Chapter 27

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This was probably the shortest and least costly conquest of a plane during the entire Planar Colonization Era. Three young mages, piloting a dilapidated magic-powered warship, managed to conquer an entire plane in just three months.

There was no choice; the power level of the Bone Plane was simply too low. The most powerful undead creature here was merely a Bone Dragon, which the dilapidated magic-powered warship eliminated with a single volley, erasing it from the Bone Plane entirely.

The three young mages, thanks to this miraculous conquest, successfully earned the favor of the upper echelons of the Ivory Tower, becoming one of the core mages of this powerful faction. After decades of effort, they successfully entered the Ivory Tower Council, stepping into the true center of power.

During the pioneering Planar Colonization Era, there were many such stories, but for Lin Yun, the subsequent development of the story was the most important. Lin Yun remembered that after the Ivory Tower obtained the Bone Plane, it truly rose to become one of the seven major powers in Noscent, controlling the Dark Highlands for a thousand years and producing a Heaven Rank mage, Bain.

Moreover, Bain possessed a legendary Extraordinary Magic Tool, the Book of Death...

Although the Ivory Tower never revealed the reason for its rise, discerning people could see that the sudden rise of the Ivory Tower, which had been suppressed for thousands of years, was undoubtedly related to the Bone Plane discovered by the three young mages. This was an open secret at the time.

With the rise of the Ivory Tower, the richness of the Bone Plane gradually spread throughout the Noscent world. Countless people set their sights on this fertile black land. The mage army left by the Ivory Tower almost executed a large number of smugglers every day, but under the temptation of overnight wealth, countless smugglers continued to infiltrate the Bone Plane through various channels. This grand spectacle lasted for several thousand years until the magic of the Noscent world was exhausted, and powerful mages fell one after another, leading to the decline of the once mighty Ivory Tower. The fertile black land finally welcomed a long-awaited peace...

However, all of this had not yet happened...

Tens of thousands of years before the three young mages from the Ivory Tower obtained the coordinates, Lin Yun had already stepped onto this fertile black land through the Planar Path left by Rog Merlin. This meant that the Ivory Tower would no longer rule the Dark Highlands for a thousand years, and the Heaven Rank mage Bain would not possess the Extraordinary Magic Tool, the Book of Death...

However, for Lin Yun, the early appearance of the Bone Plane also posed a serious problem.

The conquest of the plane would become abnormally difficult...

The reason the three young mages from the Ivory Tower could conquer the Bone Plane in three months was that they had a dilapidated magic-powered warship.

No matter how dilapidated, it was still a magic-powered warship.

With this dilapidated magic-powered warship, the three young mages could conquer the Bone Plane with ease, eliminating a Bone Dragon with a single volley. However, Lin Yun could not do the same. The Planar Colonization Era had just begun, and although magic-powered warships had been created, they were far from the devastating power they would have in the future.

Moreover, these magic-powered warships were only in the hands of a few of the strongest factions. Even if they had the power of the future, they would not fall into Lin Yun's hands.

Now, Lin Yun could only rely on himself...

The only thing to be grateful for was that Lin Yun still had plenty of time...

If everything followed historical development, it would be at least tens of thousands of years before the three young mages from the Ivory Tower would accidentally discover the coordinates of the Bone Plane. Lin Yun had plenty of time to enhance his strength. When Lin Yun became powerful enough to face a Bone Dragon head-on, the conquest of the Bone Plane would naturally be a matter of course.

Before becoming powerful enough, Lin Yun could only remain cautious...

The Bone Plane was not a place to avoid, but once there, one had to remain vigilant. This fertile black land was still quite dangerous for the current Lin Yun.

Once there were more than ten Skeleton Warriors, Lin Yun would find it quite challenging to deal with them, let alone the sleeping Bone Demon, which was a near-Arcanist level existence. With Lin Yun's current 9th-level mage strength, if he encountered it, he would have no choice but to flee.

Therefore, although the black land seemed endless, the area Lin Yun could truly venture into was only a small section near the Planar Path. Only there could Lin Yun ensure his maximum safety, and if anything went wrong, he could quickly escape.

