Chapter 69

The entire mausoleum was like a vast palace. The five rock golems, enhanced with the acceleration spell, searched the outer perimeter of the mausoleum for ten minutes but only explored a small area. As Lin Yun had expected, there was neither any harvest nor any danger. Apart from the various buildings clearly in the style of the Third Dynasty, there was almost nothing noteworthy in the outer perimeter of the mausoleum.

After drinking another bottle of Magic Spring potion, Lin Yun estimated that the summoning time for the rock golems could last for about two or three more minutes. He thought for a moment and decided to interrupt the guidance of the Wizard's Vision and enter the mausoleum himself. After all, the rock golems' exploration had already confirmed that there should be no danger at the other end of the passage...

However, at this moment, the vision of one of the rock golems suddenly changed.

"What's going on!" The vision of the rock golem changed very suddenly. A moment ago, it was a desolate and empty building, but a moment later, it had turned into a garden. At a glance, it was a lush, fragrant, and bird-filled scene.

Lin Yun immediately frowned...

Lin Yun had never relaxed his attention on the five rock golems' visions, always focusing his full spirit on them. However, even Lin Yun could not figure out what had happened in that instant. Why did the scene in the vision suddenly change in the blink of an eye?

Could it be a spatial trap?

It seemed unlikely. If it were a spatial trap, the space around it would have distorted at the moment of activation. No matter how subtle the distortion, Lin Yun was confident that it would not escape his eyes.

But if it wasn't a spatial trap, what could it be? Such a large rock golem had changed its location right under his nose, and it had changed to such a strange place...

It should be noted that the entire underground mausoleum was enveloped by the prince's bloodline spell power. Even a single thread of it leaking out was almost enough to make a great mage like Lin Yun hallucinate. Now, with the rock golem inside the mausoleum, the power of the bloodline spell was at least ten times stronger...

Under such a vast influence of death energy, how could there be a lush garden?

Wait, death energy...

A thought suddenly flashed in Lin Yun's mind. Could this place be the legendary Garden of Death?

The name "Garden of Death" was something Lin Yun had read in the notes of a necromancer named Sandro. Sandro was one of the three terrifying beings who had conquered the Plane of the Dead during the peak of the magical civilization. In that era, few dared to call him by his name; almost everyone referred to him as the Necromancer Lord.

In the Necromancer Lord's notes, he mentioned that in his youth, he had mistakenly entered a Garden of Death, which led him to become a necromancer. Unfortunately, the Necromancer Lord did not provide a detailed description of the Garden of Death. He only mentioned in his notes that the Garden of Death was a treasure trove left by the dead for the living, filled with endless opportunities and dangers...

Unfortunately, most of the Necromancer Lord's notes were about his necromantic magic research, and the content about the Garden of Death was limited to just a few sentences.

However, later, these notes fell into the hands of other mages and were passed around several times before being placed in a vast, decaying library before the magic power was exhausted. By the time Lin Yun saw them, the notes were filled with the insights and annotations of many mages.

Among them were speculations about the Garden of Death.

Several mages from different eras believed that the Garden of Death was created by vast death energy, existing in a state between reality and illusion. It could be said to be real, or it could be said to be an illusion. It contained various dangers as well as various precious resources.

When Lin Yun read these notes, he had a bit of a curiosity, but he did not take them seriously.

But now, the sudden change in the rock golem's vision immediately reminded Lin Yun of these notes.

If that place really was the Garden of Death...

Thinking of this, Lin Yun quickly checked the rock golem's vision. However, as soon as he moved his eyes, his expression suddenly froze, and he couldn't help but show a bitter smile.

Because Lin Yun found that he had lost contact with all the rock golems.

Not just the one that entered the Garden of Death, but all of them.

After a moment's thought, Lin Yun realized that the summoning time had passed.

It seemed that to explore the Garden of Death, he would have to go down himself.

Fortunately, after the five rock golems' separate explorations, Lin Yun was almost certain that the outer perimeter of the mausoleum was not dangerous. The only thing to be cautious about was the Garden of Death. However, such a place between reality and illusion could not be measured by common sense. Only by going down and seeing it for himself would he know what was really going on.

