Another World’s Versatile Crafting Master c1-1074

by Zhuang Bifan

  It was just that Geresco, who was in the middle of the vortex, was not affected at all. His position—including the Four-headed Chimaera below his feet—had entirely turned into an illusory shadow. Although it looked like they were still there, when countless spells descended, it did not invoke any ripples. It was as if they landed on a space of nothingness, and passed through it…

  "F*ck, Void of the Stars!" Looking at this abnormal scene, Lin Li could feel his skin crawl. Ever since he came to Anril, Lin Li was already sick of hearing the name of Geresco. This God of Mages could be found in almost every single myth, each praising how powerful and terrifying he was. It was only today, however, when he had seen Geresco cast Void of the Stars through the Spacetime Beacon Spell, that Lin Li finally understood that those myths over 1,000 years old were still underrating this God of Mages…

  In today's Anril, there was no longer a single mage that knew what level the Void of the Stars was. Even more so, there was not a single mage that could have a shred of comprehension of this spell. Even a knowledgeable person like Andoine could only find a trace of the Void of the Stars just in myths. Using Andoine's words, it was already a realm that only deities could walk in. Even the High Elves that considered themselves deities had not stepped into this realm before.

  According to myths, mages that could control Void of the Stars would be able to place their bodies and souls into nothingness. They would no longer suffer damage from swords and spells. Strictly speaking, mages that could control Void of the Stars no longer belonged to Anril. They would not be injured by the power of mortals.

  Once mages reached this realm, there was not much difference between them and true deities.

  As for the current Geresco, he had undoubtedly reached this realm.

  Geresco rode on the Four-headed Chimaera and charged to the skies through the forest like a gale. The almost instantaneous Starfall was like the grim reaper's scythe, mercilessly harvesting the lives of the magical beasts. It looked like the whole world had been devoured by the dazzling star light…

  "This… Is this still a f*cking human?" Lin Li looked at everything shown by the Spacetime Beacon Spell, and only felt shivers in his limbs. All of this had already transcended the limits of human imagination. Geresco had actually single-handedly massacred tens or hundreds of thousands of magical beast. This was exactly the same as the legendary Divine Judgment.

  "If I'm not mistaken… when this battle occurred, Geresco was still purely human, but…" The one that replied to Lin Li was still Tutankhamun.

  "But what?" Lin Li heart tingled when he heard it. Could it be that the legends are true?

  "Nothing…" But Tutankhamun did not look like he wanted to continue this topic. He just shook his head. "Continue watching, there is something more interesting at the back."

  "More…?"

  Lin Li only knew when he lifted his head and watched. Tutankhamun was right indeed. There was something more interesting at the back. After Starfall's harvest, the number of magical beasts outside the forest was halved. As for those flying magical beasts in the sky such as Dragon Hawks, Gryphons, and Wyverns, they seemed to have noticed the terror of Geresco. At this point, they fought to be the first to escape from the Four-headed Chimaera. What had once been a dark sky now cleared up…

  After doing all of that, Geresco did not steer the Four-headed Chimaera to leave, but instead floated quietly above the forest. From his patient gaze, it seemed like he was waiting for something…

  After that, a world-shaking roar was heard.

  Before Lin Li could understand what was happening, a shadow suddenly flew out of the forest, and struck the Four-headed Chimaera's body heavily.

  "F*ck…" Lin Li's eyes were wide open. It ought to be known that the Four-headed Chimaera was a powerful level-22 magical beast. It could definitely be said to be an existence at the top of the food chain even during the Black Current of the Sunset Mountains. However, it actually came crashing down with an attack of this shadow…

  "This, this, this… This is just like an a.d.u.l.t fighting a child. With just a slap, the child immediately fell…"

  This speed of this shadow was too fast. It was so quick that the God of Mages was almost thrown off his guard. Geresco only cast Void of the Stars again in time when the Four-headed Chimaera had crashed to the ground, causing his body and soul to be placed into nothingness.

  It was almost at the same time that the three young mages could finally see clearly what was that shadow that attacked the Four-headed Chimaera.

