Mechanical Alchemist

Su Lun had waited half a day just for this moment when "Frank" would reveal a flaw!

After drinking from the Spring of Wisdom, his understanding of all laws had greatly improved. As a result, his spatial perception abilities had become much more precise, allowing him to sense spatial coordinates over vast distances more accurately.

During the several instances when "Frank" had released beams of the Truth Unraveler, Su Lun had already accurately determined the source of the power.

In the eyes of the All-knowing Eye's second solution, there were no secrets to be hidden.

Clear as day, Su Lun saw a strand of Faith Divine Power on Frank resembling a golden thread, continuously extending deep into Hell Volcano.

...

Mr. Hei employed various tactics of using finesse to overcome strength, making "Frank" feel like he was hitting cotton.

Despite having the ability to instantly kill, he curiously did not inflict any actual damage.

As he was still contemplating whether to pay a price to perform Divine Arts to first take care of the myriad of alchemists on the ship, suddenly, he noticed that Su Lun had disappeared from sight.

The Saint Heir immediately guessed something and his face drastically changed!

Although he didn't know how his adversary had precisely located the position of the intent from the "Lord of the Grey Mist" that resided in him, he couldn't afford to think about it, and his figure also vanished in a flash.

He knew very well that once the god-forbidden object was found, he would be immediately put at a significant disadvantage.

...

However, in the confrontation between masters, often just a tiny bit of decision-making advantage could create a huge opportunity.

The precise judgment and decisive action of Su Lun had given him that momentary edge.

Even though he did not know where the god-forbidden object of the "Lord of the Grey Mist" was exactly hidden, he was sure that the demigod would never place his avatar in peril.

So even when Su Lun discovered that the coordinates were somewhere deep within Hell Volcano, he did not hesitate to perform Directed Displacement.

As the surroundings changed, he found himself in a cave.

"Just as expected!"

A slight joy crossed Su Lun's mind.

The risk of teleporting here did involve some betting, but his gamble had paid off!

Faith Divine Power was equally tempting to any top-tier monster, so the Lord of the Grey Mist definitely would not arrange for any high-level monsters to guard near his avatar.

The cave was a spatial rift within Hell Volcano, a very special environment. Apart from rocks, terrifying spatial rifts and spatial windstorms were everywhere.

These spatial rifts were the best defensive traps for any intruding creature.

Concealed and powerful.

These dangerous spatial rifts, sufficient to tear apart transcendent beings, posed no threat to Su Lun.

In his eyes, these spatial rifts were like shattered pieces of glass scattered on the ground, glaring and devoid of any cover.

As long as he didn't blindly walk into them, they posed no threat whatsoever.

Ignoring those spatial rifts, Su Lun's gaze immediately fell upon the strange mask on the stone platform of the cave upon his arrival.

Identified as [The Totem Mask of the Hellish Demigod Kambubila].

Probably the worship totem left by an ancient fallen deity.

Su Lun had seen several similar artifacts before, and was not surprised.

Being so close, the residual Divine Power from the mask made his scalp tingle.

This mask, untouchable by mortals, inherently contained a powerful high-ranking mental impact.

However, handling such matters didn't require Su Lun's own hands, someone else was better suited for it.

He raised his hand, and through a vortex of darkness, a divinely robed, extremely beautiful woman with eerie red pupils appeared before him—none other than Pandora.

As soon as she appeared, a bizarre Divine Power immediately suppressed the radiation-like overflowing Divine Power from the mask.

The two exchanged a glance and immediately understood each other.

Pandora started her action at once.

She possessed the special ability to steal Faith Divine Power. Upon appearance, the crimson moonlight on her body turned into strands of red silk, tightly wrapping the mask.

It was these strands of red silk that furiously drew the Divine Power from the mask.

But now that the Lord of the Grey Mist, a divine will of a heavenly god, resided within, how could He just let someone easily steal His Divine Power?

Light flowed in Su Lun's eyes, clearly seeing the two Divine Powers clashing.

Obviously, the Divine Power couldn't be stolen in a short moment.

However, reality did not give them the opportunity. The next second, a golden-haired youth with vertically-slit pupils also teleported into the cave.

