End of the Magic Era

Layford lowered his head and no longer looked at Lin Yun’s back. Instead, he was pondering how to steal Lin Yun’s achievements. Suddenly, Layford’s eyes lit up.

‘Right, Mafa Merlin will definitely make a copy of the mysteries for the Starry Sky College after leaving.

‘It was said in advance that this was the price to come and study truth runes. Only by handing over the copy of the mysteries could we get the corresponding benefits from the Starry Sky College.

‘Everyone has to do this and Mafa Merlin is no exception. The Starry Sky College must have already estimated how many truth runes he has studied, he has to copy all of them.

‘After all, the more truth runes we have, the more benefits we would obtain. Once he copies these mysteries… Hehehe…’

Layford’s head was lowered, but his mood was a lot better.

After a few minutes, the spatial transfer was ready and everyone used the alchemy device.

After leaving this place, everyone returned to their previously assigned laboratories and started copying the mysteries they had deciphered. Everyone had to do so, including Lin Yun.

As for Zeith, he hurriedly took a teleportation array in a Mage Tower after guiding the Artisans out.

…

In another mage tower, Zeith was sitting at a round table with a mage whose eyes were filled with wisdom. That mage looked like a middle-aged man in his thirties. There were three crystal balls on the round table and the scenes recorded within those crystal balls were all related to Lin Yun.

“Dean Dalaran, these are records of Mafa Merlin’s research of truth runes. According to our speculations, Mafa Merlin might have researched over 1,600 truth runes…”

Zeith respectfully reported Lin Yun’s matter, but he could hardly hide the shock in his voice.

Dean Dalaran attentively watched the scenes flashing within the crystal balls. Three minutes later, he appeared to be terrified.

“No, it’s definitely not just 1,600, he must have researched about 1,800! This is a genius, he is truly gifted. Such a terrifying guy, he might have already reached the peak of the Artisan realm.”

The dean seemed so sure of the number that his tone left no room to be questioned, but he couldn’t conceal the fact that he couldn’t keep his calm.

Zeith was shocked, he was really terrified this time.

1,800 truth runes meant that many of these truth runes’ mysteries hadn’t been figured out by the Starry Sky College. If the copy of the secrets contained within so many truth runes was handed to the Starry Sky College, they would have to trade at least three fertile planes.

The Starry Sky College didn’t have many fertile planes, taking out three at once would be like cutting an arm.

But when compared to the mysteries contained within 1,800 truth runes, giving away three planes rich in natural resources wasn’t unacceptable, the truth runes were a lot more valuable. As long as their alchemy progressed, the Starry Sky College might suffer less pressure when conquering a plane, and they would have a higher chance of finding a plane with a lot of natural resources..

…

Lin Yun didn’t know that he had already startled one of the three deans, he was busy copying the mysteries of the 1,800 truth runes he had researched.

Naturally, characters couldn’t perfectly express the mysteries contained with the truth runes. But who cared about it, these mysteries were already enough to support an alchemy force. The Starry Sky College would mind even less.

In that forest, every Artisan had their own building provided with a well-developed laboratory. And this place was even more calm, no one would bother him. Every Artisan was holed up, writing down their own alchemy experiments.

Lin Yun’s copying speed was very fast, he didn’t use a quill to copy, but directly took out some crystal plates and used the power of law runes to inscribe these crystal plates. That would undoubtedly save quite a bit of time.

Only law runes formed from sixteen runes had this kind of ability. Even if ordinary Heaven Mages copied onto crystal plates, they would have to do so little by little, they couldn’t directly copy them.

Lin Yun had been doing it for seven days straight and today was the day he would finish copying. The crystal plates already formed a big pile next to him.

Just as Lin Yun was copying the mysteries of the last hundred truth runes, his laboratory’s array suddenly started shaking and the warning crystal contained within started flickering. The mana fluctuations even pierced through the laboratory’s defenses.

Seeing this crystal flicker, Lin Yun frowned. This wasn’t a guest, someone was forcibly attacking the defensive array, and the defensive array would be breached within a very short time.

With a wave of his hand, a few dozen Mana Hands flew out and collected the pile of crystal plates, putting them into his Spatial Ring. Then, the wall of the laboratory caved inward as if it was made of clay, before exploding with a loud “bang”. A berserk tide of mana transformed into a pitch-black blaze that rapidly engulfed the entire laboratory.

The equipment within the laboratory twisted into strange shapes before transforming into molten drops of metal.

A layer of transparent barrier surrounded Lin Yun and resisted all spell attacks. But the berserk mana seemed to have found an entry point and frantically poured in.

