After dealing with those matters, Lin Li did not stay in the Sky Castle. After activating the defense system of the Sky Castle, he brought his subordinates back to the Tower of Dusk below. The two Undead servants and the Retribution Knights returned to the Black Front Fortress to digest what they had gained during this period of time. Connoris and Angelano were still researching all sorts of things in the Eternal Furnace. On the other hand, the members of the mages immediately immersed themselves in studying after returning to the Tower of Dusk, perhaps because they had missed the opportunity of the magic tides.
After making all the arrangements, Lin Li went to the internal library of the Tower of Dusk alone, and placed all the magic books that he had collected from the tower below the Sky Castle on the bookshelves. The Tower of Dusk had not been established for a long time, and did not have a foundation of hundreds or thousands of magic books like some other forces. Hence, the library had never been full. Although the quality of the magic books was very high, it was still rather awkward to look at the empty library. However, after putting Geresco's magic books in, the library finally looked like it was going to take some shape.
The library of the Tower of Dusk was probably not inferior to the library of the Supreme Council in terms of the number of books and the richness of magic knowledge. In fact, it might even be more comprehensive. Most importantly, the batch of magic books that Lin Li had obtained this time were all written by Geresco with the characteristics of human mages in mind. They were magic books that truly belonged to the human race.
Although human magic civilization had developed for more than 1,300 years since the end of the Dark Age, the crystallization of magic civilization that human mages had now was still limited to magic knowledge below the Legendary-realm. After stepping into the Legendary-realm, most of the magic books that they read were still the magic books of the High Elves. At most, they would be translated with some annotations from their predecessors.
That created a huge problem, and that was that humans did not have a complete and unified magic knowledge system that belonged to them in the Legendary-realm. They could only inherit the magic knowledge system of the High Elves. However, humans and High Elves were completely different. The most obvious difference was that the High Elves had a long lifespan, while humans could only live for a few hundred years even if they were Legendary powerhouses.
Besides, the written language of the High Elves had always been known for being complicated and gorgeous. Hence, there were different interpretations in the process of translation. The same sentence, translated by a hundred people, might get a hundred different meanings. If it was just a literary work, there would naturally be no problem. However, the Legendary-realm involved the analysis and understanding of the elemental rules, and it was easy to have the problem of the slightest error leading to a huge error.
If a mage were to take the wrong path in the Legendary-realm, even if the possibility of entering the Sanctuary-realm was not completely cut off, the difficulty would probably increase by hundreds or even thousands of times. That was also an important reason why, despite the development of human magic civilization for more than 1,300 years, there were still very few who could successfully step into the Sanctuary-realm despite the birth of countless magic geniuses.
Only by perfectly understanding the basic Laws that constituted the world could one further understand the essence of the world, step into the Sanctuary-realm, and become an existence close to the gods. If there was a deviation in the understanding of the basic rules, how could he see through the essence of the entire world?
For the human magic civilization, the past 1,300 years seemed to have been fumbling forward. After all, the experience of the High Elves belonged to the High Elves, and it might lead the human magic civilization to deviate from the path. Some people had found the way to the Legendary-realm, but they might not be able to find the right direction to the Sanctuary-realm. Some people had found the door to the Sanctuary-realm, but they might not be able to advance further in the Sanctuary-realm.
After Lin Li passed the test of Geresco's incarnation in the inverted tower of the Sky Castle previously, the incarnation had once said that the Immortal King and Geresco had taken the wrong path. The Immortal King was an existence that had single-handedly created the High Elves' dynasty, while Geresco was known as the God of Mages by humans. Even these two mythical figures had taken the wrong path. It was obvious how difficult it was to find the right path without the right guidance.
Besides, once one took the wrong path on the path of magic, it was basically impossible to turn back and start anew. For example, Lin Li's teacher Andoine had chosen his Magical Domain as the Thorns Domain, which basically cut off the possibility of stepping into the Sanctuary-realm. It was impossible to choose again. Even the Immortal King and Geresco could not start anew, let alone others who had not reached their level.
Of course, even with such a batch of magic books that belonged to humans, it did not mean that human mages would reach the Sanctuary-realm in the future. After all, the development of human magic civilization could not be solved by a single person, even if that person was Geresco, who was known as the God of Mages.
However, Lin Li did not have much time to care about the development of human magic civilization now. After all, he had just stepped into the Sanctuary-realm not long ago. All he could care about now was how to improve his own strength and the strength of the Tower of Dusk.
With the batch of magic books that belonged to humans, Lin Li believed that the mages of the Tower of Dusk would not encounter too many problems below the Sanctuary-realm in the future as long as they had enough talent in magic.
The outbreak of the magic tides this time allowed the mages of the Tower of Dusk to have a leap in strength, but the increase in combat power was disproportionate. If the mages were to go against the mages that Lin Li had brought to the Sky Castle, they would definitely be the ones being oppressed. There would not be any accidents at all. After all, the mages that Lin Li had brought along had experienced several tough battles, and were far superior to the mages that stayed behind in terms of the use of mana and combat experience.
It was just like the battle between Lin Li and Geresco's incarnation in the inverted tower of the Sky Castle. Geresco's incarnation was limited to level-25, but with his rich experience, he tortured Lin Li to the point that he couldn't even find his bearings. Clearly, although the difference in realm could not be made up for with experience and skills, the difference in levels was not absolute.
