"Damned b * stard, I'll tear your face apart and hang your head on the door of your bedroom. I'll peel off your skin and use it as a carpet …"
Sunny was startled and angry as she let out a shriek. An ominous aura frantically surged and the death power kept rising. More and more shrieking ghosts appeared once again.
Reina and Sunny were fiercely fighting, while Xiuban and Sheldon were also fiercely fighting. But Lin Yun didn't move, he just calmly watched Max.
Max also didn't move, he just calmly watched Lin Yun. Behind him, those ten Heaven Rank powerhouses were protecting him. They simply didn't care about the others' fights, they were only protecting Max like bodyguards.
Slowly, the atmosphere started becoming more and more oppressive. Mana surged around Lin Yun's body as the aura of a 4th Rank Heaven powerhouse spread out. But just the mana overflowing from his body was comparable to half of an ordinary 4th Rank Heaven powerhouse's mana storage. The mana transformed into liquid raindrops that slowly revolved around Lin Yun's body.
The Draconic Staff was held in Lin Yun's hands, the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and the Book of Mantras were floating on Lin Yun's left and right, and the Book of Death was also held in Lin Yun's left hand. The shackles binding the Book of Death had already broken, but the pages had yet to open.
A several-dozen-meter-big wheel shadow was floating behind Lin Yun. The wheel looked like it was formed from countless circles, and countless law runes were faintly discernible as the wheel revolved.
On the other side, Max's body also slowly floated up. He was holding a crystal ball emitting a seven-colored radiance as he calmly looked at Lin Yun. Wave-like radiance kept appearing in his crystal eyes.
After confronting each other for close to ten minutes, Max took the initiative to speak with a trace of regret.
"Mafa Merlin, you are very powerful. At least among mages under the 5th Rank of the Heaven realm, you are the only one I can't see through with my eyes. You aren't even forty yet and you are already a 4th Rank Heaven powerhouse. You are also very talented.
"I heard that you are a first-rate Artisan. Not only are you proficient in potioneering, but you are also proficient in Magic Tools, puppeteers, and arrays. It can even be said that your alchemy ability surpasses that of an Artisan.
There are also many theoretical researches. You have completely surpassed others. You are a true genius.
You might not know, but our organization is called the Crown of Thorns. The Shadow Tower and the Rose Circle are only subsidiary organizations of the Crown of Thorns. However, we are different from other mage organizations. We pursue the true meaning of magic and the path of truth.
"I'm not interested in your enmity with the Shadow Tower, that's their own matter. The Rose Circle looking for trouble with you is their own matter, because you aren't affecting our Crown of Thorns."
Lin Yun had an indifferent expression, but he was inwardly sneering. The Crown of Thorns had been established a few millennia ago. At that time, the Crown of Thorns was indeed a loose alliance formed by a group of mages in pursuit of the true meaning of magic. The main reason for the existence of the alliance was to research magic.
But the current Crown of Thorns could no longer be considered a loose alliance. It was a group of twisted guys that disregarded everything for the sake of power. Transplanting a variant lifeform's bloodline was something that would destroy one's own future in the future.
"I walk on a path covered in thorns, the thorns are stained with my blood. I pluck the bloodstained thorns and weave them into a crown. May I continue on this path covered in thorns and use this crown to crown me."
Lin Yun slowly recited these words, and a surprised expression appeared on Max's face.
"How do you know the oath of the Crown of Thorns?"
A wisp of pity and disdain could be seen in Lin Yun's eyes.
"The Crown of Thorns' original intentions are indeed admirable. In fact, many of the current theories and researches were founded by the earliest members of the Crown of Thorns. Unfortunately, as their lives reached the end, the Crown of Thorns became weaker and weaker. They've long since forgotten the original intentions of the Crown of Thorns' three founders …"
The surprised expression on Max's face disappeared, and the gentle radiance of the seven-colored crystal ball in his hand suddenly became somewhat glaring.
"H.e. Mafa Merlin, let me introduce myself. My name is Maxwell, you can call me Max. If we were somewhere else, I would have personally invited you to join the Crown of Thorns.
"But unfortunately, I can only express my regret for your fall here. This plane can only belong to our Crown of Thorns. This place is very important to us, so we can only sacrifice you.
"You might not know the difference between the 4th Rank and the 5th Rank of the Heaven realm. It's far from something 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Rank Heaven powerhouses can compare to." I know that you are very powerful, but it ends here. I hope you can rest in peace, H.e. Mafa Merlin. "
After saying that, a terrifying aura burst out of Max's body and the shadow of a Demiplane appeared behind him. The terrifying aura immediately made the thin layer of clouds in the sky dissipate and the surrounding air became oppressive. It was as if the surrounding Laws were helping Max.
Feeling the pressure of this pure Law Power, Lin Yun raised his Fusion Shield, but he still felt somewhat restricted and could only display 80% of his power.
Against a powerhouse of Max's level, the difference between 80% and 10% wasn't very big. Just that little bit of difference could easily suppress Max. If Max couldn't unleash 120% of his strength, it would mean that he wouldn't be able to resist.
