Chapter 1 The Power of God

"What terrifying power. Is this a god..."

With just a glance, Su Lun felt an unspeakable impact on his body, and his mirror image shattered.

Before he could even marvel at it, even before his body had completely collapsed, he saw that "Theresa" reacted even faster. Ignoring Su Lun, the pair of black wings, which originally represented the status of a divine "angel," suddenly flapped, and her figure dashed towards the central area of the ruins.

She actually... fled!

This was completely different from her condescending attitude from just now. At this moment, she fled with extreme decisiveness!

The moment the mirror image shattered, in the distant tower, Su Lun, who was meditating, suddenly opened his eyes.

Looking again, Mr. Mirror had disappeared.

"This fallen angel seems to know Mr. Mirror..."

Su Lun muttered to himself.

The situation just now clearly showed that "Theresa" recognized the mirror image ability and was frightened away.

After all, S-rank talents are extremely rare; one might not encounter a second in their entire life.

To make matters worse, this was still in the Dawn Ruins, a place where she, a dignified god, had almost fallen.

Without even thinking, she would definitely feel like she had run into an "acquaintance."

Su Lun became even more curious about Mr. Mirror's rank. What level was he to scare a god into fleeing?

Although she was only a remnant soul, judging from the combat power she had just displayed, even a sixth-order professional might not be able to scare her into wanting to escape so desperately.

Or perhaps... she was reminded of the terrifying experience of being schemed to death by Sir Isaac a thousand years ago?

......

Su Lun didn't think too much about it. He was more concerned about something else.

He looked up at the sky not far away. The giant eyeball that the fallen angel had condensed was also beginning to dissipate because of her escape.

The feeling that had made his eyelids twitch suddenly disappeared.

Su Lun hadn't forgotten that there were corpses all over the place over there.

Mr. Mirror must have gone to chase that "Theresa." He couldn't interfere in that level of combat.

Nor was there any need to interfere.

The Mirror Organization didn't just consist of Mr. Mirror. If she hadn't said anything, it meant she was confident.

But looting corpses was something Su Lun couldn't be happier to do.

The Duke's mansion's men had been wiped out. In the battle just now, the monsters in this area had probably been killed or scared away.

The danger should be minimal.

Su Lun didn't hesitate. With a sweep of his Eight-Armed Spider Spear, he quickly ran towards the previous battlefield.

After all, the soul fragments on the corpses would dissipate over time.

Su Lun was very fast. When he arrived, the "gray mist" still looked very clear.

For the sake of caution, he used his All-Knowing Eye to scout around. After confirming that there were no other dangers, he walked towards the corpses scattered all over the ground.

The first to be harvested were naturally the memory fragments of those two fifth-order professionals.

The closest was the corpse of the red-bearded exorcist.

[Acquired "Mattick Doyle's" memory fragments *6]

[You have mastered a large amount of "exorcism knowledge" and comprehended the skill [Thirteen Methods of Exorcising Evil Spirits]]

[You have obtained the alchemical formula [Preparation Method of Sun Exorcism Holy Water]]

[You have gained some occult knowledge]

[You have mastered a large amount of "1st to 5th Order Alchemy Knowledge"]

[You have comprehended a fragmented Fifth-Order Holy-type Law]

[Spellcasting experience +175]

[Spirit +8.4]

Usually, magic-type professionals have many times more knowledge reserves than melee-type professionals.

The exorcist profession belongs to the "mysterious type" within the magic-type.

These guys delved very deeply into those niche and unpopular areas of knowledge.

Su Lun harvested that ball of gray mist with anticipation.

Although he felt that the amount seemed a little small, a lot of the knowledge filled his cognitive blind spots in terms of occultism and broadened his horizons...

Which was just as well.

He clearly remembered that the last time he absorbed a fifth-order professional, he was in a dazed state for a long time.

But now, the massive amount of knowledge flooding into his mind was being digested very quickly, and it was also very clear!

It was like the difference between swallowing a date whole and chewing it thoroughly—the nutrients the body received were completely different.

Su Lun instantly noticed this difference.

With the same amount of memory fragments, the current digestion efficiency was at least ten to twenty percent higher in terms of knowledge gained than before.

Even some fragments that were not systematized at all were retained in his memory and not forgotten.

