Wumeng ran desperately.
"It's Heinz... Damn it, at least this news needs to be spread. After midnight, the mission should be considered completed. It's not that I don't want to save him, but I really can't save him this time..."
He jumped directly over a low building. Although the restricted air prohibited flying and other methods, it could not prevent people from jumping. And Wumeng—at least his true form—had learned a lot of weird little spells during his travels with Pablo.
"But the question is who to look for? Who do I know in this scene... Lu Ning? Zhuo Ye? Duan Yunxiu? Or should I go to Tokadev with the eyes of that black magician? Why do I always do this kind of communication? ?”
Wumeng muttered to himself as if he was under self-hypnosis, and quickly crossed the boundary between areas.
"There are no tourists in the Emerald District... Book Burner!"
He rolled, dodged a shot, and instantly hid in the shadows behind a house. At the same time, a man wearing a black burqa and a mask walked out holding a shotgun in his left hand and a heavy hammer in his right hand.
"Running on the street in the middle of the night, it seems there is something urgent."
The book-burning official let out a low laugh.
"Then, regardless of whether it has anything to do with us or not, you are just unlucky."
Wumeng picked up a small round lens and took a sneak peek, and breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, it's just a great magician... What am I so happy about?"
He turned around and rushed into the alley. Without being able to fly, the great mage might not be as fast as him in terms of running speed. For Wumeng, finding a school to hide in or finding the secret guardian of this block is the solution to the problem.
But he still had to deliver the message, and the most important thing about the message was timeliness. Having done this countless times, whether actively or passively, he knew very well that he didn't have much time to waste now. After just a moment's thought, he made his decision.
At the same time, after Lu Ning in the Moonstone District asked Pierre to take care of Jiefeni, she went to the alchemy laboratory to continue the work of dismantling the crystal.
The problems encountered by the library itself were no longer within her reach, and Lu Ning's principle was to ignore them if she really couldn't reach them, and just concentrate on adding to her own strength. After collecting the Crystals of Light and Crystals of Darkness, she was basically ready for other tasks.
The dismantling work was not particularly smooth. The closer the crystallization was to the central area, the more complex its components were, and the more repeated refining required. Thanks to Lu Ning's already proficient in the method of constantly adjusting the flow of magic power to change the refining standards, otherwise it would have taken even longer.
When dawn came, she finally removed all the crystals outside the layer of fuzzy material. At this moment, Lu Ning activated the protection device of the alchemy platform to prevent any dangerous reaction from the fuzzy material.
But it was better than expected. The fuzzy lump just lay quietly on the alchemy table without any abnormality.
"Lillian, it's morning." Pierre opened the door to the laboratory, "Do you want to eat something?"
"Well, I'll be there in a moment. Is the commotion outside over?"
"No...it seems that something went wrong in the library. Even the mages from the special operations team didn't show up. Now some book-burning officials have dared to show up openly. The only good news is that they haven't attacked the school yet. .”
"What are they doing?" Lu Ning asked while looking at the last piece of material.
"Burning books. Although they no longer have magic books in their hands, they seem to have mastered many rubbings and are now using them as fuel for their weapons. I'm afraid we won't be peaceful here for long."
"Did the leader of the other party show up?"
"There seem to be a few Imperial Saints. The guards can't control such enemies. However, they seem to be concentrating on the work of burning books and not killing people wantonly. Many schools have opened defense nets, but the magic books released The number of monsters is also increasing, and it may be difficult to support them if this continues."
"Okay, please protect this place. I will go up after analyzing this."
Pierre sighed, turned and walked back upstairs.
Lu Ning continued to use various instruments to perform analytical work.
"The Star Seer...he put himself into this state, in order to become a perfect sacrifice, such a perfect sacrifice...tsk."
There were a lot of wrong marks in the composition readings. Lu Ning immediately removed the tester, took out a scraper to scrape off a little bit of the substance, and put it into the test tube in a different way.
"No, this is not an alchemy I can complete."
