End of the Magic Era

The Heart of Luminosity was one of the True Spirit Magic Tools that the Holy Light Alliance had lost 1,000 years earlier. It was not very useful for other people, but for the holy light mages, it was as effective as a top True Spirit Magic Tool that matched them perfectly.

The True Spirit Magic Tool had been lost for a millennium until it was somehow found by the Chester Family. It was also one of the most important reasons for the Holy Light Alliance's cooperation. They couldn't refuse this symbolic magic tool, and had to hold back their fury no matter how angry they were.

Levis, who stood not far away, was holding a magic tool that seemed to be two connected crystal balls. It was the Sound of Wind, one of the best True Spirit Magic Tools of the Storm Tower that allegedly could talk to the wind. On the sea, one could see what was happening thousands of kilometers away with this magic tool.

The Chester Family initiated the joint exploration. It had acquired the critical records, and offered the Heart of Luminosity.

The Holy Light Alliance was just a cooperator that it looked for, and so was the Storm Tower, because it needed their help to find the most precise location, which was where the space was the thinnest. The traces of the channel had been left even though it was closed.

It was the Storm Tower's mission to look for the accurate location with the Sound of Wind. After the location was found, it would be the Holy Light Alliance's mission to open the channel with the Heart of Luminosity.

They were offering a True Spirit Magic Tool, which wasn't very useful to themselves, for the help in opening a channel. That magic tool was very important to the Holy Light Alliance. Also, the Holy Light Alliance had never been close to the Chester Family. They didn't know why the Chester Family was doing this at all.

They simply considered it a Planar Path, which, being in such a remote plane, couldn't lead to any resourceful plane. The people of the Holy Light Alliance didn't consider it a big deal. They were only asked to open the channel anyway. They could always come back later if they wanted to.

Danason didn't feel regretful at all, even though he had paid a high price. He was simply eager. He looked at Dalton and Levis, pretending to be regretful, but he was thrilled in his heart.

There was no telling what could be found in the underground world that the channel led to. Although it was in a different environment, it was part of Noscent anyway, and should contain a lot of resources.

There were also underground beasts and races, which were the most useful factor for the Chester Family that counted on contracted beasts in battles. They were even more valuable than the resources underground.

What could the Holy Light Alliance do down there? It was almost a paradise of dark creatures. There were no holy light mages in there at all. The Holy Light Alliance couldn't gain a lot of things from there, either.

For the Storm Tower, the Boundless Sea was where their interests lay and what they were most familiar with. They couldn't do anything in the underground world except for obtaining the resources they needed.

Danason waited quietly. Very soon, the magic tool in Levis' hand glittered. One of the two crystal balls displayed a fuzzy, twisted picture, and the other showed an arrow.

Following the direction of the Sound of Wind, everybody passed through the complicated caves, and soon came to their destination. Those caves were dug after the channel to the underground world was destroyed by people who wanted to find the access down there, but none succeeded.

They moved for half an hour in the caves, and arrived at the most precise location that the Sound of Wind pointed out. It was just a normal part of a normal cave, but it was the most suitable place to open the channel.

"This is the place. It's where the space is the thinnest."

After saying that, Levis canceled the Sound of Wind. He had accomplished his mission. Dalton would take it from here.

Dalton hung the Heart of Luminosity on his neck, and crossed his arms in front of his chest. He kept chanting spells that sounded like an aria. The hymn-like curses turned into glittering white runes that revolved around him slowly.

As he chanted the spells, the space in front of them rippled. Then, all the runes seemed to melt into space.

"…The Holy Light illuminates all existences that cannot be seen. In the name of Holy Light, reappear!"

The Realization Spell was known as a powerful spell that could achieve the effect of any other spell. As long as the caster of the spell said their purpose, the spell would accomplish the result accordingly, but the mana cost might be different.

With Dalton's power and the help of the Heart of Luminosity, it was impossible to rebuild the channel that had once existed, but he was able to recreate one of the cracks that had existed back then.

However, although it was said that one could achieve anything with the Realization Spell, there were still too many restraints. It was barely effective on experts of the same level in battles. For example, if Dalton told Levis to die with the Realization Spell, Levis wouldn't be hurt at all. Only if one party suppressed the other party completely could the Realization Spell be used in a battle.

