Superrobot sudah menjadi "Terrikillers", Dan mereka sang para peretas bekerja untuk pemerintah mulai beraksi untuk menghentikannya, mereka adalah The Towers.

Mercedes led him deeper in the sanctuary, the three towers now look bigger and taller, he could now see the grandness of the three towers. The three towers pierced into the clouds and he could not even see their tips.

The tower at the center had a dark blue color ancient stones, countless runes flickering on its surface, the number of runes on it surpassed the number of runes on the gates at the entrance of the sanctuary, milky white mist gathered on the tower's surface, it covered the tower's real appearance resulting for the towers to look ancient and mysterious.

Due to his acute sense and perception, he could vaguely see through the thick white mist and he saw countless runes flickering on the obsidian black rocks (?) the black rocks was the material for the three towers. He tried analyzing the black stone, but all he got was a name full of question marks, maybe it was because he severely lacks information or something, he could only ask Mercedes about it.

"Miss Hollins, can I ask you a question?" he asked.

"Hehe, Miss Hollins sound so distant, Mercedes is all right. So tell me what questions it is, as long as it is within my capabilities then I might be able to satsify your curiosity." she said coyly.

Maybe he was used by Mercedes' personality or by the little girl's spell, he could now talk to her normally without blushing.

"Ok, its like this, I want to know what's the name of that obsidian black stone." he then pointed at the towers that was gradually enlarging.

Mercedes' black eyes widened and she was shocked that the caster behind her could see the base material of the towers, but she immediately calmed down.

"Well, you have quite an eyesight aren't you? Well, all I could tell you is that no one knows what's the material of the black towers that, no one knows where it came from, our sanctuary's founder just found this ancient tower by accident and it was already built like this, he's also clueless about the material used to build the towers." she said solemnly.

Her usual flirtatious attitude was gone and was replaced by a serious attitude, he was taken aback by her sudden transformation, he nodded his head and asked her another question.

"Okay. So what are the names of the towers then?"

"There's no name, the founder tried giving the towers a name, but a lightning suddenly blasted him from above, he almost died from the lightning strike, thankfully he had a high resistance to elemental attacks due to his class as a mage. The founder even said that unless one would like to court death, then one would absolutely have to avoid naming these towers. Hehehe, the law enforcement team even use this tower as a way to punish heinous criminals, by forcing the criminals to name the tower, they would suffer the so-called "God's Heavenly Punishment", though some criminals survived, albeit pitifully, but most of them still died tragically due to lightning shock. The towers even solidified our position as the noblest class among all the classes in the world." she said proudly.

"Why are the towers covered by thick white mist?" he asked again.

"Oh that, we considered it as the towers defensive mechanism, the towers were already covered by this white mist since the towers discovery, all kinds of attacks will be absorbed by this thick white, whether it be physical or magical attacks, the attacks will be fully absorbed by the mist for its nourishment. This thick white mist is the result of our sanctuary's effort to strengthen and widen the towers defense." she had a face that was full of nostalgic feeling.

He kept silent for a while before asking his last question.

"I have one last question to ask."

"Hehe, go ahead." she urged.

"How tall are these towers and how many floors do these towers have?" he asked with huge anticipation.

"Hoho, you ask that, who do we ask? Even with countless millennia of exploration, we still do not know how tall these towers really are, and we have only excavated 36 floors to date. Its because each floor had different kinds of environment and contains different kinds of unknown monsters as well." she replied.

"I see. So tese towers had much mysteries left to be discovered." he then kept silent and did not ask anymore.

"Yes." she replied.

Seeing that Mirage had no more questions to ask, she then reverted to her usual flirtatious and charming attitude, she pestered him non-stop until they arrived at the horizontally positioned towers, Mercedes led him to the central tower where the tower stood towering, he looked up and no matter how much he craned his neck, the tip of the tower remains obscured.

The central tower had two massive black stone doors, the door's surface has an ancient carvings that were indiscernible, there were mages everywhere and they come and go as they pleased, they were occasionally staring at Mercedes and Mirage. Mercedes was already used by this and did not mind the gazes around her at all, she just led Mirage inside the tower.

He was shocked by what was inside, the place was like a whole different world, lumps of white clouds served as their road to step on, several houses that were seemingly made of white clouds were floating around the place, some were as big as a mansion, some were small like a cabin.

"Come on." Mercedes urged him

Mercedes is now flying up high like a mundane goddess that ascended to her well-deserved place. She had a pair of silky white wings on her back, with air currents constantly surging on its surface.

"You know I can't fly right?" he said.

"Hehe of course I know that, while you are on the first floor, you will temporarily have the ability to fly, try it for yourself." she giggled.

He did not ask anymore and tried to fly just like what Mercedes did, he used his mana sense. He felt the thick amount of air elements in his surroundings, he felt like the sheer amount of it would suffocate him to death. He absorbed all the air elements that his body could, then he stopped when he felt that he is full.

He observed and estimated the amount of elements that he absorbed, and estimated that it was only sufficient to form a shoes. He then urged his absorbed elements to cover his feet, the process was much harder than when he created his water shield, its because the shoes needs to be more detailed unlike his water shield where its just a plain looking square shield, the retained elements then slowly gathered to cover his feet until a pair of shoes manifested on his feet.

The pair of shoes looks cool and edgy with its winglike design, air currents are constantly surging on the shoes' surface, he felt like he could fly and glide at any moment, he then received a notification, he was exhilarated.

[ You successfully used Mana Manipulation. ]
[ You created a new skill. Rating: F ]
[ You received 200 EXP ]
[ Skill added on Caster Skill Tree. ]

Mercedes was given a huge shock by the caster in front of him, at first she assumed that Mirage has quite a talent but looking at Mirage now, she felt like she had discovered a hidden gem waiting for its brilliance to be revealed, her eyes shone brightly and she seems to be planning something.

"Hoho, it seems that you have grasped it easily, even I feel inferior with your talent." she said.

Chapter 2638 - Ancient Lich, Black Dragon's Soul
Aqua Rose and the others wore grim expressions on their faces as they looked at a towering, dilapidated altar some distance away in the middle of the tunnel.
The reason for their reactions was that the altar's surroundings were filled with Trial Warriors and Trial Elites—these monsters numbering around 3,000—in addition to the Trial Boss. Moreover, the four corners of the altar each had a Mana Tower. Not only did the Mana Towers suppress all hostile forces within their range, but they also prevented players from using any Skills and Spells.
"This is just cheating! Not only are there so many monsters around the Boss, but there are actually four Mana Towers as well! With this, let alone a 200-man team, even a 2,000-man team can't do anything!" Floating Light cursed despite himself as he looked at the four Mana Towers.
Mana Towers were strategic-level defensive constructions and not just any ordinary constructions, but top-tier Advanced Constructions. They were also things that players on the western continent were extremely familiar with.
After all, every one of the western continent's NPC cities possessed these defensive constructions. The Mana Tower was also a large part of the reason why the western continent's NPC cities could develop steadily despite having to face the constant threat of the Demonic Creature armies.
Originally, the Trial Boss and its underlings already had an absolute advantage. Now, these monsters even boasted the protection of four Mana Towers. How were players like themselves supposed to clear this trial?
"Sure enough, it is still too early for us to come here." Crimson Star could not help a bitter smile as she considered the resting Lich sitting atop the altar.
…
[Zorok] (Ancient Lich, Superior Mythic)
Level 122
HP 3,700,000,000/3,700,000,000
…
While Zorok's HP of 3.7 billion wasn't particularly high for an Ancient Lich, this amount was more than enough to instill despair into players.
Very few magically oriented monsters existed in God's Domain. However, compared to physically oriented monsters of the same level and rank, magically oriented monsters were around 30% to 40% more difficult to handle. This was akin to the difference between physical-class NPCs and magical-class NPCs. Magical-class NPCs were more adept at executing long-range, AOE attacks and could wreak much greater destruction than physical-class NPCs could.
Meanwhile, Ancient Liches were monsters that possessed magical talent surpassing even that of Elves. In the hands of an Ancient Lich, Spells were no different from toys; it could play around with magic however it wanted to.
Previously, Violet Sword had come across a Level 87, Mythic ranked Ancient Lich out in the fields. In order to defeat it, the Guild had dispatched a 5,000-man legion filled with Level 90-plus experts, who had taken turns attacking the Boss in teams of 1,000. In the end, they had slain the Ancient Lich—but at the cost of nearly 4,000 experts.
Now, not only was the Ancient Lich before them Level 122, but it was even a Superior Mythic ranked monster. If they came across this Ancient Lich in the outside world, they would've most likely turned tail and fled already. To make matters worse, there were thousands of trial monsters and four Mana Towers supporting the Ancient Lich. With this, even a 10,000-man legion filled with expert players of the same level wouldn't be able to raid it.
At this moment, let alone Violet Sword's and Azure's members, even Aqua Rose and the other Zero Wing members frowned upon seeing Zorok. After all, the raid difficulty of this Trial Boss was simply stratospheric. In fact, in their opinion, Zorok was no longer a Boss that players could challenge at Tier 3. Only a Tier 4 team would have any hope of raiding it.
"Guild Leader Black Flame, the Boss's raid difficulty is too high. Even if we throw all our lives away and use all our trump cards, I'm afraid we still won't be able to pose a threat to the Boss. Do you still wish to continue fighting?" Wildfighter asked as he turned to Shi Feng, who had just rejoined the team. At the same time, though, he could not help but sigh in disappointment.
They had gone through great lengths to reach the Trial Boss. If there were a chance of success, he would want to try raiding the Trial Boss as well. However, no matter how he looked at the situation, he simply couldn't see any hope whatsoever. After all, if they wished to raid the Ancient Lich, they would need to destroy the four Mana Towers first. Otherwise, they would be no different from live targets for the Ancient Lich, unable to put up any resistance at all.