After the next result came out, Lu Ning understood that this mass of matter had exceeded his level. No matter how concentrated she was, she could not master and refine this mass of matter in an instant. Those reading errors were not a problem with the instrument, but that the substance itself contained quite a lot of unknown ingredients. Usually the instrument will list the unknown ingredients separately, but once there are too many, the instrument's list will also have an upper limit.
"Then...huh?"
Suddenly there was a flash of light on the alchemy table.
"What's this?"
Lu Ning heard the sound but saw no one. She took a step back and reached out to hold down several potion bottles that had been refined on the table.
"So that's it. I looked for it based on the smell before, but you are still doing alchemy. Ridiculous, ridiculous."
"You are Abel." Lu Ning quickly responded, "Are you still alive?"
"It's hard to define what I am now. At least my life has been freed from the usual physical shackles." The voice responded, "But unfortunately, even this is just the result of careful planning by others. I am special, and I am not . The invisible Abel is still controlled by tangible things today."
"You killed an alchemist earlier."
"Obviously." Abel's voice was ethereal and difficult to distinguish.
"But you stopped on the last one."
"Because I met a person who told me something that made me care more. My alchemy can no longer be triggered by myself, but besides that I still have a little freedom." Abel replied, "And It's obvious you know my weakness."
"A person." Lu Ning didn't know where he was, so he simply said to the air in front of him, "You can't interfere with the attention of multiple people at the same time. Only when that person is acting alone can you use his hands to perform alchemy. But you Why kill people?"
"One of the meanings I was given anew is to kill people." Abel replied, "And now I also understand what the meaning is. Because he needs a soul that has accumulated bad karma, and I am the chosen one. .Oh, maybe more than one soul."
"What?"
"You know my brother, right? Otherwise, after I wake up, I won't be the first to reach your hands."
"You mean Boliwell?"
"Yes, he actually has nothing to do with this matter. The only thing is that he is in Evarang. Is this fate or intentional arrangement? Forget it, it doesn't matter. Alchemist, tell me your name .”
"what you up to?"
"Don't tell me? Forget it, next is the battle between alchemists. My ability is not strong, at the level of a senior alchemist. If you win, you will gain my invisible power, but if you If you lose, you die.”
"What? Why suddenly..."
"I have no time, so I have no choice. If you win, you will understand. If you lose, you don't need to understand."
As Abel finished speaking, the alchemy formation shone with dazzling light. Lu Ning had to pull out the Midas Staff and began to control the flow of magic power on the Qi Lian Transformation Formation. It was obvious that the flow of magic power began to change. The interference was not so strong that it could not be resisted, but it became more and more complex.
She could feel as if there was someone standing in the same position as herself, also controlling the changes in the refining formation. This is impossible to happen in normal alchemy, but due to Abel's own intangibility, such a strange "confrontation" was formed.
Lu Ning immediately cheered up. She knew that Abel's target was the vague substance that could not be analyzed. He regarded this as a subject of competition between the two. However, Lu Ning didn't know how to refine this material or what it would produce.
If the unknown is entered on one side of the equation, what happens on the other side?
I don't know - no one has recorded such a thing in the history of alchemy. No matter how crazy the alchemist is, he will complete the test on the substance before starting the alchemy work, unless his life is in danger.
That's right, Abel seemed to be desperate for his life.
Lu Ning, who calmed down, quickly began to snatch back the nodes where magic power flows from Abel's hands. This is actually not too difficult. Abel was born in the Cardin family where Boliwell lived. He and Boliwell studied alchemy together, and their habits are very similar. At the same time, Lu Ning, Abel's disciple, also read Soygo's notes that condensed Soygo's knowledge, and was very familiar with his alchemy methods. It can be said that Lu Ning is very familiar with the two alchemists Abel is closest to.
The gap between alchemists is purely caused by knowledge and technology. It is true that Lu Ning is not yet able to refine some high-level alchemy products at will, but currently she is only competing for the alchemy plan, so she has no disadvantage.
