The moment Spade Original Tome was completely integrated into his soul, Ian felt that his spirit Divine Power was like a flood that broke a bank, spreading crazily outward in an instant, crossing the dimensional barrier, and completely taking over the underlying control of the entire Spirit Realm.
As long as he is willing, he can now forcibly catalyze the birth rate of Shikigami with his huge magic power, and can even forcibly smooth out all the space cracks connecting the world and Spirit Realm in a single thought. Although he cannot forcefully order Shikigami to die for him like a slave owner, he already has the highest qualification to conduct "equal negotiations" with them and request assistance.
Just as he continued to penetrate his perception deep into the deepest part of the Spirit Realm, an indescribable and strange fluctuation caught his attention.
"The seal that binds the 'god' is about to be unable to hold on..." Ian squinted his eyes slightly and murmured to himself. He just realized through the law network at the bottom of the world that this seal is actually divided into two layers: the inner layer is responsible for suppressing the gods themselves and most of their power, while the outer layer is responsible for preventing them from coming to the mortal stars.. Now, the first layer of seal has been completely shattered, and the second layer of barrier blocking the coming is already riddled with holes and is on the verge of collapse.
After careful arcane calculations, Ian came to an accurate conclusion: without any external force intervening, this outer seal can only last for another 23 years at most before completely falling apart. At the same time, through the broken seal, he was keenly aware of something strange - there was an extremely huge, even oppressive soul strength dormant there. Unfortunately, because the last piece of the original puzzle is still missing, his perception is like a layer of frosted glass, unable to see the whole picture.
"23 years? I don't have the patience to wait that long. It seems that the invasion plan of 'Elysium' must be put on the agenda." Ian sneered and slowly raised his right hand. With his movements, a brand new and extremely mysterious power materialized in his palm.
"Cosmic Will..." Ian felt this power. With the help of the original scripture after Fusion, he finally gained partial control over this world (the current timeline to be precise) Cosmic Will. He could foresee that with this as a basis for researching Cornerstone, his subsequent cross-dimensional arcane research would usher in explosive breakthroughs.
Not only that, his long-standing grand blueprint - to collect all the original magic books in the multiverse to analyze Cosmic Will, and finally become a god and become the perfect "Tier 11 Arcanist" plan, has finally taken a substantial step. A more intuitive improvement in combat power is that after controlling part of Cosmic Will, he can finally use "Conceptual Magic" freely in this universe! Before this, he could only barely do this when holding Time Staff or Death Staff.. And now, Time Staff was lent to Kazuma's team in <KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!>, while Death Staff stayed at the Arcane Empire's home base. Being able to use Conceptual Magic out of thin air undoubtedly made his trump card a little thicker.
"It's a pity that there are only a few conceptual spells that can be called at present. It seems that we must get the last magic book as soon as possible." Ian shook his head with a little regret. Without the last piece of the puzzle, his control over Cosmic Will was stuck. What's even more terrible is that Conceptual Magic is an out-and-out gold-swallowing beast that consumes extremely much magic power. Since Floating City, the endless energy source, is not around, he simply cannot bomb without scruples like he did against Jehovah (Yahweh).
After completing the in-depth analysis of Spade Original Tome, Ian put it away properly and turned around to leave this underground Chamber of Secrets. He casually erased all traces of his visit and re-sealed the door, as if this place had never been opened.
Before stepping into the space portal, his eyes passed through the layers of ruins, and finally took a deep look at the clone in the distance - Xiao Yueqiuman At this time, Qiu Man was suspended in the Kyoto mid-air, as if the Chosen One had arrived. He waved his huge magic power to disperse the fog of death that shrouded the capital, forcibly healed the Spirit Realm cracks torn in the sky, and rescued the civilians who were desperately struggling in the disaster one by one.
This is a perfect reshuffle of power. With the bloodline of the Imperial Family almost extinct, those mages attached to the aristocratic class have also been killed and injured, and the once arrogant Yamato Dynasty has existed in name only. At this moment, it is the best time for a dazzling "civilian hero" like Qiu Man to rise! He will rebuild order on this ruins and implant new ideas into the hearts of the people.. Since this world already contains some advanced ideas left behind by the reincarnated person Onizuka, Qiu Man's reforms will not appear abrupt or arouse suspicion. It can be foreseen that in the near future, under Qiu Man's careful guidance, the entire people of the Eastern Continent will be incorporated into the territory of the Arcane Empire without any resistance.
