243 Silver Moon Elves (1/2)

Only the unconventional Master Alchemist and Great Mage Lin Yun, whose only worry was which treasure trove to dig, had no issue taking out a True Spirit Magic Tool.

Any other Great Mage wouldn't have dared to think about it.

A True Spirit Magic Tool had the power of an Archmage. Even a Magic Apprentice could at least stand up to an Archmage if they had one of these. The Upper Rank Flame Spirit was a good example, its power scaring even Suyass.

Who in Thousand Sails City had a True Spirit Magic Tool, apart from Lin Yun? The powerful Solomon, the learned Lys, the rich Cadgar, could they even possess a True Spirit Magic Tool?

Even the Cloud Tower, as one of the two strongest forces of mages in the kingdom, only had two or three True Spirit Magic Tools. Lin Yun had to crack the Fanrusen Formula to borrow the Black Death Rune. That wasn't a simple job. After being busy for a few days, he spent an all-nighter to crack the core spell matrices.

From this, it could be seen how much importance the Cloud Tower attached to the Black Death Rune.

It could be said that in Noscent's history, nobody insignificant ever managed to control a True Spirit Magic Tool. The weakest ones were at the Archmage realm and could definitely be considered powerhouses.

And as he thought of this, Lin Yun was even more curious about the identity of that corpse.

But...

As Lin Yun wanted to keep checking the corpse to find more clues, he discovered that the trail was cut off.

At first, Lin Yun wanted to use the Magic Array to analyze the remaining mana fluctuations on the corpse, but he quickly discovered that this corpse didn't have the slightest mana fluctuations.

'What is this?' That discovery immediately stunned Lin Yun. 'How could an Archmage powerhouse not leave any remnants of mana fluctuations after death? That's illogical…'

The Mage stage was about condensing the Mana Whirlpool, the Great Mage Stage was about condensing the Magic Conducting Runes, the High Mage Stage was about merging the nine Magic Conducting Runes into one and fusing with it. From that stage, it was no longer as simple as transferring mana. At that time, the power would come from the High Mage himself. In that realm, High Mages were no longer dependent on the environment and could even resist the suppression of some Laws.

As for the Archmage stage, it was something else altogether. Archmages were on another level of existence. Even after death, an archmage's mana wouldn't decay as long as their body didn't decay either.

Thus, Lin Yun felt strange...

'Why? The corpse hasn't completely decayed, so why are there no signs of the remnants of mana?'

If not for the True Spirit Magic Robe, Lin Yun wouldn't have believed that the person that died there was an Archmage, as this was simply unbelievable.

'How could it be?' Lin Yun thought about it and couldn't find a reasonable explanation. 'Did I make a mistake, was he someone like me, already possessing a True Spirit Magic Tool before reaching the Archmage realm?'

But this conjecture was suddenly invalidated.

Because Lin Yun turned the body and found another True Spirit Magic Tool under the corpse.

Two True Spirit Magic Tools!

Cold sweat trickled down Lin Yun's back.

A powerhouse that possessed two True Spirit Magic Tools… If he was comparable to Suyass when he was alive, then he would definitely have the qualifications to challenge Star Sage Jouyi!

That was power close to the Heaven realm.

How great was the Heaven realm? Even during the peak of the Magic Era, the Heaven realm represented the top of Noscent, it already represented the highest level of mages, the peak of mana control, the peak of magical power. When compared to Heaven mages, powerhouses such as the Sovereign of Death and the Sky Knight could only be said to have a more profound understanding of Laws. When it came to pure power, they weren't much stronger than Heaven Mages.

But someone that had at least been infinitely close to that realm ended up on this Planar Path.

No matter how hard Lin Yun thought, he couldn't understand what had happened, why there would be a corpse like this on a Planar Path.

Lin Yun then spent almost half an hour examining that corpse, but he didn't find anything worth his attention.

In the end, Lin Yun had no choice but to shake his head before standing up and telling the group of people waiting behind him, ”Let's go…”

They then restarted their very long walk.

But because of the corpse they had found before, the mood of the whole group was quite stifling. No one talked on the way, leaving behind an eerie silence.

Until half an hour later.