At this time, Thorne Merlin, who was in the Flame Demon Fort's conference hall, seemed a bit preoccupied. He had received a report a day ago and learned of some shocking news. The reinforcements dispatched by the Thawing Fire Tribe were unexpectedly annihilated in one night, not a single one escaped.
When he heard this news, Thorne Merlin was startled speechless. The intelligence showed that the reinforcements were extremely powerful and consisted of several thousand Raging Flame Beastmen, with countless powerhouses among them. This reinforcements could even pose a huge threat to the Flame Demon Fort.
It was such a powerful Orc army that was completely annihilated in a single night. It was simply unimaginable.
Thorne Merlin thought for a whole day, but he couldn't guess which force had such frightening power to be able to annihilate that Beastman army. He quickly thought of the young mage who led a mage army into the Ghost Valley not long ago.
'Could it be related to the young mage?
This is absolutely impossible … '
Thorne Merlin immediately rejected this conjecture. The young mage army only had about six hundred people, and most of them were Great Mages. Although there were a few dozen High Mages, they simply weren't a match for that frightening Beastman army.
'Which force is it?'
But, just as Thorne Merlin was puzzled, a lot of information arrived. After reading that information, his mood could no longer be described as surprise, he was thoroughly shocked and in disbelief.
Mafa Merlin actually led that mage army to cooperate with the Black Tower, and in a short few days, they thoroughly controlled the entire Ghost Valley. More importantly, that Beastman army was annihilated by them.
'Is this real or fake?'
Thorne Merlin really didn't dare to believe it.
How could the domineering Black Tower choose to cooperate with Mafa Merlin? This was simply illogical. After all, the Black Tower was one of the two major mage forces of Andalusia. Their strength was indescribable, and they had been passed down for countless years. They were a lot more powerful than the Merlin Family. Thorne Merlin really couldn't understand why the Black Tower would cooperate with Mafa Merlin.
Although Mafa Merlin was one of the commanders of the Merlin Family in the Raging Flame Plane, he only controlled a very small portion of the Planar Legion. Under such circumstances, how could the Black Tower cooperate with Mafa Merlin?
There was definitely something fishy about this.
Although Thorne felt that this matter was very strange, he also understood that this was undoubtedly a good thing for the Merlin Family. Cooperating with the Black Tower to jointly deal with the Thawing Fire Tribe would reduce the risks and losses to a minimum. If everything went smoothly, the Merlin Family would inevitably have control over a part of the Ghost Valley when it came time to divide the spoils of war, and they would be able to send a group of youths there every year.
This way, the benefits to the Merlin Family were hard to describe.
After figuring this out, Thorne Merlin didn't hesitate and immediately issued an order to transfer most of the troops from the Flame Demon Fort and lead a majestic group towards the Ghost Valley. It was already nightfall when he led the Planar Legion to the mage army's camp.
With Thorne Merlin's arrival, a few tyrannical forces converged together.
And at this time, Lin Yun, who was in the camp, wasn't surprised by Thorne Merlin's arrival. On the contrary, he felt that it was only natural.
After all, that was the Ghost Valley …
Lin Yun had been busy for the past few days. The mage armies of the two major forces had swept through the Ghost Valley and were now in complete control of the entire Ghost Valley. They had even dispatched a large number of powerhouses to make all kinds of arrangements in the valley. According to his agreement with Whis, the two major forces would set off for the Sacred Mountain in five days to eliminate the Thawing Fire Tribe.
To tell the truth, Lin Yun wasn't interested in eliminating the Thawing Fire Tribe. His true goal in cooperating with the Black Tower was to control the Ghost Valley and excavate the Raising Dragon Array. He had already achieved his goal, so he only needed to find an opportunity to excavate the Raising Dragon Array.
Unfortunately, he still had to abide by the agreement, or else he would inevitably fall out with the Black Tower.
They would set off for the Sacred Mountain in five days. It was reasonable to say that he had enough time to send people to excavate the Raising Dragon Array, but he couldn't find an opportunity to do so. Although he was cooperating with the Black Tower to jointly resist the Thawing Fire Tribe, they moved together during the day and spent the night in the camp. But the two forces were clearly separated in the camp. It wasn't realistic for him to secretly take people to excavate the Raising Dragon Array, as it would be easily discovered.
But Thorne Merlin leading the Merlin Family's Planar Legion to the camp gave him an opportunity. Not only was his mage army and the Black Tower's powerhouses garrisoned in the camp, but there was also the Planar Legion that Thorne Merlin had just brought. This Planar Legion was the majority of the Flame Demon Fort's forces, and there were over a thousand of them. At this time, the entire camp was in chaos.
