After leaving his Mental Brand on the heart, Lin Li did not go anywhere else, including the showroom that Connoris mentioned. He knew that it would be useless even if he went there. The entire Eternal Furnace was empty. Other than the magical crystal of the fire wyrm that kept the Eternal Furnace running, and the half-demon half-hammer monster Connoris, everything else had been sent to Osric's mausoleum.
Before leaving the Void Rift, Lin Li infused a trace of mental strength into the huge heart. This would allow him to control the Eternal Furnace at any time and any place. As long as there was a Void Rift nearby, Lin Li could use this trace of mental strength to summon the entire Eternal Furnace.
To Lin Li, this was the biggest gain.
Compared to the control of the entire Eternal Furnace, breaking through to the Archmage realm and finding a guide to the Demon Abyss seemed insignificant. Although the Eternal Furnace was just an empty city, its core was still there. That was the technology to build the Sky Castle, and the magical crystal of the fire wyrm that kept the Eternal Furnace running. As long as he had these two things, the Eternal Furnace would still be the Eternal Furnace. Given enough time, Lin Li could totally rebuild a real Sky Castle.
Rebuilding the Sky Castle of the High Elves sounded like an impossible task, but to a master of all professions like Lin Li, the technology was not a problem at all. The only thing he lacked was time and materials.
Without a doubt, this would be an extremely long process. The rebuilding of the Eternal Furnace would consume an astronomical amount of money and time, but once this process was completed, Lin Li would be able to solve all his problems immediately. Be it the Marathon Family or the Shadow's Nest, they would not be a threat anymore. In the current Felan Kingdom, a Sky Castle from the Dark Ages was almost an invincible existence. Including the legendary Sky Knights, there was no force that could threaten this Sky Castle.
Moreover, this was a Sky Castle that was floating in the Void Rift.
Under the control of the trace of mental strength that he had just infused, Lin Li could summon it anytime and anywhere. Think about it, when the Eternal Furnace appeared in the sky above Jarrosus, what kind of expression would the people of the Shadow's Nest have?
When he left the Eternal Furnace, Lin Li had a smile on his face. He stood on the red steps, and quickly recited a spell before leaping down …
This was Lin Li's first time using the Levitation Spell, and his control of mana was still a little shaky. When he slowly descended from the Eternal Furnace, he looked like a drowning man. However, no matter how pathetic he looked, he was indeed using the power of an Archmage. There was no doubt about that.
The expression on Argus' face was proof …
Looking at the slowly descending figure, Argus' expression was as if he had just swallowed a dead mouse. His mouth was wide enough to fit an egg, and his eyes were bulging out. He looked like a goldfish spitting bubbles.
He had no choice but to lose his composure.
Even children knew what levitation meant.
This meant meticulous control of magic, and a thorough understanding of the rules of magic — it also meant the power of an Archmage!
All along, Argus had been extremely proud of his own achievements. He even felt that he was the real number one magic genius in Felan. He had already broken through to the Archmage realm at the age of 28. Such an achievement was incomparable to even Andoine and other legendary mages.
As for Gryffindor, who had emerged from the Guild of Magic in recent years, Argus did not take him seriously at all. To Argus, he was just a lucky flower that had grown up in a greenhouse. He had been exposed to the strongest atmosphere of magic since young, and the people he saw every day were at least of the Magic Shooter level. Moreover, he had the patient guidance of an Archmage, who solved all his doubts for him. In such an enviable environment, he was only close to the Archmage realm. There was still a considerable distance between him and Argus. To be honest, Argus looked down on Gryffindor.
Compared to Gryffindor, Argus could be said to be the other extreme. He came from the bottom of society, and became an orphan at the age of 12. If he had not discovered his talent in magic by chance, he might have become a thief and hooligan in the most chaotic streets of Alanna like most other orphans.
But even with his talent in magic, he did not have the chance to enter the Guild of Magic. Argus became an adventurer at the age of 14, and struggled on the edge of life and death almost every day. In the past 10 years, he had hunted thousands of magical beasts, and made breakthroughs in desperate situations time and time again. Only then did Argus become the person he was today. Everything he had now was stained with dark red blood, be it from magical beasts or himself …
How could Gryffindor compare to such an achievement? Not only could he not compare, but there were probably not many mages in the whole Felan Kingdom who could.
