End of the Magic Era - Chapter 1147

Chapter 1147: Holy Mountain

To be able to make a 9th Tier magic scroll, and with a terrible spell like the Anubis’ Spear, the crafter must have been at least at the 4th Rank of the Heaven realm and must have comprehended the terrifying Death Law and Soul Law.

Most importantly, releasing that spell didn’t just require mana. It also required soul power. The six scrolls needed a huge amount of soul power. The price of using these six scrolls wasn’t light. This could be seen from Morgan’s pained expression.

The effects of these six Anubis’ Spears was exceptionally good. A depressing and painful deep roar echoed from the Holy Mountain Incarnation’s mouth after it was pierced. The pitch-black power within its body somewhat weakened, and many cracks appeared on the surface of its body. Even seven to eight thick cracks could be seen.

Even Morgan took out a trump card, and the others didn’t dare to be careless. Something that could terrify a Peak 3rd Rank Heaven powerhouse like Clombton definitely wasn’t something they could handle.

Dedale raised his metal staff, and the three flaming spheres flying next to him rapidly revolved, creating a fire vortex in front of him. A golden-red light flickered from within as a flaming spear covered in numerous beautiful decorative patterns made its way out.

A layer of golden-red flames was attached to the shaft of the Flame Spear. With the appearance of that Flame Spear, the surrounding space was burnt, and small holes kept appearing and disappearing.

The Flame Spear instantly disappeared and pierced through the chest of the Holy Mountain Incarnation. The golden-red flames kept clashing against the inky pitch-black power.

Dubois summoned his Elemental God, which devoured all his spells. The Elemental God let out a deep roar. Glaring lightning formed within its mouth before firing out as a lightning bolt that was so dazzling that its color couldn’t be seen. It then flew and hit the Holy Mountain Incarnation’s head.

After releasing that spell, Dubois’ Elemental God suddenly collapsed into lightning bolts and returned to his Demiplane.

Slythrin hesitated for a moment before splitting the Endless Sand in half and softly blowing onto it. That small handful of Endless Sand turned into a small sand wave that attacked the Holy Mountain Incarnation. The Endless Sand came into contact with the pitch-black power on the Holy Mountain Incarnation’s body and drilled inside.

In an instant, the body of the Holy Mountain Incarnation crazily expanded as if someone was blowing air into it, and the Endless Sand sprayed out from its wounds.

Birbo’s chants echoed as his body turned into a shadow. The dense aura of the Shadow Law spread out, and a shadow dagger ruthlessly stabbed into it.

Suddenly, that shadow seemed to come alive, and it frantically struggled as painful deep roars kept echoing…

As for Lin Yun, he hadn’t summoned the Equilibrium Law’s shadow or taken out the God Fire Ember. He instead used law runes as a frame to form a huge, pitch-black Wind Blade.

Even if the pitch-black Wind Blade formed from several hundred law runes could only display 0.1% of that matrix, it far exceeded any power that could be made from law runes from the twelve base runes.

The pitch-black Wind Blade cut into the Holy Mountain Incarnation’s head. Just as it looked like the incarnation was about to be beheaded, the inky power squeezed out and altered the direction of the Wind Blade, allowing it to keep half its neck. And even more pitch-black power surged out, forcibly destroying the Wind Blade.

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The eighteen Heaven Rank powerhouses instantly went all out and released their strongest single-target spells and Aura Slashes at the Holy Mountain Incarnation.

Cross was floating in the air. Instead of condensing Aura Weapons, his whole aura was poured into his golden sword. His sword was like a golden shooting star as it rapidly fell towards the Holy Mountain Incarnation’s head from the sky.

As for Clombton, his chanting became very intense. A glaring white star appeared amongst the dark clouds in the sky and fell towards the Holy Mountain Incarnation like a meteor.

The berserk attacks completely covered the Holy Mountain Incarnation. The surface of its Beastman body started shattering like ice, and huge cracks rapidly spread out. His body soon looked like porcelain before it exploded with a loud bang.

The ink-like sinister power and an aura carrying the heaviness of the earth appeared in the air. A phantom of the Holy Mountain appeared, and that ink-black power frantically pounced on that phantom, crazily seeping into it. But suddenly, the Holy Mountain’s phantom exploded into fragments, and all the fragments scattered to enter the earth under their feet. That pitch-black power seemed to fly into a rage, and it headed towards the depths of the Holy Mountain, disappearing from their sight.

The feeling of rejection finally disappeared, and the air, space, and elements no longer rejected their existence. Everyone sighed in relief.

Clombton landed on the ground with a pale expression, and he solemnly looked towards the depths of the Holy Mountain.

“The Holy Mountain is already under the control of the Ancient God, but the Holy Mountain was still resisting, so the soul of the Ancient God couldn’t force the Holy Mountain to display its strongest power.

“The Holy Mountain’s will had been resisting the Ancient God the whole time, which is why its power fluctuated so much.

“Moreover, this was also why the Holy Mountain Incarnation first displayed a defensive stance. The Ancient God’s soul was unable to completely control the incarnation.

