But after rousing the Beginning Chapter, he could sense everything in the surroundings through the darkness.
The range of the darkness was less than two kilometers, but Xiuban, who was enveloped by the darkness, seemed to have gone crazy for a few seconds, randomly hitting the surroundings with Carnage.
After dispersing the power of the Beginning Chapter, Xiuban was thoroughly stunned. His complexion was extremely pale, as if he had encountered something terrifying.
"Sir … Sir Merlin, what happened? Why can't I feel anything in the surroundings? I can't even feel myself. My heartbeat is too loud, my heart is about to explode …"
Lin Yun threw a few Health Potions to Xiuban before sending him away. He then looked at the Beginning Chapter pensively.
That Curtain of Darkness didn't just have a perfect cover, it also had the power to arouse fear.
Apart from that, he had discovered that the Beginning Chapter could also increase the power of darkness spells and help one comprehend the Law of Darkness.
That kind of pure darkness was the most perfect place to comprehend the Law of Darkness. Even the Demiplane couldn't comprehend the Law of Darkness there. If the Beginning Chapter cooperated with the Demiplane, it would be much easier to comprehend the Law of Darkness than a pure dark mage.
While Lin Yun was researching the Beginning Chapter in the Demiplane, the news had already spread like wildfire outside.
The Rodney Family had become a huge joke. Wilder, the newly appointed Patriarch, had been trying to deal with the Gilded Rose after taking office, but not only did he suffer a series of defeats, he even lost face in the Starry Sky Auction. He used ninety million purple golds to buy a mana reactor, a mana reactor made by the Gilded Rose, and it was an experimental product that Lin Yun had made while practicing.
Even if he could research it, he wouldn't be able to use the technology within, let alone use it directly. Everyone knew that this mana reactor was made by Lin Yun, and everyone knew that Wilder would use it to increase his strength to deal with someone.
It was equivalent to Wilder spending ninety million to buy a piece of scrap metal from the hands of an enemy.
The Rodney Family had become a laughing stock.
"Idiot, idiot, who gave that information? Damnit, that damned mana reactor was actually made by Mafa Merlin! Why did I only find out now? Who can tell me why …"
Wilder fiercely threw the mana reactor on the ground, flames burning in his eyes and his expression somewhat distorted.
The news of Wilder's humiliation spread through Neverwinter City, and after it spread, the Rodney Family received the news. After a few confirmations, they confirmed that this mana reactor had been made by the Gilded Rose, and only Lin Yun had the ability to do so.
The mana reactor worth ninety million purple golds cracked open after being smashed, but Wilder didn't feel the slightest bit distressed as he looked at the crack. Instead, he became even more furious and fiercely tore apart the mana reactor. He immediately saw Lin Yun 'unique magic mark at the core of the mana reactor. This was a method used by alchemists to leave their name on their work, no one could imitate it.
Seeing this mark, Wilder thoroughly lost his mind. Mana burst out and the right half of his body turned into steel. Terrifying mana surged and countless thick steel spikes burst out, instantly turning the entire building into ruins.
A few people on the side couldn't dodge in time and were sent flying by the impact of Wilder's mana. Wilder slowly came out of the ruins, and the right half of his body slowly shrank back into an arc of steel.
Wilder stood outside the ruins, flames burning in his eyes. The mana covering his body almost turned into flames.
"In my name, I issue a challenge to that damned Mafa Merlin. In the name of the Odin Kingdom's Count Family, I challenge Mafa Merlin to a life and death duel.
"If he doesn't accept, then I'll start an all-out war with the Gilded Rose, an all-out war. I don't care what the other forces think, I want to get rid of that damned guy. I want him dead, I want him dead!"
Wilder angrily roared, he had already lost his reason.
Shock could be seen on the long-faced man's face. He opened his mouth, but no words came out. Looking at the enraged Wilder, the Great Elder's heart was moved. He suddenly felt that this method was pretty good.
'That Mafa Merlin is said to be a 2nd Rank Heaven powerhouse. Although he is a bit more powerful than ordinary mages, he can't compare to Wilder.
'Yes, that's right, I'll use the kingdom's oldest duel rules to initiate this duel. That Mafa Merlin absolutely wouldn't dare to refuse.
Although this was a rule that had been passed down in the kingdom for a very long time, only a few of the younger generation would use it. That was because everyone's forces weren't too different. Letting the youths fight was the best choice, there wouldn't be too much of a loss in terms of winning or losing.
But that Mafa Merlin and the Gilded Rose came from the Andalusia Kingdom. Wilder used the kingdom's oldest tradition to settle disputes. This was a rule that all the Families of the Odin Kingdom had to abide by.
Although a duel at the Patriarch level hadn't appeared for over a millennium, that was because everyone was a force of the Odin Kingdom. Everyone's relationship was complicated, and it would have a huge impact if things escalated to this point.
