Facing the former Heaven Mage Baiers, fear rose in everyone's hearts. That fear came from the depths of their souls.
They had already experienced Baiers' power in the Line Canyon. Several frightening magic beasts above level 37 only lasted a few seconds in front of Baiers.
Not to mention them.
"Hold on … He hasn't completely entered yet!" Dean looked at the entrance in shock. There seemed to be a mysterious power coiling around it, firmly restricting the entrance. No matter how much Baiers struggled, the other half of his body couldn't enter.
It wasn't just Dean, the others also noticed the abnormality and looked at the entrance with shock. After all, although Baiers, who possessed the Desolate Overlord's Incarnation, didn't have the power of the Heaven Rank, he was infinitely close to it. Ordinary 9th Rank Archmages would be killed by him.
But the mysterious power on the entrance was firmly suppressing Baiers, making him unable to enter. This couldn't help but shock everyone. Who left it behind?
The owner of that power was definitely a Heaven Rank powerhouse.
"Fortunately, there is that power blocking Baiers, or else we …" Ralf was already pale with fright, beads of cold sweat dripping down his forehead.
However, before he could finish speaking, a strong aura of death spread to every corner of the hall. Everyone's faces turned pale when they sensed this aura.
A huge Undead Essence was emitting a fluorescent light, dragging a long trail of black smoke behind it as it rapidly flew towards Baiers.
That was the Undead Essence of that skeleton in the 2nd Floor!
"If he fuses with that Undead Essence, Baiers will be able to obtain the power of the Heaven Rank and pass through that gate, but we will all die …" Weiss nervously held his magic staff as he looked at Baiers and the Soul Fire, his eyes filled with fear and despair.
Weiss wasn't the only one despairing, the others were the same. In the 2nd Floor, they had worked together to intercept that Undead Essence, but they had unfortunately failed.
In another second, the Undead Essence would fall into Baiers' hands and everything would be over.
They originally thought that they would be able to safely leave the tower after defeating that skeleton and obtaining the crown, but they hadn't expected such an outcome.
In the end, they wouldn't be able to escape death.
However, right at this moment, a frightening magical wave rose silently. A frightening aura spread out in all directions, causing the entire hall to tremble.
That was a power that could make one tremble with fear …
It was as if a powerful existence was recovering its power. That terrifying aura was almost tangible, making everyone feel suffocated. But what surprised them was that those mana fluctuations were somewhat familiar.
'Mafa Merlin!'
At this time, everyone's gazes fell on Lin Yun because they discovered that the mana fluctuations were actually coming from Lin Yun.
Lin Yun didn't pay attention to everyone's shocked gazes. He held the Book of Death with both hands, and dense death energy was coiling around it, emitting a pitch-black luster. The Doom Staff, the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, and the Soul Walker were all floating around him. These Magic Tools were somewhat dim, because they had been drained of mana by Lin Yun not long ago.
"Rumble …"
His body was emitting a frightening mana fluctuation that was rapidly rising up and striking the building above him. It was as if thunder was exploding. Just these fluctuations and the burst power could instantly turn a High Mage into ashes. Even Archmages like Delson and Weiss turned deathly pale under those fluctuations, and it was difficult for them to even budge.
Perhaps only Lin Yun himself knew the truth. The reason his strength sharply increased was because he used the mana of the three True Spirit Magic Tools to push his realm to the Archmage realm.
At this point, he had no choice but to do this.
If Baiers obtained that Undead Essence and fused with it, he would quickly have the power of the Heaven Rank and would be able to forcibly break through the door's mysterious power. If he rushed into the hall, everyone, including him, would die.
At this time, he could clearly feel that he was truly standing in the Archmage realm … But this was only temporary, and it was at the cost of the mana of the three True Spirit Magic Tools.
This was also the only way he could resist Baiers.
He wanted to use the true power of the Book of Death.
Ever since he obtained the Book of Death, he had never truly used the power of the Book of Death because the minimum requirement to use the Book of Death was the Archmage realm, which was too far for him.
During his time in Thousand Sails City and the Bone Plane, he had only used the Augment of the Book of Death, the Sage Chapter. Just relying on that Augment had helped him a lot.
He had never been able to truly use the power of the Book of Death.
But now, he was forced to use the mana of the three True Spirit Magic Tools to push his realm to the Archmage realm and finally be able to use the Book of Death.
