Chapter 1 Enemy Attack!

Although the sounds of the battle on the mainmast were subtle, they were still discovered by the soldiers patrolling the deck.

In that instant, all sorts of alarm instruments were triggered, and the floodlights instantly illuminated the sea around the Yong Ye. The entire ship sprang to life.

Su Lun looked at the red-robed figure in the distance, his gaze also slightly grave.

There was no sign of any accomplices nearby, which was puzzling.

Even if this guy was an Eighth-Order Archmage, where did he get the confidence to challenge the Dawn Mercenary Group alone?

Although Su Lun couldn't figure it out, he didn't underestimate the enemy in the slightest.

To be able to join the Holy Crusade and be a high-ranking member, he must have some special abilities.

Like that resurrection ability just now.

But at that moment, with a crisp "snap" as she stepped on air, Qian Tiao had already charged forward. Her battle instincts were extremely sharp, and she wouldn't give the enemy any time to breathe.

Su Lun's thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, his hands not slowing down at all. The warlock seal was pinched instantly, and he disappeared from the spot.

He wouldn't be able to figure it out by thinking; only after probing would he know what the other party's abilities were!

One person dashed forward in the air, and the other shifted through space, their coordination extremely tacit.

Just like before, one in front and one behind, they instantly advanced hundreds of meters, sealing off the red-robed Archmage's retreat with a blade and an umbrella.

Generally speaking, a Seventh-Order alchemist's combat power is much higher than that of a believer of the same rank. After all, the alchemist's strength comes from his own understanding, and the foundation is very solid.

Moreover, Su Lun and Qian Tiao were not ordinary Seventh-Orders. Within the same rank, the two could almost be said to be an unsolvable combination.

What they feared was a legion of mages, not a single Eighth-Order mage!

Both of them were confident in harming the enemy and protecting themselves!

Qian Tiao's sword was extremely fast, arriving in the blink of an eye. This was something a physically weak mage couldn't react to at all.

At the same time, Su Lun used [Spatial Imprisonment]. If the other party's understanding of space was not higher than his, it would be impossible to escape using any spatial magic. Even if this guy was an Eighth-Order, or even borrowed the power of a god, he didn't believe that he could escape the spatial restriction enhanced by the [Ouroboros Space-Time Ring].

This imprisonment technique was something that ordinary people couldn't resist.

The red-robed Archmage frowned as he looked at the pincer attack, secretly calling it evil in his heart.

He had been killed by this combination once before, so how could he not know the hidden killing intent in their combined attack?

Although he was caught off guard just now, it was still unsolvable even if he knew about it.

He wanted to escape using spatial magic, but the moment he sensed the space around him, which was as thick and heavy as steel, he instantly dismissed the idea.

Looking at the runic black umbrella in Su Lun's hand, the red-robed Archmage's eyelids twitched slightly, and he muttered in his heart, "These natives of the Alchemy Plane really all carry treasures. Even in the church, treasures that can cause real damage to the soul are top-tier scarce items. The key is that this guy can actually control such a high-level soul artifact, tsk tsk... very special."

Then, without any response, he was cut in two by the sword qi.

He didn't even hold up a magic shield.

The red-robed Archmage's thinking was also very clear. If he wasn't hit by a sword, he would inevitably be hammered in the soul by the black umbrella, just like before.

Although it wouldn't kill him, that moment of stunned status was truly dangerous.

If he was restrained, there might be other evil killing moves coming one after another, so it was better to revive again.

So this time, when Qian Tiao's sword came slashing down, the red-robed Archmage died very decisively.

Su Lun had just teleported over when Qian Tiao's blade had already struck, so his black umbrella hit empty air.

Looking sharply at the enemy who had re-condensed in the distance, Su Lun's eyes flickered slightly: "He revived again? So he's a divine servant."

He immediately realized what the problem was. It would be difficult to kill the guy in front of him with ordinary means alone.

Seeing how calmly this guy was killed, he was probably a divine servant like Jerome, the "Spirit Detective" he met in Old Lingdun. The gods bore most of the cost of resurrection.

But Su Lun himself had revived, so how could he not know that there must be a price to pay for reviving the body?

Back then, after he used the cursed object to revive, he had the sequelae of hearing whispers, which led to mental distortion, and it still hadn't been completely resolved.

Thinking that as long as the enemy died enough times, he would definitely be able to discover the problem!

And at that moment, the enemy died for the second time, and Su Lun keenly noticed that the other party's soul fluctuations were not as solid as before.

Su Lun guessed that this resurrection spell had a cooldown time!

