CHAPTER 254: CHAPTER 107 MECHANICAL GOD SECT SAGE_2

As Lin Rui walked in, Walnut said, "Lord, the style of this mural seems to be a remnant of the mechanical faction."

Using the glow of Spiritual Energy, Lin Rui examined the content of the mural. It appeared to depict the arrival of a powerful Mechanical God Sect Sage to this world, possessing the ability of Mechanical Ascension, capable of arming any believer through limb modification and encasing them in mechanical constructs.

This human modification technology quickly angered the deities of this world. If people could gain strength without needing to believe in the divine, how could gods intervene in the mortal realm?

Thus, the Defender Knight Order of the divine spirits was dispatched, leading to a fierce battle with the Mechanical God Sect Sage.

The battle was so intense it fractured the earth, causing magma to surge towards the sky. The cooled rocks formed blood-red mountains.

Audrey pointed at the blood-red mountains in the mural and asked, "Hey, Lord, doesn’t this red mountain look a bit like the Bloodbath Mountain at the entrance of our domain?"

Lin Rui frowned slightly because he also noticed that the shattered earth seemed to be located where the giant lake beside the domain was.

The Golden Pansy Domain was actually located on this former battlefield!

Walnut’s surprised voice chimed in, "Lord, look further down, the Demon Legion has appeared!"

Lin Rui glanced in the direction she pointed, and sure enough, in the subsequent mural content, with the earth fractured, the Demon Legion emerged from the magma.

These blood-red demons raised blades resembling lava, painting the entire world a doomsday crimson.

The following mural content became chaotic, seemingly as the painter could no longer support even the basic drawing task.

The scene was rough and haphazard, sometimes depicting giant mechanical bodies battling demons, other times dense arrays of war machines showering projectiles into the sky. Their targets included giant dragons, demons, pegasi, and some bizarre creatures hard to identify.

It seemed the painter had gone mad, with his mechanical army crazily attacking every creature that appeared in sight.

The final scene was even more absurd, knights clad in bright armor, riding mechanical land birds, using war machines, and even straddling two-wheeled heavy armored motorcycles, piercing their longs spears through the chest of the Mechanical Sage.

Seeing this, Lin Rui waved his hand dismissively and said, "Ignore the theatrics of this mural; I don’t believe there would be such foolish knights in the world, charging with longs spears on heavy motorcycles. Cut open the mural; the treasure should be behind it. The real history should be that this Traveling Mage was injured by the local Church Defense Army using swords and halberds, fleeing here to build a tomb."

Audrey, somewhat naïve and sweet, exclaimed, "How powerful a knight must be to defeat this Mechanical God Sect Sage amidst such gunfire and projectiles? I feel not even my entire Undead Army could break through his fire blockade."

Although this mural seemed theatrical, the Traveling Mage’s strength couldn’t be faked.

Typically, only Super-Tier Troops above Tier Five have the physical ability to cross planes. And it requires fortuitous circumstances to achieve. For examples like the devil and flame demon, they are mostly summoned.

Therefore, the strength of this Traveling Mage is at least Tier Six.

Lin Rui calmly analyzed, "As long as the knight’s equipment is strong enough, like fully equipped with Silver Shield Runes that fix a 500-point damage reduction, then gunfire and projectiles pose little threat to them."

The empire’s three cardinal principles are loyalty, steel, and Spiritual Energy.

The mural depicted exactly the scene of a world-shattering clash between steel and Spiritual Energy.

While Lin Rui spoke, others began hacking at the mural, azure Spiritual Blades flashing in the dark, creating a flickering play of swords and shadows.

But a surprising scene unfolded, a ripple-like green Spiritual Energy halo erupted from the rough, dim mural.

Walnut exclaimed, "Lord, even I can’t cut through this mural wall; the Spiritual Energy seems absorbed by this halo."