Lin Yun coldly watched as a gap was created by the explosion. He felt at least five Heaven Rank powerhouses waiting outside. As long as he rushed through that gap, he would have to face the assault of the five Heaven Rank powerhouses waiting outside.

Clearly, sensing that Lin Yun hadn’t rushed out, the Heaven Rank powerhouses also didn’t take the initiative to rush in, they instead increased their mana input. In less than three seconds, the berserk mana and surging flames reached the limits of what that small laboratory could handle.

Cracks opened in the surrounding walls and the whole building exploded open. Flames and fragments merged together as they flew up in the sky, before being blocked by a hundred-meter-tall barrier.

Lin Yun raised his Fusion Shield and expressionlessly walked out from the sea of flames. He raised his head and glanced at the sky, but he was only able to see a hundred meters up and five hundred meters to the sides. It looked like he was trapped with the five Heaven Rank powerhouses in a red cuboid.

And at the four corners of the cuboid, there were at least forty 9th Rank Archmages. They were also sealed in the corners, maintaining this illusory barrier. Unless they took the initiative to remove that barrier, it would be impossible to tear it apart, whether it was from the inside or the outside

Not far from there, a group of Griffin Riders flew past, but they didn’t seem to notice anything abnormal. This was the effect of an illusion barrier, nothing could be seen from the outside, the location was no different from before, and the mana fluctuations couldn’t spread out.

“Sacrificing three True Spirit Magic Tools to create an illusion barrier is really costly… But have you taken into account the fall of five Heaven Rank powerhouses?”

Lin Yun indifferently looked at the five black-robed powerhouses. They were hiding their appearances. One of them was a 2nd Rank Heaven powerhouse, while the other four were 1st Rank Heaven powerhouses. When added to the forty 9th Rank Archmages, it really was a very costly endeavor.

The four 1st Rank Heaven powerhouses were floating at the four corners, each of them holding onto a chain of a different color. The four chains emitted the auras of earth, fire, wind, and water. As for the four 1st Rank Heaven Mages, each one of them used a different element. That 2nd Rank Heaven Mage was shrouded in black smoke and gave a strong feeling of darkness mana.

Before Lin Yun appeared, the four 1st Rank Heaven Mages already swung their chains. The four chains frantically extended, before curling in Lin Yun’s surroundings, seemingly forming an array’s pattern. Within a second, a complex three-dimensional array was formed.

As for the mana emitted by Lin Yun and the violent flames around it seemed to have no effect on the four chains. The four chains formed a hundred-meter-wide boundary and a dozen-meter-tall huge three-dimensional array. The radiance of the four elements frequently flickered as those auras looked like Demiplanes.

This entire space was pressuring Lin Yun. The chains were surrounding the Fusion Shield, suppressing him and the Fusion Shield.

Lin Yun squinted as he looked at the array formed by the chains. Following the construction of the array, most of the chains had disappeared and only the parts surrounding him could be seen.

The red, blue, yellow, and green chains were made from materials that could only be found in the purest elemental planes. Their purity was so high that they were like pure elemental power, without flaw or characteristic.

But this kind of purity was actually their greatest characteristic. Chains forged from the pure power of the four elements had the strongest sealing effect against those under the Heaven Rank. The power of this elemental seal could keep increasing, and as long as they paid enough of a price, sealing a Heaven Rank powerhouse wouldn’t be an issue.

At Noscent’s peak, many terrifying criminals were either exiled into the void or imprisoned. And the prisons’ arrays were elemental seals. By using the balance of the four elements, a huge sealing power could be created. It could seal all of the convicts’ casting abilities and suppress them until they couldn’t even move a finger.

A lot of extremely dangerous prisoners were locked alone in elemental seal spaces.

Looking at Lin Yun who seemed unable to move due to the suppression, that dark mage took out a finger bone emitting sinister power and started chanting in a low voice.

The whispers full of temptation, malice, and intimidation echoed within the space. It felt as if a Devil’s eyes were staring at Lin Yun. The dark mage then let out some dangerous and deadly temptations.

Devils’ whispers were pervasive and lingered around Lin Yun, continuously looking for an opportunity to enter his body.

That dark mage kept chanting for three minutes until he suddenly stopped. He looked at the expressionless Lin Yun standing there and removed his large hat, exposing a pale face devoid of blood. Tattoos of Infernal characters could be seen on his cheeks.

Looking at Lin Yun’s figure, that dark mage exposed a cruel smile.

“Mafa Merlin, don’t blame anyone, you can only blame yourself for being so weak. What qualifications does an Andlusan country bumpkin like you has to possess something so valuable. Whether it’s the Raging Flame Plane’s benefits or the truth runes’ mysteries, they aren’t something someone like you can possess.

