Suddenly, the puppet raised its right arm once again and a glaring light appeared in that huge cannon's mouth. The light transformed into a sphere of light that converged at the mouth of the cannon. In an instant, the light burst out just as Lin Yun dodged those Fire Bolts. It even predicted where Lin Yun would appear.
Lin Yun's expression slightly changed. In addition to the Four Element Shield, he also used a Law Runic Shield.
The glaring light beam hit the Four Element Shield and paused for a moment before tearing Lin Yun's Four Element Shield to pieces. The power of the light beam's explosion impacted the Law Runic Shield and slightly deformed it. At least four to five thousand law runes were roused and kept flickering on the surface of the shield.
The huge power pushed Lin Yun back a few dozen meters before the light beam's power thoroughly dissipated.
Lin Yun's expression instantly turned serious. Rousing four to five thousand law runes on his Law Runic Shield showed that the power of that attack was definitely comparable to a 9th Tier Spell released by a 1st Rank Heaven Mage.
But this puppet clearly wasn't at the Heaven Rank, it hadn't awakened wisdom, it hadn't obtained any power, it had only been hit by pure mana.
Lin Yun understood this the best. He hadn't advanced to the Heaven Rank, but when bursting with all his strength, he could compare to a 2nd Rank Heaven powerhouse. He relied on his huge burst of mana to forcibly suppress his opponent's mana and display power that wasn't any weaker than a Heaven Rank powerhouse's.
And this Pseudo Heaven Rank Puppet was the same.
He took out the Book of Death and the radiance of the Element Chapter blossomed. The Draconic Staff was also covered in a layer of purple light and the Purple Dragon Incarnation could appear at any time.
Not waiting for Lin Yun to counterattack, another Pseudo Heaven Puppet came out of the entrance, as well as twenty Peak Level 39 Puppets. The ones behind were similar to the ones he had encountered before, six melee puppets and four casting puppets.
The scarlet light in the eyes of the two Pseudo Heaven Rank casting puppets kept flickering, and the twenty peak level 39 puppets behind them seemed to have received an order.
In an instant, the twelve melee puppets scattered and formed a circle to surround Lin Yun. Mana radiance flashed on the seemingly rusty blade and the rust instantly peeled off. A layer of faint golden light enveloped the blade and runes appeared on its surface.
When the blade cut through the air, it even left an obvious white mark.
The sword puppets turned into shadows as they surrounded Lin Yun. The eight casting puppets all raised their arms and started casting simple Firebolts and Scorching Bolts. Several dozen of them flew over every second.
As for those two Pseudo Heaven Puppets, they both raised their arms, and the cannon on their left arm kept spurting out red bolts. Their right arms were also filled with radiance, ready to release thick rays of light at any time.
Lin Yun summoned twelve flame vortexes and emitted a flood of flames that submerged everything within several hundred meters. He then used Fire Elemental Incarnation and frequently flickered within the flames.
But after a few seconds, those two Pseudo Heaven Puppets used a storm of Firebolts to tear apart most of the flame vortexes. Their battle awareness was terrifying.
Those twelve fearless sword puppets stuck close to Lin Yun, and several dozen sharp blades kept slashing towards Lin Yun's vitals.
Lin Yun frowned. After increasing their numbers, their coordination was still terrifying. They were like puppets, and their battle systems should be linked together through some kind of method. He just didn't know what the upper limit was.
Two Pseudo Heaven Rank puppets and twenty Peak Level 39 puppets could burst out with enough power to get rid of a Heaven Mage within ten minutes.
This kind of storm-like casting with no blind spots and powerful mechanical systems could be considered perfect. If they were modified, these puppets would have a complete set of Pseudo Heaven Rank puppets. It wouldn't be difficult for them to get rid of a 1st Rank Heaven Mage.
Lin Yun's casting didn't cause too much damage to these puppets. Even those Peak Level 39 puppets didn't suffer much damage after taking a few spells. At most, they would pause for a bit before continuing to fight.
But Lin Yun didn't want to thoroughly destroy these puppets. Their mechanical systems had great research value, and he might not be able to research one or two of them.
Especially in the puppet factory in the Natural Demiplane, he would need at least a few dozen mechanical systems to develop a mana source that could be produced in the puppet factory.