As the Raging Flame Plane entered the night and the camp gradually became quiet, no one discovered that Lin Yun had already led the fifty High Mages, as well as the three Merlin cousins and Xiuban away. They followed the route from their memories and passed through the dense forest. After a few hours, they arrived at the location of the Raising Dragon Array.
To be on the safe side, Lin Yun arranged a few soundproof force fields in the surroundings as well as a few arrays that could isolate energy fluctuations. After doing all of this, he had the fifty High Mages start excavating.
This was undoubtedly a huge project for ordinary people. It would take a long time to reach a kilometer underground in the Raging Flame Plane.
But with the soundproof force field and the array, the fifty High Mages had a clear division of labor. A portion of them kept bombarding the ground, and when the soil loosened, the rest would dig up the soil. But even so, it took over two hours for them to reach a kilometer underground, and those fifty High Mages were all sweating profusely. They were extremely tired.
"You should go rest first …"
Lin Yun waved his hand. These people had been casting for a long time, and even with a Magic Conducting Rune like the Blazing Storm that transcended the era, it would still be very hard for them to endure. Once the fifty High Mages entered meditation, he used Featherfall to reach the depths of the ground. As he descended, he could clearly feel the changes in the surroundings.
The depths weren't dark, they were actually very bright. Dazzling runes rose up and fiercely flickered. The resplendent light was somewhat glaring, and soon, an unimaginably huge array appeared in front of Lin Yun. It was made up of countless runes and complicated patterns, filled with a mysterious aura. At this time, he knew that this part of the array on the ground was only the tip of the iceberg of the Raising Dragon Array.
'It's starting …'
At this time, Lin Yun couldn't help having a serious expression. Even if he came from 30,000 years in the future and grasped magic knowledge that transcended the entire era, he still lacked confidence when facing the Raising Dragon Array. Although the theory of the Raising Dragon Array had been widely spread during the peak of the Magic Era and countless powerhouses had researched it thoroughly, the Raising Dragon Array had never appeared in Noscent.
Zhang Xuan took out a crystal pen from his pocket and dipped it in the Hemolytic Ink that he had concocted beforehand. Following the steps in his memory, he quickly found a magic circuit at the edge of the formation. Taking a deep breath, he placed the crystal pen down. Just as he was about to write on it, countless crimson runes suddenly rose from the ground and wrapped around the entire Raising Dragon Array.
'What's going on …'
Lin Yun was startled and couldn't help taking a few steps back. The sudden appearance of the dark red runes had clearly exceeded his expectations. After a few seconds, those dark red runes didn't attack him. Instead, they slowly revolved around the Raising Dragon Array.
'Could it be a kind of defensive power?'
Lin Yun frowned even more. If this was truly a kind of defensive power, it could be explained. After coming into contact with the Raising Dragon Array, he understood how frightening the power contained within the array was. It wasn't as simple as a Peak True Spirit Array. If there wasn't a defensive power, the power leaking out of the array would be even more frightening.
If he wanted to crack the Raising Dragon Array, he would first have to destroy that defensive power.
But the defensive power formed by those dark red runes gave him a very powerful feeling. He then tried to guide a wisp of aura into the Magic Array and instantly deduced that this power wasn't ordinary. He couldn't forcibly crack it with his current strength.
According to the calculations of the Magic Array, he estimated that even a powerhouse on the level of Star Sage Joy would need to spend a lot of effort to crack that defensive power.
This undoubtedly made Lin Yun somewhat dejected.
He had busied himself for several months, but he had not expected such an outcome. At his rate of growth, he still had a long way to go before he could reach Star Sage Jouyi's level of power. It would take a lot of time, but he could not wait any longer. At this time, he kept pouring mana into the Magic Array to keep making deductions and analyzing.
Soon, he had a new discovery. The defensive power formed by the dark red runes was filled with a scorching aura. Perhaps he could borrow the power of an even stronger flame to attack, or perhaps he could disperse the defensive power. Of course, this was only his guess. Whether it would work or not, he still needed to test it out.
But the prerequisite was evil difficulty. Where could he find an even more powerful flame power?
Not long after, he returned to the surface and looked for William Merlin's group. He had them return to the camp and bring one person over. After waiting for over an hour, William Merlin's group returned, along with a young Raging Flame Beastman. That Beastman was angrily cursing at the group.
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