Chapter 207: The Devil's 'Gift' (33)

Levinde Palace.

La Feng Ge's underground secret room.

When General Jia Di Ya hurriedly left with his subordinates, Luosen quietly entered La Feng Ge's underground chamber.

To fight the demon, he pushed the Burning Soul Secret Technique's operation intensity to the extreme, placing tremendous strain on his body.

He now feels a bit dizzy, an aftereffect of overusing his mind.

However, it's no big problem; resting for a while will restore him.

The demon's power is indeed astonishing; he had no choice but to resort to the Faith Warrior technique.

Fortunately, the outcome was good.

The soldiers' sacrifices were not in vain; once he masters Levinde, he will erect a monument for them and properly compensate their families to make amends.

Is the demon's magic truly limitless? Certainly not; limitless power cannot exist in this world.

At the critical moment, Luosen could clearly sense his impatience.

But the power he had previously displayed was also quite outrageous.

So many Judgment Lights, so many Explosive Bombs, so many firearms and spells—although not all of the power struck the black mist, at least one-tenth of it did.

If that immense power struck Luosen's legendary barrier, not even a thousand Luosens could withstand it, yet the demon managed to endure it head-on.

Luosen was very curious about this; he estimated the demon must have mastered a large-capacity vessel for storing power, similar to his battery house.

Moreover, this vessel not only has enormous capacity, but the power it can store is of exceptionally high level and quality—it is absolutely a very rare treasure.

This is one of the main reasons he came to investigate the underground chamber.

He could faintly sense movements above; the Levinde soldiers were carefully cleaning the battlefield, and they would likely discover this underground chamber soon, so his time was limited.

After resting a while, his dizziness had improved considerably, so he cast a Light Invisibility Spell and a Silent Crystal Wall on himself, then continued down the spiral stone stairs.

The chamber was very deep, with numerous defensive and warning barriers along the way, and various magical traps could be found.

Had he not been certain that the Void Demon had already been killed by him, Luosen would not have dared to explore the chamber alone.

Using the Legendary Mage's spell-ring perspective, Luosen easily dodged the traps; when he couldn't avoid them, he struck to dispel them.

He walked straight down over fifty meters, only to see a solid ice wall appear underground, nearly identical to the ice wall he had once seen in the Sea Cliff Laboratory.

A glance told Luosen that the wall's strength reached the Eight Ring level, and it still retained a trace of spiritual aura.

Luosen's heart twitched slightly: 'Heh~ Things are getting interesting.'

He raised his hand and lightly pressed it against the ice wall, using his more refined legendary power to carefully sense the wall's structure.

'Compared to the Ice Frost Wall of the Sea Cliff Laboratory, I've made some improvements; if it were the old me, breaking through would indeed be quite troublesome.'

After standing before the ice wall for about three minutes, it silently turned into white mist and vanished; behind it lay a heavy runic adamantine gate, locked.

However, such an adamantine gate can only stop ordinary mages; it cannot block a legendary mage.

After thinking, Luosen stepped forward and recondensed a new ice frost wall behind him to conceal the underground chamber's movements.

Then, after checking all his defensive equipment and confirming they were functioning properly, he gripped the rapid-fire fire god gun in his right hand, placed his left hand on the gate's surface, and activated the Legendary Transformation Technique.

The adamantine gate deformed like putty, splitting open a hole more than one person tall and wide.

Even before the opening fully appeared, Luosen had already flashed to the side beyond the door.

Bang bang bang~~

From behind the door came the rapid-fire gunfire, accompanied by an extremely frenzied voice.

Die~~ Let's die together!!

Bang bang bang bang~~~

The gunfire kept ringing, striking the adamantine gate with a clang, while footsteps continually extended toward the doorway.

About ten or so seconds later, a pitch-black metal gun barrel protruded from the crack of the adamantine gate, accompanied by heavy breathing.

Luosen seized the gun barrel, pulled it outward, infused the gun with legendary power, then thrust it inward.

