482 Enlightenmen (1/2)
It would be understandable if it was actually an Upper Rank Flame Spirit, but it was only the totem's flame, which shouldn't be alive.
There seemed to be a power gathering as that flame throbbed, making Lin Yun's heart beat faster.
'Very frightening…'
Lin Yun paled as he began to sweat from the pressure from the flame. The current Lin Yun had fused the three Meditation Law Sets in the Tulan Mountain Range and had broken through to become a 5th Rank High Mage. His power was more than enough to match high-ranked Archmages.
But he was faltering somewhat when facing that strange flame, which showed how frightening the power contained within it was. He even had a feeling that if the flame unleashed its power, a disaster would happen.
'Hold on…'
But while he was secretly apprehensive, he suddenly had a marvelous feeling as he looked at the flame. It felt as if everything became clear and he found a clue.
This flame was related to the Raising Dragon Array.
Over ten days ago, when the allied army consolidated their control over the Ghost Valley, Lin Yun sneaked out to unearth the Raising Dragon Array, but a formidable defensive power was covering it. Through his analysis, he discovered that if a terrifying flame burst out with enough power, it would scatter this protective aura.
He had then looked for the young Beastman, Yass, and asked about the Ghost Valley. Back then, Yass only spoke of a legend spreading in the Thawing Fire Tribe for countless years. A formidable fiend was sealed at the bottom of the Ghost Valley and needed a certain thing to be released, and that thing was in the Sacred Land of the Thawing Fire Tribe.
At the time, Lin Yun had a feeling that this was related to the Dragon Raising Array, so he agreed to climb the Sacred Mountain with the Black Tower.
The answer was on the verge of being disclosed...
That Peak True Spirit Totem left behind by the Thawing Fire Tribe's ancestor, which the Black Tower had been arduously tracking all this time, was the key to scattering that defensive power.
To be more accurate, he needed the help of the flame at the top of the totem.
But, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry... He'd already known about the existence of the totem when he agreed to work together with the Black Tower, but he hadn't cared about it at the time, calmly giving the totem to the Black Tower during the negotiations even though Harren didn't know about it.
Lin Yun knew better than anyone that this Peak True Spirit Magic Tool had no use in the hands of humans. Back then, the Black Tower had lost over ten Archmages without getting any benefits, only profiting Heaven Shaman Lusar...
Lin Yun truly hadn't expected that the thing he needed to open the Raising Dragon Array would be this totem.
Besides Lin Yun, the two Representatives of the Black Tower, Weiss and Suval, also knew some secrets. When they saw the totem on the altar, they immediately became excited, their hearts beating extremely fast. But after his experience in the Tulan Mountain Range, Weiss was a bit calmer. He frowned and vigilantly watched the surroundings and the Tribal Chief, not acting blindly.
”Are you the Thawing Fire Tribe's Tribal Chief?”
But Suval actually stepped forward and broke the deadlock. He looked at the middle-aged Beastman across him and frowned as he coldly said, ”The Thawing Fire Tribe has been completely extinguished. You are the last one, so pitiful. If you take the initiative to hand over the totem, you might be able to keep your life…”
Suval's tone was filled with a feeling of superiority as he looked at the Tribal Chief with disdain.
He had assessed the Tribal Chief's mana fluctuations when he first discovered him and found out that the Tribal Chief was comparable to a human 6th Rank Archmage. This kind of power would be considered top-notch in all of the Raging Flame Plane.
But what about it?
After all, this group consisted of Archmage powerhouses, while he himself was a 7th Rank Archmage. The others might not even need to get involved. He should be able to easily kill the Tribal Chief on his own.