Chapter 236 Ninth-Order

"So this is the ninth-order..."

Su Lun remembered that this was the eighth time he had been blasted away by a magic missile.

He had to admit that with such a large difference in ranks, the chances of getting beaten were higher than the opportunities to deal damage.

The magic shockwave slammed him heavily onto the ground, his bones and muscles aching as if they were shattered glass. The violent power of the law felt like needles constantly trying to pierce his domain, an indescribable pain.

But as soon as he landed, Su Lun teleported and disappeared from the spot, avoiding the subsequent killing blow.

Although he looked disheveled, he was still full of energy.

For an eighth-order to withstand so many attacks from a ninth-order Archmage head-on and still be alive, anyone would consider it a feat to be proud of.

It proved that the Mechanical Alchemist's Alchemical Colossus was the strongest defensive colossus known, bar none.

The Dragon race inherently possessed super-high physical and magical immunity, and fusing with this colossus was like wearing a portable full-body heavy armor. Moreover, the main material Su Lun used to refine the colossus was an eighth-order dark-type Hell Dragon, which itself possessed the ability to withstand the impact of ninth-order spells.

The Dragon race's physical talent made up for the defensive gap at the law level. Whether it was the energy impact of ninth-order magic or the erosion of law, it could offset most of the damage.

In addition, the near-infinite dark spiritual power provided by the Dragon纹金身 (Dragon Mark Golden Body) allowed him to almost always maintain his strongest defensive state.

During the battle, Su Lun roughly estimated that with the colossus and Overlord Body buffs, even against ninth-order spells, the damage reduction reached over 95%.

The remaining damage was no longer a major threat to Su Lun's already powerful body. He also had the ability to continuously recover from injuries.

As long as he avoided some fatal attacks, it would be almost impossible for a ninth-order Archmage to kill him in a short period.

The two sides continued to engage in a fierce battle in the mountains.

The Dawn's tactics were also clear. Everyone focused their strength to kill the few eighth-order Grand Magisters first.

Under normal circumstances, the eighth-order Magisters from the Celestial God Plane had little chance of winning in a one-on-one encounter with an eighth-order Mechanical Alchemist.

Moreover, the Dawn group's eighth-orders were all elites among their peers, with abilities and equipment that were among the best in the plane.

As a result, it didn't take long for the nine eighth-order Grand Magisters to be killed.

Pestoya, Pandora, Number Nineteen, the Old Sword Saint Bartolo, "Blood Duke" Wordsworth, Mr. Black, and a group of Dawn's high-level combatants began to besiege the three Archmages along with Su Lun and Mirror.

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The three Archmages on the opposite side became increasingly grim as the battle progressed.

Originally, the strongest was "Time Saint" Relf Zimmerman, whose time magic posed a great threat to anyone.

Even when he touched Mirror earlier, he had the upper hand.

The mysteries of time could not be dealt with by simple spell replication.

It was no exaggeration to say that as long as he was there, no matter how many eighth-orders besieged him, it would be meaningless.

Under the mysteries of time, all beings were equal.

This was a high-level cosmic law that almost countered all laws, but was not countered by any law.

That was why they dared to lead a group of people so deep into the Ruen hinterland.

Even when Relf Zimmerman discovered the ambush, he was confident that he alone could easily kill these alchemical plane natives. If not, he could leave with ease. However, he never expected Su Lun to emerge, completely unaffected by his Time Sanctuary.

Moreover, not only was he unaffected, but even after being hit head-on by ninth-order magic multiple times, he couldn't kill this eighth-order alchemical native?

More importantly, the means to directly burn the soul posed a fatal threat to the ninth-order, and none of the three Archmages dared to get close and collide head-on.

Countering abilities, a body comparable to the ninth-order, and attack methods comparable to the ninth-order...

This made Relf Zimmerman feel restricted everywhere, and his time abilities were not able to exert their original combat power at all.

The situation was getting worse and worse.

There was also Mirror, whose mirror replication ability was also very troublesome.

The three clones all possessed ninth-order combat power, replicating various spells to collide with each other. Although this attack method was not particularly tricky, it was extremely difficult to deal with.

Even with the three Archmages using all kinds of methods, they could not do anything to her in a short time.

The longer the time dragged on, the more unfavorable the battle became for the three Archmages from the Celestial God Plane.

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"Wandering earth elements in heaven and earth, magic gods sleeping in the mountains, hear my call... Summon, Emperor Rock Demon!"

"Dark Law, Light Expulsion!"

"Forbidden Spell, Sun God Bird!"

"Arcane, Seraph!"

"..."

