After returning, Nock suddenly made a move. Making a move under such circumstances was a bit too stupid. There was a lot of information. Although the Holy Light Alliance wasn't the strongest force, it was impossible for them to not have any information. Getting rid of everyone's last hope … Even if there was an unbearable personal grudge, he shouldn't have been so impulsive and irrational, right?
Now that he thought about it, Lin Yun felt that something was wrong. Too wrong. There had to be some secret. Unfortunately, Nock was already dead, and he had died very thoroughly. Not a single bone was left behind, and his soul had dissipated. Even if he knew some secret, he wouldn't be able to know it.
It looked like a temporary victory. Regardless of what was behind it, it had been resolved, but Lin Yun still felt very uneasy.
The Bloody Lich's plot had been resolved, and the Mad Dog Faction within the Holy Light Alliance was also finished. Now, they only needed to resolve the plague and then find the five Saint Alchemists that they had lost contact with.
They would drive the Undead out of the range of the passage and arrange a large hexagram array in the passage. Everything would be over then.
Lin Yun frowned as he pondered over these issues, but he couldn't find any signs of someone controlling this from behind the scenes. No matter how he looked at it, it was just bad luck. Things kept getting worse and worse, and with the addition of all kinds of Mad Dogs and schemers, it led to this current situation.
The Redbud Grand Duke kept talking about the information he knew. Seeing Lin Yun's calm expression, he couldn't help asking, "Lord Merlin, is this strange plague very difficult to deal with?
You are Noscent's most talented alchemist. So many era-transcending potions came from your hands. You are our last hope … " "You are Noscent's most talented alchemist, so many era-transcending potions came from your hands. You are our last hope …"
"This strange plague isn't just a plague, there are other forces involved. So many potions that transcend eras came from your hands. You are our last hope …"
"This strange plague isn't just a plague. There are other forces involved. I need to study it first to formulate a better potion to control the spread of the plague. However, does anyone know what the Skeleton King's scepter looks like?"
"Someone definitely knows, I'll go ask …"
When the Grand Duke of Bauhinia faced Lin Yun, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and Nox's words before his death kept echoing in his mind.
It didn't matter if the Lord Merlin was the reincarnation of a Demon God or not. At least, the Lord Merlin didn't seem to have done anything unacceptable. This time, he saved everyone and the dangerous situation. Even if the Lord Merlin was the reincarnation of a Demon God, at least what he did was beneficial to everyone.
If it wasn't for the potion made by the Lord Merlin, it would have been over by now. Maybe that idiot Nox was talking nonsense when he died …
Lin Yun did not notice the unusual behavior of the Grand Duke of Bauhinia. He stood up and left the conference room.
"I'm going to study the power of this plague. If anyone knows what the Skeleton King's scepter looks like, please draw it and send it to me. This is very important."
After leaving the conference room, Lin Yun took the samples of the infected mages and entered the alchemy laboratory to start studying them.
In less than an hour, the samples were completely consumed. Lin Yun looked at the wisp of ink-black power in the potion bottle in front of him and frowned.
The power in the potion bottle was like a cloud of smoke, or like black octopus ink that had dripped into water and slowly spread out. It was filled with the power of death. It seemed to be a power even more deathly silent than death, and it also contained a terrifying poison that seemed to be the poison of zombies.
The poison spread under the deathly stillness of the energy. The stronger a creature's life force was, the more active the infection would be. The weaker a creature's strength and life force was, the more silent the poison would be. For dead creatures, the poison would be completely silent and would have no effect at all.
In other words, this poison was specifically targeted at living lifeforms.
If vitality and Extraordinary Power came in contact at the same time, the deathly stillness power would fuse with the poison and thoroughly burst out. This was why Low Rank Heaven Rank powerhouses would die faster than Archmages after being infected by the plague. Only the stronger Heaven Rank powerhouses could use Extraordinary Power to suppress and resist it.
But this kind of resistance was like drinking poison to quench thirst. Although Extraordinary Power could temporarily suppress it, the poison would slowly grow under the infusion of Extraordinary Power. It would accumulate power until it finally burst out.
By the time it completely burst out, even a 7th Rank Heaven powerhouse would be unable to resist and would only end up dead.
Lin Yun poured a wisp of Extraordinary Power into the potion bottle as well as a drop of blood. In an instant, the wisp of smoke within the potion bottle seemed to come to life and frantically devoured the wisp of Extraordinary Power and the drop of blood that Lin Yun poured in. After a few seconds, the Extraordinary Power and the drop of blood thoroughly disappeared while that wisp of smoke expanded at least twice its original size.
At this time, Hughes flew into the alchemy laboratory with an Image Stone.
He opened the Image Stone and a sinister Bone Dragon appeared on it. A Skeleton King wearing a broken cloak was standing on the Bone Dragon's back while holding a scepter. The scepter he was holding was made of bones, but it looked like countless small skeleton arms piled up one after another to form a half-meter-long white bone scepter.
