End of the Magic Era

Constantine sneered as he looked at Lin Yun who was still writing runes methodically.

The probing runes floating in the sky were temporarily blocked by Lin Yun’s screen. At the same time, these probing runes started opening the door at the end of the level.

Following Lin Yun’s rune writing, mana fluctuation appeared on top of the door seemingly cast out of black iron. A thread of light enveloped the entrance and a door of light could be seen, but it still needed time to truly open, it was only displaying the entrance at the moment.

But Constantine’s expression suddenly changed as he saw the door light up. He thought that the final passage had already opened, but Lin Yun was still writing magic runes in the air.

‘It’s definitely a trap… The entrance has already opened, yet he is still not letting us make a move. Mariana’s Aura has almost been completely consumed. If this continues, she’ll definitely be eliminated by these repulsive puppets.

‘If this goes on, Mariana will die!

‘The entrance has already opened, what is that Mafa Merlin doing? It’s a trap, right, that guy is definitely the guardian of this place, he is a special puppet, this is his big plot.

‘This can’t go on, we must escape right away…’

The more Constantine thought, the more he felt that his conjecture was right. Ever since he had seen Lin Yun, the latter hasn’t released a single spell. Aside from his ability in the field of alchemy, he hasn’t released a single spell since he entered the trial ground. He didn’t even release a shield.

‘A mage daring to have physical contact with a dangerous puppet without preparing a shield? What a joke, no such mage exists!’

Constantine no longer paid attention to Lin Yun, he instead focused on Mariana and that door of light.

As Mariana was once again surrounded by the three dual-wielding puppets, Constantine burst out with deathless aura and rushed out with his thin sword unsheathed.

“Mariana, follow me quickly! The door of light has already opened! We can leave safely!”

Constantine was bursting out with deathless aura and swung his sword a few times, sending a dozen Aura Slashes towards the three dual-wielding puppets. He then took advantage of the situation to pull Mariana’s hand and charge towards the light door.

Following Constantine’s actions, the screen temporarily blocking the probing runes shivered and the magic runes floating in the air were shattered one after another.

In less than a second, the probing runes appeared once again in the air, but these few probing runes were enough to detect Constantine’s bursting power.

In an instant, rays of light flickered and two dual-wielding sword puppets and two casting puppets appeared on the square.

The five dual-wielding puppets chased behind Constantine and Mariana while the three casting puppets started releasing Firebolts, their rays of light also blasing out.

“F*ck, Constantine, you as*hole! What are you doing?! I can settle my own battle! I can get rid of these stupid iron cans by myself!”

Marina struggled and shouted, but Constantine didn’t relinquish his grip, he even burst out with full strength as he charged into that door of light.

He barely managed to dodge those few rays of light and arrived before the door of light in less than three seconds, his speed not decreasing in the slightest.

But at that instant, a loud bang echoed, followed by Constantine’s painful scream.

That layer of light barrier was like the barrier at the edge of a plane. Constantine was lucky he hadn’t killed himself on it, but one of his arms was broken and there was a big bump on his head, it looked terrifying.

Mariana, who had been struggling, wasn’t injured at all.

But due to Constantine’s actions, the light fluctuated and the runes Lin Yun had spent a few minutes shaping, broke into pieces. At the same time, the runes blocking the probing runes completely dissipated. Complicated patterns appeared on the door of light and even covered the entire square.

Laibo and the others were standing there, while the door of light, that had been delayed by Lin Yun, shut forcibly. Aside from Laibo, the others’ auras were instantly caught by the array.

In an instant, sixteen level 39 puppets appeared.

As the patterns covered the entire light barrier, a blood-colored rune appeared on top of the light barrier and puppets kept appearing on the square.

The number of puppets suddenly doubled!

Constantine and Mariana were instantly separated from the group, stuck on the other side of the square by over forty puppets. One round of attacks and they would both die!

Everyone was stunned by the changes that happened within a few seconds. Laibo was startled and angry at the same time, but what could he do now? Did he have to watch as his junior apprentice sister died in front of him?

Before the newly-appearing puppets awakened, Laibo’s Song of Sacrifice instantly turned white and a dozen-meter-long Aura Slash fiercely thrust into the group of puppets.

The power of the 2nd Rank, as well as deathless aura, wasn’t something these level 39 puppets could handle. Even if it couldn’t get rid of all of them, it could cut open a passage.

Laibo swung his Song of Sacrifice and his body turned into a grey arrow that rapidly broke through the sound barrier. He used three seconds to force his way to the other side of the square.