However, destroying the four Mana Towers was easier said than done. After all, they would have to go up against the Trial Boss and several thousand trial monsters when attacking the Mana Towers.
To make matters worse, the Mana Towers possessed incredibly strong defensive capabilities. Attacks below the Tier 4 standard wouldn't even scratch the towers. However, with the four Mana Towers suppressing all hostile forces within the vicinity, they wouldn't be able to use any Skills or Spells against the towers. In other words, they would have to use normal attacks against these Mana Towers while also having weakened Basic Attributes. In such a situation, how many players on the team could execute attacks reaching the Tier 4 standard?
If they had to rely on only a handful of players to destroy the four Mana Towers, it was unlikely that they could destroy even one Mana Tower before they team-wiped. Not to mention, the Mana Towers would also periodically launch large-scale destruction Spells. Just one of these Spells would be more than enough to annihilate their team. Facing the simultaneous attacks of four Mana Towers was an absolute nightmare.
"Guild Leader Black Flame, if you're reluctant to give up, I can suggest to the Guild to alter our agreement to clearing the Elite Trial instead of the Hero Trial. Only, the slots you will receive at that time will be significantly reduced. What do you think?" Crimson Star suggested.
Wildfighter did not show any disagreement with Crimson Star's proposal.
The strength Zero Wing had displayed during the trial truly exceeded their imaginations. For Violet Sword, being able to form a partnership with Zero Wing was definitely a good thing.
"Crimson Star really reacted quickly." Duan Hanshan smiled faintly when he overheard Crimson Star's suggestion. However, he wasn't particularly surprised.
Zero Wing's potential was already clear for all to see. If nothing untoward happened, it would definitely grow into a superpower in the future. The Guild would be especially powerful due to its ability to nurture players. If Violet Sword's young talents could receive Zero Wing's training as well, Violet Sword might even have a chance to become one of the Five Great Super Guilds.
After seeing Crimson Star's actions, Duan Hanshan also felt the need to have the Azure Chamber of Commerce further deepen its relationship with Zero Wing.
However, as soon as Crimson Star finished speaking, Shi Feng shook his head.
"If the problem is with the slots, I can try to negotiate with the others in the Guild, Guild Leader Black Flame," Wildfighter said when he saw Shi Feng shaking his head.
"No, you misunderstand me, Vice Commander Wildfighter. I don't have any problem with your proposal. Only, I still wish to challenge the Boss. After all, it wasn't easy getting up to this point. It is such a waste to give up without even trying," Shi Feng said.
Setting aside the status they would gain in the ancient city after clearing the Hero Trial, just the Ancient Legacy Stele's recorded information alone made raiding the Trial Boss imperative. After all, the chances of coming across an Ancient Legacy Stele in God's Domain were abysmally low, not to mention one that required such a large Memory Crystal. If he could get his hands on the recorded information, it would most likely be the greatest harvest from this Hero Trial.
Hence, he naturally couldn't give up without a fight.
"But those Mana Towers…" Crimson Star countered worriedly when she saw that Shi Feng still wished to attempt the raid.
"What if we can destroy those Mana Towers within a short time?" Shi Feng asked after giving the matter some thought.
"Destroy those towers within a short time?" Shi Feng's words threw Crimson Star for a loop. Skeptical, she asked, "Is that possible?"
"The odds are roughly even," Shi Feng said after making some mental calculations.
Upon hearing Shi Feng's words, everyone present stared at him in astonishment. For a moment, they thought that Shi Feng was joking with them.
These were four Mana Towers they were talking about!
Destroying one without using any Skills or Spells would be as difficult as ascending to heaven. How could they destroy all four of them within a short time?
"If you really have an even chance of success, then we can give your plan a try," Crimson Star said as she turned to study the distant altar.
Wildfighter nodded in agreement.
The most troublesome part about this entire raid was the four Mana Towers. If it was possible to destroy the four Mana Towers quickly, then an attempt was indeed justified.
"Since everyone agrees, that makes things simple," Shi Feng said, smiling when he saw that Crimson Star and Wildfighter were willing to try raiding the Trial Boss. "Afterward, I'll personally destroy the four Mana Towers. During this period, I hope that you can keep the trial monsters busy."
"You'll destroy the four Mana Towers yourself?" Crimson Star gaped at Shi Feng in disbelief.
Although Shi Feng's attacks indeed carried power at the Tier 4 standard, the amount of time it would take him to destroy the Mana Towers on his own was no laughing matter.
"That's right. I'll destroy them," Shi Feng replied seriously while nodding.
"Alright, then. Since you wish to try, then let's try it, Guild Leader Black Flame," Crimson Star sighed helplessly when she saw that he was serious.
At this point, she no longer held any hope of him succeeding. However, she didn't mind letting the Violet Sword members present die once to consolidate Violet Sword's partnership with Zero Wing. After all, aside from the long resurrection time, the death penalty players suffered in the ancient secret land was very low.
Following which, everyone present readied themselves for battle and positioned themselves right outside the Mana Towers' suppression radius. Once they were given the command, they would immediately charge into the battlefield and attract the trial monsters' attention.
"Guild Leader Black Flame, everything's ready! You may start anytime!" Crimson Star reported to Shi Feng after seeing that everyone was in position.
"Good! I'll start now!"
After saying so, Shi Feng unsheathed the Abyssal Blade and activated Black Dragon's Soul.


Starting over once more, he has entered this “living game” again in order to control his own fate.

This time, he will not be controlled by others.

Previously the Level 200 Sword King, he will rise to a higher peak in this life.

Methods to earn money! Dungeon conquering strategies! Legendary Quests! Equipment drop locations! Undiscovered battle techniques!

Even the secrets Beta Testers were unknowledgeable of, he knows of them all.

Massive wars, life advancement, entering Godhood, sword reaching to the peak; a legend of a man becoming a Sword God has begun.

Hearing what Qian Yu said, Jian Wushuang's expression turned solemn.
"Never mind. It's useless to talk about all these now. I will take you to the black tower. You will get it when you try it yourself over there." Qian Yu looked at Jian Wushuang, "Just follow me."
Jian Wushuang followed Qian Yu towards the interior of Star Island without any hesitation.
Under the guidance of Qian Yu, Jian Wushuang reached the foot of several huge dark towers after a while.
Jian Wushuang looked at those pure black towers in front of him. They should be the towers that Qian Yu had mentioned, but there were four towers.
And their positions were so weird.
Three of them stood side by side, but another tower was rooted on the steps behind the three ones, which looked taller and bigger.
"Blood Mountain, the tests in the black towers are divided based on the realm of testees. The first three towers correspond relatively to Divine Realm, Eternal Realm and Dao Master Realm. Your realm decides which black tower you should enter to be tested." Qian Yu said.
"There is a black tower for Dao Masters? What is it for? Isn't it said that Dao Masters are not allowed to enter into the Stellar Fog Sea?"Jian Wushuang could not help but ask.
"Haha, you're right. There is no entry for Dao Masters. But what if the testee breaks through the realm of Dao Master after entering Stellar Fog Sea?" Qian Yu gave a smile.
Jian Wushuang was dumbstruck.
Yes, only Dao Masters had no access to the Stellar Fog Sea. However, if the testee broke through the realm of Dao Master inside Stellar Fog Sea, such as on the Star Island, it could make sense.
"Qian Yu, you mean there are Dao Masters on this Star Island?"Jian Wushuang asked in surprise.
"Of course. There is more than one Dao Master." Qian Yu cracked a smile, "There are five Dao Masters on this Star Island. They all broke through the realm of Dao Master after entering Stellar Fog Sea, but they are unable to leave if they failed the test."
"Is it so?"Jian Wushuang nodded and looked up at the taller black tower behind the three black towers.
"According to what you said, the first three black towers correspond to Divine Realm, Eternal Realm and Dao Master Realm. How about the fourth tower? Which realm is it for?"Jian Wushuang asked.
"I don't know." Qian Yu shook his head, "Except for Lord Spirit Sound, no one knows who can receive the test in the fourth black tower."
"I only know that the five Dao Masters on Star Island are not qualified to get into that Black Tower. The Lord Spirit Sound once said that whoever passes the test in the fourth black tower will be the owner of Stellar Fog Sea and has the right to control everything in Stellar Fog Sea."
"At that time, for people like us who are trapped here, our life and death will depend on the owner-to-be's decision. If he is kind-hearted enough, he will release us. If he is blackhearted, however, we may get killed directly, remain trapped, or even become his slaves. Anyway, everything is possible."
Qian Yu said casually, but he was already desolate.
Jian Wushuang nodded thoughtfully and then he walked towards the far left black tower.
"Blood Mountain, you went the wrong way. This tower is to test Divine Realm experts. The one next to it is for the Eternal Realm." Qian Yu reminded him.
Upon hearing this, Jian Wushuang gave a smile but did not stop.
Took the wrong way?
Joke! He was a Divine Realm expert.
So it was well-reasoned to take the test in the black tower directed for Divine Realm experts.
Jian Wushuang came to the front of the black tower and prepared to set feet on the steps. However, a strong gust of resistance made him unable to move forward.
"How could it be?"Jian Wushuang paled.
He was a God and there should be no doubt that he took the test for Divine Realm experts. Why was he impeded?
"Is it because I use the Yin-Yang Mirror to conceal the aura?" Jian Wushuang thought.
His aura was hidden by the Yin-Yang Mirror all the time, so Qian Yu had said he took the wrong way.
Jian Wushuang immediately manipulated and stopped the control of his aura by the Yin-Yang Mirror. His aura as a Divine Realm expert became visible.
Even so, Jian Wushuang was still unable to take one step forward.
He had no access to this black tower for Divine Realm experts.
"What's the matter?" Jian Wushuang felt confused.
At this time…
"Young boy, don't waste your time. You can't get into this black tower."A cold voice raised from somewhere.
Jian Wushuang looked back at the source of the voice at once.
A good-looking and enchanting red-robed woman came over slowly.
Qian Yu was shocked when he saw the woman, and then he immediately bent down to salute, "My lord, at your service."
"Lord?"Jian Wushuang was surprised.
The woman in front of them was the Lord Spirit Sound, the master of Star Island?
"You may leave."Lord Spirit Sound glanced at Qian Yu.
Qian Yu nodded reverently without any resistance and left directly.
In front of the black tower, there were only Jian Wushuang and Lord Spirit Sound.
"What's your name?" Lord Spirit Sound looked at Jian Wushuang.
"Blood Mountain."Jian Wushuang answered.
"Blood Mountain. I believe you have known my identity and the rules of our Star Island from Qian Yu?" Lord Spirit Sound asked.
"Yes."Jian Wushuang replied.
"Good. No matter who comes to Star Island, he must follow my rules with no exception. Since you are here, you only have two choices. One choice is to be trapped here forever just like other people. The other choice is to make a breakthrough in this black tower. If you pass the test, I willl set you free and give you some opportunities." Lord Spirit Sound said.
"I get it."Jian Wushuang slightly nodded and then he asked, "Lord Spirit Sound, as you see, I'm a Divine Realm expert. But why can't I get into the black tower for Divine Realm experts?"
"Well, we all know you are a real Divine Realm expert. But more than that, you have another identity."
Lord Spirit Sound gave a wee smile, and then she said very slowly, "You are an inverse cultivator!"
Jian Wushuang was so stunned.
"What?"Jian Wushuang's expression changed, an unexpected sense of panic and terror overwhelmed him.
He was an exact inverse cultivator.
But only he and his friend, Emperor Xiao, knew about this.
Other than that, no one should know about it.
But now, this Lord Spirit Sound had pointed out he was an inverse cultivator at first sight!


