Another World’s Versatile Crafting Master c1-1074

by Zhuang Bifan

  That giant mouth of Lord Devourer was just like a black hole that could swallow up even the stars, and the entire space began to become warped before collapsing amidst the massive suction force. In the periphery of the expedition, more than 10 Holy Light Knights who were engulfed in the Holy Light Battle Song were s.u.c.k.e.d away. They finally experienced what lightning speed was like, but it did not feel good at all.

  The people of the expedition all knew that the 10 Holy Light Knights were actually just one step ahead of themselves and the others, and it might not take more than a few seconds before all of them got s.u.c.k.e.d into the giant mouth. They all had the same ending.

  "Master Felic!" While resisting the massive suction force, Archbishop Martin was looking over anxiously. However, they only realized after taking a look that Lin Li, who was still formulating potions just now, had gone missing.

  Could it be that he had abandoned everyone and fled!? Archbishop Martin, Donald, and the rest also discovered that. At the same time, they also believed that it would be no issue for Lin Li to flee the place on his own with his power that was in the Sanctuary-realm. Hence, after seeing that Lin Li was no longer around, it became the first possibility that almost everyone thought of.

  Indeed, all under the Sanctuary-realm were just insignificant minions whose lives a Sanctuary powerhouse obviously wouldn't care about. If they were in his shoes, their own lives would probably be the first thing they would care about in this situation. Sanctuary powerhouses were existences that were close to gods, and they might one day achieve immortality. Hence, why would they be willing to die with a group of minions? Actually, not to mention the people from the teams of the Brilliance Shrine and the Rotterdam, even many of the members from the Tower of Dusk had developed the same thoughts.

  However, at this moment, Lin Li's figure suddenly flashed in front of Lord Devourer, but he was not holding any debris of the stars. All he was holding was a crystal potion bottle that seemed plain and ordinary. It contained a potion that was glistening with iridescent colors.

  Lin Li's sudden appearance startled Lord Devourer. It did not dare to belittle a real Sanctuary powerhouse, either, so it immediately cast Thunderbolt Flames to kill him. However, when casting the magic spells, Lord Devourer would definitely stop devouring. Otherwise, the magic it cast would be devoured by it.

  At the instant that the Lord Devourer stopped devouring, Lin Li raised his hand and tossed the crystal potion bottle into Lord Devourer's mouth without even looking at the Thunderbolt Flames.

  When Lord Devourer used his devouring ability, even the most toxic poison in the world would be instantly decomposed into pure energy by the nomological power that would devour everything. However, Lin Li who had fought Lord Devourer once already was well aware that when Lord Devourer stopped devouring, it would also stop using the Laws of decomposition.

  The potion bottle appeared for a moment before vanishing in Lord Devourer's giant mouth. On the other hand, Lin Li immediately activated the Space Robe on his body, and his figure flickered immediately before returning to the spot above the expedition. Immediately after, the debris of the stars, Gloomy Dark, appeared in his hand. A huge barrier of light and darkness immediately engulfed the entire expedition.

  Almost at the same time, Lord Devourer roared, and shot its mana out in all directions like an open floodgate using its massive body as the center. The pure mana surged towards the space in the surroundings like a tangible substance. Although it was not composed into any magic, it still had shocking power.

  Seeing Lin Li appear above the team, Archbishop Martin and the rest couldn't help but feel invigorated, and they were thrilled to see the changes that occurred in Lord Devourer. Although they did not know what exactly Lin Li had done to Lord Devourer, they could tell that it was definitely having some issues.

  Yes, there was indeed something wrong with Lord Devourer's body, and the reason for it was the potion that Lin Li had thrown into its mouth.

  When Lin Li was fighting against the Elemental Dragon's projected avatar in the Haiga Mountain Range, he had once used the Heart-piercing Potion, which not only caused him to lose all of his mana, but also allowed him to create a terrifying Magic-forbidding Domain. The Magic-forbidding Domain was precisely the reason that the Elemental Dragon projected avatar lost its combat power, and was almost hammered to death.