The two sides had only exchanged blows for a moment, and at this time, a few people on the deck saw this strange scene. Rabarto, hidden in the crowd, also stared at the enemy's resurrection process. A trace of thought flashed through his wise and cloudy eyes, as if he had noticed something.

But he didn't rush to attack, quietly hiding in the crowd.

Qian Tiao's reaction was very fast. The moment she killed the red-robed Archmage for the second time, she stepped on the air again with an explosive sound.

With a "snap".

She had already charged towards the location where the enemy would revive.

Even faster than Su Lun's teleportation.

However, after dying twice in a row, the red-robed mage finally had time to cast a spell. The magic book in his hand flashed with light.

Qian Tiao had arrived.

This time, he was not killed again.

With a slash of the blade, a red-robed figure dissipated.

Qian Tiao's reaction was also extremely fast. After one strike, she delivered another, slashing towards the direction where she sensed the aura.

"Jie jie jie..."

The red-robed mage was hit one after another, and a creepy laugh came from the void.

Everyone focused their eyes, and at this time, dozens of red-robed mages had appeared in the sky, their auras exactly the same, making it impossible to distinguish the real from the fake.

Su Lun's left eye flashed with light. This was a Seventh-Order necromantic spell, [Dark Shadow], a life-saving spell similar to a substitute technique.

He then realized something and thought to himself, "A necromancer?"

Qian Tiao couldn't tell which one was the real body for a moment, but it was right to be reckless when she couldn't see through it. With a few swishes of her blade, she chopped down several red-robed mages.

However, in his soul perception, Su Lun could clearly distinguish which one was the real body.

"Ten o'clock direction!"

He used mental communication to point out the location to Qian Tiao, and the two of them surrounded him again.

For the third time, the mage was killed.

In just a few breaths, this Eighth-Order Archmage had been killed three times in a row.

He was also killed until he lost his temper, after all, the black umbrella really countered his abilities.

Obviously, this guy also knew that he couldn't gain any advantage by himself, and just as he died for the third time, a very composed strange laugh came from the void again: "Aiyo... It's been a long time since I've encountered such a troublesome enemy."

However, just as those words came out, a sudden change occurred!

Su Lun's eyes suddenly turned sharp as he listened because the soul fluctuations of the red-robed mage in his perception suddenly soared a hundredfold!

"How is that possible?"

He looked incredulously at the guy whose body was rising with green flames, and thought to himself, "Divine fire? No, it's soul fire! What kind of secret technique is this? How can it be so strong?"

It was hard to imagine that a person's soul could be so powerful that it overflowed like a flame.

This was a situation Su Lun had never heard of.

"Be careful!"

The moment the anomaly occurred, Su Lun quickly teleported to Qian Tiao's side, using his scythe to block the sword she was about to slash down with, and replaced it with his own black umbrella, hitting it over.

Qian Tiao also sensed the anomaly and instantly retracted her strength.

When Su Lun struck down with his staff, hitting the flame on that guy's body, his expression changed drastically in an instant.

As expected, there was something strange!

The red-robed mage was struck until sparks flew everywhere, scattering around. Some of them touched Su Lun's body's protective aura, and a bone-eroding burning sensation instantly lingered in his heart.

Su Lun looked at the green flames that looked like phosphorescence, and shouted in his heart, "This green fire can burn the soul!"

It didn't burn the body, but directly burned the soul, and even his aura couldn't block it.

Fortunately, Su Lun's own soul was strong enough, otherwise, if an ordinary person was burned by this, even if they didn't die, he didn't know what the consequences would be if their soul was incomplete.

Moreover, what was even more bizarre was that these scattered flames directly attached to his body, with no intention of extinguishing at all, as if they wouldn't stop until they burned his soul.

"What bizarre methods!"

It was the first time Su Lun had encountered this, and he didn't dare to be careless at all. He instantly activated his domain, and the phantom of the Grim Reaper rose behind him.

As expected, the combat power of the high-level clerics of the Celestial God Plane was not that simple. Thoughts raced through his mind, quickly pondering the shortcomings of this green flame.

It was only when the Death Domain was fully activated that the flames were extinguished.

The red-robed Archmage on the opposite side narrowed his eyes slightly as he watched his soul fire extinguished.

The soul fire splashed by close combat would burn the soul. In this way, it meant that he couldn't fight this guy in close combat at all. Otherwise, once burned, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Su Lun and Qian Tiao both retreated violently.

From a distance, spatial rifts from the black scythe and sword qi slashed over.

However, these long-range methods were obviously not a threat. The red-robed Archmage didn't even look at them, standing there as his body suddenly became illusory, completely immune to the attacks.

