Mechanical Alchemist

Su Lun listened to the horn sound that seemed to pierce through a person's soul, his expression turning visibly grim as he murmured, "This is troublesome."

Having harvested too many fragments of mage memories, these characters from the Divine Plane now were essentially an "open book" for Su Lun, so he had speculated on his chances of victory before the battle.

He deduced that the enemy's final trump card was nothing more than summoning Divine Power.

He briefly assessed the situation, and concluded that the Dawn Group still had a fighting chance.

After all, it was the fragmented Alchemy Plane, and an eighth-tier great magic conductor could carry the divine will of a god, which probably wouldn't be extremely formidable. Winning might not be certain, but it seemed manageable to stall them.

However, the current situation with this "Galar's Horn of Apocalypse" was unexpected.

This Divine Artifact Projection was a "secret weapon," one unknown even to the division leaders of the mages.

Moreover, the complication was that it was a summoning-type Divine Artifact.

Out of the corner of his eye, Su Lun observed the surroundings, and his thoughts also touched on some other crucial information, "These guys can actually summon Titan spirits... It seems that the Titans from that battle years ago have a significant connection with the Divine Plane."

Being proficient in various Necromantic Spell Formulas himself, he knew that summoning the protection of departed spirits usually required not only related items but also sufficient devotion or perhaps some bloodline descendants. Otherwise, they couldn't possibly summon spirits or monsters of high orders.

But thinking about this now seemed somewhat pointless.

...

Right at the moment when the horn sounded, the surrounding sea began to tumult immediately.

Tanni had detected something unusual ahead of time; a warning came over the communicator, "Mr. Su Lun, there's trouble, the fish in the sea report that many terrifying deep-sea monsters have appeared. Be careful on your side; they seem to be heading towards Cocoa Lox Island!"

Levitating mid-air, Su Lun looked afar and saw the giant creatures emerging from the sea, his scalp numb.

Titan Nine-Headed Eels, Titan Armored King Crabs, Titan Man-Footed Snakes, Leviathan Sea Monsters...

Almost every creature with Titan's bloodline had been awakened by that horn. These sovereign behemoths, usually hidden in the deep sea, were now driven by a mysterious force, surging towards Cocoa Lox Island.

And it wasn't just these sea monsters; the distant Hell Volcano also roared and burst, spewing dense gases of hell.

The sound of the horn seemed to pierce through the planar rift, summoning all the necrotic spirits from below.

Dark clouds spread across the sky like the end of times, accompanied by thunder and lightning.

Looking further, one could see figures as tall as hundred meters, giant spectral monsters, emerging from the volcano.

"Titan spirits..."

Seeing this, Su Lun's eyes were filled with solemnity.

He decisively responded through the communicator, "Implement Plan C! Be extra careful, avoid the core battlefield, and try to constrain them with firepower from the periphery!"

"Yes!"

The reply came through the communicator.

There wasn't much to worry about with the Evernight ship.

The Titan monsters were summoned by the horn for battle, seemingly directed only towards Golar Temple. With Old Sword God Bartolo and the Dawn Group's high combatants, the effect of containment on the periphery would even be better.

But the situation on Su Lun's side looked very grim.

He glanced at the temple, which was still unresponsive, and muttered in his heart, "Your Highness, I can only try my best to buy you time..."

The moment he identified the properties of the Artifact Projection, he had already concluded that it was not a scenario where he could match strength.

Even though he had a profound alliance with Queen Medusa.

The current situation was simply not something a mere Dawn Group could withstand.

All Su Lun could do was to help her delay for a while.

...

Clearly, the enemy had perceived Su Lun's intention to retreat.

But since they had already played their trump card, they had no intention of letting Su Lun go.

In Augustus' eyes, this group called Dawn, was even a greater threat than Medusa!

It was just when Su Lun was communicating with the Evernight ship, suddenly a crow in the sky "cawed" loudly.

