Arcane Calendar 41 year, Underworld dimension.
This is the boundary between life and death, a place of eternal darkness.
In the center of this world shrouded in despair, stands a palace made of countless bones. The owner of the palace is the shadow that has existed since ancient times - Herpo the Foul.
Recently, Herpo has been in a terrible mood.
Thousands of years of planning were about to come to naught in the hands of the freak named Arcane Empire. The only thing that gave him some comfort was that he sensed that Leyline Nodes on the earth had finally begun to activate on a large scale.
"It finally begins..."
Herpo sat on the Bone Throne, tapping the armrest with his dry fingers, "Although it is thousands of years later than I expected, and although the person who activated them is not my believer... but it doesn't matter."
"The important thing is that I designed this ceremony. I am the person with the highest authority for this earth line formation."
As early as the ancient Egypt era, he began to lay out around the world, guiding humans to build pyramids, temples and other wonders, using them as anchor points for the earth's veins. His plan is to use these nodes to build a Planetary Level Transmutation Circle sacrificed the life force of the entire earth in order to pass the judgment of Gate of Truth, allowing him to be promoted from "False God" to the real "Bleach".
"As long as the formation is activated, the huge magic power will flow into Underworld along the back door I left, and be injected into my body."
Herpo closed his eyes, greedily waiting for the torrent of energy that would allow him to rebuild his divine body and break through the seal.
One second. Two seconds. One minute.
Dead silence.
Except for the everlasting sound of running water from Styx, there is no energy coming from it.
"What's going on?"
Herpo opened his eyes suddenly, his eyes burning with green will-o'-the-wisps filled with shock and confusion.
He quickly mobilized his spiritual thoughts and observed the current situation through the gaps in the dimensions.
The sight almost made his lungs explode.
I saw that on the earth, those pyramids and temples did light up, and Leyline Energy was indeed rushing. However, these energies did not flow to Underworld according to his preset circuit, but were forcibly cut off by an extremely overbearing force, and then gathered...
On the giant metal city that is moving slowly in the sky.
There is also the pan-consciousness defense network called "Gaia" that covers the world.
"Changed? He actually changed my formation?!"
Herpo let out a shrill roar, which made the whole Underworld tremble, "That mortal... how dare he? How can he understand the underlying logic of Ancient Gods's article?!"
It's like he worked hard to write a complex virus program to hack into the bank. As a result, the other party not only discovered the virus, but also used the loopholes in the virus program to drain all his computing power away from mining.
This is naked humiliation.
"Arcane Archon! I'm going to kill you! I'm going to pull out your soul and burn it on the underworld fire for ten thousand years!"
Just when Herpo was incapable of Fury, a golden stream of light suddenly penetrated the solid barrier of Underworld and fell like a meteor in front of the Bone Palace.
That's a letter.
A golden invitation exuding a sickening arcane aura.
Herpo looked gloomy and waved to take the invitation.
The envelope opened automatically, and Ian's magnetic and sarcastic voice echoed in the empty hall:
To Mr. Herpo the Foul:
Zhan Xinjia.
Thank you for your outstanding contributions to the construction of the earth's leylines over the past thousands of years. I accept your legacy without ceremony. To express my gratitude, you are hereby invited to participate in "Floating City Ascension Ceremony" to be held in one month.
At that time, I don't mind having a fair and complete settlement with you.
Your loyal gravediggers, Arcane Emperor, Ian.
Boom!
The invitation spontaneously ignited and turned into ashes the moment it was read.
Herpo stared at the pile of ashes, the will-o'-the-wisps in his eyes beating violently, and finally calmed down strangely.
"Okay. Very good."
His voice became low and hoarse, filled with a chilling chill.
"Since you want to die, I will help you."
"Do you really think you can kill gods with that ruined city? Mortals are mortals after all, and you will never understand the power of rules."
Herpo stood up, the black robe behind him automatically moving without any wind.