This guy saw the Grim Reaper phantom behind Su Lun, and his eyes were full of coldness. This made him feel threatened, and he murmured, "The Second Awakening's [Death Harvester] talent... You alchemy natives are really enviable."

Su Lun narrowed his eyes, ignoring this guy's provocation, but considering how to deal with it.

Only after fighting did he know that the enemy dared to come alone because he really had special abilities.

This guy's combat power, among the Eighth-Order Archmages in the Celestial God Plane, could be considered among the top of the pyramid.

The Qian Tiao beside him, seeing that her sword qi hadn't hurt anyone, revealed her Third Awakening's Rakshasa Golden Body, and her body had already begun to accumulate sword qi.

The previous few slashes were all unprepared basic attacks. Now that she knew the other party was immune to physical attacks, she was getting serious.

The Rakshasa Maiden became stronger when faced with a stronger opponent. The enemy's strange methods forced Qian Tiao's fighting spirit to rise. The aura on her body was already faintly breaking through the Sword Saint realm again.

In the distance, the red-robed Archmage's pupils shrank sharply, somewhat puzzled, but even more shocked: "This is... Third Awakening talent?"

He had only heard of this level of talent development, which was hailed as the reincarnation of a god, and he never thought he would actually see it with his own eyes in a broken plane.

In an instant, his eyes were full of killing intent: "A Second Awakening's [Death Harvester] is already surprising enough, but I didn't expect there to be a Third Awakening talent's Half-Step Sword God. No wonder the magic legions have been repeatedly frustrated. How many good opportunities did those alchemists leave behind in the Alchemy Plane back then? Tsk tsk, we can't let you natives live."

After a pause, this guy looked like he was about to make a big move, and said again: "It just so happens that I found a good material in the underwater ruins before, so I might as well try it out."

Just as those words fell, Su Lun was contemplating how to deal with the enemy in front of him when suddenly, a domineering sword qi soared into the sky!

In his perception, a soul fluctuation suddenly appeared.

Although it wasn't very strong, the moment this soul fluctuation appeared, a sword qi of death and divine conflict soared into the sky.

Su Lun and Qian Tiao's expressions changed at the same time: "Sword God Realm?!"

They had recently seen this feeling of sword intent that towered into the sky, on Batoro.

So they immediately recognized it.

Taking a closer look, a tattered monk's robe suddenly appeared beside the red-robed Archmage, revealing a skeleton swordsman at a glance.

This skeleton, which looked like it had been dug out of a tomb, emitted a fluorescent light in the dark night. In those empty eye sockets, two clusters of phosphorescent fire flickered. It was this cluster of green ghost fire that made it feel like it had come alive. When it looked over, it was as if it was making eye contact with someone!

Su Lun frowned slightly when he saw this.

It was said that only the bones of professionals above the Eighth-Order Overlord Body Realm would have this jade-like color after death.

Obviously, this skeleton must have been a top powerhouse in life.

However, apart from the sword intent and the skeleton, what was even more eye-catching was the sword in the skeleton's hand, which was intertwined with golden and black light.

The sword had mysterious and ancient golden runes on it that looked like Sanskrit, giving people a Buddha-like divine aura. But its sword body was as black as ink, surrounded by an evil black aura that made people's backs feel cold. It was as if countless evil ghosts were struggling in the sword, trying to escape, but were sealed in the sword by the golden Buddha seal.

When Qian Tiao saw this, she almost blurted out: "The peerless famous sword [Buddha Slaughter]?"

Su Lun also identified it. It really was this legendary sword.

Compared to the third-ranked demon sword [Onimaru Hyaku-me] in Qian Tiao's hand, and the second-ranked [Armor-Cutting Frost Flower Whisper] in Batoro's hand, this sword was an even higher-ranked, both righteous and evil, peerless famous sword, the number one ranked sword among the twelve fine craftsmanship swords of the Hidden Mountain Country—[Buddha Slaughter]!

This sword was an ancient object forged by an ancient craftsman and had been lost for thousands of years.

The last time Su Lun and Qian Tiao went to Hidden Mountain, they had only heard the legend of this sword and never thought they would encounter it here.

Legend has it that this was the sword of Nian Amitabha Cien, the Sword God "Yakushi" of the Hidden Mountain Warring States Period.

He was a master of ancient Mafa swordsmanship, an evil monk who attained Buddhahood through slaughter.

It was said that his medical skills were heavenly, saving people's lives; his exquisite swordsmanship was unparalleled, and with a single [Buddha Slaughter], he could slay gods and demons!

The sword in his hand sealed countless souls of the dead.

