'What's going on?' Lin Yun was startled. He promptly bent down and inspected the puppet destroyed by the Flame Spear.
But after inspecting it, he found out that this puppet had been seriously damaged. Not only had its mana source dried up, but its mechanical system had also been seriously damaged. Over 80% of the arrays on its body were inoperable. According to common sense, such a puppet shouldn't even be able to move, let alone launch a sneak attack.
This discovery made Lin Yun frown.
'What's going on …'
'How could a puppet that can't even be considered trash suddenly have the ability to mount a sneak attack? Could it be that it was possessed?
"Merlin, watch out!" Just as Lin Yun was feeling puzzled, Solomon let out a cry of alarm.
Only a sharp sound echoed behind him. Lin Yun didn't have time to turn around and directly threw a Flame Spear. Only a "sizzle" sound could be heard as a puppet that was about to pounce on him was nailed to the wall by the Flame Spear.
After dealing with that sneak attack puppet, Lin Yun didn't relax at all. Just as the Flame Spear nailed the puppet to the wall, a cracking sound echoed from every corner of the warehouse.
"Fuck …" Lin Yun suddenly cursed.
'This is really being possessed …'
And it was a collective possession!
Under the illumination spell, he could clearly see the several dozen scrapped puppets lying in every corner of the warehouse standing up shakily.
After all, these puppets were scrapped. Their mana sources had dried up, there were all kinds of major mechanical failures, and their arrays had been damaged. Under normal circumstances, they wouldn't even be able to operate normally. But now, it was as if they were collectively possessed. The light of the arrays and the sound of the mechanical system were no different from that of ordinary puppets.
'What the hell …' Lin Yun couldn't care less at this time. He directly used Elemental Incarnation and turned into a ball of flames that pounced towards the nearest puppets.
"Boom, boom, boom …"
Lin Yun immediately cast three Flame Bursts in quick succession, and the closest puppet didn't even have time to react before being torn to shreds by the three Flame Bursts.
To be honest, this wasn't the most efficient method.
Any mage with the slightest understanding of puppets would know that the most efficient way to deal with puppets was to attack their mana sources, just like the Flame Spear Lin Yun had cast at the start. It only took a light hit to thoroughly destroy their mana sources. At that time, even the most powerful puppet would turn into a pile of scrap metal.
But Lin Yun knew that these puppets couldn't be judged with common sense. They could move around with their mechanical systems damaged, and they could cast with their arrays damaged. Thus, it made no difference whether they had a mana source or not.
The only way to deal with these collectively possessed puppets was to thoroughly destroy them.
After destroying the first puppet with the three Flame Bursts, Lin Yun didn't stop. He was like a burning meteor as he fiercely pierced into the densest area of the puppets. Then, Lin Yun displayed a completely different casting style than usual.
In the past, Lin Yun had always pursued efficiency. If he could use one Wind Blade to cut an enemy's throat, he definitely wouldn't use two Wind Blades to add another wound.
But now, Lin Yun had completely given up on this style. Every time he cast, he pursued the greatest burst of power. It felt as if he wanted to pierce through the entire stone tower with one Flame Burst.
This kind of casting that pursued the greatest burst of power was very taxing. Even Lin Yun, who had the Magic Array, had to use his full strength to keep the Magic Array operating at full speed in order to make every spell burst with the greatest power.
Fortunately, there was Solomon at Lin Yun's side.
Although Solomon wasn't like Lin Yun, who could guarantee that every spell would burst with the greatest power, he was still a 9th Rank High Mage. The spells he could use had already reached the 6th Tier. Although spells of this level couldn't be said to be earth-shattering, their power wouldn't disappoint once they were used.
Moreover, Lin Yun's usage of Elemental Incarnation was at the level of a Master. With Lin Yun stalling those few dozen puppets, Solomon could comfortably cast spells. He was like a mobile fort, calmly pouring spells on those puppets.
This battle lasted no less than ten minutes.
Ten minutes later, Solomon used a Dragon Flame Shockwave to destroy the last two puppets. At this point in the battle, not a single intact puppet could be found in the warehouse. Broken parts and wreckage could be seen everywhere. Several dozen puppets had been torn apart by the two's joint attacks.
