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Chapter 696: The Use of Artificial Intelligence

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Looking at Heidi's hopeful eyes, Lucien smiled and said, "It's indeed a shabby and highly-impractical artificial intelligence…"

Huh? Heidi immediately pulled a long face after hearing her teacher's remark. Chelly, Alfalia, Lowi, Blake and the other sorcerers who contributed to the creation were frustrated, too.

Sprint, however, did not hesitate to mock Heidi who always seemed carefree. "Do you see? Our teacher also thinks that this is basically a toy. A toy so clumsy and enormous that the ordinary people cannot use it at all, no less."

In his eyes, the artificial intelligence had nothing worth complimenting at all except for the advantage that it could be powered with electricity without a sorcerer. Therefore, an ordinary person could complete the computations as long as he could understand the user manual. However, the problem was that the machine was too big, heavy, delicate and expensive to be promoted.

"My ancillary computation circles are only the level of middle-rank sorcerers. Your artificial intelligence would explode in embarrassment if it were the advanced computation circles or our teacher's legendary ancillary circles in the laboratory. Hehe. Our teacher can beat it even by calculating with his brain…" Sprint did not intend to let Heidi go easily.

It was not because he was hostile towards Heidi. Instead, he felt that Annick, Heidi and the other classmates were his few real friends. He merely felt that the more he frustrated Heidi, the more momentum Heidi would have to improve the artificial intelligence. If it were himself, he would've been full of battle desire under the mockery and wouldn't give in after all!

He had always been like this, but he sounded much less disobedient than before.

Heidi glared at him, swearing to herself that she would create a perfect artificial intelligence which would crush Sprint's ancillary computation circles so hard that his mouth would never be closed and his jaw would hit the ground!

Iristine and Nodanielle intended to comfort Heidi, but they did not know what to say due to their lack of knowledge about artificial intelligence. Katrina and Layria, on the other hand, raised their thumb encouragingly, hinting to Heidi that it was already an incredible result for a first try!

Natasha, who was standing not far away, however, put on a meaningful smile. With her understanding about Lucien, straightforward criticism was usually the harbinger of praise, and if he complimented someone at the beginning, it would usually be followed by rebuttals and indirect accusations later. To quote himself, it was called 'subtlety'.

"…Despite the many drawbacks of this artificial intelligence, the spirit and the direction that it presents deserves an Arcana Prize." As she expected, Lucien went on.

Huh?

What?

Heidi rubbed her ears subconsciously, suspecting that she had hallucinations. The crude and impractical artificial intelligence deserved an Evans Prize in Arcana? Was it a joke?

Lucien chuckled. "This machine is undoubtedly primitive and impractical, but the original spells that our ancestors constructed based on the patterns on the magic creatures in the primeval age of magic were also primitive and impractical. In our eyes, they may be so hilarious and pitiful, and they had to perform a spell which has been simplified to the level of apprentices today with the spiritual power of the fifth circle, but can we deny their contribution just because of that?"

"No, we can't…" Lazar replied cooperatively.

Sprint and Annick also nodded. Without the seemingly hilarious and impractical efforts of the sorcerers at the beginning, there wouldn't have been the magic civilization today!

"All achievements in arcana and magic are made step by step. Heidi, Chelly, Lowi, Blake and Alfalia have built the first prototype from scratch without any knowledge in artificial intelligence. It's not easy. Although it is shabby, huge and clumsy, its idea and direction are very valuable." Said Lucien solemnly.

Heidi finally confirmed that her teacher was praising her. She raised her head proudly, before she somewhat blushed. "Master, we couldn't have designed it without your guidance."

"I offered little guidance except for the notion. Most of the details were completed by yourselves." Lucien looked at Heidi and Chelly. "Without considering the size, weight and power supply, how much faster can the computation speed of this artificial intelligence be improved?"

"…Approximately five times. If the research on crystals have groundbreaking developments, it's possible to improve the computation speed by dozens of times without increasing the size and the weight." Heidi's eyes became hazy when she described the prospect of artificial intelligence. "By then, it will be as powerful as the brain of senior-rank sorcerers and the middle-rank ancillary circles!"

Sprint was rather surprised. Could the performance be improved so greatly?

Lucien nodded and, looking at Natasha, Lazar, Katrina and the rest of them who were confused, said, "According to their design, the bottleneck of the artificial intelligence lies in materials and parts, and the development of materials and parts is highly dependent on arcana studies."

"This is an age where different fields depend on and facilitate each other. Without great ancillary circles, many experiments in the microscopic domain cannot be fulfilled, and its development will be slowed."

"Perhaps, when we apply the quantum superposition state to artificial intelligence, its computation speed will be higher than that of any sorcerer, including Mr. President and me." Lucien depicted the future of artificial intelligence, before he added in silence, quantum computers are not needed, and the large artificial intelligence will be stronger than himself and the president in terms of computation when the integrated circuit grows mature.

However, in the world of magic, certain procedures could be skipped!

"The computation ability beyond legendary sorcerers…" Said Heidi, stunned. She had never thought that artificial intelligence could reach such an extent!

In their eyes, legendary sorcerers had the most terrifying mental arithmetic abilities even without the help of ancillary computation circles. They were almost 'inhuman'!

Listening quietly, Iristine repeated the terms she heard. "Quantum superposition… artificial intelligence…"

Observing the flashing red and green lights, Natasha asked curiously, "This artificial intelligence seems controllable even for ordinary people… How can its size, weight and cost be reduced? How many years will it take for the machine to be promoted and popularized?"

Having lived with Lucien for a long time, she had contracted the quirk of popularization, too. After all, she felt proud to see good changes happening in her kingdom and her subjects enjoying a more and more convenient and civilized life.

"After crystal tubes are invented, it should be only the size of golems and ready for the use of major nobles. Further reduction will depend on the development of alchemical materials." Heidi made a rough estimation. "Although the alchemical items and magic patterns in the artificial intelligence are simple enough to be completed by common sorcerers, the number of the parts is huge. Since the parts cannot be manufactured, their cost equals a level-five magic item."

"It seems that many years are needed, and I don't think the nobles and civilians really need an artificial intelligence which features the computational ability." Natasha was not very disappointed.

Lucien smiled. He intended to list the 'possible' applications of a computer in daily life, but none of them, like TV, had been invented. So, it was inconvenient for him to speak it out aloud. He could only say, "After the computation ability is improved, many things will be doable, and the world will be more colorful!"

Huh? Natasha looked at Lucien curiously, and so did Heidi and Chelly, who hoped to get inspirations about artificial intelligence from their teacher.

"For example, we can draw cubic magic patterns with artificial intelligence, which will be more accurate and steady than us because it is entirely digitally made." Lucien intentionally brought up a subject that would captivate the sorcerers. "Then, we can let the artificial intelligence construct a magic model with those patterns!"

"Then what? Can artificial intelligence cast spells?" Heidi was indeed interested.

Lucien smiled. "Magic models can only turn into spells with the irrigation of energy. We can use them with our own spiritual power, and artificial intelligence may use electricity. However, the problem is that if it's magic models are the same as ours in our soul that do not have real entities, it can only interfere with the outside world with spiritual power. Since we haven't grasped the special electromagnetic waves yet, we cannot give artificial intelligence spiritual power."

"Without real entities…" Annick seemed to have recalled something. All the simplified alchemical items had real entities, which was why they could be powered by electricity to trigger corresponding spells.

"That's right. So, we can print the magic models that the artificial intelligence constructs with corresponding materials or scrolls. If we design the modules well, alchemical items or magic scrolls will be created perfectly and accurately in the process. Then, we can activate the products with our spiritual power." Lucien introduced the concept of 3D printing to the manufacture of magic scrolls and alchemical items.

As he spoke, a few bizarre pictures popped up in Lucien's head. Perhaps, the future sorcerers could turn on their computers, search for the magic models they needed, download them, and create magic scrolls with the '3D printing' of the artificial intelligence. It wouldn't be half as troublesome and complicated as right now.

Casting spells is costless… That probably would be a slogan for artificial intelligence in the future. But of course, the prerequisites for 3D printing were not so easy to be met.

Heidi, Iristine and the rest of them were all shocked by the prospect that Lucien's described. What a future that was! Could sorcerers be stopped at all? Wait, that did not seem to be limited to sorcerers. All creatures who were capable of activating scrolls and items would be able to perform magic with artificial intelligence! It didn't seem to be a good thing for the sorcerers, did it?

Whether or not such a development would benefit the sorcerers, Heidi, Chelly and the rest of the team were even more enthusiastic about artificial intelligence. They were doing something incredible!

Layria, Sprint, Rock and the others had similar thoughts. If they weren't occupied in their own arcana and magic studies, they probably would've joined Heidi's research team.

Natasha looked at Lucien, full of interest. That world seemed to be a lot of fun. Magic was truly interesting!

Chapter 697: Nature's Gift

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On the top floor of Babel in the Atomic Universe…

The whole hall was filled with silver, green and transparent lines. They extended from the wall, the floor, the ceiling and the void, constituting a dense, complicated magic circle.

The center where the lines were gathered presented fluids that were brimming with intense vitality. Like the source of a fountain, it flowed out and filled all the round altars.

Looking at the exuberant greenness in the altars, Lucien smiled at Natasha. "The ritual of 'Nature's Gift' is ready."

"Why is this different from what I heard from Granny Hathaway?" Natasha observed the constituents of the legendary ritual around with great interest.

She had learnt the basic look of 'Nature's Gift' from Hathaway a long time ago, because it was Fernando and Hathaway who hosted the ritual for Douglas at the beginning. This life-extending legendary ritual used the fruit of the elvish tree as the core. Through the transformation of magic circles and complicated procedures, the power inside the fruit would be extracted and integrated into the body and soul of the receiver, thereby extending their life.

