Chapter 216
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Leylin turned his attention immediately towards Melinda's spell as he could feel a certain manipulation force which seems to transcend soul force at a whole another level.
'Although it isn't actually the work of law since the Blazing Flame Monarch is the dominant part and has the law powers but Melinda could still call for some ability of fire law especially against someone who is no way near the existence and comprehension of laws.' Leylin eyes flashed with blue light radiating as he intently watched, the existence of law even a small percentage is not to be underestimated, even more so when used by a powerful Magus like Melinda.
The formless flames crackled and flowed backwards, enveloping the very Magus who'd cast them within. Boiling heat spread through the area as the sound of an innate spell crumbling mixed with cries of disbelief and pain.
"Impossible… Why can you manipulate the Flames… You… You're…" He was cut off at this point, devoured by the formless flames. His blood and flesh separated from his skeleton, and in the end even his bones melted down.
The energy from a truesoul being destroyed spread out, this Radiant Moon Arcane Art even targeted the soul!
Seeing the opponent's figure being annihilated, Leylin recovered his attention from the encounter his pupils shrinking with contemplation.
*Swish!* Seeing that their Radiant Moon had fallen and the Blazing Flame Monarch still wasn't showing himself, the remaining Morning Star Magi completely lost their will to battle on. Air exploded and light flashed as they fled or teleported away.
"This Radiant Moon should have been the Blazing Flame Monarch's last line of defence…" Having done all this, Melinda seemed to be in a strange state. She seemed sorrowful yet relieved, as if a heavy weight had been lifted off her shoulders.
"The rule of the Blazing Flame Monarch hereby ends." Melinda sighed, hand making a grabbing action towards the heart of Düz City.
*Rumble!* A large white palm appeared in the air, grasping the holy fire right at the centre. Under such an attack, even the tower genie was completely wrecked instantly.
Düz City quieted down, and the light from its large-scale defensive spell formation dimmed.
"Could it be… Is Düz City is going to have a different master from today on?"
"What about the Blazing Flame Monarch? Where is he?" The surviving Magi let out noises of disbelief.
Yet all of them had one premonition from the extinguishing of the holy fire. Today would be a turning point in the history of the central continent!
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Groups of Magi wearing robes with lightning patterns on them arranged the defences outside in an orderly manner, gathering resources and the like. Occasionally, a few old people worked on decrypting the warehouses' defensive formations.
These lightning patterned Magus robes were the signature of Jupiter's Lightning. Besides them were Magi with a Gemini sign on their robes, doing the same thing.
Among them, there was another group which was in dissimilar clothing but their existence even put the Radiant Moon on guard. A total of eight Morning Star Magus who were all following the same actions as the Magus of other Organization but their ability and efficiency was much greater than them, in fact they were grabbing 60% of goods themselves yet no one showed discontent.
Because in this group of eight, three were actually peak Morning Star Magus! And each and everyone was a Warlock. Everyone knows that Warlock are more stronger than similarly ranked Magus and the military might of the characters before them are known throughout the Central Continent.
"Lord Leylin's Ouroboros Clan is indeed very impressive." Clarke said looking at Leylin who had a mysterious pleasant smile. This group of Warlock are none other than his own servants, In them the trio of Lancy, Lita and Adam has each reached peak Morning Star Magus Rank while others are at 4-Star except for Anna and Ivy who are just 1-Star due to their recent breakthrough.
Knowing that both Melinda and Clarke would brazenly order their organisations to plunder the area, Leylin didn't shy himself and summon them.
With the eight warlocks combined together not even both of the organization's Morning Stars together can pose a threat to them.
Melinda approached Leylin and stared at the Magi of Jupiter's Lightning outside, her eyes undecipherable, "My subordinates will set up defensive spell formations and guard them, which will help us gain some time."
She had helped Zegna build Jupiter's Lightning, and now the whole organisation was in her hands. If Zegna were still alive, he might have died of rage.
The Magi with a Gemini symbol on them belonged to Clarke and Joanna. Seeing the slightly bulging sacks under their clothes, it was obvious that they had obtained some treasures from the crack of the teeths of the huge appetite of Leylin's subordinates.
Düz City was the core of the Blazing Flame Monarch's territory, and the precious items within were innumerable. If not for the Blazing Flame Monarch currently being in a weak phase, staying somewhere else to avoid danger, rest would not have taken the area down so easily.
With the action of five Radiant Moons, the change in leadership of Düz City had occurred smoothly.
Besides Leylin and the rest who had obtained some great items, even their subordinates had gained ample rewards.
*Awoo…. Roar…* At this moment, Leylin saw a monster formed of several gigantic beasts charging forward, showing berserk determination and bloodlust.
"Interesting little pet." Leylin stared at what seemed to be a giant mutated slime formed from gelatin and was stunned.
"That's the biological laboratory of the Blazing Flame Monarch. I let out all the experiments being imprisoned there." Melinda took out a mirror and tidied her long hair, not really caring about this.
Others were speechless. Some of these monsters were evidently as powerful as Morning Stars. One of them was laying low, and Leylin could sense its desire for slaughter.
Once let out, a calamity would descend on this region. Even Morning Star Magi would be in trouble if they were besieged by these creatures.
"It's not our organisation nor our territory. Is there a need to worry about this?" Melinda blinked at them, seeming innocent.
"Tell me Lord Leylin, Is Lord Kilvish going to join us?" Melinda asked as her eyes seemed to see through Leylin's stoic expression.
"I don't like to be questioned about the same thing again and again, I don't know of his intention and have no knowledge of his whereabouts. Maybe he is waiting to fish for benefits as he watches from an eagle eye view...." Leylin said in an enigmatic voice looking up, which seems to put both Melinda and the Spirit Magus Jin on guard.