After Dalton cast the Realization Spell, the stone wall in front of them collapsed, and the stones were absorbed into the darkness which was like quicksand in a desert. A dozen seconds later, a hole that was more than five meters tall appeared on the wall up ahead. It was completely dark, with tiny cracks of space on the edge.

Intense power of darkness leaked out of the hole, mixed with the air of chaos, explosion, and blood.

The moment he detected the aura, Dalton's expression changed. The power of the holy light surged beyond his control. However, as he examined more carefully, he discovered an enormous world that had the same mana origin as Noscent did, which meant that the plane was part of Noscent!

Remembering the tales about Noscent's underground world, Dalton opened his eyes, deep in thought. A few seconds later, Dalton put on a solemn expression.

"Darkness will be purged by light. This is a world of darkness. The holy light must arrive in this place!"

Then, ignoring Danason and Levis, Dalton entered the channel first.

Levis looked rather awful. Before he came, he had known that the underground world they would be going to would contain a lot of treasures and resources. The Storm Tower could likely gain more returns than it would've from developing relics from the Nesser Dynasty. However, the Holy Light Alliance jumped in. Even though he knew he couldn't possibly claim all the treasures on his own, he didn't feel very good…

Danason, however, remained calm. He had seen this coming when he asked the Holy Light Alliance for help. Would the Holy Light Alliance just leave after opening the door?

He would be dumb if he thought that those unreasonable people would honor their word. But it was fine even if they joined in. In the underground world, the people of the Holy Light Alliance would attract hateful underground creatures like a lighthouse…

The Chester Family, the people of the Holy Light Alliance, and those of the Storm Tower all entered the underground world through the narrow channel. After they all entered, the Realization Spell was gone, and the channel was closed.

After they all left, an owl quietly craned its head from the shadows of space not far away. Gazing where the channel was closed, it rolled its eyes and disappeared instantly.

"Sir Merlin, Sir Merlin, those idiots have left. They've entered another world through a space crevice," Xiusi exclaimed to Lin Yun, and looked at him pitifully. He even stuck out his short tongue and licked his beak. Seeing that Lin Yun was not responding, he turned around, and looked at Xiuban.

Xiuban was enjoying a roast leg that was more than half a meter long. Seeing Xiusi, he reluctantly tore off a piece of meat, and gave it to Xiusi. Immediately, Xiusi held the meat, and bit it in delight…

Yes, Xiusi had changed his diet again. His favorite food had been noble pastries, and he had never been interested in any meat, until he had Xiuban's roast meat once by chance. Then, he betrayed pastries.

The roast meat that Xiuban ate was all from beasts that were above level 30. Many of them were even above level 35. To quote what Xiuban said, only the beasts of such level could afford his biting.

Besides the taste, there was also the mana in the meat. The meat Xiusi had at the beginning was from low-level beasts that had little to none mana, which made him lose interest in all meat, until Xiuban's roast meat changed his attitude….

"Xiusi, do you even have teeth? Can you really chew it? You'll die of indigestion."

Xiuban cursed angrily. Then, he saw that Xiusi quickly bit the piece of meat into strands before he swallowed the strands one after another.

Lin Yun looked ahead with a floating smile, deep in thought.

Those idiots were in serious trouble. Did they think everybody in the underground world was weak? For a long time after the underground world had been truly discovered, it had been dominated by underground species instead of human beings.

They were no stronger than level 5 of the Heaven Rank, and yet they thought they could clear the underground world. How naive…

The mages of the Holy Light Alliance, in particular, carried the most unwelcome power in the underground world. Lin Yun hoped that Dalton would just be killed by the underground experts.

Lin Yun gloated, and ignored the three forces. His main purpose was to find the Cave Gnomes and the Red-Skinned Spirit Suckers. If he couldn't find any tribes of the two races, he would have to wait for 1,000 years before he found other Cave Gnomes and Red-Skinned Spirit Suckers.

Even searching for the reborn 73rd God had a lower priority. After all, according to history, the 73rd God wouldn't be able to accomplish his great ideal, and Noscent wouldn't be destroyed until tens of thousands of years later.

