28 Elemental Incarnation (1/2)

The rain of fire fell onto the black soil. It felt as if a pan of oil had caught fire, and in a few moments, that sea of fire spread for a hundred meters, waking all of the slumbering Skeleton Warriors. Their soul fires were throbbing blankly as they ran around through the inferno in complete confusion.

This was the 9th Rank spell, Fire Rain. Among the Mage rank spells, it was only a bit inferior to Thunderstorm, but it was a lot more effective than Thunderstorm against the undead. The large group of Skeleton Warriors was just instinctively running around, so how could they manage to avoid this vast sea of fire?

In a short time, dozens of Skeletons fell, charred to cinders.

If it had been earlier, Lin Yun would be feeling very happy. Burning up more than a dozen Skeleton Warriors meant that he would get several Undead Essences.

But Lin Yun wasn't happy right now...

He hadn't dared to use a spell like Fire Rain before because he was worried that it would create too big of a commotion and lead to him being surrounded by the undead that were drawn to the ruckus. But Lin Yun couldn't hold off at this time. A vein of Nether Iron that was several hundred meters long... Even the most powerful forces at the peak of the magic civilization some ten thousand years later would covet.

Let alone now...

Putting aside whether Lin Yun could mine anything from it now, as long as he was able to take advantage of the chaos to grab some magic gems from the vein, it would be worth it.

As for whether he would alarm a lot of Skeleton Warriors, or even the Bone Devil that was sleeping underground, Lin Yun no more cared about it.

With such a shocking Nether Iron Vein spread in front of him, if he didn't grab himself a souvenir, Lin Yun wouldn't be able to forgive himself.

Even if it was only a Magic Gem, its value would be no less than a hundred thousand gold. That would push the development of the Gilded Rose to a whole new level, at the very least equal to how it had been back when the old butler was really busy taking care of it, half a year ago. It would be even better if he got a good one, like an Abyssal Magic Diamond.

If he had another Abyssal Magic Diamond, Lin Yun would be able to transform that Master rank alchemy array, letting him keep the Planar Path open for at least an hour at a time!

Increasing the time he could stay in the Bone Plane by half an hour wouldn't just increase the amount of Undead Essence that he could gather. It meant that Lin Yun could expand his range of activities and head for the depths of the Bone Plane to hunt higher level Undeads and obtain all kinds of precious natural resources.

All this was built upon the amount of time that he could remain here.

'Have to be fast!'

Casting the Mage Eye and the Fire Rain took him about one minute, but Lin Yun's remaining time in the Bone Plane was already lacking. Moreover, as that sea of fire frantically spread, Lin Yun could feel the earth under his feet trembling, and a deep roar could be heard from the depths of the black wasteland.

Lin Yun guessed that the Bone Devil had most likely been roused by the commotion. He had to act before the Bone Devil appeared, or else he would have to face an opponent with power on the level of a High Mage ahead of time.

At the same time that the deep roar echoed, Lin Yun clung close to the rock. He didn't chant or cast any spells. He only urged his mana whirlpool and continuously moved it at extreme speed, constantly pushing it towards the limit. In a short ten seconds, Lin Yun's mana was in a boiling state.

Immediately after, the only thing that could be seen was a bright and fierce flame.

Lin Yun's body burst into flame and instantly flew several hundred meters before reaching the center of the sea of fire.

When a Mage shattered their mana whirlpool, they would reach Great Mage Realm and gain the ability to completely fuse with their mana. Moreover, their power would increase tenfold and they would be able to cast spells as they pleased. And most importantly, upon becoming a Great Mage, they could potentially grasp a frightening magical ability known as Elemental Incarnation. It would completely transform their body into a particular element, making them immune to almost all physical attacks and gaining the properties of the element that they embodied.

But that powerful ability could only be sustained for a short time. Even a peak Great Mage would only be able to sustain it for a minute.

And Lin Yun's time was much shorter...

Lin Yun was still not a Great Mage right now, so what he was displaying wasn't a genuine Elemental Incarnation. That bright mass of fire had been created by using Lin Yun's mana control that transcended the limits of the era to forcibly imitate the mana circulation used during Elemental Incarnation. This would be practically impossible for anyone else of this time.

This was a spell that surpassed the limits, and the duration of the spell would be even shorter than what an average Great Mage could sustain.

Lin Yun estimated that he could last ten seconds at most.

If he couldn't accomplish everything within ten seconds, then after the Elemental Incarnation disappeared, he would not only have to face a furious Bone Devil, but would also have to face the weakness that would ensue due to overdrafting his mana.

Thus, when Lin Yun was about to reach the center of the sea of fire, he consecutively cast five Flame Bursts.