The magic tides made the mages that stayed behind in the Tower of Dusk break through the Bottle Strength and increase their strength greatly. However, their foundation was also somewhat unstable because of that. However, with the help of these magic books, Lin Li believed that they should be able to turn the superficial power into real combat power soon.
In general, although Lin Li had left the Tower of Dusk for three years, and the development of the Tower of Dusk had also taken a turn for the worse, all the problems were no longer a problem now that he had returned.
While thinking about the development of the Tower of Dusk, Lin Li carefully categorized the magic books and arranged them on the bookshelves. However, when he placed the last magic book on the bookshelf, he suddenly felt a majestic mana wave coming from behind him.
As soon as the mana wave surged over, Lin Li immediately reacted, and the Domain World immediately shrouded the space around him before turning around to look at the place where the mana wave appeared.
"Geresco!" When he saw the figure not far behind him, Lin Li couldn't help but be a little surprised. This was the library of the Tower of Dusk. Why would Geresco suddenly appear here?
At the thought of the magic books that he had just placed, Lin Li finally understood a little. Clearly, those magic books had condensed Geresco's spirit, and he had placed them here. Naturally, Geresco's incarnation had also been brought here.
Although Lin Li was a little surprised by the appearance of Geresco's incarnation, he was not worried or nervous about it. Instead, he felt a strong sense of excitement. It was because he knew that the appearance of Geresco's incarnation was definitely beneficial to him and not harmful.
The battle in the inverted tower of the Sky Castle previously had allowed Lin Li to gain a lot from Geresco. In fact, it was not inferior to the control of the Sky Castle that he had gained. Although the Sky Castle was powerful, it was just an external object, after all. Lin Li could use it, but he could not completely rely on it. The improvement of his own strength was the most important thing.
Due to the fact that Lin Li had passed a test previously, the power of Geresco's incarnation that appeared this time was one level higher than before. It was already level-26. Just like the previous time, Geresco's incarnation did not say anything, and simply waved his hand. There was a wave of distortion in the surrounding space, and when it returned to normal, the surrounding scene was no longer that of the library.
Although it was not the first time that Geresco had brought him somewhere else, Lin Li still couldn't help but feel shocked at this moment. Lin Li was now a Sanctuary powerhouse who was at the peak of level-26, and had a rather deep understanding and mastery of the essence of the World Laws. It could be said that any slight change in this space could not be hidden from Lin Li's senses, not to mention an obvious change in space.
However, everything seemed so natural to Geresco, and the perfect transformation made Lin Li feel as if he had always been in this space. Lin Li initially thought that he had already passed a test and gained more experience and knowledge. Hence, he thought that the gap between him and Geresco would more or less be narrowed. However, it now seemed that Geresco was still an existence that he could only look up to. Geresco's strength was just like the endless void that he could not see the end of.
This time, the space that Geresco brought Lin Li to was not the spacious arena like before. Instead, it was a Void World with countless boulders floating around. It gave Lin Li the feeling that he had barged into a meteorite belt in the universe, and the meteorites of various sizes were constantly shuttling past him in the same direction.
Although the meteorites seemed to be flying very slowly, Lin Li tried to block them with his Domain World, and felt that the impact force contained in the meteorites was actually not much inferior to that of Legendary-level magic spells. Fighting in such an environment would not only have to face Geresco, who was of a higher level and had more experience and skills, but he also had to ignore the surrounding meteorites. It seemed that it would not be easy to pass this test.
Just like the previous time, Geresco's incarnation launched a fierce attack on Lin Li as soon as he got a clear look at the surrounding environment. Although Lin Li had already passed the test once, the strength of Geresco's incarnation had also increased to level-26 this time, and the combat power that it exerted was far from what it could be compared to before.
After just two rounds of fighting, a huge fireball that was like the sun easily passed through Lin Li's layers of defense, and stopped in front of him. It spun at a high speed while continuously emitting scorching heat. Looking at the huge fireball that filled his vision, Lin Li couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat despite the high temperature that was almost roasting him.
Lin Li originally thought that he had at least passed a test, and had mastered the knowledge and experience that he had. Even if he was far from being comparable to Geresco, he would at least be able to withstand a few rounds. However, he did not expect that his confidence would be shattered by Geresco's incarnation as soon as the battle began.
The huge fireball gradually dissipated, and Geresco's incarnation appeared in front of Lin Li again. Lin Li held the Helios' Scepter tightly in his hand, and waited for the right time to immediately launch an attack. However, Geresco's incarnation did not give Lin Li the chance to do so. He waved his hand and brought Lin Li back to the library again.
Back in the inverted tower of the Sky Castle, Lin Li did not enjoy such treatment. Instead, he was directly tortured by Geresco thousands of times, and continuously learned and improved. Hence, although Lin Li was defeated in two rounds this time, he was already prepared to be tortured tens of thousands of times.
However, Lin Li did not expect that it would end with just one failure this time. In that case, how could he learn anything from the battle?
However, just when Lin Li was feeling puzzled, a magic book with a simple cover suddenly flew out of nowhere. The magic book flew straight to him and floated in front of him. It was then opened by an invisible force, and the pages of the book only stopped after flipping dozens of pages.
As soon as Lin Li looked at the contents of the book, he immediately understood Geresco's intention. Clearly, Geresco wanted him to find the reason for his failure in this battle, as well as a way to counter it. The reason why Geresco did not give him any pointers during the battle was actually very simple — Lin Li's current problem could no longer be explained in a few words.
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