"I'll leave the east side to you. As for the mess in the west continent, I'll clean it up myself." Ian raised a cold arc at the corner of his mouth.
The space rippled like water waves. Ian stepped into the portal in one step, directly crossing the endless sea and returning to the Western Continent. But he did not stop at the Clover Kingdom, but tore apart the space without hesitation and went straight to Underworld.
Because just a few days ago, a clone he left in Underworld was destroyed. It was not an ordinary clone, but a powerful clone with 60% of his strength!
As soon as he stepped into this dark demonic world, Ian frowned deeply. All the monitoring and defensive magic arrays he had put in on the first six floors of Underworld were completely wiped out by a brute force. Without a moment's hesitation, he turned into a stream of light and went directly to the deepest part of Underworld - the seventh floor.
The space on the seventh floor is filled with a disgusting and strange aura of blood and sacredness.
"Lucius?" Ian looked at the figure in front of him with his back to him, and coldly spit out a name.
"Ah, you're here." Lucius slowly turned around with a calm smile on his face, "Are you very surprised to see me?"
"Have you swallowed the power of time Demons Astaroth?" Ian's gaze was like the most accurate searchlight, instantly seeing the other person clearly.
"Not only him." Lucius's smile became more and more enthusiastic, "There is also space Demons Beelzebub, and gravity Demons Lucifero."
He opened his arms as if embracing the whole world. "I have always firmly believed that humans are the unique race with the most potential in this universe, and you, Ian, your existence is the best proof! It was you who inspired me and made me determined to hold the thread of fate tightly in my own hands instead of continuing to be the puppet of that idiot Astaroth!"
Ian ignored his long speech and frowned slightly. "The aura on your body... is very wrong."
"Have you finally noticed? Let me open your eyes!" Lucius laughed, and his body shape suddenly changed. A huge halo exuding divine brilliance emerged behind him, and a miniature version of the holy ring formed on the top of his head. Then, three pairs of slender white angel wings burst out from his back, forming an extremely strong visual impact with the pair of Demons horns on his head that were like antlers..
"Did you see it? This is the ultimate posture of human evolution!" Lucius's voice echoed in the empty Underworld.
"The perfect suture of humans, Demons and angels." Ian's eyes lit up, as if he had seen some peerless treasure. He saw through the horror of this form at a glance - in this state, Lucius was able to absorb and use Positive Karma and Negative Causality at the same time, and the two formed a perfect cycle in his body without any conflict!
'This is the fundamental reason why he must have two souls!' Ian suddenly realized in his heart. For Ian, who was worried about not being able to find excellent materials to study "Causal Empowerment" in depth, this mutant in front of him was simply a great gift.
"Where is the soul of Julius?" Ian asked coldly. Julius is a truly kind person, and he is also a talented magic emperor. If Ian has the opportunity, he would naturally want to help him, especially with his outstanding talent in Time Magic, he is definitely the perfect seed to become Empire high-level Arcanist.
"He? He's dead." Lucius replied lightly.
"You're lying." Ian sneered, "I don't even need to sense your 'qi' to expose you. Without a second soul as a ballast stone and buffer anchor, it's impossible for you to perfectly Fusion the two completely opposite forces of Demons's extreme evil and the absolute holiness of an angel."
Lucius was silent, the calmness on his face remained the same, but he no longer refuted.
"Either his soul is still sleeping in your body, or it was extracted by you and hidden in an absolutely safe place." Ian said firmly.
"Let's end the reminiscing about old times!" Lucius interrupted him impatiently and declared loftily, "I have conquered all the floors of Underworld and inherited the title of Lord of Demons--"
"What you want to say is Satan, right?" Ian completed the lines for him.
"Satan? It's a good name. It sounds very pleasant, and it fits my current identity very well." Lucius nodded with satisfaction, "That's right! I have ascended to the position of Satan! Now, the only stumbling block in the entire world that can stop me from ruling the world and guiding all mankind to evolve into high-dimensional life is you!"
Ian shook his head secretly in his heart. Although this guy stole the power of Satan, his vision was too narrow. He had no idea that the "god" who was sealed in the Heaven Realm and was about to break out was the real deadly threat that could destroy everything.
After all the nonsense, murderous intent suddenly arises!
A huge translucent sphere exploded with Lucius as the center, instantly covering the surrounding space. Ian recognized at a glance that this was the concrete field of Time Magic! Inside this sphere, the flow rate, stillness and even reverse flow of time were controlled by one person, Lucius, Overlord.
