Mageweaths of the Divine Smith level were a field that even Lin Li had never ventured into, because it had completely exceeded the limits of what humans could master as it was the realm of the gods. Even though Lin Li was a full-time Guru of Inscription, he was clueless when it came to the field of Divine Smith mageweaths because reaching the realm of the Divine Smith was as difficult as obtaining a god’s position.
Besides, although Divine Smiths did not enter the realm of the gods through martial arts, their combat power was not worse than that of Divine Mages. At the realm of Divine Smiths, the difference between professions would be insignificant. Be it Divine Smiths or Divine Mages, their actions contained the will of a god, and they could instantly kill countless Legendary powerhouses. Even Sanctuary powerhouses, who were close to the realm of the gods, were still insignificant compared to the Divine Smiths.
Lin Li suppressed the excitement in his heart, and began to carefully study the Void Spirit Mageweaths on the magic tower. If he could really learn something from it, he probably wouldn’t be far from obtaining godhood mentioned in the legends.
However, the realm of the gods was not something that mortals could reach easily and master. Lin Li stayed there and studied for three whole days and nights, only to realize that he had gained nothing in the end. It was even more impossible for Elvan to get anything out of it. Instead, he seemed drained out of his energy and vigor from studying the mageweath.
Finally, Lin Li had no choice but to accept reality. After all, it was a mageweath of the Divine Smith level. Even if he continued to stay there for another three to 30 years, he might not be able to reach an outcome. However, Lin Li could not waste so much time here, as there were still too many things that he had to do.
Hence, Lin Li came up with a stupid solution, and that was to copy the Void Spirit Mageweath on the tower. Although it would not have the power of the real Void Spirit Mageweath, the inscription knowledge that it contained would definitely remain unchanged.
Of course, it would not be easy to copy it. Although Lin Li had a lot of manpower, there were still many things that he had to do himself. Otherwise, studying it would be difficult if someone made a mistake.
Lin Li picked a few mages who had a little knowledge of inscriptions, and began getting a print of the Void Spirit Mageweath together with them and Elvan.
However, just when Lin Li reached the mageweath on the door of the magic tower, the door of the tower, which had been closed, opened all of a sudden. Next, Lin Li managed to see the interior of the tower that made him overwhelmed with shock through the gap in the door.
Lin Li saw a manticore that was shackled and restrained by magic chains and mageweaths under the sunlight. What really frightened Lin Li was that the manticore that was being restrained was actually a nine-headed manticore.
The nine-headed manticore was a magical beast that was even more terrifying than the Evil Eye Tyrant. Nine heads represented nine powerful affinity spells, which also meant that the nine-headed manticore’s power had already reached the Sanctuary-realm.
As soon as the doors of the magic tower, Lin Li sensed the terrifying aura that was even stronger than that of the Flame Dragon Lothar that he’d encountered in the great rift of the Eternal Darkness Altar. Back when he dealt with the Flame Dragon Lothar, two Sanctuary powerhouses, the high priest of the Darkness Shrine Rogge and the Evil Dragon Nefa, worked together to deal with Lothar, but were ultimately defeated by it. If it weren’t for the power of the Tree of Eternity, which put Lothar back into a deep slumber, none of them would have survived in the end.
Even though Lin Li already had the strength of a high-level Sanctuary powerhouse, he was still scared soulless upon sight of the shackled nine-headed manticore. Worse still, the magic chains and mageweaths that bound the nine-headed manticore tightly actually loosened up when the door of the tower was opened.
The nine-headed manticore had been locked up in there for a long time, and as soon as the binding on the body was loosened, it broke free impatiently with great power, and dashed through the door of the magic tower.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye, from the opening of the door of the magic tower to the nine-headed manticore breaking free. Although Lin Li was stunned, he snapped back to his senses in time, and quickly activated the power of his Space Robe, after which his figure immediately flashed and appeared in midair.
The people around the tower acted like they had seen a ghost when they saw Lin Li as he suddenly flashed away from the front door of the tower, still feeling bewildered. After all, he was a Sanctuary powerhouse who was at the pinnacle of the world. You could almost say that there was barely anything in this world that could threaten him.
However, immediately afterwards, they saw the nine-headed manticore dashing out of the door of the tower, scaring the crowd out of their wits immediately. For them, the nine-headed manticore was a powerful magical beast that could contend with the gods in myths. Everyone reacted and realized why Lin Li appeared to be so flustered despite being a high-level Sanctuary powerhouse.
Fortunately, the nine-headed manticore seemed to have treated them as insignificant nobodies who didn’t exist. As soon as it dashed out of the door, it chased after Lin Li. To the nine-headed manticore, Lin Li was the only one among the people present who was worth its pursuit.
While it was charging Lin Li, the nine-headed manticore opened its mouth and roared, after which countless silver thunderbolts appeared in the air and blasted towards Lin Li. The air seemed to have become a prison where countless thunderbolts were crashing down like a tide, almost drowning the island. The roaring made the space quake incessantly too.
Ordinary thunder magic spells would often come with warning signs in the form of gloomy clouds because they used the nomological power of the world. However, the nine-headed manticore had clearly reached the level of Void Thunder. That was the power of the peak of the Sanctuary-realm, which had replaced the World Laws with its own laws. It was only a step away from reaching the realm of the gods, and obtaining the legendary godhood.
Fortunately, Lin Li was prepared for this, and when his body flashed in mid-air, he immediately cast out his own Domain World, which could be considered his own most powerful defense means at the moment. As a high-level Sanctuary powerhouse, he had mastered the World Laws to a fairly high degree, and the Domain World that he created was probably not much inferior compared to the real world.
