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But he soon struggled to stand up, and his injuries recovered quickly with the continuous replenishment of energy. Then he quickly cast the [Magic Barrier] to protect himself in all directions to avoid being hurt by these people's "fragile" resistance.
The owl beast let out another sharp roar, but this time it was blown away by a [Spell Shock] before it could move forward.
At the same time, Lin En's magic was also completed. A large amount of corrosive aqua regia penetrated into the floor tiles, corroding the alchemy circle in the center of the banquet hall into pits.
"Radak, I didn't expect you to be able to resist until now!" North also noticed Lin's presence at this time. He looked at the alchemy formation that was nearly half corroded, his face twisted for a moment, and then he said viciously. "It's useless, this is just a secondary formation."
"It's about time!" North shouted enthusiastically. "Now, everyone, merge with me!"
As North was speaking, through the perspective of the gray crows in the sky, Lin En clearly saw that the mithril pillars erected in the manor also lit up.
Then, faint blue lights floated out from everyone's bodies. The intensity and size of these flickering lights varied. The higher the level of the wizard, the stronger the flickering light. A small part of it rushed into North's body, while most of it was integrated into the magic circle covering the entire manor.
Even Leia, who had transformed into an owl beast, was unable to resist and soon fell to the ground in pain.
[A rapid rise in energy concentration has been detected...]
[A large amount of soul power has been detected. Should we absorb it and convert it into energy reserves? ]
In Lin En's mind, two prompt sounds from the intelligent computer rang.
"Yes!" Lin En glanced at the blue light floating in the banquet hall and shouted silently in his heart.
If he does not absorb these soul powers, they will be used to enhance North's power instead.
[The spirit has been captured, and it is estimated that it can be converted into 3% of energy reserves. The current remaining energy is 37.5%...]
[The spirit has been captured and is expected to be converted into 5% of energy reserves...]
Dozens of prompt sounds rang out in succession. Lin En had never thought that the energy reserves of the intelligent brain could increase so quickly. After just a few seconds, the energy reserves of the intelligent brain reached 100%!
[Overflowing energy will be automatically used to improve the progress of cracking the virtual space...]
On the other side, North was also feeling the rising power in his body. This was the first time in nine years that he felt the growth of his magic power. However, North soon discovered something unusual. Although his magic power was growing rapidly, he was still a little short of breaking through to become a great wizard...
"This is impossible, this cannot be possible, what went wrong?" North shouted crazily.
There are hundreds of wizard apprentices, seven three-ring wizards, and more than ten formal wizards in the entire banquet hall. Such a huge soul power is enough to send oneself to a higher realm!
However, the reality was different from what was expected. Although he became stronger than before, he still could not break through the limit of a three-ring wizard.
"It's you, it must be you who did it, Radak!" North looked viciously at Lin En, the only one standing in the banquet hall. He had previously thought that the other party had only temporarily resisted the influence of the Soul-Devouring Formation, but now it seems that it may not be that simple.
"You can't blame me for this... maybe you accidentally drew the wrong formation..." Lin En said sarcastically while distracting himself by controlling the rats and crows that were fighting with the vicious dog.
These words obviously had no effect, because the soul power that was escaping from the air was continuously pouring into his body...
North obviously noticed this as well. He felt his heart tighten as if it was about to explode.
"You bastard, this is all my power..."
He has been preparing for this moment for three whole years and has paid a huge price. He will not allow any accidents to happen!
"Kill you, as long as I kill you, everything will come back!" Perhaps the blow was too great, North's mental state was not right, and his eyes turned red. Since part of his soul was absorbed by Lin En, he only needed to kill the other party, and this part of the power would eventually return to his body.
Chapter 121: Lin En: I just lied to you, idiot!
North's expression gradually changed from ferocious and angry to cold and dead silence. The magic power that was scattered around was quickly mobilized and then immersed in the dozens of armors that were displayed around the banquet hall like decorations.
Under the combined effects of magic and psychic energy, these unconscious dead objects actually moved like real guards, waving their giant axes and bows and arrows, and rushing towards Lin En in an orderly manner.
