Chapter 638 - : Imprint (2/2)

Lin Li suddenly came up with an idea which even he was taken aback by. It was undoubtedly a very ridiculous idea. However, apart from this absurd and ridiculous explanation, Lin Li couldn’t think of anything else to accredit the phenomenon to.

Lin Li shook his head helplessly. Since no reasonable explanation could be found, there was no point in dwelling on it. Even if the absurd theory held, the matter was beyond the scope of his own ability, and there was no need to waste his time mulling over it. It was a matter of changing life forms and a realm that could only be reached by those who were at the peak of the Sanctuary-realm. Even Lord Osric could not achieve such a feat in the past, let alone Lin Li.

Although he gave up and stopped thinking about the matter, Lin Li still wondered about something. He had no idea if it was true, but maybe it had something to do with the Immortal King.

It was actually extremely easy to dispose of those two black beads left behind by the Double Death Dragons, but Lin Li did not erase them. Instead, he let them continue to absorb the power in Gloomy Dark. It would be difficult to make the infinite power in Gloomy Dark be reduced significantly even if there were 200 of those beads around it.

Besides, Lin Li was not really that generous. As time pa.s.sed and he gained more experience and profound understanding of magic, he actually gained more knowledge about the debris of the stars too. In fact, Lin Li had been aware since a long time ago that Gloomy Dark was not as generous as it appeared to be.

On the surface, it seemed that Gloomy Dark was very generous and selfless by giving its energy to all dark creatures. However, there were indications that while Gloomy Dark provided power to dark creatures, it was also gaining something from dark creatures in an inexplicable way. Moreover, it was not like a positive cycle, but was akin to fis.h.i.+ng. Gloomy Dark was like an experienced fisherman who threw out only a few insignificant lures but was catching big fishes.

Although the process was still incomprehensible and couldn’t be explained by any theory, Lin Li believed that the speculation should be correct. The best proof of that should be the Undead creatures in the Scar of Death. Gloomy Dark had been there for more than 1,300 years, and the pure Dark Force created countless powerful mutant Undead creatures, including Legendary Liches and Legendary Humerus Wyrms. During this process, Lin Li could hardly imagine how much effort and power Gloomy Dark had to give out. However, after 1,300 years, Lin Li obtained Gloomy Dark and could clearly sense that the Gloomy Dark power was much stronger than what he had imagined.

Lin Li now had three pieces of the debris of the stars in his hands, namely Holy Light, Gloomy Dark, and Rebirth. Each contained different Rules and had different characteristics. However, if the other characteristics were put aside and only strength was taken into consideration, Gloomy Dark which had selflessly given out its energy and power for more than 1,300 years was the most powerful of them.

Lin Li was not at all worried about the energy and power of Gloomy Dark. If its energy were depleted, it wouldn’t be a real magical artifact.

As for the soul imprints of the Double Death Dragons, Lin Li did not care what kind of changes would occur after they absorbed the power of Gloomy Dark. Anril was a world where only the strong would survive, and strength was the basis of comparison. Before their deaths, the Double Death Dragons were powerful twin dragons which became horrible twin Dracoliches after their death. However, what was left of them now was only the primal soul imprint that could only survive by relying on the power provided by Gloomy Dark. They were in no place to compete with Lin Li.

Perhaps, one day, the soul imprints of the Double Death Dragons would absorb enough power from Gloomy Dark to reemerge as the Double Death Dragons. But so what if they did? Since all of their power came from Gloomy Dark, Lin Li could erase them effortlessly with a wave of his wand.

Not to mention, Lin Li might only be level-21 and a beginner in the Legendary-realm, but he held the magical ring with Evil Eye Tyrant’s crystal and the G.o.d of Mages Geresco’s Book of Eternity. He also had perfect magical talent gotten in the Endless World[1]. It’d be impossible for him not to surpa.s.s the Double Death Dragons with such advantages.

Lin Li did not know exactly how the soul imprints of the Double Death Dragons were formed or how long they’d existed, but one thing for sure was that he had absolute control over the two soul imprints.

[1] If you remember the very beginning of the novel, it was said that Lin Li basically maxed out the potential of a mage avatar in the Endless World game, and he got sent to Anril with all that intact. That’s also where his skills in pharmacy and so on came from.