Chapter 1282 - Training and Being Trained (1/2)
The Fusion Shield, which was the sturdiest, had been torn apart, and couldn’t be reassembled until several seconds later. That was the minimal time required to reorganize the law runes, and make use of the elements to build a shield. It would’ve taken an ordinary Heaven Rank mage a dozen seconds to reestablish a Fusion Shield.
Facing the crisis, Lin Yun became calmer than ever. The illusion of an ancient bronze scale appeared underneath his feet. The Book of Ten Thousand Mantras and the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel fell on the two ends of the scale.
The horrifying power that he absorbed from the void was injected into the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, allowing it to carry out level-43 power for now, which could not only be used in casting spells, but also in computation.
Having been upgraded to an Extraordinary Magic Tool from a True Spirit Magic Tool, the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel’s computation ability was increased 100 times.
The archer alchemy puppet on his opposite side had fired another arrow while it constantly moved in midair.
Instantly, Lin Yun adjusted himself to his best status. With the power from his Natural Demiplane, the computation of the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel, and the arrays of magic power, he came up with a perfect solution.
His Draconic Staff glittered. A spell flew out of the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras, which absorbed Lin Yun’s power, and formed a silver mirror three meters tall in front of him. It was a combination of Space Reflection and Water Mirror. Only someone who had grasped the laws of water and space could release it.
After releasing the first mirror, endless data was flowing crazily in Lin Yun’s eyes. One spell after another flew out of the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras.
The silver mirror in front of Lin Yun became slanted. When the silver arrow hit the mirror, it was instantly broken. However, the arrow was deflected towards the bottom of Lin Yun’s feet.
He hadn’t dared to use the spell until this moment, because the silver mirror would’ve been shattered before it deflected the enemy’s attack, and Lin Yun would’ve been killed even if he had been hiding behind the mirror.
However, after accurate computations, Lin Yun reached the conclusion that if the silver mirror was perpendicular to the arrow, it would be useless, but if there was a much smaller angle between them, the arrow would be deflected even if the mirror was broken.
When the arrow was deflected like light, another mirror surfaced in its way, and deflected it again. After six continuous deviations in its course, the arrow of light took a circle around Lin Yun, and darted towards the archer alchemy puppet from the top of his head.
The arrow of light was so horrifyingly fast that it penetrated the archer alchemy puppet’s chest, and broke its mana reaction furnace into pieces.
Holding the giant bow, the alchemy puppet was overwhelmed with disbelief in its crystal eyes. It had already drawn the bow, but it was quickly losing its strength due to the destruction of the reaction furnace.
Lin Yun cast another black wind blade, cutting off its metal head. Immediately, the archer alchemy puppet’s enormous body fell to the ground.
With the lesson he learned from the last time, Lin Yun immediately picked the puppet’s body, and fled. As he expected, the moment the puppet died, the counterattack system of Steel City was activated. It was like dozens of level-1 and level-2 Heaven Rank experts were attacking at the same time…
Returning to Agalon’s shelter, Lin Yun almost felt exhausted.
That archer alchemy puppet was using the law of light, which Lin Yun hadn’t perceived at all. It hadn’t even been created in his Natural Demiplane yet. There was nothing but a prototype.
He hadn’t grasped the law yet, and there was only a prototype in his Natural Demiplane. He couldn’t have fought at all without the experience from the last battle.
Besides, even the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel couldn’t infer the enemy attack’s trajectory at all. The enemy was even two levels stronger than him. It was impossible for him to fight that puppet at all…
“You must know the importance of the Natural Demiplane now. The perfect evolution of a Natural Demiplane is significantly beneficial. You’ve already learned to protect yourself with laws from your Natural Demiplane.
“However, it’s not so easy to protect yourself with laws that haven’t successfully evolved in your Natural Demiplane. Not bad. That puppet could’ve killed any mage below level 5 of the Heaven Rank except the spatial mages and the light mages.
“Alright, let’s continue…”
Lin Yun looked rather awful. Such battles were like dancing on the tip of a blade. Although he could learn things fast under the pressure of death, he might really get killed…
Even though those alchemy puppets were not really good at using laws, and any Heaven Rank mage was better than them, their levels were still too high…
Though a bit scared, Lin Yun didn’t reject the proposal. He had benefited a lot from such battles. It was as effective as the extraordinary evolution.
All his opponents had been carefully picked by Agalon. They were the most suitable for him. He had to try his best to fight them, and they couldn’t kill him in one attack. He could win the battles as long as he controlled himself well.
However, not everybody could’ve achieved what Lin Yun did. It was like throwing a rookie who had practiced sword techniques for only a few days into a bloody battlefield. Chances were slim that they could survive…
A month later…
Lin Yun tiredly walked out of a puppet graveyard. Watching a black spot disappearing in the distance in the sky, he was slightly relieved.
Agalon appeared behind Lin Yun.
“Well done. You’ve been making progress very fast. I believe it won’t take long before you advance into level 4 of the Heaven Rank. Your control over your Natural Demiplane and your understanding of laws cannot be further improved.
“Your training here is completed…” Agalon remarked with mixed feelings, a smile of satisfaction in his eyes.
What a genius. He has extraordinary gift, aptitudes, and responsiveness. Adding his Natural Demiplane that has evolved perfectly, it’s really possible for him to become as strong as I am in 10 years.
Previously, I thought it was impossible for him to rise to level 9 of the Heaven Rank in only 10 years even though he had a Natural Demiplane.
It took me almost two years to accomplish what he did. Yet, it only took him one month…
Agalon was satisfied, but Lin Yun felt rather bitter. He looked at his ragged robe and half burnt hair. There were burns all over his right arm. His body even emitted the fragrance of barbecue.
That was the result of him hiding from an infuriated level-46 alchemy puppet. He didn’t know what Agalon did or how he taunted them, but every alchemy puppet had charged at him with such wrath as if he had killed its entire family…
During the month, he was asked to kill level-45 alchemy puppets at the beginning, but later, when his opponents became level-46 alchemy puppets, all he needed to do was keep himself alive…
Any of the level-46 alchemy puppets could’ve torn apart his Fusion Shield easily. His attacks couldn’t possibly break their defense.
In the previous 20 days, he had been fighting level-45 alchemy puppets. He was only able to kill them in the first 15 days. In the latter half of a month, he was unable to kill any alchemy puppet.
In the last 10 days, every alchemy puppet he fought was level 46. When he fought a level-46 alchemy puppet for the first time, it tore apart his Fusion Shield, and almost gouged his heart out the moment they encountered each other.
He had been running for life during the 10 days. Each alchemy puppet had hunted him for one day. After a day of hunting, they would give up. There was no telling whether Agalon did something, or it was just the alchemy puppets’ setting.