He instantly knew that a crisis was upon him.

On the battlefield, it was either kill or be killed; Su Lun was not surprised that his enemies had the intent to kill. His gaze fixed on a white-bearded grand magic conductor nearby, his heart hardened, "Since the problem cannot be solved, then let's resolve the person who caused the problem first!"

Currently, he simply couldn't stop those Titan creatures from attacking.

Thus, the only thing he could do, and possibly effective, was to kill this supreme commander!

In the face of lethal danger, Su Lun still resolutely chose to teleport towards Augustus.

This time, he had to gamble!

Only if the opponent truly harbored the intent to kill, would he have the chance to get close.

Sure enough, seeing Su Lun teleport again, a triumphant gleam flashed through Augustus' eyes from afar, deliberately exposing a flaw, just waiting for him to teleport in!

In that lightning-fast moment, Su Lun's figure dissipated on the spot.

With a flicker of spatial fluctuation, he had already appeared behind Augustus, his black umbrella aimed at his back, enveloped in phosphorescent flame.

However, at the very same instant, the grand magic conductor crushed a magic scroll hidden within his robe, and a burst of spatial fluctuation surged as well.

As Su Lun poised his umbrella, he saw a figure with beautiful features but horrific snake hair emerge from the spatial rift in front of him!

And in this snake-haired gorgon's head not only was the soul fluctuation extremely strong, but among her snake locks, there were also two golden ones.

Seeing this figure, Su Lun not only showed no surprise but his expression grew more stern: "Finally showing yourself!"

Queen Medusa had mentioned before that their Golark tribe had a total of three eighth-tiers.

Aside from herself, who had chosen to face the ordeal, the other two were her dear sisters who had betrayed her.

One had been killed on the outskirts of Aike, the capital of the Silver Dragon Country; the other was right here before her.

This person was the one pulling the strings behind "Sea of Snakes Sanctuary" both previously and now!

Su Lun was aware of the danger, so how could she be unguarded?

Even though she was smeared with the "Blood of Redemption from Queen Medusa," it was impossible to completely ignore the petrification curse of an eighth-tier Medusa.

And the moment they both emerged from the spatial rift and faced each other, this Medusa's hair full of snakes suddenly opened its eyes, and a broad petrifying beam had already covered Su Lun's entire body.

The enemy was well-prepared, why would they make a mistake?

Su Lun was enveloped in a gray light, utterly unavoidable.

And in that moment she locked eyes with the Medusa's amber vertical pupils, a paralysis ten times stronger than before suddenly spread throughout her body, making Su Lun feel as if time had slowed by tenfold; her body immediately entered a bizarre state of rigidity, even her thoughts seemed to stop.

Not far away, Legate Augustus saw this and rejoiced: It worked!

He too was prepared; the phantom vertical pupil on his forehead suddenly burst with light, and a disintegrating beam shot toward the rigid Su Lun.

Two top-notch experts teamed up, giving her no chance to escape. Su Lun, even if she were one or two major ranks higher, would still be unable to flee this predicament.

It looked like this was a certain death situation.

However, at this critical moment, something Augustus and the Medusa could never have anticipated occurred.

...

The petrifying beam of the Medusa race was a high-ranking Earthen Law, almost possessing varying degrees of petrification effects on all energies and matters.

And being from a mythical race, probably only beings above ninth-tier could confidently resist the curse of this eighth-tier Medusa.

The Dawn Brigade had just such a member!

That was the ghostly Miss Pestoya!

It was the moment Su Lun fell into a rigid state; a ghost floated out from the rune-decorated black umbrella in his hand.

Her spiritual body also burned with the same green phosphorus fire as Su Lun, directly ignoring the petrifying beam, and charged straight toward the Medusa.

This eighth-tier Medusa clearly hadn't expected this turn of events!

Fear and confusion filled its eyes.

However, before it could think further, Pestoya had already charged over, using the Death God's Fire to directly ignite its soul.

