Chapter 1146: Hit It Off
However, Lin Li’s face remained unchanged because he didn’t want to reveal the information about the Immortal King. Hence, he said in a skeptical tone with some apprehension, “Are you saying that a man in a black robe suppressed the will of the God-king of Light that you believe in? This seems a bit unlikely, right? Since the God-king of Light is the God of Creation, his will must be extremely powerful, so how can it be suppressed by a human? Besides, since this is the sacred land of the Illuminati, would you allow the god of your faith to be so offended?”
Hearing Lin Li’s words, the expression on Saint Edmund’s face finally changed slightly. However, it was a look of grief, and not anger. “Of course we didn’t just stand by and watch, it’s just that that black-robed man was too powerful. He was so powerful that we suspect that he wasn’t human at all. According to the sacred scriptures, that battle almost destroyed the sacred land, and the foundation of the Illuminati was nearly uprooted. The founding saint, Aquilo, also unfortunately fell in that battle. Besides, it was only because he was affected by the battle between the two parties.”
After saying that, everyone in the surroundings couldn’t help but inhale sharply. The people of the Illuminati knew that the founding Saint, Lord Aquilo, was a mythical existence according to the sacred scriptures. Legend had it that his strength was close to the gods’ back then, and he could be considered to have reached the point where he was able to fight against the gods. However, such a powerful existence actually fell because of the aftershocks of a battle. How powerful was the battle then?
As for the people on Lin Li’s side, although no one had read the Illuminati’s scriptures, they could imagine how powerful that person who could create the formidable Illuminati was. After all, it was not a peaceful era back then. There were High Elves on the mainland and the powerful Sea Clan in the depths of the ocean. Hence, without sufficient power and strength, it was definitely impossible to create the Illuminati.
At this moment, Lin Li was more and more inclined to think that the black-robed man was the Immortal King. The Immortal King was a powerful figure that could even annihilate the Dragon of Destruction. Hence, it might not really be much of an exaggeration to say that he could suppress the will of the ancient deity Zagar.
“So, what is your purpose in coming here?” Although he had heard about the Illuminati, Lin Li did not forget about the important thing he had to do. Hence, he directly asked for the reason that Edmund and the rest of the group were there.
“We’re here just for the follow-up plan and to conduct some exploration in advance. In the near future, we will mobilize all of our forces to come here, and bring back the sacred relics that the Illuminati had lost here back then.” Edmund finally revealed his agenda. He then turned to Lin Li, and said, “President Felic, shouldn’t you also tell us what your intention behind the visit is?”
The secret story of the Illuminati that Edmund mentioned took place at least thousands of years ago, but why did he choose to come to take the so-called holy relic only now after such a long period of time? Edmund seemed to be deliberately ignoring that point, but Lin Li did not probe further despite being filled with doubts.
Lin Li was well aware that it was simply impossible to expect Edmund to tell him the truth completely. If he dwelt too much on that issue, the temporary peace between the two parties would have to be broken. Lin Li wasn’t there to start a war with the Illuminati, but to search for information left behind by the Immortal King. Hence, he was naturally unwilling to cause any delay in his important matters because of that.
Hearing Edmund’s inquiry, Lin Li smiled, and said without blinking, “Actually, the reason I came to this island is simple. When I was on the mainland, I explored some ruins from the Dark Age and chanced upon some information about this island in the tomb of a Sanctuary powerhouse of the Dark Age. It’s said that that Sanctuary powerhouse said that in the center of this island, there is an extremely powerful magical weapon. I couldn’t help it. The Tower of Dusk has only been established a few years ago, and the foundation is still weak, so I took the opportunity to come here during the Gilded Kingdom’s founding celebration.”
One of them claimed to be there to recover the sacred relics, and one said he was there to find a powerful magical weapon. In the opinion of the public, there was definitely a conflict of interests because what if the holy relics and the magical weapon were the same thing? Would they go to war immediately? Even if the two were not the same thing, this place used to be the sacred land of the Illuminati, so it was reasonable that any powerful magical weapon that could be found there used to belong to the Illuminati. In that case, how could the Illuminati watch others take their own things?
However, after hearing Lin Li’s statement, Edmund did not seem to mind it much, and instead said, “After all, this island used to be the sacred land of the Illuminati. Although thousands of years have passed, we still have a collection of the information about the situation on the island. Since you’re also heading to the center of the island, why don’t we put aside our past conflicts for the time being and head there together, President Felic?”
After hearing Saint Edmund’s words, everyone present, be it the people from the Tower of Dusk or the Gilded Kingdom and the Illuminati, was astonished. It was akin to leading a burglar around the house instead of driving him away!
In particular, High Priest Poer immediately panicked, and turned around to say something to Edmund. However, before he could do so, Edmund raised his hand to make a gesture, causing Poer to drop the idea.
Although Poer was the high priest of the kingdom, and had a very high status in the Gilded Kingdom, the Gilded Kingdom was a devotee of the Illuminati. Hence, how could he, the high priest of the kingdom, compare to the Illuminati’s Saint? Although he could ignore Elder Zumar’s words, he definitely didn’t dare to adopt such an attitude when facing Saint Edmund.
Hence, seeing Edmund’s gesture, High Priest Poer immediately stopped himself from raising an objection. He had no choice but to turn around and glower at his enemy, Lin Li.
However, compared to others, Lin Li wasn’t quite surprised, as he was still smiling calmly. He was well aware that Edmund did not have any good intentions, and the reason he asked him to come along was very likely because he wanted Lin Li to be his cannon fodder.