It was the state-of-the-art life ritual. According to the quality of the fruit and the ritual materials, the smoothness of the ritual, and the strength of the receiver, their longevity could be extended by three to six thousand years.

The view in the hall, however, was so different. Natasha saw neither the fruit of the elvish tree nor the constituents of the corresponding magic circle. Although she did not know much about magic circles, the ritual of Nature's Gift had a distinctive appearance that couldn't be mistaken at all.

Most importantly of all, there wouldn't be a pool that looked like a fountain at the center of the ritual of 'Nature's Gift'!

Lucien kept smiling. "You forgot that we still have 'Fountain of Youth'. I have modified the ritual of 'Nature's Gift' with its features. Although the Fountain of Youth is not as good as the fruit of the elvish tree in terms of quality and cannot improve the upper bound, it can significantly improve the lower bound. Therefore, the ritual of 'Nature's Gift' can extend the longevity by five to six thousand years for two people."

"'Fountain of Youth'?"Natasha finally recalled Lucien's trophies in the World of Souls. She looked at the fountain-like pool at the center of the ritual and immediately realized that it was what the Fountain of Youth should look like. "Do we not need Hathaway or the Lord of Storm to host the ritual?"

Most of the legendary rituals had to be supervised by legendary experts.

Looking at the 'pool' at the center that had melted the power of the fruit of the elvish tree and the Fountain of Youth, Lucien smiled. "We don't. The ritual that I have modified does not need more legends. As long as one of the receivers is a legendary sorcerer, it will be enough to navigate the ritual. Nothing will go wrong. It will be an easy, convenient, efficient and comfortable life-extending ritual."

Natasha couldn't help but laugh aloud hearing Lucien's description. "Haha. I'm now convinced that the strange advertisements in 'Arcana Voice' and 'News of the World' were invented by you…"

"Did I ever deny it?" Lucien opened his hands.

Natasha stopped laughing and became serious. "What are we going to do next?"

"Well, we only need to submerge ourselves in the pool like taking a bath in a hot spring. The ritual will drive the integrated power of the fruit of the elvish tree and the Fountain of Youth into our body." Said Lucien solemnly. "To ensure the effect, we must not wear any magical items."

"What?" Natasha was stunned and then said in a half smile. "A ritual that requires a naked bath? You designed it on purpose, didn't you?"

"Am I that kind of person? It's all because of the features of the Fountain of Youth." Said Lucien hypocritically.

"Is that so?" Natasha chuckled. "As a matter of fact, I like such a creation."

As she spoke, the bright purple court dress that she wore dropped like a dancing butterfly, and the remaining clothes flew off one piece after another, slowly and charmingly, revealing her enthralling body.

Like every time she took a bath, Natasha pointed at the water with the tip of her toe, before she walked towards the center of the green pool one step after another, her body gradually was submerged under the fluids. Suddenly, she turned back and said to Lucien who was still floating outside of the altar, "Come on. Don't be shy."

...

Time went by fast, and the green 'water' was less and less. Both Lucien and Natasha felt that the fluids were melted into their body and their souls, bringing a clean and comfortable feeling. They were entirely relaxed.

"The ritual has been finished. It will be a complete success as long as it is not interrupted. I can already feel that my longevity has improved a lot. Four thousand years, probably." Lucien suddenly opened his mouth, breaking the silence. He sounded lazy when his soul had been deeply relaxed.

Leaning on Lucien's body, Natasha said equally lazily, "I feel that my pressure, anxieties and worries about many things have been cleansed by the water. Well, I'm thinking of holding a music festival in Rentato."

Under such circumstances, she spoke whatever came to her mind.

"A music festival?" Lucien asked back, his voice far away.

"Yes, I've been planning to hold a 'Rentato Music Festival' so that I'll miss Aalto less. However, there were few distinguished musicians in Rentato until this year, when a batch of remarkable musicians emerged. So, I decided to get it done. Hehe. Thanks to you, light music and unconventional symphonies are popular in Rentato. I hope that it will mark the difference between Aalto music and Rentato music."

Although she loved Aalto, Natasha did not intend to turn Rentato into another Aalto. She respected the culture and customs of this place. "By then, I hope that I can use your 'Valkyrie' as the opening for the music festival."

Lucien underestimated the difficulties to create an opera. Also, he had a high demand for himself in the original work. Therefore, it was not until the double-slit experiment with electrons that he finally finished the work that took almost four years. He was looking for opera singers and orchestras to rehearse it.

"It's a gift for you. You can watch it whenever you want to." Lucien had no objection. "However, I fear that we'll have to take the Time Plate from the Chaotic Cosmos first."

He had made all the preparations and was ready to go to the 555th level of Abyssal Maw, the 'Chaotic Cosmos'.

"Of course, all my attention is devoted to Abyssal Maw and the Chaotic Cosmos right now…" Natasha took a long breath in satisfaction.

Ten minutes later, the green 'water' was completely gone, and Lucien and Natasha were enshrouded in bright green, translucent halos.

All the parts of the magic ritual glittered, and the energy was gathered into an enormous and special pressure.

The transparent light constricted violently and crawled into Lucien and Natasha. Vague fragrance of nature spread out of their bodies.

"Our longevity has been extended by about 5,600 years." Said Lucien according to the feedback of the ritual and his own status.

Natasha chuckled, "Therefore, it will be a long race for me to catch up with you. I will not be frustrated and give up just because I'm behind for now! I will certainly catch up to you!"

She clenched her fists, her competitiveness surging out.

...

In San Ivansburg, the capital of the Schachran Empire in the north…

"Your Holiness, Lucien Evans has published only one paper, no, one book, recently. It's 'Basics of Mathematics', which addresses the development of mathematics and proposes certain conundrums." 'Saint' Clement reported to Belkovsky, the pontiff.

Belkovsky, who had the typical big nose of the Schachran Empire, nodded. "That's alright. Thank you, Clement."

In the North Church, the pontiff was only half a level higher than the Grand Cardinals and was not as powerful and authoritative as the pope. Therefore, he was rather courteous in the way he talked.

"Your Holiness, why did you ask us to pay attention to Lucien? How does Lucien's research concern us?" Asked Clement in confusion.

Belkovsky said solemnly. "Lucien Evans went to the Pathway of Immortality and opened the Chamber of Immortality, which may be reflected in his research. For example, his ideas about quantum superposition gave me inspiration."

"That explains a lot." Clement rose and left the Saint Ivan Church for his own Saint Geno Church.

The moment he entered the room of prayers, the peace on his face was replaced by gloom and hatred. He murmured to himself, "Lucien Evans…"

In the meantime, he drew crosses on his chest, shorter vertically and longer horizontally!

The Horizontal Cross Sect within the North Church was made by him and the Lord of Hell together. Otherwise, even the Lord of Hell couldn't have infiltrated the North Church so astonishingly.

Although Lucien's operation to sabotage their plan was rather secretive, Clement still knew the person guilty for the death of Ivanovszki thanks to the Lord of Hell. Therefore, he sent subordinates to teach the guy a lesson and let him repent what he did in hell.

However, Lucien's speed of advancement was beyond his imagination. Every time he sent a subordinate over, he would discover that Lucien had grown too strong for his subordinate, and he was forced to send another one. Since such a secret group could not deploy assassins as easily as the South Church did, the process simply repeated itself. After Clement was less busy and intended to find an opportunity himself, he learnt the news that Lucien had become a legend.

There couldn't have been a more infuriating message. Before he put his plan of revenge into action, the enemy's strength had been improving by leaps until he could barely be dealt with in regular ways, and it had only been a few years!

Therefore, Clement judiciously aborted his plan. Nobody would retaliate against a legend for such trivial things, unless he was as crazy as the Will of Abyss!

"It's true that strength is the foundation of everything…" Clement prayed before the cross.

In the middle of his prayer, he suddenly sensed that sacred, uncanny air was gathering before the cross, and the ivory holy light spread out bit by bit.

Then, the projection of an angel who was as beautiful as a girl appeared before him, with thirty-six wings unfolding slowly on the back.

"The Angel King?"

Clement blurted out in shock. He did not understand how the Angel King's projection could've arrived in spite of the heavy defense of the church, and nor did he know why the Angel King, who had been cooperating with the South Church, would visit him!

Chapter 698: I Have High Hopes For You

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Mecantron, the Angel King, opened his hands, turning into the shape of a cross, before he said solemnly, "Pope Viken stole the Lord's power when the Lord was asleep. Therefore, I'm looking for pious saints to judge the greatest blasphemer!"

He was surrounded in holy light, and his eighteen pairs of wings filled up the whole room after they were unfolded, building a hallowed image.

"Viken?" Clement stepped back from the embrace of the thirty-six angelic wings. Was the Angel King finally convinced that the Church was led by Viken, the King of Calamities?

When Ivan, Felix, Geno and the other saints surrounded Wilfred, the Great Master of Paleness, they accidentally discovered a gap to the World of Souls and learnt part of the secrets of the God of Truth and the pope from the legendary spectres such as the Lich King. They also looted a lot from the Temple of Spirits and learnt how to steal the power of gods.

Therefore, they secretly forged an alliance and betrayed the pope during the Highest Theology Conference, accusing him of being the embodiment of the Lord of Hell. After that, they successfully divided the Church. Viken sent Ivan and the rest of them to hunt Wilfred only because he was convinced that Wilfred, who did not partake in the trip to the World of Souls, had only the preliminary knowledge of fake gods and was unaware of his secret. Otherwise, he would've decided to kill the enemy in person.

However, at some point, the Great Master of Paleness, the legendary sorcerer of the school of necromancy, made friends with the legendary spectres of the World of Souls at some point. As a result, Viken's perfect plan became flawed, and the Church was divided, which also gave an opportunity for Douglas to establish the Congress of Magic.