The trembling of soul burning forced the Medusa to let out a heartrending scream: "Ah..."

However, the crisis was not completely resolved!

On the other side, Augustus's "Omnifactor True Solution" beam had already hit Su Lun.

But at the same time, the necromancy rune Su Lun had drawn on his chest had suddenly shone brightly, and an indescribable, eerie breath suddenly protected his body.

Upon looking again, Pandora had revealed her true form from the Spirit Communion Array, her divine robe formed from blood-colored moonlight, surrounded by a hundred demons.

Prepared for battle, a massive surge of divine power burst forth the moment she appeared, and she lightly chided, "Tsukuyomi - Lunar Divine Path!"

Looking again, her crimson eyes blazing, seemed like two blood moons casting forth an overwhelmingly dominant illusion technique.

This blood-colored light immediately contacted Augustus's disintegrating light.

However, "Omnifactor True Solution" with its illusion-cancelling property was evidently superior, segmenting and then hitting Pandora's body, causing her to disintegrate on the spot.

Yet, although Pandora's aura had weakened significantly in an instant, her disintegrated body, like the moon's reflection on water, shattered but then swiftly restored itself.

It was she who stepped forward to block this certain death attack for Su Lun.

And the Moon Reading Illusion Technique also momentarily left Augustus in a daze.

Pandora's current divine cultivation had reached the "indestructible" property—so long as her object of enshrinement was not destroyed, she would not die!

This was also why Su Lun was confident letting her defend as his most vital maneuver.

One demi-god and one spirit burning with divine fire, he was protected by twin divinities, not too unseemly for a divine being's will to descend.

This assurance was his ultimate ground for engaging Augustus!

But this was almost his last card to play.

Now it was revealed; they must decide the outcome.

The moment Pestoya and Pandora blocked the dual deadly attacks for him, Su Lun broke free from his rigid state.

The spatial teleportation at close range had no forewarning; he had already appeared behind Augustus.

This time, the rune-decorated black umbrella struck the great Magic Conductor's magic shield.

At the touch, sparks flew from the umbrella, tiny sparks that immediately burned into his soul.

However, Augustus was not a half-step Sage of Law Puppet Master for nothing; even under the illusion's effect, he immediately woke up.

As he saw his soul ignite, his combat instincts instantly reacted.

With a "bang," his figure exploded into pieces.

Seeing this, Su Lun muttered to himself: "The epic magic tool, 'Life-Sparing Crystal,' finally used up, huh."

This guy was a legate, naturally equipped with numerous life-preserving items; this was one of them as per the intelligence.

Able to provide instant life-saving.

But how could Su Lun let him escape again?

If not killed in one strike, then strike twice!

Even though there was no one in sight, Su Lun didn't hesitate to use spatial teleportation.

At that moment, the spatial coordinates Mr. Hei had placed on him using both hands finally came into play!

The scenery around changed instantly, and Su Lun found himself inside a cave several kilometers away.

There was also a magic Formation inside the cave, which was lighting up at this moment.

Seeing this, how could he not know that this cunning Old Magic Conductor had prepared this shelter for himself well in advance?

Su Lun didn't hesitate for a second longer, bringing his rune-infused black umbrella up to his face and swinging it down with a thud.

Not good!

Augustus's face turned pale in an instant.

He hadn't expected that just as he had arrived, the other party would follow right behind.

But after slight contemplation, he immediately realized, "Damn it, that black-robed Magician had left a spatial marker!"

Even now that he understood, Su Lun wouldn't give him any more chances.

For the first time, Augustus felt the terrifying approach of true death; he indeed still had many life-saving techniques, just a moment to chant and release would allow him to survive.

However, he also knew there was no chance left.

The decisiveness of his adversary in seizing the moment was enough to determine life or death.

With a "bang," the rune black umbrella struck Augustus solidly in the chest.