At the top of the scepter, skeleton hands were holding a rotten heart, and a pale green light was curling around that heart.
Lin Yun 'expression darkened when he saw this scene.
"Damnit, I knew it. Sure enough, apart from the famous Plague Knight, who else could infect a 7th Rank Heaven Mage with a plague? Pegg's scepter, that damned guy actually dared to give his scepter to a Level 47 Skeleton King.
"Even if he wants to flatter the Undead King, he doesn't need to do this. As one of the first batch of Undead Zombies, he actually gave his scepter to a skeleton, that damned guy …"
The Plague Knight was rumored to be the first batch of Undead Zombies to appear in the Undead Plane, but it was also said that Pegg was the first Zombie to possess plague power.
Plagues were useless against the Undead, because plagues had the power to kill the living. In the most ancient era, when Noscent was still in the Era of Gods, countless weak lifeforms died in a great war. Then, the plague that had always been harming weak lifeforms thoroughly burst out.
Countless humans, who were still very weak at the time, died during this outbreak. Even the races that claimed to be superior lifeforms also died under the outbreak of the plague.
It was at this time that a weak human turned into a zombie and appeared in the Undead Plane. He then obtained the power of plague and rapidly grew, becoming the famous Plague Knight.
There were many theories, but this and another one were the most credible. In any case, the Plague Knight Pegg was the first Undead in the Undead Plane to possess plague power.
His own heart was embedded at the top of his scepter, and it was known as the Plague Origin.
To be infected by Pegg's power of the plague, one had to be stronger than Pegg, or be infected with a very light plague, and get rid of the power of the plague as quickly as possible. If the infection was serious, then only Pegg could absorb the power of the plague himself.
Now, the best way was to destroy the source of the plague. They had to snatch Peg's scepter from the hands of the Skeleton King, and then completely destroy the source of the plague. In this way, they could completely solve the plague that was spreading on the battlefield.
If the Plague Origin wasn't destroyed, all the infected mages would die, it was only a matter of time.
The Bloody Lich was secretly plotting, and now the Plague Knight was also getting involved. Lin Yun felt a headache coming on. It would be fine if it was only the Plague Knight, but if the Undead King behind the plague also paid attention to this place, it would be troublesome.
Only the Lionheart King and the Forest Elf King were keeping watch in the rear. The two of them definitely couldn't defeat the Undead King, that was a terrifying existence surpassing the Heaven Rank. But now, the passage couldn't bear the power of that kind of battle, so both sides didn't send more powerful people to join the battle.
However, in the end, when the humans counterattacked and the Undead King could no longer see any hope of conquering the Leviathan Dimension, the Undead King might personally take action and destroy the passage, causing the Leviathan Dimension to enter an apocalyptic state.
Since they couldn't get it, they might as well destroy it. Those Undead would definitely do such a thing.
This was the most troublesome part. To avoid this trouble, he had to control the time, control the time needed to counterattack, control the time needed to set up the Hexagram Array. As the passage stabilized, the powerhouses that could join the battle would become more and more powerful.
He had to wait until the space was about to stabilize and the passage started expanding before activating the Hexagram Array. That would be the most likely way to succeed.
The current situation was already so terrible, yet he still had to control the development of the situation, and even control the time it took to develop. This was simply impossible.
Lin Yun shook his head and started concocting a potion.
A potion that could control the spread of the plague wasn't very difficult. He had a ready-made potion formula and production method in his head, and the difficulty of concocting it wasn't too high. An ordinary Artisan would be able to concoct it.
After compounding a sample bottle, Lin Yun directly handed the potion over to the Gilded Rose and had the Gilded Rose's alchemists make the potion.
The concocted potions were distributed to the infected mages according to the severity of the plague.
With this potion, the plague could be controlled, or at least it wouldn't continue spreading. But he had to think of another way to deal with the plague.
If he snatched Pegg's scepter from the hands of the Skeleton King, Lin Yun would be confident that he could get rid of the plague, but the problem was how to snatch it.
Should he directly rush into the sea of Undeads and get rid of that Skeleton King? What a joke, the Skeleton King wasn't that stupid. The number of flying Undeads in his surroundings was uncountable, not to mention the tide of Undeads covering the ground.
Moreover, it was unknown whether he could get rid of that level 47 Skeleton King holding Pegg's scepter.
The powerhouse meeting was held once again, but this time, it was initiated by Lin Yun.
"I've already developed a potion that can temporarily control the plague, but this thing isn't very useful and can't directly dispel the plague.
"The source of the plague comes from the Plague Knight. Strictly speaking, it comes from the Plague Knight's scepter, the scepter in the hands of the Skeleton King. If we want to get rid of the plague, we can only destroy the Plague Knight's scepter.
"But how to get rid of that Skeleton King and snatch the Plague Knight's scepter is another problem."
Lin Yun directly told these people about the current situation. In an instant, the group of powerhouses remained silent. They were all infected by the plague, but the degree was different. They simply couldn't display their full strength, let alone get rid of that Skeleton King.
