190 A Path No One Ever Took (1/2)

As they reached Lullaby Forest, the three people stayed there for a month after Osul's invitation.

During that month, aside from having some interaction with Osul regarding alchemy, Lin Yun would also spend time studying the 8th character of the Book of Death. Lin Yun finally cracked it after half a month, and just as he had expected, the 8th character's might was far superior to that of the preceding seven.

This was the true power of the Book of Death...

The 8th character was named ”unlimited” by Lin Yun...

This came from a time when Lin Yun left Osul's wooden house at night. He found a pack of Shadow Wolves, and the moment the 8th character appeared, Lin Yun truly got the feeling of being unlimited.

It was a state that couldn't be described with words... There were no more incantations, no more gestures...

Under the unlimited state, with just a thought, the corresponding spell would appear. Moreover, these spells wouldn't be affected by a need for mana, completely freeing him from the possibility of mana exhaustion. The pack of Shadow Wolves around level 18 was instantly annihilated by him.

Only after the unlimited state wore off did Lin Yun dazedly looked at his hands. That state was too incredible, too unimaginable.

After all, spellcasting itself was very cumbersome and complicated, but when in that state, those complex things lost all meaning. He didn't even need to think about what to do, he only had to cast one spell after the other...

It was too simple...

But this simplicity had a very high price.

When Lin Yun opened the Book of Death, he found out that the five Ultimate Spells stored within had instantly dimmed, and the huge amount of Soul Fires had been consumed clean.

After all, the Soul Fires were supplying energy for the five Ultimate Spells.

At this time, Lin Yun couldn't help feeling a bit of a headache. The death energy of over a thousand Skeleton Warriors had been used to supply these five Ultimate Spells, but that same energy had only been able to support seven seconds of the unlimited state.

And this was only for the 8th character.

By the time he cracked the later characters, wouldn't the Soul Fires needed to use them soar astronomically?

'Looks like I really have to conquer the Undead Plane. The Bone Plane's Soul Fires won't even support the unlimited state, let alone the rest of the Book of Death's characters.'

He estimated that only the terrifying high-level Undead beings roaming the Undead Plane could keep up with the astonishing consumption of the Book of Death.

Lin Yun finally understood at this time why Bane would always think about conquering the Undead Plane for several millennia.

It wasn't that Bane wanted to challenge his limits, but rather, the black hole that was the Book of Death forced him to challenge the Undead Plane...

Lin Yun pondered about his future path while quietly returning to Osul's wooden house.

But just as he opened the door, he was caught by Osul in the middle of conducting one of his experiments.

For the past month, Osul had been acting like what could only be considered an addict...

As one of the few Artisans of the kingdom, there weren't that many people that could discuss alchemy with him. And now that he had found the unconventional Lin Yun, how could Osul let him off? He would grab Lin Yun to chat every day until midnight. Only when Lin Yun kept yawning exaggeratedly would Osul unwillingly be forced to let him rest.

He couldn't help it since it was far too rare for him to find such a suitable conversation partner.

Although that young Great Mage was only a Master Alchemist, his theoretical alchemy knowledge was very deep, to an extent that Osul had rarely seen in his life. And he would often offer some thought-provoking opinions that would give Osul a flash of insight, despite being an Artisan that had been immersed in alchemy for hundreds of years.

It was the same earlier that day. When the sky started to darken, Osul had let go of the yawning Lin Yun, but when he returned, Osul strangely asked, ”Oh, Merlin, how come your mana fluctuations feel a bit more powerful…”

”Oh?” Lin Yun thought of something and hurriedly returned to his room.

Sure enough, as he returned to his room, he noticed that his 6th Magic Array had formed without him noticing.

No, not just the 6th Magic Array, even half of the 7th Magic Array had already formed. Given enough time, he would most likely become a 7th Rank Great Mage!

'What happened?'

Lin Yun couldn't understand, but he did think of a possibility.

'Was it caused by the unlimited state? That's right, thinking about it, that might truly be the case…'

The unlimited character in itself was condensed from an endless amount of runes, forming that character filled with frightening power. Deciphering the unlimited character was another way of carving the Magic Array.