After sensing it for a bit, Lin Yun inwardly sighed. 'Sure enough, without the support of a Demiplane, without resistance to Law Power, the gap is really huge. The gap between a 5th Rank Heaven Mage and a 5th Rank Heaven Puppet is too big.'
'No wonder it's said that the 5th Rank of the Heaven realm is a huge dividing line comparable to a plane's level. The mages' oppressive might starts from there. After reaching the 5th Rank of the Heaven realm, the outstanding mages would be at the peak of all Extraordinary lifeforms.
Ordinary humans were at the bottom of all lifeforms of the same rank, apart from intelligence, their bloodline was too weak. But after surpassing the 5th Rank of the Heaven realm, the bloodline's power and the limitations of humans would thoroughly dissipate and the effect of intelligence would be reflected in power. Moreover, this effect would only grow stronger and stronger. After reaching the peak of the Heaven Rank, there would be very few Extraordinary lifeforms that could contend against mages of the same rank.
After sensing it for a bit, Lin Yun had no choice but to summon the Demiplane's projection. The suppression of Law Power was a kind of intrinsic suppression. Only by reaching a certain level under such circumstances would he not be directly suppressed and might be able to continue fighting. If he couldn't resist it, then the battle would quickly end.
The Demiplane's projection appeared and the Demiplane carrying Lin Yun's law comprehension started using Law Power. The pillar faintly blossomed with radiance and the Natural Demiplane's naturally evolved Law Power transformed into a projection.
Even if the Laws evolved from the Natural Demiplane couldn't be used without being comprehended, its defenses were extremely powerful.
The Natural Demiplane's projection appeared and easily resisted Max's suppression.
The confrontation of Laws was the most direct and violent. Countless ribbons of light twisted and flickered in the space between Lin Yun and Max. The confrontation of the purest Law Power, the struggle for the control of Laws, looked like a distorted aurora twisting and churning between the two. It looked extremely gorgeous, but terrifying danger was contained within that magnificence. Anything caught in it would instantly be torn apart.
Time slowly passed, and after no less than three minutes, the gorgeous distorted aurora between Lin Yun and Max thoroughly dissipated. This was a confrontation of Laws reaching an equilibrium. No one could rely on the Laws they grasped to suppress the other.
Max's Laws were more powerful than Lin Yun's, they were intrinsically more powerful. But Lin Yun grasped enough Laws, and with the protection of the Natural Demiplane's projection, his defensive power was terrifying. This represented a world's defense. The offensive power could be ignored, but the defensive power far surpassed his current rank.
This gave Lin Yun the qualifications to continue fighting, he wouldn't be directly crushed to death. The competition of spells had only just begun.
Just as the confrontation of Laws dissipated, the colorful crystal ball in Max's hand suddenly floated up and revolved around his body. An awkward incantation was chanted and law runes floated around Max's surroundings. Numerous strange magic patterns appeared on the surface of Max's body and cheeks.
In an instant, fist-sized crystal balls appeared in front of Lin Yun. These crystal balls were brightly colored and had all kinds of colors. Lin Yun felt a terrifying sense of crisis the moment these crystal balls appeared. His Magic Array revolved at full power and the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel also started revolving crazily. A huge computing ability appeared in Lin Yun's eyes as countless data appeared in front of him.
It took less than a blink for Lin Yun to choose a defensive strategy. The Book of Mantras automatically flipped open and the Draconic Staff touched the surface of the Book of Mantras. An incantation flew out of the Book of Mantras. The incantation kept changing colors from silver to nothingness and devoured the surrounding mana. A wisp of spatial fluctuation appeared in Lin Yun's surroundings, and in an instant, the space around Lin Yun seemed to be stretched infinitely.
At the same time, the crystal balls that Max released all exploded. The crystals were like exits of space. Sharp crystals exploded from the inside like crystal spikes that were hundreds or even thousands of meters long. In an instant, the space in front of them was completely occupied by these crystal spikes that looked like crystal spikes.
These crystal spikes were like the sharpest spears, piercing through everything. When they collided with each other, they would stir up spatial fluctuations. Then, they would intersect with each other and continue to extend crazily.
The space around Lin Yun's body was stretched, but these crystals were rapidly shuttling back and forth within that space. The crisscrossing piercing power piled up and affected the stretching of space. The stretched space was pierced through and shattered, causing spatial cracks and spatial fragments to keep appearing.
As for Lin Yun, he used the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and the Magic Array to calculate a path. His body swayed left and right as spatial runes floated around Lin Yun, distorting the surrounding space.
After a second, the raging mana suddenly calmed down. Lin Yun had a solemn expression as crystal spikes appeared all over his body. His Fusion Shield was directly pierced through, the shield simply didn't have time to react and was forcibly pierced through.
After being pierced, the Fusion Shield didn't dissipate. Law runes revolved around the crystal spikes that pierced through his Fusion Shield, but they seemed unable to repair the damage.
