However, at the peak of the magic civilization's development, the secret of the Bloodshed Forest gradually surfaced. It was actually very simple. The Bloodshed Forest was a forest filled with the Reverse Law. Thus, those mages called the Bloodshed Forest the Reverse Forest.
In other words, everything in the Bloodshed Forest developed in the opposite direction.
Lin Yun carefully explored the Bloodshed Forest, and after some time, he found many traces of a fight. There were sword scars and wisps of mana fluctuations. Judging from these traces, they seemed to be quite ancient. This couldn't help surprising Lin Yun. In this era, the Bloodshed Forest had always been a taboo. Those who entered wouldn't be able to leave alive. It couldn't be that the people lost in the Bloodshed Forest killed each other, right?
The sword scars and mana fluctuations gave Lin Yun the feeling that they were far from the Sword Saint or Archmage realm, they were at least at the Heaven Rank.
No Heaven Rank powerhouse had ever come to the Bloodshed Forest in the past millennium, and there were sword scars and mana fluctuations. It was clearly a combination of a Heaven Rank Sword Saint and a Heaven Rank Mage. How could such a combination come to this place in this era where Heaven Rank powerhouses were extremely rare?
But what about the traces of a fight?
The strangest part was that the traces of a fight were on the ground, but not on the trees. Lin Yun even released a dozen Mage Eyes to check the surroundings, but the result was the same, there were no traces on the trees.
'Doesn't this mean that the Bloodshed Forest was formed after the traces of a fight were left behind?'
Although Lin Yun looked calm on the surface after coming to this shocking conclusion, his heart was in turmoil. The answer was already obvious, the traces of a fight were left behind by Emperor Zhantui and the Gaugass King. In those days, the two fought in the Bloodshed Forest and a drop of blood fell, giving birth to the Bloodshed Forest a few decades later.
It had already been a millennium, but the traces of a fight hadn't completely dissipated. This was also the reason why Lin Yun couldn't calm down. Leaving traces of a fight for a millennium wasn't something a Heaven Rank powerhouse could do.
This discovery made Lin Yun suspect that Emperor Zhantui and the Gaugass King had already surpassed the Heaven Rank, right? The records from 30,000 years later stated that the two were at the 9th Rank of the Heaven realm, and Lin Yun had always believed it to be true. But these traces of battle toppled his understanding of Emperor Zhantui and the Gaugass King. These two were most likely standing above the Heaven Rank.
In this era, the magic civilization was far from mature. Sword Saints and Archmages were out of reach for countless people, let alone the Heaven Rank and above.
Lin Yun collected a wisp of faint mana fluctuations. This was the mana fluctuations left behind by the Gaugass King. He collected it because he wanted to use the Magic Array to calculate this wisp of mana, but now wasn't the time. He had a feeling that if he used the Magic Array to calculate this wisp of mana fluctuations, it would very likely cause the Magic Array to collapse.
This wasn't because Lin Yun was making a fuss about nothing. After all, the owner of this wisp of mana fluctuation was an existence surpassing the Heaven Rank. He estimated that he would have to wait until he reached the Archmage realm before he could try using the Magic Array to analyze it.
Lin Yun followed the traces of the fight for a very long time. After a few hours, a lake appeared in front of Lin Yun. He stopped and thoughtfully looked at the calm lake.
The lake was very special. It wasn't very big, but the lake water was light red, and the lake water was almost still.
After staring for a dozen minutes, he didn't find anything abnormal, but he didn't plan to leave, because the traces of the fight had continued to the lake and abruptly stopped.
A Mage Eye was released by Lin Yun and rushed into the lake. But just as it came in contact with the light red lake water, the Mage Eye silently dissipated.
'Mana fluctuations …'
Lin Yun was suddenly startled. He waved his hand and released a Mage Eye. He tried a few more times, but the result was the same. The Mage Eye dissipated. But what surprised Lin Yun was that he couldn't feel a wisp of mana fluctuations while standing on the shore. But when the Mage Eye came in contact with the lake water, it dissipated due to the impact of the intense mana fluctuations.
The cautious Lin Yun wouldn't put himself in danger. He didn't even think about it and summoned three Water Puppets. Under his command, the Water Puppets jumped into the lake and gradually sank to the bottom. One of the Water Puppets transmitted its vision to Lin Yun, and the situation in the lake was reflected in his eyes. A stone tablet was standing at the bottom of the lake, and because it was too far away, he could only faintly see that it was a stone tablet.
When the Water Puppets approached the stone tablet, Lin Yun saw a line of words carved with a sword. "Luo Ning and I have been lost for three years, there is no one left alive …"
Lin Yun was startled speechless, especially the last line, "There is no one left alive …" When he saw those words, he faintly felt a kind of complicated emotion, confusion, disappointment, and even more despair.