"One month later... it will also be the time when my body will be freed."
Arcane Calendar 41, Earth, Floating City main control tower.
Ian doesn't know Herpo's psychological activities. Of course, even if he knew, he wouldn't care.
At this time, he had just completed the final debugging of various systems of Floating City. This war fortress, which had taken more than a year and gathered the wisdom of the entire Empire, finally reached a perfect combat state.
"Phew... finally done."
Ian stretched out and was about to go home to rest. An emergency message from Morgana cheered him up instantly.
[Good news! Three high-energy reactions have been detected that are breaking through the critical value!] [Source: Hogwarts Wizard Tower Cluster.] [Identity confirmation: Rowena·Ravenclaw, Hermione·Granger, Luna·Lovegood.]
"Are they going to be promoted?"
Ian was overjoyed.
At this juncture, if these three core combat capabilities can break through to Fifth Tier, then the odds of winning against the Empire will be overwhelmingly improved.
His figure flashed and disappeared instantly.
Hogwarts, Forbidden Forest A high-level training ground deep inside.
This place has been shrouded in a terrifying magic storm.
In the sky, the originally clear blue sky was torn into three completely different areas.
On the left is a bright starry sky, in which countless stars rotate, rise and die, exuding the light of deep and mysterious wisdom. This is the domain of Rowena - All-Knowing Astrology.
On the right is a logical maze that is constantly changing its form. Countless complex rune formulas flow like waterfalls, building an absolutely rational world of order. This is the domain of Hermione - Myriad Laws as One.
In the middle, there is a grotesque dreamland. There are whales swimming in the clouds and radishes with wings, full of absurd but straight-to-the-origin Chaos beauty. This is the realm of Luna - True Illusion.
"Is this their way?"
Ian was suspended on the edge of the storm and did not intervene. This kind of jump in life levels can only be achieved by oneself.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
With three soul-shaking roars, the vision in the sky instantly converged and turned into three beams of light that poured into Mage Tower below.
A few minutes later, three figures appeared together.
Rowena is still wearing a blue classic dress, but her temperament has become more lofty, and her eyes seem to reflect the entire universe Truth.
Hermione wears a capable mage robe, surrounded by light golden runes, giving people an unshakable sense of order.
Luna was floating in the air with bare feet, and a pair of translucent wings composed of pure essence Divine Power loomed behind him.
"Congratulations."
Ian smiled and greeted him, "Three newly promoted legendary lords."
"Stop talking so much."
Rowena rolled his eyes at him, but he couldn't hide the smile in the corner of his eyes, "This feeling... is indeed wonderful. After Mana Crystallization, my perception of the rules has become countless times clearer. Now, if I encounter those so-called Gate of Truth again, I can kick them away without a key at all."
"Me too."
Hermione clenched her fists, and the air exploded in her palms, "Not only the magic power, but also the computing speed of my brain has increased. I feel that now I can maintain a thousand high-level spell models at the same time without collapsing."
"I saw a lot of House-elf that I couldn't see before!"
Luna pointed excitedly at the nothingness in the air, "They are singing! And... I seem to be able to directly conjure things in my dreams out."
As she spoke, she waved her hand. A pink unicorn with a pig nose appeared out of thin air and rubbed Ian's face affectionately.
"Is this... real embodiment?"
Ian looked at the unicorn in surprise. This was not Genjutsu, but a real life of flesh and blood. Luna's ability seemed to involve the high-level rules of "Reality-Illusion Transmutation".
"Great."
Ian Looking at these three powerful women in front of him, the last big stone in his heart finally fell.
"Now, we have four Fifth Tier, plus Floating City, and that Orc Fleet..."
"Arcane Empire's fangs have completely grown."
He turned around and looked towards the distant horizon.
"The next step is to completely end Old Era's nightmare at that much-anticipated ceremony."
"Then... we will set off to conquer the wider heavens and realms."