder was a bit too much for these ordinary Dark Elves.
Now, it came out that he was unexpectedly colluding with the most sinister Ash Beastman, the Evil Dragon Warlord!
This undoubtedly pushed all the Dark Elves towards the opposite side.
Even a few rebels who had always been following the 3rd Elder threw doubtful glances at him.
'Is the 3rd Elder insane? The Life Pattern Crystal has already been restored! Why would he still want to collude with the Ash Beastmen? He is selling the clan's interests! Does he want to make the Dark Elves help the Evil Dragon Warlord control the Ash Beastman Tribe? How many clansmen will be sacrificed? Sacrifices with no worth, is it for the clan? Or for the selfish motives of the 3rd Elder?'
The expressions of some of the most loyal subordinates of the 3rd Elder were no longer that resolute. Doubt and bewilderment could be seen in their eyes. 'Why has it become like this? Why did the 3rd Elder become like this?'
The 2nd Elder rushed out from within the castle of Ancient War Trees and angrily shouted, "3rd Elder, you traitor! You actually colluded with the Ash Beastmen! And with the most sinister Evil Dragon Warlord! His hands are stained with the blood of our clansmen, have you forgotten?
"Broust! You are beyond redemption, have you forgotten what that evil guy did?! And you are now colluding with the Evil Dragon Warlord to deal with our Dark Elven matters! You didn't betray just us, you betrayed the entire Dark Elven Race!
"Damn, you don't deserve the title of 3rd Elder anymore, you are the sinner of the Dark Elven Race! You actually want to use Dark Elven blood to pave your path to power. The Dark Elven Clan would sooner or later be destroyed under your hand!"
The 2nd Elder was utterly angry. His aged face was already red, which was quite rare for the extremely pale Dark Elves.
He clenched his fists as mana fluctuations spread ragingly from his body. If there weren't a few Dark Elves holding him back, he would have already rushed out to battle.
Lin Yun stood against an Ancient War Tree and indifferently looked at the unexpected scene. Ever since the Evil Dragon Warlord appeared, the original rebellion had conflicting views, and everyone forgot about him.
As the Ash Beastmen kept walking through the Dark Elven Clan, opposing voices kept rising, and many Dark Elves stopped backing up the 3rd Elder and instead started standing against him.
When he realized what was happening, the 3rd Elder's expression changed as he gloomily looked at the approaching Evil Dragon Warlord.
'That guy is forcing my hand! I have no way out if I can't control the Dark Elven Clan today. I didn't establish enough trust with the people I gathered. If there are any problems, I'll need him to help me. But then I would be unable to deny any of his requests until I've helped him control the Ash Beastman Tribe.'
Soon, many people started quarrelling within the mage army, and fights had already broken out in some areas.
Those disturbances would truly become major if no one intervened.
"Evil Dragon Warlord, it is time to honor your promise!" Fully aware that he was being forced down this path by the Evil Dragon Warlord, the 3rd Elder clenched his teeth and asked for his help.
He could no longer wait. Everything would become chaotic if this continued, and the clan he would be controlling would be seriously harmed. He wouldn't have nearly as many subordinates, and the mage army would lose a lot of its power, leaving the Dark Elven Clan in imminent danger.
"Capture all the rebels!" the 3rd Elder loudly shouted as he stood aloft.
At that instant, the rioting Dark Elves immediately started becoming fiercer.
The Evil Dragon Warlord laughed and softly waved his hand.
Immediately, the Ash Beastmen that had been on standby laughed nastily before rushing over, the Wolf Riders at the lead. It was like a sharp knife was stabbed into the location with the most rioters. Regardless of whether they were fighting for or against the 3rd Elder, they were completely suppressed and taken down.
Many of them were instantly pinned to the ground by the poisoned javelins, letting out miserable screams.
Moreover, a large number of Beastman slaves were holding crude weapons as they herded those Dark Elves. There were a lot of them, but the slaves were unafraid of death. They slowly herded the large group of Dark Elves into a corner before finally surrounding them.
Along with the Dark Elves who were originally supporting the 3rd Elder, a small part of the rebellious Dark Elves couldn't do anything and could only be suppressed.
The Dark Elves that had lost their strength due to the crack in the Life Pattern Crystal were in a weakened state at the moment, so they weren't a match for the lively and vigorous Ash Beastmen.
Soon, the small number of rebellious Dark Elves were either killed or captured and driven into a corner, with the survivors no longer daring to move. The Wyverns circled the sky, and as long as any of them thought of revolting, they were skewered by the poisoned javelins.
In the distance, the 2nd Elder had a pained expression. He didn't have the heart to keep looking as some rebelling Dark Elves were executed while the rest were suppressed by the Ash Beastman army.
More and more Ash Beastmen rushed into the clan and started taking control of the strategic locations within, and they even had a trebuchet brought into the Dark Elven Clan.
The trebuchet had a huge ball with spikes all over, and if a battle broke out, that thing would cause great damage and a large number of casualties.
It didn't take long before the Dark Elven Clan was under the control of the Ash Beastmen. All those opposing the 3rd Elder were caught by the ones supporting him.
Soon, the situation was completely under control, and a smile appeared on the 3rd Elder's face.
"Evil Dragon Warlord, your troops are quite good. I want to say that you are the most suitable inheritor of the Tribal Chief position. The difference in strength between you and your competitors is too great…" The 3rd Elder smiled as he praised the Evil Dragon Warlord.
The Evil Dragon Warlord hadn't alighted from his Kodo all along, only sitting on his skull seat while looking at the fight below as if it was all a farce.
After the fighting was over, the 3rd Elder recalled the previous matter. The crack on the Life Pattern Crystal had caused the strength of all the Dark Elves to fall and put them in a weakened state.
'If not for that, how could they had been subdued so easily? It's all because of that damned outsider!'
The 3rd Elder glared at Lin Yun and sneered.
'Damned outsider, so what if you can leave an imprint on the Life Pattern Crystal? The clan is already under my control, and the Evil Dragon Warlord is here! Even if you are skillful, I won't let you escape!
'Moreover, I have to thank you for helping me retrieve the Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation. I originally wanted to use the Evil Dragon Warlord's power to temporarily get it back. But it's perfect, I can use his Magic Tool to erase his imprint. Let's see what you can do without that imprint!'
As he thought of this, the 3rd Elder proudly smiled.
"Damned outsider, let's see what you can rely on this time!"
Lin Yun was a bit baffled, as he couldn't understand what the 3rd Elder was saying…
The 3rd Elder contently looked at the Evil Dragon Warlord and said, "In our agreement, there was the requirement of being able to use your Magic Tool. Can you use it?"
The Evil Dragon Warlord nodded and waved the bone scepter. A faint light flickered on top of it as a white rune flashed.
The 3rd Elder exulted, "Evil Dragon Warlord, I shall trouble you to restore our Life Pattern Crystal. As long as you do this, your side of the deal shall be considered complete!"
A strange glint flashed in the eyes of the Evil Dragon Warlord and he curiously asked, "Oh? What's going on?"
The 3rd Elder didn't think much and directly explained, "You should know that our Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation had gone missing, but it was recently found. However, that despicable outsider actually took advantage of the time when the Life Pattern Crystal was being restored to leave an imprint behind, and he is now controlling the life of the Life Pattern Crystal. He just shook it a little and a crack appeared on the crystal. Thus, I want to use your Magic Tool to erase that damned outsider's imprint…"
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Chapter 730: For Glory
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The 3rd Elder was exulting and completely forgot that the Life Pattern Crystal was the Dark Elves' most important foundation. It was not only their source of power, but also their source of life.
He told that to someone from another race and even had him approach it…
An intense expression suddenly appeared on the face of the Evil Dragon Warlord as he looked at the 3rd Elder while laughing. "Broust, where is it?"
The 3rd Elder reflexively pointed towards the Life Pattern Crystal's small world.
There originally was only a narrow entrance, but it was now a few kilometers in size. When he had first arrived, the Evil Dragon Warlord had been wondering what kind of change had happened in that direction because of all the disturbances he could feel from there, but he now understood.
The Evil Dragon Warlord suddenly looked at the 3rd Elder with a pondering expression. 'That foolish Broust is so pleased that he even dares to tell me of such an important matter. I was wondering why he wanted to use my Magic Tool… Turns out it was for the Life Pattern Crystal.