Therefore, building the complete Shelter Tower was the most important thing. Looking for the 73rd God wasn't as important.

The channel that the three forces entered was where the 73rd God had broken into the underground world years back. After so many years, no matter how it had changed, some underground races still had to be watching over it. If they swaggered inside just like that, they would be lucky if they weren't simply beaten to death by the underground races.

Lin Yun didn't enter the same way as the three forces did. Also, it wouldn't be easy to recreate the crack. He would have to use alchemy arrays without the Realization Spell, and the alchemy arrays would cause too much noise…

Leading his team into the caves, Lin Yun moved downwards continuously, and finally arrived at a running river an hour later.

The underground river flowed through complicated environments. Here, even the wind didn't have the power to reach every corner; only the water could. The power of earth did permeate the soil, but it was too massive and stable, and couldn't circulate. Every time it was active, it would result in a major earthquake on the surface.

Making use of the underground river's power was the most sensible choice. Going along the river and locating the thickest of its branches, Lin Yun calculated for a few minutes, and took out the dark beast's blood that had been collected earlier.

The blood was contained in a heart that looked like a strange meatball. The heart belonged to the king of the dark beasts whose power was based on their blood. Their king's heart was the core of their race. For the Blood Bone Beasts, their king's heart was an enormous space magic tool that could store a huge amount of blood.

Thanks to the blood it contained, the Blood Bone Beast's heart remained alive. Lin Yun threw it into the running river, and squeezed it with the Mage Hand.

Instantly, there seemed to be a channel to another plane in midair. Dark red blood flooded from the sky, emitting the stench of blood and the power of darkness. After it fell into the underground river, the river turned dark red in only a couple of seconds. There was a hint of redness in the dark river.

The river of blood was still running. Lin Yun took out a boat that was made of dark wood, and threw it into the underground river. He then boarded the boat with Xiuban and Reina. The boat drifted onwards on the river of blood towards infinite darkness. The squeezed heart was still gushing out red blood.

Standing on the boat, Lin Yun raised the Draconic Staff, and opened the Book of Death. The Origin Chapter glittered, enshrouding the Book of Death with black radiance. Enigmatic, creepy spells flew out of Lin Yun's mouth, and the power of darkness spread out around the boat like a drop of ink in clean water. The power inside the river of blood was activated too.

Gradually, everything around the boat fell dark. Xiuban and Reina, having completed extraordinary evolution, were able to see everything clearly in the underground world. However, they discovered that it was impossible to see the walls on the two sides of the river anymore. They seemed to be in the middle of boundless darkness. The river underneath their feet was all there was.

The boat floated onwards in the river for a long time. Lin Yun never stopped chanting the spells. His voice got more and more creepy and filled with the aura of darkness. He looked like someone who was mumbling to himself in boundless darkness.

Nothing except the darkness and the endless river could be seen. Even the passage of time could no longer be detected. Gradually, the dark red river underneath their feet changed into pure red.

It was like a river that was purely made of blood. The boat was still floating steadily.

Xiuban looked out of the boat, and saw countless shadows swimming in the bloody river. There even seemed to be ghastly monsters underneath the boat. Those creatures were pushing the boat forward.

"Damn, what are those things?"

Xiuban shrieked, and was about to attack with Carnage when Enderfa's left face mocked him.

"Idiot. Just keep your mouth shut if you don't want to expose your stupidity. They're the souls of Blood Bone Beasts. They're pushing us forward.

"If you want us to be forever lost in this unknown place, you may kill those souls immediately."

Xiuban put Carnage down in embarrassment, and sat down in the boat, ignoring Enderfa. Since Enderfa's advancement, the latter had essentially turned into three people. It was impossible to beat three tongues with one. After losing a few arguments, Xiuban learned better than to quarrel with Enderfa…

Enderfa's left face was upset after being ignored by Xiuban. It was going to continue mocking Xiuban when the face in the middle said solemnly, "Alright, stop fighting. Damn it. I don't want to fall into this bloody river. Who knows where it will take us?"

The Blood Bone Beasts were the most inferior beings in the plane of darkness. They were food to many dark races, and were often used as steeds. The lords in the plane of darkness all had Blood Bone Beasts as mounts, which would lift their vehicle and carry them to the sky.