"Mental power secret techniques and brain domain development can also improve the efficiency of harvesting. This is good news..."

A thought flashed through Su Lun's mind, and he was overjoyed.

It was like having a ten or twenty percent experience bonus for killing monsters in a game.

The benefits might not be obvious in the short term, but this was a substantial improvement that could affect the late game.

Moreover, the negative emotions had been completely cleared, and now Su Lun also had enough energy to suppress those external memories in a short period of time, so he didn't have to worry about being impacted by them.

After the development of his brain domain, his memory and comprehension had also greatly improved, which also made the ability of the [Death Harvester] talent visibly improved a lot!

.......

Su Lun didn't dwell on the content of the harvested memories.

His eight-armed spider spear also operated simultaneously. Almost at the same time as he harvested the soul fragments, he had already stripped off the storage rings and equipment on the corpses and stuffed them into his storage space.

He also conveniently collected the [Holy Knight's Exorcism Crucifix], a sealed item-level item, from the corpse's hand.

He glanced at it casually. The effect was very strong, but it was an exclusive equipment only for spirits, so it wasn't very useful on normal days.

Then, he quickly came to the corpse of another fifth-order professional, the white-faced man in military uniform who had been following Theresa, a court guard who used a rapier.

But this harvest surprised Su Lun.

[Acquired "Lasati Calais'" memory fragments *2]

[You have mastered a small amount of alchemy knowledge fragments]

[You have gained a small amount of combat experience]

[Spirit +0.3]

"This is still a fifth-order?"

Su Lun looked at the tiny bit of fragments harvested this time, his eyes stagnating, and he thought he had mistaken the corpse.

That little bit of fragments wasn't even as much as a second-order.

Moreover, the rate of fragmentation was outrageously high.

But strangely... there was indeed some incomplete fourth-order and fifth-order knowledge.

Proving that this was indeed the corpse of a fifth-order professional!

Not understanding what had happened, Su Lun harvested the corpses of a few fourth-order professionals not far away.

The result was the same.

But soon, he also discovered some patterns.

The souls of melee-type professionals had almost completely dissipated, or only a tiny bit of fragments that could not be more incomplete remained.

While magic-type professionals, whose mental power was originally stronger, had a little more remaining, but not much.

"Did the divine spell used by that fallen angel even extract their soul power?"

Su Lun frowned and roughly understood the reason.

He was also fortunate that he had arrived quickly, otherwise, he wouldn't even have gotten a sip of soup.

As for the red-bearded exorcist's soul being relatively well-preserved, it was probably because mysterious-type warlocks all cultivated some mental power defense methods. Even when dead, their souls were better preserved than others.

However, Su Lun's mentality was good. He was very satisfied with any gains.

The amount of soul fragments gained in this wave, added together, was about seven or eight tenths of the last time he had harvested that fifth-order, and it was also valuable mysterious-type knowledge, the value of which was incalculable.

Of course, the spoils were not just soul fragments.

The equipment and storage rings on the corpses were also a big gain.

This was the Duke Raphael's personal guard!

He was also fortunate that the fallen angel's divine spell had helped a lot; otherwise, these few hundred elites could have directly broken through the defense system of Old Lindon.

There would be no opportunity for Su Lun to loot corpses.

.......

After hundreds of years of "mining," those treasures gathered from the bottom up, like a pyramid, and eventually almost all gathered in the Duke's mansion.

The equipment on the corpses of these Duke's mansion guards were all good things that had been carefully selected.

Weapons, armor, robes, leather armor, boots, alchemical accessories...

The vast majority were high-quality equipment above "silver quality."

Even the captains had "gold equipment" and a small amount of "dark gold equipment."

Each item was a top-quality item rarely seen in the Old Lindon Inner City auction house.

Su Lun collected them all. This was not his loot alone.

If he really had to say, Mr. Mirror's share was the largest.

Without her plan, this Duke's mansion team would not have been wiped out here.

In addition to these equipment, Su Lun also found a lot of heating gems that looked like burning charcoal in the storage rings of the two fifth-order and those fourth-order.

He identified them.

[Sun God Stone]

Detailed explanation: A special gemstone containing rich light energy;

Su Lun now also knew that this was one of the necessary materials for alchemists to advance to the fourth order.