But after five minutes, there was still no flaw in their coordination and they were perfectly executing their orders. If they didn't get rid of Lin Yun, they would be able to keep this up for a few months until the full burst of their mechanical systems stopped.
With a sigh, Lin Yun's flickering body paused for a moment before flickering behind a sword puppet. He put his hand on its waist and Lin Yun's palm turned into a shadow as it flickered. In an instant, that sword puppet exploded into a pile of components.
But at the same time, two thick rays of light shot towards both sides of Lin Yun. Several dozen rays of light converged together and enveloped Lin Yun's silhouette. The remaining eleven sword puppets' blades already covered Lin Yun's body from head to toe.
Lin Yun had a serious expression. These guys' reaction speed was too fast, and the huge amount of mana provided by the mechanical systems made it so that they didn't need to conserve mana. When bursting out, any part of their body could burst at full power, and any system could operate at full capacity without worrying about lacking mana.
These attacks covered all of Lin Yun's dodging paths, and even Flame Flash couldn't dodge. Especially those two rays of light. Even a 2nd Rank Heaven Mage would inevitably be hit by one of them, it would be impossible to dodge both of them.
Lin Yun softly took a step back, but his body seemed to be moving in an arc as he dodged the two thick rays of light. He even dodged more than half of the several dozen Firebolts. Of the several dozen blades, only a dozen slashed at his Law Runic Shield.
In an instant, over ten thousand law runes throbbed on the Law Runic Shield and the mana consumption sharply increased by ten times.
With the help of this huge impact, Lin Yun's body flew a hundred meters away in a second.
After landing on the ground, the eleven sword puppets were already rushing over, and the casting puppets' Firebolts continued to envelop him.
A smile appeared at the corner of Lin Yun's mouth. He suddenly closed the Book of Death and even the purple light shining on his Draconic Staff dissipated.
He gave up on all buffs and only relied on his own pure power to fight. This kind of flawless cooperation and perfect pressure was exactly what he wanted.
A battle that squeezed out his strength to the extreme, a battle that tested his battle experience and on-the-spot performance the most was a battle that could shake the door between the Heaven Rank and the Archmage realm.
Lin Yun even scattered his Law Runic Shield and only used the Four Element Shield. That shield's power could resist those ordinary rays or blade slashes, but it was no different from paper when facing the two Pseudo Heaven Puppets' rays of light. It would definitely be torn apart in an instant.
A life-threatening crisis was the best opportunity to squeeze out his potential.
Enderfa came out and looked at Lin Yun's fight, his three faces looking at him as if he was a lunatic.
"Damnit, Merlin is crazy …"
A smile could be seen on Lin Yun 'face as flames started burning in his eyes. If he burst out with his full power, these puppets would be completely destroyed within half a minute. Even if he wanted to keep their components and mechanical systems intact, ten minutes would be enough.
But now, Lin Yun didn't need to use the Magic Tool's abilities, he only needed to rely on his own casting and control to completely dismantle these twenty-two puppets into components!
Sensing the rising fighting intent, the door in Lin Yun's mind that was as stable as a world slightly shook.
In an instant, Lin Yun took the initiative to rush out. The sea of flames was torn to shreds, but Lin Yun could arrange a path of flames in front of him in advance and use those flames to perfectly flicker.
Lin Yun suddenly started his counterattack, but these puppets didn't change in the slightest. Their fighting style was set up by the battle system. No matter what changes Lin Yun made, they would only calculate how to get rid of Lin Yun as quickly as possible.
Blades brushed past Lin Yun's body, and the sharp aura emitted by the blades even pricked Lin Yun's skin. The damage to the Elemental Shield was minimized as the blades brushed past it.
After dodging three times, Lin Yun suddenly flickered in front of a sword puppet. That sword puppet's four blades had just slashed out when Lin Yun's hand touched the blades and took advantage of the fact that the other side couldn't retaliate to faintly shake his palm. In an instant, that sword puppet exploded into a pile of components.
But those two Pseudo Heaven Puppets' rays of light didn't shoot out, because the moment that sword puppet exploded, another sword puppet happened to be stuck between Lin Yun and the two Pseudo Heaven Puppets.
The rays of light were powerful and fast to the point that they could only be dodged in advance, but they also had a huge flaw. Apart from being directly hit, even if they brushed past each other, they wouldn't be able to cause any damage.