In this forest on the outskirts of Clayminten, it was like a magical cauldron, with various high-level forbidden spells and arcane spells pouring down like they were free.

Hundreds of meters tall rock giants, firebirds transformed from the light of the sun, endless dark domains, and Seraphim transformed into close-combat mages...

After being besieged by the Dawn group, the three Archmages used all kinds of methods, like a top-level magic exhibition, with various dazzling magical light waves exploding in the sky.

With Mirror's replication ability, almost all forbidden spells were doubled.

The terrifying aftershocks were higher than the last.

The two sides fought inextricably.

But in fact, after the Dawn group killed the nine eighth-order Grand Magisters, the balance of victory had quietly tilted towards the Dawn group.

"Time Saint" Relf Zimmerman, who controlled the Time Law, was the strongest member of the Celestial God Plane's surprise attack team, and was originally the main force of the attack.

But for Su Lun, this guy was the easiest to deal with.

With him keeping an eye on this guy, the others in the Dawn group concentrated their fire on besieging the other two.

Number Nineteen's battle angel mechanical body still performed well in the ninth-order battle, charging fearlessly in the front line.

The Old Sword Saint Bartolo's sword energy stretched for hundreds of meters, splitting mountains and ground wherever it passed.

Pestoya and Pandora, one with divine arts, the other with the fire of death, posed a great threat to the ninth-order.

There was also Mr. Black, Wordsworth...

With Mirror's clones, the three Archmages from the Celestial God Plane also had a headache.

However, they could not see any chance of winning, and it was impossible for them to retreat.

Whether it was Su Lun's spatial teleportation or Mirror's mirror displacement, they were already the top displacement methods in the plane. How could they give the enemy a chance to escape?

As soon as the enemy escaped, they immediately stuck to them.

The two sides continued to fight fiercely, and the battle lasted for half a day without stopping.

The shockwaves of the battle devastated the surrounding hundred miles, and even the city of Clayminten was affected. Large areas of buildings in the city collapsed, and people fled out of the city in panic to take refuge. The governor of Stormga also gathered more than 100,000 troops and came to Clayminten as soon as possible.

But no one dared to approach the terrifying center of the battlefield.

In this kind of battle, professionals below the eighth-order had no room to intervene. Whoever went would die.

The momentum of the battle grew larger and larger, and reporters and intelligence merchants became active. The battle situation in Clayminten was also transmitted back to the imperial capital of Lington through various news channels.

...

After all, they were ninth-order Archmages. Even though Su Lun and the others had made sufficient plans, this battle was still very difficult and full of dangers.

It wasn't until the evening that a turning point came.

It was during the battle that Mr. Black suddenly found an opportunity to break the situation.

"Plan C!"

"Okay!"

The methods of this group of high-level combatants from the Dawn group all posed a certain fatal threat to the ninth-order.

But if you were to say whose methods were the most hidden and sharp, it would be Mr. Black!

This erudite scholar had now successfully transplanted the "Celestial God Eye" of the Celestial God Saint Frank, and because of this divine eye, he also possessed this bug-like ability.

Coupled with his ability to understand the world after drinking from the Fountain of Wisdom, Mr. Black's current lethality could no longer be measured by his initial eighth-order professional level.

Obviously, the three Archmages were completely unaware.

Mr. Black had been performing in a mediocre manner in the previous battles.

He was neither outstanding nor did he seem very weak.

He was like an ordinary eighth-order Mechanical Alchemist.

Mr. Black's fighting style was originally the kind of lukewarm feeling. He wouldn't have very sharp methods to defeat strong enemies, but he would have very persistent and stable output, and he wouldn't be easily defeated.

He had more than enough defense, but his attack methods were not a big threat to the ninth-order.

It was this kind of gentle attack method that allowed the three Archmages on the opposite side to position him as the least threatening member of the Dawn group, and they gradually ignored him.

It was this impression that Mr. Black deliberately created for the enemy that brought about a turning point in the battle.

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In this kind of ninth-order battle, the role of schemes was actually minimal.

As professionals increase their ranks, their alertness to danger increases.

But this alertness will decrease as the battle time drags on longer and longer.

From the beginning, Su Lun had actually considered this point.

As soon as he saw the strength of the enemy, he calculated that even if the Dawn group used all their means, it was unlikely that they could quickly kill the three Archmages.

But if they exposed all their cards from the beginning, there might be some other changes.

After the fight started, Su Lun was even more convinced of this idea.

The three Archmages were very strong and highly vigilant, and it was very unlikely that they could be killed quickly.

On the contrary, forcing the enemy into a corner might cause casualties to the Dawn group.

Forced killing was not possible, but it was easy to fight a protracted war.

