Dark Wizard: Rise! My undead army!

The remaining two were not idle either. One of them pressed his hands down, and a powerful mental confinement field silently spread, causing Lynn's mental reaction to freeze.

The invisible soul threads that had been wrapped around the other person's fingertips suddenly tightened, disrupting the stability of the space and the flow of energy around Lynn.

Lynn was terrified.

The four of them had clearly practiced extensively and their teamwork was flawless.

They had a clear division of labor: control, interference, soul sealing, and physical elimination!

That's so cruel! They didn't give him a single chance to resist!

Who the hell is it?!

They actually dared to murder him, a "hero," during the war, and on the teleportation array to return him to the academy!

Aren't you afraid of being punished by the academy for acting like this?

Regardless of Lynn's doubts, the attacks relentlessly targeted his vital points.

At this moment, the passive protection of [Tears of Tranquility] was activated, blocking the mental interference from an apprentice.

But it can't stop physical attacks!

The speed of the first-circle sorcery is too fast!

The two are way too close!

Pulled by the power of space, Lynn's reaction was fatally slow by half a beat!

"Pfft—!"

Lynn only had time to activate the [Negative Energy Shield] that came with the nameplate, and the small stone inside the witch's robe instantly supported the [Symbiotic Barrier].

The "Heart-Piercing Bone Spike" pierced through two layers of shields and the weak protection of the negative-energy affinity wizard's robes without any hindrance, piercing his chest and accurately shattering his heart!

"Ugh—!"

An indescribable, excruciating pain and the chilling sensation of life being swiftly ebbed away exploded within me!

Lynn's vision went black as blood gushed from his mouth and the wound on his chest.

He could clearly feel his beating heart being completely destroyed, and his life force was dissipating at an alarming rate.

Almost at the same instant his heart shattered, another [Mind Prison] reached his body, heading straight for his soul!

Dead End!

If you are hit, your soul will be immediately imprisoned, leaving you completely at the mercy of others!

The instinct for survival enabled Lynn to unleash all his power in the last moment before his consciousness was about to fade!

All his mental energy poured into the gray-white [Disintegrating Ring] on his right index finger like a burst dam!

"Open it!!!"

Om-! ! !

An invisible disintegrating force field suddenly erupted! The range was not large, but it completely enveloped him!

[Mind Cage] The moment it touches the force field, it's like hitting a rapidly spinning wall of chaos, and the soul-locking structure within is instantly deflected!

The dim light narrowly missed Lynn's head, striking the distorting spatial barrier behind him and creating a ripple.

Once the space stabilized, Lynn realized that the teleportation point was not an academy at all, but clearly a wilderness.

It turns out they had planned this all along!

Even the deacon who operates the teleportation array is one of their people!

There's no point in thinking about these things now; let's save our lives first!

The four apprentices unleashed a barrage of witchcraft in an attempt to kill Lynn, but all their spells were blocked by the force field.

Three breaths!

The effect of the Shattering Ring lasts only three breaths!

Moreover, due to the full activation, the ring itself developed minor cracks after the effect wore off, and was on the verge of being unusable.

But those three breaths gained are an insurmountable chasm between life and death!

With blood streaming from his mouth and nose, Lynn, with his eyes bloodshot and his mouth and nose bleeding, relied on his extremely tenacious will to squeeze out the last bit of mental energy in his spiritual sea and tear open the passage of the Undead Ring!

"Megatron—!!!"

The dark golden monarch, accompanied by a dragon roar of extreme rage, violently shattered space and descended upon this unstable wilderness!

It immediately saw the terrifying penetrating wound and near-death state of its master's chest, and its violent dragon might and killing intent exploded as if they were real!

The enormous bony tail, like a battering sledgehammer, swept fiercely towards the four apprentices who were about to rush up and finish them off, accompanied by a piercing whistling sound.

"Stop it! Kill Lynn!"

The lead apprentice was filled with shock and anger, and he retreated hastily while roaring.

However, Megatron's furious attack was not so easily blocked.

The terrifying force instantly swept away the two apprentices at the forefront, along with the undead guards they had hastily summoned, with the sound of bones shattering clearly audible!

Taking advantage of the brief chaos, Megatron disregarded the need to attack again and swiftly picked up Lynn, whose consciousness was beginning to fade, and tossed him to the relatively safe recess of the bone armor behind his neck.

Then, without the slightest hesitation, it pushed off the ground with all four legs and began a desperate, reckless race toward the place it knew best!

Every step left deep cracks on the pale bone plain.

"Don't even think about escaping!"

The apprentice leader's face was ashen; he hadn't expected Lynn to be able to fight back and summon his mount even with his heart destroyed.

He quickly took out a bone flute engraved with soul runes and blew a sharp, eerie whistle.

The ground churned, and a level 4 bone snake, fifteen meters long with illusory soul chains wrapped around its joints, burst forth from the earth!

Clearly, the enemy had made thorough preparations; behind these third-class apprentices, there must be a formal wizard supporting them!

Otherwise, given their strength, they would have been killed by the bone snake's tail long ago.

This bone snake was clearly specially crafted; it was as fast as a ghost, had a sinister aura, and was especially adept at interfering with and tracking souls.

The apprentice leader leaped onto the snake's head, and the other four followed suit, each riding a bone snake.

The bone serpent let out a silent hiss, twisted its body, and transformed into a white shadow, chasing after Megatron in the direction he had fled at an astonishing speed!

Its speed was even faster than Megatron running on land!

Megatron sensed the powerful aura rapidly approaching from behind and let out a furious growl, increasing his speed to the maximum.

The fierce wind swept over Lynn's battered body, taking away even more of his body heat and life.

Lying on the bumpy bone armor, Lynn's vision began to blur and become unfocused.

The excruciating pain turned into numbness, and a chilling sensation spread throughout the body.

"Am I... going to die?"

At that moment, the image of the old apprentice at the "Star Observatory" suddenly appeared before his eyes.

"Death...life...it will...the opportunity to choose..."

The old apprentice's profound words flashed through his dying consciousness like the last spark.

Oh, right! The heart...that...dark gold heart...

With the last ounce of control he had left over his body, Lynn struggled to raise his bloodstained right hand, activated the ring, and pulled out the ever-beating heart.

With no time to think and no chance to examine himself, driven entirely by his dying instincts, he pressed the gun hard against the empty wound on his chest!

The instant that dark gold heart came into contact with his shattered flesh—

Boom! ! !

A sound far more powerful and resonant than flesh and blood, as if pulsating from the depths of the starry sea, suddenly exploded from his chest!

The dark gold heart shone brightly!

Those intricate veins seemed to come alive, instantly extending countless golden threads that savagely and precisely pierced into the flesh, bones, and even deeper energy veins surrounding his wound!