The moment Lin Yun walked out of the illusion, the Death Garden underwent a huge change.
The lush and luxuriant trees were withering, and the verdant grassland beneath their feet had turned yellow. The exotic flowers and plants in the flowerbeds were withering one after the other. Even the butterflies fluttering among the flowers had stiffened their wings and fell from the sky. The bright and fresh Garden of Death seemed to have died in an instant, and it turned back into the eerie and terrifying Underground Tomb.
That was because the death energy shrouding this place was quickly dissipating.
A strange existence like the Death Garden was born from a huge amount of death energy. Now that the death energy had dissipated, the garden naturally no longer existed.
Lin Yun leaned against a withered tree trunk, calmly watching this huge change. After an unknown amount of time, his heart suddenly jolted, and he hurriedly put his hand into his pocket, wanting to take out a bottle of Magic Spring Potion. But just as his hand moved, he stopped. That was because Lin Yun suddenly discovered that the faint fragrant green mist was still slowly being emitted. The red poisonous mist that filled the Underground Tomb simply couldn't get within ten meters of him.
This discovery gave Lin Yun a new understanding of the Death Garden.
It was worthy of being a strange existence born from boundless death energy. He had clearly fought in the illusion for most of the night, but not even a bottle of Magic Spring Potion had passed in reality. In other words, the Death Garden had already reached the point where it could distort time. Lin Yun even suspected that the illusion he had experienced might not have been an illusion.
Distorting time, moving space, what kind of terrifying power was this?
'Fortunately, I've finally walked out …'
Lin Yun thought with some lingering fear as he watched the last petal of the Death Garden wither. Then, Lin Yun saw that the Death Garden had completely disappeared, and only ruins were left in his sight. Black soil, decaying trees, a dried-up fountain, and a palm-sized gray stone slab …
"This …" The corner of Lin Yun's mouth twitched, and he revealed a smile that was uglier than crying.
Originally, when Lin Yun saw that the Death Garden didn't leave behind any magic materials, he couldn't help feeling happy, thinking that he wasn't as unlucky as that Master Alchemist.
But when Lin Yun's gaze fell on that stone slab, Lin Yun couldn't smile, because there wasn't a single wisp of mana fluctuations on that stone slab.
Although the existence of the Death Garden had always been an unsolved mystery in Noscent, and even those powerful mages at the peak of the Magic Era couldn't explain its principles, Lin Yun had personally experienced it. Even if he didn't understand the principles, he still had some understanding.
According to Lin Yun's understanding, the Death Garden was actually a world created by death power. But that world was very fragile, and if someone walked out of the illusion, that world would thoroughly collapse. The huge amount of death power would have nowhere to vent, and it would inevitably condense into something. That thing could be an ability, a magic material, or something else.
It was probably because of this that no one in Noscent's history had ever obtained a Magic Tool from a Death Garden, because Magic Tools were made by alchemists. No matter how strange and powerful the Death Garden was, it couldn't replace alchemists in making Magic Tools.
But in any case, the things left behind by the Death Garden would inevitably contain a huge amount of death power, because that kind of thing was condensed from death power. The stone slab on the ground didn't emit any mana fluctuations, so didn't this mean that he had made a wasted trip?
'Alright, forget about the stone slab …'
The most important thing was that the ability Lin Yun had imagined didn't appear.
This couldn't be deceived. As a Great Mage, Lin Yun's understanding of his own body had already reached a meticulous level. Even the slightest change couldn't be hidden from Lin Yun. When the Death Garden disappeared, Lin Yun had paid special attention to it, but his body didn't change. In other words, the ability he had imagined didn't appear.
'Isn't this a bit too unlucky?'
To be honest, Lin Yun was somewhat disappointed.
After all, this was the Death Garden that created an Undead Monarch. Lin Yun took such a huge risk and spent so much effort, but wasn't it for the final harvest? Not to mention the heaven-defying luck of Sandro, the Undead Contract and the Soul Stone. At the very least, he should have gotten one of them, right?
But now …
The ability he had imagined didn't appear, and the result of condensing death power was only a stone slab without any mana fluctuations.
In the end, Lin Yun only sighed and threw the stone into his pocket. He then checked the number of Magic Spring potions he had, only five bottles were left.
Lin Yun knew that it was time to leave this underground tomb.
The next time he came, he had to bring enough Magic Spring potions. He had to find the legendary Reincarnation Eyes. Only the Reincarnation Eyes could make up for the loss of the Death Garden.
The Magic Array strengthened Haste was cast once again, and Lin Yun quickly retreated to the entrance of the passage. After giving an order, the vines at the entrance softly coiled around Lin Yun and brought him out of the prince tomb.
Maybe it was because he was too fast, or maybe it was because he was depressed …
Regardless of the reason, Lin Yun, who had always been meticulous, did not realize that before he left the underground tomb, there were actually many Skeletal Warriors lying in ambush nearby. Moreover, every single one of these Skeletal Warriors was wearing a complete set of armor, and the machetes in their hands did not have a trace of rust. With one look, Lin Yun could tell that they were the standard equipment of the Imperial Guards of the 3rd Dynasty.
There were at least a hundred of these Skeleton Warriors. With this kind of equipment and quantity, even Lin Yun would have trouble dealing with them if they swarmed him.
This group of Skeleton Warriors had been lying in ambush for a long time. When Lin Yun appeared, their Soul Fires kept flickering, but when Lin Yun walked in, these Skeleton Warriors all took a step back, and their flickering Soul Fires instantly dimmed.
If a mage with some knowledge of undead lifeforms saw this, they would have a heart attack on the spot.
The Soul Fires of undead lifeforms would only dim under two circumstances. One was when they were about to die, and the other was when they felt fear.
There was no need to talk about the first. Over a hundred Skeleton Warriors were alive and kicking, and didn't look like they were about to die.
The only possibility was the second one …
But only higher level undead lifeforms could make undead lifeforms feel fear. Lin Yun was only a human Great Mage, how could he make undead lifeforms feel fear?
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