"It can also be the case that he may have been busy in some cosmic experiment who knows?"
"Yes, well nevertheless it would have been better to have a powerhouse like him in our admist." Melinda nodded trying to find something from Leylin calm face.
"Alright! Come with me, everyone. I've already analysed the coordinates of the Fiery World from the astral gate!" Joanna's voice sounded, and all the Magi gathered at the heart of the room.
A flaming astral gate was there, already activated. This was the gate in Düz City's astral laboratory, and the coordinates had been decoded from it. It was also why Melinda was confident in bringing Leylin and the rest to their final target, the place where the Blazing Flame Monarch was hiding.
The Blazing Flame Monarch was 'supposedly' at their weakest. Leylin and the rest had already plundered Düz City, which would completely offend the Monarch anyway. If they didn't want to be attacked in revenge, the only way was to strike first and eliminate the Monarch!
This was also why the sly old Melinda woman had them break Düz first, to compel the group to follow through.
'Another world coordinates about to enter my pocket, it would fit well in my collection.' Leylin shot Melinda a glance. The female Magus seemed to be very calm now, but he could see a trace of emotion in her eyes.
"The opponent has hidden the coordinates to the Fiery World within a pile of wrong data, but I still managed to find it!" With a tap by Joanna, a few sparks flew towards Leylin and the others.
[Beep! Discovered spiritual force information, determined to be astral coordinates! No records in database.] The A.I. Chip immediately intoned. All the information in the spark was immediately transmitted to Leylin.
Melinda nodded, "The coordinates to this world was one of the prizes from this operation. We've agreed before on everyone having it." Immediately after, the spark was flicked into the astral gate.
Blue flames flickered violently, forming something like a door. A terrifying boiling heat was transmitted from behind the astral gate.
"The last step in our operation shall be completed in the spatial crack of the Fiery World. Let's go!" Melinda was the first to step into the astral gate.
"We've all left behind puppets or clones here. If the situation is off, we can immediately open the astral gate and return," Joanna spoke slowly, "Outside there's the chaos from the beasts, and we have subordinates keeping watch. We have ample time for warnings."
Having said this, she walked in together with Clarke.
"Listen can you hear the distance calling; Far away but will be with you soon" Leylin watched Jin who was in void form and rubbed his nose. They stepped into the radiance of the astral gate together.
Leylin had already experienced spacetime travel several times, and by this point was used to it. The moment he passed through the astral gate, the Full Moon truesoul in his sea of consciousness began to twinkle, a layer of gentle and quiet yet very solid soul force enveloping his body. Whether it was spatial turbulence or terrifying World's Will, everything was kept out by it.
Even Morning Stars could roam around nearby world cracks using just their body defences. This was no issue at all for Radiant Moons.
Through a soul force scan, Leylin sensed a world full of fire elemental particles. Unlike the Lava World he'd been to before, this place lacked rocks and other energy particles. It was a world of pure red, filled only by fire.
The world's origin force of fire elements was several times greater than that of the Lava World. If the Lava World was a celestial body, then although one couldn't liken this world to a boiling sun, it would be a moon.
The larger a world, the richer its world origin force. Under the influence of the origin force here, it's not strange for a rank 6 Magus like Blazing Flame Monarch to comprehend some laws of fire.
As a rank 6 Magus that had taken over the whole Flame World, the Blazing Flame Monarch was undeniably the 'World's Child' here. With the support of the world's origin force, his comprehension of the laws of fire could progress rapidly. It was natural for him to understand them.
Leylin understood a fact better than others that It's no wonder that all Magi, whether ancient or recent, frantically take over the surrounding foreign worlds. for this type of benefit, once you take over a world, you can gradually combine with the world's origin force and finally comprehend laws, breaking through into rank 7.
The same was the case with Spirit Mark World in Ancient times but the Magus back then was probably not able to resonate with the world or was in a hurry, even suffering from an injury, anyhow he snatched the origin force for his own advancement leaving the World crippled. The Spirit Mark World is also very unique in this case because it's origin force has no nature like Fiery World and is a tonic for all who wants to advance in comprehending law.
Leylin himself isn't so desperate as he systematically acquired many worlds, a quest which would be ongoing for a long while. Even so, Leylin didn't forget about the Magus World either.
The Magus World was vast, and even the surface had yet to be explored not to mention the countless subterranean worlds, It was much easier for a Magus now to conquer these surface areas as compared to the ancient era where there were many existences who comprehended laws.
Just taking over a small world would bring immense benefits. What about taking over the largest, the Magus World?
If someone can successfully unify the Magus World and obtain the nurture of its world origin force, they can make use of this strength to reach the limits, to reach rank 9 or at least Rank 8 but obviously something like that is very hard to accomplish especially with multiple 'guardians'.
Not even ancient Magi could unify the Magus World, but Leylin won't mind doing it obviously he would have to take each step carefully because there are potholes at evey major step.
'It won't be long before my plans are realized, then this World would also be in my grasp.' Leylin thought as he looked around himself.
Golden and crimson was everywhere in the flames, and the already boiling heat only continued to increase. The air was very dry, to the point that one felt suffocated. A few fire elementals roamed within the flames. Although the Fiery World was hell for any life form made of flesh and blood, it was their heaven!
Lightning flashed in the void, opening up a gigantic, sparkling door. The door opened to reveal the figures of Leylin and the remaining Magi. Energy at Radiant Moon caused the flames to part automatically, not daring to approach and harass them.
"What high temperatures! The Fiery World really isn't a place for non-elemental life forms." Melinda carefully placed a defensive layer of icy water on her skin. Looking at it Leylin shook his head, she is such an actor even defenseless with her slight understanding of law of fire she would be absolutely fine.