Departure, Sunset Mountain Range

"Alice?" Liewen was stunned.

"Yes, Alice. Do you know her? Ah, she's here!"

Liewen followed White's gaze and saw a blonde woman in a purple robe walking into the mansion.

It really is Alice! Liewen thought to himself.

This blonde woman was none other than Linley's first love, Alice.

On the Day of Destruction, Alice's fiancé, Kalan, had died under the feet of a magical beast, and Alice had been saved by Linley, who happened to be passing by.

Linley had entrusted Maia, the curator of the Proulx Gallery, to protect Alice and take her to a safe place.

Because Linley had sculpted the stone carving "Dream Awakening," he was hailed as a master sculptor.

Curator Maia had a lifelong passion for stone carvings and admired Linley immensely, so he agreed to Linley's request.

Alice had a talent for management; after leaving with Curator Maia, she was adopted as his goddaughter and helped him manage the Proulx Gallery.

Curator Maia was getting on in years and had no heirs, so he gradually handed the authority of the Proulx Gallery over to Alice.

"Mr. White, are you satisfied with these stone carvings? If not, the Proulx Gallery has others, and the prices are negotiable." Alice wore a professional smile.

"Mr. Liewen, what do you think?" White looked toward Liewen.

Alice shifted her gaze as well. She did not know Liewen's identity, only that he was a major client who had just moved to Yulan City.

"No need, these will do." Liewen didn't know much about stone carvings and didn't really care.

"Then if there is nothing else, I shall take my leave. Mr. Liewen, if you have any needs in the future, feel free to find me," White said.

"Alright."

Alice and White left.

Liewen and his two companions officially settled down in Yulan City.

As for Lena entering the Royal Institute of Magic of the Yulan Empire, Kuhn would handle it. Given Lena's talent, getting into the Royal Institute of Magic of the Yulan Empire would be no problem at all.

Moreover, Master Longers had also said that he could help if needed.

Liewen didn't worry about it. After resting for a day, he left Yulan City and flew toward the Sunset Mountain Range.

The Sunset Mountain Range started from the Dark Alliance, hugged the southern part of the Yulan Empire, and then connected to the Blazing Sun Desert in the south of the Rhine Empire.

The Sunset Mountain Range and the Blazing Sun Desert were already at the southernmost tip of the Yulan Continent; further south lay the endless South Sea.

Liewen arrived at the Sunset Mountain Range.

The Sunset Mountain Range was not much different from the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and there were quite a few Saint-level magical beasts within it.

However, because the Sunset Mountain Range was vast, the Saint-level magical beasts were scattered, making them difficult to find.

Liewen released his spiritual energy to search below.

Even when facing a peak Saint-level expert, he was now confident in his ability to fight; ordinary Saint-level magical beasts no longer posed a threat to him.

He hadn't been searching for long when Liewen discovered signs of a battle ahead. The commotion was significant—at least a clash between Saint-level entities.

He descended, concealing his presence while moving rapidly toward the site of the battle.

Before long, Liewen saw the two sides fighting.

One side was a Purple-Eyed Golden Ape, a peak Saint-level magical beast.

The other side was a silver dragon over a hundred meters long, its silver scales looking exceptionally magnificent under the sunlight, possessing two heads.

A mutated Saint-level magical beast—a Saint-level Two-Headed Silver Dragon.

Standing on one of the two heads of the silver dragon was a gaunt, elderly man.

"Luoye!"

Liewen recognized the old man.

Luoye was the leader of the ascetics of the Radiant Church. His strength was no less than that of Heidens or Useno; he was a top-tier Saint-level expert, and the Saint-level Two-Headed Silver Dragon was his magical beast.

At this moment, Luoye was working with the Saint-level Two-Headed Silver Dragon to attack the Purple-Eyed Golden Ape.

