Chapter 1526: Meilin’s Might

Chapter 1526: Chapter 1526: Meilin’s Might

Puff!

Three longswords sliced past the neck, chest, and shoulder, but what they cut through was Pei Yan’s body, which was actually a shadow gradually fading away.

"Is it the Shadow Race’s magic? Does he have Shadow Race blood?" Meilin was somewhat stunned upon seeing this scene. He had seen this tribe before when he followed the Supreme to the Hell Plane. In the Hell Plane, they were an extremely rare tribe, so could there really be their bloodline left outside?

"It’s not Shadow Race blood, it’s Divine Artifact fusion! He fused with a Shadow Race artifact!" Aleister explained to Meilin while observing Pei Yan return to his original position. Just now, Pei Yan’s body suddenly disappeared in place, replaced by the shadow he deliberately left behind when the attack began. He used the Moon Shadow Flask to swap his body with the shadow to alleviate the crisis of being controlled.

At this point, Aleister felt it necessary to give Master Merlin a heads-up, so he reminded, "Master Merlin, this Pei Yan has fused with seven Divine Artifacts of the Demon Race! Known ones include the Space Divine Artifact Type Prison Breaker, one that can hide and disguise others’ auras, and this Moon Shadow Flask. Besides that, there’s a Book of Curse capable of affecting a person’s will, soul, and his own bloodline, and three other artifacts’ abilities he has not yet revealed! Besides these, there’s a Blood Race artifact that can transfer all injuries, and two exclusive artifacts tailored from various planes. So counting just the artifacts, he carries no less than ten Divine Artifacts, excluding other abilities."

"Ten!" Hearing this number even Meilin was shocked, exclaiming. You see, he once followed by the Supreme’s side. The Round Table Knights were already luxurious, with every member’s armor and weapons crafted into Divine Artifacts. With the power of believers’ faith over generations, these artifacts even gained a luster akin to Sacred Artifacts. But even that adds up to only two sets, at most not more than three pieces. At his peak, he held a maximum of five Divine Artifacts, and these weren’t all his private possessions. They were to continue being passed on after his death, like the magic staff Aleister used to summon him from the river of time; those were eventually all legacy items of the Mage Association.

But Pei Yan, he alone had fused with seven Divine Artifacts. It’s known that once fused, a Divine Artifact becomes part of its owner’s abilities. Although it can be wielded more conveniently with ease, the price is that those artifacts will disappear with the death of the artifact fuser and can never be passed down.

"Has the Demon Race become so powerful now? To be able to grant someone seven artifacts for fusion! Could this Pei Yan possibly be the Demon God’s illegitimate child?" In shock, Meilin couldn’t help but voice what was on many people’s minds.

"There are many causes that led to this, but there’s no time to explain now! Master Merlin, please be very cautious of this." Aleister didn’t have time to provide Meilin with a detailed explanation, so he had to answer perfunctorily with helplessness.

"Alright! I understand! Phew! What a troublesome yet interesting young man!" Meilin predicted there would be such an unwinnable, arduous battle awaiting him in the future, but he didn’t expect his opponent to have so many astonishing abilities. This also fueled his competitiveness. He wanted to see to what extent he could oppress this young man before him.

Thinking this, Meilin tapped the ground again with his magic staff and quickly spoke out: "Earth Element High-tier Technique. Mire Technique! Spatial High-tier Technique. Gathering Technique! Wind High-tier Technique. Slow Technique."

Three techniques were applied to the whole arena all at once. Pei Yan only felt the surrounding space becoming stagnant. To test it, he moved back and forth over a short distance and found that when he stepped on the ground, it took more effort than usual to lift each foot. This technique felt somewhat similar to Xia Yu’s gravity pressure but wasn’t as evident, and meanwhile, the surrounding space and wind directions were pressing into him, forming a substantial resistance to his movement.

This was to restrict his ultra-high-speed movement and spatial jumps. Instead of using forbidden spells, he achieved such an effect with the stacking of techniques!

Yet, the surprises Meilin brought to Pei Yan had just begun. After performing these techniques, he raised his magic staff, pointed it in the air, and continued: "Light Element Basic Magic. Shadow-Dispelling Technique!"

With this spell, dozens of faintly glowing orbs appeared, constantly moving in the air. Upon the appearance of these orbs, Pei Yan found that no matter how he moved, those relocating orbs consistently compressed his and the six others’ shadows into a very small range beneath their feet.

"Shadowless Lamp?" Pei Yan looked at the orbs in the sky and immediately understood their purpose. The opponent used a basic spell to render one of his Divine Artifacts ineffective. Of course, the Moon Shadow Flask’s function was not entirely hindered by these orbs, but its effectiveness would be significantly reduced. Any suddenly appearing shadow would become a focal point for the opponent, rendering it incapable of enabling a surprise attack.

"Alright! I admit, this fight is truly becoming interesting!" Pei Yan rotated his neck, revealing a look of exhilaration on finding an opponent matching his tastes. He crouched low like a leopard in hunting mode. Just when everyone thought he’d launch a second round of attacks, they saw his fingers slightly twitch!

Boom!

A sudden explosion erupted! Along with the roar of the explosion rose a field of shattered debris on the arena, lifting a cover of smoke and dust, obscuring the heavens and blotting out the sun. Under this smokescreen, those orbs of light instantly lost their expected function.

"That’s Source Energy Lines! Be careful, this man has control over source energy far beyond ordinary people! He manipulates thousands of source energy lines too fine for the naked eye, intermingled with fine threads refined from Divine Artifacts, their destructive power is astonishing!" Aleister saw through Pei Yan’s actions the moment the dust erupted. The raised dust was the effect produced when he sliced through the arena ground with Source Energy Lines.

"Thousands?" Meilin glanced sideways at Aleister with a wry smile: "Is there any more information about this opponent you think you should have told me but didn’t?"

"Master Merlin, I thought you foresaw it all!" Aleister replied with grievance when he heard Meilin’s question.

"Silly child! I can only foresee our encounter and the vague outcome of things. If I could predict what exact enemies we would face, I would’ve left a prophecy for you to eliminate this young man before he grew stronger!" Meilin was momentarily speechless in the face of Aleister’s perplexity.

After speaking, Meilin turned his gaze toward the abruptly emerging dozens of figures in the swirling smoke and, feeling their identical auras, rubbed the magic staff in his hands with a headache: "You’re right, he truly has an extraordinary control over Source Energy. This camouflaged aura even prevents me from distinguishing which is his main body!"