[Fossils to mud]
Lin En dodged five flying arrows, then raised his hand and pointed at the ground. Under the sweep of magic waves, the rows of floor tiles were transformed into fine sand.
The speeding psychic guards sank directly into the sand like a rolling gourd, and then the sand and stones soaked in magic power piled up.
Psionic Spell - [Summon Sphinx]
Lynn followed North's example and used his unskilled psychic magic. The piled up sand and stones eventually turned into a monster with a human upper body and a lion-like lower body.
However, since it was the first time to try this new thing, the Sphinx looked very distorted, like a figurine made by a child. After punching away three or two psychic guards that rushed over, half of its body was blown off by a pyroblast...
【Magic - Barrage】
After realizing that his half-baked psychic spells could not provide much help in the battle, Lin En once again used the magic he was best at. Dozens of flashing missiles floated in the air, like a dense rain of arrows, covering most of the banquet hall.
Accompanied by a series of roars, the remaining psychic guards were all smashed into pieces, and then crashed directly into the solid [Magic Barrier] behind them.
Each one was like a cannonball, exploding immediately upon hitting the magic barrier.
In just two seconds, the solid [Magic Barrier] was already covered with cracks. Just when the barrier was on the verge of breaking, North opened his mouth.
A sharp sound wave continued to echo in the banquet hall. More than a dozen [Magic Missiles] that were about to hit the barrier exploded instantly. Lin En's figure paused and his movement stopped in place.
That is [Soul Scream]!
When he saw that Lin En's movements had an obvious pause, North immediately realized that the other party's soul power was not as strong as his own, and he immediately raised the scepter in his hand.
【Magic Impact】
At the top of the scepter, fine runes lit up one by one, and then a strong beam of magic power suddenly shot out, aiming directly at Lin En, who was unable to move under the influence of [Soul Scream]!
However, North soon discovered to his horror that Lin En, who should have been unable to move, actually raised his arm freely. A faint flame condensed at his fingertips, and then the flame quickly expanded and condensed into a huge demon's hand made of endless flames, which collided with the flying magic beam.
The violent white phosphorus fire almost instantly devoured the beam of magic power and imprinted heavily on the already shattered magic barrier.
"Click——"
A crisp sound was heard, and the entire magic barrier was shattered. Then the devil's hand swept across every inch of the banquet hall with a devastating force. Everything that blocked its path was destroyed in an instant, and finally rushed towards North behind.
North only had time to release a [Mage Shield] before he was engulfed in the scorching flames.
A shrill scream soon came from the raging sea of fire. The weak [Mage Shield] was obviously unable to withstand the [White Phosphorus - Hand of the Fire Demon] which had reached the limit of the third-ring magic. In just a moment, the white phosphorus flame came into close contact with North's body.
It was like a devil's flame from hell, greedily clinging to his body, using his flesh and blood as nourishment, corroding every inch of his skin.
The originally outstanding physical recovery speed has now become a torture. Under the constant repair and destruction, North's spirit is almost collapsed. The magic power in his body is quickly exhausted, and the physical recovery speed is becoming slower and slower.
Lin En then raised his hand and extinguished all the white phosphorus flames.
North's body had been burned beyond recognition and looked almost like a mummy, but his enormous soul power allowed him to maintain his last bit of consciousness. His red eyes stared at Lin En, as if he didn't understand why the other party was able to suddenly break free from the shackles of [Soul Scream].
"I just lied to you, idiot!" Lin En said coldly.
After drinking the [Source of Magic] made from the essence of the Eye of Death and becoming a psychic, the soul power he possessed was no less than that of North, who had devoured a large amount of soul power.
So when the opponent used [Soul Scream], although Lin En was affected to some extent, it was not to the extent that he was unable to move and cast spells.
He pretended to be under control in order to make North relax his guard so that he could use his strongest magic to kill him...
North's scarlet eyes widened, scarlet blood flowed from the corners of his mouth, and his body began to twitch. He seemed to want to say something, but as soon as he opened his mouth, his life force was completely gone.