The flow of magic power continues to change under the control of both parties, and it also consumes the quality of the mass bit by bit. Lu Ning gathered all his energy, and the ring given by Percival glowed slightly on his finger, clearing away the fatigue in his mind.
Both of them differed from each other's style.
Lu Ning is extremely orderly, following certain rules in channeling her magic power. Her adjustments are methodical, and she always stabilizes one node before adjusting the next one, as if arranging troops. Abel, on the other hand, exerts pressure from many parties to disrupt and reshape the magic flow, which is quite a bit of Soygo's "natural alchemy" style. He never cares about one magic node. He will build more nodes to form more... The complex model naturally takes advantage of him as a senior alchemist.
Stability and agility, a staggered attack and defense began on an alchemy table. Neither of them spoke, because apart from each other, there was another most important factor here, and that was the unknown substance on the table.
Ten minutes - just ten minutes, Lu Ning's head was already dripping with sweat, but the unknown substance on the table was also refined during the confrontation. In this way, the first stage of alchemy has been completed, and the next step is The final step is to refine.
Lu Ning raised her hand and pressed the switch that controlled the flow of magic power, and the magic flow instantly jumped to the maximum value. Abel seemed to be very satisfied with this, and even said something softly, but Lu Ning was so focused that he didn't hear it at all. In the high-output magic flow, the strange magic flow model woven by the two began to gather magic power at various nodes. One on the left and one on the right, two circular "bubbles" that were almost invisible to the naked eye were being generated. Abel passed through the invisible Perception, and Lu Ning discovered the two bubbles at the same time through the deflection of the surrounding light.
The substances refined by both sides are the same.
At this moment, Lu Ning was shocked, and Abel was obviously the same.
Although alchemy has a very rigid formula, it also means that there is no absolutely identical alchemical process. Just like the five percent error allowed for a potion, even if the substances exchanged by the target are the same, various factors such as raw materials, techniques, the refining array used, and the Golden Wand will always cause the results to change.
But the two "bubbles" in front of me look exactly the same.
Lu Ning immediately took out two air circuit vibration detectors, which are purity detectors used to detect objects such as metals and artificial life. She aimed at the two bubbles, and soon the test results were displayed.
"one hundred……"
"Unknown substance." Abel added.
For a single unknown substance, the detector will naturally not give false readings, but will be calibrated directly. But this also shows that the ingredients of these two bubbles are extremely pure.
"The only person in the world who has mastered 100-purity refining is Soygo. I don't think our level... can be reached." Lu Ning said.
"But what exactly are these two things? They look like bubbles. Hurry up and analyze the ingredients."
"Abel, the analysis tool has never stopped running." Lu Ning pointed to the side.
Across all tools, the data is now unified and unknown.
The unknown is the scariest thing.
"Hey... look!"
After all, Abel's invisible perception was much sharper than visual capture, and he discovered the changes in the two bubbles earlier. After Lu Ning was reminded by him, he immediately noticed that the two bubbles were stretching at the opposite positions. He pulled out a very thin transparent filament and slowly extended it towards the other side.
"The refining is complete!" Lu Ning hurriedly checked the magic reading. It was no longer consuming magic power to prove that the exchange had been completed. The final size of the two bubbles was only about the same size as an apple, but now this strange phenomenon made her unable to help but think a little. Gotta get out of here.
"If you want to refine it, you need to find something safe! Even I don't know what this is!" Lu Ning threw away the Midas touch and ran towards the door. She didn't know what would happen after the filaments came into contact. But it won't be a good thing.
But before she could open the door, the door opened by itself.
"Ah...my lovely student, it looks like you have encountered a little trouble here?"
The first thing Lu Ning saw was the handsome face of the elemental mage Zafi, followed by Soygo, who was tugging at Geer's collar with a hand. His own clothes were also disheveled, as if he had just had a fight.
...Perhaps it is necessary to retract my preamble. Although Zafi does not look as special as Geer and Soygo, a comparison at this time really seems more reliable.
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