According to Lin Li's request, the Fire Demon King let out a mental roar towards the Zago Lords in the void. Then, the dark clouds rolled and retreated slowly into the distance. The Zago Demons on the ground, be it the cannon fodder Sickle Black-armored Demons or the powerful Scourged Ankylodons or Mammoth Behemoths, all retreated rapidly like a receding tide. In the blink of an eye, they disappeared without a trace, leaving behind only corpses on the ground. It was clear to everyone that what happened just now was not a dream.
Seeing the Zago Demons coming and retreating like the tide, everyone felt as if all the energy in their bodies had been sucked out. One by one, they fell to the ground in exhaustion. Even Andoine and Aldwin could not care less about their image at this moment. They sat on the ground and tried their best to recover the mana they had lost. Even the Alchemy Colossus that Angelano was controlling fell to the ground, crushing countless Zago Demon corpses under its butt.
Only Lin Li remained floating quietly in the air with the magical crystal in his hand. He closed his eyes slightly as if he was thinking about something. The Fire Demon King was forced to sign a Soul Contract that was stricter than a slave contract. Hence, even though the Fire Demon King's soul had fused with the magical crystal and gained all the power of Tyrant Balak, he did not have any autonomy at all. Through the contract with the Fire Demon King, Lin Li had indirectly obtained everything in Balak's magical crystal — the massive mana, as well as all of Balak's memories and experience. The pitiful Fire Demon King was merely acting as a bridge between Lin Li and Balak's magical crystal.
At this moment, Lin Li was not thinking about anything. Instead, he was receiving a large amount of information from the magical crystal. This feeling was somewhat similar to the time when Lin Li received the information from the magical crystal in the Sky Castle. However, with that experience and the fact that Lin Li was the one who took the initiative to receive the information, he didn't feel overwhelmed even though the amount of information was still huge.
Through the bridge that was the Fire Demon King, Lin Li carefully read the memories of Tyrant Balak's life. Or rather, it was more accurate to say that he was reading them personally. It was as if he had become Balak, from birth to maturity, from the time he opened up the 99 levels of the abyss with the other Demon Gods, to the time he fought as the Lord of the Abyss. He fought with the ancient wyrms, the Titans, the prehistoric magical beasts, and other powerhouses who were also ancient deities. Finally, he fought with Highlord Osric and died.
Tyrant Balak's life was a life of constant battles. All the people he fought were the strongest of his generation. Through battle after battle, Tyrant Balak had accumulated a large amount of battle experience. It was no wonder that he could become one of the top powerhouses among the ancient deities. The rich combat experience alone was enough for Lin Li to digest for a while, and it could make up for the lack of experience caused by the rapid increase in strength.
After a long while, Lin Li finally opened his eyes slowly. His emotions that were stirred up by Balak's memories gradually calmed down. Although Lin Li did not seem any different from before, he knew very well that the experience Balak had accumulated through countless battles in his life was enough for him to make a qualitative leap in his combat power. Lin Li even felt that the door to level-24, which was originally blurry, was gradually becoming clearer. This meant that he had taken a big step towards the Sanctuary-realm.
At this time, everyone had arrived near the crystal coffin. Lin Li's subordinates, in particular, were secretly guarding him. When Lin Li opened his eyes, the tender Elemental Wyrm Xiao Hua pounced on him with a joyful cry, and scratched Lin Li's hair until it was in a mess. It then laid on top of him comfortably.
"Hey, you're a dragon, not a bird!" Lin Li exasperatedly retracted his finger that had been bitten by Xiao Hua, and walked towards Andoine and the rest with it on his head.
Although they had only rested for a short while, Andoine and Aldwin were Legendary-mages, after all. Hence, they had recovered quite a bit. Rosen, on the other hand, did not seem to be in good spirits as he had paid a huge price to summon the wyrm. On Macklin's side, although he was fine, the loss of the mages obviously made him unhappy.
Seeing that Andoine and the rest were fine, Lin Li turned to look at his subordinates again. The body of Ujfalusi's Humerus Wyrm had completely collapsed, and only a core Dragon Crystal was left. Fortunately, Lin Li had plenty of wyrm skeletons, and could recover the Humerus Wyrm very quickly. On the other hand, Lin Li's Crimson Wyrm's skin and flesh had been torn in half, and it could almost be said to have recovered the original appearance of the Humerus Wyrm. Although Lin Li had potions that could regrow the skin and flesh of the Crimson Wyrm, it would take a certain amount of time. It was obviously not the right time.
Norfeller had lost an arm, but the Vampires had strong recovery abilities. At this moment, a slender arm with a different skin color had already grown. In Norfeller's other hand was Demon Gordon, who only had half a body left. Only by taking a closer look would one be able to see that the wound was slowly growing. The Lord of Nightmares' body was not injured, but it looked a little thin. The mana that he had consumed had yet to recover.
The Shadow Assassins were all destroyed, and there were only 12 Death Knights left. However, Lin Li's eyes lit up when he saw the remaining 12 Death Knights. Among the 12 Death Knights, one had actually stepped into the Legendary-realm and become a real Retribution Knight. The rest had also reached level-19 or the peak of level-19. Through mental strength communication, Lin Li found out that although the Cang Yan on the ground could burn souls, the Death Knights had still snatched a lot of food from the Cang Yan. The one who had advanced to become a Retribution Knight had devoured the soul fire of a Scourged Ankylosaurus.
Looking at Lin Li, who was inspecting his subordinates, Rosen became even more vigilant. He was surprised to find that the information he had learned about this young mage through various channels was completely useless at this time. In his eyes, Lin Li was still a huge mystery.