"Frank" looked at those daring to steal his Divine Power, his face cold.

Even though He had known through his followers that there was a special false god in this alchemical plane, seeing it in person made him subtly feel a threat.

Faith Stealing was a technique that could directly threaten a True God, so how could such an existence appear on this shattered alchemy plane?

Without further thought, a beam of blue light shot out from between his eyebrows, piercing through Pandora's chest in an instant.

Even though Pandora manifested her Divine Power form, this strike created a huge hole in her body, drastically weakening her Divine Power instantly.

At the same time, Pandora sent a spiritual transmission to Su Lun, "Don't worry about me, as long as you don't die, I cannot die!"

Because at that moment, "Frank's" next target was Su Lun.

However, as she spoke, she caught a glimpse out of the corner of her eye that Su Lun had already swiftly withdrawn, perfectly avoiding the disintegrating beam of light.

From this posture, it seemed that even if she hadn't reminded him, Su Lun had no intention of offering help.

Although she couldn't die, Pandora still looked over with a hint of deep sarcasm in her eyes at the scene.

She did not yet know that Su Lun had now gained "Wisdom."

But actually, even before they started fighting, Su Lun had already deduced that Frank couldn't kill Pandora.

Pandora, who had stolen the powers of several mature demigods, was now a top-tier demigod in this realm.

She might still fear the arrival of a True God, but just a trace of a will incarnate, couldn't necessarily decide the victor.

Moreover, how could the All-knowing Eye not comprehend her current strength?

The blow that seemed severe was actually mostly blocked by the Moon Reading Illusion Technique, and the dispersal of Divine Power was a false appearance intended for the enemy to see.

This Illusion Technique was so sophisticated it almost reached the pinnacle realm of "Turning Illusion into Reality."

Even Frank was deceived at that moment; otherwise, he wouldn't have switched his target.

The two exchanged glances, and Pandora, seeing a pair of cold, wise eyes, immediately understood something but also quietly exclaimed in her mind, "Has he seen through my Divine Techniques? His eyes seem to have changed."

Without much thought, she heard Su Lun's spiritual transmission, "Focus on dealing with this divine artifact. Leave that guy to me!"

Pandora felt somewhat puzzled by his confidence, as if questioning, "Can you handle it?"

Even during the brief combat, she had noticed that this golden-haired young man was definitely not an ordinary foe; the Divine Power in his magic was almost of the fifth order.

She initially thought that Su Lun had called her to deal with this tough opponent together, yet he wanted to handle it himself?

Su Lun didn't explain much that the two foes were actually one and the same; he suddenly appeared behind "Frank" with a teleportation.

"Alright!"

Seeing this action, Pandora also made her move.

Although puzzled about where Su Lun's confidence came from, after having cooperated so many times, how could she not know that he was someone who would never put himself at a disadvantage?

This thought barely flickered through her mind before she put it into action.

Her body surrounded by countless spirits, her eyes shone with a red illusion light like two blood moons, her entire body dissolved into blood-red filaments, madly stealing the Divine Power of faith from the mask.

...

The Divine Power of faith was rapidly draining; Frank's expression drastically changed.

The Lord of the Grey Mist had been heavily injured by Pandora before, and his Divine Power was already limited. Now, summoning the cursed space of the Hell Dragon Country to trap the Dawn Group was already a strain, leaving no strength for other measures.

Frank had intended to continue attacking Pandora, but Su Lun wouldn't give him that chance, having already appeared behind him.

Facing this deity, Su Lun's body erupted with Death God's Fire, and he swung down his black scythe!

The high and mighty divine will, seeing this, was furious. It hadn't expected a human to offend him, but seeing the pale green flames, it couldn't help but dodge.

Seeing this, Su Lun let out a cold, anticipatory laugh in his mind.

How could he not see through this fellow's bluff?

He was a divine will, true, but after all, the vessel of his descent was Frank McAdam, an eighth-tier human.

Moreover, after the previous heavy injury, his current bodily combat strength was less than thirty percent of his peak.

If it weren't for the fear of the True Revelation's ability, Su Lun wouldn't fear this fellow at all.