“What just happened was because our attacks weakened the grip of the Ancient God’s soul on the Holy Mountain Incarnation. The Holy Mountain Incarnation regained a lot of its control, but that was also a temporary thing. If we hadn’t destroyed its body, we might have faced the complete power of the Holy Mountain Incarnation.

“We would have all died…”

On the side, Cross had a solemn expression as he nodded.

“I just obtained the guidance and warning of the Holy Mountain Incarnation. It didn’t want to be controlled by the Ancient God, but it couldn’t resist the Ancient God’s power and could only use a part of its power to resist while the other part was controlled to fight us.

“When it finally found an opportunity, the Holy Mountain Incarnation shattered itself and merged back into the Holy Mountain. As long as the Holy Mountain isn’t destroyed, and the Raging Flame Plane isn’t ruined, then the Ancient God won’t be able to control the Holy Mountain again.

“The Holy Mountain’s will told me that the Ancient God’s body is in the deepest part of the Holy Mountain. But we’ll meet many dangers on the way. There’ll be many obstacles as this is no longer the Holy Mountain we are acquainted with. We have to be careful of everything we encounter.

“The former local Raging Flame Beastmen are no longer worshipping the Holy Mountain and have lost their souls. They are all under the influence of the Ancient God, and they were transformed into Demons. Countless magic beasts also transformed into Demons due to the sinister force.

“Even the space here has become unstable, and there are planar tears leading to other planes. These planes are all dangerous, without any exception. There are even more small planes that had just been born and are already in the process of being destroyed.

“Those are the most dangerous places. We have to be careful…”

Clombton and Cross’ words made everyone’s hearts sink.

Lin Yun frowned before a gleam of understanding flashed in his eyes. The Raging Flame Plane could be considered a big plane, and the Holy Mountain had gained awareness and wisdom after being worshipped by the Raging Flame Beastmen for so many years.

Within the range of the Holy Mountain, the Holy Mountain Incarnation could be proficient in all innate abilities of the Raging Flame Beastmen, and its power was at least at the 4th Rank of the Heaven realm.

If it hadn’t reached the 4th Rank, everyone wouldn’t have been able to feel everything rejecting them. Even the air was resisting being breathed by them.

This was already the power of Domains. At least within the Holy Mountain, the Holy Mountain Incarnation could control everything. Even a thread would gain a formidable strength.

After struggling to defeat the Holy Mountain’s Incarnation, everyone rested and reorganized before continuing on their way. But this time, no one was overconfident. They had experienced such a challenging battle right after entering the mountain, and they ultimately won because of the help of the Holy Mountain Incarnation itself.

After entering, the surrounding environment began rapidly changing. Vegetation could no longer be seen, and the earth started emitting a faint sulfuric smell. The rivers had already disappeared, replaced by flowing lava.

The sky was also devoid of light. It was as if heavy lead clouds were covering the earth. The air was also filled with a hot and sinister aura.

Strands of abyssal power turned into black smoke that wafted through the air. Small Flame Demons covered in black smoke were crawling out of the lava, and after looking at everyone, they rapidly disappeared back inside.

Abyssal Blood Crows fluttered in the air, their bloody red eyes emitting a sinister radiance as they attentively watched everyone before flying away.

They walked less than ten kilometers, but all the lifeforms of the Raging Flame Plane had disappeared. Every small animal they encountered had already transformed into an Abyssal creature.

Even insects digging into the ground were already releasing a dense sulfur smell, they became strange lower Abyssal lifeforms that lived on lava.

These puny abyssal lifeforms were innumerable. One Detect Life spell would discover hundreds of them. It was as if this place was just an ordinary corner of the Abyss with a developed ecosystem.

The Abyssal Blood Crows preyed on those ugly insects, and the small Flame Demons were like alligators hidden within the lava, waiting for prey to approach.

After travelling more than ten kilometers, they hadn’t met any powerful Demons or Abyssal lifeforms on the way. Those low-leveled Abyssal creatures simply didn’t dare to approach anyone.

Under the pressure of Heaven Rank powerhouses, even if these guys were innately hostile to humans, they could only remain well-behaved and hide under the ground.

No one took these smaller creatures seriously. In the Abyss, these lifeforms were comparable to Noscent’s hares and birds and were treated as prey. If one was somewhat peculiar, they could be taken as pets by some powerful Demons, just like how humans raised small birds and puppies.

The further they advanced, the more Lin Yun started having a bad feeling. It was as if he had been overlooking something. Clombton was also frowning.

“I think we have overlooked something. There seems to be some danger ahead, but we seem to have neglected an important problem.”

After walking twenty kilometers without encountering any danger, Clombton stopped and couldn’t help bringing it up.

But Cross already shook his head.

“You are still as cautious as ever, Clombton. Could it be that the holy light made you as courageous as a marmot?

“The Holy Mountain Incarnation already told me that although there were many dangers ahead, the greatest danger is the Ancient God’s soul. The rest are just some demonized lifeforms and Beastmen, there isn’t too much danger.

“At most, there will be some Demon Overlords. There might be one or two at the 3rd Rank, but they should be scattered on both sides of the Holy Mountain.

