Unnamed Material Plane.
Under some deep Sea Abyss.
The vast sea water has cut off the light, leaving only darkness, coldness, and dead silence. Not even a living creature exists. But in such a place, in a corner at the bottom, there is a secret room.
It is cast from dark-textured metal and blends in with the seabed.
No matter inside or outside, every inch of the secret room's walls, floor, and top are engraved with dense runes, and all the runes have effects such as concealment, shielding, detection, and perception. They are layered on top of each other, wrapping the entire secret room.
Even if a Immortal One walks through the secret room, he will not be able to notice its existence.
In the middle of the secret room is an inconspicuous black box.
It was lying flat here quietly. I don't know how many years it had been there. The surface was dusty and unremarkable. But at this moment, the box suddenly floated up out of thin air.
Click.
The texture on the surface of the box body lights up with a faint blue light, and then the box slowly opens.
Thick and rich black gas, like mist, spurted out from the box, exuding a strong sense of coldness. The gas hovered in the air for a while, and then condensed and shaped, building up layer by layer, turning into bones, cloaks, and empty eye sockets----
After some time.
Finally, the black gas spurting out from Phylactery condensed into the body of Lich.
Immortal Lich, Sammaster.
He is resurrected.
Among the many Undead Life, Lich is almost the most difficult to kill directly.
A well-prepared Lich can hide his Phylactery anywhere in advance. As long as Phylactery is immortal, Lich can regroup his body and soul from Phylactery and make a comeback.
This sounds perfect.
However, there are only a very small number of beings willing to transform into Lich.
Lich This life form always has a huge drawback.
Although Lich itself is immortal, it is easy for his thinking to become colder and gloomier as time goes by, losing the rationality that intelligent life should have.
Year after year of loneliness, indifference to living things, and the erosion of the breath of death - these will eat away at Lich's mind little by little.
Lich will gradually become paranoid and crazy.
In this state, they will do things that seek their own death, or even take the initiative to destroy themselves.
Because of this, most Lich have already Damnation halfway through, becoming irrational undead, or being exterminated by adventurers or churches.
There are very few Lichs that can reach the level of the Immortal Realm.
Sammaster is one of them.
The pursuit of Death Dragon was his spiritual pillar and was indestructible, allowing him to go all the way to Immortal Path, and he persisted without Damnation being influenced by the essence of Lich's life.
However, resurrection also comes at a price.
Sammaster's current aura has weakened to the bottom. It is intermittent and shaky. It can barely reach the threshold of the Legendary Realm. Compared with his previous aura, it has weakened significantly. It is a huge difference.
But that doesn't matter.
The foundation is still there.
As long as you give him time, his strength will eventually recover. For the immortal Lich, time is the most indispensable thing.
"Huh----"
Will-o'-the-wisps lit up in Lich's empty eyes.
He lowered his head, feeling his frail body, and the will-o'-the-wisp flickered slightly in his eyes.
"It's really embarrassing, but it's also unforgettable."
Lich whispered.
What happened not long ago resurfaced in my mind.
In the clouds filled with Undead's aura, after Lich had a simple conversation with the dragon, the dragon stopped talking and charged directly towards him.
Extremely fast.
If it weren't for Lich's super-dimensional thinking, he might not be able to capture his movements at all.
He also realized in an instant that this Red-Iron Dragon was not simple and could not be treated as an ordinary Immortal Dragon. He had to use all his abilities.
Therefore, Sammaster did not hesitate at all and put an end to the idea of testing.
As soon as he came up, he directly used his Divine Power spell at the bottom of the box on Red Iron Dragon.
Unlike other Immortal Life, if Spellcaster can reach Immortal Realm, they often will not directly use their own Divine Power. Most of them regard Divine Power as a cornerstone, and then study a set of suitable Divine Power spells around their own Divine Power to maximize the effect of their own Divine Power.
Sammaster is no exception.
He used his own Divine Power to construct a law-based spell.
This is a special type of spell that can be cast without the need for chanting or spell-casting actions, as long as the spell name is spoken. At the level of Sammaster, he can cast the familiar law spell without even speaking the syllables.
He just thought together, and the law spell was completed.
Divine Power: Death Order!
Order: Write death!