Jian Wushuang was reborn in adversity. In order to get his revenge, he began to cultivate Heavenly Creation Skill. With the help of the Heaven defying cultivation method, Jian Wushuang gradually grew into a peerless genius from an ordinary practitioner. With a sword in hand, no one is his match. Using his extraordinary Sword Principle, he killed all his opponents and eventually became number one Sword Master from time immemorial.

Through the formation constructed by the white-robed Oracles, Wu Qi and the two heads of the treasury from Directorate of Celestials were teleported to a cluster of magnificent palaces.
In the middle was a square, ten miles in length and width, surrounded by numerous square shaped black palaces. In front of each palace stood a great number of stone pillars, where green light shone from the fire bowls placed atop them and smeared everyone's face green like ghosts. Gusts of cold wind blew through the gaps between the halls and across the square, filling the air with eerie whistles that sounded like the sighs of ghosts. The place looked quite bleak.
The square and palaces were extremely ancient. Every stone, every pillar, and every paved slab was showing signs of age. The square and palaces here were extremely ancient, every stone, every pillar, and every paved slab showing signs of age. All the palaces lay like ancient monsters on the ground, with a terrible, ferocious, and mysterious aura slowly seeping out of the heavy gloominess that shrouded them.
Many black-robed Oracles could be seen moving in and out of the palaces. Their pace was slow and unhurried, just like how people felt about the entire Great Yu. Their faces were stiff and unsmiling, and their eyes were locked on a spot on the floor in front of them as they walked, which made them look dull and almost vacuous. But, it was clear that these Oracles all possessed a mighty overall strength, judging from the golden suns and silver moons embroidered on their sleeves.
Dull, rigid, lifeless, yet containing a power in their bodies enough to destroy everything…This was not only the impression these Oracles gave, but the entire Great Yu as well.
Wu Qi had no time to take a few more glances at the nearby scenery, for the two black-robed men were escorting him to a distant palace. Using some kind of magic, it only took them a few steps to bring him to the front of the palace.
Like all the palaces in this place, the square palace was constructed from huge black stones. The surface of the stones polished as smooth as mirrors was carved with countless intricate runes and inlaid with numerous black energy stones, forming a powerful defensive formation. On the rooftops of the palace stood a group of black-clothed Heaveneye Men and Heavenear Men, who formed an impenetrable defense system to keep outsiders away from the palace.
Directly in front of the palace was a doorway that was over a hundred feet tall and ten feet wide. Darkness reigned inside the doorway, warding off any pale-green light that tried to sneak into the palace. It gave the impression that the doorway led directly to another world, a world that did not belong to the living.
Sitting on an about thousand feet tall stone platform, the palace could be reached through a flight of steps paved with huge stones stretching upward from the front of Wu Qi. Hundreds of soldiers in heavy armors and black cloaks draped over their shoulders were scattered across the stone steps. Each of them was covered with a variety of tattoos on their exposed skins, which flashed with faint light and wriggled slowly as if they were alive, forming a set of living formation diagram.
'Could this be the unique Tattoo Formation of Great Yu's Directorate of Celestials?' thought Wu Qi as he rested his eyes on those soldiers. It was an art of drawing various rune formations on the human body with a special potion and unique technique. Such formations could actively absorb various natural energies, inject them into the bearer's body and, according to the design of the formation, strengthen the bearer's muscles and bones. Coupled with a variety of special drugs, the warriors with Tattoo Formations could quickly become powerful fighters without going through lengthy cultivation.
This was what Great Yu's Directorate of Celestials excelled at: the ability to quickly produce powerful fighters in large quantities. It was said that there were several fierce clashes between the Heaven's immortals and Great Yu during the ancient times, during which, the immortals, although in an advantageous position where they almost won the battles, were thrown into utter confusion by the fierce and fearless fighters the Directorate of Celestials had produced in a very short period of time. Eventually, all the clashes ended up in internecine outcome with neither side gaining anything but losses.
The most terrible thing was that the souls of the fighters with these tattoos would be imprisoned in their bodies forever after they died. Their fleshly bodies would be transformed into half-zombie and half-ghost existences with a prowess that was a hundred times greater than before. Because of this characteristic, the art of Tattoo Formation was a forbidden art in Great Yu, and the Directorate of Celestials dared not to produce large quantities of such fighters unless it was absolutely necessary.
Wu Qi could not sense the aura of a living person from these fighters in front of him, with only two faint green flames beating in their eyes. Evidently, they were no longer alive, but dead men whose souls were imprisoned forever in their bodies. Then, he cautiously probed their power with his divine sense, and found that they were indeed very, very strong. These fighters were emanating an aura of death that was completely different from the aura of the living, which made their attacks lethal.
Escorted by the two black-clothed old men, Wu Qi made his way up the stone steps as the fighters' ghostly eyes followed him, entering the palace through the pitch-black doorway. No sooner had he entered that a chilly wind with an indescribable smell came blowing at his face, which tickled his nose and made him sneeze several times.
Amidst his sneezing, faint specks of light lit up in the dark hall.
"As decreed by His Majesty, Marquis of Dong Hai Province can pick a Supreme Tower here and take it with you," one of the old men said in a low voice. "Hehe, a genius who cultivates both fleshly body and magic deserves this privilege! I'm sure Marquis of Dong Hai Province will be a mighty Supreme Oracle in the future."
The other old man took Wu Qi by the hand and led him to a corner of the hall. While chuckling, he said, "Please pardon me for taking this opportunity to do you a favor, Marquis of Dong Hai Province. Here are the best Supreme Towers you can find in Directorate of Celestials. I ask not much, just take care of our descendants when you have risen high in the future!"
The faintly lit specks of light allowed Wu Qi to have a clear view of the surroundings.
He was in a space that was hundreds of miles in length and width, and about tens of miles in height. Countless Supreme Towers of varying sizes were hovering in mid-air, with the largest measuring about a mile in height and the smallest only a few inches tall. But, regardless of their sizes, all Supreme Towers had runes flickering across their surfaces and were constantly emitting powerful energy fluctuations.
Every year, the Directorate of Celestials collected countless rare materials to produce a certain number of Supreme Towers. Whenever a new Supreme Oracle was born, he would come here to choose a Supreme Tower, which would serve as his future residence. Of course, the Supreme Tower's ability to shatter through the void also made it the best vehicle for the Supreme Oracle.
Although Great Yu did not give birth to new Supreme Oracles every year, the Directorate of Celestials still produced a certain number of Supreme Towers each year. For this reason, the number of Supreme Towers in this warehouse had increased over the years. Wu Qi roughly estimated that there were at least over 100,000 Supreme Towers here.
As a matter of fact, these Supreme Towers were also strategic weapons that Great Yu prepared for emergencies. If a conflict broke out between Great Yu and some powerhouse, Sun Oracles who were not eligible to own Supreme Towers would come here to pick one for temporary use. As a kind of magical artifact that had incredible offensive and defensive abilities, although only Supreme Oracles had enough power to use them, ordinary Sun Oracles could also use them to fight the enemies for a short period of time, as long as they were supplied with sufficient amount of energy stones and immortal stones.
A Supreme Tower filled with enough energy stones and immortal stones would give an ordinary Sun Oracle offensive and defensive strength infinitely close to a ninth-tier Primordial Immortal. There were more than 100,000 Supreme Towers stored in this hall, all of which had their cores fully filled with energy stones and immortal stones. This showed that Great Yu had an incredibly fearsome latent power.
Dozens of fist-sized Supreme Towers were hovering mid-air in the corner where the old man had led Wu Qi to, all emitting a faint silver light. The old man smiled at Wu Qi and said, "These are the most powerful Supreme Towers built in the recent years. All the materials and runes are personally made by the best craftsman of Directorate of Celestials, Youchao Feng."
Youchao Feng was from the clan of Youchao, a clan that was famous for artifact crafting in Great Yu. The best magical artifacts that one could find in Great Yu were all produced by its people. When Wu Qi scanned the Supreme Towers in front of him with his divine sense, he found that they were indeed excellently crafted. There was not even a single flaw that could be found either in their exteriors or interiors.
But, being flawless did not mean they were the best.
Wu Qi reflected what Yu Chen had told him previously. He gave the two old men who wore ingratiating smiles on their faces a look, then said, "According to His Majesty's decree, is it that I am allowed to pick any one of all the Supreme Towers here in this hall?"
The two old men exchanged a glance, then nodded at the same time and said, "Just so, as it is His Majesty..."
Before the two old men had finished speaking, Wu Qi burst out laughing and spun around the hall like a gust of wind. Streams of flame shrouded in immense ghost aura shot out of his fingertips, leaving twisted lights and shadows along the way as each accurately struck at an invisible restriction spell in the air. When he shot out the last stream of flame, a light flashed on the north wall of the hall, and a door emerged silently.
The two old men froze. They glanced at each other and cursed in low voices at the same time, "How could Master Yu Chen do this?"
Laughing happily, Wu Qi gave the two old men a playful wink and strode through the door. The two old men hurried in after him, their faces sad.
The space within was not as large as the first hall, probably about a few acres or so. Dozens of shelves carved out of stones were sparsely placed, and altogether, they housed approximately three hundred Supreme Towers, the largest of which was about the size of a man's head, and all looked worn-out and battle-scarred.
The air was clean and the ground almost dustless, but the Supreme Towers on the stone shelves were filthy. On the nearest shelf, Wu Qi saw a Supreme Tower covered in spider webs and an inch of dust.
This inner hall was very clean. The ceiling, walls, and floor were dustless, and the air was pure and fresh. Even the stone shelves were clean enough to be used as mirrors.
Only these three hundred or so Supreme Towers were very dirty...
Or maybe they were not dirty...Maybe those were only the signs of age, for they had existed for too long.
Each of these Supreme Towers gave the impression that they had existed in this world for countless years.