During their attempt, Ivan and Felix tried to reach out to the Angel King, hoping to persuade the Angel King to take their side. In such a way, the authority of the pope would be completely shaken. However, Mecantron refused to acknowledge that the pope was Viken and continued to support the South Church firmly.

Therefore, while the North Church was as good as the South Church in terms of the divine power granted by 'God of Truth', they could not summon the angels in the level of seraphs or use their strength!

"Yes, I was once fooled by him, but the Congress of Magic's exploration of the World of Souls completely exposed his secrets. I have to defend the Lord's glory when He is asleep." Mecantron announced pitifully and gravely.

"The Congress of Magic's exploration of the World of Souls…" Clement was shocked. He had learnt the story of 'God of Truth Thanos and Pope Viken' that the Congress of Magic fabricated through various channels.

While the story was a joke for many people, as a person who inherited the power and knowledge of Saint Geno and who cooperated with the Lord of Hell in secret, Clement was very shocked when he heard it because it agreed with the information he knew and had more convincing details. Therefore, he had to accept that the Congress of Magic did earn a lot from the adventure!

Now, the Angel King also admitted that the Congress of Magic's exploration touched the core secrets?

Most importantly, according to the Congress of Magic's story, Mecantron was an incarnation of 'God of Truth' and the dependency for Him to be revived. Therefore, Mecantron was the out-and-out deputy of paradise and a 'Junior God of Truth'!

Was it the real reason why he believed that the pope was Viken?

Too many thoughts popped up in Clement's heart. In the end, grasped by greed, he ventured, "Honorable Angel King, does your arrival mean that you acknowledge my devotion and my contribution to the Lord?"

"Yes, you are a much more qualified believer than Belkovsky is." Mecantron's benevolent face was full of praise. "I have a copy of 'Book of Virtues' which records the mysteries of demigods. I can tell that you have a noble mind and your deeds match the Lord's teaching. You are also determined and willing to sacrifice. Therefore, I plan to give it to you, so that you will be strong enough to defend the glory of the Lord and punish the sinner Viken!"

After a brief pause, a gold book appeared in his hands. "Clement, do you want it? Do you want to take this extremely difficult mission?"

Mysteries of demigods? Mysteries that were better than the ways to pass on power that they knew? Clement felt that his breath had turned heavy. He only cooperated with the Lord of Hell in order to obtain the secrets of demigods from him. However, the Lord of Hell was a natural-born demigod. He did not know why he was a demigod. Thanos and Viken, on the other hand, had grown into demigods from ordinary people with obvious tracks!

In that case, were the mysteries of demigods contained in the Book of Virtues?

Thinking about that, Clement held back his excitement and greed. Weighing his words, he said, "I am willing to defend the glory of the Lord, but Viken has become a demigod after stealing the Lord's power and is too strong for me. Sacrifice is important, but unnecessary sacrifice is meaningless. I can promise with the heart of faith that when I am almost as strong as Viken, I will defend the honor of the Lord and punish the sinner Viken with my life."

If you want me to cooperate with you, let me become a demigod with your Book of Virtues first!

An old fox like him would never do anything without a reward.

Mecantron tossed the gold book to Clement. "I'm satisfied with your answer."

Picking up the book, Clement quickly browsed through it, not bothering that Mecantron was still around. The more he read, the more excited he became. Due to the difficulties in stealing the power of faith and passing on the power, the rate of transformation had been very low, and the saints of the North Church had been trying to modify the methods. But the moment he saw the Book of Virtues, those difficulties seemed no more, because the book had pointed out their origin!

The more he read, the more thrilled he became. Clement did feel that the Book of Virtues contained the mysteries of demigods.

"Before you deal with Viken, I have a few missions for you." Mecantron said in a low voice, "At the core of the 'Chaotic Cosmos', the 555th floor of the abyss, there is a legendary material named 'Time Plate'. You will fetch it for me. I will reward you accordingly afterwards."

"The Chaotic Cosmos?" Asked Clement in confusion. He was worried that the Angel King would give him a dangerous mission, but it did not seem so bad at all. A trip to the abyss for a legendary material?

Mecantron introduced the Chaotic Cosmos to him and said in the end, "My prophecy told me that Lucien 'Atom Controller' Evans needs a legendary space-time material and learnt of 'Time Plate' from the elves. So, be careful that he may go to the Chaotic Cosmos, too."

"Of course, Your Excellency." Clement was more or less relieved. Lucien Evans was on par with him. Even if he couldn't defeat the guy, he could always escape. There was no grudge between them. If he were caught in danger, he could always throw the Time Plate out. Lucien Evans certainly wouldn't chase after him.

More importantly, as long as he seized the time, he could claim the Time Plate earlier than Lucien Evans, and they wouldn't meet at all.

The Angel King put on a smile of satisfaction. His body in the projection dispersed into countless tiny angels, singing, praising and praying. It was not until a long time later that they finally disappeared.

...

On the 666th floor of the abyss, inside the Frozen Fortress.

Gonheim, the Demogorgon of Darkness, looked at the void before him with a vague smile and held the black throne with his right hand.

On the throne were dim and illusionary gems. Gonheim's long fingers danced among them, as if he were playing music. Chaos was flashing on his dark fingernails.

After a while, he chuckled, and the void before him split into a boundless ocean of magma, which was surging and bubbling nonstop!

"Little Fire…" Gonheim called in a mocking tone.

Hooo. A vortex appeared above the magma, and a gigantic flame demon stood up. "Gonheim, don't test my tolerance."

Terrifying heat spread out and seemed to be melting everything!

He was the Primeval Firelord and the dominator of 'Seething Ocean', the 554th level of abyss. He was a level-three legendary Demon Lord.

"How should I call you when you are too chaotic to have a name? As the new Prince of Demons, do you expect me to call you 'Lord of Fire'?" The Demogorgon of Darkness smiled. "If you don't like me calling you Little Fire, how about Little Red, Little Flame, or Little Demon?"

Hooooo. Magma erupted from the ocean, turning the demiplane into a world of fire. The Primeval Firelord seemed to be exasperated!

"Alright, I'm calling you merely to tell you that a legendary sorcerer will enter the Chaotic Cosmos through your 'Seething Ocean'. I hope that you can stop him for a while." Without stimulating the Primeval Firelord anymore, Gonheim began to talk about 'business'.

The 'firelord' roared, "Do I need you to remind me? I will not let a single living creature pass 'Seething Ocean'!"

There were only two ways to enter the Chaotic Cosmos, which was a hidden plane. The first way was to reach the end of the Seething Ocean, and the other was to ask for the Prince of Demons' help.

After the void was closed, Gonheim shook his head with a smile.

...

Inside the Atom Institution, Katrina was standing before Lucien.

"Master, I have accepted a mandatory mission to go to the Schachran Empire. I have entrusted my work in the institution to my assistants. With Layria here, nothing will go wrong." Katrina 'asked for leave'.

As a member of the Highest Council, Lucien did not have the habit of breaking rules. Therefore, his students had always been carrying out mandatory missions.

"The Schachran Empire?" Asked Lucien, deep in thought.

"Yes. An incident caused by demon worship happened in a northern province in the Schachran Empire. A low-rank sorcerer of the Congress was involved and killed. Therefore, the Affair Committee asked me to investigate." Katrina lowered her head, her gold hair drifting. "In fact, I am a native of the Schachran Empire. I only came to the south when I grew older. I thought that I could take a look at my hometown with the opportunity."

In her family, only her parents came with her.

Lucien nodded. "Pay attention to your safety. As it happens, there's something I need you to do for me. After you accomplish your mission, you will go to Dumute and put this outside of the temple of Heit, 'God of Craftsmen'. I'll give you the coordinates of the specific location later."

"No problem, master." Katrina accepted her teacher's mission very happily. Ever since they knew their teacher, the students had barely offered any help to him. Even though they had research products that were helpful for their teacher, those products couldn't have been achieved without their teacher's arrangement and guidance.

After Katrina left, Lucien nodded his head and returned to the Atomic Universe, ready to go to the Chaotic Cosmos.

Chapter 699: Cooperation

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A scorching tornado passed by, igniting everything on its way. Alas, this place was full of fire and magma and there was nothing that hadn't been ignited at all.

Because the air changes caused by the different temperatures in different locations, the sunlight that came from nobody knew where diffused in different degrees, resulting in the illusion-like haziness in the midair.

The Primeval Firelord stayed at the center of the Seething Ocean and paced back and forth anxiously, grasped by the lust of destruction, slaughter and burning. He badly wanted an enemy to appear so that his lust could be satisfied.

The fire masters, senior fire spirits and giant flame elements had been left far away from him, fearing that they might get accidentally killed!

If it were any other moment, the Primeval Firelord, who was as impetuous as fire, would have summoned his legion of demons and launched a new round of attack towards his nemesis, the Lady of Snow, in order to soothe his fury.

The Lady of Snow was the liege of the Aurora Plateau, the 328th level of the abyss, and another level-three 'Demon Lord'. Because of their conflict between the powers that they were good at, she was a sworn nemesis to the Primeval Firelord. The two of them had often waged war upon one another, hoping to eliminate the enemy. In the abyss, except for the hidden 'Chaotic Cosmos' and the few special planes, the other levels were connected to each other without any hindrance. It was unnecessary to pass the planes in between.

"If Gonheim hadn't asked me to stay here to stop the goddamn sorcerer, I would have destroyed that cold, heatless monster!" The Primeval Firelord held a longsword made of fire in his hands. Every time he waved it, a terrifying tsunami of lava and fire would be raised.

