Of course, if one were to think about it from another perspective, without Angelano's appearance, the team would probably have been decimated by the time they made it this far. At that time, they wouldn't have been able to face the statues with ease.
The 16 statues seemed to have been infuriated by the countless magic traps along the way. As soon as they appeared, they were engulfed by the endless magic storm, leaving only piles of debris on the ground. Ever since they entered the mausoleum, this was probably the easiest battle that the mages had ever had. Compared to the previous battles, this was simply enjoyable.
However, at this moment, Lin Li, who had not participated in the battle, suddenly felt a chill down his spine. Almost at the same time that Lin Li cast the Elemental Shield, a black shadow emerged from the darkness, and a cold dagger was aimed at his throat.
Lin Li had once obtained 20 alchemy Shadow Assassins in the laboratory of the Immortal King, and had also researched how to control them. However, at that time, he was still a little puzzled as to why Osric did not move the Shadow Assassins along with him. Now, it seemed that he had a very good answer. It was obvious that the shadow assassins here were even more powerful.
There was more than one Shadow Assassin here. Just when everyone was about to heave a sigh of relief after destroying all the statues, a black shadow darted out from the dim corners of the palace, and launched a lightning-fast attack on them. The strength of these Shadow Assassins was probably comparable to the strength of the first two Shadow Assassins that Lin Li had encountered in the Immortal King's experiment. They were definitely above the Legendary-level.
Back then, in order to deal with the two Shadow Assassins, Lin Li released the Soul-devouring Domain of the Light and Darkness Sword, which directly devoured the souls of the two Shadow Assassins. However, Lin Li did not intend to do that now. The current strength of his team was worlds apart from that of the past. Even if there were more than 20 Shadow Assassins, they would not be able to force the team into a desperate situation.
Although the team of mages had suffered significant losses along the way, the remaining mages had grown much more than when they first arrived. Relying on their tacit cooperation, the entire group of mages operated as one, as if not even a needle could be inserted. On the other hand, the Shadow Assassins weren't adept at frontal attacks. However, they were forced to turn every assassination into a frontal attack in the face of the flawless mages. In this case, one could imagine their outcome.
Streaks of black lightning circled around the team of mages, searching for their flaws. However, whenever a shadow assassin appeared, a magic storm would immediately sweep out from the team of mages. Even though the Shadow Assassin's body was made of Shadow Iron, it was still torn to shreds in the face of the overwhelming magical attack.
As the number of shadows surrounding the Dark Mages decreased rapidly, a sudden thunderstorm fell on the Mages' heads. In the palace, there was an inexplicable whirlwind, and wind elementals appeared out of thin air. They had human-like upper bodies, but their lower bodies were constantly spinning tornadoes. Their bodies were full of electricity, and they were exactly the same as what Lin Li had seen in the Seven-Realm Spiral.
Although the individual strength of the wind elementals was not comparable to that of the Shadow Assassins, and was at most level-17 or 18, their numbers quickly increased to more than 300, and they surrounded the mages and Lin Li. Streaks of lightning fell from the sky, and large wind blades bombarded the mages' defenses.
However, compared to the mages, the wind elementals obviously didn't know how to cooperate. They only knew how to use their infinite mana to bombard the mages with powerful magic spells. Hence, after a while, the mages regained control of the rhythm of the battle. Some of the mages were in charge of defense, while the others concentrated their firepower to defeat the wind elementals one by one with high efficiency.
The battle ended as quickly as it started. Although there were more than 300 wind elementals, the battle did not last too long under the high efficiency of the mages. When the last wind elemental collapsed in the air, everyone finally heaved a sigh of relief. Macklin touched the magic staff in his hand, and said, "It seems that this is nothing. Although it was a little nerve-wracking at the beginning, the strength of these enemies seems to be inferior to those we encountered outside."
Indeed, be it the 16 statues at the beginning, or the Shadow Assassins at the back, or the large number of wind elementals, they only appeared more suddenly. The real threat that they brought to the team seemed to be less than that of the Holy Knights that they had encountered at the beginning. Even Lin Li felt a little surprised. This did not seem like the power that the core of the palace should have at all.
However, at this moment, Connoris snorted in Lin Li's mind, and said in a rather disdainful tone, "This is Highlord Osric's mausoleum. How can it be judged by common sense? Just wait and see, who knows what will appear later."