Even now, many legends about that sword god are circulating in Hidden Mountain, making it difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

But the skeleton in front of him was at least an Eighth-Order professional in life, and Su Lun thought that he might really be that person.

Seeing this, Su Lun finally determined that the red-robed Archmage was a necromancer.

Although the skeleton might be the legendary sword god, it was already dead after all, and it was hard to say how much physical strength it could have.

However, its realm was real.

Many times, the realm of swordsmanship could unleash even stronger combat power than the physical body.

This was a rare opponent.

A famous sword and a suitable opponent were both opportunities that a top swordsman could only hope to encounter.

Qian Tiao looked at the skeleton sword god, and her own thunderous sword intent also erupted, pointing needle to needle.

Rarely encountering such a swordsman enemy, she couldn't restrain her fighting spirit and rushed forward: "I'll take care of this guy!"

Su Lun watched without saying a word.

He kept staring at the red-robed Archmage, but was more concerned about other things, and muttered in his heart, "This necromantic secret technique is interesting."

To be able to revive a skeleton and have the artistic conception he had comprehended in life was a top-level secret technique.

Su Lun's own living corpses had no intelligence, which felt very different.

Seeing this, he had some more ideas in his mind. If he could kill this guy, he would know what was going on.

Seeing that the enemy had come to their doorstep, the alchemic arrays on the Yong Ye suddenly lit up.

Being able to survive under the encirclement of Su Lun and Qian Tiao, everyone realized that the person who came must be a powerful enemy. Cannons and firearms were obviously useless. The Dawn Mercenary Group also had a special response plan for such particularly tricky high-level enemies.

This time, the one who took action was Mr. Black, who rarely appeared in front of everyone!

At this moment, after preparing for a moment, his eyes were filled with a coldness that saw through the world. He pinched a warlock seal and pointed forward: "Sealing Technique - Four Elements Forbidden Magic Heaven Seal!"

If he couldn't kill him, then he would seal him.

This was the only flaw he could see.

Looking again, the four elements of earth, wind, water, and fire rapidly condensed, turning into countless chains of laws and locking towards that person.

This was not a Seventh-Order spell, but an Eighth-Order one!

Because he had prepared in advance and seized the opportunity very cleverly, the red-robed mage couldn't avoid it and was instantly wrapped tightly.

The red-robed mage was controlled, but instead of being surprised, he let out a soft exclamation: "Rule theft? You can actually use such clever methods to release high-level spells... Heh, such a solid understanding of the laws is indeed interesting."

Only by standing high enough could one know how special this sealing technique was. Not only did it accurately grasp his own flaws, but it also specifically used this Four Elements Forbidden Magic Seal that isolated everything.

Another alchemist with special abilities.

At this moment, the red-robed mage finally understood why the mage legions had been repeatedly frustrated.

This ship was full of monsters!

Therefore, they must be eliminated once and for all.

Saying that, a cold glint flashed in the red-robed mage's eyes, and he looked at the high-level combat forces of the Dawn Mercenary Group on the deck who were preparing to take action, sneering: "But you think that I came alone, and I'm really just alone?"

Before the sealing technique could completely seal him, a white bone claw suddenly probed out from the black light on his body.

The bone structure of that claw was like an eagle's claw, tearing off several chains of law with a single grab.

Taking a closer look, a dead spirit monster with the head, claws, and wings of an eagle, but the body of a lion appeared.

"A dead spirit griffin?"

Su Lun's expression also became somewhat grave as he looked at the image of this monster.

This was a mythical creature that was said to be able to contend with dragons, something that didn't exist in the Alchemy Plane at all.

And there was more than one!

In the blink of an eye, dozens of undead griffins tore off the sealing chains from all directions of the red-robed mage's body and then rushed out.

Su Lun narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the number of these monsters.

But that wasn't the end!

The red-robed mage raised his magic wand and chanted an ultra-long magic spell for the first time: "Great god of the dead above, I honor your name, please grant your messenger the power of the dead, summoning the arcane mystery of the dead - Arcane Technique - Undead Scourge!"

Just as those words fell, the magic wand pointed towards the sky, and the sky was suddenly covered by death energy.

In an instant, as if the end was coming, countless dead spirit monsters poured out frantically from the dead energy clouds in the sky like a tide, overwhelming the sky and covering the earth.

Skeletons, all kinds of skeletons!

From low-level little skeletons and zombies to high-level undead knights, undead griffins, undead behemoths... even dragon-powered undead flying dragons!

What could be seen was that there were hundreds of thousands of them.

With this magic, the Dawn Mercenary Group, which originally had the advantage in numbers, was instantly surrounded by this skeleton tide!