  After that, the three young mages seemed to have drawn in a breath of cold air simultaneously…

  "Oh my God…"

  Through the lights of the Spacetime Beacon Spell, the three young mages could clearly see that that shadow was not some ferocious magical beast, nor was it some powerful spell. It was something like a tentacle.

  This… This was an absolute joke…

  One had to know that the Chimaera was flying hundreds of meters in the sky just now, but this tentacle smacked it down from the sky. What did this mean? It meant that this tentacle was at least several hundred meters long.

  A magical beast's tentacle that was longer than 100 meters? This was already something that could drive people mad. Furthermore, this magical beast could make this tentacle incomparably nimble. It could still easily take down a Four-headed Chimaera from a distance of more than a hundred meters. Such a magical beast, even without any spell casting abilities, was an existence that was definitely scarier than a Wyrm!

  Could it be… After watching till this point, Lin Li suddenly felt shocked. He thought of the story that Englos had told him…

  Englos had once said that during the Black Current on a certain year, a few descendants of prehistoric magical beasts had appeared. These descendants of the prehistoric magical beasts controlled the magical beasts of the Sunset Mountains and started a prolonged massacre. This massacre had shocked the whole Anril, and even the Supreme Council and Brilliance Shrine sent out their strongest powerhouses. Although they had successfully stopped the Black Current from spreading, Rosario, who partook in this battle, paid a most painful price…

  Lin Li suddenly felt that this could be another descendant of the prehistoric magical beasts when he saw that the tentacle striking the Four-headed Chimaera. There was even a chance that… it was a prehistoric magical beast itself. It was because the force of that strike was too frightening. A level-22 Four-headed Chimaera did not even have the power to resist that strike. It had been struck down from the skies in an instant.

  Furthermore, even the strongest ever mage in Anril that was called the God of Mages, Geresco, could not help but look at that tentacle withdraw into the forest with caution in his eyes.

  Just when Lin Li was shocked, the forest that had just calmed down started to rumble again. After that, there were countless trees being broken. Parts of the trees, mud, and rocks filled the sky in an instant. It was as though somebody had used an iron plow and plowed through the whole forest…

  Before Lin Li could comprehend what was happening, more than 10 shadows reached out from the forest and reached out towards the spot where Geresco had landed with a speed that was faster than lightning…

  The speed of these 10 or so tentacles reaching out had even surpassed the speed that was used to strike the Four-headed Chimaera previously. In just an instant, they had covered a distance of hundreds of meters. At this point, Geresco had just used Void of the Stars, so his body and soul had not completely been placed in the nothingness yet. Even if he did not die once he had been struck by these tentacles, he would be heavily injured.

  However…

  The God of Mages was still the God of Mages. This strongest mage ever had finally demonstrated a casting ability that did not belong to mortals at this point.

  "Boom, boom, boom, boom…"

  Amidst the earth-shattering blasts, more than 10 gigantic ice pillars appeared from the ground!

  What Geresco summoned were not normal ice
pillars. Every pillar here was at least 100 meters tall and required more than 10 people to surround it. When the pillars were erected, they gave off a mythical feeling, just like the giant pillars that the gods used to support the heavenly vault.

  Those tentacles that reached out of the forest were as fast as lightning. The speed at which Geresco summoned the ice pillars could also make any mage watching it dumbfounded. The speed of both parties was already at the maximum. In just a single breath, both the man and magical beast had already completed their first exchange.

  The ice pillars covered every angle in an instant. Those tentacles could not dodge them at all. With just a "boom", they struck the ice pillars ferociously, and white fog permeated the area in just an instant. Countless ice fragments flew out from the fog with a screeching sound. Although these tentacles could easily strike down a Four-headed Chimaera, they were still made of flesh. When going head to head against the sturdy pillars, flesh and blood splattered instantly…

  After that, a deafening shriek could be heard from the depths of the forest. Countless broken trees flew, and a large meatball floated out with a thunderous sound. Only the meatball's tentacles that were slumping down could be seen. Each one of them was hundreds of meters long, while a singular gigantic eye was emitting a glimmering light in the middle of the meatball…

  "F*ck, Evil Eye Tyrant!" Meteors are linguistically "stars" in Chinese.

