End of the Magic Era
chapter-1363

Chapter 1363: Maze of Mountains

On the other hand, Levis, who was in the middle of countless tornadoes, felt that his hair was all rising. Lightning bolts appeared out of nowhere in the tornadoes. They then swallowed the tornadoes, and transformed into a cage of lightning.

Thick lightning bolts occupied a radius of a kilometer. They were hitting Levis’ shield, bearing the power of chaos and destruction. From the outside, only the glittering lightning bolts could be seen, and Levis had already disappeared from sight.

The mouth in the center of the faceless monster’s another clawed hand spouted an ivory pillar of light, which crossed space, and hit Lin Yun’s fusion shield instantly. The pillar of light contained a terrifying power of mana and destruction. Law runes surfaced on Lin Yun’s Fusion Shield. After only a second, more than half of the law runes on the Fusion Shield were already shivering, and the number was growing.

Lin Yun solemnly spouted silver law runes, and invoked the power of darkness. When the Origin Chapter resisted the pillar of light, Lin Yun vanished. The pillar of light lost its target, and drew a streak that was a dozen kilometers long in midair. Everything that was in the way of the pillar of light was reduced to pieces.

Three mountains that were thousands of meters tall were ruined. Even more smaller ones were destroyed.

On the other hand, Levis, who had been confined in the cage of lightning, finally broke free. However, his skin was blackened and burnt, with blood everywhere. Levis poured bottles of vitality potions on his skin.

An ordinary person would’ve died of pain if they had endured such a 100% burn on their body. Levis gritted his teeth, and moaned painfully. As he poured the vitality potion on his skin, his burnt and blackened skin gradually recovered. However, he was still cramping now and then. He seemed to have recovered, but the pain wouldn’t fade so easily.

In only a dozen seconds, all the four level-5 Heaven Rank experts had been owned. It seemed that they didn’t stand any chance of winning.

Infuriated, Danason, Levis, and Dalton began to counterattack crazily. Lin Yun frowned, and quickly cast spells.

Countless spells hit the faceless monster. None of the level-8 or level-9 extraordinary spells could possibly hurt it. At this moment, Lin Yun finally realized something.

The monster was an amalgamation of all the creatures that had once lived here. However, not all of those creatures were as strong as each other. The torso and the head of the faceless monster obviously belonged to the strongest creatures, which was why they occupied the main parts of the body after the fusion.

The four serpents that served as legs supporting the upper half body were clearly slaves. That was why they could be cut off so easily.

The faceless monster would’ve been stronger if it hadn’t absorbed the serpents. However, because of the 73rd God’s power, it only had the instinct of absorbing all the creatures in this place.

Such absorptions were not always beneficial…

At least, judging from the situation, it was not possible to hurt the faceless monster’s upper body with level-9 spells.

“Mafa Merlin, what the f*ck are you doing? Are you just watching? If this ugly monster kills us, you won’t be able to get out of this place alive!”

Lin Yun was looking around. He had stopped doing anything after casting a few spells, which made Dalton, who had already been mad at him, roar in fury. He would’ve killed Lin Yun first if he hadn’t still been fighting…

Lin Yun sneered.

“Dalton, if you think we can kill the monster so easily, you’re being naive. Haven’t you noticed that the monster is even stronger without the four serpent limbs?

“This monster is definitely as strong as level 47 in terms of defense. Only the powerful level-10 spells can possibly hurt it. The monster was weakened after absorbing the serpents. We’ve removed its weakness.

“If we don’t break this enclosed space, we will surely lose this war of attrition. If any of us dies, then all of us will be doomed!”

Dalton gloomily fell silent. He was not dumb. He could tell that the monster was indeed more ferocious after its serpent limbs had been cut off.

The battle continued. Without them realizing it, they approached one of the serpent’s bodies while fighting. When Dalton flew past the body, the dead serpent, whose blood had all flowed out, suddenly craned its head, and spouted a mouthful of sticky black water at him.

Dalton was dumbfounded by the unexpected change. He couldn’t dodge quickly with only one angel’s wing. He could only throw out a True Spirit Magic Tool as a shield to resist the attack before he moved back quickly.

In only one second, the black water had corrupted the shield released by the True Spirit Magic Tool and drowned it. Another second later, the shield was turned into ragged iron in the black water.

