At this time, Lin Yun could clearly see that the originally bright and beautiful eyes of the court lady had already turned into two burning phosphorescent flames. Blood slowly flowed down from her eyes, leaving bloody traces on her beautiful face. Her soft and lustrous red hair had turned into red vipers, hissing as they flicked their tongues amidst the phosphorescent flames.
A cold wind blew through the hallway, bringing with it a hoarse and sinister laughter. In an instant, the hallway was filled with a thick smell of blood.
'Blood Banshee?' Lin Yun suddenly frowned. Although he had known that this painting was strange, Lin Yun hadn't expected it to be this strange.
That was a Blood Banshee …
Even among the undead, Blood Banshees were famous for being evil. Every Blood Banshee would inevitably experience endless pain and torture. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that they had suffered all kinds of torture until their soul was completely torn apart and they turned into a fierce Resentful Spirit. A fully matured Blood Banshee would be at least level 16, and they would have all kinds of formidable abilities. Even peak Great Mages wouldn't be willing to fight a Blood Banshee if they could. Even if they won, that kind of battle would inevitably be a painful torture.
'How could I be so unlucky …' Lin Yun inwardly cursed, but his hands didn't dare to stop. He changed his hand gestures a few times, controlling the tornado-like Firestorm to block every possible path of attack from the Blood Banshee.
Lin Yun's Magic Array had a total of four magic abilities and five incantations. Among them, the Firestorm was the only Great Mage spell. Under the rousing of the Magic Array, the power of this Firestorm was even close to that of a High Mage spell.
But Lin Yun clearly knew that this Firestorm might be able to restrain the Blood Banshee for some time, and it might even be able to cause some damage, but it was impossible to kill the Blood Banshee.
The Blood Banshee was a vengeful spirit. All of its power came from the broken soul within its body. It might fear fire, or hate light, but to kill the Blood Banshee, destroying the broken soul was the only way.
Sure enough, Lin Yun's Firestorm forced the Blood Banshee into a corner. As it crazily revolved, countless flames fell on the Blood Banshee's body. Under the strengthening of the Magic Array, the power of each flame wasn't inferior to a Flame Burst, but it only made the Blood Banshee let out a heart-wrenching scream.
Even Lin Yun, who was using his Spirit Defense, revealed a pained expression when he heard it. That was the scream of a banshee, an attack that directly targeted one's mind and soul. If it was in Thousand Sails City, just this heart-wrenching scream alone would be enough to cause a massacre of over a hundred people.
As the last scream echoed, the entire hallway seemed to shake. Countless oil lamps fell from the stone walls, and cracks appeared on the Ice Wall that Lin Yun had put up.
'No wonder no one is willing to provoke the Blood Banshee …' Lin Yun frowned in discomfort. The Blood Banshee was a strange existence, it was truly too disgusting. Although the damage from the Blood Banshee's scream was blocked by his Spirit Defense, that heart-wrenching scream almost made Lin Yun go deaf.
As the Blood Banshee's scream shattered the Ice Wall, Lin Yun's Firestorm exploded.
A loud rumble echoed as dazzling flames soared into the sky. The power of that explosion was far more shocking than the previous Flame Burst and Fire Arrow Rain.
But Lin Yun's expression gradually became serious.
Because Lin Yun could clearly see a shadow flitting through the flames.
That was the Blood Banshee's shadow. After the explosion of the Firestorm, the hallway lost its only source of light and turned into darkness once again. Lin Yun's reaction was already fast enough as he cast an Illuminating Spell with a flip of his right hand. But the Blood Banshee was even faster than Lin Yun.
As that shadow swept past, Lin Yun heard a gust of wind, and before the Light spell's radiance completely blossomed, a red viper had already flown out. He only heard a "pop" as the Light spell he had just cast exploded together with the red viper, and the long corridor once again sank into darkness.
'So fast …' Lin Yun's heart tightened as he hurriedly cast an Ice Fire Shield. A red and a blue radiance firmly protected the area in front of Lin Yun.
Lin Yun knew that this kind of dark place was the favorite fighting environment of undeads, especially a ghost-like existence like the Blood Banshee. Once in the darkness, their fighting strength would increase several times, which was very disadvantageous to him.
The only thing Lin Yun could do now was use the Ice Fire Shield to protect himself, and then wait …
Wait for the Magic Array to complete its spell combination …
When the Magic Array started combining spells, the Blood Banshee launched a real attack, displaying a ghost-like speed. Even Lin Yun, who had merged Haste with the Magic Array, felt breathless. Red and blue lights flickered as the Ice Fire Shield entered an overloaded state.