He felt that he was running out of his patience, even though he had no patience at all to begin with. Therefore, he looked at the fire masters who were hiding far away. "Why are you so far away?"

"Because we fear you and respect you!" The thirteen fire masters, all having a bad feeling, replied at the same time.

The Primeval Firelord was satisfied with their answer, but he burst into a rampage again. "You gave an answer from so far away because you are scared of me, loathe me and want to betray me!"

The fire masters were so terrified that the flames on them were flickering. It was truly a tragedy for them to come upon an unreasonable and temperamental lord, but of course, such lords were most common in the abyss. The Demon Lords such as Demogorgon of Darkness and the Lord of Death (Lord of Spectres) who did not randomly kill their subordinates were extremely rare.

Suddenly, a frigid wind passed, and the fire elements in the sky were frozen into red ice and fell into the magma.

The surface of the boiling, bubbling Seething Ocean seemed to have been consolidated into a delicate picture. Even the half broken bubbles were so fascinating.

The most terrible blizzard rose at the entrance of the abyss. A freezing tornado swept out, and strange snow mixed with ice fell nonstop. From the overwhelming blizzard, a female face could be vaguely seen. Her facial organs were deep and delicate but did not carry any air of life, like a statue that was completed by a human artist, beautiful but dead.

"Hoooooo! You've come to get killed!" The firelord was both infuriated and excited about the visitor. After he finally curbed his urge to attack her, she was bold enough to attack the Seething Ocean! In such a way, he would have a place to vent his fury!

The expert who raised the blizzard was exactly the Lady of Snow, master of the Aurora Plateau!

The Primeval Firelord raised his enormous fiery longsword. His nose fumed, and his sparkling wings suddenly flapped.

Boom!

The whole ocean of magma was completely boiled, as if too many volcanoes at the bottom of the ocean erupted. Tides arose, and pillars of fire sprang to the sky, improving the temperature and thawing the snow. The blizzard had been contaminated by the color of fire.

Such a change was enough to vaporize any sorcerer and knight below legendary.

While the pillars of fire 'welcomed' the guest, the Primeval Firelord approached the Lady of Snow and slashed his sword.

With the temperature that could burn everything and an unimaginable force, the enormous longsword broke the mist caused by low temperature as well as the spreading snowflakes and ice.

At this moment, the female voice opened her mouth and let out chaotic spells of demons. An azure ray was shot out and hit the fiery longsword precisely.

The flame on the longsword immediately became blue, before it died down.

The blizzard spread out again. The demons from the Aurora Plateau such as ice masters, frost giants and snow elves (who were not exactly elves) were engaged in battle with the local demons.

Inside the Frozen Fortress, Gonheim, who had been watching over the Seething Ocean, tapped his throne with his right index finger. "I thought that the battle would be avoided if I restrained the firelord, so that he would not be distracted from stalling Lucien Evans. I didn't know that the Lady of Snow would launch an active attack… Who instigated her?"

For many years in the past, the battle between snow and fire had mostly been raised by the Primeval Firelord. Because of the influence of their power on their personality, the Lady of Snow had seldom attacked promptly. Therefore, the Demogorgon of Darkness did not foresee this. Even if he had, there would've been nothing he could do, because the Lady of Snow was also an enemy to him who was in the 'Frozen Fortress'. She would not listen to him.

Although Gonheim had become a top legend after turning into the Prince of Demons, he did not have overwhelming advantages when faced against the level-three legendary Demon Lords. Only half of them were willing to listen to him, and they would betray him at any moment. For those Demon Lords, they were capable of protecting themselves with their abilities that were close to top legendary.

"Was it Lucien Evans? He delayed his trip because he was making preparations?" Gonheim smelled a scheme. He made up his mind to reign all the Demon Lords with wisdom and strength as soon as possible. Only by doing so would he be able to pry into the secrets of demigods.

The Seething Ocean was now frozen and now on fire. In the intense battle, the Lady of Snow was gradually overpowered by the Primeval Firelord. After all, this was his home field!

At this moment, the heavy snowstorm spread out into a quiet, cold wind that blew at the Primeval Firelord.

The cold wind contained an imaginable air of death in its frigidity. The fire on its way all died out. Even the Primeval Firelord, a natural-born fire spirit, couldn't help but tremble hard, as if the cold wind was blown from the deepest part of his soul!

So, his movement was slowed down, and the Seething Ocean was caught in an everlasting silence!

"It's not Lucien Evans but the Ice Duke! This is the power of the Silent Hell!" The Demogorgon of Darkness' finger stopped moving. He squinted. "What can he get by meddling in this?"

The eternal silence and coldness puzzled him, he never anticipated that the Ice Duke would participate. Although that demon was only level-two legendary, the Lady of Snow was able to improve the essence of her power after melting the power of the Silent Hell. She was now extremely terrifying.

The Primeval Firelord roared. The blue-and-white fire around turned orange, like the lamps in the cities of humans, warm but not scorching!

Such warm fire drove away the cold and silence as well as the sense of death quickly!

Suddenly, inside the blizzard that the Lady of Snow turned into, countless snow elves opened their mouths and sang, breaking the silence and covering the area with sound!

"Not good! It's not the Ice Duke but still Lucien Evans!" The Demogorgon of Darkness stood up. If he hadn't been suspicious at the beginning, he wouldn't have noticed the anomaly at all.

The low voice was obviously made by Lucien Evans!

A translucent pillar of light was shot out of the blizzard. It was in a very subtle state and seemed able to turn everything on its way into a similar energy form.

The Primeval Firelord had just driven away the deadly coldness with a warm fire. He did not have any time to turn it into a high temperature again when he was hit by the pillar of light.

"The spell that Lucien Evans chanted was…" Gonheim, the Demogorgon of Darkness, identified the spell that Lucien just used carefully.

Suddenly, his pupils constricted violently.

"Snow Goddess's Forgiveness?"

Chapter 700: The Real Goal?

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

The orange flame which covered the primeval firelord instantly lost color after the transparent pillar of light hit it and had turned into the darkest black, which seemed to be able to suck in all warmth and light.

The pillar of light dismissed into countless streams of rays and silver electric currents. They were everywhere. They were also so close to each other that they flowed unpredictably together and formed a creepy net, trapping the lord of fire within.

In such a dreamlike big net, everything had been frozen and been put into an incredible static state. It seemed that even the microscopic particles were no exception.

Once it started touching the surface flame surrounding the primeval firelord, the strange power had instantly snuck into its body by going underneath its demon scales.

The firelord had been put into a sheer static state as if someone had cast Advanced Time Stop. Suddenly, its body became transparent and its demon core was revealed – a cluster of fire that seemingly could burn forever.

The cluster of fire tried to resist the strange power. However, within a second, it had been totally frozen.

Meanwhile, the ocean of lava had lost its temperature although the fire was still raging. And a second later, the ocean had also been frozen and now looked mysteriously black.

Everything happened so fast that even Gonheim, "the Demogorgon of Darkness", who had been watching the battlefield, was not able to help the firelord. It was already too late to do anything when Gonheim saw the pillar of ice hit the firelord. At that time, this level-three legendary demon lord had already fallen. The legendary spell that Lucien cast called Snow Goddess's Forgiveness was totally strange to it. But the power of the spell even deeply thrilled him, although he was far away in Frozen Fortress!

The coldness had reached the limit of the world. Even Gonheim itself was in awe of the super low temperature! Having the power of frost and darkness and the gift from the abyss, it wasn't until Gonheim became a top legendary that it finally approached the temperature limit.

Therefore, when it saw how the spell hit the primeval firelord and just removed the flames defense, Gonheim had given up any plans on saving the firelord.

The temperature which was above the absolute zero only by less than one degree could not exist any longer, as the whole world resisted it. In the Seething Ocean, everything started melting and soon the ice had all disappeared.

The firelord's transparent body was still in the middle of the air, and its feet were on the flame ocean which just recovered. At this time, the scorching wind from the Seething Ocean blew the firelord's body into fine particles and made them forever disappear in the world.

The primeval firelord's life had finally come to its end, after so many years beyond counting!

BOOM!

In the middle of the Seething Ocean, a lava pillar gushed out and rose right into the air. The flame instantly boiled the entire demiplane!

Then the horrible lava pillar formed a new throne of flame in the air. All the senior fire spirits who were fighting against the senior ice spirits, snow elves, and frost giants looked back with their red eyes. The throne to them was the summoning from the abyss and the desire for killing. Whichever could defeat all the rivals at this time would become the new firelord and win the throne! The new firelord would also gain the entire power of the demiplane and be awarded by the Will of Abyss, although it would have to start from level-one legendary again.

In the storm, there were two figures. One was wearing a black double-breasted suit and a top hat with a silver pocket watch in his right hand, as if he was checking if it was too late for a party; the other had long, purple hair, and the silver armor she was wearing was shining in the cold gloss. In her right hand, there was an ordinary-looking sword, and in her left hand, there was a small black shield.

It was Lucien Evans and Natasha Violet!

In Frozen Fortress, sitting on the darkness throne, Gonheim's eyes slightly squinted. And then it fiercely reached out its right hand as if it was trying to grab something in the front!

The air split because of this fierce grasp, and the Seething Ocean of flame appeared right in the front!

Although the firelord's falling was totally unexpected, Gonheim's plan would still carry on. At the very beginning, Gonheim never expected that the primeval firelord could stop Lucien Evans who was fully prepared. As there were only two paths after entering Chaotic Cosmos, Lucien must have been prepared for this, or he would have been a big idiot!

In Demogorgon of Darkness's heart, the firelord's falling was just an excuse. It needed an excuse to get involved to keep Lucien Evans busy for a while, and helping its subordinate was for sure one of the best, so its plan which required strict time order could be carried out successfully.