This time, the green phosphorous fire ignited like gunpowder, burning up completely in an instant.

Augustus, being a grand Magic Conductor a half-step away from Sage of Law, possessed spiritual power far beyond the ordinary, so much so that in his final moment, he could clearly perceive the passing of his life.

Nevertheless, he still couldn't understand why his foolproof plan had failed.

Although the false god was much stronger than reported, he was still within a manageable range.

But what about the other, the Spiritual Body that ignored the petrifying curse?

He didn't get to understand any of it as his consciousness dissipated.

Su Lun, recognizing that his soul had left his body, knew this person was truly dead.

He hurried to harvest it while it was still burning.

Sadly, it had already burned considerably, and the memories he obtained were just fragments.

But Su Lun's attitude was always good.

Having any harvest at all was good enough.

Plus, those fragments were high-level and very useful to him.

After killing this powerful enemy, Su Lun finally heaved a sigh of relief.

It was a relief to have resolved a major problem.

However, asking about the situation outside, it still wasn't looking good. The monsters drawn by the sound of the horn were still converging towards Cocorosie Island.

The crisis was not yet over.

Su Lun dared not stay longer; he glanced at the body on the ground.

The legendary magic wand was still there, but the Artifact Projection "Shield of Innocence" had disappeared.

Su Lun felt somewhat regretful then.

An artifact with a hundred percent magic immunity, if it had fallen into his own hands, he would be truly unkillable.

However, even if he had obtained it, without Divine Power, he wouldn't have been able to use it.

Su Lun pursed his lips, not dwelling on it further.

He stored the body into his mini-void realm and cleared out all the contents of that giant storage ring.

Augustus, being the Supreme Army Commander from the Divine Realm in the Dragon Country Waters, was naturally extremely wealthy.

The contents of this storage ring—various high-level magic materials, demon crystals, scrolls, etc.—were dazzling to Su Lun.

The gains from just killing this one person were probably worth more than several ten-thousand member mage groups.

Moreover, Su Lun spotted two familiar items immediately.

The "Cadmos's Dragon Hunting Spear" and "Gleipnir's Entangler."

These two treasures were magical instruments used by those Mages in the battle against the Tier 8 national guardian Silver Dragon at the Silver Dragon Country capital, Aikrensar.

The spear could pierce dragon scales, and the rope could prevent the terrifying power of a Tier 8 giant dragon from breaking free—truly rare treasures.

There was no time to consider and count all his gains.

With another instantaneous movement, Su Lun appeared once more in front of the Gorelt God Temple.

....

At that moment, a large Gorgon corpse had already fallen to the ground; this was the Tier 8 Gorgon that had plotted against Su Lun just now.

Its soul had been utterly incinerated by Pestoya, leaving only its shell.

Because of the death of this Tier 8 Gorgon, the snake sea disaster besieging the temple instantly lost its control. The previously endless poisonous snakes had now retreated like a tide, leaving behind only heaps of corpses.

Su Lun glanced at the spirit lady next to the corpse and patted her head, "Thank you."

Pestoya, with a face full of happiness from being able to help, replied, "See? Didn't I tell you I was amazing?"

"Yes, super amazing."

Su Lun nodded affirmatively.

The Death God's Fire that Pesto had just unleashed was indeed the result of genuine hard training, without any deceit.

Su Lun didn't hold back and directly gathered up the body of the Gorgon.

At that moment, Pandora, emanating a celestial aura, also descended, "Hey~ no one even thanked me."

Su Lun looked at her with a smile and sincerely said, "Thank you for your help, Miss Pandora."

Without these two just now, he would have been unable to turn the tables on the enemy.

Pandora listened, smiled seductively, and said nothing.

While the three of them chatted briefly, a sword light flashed in the distance, and a path was cleaved through the mountain of corpses; Tanni, covered in blood and holding a sword, slowly emerged.

Half her arm was exposed outside her Sword Dao robe, and her chest heaved violently; she too looked significantly drained.