"I'm exhausted …" After confirming that the last puppet had been destroyed, Solomon sat on the ground and fiercely gasped for breath.
But Lin Yun didn't plan on resting.
After covering for Solomon's Dragon Flame Shockwave, Lin Yun cast a few Mage Eyes to look for something in this abandoned warehouse.
"Merlin, what are you looking for?"
"I'm looking for the mastermind …" Lin Yun answered without turning his head.
"What mastermind …?"
"Don't you feel that these puppets are very strange? They were clearly damaged beyond recognition, but they suddenly became lively and their fighting strength is even stronger than an intact puppet …" Lin Yun controlled the Mage Eyes to carefully search while taking the time to explain to Solomon.
"Eh?"
As he was explaining to Solomon, Lin Yun suddenly discovered that he had lost contact with a Mage Eye.
"What's going on?" Lin Yun was a bit puzzled as he cast another Mage Eye. But this time, in order to make this Mage Eye last longer, Lin Yun deliberately added a thin layer of Mana Shield on top of it.
He didn't know if this Mana Shield was truly effective, but this Mage Eye clearly traveled a bit further than the previous one.
Then, Lin Yun froze.
Because Lin Yun had found a relatively intact puppet in a corner.
Naturally, this so-called "intact" was only "intact" compared to other puppets.
To be more precise, it hadn't been torn to shreds.
At this time, this "intact" puppet was calmly lying in a corner of the warehouse. Lin Yun suspiciously walked over, but his face turned deathly pale with just a glance.
No, it wasn't because of how frightening this puppet was …
In fact, there didn't seem to be anything special about this puppet. It was also in a scrapped state, and the reason it was scrapped was because its mana source had been destroyed. Its mechanical system had been completely dismantled, and its skeleton seemed to be made of Magic Iron. But perhaps because it had been scrapped for too long, the color of that skeleton was a bit darker than ordinary Magic Iron.
But the difference was that the previous puppets had mostly been scrapped due to production issues, but this puppet had clearly gone through a fierce battle. Its Magic Iron skeleton was riddled with scars, and its mana source had melted. Lin Yun only needed one glance to imagine how fierce that battle had been.
There had originally been a total of seven arrays carved on this puppet's body, but they had all been destroyed by the terrifying magic power. The remaining array had already been mostly destroyed, and less than a third of the magic patterns were still carved on the puppet's body.
But it was this array that was less than a third of it that made Lin Yun deathly pale.
Because Lin Yun discovered that he couldn't understand this array at all!
What kind of concept was this?
Although Lin Yun was only at the peak of the Master Alchemist realm in the field of array alchemy, in terms of insight and knowledge, even Artisans like Osul and Nolan were a few streets inferior to Lin Yun.
Lin Yun came from 30,000 years in the future. At that time, alchemy had already developed to an unimaginable degree, and miracles like the Shelter Tower had been created. Although Lin Yun's alchemy skills weren't at the peak, his knowledge and insight were far from what the current alchemists could compare to.
But now, Lin Yun discovered that he couldn't understand this array!
What was even more frightening was that although this array had stopped working, Lin Yun could still clearly feel an incomparable power brewing. That power even made Lin Yun feel as if he couldn't resist it.
This was a feeling that Lin Yun had never felt before.
Even in the depths of the Four Seasons Canyon, when facing that True Spirit Array, Lin Yun didn't have this kind of feeling.
"Heaven Rank …" Lin Yun stood there with a pale expression, staring blankly for a few minutes before letting out a long sigh. "A Heaven Rank Puppet …"
Unfortunately, this Heaven Rank Puppet had already been destroyed. What remained was an incomplete Heaven Rank Array, as well as a seriously damaged mana system. Even if it could be completely repaired, the power it could display would at most be comparable to the Crystal Scales.
'Hold on, puppet?' As he was feeling regretful, a thought suddenly flashed in Lin Yun 'mind.' Puppet, the Dark Sage's puppet? '
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