"Could he be angry to death?" Lynn shook his head, walked forward, placed his right hand on North's hot head, activated psychic magic, and prepared to retrieve the other party's memory.
But it was soon discovered that North's memory was disorganized and rapidly fading.
Obviously, the person who set up this formation could not escape the fate of being devoured in the end...
Lin En glanced at the intelligent computer that didn't respond at all, and immediately confirmed his guess.
The intelligent brain's conversion and absorption of spirits into energy is not without restrictions. In addition to having to be very close to itself, there should also be strength requirements... Judging from the fact that the converted energy reserves do not exceed 10%, those that are directly captured and absorbed should all be the souls of wizard apprentices, and they must be in a state of being independent of the physical body.
Just as I was thinking about it, bursts of explosions were heard outside the banquet hall.
Lin En's expression remained unchanged. He was controlling the rats and crows to quietly use liquid bombs to destroy several formation nodes in the manor.
However, Lin En soon discovered that the development of things seemed to be different from what he expected. The soul-devouring magic circle covering the entire banquet hall did not end, but continued to spread to the outside world.
The guards who had hurried to the node of the magic circle after hearing the explosion suddenly fell to the ground with painful expressions on their faces. A faint blue light emerged from their bodies and then sank into the ground...
Not only that, the hounds patrolling the manor, the horses and camels in the stables could not escape the fate of having their souls extracted.
The Devouring Array, which had once again gained strength, glowed with dark green light and surged towards the entire South City District...
Chapter 122 The Truth of Everything
Through the perspective of Gray Crow, Lin En also saw the soul-devouring magic circle that was constantly spreading, and his brows slightly frowned.
The creatures under his control seemed to be able to avoid the fate of having their souls extracted, but to Lin En's surprise, he had just destroyed several nodes of the formation. According to Tik, this thing should have stopped.
Could it be that I was wrong and the node of the formation is not here, or there is a more critical center of the formation.
The power of the Soul Devouring Circle is self-evident. Even three-ring wizards like Barbara and Hank are not immune to it, not to mention the poor people in the South City.
Lin En didn't know whether this thing would expand indefinitely. If it did, the entire Yieta harbor would be swallowed up.
With such a huge soul power, what kind of monster will be born in the end...
While Lin En was thinking about it, several mice that were sent to search the entire manor discovered a secret. The bottom of the entire banquet hall was empty and had a very secret passage, which might lead to the core of the soul-devouring array.
……
squeak...
At night, beneath the gathering manor, bursts of faint mouse chirping sounds rang out in the narrow underground passage.
Several small mice were running quickly in the passage, stopping from time to time to sniff, or scratching with their paws to make sure there were no traps set here, before continuing to run wildly.
Not far behind, most of Lin En's attention had shifted to the constant notification sounds from the intelligent computer.
[Cracking progress is 94 percent... 97 percent... 100 percent...]
[The remaining soul power has been reserved... Do you want to seize control of the virtual realm? ]
Seeing that the progress had reached the maximum value, Lin En did not rush to agree, but instead asked what the function of this virtual realm was.
After the intelligent computer responded, Lin En realized that this thing was similar to the metaverse created by the Federation in his previous life.
But the difference is that this realm is made up of magic power, which is between illusion and reality, and can change according to the imagination of the person with authority. As long as he wants, he can transform the chaotic space into a projection of the universe and the starry sky.
Of course, this premise is that you have the corresponding data and enough magic power. For example, if you want to materialize a star in the virtual world, you must recognize the essence of the star. Otherwise, the materialized sun will only have an appearance. Not only will it not emit light or heat, it will also break like cotton with a single poke.
This is probably why the owner of the virtual realm did not make it fancy.
Theoretically, as long as there is sufficiently accurate data, everything constructed will be exactly the same as the real world.
This is much stronger than the virtual spaces in previous lives that were under the banner of the metaverse.
Although some companies often exaggerate in their publicity, claiming that the degree of authenticity is over 90%, Lin En, who has truly experienced it, knows that this is pure nonsense. It is good if it can be around 60% to 70%, and there are bugs everywhere.