Not just Dalton, but everybody else was frightened too. Obviously, the serpent had been accumulating strength for one last strike against any enemy that might approach its body.

Lin Yun watched the scene, frowning. He suddenly remembered that some venomous snakes were very cunning, and would avenge themselves after they died by accumulating their venom and power in their mouth. Whenever an enemy approached, they would launch the most ferocious attack of their life with the last bit of their vitality.

Lin Yun summoned three rock puppets to the other serpents’ bodies. Instantly, the dead serpents all opened their mouths, and spouted a torrent of black venom. All the three rock puppets were corrupted and melted. Even the broken pieces were gone.

Lin Yun solemnly watched them fight, and considered how to kill the level-47 monster that was good at defense and didn’t have a soul. It was almost an invulnerable slaughter machine. There wasn’t another way to destroy it without absolute strength.

Looking back at the boundless mountains, Lin Yun’s eyes glittered.

“You keep it occupied while I try to open this enclosed space so that we can lure the monster to the wall of mist and push it into the mist!”

Immediately, everybody’s eyes glittered. At this moment, nobody had the time to care about the grievances among them. They knew that if any of them was killed and swallowed, then nobody else could survive.

Levis and Dalton instantly nodded. Neither of them was good at alchemy. There was little they could do at this moment. Dalton wished that Lin Yun were dead, but he could only grit his teeth, and accept the arrangement.

It was as if they all signed a life-and-death contract. If any of them died, everyone else, too, would die.

They used all their strength to hold back the faceless monster. The weaker ones all hid far away. None of them dared to help, because if any of them died, the monster would be strengthened.

Lin Yun hovered in the sky, analyzing everything in this space with the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, and hoping to find the key.

The mountains were boundless. When they fought here, it seemed that they’d never reached their boundaries. It seemed like a perfect world, but there was nothing in this world except for countless mountains.

After scanning the information for a couple of minutes, Lin Yun thought of something. Holograms of the terrain were projected in front of him, revealing an important loophole of the mountains which seemed completely random.

Every 36 square kilometers of mountains were the same!

The boundless mountains were actually combinations of identical cubes. He hadn’t realized it sooner, because each of the cubes was aimed in a different direction. That was why the mountains seemed absolutely random.

Lin Yun reached the joint of four cubes, and spouted out a law rune, which melted into the space. Immediately, a stone pillar that was full of weird patterns appeared in the dent between two mountains…

The King’s Pillar…

Lin Yun immediately realized that there had to be more than one King’s Pillar. It required dozens of King’s Pillars to construct such a huge world.

He set up an alchemy array, and plucked the King’s Pillar by making use of its features. He then threw it into his space ring. Immediately, Lin Yun felt that the space here was weakened. It seemed to have turned into the weakest part of this perfect world of mountains.

But it was not nearly enough. If it was impossible to break the mountain space, then creating a weakness would be pointless.

It was a lot easier to find others after the first King’s Pillar was located. In only a dozen minutes, Lin Yun had found 24 King’s Pillars. The mountains here seemed to be changing. The space was less stable than before, but it was not collapsing.

The battle was still going on. Dalton was so grim that his face was almost dripping ink. He watched Lin Yun dig out one King’s Pillar after another. He didn’t know what it was, but he knew it was certainly very precious.

Mafa Merlin, that jerk. He certainly knew it. Yes. He knew the secrets of this place. He let the monster keep us busy so that he could dig the natural magic tools without competitors.

What a greedy leech and goddamn bastard. He’s destined to be purged.

Dalton burst into fury, but didn’t dare to run away at all, because the faceless monster was already going crazy. They could hardly defend themselves, let alone counterattack.

As soon as any of them ran off, the other two men would get killed. In fact, if any of them died, the monster would be strengthened to the point where it could kill everybody.

However angry Dalton was, he had to fight on. Levis and Danason, on the other hand, didn’t feel anything special, because they barely knew anything about alchemy. They didn’t know how to break free from the world of mountains at all.

Half an hour later, Lin Yun plucked the 36th King’s Pillar from the ground. Then, the world of mountains collapsed. The space was twisted, and the boundless mountains were narrowed down to an area of several hundred square kilometers. The desolate plain that had vanished reappeared, and so did the wall of mist.