He who steals a hook gets hanged as a crook; he who steals a kingdom becomes a duke. 
Those who steal the world and the hearts of the people become a Divine Immortal.
The Dao of the universe is boundless, and the will of mortals is limitless.
Follow me and watch how I alone use my hands to steal the heavens!
Translator's synopsis: An unexpected discovery in Machu Picchu has transported a young professional thief from Earth to a world filled with mystical powers and evil plots. With his beloved teacher and best friend killed during the calamity, his only goal is to become stronger, so that he can take revenge for them.This is a novel filled with politics, the struggle for power, evil beauties, and of course, Divine Immortals.  
*Warning: Erotic scenes inside...

Wang Lin's eyes narrowed and met the gaze of the woman in the blue dress. Wang Lin had never seen her before and she didn't feel familiar at all. However, her gaze made him feel a bit puzzled.

Right now was not the moment to ponder this. Wang Lin's expression remained neutral as he continued to retreat.

The hundred towers closed in with sharp whistles that wanted to tear open the world and shot straight for the Moongazer Serpent.

These tall towers were like swords piercing through space. The Moongazer Serpent let out an angry roar as its countless tentacles reached out toward the incoming towers.

At this moment, the fastest tower closed in and was caught by a tentacle. The moment they touched, the tower immediately shattered into black powder that spread out.

As for the Alliance cultivators on the tower, they had already jumped off when the tower got close to the Moongazer Serpent.

Shortly after, more towers arrived while whistling. Most of them were caught by the Moongazer Serpent's tentacles and exploded into black powder.

As the black powder spread out, the remaining towers moved several times faster. They were like swords that penetrated the black powder, dodged the tentacles, and directly pierced the Moongazer Serpent's body.

Bang!

Loud explosions echoed when the towers collided with the Moongazer Serpent. Cracks appeared at the tips of the towers and rapidly spread. In the blink of an eye, the towers were covered in cracks and then collapsed into powder.

Bang, bang, bang, bang! The explosions echoed as the towers that weren't stopped by the tentacles collided with the Moongazer Serpent's body and turned into powder.

During this process, the Moongazer Serpent roared as if it was crazy and its tentacles swept the area. Some of the surrounding cultivators weren't able to dodge quickly enough and died.

"Seal!" The voice of the woman in the blue dress was gentle, but it clearly echoed across the stars.

In an instant, all the black powder around the Moongazer Serpent gave off a demonic glow. The powder spread out and formed a sphere around the Moongazer Serpent. There were bright blood lights inside the sphere, and at this moment, an extremely shocking scene was unfolding on 100 planets scattered across the eastern, southern, and northern parts of the Alliance!

On one of the planets, almost all of the cultivators had been mobilized. They had captured demonic beasts from their habitats. All the demonic beasts were imprisoned in a very large formation.

This formation was a circle with a radius of 5,000 kilometer. Demonic beasts were densely packed within the formation; there were at least tens of thousands of them!

Large amounts of cultivators floated in the sky outside the formation as if they were waiting for a command. There was a red-haired elder with them who apparently had high status. The surrounding cultivators moved with him as the center. When the woman in the blue dress gave the command, her voice seemed to be able to penetrate the void and travel across the stars due to a special spell to let the people present hear the command.

In an instant, the red-haired elder's eyes lit up and he waved his right hand!

With a wave of his arm, all the surrounding cultivators launched an orderly attack of spells and magic treasures at the tens of thousands of demonic beasts below them.

Waves of miserable roars echoed within this formation, and it became a sea of blood. The formation activated and completely absorbed the blood of these tens of thousands of demonic beasts clean!

This scene occurred in nearly 100 other planets!

This was one of the ten great formations in the Alliance, the Million Beast Blood Soul Seal!

These nearly one hundred towers were made with a special material to go along with this formation. At this moment, as the millions of beasts died on those 100 planets, the black powder surrounding the Moongazer Serpent gave off a powerful smell of blood!

This smell of blood was too dense. If one were to smell it, their heart would tremble!

The black powder began to move mysteriously under this dense scent of blood. The powder began to solidify and the Moongazer Serpent was completely sealed under this black, earth-like material!

The black powder outside the Moongazer Serpent solidified into a huge ball that trapped the Moongazer Serpent inside! Only its muffled roars continued to spread and echo among the stars.

At this moment, the tens of thousands of Alliance cultivators that had jumped off the towers before they collapsed all charged toward the Allheaven cultivators!

This scene shocked the Allheaven cultivators. Li Yunzi and the Shengong family ancestor looked at each other and then immediately jumped off the giant wood. Li Yunzi's right hand reached out to the void and the world's origin energy gathered. It condensed into almost 100 small flags!

He and the Shengong family ancestor were the two with the highest statuses here aside from the Xiang family ancestor and the middle-aged man from the Gongsun family. Before those two left, they temporarily handed command to Li Yunzi and the Shengong family ancestor.

Li Yunzi was burdened with an extremely important mission!

He grabbed a portion of of the flags and threw them to the side as he shouted, "72 Earth Celestials, gather your teams and exterminate all the Alliance cultivators!

"Order received!" Dozens of Allheaven cultivators immediately flew out. They were the Earth Celestials from the 108 celestials, but not all of them were here. They grabbed their flags and led their teams into a chaotic battle with the Alliance cultivators that got off the towers.

An instant later, bursts of rumbles and endless sounds of magic treasures echoed among the stars. Their endless flashes of light set off a monstrous slaughter intent.

The Shengong family ancestor also grabbed dozens of small flags and threw them. He shouted, "36 Heaven Celestials, help me break the seal on the Moon Beast!" After he spoke, he took a step and charged toward the seal. Behind him were dozens of cultivators along with their own respective teams. The big-headed boy was among them.

"Xu Mu, the four of you, guard me!" Li Yunzi's gaze swept past Wang Lin, the woman in the palace dress, the black-robed old man, and the youth in white before he sat down on the giant wood.

The wood shook and abruptly stopped in the sky. Li Yunzi sat down and then his hands formed a seal and he pointed to the spot between his eyebrows. His origin soul rushed out, and outside his origin soul were the three Battle Scrolls. They started circling around him.

Li Yunzi's origin soul pointed at one of the Battle Scrolls and sent out a thunderous wave of divine sense.

As this divine sense spread out, one of the 17 Lou Fu suddenly exploded and a bloody figure walked out.

This bloody figure was a man made of blood. After it appeared, it let out a roar and charged into the battle. Blood God and company weren't idling either. Black Fiend Devil Saint and Cloud Dragon Demon Saint were attacking Blood God and company. The two sides had opened up a new battlefield, and it was difficult to gain an advantage for either side!

The blood person went toward the battlefield of Blood God and Black Fiend Devil Saint. The moment the blood person arrived, Black Fiend Devil Saint was forced into a sorry state and had to retreat.

Li Yunzi's origin soul trembled and then he immediately sat down to recovered. Although his cultivation wasn't as powerful as Master Flamespark and company's, even inferior to Blood God's, his role in the battle between Allheaven and Alliance was great!

The 18 Lou Fu didn't belong to his Zhan family, but only his Zhan family had the spell to control them. It couldn't be passed to outsiders; only a few people from the Zhan family could use it!

This spell came from a sliver of comprehension and inheritance from the Battle Scrolls.

Although this matter sounds complicated, it was one of the secrets in the Allheaven Star System.

"Don't allow the person from the Zhan family touch the Lou Fu blood balls!"

However, this secret was broken during the preparations for the war against the Alliance. Master Flamespark, the Xiang family ancestor, the middle-aged man from the Gongsun family, and several old monsters had all decided to let Li Yunzi control the 18 Lou Fu!

As soon as Li Yunzi's origin soul recovered slightly, he pointed at another Battle Scroll!

His divine sense entered the Battle Scroll and turned into an incredible wave that swept across the stars. One of the 16 remaining Lou Fu exploded into countless drops of blood and formed another blood person!

This blood person let out a roar and charged straight toward where the Shengong famliy ancestor was battling the seal that was holding the Moongazer Serpent!