Connoris's sarcastic warning made Lin Li's heart skip a beat. Although Connoris might not know much about this palace, he had, after all, participated in the construction of the Eternal Furnace back then. His understanding of Osric was definitely not comparable to that of ordinary people. Since he had already said that, could there really be something that hadn't appeared?
As soon as this thought appeared in Lin Li's mind, there was already a terrifying magical wave that erupted in the palace before he could remind the others.
A blazing flame suddenly ignited in an empty space in the palace, and the flames seemed to be able to lick the top of the palace. As the flames rose, a strong evil aura was emitted from the flames. It was as if all life would wither in the presence of this aura. A tall figure gradually appeared from the flames. There was a pair of giant red bull horns on its head, and its head was similar to that of a Wyrm. Its body seemed to have been soaked in fresh blood, and it was covered in red fine scales. There was also a pair of wide fleshy wings on its back.
Under the raging flames, an incomparably ferocious face was faintly discernible in the flames. A pair of wide fleshy wings were wrapped in flames, as if they were condensed from incessantly burning flames. The tall figure that was covered in red fine scales emitted a suffocating and tyrannical aura that swept through the entire space as if it could destroy everything.
"Damn it, it's the Fire Demon, the Fire Demon from the 66th floor of the Abyss. Why is he here!?" Looking at the tall figure that was gradually revealed from the blazing flames, Lin Li and the others cursed in unison.
Everyone knew that the deeper one went into the Endless Abyss, the more terrifying the demons that lived there would be. Even a powerful existence like the Dragon of Destruction had only chosen the 25th floor of the Abyss of Tharlen to place its projection, the Lord of Darkness. The 66th floor of the Abyss was an absolute forbidden area in the Endless Abyss. The Abyssal Demons that lived there were almost all inextricably linked to the ancient deities of the Mythological Era. The Fire Demon was said to be a direct descendant of the ancient deities, and had an extremely pure bloodline of the deities.
Whether it was the bloodline of an ancient demon god or not wasn't important to the crowd, because the Flame Demon before them had already displayed his terrifying power without hiding it at all. Even though Lin Li was already at the peak of level-23, and even though Andoine and Rosen were both experienced level-23 Legendary-mages, they could not help but have a change of expression after sensing the terrifying aura emitted by the Fire Demon.
Sanctuary-realm! Lin Li and the others felt a trace of aura that only a Sanctuary powerhouse had from the Fire Demon. Even if the Fire Demon had not truly stepped into the Sanctuary-realm, it could be said to be infinitely close to the Sanctuary-realm. The terror of the Sanctuary-realm powerhouses could be seen from Megard, the arbitrator. He was able to cast a spell so effortlessly that he almost destroyed the three powerful Undead Lords. His power could be considered close to that of the gods. Although the Fire Demon in front of them was not a true Sanctuary powerhouse, it was definitely a strong enemy that Lin Li and the other Legendary-mages could not contend with.
With the appearance of the Fire Demon, the entire space seemed to be ignited instantly, turning it into a huge furnace that seemed to be able to incinerate everything. Countless defensive mageweaths around the palace, including the walls, ground, and roof, all erupted with dazzling light in an instant, resisting the erosion of the Fire Demon's Volcano Domain on the palace.
Under the extremely terrifying power of the Volcano Domain, even the top-notch defensive mageweaths in the palace were operating at full force. Those who were slightly weaker would probably be burned to ashes in an instant. Even Lin Li and the others did not dare to slack off, and immediately cast their Elemental Shields to resist the terrifying invasion of the Volcano Domain that seemed to be able to incinerate everything.
Fortunately, the mages were following Lin Li from afar when he was breaking the magic traps. At this time, they were outside the Volcano Domain of the Fire Demon. Otherwise, the mages would have been turned into ashes in an instant. This was no longer a power that could be resisted by numbers. Although the mages could also cast Elemental Shields through joint casting, the lack of nomological power made their Elemental Shields vulnerable to the Volcano Domain.
Under the protection of the Elemental Shields, Lin Li and the other Legendary-mages still did not dare to delay for a moment, and immediately launched their respective Magical Domains to compete with the Fire Demon's Volcano Domain. Domains meant absolute control over power. Within the range of the domain, the creator was like a god, and the only thing that could compete with the power of the domain was the domain.
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