"Frank" knew that if he didn't kill the person before him, he couldn't stop the demigod who was stealing his Divine Power.

The confrontation was brief and without warning, an indescribable pressure suddenly descended.

Behind Frank appeared a blurry tri-eyed human face phantom.

That indescribable feeling was just like the first time on the sea surface of Giant Island.

"Divine Power!"

The divine will itself descended, unleashing a spiritual oppression from a True God, even more terrifying than a dragon's might.

This was truly a Divine Arts level technique.

This technique, once used, would immediately subdue Su Lun, a mere human.

Just a moment of stiffness would be his end.

....

However, Su Lun, feeling that spiritual power, wasn't surprised at all and thought to himself, "Hehe... no other tricks left, huh?"

Utilizing this strategy meant that the enemy truly had no more tricks up their sleeve.

An existence once indescribable had now become clear to him.

The impossibility of direct sight was merely because the human brain couldn't handle such vast and complex information.

But it's not to say that Su Lun, with the All-knowing Eye, was afraid to face a True God directly— even without it, such techniques could not harm him.

At the very moment the divine will descended, a deeper layer of the Death God's Fire emerged on Su Lun's body.

It was as if there were two souls within one body.

Frank watched, his brows tightly furrowed, as he failed to intimidate this mortal.

Previously, he had received information that Karas, another lesser demigod, responded to a follower's curse of Divine Arts. However, not only did the curse fail to kill a mortal, but it also backfired and severely injured him.

At that time, he guessed that this alchemical realm possessed some treasure or special existence.

Clearly, it was the one before him.

After helping Su Lun resist the oppression, Pestoya also revealed her spectral body.

Understanding something, Frank suddenly realized, "I didn't expect this lower plane to harbor a being who had consolidated Divine Fire..."

Not to mention that he was merely a wisp of consciousness that had descended, even if his true body had come, he might not have been able to intimidate a being who had consolidated Divine Fire.

Yet, this was clearly a broken and lesser plane of rules. How could this be possible?

He was greatly puzzled in his heart.

But suddenly, he understood something else, and his expression dramatically changed.

"Eh, no! This isn't Divine Fire he consolidated himself, but Divine Fire stolen from a god!"

It was already surprising enough for a pseudo-god to steal divine power. He had not expected there to be a spirit here who had already stolen Divine Fire.

Instantly, a conspiracy overwhelmed his heart.

All these tactics seemed aimed directly at him, a True God. Damn these alchemical arts. They truly needed to be destroyed!

...

Su Lun remained unfazed, with no intention of idling.

He teleported and reappeared next to Frank, striking him with a rune-engraved black umbrella.

Simultaneously, the Death God's Fire on his body, augmented by Pestoya, burned several times more intensely than before.

Knowing that it was already too late as he swung his umbrella, suddenly, the fire scales on the umbrella exploded, showering the majority of the cave with countless tiny sparks.

Frank, unable to avoid in time, got some of the soul fire on him and hastily teleported away from the spot.

Seeing this, Su Lun naturally pursued relentlessly!

With the Urobolos Space-Time Ring, how could he fall behind in teleportation?

Now undeterred by divine might, this was the best opportunity to strike.

The two entangled, bursting out of the cave.

Frank was also immensely irritated in his heart.

Originally, his strategy "Complete Truth" and "Divine Majesty," should have been enough to comfortably kill a ninth-string alchemist of this realm.

The plan had seemed perfect and could have resolved the issue instantly.

But he had encountered such an outrageous combination.

A high-ranking pseudo-god, a soul that had consolidated Divine Fire, and a fellow possessing a god-tier spatial treasure capable of fighting and fleeing... Even the Titan spirit had been held up.

Damn it!

This god felt enraged by some lowly humans for the first time.

However, even in fury, there was nothing he could do.

Descension to a lower plane naturally limited him, and his manifested body, already heavily injured, couldn't unleash many tactics.

The situation was increasingly turning against him.

Because if the delay continued, once the Lord of the Grey Mist's divine power was completely stolen, he too would suffer severe injuries.

By then, there would truly be no chance for a turnaround.

Su Lun, however, became calmer as the battle progressed, his thoughts racing swiftly as he envisioned all possibilities.

