Chapter 669: You Finally Arrived
As an Ancestral Warden, one is essentially a soul entity—no physical body, only spirit. Abilities that target souls reach their full potential against them.
When faced with Lord Shaun’s Soul Roar, they’re pretty much like ghost-type undead—hit hardest and affected the most.
The two Ancestral Wardens struck by Soul Roar trembled violently, their forms twisting, almost unable to maintain their shapes.
This overwhelming force is Leon’s trump card—at least ten seconds of paralysis, more than enough time to do a lot...
The moment Lord Shaun’s Soul Roar rang out, the Alchemical Golem charged to the left Totem Pillar, grabbed it with both hands, and started pulling.
Even damaged, a Sky Rank Alchemical Golem only needs to move to uproot the Totem Pillar. It took just two seconds—the pillar was out, along with a two-meter chunk of ground around it.
Hubert, being a Dragonblood Orc, is born with immense strength. After fusing a drop of Golden Three-Headed Dragon’s blood and bathing in divine and demonic blood, his body’s been strengthened beyond anyone’s understanding. He even clashed head-on with the Minotaur Totem Warrior and barely took any damage—just a matter of raw power.
Hubert rushed to the right Totem Pillar, unleashed the power of the Golden Three-Headed Dragon, and with a roar, started pulling it out...
Within five seconds, Hubert’s monstrous strength tore the right Totem Pillar from the ground.
The two Ancestral Wardens immobilized by Soul Roar went completely mad, bodies trembling violently, shapes dissolving at the edges, struggling desperately to break free from paralysis.
Leon gave them no chance.
He activated the Death Tome, pouring mana into the rune that opened the demi-plane, regardless of the cost.
Crack—
A crisp sound, as if a world was forcibly torn open—a half-human-high rift appeared before Leon.
A crack was forcibly opened in the demi-plane.
As soon as the rift appeared, the Alchemical Golem hurled the Totem into the demi-plane, and Hubert, with a roar, flung the other Totem Pillar toward the crack from dozens of meters away.
In the blink of an eye, the second Totem Pillar was also thrown into the demi-plane.
The forcibly opened rift rapidly began to close.
Six seconds later, the two Ancestral Wardens’ forms suddenly dissolved. Both let out furious, unwilling howls, bodies turning into twin streaks of light, charging forward recklessly.
When the spatial rift was only palm-sized, the two Ancestral Wardens, now streaks of light, darted inside.
The rift closed, and Leon nearly collapsed to the ground.
That was way too close...
Originally, Lord Shaun’s Soul Roar was supposed to have a bonus effect against soul entities—ten seconds of paralysis wasn’t supposed to be hard. Who could’ve guessed these two would break free in just six seconds?
Those two Totems are the lifeblood of the Ancestral Wardens—touch their Totem Pillars and they’ll fight to the death. If the pillars hadn’t been thrown into the demi-plane before they broke free, things would’ve gotten ugly...
But once the pillars are inside the demi-plane, the Ancestral Wardens can’t fight anymore. Their only choice is to chase after the Totem Pillars.
If they’re separated from their Totem Pillars in different worlds, Leon doesn’t even need to lift a finger—they’ll slowly fade away. Eventually, even if they find the pillars again, they’ll be useless, and the only outcome is soul dissolution.
Anderson drifted over, still shaken, and glanced at the Death Tome, looking puzzled.
“Merlin, how could you open a demi-plane here?”
Leon, a bit relieved, replied, “The suppression on opening planar paths is still here, but the Chapter of Truth has fully merged into the Death Tome now. The Elemental Chapter is also completely fused. The Death Tome’s power is way beyond what it used to be...”
Leon was genuinely relieved. After the Chapter of Truth fully merged, he’d tried contacting it—but nothing. Now, with the Elemental Chapter also fused, he gave it another shot, and to his surprise, it worked.
Even though it only opened a small crack for just over a second, that was enough.
Throwing the two Totems inside broke the Ancestral Wardens’ attack—the separation of two planes instantly weakened them by more than half.
He hadn’t expected the two Ancestral Wardens to break free early and follow into the demi-plane.
Anyway, there’s no way into the demi-plane now. Once he breaks through, he’ll go deal with the two Ancestral Wardens.
With the Ancestral Wardens gone, Anderson started circling the Heart of Blazeforge.
Leon smiled and immediately set to work dismantling the alchemical array.
Destroying the Elemental Amber on the Arcane Wheel was a last resort—but it turned out to be a perfect replacement.
Ever since he fused a core meditation law—the Heart of Elements Codex—into the Arcane Wheel, its power had increased a lot, but still hadn’t reached its limit.
The main reason was the limitation of the Elemental Amber.
A piece of Elemental Amber that large is extremely rare, and its pure magical power is immense—but Elemental Amber isn’t actually meant to be a mana source.
When the Arcane Wheel was first forged, that Elemental Amber was more than enough. But now, it’s become the bottleneck holding the artifact back.
Leon had long considered replacing the Elemental Amber, but never found a suitable substitute. During the battle with the four Half-Liches, his best idea was to use the ruined Arcane Wheel to trick them.
After all, even if they began their transformation while alive, their consciousness, knowledge, and experience were all fully preserved.
But they never imagined a destroyed magical artifact could be useful, or that a spellcasting powerhouse wielding such a weapon could dismantle an alchemical array.
Leon would never truly destroy the Arcane Wheel—but destroying its mana source has the same effect.
Without a replacement, losing the Elemental Amber would be a painful sacrifice.
Now, with a substitute—an unexpectedly powerful one—Leon was overjoyed.
Leon had always known about the Heart of Blazeforge, but never considered it. After Emperor Norlick conquered the Blazeforge Realm, the Heart surely fell into his hands.
Who knows what Emperor Norlick did with the Heart of Blazeforge? Even if he didn’t use it up, there were no clues as to its whereabouts.
Now that they’d found the Heart of Blazeforge, and it was being used as a mana source, it was a pleasant surprise.
Carefully dismantling the alchemical array, Leon slowly removed the Heart of Blazeforge from its slot.
Feeling the immense magical power within, Leon couldn’t help but grin from ear to ear.
Anderson couldn’t wait any longer—he dug out the Alchemical Vortex from the Arcane Wheel himself, handed it to Leon, and stared eagerly at the Heart of Blazeforge.
Leon reabsorbed the Alchemical Vortex into his body, then embedded the Heart of Blazeforge where the Elemental Amber used to be.
Dark red mana began to flow through the Arcane Wheel, surging with power—anyone could see the artifact’s strength had multiplied several times over!
Compared to using the Alchemical Vortex before, there’s simply no comparison.
With the Alchemical Vortex, the mana flow was so weak it was almost undetectable—only during spellcasting could you feel it. That’s a sign the mana source was far below what the artifact needed.
Now, even without activating the Arcane Wheel, powerful mana surged out like a tide—this means the mana source far exceeds what the artifact requires.