Noticing her serious injuries, Su Lun expressed his concern, "Sister Tanni, how are you?"

With a clank, Tanni sheathed her sword and coolly replied, "I've been poisoned. But I've injected an antidote potion, it's not a big problem."

Su Lun listened and his brows relaxed.

Although Mr. Hei was severely injured and Tanni was also not lightly hurt... they had fortunately managed to kill the formidable enemy without mishap.

At that moment, Tanni looked towards the direction of the Hell Volcano where the Titan Spirit Army was approaching and asked, "What do we do now?"

"..."

Hearing this, Su Lun's expression immediately became grave again.

He glanced at the temple, where the inheritance of Queen Medusa seemed nowhere near ending.

Then he looked at the distance.

After pondering for a moment, Su Lun seriously said, "The sound of horns summoning those monsters wasn't controlled by the previous legion commander, it should be a group of 500 arduous trainees. But I don't know where those people are hiding. Without dealing with them, we can't handle these creatures."

He paused for a moment, then said, "Sister Tanni, you should rest in the minor void realm for now."

The implied meaning of his words was that they were preparing to initiate Plan C for evacuation.

"Okay."

Tanni listened with an unfaltering expression on her face.

She didn't think too much; let Su Lun worry about the decisions.

She was only responsible for the fighting.

A vortex of void lighted up in Su Lun's palm, and he placed Tanni into the minor void realm.

Pandora, who had previously taken a mortal blow in her true body and whose divine power was not lightly damaged, also went to the minor void realm to recuperate.

Su Lun then sat alone beside a stone sculpture outside the temple.

Pesto, imitating him, sat down beside him.

Both of them remained silent.

The noise of monsters landing on the island grew louder, and even with the Eternal Night's cannons restraining them, those Titan creatures attracted by the "Gallar's Doomsday Horn" still relentlessly congregated towards Cocolossi Island.

Su Lun planned to hold out until the last moment.

If there truly were no other options left, leaving then would mean he had exhausted all his efforts.

Through the communicator, the crew on the Eternal Night continuously reported the situation: "Mr. Su Lun, be careful, we can't draw those creatures away, they are heading towards you…"

Su Lun heard this and remained silent, his thoughts racing, still seeking the last possible opportunity for a turnaround.

However, no matter how hard he racked his brain, he couldn't find any chance of winning.

In the face of such overwhelming odds, everything seemed so pale and powerless.

Yet, facing the oncoming horde of monsters, he murmured, "This scenario, it's very similar to the situation in the Atlantis Ruins… The war horn sounded, summoning a flood of monsters."

Unfortunately, this time there was no will of the cursed space to help.

Several flying Titan lineage creatures had already reached the temple first, and Su Lun, raising his hand, sliced them down with several swings of his dark scythe.

But as time passed, more and more giant creatures landed on the island.

After repelling wave after wave of creatures alone, Su Lun already felt the situation was beyond salvation.

At the edge of his vision, ninth-tier creatures had started to appear, and he knew he didn't have much time left.

However, just when he thought the situation was irreversible, something completely unexpected happened.

Through the communicator, the outer observation post of the Eternal Night discovered something and sent an urgent message: "Mr. Su Lun, this is bad, a horde of giant dragons has appeared from the northwest! There are a lot of them!"

A horde of giant dragons?

Upon hearing this, Su Lun grimaced.

His first thought was that these dragons were part of the monster tide summoned by the horn.

But with the situation already so dire, he didn't think a few more dragons would make much difference.

Yet on second thought, that wasn't right!

Originally, it was the Dragon race and the Titan gods who battled, so how could these dragons be with the Titan spirits?

Furthermore, the identification of "Gallar's Doomsday Horn" had no effect on summoning dragons.

The moment he understood this key point, Su Lun's expression suddenly brightened.

His intuition told him that the turning point in the situation had arrived!