At this time, everyone was motionless, despair visible on their faces.
They could still deal with the skeleton that had suffered a backlash and fallen to the peak of level 37, but Baiers … That was the soul of a Heaven Rank powerhouse. Even without a body, he could kill them in an instant, not to mention that Baiers possessed the power of the Desolate Overlord's Incarnation.
They were simply driven into a corner.
"We're screwed, we're screwed, we're really screwed this time …" Weiss sat down on the pitch-black ground, not a bit of the dignity of a Representative of the Black Tower remaining. He kept muttering, bitterly smiling and then grinning, as if he had lost his mind. "This is a scheme, a scheme that has been going on for millennia …"
"What are you hiding?" Lin Yun, who was standing on the side, looked at Weiss with a solemn expression and couldn't help frowning. He had long suspected that Weiss and Solan coming to the Tulan Mountain Range wasn't a coincidence, but rather to achieve a certain goal. "It might be helpful to us if we talk about it now."
Everyone's gazes fell on Weiss.
"We were deceived …" Weiss bitterly smiled as he looked up at the dusky sky and slowly said, "Ten years ago, Solan and I met a descendant of the 3rd Dynasty's royal family in the Dark Azure Plane …"
"Wait!" Delson immediately interrupted Weiss. At this point, he seemed to have forgotten Weiss' status as a Representative of the Black Tower. "A descendant of the Odin Kingdom's royal family?"
"No, it wasn't them. Strictly speaking, that branch of the Odin Kingdom can't be considered a descendant of the royal family, because they were Baiers' children. They were implicated by Baiers and were expelled from the royal family, drifting in the bitter cold. It was because of this that they managed to survive after the fall of the 3rd Dynasty …"
Whis smiled and continued, "The descendants of the royal family we met in the Dark Azure Plane were actually the legitimate descendants of the royal family. Thousands of years ago, when the third dynasty was about to fall, those people fled to various large planes. There are still traces of their activities in many planes until a thousand years ago, when they completely disappeared from the Endless Planes. When they were in the Dark Azure Plane, they had designs on the Dark Azure Dragon and wanted to seize its power …"
"That's an existence surpassing the Heaven Rank …" Lin Yun shook his head. He clearly knew how frightening that Dragon was. In the past millennia, it had killed one powerful existence after another, and there was no lack of Heaven Rank powerhouses among them. Those exiled descendants of the royal family actually dared to have ideas about the Dark Azure Dragon? They were truly tired of living.
Let alone them, even Emperor Zhantui and Luo Ning might not have been willing to make a move against the Dark Azure Dragon.
"That's right …" Whis nodded in agreement. "Back then, the Dark Azure Dragon was slumbering, that's why they had such thoughts. Even if I don't say it, you should be able to guess the outcome. More than half of the descendants of the royal family died, and the surviving descendants took their corpses away. But before they could bury them, the Dark Azure Dragon chased after them. After those people escaped, no one buried the dead descendants. Moreover, that place was very hidden and hadn't been discovered for a millennium. It just so happened that Solan and I found it at that time."
"This is related to Baiers?" Lin Yun was moved.
"Yes, it is indeed related to Baiers. Even they were deceived by Baiers …" Whis let out a long sigh. "At first, I didn't know the identity of those people, but when I examined their skeletons, I found a recording. Through that recording, I learned the cause and effect of what happened back then, as well as the identity of those descendants of the royal family. I followed the requirements of the recording and buried those skeletons, obtaining a secret related to Baiers."
"Baiers used a Bloodline Curse to transmit a message to the royal family at the time. The general meaning was to come to the Tulan Mountain Range, summon the Desolate Overlord, sacrifice a powerhouse, enter the hovering palace, and obtain a small part of the inheritance. Then, go to the magic tower below and obtain the full power of Heaven Mage Baiers. "At the time, I was only a 4th Rank Archmage and hadn't become a Representative of the Black Tower. I didn't dare to rashly enter the Tulan Mountain Range, so I frantically searched for information about Emperor Zhantui's era."
"No wonder …" Lin Yun took a deep look at Whis. "No wonder you are so familiar with that period of history. You even know Lagulin and Barton."
Lin Yun then smiled. "You racked your brains to nurture Solan Monchi because you wanted to use him as a sacrifice, right? But something unexpected happened. Solan threw you out, and you became a sacrifice. What a joke … "
"…"
Whis blushed. He originally wanted to hide these secrets, but he hadn't expected the young mage to see through them. He gloomily nodded. "You should be clear about what happened next, right? "This was a conspiracy through and through. Baiers is a treacherous and cunning guy. If I'm not wrong, the reason Solan's strength sharply increased in the palace was because of that small part of the 'inheritance'. He saw Baiers' body and rushed over, thinking that he would obtain all of Baiers' power. But he hadn't expected Baiers to play a huge joke on him and devour him alive …"
Lin Yun inwardly shook his head. This pair of master and disciple was truly strange. They were master and disciple on the surface, but they were secretly scheming against each other. He originally suspected that Whis knew about the Bone Plane and participated in Locke Merlin's shipwreck, but it seemed that the possibility was very small. With Solan's nature, he wouldn't have told Whis such important information.
