119 Dark Arena (2/2)

But he hadn't expected that Lin Yun wouldn't show any signs of being flustered at all, his smile unchanged.

”Sure, if you like hiding in the Magic Tool, then you can hide in the Magic Tool forever. But I guarantee that if you dare to come out, you'll never regret it…” After saying that, Lin Yun reminded the Soul Walker, ”Oh right, I forgot to tell you, I'll be twenty this year and I am a Great Mage. Many say that I'll become a High Mage at 40, and maybe after a few hundred years, I might become an Archmage. I heard that Archmages can live for a millennium and then some. I wonder if you'll be patient enough to wait for my death?”

”Human, don't waste your time scheming, I already waited for more than a millennium in this tomb. As far as I'm concerned, waiting another thousand years would at most be another period of slumber.”

”Slumber? That's good. If that's the case, I don't need to supply you with mana. Moreover, to let you have a good sleep, I won't let you be disturbed at all. I'll tailor an alchemy array to isolate you from all kinds of mana emission. That way you'll have a very deep sleep. Who knows, maybe you'll be able to sleep until your Incarnation dissipates…”

”...”

The Soul Walker fell silent.

Waiting a thousand years truly was considered nothing to a True Spirit Magic Tool. It would just be a long period of slumber at worst. But having no mana supply whatsoever was something the True Spirit Magic Tool couldn't accept. The last time his mana had been exhausted, his Incarnation almost dissipated. How could the Soul Walker accept falling into such a condition again?

”In fact, what's wrong with changing masters? That prince already died a thousand years ago, could it be that you, a True Spirit Magic Tool, want to keep living in memories of the past?” Lin Yun noticed the Soul Walker's attitude mellowing and knew that he should use some persuasion.

”That fucking prince!” The Soul Walker unexpectedly burst out in anger. ”Don't mention that lunatic, Barov, to me. He was always paranoid, saying that our world was heading towards its end. But now, the world is still here, while that lunatic met his end! Yet he still locked this Lord Shawn in this pitch dark tomb for a thousand years. What memories? Lord Shawn can only recall facing death at his hands!”

”...”

”Human, don't waste your time on scheming. You want Lord Shawn to serve you. No can do. Look at yourself, look at how weak you are, an insignificant Great Mage. You want to control a True Spirit Magic Tool like Lord Shawn, but do you think you are like that lunatic, Barov? Let's do it like this. Human, you take responsibility for supplying Lord Shawn with mana, and if Lord Shawn is in a good mood, I might let you borrow some power…”

”Sure!” Lin Yun had been waiting for this sentence.

He had been afraid that the Soul Walker would be determined to hide in the ring. Besides the previous method of locking him away from any mana source, Lin Yun didn't have another way to really punish him. If he used that method, neither side would win. The True Spirit Magic Tool's Incarnation would dissipate, and Lin Yun would have to pass on a True Spirit Magic Tool.

Now that the Soul Walker had agreed to cooperate, everything would be a lot simpler for Lin Yun.

The Soul Walker's claim that he would only let Lin Yun borrow some power if he was in a good mood… This was just Shawn acting pretentious. They had signed a master-slave contract, so if Lin Yun died, Shawn wouldn't have an easy time. At the very least, he would lose a rank, downgrading to a Spiritual Magic Tool from a True Spirit Magic Tool...

Also, Lin Yun was just a Great Mage at the moment so it would be very difficult to use a part of the power of the True Spirit Magic Tool. If he really tried to use the full power of the True Spirit Magic Tool, he would be drained of energy.

As for when he would be able to completely master this True Spirit Magic Tool...

Lin Yun estimated that it would be when he reached the High Mage Rank at the very least. At that time, he would have fused his nine Magic Arrays into one, and his fighting strength should be around that of a 9th Rank High Mage. He should have a chance of completely mastering the True Spirit Magic Tool at that point.

As for now, a portion of power was already enough...

Moreover, what he wanted to use now wasn't the power of the True Spirit Magic Tool.

”Lord Shawn, can I ask you a question?” Lin Yun picked up the ring on the floor and carefully put it on his left hand's ring finger.

This was due to a superstition spread among mages. All mages believed that the ring finger had unfathomable power, and thus they would always wear their most powerful magic ring on that finger...

”This… Depends on Lord Shawn's mood…”

”...” Lin Yun inwardly cursed. After taking a breath, restraining his urge to sever the mana supply, he muttered, ”I only wanted to ask how to open this Jade Rock Door.”

”This shouldn't be…” The ring on his hand let out a surprised sound. ”You seem quite smart, Human, why would you need to ask me such a silly question?”

”I am Mafa Merlin. You can choose to call me master, or Merlin. But never just call me Human again, or else I might forget to supply mana if I'm annoyed…”

”You actually have to threaten Lord Shawn with such a weak supply of mana…” The Soul Walker snorted twice unhappily. But afterwards, he changed the way he addressed Lin Yun. ”Okay, Merlin, now let Lord Shawn tell you how to break through this Jade Rock Door… Oh right, Lord Shawn will say in passing that the name Merlin is very silly…”

'Fuck you…'

Lin Yun felt a vein pulsating on his forehead. He breathed roughly a few times, resisting the urge to curse. ”You can't say that!”

”Your attitude is not very good, Lord Shawn is a bit unhappy…” The Soul Walker originally wanted to keep acting pretentiously, but before he could say anything else, he felt the supply of mana being cut off. Shawn, who had felt his strength recovering during this short time, immediately became tactful.

”But it doesn't matter, Lord Shawn's mood is pretty good. I won't lower myself to argue with you. Don't you see, this alchemy array was actually created by Lord Shawn's power. It was specially created to deceive stupid humans like you. If you input a lot of mana, it would only be supplied to Lord Shawn, and as for the true method, you can find it on the Jade Rock Door…”

Lin Yun inwardly cursed, 'Fuck, these Soul Lifeforms are too shameless…'

The Soul Walker's reminder was clear to Lin Yun. The Jade Rock Door didn't lack an opening mechanism. But some shameless Soul Lifeforms used an illusion to hide it.

Lin Yun walked over with a gloomy face, and sure enough, after the power of the Soul Walker dissipated, a circular mechanism appeared on the originally smooth Jade Rock Door. A riddle was written around the circle in Nesser Runes. Just as Lin Yun planned to solve the door's riddle, the voice of Lord Shawn echoed out.

”No need to look, Lord Shawn can tell you the answer to such a simple riddle. Left three times, right four times, try it out, Silly Human… My bad, Silly Merlin…”

Lin Yun simply chose to ignore it.

But his hand still moved according to the instructions of the Soul Walker. Left three times, right four times. Immediately afterwards, the entire Jade Rock Door began to move with a rumble. After a short while, a big arena appeared in front of him.

”No way…” When Lin Yun saw that huge arena, he became aware of the trouble awaiting him. That Great Mage from the Cloud Tower wrote at least half a page on this huge arena.

”Haha, Merlin, your luck is pretty good. After going through the Life and Death Door, you only have a 10% chance of walking into the Dark Arena. Such a low probability and you actually met it, let this Lord Shawn guess what kind of opponent you'll come across, okay?”

”It would be better to guess when I'll cut your mana supply.” Lin Yun unhappy scolded.

”Damn you, you dare to threaten Lord Shawn!”

Lin Yun chose to ignore this pretentious and long-winded True Spirit Magic Tool, and after scratching his nose, he stepped into the Dark Arena.