Chapter 1365: The Egg

Damn it, Mafa Merlin knows that there's nothing I can do about the stone pillars. If I continue hoarding the stone pillars, the resources out there will probably all be excavated.

If I give away this place, Mafa Merlin will have all the stone pillars, but I will surely find a lot of rare resources outside. Mafa Merlin has taken all his 1,000 alchemy puppets here, so a lot of the mines must be empty...

Dalton thought for a moment. He wouldn't be able to get anything if he stayed here. If he gave the place away, he might get something. So, he should probably leave, although he was reluctant...

"Sir Merlin, you misunderstood me. There's nothing I can do about the pillars. If you want to try your luck, go ahead. We've made an agreement that whoever is capable of taking away what they find will keep it..."

Dalton decisively left with the men of the Holy Light Alliance for the excavation of ores. However, after flying for a circle, he discovered that the most resource-rich places nearby had all been claimed by the three forces. There were only empty mines further away.

When he saw that at least 5,000 alchemy puppets were active in the mines that Lin Yun occupied, he almost vomited blood.

At the beginning, he only saw 1,000 alchemy puppets. He didn't notice it when Lin Yun deployed more mining puppets. There were already more than 5,000 of them at this moment. Lin Yun had more puppets, but the mines could only accommodate 5,000 puppets at most. If more were deployed, the mining efficiency would only be lowered.

It meant that the 1,000 alchemy puppets that Lin Yun brought with him were just a trick.

Infuriated, Dalton planned to go back to Lin Yun and question him. However, he held back his fury. In only several minutes, he had seen that the alchemy puppets dug out a lot of materials. If he wasted more time, there would be nothing left...

Lin Yun plucked the King's Pillars on the empty ground one after another. He was a bit surprised that Dalton didn't come back for him.

While Dalton gritted his teeth, and excavated ores at the periphery, Lin Yun grinned and plucked the King's Pillars in the center.

There were 72 King's Pillars. It was said that when all of them were gathered, they would grant a powerful ability. An expert who had a Natural Demiplane once obtained a few King's Pillars, which benefited the development of his Natural Demiplane. However, Lin Yun didn't know the specific benefits.

As time went by, more and more ores were collected, and Lin Yun plucked the King's Pillars faster and faster. The 24 King's Pillars here all had few records. It took a lot more time to pluck them than it did before. He had to try many times before he succeeded.

The moment Lin Yun drew the last King's Pillar out, the relics suddenly changed significantly.

The space in the relics that had been cut into many sections began to ripple. The abnormal space became normal all of a sudden, and the world turned into a circular one. The broad desolate plain was at the edge, the barren mountains that stretched across hundreds of kilometers were the interior, and in the very center was the round empty ground that was in the heart of the mountains.

When all the King's Pillars were removed, a horrifying power arose from the center. Tides of energy spread out from the center like ripples.

Lin Yun, who was still in the center, was pushed away by the energy tides immediately. More than 95% of the law runes on his fusion shield were glittering. He would've been torn into shreds if he hadn't dodged quickly enough.

Lin Yun escaped, but the 1,000 mining puppets that had attempted to dig down were all shredded. All of them were reduced to parts instantly. Then, the parts were squeezed and deformed into unrecognizable smithereens when the tides of energy spread out.

What happened in the center shocked everybody. Even Lin Yun didn't see it coming.

The 24 King's Pillars in the center were meant for defense. In the very center, whatever needed protection was gone, and the King's Pillars were no longer effective. However, the accident happened.

As the tides of energy spread out, a glittering egg that was more than five meters tall appeared in the center. There were weird patterns, and even words that gods used, on the surface of the egg. They flowed slowly on the surface of the egg, which was absorbing the gray mist. There was even a gray halo that enshrouded the egg. That was the power of the gods...

"A reborn god! Damn it, this is a reborn god! A god has been reborn in this place! Oh my god! It's a god that's not fully reborn yet!"

Dalton shrieked and ran close, staring at the egg in the center. The greed in his eyes was undisguised. Not just Dalton, the greed in Dalton's and Levis' eyes made them look more terrifying than a devil overlord.

They all knew what a god that hadn't been completely reborn meant...

The rebirth of a god meant a fresh start. It was like a young beast that hadn't been born. As long as they found a way to contract or control it, they would be commanding the reborn god!

