Versatile Mage: Unlimited Swordplay, Deconstructing Everything!

Chapter 171 Half-Step Emperor! Ancient Overlord—Abyssal Netherworld Dragon!

The room where punishment was to be administered was filled with a suffocating atmosphere of violence, as if it were imprisoning an ancient beast that had awakened.

The flickering torches cast a dim, yellowish glow in the darkness, illuminating the smooth walls with shifting light and shadow.

Two scarlet lights suddenly shone in the darkness, piercing through the thick gloom like blood-soaked blades.

The murderous aura that pierced their very souls made the young Blue Star Knights tense up like startled rabbits, their bodies trembling involuntarily.

The leading golden knight had a solemn expression. The fierce aura made him feel very heavy, as if he were being targeted by a demon.

Pang Lai and Song He were also startled by this aura. They looked back and saw that only Mo Fan and Ye Xinxia were in the punishment room. The person who had unleashed this extremely evil and ferocious aura, with the sound of sharp teeth tearing and biting like a demon, could only be Mo Fan!

Old Man Bao frowned slightly. He knew that Mo Fan had mastered demonic power, and if he were to display it at the Parthenon, he would likely be punished as a heretic, which would escalate the situation.

“It’s not just Ye Xinxia. Lin Ling, you deliberately harmed and threatened the life of the Great Sage Merora, and you framed the Temple Mother Pamishi. We will use the Stone of Sin to judge and punish your crimes.”

Just then, Hailong, dressed in dark blue armor and with a serious expression, appeared with a squad of golden knights and raised his hand to block the demonic aura emanating from Mo Fan's rage.

"Jud me? You mean your Parthenon?" Lin Ling responded to Hailong's words with a hint of provocation.

“The Parthenon Temple, like the Holy Inquisition, has independent judicial power! We have the right to judge anyone, even archangels!” Hailong said righteously.

If Lin Ling hadn't known that this guy was also from the Black Church, she almost would have believed him.

The "guilty stone" and "not guilty stone" methods of judgment are outdated and have been used for trials for countless years.

But judging from Hailong's attitude, it's clear that Pamis had guessed something, so she decided to take him down here to avoid further complications.

However, this suited his plan perfectly; the more chaotic the better, so that "she" could take advantage of the chaos to act and see how Wen Tai would react after the situation changed.

"How domineering! But do you think you can take me down?"

Lin Ling raised the corners of her mouth slightly and beckoned to Hailong with a provocative gesture, signaling them to bring it on.

"Golden Knights! Hear my command! Seize Lin Ling, the culprit who harmed the Great Sage and framed the Temple Mother!"

"Yes!!!"

A chilling atmosphere instantly swept across the entire area, making the surrounding temperature seem to drop several degrees.

Each of the Golden Knights exuded a super-rank aura, and even before their magic was released, it distorted the space, bringing an inexplicable sense of oppression to Lin Ling's side.

Although Pang Lai and Song He were both top-tier experts among the super-class, they still felt considerable pressure facing the oppressive aura emanating from twenty super-class mages.

Like Lin Ling, Old Man Bao completely ignored the oppressive feeling.

The gap between forbidden spellcasters and super-level spellcasters cannot be bridged by numbers.

However, he noticed that Heron, the master of the entire Parthenon's Knights Hall, was staring at him.

If he makes any other move, he will be met with a thunderous attack from Hailong.

Forbidden spellcasters can only be fought by other forbidden spellcasters. As the Lord of the Knights Hall, Hailong is also a forbidden spellcaster, and at the peak of his power!

"If you dare to make a move, be prepared to die. I won't show any mercy."

A flash of moon-white light streaked across Lin Ling's deep black eyes. The space behind Lin Ling was brutally torn apart by some terrifying force, along with the oppressive aura of the twenty Golden Knights.

Time seemed to freeze at that moment.

The air was as heavy as lead and mercury, each breath like swallowing viscous resin. Space twisted and collapsed, turning into an invisible swamp, where even the finest dust particles were suspended in mid-air, as if the entire world was being slowly crushed by some unseen force.

A soul-crushing fear suddenly rose from the depths of the Golden Knights' souls; the absolute suppression from the level of life made them freeze abruptly.

The next second, the void trembled, and a shadow that blotted out the sky suddenly appeared from the torn space.

A massive, dark dragon claw, as large as a mountain, burst forth from the sky, its scales flowing with chaotic dark light. It swept across the land with the power to crush everything in its path, causing the air to explode, the palace tiles to shatter in a chain reaction, and even the entire palace to tremble!
"Oops!"

Hailong hadn't expected Lin Ling to strike so hard, but by the time he tried to stop her, it was too late.

boom! ! !
The entire temple crumbled like fragile glass, the majestic dome collapsed under the shadow of the dragon's claws, and stone pillars weighing tens of tons were uprooted like straw.

The golden knights' gleaming armor twisted and deformed the instant it touched the dragon's claws. Like dust casually brushed away by a giant god, their figures drew shrill arcs in the air, armor fragments and blood weaving into a cruel rain of blood amidst the shockwaves.

The enormous commotion seemed to make the entire temple mountain tremble, and the rising smoke was particularly eye-catching.

"I've said it before, be prepared to die."

Hailong felt a chill run through him. Through the rain of blood, he met Lin Ling's cold, dark eyes.

The sound of the Golden Knights crashing to the ground was like a countdown to death, making Hailong's heart skip a beat.

Two dark gray dragon claws flanked Lin Ling on either side. The outline of the dark gray dragon could be vaguely seen in the void, but its true form could not be seen.

But the oppressive feeling brought by the dark dragon claw alone is already no less than that of those so-called supreme monarchs.

"A summoned beast? But in this form, only part of it has been summoned?" Songhe was puzzled.

"The Abyss Ancient Dragon?! The legend recorded on the stone tablet is actually true?"

Pang Lai's exclamation startled Old Man Bao and Song He. Seeing the light in his eyes, they suddenly remembered that Pang Lai was the number one summoner in the Dragon Kingdom.

"A stone tablet? What stone tablet?"

"A stone tablet that records the past history of the Summoning Plane. We have never stopped exploring the Summoning Plane. Although mages cannot get through, dimensional summoned beasts can freely explore that world."

“A few years ago, we obtained an ancient stone tablet from the ruins of the Summoning Dimension, which recorded a terrifying ancient dragon.”

"Its claws tear the world apart, its shadow swallows the light of day. This ancient being from the eternal abyss, with only the residual power of its descent, makes all things tremble and submit."

"This is the record of the Abyssal Ancient Dragon on the stone tablet. It is only a few words, but it describes the overlord at that time. However, we have never found any trace of the Abyssal Ancient Dragon, and no one has even summoned it. I did not expect Lin Ling to summon it."

"What level of summoned beast is this?"

"The Abyssal Ancient Dragon, once fully grown, possesses the strength of a Supreme Monarch, while the Abyssal Ancient Dragon summoned by Lin Ling is a Half-Step Emperor."

　Let's fight! My fists are itching to punch!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)