Chapter 1315 - Confrontation (1/2)

A few hundred kilometers away, a bunch of mages who wore all sorts of long robes were standing at the entrance of a cave. The land within several thousand meters of them had been blackened. The bodies of strange creatures, which had four wings and the heads of crocodiles, were lying on the ground. Black flames were spreading out slowly, and incinerating the bodies.

“Sir Myers, this plane is truly a blessing. We only came here by chance, yet this plane turns out to be as wonderful as paradise. It boasts infinite mana and resources. All plants here contain mana. There are even two suns.

“Most importantly, in such a favorable environment, there are only brainless beasts that are absolutely stupid. How wonderful. The waves from this cave suggest that there must be a lot of mana crystals in it. Also, the mana in them is very pure. They’re better than any mana crystals in Noscent…”

A tall mage, from whose body black smoke was popping up, was remarking on the great environment as if he were singing an aria, with a demon face and horns above his head.

In the center of the crowd, an old bald mage, whose eyes seemed to be made of pure crystals, stood quietly and gazed at the entrance of the cave. He was frowning hard, and wasn’t as optimistic as his partner.

The old mage didn’t say anything. Not far away, a female mage who was enshrouded in gray mist spoke with disdain. “Sheldon, have your brains been corrupted by devil power too? All the creatures we’ve seen here are horrifyingly inferior. Their souls are as incomplete as those of a reptile. Have you not noticed that at all?

“The mana here is so abundant. There’s even a blue sun that’s emitting magic brilliance. Do you really think that only those stupid low-level beasts are born here?”

Sheldon, who had demon horns, burst into fury. The smoke around his body shivered fiercely, and his voice turned cold and aggressive too. “Sunny, I don’t need you to remind me of that. The discovery of this new plane is so important, yet you’re the only person of the Ring of Roses who’s here. Where’s Emmy, that crazy b*tch? You don’t take the orders of the headquarters seriously at all, do you? Could the Ring of Roses have thrived without the headquarters’ support?”

Myers, the old mage who stood in the center, coughed and interrupted their argument. “Enough. Stop fighting. This place is truly quite weird. Things are highly abnormal. Even the weeds here are full of mana. A lot of the weeds can even be used as low-level herbs, yet all that can be seen are beasts that aren’t very strong. That’s very strange.

“Also, the local beasts’ souls are weird too. Their souls are all as simple and vulnerable as those of reptiles…

“Huh, something else is approaching. They’re strong…”

Myers turned around and looked at the sky in the distance with his glittering eyes that seemed artificial. A dozen seconds later, his partners finally saw a few black spots approaching quickly.

Another half a minute later, they discovered, to their surprise, that it was not local beasts, but a few human beings who were coming.

Lin Yun had noticed the entrance of the cave that was almost eight kilometers in diameter and the dozen mages who were standing there from a distance. He saw that all of them were in the Heaven Rank.

He paid attention to three people first. One of them was a male mage who had demon horns with black smoke popping up. It was easy to tell that this guy had surely transplanted some sort of abyssal demon’s bloodline and its horns. That was why he looked so different from normal people.

Another person was the female mage who looked almost identical to Emmy, whom he had met before. Her body was enshrouded in gray mist, and could hardly be seen clearly. Needless to say, she was from the Ring of Roses.

The old mage in the center was looking Lin Yun in the eyes, as if his eyes could see through space. His eyes were artificial, and seemed to be made of crystals. They were pure white, and didn’t have pupils at all. However, Lin Yun could tell that the old mage was staring at him, and his eyes were trying to penetrate him. When it failed, the power in the man’s eyes became even greater.

A power that didn’t seem very great but was highly penetrative surged, trying to cut into Lin Yun’s soul and read his everything.

Lin Yun casually invoked a spatial law rune. Immediately, the air between him and the old mage was twisted. He couldn’t be seen anymore…

“Mafa Merlin. It’s Mafa Merlin. How can he be here? Sir Myers, that guy is Mafa Merlin. It was he who almost destroyed the Shadow Tower and the headquarters’ plan! The Shadow Tower is still being suppressed by many families. If it weren’t still somewhat useful to them, they would destroy the Shadow Tower without hesitation!

“Now that Mafa Merlin has come here, Emmy might be in danger. She might have even been killed. That’s how he learned of this plane…

“Also, our five iron warships that are in the void. Since they’re already here, it’s possible that the warships are already…”

Sunny’s aura became more and more unstable. Her ominous aura spread out, and she spoke in a low voice that sounded like a devil’s whisper. Her surging killing intent turned into gray mist that gathered into twisted faces on her skin and roared.

The black smoke on Sheldon’s skin concentrated as he gazed at Lin Yun vigilantly, not because of the history between him and the Shadow Tower, and not because of what Sunny said. His hostility was simply because he saw Lin Yun in his plane.

The dozen Heaven Rank mages were all hostile and ready for battle. However, without Myers’ order, nobody really did anything.

The weird light in Myers’ crystal eyes was gone. They seemed to have turned into ordinary glass. He put on a solemn expression.

“Whoever they are, we must not let others discover this plane, which belongs to the Thorny Crown. Our research can be expedited if we have this plan. We can benefit a lot from the blue sun here.”

Everybody understood what Myers implied after he said that.

Sheldon slightly bowed, and then disappeared, leaving thick cracks on the ground. His robe fell apart into pieces, and he rose from 2.2 meters tall to 4.5 meters. Unleashing an intense devil aura, he gathered a five-meter-long black spear with smoke in his hand.

Sheldon charged at the strangers rapidly. Even his body looked like an enormous spear that was emitting smoke.

Lin Yun looked at the scene coldly.

“Xiuban.”

On Lin Yun’s order, Xiuban dashed forth with Carnage without hesitation. With a roar, Xiuban’s body expanded, and its eyes became bloodshot. It was surrounded by the stench of blood. Carnage was glittering and enlarging too.

The golden hammer and the black spear collided. Lightning appeared at the point of impact. It was not until after a second of impasse that an explosion finally burst out in the center of the clash. A circle of glowing light spread out instantly. Both Xiuban and Sheldon were blown away.