This is one of Sammaster's trump cards.
His Death Order Divine Power theoretically has nothing to do with the concept of death.
But he is not an ordinary Immortal Realm, he is also a Lich, a Spellcaster who has lived for an unknown number of years. He can use Death Order Divine Power to lift the power of death by weaving spells.
Edict: Write Death.
This spell allows Sammaster to freely define the concept of death.
For example, if he defines that within a certain area, anyone who breathes oxygen will die, then in an instant, all breathing creatures will die suddenly without warning; he can also define death as walking in the sun, then all creatures walking in the light will also die——
Sammaster Various definitions of death can be made.
This is a very unreasonable instant death spell.
He even used it to instantly kill other Immortal One.
"In the name of Death Order, I define death."
"Death is happening to me right now, here and now, charging Immortal Dragon."
He defines, writes death.
The law was issued at the same time.
In an instant, countless jet-black death energy emerged from Red Iron Dragon's body, like a living creature, spreading crazily along his mirror-like scales, from the inside out, from the outside in, the billowing death energy was like a shroud, covering Red Iron Dragon's entire body.
His indestructible dragon body was covered with a layer of gray and defeat.
His breath plummeted.
See this scene.
Sammaster already showed a smile of victory in his heart.
No matter how powerful it is, it cannot escape death. Even if the entire Multiverse is destined to end one day, Immortal One is not really Immortal Realm. Therefore, even with the life essence of Immortal Dragon, it cannot compete with the concept of death.
He will die violently soon.
Sammaster has imagined it.
When this Immortal Dragon dies, he will try his best to make it reborn as the deceased, and then "serve him as the master" to practice his own philosophy.
However.
Something Lich didn't expect happened.
Ring of Adaptation!
The invisible ring suddenly rotated.
On the other side, on Red Iron Dragon's body, white patterns grew and bloomed, and his Dragon Qi burned brightly, but what was different from before was that all Dragon Qi has turned into a strong Holy Energy, so pure and intense that it even exceeds the Dawn Church and Saint Realm Sammaster has ever encountered.
Like the scorching sun in the sky.
The deathly ice and snow that enveloped him melted and quickly dissipated.
"What?!"
Sammaster's eyes condensed, and the will-o'-the-wisps in his eyes no longer flickered.
A Red-Iron Bloodline dragon.
How can such a Holy Energy be produced? It has nothing to do with it.
He doesn't look like the apostle of God of Light or Lord of Dawn----
This is unreasonable.
Is it his Divine Power?
But there was no time to think about what happened.
Sammaster made a prompt decision and immediately started building the second Death Order Edict.
After Spellcaster reaches Immortal Realm, the advantage is that it is flexible and can extend its existing Divine Power through spells, adding more power.
However, he was shocked to find that there was something wrong with his Divine Power, so much so that even the spell construction failed.
What's going on?
The operation of Death Order Divine Power has become obscure, and it has also been distorted and changed beyond recognition. It is no longer the Divine Power he is familiar with.
As a result, all spells based on this Divine Power cannot be used.
Oops.
This giant dragon can twist my Divine Power?
Being able to affect one's own Divine Power out of thin air is the opponent that Immortal-tier Spellcaster are least willing to face.
Sammaster immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.
Divine Power is the foundation of Immortal One. If Divine Power is abolished, he can only rely on conventional spells to fight. But facing a Immortal Dragon, conventional spells can have little or no effect.
But he didn't have time to think too much.
Red Iron Dragon was like a dragon-shaped celestial body, crushing everything in its path, running rampant and unreasonable, and came in front of him with an unstoppable attitude.
Space jump!
Sammaster's Soulfire jumps violently and casts spells instantly.
In addition to the spells based on his own Divine Power, he naturally also masters a large number of other spells. Space spells are also a part that must be learned and are the top priority.
However, Red Iron Dragon seemed to have expected it.
He stretched out his sharp claws and grasped something out of thin air.
At the same time, the surrounding space suddenly solidified, and then was violently twisted. The invisible space turned into something tangible at this moment, and the entire area centered on Sammaster was grasped by an invisible giant claw.
He felt like he was stuck in a mire.
The jump spell was also delayed, slowing down and unable to escape immediately.
Just a little bit slower.