It was totally logical that the primeval firelord would stop any creatures from passing through the Seething Ocean because of its short temper, and as the firelord's lord, Gonheim should be here to help. In this case, Lucien would take the difficulties for granted and would not be able to realize that these were all for preventing him from getting the Time Plate.

When Gonheim reached out its right hand, in the outer hall of Frozen Fortress, its good-looking face appeared on the crystal ice wall. Its two small demon horns were able to suck in all the light.

"I've given it some thought. Your offer isn't great, but it's better than nothing. The Time Plate isn't of much help to me." Gonheim said to the figure in the light.

Clement had come here this time in person. Although he made some preparations, in the hall of Frozen Fortress, when he was surrounded by the ice walls from all directions, he still felt very unsafe, and thus he kept hoping that he could leave this place as soon as possible. However, it took the Demogorgon of Darkness a total of ten minutes to reply!

Hearing the answer, Clement released a sigh of relief, "Your Excellency Demogorgon of Darkness, your decision is brilliant."

If he had not been told that the new Demogorgon of Darkness was open to negotiation and trading, Clement would have never come to Desperate World. After all, this was home to this top legendary, and he might be killed at any time. It was known that the previous prince of demons was a bigger fan of killing and destroying than negotiation.

He had also prepared another plan if Gonheim did not agree. Then he would need to go through the Seething Ocean.

With the help of Gonheim, Clement jumped into Chaotic Cosmos.

...

The five hundred and fifty-fourth level of the abyss, the Seething Ocean.

The red sky split. A long and thin right hand with dark nails reached out, and boundless darkness followed.

The darkness was totally different from what Lucien had experienced before, even including the darkness from the previous prince of demons. This time the darkness was from the deepest place in the universe. It was the ultimate, sheer darkness. It was the ultimate coldness.

In some legends, when the entire world including the sky had come to its end, it was no volcanic eruption nor earth cracking nor flooding, but the land gradually losing its light and temperature and falling into the eternal darkness and coldness.

Later those who fancied the legends found their so-called theoretical support from the Congress of Magic's thermodynamics study – heat death. Some orthodox arcanists were once concerned about this but then they found that the increase of entropy was obviously more troublesome, which seemingly indicated that the universe would finally reach its end.

In the darkness and coldness, the heavy storm was infuriated. It suddenly condensed into a small ball like the purest heart of ice and snow.

And then the small heart rushed at the boundless darkness with great momentum as if it was trying to freeze the darkness!

Gonheim sneered. No one could rival his control over super low temperature. It was not surprised by Ice and Snow Lady's attack, who had been wanting its Frozen Fortress and the demon core for a very long time!

In the dark dialect, Gonheim cast the spell. In the deepest darkness, flashes of light lit up, and then the super low temperature beyond imagination was summoned. It seemed that the temperature could freeze anything from macro to micro.

This was a facility spell of Demogorgon of Darkness, and its power could only be fully used after the demogorgon reached top legendary. It was called Doomsday Cold.

At this time, Natasha fiercely slashed at the cold darkness with her Sword of Truth. And the silver sword light had arrived before the darkness could spread out further.

The light cut in the darkness, but soon it was frozen in it like a beautiful silver fish.

"Storm Barrier!" Lucien cast. His eye which was covered by the monocle reflected the storm and lightning.

Snow Goddess's Forgiveness would not work very well on Demogorgon of Darkness which also had the same power, while the range of Eternal Blaze's power was hard to control. Therefore, Lucien chose this legendary spell which could also create extreme high temperature.

BOOM!

The deafening thunder roared in the darkness and the lightning lit up the space. The formidable high temperature rose fiercely within the core of the extreme cold and absorbed the cold and darkness.

Gonheim sneered again, as any spells lower than top legendary level could not do much harm to him. Gonheim spoke the dark dialect again and the extreme cold had resumed its advantage.

At this time, the ice crystal suddenly exploded and the Ice and Snow Lady turned herself into the heavy storm again, which filled in the entire darkness. With all the power, the storm launched an onslaught against Demogorgon of Darkness!

Gonheim was a bit surprised by such a fierce attack. It seemed that Ice and Snow Lady was now exerting all the power because there were people helping. Suddenly, Gonheim felt that the darkness embracing Frozen Fortress started turning pale, and from the pale cloud appeared a monster in a black cloak. Any creatures which saw it would die, as it was death itself!

The monster, dragging the huge sickle, slashed at the Frozen Fortress. It was Apsis, "the Lord of Death", "the Lord of Spectres". It had been waiting for this chance to kill Demogorgon of Darkness and get the throne of prince of demons!

Gonheim had expected this. When feeling the extreme cold cast by Ice and Snow Lady, it had realized that the power of this extreme cold was not the real power from Silent Hell. Instead, someone had lent her the power of death and she had taken in the power into her own power of aurora. So the external silence and cold could be faked!

Therefore, Gonheim was well prepared for the arrival of Apsis, "the Lord of Death"!

At this time, however, at the edge of the Seething Ocean and the dark sky, a storm carrying flashes of lightning arrived. Within the storm, both extreme heat and severe cold existed!

Then countless light spots of elements appeared along with a song of praise, as if they were welcoming their own paradise. A gorgeous lady landed within the embrace of the light spots, but the look on her face was cold. She lifted her right hand and pointed, "Luxury Cracking!"

On the other side, the Seething Ocean was suddenly turned into an ordinary sea, and the surroundings had all been turned into real nature. Meanwhile, in the darkness, stars lit up and the almighty power fell onto the sea.

Gonheim was now totally shocked. It was Douglas, Hathaway, and Fernando!

Gonheim saw that Lucien, who was standing in front of him, bowed slightly at it as if he was bidding a farewell.

"Vengeful Gaze!" cast Lucien.

Gonheim's mind went blank for a second and then it realized –

Lucien Evans's aim was never Time Plate, but itself!

Chapter 701: Lucien's Plan

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

In the Seething Ocean.

Gonheim's mind had instantly made it take actions. The darkness contracted and an invisible net of dark and ice started forming on the outside to protect itself.

During the process, the Ice and Snow Lady was fighting against the darkness at full attack to prevent it from retreating back into the darkness.

The falling snowflakes had frozen the boiling lava and everything they had touched. The Ice and Snow Lady had used the power from its demon core, as this was a perfect chance for her to kill her biggest enemy and ascend to the throne of prince of demons! Now she had totally been controlled by the desire of devouring and killing!

Such great effort from the Ice and Snow Lady prevented Gonheim's power from contracting further, while the voice of casting the top legendary spells was already sounding in the air above the Seething Ocean.

Gonheim was furious, but it still managed to make the correct choice. The real Gonheim in Frozen Fortress suddenly looked half-transparent as most of its power had been infused into its projection which was facing the great danger in the Seething Ocean. Gonheim did so because both the legendary sorcerers and Natasha were able to kill his real self in the fortress by tracing the projection back!

In the sky, the right hand with dark nails suddenly turned totally black. The black was like from the deepest, horrifying night. The super low temperature it brought to the battlefield even had instantly frozen Ice and Snow Lady in the air and turned her into a crystal statue!

Gonheim could have severely hurt the Ice and Snow Lady at this time, but it had to defend itself! Gonheim had to make its choice!

The entire freezing world started cracking because of the spell, and meanwhile, the universe could keep growing back.

Luxury Cracking managed to penetrate the dark and ice net by several layers, but not all of them. Gonheim remained safe under the net, together with its many legendary extraordinary items!

It was one of the rare occasions that Luxury Cracking failed to sweep over the entire battlefield. In the abyss, Gonheim had very strong resistance to magic and it could even be partially immune to Luxury Cracking!

The roaring storm drew the black right hand in and then bolts of lightning lit up within. Stars rose up into the air and they had turned the sky above the Seething Ocean into a magnificent starry sky!

The dazzling stars then shot at the right hand of Demogorgon of Darkness with great momentum, and they hit the black right hand almost at the same time!

Boom!

The storm exploded. Flame and sparks were everywhere. It looked like the black huge hand was "bleeding", but it wasn't blood coming out. Instead, it was the intimidating black drops of liquid which were of extremely low temperature. Anything that the black drops touched could be turned into solid ice.

Under the joint attack launched by the three top legendaries, and with the distraction by the other two demon lords, the layers of defense of Demogorgon of Darkness had finally been broken. Gonheim was injured!

If it had not managed to pull back most of the power from its true self, the demogorgon would have been much more severely injured, or even have fallen!

In the pale sky above Frozen Fortress, the Lord of Spectres wielded its Sickle of Death. The power in the sickle could wither everything in space. And with this endless power of death, the sickle hacked all the way into the fortress!

It did not take an illusionary form, so now Apsis, which was a few hundred meters tall, was even bigger than the fortress! Frozen Fortress appeared like a small miniature in comparison to the huge Sickle of Death which was even bigger than Apsis!

This one single hack filled with desperation, agony, struggling and cursing had directly gone through the outside defense of the fortress. Because Gonheim had just taken the power away, this one single layer of defense was now all the fortress was left!

The huge left hand with dark nails had to reach out from the fortress to block the blade!

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

When the sickle cut the left hand, the bitter and furious crying burst out from within the fortress. There was now a deep cut in the palm, and the dark blue blood gushed out. Wherever the blue blood was, everything was covered by a layer of ice.

Losing most of its power, although Frozen Fortress was its home, Demogorgon of Darkness was still extremely weak. It was already a very bitter fight for it to keep the Lord of Death out.

Apsis had no facial expression. However, a cluster of white flames appeared in each of its eye sockets. Its demon nature had been triggered, and thus the following rounds of attack were getting more and more violent.

Lucien's left eye was as pure and red as a ruby. A ray shot out from his left eye and hit Gonheim's right hand which just reached out from the darkness at unrivalled speed.