  However, this time, instead of taking it himself, Lin Li gave the Heart-piercing Potion to Lord Devourer. After all, Lin Li had experienced the pain of losing all of his mana once, and that was enough for him. Back then, he only used the Heart-piercing Potion because he could not give it to the Elemental Dragon. However, the gap between Lord Devourer's giant jaws was large enough for a small potion bottle to pass through even when it was closed. Why would Lin Li bother suffering himself?

  In fact, when Lin Li was exploring the Well of the Sun back in the Endless World, he managed to kill Lord Devourer with the Heart-piercing Potion. This time, he did not expect himself to come to the Well of the Sun again to encounter Lord Devourer. Otherwise, he would have prepared the Heart-piercing Potion instead of going through the trouble of making one on the spot. Previously, he did not gain much from the fight with Lord Devourer, but the more important purpose was to determine if Lord Devourer that he encountered now was exactly the same as the one in the Endless World.

  As soon as the Heart-piercing Potion was poured into Lord Devourer's mouth, the strong medicinal effect had already exploded quickly in its body before it could even use the nomological power of disintegration. By now, it wouldn't work anymore. Under the effects of the Heart-piercing Potion, the mana that Lord Devourer had devoured for thousands of years was suddenly freed from its shackles.

  The total amount of mana that Lord Devourer devoured was much larger than what ordinary Sanctuary powerhouses had. Now that it was suddenly released, it actually became a mana tide. The principle behind the Magical Crystal Cannon was also a simple release of mana. That was just like an implosion of a Sanctuary powerhouse. Although it was less intense, it would be no exaggeration to say that the power it contained was earth-shattering.

  The substantial mana outside the barrier which looked like massive waves that were stirred up in the sea of the storm was continuously surging towards the light and darkness barrier with loud roars. The members of the expedition that were being shrouded in the light and darkness barrier were completely dumbfounded at this point. They had never seen something like that before in their lives.

  In comparison, those Abyssal Demons outside the light and darkness barrier were far more unfortunate than the members of the expedition. In the mana tide, all sorts of Abyssal Demons would crumble like sand sculptures that had been washed away by the sea in the blink of an eye, regardless of how strong their bodies were. They would turn into the smallest particles of the world and disappear.

  Looking at everything that happened to the Abyssal Demons, the members of the expedition could not help but secretly feel fortunate. Fortunately, Lin Li had returned to the spot in the sky above the expedition in time, and used Holy Light and Gloomy Dark to form a barrier of light and darkness that covered the members of the expedition. Otherwise, except him, even the powerhouses that were at the peak of the Legendary-realm would struggle to survive in the magic tide.

  Chapter 976 - Garl

  The mana flooded the entire space endlessly, and even the golden light emitted by the palace turned into a peculiar color because of the mana that almost condensed and turned into a substance. The amazing mana tide lasted for a long time before fading away.

  At this moment, the originally ferocious and menacing Lord Devourer's bloated and huge body had completely slumped to the ground, looking like a revolting puddle of rotten meat. It looked nothing like what it was before. Upon sight of this, the members of the expedition finally breathed a sigh of relief. Clearly, Lord Devourer had already been killed.

  When Lin Li put away the light and darkness barrier, and the others in the expeditio
n had received signals that told them that they were safe, they sat on the ground one after another. Even peak Legendary powerhouses like Donald and Archbishop Martin could no longer be bothered about their image and gentlemanliness. They just wanted to sit down and catch their breath.

  The pressure from Lord Devourer's attacks just now was so massive that it caused the expedition to feel like breathing freely was an enjoyable privilege now. However, while they were resting, Archbishop Martin and the others couldn't help but look over the team. They couldn't imagine what Lin Li had done to Lord Devourer. Could it be that he had really killed Lord Devourer which had power that was comparable to that of a Sanctuary powerhouse with just a small bottle of potion?

  However, at this moment, Lin Li did not land on the ground. Instead, he moved quickly and arrived next to Lord Devourer that was no longer showing any signs of life.