But for his opponent, this delay is a good opportunity, and his opponent is obviously very good at seizing the opportunity.
A dragon claw, photographed from the head.
Click, click, click click----
In an instant, the layers of magic props, talismans, bone rings, and robes on Sammaster's body—all lit up almost at the same time, and seemed to collapse and explode at the same time, leaving no resistance at all.
The dragon's claws are not purely physical attacks.
It has some kind of power that can seize energy, spells, Force Field, and space, and directly destroys each of the supposed invisible spell effects.
"It can distort my Divine Power, making it impossible for me to cast the Death Order spell."
"Can you also use your claws to directly crush spell effects?"
Too restrained.
This giant dragon is simply a natural spell destroyer and is very restrained against mage-type enemies.
Sammaster sensed something was wrong.
You must not be caught by this dragon's claws, otherwise, you will lose even the room to struggle.
Collapse!
His body shattered into powder.
Countless death energy rose from the powder and quickly moved away from Red Iron Dragon's giant claws, surging violently under the cloudy sky.
These dead energy are the origin of Sammaster.
The disappearance of the body is nothing.
He still retains a lot of strength, and he also feels that his Divine Power is gradually recovering. The alienation he suffered before is only temporary, so he can actually fight this giant dragon.
But he has already begun to think about quitting.
He has been walking on the edge of dangerous taboos all his life, and he knows when to fight and when to run away. The giant dragon in front of him has already shown too many ways to restrain him. If he continues, he has little chance of winning and it is meaningless.
But.
Do you want to risk your life to explore more of his Divine Power system?
Sammaster is thinking in his heart.
At the same time.
Opposite him, Red Iron Dragon stretched out his paws, and the muscles on his forearms bulged inch by inch.
Buzz!
With his claw as the center, Gravity Field suddenly opened up, and the center of his sharp claw seemed to have turned into a Neutron Star, emitting an irresistible huge Gravity, and began to crazily absorb and compress his death energy.
Sammaster instantly understood the other party's intention.
seal.
This Immortal Dragon wants to seal him. He knows very well that Lich is immortal. To deal with a Lich like himself, sealing is better than killing him directly. Once he is sealed, his Phylactery will be useless. He will be unable to survive or die, and there will be no way to turn around.
This was not the ending he wanted.
But this is not the first time Sammaster has encountered such a situation.
"Heh.
A low laugh came from among the countless deathly auras.
Without any hesitation, Sammaster decisively gave up his remaining power, broke free from the shackles of Gravity Field, and threw his consciousness back into Phylactery. In order to escape, there would definitely be a lot of losses, but it was better than being sealed.
The picture in his mind ends here, frozen in the scene of Red Iron Dragon stretching his claws to grasp the invisible field.
--
In the secret room.
Sammaster's thoughts have returned to reality.
He thought that if he had been more lucky at that time, or thought that even if he lost, he could test the power of Red Iron Dragon a little more, then he might be sealed and become something in his claws.
But he won't do that.
Sammaster is able to survive to this day despite being wanted by many people because of his caution while walking on thin ice.
As long as he realizes something is a little bit wrong, he can run away decisively.
This character has been deeply rooted in his heart since he was a mortal.
Even in a seemingly foolproof situation, he would not put all his chips on the line.
Now, as an immortal lich, he is more cautious. After all, he has plenty of time to make a comeback. Other lichs may be worried about their will sinking, but Sammaster doesn't care.
He has an unshakable spiritual pillar, and his spiritual will is therefore indestructible.
"Jie----hehe----"
Lich subconsciously laughed a little strangely at first, but the next moment the laughter became normal.
The weirder the smile, the more serious the Damnation is.
Many Lich's Damnation start from losing control of their emotions. At first, they just laugh or get angry for no reason, then they become logically confused, and finally lose their minds completely.
Sammaster pays great attention to his own condition.
But why is he laughing?
He was obviously so weak that he seemed to be falling apart, but he couldn't help laughing, and the two will-o'-the-wisps in his eyes became energetic, swaying constantly, and were quite bright.
The reason is also very simple.
"This Immortal Dragon----is very special."