These Duke's mansion guards were mostly "light术士" (guangming shushi - light warlocks) from outside. They could not withstand the rich dark spirit power underground, so they needed to carry these gems to prevent dark energy from eroding and deforming them.

Usually, the people from the Duke's mansion hardly ever left the Old Lindon Inner City. Being able to obtain so many [Sun God Stones] at once was a rare "harvest."

This was also an opportunity that could not be sought.

There was a large quantity, definitely much more than the last time he besieged that fifth-order.

Su Lun was only second-order now, and he was still far from advancing to the third order, so he could not use these gems for the time being.

But others in the Mirror Organization should need them, such as Qianti.

Moreover, judging from the news about the head in Mr. Mirror's fragmentary words before, it seemed that they already had a plan to break out of the Black Tower.

With these gems, the success rate would probably be even greater.

If they really got out, these gems, which could only be considered advanced materials in the outside world, would not be scarce.

......

Seeing these gems, Su Lun was also looking forward to how strong Qianti and the others would be if they all advanced to the fourth order.

But he was also a little strange, where were the others in the Mirror Organization?

Were they besieging that "Theresa"?

Just as this thought emerged, suddenly, strange phenomena arose all around!

The rich dark spirit power formed a fog in the ruins, but at this time, it was as if an invisible force was stirring it, and then it gathered in one direction, like a "dragon sucking water," forming two tornado-like air currents that converged in the sky above the center of the ruins.

The fog was sucked away and dissipated, and the field of vision instantly cleared.

Seeing this strange phenomenon, Su Lun immediately realized what it was, and his pupils shrank sharply: "The 'Elemental Domain' that professionals above the sixth order can possibly control?"

From the memories he had harvested before, he knew that this kind of heaven and earth phenomenon was a kind of technique.

There were two major thresholds in a professional's advancement. One was the third order advancing to the fourth order, which required mastering the "Elemental Barrier"; the other was the sixth order advancing to the seventh order, which required mastering the "Elemental Domain."

Legend has it that those who mastered the Elemental Domain could absorb the elements within a few miles for their own use.

This was a means at the level of the Law that only truly top-level alchemists could master.

But...

That kind of existence was a small group of strong people at the tip of the pyramid, even on the surface.

How could they appear here?

Su Lun thought he was wrong. Just as the thought flashed through his mind, his gaze instantly shifted over.

He saw that the core of the fog's gathering was actually two figures confronting each other in the sky!

Both figures even had wings?!

Su Lun looked over.

One of them was the "Theresa" he had seen before, and she had a pair of pitch-black wings.

The other mysterious person, covered in a golden silk cloak, actually had a pair of huge bat-like fleshy wings behind her!

"Vampire?"

Looking at those fleshy wings, Su Lun immediately thought of a legendary abyssal undead creature.

That was the "vampire," who had a long lifespan and could spend countless years in slumber.

Looking at the cloak again, who else could it be but Mr. Mirror?

At this moment,

Everything seemed to be understood.

No wonder Mr. Mirror could live for a thousand years. It turned out that she had vampire blood!

However, Su Lun had long guessed that Mr. Mirror was not an "ordinary human," and he wasn't too surprised to see her bat-like fleshy wings.

After all, Su Lun himself was also a special body that had been modified by "X-serum" and had some fallen angel blood.

What shocked him even more was Mr. Mirror's strength!

Su Lun didn't find it too amazing that "Theresa" could use the Elemental Domain. After all, she was a genuine divine soul. Although her physical body was lacking, it was not surprising that she could use it with a low-end version of the technique.

It was like the fifth-order [Vajra]. Su Lun could also use a degraded version of it at the second-order.

But how could Mr. Mirror also use it?

Amidst the shock, doubts immediately arose in Su Lun's mind, and they were very contradictory: "Mr. Mirror shouldn't be seventh-order, but why does she know the seventh-order 'Elemental Domain'? Could it be her mirror imitation ability? No, she shouldn't be able to imitate abilities she doesn't understand..."

Su Lun had now gleaned some knowledge of the outside world from the memories he had stripped from those who came from the surface.

He vaguely knew that the Black Tower was on an island called "Blackfort Reef."