With this, Lin Li could also speculate that the journey would probably be dangerous, and Edmund was not confident that he could deal with the trouble alone. However, Lin Li did not take it to heart. Anyway, even without Edmund and the others, they would still go to the center of the island to explore all the same. Now that Edmund’s team had joined, it was uncertain who would be the cannon fodder.
With that thought in mind, Lin Li did not hesitate much at all and nodded. “Sure, since you have extended this invitation to me, Saint Edmund, there is nothing else I have to hesitate about. I hope that we can get along well on the way from now on.”
With that, the two teams reached a verbal agreement to get along peacefully for the time being. After taking a short break, they set out again to the center of the island.
After passing through undulating frozen mountains, they were greeted with a boundless snowfield where the temperature was freezing. There were very few creatures in Anril that could survive in such an environment. At the same time, there was also a violent ice Elemental Power shrouding this snowfield and forming a terrifying ice storm. There was no Elemental Power of other elements.
According to the judgment of several Sanctuary powerhouses, perhaps only those who were in the Legendary-level and above could survive in such an environment. Those below the Legendary-level would probably be frozen as soon as they stepped into it. Faced with such a situation, the two teams unanimously made the same decision to let those who were too weak to withstand the conditions head back first.
After everything was arranged, the two teams, composed entirely of Legendary powerhouses, stepped into the ice field, and continued to travel towards the center of the island.
However, soon after the two teams entered the snowfield, they were attacked by a group of ice elemental lifeforms. This hellish place where the majority of creatures couldn’t survive was a haven for ice elemental lifeforms as they did not have any natural enemies there, and there was a constant stream of ice Elemental Power that was continuously infused into their bodies.
After long years of growth, the ice elemental lifeforms each had either Legendary-level or near-Legendary-level strength. Besides, they would appear in clusters of hundreds or even thousands. In the snowfield where they had an absolute advantage, they could exert more power.
If it was a team with members that were of the same level as the ice elemental lifeforms, they might really face a tragic end. However, the two teams now had four Sanctuary powerhouses, which were far stronger than Legendary-level existences.
On the Gilded Kingdom’s side, High Priest Poer seemed to be venting his discontentment and anger as he destroyed a large number of ice elemental lifeforms that swarmed towards him with a single strike. High Priest Poer was a real Sanctuary powerhouse who could easily destroy those Legendary-level ice elemental lifeforms. Hence, the Legendary powerhouses in the team did not even have the chance to attack, and were just acting as spectators.
However, the battle on the side of the Tower of Dusk was much more eventful. With Lin Li’s strength, destroying those ice elemental lifeforms was much easier for him than for High Priest Poer. After all, there was a clear difference in strength between the two of them. However, Lin Li did not attack, and even Connoris and the others didn’t.
The ones who fought with those ice elemental lifeforms were the rookie mages of the Tower of Dusk. Although they had reached the Legendary-realm, they might not be able to compare with those ice elemental life forms in terms of strength. Fortunately, they had the Magic Net Array that could allow them to survive under the waves of attacks of the ice elemental lifeforms.
Although finding the traces of the Immortal King was the most important thing at the moment for Lin Li, he wasn’t willing to give up what he felt was an excellent opportunity to hone the skills of the rookie mages. Otherwise, he would have just let them go back.
However, the speed of the Tower of Dusk team naturally slowed down greatly, leaving the Gilded Kingdom’s team with no choice but to stop and wait for them.
“We actually have to bring this bunch of garbage with us here, I really don’t know what’s on his mind.” High Priest Poer disliked Lin Li greatly, and thus couldn’t help but sneer again when he saw that they were being slowed down by Lin Li’s team again.
However, unlike High Priest Poer, Saint Edmund and Elder Zumar remained silent. Instead, they seemed to be watching the battle that the Tower of Dusk was in.
“Is this the Magic Net Array created by Geresco? I didn’t expect that this Magic Array would really change the combat power of the mages so drastically,” Elder Zumar remarked in amazement while watching with great enthusiasm. It was as if he was trying to memorize the Magic Array with his eyes.
Unfortunately, the Magic Net Array was not an ordinary formation used in the military. The formation was just one aspect, and the true core was not something that could be learned with the naked eye.
Hearing Elder Zumar’s words, High Priest Poer’s expression suddenly changed, and he no longer looked as furious. Instead, he said in a somber tone of voice, “If we can get this Magic Array from the Tower of Dusk, it will definitely be a great help in improving the strength of the Gilded Kingdom and the Illuminati.”
Previously, when he first came into contact with the Tower of Dusk’s team, High Priest Poer wanted to rely on the strength of his side to wipe out the Tower of Dusk’s team. However, he was later stopped by Saint Edmund. At that time, Saint Edmund told him not to affect the operation because of his selfish reasons.
Hence, at this moment, High Priest Poer stopped speaking from his personal perspective, and instead looked like he was all out for the interests of the kingdom for the Illuminati. Of course, what he said was indeed true and faultless. There were numerous mages in the Gilded Kingdom and the Illuminati. If they could master the Magic Net Array, their strength would definitely be improved greatly.
However, Edmund was still clear-headed after all. He shook his head slightly, and said, “Cut it out, our goal now is to complete the task of exploration. Leave those things for later.”
Edmund naturally also knew the benefits of the Magic Net Array, but it was obviously not the time to talk about it now. He was also planning to let the team of the Tower of Dusk be the cannon fodder. If they showed any intention to covet the Tower of Dusk’s Magic Net Array, they would probably fall out with them.