"I don't know what kind of Divine Power he has mastered. My Death Order Edict is ineffective on him. He seems to be able to ignore the effect of Divine Power on him. No, it shouldn't be ignored. My order took effect at first, but then he - adapted, eliminated, some kind of targeted countermeasure?"
Lich thought deeply.
"Not only does he have some kind of Divine Power that ignores Divine Power, he even distorted and alienated my Divine Power itself."
"Divine Power has lost its meaning."
"Through these two methods, he brought me to a level where I can only compare my life value with him."
"But----"
Of course he could see that although the dragon was not big in size, every inch of its scales and flesh and bones were extremely dense. It was clearly a celestial dragon with the weight of a celestial body, and all the weight was condensed into a body of more than thirty meters.
Inside Material World.
In terms of pure numerical value, who can compare to such a giant dragon?
His life essence is probably comparable to some Primordial Wild God.
"What a scoundrel."
"How could there be such a Immortal Dragon?"
Lich shook his head helplessly.
At the Immortal Realm level, the racial gap is actually not that big, because among all those who can reach the Immortal Realm level, which one is not amazing and talented, winning all the way to the end? Even if they suffer some setbacks along the way, they will definitely be able to stand up and win back in the end.
The existence of Divine Power makes body values a less important attribute.
In a duel between Immortal One, the outcome often depends on each other's use of their own Divine Power.
However, this giant dragon broke the rules.
He can bring the battlefield back to the primitive and pure realm, and then use his own advantages to crush his opponents. Facing his Immortal Life, I am afraid that it will inevitably remind him of the past when he was dominated by numerical monsters.
There was silence in the secret room.
Suddenly, after Sammaster shook his head slightly, he felt as if his heart, which had been rotting in his chest for many years, jumped.
He recalled the image of Red Iron Dragon in his mind.
"Is there a possibility that this Immortal Dragon----maybe, is the dragon in the prophecy."
When he thought of this, his heart skipped a beat.
Countless members of Dragon Worship Cult are running around in countless worlds just to find the prophesied dragon. If there is only a clue or a chance, they will seize it and verify it repeatedly.
For countless years, they have found countless suspects and returned disappointed countless times.
The prophesied dragon seems to be forever hidden in the mist, elusive but out of reach.
Sammaster is the best among them.
In the long years, he traveled to many Material Worlds, pursuing every possible clue, but he also came back disappointed again and again.
But this time, something is different.
His heart has long since rotted and will no longer beat.
There was no real heartbeat just now, it was more like some kind of intuition, or even a hint of destiny for his tireless pursuit.
Sammaster feels that Red Iron Dragon may be the prophesied dragon.
He didn't dare to be completely sure.
But as long as there is a slight possibility, he will not let it go.
"Death Dragon, will eventually rule all the worlds----ha, hahahaha----"
"If I can make it die, transform it into the dragon of the dead, and serve it as my master, I, Sammaster, will obtain the true meaning of the Eternal Realm! I will be immortal and witness the end!"
In the prophecy of Dragon Worship Cult.
Whether it is the gods in the sky, the original Immortal Realm, or even the entire Multiverse itself, they will all usher in a grand end, and everything will cease to exist.
Greater Deity, Eternal Realm Immortal One, no one can avoid it.
All things will eventually come to an end.
Only found Death Dragon".
Only under its protection can we obtain the ultimate Eternal Realm in the true sense when the end comes, the eternity beyond the end.
The will-o'-the-wisp in Lich's eyes trembled, and his body swayed.
Suddenly, he fully stretched out his skinny skeleton arms, his black robe made a sound in the air of death, and he began to sing like the most devout believer praying.
"Death Dragon, will eventually rule all worlds."
"My lord."
"For this ultimate great cause, even if my body is broken into pieces, my soul is scattered, and I cease to exist, I will still help you step onto the throne that belongs to you!"
Lich needs an idea to support his spirit.
And this is the obsession that enables Sammaster to exist.
Time passes silently.
Lich gradually calmed down, his body became basically solid, and his breath grew slightly.
He closed Phylactery, put it back into place, and checked and consolidated the runes in the hidden chamber inch by inch to ensure that the effects were intact, and then he was ready to set off.
Of course.
He's not going back to cause trouble.
When he was in his heyday, he was no match for Red Iron Dragon. The opponent had the same life essence as Wild God, and coupled with the special Divine Power, he was too powerful among Material World.