'He was definitely fancying my Magic Tool's restoration ability and wanted to use it to try to find that Incarnation, but it's a lot easier now because I only have to erase an imprint to make the Life Pattern Crystal recover…
'I have known how important the Life Pattern Crystal was to the Dark Elves for a long time, but it was impossible to find out where it was located. I truly didn't expect to find it now.
'If I cooperate with him, the hostile relationship between Ash Beastmen and Dark Elves will continue for a long time, and it might even worsen. Why should I leave such an enemy behind?
'If I could destroy the Dark Elves' foundation and eliminate their race, my achievements could never be denied, and even the Tribal Chief would immediately hand over his position to me. I would be the Ash Beastman with the greatest glory in the countless years!'
As he thought of this, the Evil Dragon Warlord immediately decided to stop helping the 3rd Elder.
"Fiercest and bravest Ash Beastman warriors, use your blood and power to destroy their Life Pattern Crystal, regardless of the cost!"
The 3rd Elder froze as he heard the Evil Dragon Warlord's words, his face filled with shock, 'Destroying the Life Pattern Crystal… Doesn't that mean destroying the entire Dark Elven Race?'
"Evil Dragon Warlord, did you make a mistake? I meant to have you help restore the Life Pattern Crystal."
The Evil Dragon Warlord burst into loud laughter. "Broust, you are truly naive. If I eliminate the Dark Elves, I will be able to get rid of a future enemy. Moreover, this will allow me to take over our Tribe. Even the Elder Council and the Tribal Chief wouldn't be able to deny me!"
The 3rd Elder was in disbelief. "Evil Dragon Warlord, we have an agreement! How could you do this!?"
The Evil Dragon Warlord looked at the 3rd Elder with disdain. "A fool like you doesn't deserve to speak of an agreement with me." He then turned and shouted, "Destroy their Life Pattern Crystal!"
As the Evil Dragon Warlord roared, the army of Ash Beastmen immediately rushed towards the Life Pattern Crystal's small world.
The 3rd Elder was in disbelief as he roared in fear, "Quick! Stop them! You can't let them in!"
It wasn't just the 3rd Elder, but those supporting him were also shocked. They hadn't expected the Evil Dragon Warlord to abandon their agreement and instead decide to exterminate the Dark Elven Race!
The Dark Elves guarding the rebels gave up on them and immediately joined the fight, whole the rebelling Dark Elves also started fighting the Ash Beastmen.
The 2nd Elder's group walked out from the Ancient War Trees' defenses, and the 2nd Elder glared at the 3rd Elder. "Broust, look at what you have done!"
After those words, the 2nd Elder got on the move. He used Flight to rush to the edge of the Life Pattern Crystal's world and started blocking the Wyverns.
The followers of the 2nd Elder also joined the forces resisting the army of Beastmen. At this time, regardless of which Dark Elf, regardless of their stances, they only had one goal, which was to save themselves.
Whistles kept echoing as Hippogryphs flew out from within the clan, and one by one, the Dark Elves rode on the Hippogryphs and started flying up to fight against the Flying Riders.
The Beastmen's Wyverns were very powerful, and they were able to cast acidic liquid. They also had formidable endurance that allowed them to fly for three days straight. The Flying Riders themselves were chosen from amongst powerful Beastman warriors, so their bloodlines focused on having the formidable constitution and strength of Abyssal Demons.
With that kind of combination, the poisonous javelins they threw weren't any weaker than the attacks of the Demon Warlocks. They were even a bit faster!
The Dark Elves' Hippogryphs weren't very powerful and couldn't compare with the Wyverns in terms of endurance, but they had a strong point, which was that they were extremely nimble. They could use various movements in midair to coordinate with the Dark Elves' magic. Overall, they were a bit more powerful than the Flying Riders.
However, training Hippogryphs wasn't that easy, so they were rarely used except for investigations. But there was no choice now, so they could only use the fastest Hippogryphs to stop the Beastman army.
A large number of Hippogryphs kept fluttering in the sky, flexibly dodging the poisonous javelins. The Dark Elves on the Hippogryphs' backs were also releasing all kinds of magic patterns.
A large number of fire, wind, and ice spells were entangled in midair, and soon, the Wyverns who weren't agile enough were hit, sending them falling to the ground.
A Wyvern flapped its wings and sped up, but three Hippogryphs suddenly appeared above its head and half a dozen Flame Bursts that struck its wings, which also sent the rider flying.
And as the Wyvern let out a miserable shriek, it was immediately hit by a few dozen Wind Blades and Frost Spikes. Its wings were forcibly torn to shreds, and it fell towards the ground while letting out a miserable shriek.
At the same time, a Hippogryph flexibly snuck behind a Wyvern, and the Dark Elf riding it let off an Ultimate Spell. A Flame Roar, similar to the bellow of a God of Fire, transformed into a column of flames and ruthlessly rushed down at the Wyvern's back.
But the rider suddenly pulled the reins, and the Wyvern rose vertically. In just moments, the Wyvern moved in a circle and arrived behind the Hippogryph.
The Flying Rider ruthlessly hurled a poisoned javelin that left a shadow behind as it flew and impaled the Dark Elf and the Hippogryph.
From the slight obstruction at the start, the nightmare of the Hippogryph Riders. Their weakened state left them unable to display their full strength, and as they consumed mana to fight, the situation became more and more severe.
Although they successfully stopped the Beastman Flying Riders, the casualties had increased. Hippogryphs and their riders kept falling to the ground one after another.
And the situation became one-sided when a Demon Warlock appeared on the back of a Wyvern…
The Hippogryphs were forced back to the Life Pattern Crystal's small world.
Meanwhile, the situation on the ground was far from encouraging. Countless Beastman slaves were swinging crude shields and hatchets while shouting the Beastmen's slogan as they crazily attacked the Dark Elves' line of defense: "For Glory! The blood of Beastmen will never stop burning!"
A large number of Beastman slaves fell. They had the lowest status in the tribe and would sometimes even be used to feed Kodos, but they showed the greatest results. The weakest Dark Elves had been hit more severely by the damage to the Life Pattern Crystal and couldn't even show 30% of their strength. Many of them died surrounded by several dozen Beastman slaves.
From the start, the difference in strength between both sides wasn't just a rank.
The Dark Elves had just undergone a civil war and their strength had fallen due to the crack in the Life Pattern Crystal before they were suddenly ambushed. They didn't have time to react.
As for the Ash Beastman army, it was at its peak and could attack anytime. When the battle started, the Dark Elves were suppressed and forced to withdraw.
By the time the Dark Elven army finished converging, they were already pushed back to the point that they were not far from the Life Pattern Crystal's small world.
The Beastman Wolf Riders swung their scimitars as they kept charging and charging, keeping the Dark Elves on their toes and forcing them to squeeze out every single bit of mana they could to increase the intensity of their casting.
A large number of spells converged towards one side like a wave, and these waves of spells crashed down on the Wolf Riders one after another, but the Wolf Riders just kept cutting through the spells. They only managed to barely stop the Wolf Riders from rushing forward.
They could all feel what would happen if the Wolf Riders charged into the army. These Ash Beastmen had given up on casting and focused on strength. If their charge was able to gain enough power and momentum, they would be able to injure and kill a quarter of the mage legion.
The Demon Warlocks stood in the back of the Beastman slaves and kept summoning flames, black ice, and meteors at the Dark Elven army.
There were also many Evil Water Elementals, Reapers, Cave Fiends, and other Abyssal lifeforms that had been summoned.
They forcibly used lives to resist the spells of the Dark Elves while continuously moving forward.
As time passed, it became apparent that the defeat of the Dark Elves was unavoidable. Countless Dark Elves had sacrificed their lives, but only a small number of elite Ash Beastmen had died. The majority of the losses suffered by the Ash Beastman side were just slaves…
Seeing that they were getting closer and closer to the Life Pattern Crystal, all the Dark Elves were desperate. Unfortunately, they couldn't suppress these crazy Ash Beastmen.
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"For Glory! The blood of Beastmen will never stop burning!"
The deafening roars kept echoing and couldn't be suppressed by the magical explosions…
The Beastmen were getting fiercer and braver as the fight ensued, while the Dark Elves were weakening. They were all losing their strength, and their casting was worse than usual. The difference wasn't small in this kind of war…
And during all this, Lin Yun had already quietly left. When he went into the Life Pattern Crystal's world, he had only taken Enderfa with him. Reina and the others were resting in the clan, but no one had thought that this would happen just as he returned.
