Chapter 70

It was only at this moment that Lin Yun could see clearly. The court lady who had walked out of the painting had her originally bright eyes now turned into two burning phosphorescent flames, with blood slowly flowing down from her eye sockets, leaving streaks of blood on her beautiful face. Her originally smooth and lustrous red hair had transformed into red venomous snakes, which hissed and spat out crimson tongues amidst the burning phosphorescent flames, making a "hissing" sound...

A cold wind blew through the corridor, bringing with it hoarse and sinister laughter. In an instant, the corridor was filled with a thick, bloody smell...

"Blood Succubus?" Lin Yun frowned immediately. Although he had known from the beginning that there was something strange about this oil painting, he never expected it to be this strange...

That was a Blood Succubus...

Even among undead creatures, Blood Succubi were notorious for their malevolence. Each Blood Succubus had inevitably experienced endless pain and torment, suffering all the tortures of the world until their souls were completely torn apart and transformed into fierce spirits. A fully mature Blood Succubus had a strength of at least level 16 and possessed various powerful abilities. Even many top archmages would not willingly engage in battle with a Blood Succubus if they could help it. Such a battle, even if won in the end, would inevitably be a painful ordeal.

"How unlucky..." Lin Yun cursed under his breath, but his hands did not stop. He made several gestures in quick succession, controlling a tornado-like firestorm to tightly seal every possible attack route of the Blood Succubus.

In Lin Yun's magical array, a total of four magical abilities and five spell incantations were integrated. The firestorm was the only archmage-level spell, and under the activation of the magical array, the power of this firestorm had even approached the level of a high mage spell.

However, Lin Yun was very clear that this firestorm might be able to restrain the Blood Succubus for a while and even cause some damage, but it was impossible to kill the Blood Succubus. The Blood Succubus was a spirit-like existence, with all its power coming from the broken soul within. It might fear fire and hate light, but the only way to kill a Blood Succubus was to destroy that broken soul.

Sure enough, Lin Yun's firestorm almost forced the Blood Succubus into a corner. As it spun wildly, countless flames fell upon the Blood Succubus. Under the enhancement of the magical array, each flame was as powerful as a fireball, but when they hit the Blood Succubus, they only made it scream in agony...

That sound, even with Lin Yun's mental protection, still made him wince in pain. It was the scream of a succubus, a direct attack on the mind and soul. If it were in Thousand Sails City, just that one scream would have been enough to cause a massacre of over a hundred people.

With the final scream, the entire corridor seemed to tremble, and countless oil lamps fell from the stone walls. The ice wall that Lin Yun had previously erected cracked under the scream...

"No wonder no one wants to provoke a Blood Succubus..." Lin Yun frowned uncomfortably. The Blood Succubus was a truly disgusting and eerie existence. Although the mental protection had withstood the damage from the succubus' scream, the sound had almost deafened Lin Yun.

As the succubus' scream shattered the ice wall, Lin Yun's firestorm exploded...

With a loud "boom," a brilliant firelight shot up into the sky. The power released in that instant was far more astonishing than the previous fireball and rocket rain...

But Lin Yun's expression gradually became serious...

Because Lin Yun could clearly see a shadow darting through the firelight...

It was the shadow of the Blood Succubus. After the firestorm exploded, the corridor lost its only source of light and became dark again. Lin Yun, who had already reacted quickly, flipped his right hand and cast a light spell, but the Blood Succubus was even faster.

The moment the shadow darted past, Lin Yun heard a gust of wind. Before the light spell's glow could fully spread, a red venomous snake had already flown out. There was a "snap," and the light spell and the red venomous snake exploded together, plunging the long corridor back into darkness...

"Such incredible speed..." Lin Yun's heart tightened. He quickly cast an ice and fire shield, which emitted a red and blue glow, protecting him within a three-foot radius.

Lin Yun knew that such a dark and narrow place was the favorite battle environment for undead creatures, especially for a terrifying existence like a Blood Succubus, which, once in the dark, had its combat power multiplied several times. This was extremely disadvantageous for him.

Now, the only thing Lin Yun could do was to use the ice and fire shield to protect himself and wait...

Wait for the magical array to complete the spell combination...

As the magical array began to combine spells, the Blood Succubus launched its true attack. Its ghostly speed made even Lin Yun, who had integrated an acceleration spell into his magical array, feel short of breath. The red and blue lights flickered rapidly, and the ice and fire shield was pushed to its limits.

Low, heavy breathing and frenzied roars...