Rosen had never felt so powerless before. The matter that he had thought was in the bag seemed to have gotten out of his control because of the constant changes that Lin Li had shown. Lin Li's personal strength, many powerful subordinates, and now even the Zago Demons seemed to be under his control. How many more secrets was this young mage hiding!?
Rosen even suspected that Lin Li still had a trump card that he had yet to reveal. Although he found it hard to believe after the thrilling battle just now, it seemed that nothing was impossible for Lin Li to do.
After looking at everyone's condition, Lin Li opened his palm, and the magical crystal of Tyrant Balak slowly floated up. The mana that was originally restrained by the Fire Demon King was released again under Lin Li's command. The silver magical crystal seemed to be wrapped in silver Sacred Flames, and the surging mana waves immediately engulfed Lin Li's subordinates and Andoine's group.
Under the effect of the magical crystal, everyone felt that their mana was recovering at an extremely fast speed without the need to meditate at all. Even the Legendary powerhouses could clearly feel that their mana was recovering rapidly. They believed that it would not take long for them to be full of mana again. However, the depleted mental strength could not be recovered quickly through this method. Even if their mana was fully recovered, it could not be said that they had recovered to their peak strength.
While everyone was recovering their mana with the help of Balak's magical crystal, Lin Li looked up at the floating crystal coffin, and curiously asked Connoris in his mind, "Since this is Osric's burial ground, it means that this is the core of the mausoleum, right? But where exactly did Osric hide the real Eternal Furnace?"
"The real Eternal Furnace? Isn't that what you see!? "Connoris's tone was filled with excitement that he could not suppress.
When Connoris first met Lin Li, he had made a request to Lin Li. Or rather, it was a deal. He wanted to refine a new body for Lin Li when he had the ability. Initially, he did not know how long he would have to wait, but now that the real Eternal Furnace was in front of him, Connoris believed that with the help of the Eternal Furnace, Lin Li would be able to complete the deal even if he had not reached the Sanctuary-realm. Connoris was not worried that Lin Li would go back on his words. After all, they had been together for so long, and he had a good understanding of Lin Li's character.
"This is the Eternal Furnace? Isn't this Osric's coffin? Didn't that fella claim to use the Eternal Furnace to create life? "Lin Li asked in disbelief. Alchemical Undead creatures, Death Knights that controlled Divine Power, and Ghosts that were refined from 100,000 souls — all these proved that Osric used the Eternal Furnace to conduct forbidden experiments. How could he use the Eternal Furnace to make his own coffin?
"No, the real purpose of Osric building the Eternal Furnace back then was not to create life. Perhaps that was just his initial purpose. But, as his life gradually came to an end, he changed his mind. He wanted to use the Eternal Furnace to create a perfect body — a body that was more perfect than humans, High Elves, and even Wyrms and Titans." Connoris got more excited as he spoke, because all these were exactly what he wanted. As an ancient deity, he did not want to be reborn as a human or a High Elf.
"What a joke. Not only is it more perfect than humans and High Elves, but it's even more perfect than Wyrms and Titans. Could it be that Osric wanted to create a divine body!?" Lin Li really could not think of anything else besides the body of the legendary deities that met Osric's perverted requirements.
"That's right. Create life? Isn't it easier to reproduce naturally? What Osric wanted was a perfect body that was comparable to the deities. This seemingly crazy plan did not stop until the last moment of Osric's life. In fact, when he had a premonition that his death was approaching, he even ordered the Eternal Furnace to be moved into the mausoleum in an attempt to complete this plan at the last moment of his life. However, I'm afraid only he knows the final outcome. "Connoris seemed to be rather emotional about Osric's death. After all, such a thing was something that ordinary people would not even dare to think about. Yet, Osric not only thought about it, but also carried it out. Even though he had been imprisoned by Osric for countless years, he had no choice but to admire Osric's wisdom.
"In that case, could the one lying in the crystal coffin be the perfect body that Osric created? There are Osric's Ghosts in the Sky Castle, and there's a perfect body in here. If the two were to really fuse together, wouldn't Osric be able to be resurrected? Besides, he would definitely have abilities that far exceed what he was back then!? " Lin Li was also shocked by Osric's crazy plan. The key was that this plan really had a possibility of success.
However, at this moment, Lin Li was still feeling emotional about Osric's crazy plan when Connoris suddenly exclaimed in horror. "No, Osric will not be resurrected once it succeeds. That lunatic has already begun to resurrect!"
Lin Li was immediately shocked, and he suddenly thought of something. Osric was a powerhouse at the peak of the Sanctuary-realm. If he really did not want his soul to return to the embrace of the Tree of Eternity after his death, it would be rather terrifying. This powerful existence that was almost like a deity would definitely be a hundred times stronger than the current Legendary powerhouses even if he was only left with a soul. Controlling a body was simply a trivial matter for that powerful soul. In fact, there was no need for the complete fusion of the soul. Just a little soul imprint would be enough to resurrect the perfect body in the Eternal Furnace in a sense.
This crystal coffin, the real Eternal Furnace, was not only a huge treasure that could make anyone go crazy for it, but also a terrifying trap that could consign anyone to eternal damnation!
"I think we'd better leave this place as soon as possible!" Lin Li could not be bothered to say anything else to Connoris. After holding Balak's magical crystal in his palm again, he immediately said to Andoine and the rest anxiously.
"Leave?" Andoine looked at the crystal coffin in the sky. Although he did not know why Lin Li suggested to leave, he knew that it was probably not a small matter judging from his anxious expression. Hence, he nodded without hesitation.
Lin Li had Osric's most trusted servant, Osric's most loyal warrior, and a soul that was sealed in a hammer. Andoine knew all of this. It could be said that no one had a better understanding of the mausoleum than Lin Li. Hence, Andoine had no reason to doubt his student's judgment.
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