Anyway, they couldn't lose, so the more they dragged on, the more panicked the enemy would be.

They could always find an opportunity.

This situation was also the "Plan C" that they had thought of in the previous battle sandbox simulation.

As expected, the facts were the same as expected.

They couldn't escape, and they couldn't get a result from the fight. After fighting fiercely for half a day, the three Archmages from the Celestial God Plane became more and more anxious to break the situation. They had been dragging on for so long because of the same concerns as Su Lun and the others. They were afraid that if they launched a fierce attack from the beginning, the enemy would still have a trump card.

But after fighting for so long, almost all kinds of methods had been used, and the three of them had figured out the methods of the Dawn group.

They themselves were ninth-order Archmages, and they had more than enough to protect themselves. Moreover, the defensive formation formed by the three of them had almost no weaknesses.

But the combat power of these alchemical natives in front of them was uneven. The three of them wanted to kill some of the other eighth-orders first, and then defeat them one by one.

But Mirror, this ninth-order, could not be killed temporarily, and Su Lun and the others could not do anything to her. The mechanical warrior Number Nineteen could not necessarily be killed, the swordsman's body was also very strong, and the vampire was an undead and not easy to die. As for the ghost and the false god, they were even more impossible to kill...

And the "weakest" Mr. Black naturally became the first choice.

...

After such a long and fierce battle, both sides were exhausted, and flaws gradually increased.

Mr. Black, the "weakest," naturally exposed a flaw in the battle.

The elemental Archmage Greg Rahman seized the opportunity and suddenly appeared in front of Mr. Black.

The other two also suddenly erupted, holding back the others in the Dawn group and creating an attack opportunity for their companions.

Greg Rahman instantly chanted a spell, and instantly cast a ninth-order magic with a wave of his staff: "Earth Arcane Art, Hundred Thousand Gravity!"

He had already seen that Mr. Black was a mage-type Mechanical Alchemist with a relatively weak body, which could limit this ninth-order earth-type forbidden spell.

As soon as he made a move, Mr. Black was immediately restricted on the spot, and the super gravity caused his body's skin to sag as if it was about to be torn off.

Not only was his body imprisoned, but even the Overlord Aura and domain on his body's surface were instantly shattered by the strange gravity field, and his flaws were completely exposed.

This was rank suppression.

With such a close-range attack, Mr. Black would not have a chance to move at all.

After being imprisoned, Greg Rahman had already condensed an instantly cast magic on his staff again: "Arcane, Spear of the Thunder Punisher!"

A set of killing moves was smooth and flowing, and didn't even give Su Lun and the others a chance to reinforce him.

However, Mr. Black was indeed imprisoned, and his life was on the line.

But there was no trace of panic on his face.

Selling such a big flaw was what he was waiting for!

The magic in front of him restricted his limb movement, and he couldn't even pinch out a sorcerer's seal. He looked like a lamb to be slaughtered. However, at this time, his left eye, which was covered with an eye patch, suddenly flashed with blue light, and he whispered in his heart: "Myriad Manifestations True Understanding!"

The beam of light instantly decomposed the eye patch into particles, and then shot towards the enemy in front of him.

Greg Rahman realized that something was wrong the moment he saw Mr. Black's expression.

Because he found that the other party was too calm, so calm that his aura didn't even fluctuate when death was imminent.

He also expected that the other party might have some life-saving means, and he was mentally prepared.

However, he never expected that it would be the celestial art that the Celestial God Plane regarded as sacred!

How was that possible?

Looking at the blue light shooting out from his eyes, Greg Rahman's eyes trembled, and his face was full of disbelief.

He couldn't have imagined that he would see the bloodline mark of the Celestial God Race on an alchemical native!

However, reality didn't give him time to be shocked. The beam of light from the Myriad Manifestations True Understanding shot out.

At such a close distance, the light arrived in an instant, and it didn't give him a chance to dodge at all.

"Biu~"

Greg Rahman watched helplessly as the beam of light directly pierced through his protective holy domain, and then penetrated his robe, piercing a large hole in his body without any obstruction.

He felt his vitality rapidly draining away, and he still couldn't understand in his heart: "Impossible..."

The Myriad Manifestations True Understanding was indeed very powerful, but its power was also limited by the caster's understanding.

He couldn't understand how an eighth-order Mechanical Alchemist could decompose his ninth-order holy domain?

Mr. Black was expressionless.

He would not explain the mysteries to the enemy.

After obtaining "wisdom," the realm of the ninth-order law was no longer an absolutely untouchable secret to him.

And having penetrated the enemy's thoughts, even if he only judged the enemy's intentions 0.1 seconds in advance, it was enough for him.