But when Argus saw Lin Li slowly descending from the Eternal Furnace, he was suddenly dumbfounded …
Argus knew better than anyone else what kind of person this young mage was. In fact, the two of them had just fought not long ago.
Yes, Argus had to admit that this was a real genius.
He already had the ability of a level-13 Magic Shooter at the age of less than 20. Such talent had already surpassed that Gryffindor, and even Argus was a little surprised.
But that was merely a shock ….
Argus probably did not even dream that after just two hours, this level-13 Magic Shooter had crossed an incomparably long distance, and directly broke through the realm that most mages could not break through in their lifetime to become a real Magic Shooter. Argus even felt that even if he was still in his prime, it would be difficult to defeat this fella in a fair duel.
"F * ck!" Argus lowered his head, and cursed fiercely. "I'd rather die than fight with this fella …"
He even made up his mind to immediately cut ties with the Marathon Family after returning to Alanna.
No matter how powerful Wilhelm was, he was just a mortal. It was better to offend him than to offend a fella who broke through to the Archmage realm in two hours. God knew what else this fella would do.
"Mr Felic, you're back …" Thinking of this, Argus greeted him with a flattering smile.
"Not bad, Argus. You've improved a lot." Lin Li smiled. He knew very well what this fella was up to. In fact, this was the effect he wanted. Otherwise, there would be no need to use the Levitation Spell to fly down. There was still half a bottle of Soaring Potion in his pocket that had not been used …
"Sean, what are you looking at?" Lin Li turned around, and saw Sean's dull expression.
"I … I'm not looking at anything …" Sean was taken aback. After stammering to deny it, he asked curiously, "Mr Felic, you look a little different …"
"What's different?"
"I don't know. Anyway, it's different …" Lin Li smiled.
It seemed that Sean had not wasted his time in this period of time. He could already judge the level of his strength based on his intuition. Just two months ago, this fella was still muddle-headed. In less than two months, he had made such a leap. It seemed that the master who guided him in Alanna was really not an ordinary person.
"Forget it. Let's go."
"Huh?"
"The matter at the Fire Plume Ridge is settled. We're going back to Alanna now." After Lin Li finished speaking, he looked at the Eternal Furnace in the sky again. Then, he led the two across the grass towards the Gates of Ashes.
"Boom!" The moment the three of them passed through the Gates of Ashes, there was another loud noise in the sky. In an instant, there was another earthquake in the cave. In the midst of the dust and smoke, large pieces of gravel fell from above, and the three of them were in a sorry state.
"Damn it!" Lin Li spat. He thought to himself, Damn the six mercenary corps, damn the Saruman Snake. Did they all take aphrodisiacs? Why were they still fighting for so long?
"Sean, lead the way!"
"Yes!"
Fortunately, they had Sean as a guide. Although the three of them stumbled along the way, and were almost hit by falling rocks a few times, they finally escaped from that damned cave. After seeing the light of day again, Lin Li stood at the entrance of the cave, and breathed in the unique hot air of the Fire Plume Ridge. His mood was unprecedentedly good.
The place where they came out was near the peak of the Fire Plume Ridge. It was only a short distance away from the heated battlefield. They did not even need to look back to see the rising flames on the battlefield.
"Is there an end to it …" Lin Li turned his head to look, and saw a patch of fire rising into the sky.
At this time, the peak of the Fire Plume Ridge was like hell. There was a black mass of magical beast corpses, and thick blood was flowing slowly along the gullies between the mountains. Under the scorching temperature, a layer of blood mist rose up. The thick smell of blood could be smelled even from afar.
The six mercenary corps also suffered heavy losses. There were more than a thousand adventurers who went up the mountain. Now, less than half of them were left, and many of them were seriously injured. From where Lin Li stood, he could clearly see piles of charcoal mixed with blood on the ground. As a mage, Lin Li knew very well that those were the traces of humans being burned to death by powerful flame magic …
On the empty peak, a dazzling ball of fire was letting out an earth-shattering roar.
"Oh my God …" Lin Li only took a glance, and knew what he saw. That was the culprit of this earthquake — the ferocious beast with legendary power — the legendary Saruman Snake!
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