The darkness could not stop or freeze the ray. The red ray went through the darkness directly through the hand!

The crisp penetrating sound was very clear in the space. In Gonheim's right hand, there was a deep hole. The heat of the ray had burned the skin and flesh black!

When Gonheim's defense had been completely removed, Lucien's Vengeful Gaze plus Hand of Uncertainties worked very well!

This wasn't the end. The paralysis in the right hand did not slow it down from blocking Natasha's hacking. The tiny fine electric currents together with the extremely cold ice prevented the blade of Sword of Truth from cutting deeper!

Then another round of attacks had been launched by the Ice and Snow Lady and the Lord of Spectres on both sides.

In this situation, even Gonheim started feeling a bit disadvantaged.

Gonheim knew that it should not let the situation get any worse. Even at some cost, it had to return to Frozen Fortress. As the most cunning demon ever, Gonheim had made its decision. The joint effort of Douglas, Fernando, Hathaway, Natasha Violet, Lucien Evans, and Ice and Snow Lady could rival a demigod in its away battlefield!

However, at this time, to its great shock, Gonheim saw the starry sky disappearing, the lightning storm dying, and the gorgeous figure fading away.

Were those all fake?

No… That was the power from top legendary…

Were those summoned demiplanes? But why did the summoning take such a short time?

There were so many thoughts flashing through Gonheim's mind. But it knew one thing for certain – It had been fooled by Lucien Evans!

This one-second distraction had a cost. Apsis had cut in the left palm further and the right hand had been trapped by Ice and Snow Lady.

Gonheim saw Lucien and Natasha smiling at itself, as they gradually looked more and more transparent. Lucien took off his top hat and put it on his chest to show his appreciation, while Natasha had a big smile on her face and saluted in the manner of knight.

The two figures then disappeared. When they appeared again, they had directly entered Chaotic Cosmos!

"Damn it!" Gonheim's was outraged by Lucien's slyness, but was prevented from chasing them by Ice and Snow Lady and the Lord of Death. It would not be able to get rid of them within thirty seconds, but thirty seconds were already enough for the two legendaries to find the core of one of the demiplanes!

Also, its entire plan would be in danger when Lucien was free in Chaotic Cosmos!

The presence of Demogorgon of Darkness was the reason why Lucien had prepared so long before entering Chaotic Cosmos.

Although the presence of Chaotic Cosmos was a big secret to sorcerers and saint cardinals, a few demon lords in the abyss knew it, not to mention the second leader of the abyss, the prince of demons.

The previous prince of demons was too obsessed with slaughtering to pay much attention to some legendary material like Time Plate, therefore, Lucien believed that the plate would always be there when it was under the control of the previous prince. However, the new demon prince was Gonheim, "Demogorgon of Darkness", the most demonized demon ever. Even if it did not need the plate, Lucien believed that it would take the plate away for trading and exchange of interests. Gonheim would not leave such a good thing idle.

Therefore, after making sure that the pate was still in Chaotic Cosmos using astrology, Lucien assumed that Demogorgon of Darkness had come up with such a plan. Then Lucien contacted his "allies" and prepared the summoning rites for legendary demiplanes, which was the research result from his student, Heidi.

While most sorcerers could only use a small part of the summoned demiplane's power, since Lucien had told Douglas, Fernando, and Hathaway his plan, all of them had agreed to lend him the top legendary power through the summoning rites.

Of course, the summoned demiplanes could only afford launching one single round of attacks. After that, they would all disappear. But that was all Lucien asked for – to hold Gonheim back so that he and Natasha could have enough time to get Time Plate and then leave.

Lucien did not mind using the borrowed power to kill Gonheim, however, the last thing he wanted to do was to piss off the Will of Abyss. In the abyss, if he had asked the three legendaries to come here and kill the prince, the Will of Abyss would probably have arrived!

Also, if Lucien had wanted to have the three legendaries here in person, he would have to to use other methods instead of the summoning rite, and then very likely Gonheim, the extremely cunning top legendary, would have noticed it!

Therefore, after weighing the situation, Lucien had made this decision, although he personally did prefer to kill the prince to save future troubles.

As for if the Lord of Spectres and Ice and Snow Lady could achieve their targets, Lucien did not care. He had helped them kill the firelord and severely hurt Demogorgon of Darkness, so he had kept his promise.

Chapter 702: An Unavoidable Confrontation

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

In the boundless night sky, the stars were shining dazzlingly. However, their orbits were totally contradictory to the arcana theories. As if some unknown power was pulling them away and thus they had been placed in sheer chaos. Some stars would suddenly deviate and then desperately ran into another. Explosions with enormous power would happen, and the energy storms that were caused would be able to kill anything under legendary level.

Therefore, Chaotic Cosmos was deserted and lonely. No demon could survive here. This was the very reason why this place could produce the Time Plate but not a single demon lord. The Will of Abyss was an exception, as it was born as the ultimate will. The rest of the demons had to kill and devour each other from the bottom to finally ascend to the higher levels.

As soon as they stepped into Chaotic Cosmos, another dark universe appeared behind Lucien's back. It was the same boundless and mysterious universe, but the only difference was that the stars in Lucien's universe were colorful and they represented different elements. That was Lucien's legendary demiplane – Atomic Universe!

The Atomic Universe quickly spread out and overlapped with Chaotic Cosmos. And then every single element planet started shaking as if they were those microscopic particles.

The shaking made the entire atomic universe thrilled, which also rippled Chaotic Cosmos. This was a normal phenomenon when two demiplanes overlapped.

Lucien was the center of the ripples, and the ripples spread out very fast all the way to the farthest end of the starry sky.

Natasha watched Lucien doing all these things and she looked at this chaotic starry sky with great interest. She knew that the small planets did not have their own light but were just reflecting light, as they were not fixed stars, just like those stars in Lucien's Atomic Universe.

She had learned basic astrology under the guidance of Lucien, and her use of words was from the terms used on the earth. She often practiced in the Atomic Universe, and thus her analysis was basically correct.

The abyss was similar to a demiplane, and therefore the starry sky here was not a "real" one. By contrast, a starry sky in an alternate dimension was different, which better resembled the night sky of the main material world. Stars in the sky in an alternate dimension also followed the basic laws in cosmology.

Lucien got the feedback he wanted from the fierce shaking. He opened his eyes, where there was still shining starlight, and looked to his left, "Time Plate is over there. The coordinate is…"

The core of this place shook in a different scope, and this was how Lucien figured out the coordinates of the plate. It was risky to do so because his demiplane could possibly be contaminated by the air of the abyss. Although Lucien could always clean it up, it was still a problem.

"Wow… It was less than five seconds…" Natasha was very impressed, her purple eyes shining in admiration. In front of Lucien, she never hid her feelings.

Besides the Will of Abyss and the prince of demons, only a legendary sorcerer could do so. Other legendaries would take much longer.

Lucien's demiplane slightly disappeared to avoid the contamination from the abyss. Before that, Lucien grabbed Natasha's arm and did a space jump using the demiplane as a transfer station.

Chaotic Cosmos was only one of the levels in the abyss. It only took them a couple of seconds to come to this creepy space.

It looked similar to Chaotic Cosmos, but with closer observation Lucien had noticed the hiding black swirls in the space. The entire place was like a dangerous ocean filled with unpredictable fatal whirlpools.

Lucien was not afraid of any oceans, but this place was different.

The swirls were naturally from the power of the plate, which had changed the time and space in this place, preventing Natasha and Lucien from reaching the plate easily.

However, this had also confirmed that Lucien was correct. Time Plate was right here!

"Careful." Lucien reminded.

He started casting defense spells on both of them and then summoned his Space Staff.

Natasha also lifted the Shield of Truth in her left hand. Although their movement would lower the defense of the shield, its power was still enough for them to pass through this space.

With great caution, they walked into the space. Guided by Mirror of Fate, Lucien led Natasha and they marched forward at fast speed.

Although this space looked boundless, it was just an illusion. After all, the plate was just a piece of material of legendary level, and the power emitted from it could only be of level-two legendary.

Therefore, within ten seconds, Lucien and Natasha had found their target. It looked like a strange small planet made of diamond. The small planet looked very pure and beautiful as it was covered in the dazzling gloss.

The dazzling gloss came from a black plate within its core. The plate had shining light on its surface like ripples. Lucien could see the many mysterious patterns on its surface, which resembled that of Moon Timer. The power it had made him feel in awe of the elapse of time.

This was Time Plate, the legendary material! Lucien came all the way here just for this!

However, there was a man in his early thirties standing beside the plate. He was tall and had light blond short hair. The features of his face resembled men in the Schachran Empire. Although he looked quite unruly and careless, somehow looking at him would make one feel rather peaceful and calm.

However, his chin slightly stuck out, which gave him a more serious and resolute look.

Clement! Lucien and Natasha recognized him at the same time.

He was the saint from the North Church. His look and the air of his power had all been recorded in the intelligence report of the congress and kingdom!

But neither of them could figure out why Clement was also here.

Meanwhile, when seeing Lucien and Natasha, Clement, the level-three saint cardinal, was even more shocked. In fact, his feeling of nervousness was much stronger.

Earlier he had known that Lucien had not yet obtained the plate, and Clement believed that he was a step ahead. Thus he thought that things would get much easier. With the help of the prince of demons, Clement thought that he could take away the plate before Lucien got here. After all, passing through the Seething Ocean and fighting with the firelord would cost Lucien Evans lots of time.

He even thought that Lucien was still preparing himself in Allyn!

However, things turned out to be that they were now standing face to face. Clement never prepared to have a do-or-die fight against Lucien. So he had a moment of panic.