“With our strength, there is no need to be scared. After all, we met the Holy Mountain Incarnation right after entering the Holy Mountain. That’s already the strongest force here besides the Ancient God’s soul.

“Don’t tell me that you think we should worry about anything else? You might as well think about how to deal with the Ancient God’s soul…”

Clombton had a solemn expression, and doubt was visible in his eyes. He opened his mouth but remained silent.

After moving another ten kilometers, they started seeing spatial tears. The way these spatial tears appeared didn’t seem to follow a pattern.

Some were only two meters long, while others stretched for up to fifty meters. They would suddenly appear before suddenly disappearing.

Through those spatial cracks, they could see some small, broken planes. Some of those small planes only had a few hundred meters of land, and some didn’t even have land at all.

There were even some small planes that had been destroyed before the spatial tears were closed, and the storms formed by the destruction of those small planes leaked through the spatial tears that had yet to be closed to form a flood of destruction.

Ultimately, they began progressing even more slowly, as they had to guard against the randomly appearing spatial tears. Even if they were Heaven Rank powerhouses, they would instantly be torn to shreds if they were hit by a small plane’s spatial tear.

Fortunately, before every spatial tear appeared, there would be some clear spatial fluctuations. As long as they were a bit careful, they wouldn’t step into a place where a spatial tear was about to form.

This was the path to enter the inside of the Holy Mountain. No one could circumvent it. The Holy Mountain’s space had already undergone some changes, and it felt like another world. Apart from walking through here, it was simply impossible to enter the Holy Mountain.

After going forward for another dozen kilometers, something unexpected happened.

Numerous Abyssal lifeforms appeared in the front and the rear. The grotesquely shaped creatures exposed their sinister fangs and talons as they roared at everyone.

Huge demons stood within the armies, and behind them, there were a dozen hundred-meter-tall Abyssal Demons covered in black smoke.

Purple-Eyed Demon, Bone Demon, Horned Demon, Abyssal Blood Demon, Strength Demon…

The Demon Overlords stood among their armies, and there was even a Black Iron Silver Horned Demon Overlord whose bloodline was among the top three of the Silver Demon Bloodlines.

There were a total of sixteen 1st Rank Heaven Demon Overlords, and four 2nd Rank Black Iron Overlords!

And on top of that, the Abyssal armies numbered in the tens of thousands, and all the Heaven Rank powerhouses were stuck in this area of chaotic space.

Apart from facing this abyssal army and Demon Overlord, they still had to face the continuously appearing spatial tears as well as the chaos floods coming from those small planes collapsing.

Everyone’s complexions instantly changed.

Lin Yun silently roused his mana and took out the Book of Death. The Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and the Book of Ten Thousand Mantras were already ready to battle at any time, as Enderfa and Syudos had been notified before by Lin Yun. They were in big trouble this time.

He had previously felt that the situation was fishy, but he now clearly understood that their path had been too peaceful.

They’d only encountered some lesser lifeforms of the Abyss. But as they walked here, Lin Yun already understood from what he saw. The Holy Mountain had already transformed into the Abyss, and this space was especially suitable for Abyssal lifeforms. The dense Abyssal Power wasn’t different from the Abyss, so how could there not be any powerful Abyssal lifeforms?

Moreover, it was easier to understand from the Abyssal Blood Demon covered in a layer of blood.

Abyssal Blood Crows!

In Noscent’s future wars with the Abyss, they had suffered great losses several times. Those Abyssal Blood Crows, which were like ordinary birds, were the most important reason for Noscent’s losses.

Abyssal Blood Crows were the pets of Abyssal Blood Demons. All Abyssal Blood Demons had countless Abyssal Blood Crows as pets. A drop of an Abyssal Blood Demon’s blood could fuse with over ten thousand Abyssal Blood Crows. But ultimately, only a tenth of them would survive.

And these few hundred Abyssal Blood Crows would become the doppelgängers of an Abyssal Blood Demon and patrol its territory. Anything the Abyssal Blood Crow saw, the Abyssal Blood Demon also saw.

In the Abyss, which was locked in battle all year round, as long as someone was fighting an Abyssal Blood Demon, they would definitely tidy up all Abyssal Blood Crows within fifty kilometers.

It was because everyone knew that among several Abyssal Blood Crows, there might be one patrolling on behalf of the Abyssal Blood Demon.

But Abyssal Blood Crows were born inside the battlefield. As long as there was a war, the Abyssal Blood Crows would never become extinct. The blood and corpses left within the battlefields were the food of Abyssal Blood Crows.

There would even be a Blood Crow Overlord appearing a few millennia later. He would control Blood Crows to cover the sky. By relying on huge numbers, he would occupy a huge territory.

A few Blood Crows had appeared before, But Lin Yun had overlooked them because there had been very few Blood Crows, making it look very ordinary. It wasn’t noteworthy as long as there wasn’t a group of them.

Recalling his memories, he remembered a Blood Crow approaching everyone before flying out. He hadn’t expected that Blood Crow to be one of the Blood Demon Overlord’s eyes.

“Stupid humans! Since you disobeyed the wishes of the great master, then you can only feel pain and suffering. Your fate has already been decided!

“Your bodies and souls will be torn apart for master!”