Among the Alliance cultivators, the woman in the blue dress frowned. She pointed with her jade-like hand and one of the Giant Demon Clan members let out a roar and stepped forward. The cultivation planet he was carrying wasn't very large, only about 1% of a normal cultivation planet. Nevertheless, the Giant Demon Clan member was really insignificant compared to it. However, the Giant Demon Clan member was very fast, and as he ran, he mercilessly threw it. The cultivation planet directly came crashing down toward the remaining 15 Lou Fu.

There was still an old man floating on the cultivation planet. His eyes lit up as he quickly approached the 15 Lou Fu along with the cultivation planet.

However, the suppression force became even stronger the closer you were to the Lou Fu. The old man's expression became serious as he rapidly approached the 15 Lou Fu.

As for the Giant Demon Clan member, he let out a roar and charged at Li Yunzi.

Li Yunzi's origin soul floated there and looked slightly bleak. He suddenly opened his eyes and shouted, "Lou Hong, Zhou Xingtian, the two of you, quickly go protect the Lou Fu!"

Wang Lin is a very smart boy with loving parents. Although him and his parents are shunned by the rest of their relatives, his parents always held high hopes that he will one day become someone great. One day, Wang Lin suddenly gained the chance to walk the path of an immortal, but found that he only had mediocre talent at best. Watch Wang Lin as he breaks through his lack of talent and walks the path towards becoming a real immortal!

Even in the Mainland, on the other side of the planet, there was almost no one who had not heard of the famous movie Saw, let alone Europe, which was connected to North American culture.
As this familiar and peculiar puppet face emerged from the black sphere, many people subconsciously stepped back, away from the black sphere in front of them.
This was a warning instinct against danger.
At the same time, the puppet in the black sphere also opened its simple mouth and a gloomy and hoarse electric voice slowly rang out:
"Dear members of the 'White Embers' organization, I want to play a game with you…"
This voice was no different from Jigsaw in Saw.
"My name is 'Gantz', as some of you said. I come from a combination of comics and movies. You can call me 'Gantz' or you can call me "G' for short. Of course, I prefer the term 'Gantz'."
"You're the one who kidnapped us here?"
As the voice emanated from the black sphere, several people began to come to their senses. They rushed forward one by one and tried to put on a fierce front. "Let us return at once. What do you want to do?"
However, these people were eventually stopped by the people beside them.
"Don't be impulsive, just listen to him, buddy!"
After a while, these people cooled down from their agitated mob mentality.
"Very well, it seems that some people have calmed down their hot heads."
On the black sphere, the strange puppet laughed softly. "Very well, I like people who can think, because as long as their luck isn't too bad, they often live to the end. After all, those who die first are often those who like to lose their cool."
After the black sphere spoke, everyone suddenly quarreled loudly again, "Wait, what do you mean by live to the end? Do you want to kill us?"
Seeing this, Fisher on the side shot a glance at the people behind him, then he walked directly in front of the crowd and said loudly, "Now we're imprisoned here. The only way to save ourselves is to calm down!"
As he spoke, the few people who had followed Fisher's order also walked to Fisher's side and blocked everyone.
Intimidated by Fisher's leader status, everyone was controlled once again.
The black sphere ignored the quarrel and spoke again indifferently, "Maybe you haven't figured out the situation, but I suggest that you still listen carefully because every word I say next is related to your life and death…"
The black sphere continued slowly. "Except for some mercenaries and killers, most of you are from the Environmental Protection Association. Among these, the 'Voluntary Human Extinction' organization has the most members.
"You take the protection of the earth as your responsibility and under the banner of returning the earth to nature, you're constantly convincing others to stop reproducing, giving yourself the good name of 'altruism'.
"But I think that both human beings and other life forms are essentially egoistic.
"The meaning of life is to go on living and the most fundamental means of the continuation of life is to collect energy from the outside world. This is inherently a self-interested behavior. This is true for all life, without any exception."
The two blonde women next to Fisher instinctively wanted to rebut, but the black sphere continued to speak:
"I know that in your sociology books, it has been mentioned that human beings are the only creatures with 'altruistic behaviors'— lower creatures are like wildebeests. Their numbers and scale are ten times or a hundred times that of predators, but they can only be reduced to being prey. Even over millennia, it's impossible for them to rise.
"Humans are different. Since the era of the apes, humans have assisted each other. Even the top predators dare not rashly attack the ape tribe, because they know that attacking one member of the Homo sapiens will cause the whole group to attack. This group of upright monkeys won't just disperse like the wildebeest…
"The reason why human beings are more able to help each other and face danger than those herbivores is that the brain has evolved a special empathy mechanism during this period. This will induce a reaction of pity when humans see their own kind facing dangers and difficulties, thus prompting them to lend a helping hand."
The black sphere continued. "So, textbooks have always shown that there are obvious altruistic behaviors in human society. This is because altruistic behaviors are beneficial to the entire population. Members help each other and collectively resist crises, thus the whole tribe becomes stronger…"
Just when everyone was listening intently and thoughtfully, the black sphere's voice suddenly changed, saying in a soft tone, "But all this is an illusion."
Everyone's expressions suddenly changed.
"I know that many public figures like to get involved with charity and ordinary people too. After helping people in trouble, it's easy to get positive feedback, that is, gratitude and rewards from others.
"This kind of behavior will be enhanced by genes and the human brain will also evolve to feel pleasure at being thanked. Therefore, what makes us happy isn't helping others, but the response others give to you after you've lent a helping hand.
"However, if after giving a helping hand to someone, that person reacts coldly to you or even mocks and ridicules you, then the emotion generated by your brain isn't pleasure, but anger…
"Ah.
"Therefore, any seemingly altruistic behavior among humans is an egoistic behavior. Even if it's charity, it's also for the purpose of gaining social approval which is ultimately an egoistic goal."
After hearing the black sphere's words, the crowd erupted into noise again. Some people loudly rebuked this as sophistry, but some people could not help but look rather pensive.
The black sphere did not explain anything, but only lowered its voice. "I know that many people wouldn't agree with my point of view. Therefore, I want to play a game with you, a game that tests humanity's 'egoistic behavior' and 'altruistic behavior'.
"The rules of the game are as such —"
"In five days, you'll be sent to a small deserted island." As this was said, the image on the black sphere flashed and turned into a distant view of an unknown island on the sea.
They could see that this small island was full of lush jungle, surrounded by golden sandy beaches, and deep in the island was a small hill covered by trees. They could even still see a river flowing on the island.
"This island, which I named Gantz Island, has an area of ​​about 35 square kilometers, which is about the size of an island map in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and there are at least a thousand such unknown islands in the Atlantic Ocean.
"But don't worry, I'm not sending you here for you to kill each other like a game. That's a very tasteless affair… In five days, all players will land on the island and I'll give each person in this group of players a communication device. Not only can the communication device show you everyone's location, but each communication device also contains an electronic coded image.
"The use of this decoded image will be to turn on the signal tower on the island."
The black sphere began to explain the rules, "On this Gantz Island, there are a total of two hundred signal towers, evenly distributed in each corner of the island. You only need to find one of the signal towers and click on the electronic coded image in your hand to light them up. Each picture can only light up one signal tower once.
"A word of warning, however: this image has a special curse. Once you use it to light up the signal tower, it'll cause you to be contaminated with a curse called 'Filth'."
"Curse?"
Disbelief flashed across many of their faces.
"This is a special curse."
The black sphere explained, "After being infected with the curse, the player will be turned into ashes within one day and die a miserable death. There's only one way to stop this, which lies at the top of the hill in the middle of the island.
"On the top of the island, there's a safe zone surrounded by metal statues, where the curse cannot spread.
"Of course, the safe zone can only prevent the spread of the curse, but it cannot completely eradicate the curse. If the player leaves the safe zone, the curse will continue…"
When they heard this, everyone's faces shifted again.
"Of course, if a player wants to win, it isn't that difficult."
The black sphere ignored the increasingly horrified looks on their faces and went on to say, "There are only 200 signal towers on the island. As long as all the signal towers are lit, then those players who haven't used the communication device can safely leave the island."
"Hold on!"
At this moment, someone finally could not hold back. A middle-aged man with a hooked nose came up and asked loudly, "Then what about those who light up the signal towers? Can't they leave the island?"
"No, because they have been infected with the curse. This curse can only be contained in the safe zone of ​​the island. Once they leave the safe zone, they'll all die within one day…"
The black sphere replied curtly.
"What kind of sh*tty rule is that…"
Upon hearing this, the crowd boiled over once again. After all, how many people in this world would be willing to sacrifice themselves and happily let the others leave?
"This is what you call altruistic behavior."
Hearing that they were arguing again, the black sphere remained unruffled. "You have a total of five hundred and fifty people in this group. As long as you sacrifice two hundred people, the remaining three hundred and fifty people can survive. This is a good trade, isn't it?
"In addition, the environment on the island is also very fertile. There's endless seafood on the beach as well as countless wild fruits in the mountains and forests. You can eat your fill of these foods. The only negative aspect is that on the island there are five special residents."
Special residents?
Everyone was startled again as vague, terrible associations came to mind.
There was another flash in the black sphere's image. A man with pale skin, wearing a black trench coat, appeared on the screen.
This man wore no expression, but the muscles on his body were so developed that even wearing a trench coat could not conceal his perfect contours.
"Ty, Tyrant?"
"Impossible!"
"The monster in Resident Evil?"
Seeing this, the crowd screeched again and countless people started questioning loudly.
"These five residents have very violent tempers. They harbor deep hostility toward outsiders. As long as they see you, they'll quickly launch into the most exhausting pursuit. Please believe me, if you're without any firearms, even a squad of one hundred people can't beat it in hand-to-hand combat…"
The black sphere said faintly, "The only good news is that these five original residents will only kill one person each time, then they'll stop. They randomly wander around all corners of the island. The only place they will not set foot in is the safe zone on the top of the hill…"
At this time, everyone was completely befuddled. Fisher asked a few of his men to protect him, then squeezed to the front of the black sphere, and suddenly asked, "Uh… Mr. Gantz, I want to ask, is there a time limit for this 'game'?"
"No, even if it takes you a year to light up all the signal towers, it's considered that you have completed the task, but…"
The black sphere said, and suddenly laughed lowly, "I almost forgot, there's a rule I haven't told you, that is, if a player who lights the signal tower dies, no matter in what manner, the signal tower they lit up will become ineffective. This will require another communication device to light up."
"What?"
Everyone wailed again and Fisher's pupils shrank even more. He immediately figured out that, in this case, to ensure that the illuminated signal towers were not extinguished, it was necessary to ensure that all the people who lit the signal towers remained alive. Namely, they must be located in the safe zone.
Those who were not cursed must provide food for this group of people or at least provide them with enough food before all the signal towers were lit, to prevent them from starving to death and causing the signal tower to fail.
"What if we snatch someone else's communication device to light the signal tower?"
Just then, another man asked this and the malice in his words made the others frown.
"There's no point in that."
However, the black sphere replied, "Even if a player snatches someone else's communication device to light the signal tower, it's still the player who is infected with the curse, not the owner of the communication device. However, the player who loses the communication device will become the number one target of the five original residents on the island, who will hunt down this player tirelessly until the player is killed or the player has fled to the safe zone."
Hearing this, Fisher felt a chill again, because this put an end to the idea that one person could attempt self-sacrifice, using dozens of communication devices to light up those signal towers.
This was because not only the person who lit up the signal towers would die, but those who donated the communication device would also be in danger of being hunted down by the Tyrants.
"These are all the rules of the game five days later."
At this time, the black sphere said again, "This game is a contest of 'egoistic behavior' and 'altruistic behavior'. As people who believe in altruistic behavior, will you let others sacrifice themselves and huddle behind the hero, becoming an egoist that you so loathe?
"Or do you mean to have the courage to explore all the truths of altruism at the expense of your life?
"Everyone, you'll be tested and your resolve will be tested. There are no words that can become the truth by default. If you want to make it the truth, you can only put it into practice continuously. Whether you live or die, you have the right to choose…"
After the speech given by the black sphere, the entire Blacklight had begun to sail grandly toward an exit in the Mediterranean Sea, riding the wind and waves.
If one turned to look back behind the Blacklight, one would only see the flat horizon of the ocean, where a red setting sun had stained the whole sky, turning the Blacklight into a massive ship cast in a bloody hue…