  Seeing this scene, Archbishop Martin and the others were even more puzzled. They wondered, Could it be that there is some special value in the corpse of Lord Devourer?

  Although Archbishop Martin and the others knew nothing about the origins of Lord Devourer, it was, after all, a horrifying existence that was comparable to a Sanctuary powerhouse in terms of strength. Putting aside the value of its corpse, its magical crystal that contained infinite mana alone was probably far more valuable than ordinary Legendary magical crystals!

  However, at the thought of this, they couldn't help but think about the scene that happened just now. According to the amount of mana that was released, even if Lord Devourer had left its magical crystal behind, the mana in it had probably been depleted long ago.

  Of course, they were just curious. Regardless of the value of the corpse of Lord Devourer, there was nothing about Lin Li's behavior that the members of the expedition were displeased with. After all, Lord Devourer was destroyed by Lin Li's potion.

  When Lin Li arrived in front of Lord Devourer's corpse, a Light and Darkness Sword immediately condensed and appeared above Lin Li's head as expected. Next, he pointed at the pile of rotten meat, and the Light and Darkness Sword landed on it with an earth-shattering whistle. Lord Devourer's body, which initially could withstand attacks from the Light and Darkness Sword, had already lost its defensive ability at this moment. It was split in two under the attack.

  In fact, Lord Devourer's powerful defense came from the crystal armor that was formed outside its body with magical crystals, which the mana that Lord Devourer had devoured had been condensed into. However, after being fed the Heart-piercing Potion by Lin Li, the mana in his body lost its restraints, and the layer of magical crystals naturally disappeared too.

  Seeing that Lin Li had actually dissected the corpse of Lord Devourer, Archbishop Martin and the others from the expedition scurried over curiously too. However, in order to avoid letting Lin Li get the wrong idea, they did not directly surround the corpse, and instead kept a certain distance from it. Faced with Lin Li, a Sanctuary powerhouse, they wouldn't dare to covet anything despite the temptation of the artifact. In fact, they even had to worry about whether or not they would be able to get their hands on the target items of their exploration.

  Lin Li was not bothered by the arrival of Archbishop Martin and the others. Instead, he hung the Light and Darkness Sword over Lord Devourer's corpse, after which he coldly said, "If you still refuse to come out, I'll grind you and your corpse up!"

  Hearing this, Archbishop Martin and the others were even more confused. They thought, Hasn't Lord Devourer already died? Who is Master Felic speaking to now, then!?

  However, when they were confused, they suddenly saw an orb the size of a human's fist writhing in the dissected corpse. However, it looked just like an orb compared to the sheer size of Lord Devourer's body. After it writhed for a while, a ball of blood and tissue emerged from the hole, followed by a strange thing.

  That thing was not much bigger than a human fist, and was about the same size as the young Elemental Wyrm Xiao Hua, though not as adorable. It had a large head, but that was of course only relative to the rest of its body. Its head alone took up half of its figure.

  It had a pair of beady eyes. It did not have a nose, and its mouth took up half of its head, on which there were two short horns. The skin on its body was wrinkly and stained with the blood of the corpse. It looked extremely disgusting, and its limbs were still as dry and thin as twigs. They looked like they could not support its fist-sized body at all.

  Archbishop Martin and the others would never have thought that such an ugly thing would emerge from the body of Lord Devourer. However, the origin of this thing was unknown to them, just like that of Lord Devourer.

  However, when that thing appeared, Archbishop Martin and the others still kept their guard up, and got into a vigilant stance unanimously. After all, it had come out of Lord Devourer's body, and God knew what dreadful dangers were hidden beneath its hideous appearance.

  It was Lin Li's second time seeing that thing, so he naturally did not have any special expression. He pointed a finger, and the Light and Darkness Sword which cut open the body of Lord Devourer moved above the head of the ugly creature, hovering around it like it would slash downwards at any moment.

  The moment the Light and Darkness Sword approached, the thing let out an ear-piercing shriek, and a portion of consciousness was transmitted into Lin Li's mind at the same time.