He was hesitant. The plate was just by his side, but Lucien and Natasha had come within the range of attack. He wondered if he should grab the plate first or cast on himself several layers of defense power.

But soon he had made his decision. It took him so much planning and preparation to come all the way here, and for sure he would not give the plate up at this moment!

Unfortunately, Lucien never planned on giving him the chance to decide!

Clement heard the clear ticking sound.

There was a fine silver pocket watch in Lucien's right hand. The gem constellations on the surface were symbols of time.

Like the monocle Lucien was wearing, the pocket watch had the same pure light in reflection. Then Lucien pressed the button.

Click.

All the colors that Clement could see had all gone, only grey, white and black were left.

Then Lucien started enchanting, singing the strange spell,

"Luxury Cracking!"

"Snow Goddess's Forgiveness!"

Luxury Cracking was a very difficult legendary spell, and Snow Goddess's Forgiveness was a top legendary ice and snow spell, so the casting time required was quite long. Within the given time, Lucien also added Hand of Uncertainties and Magic Delay.

Then the colors resumed.

Lucien was certain that such a combination could for sure kill a level-three legendary, as long as he or she was not immune to the spells!

The shocked look was still on Clement's face, and light burst out from within his body. The extreme cold, crystal clear pillar of light waited a little bit for Luxury Cracking to come into force first!

That was the end!

That was just too many unbelievable spells that Lucien Evans knew!

When Clement was in total desperation, holy light covered him and pulled it to the left by a few hundred meters, which made him barely miss the spell of Snow Goddess's Forgiveness.

With his own eyes, he saw the power of the spell turned a small planet into ice dust within half a second!

At this time, the wonderful sound of singing arrived. Small light spots danced like little angels in the air, and amid them, a blond haired figure emerged.

The eighteen pairs of holy wings gradually extended out, and the divine air he had had driven away the filthy air of the abyss.

"The Angel King!"

"Mecantron…!"

Natasha and Lucien blurted out.

Chapter 703: Mecantron's Arrogance

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Although the Angel King had just landed, he lifted his right hand as if he was already well-prepared.

The eighteen pairs of angel wings bloomed in the holy glory and the illusionary image of the magnificent Mountain Paradise was behind his wings. As he lifted his hand, all the divine spirits and angels were singing and praising because of the upcoming sentence of justice.

Unlike the light of judgment cast by other saint cardinals and seraphims, or the light of judgment cast using the divine book, there was a small scale in front of Mecantron's chest. The left side of the scale was white and the right side black. It measured whether the person being sentenced should be sent to Mountain Paradise, to hell, or just be permanently destroyed.

The scale of sentence had also brought great order to the chaotic cosmos, turning the entire space into a "real" one!

The Scale of Justice was Mecantron's other legendary divine spell apart from God's Guard. The divine scale in the Holy Heilz Empire was a replica of it. The royal family of Holy Heilz Empire was very close to the Saint Truth, and the family members all had the blood power of seraphim.

The small scale weighed something invisible and made a deep, hollow sound. The scale had made the judgement: Natasha and Lucien were sinful!

Then the light of judgment directly shot out from the projection of the paradise!

The darkness had been driven away. Anything that was incompatible with this holy light had been driven away. This was the ultimate sentence of life and death!

Lucien was on full alert.

"Abrupt Magic Reverse!" He instantly cast.

A mirror drawn with countless complex and sophisticated patterns formed between them and the Angel King. It seemed that the mirror was connected to a different world!

The light of judgment hit the mirror and left a deep crack, and then it was reflected back.

This one single strike had almost completely defeated Lucien's mirror. That was the difference between a level-three legendary and a top legendary!

But that was already to Lucien's surprise. He expected that the Angel King's power was in the top ranks even among the top legendaries, so he was quite encouraged to see that his mirror could not only take this one strike but also reflect the power back!

Lucien wondered why this happened. Maybe it was because the power of the abyss had influenced him, or the landing was in a hurry so that he could not take all the power with him.

However, at this time, Clement had seized the chance and cracked the small diamond-like planet into pieces using Saint Cross. Now the Time Plate had been completely revealed in front of them!

The Angel King was here. Clement was going to take the plate away!

Suddenly, a streak of silver-grey sword light had reached in front of him through the time and space swirls. The formidable power of destruction had prevented him from grabbing the plate as Clement had subconsciously used Blessed Realm. It was no joke to be hacked at by the Sword of Truth!

There were ferocious blades hiding in the sword light, and they silently cracked the realm. Clement had no choice but to blink away from the plate and almost got devoured by a swirl.

The sword light was from Natasha. Lucien had sent the mirror closer to the Angel King and blocked the second light pillar. Meanwhile, his left eye shot a scorching red ray, which forced Mecantron to fold his bright wings, and thus Natasha's sword light could reach Clement without any barriers.

However, now the mirror had completely cracked.

Although the spell was very powerful, and within the same level, the mirror could reflect a spell five times, it also had some disadvantages. One of them was that the cool-down time for casting was too long. Although Lucien was wearing the robe of Grand Arcanists, he would not be able to cast the spell a second time within a couple of rounds.

Clement was encouraged, knowing that Lucien had fallen into a disadvantageous position. He would have enough time to take away the plate.

Natasha knew what he was thinking. She had instantly blinked to Clement.

Clement was a level three legendary. He believed that Natasha would not be his true rival by simply relying on two level three legendary items.

"Light of Judgment!"

Although the divine spells he knew were diverse, they were never as mysterious and unpredictable as magic spells. Therefore, using Light of Judgment was in most cases the best option for saint cardinals as it suited most occasions.

A light pillar shot at Natasha from the projection of Mountain Paradise.

Natasha stayed where she was and lifted the Shield of Truth. The ripples in the air covered her and put her into a separate dimension for protection.

After hitting the shield, the light of judgment burst out dazzling glory. However, it could not go through the shield.

Only some fine cracks appeared on the very surface of the black shield.

Seizing the chance, Natasha slashed at Clement with the long sword in her hand. The blade of the sword was covered in cold light.

Clement was torn into pieces by the sword light, but his face showed no pain or suffering at all.

It was just a fake replica of him! The real Clement had blinked to the plate to take away the plate using his divine power.

Clement knew that to use the most of the power of the shield, Natasha had to stay where she was. He was not such a fool to slowly consume the power of the shield.

Seeing that, Natasha frowned. Then without any hesitation, she jumped out of the protection at Clement to stop him.

That was exactly what Clement had expected. He cast Light of Judgment again, forcing Natasha to stop and defend herself with the shield.

In this way, Clement had come close enough to the plate. If it had been something ordinary, Clement would have been able to take it away from a great distance. However, since Time Plate was of legendary level and it had the power to resist to some degree, Clement had to get close enough to it.

Seeing that the plate was almost there, Clement was quite complacent about it. Relying on legendary items did not always work, obviously.

Natasha was very pissed and frustrated. But this had also triggered her fighting spirit. Her cold purple eyes were now filled with determination.

Natasha was frustrated at the situation and at the fact that she did not have enough power to fully use the power of the shield. If she had reached level-three legendary, she would have been able to extend the protection range much wider so that Lucien would have been able to get the plate.

Was she going to see Clement taking away the plate right in front of her? Natasha would not let that happen!

She started reflecting on how she had been fighting.

Her blood power was the Sword of Truth, and her knight faith was to charge, charge, and charge. She believed in defeating her enemies head-on, which contradicted the strategy of using the Shield of Truth.

Natasha asked herself why she would use something that she was not good at to fight? Was it because that was safer? Or because she was a coward?

The Sword of Truth was also a level-three legendary item!

If the Shield of Truth was pulling her back, then she'd better just leave it!

Natasha realized that owning the two legendary items was in fact a burden to her. She had been trying to combine them together, but now she had decided to drop one.

To get one must first be willing to give! That was what Lucien once said.

The best defense was a good offense!

The best shield was the good sword!

Her purple eyes were now filled with fighting spirit!

When Clement was feeling excited that he was finally getting the plate, he suddenly felt the formidable pressure.

He felt the sword light that was powerful enough to cut one's soul into pieces!

Clement never planned to die for the Angel King, so, of course, he would protect himself first. Using the legendary divine spell, he blinked to the other side.

He felt the cold sword light, but that was it. There was nothing else.

Clement sneered, for Natasha had put aside her shield.

"Light of Judgment!"

The sword light went head-on against the divine light and they crashed.

The light of judgment was shattered into fine pieces and then Natasha's figure flew out from it. Her face looked a bit pale.

Without hesitation, she launched an array of attacks with her Sword of Truth!

Clement was thus forced to keep running from the blade with no time to fight back.

"Are you crazy? It can't last long! I'll just wait a bit more before I kill you!" Clement yelled.

The silver sword light kept flashing around and that had become the only thing that Clement could see in the cosmos.

On the other side, Lucien was now slightly advantageous facing Mecantron. However, it seemed that Mecantron was not interested in a protracted war, who had directly cast Blessed Realm.

The projection of the seven-floored Mountain Paradise had become very clear, together with the figures of the six seraphim. Holy pillars of light hung down to him and provided him the wide protection of which the range was close to a hundred kilometers.

In the beautiful hymn, the milky light had lit up the entire cosmos and turned it into a "paradise". Lucien was thus prevented from getting close to the plate, while Mecantron had almost come close enough to get it.

Small light spots had gathered around the plate like little angels and lifted it. Together they were bringing it to Mecantron.

Time Plate's power thus contracted and the swirls in space were rapidly disappearing.

Mecantron believed that he was more powerful than Lucien. So he had given up the chance for defense to take away the plate. This meant that he had been ready to take Lucien's attack head-on.