Lin Yun had been worried about their safety, but he knew that with the 3rd Elder's temperament, they definitely would have been used as blackmail material if they had been captured, so Lin Yun hadn't asked about them. If he had asked, wouldn't that be letting the 3rd Elder know that he didn't know?
He found Reina and the others through the connection with the puppet, but he also discovered that they had already escaped outside the clan while Elsa was still in slumber. They hadn't been injured and had managed to escape while the 3rd Elder summoned all the Dark Elves.
Lin Yun remained silent as he looked at the war between the Dark Elves and the Ash Beastmen.
Enderfa rushed out of the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and fiercely cursed, "Merlin, we should hurry up and leave this place! Let this dogfight continue. These Ash Beastmen aren't any good, and it's the same for those Dark Elves, it's best if they all drop dead!"
Zeuss looked worried, but he had the same opinion. "Merlin, we should hurry up and leave, this is really too dangerous. There will be no difference if we join that fight, we should stay away…"
Reina didn't say anything, while Xiuban grinned as he patted Beta's shoulder. "Beta, looking at you, I knew the Ash Beastmen were no good."
Lin Yun glanced at Enderfa and shook his head. "No, we definitely can't leave this time. I didn't rack my brain to help them retrieve their Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation just to see them be eradicated. I won't be able to find that path if they are annihilated. Even if the goal of this trip to the God Nation might end up in failure, I can't give up until the end."
Enderfa unhappily looked at Lin Yun and complained, "You don't plan on helping these ungrateful Dark Elves? Hurry up and let them die, we can just look for the Firerock Dwarves, can't you trick them anyway? Those red-skinned country bumpkins jumped headfirst into your trap last time."
Lin Yun didn't answer. The God Nation's three major races definitely each had a path leading to the top of the Wisdom Tree, but it would be impossible to get it from the Ash Beastmen due to their fiery tempers, and last time they saw the Firerock Dwarves, they were filled with an evil aura and didn't look like ordinary Firerock Dwarves. 'That won't work, the greatest chance lies in the Dark Elves.'
"I have no plans to help that 3rd Elder, and it's all good as long as the Dark Elves aren't exterminated."
After saying that, Lin Yun went with Enderfa, making Reina and the others look for a safe place to hide with the unconscious Elsa.
After returning to the Dark Elven Clan, they discovered that the Dark Elves had been completely defeated. They had already retreated into the Life Pattern Crystal's small world, and their land was already under the control of the Ash Beastmen.
Countless Beastman slaves were moving like hungry wolves chasing after a flock of sheep, entering the Dark Elves' quarters to find all kinds of valuables and hanging them on their bodies. A large number of buildings were set on fire, and even more Ash Beastmen were surrounding the Life Pattern Crystal's world.
The Evil Dragon Warlord was riding on his huge Kodo as he reached the outside of the small world. He saw that all the Dark Elves were injured and proudly laughed his head off. "You bunch of fools, you are just losers expelled by the Pureblood Elves trying to show off every day, proclaiming that our powerful Ash Beastmen are brainless idiots! Now take a look! Who are the idiots? You are the biggest idiots of the entire God Nation!
"Who is completely defeated right now? Take a look at your clan. From today onward, this belongs to the Ash Beastman Tribe! Today is the day the Dark Elves disappear from the God Nation… No, today is the day you are exterminated, you'll perish under my hand!
"Struggle as much as you can! This is the last effort puny ants like you can make, so weep, because this is your last chance! Now, feel the power of the Ash Beastmen! Tremble from your impotent hate!"
The Evil Dragon Warlord stood tall on the back of the Kodo and was laughing crazily. The achievement that countless generations had been unable to accomplish, the feat of eliminating the Dark Elves would be completed today. He was overjoyed as he thought of that.
The Dark Elves in the Life Pattern Crystal's world were exhausted, and their faces were full of despair. It had been their retreat path, but there was nothing behind them anymore.
Whether they fell in battle or as a result of the destruction of the Life Pattern Crystal, their end would be the same…
A sorrowful atmosphere started spreading, and countless injured Dark Elves started standing up, preparing for the upcoming battle with extremely pale faces. Even the Dark Elves that had used up most of their mana started rousing their magic patterns once more, getting ready for a final confrontation.
The Beastman army launched their attack once again, but no one noticed that Lin Yun had already used the power of the Life Pattern Crystal to appear in the small world.
Even the Dark Elves didn't notice that Lin Yun had been missing for some time and was now silently arranging some arrays.
As the Ash Beastmen launched another attack, a huge change happened in the Life Pattern Crystal's small world.
The lush vegetation seemed to have suddenly gone crazy when the first Beastman slave set foot inside.
Countless vines twisting around trees looked like green snakes that quickly coiled around the slaves. The sharp thorns growing from them stabbed the Beastmen and swallowed their blood. More and more vines came out of the ground and kept devouring these Beastmen.
There were also countless tree roots bursting out of the ground, dragging each and every Beastman slave that they caught under the ground. The trees also swung their thick branches and sent some of them flying.
The assault was brought to a halt in an instant. All the vegetation on the edge of the Life Pattern Crystal's small world seemed to have come alive, and there were many aggressive plants coming out of the ground.
"Burn these hindering plants!" A raging voice came from the back of the Ash Beastman army.
The Demon Warlocks made a move, and a strong smell of sulfur filled the atmosphere as dark yellow flames transformed into meteors that fell down on the flora.
The conflagration started spreading, and it withered the vines from the heat while setting the treetops ablaze. But as the plants were burnt, even more started growing.
The Beastmen were unable to break through their defensive perimeter for the time being.
The Wyverns tried to fly above to go bypass the vegetation, but the three fastest Wyverns instantly let out mournful screams as they fell from the sky.
In the sky, several dozen Dark Elven Souls had appeared out of nowhere.
These souls were floating in the air, and they kept casting spells towards the Ash Beastman army, never tiring and unafraid of death.
Slowly, more and more Dark Elven Souls were summoned, including the souls of the Dark Elves that had just died in battle. In just moments, two to three thousand Dark Elven Souls were gathered in the sky.
The spells were raining down on the Ash Beastman army like a shower. With those, along with the spells of the Dark Elves that were still alive, the Ash Beastmen were finally stopped.
But good things don't last forever. The Demon Warlocks' meteors kept falling, and they burnt down a large, vegetated area, allowing the slaves to start pushing forward again.
Although those Dark Elven Souls could cast spells as if they were alive, they no longer had bodies, so their defensive abilities were extremely weak.
In a war like this, large-scale spells could cover the sky, and the Dark Elven Souls wouldn't be able to endure the boundless flames, black ice, and meteors for long.
The battlefield was continuously moving forward, and the faces of all the Dark Elves were dark from despair and the resistance was getting weaker and weaker. The mana of these Dark Elves was being continuously used up and was almost completely consumed by now.
The Dark Elven Souls couldn't resist. At that time, Lin Yun had no choice but to start summoning an illusion. A large mirage appeared, and the entire small world seemed to fade away, being replaced by a lush forest.
A large amount of fog quickly rose up from the forest, obstructing the vision of all the Ash Beastmen. A surge of mana rose up from the inside as if there was something extremely dangerous thing within, which made the Ash Beastmen, who relied on instinct, slow their advance.
Lin Yun took this opportunity to go to the Life Pattern Crystal's altar and activate the array he had previously set.
Immediately, a light soared from the Life Pattern Crystal and turned into a cover of light.
The light cover slowly rose and expanded, sweeping through the entire Life Pattern Crystal's small world in a flash.
In an instant, the entire area was shrouded in a huge protective layer, and all the vegetation within started emitting faint lights as if countless fireflies were flying towards the sky.
The countless dots of light blended into the defensive cover and kept supporting it.
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Chapter 732: Despair
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At the same time, the fog-filled illusion was forcibly shattered by the boundless Abyssal flames and the meteors. It was like a tornado had gone through and dissipated the fog. Such a terrifying fluctuation also disappeared.
In its place was a transparent defensive layer that shrouded the entire small world…
With the appearance of the protective cover, the offensive of the Ash Beastmen was immediately slowed. Countless flaming meteors attacked it, but they only created ripples, and none of the spells were able to penetrate the barrier.