Lin Rui stood with hands behind his back before the wall, saying, "It’s not absorbed by the halo, but rather your Spiritual Energy is dispersed like ripples on water. Or more precisely, your individual attacks haven’t surpassed the damage reduction limit of this defensive barrier."

Walnut frowned slightly and asked, "Then what do we do?"

She already was the strongest damage dealer in the team.

Though she was a Combat Priestess, part of the Priest Corps, a not-so-conventional one, closer to the close-combat, slashing Female Noble Legion, her Tier Four Heroic Spirit level damage output was higher than Tier Four knights.

If her attacks couldn’t break the defense limit here, wouldn’t they return empty-handed before the treasury?

Lin Rui calmly said, "Actually, it’s simple. Keep chopping! Damage reduction is never invincible; as long as there’s True Damage, even if its halo persists, True Damage can penetrate it, leaving sword marks on the mural, eventually splitting it apart."

Saying that, he waved his hand, and fifteen Mirror Images appeared beside him.

The resplendent Magic Array glowed brightly, and a swordsman, clad in heavy armor and wielding a golden longsword, emerged in the air above the Magic Array.

"Sword cleaves flesh, heart cleaves soul. The swordsman is at your service."

[Destiny Card One: Long Sword Service: Sword cleaves flesh, heart cleaves soul.! Increases base Physical Attack Power by 50%, Critical Strike Rate +15%, overall Attack Speed +15%, attacks carry Spiritual Damage proportional to the soul, duration 30 minutes.]

"Bravery and sacrifice, the knight is at your service."

[Destiny Card Two: Knight’s Shelter: Bravery and sacrifice! Increases base Physical Attack Power by 20%, Physical Defense +30%, Spiritual Defense +50%, attacks carry (Physique + Will + Soul) *2 points of Divine Damage, duration 30 minutes.]

"A perfect blend of strength and elegance, the Empress is at your service."

[Destiny Card Three: As if I Were Present: A perfect blend of strength and elegance! All attacks carry an additional 50% Divine Damage; hitting the same target three times creates a Blazing Majesty Special Effect, causing True Damage totaling 18.6% of the three hits, duration 30 minutes.]

"Repentance and atonement, the Repentant Nun is at your service."

[Destiny Card Four: Repentant Nun: Repentance and atonement! Each time the target receives damage, it carries an additional 10% of the previous damage as True Damage. Duration 30 minutes.]

Various cards of blue, purple, and gold appeared, swiftly attaching to the wrists of the Mirror Images.

Visibly, all Mirror Images were reporting their internal Spiritual Reaction.

The fifteen Mirror Images simultaneously swung their swords, and the sword shadows in the Spiritual Reaction instantly illuminated the entire dark tomb.

Amidst the dense sword shadows seemingly slicing through the darkness, the halo in front of the mural trembled violently.

Everyone could see that this halo was already overburdened by the sword light, its enormous tension likely to burst the defensive halo at any moment.

More intimidating, with every attack, the Repentant Nun’s repentance effect activated, causing the majestic golden Spiritual Energy within the halo to continually expand and stack exponentially at 110%!

The radiant golden Spiritual light surged unstoppably, filling the halo, then erupted violently like a spherical shockwave, sweeping outward rapidly.

Where the Spiritual Energy swept through, a profound, mysterious verdant green dark barrier descended from above.

At this moment, everyone seemed to be detached from the gloomy tomb, entering another bizarre and fantastical world.

Everyone immediately gripped their weapons, vigilant in all directions.

Audrey cautiously said to Lin Rui, "Lord, the moment the barrier appeared, my undead guarding the caravan outside suffered fierce attacks, all falling."

Lin Rui nodded and said, "Deal with the immediate situation first."

Walnut’s surprised voice came through, "Lord, it seems this is the mural world! Those creatures that once fought the Traveling Mage are rushing in!"

Creatures and knights that once battled the Traveling Mage all appeared in this eerie barrier! Instantly, everyone’s bodies tensed. Could it be that all demons and giant dragons had appeared?