Chapter 216

The moving Black Stone vehicle.

Facing A Lianna's swift reaction, Luosen didn't feel surprised at all.

He instantly saw that the reason the other party had not been infiltrated by the Lord of Darkness was not luck, but because she was a formidable person.

With Ten Rings' ultimate magical power, a soul lifespan of just under two hundred years, and a pair of profoundly deep crystal-blue eyes, it seemed one glance could discern all secrets in the world.

This person is one of the top-tier talents of the Nawate Republic.

If Luosen had not advanced to Legendary, facing such a top-tier figure he would have no psychological advantage at all, and would even be suppressed by them.

After the vehicle entered the highway, Alena immediately opened the vehicle-mounted communication artifact and began contacting the Blood Soul Army.

Whoosh~ whoosh~~~

The result was that they could not connect.

Alena gasped, immediately abandoned the communication artifact, switched to mental transmission, tried for a few seconds, but still failed.

She immediately tried other communication methods, but none worked.

Seeing she still wanted to try, Luosen immediately warned: 'We have been locked onto by this powerful demon; our narrow area is sealed by it, and all usual communication means are ineffective.'

Alena took a deep breath to steady her mind: 'Luosen Mage, how strong is the demon?'

'Legendary 6 or above.'

Alena's crystal-blue eyes widened considerably, her face turning slightly pale.

'It's far stronger than I imagined; no wonder it could cause Seglin and Datuo to fall!'

She immediately explained: 'Seglin and Datuo are my colleagues. They have already fallen, right?'

Due to insufficient sensitivity to power, she did not sense any abnormality in her two colleagues' power, but she had noticed subtle changes in their behavior.

Luosen nodded, feeling strange: 'Madam, you seem to have already noticed their abnormality; why not investigate them secretly?'

Alena spread her hands: 'Because the abnormality was too slight, I originally wasn't sure, but today their abnormality became overly obvious.'

After saying that, she looked at Luosen again: 'Luosen Mage from the De Rui Tan plane, I'm curious—how did you obtain Legendary power?'

Luosen did not answer: 'Obviously now is not the time to talk about that. The problem is, how can we safely reach the Blood Soul Army camp?'

Alena's expression tightened: 'You're absolutely right!'

She immediately told the driver: 'Accelerate—full speed to the army camp!'

She then quickly told Luosen: 'The Blood Soul Army camp is in the northern suburbs of Weima'er City, about ten kilometers away; as long as we reach the army camp.'

Luosen suddenly said: 'Slow down, turn right, now!'

The driver stared for a moment, then did not execute it.

Luosen immediately used Mage Hand to directly control the steering wheel, violently turning the Black Stone vehicle to the right.

Almost at the moment of turning right, a Black Stone vehicle ahead on the road suddenly swerved sharply, scraping past their vehicle with a howl, then slammed hard into the roadside building.

It appeared to be merely a traffic accident.

Seeing Alena shocked, Luosen explained: 'Currently only we two know the demon's information, and external communication is blocked; if we two die, the secret of Anweima'er Province will be concealed by it.'

No sooner had his words fallen than a second wave of attack arrived, this time directly targeting the Black Stone vehicle's driver.

A concentrated curse force directly penetrated the Black Stone vehicle's magical defense, striking the driver's soul.

The vehicle's magical defense was very strong, so the amount of curse force that finally penetrated was not large.

But this curse was driven by Void Legendary magical power, while the driver only had Four-ring power.

All that could be seen was the driver's eyes rolling back as he collapsed directly onto the steering wheel.

His soul was shattered on the spot by the curse force, and he died outright.

Luosen immediately took over control of the Black Stone vehicle, and at the same time used Mage Hand to push the driver's corpse to a nearby seat.

He then moved to the driver's position, beginning to command this vehicle with astonishing defense and also very good power.

'Madam, it appears the demon already has a considerable number of followers in Anweima'er Province.'

Alena's face showed both shock and guilt: 'This is a serious dereliction of duty on my part!'

But this emotion only lasted a moment before subsiding: 'Luosen Mage, we must get the word out, especially to the Blood Soul Army camp!'

Luosen nodded: 'Understood.'

While speaking, he used Mage Hand to scoop a large lump of refined Black Stone from beneath the co-passenger seat, threw it into the combustion chamber to burn fiercely, and then raised the vehicle's speed to the extreme of 70 km/h.

This speed was already quite fast, greatly exceeding the reaction speed of the Lord of Shade, so the upcoming road temporarily saw no incidents.

One can also foresee that this calm is surely only temporary; the Lord of Shade must be preparing a more fierce killing move on a farther encirclement.

But at least there was now a chance to catch one's breath.

Luosen asked: 'Will the Blood Soul Army be infiltrated by the Lord of Darkness?'

Alena shook her head firmly: 'Rest assured, the Blood Soul Army will absolutely not be infiltrated by the demon.'

After a pause, she added: 'The Blood Soul Army is the core that guards faith; a large part of Nawate's faith power is concentrated in the Blood Soul Army.'

Luosen naturally understood this: faith power, or rather belief power, has the function of protecting the soul, greatly increasing its resilience.

Moreover, the army lives communally, hardly ever alone; when everyone's belief coalesces, its power naturally becomes even more formidable, even said to be the strongest in the mortal realm.

Indeed, it can greatly resist the demon's infiltration.

Then we proceed directly to the next step.

Luosen asked: 'If the Blood Soul Army is deployed, is there a way to kill this Lord of Darkness?'