After those puppets were pushed away, Laibo didn’t have enough time to speak and immediately carried the wounded Mariana and dragged Constantine, who was holding his face, back from the puppets’ encirclement.

After returning from the entrance, Laibo’s expression became somewhat pale. The Song of Sacrifice in his hand had regained its pure black color. Those few seconds of burst strength could only be achieved by consuming his vitality.

If not for that, he wouldn’t have had the time to save Constantine and Mariana.

Constantine foolishly looked at the scene, his arm’s bones already reconnected while his outstanding vitality was healing him.

“How could it be… It shouldn’t be like this…”

Mariana’s expression turned dark.

“Hmpf, I already told you that I didn’t need anyone to get involved in my fight, that I could settle it on my own. Now look at what you have done, you fool. Who asked you to meddle in other people’s business?

“As for you, idiot senior apprentice brother, what are you doing saving us? I was fine, let that foolish Constantine drop dead!”

While harsh words were exchanged, two rays of light appeared in the air as two Heaven Puppets appeared on the square.

Following the appearance of these two Heaven Puppets, the 48 level 39 puppets were like soldiers commanded by an officer and instantly became orderly. All the dual-wielding sword puppets rushed to the front and charged towards them, while the casting puppets in the back raised their arms and released rays of spells.

Of the two Heaven Puppets, one was a level 41 casting puppet, while the other was a level 41 sword puppet. But this melee puppet had four arms and was holding two-meter-long swords in each arm.

These huge swords weren’t ordinary weapons, the runes on top were gleaming with light and everything showed that they were crafted out of precious materials. Especially the aura that rose from the blades, it was clearly a destructive aura.

Except for Fusion Shields, any shield of a mage of the same rank would be no different from a sheet of paper. Moreover, the destructive power wasn’t a kind of Magic Penetration ability, it only had a very powerful tearing effect towards magic.

The destruction power was a kind of pure destructive power and it also had a very powerful tearing power towards Sword Saints’ Battle Aura Armor.

Seeing these two Heaven Puppets appear, Laibo turned pale. Having fought against Heaven Puppets before, Laibo was aware of their fighting strength.

The Heaven Puppets of these ruins were too powerful, every single one had awakened wisdom and obtained a special ability. Before understanding the other side’s special ability, he couldn’t use their level to judge their fighting strength.

And the more numerous they were, the more power these level 39 puppets could display. They simply couldn’t be regarded as ordinary puppets.

“Sir Mafa, how did this happen?”

Laibo’s tone had somewhat changed. He wasn’t confident in their chances of survival against these two Heaven Puppets and 48 level 39 puppets.

He could only turn towards Lin Yun for help now…

Lin Yun’s exquisite ability towards puppets was extremely useful when handling puppets. The number of puppets wasn’t a great threat for Lin Yun.

But Lin Yun stood in a corner, slowly putting away his crystal pen and ink as he casually watched the scene with an indifferent expression.

The trial ground’s rules weren’t the same as outside. Outside, the puppets would attack on sight. But the puppets here were used for tempering, they would only attack those whose aura had been caught by the array.

As long as Lin Yun didn’t make a move, no matter how the fight went, he wouldn’t be attacked by the puppets.

He had originally been making proper progress in the array cracking as this array wasn’t too different from the previous levels’, the cracking method of the last door also wasn’t too different.

It’s just that he had to go about it in a different way.

He had first used a screen to block the probing runes, he didn’t directly crack them because he wanted to use the array to crack the entrance and change the opening rules of the entrance. That way, once the cracking was complete, he would only need to effortlessly get rid of the four puppets attacking Mariana before leaving.

Unfortunately, everything was ruined by the idiotic Constantine…

The screen blocked the probing runes, but there had still been four puppets on the square!

Constantine’s attack was instantly sensed by the puppets and the array activated, making the screen useless since the array activated from the puppets.

The originally silent cracking method could no longer work and the final outcome was the array functioning as normal once again. After discovering Constantine’s power, four more puppets had appeared.

But it wouldn’t have been a big deal. At worst, Lin Yun would have only needed to spend a few more minutes to crack it again.

Unfortunately, Constantine made a mess, thinking himself clever, he rushed towards the door of light that had just appeared and bumped into it. That power was directly captured by the array and it considered it as an fleeing attempt.

This caused the last reaction of the array, it directly raised the difficulty of the last level to the maximum and even locked the entire array.

Either they killed all of the puppets to escape, or they died there.

Moreover, the danger facing Constantine and Mariana forced Laibo to intervene. And Laibo making a move made the Heaven Puppets appear…

Lin Yun coldly watched from the sidelines as the situation took a turn for the worse. He wasn’t planning on helping and only watched. In any case, the array couldn’t detect him.