Deep panting, crazed roars … …
This dark hallway seemed to have turned into a sealed colosseum. The Blood Banshee's sharp nails tore through the air, creating a sharp sound. Lin Yun simply didn't have time to chant, he could only rely on the Ice Fire Shield to resist, occasionally adding two instant spells to counterattack.
This was Lin Yun …
If it had been an ordinary 1st Rank Great Mage, they would have long since died at the hands of the Blood Banshee. The Blood Banshee was an abnormal existence among Undead creatures. Even peak Great Mages weren't willing to rashly provoke it. Not only did it have ghostly speed, but it also had various abilities that directly targeted the mind and soul. For ordinary 1st Rank Great Mages, it was simply a nightmare.
Only an existence like Lin Yun, who had struggled for twenty years at the end of the Magic Era, could fight a deadlock with a Blood Banshee in such a narrow and dark space.
At this time, Lin Yun had entered an extremely calm state. The dark and narrow space, the ferocious Blood Banshee … Nothing seemed to exist. Lin Yun's mind was completely focused on the Ice Fire Shield. The red and blue lights flickered, surpassing the limits of the Ice Fire Shield.
No matter how fierce the Blood Banshee's attacks were, the Ice Fire Shield would always appear at the right place at the right time. The countless red vipers and lightning-fast nails unexpectedly didn't touch a single hair on Lin Yun's head. All the attacks were intercepted by the Ice Fire Shield.
The entire battle lasted no less than ten minutes.
After Lin Yun drank a bottle of Ink Spring, the combination of a metamagic ability and two incantations was finally completed.
'It's time to change positions …' A smile appeared on Lin Yun's face for the first time. He cast a Flame Barrier that he had prepared for a long time, relying on the blazing temperature to force back the Blood Banshee. Then, Lin Yun started the first incantation of this battle.
Lin Yun's incantation wasn't very long, but it was strangely divided into two parts. One part was a Flame Spear, while the other was an Ice Spear. Two spells with completely opposite attributes actually appeared at the same time. If news of this spread, all of Noscent would be shocked.
Because this in itself was impossible.
Ice spells and fire spells were polar opposites. Only an Archmage could control them at the same time. Even a High Mage couldn't, because a High Mage's power wasn't enough to suppress the conflict between the two kinds of magic power. This kind of conflict wasn't a joke, one careless mistake would result in mana collapse.
It was impossible for a High Mage, let alone a Great Mage.
But now, Lin Yun's left hand was flickering with a blue light, while his right hand was glowing with a red light. This was the sign of the convergence of ice and fire spells. This extremely strange scene was happening in the tomb of a prince of the 3rd Dynasty.
This was all because Lin Yun's Magic Conducting Rune was the Magic Array.
Two spells with completely opposite attributes, as well as the completed Elemental Burst, burst with power that far surpassed the previous Flame Storm. This wasn't the power of a single spell, but rather the embodiment of the power of the entire Magic Array. The Magic Array, one of the strongest Magic Conducting Runes of the peak of the magic civilization, was displaying its terrifying power at this moment.
Flame Spear, Ice Spear …
They were thoroughly fused within the Magic Array.
Just as Lin Yun finished his incantation, a dazzling light shone in the dark corridor, followed by a heart-wrenching scream. This time, it wasn't the Banshee's Scream that targeted the mind and soul, it was the Blood Banshee's final wail before her death.
The entire world turned silent.
The eyes formed by the Phosphorescent Fire once again became bright and beautiful, and the vipers on her head died one after the other, turning back into soft and lustrous hair. The bloody scars on her face quickly disappeared, revealing that beautiful face once again. Ultimately, the Blood Banshee turned into a black mist and returned to the painting.
"Phew …" Lin Yun let out a long sigh. This battle could be said to be the most difficult one Lin Yun had fought since coming to this era.
The threat that the Blood Banshee brought to Lin Yun far surpassed that of any of his previous enemies.
But …
After such a difficult battle, it should be time to reap the harvest.
Lin Yun bent down to pick up the Soul Essence left on the ground. That was the Blood Banshee's shattered soul, and the mana contained within far surpassed that of the Rotten Flower's mana crystal. More importantly, the Blood Banshee's Soul Essence might still contain some of the Blood Banshee's unique abilities. If he could study it carefully, it would greatly benefit Lin Yun's magic path.
But to Lin Yun, what was even more worth looking forward to was the Death Garden behind the Blood Banshee.
Lin Yun clearly remembered that the biggest reason why Sandro was called the Undead Monarch was because that powerful Necromancer's control over the undead far surpassed that of any other Necromancer of that era.
Sandro had never told anyone where he got this ability from.
But many mages guessed …
Sandro's ability most likely came from the Death Garden.
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