It looked like an extremely thin layer fluctuating continuously, and with each fluctuation, it would cause all the attacks to transform when hitting the barrier. The light emitted by all the vegetation within the small world kept replenishing the power of the barrier, and as long as the attacks didn't reach a certain limit, they would be dissolved by the ripples.
The Dark Elves finally relaxed as they saw the fierce Ash Beastmen being stopped at the boundary of the Life Pattern Crystal's world.
The 2nd Elder glanced at Lin Yun waving his arm in the distance and couldn't help rejoicing.
'Thankfully, Mafa Merlin can control the Life Pattern Crystal and use its power to defend us. Otherwise, the Life Pattern Crystal would have already been shattered…
'That foolish Broust actually collaborated with the Evil Dragon Warlord. How could he forget that the Evil Dragon Warlord is famous for being untrustworthy? If he got the opportunity to eliminate the Dark Elves, he would absolutely seize it.
'That evil guy had tricked his enemies so many times, only to make his move when they had relaxed their vigilance. Broust actually thought of using the Evil Dragon Warlord's Magic Tool to find the Incarnation… But after that guy confirmed the location of the Life Pattern Crystal, he would definitely destroy it!
The 2nd Elder looked at Lin Yun in the distance and wanted to express his thanks, but the crisis had yet to be dealt with, so he could only keep that thought in the back of his mind.
The Dark Elves took advantage of this opportunity to recover their mana and treat their wounds. Who knew how long that barrier, using the power of the Life Pattern Crystal and the vegetation, would last? Once it was down, they would definitely have to fight a fierce battle, which would be the final opportunity for all Dark Elves. If they couldn't push back the Evil Dragon Warlord's army, the Dark Elves were bound to be destroyed today…
The Ash Beastmen's offensive didn't stop because of the barrier. Instead, they attacked even more ferociously. Smoky flames, black ice, and poisonous flames attacked the barrier. The Flying Riders in the sky were continuously throwing their poisoned javelins, while the slaves on the ground were densely gathered around the barrier and crazily attacked it with crude hatchets and hammers.
The defensive barrier fluctuated fiercely, but these attacks weren't strong enough to exceed its limit, not even for a split second. No matter how many attacks it suffered, it wasn't breached.
At that time, the Evil Dragon Warlord in the back slowly stood up and sneered at the defensive barrier. "The Dark Elves' last struggle, eh? Let me end your last hope now!"
After saying that, the Evil Dragon Warlord slowly flew up…
In the air, the Evil Dragon Warlord raised his hands and a boundless amount of black smoke seemingly rose from the void and converged above his head, turning into an inky black cloud filled with surging lightning and rumbling thunder.
Terrifying sounds echoed as an evil aura engulfed the entire battlefield. Every Ash Beastman was infected by that evil aura, and their eyes instantly turned crimson, with black, bloodshot veins filling their eyeballs. As they attacked, their power greatly increased, and the Demon Warlocks' spells were also strengthened.
The biggest falling meteors had been three to four meters in diameter, but now, that was the size of the smallest meteors they cast. As they kept attacking, the strain on the barrier increased, and it looked like it wouldn't take long before they breached it.
The Beastman slaves madly shouted as they wielded their short hatchets and hammers. Some of them had wounded wrists from using too much power, and blood was sprinkling, but their power kept increasing nonetheless.
The Evil Dragon Warlord laughed his head off from the sky. "Damned Dark Elves, your history shall end today! From now on, there shall be no more Dark Elves in this world, there will only be Ash Beastmen! Rest assured, I'll make those red-skinned midgets follow you soon. It won't be long before I control the entire God Nation!"
The Dark Elves in the small world couldn't help being nervous when the Evil Dragon Warlord personally made a move.
The 2nd Elder's face was filled with worry because Ash Beastmen's casting abilities were comparable to those of Dark Elves. A normal spell wouldn't need too much time, but the Evil Dragon Warlord was taking so long to use one spell. Even with the defensive barrier between them, he could feel that the Evil Dragon Warlord was definitely preparing to use an 8th Tier Spell!
And a very powerful 8th Tier Spell at that!
He didn't know if this barrier could resist. Many clansmen were seriously wounded, and they had all used a large amount of their mana. They wouldn't be able to last long if the fight resumed.
Soon, the 2nd Elder's worry turned into reality.
The black smoke gathered by the Evil Dragon Warlord turned into a huge, rotating vortex that was gathering all the abyssal aura in the surroundings. It soon seemed to be too powerful and started collapsing towards its center before a frightening aura leaked from within.
A dark red flame instantly appeared, and an enormous meteor that was over thirty meters in diameter appeared!
Lava could be seen flowing on the surface of the meteor, and the pitted surface kept sprouting thick smoke and flames.
"Rumble…"
A loud sound echoed as it pressured the air. The powerful meteor fell down at an angle and sprayed out flames and smoke, making the meteor's speed change at a rapid pace.
In less than two seconds, the meteor hit the surface of the protective barrier as all the Dark Elves watched.
In an instant, the small ripples on the defensive barrier disappeared, and a terrifying shockwave swept the entire barrier.
Several dozen Beastman slaves attacking the barrier were turned to ashes by that powerful shockwave…
It was like a huge tsunami appeared on the surface of the barrier. Then, one wave after another rose and fell as the barrier tried to dissolve the terrifying impact of the meteor. All the plants within the Life Pattern Crystal's small world were emitting as much power as they could. Countless firefly-like lights filled the interior, turning into a long river of light that streamed into the defensive barrier.
The barrier's power kept being replenished, but the situation didn't improve as waves kept spreading from the point of impact.
The barrier had yet to disperse the previous attack when another attack soon followed.
The thin, transparent barrier frantically twisted and was no longer able to endure the heavy burden after three seconds.
"Plop…"
Just like a bubble being pierced, the entire barrier shattered into countless fragments that all turned back into rays of light before dispersing.
At that moment, the last obstruction had finally disappeared, and the Ash Beastman army roared before rushing into the Life Pattern Crystal's world, fiercely cutting down all the vegetation in their way.
The 2nd Elder watched their advance in despair, lamenting that the Dark Elves' final defense had been breached…
It wasn't hard to foresee the result of the battle when looking at the Dark Elves who were far from being at their best, in contrast to the fierce Ash Beastmen.
The 2nd Elder roused his mana and floated in the air to start casting. In a blink, over a hundred Beastman slaves were torn apart.
"Dark Elves never shamefully bowed their heads in front of the enemies, and we can't let the Dark Elven Race's name be shamed today. Fight till the last moment!"
The 2nd Elder roared before rushing up to fight against the Evil Dragon Warlord, casting several hundred Wind Blades that formed a tornado and sending it at the Evil Dragon Warlord, forcing the Flying Riders back.
The Evil Dragon Warlord laughed and said in a toying manner, "Old Elf, your strength isn't what it once was, yet you still think you can do anything against me? Well, since you want to play, let's play."
The Evil Dragon Warlord waved his scepter, and several dozen smoky Fireballs appeared in his surroundings. The Fireballs kept colliding and fusing before flying towards the tornado.
The Wind Blade Tornado collided with the Blazing Storm, and in an instant, the fierce flames spread in all directions. Each Fireball collided with the tornado before all of them exploded and forcibly dispersed the Wind Blade Tornado.
And at the same time, a dozen dark red flames flew out of the smoke and charged towards the 2nd Elder.
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Chapter 733: Touch of Darkness
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This alarmed the 2nd Elder, who hadn't expected the Evil Dragon Warlord to have this kind of method. A great amount of frost enveloped the 2nd Elder and kept growing, forming a huge sphere of ice in less than a second to protect him.
Abyssal flames formed arcs and sliced at him from all directions, sending a large amount of ice and flames all around…
After a few seconds, the 2nd Elder started regretting, but he had to reinforce his spell, increasing the output of mana.
Several hundred dark red flames with long, smoky trails attacked the 2nd Elder's sphere of ice like a downpour.
It took less than ten seconds before the sphere of ice was covered in cracks and loudly exploded, and in an instant, the frantic red flames fell on the body of the 2nd Elder.
A Mana Shield appeared in front of the 2nd Elder, but he was sent flying towards the ground after receiving several dozen explosions in a second. Had it not been for that layer of Mana Shield, he would have died from being blown up…
The 2nd Elder's body fell to the ground. He opened his mouth and spat a mouthful of blood. His body was covered in burnt marks, while the vegetation within several dozen meters was burnt to ashes by the flames.