Most people might not know the name Luo Ning in this era, but Lin Yun clearly remembered that the Gaugass King was called Luo Ning.
Thus, the person who carved those words should have been Emperor Zhantui.
When Lin Yun explored Vaughn's laboratory, he encountered a Heaven Puppet that had left a deep impression on him.
'Is there anyone left alive?' 'There is no path ahead …' These words had been left behind by the Dark Sage, but the Heaven Puppet had been severely damaged, so Lin Yun could only hear these two sentences.
And now, in the Bloodshed Forest, he accidentally saw the message left behind by Emperor Zhantui. 'What did these people surpassing the Heaven Rank want to express?'
Emperor Zhantui's words were somewhat contradictory. Weren't Noscent's people living well in the era when the Gaugass King disappeared?
Lin Yun didn't stay at the lakeside for too long. He planned to return to the camp first. The Bloodshed Forest was filled with the Reverse Law, so it wasn't easy to leave. Even Lin Yun, who knew the way out of the Bloodshed Forest, spent no less than three hours. It was already dawn, but by the time Lin Yun arrived at the camp, he discovered that the three mercenary groups had already left.
Fortunately, the three mercenary groups were huge, and their progress was very slow. It didn't take long for Lin Yun to catch up to the three mercenary groups by following the tracks they left behind.
This was a forest with charred land. Shadows of flames could be seen everywhere they looked. They had just entered the edge of the forest, but the temperature had already risen to more than 40 degrees Celsius. Not far away, there were volcanoes spewing magma. After looking at the surroundings, Lin Yun frowned. He had a bad premonition, because this strange forest was very similar to the magic forest in his memories.
A commotion could be heard ahead. It seemed that the scouting team had encountered something.
Lin Yun was startled.
He unhesitantly cast six Mage Eyes, and the scene before him startled Lin Yun. It was a group of Flame Demons covered in flames that were fiercely fighting with an elite team of the three mercenary groups.
Lin Yun wanted to warn them, but it was already too late.
Several Flame Demons were bombarded by the boundless spells, and the flames on their bodies gradually dimmed. When the last spell fell, the flames on their bodies were completely extinguished, and they turned into a pile of charcoal that scattered on the ground. But after a few seconds, that pile of charcoal suddenly burst into flames, and Flame Demons walked out of the flames.
Flame Demons were the same as Demon Child and Yaksha. Although they were the lowest level of Hell lifeforms, they were still level 20. But Flame Demons were a lot more troublesome than Demon Child and Yaksha. If a Flame Demon couldn't be killed in one hit, then the number of attacks it received would be the same as the number of Flame Demons it would split into.
Just thinking about it was frightening.
From the first encounter to now, a dozen Flame Demons had turned into a few hundred in a short few minutes. If the three mercenary groups kept killing, the number of Flame Demons would inevitably increase, and the three mercenary groups would be destroyed.
"Stop, everyone stop!"
Following a loud shout, the elite team stopped their offense and went on the defense. They were well-trained and released Ice Walls to resist the attacks of several hundred Flame Demons.
Every time an Ice Wall was smashed by a Flame Demon, a new Ice Wall would fill the gap. The three mercenary groups gathered all their mages at the forefront, and after a few minutes of deadlock, the mages who had been casting spells were replaced by a new batch of mages.
Suddenly, an indescribably frightening aura spread to every corner of the battlefield.
"Rumble!"
Accompanied by an earth-shattering sound, the earth under their feet fiercely shook, and a pitch-black crack split open. A blazing aura burst out of the crack, followed by a huge arm slowly stretching out of the crack. That was an arm covered in flames, emitting an extremely high temperature. Then, another arm stretched out.
By the time the crack in the ground was big enough, a beast-like roar echoed, and a several-dozen-meter-tall monster made of flames jumped out of the crack, causing the earth to shake again.
The monster's body emitted a thick sulfuric aura that quickly spread.
This was a level 36 Lesser Flame Demon Overlord!
The three mercenary groups had a strange tacit understanding. They didn't even discuss it before leading their strongest mercenary groups to rush over. Sword Saint Dean, Archmages Delson and Olaro, as well as the leader of the Red Dragon Mercenary Group, Rolf.
There were also several dozen High Mages, Expert Swordsmen, and Divine Archers.
Orson, Yilu, Yema, Hanna, Ainley, and the others were all gathered there.
The bright flames on the body of the Lesser Flame Overlord shone on everyone's faces, and they all had different expressions. Some had solemn expressions, some were anxious, and most were afraid.
Dealing with the several hundred Flame Demons with the ability to split could be said to be easy, but this Lesser Flame Overlord …
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