The door would naturally open once the Secret Monastery’s people got rid of all the puppets, or upon their deaths.

Lin Yun only sneered in answer to Laibo’s inquiry, “Someone tried to force their way through the door and activated the trial ground’s highest difficulty. The door would naturally open if you get rid of all the puppets.”

Laibo led the Secret Monastery’s swordsmen into battle using hit and run tactics, but after ten seconds, they barely got rid of a single level 39 puppet.

There were too many puppets and their coordination was just too smooth. There was no gap, they were working together seamlessly and could attack from any angle.

Laibo bitterly smiled when he heard Lin Yun’s answer, but there was nothing he could say.

Mariana had a cold expression as she arrogantly said, “Senior apprentice brother, what that idiot Constantine did is for our Secret Monastery to deal with. There is no need to ask an outsider, I’ll definitely trash these despicable iron cans.”

Constantine remained silent and struggled to fight. He simply didn’t have the energy to speak. They might end up submerged if a weak point appeared in their coordination.

Thick rays of light flew over and were blocked by Laibo while that four-arms Heaven Puppet rushed over.

It was smoothly wielding two-meter-long swords in its four hands, the weapons didn’t clash with one another and instead maintained their formidable momentum.

Laibo had a solemn expression. The Song of Sacrifice in his hand shone with white light and the sharp sword edge blossomed with a pure white radiance. His deathless aura instantly rose by at least 30%.

Grey Aura Slashes flew towards that four-arms puppet, but the puppet’s speed didn’t decrease, the four swords kept sliding forward one after another. Runes shone simultaneously on its four arms and the edges of those special swords suddenly became extremely sharp. A terrifying force that felt like it could easily tear through space coursed through the edge of the blades.

Laibo’s deathless aura was slashed several times by the puppet’s four swords and was instantly shredded. That deathless aura enveloped the puppet’s four arms, but only managed to slow down its speed, it didn’t have much effect on the weapons.

That sharp aura slightly shook and the deathless aura was torn apart.

The four sharp blades criss-crossed and slashed their way into the five meters range around Laibo, cutting through his aura like a hot knife through butter!

The Song of Sacrifice instantly burst with a pure white radiance and transformed into an afterimage as it clashed over thirty times with the puppet’s four swords.

Amidst a series of metallic sounds, Laibo and the four-arms puppet unconsciously separated from the battlefield. His six junior apprentices had lost his protection.

While Lin Yun was calmly observing from a distance, Enderfa popped out and looked at the battlefield with interest, before suddenly exclaiming in alarm, “Eh… Damn! It’s actually the Sunder Armor Rune. That puppet is actually quite lucky, it has four arms and possesses the Sunder Armor Rune. It would have been able to easily tear through shields if it was a mage. No, that thing is most effective during sieges, it’s most effective when dealing with Sword Saints as their Battle Aura Armors can hardly resist.

“This Laibo is in danger, his Battle Aura Armor won’t be able to resist if he gets cut, he might even end up beheaded in an instant…”

Enderfa was happily laughing, entertained by the fight. As for Lin Yun, he frowned and looked at the Heaven Rank casting puppet in the distance.

Its model was the same as the previous casting puppets, it also had eight Firebolts enchanted on its left arm and a thick light ray cannon on its right arm.

Moreover, there was a clear flame rune on that puppet’s arm. This showed that the power of the other side’s Firebolts were a lot higher than ordinary ones.

Heaven Puppets could awaken wisdom. The Heaven Puppets of the Puppet Plane were an intelligent race. How could those future crazy mages not have designs on the Puppet Plane? It’s just that the reception wasn’t too friendly.

It was then that they learnt that the Puppet Plane’s Heaven Puppets formed a race. The puppets that hadn’t awakened wisdom were considered as something else by the Heaven Puppets.

Indeed, something without wisdom was only a pile of scrap metal. Even a level 39 puppet was nothing more than a tool in the eyes of a Heaven Puppet, their view on that matter was no different from humans.

And at that time, the mages of Noscent learnt of the name of the puppet race, Cybertan.

The Cybertan race were born from burning steel. Noscent’s mages were actually more worried about facing these steel cans than the Undead Plane. Because handling a plane of living creatures wasn’t too difficult. Even for the Undead Plane, they only needed to have a holy light mage with them to purify a few hundred thousand low level Undeads at once.

But they simply didn’t have a way to restrain countless different puppets. They encountered quite a few problems when conquering the Puppet Plane.