The 2nd Elder collapsed, his face full of despair. The morale of the surrounding Dark Elves was quite low. Many of them were also crazily casting, but most looked desperate as they struggled.
The Evil Dragon Warlord laughed as he looked down at the 2nd Elder. "I suddenly changed my mind. I won't kill you since you want to die. I'll let you watch as your clansman die and the Life Pattern Crystal is destroyed by my own hands!"
The Evil Dragon Warlord returned to the back of the army and sat on his Kodo once again. "Despair, struggle as much as you can! This feeling is too wonderful! Watching you despair, little by little, looking at your hopes slowly shattering, this is too intoxicating."
He then raised his head and shouted, "Ash Beastman warriors, make those guys experience true fear and despair!"
The Evil Dragon Warlord sat in the back and waved his hand as he crazily laughed.
The Ash Beastmen became frantic. Every one of them charged towards the Life Pattern Crystal, and among them, the Beastman slaves were attacking even more crazily. If they were victorious, at least half of the surviving slaves would be able to free themselves from their slave status.
Although the Evil Dragon Warlord was no longer personally attacking, the Dark Elves were still suppressed and forced to fall back. The remaining Dark Elves were only scattered remnants and their morale had greatly declined. Their defeat was already decided.
The seriously wounded 2nd Elder was brought back, but he struggled hard to stand up, still wanting to fight. The 3rd Elder stood to the side and looked at the Evil Dragon Warlord in the distance, not daring to attack.
He was also a 9th Rank Archmage, but the gap was huge. Even the 2nd Elder had been defeated easily… How long would he be able to last if he went?
The 2nd Elder leaned against a tree and said to the 3rd Elder with difficulty, "3rd Elder, the Dark Elves… Are facing their biggest crisis, in all history. Look for Mafa Merlin, with Mafa Merlin's help, there is definitely hope for us…"
The 3rd Elder's expression sank, but he then recalled something and nodded at the 2nd Elder.
'Right, I almost forgot about that damned outsider. He has been looking from the side since the start of the war and has yet to make a move. He is also quite powerful, he actually managed to resist my attacks for some time. He would be a powerful helper… If he helped, he would definitely attract the attention of the Evil Dragon Warlord with his strength…
'It'll be perfect as long as he catches the attention of the Evil Dragon Warlord. Although his rank isn't high, he has a lot of strange methods and should be able to resist the Evil Dragon Warlord for some time.
'If he manages to hold on, I'll be able to make a move and repel the attack of the Beastmen. I'll be the clan's hero and that outsider will die at the hands of that Evil Dragon Warlord.
'If he holds on long enough, the Evil Dragon Warlord's losses will be disastrous and he won't be able to keep attacking us, or else the remaining two Warlords will take the opportunity to eliminate him.'
As he thought of this, the 3rd Elder couldn't help grinning.
The 2nd Elder on the side barely managed to add, "3rd Elder, at such a time… The overall situation is most important…"
The 3rd Elder sharply nodded and said with an excited voice, "Rest assured, I'll definitely make Mafa Merlin help us…"
He then went to Mafa Merlin who wasn't too far.
"Mafa Merlin, if you help our Dark Elven Clan stop the Evil Dragon Warlord, I'll let bygones be bygones. I'll erase your sins, I'll treat as if you never violated the laws, and the matter of Jers is our personal grudge, so I won't use the power of the clan to deal with you. If you can hold on against the Evil Dragon Warlord, I'll write it all off!"
The 3rd Elder appeared magnanimous, as if he would "pardon" Lin Yun from having violated the clan's laws for the sake of the clan.
Lin Yun chuckled. Not to mention the fact that violating the clan's laws was just a pretext, he clearly said that he would settle the score later… That was truly shameless.
The 3rd Elder hesitated as he waited, and after a while, seeing that Lin Yun wasn't answering, he clenched his teeth and said, "Okay then, if you help us stop the Evil Dragon Warlord and also survive three of my spells, I'll treat it as if our personal grudges never happened!"
Lin Yun sneered and chuckled.
'Is he really an idiot? That Evil Dragon Warlord's power is tyrannical, and their side's morale is at its peak. He is definitely a powerhouse amongst 9th Rank Archmages. Stop that guy? Wouldn't that just be throwing away my life?
'And even if I don't die, you want to attack me afterwards?'
The 3rd Elder saw Lin Yun frown and glared at him. "I shall remind you that if our Dark Elves suffer a disaster today, the thing you wanted help with will definitely not happen. Don't even think of getting there! Hmpf! You think I don't know that you want a path from us, the most valuable path leading to the top of the God Nation!
"Apart from the Dark Elves' there is no second path, you won't have an easy time if we die! You think the Evil Dragon Warlord will let you off? You'll also die!"
Lin Yun indifferently glanced at the 3rd Elder and said, "This has reached the point of being irrecoverable. With your current power, you definitely can't hold on. The only method is for you to sacrifice yourself to strengthen the Life Pattern Crystal's power. That way, you'll be able to resist for some time.
"As a Dark Elven Elder, you should understand how to arrange the Elven Elegy, right? With your rank, if you hurry and use the power of the Elven Elegy, you'll definitely be able to stop them. By sacrificing your life, you can save the entire Dark Elven Clan, it is quite worthwhile."
The 3rd Elder became angry. As an Elder of the Dark Elven Clan, how could he not understand what the Elven Elegy entailed? This was the final card of the Dark Elves. By sacrificing their strongest person, they could draw the power of nature and save the Dark Elves, but the sacrifice would die, and even their soul would be sacrificed.
This was more frightening than being killed. After all, even if they died, as long as the Life Pattern Crystal didn't break, their soul would remain, and the stronger the Dark Elf, the greater the chance of their soul being kept.
At his rank, even if he died, his soul would definitely remain. As long as the Dark Elves weren't exterminated, he would have hope of starting over.
"Mafa Merlin, I see that you don't plan on helping us! You simply want to see our Dark Elven Race being thoroughly destroyed!"
After saying those words, the 3rd Elder suddenly made a move, and a dark hole appeared above Lin Yun's head. The space there was seemingly swallowed, and that hole suddenly fell to cover Lin Yun.
Lin Yun sneered and instantly appeared a dozen meters away, and everything that hole touched disappeared, as if devoured by a huge mouth.
Enderfa floated next to Lin Yun and cursed with gnashed teeth, "I told you, the Dark Elves are no good! You came back to help out, and he suddenly used a sinister spell like Devouring Darkness! He wants to make you lose your soul to the darkness, so treacherous!"
The 3rd Elder had a nasty grin as he kept casting towards Lin Yun, not using any elemental spells, only using dark spells, but Lin Yun could see with a simple glance that the 3rd Elder was more proficient in dark spells than elemental spells!
As Dark Arrows rained down, Lin Yun raised his Draconic Staff and kept casting, but the power of the elemental spells wasn't comparable to the 3rd Elder's dark spells.
The Dark Arrows could pierce through the flames and ice on contact.
Lin Yun kept withdrawing, while the 3rd Elder was chasing while crazily laughing.
An Askrim Gate appeared in front of Lin Yun, blocking several dozen Dark Arrows. But then, the 3rd Elder used Touch of Darkness.
A huge, octopus-like tentacle that was over a meter thick appeared in front of him and ferociously hit the Askrim Gate. At that time, it felt as if the Askrim Gate was corroding, with half of it crumbling away in an instant, leaving nearly nothing behind. The remaining chunk of ice was boiling with black bubbles before disappearing in less than two seconds.
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Chapter 734: Would Rather Die
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Enderfa controlled the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and kept releasing a large number of spells, but he simply couldn't hit the 3rd Elder at all. The 3rd Elder's body was emitting a faint layer of smoke, and his body appeared somewhat translucent, as if he could disappear in an instant and reappear a short distance away. The speed of his dodging was terrifying.
"Damnit, Shadow Flash, that guy actually managed to master Shadow Flash to an Ultimate Spell, and he can cast it continuously!" Enderfa cursed. He had no choice but to increase the range of his casting, but after increasing the range, the spells could no longer output as much concentrated power. With an attack of that level, breaking through the 3rd Elder's shield was impossible.
Lin Yun kept withdrawing as he was chased by the 3rd Elder, suppressed alongside Enderfa. Mortals were no match for someone that came in contact with the Laws.
Lin Yun was casting defensive spells and counterattacks while retreating and got some understanding of the 9th Rank Archmage realm. If just being in contact with the Laws could bring about such changes, then just how powerful would the Heaven Rank be?