Even if the reborn god couldn't be controlled, if someone got along with him the moment he opened his eyes, or even before he was reborn, the reborn god would be biased towards him after being born.

Every reborn god was destined to ignite the God Fire—hundreds of times faster than human mages could, at that. For the strongest human mages who had a chance to ignite the God Fire, it took them thousands of years on average to do that since they became Magic Apprentices.

In the history of Noscent, the fastest person who reached the peak of the Heaven Rank from a Magic Apprentice finished the quest in only 100 years, but the fastest one to ignite the God Fire spent more than 1,000 years!

There were only a fixed number of human beings who had ever ignited the God Fire. But as for reborn gods, as long as they were reborn successfully, it would only take them several decades for them to ignite the God Fire after they were born.

In only a few decades, they would have an expert who had ignited the God Fire in their organization, not just one who surpassed the Heaven Rank. Even the most stupid man should be aware of the significance.

A reborn god and the god himself were completely different...

Everybody looked at the egg greedily, but Lin Yun put on an awful expression.

He figured out everything that didn't make sense. He had underestimated the 73rd God's caution and wisdom.

The relics were truly the place of the 73rd God rebirth. However, he hadn't been reborn yet.

For such a long time, there was no sign of him in Noscent or the underground world. The only lead was the relics.

That was highly unusual, or downright impossible. The 73rd God had to leave some traces after he was reborn. As long as he attempted to regain his strength, he couldn't have left no traces at all.

After entering the relics, finding the King's Pillars, and tracking them down to the empty ground in the center, Lin Yun thought that the 73rd God had been successfully reborn and left. He tried many ways, but didn't find any other traces. All phenomena and leads suggested that the reborn 73rd God was no longer here...

But at this moment, Lin Yun finally figured out why.

The previous King's Pillars were indeed meant to keep the place a secret. However, the last 24 King's Pillars, which were the most powerful, were not meant for defense, but purely for concealment, at the cost of abandoning any defense!

The 24 King's Pillars were only meant to hide the five-meter-tall egg in the relics that the 73rd God had created. That was a very easy task. Even an expert at the peak of the Heaven Rank wouldn't have noticed anything wrong.

Also, with the knowledge of the King's Pillars in this era, it would be impossible to remove or destroy them in 1,000 years, which would be long enough for the 73rd God to be truly resurrected.

Yes, resurrection. That terrifying guy set up all the disguises, pretending that he had already left. He even recklessly abandoned all defense, just to cover up the fact that he was still hiding, and waiting for his resurrection.

He never planned to be reborn in this world; he wanted to be resurrected directly!

He had spent thousands of years accumulating his mana in the underground world, just so that he could be completely resurrected. When he was resurrected, he would still be the 73rd God, with at least 30% of his total strength.

A living god with 30% of his strength would be capable of crushing Noscent. It would be very easy for him to destroy Noscent. There would be no stopping him!

Lin Yun remembered the walls of mist he saw, which puzzled him earlier. The power accumulated in the walls of mist was mana for the gods, but it didn't carry any mark. That power was unowned, and yet it was horrifyingly abundant. If it burst out, it could destroy half of the underground world easily.

The 73rd God went through so much trouble to gather all the power. Why would he abandon it here? After he absorbed the power, he would be able to regain 10% of his strength.

Everything started to make sense...

That terrifying man had done all the preparations for resurrection since the very beginning. Even the Raging Flame Emperor was tricked. It was not rebirth at all, and certainly not the rebirth to Noscent.

He arrived in the underground world, beyond anyone's expectation. He made a lot of puzzling arrangements afterwards. Even if anyone tracked him down, they would only find the worthless relics that suggested he'd once lived here. After the rare materials were taken away, the relics would be as unattractive as any other ruins.

Nobody would pay any attention to the relics. Then, the 73rd God would accumulate his power in the place that everybody had forgotten until his final resurrection...

Had it not been for Lin Yun, who knew the King's Pillars very well, and who shouldn't be here at all, the 73rd God's plan would've been impeccable. Nothing could've possibly stopped him from resurrection...

Seeing the egg, Lin Yun suddenly felt cold sweat on his forehead and his back.

However, before Lin Yun came back to himself from the enormous shock, Dalton, Danason and Levis had started confronting each other...

