Wagner was on guard as he gritted his teeth. He had already started to circulate his mana to think about how to escape.
On the side, Xiuban had already silently appeared beside Wagner and casually crushed Wagner's Mana Shield with one hand before grabbing his neck and throwing him into the spider puppet's defensive range.
"Wretched guy, Lord Merlin spoke to you, yet you dared to disobey. If not for Lord Merlin's benevolence, I would have already crushed your neck …"
Xiuban raised Carnage and looked at Wagner with a sinister expression.
Wagner fell to the ground with a look of despair on his face, and without thinking, he wanted to run back.
Just as he ran out of the spider puppet's defensive range, Xiuban kicked him back.
After repeating it three times, Lin Yun finally said one sentence.
"Idiot."
Wagner was so panicked that he almost cried.
"Lord Merlin, what do you want? Just tell me, I'll definitely do it. Can I give you all the spoils from before? I know a lot of information about the Odin Kingdom, I'll tell you everything …"
Lin Yun was speechless. He let the scared Wagner keep rushing out, only to be kicked back by Xiuban.
After doing it five or six times, Wagner seemed to have understood something. He turned his head and discovered that the spider puppet was still as lifeless as before, showing no signs of moving.
At this time, Wagner was a little confused. He didn't understand at all.
Understanding flashed in Lin Yun's eyes. Sure enough, not attacking Bill George's bloodline was the spider puppet's first order.
Lin Yun stepped into the range of the spider puppet's defenses. The originally motionless spider puppet instantly opened its eyes, and surging mana fluctuations scattered as a crimson radiance shone in its mouth.
Lin Yun rapidly appeared at Wagner's side, a few runes flickering in his hands as he controlled Wagner and placed him in front of him to block the attack.
In an instant, the spider puppet stopped moving, and the Scorching Bolt it was about to shoot also stopped.
"Lord Merlin, we can talk things out. What do you want? Let go of me …"
Wagner was so scared that his face had changed. His body was trembling, and he was terrified.
Lin Yun frowned and said in a low voice.
"Don't talk. Don't worry, you won't die with me here. If you don't want to die, don't move."
Wagner was alarmed, but he saw that the spider puppet really wasn't attacking. He didn't understand what was going on, so he could only obediently listen to Lin Yun's words.
Lin Yun grabbed Wagner and kept approaching the spider puppet. After walking a few meters, the spell the spider puppet was about to cast dissipated.
The runes on its body began to flicker irregularly, and its eight eyes constantly flickered with light. Its eight legs were raised and put down, and just as it was about to cast a spell, it once again dimmed.
As Lin Yun brought Wagner closer, the frequency at which the runes on the spider puppet's body flickered increased.
By the time Lin Yun and Wagner were ten meters away, the runes on the spider puppet's body were flickering as if they were about to explode.
Suddenly, the spider puppet's body shook, and the runes on its body instantly dimmed.
That terrifying surge of mana also dissipated at the same time.
Lin Yun sighed in relief and put Wagner down. Wagner was already sitting on the ground in fear, foolishly looking at the motionless spider puppet while mumbling to himself.
"Lord Merlin, what's going on …"
Lin Yun didn't pay attention to him, feeling relieved.
That spider puppet had fallen into an endless loop because of conflicting commands.
It couldn't attack Bill George's bloodline, and it had to kill anything that entered its defensive range. These two commands were the first ones, but now, these two completely contradicted each other. That spider puppet didn't know which command to follow.
Without any external help, that terrifying spider puppet would fall into an endless loop, unable to come out.
Lin Yun waved at Xiuban and the others outside, and they all followed him in. At this time, that spider puppet still hadn't reacted.
Xiuban walked towards the spider puppet with a surprised expression, and Lin Yun sneered, "If you want to die, go ahead and touch it."
"If you want to die, you can go ahead and touch it."
After hearing those words, Xiuban instantly jumped back eight meters, shaking his head in alarm.
That spider puppet wasn't damaged, but rather, it had fallen into an endless loop. As long as someone attacked that spider puppet, that loop would be thoroughly broken, and at that time, even Wagner would become a target.
Lin Yun glanced at Wagner, who was sitting on the ground, and sneered.
"You can touch that big guy, but once it revives, the first thing it will do is get rid of you. If you don't believe me, go ahead and try."
Those words made Wagner's expression turn even paler. He had really thought of that.