At Noscent's end, those formidable God-like mages had already fallen, and let alone Heaven Rank Mages, not even Archmages could be found. Only the descriptions of those powerful mages could be found in the decaying library.
But it wasn't possible to describe the depths of Laws in books.
This was the first time he saw a 9th Rank Archmage powerhouse seriously attacking, and the pressure couldn't be compared to that of the level 39 Destruction Guard they had met before. With the Destruction Guard's intelligence, he simply couldn't understand things like Laws…
As he kept Lin Yun suppressed, the 3rd Elder crazily roared, "Damned Outsider, I already knew you were the one mentioned in the clan's prophecy, I've investigated you for a very long time! I've known about your characteristics all along, your casting ability, your strength exceeding your rank, your True Spirit Magic Tool, I know everything!
"I'm certain that you are planning on harming the clan since you are unwilling to attack the Evil Dragon Warlord, I knew it! You definitely want our clan to be annihilated, you definitely have bad intentions!
"Since that's the case, I'll grab you and send you to the Ash Beastmen! Those brainless idiots care so much about the prophecy, so as long as I give you to them, they'll let us Dark Elves off the hook!"
The 3rd Elder was crazily shouting, shocking all the Dark Elves that heard him. The Dark Elven Prophecy had been passed on for countless years, and although the Dark Elves weren't crazily pursuing the prophecy like the Ash Beastmen, that didn't mean they attached no importance to it.
Only a few high-ranking individuals of the Dark Elven Clan knew that Lin Yun might be the person of the prophecy. The news didn't spread, so now that the 3rd Elder announced it publicly, all the Dark Elves were shocked.
The 3rd Elder glanced at the surrounding Dark Elves, and it looked like the offense of the Beastmen had slowed down a lot after they also heard that.
The Evil Dragon Warlord raised an eyebrow, and after a while, he flew up from his Kodo and came to the front of the battlefield.
'The man from the prophecy? Could it be related to our Tribe's prophecy?
'That idiot Broust has enmity with that man, so he must have investigated him properly. His words seem pretty credible, that man might truly be the one in their prophecy…'
The other fighting Dark Elves were also shocked. They ran through the previous matters and figured out that only the prophesied person could have accomplished all of this.
In a very short time, he brought back the Incarnation of the Life Pattern Crystal that the Dark Elves had been fruitlessly looking for this past century. He also restored the Life Pattern Crystal and was then able to control its life, using it to cause the entire Dark Elven Clan's level of strength drop by a rank.
He was obviously a 9th Rank High Mage, but he could actually display the power of an 8th Rank Archmage, and he was even able to resist against a 9th Rank Archmage for so long.
Was there any possibility other than him being the person in the prophecy?
Then, many Dark Elves remembered that Princess Elsa had personally brought that human back to the clan.
In a mere few seconds, all the Dark Elves believed that information.
At this time, the 3rd Elder evilly laughed before roaring, "Hurry up, everyone attack, capture that guy! As long as we give him to the Ash Beastmen, we can exchange him for the freedom of our race! He is one person, a shameful outsider, it doesn't matter if he is the person in the prophecy! Our tribe is on the brink of crisis, so we have to use him to trade for hope.
"Moreover, that shameful outsider actually tampered with our Life Pattern Crystal to gain control over it and then used it to weaken us! If not for this, how could we be unable to resist the Evil Dragon Warlord's army!?
"Hurry up and capture him, we don't have much time, we have to capture him first so we can negotiate with the Evil Dragon Warlord!"
The 3rd Elder had a sinister expression. After seeing that he was having trouble capturing Lin Yun, he immediately started shouting to entice the other Dark Elves to join him.
And sure enough, many Dark Elves were led astray as they saw that the Evil Dragon Warlord seemed to be very interested in Lin Yun and already left his Kodo to come to the front of the army. They immediately believed the 3rd Elder's words.
At this critical juncture that would decide the life and death of the Dark Elven Race, who would care about the fate of the outsider? They wouldn't need to consider it if they could use the outsider to exchange for the fate of the Dark Elves.
At that instant, a few dozen Dark Elves joined in to attack Lin Yun.
After such a long fight, those that could still exert their strength while weakened were the powerhouses of the clan. With those few dozens joining in, Lin Yun's situation greatly worsened.
A large number of spells poured down, and Lin Yun had no choice but to use Fire Elemental Incarnation and turn over a kilometer of ground into a sea of fire before continuously using Flame Flash within that area to keep dodging the formidable spells thrown at him.
Even Enderfa couldn't keep casting offensive spells or spell waves, he could only use defensive spells to resist.
Lin Yun had a very cold expression as he kept retaliating with countless Fire God Spears, Freezing Lances, and Space Rending Blades to suppress these Dark Elves and prevent them from surrounding him.
The 3rd Elder continued trying to entice the other Dark Elves. "Look at what you are doing, why are you still fighting against the Ash Beastmen? Don't you know that we can't resist them? Only by capturing that outsider and gifting him to the Ash Beastmen can we keep on living, this is our only hope!"
More and more Dark Elves started getting restless, wanting to join the pursuit.
At this time, the seriously hurt 2nd Elder had recovered a bit and struggled to stand up before angrily shouting, "Stay your hands! Do you want the Dark Elves to carry this unerasable humiliation for the rest of our lives!?
"Just look, the 3rd Elder is still thinking of his personal grievances at such a time, just look at who he is making you attack selfishly! The greatest benefactor of our Dark Elven Clan! Have you forgotten that if not for Merlin making the Life Pattern Crystal recover, our people would have died off anyways?!
"Do you remember the cries of our children for the past centuries? Without the baptism of the Life Pattern Crystal, their vitality had become extremely weak, and how many children have died prematurely within the past hundred years? Who among you doesn't remember?!
"Look at what the 3rd Elder is doing! He is a traitor! A shameful traitor! Could it be that you still believe in his words? You want to make the proud Dark Elves forever carry the sin and disgrace of kicking down a benefactor?!
"Moreover, as the 3rd Elder said, if Mafa Merlin is the person in the prophecy, then you should believe that we definitely won't be destroyed! The Dark Elven Clan will never disappear!"
Although he was hurt, the 2nd Elder's voice loudly resonated and dispelled the doubts of all the Dark Elves. Even the handful of Dark Elves attacking Lin Yun couldn't help stopping and silently retreating, before turning back to fight the Ash Beastmen.
In the end, only the 3rd Elder kept attacking Lin Yun.
The 2nd Elder was supported by a Dark Elf as he forced himself to remain standing. He glared at the 3rd Elder and cursed, "Broust, you traitor! Will you only be satisfied when the entire Dark Elven Clan disappears?"
The 3rd Elder grinned maniacally. He had a ruddy complexion and pulsating veins on his forehead as he crazily shouted, "I'm not wrong! All I'm doing is for the sake of the Dark Elven Clan! Only by grabbing that outsider and gifting him to the Evil Dragon Warlord can we negotiate for their retreat!"
The 2nd Elder's face turned ashen. The inherent pride of Dark Elves could be seen on his face, pride that came from within. "We, the Dark Elves, have always stood tall! We have never been afraid of death, we never kneeled in order to survive. Let alone to survive, we never bowed our heads to invaders!
"We can't betray our benefactor in order to survive. If giving up Mafa Merlin's life is enough for us to survive, I would rather die. I would rather the Dark Elven Race falls and keeps its dignity!
"I'm not willing to let the Dark Elves carry the reputation of betraying their benefactor and becoming the dogs of the Ash Beastmen! I would rather die!"
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Chapter 735
: Great Elder
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The 2nd Elder's words resonated with all the Dark Elves… The Dark Elves were a proud race. Their pride and arrogance were imprinted in their bones, no matter if it was during the era of Gods or during the Nesser Dynasty, they felt that it was below them to struggle to escape when faced with death.
The Dark Elves who died in battle would forever be remembered as the heroes of the Dark Elven Race, while those who relied on others or tricks to survive wouldn't be acknowledged as Dark Elves.
The Dark Elves could be considered extinct if they lost that…
The 3rd Elder crazily shouted, "Screw it, he has to die, he killed my son! He has to die regardless of who he is! I'll capture him as long as it can allow me to keep on living! It doesn't matter to me if all of you die, as long as I can survive!"