Ever since the egg appeared, all the agreements that they had struck had been nullified. None of them would let anyone else keep the egg. They wouldn't be safe until they claimed it.

The Holy Light Alliance, the Storm Tower, and the Chester Family weren't really close. The Holy Light Alliance almost considered the other two as enemies. There were a lot of grievances among them. Those two forces would never let the Holy Light Alliance have the egg.

As for the Storm Tower and the Chester Family, their territories were far away from each other, and they were almost total strangers. Facing such a great treasure, it wouldn't be a big deal even if they were to fight each other...

The three forces began to confront each other, but they didn't ignore Lin Yun. There were actually four parties that were confronting each other. The egg couldn't be split up, and only one god was to be reborn. Only one party would be able to control or get intimate with the egg. Nobody would trust another person so much as to share the egg with him...

Lin Yun put on an awful expression when he saw the situation. Those people would be no different from the greediest devils if they wore devils' masks...

"Guys, calm down! Goddamn it. This is not a god that's to be reborn; it's one that's waiting to be resurrected. Do you know what resurrection means? It's not rebirth at all!"

If those idiots took away the egg that the 73rd God transformed into, then it would be a real disaster.

Here, the 73rd God had to hide himself, and keep a low profile while he gathered strength for resurrection. If the egg was taken out, whoever took it would definitely let it absorb as much power as possible at whatever costs.

To be helped by one of the most powerful organizations was much more convenient than to absorb and gather power in a shelter. The 73rd God would be awakened hundreds of times faster.

When the 73rd God's consciousness was awakened, and he returned to this place to absorb the accumulated power, he would grow strong enough to crush Noscent in a couple of years.

The matter was so critical that Lin Yun had to explain to those people truthfully. But obviously, those guys had already been blinded by greed. They wouldn't believe anything that anyone else said at this moment. They only trusted themselves...

With bloodshot eyes, Dalton turned his head and glared at Lin Yun, with a smile of disdain on his face.

"Mafa Merlin, you are a jerk that's greedier than a devil and more unscrupulous than a demon. You claimed all the strange stone pillars, which were likely this god's weapons in the past.

"Yet, you're still unsatisfied, and you want to claim this reborn god. Damn you, heretic that should've been purged. Now, go to hell!"

Dalton had almost been infuriated. The greatest treasures in the relics were the King's Pillars, but Lin Yun took all of them. He had found some, but couldn't take them away. At this moment, the reborn god, which was even more valuable, had been discovered, so Dalton couldn't hold back any longer.

Earlier, he had worried that if he were to fight, the Storm Tower and the Chester Family would take advantage of him. But it was fine now. Everybody was an enemy to each other, so he could just fight. One fewer competitors would mean that everybody else would have a better chance of winning the jackpot.

Holy light sprayed from the sky. A sword of holy light dozens of meters long slashed at Lin Yun's head brutally. Lin Yun vanished. On the ground where the sword of holy light hit, a cross mark hundreds of meters long appeared. Immediately, the ground cracked within a radius of hundreds of meters, as if holy light had exploded underground.

Dalton initiated the battle. Nearby, Danason's Snake Tail Beast raised its snake-like tail, which opened its mouth, and let out a soundless roar at Levis. The power that could shock the soul seemed to have crossed the space, and hit Levis precisely.

But Levis was already vigilant. He unfolded his Fusion Shield, and took out a crystal figurine that was in the shape of a monster. He was covered in shimmering light that resisted all the soul shock.

A great battle began...

Dalton fought Lin Yun, and Danason fought Levis...

The experts of the Holy Light Alliance fought Xiuban and Reina, and the members of the Chester Family summoned their beasts, fighting mages of the Storm Tower...

Lin Yun looked quite awful after the battle began. The space here seemed to have been locked down. It was possible to detect the five magic battleships, but he couldn't send any instructions to them. He couldn't even open his Natural Demiplane.

After the egg appeared, the space was completely locked down. He released a Four Element Bomb that hit the egg. A mushroom cloud that was filled with destructive power rose to the sky.

Before anyone felt surprised, an invisible power had swept across the mushroom cloud, and revealed the egg that was floating in the sky. The egg was enshrouded in a gray halo that nothing else could possibly destroy. That was the power of gods that couldn't be weakened.