The longer time dragged on, the more it favored him.

But he was also aware that if "Frank" were pushed to the brink, he would definitely have some desperate tactics.

And sure enough!

Just then, tremendous Divine Power suddenly condensed around Frank.

This time, he didn't attack Su Lun with disintegrating beams anymore. Instead, looking up at the sky, the beams seemed to puncture a large hole in the realm itself, and suddenly, a giant human face condensed in the sky.

Su Lun looked cautiously, "Is it time to use the power of my true body to cast Divine Arts?"

Although the All-knowing Eye had shielded some of the information that would burden him, it was only a bit that he could accept, and he clearly saw that this move had already mobilized the power of cosmic rules.

This was firmly within the realm of Divine Arts.

But creating such a commotion, for Frank McAdam himself, was also a great risk.

This guy probably thought it better to both suffer than to be utterly defeated.

After all, Su Lun also knew that with the capabilities Dawn Group had revealed, if he were that deity, he would pay any price to thoroughly eradicate them.

As long as he could quickly kill them, there was still a chance to turn the situation around.

The face of dark mist in the sky stared down directly, its seemingly empty eye sockets instantly made Su Lun feel targeted.

It was that kind... no matter how far he teleported, he had already been seen, escape was impossible.

Su Lun didn't think his techniques could save his life, but clearly, he had a better way to respond.

With a gesture, a mysterious figure clad in a cloak appeared by his side.

As she lifted her cloak, she stunningly revealed a face full of menacing snake hair yet strikingly beautiful.

If not Queen Medusa, then who?

...

Su Lun didn't know the full power of this Divine Art, but he knew one thing.

Whatever means were available had to be constrained within the scope that the alchemical plane could withstand.

And Queen Medusa's stone curse had already touched the ceiling of the alchemical plane.

This was confidence!

Even if she couldn't petrify Frank, who was protected by the "Shield of Innocence," her Divine Art could petrify those energies that were condensed.

She looked at the face in the sky with a solemn expression, glanced at Su Lun, and murmured, "You really have stirred up quite a trouble."

Listening, Su Lun smiled faintly and actually felt relieved.

Not saying he couldn't be opposed meant they could fight.

But having said that, there wasn't a hint of complaint on Queen Medusa's face.

She hadn't forgotten that these celestial beings were also her enemies!

The moment she appeared, her snake hair fiercely roared at the giant face in the sky, and a stream of petrifying grey mist light burst forth.

Seeing Medusa appear, the cold, giant face in the sky seemed to reveal a hint of mockery.

The True Solution to All, which could decompose everything in the world, would stop the stone curse as long as it could understand it.

He was a True God after all!

How could a demigod serpent-like witch stop him?

The light beam, enhanced by Divine Power with the True Solution to All, shot straight down.

The petrifying grey light clearly couldn't stop it, and was decomposed bit by bit.

However, at that moment, something unexpected happened for Frank.

From the mass of snake hair on Queen Medusa's head, suddenly nine glistening golden shadows condensed.

With a flash of gold, and on closer look, the previously suppressed petrifying light suddenly surged in power by tens of times!

The nine golden snakes also emitted a force not inferior to that of the giant face, instantly restraining the decomposing light beam.

In an instant, the whole world seemed to turn to grey and white.

Wherever the light touched, everything was petrified.

Frank knew that the Golgoun clan had a powerful leader and had guessed that she might have become Queen Medusa, but he hadn't realized they had gathered nine golden snake hairs!

Those golden snake hairs, were a super-tier cursed object made from the sealed Divine Power of a god-tier snake-haired witch by a Great Alchemist of ancient times.

Combined, they could release terrifying Divine Power and even reverse bloodlines.

Queen Medusa had received the inheritance of the Golgoun clan and now fully controlled this power.

This was something Su Lun had confirmed before taking action!

From the beginning of the battle, he had anticipated this move.

....

From a distance, Frank was bathed in the petrifying light, and his face turned ashen.

He could never have imagined that these natives of the alchemical plane would have so many trump cards.

The tide had turned.

Unless a divine entity descended, he couldn't see any chance of victory.