The Gilded Rose was a force of the Andalusia Kingdom. If they wanted to integrate into the Odin Kingdom, it would be impossible without a lot of effort. The other forces would definitely be watching this duel as a joke. No one would stand up for the Gilded Rose, and they wouldn't care about what Wilder was doing.
'As long as Sir Wilder gets rid of that Mafa Merlin in the duel, the rest would be easy. Even if we can't annex the Gilded Rose, we can still drive it out of the Odin Kingdom.
'But the victorious side would inevitably obtain a lot of benefits.'
Thinking of this, the Great Elder gave up on trying to persuade the irrational and enraged Wilder.
The next day, the Great Elder personally brought the Rodney Family's duel invitation to the Gilded Rose. He even invited a Heaven Rank powerhouse with the title of Marquis of the Odin Kingdom to act as a witness.
After handing the duel invitation to Faleau, the Great Elder took his people and left.
The duel would take place three days later. This was the most ancient duel rule. Only the two of them knew the location, and only the two of them could appear. No one could help, and no matter what methods were used, the one who came back alive would be the victor. Whoever violated this rule was bound to be spurned by everyone. After all, the most powerful forces of the Odin Kingdom had been developed by the first batch of nobles.
Even now, some of the nobles with titles were powerful forces standing at the top of the hierarchy, occupying over 90% of the strongest forces. The Rodney Family had only developed later, and it was because of their power that they obtained the title of Count.
It was already the third day when Lin Yun came out of the Demiplane. He faintly frowned as he looked at the duel invitation in his hand. After listening to Faleau's explanation of this ancient tradition, Lin Yun put away the duel invitation and opened a Spatial Door to appear at the location of the duel.
In the past few days, he had been sorting out his experiences and the spells in the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras, as well as practicing some of the powerful incantations he had memorized. His strength had already reached its pinnacle and he could already go to Agalon for training.
Lin Yun hadn't expected Wilder to jump out at this time. He didn't know if there was something wrong with his head, but he actually dared to use this ancient duel rule.
Lin Yun was naturally happy to solve the problem. As long as he could get rid of Wilder, the Rodney Family wouldn't be able to keep looking for trouble.
Lin Yun walked out of the Spatial Door. Several kilometers away, Wilder was floating in the air, coldly glaring at Lin Yun. The right side of his face had already been completely metalized.
He looked around. It was a very ordinary and desolate place. There was no one within a radius of at least 20 to 30 kilometers. There were only some wild beasts moving about on the ground. However, after sensing the aura here, those wild beasts frantically fled into the distance.
"Mafa Merlin, I'll use your blood to wash away the humiliation you brought me. I can't wait to see your head pierced by steel and your soul torn to shreds!"
Wilder let out an angry roar as he floated in the air. Terrifying mana surged and countless silver metal spheres floated around him.
Following Lin Yun 'appearance, those silver metal spheres began to change shape and turned into thick steel spikes. In an instant, hundreds of steel spikes disappeared from where they stood. The space in front of them rippled as if a huge shockwave was rushing towards Lin Yun from the horizon.
Lin Yun quickly chanted an incantation, and two shields that looked like large hands appeared on both sides of Lin Yun. A layer of very condensed flames flowed over the large hands. This was a branch of the Law of Fire. Fire-type spells could only be touched by someone who had comprehended the Law of Fire to a certain degree.
Those unbelievably fast steel spikes pierced through the air, and while the sound was still a kilometer away, they had already attacked Lin Yun 'Flame Demon Guard. The two large flaming hands were like an invisible Flame Demon protecting Lin Yun. They revolved around Lin Yun and kept changing directions, blocking all the steel spikes.
The steel spikes pierced through the Flame Demon Guard with terrifying penetrative power. After the steel was forcibly melted, the molten iron also penetrated the Flame Demon Guard and dripped onto the surface of Lin Yun 'Fusion Shield.
Drops of molten iron dripped along Lin Yun 'Fusion Shield and fell to the ground. The molten iron looked as transparent as water, but it was a sign that the temperature had reached a terrifying level. After falling for a dozen meters, the molten iron turned bright red from being burned by flames.
The molten iron fell into the forest below and instantly ignited the huge trees.
And after the molten iron ignited the trees, it turned into small silver metal spheres that flew back to Wilder's side.
There were still countless steel spikes in the air, surpassing the speed of sound. They were like several thousand Devil Piercing Arrows being shot by Divine Archers, continuously shooting towards Lin Yun.
Lin Yun frowned. He raised the Draconic Staff in his right hand and opened the Book of Death in his left hand. A huge wheel shadow appeared behind him and countless perfect law runes were surging within the wheel.
Countless law runes of the four elements rushed out and condensed into Four Element Bombs. Those Four Element Bombs left white trails behind as they flew towards Wilder.
In an instant, more than half of the steel spikes attacked Lin Yun. The countless steel spikes condensed around Wilder's body and turned into a huge Steel Hedgehog.
In an instant, all the steel spikes burst out, including some angles. The Four Element Bombs released by Lin Yun were all forcibly destroyed by these steel spikes.