Alena showed a hint of hesitation: 'The demon's agents in the mortal realm we can easily eliminate; demons in the Void we can also attack, but we cannot guarantee killing them, only guaranteeing driving them away.'

After saying that, she seemed to feel overconfident and added: 'Of course, this demon's strength cannot exceed Legendary 8; if it were higher, then a single province's strength could not oppose it.'

Seeing her speak so specifically, Luosen bluntly asked: 'I've heard there are Legendary 19 demons; if we happen to encounter one, how should we respond?' Alena immediately showed a hint of bitterness: 'You should know that the higher the Legendary level, the greater the demon's strength, as well as the scale of its power, its recovery ability, and even its wisdom, all increasing greatly.'

'At Legendary 19, it is simply an inconceivable existence; all we mortals can do is exert our utmost and fight to the death!'

'As for what the final result will be, that can only be left to the Creator to decide.'

Thus, the guardian mage successfully transmitted her anxiety to Luosen.

But Luosen quickly reverted to his single‑man mindset: "When I get back, I'll develop nuclear weapons by Earth's methods, ready to unleash total annihilation."

According to Cavendish's unified power formula, the blast power of a nuclear bomb would certainly generate an immensely violent destructive magical storm against the Linking Magic Ring, and any creature nearby—even those hiding in the void—could not escape.

If one were to encounter it, and ordinary means cannot overcome a level‑19 super demon, then everyone will die together.

Thinking that, the anxiety in his heart vanished instantly.

At that moment, Luosen discovered another problem: "Mage Alena, my power has been cut off."

"Cut off power? What's the situation?"

Luosen shrugged slightly: "In short, the demon calling itself the Shadow Lord has erected a barrier near the linking point between me and the Linking Magic Ring, preventing me from drawing magic from the Ring."

That is bad news.

The good news is that his crystal torrent staff already stores thirty conduits of magic.

And although the power of faith is somewhat affected, it has not been cut off and continues to replenish his strength.

By using the stored magic and the supplement from faith, even if Luosen cannot draw power from the Ring, he can still sustain a legendary‑strength soul.

And the Shadow Lord's isolation of the Ring naturally consumes a lot of power, so it depends on how long his strength can sustain the seal.

Alena understood at once: "This technique is called Void Bind, a power unique to mighty demons that can cut off the source of a Burning Soul legendary mage's power."

"But this move consumes a lot of energy; even a demon cannot maintain it for long."

Luosen asked immediately: "Then exactly how long can it be sustained?"

"From past experience, a short duration is two to three days, a long one is about a week."

Luosen silently marveled at the demon's strength: "Oh~ then we have a lot of endurance ahead."

Alena, however, wore a pessimistic expression and let out a sigh.

"A demon this powerful cannot be dealt with by one or two mortals; we must rally the nation's forces to expel it."

"From past experience, we almost always meet a fatal end."

Luosen chuckled: "Don't rush to despair; I still have a trick up my sleeve."

As he spoke, he employed the True Name Signpost on his finger, using the power of faith to construct an information channel inside the Linking Magic Ring, then called for aid.

'Qi Ge Rui La Na~ can you hear me?'

The transmission occurs within the Ring; the carrier is mortal faith power, using Luosen's newly developed Phase Faith Communication Spell, with Laifu handling precise encryption control.

Now, since the Shadow Lord cannot completely block the faith channel between Nature believers and Luosen, he also cannot block Luosen's link with Mother Nature.

After calling three times in his mind, Luosen indeed heard Mother Nature's response.

"Luosen?"

The voice was somewhat noisy, with much static, indicating interference from the Shadow Lord, but it was still audible.

"Where are you?" Luosen asked immediately.

"I am in Naderlin, in Grandmaster Naya's manor."

The news made Luosen very happy; he quickly explained his situation and then said, "All thanks to you."

Qi Ge Rui La Na replied promptly: "Hold on! I'll go find Grandmaster Naya right away!"

Just after he finished transmitting the message, a few seconds later, a muffled low voice resonated in the air of the black carriage's cabin.

"Luosen, Alena, I'm sorry it has come to this."

"But I must regretfully inform you that you must die."

"Especially you, Duke Weilan, you have truly angered me."

"I won't kill you lightly; I will harshly punish you so you know what a true god is!"

Upon hearing this, Alena explained: "It is the Whisper of the Linking Magic Ring wielded by a mighty demon, which vibrates the Ring to affect specific mortal regions, producing a low, mental voice."

Luosen understood: "It's like speaking through a closed door."

"Exactly. The good news is that it can speak, but cannot hear our voices."

That truly is good news.

Luosen asked again: "If a Legend 6 demon can vibrate the Ring, then a Legend 19 demon could, by vibrating the Ring, directly kill mages cultivating the Linking Magic Ring?"

Alena nodded: "More than that."

"It can even pierce the Ring, manifesting in the mortal world as a void‑ified power body; we have seen such a demon only once in history."

"At that time, relying on our strength we nearly failed; it was Sun Lord Artumen, together with the luminous gods of the chief deity, who arrived in time to help and finally expelled it."

"In short, void beings are not all demons."

Before the words finished, Luosen was already driving the Black Stone Car through Weimar City's Eastern Gate, heading into the outskirts.

After a short drive on the outskirts, he saw several multi‑ton boulders blocking the middle of the rural road.

The boulders blocked the Black Stone Car's path, while beside the road he could sense many hidden power auras.

Obviously, the Shadow Lord, using void sight, anticipated the Black Stone Car's route and set up obstacles at every possible junction in advance.

"It's over," Alena sighed.

Luosen grinned: "No, it's just beginning."

(End of Chapter)