Chapter 1222 - Gate of Rebirth (1/2)

Constantine had an unwilling expression. He looked at Lin Yun’s battle with despair and resentment.

‘It’s because of that guy! If not for him, we wouldn’t have come to this damned array. Why didn’t he discover this problem ahead of time? Isn’t he an alchemist? How could he have not discovered so many puppets?!

‘We barely managed to survive so far but we are going to die here, waiting for a group of damned puppets to cut us apart. I don’t want this! I am the youngest genius of the Secret Monastery, the most promising disciple with the highest chances of becoming a Heaven Rank powerhouse… Yet I have to wait for my death here.

‘It’s all because of that damned Mafa Merlin. Wasn’t he very powerful? Why is he about to be beheaded, no, torn apart. His body is even going to be cut into pieces and his soul will be destroyed…’

Constantine was unresigned, and so were the others, including Lin Yun himself

Lin Yun’s power remained at the same level throughout the fight due to the Natural Demiplane supporting him. He had endless mana to support himself in battle, but as the high-intensity battle lasted longer and longer, the power he could display unavoidably started decreasing.

The battle with these puppets required a huge energy consumption. Their coordination was perfect, which forced Lin Yun to keep fighting perfectly to resist.

But the pressure increased as the Steel Body Puppet slowly approached with its raised shield.

The fight was still going on ten seconds later, a minute later, three minutes later, five minutes later…

The encirclement of the eight puppets was getting smaller and smaller, while the strength they were displaying kept increasing. More importantly, that Steel Body Puppet was already ten meters away, and the Critical Hit Puppet, protected by the Steel Body Puppet, could already burst with its strongest attack.

Suddenly, an Exploding Ray hit the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and Enderfa rushed back into it with a scream as the Magic Tool was sent flying.

At the same time, the Heavy Strike Puppet’s weapon fell onto the Book of Mantras and sent it flying.

Having lost Enderfa and Syudos’ help, Lin Yun’s counterattacking power instantly decreased by half.

Lin Yun’s face was pale and devoid of color, yet was as calm as a peaceful lake. But in the depths of his soul, the raging flames were becoming even fiercer.

‘Can’t die, have to win, can’t die here…

‘I absolutely can’t die, I have to survive! I have to establish the Shelter Tower and learn the truth about the end of the Magic Era, I have to transcend…

‘I haven’t advanced to the Heaven Rank yet, how could I die here! I can’t be killed…’

The intense battle and deathly pressure squeezed every bit of potential. This was also the first time Lin Yun didn’t have any distracting thoughts during battle since his rebirth.

Faintly, that illusory skull emitting a multi-colored radiance merged with Lin Yun’s skull and truly integrated with him.

The endless void within his mind already turned into a world of colorful radiances with the ancient gate standing in the center. A clear crack could already be seen on the surface of the gate.

But it was already too late. And Lin Yun had already forgotten about that matter, the only thought remaining in his mind was survival. It was a simple instinct, a pure thought coming from his body and soul.

Lin Yun’s expression was still calm but he had already forgotten himself in this battle. His body was like a puppet controlled by a battle system, accurately completing the fighting procedures.

He could only display the power of the 1st Rank of the Heaven realm, yet was able to forcibly resist the eight Heaven Puppets. And among these eight Heaven Puppets, four burst with the power of the 2nd Rank.

The eight puppets together could easily get rid of a 2nd Rank Heaven Sword Saint, yet Lin Yun was able to resist with the power of the 1st Rank.

Ten minutes passed and the Steel Body Puppet finally forced its way within five meters of Lin Yun

This was the attacking range of the Steel Body Puppet, and this also meant that the number of attacking puppets had increased from six to seven.

The Steel Body Puppet was most proficient in defense, but that didn’t mean that its attacking power was weak, it could also display the power of the 1st Rank of the Heaven realm.

A Frostbolt hit Lin Yun’s shield, closely followed by an Exploding Ray. The Heavy Strike Puppet then shook the Law Runic Shield once more while the Monstrous Strength Puppet, the Steel Body Puppet and the two Lightning Speed Puppets’ attacks landed almost simultaneously.

The seven puppets’ attacks landed within a second and their coordination was perfect, the time interval was also perfect.

The weakening Frostbolt arrived first, and not only did it weaken Lin Yun’s defenses, it was also the first wave of impact which was closed followed by the most powerful Exploding Ray. Moreover, the explosion caused extra damage because they were of opposite elements.

Then, the Heavy Strike Puppet used the permeating power of the Heavy Strike to shake the law runes and make the shield’s defenses instantly fall sharply. At the same time, it increased the number of law runes roused.

The Monstrous Strength Puppet and the Steel Body Puppet only raised the number of throbbing law runes, while the Lightning Speed Puppets’ attacks landed on Lin Yun’s back.

Numerous thin swords kept flickering, attacking a few dozen times at the same spot. The operating process of the Law Runic Shield focused on the spots that were suffering frequent attacks, and the surrounding law runes were all gathered and kept increasing the defensive power.

But as the law runes on Lin Yun’s Law Runic Shield gathered towards the back, the Critical Hit, who had been standing on stand by, finally appeared before Lin Yun with its dagger in hand. A fierce and oppressive power converged at the tip of the dagger as it ruthlessly stabbed towards Lin Yun’s front.

In the distance, Laibo faintly sighed before struggling to stand up, weak deathless aura flickering on his body.

“Get ready, Sir Mafa has been fighting to the bitter end like a true warrior. It’ll soon be our turn to show our final radiance and make these puppets experience our Secret Monastery’s radiant aura.”

Laibo had a calm expression, it could be seen from his gaze that he had already accepted death. As for Mariana and the other six, they were either unresigned, despairing, or resentful, but they could only hold their weapons for the final all-out battle.

In the center of the battlefield, the Critical Hit Puppet’s dagger pierced at the weakest part of the Law Runic Shield. The Law Runic Shield had been at its limits, and just being touched by the Critical Hit Puppet’s dagger made it explode like a bubble.

That attack absolutely had the power of the 2nd Rank of the Heaven realm and it fiercely hit Lin Yun on his chest.

And the various attacks pressuring the Law Runic Shield landed alongside it.

“Boom…”

A fierce explosion echoed as the radiance and fierce power covering the entire sky thoroughly burst out. The Critical Hit Puppet passed through the explosion area with the dagger in its hands.

The power of the dagger was already dissipating, and that hit had clearly made Lin Yun’s body explode. Bone fragments couldn’t even be found.

In the distance, Syudos and Enderfa came out of their Magic Tools and seemed to have gone crazy.

Enderfa’s three faces appeared dejected as he shouted, “Merlin! You b*stard! How could you die like this!”

As a Magic Tool Incarnation, he felt his connection to Lin Yun being severed in an instant. There was only one explanation, his master had died.

The eight Puppets also stopped their attack at that moment and calmly turned to look at Laibo and the others. Only one of the puppets remained in its fighting state. It raised its weapon as it looked at them.