Global Unification

Chapter 046

Li Mu was engulfed in flames, having transformed into a black phoenix.

He then cast a LV10 Shrink Spell to reduce himself to the size of an ant, followed by a LV11 Illusionary Body Curse. Silently, he landed on the decoy's shoulder. Using the Polymorph Spell, he controlled the decoy to grab the Philosopher's Stone from the desk.

He didn't activate the teleportation immediately. The Portkey on it wasn't passively triggered.

Li Mu channeled magic through the decoy. A hidden Alchemy Array within the Philosopher's Stone was remotely activated by Nicolas Flamel. The Portkey's power surged, instantly engulfing his decoy and true form, transporting them through space to a deep underground cave.

The moment the teleportation ended, the Anti-Apparition within the cave activated.

Nicolas Flamel, who had been waiting, unhesitatingly gripped an apple in his hand and simultaneously dispelled the Polymorph Spell on it. The apple transformed into a nuclear bomb, its surface covered in extremely complex Alchemy Arrays. The activation of these arrays instantly accelerated the bomb's detonation time.

What would have taken some time to produce a nuclear explosion was now in a one-second countdown.

This was a one-second countdown for survival. Nicolas Flamel had layered five layers of Super Iron Skin Charm on his entire body.

All of them were Magic Barriers generated by the active magic items. No magic spell could break through five layers of Super Iron Skin Charm in one second.

The moment the countdown ended, dozens more nuclear weapons suddenly appeared around Nicolas Flamel.

He had already used his Alchemy Magic Eye to instantly confirm that the person before him was the Phoenix City Lord's true form, with no mistake.

If he killed the Phoenix City Lord with a nuclear bomb, he wouldn't be able to obtain his Spark Energy.

Without Spark Energy, the Philosopher's Stone couldn't advance further.

If the Philosopher's Stone couldn't advance further, he would remain Immortal but not achieve Eternal Youth. His body, already at the limit of aging, would have no chance of Rejuvenation. Continuing to live would be torture, so he would rather die here with the Phoenix City Lord.

To witness his enemy die before his eyes in the final moments of his life was worth it.

With his great revenge achieved, he had no need to start a nuclear war.

All the nuclear weapons he had collected over the days would be buried with them here.

BOOM!

The mushroom cloud was contained by the underground cave. Within the limited space, both Li Mu and Nicolas Flamel were instantly reduced to ashes by the nuclear explosion.

No one noticed that the invisible black phoenix, in the final moment, collected the Philosopher's Stone into the Supply Bay and then cast Apparition. The Apparition of a LV12 phoenix was enough to easily break through the LV10 Anti-Apparition blockade in the cave, allowing him to easily teleport to the surface and escape safely.

"Such a waste..."

Li Mu sighed.

If Nicolas Flamel hadn't layered so many Super Iron Skin Charms, he would have had a chance to break through the defenses and control Nicolas Flamel with the Imperius Curse. He could have even transformed those nuclear weapons into fruits using the Polymorph Spell. It was such a waste for an Alchemy Master to die like this.

Apparating back to the Ministry of Magic, Li Mu entered the Phoenix through his spiritual consciousness.

The Philosopher's Stone also had a Portkey attached. He didn't want to be teleported back to that underground cave filled with nuclear radiation, so the Philosopher's Stone couldn't leave the Phoenix unless it had become a Spark Artifact, completely purifying the Portkey's power.

Li Mu arrived at the Sacrifice Chamber and unhesitatingly threw the Philosopher's Stone towards the Sacrifice Seed.

Just like the Elder Wand and the Resurrection Stone, the Philosopher's Stone, this treasure, met the Sacrifice Seed's conditions for sacrifice.

The originally irregular red gem instantly transformed into a regular rhombic crystal.

[Philosopher's Stone: Spark Artifact]

[Level: LV1]

[Quality: Blue Heaven Grade]

[Attributes: Consuming Spark Energy can transform low-quality metals into high-quality metals. Consuming Spark Source Power can generate Longevity Substance with no side effects. Limited by the Spark Artifact's enhancement level, the lowest quality Longevity Substance can extend natural lifespan by a maximum of one hundred years.]

[Hint: The quality of transformed metals cannot exceed the enhancement level.]

[Hint: Longevity Substance, regardless of quality, can only be used once.]

[Enhancement Requirement: 1000 Spark Source Power]

"A bit unexpected."

Li Mu muttered to himself.

This Longevity Substance could only be used once per person, so it was better to use it later.

What he valued most now was the ability to transform metals. High-quality special metals were extremely rare, even in the Spark World. As long as the Philosopher's Stone's enhancement level increased, he could have as many high-quality special metals as he wanted.

In terms of value alone, this Philosopher's Stone surpassed the sum of all his current gains.

Even though its quality was only Blue Heaven Grade, its value far exceeded its quality.

This item was temporarily useless, so Li Mu placed it in the Cockpit for safekeeping.

Now that the big trouble of Nicolas Flamel was resolved, the next step was to conquer the entire Wizarding World.

Half an hour later, Li Mu appeared in the Minister's Office of the French Ministry of Magic.

Using the LV11 Illusionary Body Curse, he wasn't discovered even at such close proximity.

The LV10 Imperius Curse instantly controlled the Minister of the Ministry of Magic. Forcing a Human Skin Mask onto him, the controlled Minister immediately notified some high-ranking officials of the French Ministry of Magic to come over one by one. As soon as one entered, he cast the Imperius Curse on them.

With all the high-ranking officials under his control, he used Legilimency to search for the locations of the Nuclear Weapons.

After collecting all the Nuclear Weapons, Li Mu immediately used Apparition to travel to other countries.

Before nightfall, all the high-ranking officials of the global Ministries of Magic had been controlled by him through the Imperius Curse.

Within just a few days, with the cooperation of the high-level officials from various countries' Ministries of Magic and a thousand Phoenix Apostles, the wizarding worlds of various countries fell almost without resistance. Wizards, accustomed to acting alone, experienced the terrifying power of a Professional Wizard Army for the first time.

With the wizarding world fallen, the Muggle World fell even more easily.

The ruling class was controlled by wizards using the Imperius Curse, and army commanders were also controlled by wizards. The remaining ordinary people, though many resistance organizations emerged, were utterly incapable of resisting the wizards' suppression.

All secret resistance organizations had their entire member lists exposed through Legilimency.

All resistance forces could not escape the Imperius Curse.

The wizarding world, which had existed in secret for hundreds of years, appeared in the sight of Muggles for the first time.

Wizards became a brand-new ruling class. Some world-renowned scientists were even granted Wizard Potions and elixirs of Eternal Youth, becoming the first generation of wizards. It was foreseeable that magic and technology would combine in the future to give birth to magitech, which would be enough to completely change the developmental trajectory of a world's civilization.

On this day, Li Mu appeared in a primeval jungle in Africa.

In just one month, the entire world had undergone a complete transformation.

But the conquest was not yet complete, as the world's last resistance force still existed here.

Once this resistance force disappeared, he would be able to complete his mission of conquering the human civilization of this otherworld. He just didn't know how much HuoZhong Source Power Gaia would reward him, as it related to whether he could truly pilot the Phoenix in the next world.