Who could have guessed that the accidental discovery of a pitch-black USB drive would one day turn Chen Chen’s world upside down? 
He quickly realizes that this was no ordinary USB drive—and it came with mysterious powers, along with its own hidden rules. Equipped with his skills and intellect as a student of biological science, Chen Chen strives to uncover the limit of the USB drive, and the limit of his own ambition. 
Follow Chen Chen in his pursuit of lofty aspirations—wealth, immortality, and otherworldly powers! It is a path that will lead him to a grand plan, one that will change the fate of humanity forever…


When Lin Li first got the blueprint of the Sky Castle in the Scar of Death, the Conquering Mageweath that was composed of the streets and the 36 towers on the blueprint attracted Lin Li's attention. It was also precisely the Conquering Mageweath that allowed him to quickly speculate that the treasure map mentioned by the Malfa Family was the blueprint of the Sky Castle. 
However, at that time, although Lin Li confirmed that he was holding onto the blueprint of the Sky Castle and could recognize the complicated Conquering Mageweath that everyone was confused about, he only had limited knowledge about the Sky Castle. At that time, he was just an Archmage who was on the edge of the Legendary-level. He was neither strong nor knowledgeable enough to judge the mystery of the towers from the blueprint. 
However, Lin Li was now really in the Sky Castle, and he knew far beyond reading the blueprint. Besides, when he was on the sixth floor of the Central Tower, he also received countless signals in his mind that were being forced into his head. Hence, he finally gained some new insights into the 36 towers that had become one with the Conquering Mageweath. 
Lin Li clearly felt that apart from being towers for mages and nodes for the Conquering Mageweath, each of the 36 towers had the characteristics of a Psychic Tower. Psychic Towers, in essence, were towers for Necromancers; the various mageweaths and Alchemy Arrays were leaning towards Necromagic, and were meant for helping Necromancers advance and improve their power. 
However, it was difficult to see actual Psychic Towers because Necromancers were notorious in Anril. Once a Necromancer began to build a Psychic Tower, it'd almost certainly result in attracting a large number of powerful attacks. Well, at least the Brilliance Shrine would never allow any Necromancer to successfully build a Psychic Tower. 
However, if it were just the Psychic Towers alone, Lin Li would at most be just a little surprised. What really shocked Lin Li was the arrangement of the 36 towers. If the factor of the Conquering Mageweath was excluded, they would form a huge Psychic Array. 
Lin Li couldn't distinguish whether he initially already had some memory about the Psychic Array or it was just information that was given to him in waves by the magical crystal. He only knew that after seeing the arrangement of the 36 towers, the information about the Psychic Array would naturally pop up in his head.
The mention of the Psychic Array would probably remind most people of the Mageweath Array, but Lin Li who did not know much about Necromagic clearly knew at this time that Psychic Arrays were not part of Alchemy and inscriptions. Instead, it was a classic Necromagic Array that was the ultimate dream for every Necromancer.
Unfortunately, most of the current Necromancers in Anril were not as powerful as Sendros, and it definitely wouldn't be easy for them to survive even if they could be as strong as the Darkness Shrine and rival the Brilliance Shrine. As for the Psychic Tower, owning one would be a far-fetched idea, let alone a Psychic Array composed of various Psychic Towers. 
Everyone knew that level did not determine strength for Necromancers. It also depended on the strength of the Undead creatures that he had summoned. One of the biggest functions of the Psychic Array was to strengthen Undead creatures.
The Psychic Array could transform various elemental forces drawn from the space into the Power of Death that was required by the Undead creatures, creating a space similar to the Undead world. In this space, the almost infinite Power of Death made the speed of Undead creatures' advancement increase exponentially.
Besides, one of the most direct ways for Undead creatures to increase their strength was to absorb the soul fire of other Undead creatures. In addition to turning the elements in the region into the Power of Death, the Psychic Array could also collect the soul fire of the Undead creatures and store it for absorption by other Undead creatures. It was said that Legendary Undead creatures could be bred through Psychic Arrays; the effects were not inferior to the efficiency of the debris of the stars, Gloomy Dark. 
Of course, while the summoned Undead creatures were powerful, that might not always be a good thing for the Necromancers. It was just like when mages used magic: the more powerful and advanced the magic, the longer the casting time. As for the Necromancer, the stronger the summoned Undead creature was, the longer it'd take to summon it. The longer the summoning time, the easier it would be to interrupt for the enemy, and the more dangerous it would be for the Necromancer himself. There might even be situations where the summoned Undead creatures escaped control. 
Therefore, the duration of the summoning time was extremely important to Necromancers. This was a Psychic Array that brought about another extremely important benefit for the Necromancer: the Undead creatures strengthened by the Psychic Array would continue to strengthen their connection with the Necromancers. Not only would the summoning time be continuously shortened, it would also reduce the chances of the Undead creatures rebelling. With the help of the Psychic Array, it would not be impossible for the Necromancer to instantly summon Undead creatures. 
Among the people Lin Li knew, the most powerful Necromancer was the High Priest Sendros. Even with Lin Li's current judgment, the power that Sendros once exhibited could still only be described as unfathomable. Lin Li didn't know if Sendros had a Psychic Tower or a Psychic Array. After all, he hadn't seen Sendros summon any Undead creatures even till now. 
However, Lin Li was sure that if a Necromancer had a Psychic Array, he would be able to experience a surge in power even if his Psychic Array was the most rudimentary and basic. Although he might not reach Sendros' level, he would definitely become a ruthless figure no one wanted to trifle with in Anril. 
The Psychic Array in the Sky Castle was not a basic one, and it was absolutely powerful enough to be extraordinary. The 36 towers were the maximum limit of the Psychic Array, and each tower was outrageously extravagant.
Although the towers could not be compared to the Immortal King's Central Tower, the materials used for construction and the elaborate top-level mageweaths and Alchemy Arrays were the brainchild of the High Elves. Any of them alone would definitely be a holy grail of a mage in Anril since it was a tower for mages. 
The Psychic Arrays formed by the 36 towers were unimaginably powerful. The effect on Undead creatures was probably not inferior to that of the Magic Tides on mages. 
The Undead creatures here had been growing under the Psychic Array for 1300 years, or perhaps even longer. The mere thought of how powerful they were was enough to drive others crazy. Couldn't the crazy High Elves do something normal!?! 
Lin Li had thought that he would finally be able to conclude the expedition after exploring the Central Tower. However, Lin Li had never thought that there would be changes after he left, resulting in such a dangerous situation. 
Through the extension of mental strength, Lin Li could clearly see that the 36 towers had been completely shrouded in thick black mist within just moments. The massive Death aura that was exuded through the violent transmission of mental strength from the black mist made Lin Li's face turn pale. 
Noticing the changes on Lin Li's face, Cheyenne and Elder Randy could not longer bear it. While staying alert, they each used their own means to detect changes around them. However, the Sky Castle had already returned to its normal, silent state. Although the sky was still radiating, the environment around it was extremely dim, thus hampering them from detecting everything properly. 
Cheyenne activated Warlock's Eyes and scanned his surroundings to see that everything around him was dim. Hence, they had no choice but to put out all of their mental strength and detect something in their surroundings. Although they were both level-21 Legendary-mages, Cheyenne was inferior to Lin Li in terms of mental strength. Hence, exploring the Sky Castle was almost too much for him.
However, Cheyenne did not leave empty-handed, either. At least after the mental strength was dispersed, he realized that the corporeal Vengeful Spirits that had caused him a great deal of agony actually vanished into thin air. That alone was enough to show that there was indeed something wrong with the Sky Castle at this moment. Although Cheyenne was unclear what it was, he believed that it was a sign of a dramatic change. 
Princess Elune suddenly opened her eyes in fright, and exclaimed, "It's the towers, the towers scattered around the Sky Castle. I seem to be able to see some terrible things!" 
Although Princess Elune did not have the magical crystal that controlled the Sky Castle like Lin Li, she managed to see the abnormal state of the towers through her Legendary weapon, Song of Heart. 
The atmosphere suddenly became tense. Elder Randy did not doubt Princess Elune's words, even though her strength had just reached the Legendary level and she was the weakest amongst them. Her Legendary technique was created for archers by Wind Whisperer Hull. That was also the reason that the Archers could find enemies that were beyond their field of vision to shoot their enemies to death with their arrows. It also allowed Wind Whisperer Hull to kill the King of Ledin Kingdom with just one arrow despite being extremely far away. 
Of course, Princess Elune couldn't be that clever, but the power of the Song of Heart was enough to allow her to see some things beyond the field of her vision. However, Princess Elune was obviously still limited by her strength, and could not see everything too clearly.
Lin Li held onto the magical crystal that controlled the Sky Castle. Although he could not really control the Sky Castle, he could still see everything that was going on and changing in the Sky Castle. When Princess Elune was still telling Elder Randy about the changes of the towers, Lin Li had already seen that a dark shadow was condensing rapidly in the sky, seemingly gestating a daunting Undead creature. 
The 36 towers were shrouded in thick black mist that looked just like a black python that was converging towards the rolling black shadow in the sky. If it were a bright environment, the grand scene would definitely attract everyone's attention. However, even Lin Li could only see the changes using the magical crystal. 
Lin Li knew deep down that the strong Undead creature that was gestating in the sky might have existed in this Sky Castle since a long time ago. He reckoned that the Undead creature might have somehow fallen into deep sleep and failed to detect their presence when they'd arrived. 
Lin Li looked at the magical crystal in his hand and reckoned that the Undead creature must have awakened because he had broken through the Orderly Maze and taken away the magical crystal of the Sky Castle. However, Lin Li could not think of any explanation of the origin of this Undead creature. If it had been left behind by the Immortal King, it should have been awakened when they all had arrived. There was no reason for it to wait until Lin Li obtained the magical crystal to stop him and the rest from leaving. 
Since it was unlikely to be the Immortal King, it could only be the others. However, the Sky Castle was just like another haven for the High Elves, apart from the Tree of Eternity. The ordinary High Elves were not qualified to be there, let alone create a powerful Undead creature and change the 36 towers into Psychic Towers to form a strong Psychic Array. 
It was said that the queen of High Elves had once set foot in this Sky Castle at the end of the Dark Age, and inherited a powerful weapon of the Immortal King. At that time, the Sky Castles of the High Elves were destroyed one after another, and they stopped dominating the lands. 
The queen of High Elves put her last hope on the last battle with Geresco, hoping to use the Immortal King's weapon to save the High Elves who were on the verge of extinction. However, it was clear that she had failed. Not only had Geresco emerged victorious, he even ruined the Tree of Eternity, leaving the High Elves with no means to make a comeback. 
With the strength of the queen of High Elves, she could completely do it, but her pride did not allow her to get herself associated with the Undead creatures. 
Apart from the queen of High Elves, Lin Li felt that the most suspicious culprit was the great Lord Osric. The note in the laboratory of the Immortal King showed that Osric had clearly gone up to the Sky Castle and taken away almost all of the valuable things.