The 2nd Elder sighed, "You are crazy…"
The 3rd Elder crazily attacked Lin Yun, pushing his strength to its peak. Lin Yun and Enderfa could barely resist.
"You must die! You must all die! As long as you die, regardless of what happens, it'll be enough as long as I survive! Doesn't the Evil Dragon Warlord want achievements? Then you should all drop dead! The Dark Elven Clan should all drop dead! The Dark Elven Clan won't go extinct as long as I don't die!" the 3rd Elder crazily shouted, having already lost his reason.
"Evil Dragon Warlord, it's this guy, he is the one in our clan's prophecy! He is all yours, the Dark Elven Clan is all yours! Since you want to kill these shameless fools, then kill them all, as long as you let me off!"
The Evil Dragon Warlord burst out in laughter. "Alright, let's do as you say. Hand that man over and I'll let you off. But the rest of the Dark Elves have to die. But their struggle makes me feel uneasy, so you need to help…"
The 3rd Elder didn't even hesitate when he heard those words, and he immediately started attacking the other Dark Elves.
The Dark Elves were in an uproar. The 2nd Elder opened his mouth and spat blood, no longer able to remain standing. He fell to the ground while pointing at the 3rd Elder, his lips quivering but unable to say a word.
The Evil Dragon Warlord howled in laughter while hovering in the air and pointing at the Dark Elves. "Ash Beastman warriors, it is time to reap lives! From today on, the Dark Elves are a thing of the past! Only two of the three Great Races shall remain today! Finish it! Wreak havoc!
"Feel the greatest despair, Dark Elves!"
The Evil Dragon Warlord laughed his head off and started launching attacks of his own while the 3rd Elder was shockingly attacking his own clansmen. At that moment, the Dark Elven defenses had thoroughly collapsed. A bloodbath was unfolding.
At this time, a terrifying phenomenon appeared in the sky.
A multitude of colors appeared out of nowhere and colored the sky. The entire world seemed to be covered by that rainbow of colors.
Chaotic elements were fluctuating in the air, and a strange pressure made all spells collapse and return to their most basic elements.
It was like all the elements were cheering as every single one of them turned into fairies in the air and sprinkled down. A bridge-like rainbow extended from the void, and the fairies and animals made of elements revolved around it, cheering and dancing.
The elements began acting autonomously, and the sounds of the purest elemental singing echoed.
No one could control the elements at this moment. No one could use the power of magic, and even the mana within their bodies was fluctuating alongside the elements.
A few seconds later, a Dark Elf wearing a long robe walked down from the other side of the rainbow bridge. At that moment, the voices of the elements reached their climax.
It was like the entire world was cheering for that Dark Elf.
Lin Yun was stunned as he looked at that scene that echoed what was described in the books.
Rainbow bridge, elements singing.
This was the scene of someone advancing to the Heaven realm!
Lin Yun didn't need to think to know who that person was; it was the Great Elder of the Dark Elves. He had awakened from the Lightless Dreamland and successfully advanced to the Heaven Rank. When he advanced to the Heaven Rank and first appeared in the world, the world would express its congratulations to the new Heaven Rank powerhouse.
At this time, Lin Yun could clearly feel that he couldn't draw on a single bit of the world's mana. Even the mana within his body was fluctuating because of the elements' songs.
The Magic Array could barely keep this fluctuation suppressed. Let alone casting, he couldn't even move his mana.
This was the power of the Heaven Rank!
The phenomenon of advancing to the Heaven Rank could suppress anyone under the Heaven Rank!
At this time, whether one was a 9th Rank Archmage or a Magic Apprentice, there was no difference. At least there was no difference in front of the Heaven Rank.
The Dark Elves' Great Elder had long white hair and looked quite aged. He slowly walked down from the Rainbow Bridge, and at that time, the singing of the elements dissipated and the surrounding elements recovered.
The Great Elder glanced at the Evil Dragon Warlord and said, "Someone wants to destroy my Dark Elven Clan?"
The Evil Dragon Warlord's face was filled with shock. He then clenched his teeth and roused his mana to launch his most powerful spell. "Kill! Kill them!"
But then, the Great Elder merely extended one finger and pointed at the sky.
There were no powerful mana fluctuations, and there wasn't even a trace of casting… There was only a wisp of a mysterious and strange ripple that couldn't really be described. Then, the Evil Dragon Warlord completely froze.
Even the mana fluctuations and the smoke leaking from his body froze.
Everyone watched as the Evil Dragon Warlord frozen mana slowly disintegrated and dissipated…
"No…"
The Evil Dragon Warlord let out a loud roar. A gale scraped his body and his mana thoroughly dissipated before he fell to the ground as an ordinary person…
The Ash Beastmen on the ground promptly caught the Evil Dragon Warlord.
"Attack! Kill these Dark Elves! Kill!" the Evil Dragon Warlord crazily shouted.
His subordinates immediately started casting again, and the most elite ones kept charging.
The Great Elder slightly frowned and waved his hand, creating a cool breeze that flew over, instantly destroying the spells cast by the Ash Beastmen.
As for those charging Ash Beastmen, they were completely stopped. It wasn't that they wanted to… Rather, their legs were completely petrified.
In a mere instant, all the charging Beastmen had turned to stone, and as the breeze went through them, they turned to dust.
There was no need to do anything else. All the Ash Beastmen were terrified and dropped their weapons, kneeling on the ground while trembling from fear.
"Heaven… Heaven Rank powerhouse…"
The Dark Elves, who had been facing defeat, suddenly started cheering. The hard times were over and they could finally rejoice, the Great Elder had ultimately advanced to the Heaven Rank!
Lin Yun's expression remained indifferent as he looked at the Great Elder, but the fierce mana fluctuations within his body betrayed his uneasiness.
'This is the Heaven Rank!
'A genuine Heaven Rank expert can be that strong!? No wonder it is said that all those under the Heaven Rank are mortals while those that reached the Heaven Rank are another species altogether. This wasn't exaggerated!
'I read so many descriptions, but it simply can't compare to the shock of seeing it with my own eyes. It's true, this power is far beyond the power of mortals!
'No one under the Heaven Rank can resist that power! One move crushed the Evil Dragon Warlord and completely disabled him, leaving him crippled without injuring him. This is terrifying, this is unfathomable.'
Lin Yun calculated that he simply couldn't achieve such control at his current rank!
'And that Petrification was actually a Mass Petrification, turning all those Ash Beastmen into powder. That kind of casting ability is heavenly! There was no trace of the casting itself, not even a faint mana fluctuation. All the power was used to its full potential without any wastage.
'Moreover, that Great Elder was standing in the air, as if there was no spell on his body… It was like flying was instinctive for him!'
The Great Elder slowly dropped to the ground, and in the distance, the 3rd Elder had an extremely ugly expression. Just as he planned to run away, he was no longer able to move. His mana was sealed and his legs petrified, stuck to the ground.
The Great Elder walked up to the 2nd Elder.
The 2nd Elder's injuries had become worse, and he couldn't say a single word at this moment. He was leaning against a tree with tears continuously flowing down, unable to control his emotions. He was choked with emotions and wanted to say something, but all that came out was blood.
The Great Elder lightly sighed and pointed his finger at the 2nd Elder's forehead. In an instant, the 2nd Elder's magic patterns shone brightly, and countless small spheres of lights flew out of the remaining trees around them to enter the 2nd Elder's body.
The 2nd Elder's charred skin quickly became pale again, his dispirited expression returned to normal. Even his consumed mana had been recovered.
It only took a few seconds before the 2nd Elder's complexion had been restored to normal and he quickly stood up from the ground and excitedly grabbed the Great Elder's arm. "Great Elder! You finally came out! That's amazing! You don't know how close that was, just a bit more, just a little bit more and our Dark Elven Clan would have been finished…"
The Great Elder glanced at the scarred and exhausted Dark Elves and waved his hand. A great many lights flew out from all over the forest and turned into a rain of light that fell upon the Dark Elves.
In an instant, all the Dark Elves' injuries quickly recovered, and their consumed mana was also quickly restored.
The Great Elder nodded at the 2nd Elder before looking at the Ash Beastmen.
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Chapter 736: Power of the Heaven Rank
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The remaining Ash Beastmen were rooted on the spot, not daring to move as they were thoroughly terrified by the power of the Heaven Rank. If that Heaven Rank powerhouse attacked, it would take less than ten seconds for all of them to be annihilated!
