This was a truly bitter battle.
Lin Yun had one of the strongest Magic Conducting Runes, the Magic Array, as well as the Spiritual Magic Staff and the Lava Dominator. He also had the frightening buff brought by the Angel Potion. His fighting strength had already reached a level that would make most Great Mages speechless.
But one shouldn't forget that Lin Yun was only a 1st Rank Great Mage.
Indeed, Lin Yun could instantly kill opponents of the same rank. Even when facing a 5th Rank powerhouse, Lin Yun would be able to suppress them. But after reaching the 5th Rank, it would become more and more difficult for Lin Yun to deal with them. Just like in the Dark Arena, the ten Spirit Warriors put a lot of pressure on Lin Yun. In the end, Lin Yun had to rely on the death energy stored in the Sage Chapter to barely get out of the Dark Arena.
And now, Lin Yun had to face three 9th Rank Great Swordsmen.
9th Rank meant that he was at the peak of the Great Swordsman realm, standing on the threshold of advancing.
The gap between the two sides had already reached a point where it couldn't be any bigger, not to mention that there were three of them at once. Under normal circumstances, Lin Yun wouldn't have any chance of winning.
Fortunately, Lin Yun had already touched the Reincarnation Eyes before these three puppets appeared.
After touching them, the Magic Array started transforming.
Lin Yun didn't know what this transformation would bring him, but he could faintly feel that the flow of mana within his body was a lot smoother than before. The Magic Array's circulation speed also seemed to have increased a lot. Some of the spell combinations that previously required the Sage Chapter to complete weren't as difficult after touching the Reincarnation Eyes.
Most importantly …
Lin Yun felt that the 2nd Magic Array was already being nurtured.
Lin Yun felt that if he could win this battle, the first thing he should thank would be the pair of Samsara Eyes.
The battle started the moment the three puppets rushed into the shrine. There was no probing, only a storm of fierce attacks. Even the battle-hardened Lin Yun couldn't help being flustered. An Ice Wall had just been erected in front of him, and just as he was about to chant a few incantations, the Enchanted Greatsword already smashed the Ice Wall to pieces.
"So powerful …" Lin Yun paled. The power of these three puppets was beyond his imagination.
Lin Yun even somewhat admired the creator of these three puppets.
Not only were their power and speed not inferior to a 9th Rank Great Swordsman's, but they even solved the problem of puppets being unable to use Aura.
The power displayed by the raging flames of the Enchanted Greatsword wasn't inferior to that of a 9th Rank Great Swordsman's Aura. Such a thick Ice Wall was cut apart in one slash. If that had landed on his body, he would have needed at least three Ice Fire Shields to resist.
Moreover, Lin Yun quickly discovered that these three puppets were actually cooperating with each other.
This was like seeing a ghost …
What kind of control rune could make puppets cooperate with each other? This was at least the level of an Artisan, right?
The three puppets were existences equivalent to 9th Rank Great Swordsmen. Once they cooperated, the power they displayed could only be described as frightening.
Lin Yun had only miscalculated, causing the Flame Barrier to slow down by half a second. One of the puppets rushed over, the Enchanted Greatsword in its hand carrying raging flames as it swept across, almost cutting Lin Yun in half.
Fortunately, Lin Yun reacted fast enough. Just as the Flame Barrier was released, Lin Yun knew that he had miscalculated and immediately activated the Sage Chapter. An advanced Ultimate Spell, Frost Armor, suddenly appeared less than a meter in front of Lin Yun.
There was only a crisp "kacha" sound. The enchanted greatsword with raging flames fell heavily on the Frost Armor …
This Frost Armor had already advanced to an Ultimate Spell, and the power it displayed was already at the level of a 4th Tier Spell. But it still shattered under that heavy sword. At the same time, a huge power crashed into Lin Yun's body, sending Lin Yun flying like a kite with its string cut. He flew no less than ten meters before heavily landing on the ground.
"Damn it …" Lin Yun got up and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. After drinking a bottle of Health Potion, he finally recovered from that heavy blow.
Lin Yun knew that this was the power of a 9th Rank Swordsman.