Only a muffled 'thud' was heard; the gun infused with legendary power easily shattered the attacker's magical barrier and struck him squarely in the chest and abdomen.

Hmph~~~

In the midst of the pained grunt, the person behind the door was knocked back repeatedly and then plopped down onto the ground.

Only then did Luosen emerge from the crack, enter the adamantine gate, and restore the gate to its original state.

He turned the seized gun into scrap, then raised his fire god gun and aimed it at the fallen figure.

This person had a head of golden hair and a pair of ice-blue eyes that revealed an uncontainable madness and chaos—none other than the Ice Envoy La Feng Ge.

Or, more accurately speaking, he was the last Ice Envoy, La Feng Ge.

He was the second major reason Luosen came to investigate the chamber.

Eliminate evil completely.

The demon is dead; La Feng Ge must also be wiped out.

This La Feng Ge has not yet gone completely mad; he still retains a sliver of consciousness, which is likely not due to the demon's mercy nor his own rationality, but because Luosen acted too quickly, giving the demon no time to transform him into its incarnation.

Who are you!!

La Feng Ge stared at Luosen.

In his eyes, he saw a white-haired old man dressed in simple gray robes.

Luosen certainly wouldn't tell him his real name, nor a false one; he lightly smiled and said, 'You're not worthy of knowing my name.'

You must be a legendary mage—you are Duke Weilan!

La Feng Ge guessed that himself.

Luosen was somewhat surprised; this fellow didn't seem as crazy as he appeared.

After carefully examining La Feng Ge on the ground, Luosen's heart stirred: 'You're the original La Feng Ge, aren't you?'

La Feng Ge took a deep breath: 'That's right, it's me.'

You used Blood Vein Fusion Replacement Technique to create a large number of doppelgängers, shared your knowledge with them, and used your own soul fragments as a guide to quickly raise them to High Circle Mages?

Correct.

Now, I killed the demon, yet you're still alive. Tsk tsk tsk, you really have some skill.

If Luosen hadn't defeated the demon, but instead both sides ended up mutually destroyed, even perishing together, this guy might have become the ultimate winner.

La Fengge let out a long sigh: 'Too bad, in the end you still won, Duke.'

Luosen raised the Fire God Cannon and aimed it at his head: 'Tell me the demon's true name.'

I don't know; I only know he called himself the Omniscient One.

Alright, then what is his purpose? 'I don't know either.'

Then what did he take from you?

He didn't take anything, or rather he hasn't had the chance yet. He's been teaching me all kinds of magical knowledge and also helped me increase my power.

Although the method of increase is cruel and has great side effects, it indeed helped me increase.

Luosen curled his lips: 'So, this demon simply wanted to use you as a vessel for its descent, to enter our plane?'

Pretty much, but I don't know what it intended to do after entering the plane.

Oh~~

The demon is dead, so this can only remain a mystery.

Ground soldiers will find this place soon, so Luosen didn't want to waste words: 'Any last words, Sage?'

La Fengge sighed: 'Never~~never trust that there are free benefits coming your way, and never~~never undertake adventures beyond your limits.'

Not a bad last words; I'll engrave them as your epitaph on your tombstone.

Having said that, Luosen pulled the trigger.

'Bang!'

La Fengge's head was blown apart, and his body flew backward several meters from the huge impact.

This time, he was completely dead.

Luosen went around La Fengge's headless corpse and came to the center of the secret chamber to inspect the situation.

Here there is an extremely large, very intricate magic circle that Luosen couldn't comprehend at all.

At the center of the magic circle stands a cylindrical rune pedestal, and on the tabletop, many cracks have appeared due to some kind of impact.

Scattered around the pedestal on the ground are many ellipsoidal gems of various sizes, showing exquisite diamond-cut surfaces; their color is mostly colorless and transparent, but a small part glows with an icy blue light.

These gems are probably the containers the demon used to store power.

Their volume is much smaller than I imagined; I don't know what power they can store.