  Chapter 444 - Staff of Time

  For most of the Adventurers of Anril, the Evil Eye was probably one of the hardest level-18 magical beast to deal with. They spent most of their lives living in dark and moist underground areas. For example, the ruins of the High Elves deep underground were usually f.o.r.c.i.b.l.y occupied by the Evil Eyes and made their nest. Even if these High Elves' ruins had been discovered by Adventurers, most of them would be marked as restricted areas because it was too dangerous…

  An Evil Eye itself was a level-18 magical beast, so an average Adventurer could not afford to provoke it. Furthermore, they had a damned habit of living in groups. This was the most dangerous part. The would easily be tens or even hundreds of Evil Eyes living together. Once provoked, it was equivalent to poking a hornet's nest. How many Adventurers were willing to risk being so unfortunate?

  Even the likes of Silver Hand, a titan known as the strongest mercenary corps in Felan, would not dare to venture into a High Elves' ruins occupied by large numbers of Evil Eyes if they did not manage to hire some high-level Priests to hold the line, not to mention average Adventurers. There was no helping it. This was no longer a problem that tactics and commands could solve. No matter how well-trained or disciplined they were, they could not overcome this absolute difference in power.

  The strongest weapon of the Evil Eyes was their tentacles that were tougher than steel and nimbler than fingers. Usually, they would use this eight tentacles to walk upright. Their speed was like a gale, and they could close up on their target in an instant. After that, these eight tentacles would strangle their target like eight pythons…

  However, if anyone were to be cautious only about their eight tentacles and forget about that single eye, then they would not be far from demise. A so-called magical beast was a beast that had a talent for using spells. Since the Evil Eye was a level-18 magical beast, then it naturally would have its own talent in spells. All of the Evil Eye's magical talents came from its gigantic singular eye.

  The Evil Eye could use that eye to shoot out a level-18 spell, Aestus Beam. The Aestus Beam's temperature could reach up to hundreds of degrees celsius. It could be said that whatever it went past would leave nothing behind, for even a thick steel armor would be instantly pierced through.

  Of course, this was not the most powerful ability…

  The strongest forte of the Evil Eye was being skilled in Mental Spells. A mature Evil Eye that had reached level-18 could easily control the minds of magical beasts that were level-15 and below. Although it was more troublesome for it to deal with humans, human Adventurers that were level-10 and below would definitely not be able to resist it. It was especially so when a large wave of tens or hundreds of Evil Eyes appeared. Large number of Mental Spells was simply impossible to guard against. Furthermore, it was hard to remain immune to these Mental Spells unless there was a high-level priest present to provide Mental Barrier. Otherwise, it would just be a disaster!

  But, those level-18 Evil Eyes were no different from ants when compared to this monstrosity in front of their eyes…

  In legends, the Evil Eye Tyrant was one of the lucky survivors from the prehistoric times. The battle between the Dragons and Titans had caused the heavens and earth to crumble, but the Evil Eye Tyrant that lived in the underground labyrinth with the Minotaurs had escaped from everything with luck. It was only after the calamity that the Evil Eye Tyrant and Minotaurs were seen in Anril again. It was just that at that point, it was no longer the Dragons or Titans, but it was the High Elves that had been born from the Tree of Eternity ruling over Anril.

  The appearance of the Evil Eye Tyrant and Minotaurs had brought forth a full-blown disaster to the High Elves. Large numbers of High Elves were burnt to ashes by the Aestus Beam. If they did not rely on the Tree of Eternity's protection, this race that was destined to create the magnificent magic civilization afterwards could have been wiped out in that disaster.

  Even the proud High Elves could not avoid mentioning this part of history. The records of this disaster could be found in a lot of the literature passed down from that period.

  It was just that after that disaster, history seemed to have a blank page. People knew that after the battle between the Dragons and Titans ended, the surviving prehistoric magical beasts almost became the rulers of Anril. They even drove back the High Elves that had just been born back to the Tree of Eternity, and almost caused this nearly perfect race to go extinct.