Moreover, after fighting for so long, Su Lun had clearly described all the details of the three Archmages using mental transmission.

After preparing for so long, how could he not be able to kill him?

...

"He's dead!"

The members of the Dawn group all showed joy on their faces.

Su Lun's reaction was also extremely fast, and he teleported over.

He directly harvested the gray mist from the corpse, and then collected the corpse.

「You have stripped ‘Greg Rahman’ of his soul」

「You have obtained a large amount of ninth-order understanding of various elemental laws, earth, wind, water, fire, light, dark, thunder... elemental experience +331412」

「You have understood the ‘secrets of elemental forbidden spells’, and mastered a large number of high-level elemental magic」

「You have learned some secrets of the ‘holy rank’.」

「Spirit +33211」

「...」

In an instant, a large amount of knowledge poured into his mind.

This guy was an elemental Archmage. He was almost proficient in all conventional elemental magic, and his understanding of various elemental laws was at least at a super-high level, and he also had a complete ninth-order understanding.

This was a law understanding that was crucial to all professionals!

This was also the first complete ninth-order soul that Su Lun had harvested.

In the past, when Su Lun harvested the ninth-order, he would not be able to completely digest those gains due to rank restrictions and insufficient understanding of the world's laws.

It was like a stomach that could only digest steamed buns forcibly digesting stones. Only one or two out of ten gains would be obtained.

However, now that he had advanced to the eighth-order, and with the blessing of the Fountain of Wisdom, Su Lun's harvesting of the ninth-order soul had almost reached 100% digestion.

He saw complete ninth-order law chains for the first time.

It was like standing on the highest peak of the plane for the first time and overlooking the scenery below. The scenery in his vision was already a low mountain range.

Su Lun's eyes were shining brightly, and he murmured in his heart: "This is the realm of the ninth-order Archmage..."

In an instant, the world in his eyes became much clearer.

This talent now exerted its super-powerful ability as an S-level talent.

Before, Su Lun's Omniscient Eye could understand it, but now he had mastered this ninth-order level of law understanding.

Although the insights of the magician system were mixed with a large part of the divine power source of faith, which was not perfect for alchemical formulas, it was also a huge gain.

It was enough to allow Su Lun's current strength to increase to a higher level that was visible to the naked eye!

It was no exaggeration to say that it was a step to the sky!

However, now was not the time to think about the gains. The excited expression in Su Lun's eyes flashed away, and he looked at the battlefield again.

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In the sky, the remaining two Archmages were dumbfounded.

They never expected that in just an instant, one of their companions would be killed?

They also realized that this black-robed Mechanical Alchemist had been hiding his strength all along.

But what shocked them even more was something else.

The two of them looked at Mr. Black with blue light shooting out from his left eye, and they obviously recognized it.

This...how was this possible!

Knowing now, they couldn't believe that someone among these alchemists had mastered the holy art of their Celestial God Plane?

In the Celestial God Plane, this was a supreme existence.

But seeing that Mr. Black didn't have the three-eyed alien appearance, they guessed where the problem was.

However, before they could recover from their shock, another beam of light shot towards them.

The two Archmages turned pale and dodged in time.

But in an instant, the Dawn group surrounded them again.

With one less Archmage, the three-person defensive formation was instantly broken, and the pressure on Su Lun and the others was reduced by more than half!

Before, the chances of winning between the three Archmages and the Dawn group could be said to be 40-60.

Now, there was not even a 10-90 chance!

Su Lun tasted the sweetness of harvesting the ninth-order and immediately notified Pestoya: "Pestoya, try not to burn them to death!"

He needed complete souls.

Pestoya also responded: "Okay!"

The battle continued.

And it was more intense than before.

The enemy could not escape.

All that was left was a desperate fight!

The members of the Dawn group were not careless and continued to consume the enemy in an orderly manner.

But the situation was getting better and better.

They chose Plan C from the beginning and chose to fight a protracted war of attrition for this moment.

The two Archmages, who had consumed most of their magic power for most of the day and had used up all their trump cards, could almost predict the risks, even if they fought to the death.

...

The battle suddenly became very intense from the previous stalemate.

Hundreds of miles away in the city of Clayminten, everyone witnessed this top-level battle.

No one had ever seen such a fierce battle.

Even those who had witnessed the Lington Cataclysm had never seen it.

This was a touch of the peak combat power of the plane.

However, when they saw that the Dawn group had actually killed a ninth-order Archmage, everyone was shocked.

They could no longer express their shock.

The intelligence and photos were transmitted to Lington as soon as possible, and everyone in the imperial capital immediately boiled over when they heard the news!

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