Even if Luoye were alone, he would be enough to entangle the Purple-Eyed Golden Ape, and with the addition of a Saint-level Two-Headed Silver Dragon, the Purple-Eyed Golden Ape could be said to have no chance of winning.

Luoye's body turned into a beam of light, moving at Light Speed, while he continuously emitted thin white threads from his body, endlessly binding the Purple-Eyed Golden Ape.

This Luoye's speed is so fast; he must have comprehended the 'Light Speed' profound mystery of the Laws of Light. Those thin threads are the Mysteries of Light Element.

Liewen analyzed Luoye's techniques while watching the battle.

He had not yet entered the door to the Light Speed profound mystery, but he had already comprehended some of the Mysteries of Light Element, and he could also manifest those thin threads.

The Purple-Eyed Golden Ape launched attack after attack, trying to shatter those white threads.

But Luoye's white threads seemed endless; no matter how the Purple-Eyed Golden Ape attacked, it could not exhaust them.

While Luoye entangled the Purple-Eyed Golden Ape, the magical power on the Saint-level Two-Headed Silver Dragon surged. It let out a dragon roar, and countless light elements gathered, condensing into a thick, pure white spear.

A forbidden-level light spell—Holy Light Spear.

The Holy Light Spear slashed toward the Purple-Eyed Golden Ape, which was bound by the white threads and completely unable to dodge.

The Holy Light Spear struck the Purple-Eyed Golden Ape with immense force, the dissipating energy transforming into invisible ripples that spread in all directions, turning trees and boulders into dust wherever they passed.

The massive body of the Purple-Eyed Golden Ape knelt halfway to the ground, covered in blood; that single blow had already left it severely wounded.

This was the terror of forbidden magic.

Casting forbidden magic requires time, but once successful, the power is astonishing, especially with forbidden single-target spells, which possess terrifying offensive capabilities.

Take this Holy Light Spear, for instance; it heavily wounded a Saint Realm peak magical beast in one hit.

Among forbidden single-target spells, the offensive power of the Holy Light Spear is not even the strongest.

If it were the forbidden magic known as the Dimensional Blade, which boasts the highest single-target attack power, it could have completely incapacitated the Purple-Eyed Golden Ape in one strike, or even killed it outright.

It seems the outcome is decided, Liewen thought to himself.

However, he was also curious: why had this Luoye traveled thousands of miles from the Holy Union to the Sunset Mountain Range to deal with this Purple-Eyed Golden Ape?

"BOOM!"

Suddenly, a loud explosion erupted from a cave not far from the Purple-Eyed Golden Ape, sending debris flying in all directions as a white figure shot out from the blast.

"Haha, Lord Luoye, I succeeded!"

It was a young man in white, handsome in appearance with long golden hair that shone like the sun.

He stood suspended in mid-air, holding a white longsword, laughing with excitement.

Upon seeing the longsword in the golden-haired youth's hand, the severely wounded Purple-Eyed Golden Ape flew into a rage, its injuries seemingly forgotten for the moment.

The Purple-Eyed Golden Ape let out a roar and threw a punch at the golden-haired youth.

The golden-haired youth sneered; he was only at the early stage of the Saint Realm, far inferior to the Purple-Eyed Golden Ape.

But now that his opponent was severely wounded and its strength greatly compromised, he had nothing to fear.

The golden-haired youth flashed aside, dodging the Purple-Eyed Golden Ape's punch.

"Don't even think about it. This Angel Battle Sword belongs to my Holy Union; a mere magical beast like you wants to hoard it?"

The golden-haired youth looked relaxed, not taking the heavily wounded Purple-Eyed Golden Ape seriously at all.

"Watch out!" Luoye suddenly shouted.

Out of the corner of his eye, the golden-haired youth noticed a streak of white light rushing toward him. His expression changed drastically as he tried to dodge to the side, but he was still half a beat too slow.

A spray of blood appeared in the air as the golden-haired youth's right arm was severed, and the Angel Battle Sword fell into another's hands.