Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 271 The Legend of Ending Life

After confirming the possibility that the Scorching Lord had entered the magic network space in a physical form, Harvey immediately decided to use a "localized" tracking method to re-search the area where the legendary Chief Magic Pattern disappeared.

This method was taught to him free of charge by Mr. Heart Demon, a native of the Demon Network. According to him, every Heart Demon individual living in the Demon Network space is good at using it. After all, there is no concept of direction and distance in the real world here. It is essentially a distorted high-dimensional space. Even the native races that have reproduced for thousands of years can easily get lost in the depths of some dark and boundless space.

The method provided by Mr. Heart Demon is to use the natural tendency of magic network creatures such as demon spirits to pure magic energy to materialize the location of possible "dark passages" in any area.

The so-called "dark channels" actually correspond to those thick crimson energy pipelines densely distributed in space. According to Harvey's understanding, they are hidden energy pipelines that cannot be observed by the naked eye.

Rich and pure magical energy also exists in these "dark passages", but compared to the gentle flow of magical energy in the visible pipelines, the flow rate of magical energy in them is more violent. Except for special magical creatures such as the demon spirits, the mental projection of any wanderer cannot easily enter them, and even the inner demons that originally lived here cannot stay for a long time.

To use Mr. Heart Demon's words, after entering the magical torrent of these "dark passages", the wanderer's mental projection is like a clay sculpture that is quickly washed away and melted, while the Heart Demon clan is more like round pebbles in the river. Although they will not melt, they will be washed away by the strong current. Only creatures like demon spirits can move freely in it like fish, swimming downstream or upstream at will.

"The visible energy channels are like the veins of the human body, and the dark channels are probably the arteries. This entire magic network space is like the interior of a giant creature. I just don't know if there are similar areas like the aorta and the heart at the end of the blood vessels..."

Harvey was startled by the sudden imagination in his mind. After thinking about it carefully, he felt a little chilled, as if he was really in the body of a prehistoric giant at this moment, like an infinitely small and fragile foreign parasite.

He subconsciously shook his head to drive away these disturbing thoughts, then dived into the soul beach of his spiritual anchor and took out a few living demons that were raised there.

These demons were captured by Mr. Heart Demon for him. They had no way of surviving for long in the real world. Harvey had a sudden idea to bring them all to Soul Beach, but he didn't dare put them into the sea for fear of not being able to retrieve them. He could only find a few potholes on the reef beach and throw them in. Unexpectedly, they could actually survive. This also shows that Soul Beach can allow them to absorb the magic energy in the magic network space to survive.

Harvey held a few twisting monsters in his hands, and carefully used his mental power to transform them into a fine illusory net bag to cover them. Then he raised his hand and threw them. Several big-headed tadpole-like monsters immediately floated in the air. Their round heads without facial features looked around as if sniffing, and then they immediately twisted their bodies flexibly and swam towards an empty area where there seemed to be nothing.

The demons are not magical creatures without intelligence and thinking. At least they are very clear that if they get into the gentle and peaceful visible energy pipeline, the possibility of being captured again will be greater. Only by diving into the surging "dark passage" can they escape.

Harvey manipulated several thin threads of mental power, just like an ordinary hunter leading a hunting dog to track and hunt in the wilderness, and let the evil spirits lead him forward.

The demons quickly arrived at that area and began to circle around an empty space. Finally, a larger demon could not bear it any longer and a strange translucent bubble condensed from the front of its round head. The rest of the demons followed suit and also condensed bubbles of different sizes from their heads.

After these bubbles separated from the demon's body, they floated forward slowly and freely, but soon seemed to touch an invisible obstacle and then burst silently.

In a flash, Harvey watched the void in front of him melt into an irregular hole as if it had been corroded, and a strong and rich magical energy wave surged out from it like a storm.

"This is it... the entrance to a secret passage that only demons can open!"

Several evil spirits quickly got in, shaking their heads and tails. Harvey's eyes narrowed, and he immediately condensed hundreds of fine mental threads, wrapping himself tightly to form a giant cocoon-like protective shell, and then let the evil spirits lead him into the "dark passage".

With the demon spirit leading the way, Harvey was not afraid of getting lost in the dense spider-web-like dark passages. After all, the mental power provided by the mental anchor was huge and inexhaustible. As long as the cocoon-like shell was not washed away and broken, he would not have to worry about the projection of his own mental power being washed away and dissolved by the violent magic energy.

Contrary to its usual behavior, the demon spirits did not move downstream in the direction of the violent magic power, but twisted their bodies upstream. With these energetic "hounds", Harvey also moved slowly and easily in the direction of the magic power.

All around him was darkness, yet he could sense the constant, uncontrolled surge of pure magical energy impacting his cocoon-like shell, giving him the illusion of actually being transported through a thick artery. After struggling forward for about ten minutes, the demonic spirit he had been pulling along suddenly dispersed ahead, seemingly reaching a slightly wider fork in the dark passage.

Harvey carefully released his mental tentacles, avoiding the turbulent magical energy that was whistling past, and groping to sense the area where the demon spirit suddenly stopped.

A layered old voice suddenly sounded in Harvey's mind.

"Who... is it? Who came... here?"

Harvey's heart skipped a beat, and he was so frightened that he almost left the magic network space. It took him a while to barely distinguish that the voice that had just spoken seemed to be the missing Mr. Burning Lord.

But...but it sounds like he is not the only one.

Harvey tentatively responded with his mental power, "Is this Mr. Scorching Lord? I've been guided by Mr. Turing to search for you... Your sudden disappearance in the Sky Region has caused concern among the other two Chief Excellencies."

After a moment, a low sigh was heard, followed by a series of overlapping but unusually incoherent voices.

"They...you...shouldn't have come...here, shouldn't have come to see me..."

What on earth had happened to Mr. Scorching Master? Harvey's mind was in a state of confusion, but relying solely on his mental perception was no way to fully understand the other party's current state. It seemed that he had been hiding in this fork in the dark passage since he disappeared.

"Mr. Scorching Lord? Are you trapped here? Or have you been attacked by a powerful enemy and sustained damage, preventing you from escaping?"

This time, the other party was silent for a long time before slowly answering: "There is no... strong enemy, it's my own... problem."

The pauses and breaks in his voice became more and more obvious, as if every time the Lord of Burning Heat spoke a word, there were two people hiding in the dark who were clumsily imitating his voice, as funny as a parrot imitating a human voice.

Harvey suppressed his confusion and discomfort and asked, "Then why have you stayed here? Did you enter the magic network in the form of flesh and blood?"

"Hmm... I can only take a risk with the method the teacher left behind... maybe there really will be a turning point."

The legendary chief seemed a little confused, repeating himself as if mumbling to himself, making Harvey completely unsure whether he was really communicating with him normally.

But the other party's next words made him completely understand the truth of this missing case.

"Super Star Prophecy... Having learned that my... lifespan was nearing its end, I was forced... to attempt... the ancient witchcraft... the ritual of merging flesh and soul."

(End of this chapter)