After making up his mind, Lin Yun chanted a few spells in a low voice, and the light of the acceleration and featherfall spells flashed. However, this time, Lin Yun did not jump directly into the passage. Instead, he spent a bit of magic to solidify a vine spell at the entrance of the passage. The vine spell, a low-level spell, had little combat power. It was mainly used in situations like when the Level 9 mage in the Venom Nest used it to pull Fario out of the swamp.

Lin Yun's solidified vine spell had a similar purpose, except that the person to be pulled out was Lin Yun himself.

If he encountered any danger below, Lin Yun could give a command, and the vine solidified at the entrance of the passage would extend into the mausoleum, easily pulling Lin Yun out of danger.

After doing all this, Lin Yun lightly leaped, using the floating power brought by the featherfall spell to land softly on the ground outside the mausoleum...

The moment his feet touched the ground, Lin Yun felt the power of the bloodline spell, which far exceeded the thread that had leaked out earlier. Almost as soon as Lin Yun landed, this power of the bloodline spell invaded, and a strange scene appeared before his eyes. Dozens of women in white robes laughed eerily around him.

The ground beneath his feet seemed to become soft, as if he were standing in a swamp. However, when he looked down, he saw a ground covered in blood and severed limbs, as if he were standing in a hell of blood and flesh. Lin Yun tried to struggle, but the dozens of women in white robes laughed eerily in his ears and reached out their hands, trying to drag him deeper into the hell of blood and flesh...

"Get away!" Lin Yun coldly snorted, his right hand making a gesture, and a long-prepared mental shield was released. Instantly, a silver wave spread out, and wherever the silver wave passed, the women in white robes and the hell of blood and flesh disappeared without a trace.

"The power of the bloodline spell is indeed sinister..." Lin Yun wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Although he knew that everything was just an illusion, the terrifying and eerie scene still left him with a lingering fear.

Such illusions that directly target the mind are the most dangerous. If there is a mistake, the mind will be completely submerged in the illusion, becoming a living dead, forever unable to escape the control of the bloodline spell.

Although he had a mental shield, Lin Yun did not dare to stay in this sinister place for long. Relying on the speed boost from the acceleration spell, Lin Yun spent only a few minutes crossing a large area of buildings in the style of the Third Dynasty and quickly found the place where the rock golem's vision had changed.

"Right, it's here."

From Lin Yun's current position, he could clearly see that ahead was a long corridor. The walls on both sides of the corridor were thick, and oil lamps burned dimly on the walls. There was no cold wind in the corridor, and the air seemed to be frozen, but the dim oil lamps flickered continuously, as if something was constantly stirring them...

Below the oil lamps, Lin Yun's shadow was stretched very long, and with the flickering of the oil lamps, the long shadow swayed continuously. Lin Yun took a deep breath and slowly moved forward. He remembered clearly that the place where the rock golem's vision had changed was at the end of this corridor.

At the end of the corridor hung an oil painting, depicting a woman in luxurious attire.

For some reason, Lin Yun always felt that the eyes of the woman in the painting were staring at him, and the faint smile at the corner of her mouth seemed to want to say something to him...

This feeling made Lin Yun secretly raise his guard.

Although Lin Yun did not stop his steps, the magic array in his body had already started, with five spell incantations and four magic abilities all ready to be used at any time.

Fifty meters, forty meters, thirty meters, twenty meters...

Lin Yun was getting closer and closer to the end of the corridor...

Just as Lin Yun stepped into a ten-meter range, the dim oil lamps suddenly went out, and the entire corridor turned pitch black. At the same time, a series of shrill and piercing laughter came from ahead. Lin Yun did not have time to think and immediately cast a wall of ice, which "thundered" up.

At the same time, the magic array in his body burst out, and a massive wave of magic instantly covered the entire corridor.

A firestorm, accompanied by a burst of flames, was unleashed. This was the only great mage-level spell integrated into Lin Yun's magic array, and it was the strongest magic power he could currently use.

Under the extreme heat, even the air seemed to be burning.

Bathed in the bright flames, Lin Yun finally saw clearly that the thing attacking him was a bundle of red hair, which had deeply pierced the ice wall. The court lady in the oil painting had actually walked out of the painting...

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