Explosions kept echoing in the sky as the shockwaves created by the Four Element Bombs turned into huge spheres of destruction in the air.
Although the power of these explosions wasn't weak, they were unable to do anything to Wilder. Wilder floated in the air and a huge metal sphere condensed around his body, wrapping him within.
The destructive shockwaves swept over and scraped off layers of metal fragments from the surface of that huge metal sphere. But even more silver metal came in and the metal sphere remained intact.
Before the shockwave completely dissipated, a gap appeared on the metal ball, and Wilder sneered at it.
"Mafa Merlin, stupid guy, is this your strength? This is too disappointing. You still don't understand the gap between you and a 4th Rank Heaven powerhouse.
"The 4th Rank of the Heaven realm isn't the first three ranks of the Heaven realm. This is a brand new start. Fool, I'll let you know why so many people are so afraid of the Rodney Family's steel magic in the Odin Kingdom!"
In an instant, a sandstorm of dust appeared around Lin Yun's body. Those dust rapidly condensed into steel spikes flickering with cold light.
Several thousand steel spikes flew towards Lin Yun from all directions and instantly pierced Lin Yun's Flame Demon Guard, turning it into a hedgehog. The steel spikes piercing the Flame Demon Guard were instantly melted by the terrifying temperature and turned into molten iron before seeping out from the back of the Flame Demon Guard.
The molten iron emitted a terrifying temperature and instantly washed down Lin Yun's Fusion Shield like a river. The terrifying heat rapidly increased the mana consumption of the Fusion Shield, but mana consumption wasn't a problem. The terrifying part was that the molten iron was rapidly solidifying.
In a second, it turned into an iron sphere that wrapped Lin Yun and the Fusion Shield. The iron sphere was filled with Wilder's power and it was equivalent to thoroughly isolating Lin Yun from the outside world.
The Flame Demon Guard lost Lin Yun's control, but it still resisted the steel spikes on its own, melting even more molten iron and pouring it into the four-meter-tall iron sphere.
And on the ground, a large amount of steel turned into a sphere that rushed into the sky and rapidly merged with the iron sphere wrapping Lin Yun.
In just a few seconds, the metal ball had grown from four meters in diameter to eight meters in diameter, and it was still getting thicker.
Wilder raised his right arm and held an iron staff. He smiled as he looked at the huge iron ball that was getting thicker and thicker.
"Mafa Merlin, I can't find a match for my steel spells within the same rank. Dying in this boundless steel is already quite impressive."
After saying that, Wilder started hurriedly chanting an incantation and Law Runes fell on the ten-meter-big iron sphere. The iron sphere slowly revolved, and the sound of grinding steel echoed as spiral patterns appeared on the surface of the iron sphere.
The steel followed these patterns and kept squeezing inwards. This was the Burial Spell of earth spells. It released a swamp containing terrifying devouring power that would devour the opponent and bury them in the depths of the earth. When the spell dissipated, the person would be crushed to death in the depths of the earth.
When used on steel spells, they lost a lot of their restrictions. The squeezing power of steel was even more powerful than the squeezing power of the earth!
Under Wilder's control, the squeezing power emitted by the ten-meter-big sphere was definitely comparable to the pressure emitted by the earth.
Suddenly, Wilder's brows furrowed as he felt that he was losing control of the steel energy. The originally inactive steel elemental energy in the deepest part of the giant steel ball had suddenly become so active that he could no longer control it.
After a few seconds, the surface of the iron sphere turned red. Wilder was alarmed and frantically controlled the steel to adhere to it, continuously increasing the squeezing power. But it was becoming more and more difficult to control. The steel on the surface was already starting to melt.
"Boom …"
A loud sound echoed as the bright red steel exploded into fragments. Lin Yun, covered in a layer of red light and with a flame rune imprint between his eyebrows, appeared in the air.
The exploding flames turned the several hundred meters around Lin Yun into a sea of flames. Lin Yun had released his Fire Elemental Spirit Incarnation. This kind of ordinary flame could be superimposed without limit and could be controlled without limit. No matter how high the temperature, it wouldn't harm him.
But unfortunately, that steel couldn't endure such a high temperature.
A large amount of steel was melted into molten iron, and a lot of it was directly vaporized.
Lin Yun floated in the air, looking at the unsightly Wilder in the distance.
"Wilder, is this your family's famous steel spell? It's really disappointing. It's only ordinary steel and magic iron, but its hardness and piercing power are indeed a bit stronger than rock spells.
"Unfortunately, as long as the temperature is high enough, all the steel you control can be melted into molten iron, or even directly vaporized, increasing the activity of the steel by a few hundred times, your steel spell will be useless."
Wilder's expression was unsightly. This was the flaw of the Rodney Family's steel spell. As long as the temperature reached a certain degree, the steel would become difficult to control. The higher the temperature, the more difficult it would be to control it. Once it reached a certain degree, it would thoroughly lose control. That kind of directly vaporized steel simply couldn't be controlled.
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