These crystal spikes were like withered branches in a bird's nest, chaotically intertwining to trap Lin Yun. And some of the crystal spikes that would have pierced Lin Yun's body strangely curved and bypassed Lin Yun's body.
That was space being forcibly distorted by Lin Yun. The crystal spikes couldn't destroy the distorted space and could only follow the traces of space itself. It looked like the crystal spikes were straight, but they seemed to curve a bit in Lin Yun's direction and bypassed Lin Yun's body before continuing to pierce.
Cold sweat trickled down Lin Yun's forehead as he looked at the numerous crystals crisscrossing around him.
Magic Breaker Crystal …
Crystal Spells were the innate bloodline abilities of the Crystal Plane's crystal lifeforms. Among them, there were a few kinds of Crystal Monsters that could control Magic Penetration Crystals that could break through all shields made of mana. They had an unreasonable piercing ability that could pierce through anything in their path.
'That old man actually transplanted a Crystal Monster's bloodline, and he was lucky enough to succeed. He even used crystal spells to summon Magic Breaker Crystals.
If he hadn't used the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and the Magic Array to calculate the degree of danger and decisively used a Spatial Expansion Spell from the Book of Mantras instead of releasing a shield, he might have already been killed.
That Spatial Expansion Spell was something Lin Yun had comprehended on that hillside every time he went to look for Agalon. By combining that place's Spatial Law, as well as his understanding of space and incantations, he had created this Spatial Expansion Spell. It was a defensive spell.
It would infinitely stretch the space around his body. No matter what spell the other side used, they would first have to pass through that stretched space. It was originally only a kilometer away, but it could be stretched to ten kilometers or even longer. If the spell couldn't pass through that area, it would never be able to cause any harm to Lin Yun.
But for some spells, the effect of this kind of stretching space would be continuously weakened. For example, this kind of Magic Breaker Crystal with unfathomable piercing power. After stretching the space, it could already be easily pierced through by these Magic Breaker Crystals. The effect of the stretching space would be weakened by at least half.
The surrounding crystals all became motionless. Lin Yun spat out another Spatial Rune, and the surrounding space instantly shook before returning to normal. Those crystals also turned into countless fragments under the fierce contraction and shaking of the space. Then, there was an Elemental Shock Burst, and all the fragments flew out.
In the sky, the crystal flower formed by the countless crystal spikes that covered an area of several thousand meters suddenly exploded, like countless glass shards falling from the sky.
Lin Yun's silhouette floated in the air, his mana raging as numerous Law Runes floated around his body.
In the distance, Max was a bit surprised as he looked at Lin Yun. He hadn't expected Lin Yun to still be alive. Those crystal thorns blossoming from the explosion of the crystal ball covered almost all of the space within a kilometer around Lin Yun. There definitely wasn't any space larger than a person's body. With the power of the Magic Breaker Crystal, it could definitely kill everything within an instant.
But Lin Yun wasn't injured in the slightest.
"Mafa Merlin, you are truly surprising. I hadn't expected you to comprehend the Spatial Law. But this is meaningless, no shield can resist the power of crystal spells.
"I'm very regretful to see you here, but you can only fall here …"
Regret could be seen on Max's face as he continued chanting.
As Max started his incantation, Lin Yun opened the Book of Death and the power of the Element Chapter and the All-Encompassing Chapter appeared at the same time. A very long incantation appeared in the Book of Mantras and a hundred-meter-long lightning cannon barrel appeared. A half-meter-long special artillery shell shuttled out from the back of the lightning cannon barrel and instantly disappeared after being accelerated by the hundred-meter-long electromagnetic cannon barrel.
He traversed a distance of less than 2,000 meters in an instant. Max didn't stop chanting as he faced the terrifying electromagnetic cannon. The crystal ball floating around him instantly appeared in front of him, and a semi-arc-shaped crystal shield appeared.
The artillery shell carried wisps of lightning as it fiercely attacked the surface of that seven-colored crystal shield. The fierce impact brought about a terrifying explosive power as the artillery shell loudly exploded. A large amount of crystal fragments flew out of the half-arc crystal shield's surface, and the seven-colored crystal ball was also sent flying.
At the same time, after releasing the first electromagnetic cannon, Lin Yun's electromagnetic cannon barrel extended by a hundred meters and another artillery shell was fired.
Seeing this scene, Max's expression slightly changed. The seven-colored crystal ball had been blown away, and by the time the second artillery shell hit, it definitely wouldn't be able to fly back to defend. This crystal shield was already covered in cracks, and it definitely wouldn't be able to defend.
Countless scenes replayed in Max's mind, and in a split second, a confident smile appeared on Max's face.
The power of that spell was very formidable. With the addition of the casting materials, even without Extraordinary Power, the power it could display surpassed that of an ordinary 9th Tier Spell. Unfortunately, the flaw was too obvious. Using the impact of the spell to form an impact, there was no way to change its direction. It could only be aimed ahead of time and could only form an effective attack on an opponent in a straight line.
'Unfortunately, Mafa Merlin is really a genius. This kind of novel lightning spell seems to be using a very special kind of power, and the casting materials are also very special. But he is still too young.'
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