Lucien was a bit confused. He wondered if Mecantron had ever watched his fight and seen his legendary spell, Snow Goddess's Forgiveness. The power of the spell would even severely hurt a top legendary, not to mention that Mecantron was now only using part of his power. Lucien was also wondering why Mecantron needed the plate.

However, Lucien still reached out his right hand. His monocle flashed the cold light,

"Snow Goddess's Forgiveness!"

Chapter 704: Chaotic Serpent

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

"Snow Goddess's Forgiveness!"

The thin and dense streams of electricity and lasers gathered on Lucien's right hand unpredictably, enshrouding it in dancing snowflakes and ice, before they were entangled with each other in unique and mysterious ways and eventually triggered a transparent pillar of light that seemed to have been launched out of the deepest part of the dark, cold cosmos!

The power in this 'Snow Goddess's Forgiveness' was so compressed that none of it leaked out, but if one were to perceive it carefully, they would sense the coldness from the bottom of their heart, as if they had witnessed the lifeless end of the universe.

Shock appeared on Mecantron's face. He had never anticipated that Lucien could perform a legendary spell that was so close to Gonheim's 'Doomsday Cold'.

Since he was sustaining 'Blessed Realm' and holding 'Time Plate' with his extraordinary power, he was hit by Snow Goddess's Forgiveness without being able to react.

The Chaotic Cosmos was frozen, the holy light of order was frozen, the starry light of angels was frozen, and so were the beautiful hymns.

The ivory color of the Blessed Realm soon faded into blackness which was absorbing all rays and heat. Such a feeling quickly spread out into the Blessed Realm!

The legendary divine power was also frozen lifelessly under the terrifying coldness. An eternal silence where nothing was alive seemed to have been created.

In such a state, the realm was so vulnerable that it could not stop the low temperature caused by electricity and laser from slowing down the vibration of the microscopic particles nearby, which was the nature of 'temperature' in the microscopic scale!

The Angel King had never thought that his Blessed Realm would be fundamentally frozen. Therefore, when the dark coldness surged at him unstoppably, he was more or less panicked. Crossing his arms, he unfolded his thirty-six holy wings that were enshrouded in brilliance.

The seven-floored projection of 'Mountain Paradise' was even clearer. The most horrifying waves spread out of the highest floor.

"Whoever prays in your name shall not be harmed."

In front of the unparalleled coldness, Mecantron forgot the outside world and recited the scripture of the Cannon devoutly.

Ha!

All the angels and holy spirits on Mountain Paradise sang the hymn that was similar to this sound, distantly and sacredly. The infinite light on the seventh floor was even brighter, spraying the purest and most flawless brilliance.

Praying inside the brilliance, Mecantron was quickly blurred. The colors and waves which did not belong to this world spread out, turning the space around into a different universe.

The coldness created by Snow Goddess's Forgiveness could not affect another world. Any spell had its own range of application. No magic could finish enemies in all scenarios, unless it was purely the infinite amalgamation of violence!

Witnessing that, Clement, who was temporarily suppressed by Natasha's crazy attacks, was covered in cold sweat. Lucien Evans' creepy spells were each tougher than the last. If the Angel King hadn't arrived, he wouldn't even know how he was killed!

The Snow Goddess's Forgiveness which hit a passing asteroid did not leave a deep impression on him, because plenty of legendary spells could've caused a similar effect. However, the terrible coldness created by Snow Goddess's Forgiveness against the Angel King, a top legend, scared him, who began to consider Lucien as dangerous as a top legend.

"Thankfully, I have the Angel King who has God's Guard!" He sincerely felt lucky.

However, Lucien was given an opportunity. Mecantron who had performed God's Guard was as immobile as Natasha when she used the Shield of Truth! God's Guard even forbade the receiver from launching any attack!

It was a genetic deficiency of such ultimate defense. How could they attack the enemy if the enemy was in a different universe? From that point of view, the Shield of Truth was truly not as good as God of Truth in terms of defense.

Therefore, the moment Lucien saw that the Angel King used God's Guard, he immediately activated Precise Transfer and reached the Time Plate!

Since Mecantron had curbed the power of the Time Plate by holding it previously, the space-time abnormalities were already gone. That's why Lucien could blink to it instead of reaching it by flight.

"I have to thank Mecantron for paving the path to the Time Plate for me…" Such an idea somehow occurred to Lucien.

Mage's Hand was condensed and snatched the Time Plate. Mecantron, who was still resisting Snow Goddess's Forgiveness, however, put on a smile, as if he was hoping that Lucien would take the Time Plate!

The frigidity that did not belong to the normal world was rejected. As the magic power that sustained it was gone, the cold and dark 'ocean' soon vanished, and God's Guard remained unaffected.

At this moment, Lucien's Mage's Hand already picked up the Time Plate, when a streak of mysterious darkness protruded inside the Time Plate like the most vicious serpent!

With the unimaginable power of curse, it spread towards Lucien's body along Mage's Hand faster than any creature could possibly react. Since Lucien was right next to it, it lunged on his body easily.

Spell Trigger, Magic Order, Elemental Skin and the other innate spells were activated, but none of them could stop the snake of curse. As if it were invisible, it crawled into Lucien's body!

"It worked…" Mecantron canceled God's Guard and prayed. Glowing light was gathered into a holy, intimidating book.

As the book was turned, godly runes flew out and constituted a web that seemed to be from Mountain Paradise, attempting to capture Lucien.

It was Seal of Judgment!

That was the legendary divine power in the Saint Truth which could seal the enemy's power. Once it worked on the enemy, the enemy's strength would halt or even decline. Also, it was a permanent effect and could hardly be expelled.

The curse of the snake previously, on the other hand, was from Gonheim. It was the reward from abyss, named 'Chaotic Serpent', when he became the Prince of Demons, and it had a similar effect to Seal of Judgment.

After the two effects were combined, the Congress of Magic's method to lift the curses would be nullified. Lucien could only find a solution on his own. His strength would halt in the next decades even if he had the help of demigods!

For Mecantron and Gonheim, they were glad to see Lucien Evans' research in the microscopic domain, which would provide theoretical foundations for the way to become demigods. Then, they would be able to make advancements and see the dawn of true gods. They wouldn't agree to kill Lucien Evans at all.

However, Lucien's growth also terrified them. They feared that Lucien would have already become a demigod or a true god before they picked up his theory. After all, the sorcerers sometimes had the feedback of the real world when they created groundbreaking theories. Would he allow them to become demigods or true gods? Of course not! He would certainly try to eliminate them!

Both eager and scared, they had made such a plan. Seizing the opportunity that Lucien needed space-time materials, they would curse and seal him so that his strength would halt, and it wouldn't hinder his arcana studies at all!

In this plan, the elvish queen was merely a pawn who did not know anything. She merely informed Lucien of the locations of the space-time materials that she knew according to the terms of cooperation. She didn't even know that the Angel King was behind the curtain. Also, in her eyes, nothing was strange about that. Lucien wouldn't necessarily choose the Time Plate after all.

Then, according to Lucien's style and personality that the Demogorgon of Darkness knew, they reached the conclusion that Lucien would come to the Chaotic Cosmos. As to when it would be exactly, they could only learn it after he approached the abyss.

When he approached the abyss, Gonheim would immediately inform the Angel King and asked him to send his subordinates to steal the Time Plate.

That was because there was still a critical problem. With Lucien Evans' cautiousness, he definitely wouldn't pick up the Time Plate without examining it carefully first. In such a case, the power of the Chaotic Snake would be clearly revealed, and they couldn't achieve their purpose at all.

Therefore, they had to create an environment where Lucien had to grab the Time Plate immediately and flee, so that he wouldn't have the time or the opportunity to examine it. For that, they needed a competitor who fought for the Time Plate, as well as the pressure from the Demogorgon of Darkness from the back.

Seeing that nothing happened to Clement when he held the Time Plate, and since the Demogorgon of Darkness was coming 'furiously', Lucien Evans certainly wouldn't check it carefully again if he had a chance to flee with the Time Plate.

Therefore, the plan required a strict order of events, or Lucien Evans' wariness couldn't be erased. Also, they needed to consider the possibility that Lucien Evans stalled the enemy and Natasha Violet went to take it.

As it turned out, Lucien's capabilities were far beyond their expectation, and his preparations were terrifying. Even the firelord and the Demogorgon of Darkness combined didn't stop him for long, and Natasha and he reached the Chaotic Cosmos before Clement confirmed the 'safety' of the Time Plate. Therefore, the Angel King had to expose himself in advance and arrived at the abyss!

Although Clement was too useless to even deal with Natasha, his involvement had completely eased Lucien's wariness after all! Mecantron thought as such while he watched the web of seal made of the divine runes fell upon Lucien's head.

"Despite the twists and turns, we have achieved our purpose successfully after all…"

The moment such an idea occurred to Mecantron, Lucien, who was suffering from 'Chaotic Serpent' and 'Seal of Judgment' suddenly glowed with a green light and was reduced into a bright green puppet that was painted with weird patterns.

It looked at Mecantron with its hollow eyes, and a creepy smile on its face.

"A substitution puppet!"

A substitution puppet created by McLeod, the legendary alchemy master!

"Not good!" Mecantron was immediately shocked after seeing the puppet that was enshrouded in dark air and holy light. The Time Plate, in the meantime, had fallen into the hands of a shadow that was slowly surfacing. He wore a double-breasted suit and had a handsome face where the pupils were deep and dark and the monocle was glimmering. It was exactly Lucien Evans!

"The Chaotic Cosmos is still a cosmos. There's no need to create a vacuum…" Lucien thought to himself and raised his left hand, aiming at Mecantron who had just cast 'Seal of Judgment'. Looking at the guy's shocked face, he chanted the weird and profound voice that sounded from the vibration of particles:

"Positron Cannon!"