117 Desolate Overlord (1/2)

'Could this be a back door left behind for the prince so that people could easily go in and out? That doesn't sound very logical…'

Lin Yun kept studying the alchemy array, doubtful and on guard.

He quickly analyzed the structure of the array and found out that this array surprisingly didn't have a mana source!

Lin Yun was shocked by this discovery. He first thought that there was a mistake in the analysis, or that there might have been some other issue with the structure of the array, and thus, Lin Yun performed another check. However, he still arrived at the same conclusion: this alchemy array didn't have a mana source!

'How could it be so strange?' Lin Yun felt a headache coming up. He would understand if this alchemy array's mana had been exhausted. After all, over a thousand years had passed since the end of the 3rd Dynasty.

But this wasn't a problem of mana exhaustion, as there was no mana source from the start.

In other words, this alchemy array had never truly worked!

It was simply decoration!

How could a mistake like that appear in the tomb of a prince of the 3rd Dynasty?

Lin Yun thought about it for a bit, but he couldn't understand. In the end, he could only decide to temporarily put this question to the back of his mind and start up the array.

There was no problem with this.

Lin Yun had already analyzed it twice and it could be said that he knew the alchemy array inside and out. Not having a mana source wasn't a problem, because with his knowledge of alchemy arrays, transferring a mana source was only a matter of a few minutes and wouldn't consume any strength.

Moreover, Lin Yun quickly realized that he didn't even have to attach anything.

Because on his 3rd analysis, he found out that this alchemy array actually sort of did have a mana source, but it was inoperative. The alchemy array had a part that had never been activated, which was equivalent to not being non-existent. Thus, Lin Yun hadn't found this disabled part of the alchemy array on his first two analyses. It was on the 3rd examination that he discovered this notch on the edge of the alchemy array.

Afterwards, Lin Yun thought about the whole structure of the alchemy array. Who would have been so senseless as to draw an entire alchemy array that couldn't be activated with a mana source, wouldn't this be a waste?

'Whatever, I already found the mana source.'

The next step was a lot simpler, since as long as this mana source was activated, it would slightly change the structure of the array, and the Runic Shield on the Jade Rock Door would stop working.

Without the Runic Shield's protection, it wouldn't be impossible for Lin Yun to break open the Jade Rock Door.

Lin Yun looked into his pocket, but he only found a few inferior mana crystals.

'Doesn't matter, inferior mana crystals should be fine, the alchemy array doesn't need to work for long anyway…' Apart from the inferior mana crystals, Lin Yun only had the Elemental Amber Ring and the Spiritual Magic Staff to supply mana. But those two were trump cards, so obviously he wouldn't use them to activate this sort of alchemy array.

After Lin Yun made his decision, he put a level 5 mana crystal in the notch.

After the addition of that level 5 mana crystal, the magic nodes on the alchemy array started flickering with a faint light. That faint light also flowed through various magic circuits while the light from the level 5 mana crystal quickly dimmed, and moments later, it turned into an ordinary stone.

'One isn't enough…' Lin Yun thought. He fished out another level 5 mana crystal and quickly completed the swap.

The magic nodes flickered as mana flowed through the magic circuits...

Lin Yun knew that the alchemy array was about to be activated.

At this time, Lin Yun was already holding the Spiritual Magic Staff, waiting for the radiance from the Runic Shield to disappear so that he could cast his strongest spell to break open that Jade Rock Door.

”Stop, you damn thief!” But at that moment, a deep roar echoed in Lin Yun's head.

”Fuck…” Lin Yun felt a burst of confusion. He pointed his magic staff above his head and a Light spell came out from it.

At this time, Lin Yun could clearly see that above his head, a shadow was gradually being formed.

”I…” Seeing that shadow, Lin Yun held his breath.