That was an advanced Ultimate Spell, Frost Armor, which could block an all-out attack from a Spirit Warrior. But under that sweeping sword, it shattered with a "crack", and the remaining power sent Lin Yun a dozen meters away.
If that sword had directly fallen on his body, even ten Lin Yun's would have been finished.
After suffering such a small loss, Lin Yun no longer dared to meet the three puppets head-on. He started using all kinds of control spells to restrain them. Slow, Binding, Frost Trap, Shadow Cage, all of them were thrown out one after the other. From time to time, he would use the Lava Dominator's short-distance flight ability, as well as the Magic Array's Haste to barely survive the fierce offensive of the three puppets.
The pressure of this battle was too great. The attacks of the three puppets were like a storm, and besides continuously controlling and dodging, Lin Yun didn't even have time to take a breather.
As for counterattacking, Lin Yun already didn't have the ability to do so.
The only thing Lin Yun could do now was stall for as much time as possible, because Lin Yun could clearly feel that as he kept casting and fighting, the speed at which the 2nd Magic Array was forming seemed to be unconsciously accelerating. What had just been a ball of condensed mana now had the embryonic form of a Magic Array.
Even if the 2nd Magic Array was still very weak …
No, this couldn't even be called a Magic Array, it was only a ball of mana engraved with a Magic Conducting Rune. But at this time, this ball of mana engraved with a Magic Conducting Rune was Lin Yun's last chance.
Once he had two Magic Arrays, Lin Yun's fighting strength would take a huge leap. Even if the 2nd Magic Array didn't have enough time to fuse incantations and metamagic abilities, it could coordinate with the 1st Magic Array. Lin Yun could even use these two Magic Arrays to form a simple Array.
That was the Magic Array, one of the most powerful Magic Conducting Runes in Noscent's history. Once it was arranged, even if it was the simplest Array, the power it would display could only be described as frightening.
Lin Yun was now gambling, gambling that he could complete the 2nd Magic Array before his mana was exhausted.
Fortunately, Lin Yun's gambling capital wasn't too small.
With a ring inlaid with Elemental Amber in his left hand and a Spiritual Magic Staff in his right hand, Lin Yun could use far more mana than any Great Mage, he could almost compare to a 5th Rank High Mage.
Time slowly passed, and after twenty minutes, Lin Yun replenished his mana for the first time. He used all the Elemental Amber embedded in the ring, and as the Elemental Amber's radiance gradually dimmed, Lin Yun's 2nd Magic Array had already finished engraving 1/3 of the runes.
After forty minutes, Lin Yun replenished his mana for the second time, and at the same time, the 2nd Magic Array within his body was already half complete.
It looked like the dawn of victory was about to descend.
But this was the most difficult time for Lin Yun.
This battle was even more intense than the one in the Dark Arena. Lin Yun's brain had never stopped calculating, and his nerves were stretched taut. Whether it was his mind or his body, they were both overloaded.
An ordinary Great Mage might not be able to last twenty minutes in such a high-intensity battle, but Lin Yun had already lasted forty minutes, and it looked like he would need another forty minutes to have any hope of winning. This battle was no longer a competition of power, but rather willpower.
Lin Yun relied on the extraordinary willpower he had tempered during the end of the magic era to persevere in such a battle.
Time unknowingly passed, and Lin Yun's forehead was already covered in cold sweat. His face was as pale as a sheet of paper, and even his hands holding the Spiritual Magic Staff were faintly trembling. But Lin Yun's mind was still shockingly clear-headed. Every spell he cast was incomparably precise, and every response was just right. His whole body was like a precise machine, barely surviving the storm.
"Ten minutes left!" After an hour of fighting, Lin Yun's consciousness was already starting to fade. At this time, the only thing keeping Lin Yun going was the almost completed 2nd Magic Array.
The last rune had already been engraved, and a brand new Magic Array had already formed within Lin Yun's body. Now, all he needed to do was make that Magic Array revolve.
Lin Yun fiercely gripped the Spiritual Magic Staff in his hands, and a huge amount of mana poured into Lin Yun's body like a flood. The impact even made Lin Yun experience a slight mana backlash. After suppressing that backlash with his formidable control, the 2nd Magic Array within Lin Yun's body slowly revolved under the impact of that mana.
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