Because she saw the large elf at first glance, the Warlock Saint Mahetab did not think much when she saw a large group of elves wearing traditional robes walk in. However, when she saw that the robes of all the elves had different three-feathered birds insignia, her expression changed drastically.
After confirming that there were no mistakes, Mahetab looked at her student angrily. The appearance of a large number of powerful wood elves from one tribe and multiple tribes at the same time represented a completely different meaning. She should have told herself about this first. She would not have run into a place where so many powerful elves gathered when she was unprepared, even if she was in her own Magic Tower.
However, now that she was in front of the other party, it was too late for her to do anything. If she made too many small moves, the other party would see her as hostile, and it was possible that she would attack first. After all, the power of life and death in the Magic Tower was a real threat to everyone who entered the tower.
However, for the people who entered the tower, their psychological activities were not as complicated as the Warlock Saint's. Lin and the others had a very clear goal. They wanted to use the energy pool to deal with Shi Dong's body and call it a day. They did not think of making any small moves.
Not only was the Warlock Saint worried that the guests would try to seize the tower, but Lin and the others were also worried that this old man would suddenly have a cerebral blockage and make an abnormal judgment. If he activated all the traps in the Magic Tower, everyone would be doomed. Hence, everyone was cautious and did not look sideways, afraid of causing any misunderstandings.
This was a situation where both parties were afraid of each other. In all fairness, a certain mage did not want to get involved in this mess. However, if he wanted to create a physical body, this seemed to be the only opportunity.
Fen's previous situation was when she already had a skeleton. She had eaten an entire magic stone vein just to create a physical body. Although Lin did not know whether the vein was rich or poor, he did not think that he could find a second vein to squander so much.
As for why he did not use this opportunity to create a body for himself but to create a more ideal body for the Lich's sutured corpse, it was purely because he did not want to be a lab rat. Lin would only consider it when this method was more mature. However, there were not many opportunities to do this, which meant that there was basically no need to consider it.
However, since Fen was so insistent, she managed to obtain this opportunity. Lin decided to help. It was better than watching her dig up graves to gather the materials needed to reconstruct Shi Dong's body.
Since he was going to do it, he should try his best to do it. He shouldn't do it half-heartedly. This was someone's belief. Therefore, ever since he got involved, as long as it was a task assigned to him, President Lin would not hold back and use all his skills to complete it. Of course, Fen also squeezed someone to her heart's content.
It was different from the simple magic array he had set up in the Magic Stone Mine. This time, Lin didn't have anyone carve magical runes on the floor of the magic tower. He only commanded the twenty-one wood elves to bring the avatars of their respective bosses to the designated positions.
Next, he ordered the three apprentices who were carrying the large boxes to place the specially-made incense oil lampstand in the designated place. One person was in the north with six oil lamps; six people were in the south with two oil lamps; three people were in the east with eight oil lamps; seven people were in the west with four oil lamps; and four people were in the center with ten oil lamps.
Then, he had Fen and the Chief Coffin fill the positions in the west. He moved the messenger of Yuktrasir to the center. Lin reserved the position in the south for himself. And in the center of the magic array, he placed the wooden box containing Shi Dong's head.
This form of positioning had never been seen before in the maze. The magic arrays in the maze emphasized balance and symmetry. However, the magic array in front of them was not symmetrical and balanced. Therefore, Mage Saint Mahetab was confused.
Taking Shi Dong's head out of the wooden box, Lin shook it and asked, "Hey, are you awake?"
The dead head opened its eyes and looked at the person who held it up with an indescribable gaze. Of course, Lin didn't care. In this situation, Shi Dong couldn't even pounce and bite someone. Unless someone stupidly put a finger or a third leg in his mouth.
Seeing the head open its eyes, Lin said, "Just do as we practiced. Remember." Without waiting for a response, he put down the head and casually tossed the empty wooden box to the apprentice standing outside.
He nodded to the surroundings. All the wood elves put down the items in their hands and left the magic array. They stood together with the Great Priestesses of Life and stood by the wall. All the avatars of the World Tree were resisting gravity. They stood firmly and faintly resonated with each other.
Mage Saint Mahetab knew from the beginning that the wood elves had extraordinary items in their hands. However, he didn't expect them to be divine items of this level. They were the avatars of the World Tree. The Mage Saint only noticed this when they started to communicate with each other.
Were all 21 High Priestesses present? The Mage Saint's second question was, did the Turtledove Alliance have so many High Priestesses? What exactly happened in this world?
When everything was ready, Lin came to the Mage Saint, who was stunned. He bowed and said, "Your Excellency Mage Saint, I would like to temporarily borrow the control of the energy pool on the third level."