If the two Pseudo Heaven Puppets made a move now, they would inevitably tear that sword puppet to shreds, and Lin Yun could take advantage of that time to easily dodge.
After dismantling another sword puppet, Lin Yun kept moving around, but he kept flickering.
When flickering, not only did he have to consider the angle, but he also had to consider the attacks of all the puppets. After all, Flame Flicker wasn't Instant Movement. Being attacked while flickering was very troublesome.
If he was hit by a ray of light while flickering, even if he didn't die, he would be half-crippled. If he was hit by a blade, he would be missing a component.
This was a test of strength. Pure combat experience, calculation ability, and improvisation ability were required, not the strength of one's magic power.
After another half a minute, Lin Yun's silhouette suddenly appeared between two sword puppets. This was the blind spot of the two sword puppets, and it just happened to be behind them. If they wanted to attack Lin Yun, they would need time.
That bit of time was enough for Lin Yun to make them unable to attack and then dismantle them.
Just as his hands touched the two puppets, Lin Yun's mana surged and he released his first offensive spell in a few minutes.
A few Bursting Flames flew from several different angles and smashed towards the two Pseudo Heaven Puppets' right arms.
The two Pseudo Heaven Puppets' rays of light were just about to shoot when their right arms were hit by five Bursting Flames.
The explosive power of five Bursting Flames hitting the same spot was comparable to an 8th Tier Spell. That kind of power simply couldn't affect these two Pseudo Heaven Puppets, but it was enough to slightly deflect their arms.
That was enough!
Two glaring white rays of light shot out like lasers and left a trail in the air. And that trail was eight meters away from Lin Yun.
At the same time, he released a Resistance Ring of Fire and blocked the other puppets for a second. He adjusted his position and only three Firebolts hit the Four Element Shield.
That kind of power simply couldn't tear through the shield.
After a second, the two sword puppets exploded into a pile of components, but Lin Yun was completely fine. He even took the initiative to attack once again. Taking advantage of the time when the two Pseudo Heaven Puppets couldn't shoot their rays of light, he flickered to the side of the casting puppets and dismantled four casting puppets in a row within five seconds.
After his successful attack, Lin Yun decisively gave up on dismantling the puppets when the cannons on the right arms of the two Pseudo Heaven Puppets shone with light once again.
In the air, Anderfa foolishly looked at Lin Yun 'fight, thoroughly stunned.
'Merlin's fighting style … Heavens, he is only using the power of a 9th Rank Archmage. Damnit, what is he doing? His grasp of the battle has already reached an unfathomable level.
How did he do it? He calculated the changes that would occur at every step and then dealt with them in advance, calmly dismantling a few puppets. As long as he could do that, he would only need to spend the power of a 9th Rank Archmage to dismantle these puppets, and he would be able to remain unscathed. Not a single nail would be destroyed.
Anderfa foolishly watched as the flames in Lin Yun 'eyes burned even more fiercely. Anderfa didn't know how much energy he had to consume to accomplish this. His mind was tense to the extreme and his Magic Array was operating in overload.
The Magic Array was hailed as the most powerful Magic Conducting Rune, and it wasn't just for show. At this moment, Lin Yun had already recorded every wisp of mana flow on the battlefield, every puppet's movements, and every second of information was a huge number.
As long as Lin Yun was careless, he would be seriously injured at the very least. But this was a battle between mages, a battle art of mages, it wasn't something that relied on power to forcibly suppress others. Whoever was stronger would win and survive.
Lin Yun suddenly felt a kind of hearty feeling. That door that he couldn't shake seemed to shake along with the shaking of the entire spiritual world. A faint crack seemed to have already opened.
After dismantling five more sword puppets, Lin Yun suddenly approached those two Pseudo Heaven Puppets.
The bait made the two Pseudo Heaven Puppets release rays of light once again. Lin Yun gave up on dismantling the puppet in front of him and instead instantly flickered to the side of one of the Pseudo Heaven Puppets.
Several dozen Firebolts shot towards Lin Yun. According to the previous pattern, Lin Yun would explode into a pile of components within a second after getting close to a puppet. That would be the best time for the puppet to attack.
But this time, after Lin Yun's berserk mana poured into that Pseudo Heaven Puppet's body, he severed all of its joints and energy channels just as it was about to counterattack.