Lin Li accidentally enters another world while playing with his smurf mage account just after he maxes out all kinds of crafting skills, bringing with him various top-grade materials. Although his character is practically powerless, what he gains in return is unprecedented magical talent! Can he survive by himself after being thrown into another world?

Taking bones apart and extracting marrows was something mages did all the time. Generally speaking, bone marrow was something used for making blood, but the bone marrow of many magic beasts was stuff used to repair their magic nuclei. Their bone marrow also contained various special materials. It could serve as excellent magic material when extracted and refined.
The one vital shortcoming of sea magic beasts when compared to those on land was that they did not have as much marrow. The same went with blood, as well. Fortunately, sea magic beasts were commonly of large sizes. A low-level sea magic beast could have a length exceeding ten yards easily.
At Saleen's level, he had developed the ability to see notable traits of souls. He had also developed workable experimental schematics regarding the crafting of soul-related equipment. Sorcerers at that stage began studying matters related to the soul. When they had finally reached the stage of a grade-9 sorcerer, that was when they truly were able to work on the matter of souls.
Even so, Saleen was nonetheless able to sense that the blood soul tower was superior to Nicholas' soul bead. While Nicholas' soul bead was crafted by Fycro, he did not consider anything about Nicholas' future. The old man was little else but a pawn Fycro left at Saleen's side.
In Fycro's perspective, Nicholas was simply a grade-9 fallen holy master that he would be able to dispose of any time he fancied.
With that said, there was no way Fycro would have crafted truly powerful equipment for a disposable pawn such as Nicholas. The soul bead Fycro gave Nicholas was simply one that was able to prevent Nicholas from losing his grade-9 powers. It was not something that would have helped him advance further. Nicholas himself did not give advancing any thought at all, but Saleen was different. He had little idea what grade-10 fallen holy masters were like, and he wondered if such powers could trigger the gods directly.
As such, it was imperative for Saleen to try to have Nicholas advance into grade-10.
Holy masters faced far more difficulties, in regards to advancing into grade-10, than mages. The Lord of Glory was a stingy god; he was one to be very reluctant in sharing power with believers.
More importantly, as these bone marrow was something that could be used to craft soul beads, it was also without doubt something that was able to restore souls. The soul of the winged skeleton was very frail. If he did not receive any treatment to address his current situation, not only would his powers be severely weakened, the painstakingly grown intelligence could even recede to nothing.
"Nooo!", the angel of fear was electrocuted viciously. Her fear spiked immeasurably when she heard that Saleen intended to use her bone marrow to craft equipment. The loss of her bone marrow meant that her soul would never again been able to return to her body.
"I surrender! Have mercy on me, please, I will do whatever you say!", the angel of fear could not muster even an ounce of courage to fight Saleen anymore.
"Too late," Saleen replied concisely, and then said to Nailisi, "Soldier's body can't be restored for the time being. Craft a soul bead for him. I want the quality to be at least one level higher than what you have now. I'm still crafting the War Drum of Fear. We will return to the magic tower as soon as I'm done with the drum. We will help Soldier get his body back."
"Master...", the winged skeleton's voice was heard from the golden heart inside the bag near Saleen.
"What?!", Saleen was overjoyed at hearing the winged skeleton's voice. "Soldier kept his consciousness! It should be comparatively easy to restore him, then."
"Yes, master," Nailisi put aside her feelings of frustration and noted to herself, "It seems that I have done Soldier quite a favor now. He Should probably not be at odds with me all the time anymore then, no?" Nailisi was still needed to command her demon army; staying back at sea for prolonged periods was not an option. With the pan's turtle alchemical boat in the winged skeleton's possession, the task of salvaging sunken ships was delegated almost entirely to him alone. She would need their help in the future still, for getting her hands on various materials.
Nailisi took out her last batch of bug eggs and put them inside the angel of fear's flesh, catalyzing them and having them mature quickly. It was so she was able to craft a blood soul tower again.
Saleen stayed nearby instead of returning to the divine tree magic tower; he kept working on his War Drum of Fear.
Tens of thousands of pests remained still near their vicinity, trembling in fear. None dared to attack, and none dared to even run.
Saleen's water flame had the angel of fear's skull and spine refined to the length of little more than a yard. They were fashioned in the shape of a bone mace. The head of the artifact was made from none other than the angel of fear's skull.
The bone mace was already a powerful weapon on its own. Saleen rushed to finish the bone mace, and struck hard on the War Drum of Fear. The pests shrieked in terror when the sound of the drum reached their ears.
Doom, doom, doom...
Saleen beat at the drum with a very slow tempo, yet the pain suffered by the pests hardly lightened.
"Get in there right now!", Saleen shouted. The linked soul of the angel of fear inside the Eternal Control shard that was levitating inside the drum roared with a low voice. That prompted hundreds of pests to jump into the air and head for the War Drum of Fear. The pests' bodies were at least more than four yards tall. The humanoid face on the drum opened its mouth wide and sucked them right into the drum.
The face sucked slowly when it first started absorbing the pests, but when more than one-hundred of the pests were absorbed, the rate of absorption jumped by several hundred times. More and more pests charged at the drum, running straight for the mouth of the face on the drum.
The crafting of the War Drum of Fear was something that Saleen had been planning for quite some time. War drums were an invention hailing back to the time when ancient humans went conquering other planes. The sound of drums could have been heard from up to one-hundred miles away. They were able to carry complex messages. The warriors commanded by the humans consisted of a myriad of races, even gods who had betrayed their kind. Commanding them in unison was no small feat.
Mobilization of the warriors became more convenient with the advent of war drums. More importantly, magic power infused within the drums could be used to buff all warriors. Similarly, the war drum also possessed offensive capabilities. It was a tool capable of area-of-effect attacks by reducing opposing group's morale. Some war drums were able to kill large number of enemies outright.
The human skin war drums of Black Magicians worked precisely as such. When the Dark Sky Devil's army began its march, powerful black magicians had beaten on the war drums, making the troops of human armies succumb to the debuffing effects of black magic.
Saleen found the schematics, but they were from a sunken ship dating back to the second dynasty. Such drums were capable of coordinating the troops of various races on the battlefield, enabling the troops to rush on their enemies. The power of one war drum was even comparable to the powers of hundreds of mages. Such drums required exceptionally difficult materials to craft though, materials acquired from creatures of at least grade-12.
When Saleen acquired the angel of fear's body, he thought immediately of creating such a powerful war drum. While it was possible that the drum was something common back in the time of the second dynasty, it was simply near-impossible to find grade-12 creatures in their time.
Tens of thousands of pests ended up being devoured by the War Drum of Fear after a while. When Saleen beat on the drum with the bone mace by then, the pests within no longer felt pain; they were instead forced to keep supplying the drum with power.
"Master, done!", Nailisi stopped a pair of bloodshines' advancement by force, digging them out from the angel of fear's flesh. The bloodshine bugs wanted to attack Nailisi, but immediate had their brains pierced by one dragon crystal needle each. They were nailed dead on the ground.
These two bloodshines had reached grade-10, but their advancement was incomplete. While their bodies were of grade-10 material, their power and souls were less than grade-9 still. Nailisi dared not have the two bugs advance any further, as she would have been unable to control them anymore if they did. Nailisi used the resulting blood spar to suck out the angel of fear's bone marrow. It was done significantly faster that time. A black tower-like structure quickly formed within the crystal.
"Get back to the tower."
"Yes, master," Nailisi returned to her imp form and threw whatever remained of the angel of fear into her bracelet. She only asked when they got back to the tower, "Master, why did you not craft the drum in the magic tower instead?"
Saleen knocked on the walls of the magic tower with his finger. A sound characteristic of wood reverberated throughout the place. A low, deep rumble.
"The drum is something I will be using in the battlefield from here on out, and I don't want any divinity or whatsoever in it. Nailisi, hand me that stuff," Saleen extended his hand. Nailisi, somewhat reluctantly, placed the two blood soul towers she had just crafted on his hand.
The two blood soul towers' quality was quite a bit superior to the ones Nailisi was using herself, a product from sixty further generations of breeding. If Nailisi had not kept the evolution of the bloodshines under control, the two would have probably reached grade-12. The quality of the angel of fear's flesh was just too high. Bloodshine bugs were known to be dangerous. It was precisely for their frighteningly high speed of evolution.
The twenty-four ancient warriors went inside the divine tree magic tower as well; they felt rather uncomfortable with the place. They had been elite warriors fighting against gods back in their time, so divine equipment left a bad taste in their mouths. While the divine tree magic tower was crafted by Saleen personally, its material came from the Goddess of Myers nonetheless.
Saleen paid no heed to the ancient warriors' reactions. He took out the winged skeleton's golden heart carefully and asked, "Soldier, can you hear me?"
"Yes..."
"There are two blood soul towers here. Take them, I will get you the bone marrow of the angel of fear later," Saleen said as he placed the two blood soul towers on the golden heart. The heart extended gold-colored veins instinctively and stuck them inside the blood soul towers.
The blood soul towers were immediately absorbed into the heart. Two whiffs of soul flames were on the brink of collapse inside the golden heart. The body of the blood spars broke immediately after the towers were absorbed into the heart. The broken pieces were disintegrated and absorbed soon after. The golden heart's level far surpassed that of the bloodshines. A pair of precious blood spar ended up being easily disintegrated.
Two miniature towers appeared to be levitating inside the golden heart, which the winged skeleton's soul flame rushed to consume. The soul flames, which should have been absorbed, split into a white flame and a black flame, before burning the towers.
Soldier would, of course, not have allowed his soul to enter the towers. While going inside would have allowed them to restore themselves quickly, doing so would have posed a serious problem to advancement in later days. The winged skeleton had far-reaching goals, and grade-12 was not allowed to be his limit.
The winged skeleton had surprisingly opted to re-craft the soul towers with their own soul flames. The pair of soul towers contained special materials which replenished the winged skeleton's used flames. Saleen observed the golden heart on his hand. The heart began to beat, yet not even Saleen's Elemental Eye was able to make clear of the operational patterns of energy taking place within.
The winged skeleton's soul flames burned increasingly fiercely. The nutritious material inside the burned towers were forcibly robbed and put inside his own soul flame. The split black and white flames merged again, entangling with each other and forming an eerie yet beautiful dual-colored flame.
The black soul towers levitated silently within the pair of soul flames. The pair of soul towers served as little more than storage for keeping souls. Whether the souls kept within would continue growing was a matter entirely dependent on whether the winged skeleton was willing to infuse them with more power.
"Master. I need bones, lots of them. I need my weapon as well..." the winged skeleton's voice reverberated within the magic tower.


