There were no enemies.
Søren carefully observed his surroundings, using his God-level perception to the limit, but it seemed that there were no enemies on this floor.
He quietly approached one of the bookshelves. When he reached out and touched one of the books, the power of time suddenly seemed to be triggered. The book in front of him actually weathered into powder. In an instant, dust was everywhere. The books in the entire bookshelf were all turned into dust. Even the books on the bookshelves next to it were mostly turned into powder. However, after a large number of books turned into dust, some of the books that did not change at all became very obvious.
These were all magic books, or books that were enchanted with spells.
Even wizards did not have enough energy to enchant all of the books. As a library, they would set up a large magic circle to prevent the books from being damaged and so on. However, time had erased all of these, and only the important books that were enchanted with spells were preserved. Many of the books were completely damaged, and the slightest touch would turn them into dust, but the books that were still intact had a faint magic aura.
It seemed that there were no enemies.
Soran breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and then greeted the people below. Soon, Gloria and the others all came up.
At the same time.
On the top floor of the wizard tower, three Constructs made of strange metal were watching all of this.
"Thaling No.1!"
One of the Thaling whose lower body was made of air like an elemental spirit said in a deep voice, "The invaders have reached the fifth floor, why didn't they activate the Arcane Guard?"
Thaling No.1 looked very ordinary, but it was this ordinariness that made it extraordinary. In front of it was a virtual image of Søren and the others who entered the fifth floor. After a moment of contemplation, it slowly said, "The fifth floor is the master's library, and they are all very important things."
"If there is a battle, it is very likely that this place will be destroyed."
"I believe that the master doesn't want to destroy these precious books. So much time has passed, and if the master is still alive, he would have returned long ago."
"Let's just wait and see."
Hearing Thaling No.1's words, the Thaling next to it could not help but be silent. As a kind of high-level Construct, although they had great power, they were also strictly limited.
They faithfully carried out their master's orders, but after so long, even they would feel tired.
Rune lifeforms weren't immortal.
Some of them had already disappeared in the river of time. Thousands of years were enough to wear down even their souls. Therefore, Thaling No. 1 might have thought of other ways to carry out its master's orders.
It had already changed its body three times.
As the oldest Thaling in the Wizard Tower, more than three thousand years had weakened it. This weakening was not in terms of strength, but in terms of soul.
Since rune lifeforms were also called lifeforms, there would naturally be a time when they would die.
They weren't Liches. They were just artificial lifeforms, and their souls couldn't be compared to humans. The weakness caused by the Liches changing their bodies could be recovered through other methods, but they couldn't do that at all. As a kind of high-level Construct lifeform, Thaling's body could last for hundreds of thousands of years. However, it had been too long since the Arcane Empire. Changing their bodies again and again had brought them closer to death.
If Søren didn't come, perhaps all the Thaling here would have died in less than a hundred years.
No!
Perhaps there was another one, and that was Thaling No. 13 in the War Chess Plane. It had a special divinity, and perhaps it was the only Thaling that was close to immortality.
One thousand years, two thousand years …
Even they would not be able to escape death in the end. Even planes would die at some point, let alone construct life forms like them.
Perhaps in the entire multiverse, only the gods were truly immortal! … …
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The fifth floor of the Wizard Tower.
The collection here was extremely large, but less than one-thousandth of the books were preserved. However, without exception, they were all very precious.
After flipping through a few books, Gloria immediately said, "These books need to be moved back."
The Wizard Tower hadn't been taken down yet.
It was obviously not wise to leave these books here. It was better to move them all back first.
Vivian was obviously not very interested in these books. As a Warlock favored by the gods, she mostly relied on her innate talent to cast spells. So, after reading the books out of boredom, she rolled her big eyes and had some ideas about the higher levels.
"Brother!"
The little girl ran to Søren's side and said in a clear voice, "Why don't we continue to go up? It seems like there are no guards on these two levels. Maybe it's the same above. "
Søren's expression was a little hesitant.
However, he didn't hesitate for too long. He planned to go up and check the situation. There were no enemies on the two levels, so there might be no guards on the higher levels.
Søren carefully approached the sixth floor of the Wizard Tower.
However, before he could see everything clearly, a strange light suddenly appeared. It was so fast that it was impossible to dodge. It had exceeded the speed of movement, and it directly slashed towards Søren's body.
It was a critical moment!