The Bloodline Curse seemed to have been left on Solan's body when Whis was sacrificed, and there was indeed an inheritance in the hovering palace. That was the incarnation of the Desolate Overlord's power. After Solan absorbed it, the Bloodline Curse suppressed it, preventing Solan from turning into a Demon.
The second floor was the only way out. If he wanted to leave, he would have to face Baiers' body. That way, after devouring Solan and using the Bloodline Curse as a medium, Baiers' soul would enter the body, and the body would grow flesh and transform into a human.
There were almost no loopholes in Baiers' plan, but unfortunately, Lin Yun had interfered and ruined the entire plan. At this time, Lin Yun bitterly smiled as he looked at the skeleton. The skull had already been smashed, and there was no way to repair it. Even if Baiers' soul entered the body, there would be no chance for him to be reborn.
'Hold on …'
Lin Yun 'expression suddenly changed. If that Undead Essence was obtained by Baiers, who controlled the Desolate Overlord's power, would it be considered a different kind of fusion?
Thinking of this possibility, he didn't dare to hesitate and quickly ran towards the pile of bones. When he killed the skeleton, he saw a huge Undead Essence falling down. At that time, he heard Baiers' roar and completely forgot about collecting the Undead Essence.
"Rumble!"
Suddenly, a massive explosion sounded out as an incomparably large Undead Essence that gave off waves of fluorescent light knocked away countless white skeletons. It suddenly charged out and flew towards the pitch-black crack.
"Not good!" Lin Yun 'expression sank. He formed a large Mana Hand and grabbed at the Undead Essence. A sizzling sound echoed as the Undead Essence was wrapped in demonic aura and instantly evaporated the large Mana Hand, leaving a trail of black smoke behind as it flew towards the crack.
"Stop it!"
This sudden change roused everyone. Seeing the Undead Essence flying away, they immediately guessed what was going on and recklessly cast all kinds of spells to seal the Undead Essence.
If that Undead Essence really fell into Baiers' hands, his power would definitely reach the Heaven Rank. If that happened, they wouldn't even have a chance to survive.
"We can't let Baiers get it!" Dean roared, his Aura surging and countless lightning bolts flew out of his single-handed sword, sweeping towards the Undead Essence.
"Even if we have to destroy it, we can't let Baiers get it!" Rolf also had a ruthless expression and fiercely roused his Magic Aura. The True Spirit Longbow shook and shot seven powerful arrows in a row.
Almost everyone used all of their means.
But …
The demonic power wrapped in the Undead Essence was extremely powerful. With just a slight shake, the lightning bolts, arrows, spells, and other attacks were all destroyed, and it looked like it was about to fly into the crack.
In a daze, everyone seemed to hear Baiers' roar, a roar mixed with all kinds of emotions.
"High Mage Merlin, what should we do?"
Seeing this scene, everyone's expression changed. Baiers was too powerful, even if they went all-out, they wouldn't be able to stop that huge Undead Essence.
The consequences would be too horrible to imagine if the Undead Essence fell into Baiers' hands.
Lin Yun didn't say anything. His expression was very solemn. He suddenly raised the golden crown in his hand and gently waved it in front of him. Suddenly, a spatial fluctuation came towards him. Then, he leaped up and disappeared from the second layer in an instant.
That crown was the only key to open the passage to the 2nd Floor.
"Let's go …"
Seeing the young mage opening the passage to the bottom of the tower, Delson and the others looked at each other and hesitated, but they quickly clenched their teeth and rushed into the passage.
Everyone felt their vision blur, the white bones, the pitch-black earth, the death power, the black fog, everything seemed to have disappeared.
When they opened their eyes again, their surroundings reflected in their eyes, as if they were in a simple and unadorned hall. Everything here was very ancient and had a long history.
"That … That's Baiers, he is coming in!" Delson's expression changed as he looked at the entrance in front of him in a daze. Baiers, who had occupied the Desolate Overlord's Incarnation, was squeezed between the two doors. He had a sinister expression and was emitting a sinister demonic aura, his viper-like eyes sweeping through everyone present.
Instantly, everyone felt a chill spreading from their feet to their entire bodies, and they couldn't help but shiver from the cold.
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