And after a second, numerous rays fell on that Pseudo Heaven Puppet's body. Lin Yun hid behind that puppet and didn't receive a single injury. Only two Firebolts hit Lin Yun's Four Element Shield due to the angle.
Lin Yun's sudden change of tactics startled these puppets. Their battle systems would combine their battle experience to make them continuously improve when fighting someone and find the best way to get rid of the other party.
But now, according to the battle systems' calculations, they discovered that the puppet simply hadn't exploded and the rays had all hit that Pseudo Heaven Puppet.
After missing once, the group of puppets gave up on casting and a few sword puppets rushed over. At that time, the Pseudo Heaven Puppet suddenly exploded into a pile of components.
Lin Yun had already used Mirror Image Incarnation at this time and left behind a mirror image while he used two Flame Flashes to appear several dozen meters away.
A second later, the mirror image was torn to pieces by a group of puppets. A sneer appeared at the corner of Lin Yun's mouth, and the flames in his eyes rose even higher. In the depths of his mind, illusory flames suddenly ignited in the void and attached themselves to the door. A small crack slowly appeared on the surface of the door.
After ten minutes, apart from the last Pseudo Heaven Puppet, all the puppets had been dismantled. Only the last Pseudo Heaven Puppet remained. Even if Lin Yun gave up on all his methods, he wouldn't be able to give him any pressure.
After a minute, Lin Yun put his hand on that Pseudo Heaven Puppet's shoulder and softly shook his wrist. A second later, that Pseudo Heaven Puppet exploded and turned into fragments.
The battle was over. Lin Yun stood there and closed his eyes, calmly adjusting the raging power within his body. His consciousness drilled into his sea of consciousness and looked at the layer of flames burning on the surface of that unshakable gate. A small crack had already appeared on the tightly closed gate.
After opening his eyes, Lin Yun smiled. Everything was difficult at the beginning, even if it was only a small crack, it was the best start. It wouldn't take long before that gate was pushed open.
The gap between a mortal and a Transcendent would be completely broken, and a brand new world would unfold in front of him. His greatest weakness, the lack of Transcendent power, would be made up for. At that time, his combat power would truly improve by leaps and bounds.
Even many benefits that he hadn't been able to feel before would start manifesting after advancing to the Heaven Rank.
Lin Yun picked up the components on the ground one by one, especially the energy systems of the two Pseudo Heaven Puppets. He sealed them and removed their battle systems.
Cracking the battle systems was also the most important task. These puppets could display such power, and the more puppets there were, the more power they could display. This was greatly related to the battle systems.
The strongest of his mage army was only at the 3rd or 4th Rank of the Archmage realm. Any random one of them would be killed in less than a minute against a 9th Rank Archmage.
But with fifty of them gathered together, the power they could display had sharply increased by a few dozen to a hundred times. It was too easy to get rid of a 9th Rank Archmage. This was the power of teamwork. Even when facing a freak like Xiuban, the mage army could suppress him.
After cracking the secret of these puppets' teamwork, the power of his puppet army would increase by ten times.
After cleaning up the battlefield, Anderfa swaggered down from the sky, his three faces looking at Lin Yun as if he had seen a ghost.
"Merlin, are you already advancing to the Heaven Rank?"
Lin Yun nodded.
"I'm almost there. I feel that after one or two more battles, I'll be able to push open that door."
Anderfa's three faces were sullen, he snorted and didn't say anything for a while.
'Damn, that Merlin seems to be around 30 this year. No, he's definitely not 30 yet, yet he is already advancing to the Heaven Rank.
'How long has it been? Is that monster really not the reincarnation of a God? 'Then how could he know so much? He seems to know everything. There are so many things I don't know, yet he knows them all.
'He is definitely the reincarnation of a God. Right, that's right, if he isn't the reincarnation of a God, he definitely wouldn't be able to get rid of a few Heaven Rank powerhouses at the Archmage realm, let alone advance to the Heaven Rank so quickly.
'How could the Extraordinary Transformation be so easy to transform? This process would take at least a few years to complete the final preparations without external help. Damn, Merlin is actually advancing to the Heaven Rank …'
After Lin Yun cleaned up the battlefield, he didn't let a single nail off and collected them all. He then walked through the opening he had just made.
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