Soran's dodging ability, which was close to the top of the material plane, finally came into play. Relying on his strong intuitive dodging ability, he turned his body 360 degrees in advance and avoided the vital parts of his body in an extremely thrilling way.
"Pa-da!"
Half of his hand fell to the ground.
Søren's figure quickly stepped back. When he raised his hand, only half of his left hand was left. There was no blood on the wound because the flesh and blood had been burned. The cut was unusually neat, and it happened in a flash. When he retreated to the fifth floor, he felt a sharp pain from his hand.
"Brother!?"
Vivian exclaimed and quickly rushed over. She was worried and asked, "Are you okay?"
Søren's face was slightly pale. He shook his head and said, "I'm fine. This injury is nothing! … "
"Broken Limb Regeneration!"
"Restoration!"
Søren gritted his teeth and cut off a part of his hand. Then the light of divinity appeared, and the broken limb regeneration combined with Restoration healed his injury.
What the hell is this?
Is it a laser?
Søren was not sure what it was because the light came out in a flash. It seemed to be a bit similar to a laser. It had a terrible destructive force on a physical level, but he was not sure if the energy shield was effective.
"Are you okay?"
The situation here alerted Gloria who was organizing the books. She quickly rushed over and asked worriedly, "Are you hurt badly?"
Søren shook his head and raised his hand to show them. He then said, "Be careful!"
"Don't go near the front."
"Looks like there's a powerful trap up there."
Is it really a laser?
Søren was not sure yet, but he felt that it should be something similar.
If it was really a laser, then there must be a trigger device. As long as he destroyed it, he could enter the sixth floor. The level of civilization during the Arcane Empire was probably not much lower than the Interstellar Era. They had been exploring the Astral Plane and the multiverse for a long time. The appearance of something like this was still within the range of Søren's tolerance.
He could still get rid of this thing after he figured out the situation!
"Why don't we stop here for today?"
Gloria checked Søren's injuries, then looked at the half of his hand that was cut off on the ground. She said with a serious expression, "I'm researching a level nine spell called [Spirit World Travel]. Maybe we can wait until I'm done and go through here in spirit form."
Soran nodded when he heard that.
This thing was a bit dangerous. Cutting off the hand was not a big deal, but if the head was cut off as well, then he would be dead for sure.
This kind of trap could not even protect against spirits. It was safer to wait until Gloria mastered the spell.
But!
Before leaving, Søren wanted to continue testing, so he quickly took out two pieces of metal and threw them toward the stairs in front of him.
One left and one right.
In an instant, a strange light appeared in front of him again, but this time there were two of them. They were so fast that they could not be seen. Then, the two pieces of metal were cut into four pieces.
"Looks like my body can't take it anymore."
A thought suddenly popped up in Søren's mind, and a small black stone appeared in his palm.
This was the Demon Stone.
It was an elemental material that appeared in the Abyss near the edge of the plane. The size of a small fingernail could weigh more than a few kilograms.
Søren carefully threw it out.
In an instant!
The strange light appeared again, and then there was the sound of something falling to the ground.
"Magician's Hand!"
Søren cast a spell and took the Demon Stone back. It was not cut in half, but there was a very shallow mark on the surface. It seemed that the light was not enough to cut it.
One object was one light, and two objects were two light.
Søren seemed to have understood something.
It was not difficult to pass through it. Søren actually had another way, which was to use the Divine Shield to rush through.
This thing was similar to the Mana Crystal Pulse Cannon.
Anyway, it was a highly condensed energy attack, which could be understood as the lowest level of Mana Pulse Attack. If he opened the Divine Shield, he could still rush through it, but the consumption of Divine Power Points might be a lot.
When the God Slayer dealt with the Queen of Spiders, a Mana Pulse Cannon almost broke the Queen of Spiders' Divine Shield.
Although the Queen of Spiders was very powerful, the consumption of Divine Power Points must be very high!
Søren thought about it and decided to take it slow. The Avatar Crisis was getting closer and closer, and Divine Power Points were more precious than Slaughter EXP. There was no need to use them like this.
The group quickly left the Wizard Tower.
Gloria and the Fallen Witch needed to digest today's gains, and Vivian also needed to further integrate the power of the Divine Spark.
The little girl's priesthood was still not settled at all.
Søren had no clue now. He did not know what kind of priesthood Vivian was suitable for and what kind of help he could provide.
[Fear] was temporarily impossible!
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