Chapter 1281 - Questions (1/2)

‘No wonder Sir Agalon told me there was a problem with my fighting style, especially against stronger opponents. It turns out my fighting style was just getting worse, with just a small change in the way I use my Natural Demiplane I was able to injure that oppressing puppet and almost got rid of it.’

The large bat puppet was thoroughly enraged, the talent rune on its throat kept on shining and its attacks became even more frantic. Despite the fact that it could no longer hide its sounds and tracks, it filled the area with afterimages of itself.

Lin Yun remained calm and placed the tip of the Draconic Staff on the Book of Mantras, extracting a complex spell covered in blinding lightning out of the Book of Mantras.

In an instant, countless lightning bolts converged together to form a twenty-meter-long electromagnetic track. Lin Yun placed his special artillery shell at the start of the track.

Lightning bolts frantically flickered in circles and the special artillery shell sped up along the tracks before instantly disappearing.

Less than a second later, an explosion echoed eight hundred meters away. The large bat puppet’s silhouette reappeared, seemingly out of nowhere. The artillery shell shot by the Railgun hit its right cheek and shattered, but it took out most of the puppet’s head along with it.

Instant kill…

In an instant, the headless body of the large puppet fell down from the sky and fell towards the steel city like a meteorite.

Lin Yun flew over and caught its body mid-fall before flying away without even looking back.

The steel city’s defensive buildings and weapon systems were all activated when Lin Yun caught the puppet’s body. Innumerable thick lasers and flaming lightning bolts covered the sky and charged towards Lin Yun.

But these attacks no longer had an effect on Lin Yun. By the time the puppets came out of the steel city, Lin Yun had already returned to Agalon’s hiding spot with the bat puppet’s corpse. Only a ruling puppet which surpassed the Heaven Rank could find tracks of Agalon’s hiding spot.

Agalon was also grinning, he was clearly very satisfied by Lin Yun’s battle, even if he didn’t express it.

“5th Rank Heaven Puppets’ ability to use law power is very limited. Even if they possess talent runes, they aren’t as flexible as human mages.

“Even though they are inflexible and use law power in very inflexible ways, their talent runes make them very powerful and the spells they release are far more powerful than 5th Rank Heaven Mages.

“But the parts of the laws they possess and the way to use them are already set in place. 4th Rank Heaven Mages who could truly use law power could deal with a 5th Rank Heaven Puppet, especially if they had some comprehension towards the puppet’s laws. It’s just a matter of qualifications.

“As for you, the projection of your Natural Demiplane’s laws is very comprehensive. Most of the laws used by 5th Rank Heaven Puppets should have already evolved within your Demiplane. Getting rid of these guys should be very easy for you, you spent a lot more time than needed…”

Lin Yun listened to Agalon’s words with an open mind. Agalon was right, it wouldn’t have taken more than ten minutes if Lin Yun had understood earlier and broke away from his old fighting style.

Even a puppet which had awakened wisdom was very dull compared to a mage, they were too inflexible. The time Lin Yun had wasted would have been enough for a 5th Rank Heaven Mage to get rid of him a few times.

Lin Yun was surprised by the power created after merging the original abilities of the Spell Wheel, Book of Mantras, and the Magic Array.

The puppet’s fighting style and movements were mostly controlled by the control system, and thus there was a pattern. Moreover, Lin Yun had been able to hit with the Railgun after analyzing that pattern and correcting the irregularities. This made Lin Yun realize the true use of the Magic Array.

The Magic Array was the strongest Magic Conducting Rune during the peak of Noscent, it had the most formidable computing ability. And now, Lin Yun could experience why the Magic Array was the best.

Increase in magic power, casting time reduction, mana consumption reduction, accelerated mana recovery…

More than 90% of its functions were inferior to other Magic Conducting Runes, yet the Magic Array was still publicly known as the strongest Magic Conducting Rune. After all, talent was the least valued part during Noscent’s peak, Heaven Rank powerhouses were roaming the earth and it wasn’t an exaggeration to say that Archmages were inferior to dogs.

Lin Yun thoroughly understood now, even if he had the information and descriptions, it wasn’t as good as experiencing it himself.

Not the strongest spells, nor the fastest casts, but it was the most efficient when dealing with enemies. As long as the user was powerful enough, they could perfectly analyze and predict their opponent’s path and actions. It was like they knew in advance what their opponent would do ahead of time and just needed to put a trap on their path.

Trying to use brute force against an inconceivably fast flying 5th Rank Heaven Puppet with a talent rune was simply impossible.

After a battle, Lin Yun felt reborn, as if he had completely undergone the transformation of the Heaven Rank.

He dismantled the bat puppet and put away all the components. Many of the components could be used to upgrade Pabiete, and there was even a ball that could continuously devour mana like a black hole.

Lin Yun’s expression shook when he saw that black substance and took out a mana isolating device he had previously prepared to gather that black substance.

Agalon still had a serene expression, he wasn’t shocked to see that black substance.

“Sir Agalon, what is that black substance?”

Gandaph had been unwilling to explain last time. He wouldn’t stop talking if it was another matter, but he would only chuckle whenever that black substance was mentioned.

Agalon didn’t directly answer Lin Yun’s question. He instead looked him straight in the eyes and asked, “How is your research of that black substance faring?”

Lin Yun shook his head, “I’ve only discovered that this black substance keeps devouring mana, all kinds of mana. Even when lying down on the ground, it’s still devouring the mana in the surroundings. I haven’t figured out where the absorbed mana is going, I’ve tried all kinds of methods to track it, but I couldn’t track it down.

“I’ve used some of it to create a puppet devouring system…

“Sir Agalon, what is it?”

Agalon nodded, before disappointment flashed in his eyes.

“I originally hoped that you would gain some enlightenment towards the future by researching that thing, but it looks like it didn’t work.

“That kind fell from the Starry Sky Battlefield. The Puppet Plane doesn’t have an outer protective layer, allowing all meteorites to successfully fall down. That black substance is such a thing.

“This place has the most of it, it simply can’t be found in Noscent. As for what it is exactly, you’ll have to figure it out yourself.”

Since Agalon didn’t explain, Lin Yun knew that there was no point in asking about it anymore, he instead asked about something else.

“What’s going on with the Starry Sky Battlefield?”

Lin Yun kept hearing about this Starry Sky Battlefield. There was that Starry Sky Path controlled by the Merlin Family, back then he had seen a large number of corpses floating within the void, including a Deity’s corpse.

And he just heard about the Starry Sky Battlefield again. The Merlin Family’s Starry Sky Path most likely led to that Starry Sky Battlefield.

‘Just what is the Starry Sky Battlefield?’ Lin Yun had been looking for an answer for a long time. There had only been bits and pieces of information left in the future Noscent. Most powerful existences weren’t recorded as dead, they had left for the endless void, never to be seen again.