Ian reacted extremely quickly, and with a wave of his backhand, he also unfolded a huge sphere of time. The two forces that distorted time fiercely Incursion in Void, canceling each other out, Annihilation.
At the moment of the collision, Ian frowned slightly. After the preliminary fight, he assessed that the Lucius in front of him had reached the terrifying level of "Tier 7", but it was still not as good as his own vast magic reserve. It stands to reason that Ian not only Fusion Astaroth's complete understanding of Time Magic, but also combined his unique research results and absolute magical advantage. His Time Magic should be able to form a crushing force, but in reality the two sides fought evenly.
Ian looked around at the dark and oppressive Underworld environment, and immediately understood the reason: home field advantage! As the current actual ruler of Underworld, Lucius, the laws of the entire plane dimension are subtly increasing his power.
"Gravity Magic: Black Hole!"
Lucius failed with one blow, and immediately mobilized Gravity Magic of Lucifero. Five terrifying Black Hole that could even swallow light formed out of thin air, and strangled Ian with the gravity that crushed everything.
"An axe." Ian pointed their swords together and made a random stroke in the air. Five extreme slashes as black as ink tore through the space, like precise scalpels, directly splitting the five Black Hole into two halves, and then completely shattered them due to energy imbalance.
"Yami's Dark Magic?!" Lucius's pupils shrank suddenly, and while he was dodging the remaining slashes in a panic, his heart was shocked. What made him even more troublesome was that he found that his ability to predict the future was blocked by the man in front of him using some unknown means!
"Space Magic: Space Bomb!"
The furious Lucius switched abilities again and used Beelzebub's Authority. Hundreds of miniature extra-dimensional spaces were generated crazily around Ian, and in an instant triggered a series of big explosions that could tear apart reality!
However, Ian didn't even blink. He simultaneously condensed the same number of miniature time spheres around his body, swallowing up all those violent space explosions like a gluttonous mouth. The next second, time reversed! Those heaven-destroying explosions were forcibly reversed to their original state and dissipated invisible.
Seeing that all the attacks failed, Lucius went completely crazy. Underworld Countless jet-black energy flows came from all directions and poured into his body crazily. He raised his hands high, gathered all the magic power, and a super time ball that covered the sky and the sun began to take shape.
"Time Magic: Time Erasure!"
Faced with this fatal blow that could wipe out existence itself, Ian still maintained a despairing calmness.
"Crack."
The crisp sound of the Snap echoed in Void. Without any magic power, ten dark and lightless arrows appeared out of thin air in front and behind Lucius, blocking all his escape routes.. The Black Arrow in front pierced the huge time ball with overwhelming force, completely Annihilation it at the moment of contact.
Lucius twisted his body with all his strength and barely avoided the fatal blow from the front, but the arrows from behind still penetrated his back and arms mercilessly, pinning him to Void!
"Anti-Magic?! How could you possibly use Asta's unique power?!" Lucius screamed in despair.
"What's all the fuss about?" Ian dusted off his clothes and looked at him condescendingly, "The world calls me the 'God of Magic' not because I'm handsome - although I don't really like this nickname."
Taking advantage of the perfect opportunity when the magic power in Lucius's body was completely suppressed by Anti-Magic's arrow and unable to cast any spells, Ian immediately perfectly combined the Sealing Magic of Nero (Secre) with the yin and yang of the Eastern Continent Sealing Arts, turning it into countless Blink chains with runes, entangling Lucius like poisonous snakes, trying to completely capture it alive.
Just when the chains were about to be closed, a huge pale white bone prison rose from the ground, protecting Lucius within it, blocking all the sealing chains.
Ian retracted his hand and looked coldly at the three uninvited guests who suddenly arrived. Like Lucius, these three people also experienced horrific mutations. They simultaneously showed the sacredness of angels and the ferocious characteristics of Demons, and the fluctuations of magic power emitted from their bodies have far exceeded the limits that humans should possess.
"Dante, Zenon, and...Morris." Ian accurately identified the three people, and then fixed his oppressive eyes on Mad Scholar, who was born in the Diamond Kingdom.
"I've been looking forward to meeting you for a long time." Ian's voice was cold and dangerous.
"Oh? Really?" Morris pushed up his glasses and showed a cold smile, "I don't think there is any need for us to interact."
"Because there are two things in your hand that belong to me." Ian took a step forward, and the huge pressure made the entire seventh floor Underworld tremble. "To be more precise, one is my trophy, and the other... is my inevitable prey."