In a one-on-one situation, that Skeleton King holding Pegg's scepter could escape from a 7th Rank Heaven Mage. The other 7th Rank Heaven Mages might not be able to get rid of that Skeleton King.
Not to mention that there were countless Undeads guarding that Skeleton King. Moreover, it wasn't just a few million Undeads, it was a billion Undeads.
The group of powerhouses remained silent. After a dozen seconds of silence, the Redbud Flower Grand Duke pointed at the pustules on his neck and bitterly smiled.
"Lord Merlin, we have no other way. Even if we want to make a move, we aren't that Skeleton King's opponent. Moreover, powerhouses above the 7th Rank of the Heaven realm can't fight in this passage. Moreover, there are so many Undeads. Getting rid of that damned Undeads is impossible …"
Lin Yun frowned but didn't say anything. He was thinking about how to get rid of that Skeleton King. That Fire Wall could temporarily stop the sea of Undeads, but once the Fire Wall dissipated, the Undeads would return. At that time, the human side would have a large number of half-crippled mages, and it would only be a matter of time before the defensive line was broken.
Just as the group of people fell silent, the door to the meeting room was pushed open. A young Mage in a white robe with pure white hair walked in with a warm smile on his face.
"Lord Merlin, let me introduce myself. My name is Prome. If you don't mind, please allow me to fight alongside you."
Prome had a warm smile on his face. As he slowly walked over, he seemed to have a calm temperament. His eyes were gentle and wise, just like the impression that a powerful Holy Light Mage should give others. No, it shouldn't be said to be powerful. It was more like he couldn't feel powerful at all. They could only feel his kind and wise gaze.
Even if an ordinary person stood in front of him, they wouldn't feel any pressure. They would feel as if they were basking in the sun on a winter's afternoon. It was warm and comfortable, and they couldn't feel any malice. They could let down their guard and vigilance.
As Prome slowly walked over, the Redbud Flower Grand Duke took the initiative to stand up and greet him with a respectful smile.
"Sir Prome, why did you come in person? This matter is quite troublesome and you have to participate in the battle, but you should know that the spatial passage between the Leviathan Plane and the Undead Plane hasn't stabilized to the point where it can withstand the Extraordinary Power of an 8th Rank Heaven powerhouse. You can't participate in the battle.
"You still haven't recovered and you haven't rested. You have already helped us a lot, this …"
Another mage next to the Redbud Flower Grand Duke also tried to persuade him. In less than ten seconds, even the shrewdest Reeves tried to persuade him.
Lin Yun stood on the side and didn't say anything, a bit of admiration in his eyes.
Prome was known as the purest Holy Light Mage. After the founder of the Holy Light Alliance disappeared completely and went on an endless arduous training, he was the only one who firmly stuck to his beliefs from the beginning to the end.
He firmly believed that a holy light mage absolutely couldn't be measured in terms of destructive power or power. He had to be measured in terms of contribution to the Holy Light. A holy light mage received the blessing of the Holy Light, so they had to make corresponding contributions. Making contributions was the only way to seek the true meaning of the Holy Light.
In people's imagination, a holy light mage who represented the Holy Light and walked the earth should have all the virtues that a holy light mage should have. Using the harshest requirements to measure them, Prome was absolutely perfect.
Humility, honesty, compassion, bravery, justice, sacrifice, honor, and soul. Using the standards of the legendary Holy Knight, Prome absolutely had no problem.
The founder of the Holy Light Alliance never appeared again, and the Mad Dog Faction of the Holy Light Alliance started brewing and rebelling. When Prome faced the bloody internal strife of the Holy Light Alliance, he bravely resisted and fought for the honor of the Holy Light Alliance.
But later, the internal strife became more and more intense, and Prome saw the final outcome of the Holy Light Alliance. In the end, the hands of the Holy Light Alliance would be stained with blood, and the Holy Light Alliance would be thoroughly destroyed.
He didn't want to see such a scene, so as an 8th Rank Heaven powerhouse with the highest comprehension of the Holy Light Alliance, he was willing to sacrifice himself in exchange for the oaths of others. He made the Mad Dog Faction swear that they would never retaliate against the members of the Holy Light Alliance, that they couldn't use all kinds of methods to persecute those mages who pursued the pure Holy Light just because of a difference in ideals.
From then on, Prome was imprisoned in the deepest prison of the Holy Light Alliance. That was a cage specially built for him. There was no light inside, and he couldn't feel any light. To a holy light mage, that was a hell worse than death.
Everyone thought that Prome might have already died there. After all, it had been over a thousand years. Although the holy light mages who pursued Prome's ideals weren't eliminated by the Mad Dog Faction because of their oaths, they had already lost their rights.
After losing their rights, they only had themselves left. These mages grew stronger and stronger. Although they were few in number, they couldn't be eliminated so easily.
These mages became ascetics and called themselves priests of salvation. They hoped to save Prome one day. They believed that even if Prome was imprisoned in the darkest prison for a thousand years, the radiance of the Holy Light wouldn't fade.
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