Chapter 1327 - Flight (1/2)
I’ve studied the bloodline I transplanted for countless years, yet I don’t know it as well as Mafa Merlin, who just casually looked at me, and made a comment that sounded like a joke. However, his casual remark has at least doubled the stability of my bloodline. I’m now able to develop my bloodline in other ways. This is the real plantation…
That’s right. This is how the eyes should’ve been planted. Only one of the eyes is enough. One of them is more powerful than two of them combined were earlier. My research didn’t strengthen the eyes, but weakened their power…
Terrifying. Mafa Merlin is truly terrifying. How well does he know bloodline transplantation? It’s impossible to estimate his expertise at all.
The people of the Thorny Crown were standing around Myers. They were all worried to see that he was almost crazy. However, when they saw Myers’ only eye that had obviously changed, they all knew what happened.
They, too, recalled what Lin Yun had said earlier, which sounded like a joke. However, that turned out to be a lifesaver for all of them…
“Sir Myers, what’s the matter? Isn’t it a great thing that you’ve found a way to improve your bloodline compatibility?”
“Sir Myers, don’t worry. It may be just a coincidence…”
Everybody knew why Myers was so upset. As the best researcher of bloodline transplantation in the Thorny Crown, he didn’t know his own transplanted bloodline as well as a person that met him for the first time did. That was definitely frustrating.
Myers took a deep breath, and then shook his head.
“Don’t worry. I’m very happy. I’m very happy to see someone who studies a subject that other people cannot understand like we do. Also, Mafa Merlin is definitely much more knowledgeable than I am. He is better than all of us.
“I’m very glad to see this light of hope. Many times, I thought that it was impossible to proceed with the research on bloodline transplantation. However, I’ve seen hope, and a new horizon, which is a good thing for all of us.
“I believe you are all aware of the significance of this matter!”
Myers spoke in a low voice, and everybody else was quiet. However, there was passion on all their faces. They were excited to discover the light of hope on the desperate path of darkness. Nobody else could understand them…
Myers raised his head, and looked back at his companions with hopefulness on his face.
“Ever since we embarked on this path, there has been no turning back. We cannot see the road ahead of us. We cannot find the direction of light in the dark. There have been more mages who perished due to bloodline transplantation than we can remember…
“They all collapsed on the road. We are the lucky ones. Thanks to the favor of fate, we are the few people who have reached the Heaven Rank, and I’m the luckiest one.
“We fumble our way forward in the thorns that are reddened by our blood. Now, I think it’s time we weave a crown with those bloodstained thorns, and wait for the final coronation…”
What Myers said made everybody’s expression change. Myers’ followers seemed quite firm, but Sheldon wore a cold smile.
Mafa Merlin is so strong probably because he has transplanted the bloodline of a certain powerful extraordinary creature. How else could he know bloodline transplantation so well? As long as I find his weakness, everything he knows will be an opportunity for me to grow stronger. Myers is too weak, and just wants to appeal to him.
The Thorny Crown is destined to walk in the darkness. Greater power is the guarantee of our safety. All our research is meant to let us grow stronger. It seems that they have forgotten that the Thorny Crown’s sufferings are all because we aren’t strong enough!
The key to the Thorny Crown’s narrow escape was the casual remark that Lin Yun gave when they encountered each other, which made Myers have complicated feelings and other thoughts. However, not everybody of the Thorny Crown thought the same.
The Thorny Crown had been corrupted. Or rather, some of its members were already corrupted. They were no longer pursuing the truth of magic, but rather pure power. They were willing to sell everything, including their own souls, for greater power, and certainly didn’t care about anything else.
After the outburst of the magic storms was over, the colorful streaks of light that rose to the sky from the ground like springs fell too. After the terrifying mana surged to the ground, the power of the storms plummeted.
Apart from the victims that were torn apart by the storms at the beginning, few other creatures died. All the creatures on the surface of the plane were hiding in their nests, trembling. The army insects that were hunting on the surface all dug a pit and hid there.
The magic crystals exposed to the air in the underground caverns and channels had all been minced by the storms, and pushed out of the ground as pure mana.
When the storms were underground, they were strengthened by the mana that was released from the magic crystals. However, the mana quickly dispersed on the surface, and spread across the plane as wind.
Since no more mana was erupting from underground, the storms lost their support, and gradually dispersed as pure mana. In only an hour, the mana density of the whole plane had been at least doubled. Many plants that weren’t destroyed greedily devoured the abundant mana. A lot of them were mutating, and even evolving into new species.
The plants were fine. Even if some of them were destroyed, more of them would grow up soon. They had no idea what fear was. However, the beasts in the plane all detected that a horrifying being had woken up. They were still hiding and trembling in fear even though the magic storms were gone. None of them dared to go out.
Deep underground, Lin Yun didn’t get out of the protective alchemy array when the storms came to an end. He simply waited in silence.
“Sir Merlin, the storms seem to be over. Are we not running?”
Xiuban squatted at the edge of the alchemy array with an awful expression. He looked at the empty cavern, where the exposed magic crystals were all gone. Only dust was left on the hard rocks. The previously glowing cavern was like a desert at this moment.
Lin Yun ignored Xiuban, and continued setting up the alchemy array. His previous alchemy array was the most protective. With Reina’s ice, it wasn’t a problem to resist the pure magic storms. However, what he needed to do next was more complicated.
He changed the alchemy array into another one in only half a minute. The new alchemy array wasn’t just meant to resist magic power, but was for another purpose.
The magic storms outside ebbed faster and faster. Without the magic crystals to boost them up, they were quickly weakened as they passed through the zigzagging channels and underground caverns.