He knew that this spider puppet wouldn't attack him, so he wanted to try and see if he could revive it and use it.
A Heaven Rank puppet was a lot more powerful than the previous army.
But when he heard Lin Yun's words, Wagner promptly shook his head and didn't think of giving it a try.
After everyone passed through the spider puppet's defensive line, they entered the core area of the underground base.
This place wasn't like the huge space they had seen before, it was like an ordinary underground base. There was a narrow entrance, and inside was a complicated passage. On both sides of the passage were rooms.
Unexpectedly, not a single puppet could be seen after entering the base. There was simply no obstruction.
After walking a few hundred meters, several hundred sharp spikes suddenly emerged from the smooth walls on both sides. These sharp spikes covered a dozen meters and wrapped around Lin Yun's group. The front and back spikes were the first to come out, followed by the spikes in the middle.
Lin Yun's expression slightly changed. He hadn't sensed any trap, nor had he sensed any mechanism.
But he didn't have time to think. In an instant, Lin Yun chanted a few syllables, and a few brown syllables revolved around everyone and instantly transformed into a circular stone cage that enveloped everyone.
"Ding, ding, ding …"
A series of sharp sounds echoed as several hundred spikes pierced the stone cage. These spikes flickered with Magic Penetration Runes, and that sturdy stone cage was used to trap people. In an instant, these spikes pierced through half of the cage and were about to break through Lin Yun's group.
A huge wheel shadow appeared behind Lin Yun, and boundless runes burst out. The runes drilled into the stone cage and rapidly reinforced it. Even more runes passed through the stone cage and attached themselves to the metal spikes.
As these runes merged with the metal spikes, the Magic Penetration Runes on the metal spikes melted like ink.
Without the Magic Penetration Runes, these spikes could no longer pierce through the stone cage.
Seeing that everything was settled, everyone heaved a sigh of relief.
Wagner was deathly pale, his intestines turning green with regret. If he had known earlier, he wouldn't have followed them. No, if he had known earlier, he wouldn't have come to the Radiant Fort.
"Damnit, what's going on?"
Anderfa was shocked as he looked at Lin Yun. Lin Yun actually fell into a trap, this was too illogical.
Enderfa could understand if it was anyone else, but who was Mafa Merlin? After such a long time, whether it was the ruins or the Intrepid, he had never fallen into a trap like this and almost got killed by it.
Lin Yun frowned, and a large amount of runes flew out of the wheel shadow behind him. The spikes outside the stone cage were attached to the flame runes and rapidly turned red before slowly melting.
After confirming that the spikes outside were completely melted, Lin Yun scattered the stone cage.
A layer of solidified molten iron covered the ground, and the walls had turned silver due to the melted metal spikes.
Lin Yun looked at this wall, his Magic Array continuously revolving as he analyzed the situation.
In the end, he could only come to one conclusion: They hadn't stepped into a trap. There were no probing spells or mechanical traps here.
These spikes suddenly pierced out, so it was impossible for someone to activate the trap. The most likely explanation was that the trap had suddenly gone out of control.
But Lin Yun didn't believe this conclusion. There had to be a way to activate the trap that he hadn't discovered.
Because there were Rock Puppets leading the way!
Lin Yun's expression became a bit more serious as he couldn't find the way to activate the trap.
After all, this was the ruins left behind by Bill George, and it seemed to be his true ruins. As a Peak Heaven Mage with unprecedented achievements in the field of puppeteering, it was normal for him to have some methods that couldn't be discovered.
Lin Yun deduced all the methods he knew, but he couldn't find one that fit the situation.
Bill George was powerful, but it was impossible for him to surpass the peak of Noscent's development!
They kept moving forward, and this time, Lin Yun was even more cautious. In addition to the Rock Puppets and the Mage Eyes, he also opened a Hell Gate and released an Imp to explore the path ahead.
After opening a few rooms along the way, they didn't find anything valuable. They were all alchemy facilities, and some rooms were workshops for making core components of puppets.
The facilities in these rooms were all different, and they were all specialized in making some of the components.
After turning a corner, he once again entered a room used to manufacture puppets' energy system components. Those huge machines that had been covered in dust for who knew how long suddenly moved.
Two huge grinding wheels used for polishing components were controlled by a huge mechanical arm and swept towards Lin Yun's group.
That two-meter-big grinding wheel also started frantically rotating, and it let out a mournful sound as it ruthlessly cut towards Lin Yun's group.
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