He poured mana into the Book of Death, and in a flash, that black book slowly rose up and floated in front of him, bursting with a dazzling black light as boundless death energy surged out.
At this time, the demonic power emitting a thick sulfuric aura wrapped around the Undead Essence and brushed past him before rushing towards Baiers.
But …
He slowly stretched out his hand and extended it at a strange angle. With a soft "pa" sound, he accurately caught the Undead Essence in his hand. Then, the demonic power burst out, and that terrifying power instantly exploded into Lin Yun's body. Even a 7th Rank or 8th Rank Archmage would be sent flying by that power.
But Lin Yun's hand didn't budge even a little. Wisps of demonic power overflowed from his palm. Just this remnant power was enough to annihilate an Archmage.
Baiers' power was simply terrifying, it could be said that he was infinitely close to the Heaven Rank. Even a 9th Rank Archmage would find it very difficult to survive under his hands. But, his all-out attempt to collect the Undead Essence was intercepted by Lin Yun. This was a bit unimaginable.
"Roar …"
Baiers, who was squeezed between the doors, was filled with boundless killing intent as he angrily glared at the young mage in the hall. The Desolate Overlord's Incarnation was fiercely struggling, but his power hadn't reached the Heaven Rank and he simply couldn't break through the mysterious power of the door. He let out a deafening roar.
"Don't even think of getting it …"
Lin Yun expressionlessly glanced at Baiers while tightly holding onto the Undead Essence. Baiers was truly powerful. In a short few seconds, he had used up the mana of an Alchemic Mana Whirlpool. If he kept consuming it like that, he might be in danger.
Then, Lin Yun unhesitantly raised his hand and covered the Book of Death with the Undead Essence. A muffled rumble echoed as the boundless demonic power thoroughly evaporated the moment it came in contact with the Book of Death. But that Undead Essence didn't immediately disappear after falling into the Book of Death.
"Roar! Roar … "Baiers crazily roared and recklessly spread his power. In a flash, a thick sulfuric aura flooded the entire hall.
But it was already too late.
The Undead Horseman and Lich imprints on the Book of Death fiercely flickered with Lin Yun's mana and burst out with shocking power. Everyone could vaguely hear the roars of the Undead Horseman and Lich. Then, a "pop" sound echoed as the Undead Essence entered the Book of Death, only leaving a shallow imprint.
The aura of the Undead Essence had completely disappeared.
At this moment, it felt as if the entire world was silent. Baiers, who was squeezed between the doors, froze there. As for Lin Yun, he was deathly pale as he silently panted.
"This, this … How could this be?"
Everyone was thoroughly stunned as they looked at this scene in disbelief. Their faces were filled with complicated expressions, shock, joy, astonishment …
In fact, they had already despaired when the Undead Essence soared into the sky. They had thought that Baiers, whose power was infinitely close to the Heaven Rank, would successfully reach the Heaven Rank after fusing with the Undead Essence and come in to kill them.
But there seemed to be a deviation now. That Undead Essence had actually disappeared due to the young mage's magic.
After losing the opportunity to fuse with the Undead Essence, Baiers might never be able to touch upon Extraordinary Power for the rest of his life. After all, his existence was a bit special. His soul occupied the Desolate Overlord's Incarnation, unlike a human powerhouse like Star Sage Joy, who could still attack the Heaven Rank.
Losing the Undead Essence was equivalent to losing everything. His power was infinitely close to the Heaven Rank, and although he was powerful, he still couldn't enter the magic tower.
After figuring this out, everyone sighed in relief. It looked like they were safe for the time being.
But the methods displayed by the young 5th Rank High Mage were a bit frightening. Baiers, whose power was infinitely close to the Heaven Rank, ultimately failed to snatch the Undead Essence. If this news spread to Okland, a large group of people would be scared to death.
"How did he do it?" Weiss couldn't help wiping his cold sweat. The more he came into contact with that young mage, the more terrifying he felt. The scene in the Line Canyon was still vivid in his mind. At that time, he truly didn't know how to write the word 'death'. Of all the people he could provoke, he had to provoke Mafa Merlin!
The current Weiss was already afraid of the young mage. If it had been before, he would have only felt reverence towards the young mage. As a Representative of the Black Tower, he had one of the two major mage forces of the Andalusia Kingdom behind him. Even if Mafa Merlin was powerful enough to defeat a level 36 or even a level 37 undead lifeform, so what? In front of a colossus like the Black Tower, he couldn't even withstand a single blow.
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