The crippled Evil Dragon Warlord was protected by his subordinates, with a large group of Wyverns at the center, Demon Warlocks and Wolf Riders around those, and a large number of slaves on the outside.
The Evil Dragon Warlord himself was at the very center of this formation.
They saw the Great Elder reaching out, and the Evil Dragon Warlord was instantly caught by a huge hand.
He was then sent flying towards the Great Elder. The Flying Riders wanted to stop it, but they were knocked away just as they extended their hands. Anyone trying to save the Evil Dragon Warlord was sent flying back as if they bounced against something.
The army of over ten thousand and the countless elites could only stare blankly as the Evil Dragon Warlord was casually grabbed, unable to resist.
That scene made the surrounding Dark Elves feel full of admiration. This was the power of the Heaven Rank!
The Ash Beastmen could only stare blankly, not daring to say a single word.
The Evil Dragon Warlord arrived in front of the Great Elder, and the killing intent from the surrounding Dark Elves made him pale.
"What do you think you are doing? I am one of the three Warlords of the Ash Beastman Tribe! The Ash Beastman Army will come for you if you dare to do something to me! At that time, your ruined army will be completely exterminated!
"Hurry up and let me go, let me go and there will still be some room for negotiation, or else our Ash Beastman Tribe will fight to their last gasp! Think about it clearly, think of the consequences of waging war against the Ash Beastmen with the current power of your clan!"
The Evil Dragon Warlord had lost his mana and was now facing flaring killing intents, making his hair stand on end. Furthermore, he was standing in front of a genuine Heaven Rank expert. He would definitely die if he showed weakness, he had to remain unyielding.
The Great Elder glanced at the Evil Dragon Warlord and slowly said, "Let him go back."
The surrounding Dark Elves were alarmed and the 2nd Elder was anxious. The Evil Dragon Warlord made the Dark Elven Clan suffer such huge losses… How could they just send him back?
The 2nd Elder didn't have the time to argue before the Great Elder cut him off. "I have my reasons."
Although the other Dark Elves weren't happy with the Great Elder's explanation, they could only acquiesce. In any case, the Evil Dragon Warlord was already crippled, which could be considered payback. And even if he went back, his life would be worse than death. He had become a Warlord, and an evil one. Who knew how many people he had offended? Now that he was crippled, countless people would start retaliating against him, and the other two Warlords surely wouldn't let him off.
The Evil Dragon Warlord was startled by the Great Elder's words. He hadn't expected that a few reluctant sentences would really allow him to go free.
"Really… You'll really let me off?" The Evil Dragon Warlord was in disbelief.
The Great Elder faintly glanced at him and said, "Have your Tribal Chief come."
Hearing this, the Evil Dragon Warlord was thoroughly convinced that there was no threat to his life and that he would have the chance to regain his power. The power of Ash Beastmen came from their bloodline, and his was quite formidable, so he would still have the opportunity to recover.
"Hmpf, you want our Tribal Chief to come? You think that you are amazing because you advanced to the Heaven Rank? I shall let you know that our Tribal Chief has already been at the Heaven Rank!
"And before he advanced, our Tribal Chief was the most powerful Ash Beastman and had oppressed your Dark Elven Clan. He isn't like you, who broke through just before you were going to die… Our Tribal Chief is in his most powerful state! Don't be arrogant, what kind of skill is there in you bullying an Archmage as a Heaven Mage? If our Tribal Chief personally came, you would be screwed, your Dark Elven Clan would be exterminated!"
The Evil Dragon Warlord was unwilling to admit defeat, so he tossed out a few ruthless remarks. After noticing the fire burning in the eyes of the surrounding Dark Elves, he snorted and left.
When he saw all this, Lin Yun couldn't help sneering. 'That idiot was crippled by the power of a Heaven Mage, yet he still thinks of recovering? Does he really think his bloodline is that formidable?
'It's the total opposite! Being crippled by the power of a Heaven Rank's power isn't like the crippling of a Mana Whirlpool. It's even more troublesome to recover… It's impossible to recover from it, not during this era, at least!'
The Evil Dragon Warlord might have seemed unyielding, but after returning to his army, he immediately urged them all to leave the Dark Elven Clan, and they ran away like stray dogs, afraid that the Dark Elves' Great Elder would go back on his words.
Only the Dark Elves remained after the Ash Beastmen ran away. The injured Dark Elves were cured by the Great Elder, so there was only a need to deal with the remains of the fallen.
They also had to restore the clan's buildings. Even the Ancient War Trees that had fallen into slumber during the war woke up and took charge of the clan's defenses.
After leaving the Life Pattern Crystal's small world, they reached the public square in the center of the Dark Elven Clan.
That public square was now filled with Dark Elves, and the surrounding treehouses were also filled with more of them.
At the very center of the square was the 3rd Elder with his legs petrified and his mana sealed.
The Great Elder was sitting in the center of the square while expressionlessly looking at the 3rd Elder. The higher-ups of the Dark Elven Clan were sitting in a circle around him.
The 3rd Elder was standing in the center of the square by himself, the crazy expression having disappeared from his face. What awaited him was obvious. The Great Elder had advanced to the Heaven Rank, so he had no opportunity to revolt. Now he could only hope to get a sentence that wasn't too bad. There would still be an opportunity as long as he didn't die.
He looked around the square and discovered that only a few of his die-hard followers were still in or near the public square; the rest had already been put under control. None of the Dark Elves here looked at him with goodwill, the undisguised hatred visible in their eyes.
"Broust, you greatly disappointed me." The Great Elder sighed as he slowly said those words.
The 3rd Elder unwillingly explained, "Great Elder, I can't accept this! Why are you doing this to me? It's all because of that outsider!"
He loudly tried to justify himself, unwilling to admit his faults. When he noticed Lin Yun he was filled with rage. 'That damned outsider! If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have fallen this low, this is all his fault…'
He turned back to plead his case. "Great Elder, this is all because of that damned outsider! If not for him, there wouldn't have been so many things happening. It was all because of him, this was a conspiracy against the Dark Elven Race! If you hadn't awakened on time, he would have gotten away with his scheme!
"The clan has been suffering from disasters every since that outsider arrived. A few days after he showed up, we lost a thousand elites. It didn't happen earlier or later, our squad of Dark Elves was eliminated by the Ash Beastmen right after he came!
"He must have leaked the information! He is a spy! Wrecking the clan's laws and colluding with the Ash Beastmen to make the Dark Elven Race fall was all part of his scheme!"
The 3rd Elder hadn't finished his words when the 2nd Elder couldn't take it anymore and ruthlessly slammed the table in front of him while standing up, angrily cursing at the 3rd Elder. "You are truly insane! Broust, there is no saving you… You are still trying to frame Merlin even now!
"You really think I don't know? I hadn't intervened before for the sake of the clan's stability and because the clan was at a critical juncture, but look at what you have done!
"You say it was Mafa Merlin's fault? Ask any Dark Elf that was present. Who among them thinks that it was Mafa Merlin's fault?
"You say Mafa Merlin was plotting against the Dark Elves for their destruction? Is your brain as empty as the Ash Beastmen's?
"The Life Pattern Crystal's Incarnation had been lost for a century and we didn't even have a single clue, we simply couldn't find the Incarnation! It would have collapsed within a few more decades, what Dark Elven Race would there be then? You clearly know the answer!
"If Merlin wanted to destroy our Dark Elven Clan, why should he even bother making a move? He only had to stand by and wait. We would have gone extinct on our own! You are just insulting everyone's intelligence!"
All the Dark Elves nodded in agreement as soon as these words came out. There had been enough disasters falling onto the Dark Elven Races in the past years. More and more Dark Elves became unable to give birth, and the children's bodies were small and weak while their talents were sub-par.
The clan's environment was also getting worse, and even the food supplies were becoming scarce. He truly didn't need to bother and could have just remained as a spectator watching the Dark Elven Race slowly die in despair. What could be crueler than that?
Why should he bother coming to the Dark Elven Clan to scheme?
No one believed the words of the 3rd Elder, who was gritting his teeth and unyieldingly glaring at Lin Yun. "It was him! If he hadn't colluded with the Ash Beastmen, how could I have ever decided to take the risk of getting in contact with the Ash Beastmen myself? That was just my plan, I did everything for the sake of the clan, I racked my brain to solve clans issues and wanted to use the Evil Dragon Warlord's Magic Tool to help the Life Pattern Crystal and slow down the collapse of its world."
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