The dark corridor seemed to have turned into a sealed arena. The Blood Succubus' sharp claws tore through the air, creating a series of sharp whistling sounds. Lin Yun had no time to chant incantations and could only rely on the ice and fire shield to hold out, occasionally casting two instant spells to counterattack.

This was only possible for Lin Yun...

If a regular level 1 archmage were here, they would have been killed by the Blood Succubus long ago. The Blood Succubus was an anomaly among undead creatures, an existence that even top archmages were unwilling to provoke lightly. It not only had ghostly speed but also various abilities that directly targeted the mind and soul, making it a nightmare for a regular level 1 archmage.

Only someone like Lin Yun, who had struggled for twenty years in the end times and had battle experience that was already as rich as it could be, could engage in a stalemate with a Blood Succubus in such a narrow and dark space.

At this moment, Lin Yun entered a state of extreme calm. In the dark and narrow space, with the Blood Succubus raging, everything seemed to not exist. Lin Yun's entire mind was focused on the ice and fire shield. The red and blue lights flickered, surpassing the limits of the ice and fire shield.

No matter how fierce the Blood Succubus' attacks were, the ice and fire shield always appeared at the right place at the right time. Countless red venomous snakes and lightning-fast sharp claws never touched a single hair on Lin Yun's head; all the attacks were intercepted by the ice and fire shield.

The battle lasted a full ten minutes...

After Lin Yun drank a bottle of Ink Spring potion, the combination of a magical ability and two spell incantations was finally completed...

"It's time to change the posture..." Lin Yun's face showed a smile for the first time. He cast a prepared fire barrier, using the intense heat to force the Blood Succubus back, and then began his first incantation in the battle...

The incantation Lin Yun chanted was not long, but it was strangely divided into two parts: one was a Flame Spear, and the other was an Ice Lance. Two spells with completely opposite attributes appeared in the same casting, which, if it were known, would shock the entire Noscent world.

Because this was impossible...

Ice spells and fire spells were two completely different extremes. Only a named high mage could control both, and even a high mage could not, as their power was not enough to suppress the conflict between these two magical forces. This conflict was not to be taken lightly; a single mistake could lead to a collapse of magical power.

If a high mage could not, then a level 1 archmage certainly could not...

But now, Lin Yun's left hand glowed blue, and his right hand glowed red, clearly a sign of the convergence of ice and fire magical forces. This incredibly bizarre scene truly occurred in the tomb of a prince of the Third Dynasty...

All of this was because Lin Yun's magical rune was a magical array.

The combination of two spells with completely opposite attributes, plus the final magical ability, Elemental Burst, released in this instant, far exceeded the power of the previous firestorm. This was not the power of a single spell but the manifestation of the entire magical array. The magical array, one of the strongest magical runes of the peak of the magical civilization, truly displayed its terrifying power at this moment.

Flame Spear, Ice Lance...

They were completely integrated within the magical array.

The moment Lin Yun broke the incantation, a brilliant light shone in the dark corridor, followed by a heart-wrenching scream. This time, it was not the succubus' mental and soul attack but the final wail of the Blood Succubus before its death.

The world suddenly became quiet...

The phosphorescent eyes turned bright again, the venomous snakes on its head died one by one, turning back into smooth and lustrous long hair. The streaks of blood on its face quickly disappeared, revealing the beautiful face once more. Finally, the Blood Succubus turned into a black mist and returned to the oil painting.

"Phew..." Only at this moment did Lin Yun let out a long breath. This battle was the most difficult one since he had come to this era.

The threat the Blood Succubus posed to Lin Yun far exceeded that of any previous enemy.

However...

After such a difficult battle, it was time for the harvest.

Lin Yun bent down to pick up the soul essence left on the ground. It was the broken soul of the Blood Succubus, containing far more magical power than the corrupted flower crystal he had obtained earlier. More importantly, the soul essence of the Blood Succubus might still contain some of its unique abilities. If he could study it well, it would bring great benefits to his magical path.

But what Lin Yun was even more looking forward to was the Death Garden behind the Blood Succubus...

Lin Yun remembered clearly that the reason Sandro was called the Lord of the Undead was mainly because this powerful necromancer's control over undead creatures far exceeded that of any necromancer of his time.

Sandro never told anyone where he had obtained this ability.

However, many mages later speculated...

Sandro's ability likely came from the Necromancer's Garden.

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The update time has broken the record again, but the word count is quite high today, so please bear with me.

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