  Finally, the surviving prehistoric magical beasts and the newly born high elves engaged in a prolonged decisive battle under the Tree of Eternity…

  After a long period of time, the truth of this battle was buried in the flow of time. Currently, even the most authoritative scholars researching the Dark Age could not accurately tell what had happened during that battle. People only knew that the High Elves standing one step from annihilation had actually achieved a miraculous victory…

  Furthermore, the High Elves seemed to have been reborn after the battle. After repelling the prehistoric magical beasts that were besieging the Tree of Eternity, the High Elves started to counterattack. Within a short period of 10 years, they exterminated countless prehistoric magical beasts, including the Evil Eye Tyrants and Vipers. Even if it was the Herculean Minotaurs, they all had been trapped in the underground labyrinth for eternity…

  With regard to this part of history, there had been no definite answer found in Anril. Even Andoine, who was the most authoritative about High Elves, only spoke of this vaguely. Currently, the most authoritative and widely accepted theory was that it was the Immortal King that saved the High Elves. Even more people felt that it was this unsurpassed powerhouse that single-handedly exterminated the Evil Eye Tyrants and trapped the Minotaurs for eternity.

  It was because based on the chronological order, the time when the prehistoric magical beasts besieged the Tree of Eternity was not far from when the Immortal King made his first appearance in Anril.

  As for what was the truth, only the Immortal King himself would know it…

  However, one thing was certain. In the battle that year, countless prehistoric magical beasts were wiped out. Be it the Evil Eye Tyrants or the Vipers, they had all disappeared after that battle. They were not to be seen in Anril ever again. As for the Minotaurs that were forever trapped within the underground labyrinth, occasionally there would be rumors that they had surfaced…

  But this gigantic creature that appeared in the Spacetime Beacon Spell… if it was not an Evil Eye Tyrant, then what could it be?

  Lin Li rubbed his eyes, and did not dare to believe what
he just saw…

  What the hell. It was not an illusion. It really was an Evil Eye Tyrant!

  Tens of tentacles that were longer than 100 meters, a head that was as large as a mountain peak, and a singular eye that was always radiating an ice-cold glow. All of these were identical to the description of the Evil Eye Tyrant that was mentioned in myths…

  "F*ck, it really is the Evil Eye Tyrant…" Lin Li immediately drew in a breath of cold air. When he looked at Tutankhamun, his eyes were filled with confusion. Haven't the Evil Eye Tyrants been exterminated by the High Elves? Why did it appear at the Sunset Mountains during the last years of the Dark Age?

  "I don't know."

  "…"

  "I did not personally experience what happened back then…" The current Tutankhamun seemed especially patient. After answering Lin Li, he seemed to worry that Lin Li would not believe him. He then patiently explained, "Everything that you are seeing now was recorded by Geresco using the Spacetime Beacon Spell. I am just using the coordinates to replay the situation that happened back then. If you really want to know the truth, I think you have to ask Geresco himself…"

  Just as they were discussing, the battle showed by the Spacetime Beacon Spell became abnormally intense. One was a ferocious prehistoric magical beast, and the other was an unsurpassed God of Mages. The battle between the Evil Eye Tyrant and Geresco was destined to be shocking from the start.

  The 12 ice pillars that could lift up the Vault of Heaven did not stop the Evil Eye Tyrant in its tracks. Almost at the same instant the tentacles crashed into the ice pillars, the singular eye of the Evil Eye Tyrant also started to shine…

  This ray of light was the Aestus Beam that every Evil Eye was skilled in. It was just that the same Aestus Beam would be a totally different spell depending on whether it was used by an Evil Eye Tyrant or an Evil Eye. The Evil Eye's Aestus Beam only reached hundreds of degrees' temperature, instantly penetrating armor forged from steel. This was already a magnificent result. If it were to encounter magical metals like the Eternal Adamantine, the metal would not be able to resist it, either. But, the Evil Eye Tyrant's Aestus Beam was completely different…