Now, Lin Yun was active in this area. In just over ten minutes, Lin Yun had defeated over twenty Skeleton Warriors, earning him four Undead Essences.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, truly rich beyond measure..." Four Undead Essences were roughly equivalent to four Exceptional Magic Tools, and all of this took Lin Yun only ten minutes...

Lin Yun's time was running out. The alchemical array formed by three Abyssal Magic Diamonds could maintain the Planar Path for about thirty minutes. Lin Yun had already spent ten minutes at the beginning and another ten minutes dealing with the Skeleton Warriors, leaving him with only about five minutes.

To gain more, he would have to wait for the next time...

Lin Yun put the four Undead Essences into his pocket without regret, and was about to recite the opening incantation when he suddenly noticed a flicker of light a few hundred meters away.

"Huh?"

Lin Yun's heart skipped a beat. This was the Bone Plane, a world of black earth and white bones. The appearance of a flicker of light here was quite unusual...

Lin Yun stopped the incantation he was about to recite and threw out a Mage's Eye, which flew close to the ground to the source of the light.

Then, Lin Yun was stunned...

Through the Mage's Eye, Lin Yun could clearly see that the flickering light was surrounded by a dense cluster of Skeleton Warriors, numbering at least several hundred. The flickering phosphorescence and the white bones created a scene that was as eerie as it could be.

What was being surrounded by these dense Skeleton Warriors was a vein of Nether Iron ore, stretching for hundreds of meters, lying exposed on the surface. The thick aura of death emanating from it formed a hazy mist, obscuring the dark red moonlight and Lin Yun's vision. It was only a few hundred meters away, but Lin Yun had not noticed the existence of this Nether Iron ore vein until just now.

Until just now, Lin Yun had accidentally discovered the flicker of light.

This discovery left Lin Yun speechless.

A vein of Nether Iron ore stretching for hundreds of meters and completely exposed on the surface was something that, if spoken of, no one would believe. Generally, Nether Iron ore veins were only found tens of meters underground and were often scattered. A vein of Nether Iron ore stretching for hundreds of meters was something Lin Yun had never even heard of...

This was too astonishing...

After all, magic weapons forged from Nether Iron inherently possessed the power of Death Frost. A single such weapon could fetch tens of thousands of gold coins in the market. Not to mention, Nether Iron ore veins often contained various precious magic gems, which were even more valuable than the Nether Iron ore itself, including Abyssal Magic Diamonds...

A vein of Nether Iron ore stretching for hundreds of meters would be enough to equip an army of tens of thousands.

After seeing everything clearly through the Mage's Eye, Lin Yun did not rush to approach. Instead, he hid behind a rock, carefully concealing himself. There were at least several hundred Skeleton Warriors surrounding the ore vein. If he alarmed them, he would not be able to escape even if he had ten more legs. Not to mention, there was a Bone Demon sleeping below, which was not very hospitable...

A direct confrontation was definitely not an option. Hundreds of Skeleton Warriors and a Bone Demon that could wake up at any moment would require at least the strength of an Arcanist to face. As a 9th-level mage, Lin Yun would be courting death by approaching.

Of course, it wasn't entirely without a solution...

Lin Yun thought for a moment behind the rock and released another Mage's Eye. However, after this Mage's Eye flew to the vicinity of the Nether Iron ore vein, Lin Yun abandoned control and infused it with a large amount of mana. This made the Mage's Eye behave strangely.

Although it had lost contact with Lin Yun, it could still exist for a long time supported by the residual mana.

Of course, this existence was not very meaningful, as Lin Yun could no longer see anything through the Mage's Eye. The Mage's Eye floating above the Nether Iron ore vein was just a decoration.

Its only function was to use its faint light for positioning.

But what Lin Yun needed was precisely this positioning.

After abandoning control of the Mage's Eye, Lin Yun leaned against the rock and began a long incantation. A ball of fire, accompanied by a magic vortex, "boom" flew out of Lin Yun's hand.

The fireball, trailing a long tail of flame, crossed the distance of several hundred meters in the blink of an eye, reaching the sky above the Nether Iron ore vein. At almost the same time, Lin Yun also uttered the final rune.

Then, a loud explosion was heard, and a massive fireball exploded in the sky above the Nether Iron ore vein, sending countless flames raining down...

In an instant, the surroundings turned into a sea of fire.