It is said that the true meaning of a mage is to fully understand the truth of the world. A mage named Saleen Metatrin goes on many missions as a normal mage to try and change his fate. This in turn led to many problems and adventures.  

Wildfire Town was extremely quiet. As a town in between the Silver Province and Dawn Academy, merchant groups would often stop there and rest, so it was usually bustling in the day, never being as barren as it was now. The streets were completely empty save for Xiao Lin and Lilith. There was no one to be seen, even when they went into the inns or the shops. The strange thing was that the objects within the buildings were all still neat and tidy; no signs of a battle could be seen.
The two of them looked around in shock. They had left bright and early that day, but less than an hour later, the priest had somehow made everyone in the town disappear.
"I'm not well-versed in magic." Lilith shook her head.
Xiao Lin sighed as well. "I've never heard of any spells like this. Asabanor seems to have come prepared this time."
The two of them were on high alert, carefully advancing toward the resurrection tower. Even though the strange atmosphere caused their hairs to stand, they did not encounter any ambushes. Asabanor had not appeared at all since the last time, so Xiao Lin and Lilith safely reached the tower.
However, the sight in front of them caused them to suck in their breaths in shock. The resurrection tower was still there, but the originally silver tower was now ink black.
"A black resurrection tower!" Xiao Lin had never heard of one, but he could just be too inexperienced, but when he turned his head, Lilith's green face said everything.
"Resurrection towers can't be black; resurrection towers are always made with starmetal, which is silver!" Lilith said.
Xiao Lin exclaimed, "Starmetal? You're saying the resurrection towers are made from starmetal?!"
"Please, that's common knowledge! Why else do you think this province is so important, making the other academies spy on it? I thought you knew."
Xiao Lin smiled bitterly. He only knew that starmetal was a very rare ore, but no one had told him it was used to make resurrection towers. If that was the case, Asabanor's goal was suddenly very clear.
Lilith furrowed her eyebrows. "Could that old fart be here for the ore? What use could he have for it?"
In the past century, in order to defeat the outsider from Earth, the natives had constantly thought of controlling the Silver Province to seize the starmetal, but the only consequence was being crushed by the collective might of the academies. Asabanor only had some necromantic magic. He might be able to control Wildfire Town, but there was no way he could control the whole province. It was also easy to anticipate that the academies had probably already assembled their troops after getting the news.
No matter how he looked at it, Asabanor had no chance of success. Trying to attack the resurrection towers by controlling starmetal was an impossible dream.
However, Xiao Lin once again thought back to the third monthly examination and the complete resurrection tower that the elves took, and if Yu Mei's grandfather, the engineer, was taken as well.
Could Asabanor have had any contact with the elves after he escaped from The Final Lands? There were a lot of elves in New Washington! 
Lilith did not know about that examination, and would naturally not think about that possibility. In truth, Dawn Academy had covered that battle up; not many people knew about the resurrection tower that had been conquered. 
There was still no one even near the resurrection tower. The investigation teams from both academies were definitely not there as well, even if they had resurrected. Xiao Lin recalled that there were still other resurrection towers around the town. It was a common defensive measure to erect many towers around certain key areas, even if it wasted a great amount of resources. The resurrection towers incurred a heavy cost, even to the strongest academies.
That was not good news. It meant that the black resurrection tower in front of them had lost its abilities, which was why they had resurrected at the other ones.
They originally wanted to reunite with the investigation team before defending the area while waiting for reinforcements, but the situation was out of their expectations. It was still fine if they died now, but if they continued and left the area of the other resurrection towers, would they still be able to come back?
Xiao Lin looked at Lilith, and the woman had a rare look of consternation, but she only hesitated for a moment before waving her scythe and charging in.
Asabanor was not someone who would do anything for no reason, nor would he have emptied an entire city just as a show of force. He definitely had something planned. To put things simply, that old fart was definitely still in the town.
That was what Lilith's plan was; whatever he wanted, everything would be fine if Asabanor was dead. It was the simple and effective strategy of pure violence.
However, the problem was actually locating the high priest. Lilith had a plan, which was to use necromantic meditation. That was because Asabanor's body was definitely an undead soul, which meant they would be able to sense him. 
The idea was right, but Lilith had failed many times. Under the heavy condensation of the death clouds, it was much easier to use necromantic meditation, but the air was filled with complicated death energy, so it was like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
Xiao Lin had a different thought: entering a state of meditation. Thanks to the dark clouds around, the elemental energies were very scarce around them. He immediately switched into necromantic meditation after that, and the meditative world was filled with grey flames, much more condensed than when he was just meditating.
After that, Xiao Lin used Miracle, and the blackhole once again appeared in that meditative world. He had actually never figured out why that strange phenomenon happened, but after several experiments, he had figured out the use for the blackhole.
The blackhole would frantically absorb all the elements in the vicinity, but it was not absorbed into Xiao Lin's body. At the very least, he could not feel any energy coming into him. It was as if the energies were being eaten away by a monster. 


What would you do if you were transported to an academy where becoming immortal was possible? Where magic spells and swordsmanship were your courses and fighting zombies and wars were your exams? Dawn Academy was no ordinary learning institution and Xiao Lin was about to find out how mysterious and exciting this magical academy really was. 
Join this self-professed gaming nerd as he embarks on a journey that takes learning to a whole other level. With flying dragons, high-tech systems, and alien livestock that makes your bowels explode, Xiao Lin’s freshmen adventure is just the tip of the iceberg.


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