When he was exploring the Sky Castle and fought with Highlord Osric in the end, Lin Li still had to add the seven pieces of the debris of the stars to his Domain World to be able to barely block Osric’s terrifying attack. However, with his current Domain World, he would still have to put in some effort into fighting without the debris of the stars, but he at least wouldn’t be in such a pathetic state.
Now, facing the nine-headed manticore which was at the peak of the Sanctuary-realm, Lin Li really did not dare to be negligent at all. Hence, he immediately cast his Domain World without any testing. As soon as the Domain World was opened, the nine-headed manticore attacked. The endless thunderbolts converged to form a silver ocean that instantly caused Lin Li’s Domain World to become submerged.
At this moment, Lin Li, who was in his own Domain World, looked outside and saw that there were silver thunderbolts and lightning everywhere. The thunderbolts and lightning each contained terrifying power, and were constantly blasting his Domain World. The aftershocks of the power that seeped in made the Domain World seem apocalyptic.
However, despite facing that, Lin Li didn’t look as nervous as he used to, and instead seemed calm and relieved. Through the power of the attacks that the Domain World sustained, Lin Li could tell that while the nine-headed manticore was powerful, it was not as difficult to deal with as he had previously thought.
The nine-headed manticore was at the peak of the Sanctuary-realm, but its power did not contain any power of the gods, and it was still far from being a so-called demigod.
The dragon corpse of the Dragon of Destruction on Cage Island back then had left Lin Li and Zumar, the two high-level Sanctuary powerhouses, and several pseudo-Sanctuary powerhouses helpless even though they had joined forces.
Similarly, the Flame Dragon Lothar which appeared in the rift of the Eternal Darkness Altar had also put High Priest Rogge and the Evil Dragon Nefa in a pathetic state because of its power that contained a trace of the power of the gods. A trace of godly power would make a huge difference and set one Sanctuary powerhouse apart from another. There was a similar example: a level-19 Archmage who had comprehended some nomological power would be far stronger than one who hadn’t. It was a fundamental difference that couldn’t be made up for with strength.
Of course, even though the nine-headed manticore did not have any godly power, it didn’t mean that it was easy to deal with. It had power of the Sanctuary-realm and nine types of powerful affinity spells. Ordinary peak Sanctuary powerhouses probably wouldn’t be its match, either, let alone Lin Li. However, the fact that the nine-headed manticore did not have any godly power at least gave Lin Li a chance to fight, and saved him from being in the hopeless state that he would be in if he faced a demigod.
While sustaining his Domain World and resisting the attacks of the nine-headed manticore, Lin Li also began retaliating. A dazzling ray of light instantly emanated from the Helios’ Scepter that Lin Li was holding, immediately causing the power of the Domain World to surge. Right afterwards, countless sharp swords and spears darted out of the Domain World, instantly shuttling towards the nine-headed manticore through the silver thunderbolts.
However, just as the countless swords and spears came close, one of the heads of the nine-headed manticore roared, and an earthy yellow shield appeared in front of it. The shield emitted incomparably thick fluctuations of earth power, as if it was made of compressed earth.
Lin Li’s attack immediately collided with the nine-headed manticores earth shield, and deafening roars filled the sky, making it seem as if the firmament was about to collapse. The aftershock of the collision had also swept towards the surroundings, and even the island below wasn’t spared. The trees that had been living for years were uprooted by that power spreading towards the surroundings.
At this moment, the people on the island were maximizing their power, as if they were in an apocalypse. They were barely holding on amidst the power of the aftershocks. However, even so, the few weaker ones were blown away with the trees. Fortunately, they were experienced Legendary powerhouses at least level-22 or level-23. Although they were inevitably injured, their injuries were not fatal.
In the blink of an eye, the island changed dramatically, and the island that was originally lush now looked like a bald person with only some sparse trees in the surroundings. Apart from the central tower that was still in place, a large number of the surrounding trees were swept away, and the ground seemed to have been overturned too.
Upon sight of that scene, Lin Li began to get worried about damaging the magic tower, especially since they weren’t done copying the Void Spirit Mageweath outside the tower. If it was destroyed just like that, it would be a huge pity. Hence, he immediately moved and flew towards the sea outside the island.
In addition to wanting to lure the nine-headed manticore away from the island, Lin Li also hoped that it would stop appropriately and give up on fighting with him. Though he would get nine magical crystals after killing it, Lin Li didn’t care about where it would go. In his opinion, nine Sanctuary-level magical crystals were far inferior to the Void Spirit Mageweath. After all, no matter how powerful magical crystals might be, they were just tools to provide mana for people, but the Void Spirit Mageweath was equivalent to the key to the door to the realm of Divine Smith.
Of course, it was proven that no matter how intelligent a magical beast was, it was ridiculous compared to humans. What Lin Li hoped for in his heart did not happen, as the nine-headed manticore seemed to have recognized him and taken chase regardless of everything. Perhaps the nine-headed manticore desperately needed to vent its anger and resentment after being imprisoned for so many years.
Faced with such a scenario, Lin Li actually wasn’t disappointed. A wish was still a wish, after all. He just had to accept the truth. However, being able to lure the nine-headed manticore away from the island was already good enough for Lin Li. At least he wouldn’t have to worry about damaging the Void Spirit Mageweath.
However, being able to be free did not mean that Lin Li could fight the nine-headed manticore alone. Besides, he did not plan to do so, either. The direction he lured the nine-headed manticore was exactly towards The Star. At the same time, he had also summoned the Elemental Dragon Xiao Hua, who had just awakened in Dream Garden.