“You ought to thank us for being kind, and not getting rid of you. This curse will only turn you into an idiot. Eh, telling you now shouldn’t matter since you can’t understand. Such a pitiful guy.

“Alright, I order you to hand over your copy of the truth runes’ mysteries.”

The dark mage floated in the air with a sinister smile. The Heaven Mages holding the four chains and controlling the elemental seal also took off their hats and displayed their victorious smiles.

“Sir is really cautious. That guy is only a 9th Rank Archmage. No matter how powerful an Archmage is, they don’t have Extraordinary Power.”

“No one said otherwise. But let alone him, even a 2nd Rank Heaven powerhouse would be suppressed by the elemental seal. Dispatching us is showing him too much respect.”

“Hey, get those things fast and let’s leave. We won’t pay a small price if the Starry Sky College discovers us. Those powerhouses aren’t to be trifled with.”

Even the forty Archmages supporting the seal had relaxed expressions. They clearly felt that this time’s mission was too simple.

The dark mage calmly waited for Lin Yun to take out the copy himself, but Lin Yun had yet to react a few seconds later.

The dark mage frowned.

“Is the elemental seal’s strength so high that this idiot can’t even move under the pressure?”

The fire Heaven Mage immediately shook his head and answered, “That can’t be the case, we are only suppressing him, that’s all. His shield is still activated, how could he be unable to move a finger?

“Isn’t it your curse that turned him into an idiot?”

The few of them argued, until Lin Yun, who seemed to be in a daze, suddenly spoke, “Using chains as elemental seals to form an array at the fastest speed is a really creative idea. Four people can truly maximize the sealing power, but getting four chains crystallized from the purest elements isn’t that easy…”

Lin Yun glanced at the four colored chains and a four-colored light shone on his body. Law Power of the four elements rose up simultaneously and instantly reversed the path of the four chains to reverse crack that elemental seal. Without breaking the balance of the four elements, the violent surge of mana forcibly took over the chains.

These four mages had good coordination, but it definitely couldn’t compare to Lin Yun who had established the four elemental laws as his foundation. Lin Yun’s four elemental laws were in perfect equilibrium, they were seamless. These four mages couldn’t resist when he forcibly took over the chains.

The elemental seal thoroughly dissipated in less than a second. Only four 1-kilometer-long colored chains kept floating in the air.

One end of the chains was in Lin Yun’s hands, while the other end had just broken free from those Heaven Mages’ hands.

With a flick of his wrist, the chains rapidly shrunk until the four crystal chains were over a meter in length. Lin Yun casually put the chains in his spatial ring before looking at those startled mages with an icy smile.

“Alright, I’ve already checked out what I was interested in. Let’s get to the point, how do you want to die?”

The icy words were like a cold breeze. The four elemental mages took out their magic staves and started incanting.

As for the dark mage, he was in complete shock.

“Impossible! Impossible! I used the bone of a Devil’s middle finger! How could you resist the power of the curse?”

Lin Yun took out his Draconic Staff and the concealing shield covering the surface of his body slowly dissipated. Extraordinary Power fluctuations and mana surged.

Feeling those powerful Extraordinary Power fluctuations, the dark mage suddenly understood. His curse couldn’t break through that powerful Extraordinary Power as Lin Yun had already advanced to the Heaven Rank.

The dark mage instantly took out a black colored staff and sneered as he looked at Lin Yun.

“Mafa Merlin, I hadn’t expected you to have already advanced to the Heaven Rank, but this doesn’t change anything. This place is sealed, even an ordinary 3rd Rank Heaven powerhouse can’t break through it. Don’t even think of escaping.

“I’ll give you a chance to live, hand over your copy of the truth runes’ mysteries and I can make the decision to let your keep your life. Otherwise, we can only loot your corpse. Naturally, that’s if you even leave a corpse behind…”

The dark mage raised his staff and dense darkness power surged forth, devil’s whispers lingered on the magic staff. At the same time, the four elemental mages encircled Lin Yun and their staves blossomed with bright lights as they were ready to release powerful elemental spells at any time.

The Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras were floating next to Lin Yun, and their Incarnations quietly condensed. One of Enderfa’s three heads turned towards Lin Yun and said, “Merlin, get rid of these idiots without delay, Reina and Xiuban are about to advance to the Heaven Rank. You had best be there to check, who knows if there will be a problem…”

Syudos had successfully turned into a Windfire Elemental and was floating above the Book of Mantras, calmly watching the situation and waiting for Lin Yun to make the first move or give him an order.

Lin Yun’s expression turned serious and he opened the Book of Death. He looked at the mages surrounding him and said with a solemn expression, “I’ll give you an opportunity. Tell me who is behind this and I’ll give you a chance to keep on living. If you don’t talk, I’ll get the information from your souls.”