Chapter 1278 - An Eye for an Eye (1/2)
Lin Yun unhesitantly flew backward, his body covered in a faint layer of light. Bizarre patterns started spreading over his body as a rune flashing with a multitude of colors appeared between his brows.
Both the Book of Mantras and the Spell Wheel suddenly appeared. The purple dragon shadow was holding the wheel shadow behind Lin Yun while an ancient bronze-colored scale appeared beneath his feet, holding the Book of Mantras and the Spell Wheel on each plate.
A huge Windfire Gate and a huge Spell Wheel emitting countless sparks appeared on Lin Yun’s sides.
The Elemental Chapter and the All-Encompassing Chapter were both enhancing the Book of Death while the two 7th Tier Spell Slots of the Sage Chapter were suddenly emptied.
7th Tier Spell Lava Shelter, 7th Tier Spell Greater Angel Blessings. Under the effect of the Sage Chapter, both spells had turned into Ultimate Spells and their might could compare to 9th Tier Spells. Even the spells’ effects reached their full potential, ordinary 9th Tier Spells couldn’t even compare.
Lava Shelter was a revolving layer of lava, a fusion of fire and earth magic, and the strongest 7th Tier Spell when it came to pure defensive power. Not only was its defensive power even stronger after becoming an Ultimate Spell, its temperature was also greatly increased.
As for Greater Angel Blessings, it was a rarely seen protective spell which decreased the might of a spell. A similarly tiered spell could only display 10% of its might after clashing with Greater Angel Blessings. Stronger spells would destroy Greater Angel Blessings, but their power would still be decreased by 50% if they were no more than a tier above Greater Angel Blessings.
That property was displayed to its utmost limits as an Ultimate Spell. Spells of the same tier couldn’t destroy it and their destructive power would be completely negated.
This was the reason why Lin Yun placed two defensive spells in his two 7th Tier slots in the Sage Chapter.
Even if there was a 3rd 7th Tier slot in the Sage Chapter, Lin Yun would still slot in a defensive spell.
Law Runic Bombs kept blasting towards the center of the cloud, echoing with fierce explosions. The Spell Wheel and the Book of Mantras also burst towards the center of the cloud with their fiercest power.
The countless buffs increased Lin Yun’s casting speed to its peak. The violent explosive power could kill a powerhouse of the same rank within minutes, but Lin Yun could see that the smoke cloud didn’t seem pressured and was instead surging outward, as if a terrifying power was emerging from within.
Lin Yun soon saw the source of that dreadful feeling, a metallic silver hand spanning over a kilometer was surging out of the smoke. The terrifying might it contained far exceeded Wilder’s aura and was aiming at Lin Yun, pressuring him.
Lin Yun’s expression turned gloomy upon seeing this lifelike metallic hand.
He didn’t need to think to know this came from the secluded Rodney family’s ancestor. Only a Heaven powerhouse whose power surpassed the 5th Rank could display such formidable power over such a large distance.
Lin Yun gritted his teeth and cast all the spells he could alongside Syudos and Enderfa. The surrounding space was already suppressed by that formidable power, not to mention using spatial magic to escape, even retreating and dodging was incomparably difficult.
It felt similar to when he was suppressed by Extraordinary Power before he reached the Heaven Rank… No, it felt even more dreadful!
It looked like the other side only used 10% of their power, yet that power was completely suppressing him, forcing him to watch the palm about to crush him.
Lin Yun ground his teeth, shock visible in his eyes.
‘As a 3rd Rank Heaven Mage, I’m as powerful as a 4th Rank Heaven Mage. Wilder’s quick defeat can be attributed to new spells. Had it been a normal battle, it would have taken me at least an hour to defeat him.
‘But it is said that the Rodney Family’s ancestor has been a 5th Rank Heaven Mage for the past four centuries. Even if he broke through, he would at most be a 6th Rank Heaven Mage…
‘I’m definitely stronger than most 4th Rank Heaven Mages, only two ranks away from the Rodney Family’s ancestor… Are two ranks that much of a gap?
‘He must be over a thousand kilometers away, yet the power he released feels life threatening. I’ll definitely die if I block this attack…’
Sensing that lifelike metallic hand approaching, Lin Yun roused the Origin Chapter and shrouded the two kilometers surrounding him into pure darkness.
While the darkness surrounded him, Lin Yun kept casting spells while retreating. It looked as if he was carrying a mountain on his back.
The world of pure darkness was hiding everything within. The torrent of spells was still flying out from within, but no one could sense Lin Yun’s location.
But two kilometers was nothing for the kilometer-big hand, it would pressure several kilometers around the darkness as long as it crushed it.
The huge metallic hand blocked countless spells and attacks, and although they kept weakening its power, it wasn’t to a great extent. It looked like the spell of a Magic Apprentice, its speed was very slow, yet it kept moving forward with unstoppable power. That kind of slow torment was even more dreadful than being crushed to death.
As seconds slowly passed, the projection of Lin Yun’s Demiplane appeared above his head and Law Power frantically surged out. The water of the Mana Lake turned into a thick stream which flowed out of the Demiplane to restore Lin Yun’s mana.
The power of Lin Yun’s spell was greatly increased with the appearance of the Demiplane’s laws, he managed to slow the metallic hand enough for it to take eight seconds to travel the last kilometer.
And these eight seconds were enough for Lin Yun to emerge from the edge of the darkness.
At that time, he could no longer hold the metallic hand back…
The huge metallic hand fiercely crushed the center of the darkness, popping the darkness created by the Origin Chapter as if it was a weak bubble. The Book of Death trembled as the Origin Chapter shook and its radiance dimmed. It would take a few days before he could use it again.
Seeing the metallic hand falling down over four hundred meters away, Lin Yun immediately stopped his obstructing barrage. Within these few seconds, the metallic hand had been somewhat weakened.
Protective spells appeared one after another. The earth rose up as rocks formed a wall in front of Lin Yun, alongside Askrim Gates.
The elemental storm released by Enderfa also came to an end as he started casting a flood of defensive spells. The Windfire pouring out of Syudos’ gate also converged into a solid wall at the forefront.
Time seemed to have stopped. No sound could be heard. That terrifying power kept on advancing, tearing apart everything in its path. Enderfa’s shields were torn to pieces, Syudos’ Windfire wall was shattered…
The large number of defensive spells Lin Yun had cast were destroyed in an instant while his surroundings distorted, as if a huge ripple was flowing towards him.
The Greater Angel Blessings instantly dissipated as the shadow of a huge angel embracing its own chest appeared in front of Lin Yun, before shattering into countless specks of light. The spell’s power managed to reduce the power of the incoming attack by half.
The remaining power clashed against the blazing Lava Shelter. The flames of the Lava Shelter were forcibly extinguished, and the lava froze before being torn apart.
Ultimately, the remnant of the power fell upon Lin Yun’s Fusion Shield. The law runes roaming across the surface of the Fusion Shield instantly surged and Lin Yun’s mana consumption suddenly became a few dozen times more important. His mana consumption was far greater than his mana regeneration.
His Fusion Shield didn’t last long either, it burst into countless law runes which soon dissipated.
What little power remained fiercely impacted Lin Yun’s body. Countless runes shone on Lin Yun’s robe, withstanding the attack for a mere instant before being torn to shreds. As the runes collapsed, the robe and its defensive halo were turned into rags.