"Ah, yes." Mahetab, who seemed to have just woken up from a dream, hurriedly took out the things he had prepared earlier from the brocade bag. It was a small statue, the auxiliary mark of the magic tower's core. "I only have the ability to use the energy pool, but I can't control the magic tower. Is this okay?"
After all, he was facing an old man. Lin cautiously took the small statue with both hands. At the same time, he said, "It's enough. We only wanted to borrow the energy pool."
As a former tower master, Lin Li knew that this kind of control authority was divided into several levels. The specific levels were all up to the tower master. However, as he said, he only needed this almost unlimited power. His goal was not the magic tower.
After taking the small statue, Lin said, "Thank you." Basically, the way to use the control core was similar, so Lin was able to grasp it very quickly. The reason for using such a convenient design was actually the selfishness of the Society of Sorcerers. After the death of the original tower master, they would be able to control the magic tower in the shortest time possible. They would not be reduced to a resistance tool for others to take over.
However, on the other hand, this also allowed other mages who knew how to use it to quickly take over the magic tower as long as they touched the core mark. Therefore, most tower masters would give their students subsidiary marks like the one in Lin's hand, which only had partial control power.
For Lin, the subsidiary mark was enough.
He felt the flow of the power of the small statue in his hand. It was closely related to the energy pool in front of him. Lin instantly opened his hands and waved them fiercely. The energy pool abnormally splashed out a large amount of silver-white liquid power. Like a net, it was about to cover the entire magic array and the people inside.
This kind of extremely concentrated liquid power was harmful to the human body. Therefore, as long as one was a normal creature, no one would want to bathe in the energy pool. The strange change caused by Lin made the onlookers exclaim in surprise. Even the Warlock Saint Mahetab wanted to forcibly stop it.
However, in the end, not a single drop of power splashed onto anyone. They only did two things. First, they lit the wick on the lampstand, emitting a bright and warm yellow-orange flame. Second, they split into several snake-like streams, flowing continuously and surrounding the object, connecting the clones of the World Tree, Lin, Fen, and the others according to their groups.
The lampstand, the World Tree, and the people standing in it formed a strange formation – the River Diagram. The reason why this formation was set up was not only to be a rehearsal for the Book of Luo that the World Tree would use in the future, but also because it was helpful in everyone's calculations during the previous test, which was why Fen agreed to use it.
In the formation, the Heaven was the World Tree and a few substitutes, and the Earth was the 30 specially made lampstands. As the core, the center was the main target of this ritual, Shi Dong's head.
The lampstands were not only used to fill the Earth. They had another important function, which was similar to the enchantment method used by Lin when he was reeling silk. They used Draconic Resonance, which was actually the resonance of sound waves, to add magical effects to the object.
The process of creating the entire body from the amino acid required a large amount of stimulation from the flow of plasma. It was very easy to cause damage to the outside world, and the range was very difficult to control. It was also because when Fen performed the ritual in the past, the magic stone veins were almost emptied, and no one could stay inside.
Draconic Resonance, on the other hand, could play a stabilizing role, limit the range, limit the damage, and control the whole process, which improved the safety of the ritual. This way, the staff could monitor from the side and make the appropriate adjustments in real time.
At the same time, Draconic Resonance had another important function, which was to induce the original stem cells to transform into the cell types needed by the various parts of the body. This technique was named "Life Modeling" by Fen. Someone could only rub his nose and accept the fact that the naming right had been taken away for no reason.
In the past, Fen had relied on her own willpower and knowledge to do this. Also, she already had a complete skeleton as a reference, so the difficulty was not that high. Shi Dong's willpower was definitely not a problem as long as he was given an order, but … he did not know what to do.
It was too difficult to ask a simple-minded undead warrior who had nothing to do with Mages to understand DNA, cells, and organs, and even to control and mold them. Therefore, the external guidance and control were very important.
During the process, the cell-level enchantment could also be performed, so that Shi Dong's entire body could be further transformed into a purer magic creation. From the very beginning, Fen had never intended to create a pure body.
Also, because the whole ritual was not complicated, after it was translated into Draconic, it did not have to be expressed in a high-frequency, rapid way. Instead, the frequency of the sound had to be slowed down, which was more suitable for the ritual of remodeling the body.
After Fen nodded and signaled for the magic array to be activated, the thirty candlesticks let out magnificent sounds at the same time. Then, there were broad chords, followed by vague harmonies with repeated high notes. After a brief pause, the sound that came out again was beautiful and melancholic, but still solemn. The main axis of the whole first part was light and vigorous.
Under Fen's translation, the Draconic used in the whole ritual was like a piece of music. Also, it was a classical symphony that someone was somewhat familiar with, Beethoven's Symphony No. 3: Hero.
Was it a coincidence? Or was it some kind of common goal?
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