A secret personal guard of Duke Raphael was stationed there, about one or two thousand people, and it seemed that the strongest was a sixth-order commander. Although the overall military strength was very strong, if Mr. Mirror really had strength above the sixth order, she shouldn't be trapped here, developing in secret.

.......

Mr. Mirror was very mysterious to everyone.

She had never shown her face.

Even within the Umbrella Organization, the only information about Mr. Mirror was this "code name."

To be precise, no one had ever seen her make a move, no one knew what her true strength was, or what methods she had.

Because even when she did make a move, she used the abilities of others because of her mirror ability. Others didn't even know that she was "Mr. Mirror."

She might have countless disguises.

It was meaningless to pursue what her real appearance was.

Su Lun had once been very curious about what order Mr. Mirror was.

Although this underground world currently didn't have the conditions to advance to the fourth order, Mr. Mirror was different.

Now that he saw her vampire state, Su Lun was even more convinced that his guess was correct: Mr. Mirror was truly an old antique from a thousand years ago!

Su Lun had previously guessed that Mr. Mirror and the others dared to attack a fifth-order professional, so Mr. Mirror's own strength was definitely not only fifth-order, but even higher.

But without breaking through the Black Tower, her rank wouldn't be ridiculously high.

Now that she had suddenly become seventh-order,

Su Lun felt very contradictory.

Eh?

Suddenly!

At this moment, a flash of inspiration struck Su Lun's mind.

Since it was certain that Mr. Mirror was most likely an "ancient person," then was she a close confidant of Sir Isaac?

Thinking of this, some clues that matched the conditions suddenly popped up in Su Lun's mind.

He vaguely guessed Mr. Mirror's identity a thousand years ago!

If she really was that person, it was understandable that she had strength above the sixth order.

But, reality and strength seemed to conflict again.

If she really had the seventh order, with the absolute crushing strength, wouldn't this "Theresa" be annihilated?

Or was there some other reason that limited her strength?

.......

Without waiting for Su Lun to think too much, the two in the sky began to fight.

The two winged figures were holding the same scarlet lightning in their hands. Between their clashes, the wind and clouds stirred, lightning flashed and thunder rumbled in the sky, and the "crackling" sound was endless. A beam of red lightning streaked across the sky, and the crimson light illuminated most of the ruins, like a doomsday scene where the sky was falling and the earth was collapsing.

No matter what moves "Theresa" used, Mr. Mirror completely replicated them with her mirror simulation ability, giving her no chance to counter the elemental theft.

You can release electricity, so can I...

You wield the lightning to poke me, I'll also wield a lightning bolt to poke you...

You can fly, so can I...

The two sides entangled, giving her no chance to escape.

After watching for a while, Su Lun was also able to confirm his guess.

His realm was still far behind, but his vision was not bad. He could see that neither side was holding back: "As expected... Mr. Mirror only showed the combat power of about the fifth order, but why does she know the seventh-order Elemental Domain?"

Although the movement was exaggerated, it still hadn't reached the level of destroying the heavens and the earth that was rumored to be the level of the seventh order.

"Theresa's" body was only at the second order, and being able to display about the fourth order of combat power was already the limit that her body could withstand.

Since Mr. Mirror could fight her evenly, naturally it wouldn't exceed too much.

But both of them were using understandings of the Law that far exceeded their orders.

Fifth-order, sixth-order, seventh-order...

Even higher!

Then, the battle situation went in a direction that Su Lun couldn't understand.

Law collision, domain clash...

The two sides, which had gathered a large amount of dark spirit power from all directions, had auras as high as prehistoric beasts. This was not an exaggerated battle that professionals below the fifth order could participate in at all.

There was also the overwhelming pressure. Even with the All-Knowing Eye, Su Lun's eyelids were twitching wildly.

The crimson light in the sky made his scalp tingle.

Just as he was watching the excitement, a bolt of lightning that splashed out during a collision suddenly exploded from the sky with a "boom," directly cutting a crack several hundred meters long in the ground tens of meters away from Su Lun...

Two women who were playing with lightning barehanded...

Hiss~

Su Lun took a breath of cold air, packed up the spoils, and quickly ran several kilometers to the outer edge of the ruins again, choosing a safer place to watch the battle.

Battles of this level were not common. He would gain something from whatever he could understand.