With the little remaining strength he has now, if he loses it, he is seeking death.
However, for countless years, Sammaster has been chased and intercepted by large and small deity sects such as Dawn Sanctum, Radiant Church, and has fled countless Material Worlds, but he has always lived well.
He relies on more than just Phylactery.
He has also dealt with countless Undead Life, and has quite a lot of contacts in this area.
For example.
Sammaster knows that in a certain Material World, there exists a real Undead Empire, whose name is Necroxus Empire. In some ancient languages, it also means immortality, perfection, undead and so on.
Among this Undead Empire, there is more than one Immortal Undead.
And among these Immortal Undead, all are loyal to one Undead monarch, whose name is the name of the empire, or perhaps, the empire is named after this monarch.
"Necroxus----This guy has a weird temperament, is capricious, and is not easy to deal with."
"But I need his strength."
Sammaster whispered.
The runes in the secret room were extinguished, and the black mist rolled up Lich's figure and disappeared.
Material World.
Bernardo, Sacred Aura.
Garos has ended his journey in Faerûn and returned to his own Dragon Empire.
He stood on top of Dragon Court, looking down at his country's territory, recalling some of the information from Iron Dragon Sorog in his heart.
One-star Material Plane code-named Goblin Continent.
At this time, it has basically been occupied by Sacred Aura. The empire Satellite is under construction, and the cross-world Star Network base station is also being built. This material continent has been planted with the dragon flag of Sacred Aura. It can be said that the conquest has been completed. The next step is to consolidate the rule.
But Material Plane, Garos didn't pay much attention to it.
What he cares more about is the several four-star and five-star Material World selected by Sorog.
Among them, there is Material Plane, codenamed Great Tomb, as mentioned at the beginning, most of the others are completely dominated by humans, and then there is a Giant race that is dominated, and even Material World, which established the Giant empire, is marked as a five-star.
"The world dominated by humans is always more complex."
"Under the premise of the same star rating, it is best to choose Material World dominated by other races."
Garos thought to himself.
For example, there is a five-star Material World. The humans in it also believe in all the gods in the sky. They will pray to Lord of Dawn when the dawn rises, and pray to Night Goddess when the night comes. They worship Winter Goddess in the winter, and serve Midsummer Goddess in the summer----
The main focus is on vegetarianism and belief in all gods, regardless of whether there is opposition or hostility between different gods.
Such a world.
Maybe there's some kind of ghost or monster hiding there.
Garos Instinctively feels that it is best not to touch such a world.
Then, there are only two worlds left, code-named Great Tomb and code-named Giant Kingdom.
The former is dominated by Undead Life, and there is no overly complicated or powerful Pantheon behind it.
The latter belongs to Giant.
Giant Pantheon and Dragon Pantheon are somewhat similar. They are both top-notch Pantheons, but they also have serious problems of internal division and opposition and cannot unite as one. As long as it does not touch the common interests of all Giants, it is difficult for Giant Pantheons to unite.
However, even if not combined, a single Giant Deity is very powerful.
Giant Kingdom's faith is unknown, but if it can develop to the empire level, there is a high probability that it is being watched by gods.
Garos thought about it and finally decided to set Great Expedition's goal as Great Tomb.
The main reason is that Undead Life does not have a deep background.
In such a world, there is no need to consider too much external interference when fighting.
The secondary reason was that he had just encountered a Immortal Lich in the Dragon Breath Kingdom, and was unable to kill or seal it, so he subconsciously paid more attention to Undead Life.
"Necroxus----"
"Named the empire after himself, this so-called undead monarch, I hope he deserves my attention."
Garos thought to himself.
Through the information that Sorog has collected, he knows the name of the Undead Empire and its origin, but he still doesn't know that the Lich who escaped from his claws also went to this Undead Empire.
Material World Countless.
The probability of such a coincidence happening is very low.
But it just happened.
The gears of fate have begun to turn. They stand at different forks, but they will eventually meet again on the same stage.
"Sorog, go get ready."
"Great Tomb, Necroxus Empire."
Garos gives the final reply to blood relatives.
Then, he himself tore apart the space without hesitation and went to the deep space Neutron Star that he longed for.
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