Storing the 36th King’s Pillar into his space ring, Lin Yun didn’t look very happy.

The 73rd God was indeed much stronger and smarter than he’d expected.

The 73rd God had constructed these relics without fearing any trespasser. He even added the restraint that only extraordinary experts could come in, probably because he wanted them to build up the defense.

That world of mountains, enhanced by the power of 36 King’s Pillars, was truly boundless. It was like an enormous corridor that one could not possibly fly out even if one flew in the same direction for 10,000 years.

Even if the monster was killed, they would still be trapped in the world forever. Nobody could teleport themselves away from the space, which was protected by the power of gods.

If they couldn’t kill the monster, they would only be swallowed by the monster, and make it stronger. The monster might even reach level 50 in the end.

Even if someone who was adept at alchemy found the King’s Pillars, it would be fine.

Each of the 72 King’s Pillars contained different power, as marked by the patterns on their surface. If a pertinent method to disable a King’s Pillar was not found, then the King’s Pillar would be linked to this world. One could not possibly pluck the King’s Pillar unless one could lift the entire world.

When the 72 King’s Pillars appeared in real history, it would take the mages who lived in Noscent’s heyday 1,000 years to find the way to control every King’s Pillar. As to how to combine the King’s Pillars and control them after the combination, no solutions were found even after Noscent was destroyed.

In conclusion, anyone who entered the place would be stranded here forever. Even the experts who had ignited the God Fire wouldn’t be able to break the blockage. It was absolutely safe.

No wonder there had been no news about the relics. Whoever had luckily found this place had surely perished here…

The 73rd God had already been reborn, yet he had cautiously safeguarded the place of his rebirth. He probably didn’t want anyone else to know what he had been reborn as.

A lot of information and guesses popped up in Lin Yun’s head. He immediately summoned his magic battleships. After they arrived in this world from his Demiplane, Lin Yun flew to the battlefield, and joined the battle.

The main cannons and secondary cannons on the magic battleships were all charged, emitting terrifying waves.

On the other hand, Lin Yun joined the battle too. Levis and the others, who could hardly defend themselves any longer, finally had a chance to catch their breath. The four level-5 Heaven Rank experts were finally able to lure the faceless monster to the desolate plain.

They approached the desolate plain and the wall of mist, but the monster stopped when it was several kilometers away from the wall. The wall of mists was not just a lethal threat to the mages; it was an untouchable taboo for the monster too.

Seeing that the monster was not proceeding any further, Lin Yun ordered the magic battleships to fire. A dozen thick pillars of light fell and hit the faceless monster.

The attacks had torn apart the shields of Blood Elves’ cities easily. However, they couldn’t break the faceless monster’s defense at all. They only made the monster’s skin color change slightly, which meant that it had increased its defense.

However, even though it could resist the attacks, it couldn’t stop itself from being pushed to the wall of mist.

Lin Yun controlled the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel. The spells on the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras were all filled into the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, which then cast the complete versions of the spells. Bombs of law runes exploded underneath the monster, pushing the monster up above with the explosions.

A lot of Gaia’s Hands extended from the ground, and slapped the monster’s claws that were clinging to the ground. Then, the soil gradually turned into mud, making it impossible for the monster to grasp at anything.

Danason, melted with the Snake Tail Beast, continuously struck the monster’s body. Levis unleashed a tornado, blowing at the monster, and trying to lift it.

Dalton cast many bewildering spells, and even twisted rays of light, trying to confuse the monster so that it would run in the wrong direction.

A lot of spells were cast. The Heaven Rank experts who had never participated in the battle so far helped too, launching a torrent of spells at the monster.

After a dozen seconds, one of the monster’s claws couldn’t hold on to the ground anymore, and it lost balance. Then, all the spells worked at the same time. The monster started to float because of a bunch of spells.

When it started to float, it was completely incapable of resistance. Countless spells, as well as the bombardment of five magic battleships, soon knocked it over, and threw it into the wall of mist.

Instantly, miserable screams burst out of the monster’s mouths. Ripples spread on the peaceful wall of mist, just like in a lake that someone had just thrown a stone into. Half of the monster’s body had already fallen into the wall. It struggled and tried to escape, but it was too late.

Everybody was casting spells. They were not trying to kill the monster, but just to push it completely into the wall of mist with the power of the spells.