  "D-don't kill me, I'm just a parasitic demon on the body of Lord Devourer. Don't you want treasures? I can tell you where the treasures are hidden in this place!" The thing begged Lin Li for mercy, and offered a deal that almost no one would be able to refuse.

  Even those who did not know that this gilded and opulent palace used to be the Sun Palace of the High Elves would definitely be able to tell what was extraordinary about this palace. There was probably no one who thought that there really wasn't a single thing of value here. Moreover, as long as there were treasures, they would definitely not be treasures in the ordinary sense. They would definitely exceed one's imagination in terms of value.

  People would die for money, while birds would die for food, and when faced with the temptation of treasure, it would be hard for both humans and demons not to be tempted. Otherwise, who would take such a great risk to come to such a place? Hence, the deal that the hideous thing offered was irresistibly tempting.

  Unfortunately, Lin Li was not one of the vast majority, and although the treasure was just as tempting to him, the temptation would not exist if one knew that the treasure was nothing. Lin Li had explored the Well of the Sun before, so his understanding of it was probably greater than that of the ugly thing in front of him, and if there really had been any treasure here, he would have gone to get it himself long ago.

  "Parasitic Demon? You're indeed a parasite, but I'm afraid Lord Devourer was the one being a parasite to this poor fellow, eh?" Faced with the deal offered by the other party, Lin Li simply ignored it with disdain. There was a tinge of coldness in his consciousness.

  "W-what are you saying? I don't understand…" The ugly thing did not panic because of Lin Li's words, and showed some bewilderment instead.

  Although it might be able to fool others with its behavior, it did not work on Lin Li, who had killed Lord Devourer once. Lin Li was not making any guesses, but rather was extremely certain that the ugly thing in front of him was the true Lord Devourer, and the dissected corpse was actually just a poor fellow which became the host to the parasite.

  In fact, it was thanks to the fact that the Endless World was a game. Otherwise, Lin Li wouldn't have associated the ugly thing in front of him with the ferocious Lord Devourer.

  When he was exploring the Well of the Sun in the Endless World, Lin Li had killed Lord Devourer, but he did not immediately get the system notification that he had killed it successfully. Initially, he thought that Lord Devourer was feigning its death, and so began bombarding the corpse some more, but to his surprise, he managed to force the thing inside to come out. He finally discovered the true identity of Lord Dev
ourer that way.

  In fact, that huge, bloated body was just a walking corpse that was a host to the parasitic Lord Devourer, which was the ugly thing that looked like it could be blown away in a single breath. Its original body was actually the Devouring Demon from the Endless Abyss, a parasite that all demons abhorred.

  The Devouring Demon itself was actually very weak, and if it didn't rely on parasitizing the bodies of other High Demons, it would probably belong to the lowest level of existence in the Endless Abyss. They could only gradually take over the bodies of their hosts that were superior demons in order to grow into a Lord Devourer.

  However, not all Devouring Demons had the opportunity to become Lord Devourers, as the process involved a lot of coincidences and special characteristics. Otherwise, the entire abyss would have become a world of Devouring Demons long ago. It was definitely difficult to occupy the body of a High Demon. With the Devouring Demon's strength, it might be killed by the mana waves emitted by the magical crystal of the High Demon even if it occupied a corpse.

  However, once the Devouring Demon succeeded in occupying the High Demon's body, it would begin devouring a large amount of various types of power, from intangible magical elements to various tangible ores, which would be decomposed and transformed into energy as long as they landed in the mouths of the Devouring Demons.

  While devouring and absorbing the energy, they would also use the energy to transform the host body by strengthening every aspect of the bodies of the High Demons that were already strong in the first place. It was akin to building its own castle, eventually transforming the body into something completely different that would grow into a terrifying existence that even ancient demons would have to avoid.

  Although a Devouring Demon that had lost its host would no longer have terrifying strength that was comparable to the Sanctuary-realm, Lin Li would not waste his time on meaningless things. Lin Li was very clear that even though this Devouring Demon Garl had already become extremely small and weak, it could still regain the power that it had in the beginning.