Luosen picked up a fist-sized gem; this gem emitted an icy blue glow and exuded an aura of pure magical power.

'Huh~Could it be for storing pure magical power?'

This discovery made him slightly surprised.

He immediately picked up a dim gem, tried to pour his magical power into it, and found that as soon as his power approached it, the thing sucked it in.

The amount of power poured in was the amount sucked in; as the absorption proceeded, the ellipsoid grew brighter and brighter, giving a feeling of vibrant vitality.

What's more, after absorbing his magical power, the gem actually showed a faint golden glow and exuded an aura of pure magical power.

This situation made Luosen both astonished and delighted: 'Hiss~It really can store pure magical power, but how much can it hold?'

He thought, then tried.

Anyway, the Burning Soul Secret Technique was always running, and with the Power of Faith boosting him, his magical power recovered very quickly.

So he kept pouring and pouring; after about ten minutes or so, nearly equivalent to thirty vials of magical power, he finally couldn't pour any more.

Looking at the crystal again, it became very bright, showing a rich golden light; upon close inspection, he discovered that perhaps it was overfilled, and it was now slowly releasing pure magical power outward at an extremely slow pace.

Pure magical power of course can't persist long in the air, so it turned into a faint golden glow, exactly the same color as the light produced by the natural decay of Luosen's legendary magical power.

In other words, this gem can not only store magical power, but its capacity is also exceptionally large! Luosen's heartbeat instantly quickened slightly.

Because according to the common sense of the Alchemy Realm, only souls can store pure magical power.

Countless alchemists refused to believe it, devoted their lives to pursuing magical power storage vessels, but ultimately all failed, wasting their precious lives in vain.

After too many failures, the alchemists came to believe that magical power storage vessels do not exist.

But now, this thing unexpectedly appeared before Luosen's eyes, and moreover there are a great many of them.

He carefully counted them and found there were over seventy; if each could store thirty times Luosen's total magical power, then over seventy would equal over two thousand one hundred times Luosen's magical power.

And they are all legendary magical power.

This also explains why the demon's power could be endless.

Luosen then felt a surge of joy.

The value of magical power storage vessels is immense; any mage can think of countless applications for them.

If this could be mass-produced and promoted, it would be enough to push human civilization's form to an entirely new level!

Even with Luosen's now resilient soul, he could barely hold himself back, his breathing slightly quickening.

'Then what elements is this thing composed of?'

He used Transmutation Alchemy to examine it closely, and found that the elements composing this thing were actually quite ordinary; what was truly astonishing was its microscopic structure.

It is an extremely complex and subtle microscopic structure, hardly resembling a naturally formed product.

'Where did this thing come from?'

Luosen carefully put away the miraculous stone, then thoroughly examined the situation of the entire secret chamber.

After some investigation and deduction, he arrived at a somewhat startling conclusion.

These stones should have been precipitated directly from the magic ring by some secret method!

The function of this broken magic circle is likely to control the precipitation of the gems.

Luosen immediately carefully examined the broken magic formation, and recorded the formation's information into Laifu's database.

After recording, he directly destroyed the formation completely.

So, the answer to why demons have infinite power has been found.

This answer is extremely astonishing.

If possible, Luosen really wanted to resurrect the demon, imprison it, and gradually ask for specific technique details.

But unfortunately, his long-planned soul oath sword's killing power was really too great; one strike killed it outright.

Boom~~

An explosion sound came from the ground.

Obviously, Levinde's warriors discovered the secret chamber, but dared not rush in, so they used various blast spells to force a path.

Luosen immediately gathered all the mana stones on the ground, then carefully examined them thoroughly, confirming that not a single mana stone was missed, not even a speck of debris, before walking to the wall, using Transformation Technique to squeeze open the wall, and digging his way out.

He needs to study these mana stones and the mysterious formation well, striving to obtain the technology to produce them as soon as possible.

Once he can stably produce mana stones, tsk tsk tsk~~ that scene is simply unimaginable.

(End of chapter)