Chapter 89

The moment the magical mark appeared, Lin Yun almost dropped the stone tablet again, for the second time, onto the ground...

Finally managing to steady the stone tablet in his hands, Lin Yun’s entire face changed. Staring at the fingernail-sized magical mark, his mind went completely blank.

The Sage’s Chapter, this is the Sage’s Chapter...

The fourth chapter of the Extraordinary Magic Tool, the Book of Death, the Sage’s Chapter!

According to legend, this is the extraordinary component that can elevate any spell to its ultimate form!

For a mage, the existence of ultimate spells is no less of a secret than the magic runes. Every mage has some spells they are particularly adept at, and they continuously research and refine these spells over the long years. Their understanding of these spells is far deeper and more thorough than that of other mages. In their hands, the power of these spells will reach an incredible level.

These spells are ultimate spells!

However, the completion of ultimate spells itself is a result of a massive investment of time. Even during the peak era, few powerful mages possessed multiple ultimate spells, as they lacked the time and energy.

Of course, there are always exceptions...

The Heaven Rank Mage Bane from the Ivory Tower was one such exception...

During the Dusk War, this person used thirteen ultimate spells, almost single-handedly defeating the entire High Temple. This battle almost overturned all the common knowledge of mages. Even more than two thousand years after Bane disappeared into the Endless Planes, mages still talked about that battle, still seeking the truth behind the thirteen ultimate spells.

In the end, this secret was revealed after the Ivory Tower fell apart...

Bane’s thirteen ultimate spells did not come from himself, but from a component of the Extraordinary Magic Tool, the Book of Death. This component was the fourth chapter of the Book of Death, the Sage’s Chapter!

"No wonder..." At this moment, Lin Yun finally understood everything. No wonder the power of this stone tablet was so strange. Analyzing and calculating spells is one of the essential conditions for ultimate spells. Only by continuously analyzing and calculating, thoroughly understanding every detail of a spell, can an ultimate spell possess such incredible power.

And coincidentally, the magic array he possessed, known for its complexity and intricacy, also heavily relied on analysis and calculation. For him, the significance of the Sage’s Chapter might even surpass that of Bane.

Originally, Lin Yun had a complete plan for his ultimate spells.

Ultimate spells require too much time. It is difficult for a mage to possess multiple ultimate spells in their lifetime. Therefore, Lin Yun had long made the decision to temporarily set aside the issue of ultimate spells before becoming an Archmage. After becoming an Archmage, once the magic array was sufficiently refined, he would then fully focus on the Elemental Incarnation.

Yes, the Elemental Incarnation...

Only Lin Yun, who came from thirty thousand years in the future, knew how the peak mages of that era fought. In comparison, the mages Lin Yun encountered now, like Larry and Ryan, could only be described as incompetent in battle. Even someone as powerful as Saruman and Khadgar, when Lin Yun talked to them, he could see that they were not mature in battle.

In the end, the mages of this era were simply manipulating magical power, while the peak mages of that era had turned battle into an instinct. They almost invariably chose the Elemental Incarnation as their ultimate spell. With terrifying speed and powerful elemental bodies, they could easily dominate battles.

Consider this: in a low-level plane like the Bone Plane, a fifth-level mage from the peak era could clear it in a few days, including the Bone Dragon.

If it were now...

A team of ten mages would probably just be food for the Bone Dragon.

In the end, the mages of this era had not been through too many battles. They had not yet recognized the power of the Elemental Incarnation. Only when the era of planar colonization arrived, and all mages were thrown into the life-and-death planar wars, would they realize how powerful the Elemental Incarnation truly was.

However, when Lin Yun realized that he was holding the Sage’s Chapter, he had to revise his original plan...

This meant too many choices. Think about it, the Heaven Rank Mage Bane used thirteen ultimate spells in a single battle!

"What’s going on?" As Lin Yun was pondering which path to take in the future, the magical mark on the stone tablet suddenly became dim without him noticing.

Lin Yun was quite frightened...

For a moment, he didn’t think much and directly used his mana to activate the Flame Hand. Instantly, a dazzling flame filled Lin Yun’s vision. The temperature that burst forth in that moment was so intense that it couldn’t even be called a Flame Hand; conservatively estimated, it was at least the level of a Fireball.

But Lin Yun’s expression suddenly turned grim...

Not enough, the power was not enough...

Lin Yun had seen true ultimate spells before.

To put it bluntly, even a first-level spell like Flame Hand, when elevated to an ultimate spell, would have at least the power of a fourth-level spell.

Everyone knew that a mage’s combat power would experience a significant leap every five levels. Besides the factors of magic spirals and magic runes, the reason was also that mages could learn new spells every five levels. Spells before the fifth level were called first-level spells, and spells between the fifth and tenth levels were called second-level spells.

So, a fourth-level spell was a power that only a fifth-level Great Mage could master.

However, the Flame Hand he just released, although astonishingly powerful, had not reached the level of an ultimate spell. It didn’t even match the power of a third-level spell.

"What’s the reason for this?" Lin Yun put down the stone tablet and sat in front of the alchemy table, deep in thought.

The weakening of the spell’s power was one problem, and another was why the magical mark had become dim without him noticing. Could it be that the ultimate spells enhanced by the Sage’s Chapter would gradually lose their power over time?

But if it was due to time, wouldn’t that be too short a period?

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I just got back from the hospital, so I hurried to update a chapter. I’m writing the second chapter now. This is purely bad luck. An elderly family member had just come back from the hospital after an IV, and then a motorcycle hit them again. So, everyone, drive carefully and be cautious when walking.

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