Elite Mages' Academy

Chapter 512: Returned To Its Rightful Owner

Valen’s power did not come from himself, but was instead a special external power. Even if Xiao Lin did not know how that cursed priest Asabanor did it, he just needed to cut off Valen’s connection to the dark resurrection tower to stop his power.

Those threads were the connection between Valen and the resurrection towers. Without cutting that connection off, there was no way to defeat Valen. Xiao Lin had said so much not to converse with Valen, but to stall for more time for Ibeiya.

Xiao Lin already had a suspicion earlier, which was why he immediately got Ibeiya to head to the nearest resurrection tower to check it out. If it came to be true, then she was to find Liang Taibai and destroy the resurrection tower.

Even if it was taking longer than he expected, Xiao Lin still believed in Ibeiya. True enough, it was delayed, but the threads that represented the power of the resurrection tower finally left Valen’s body, being cut up like kite strings, disappearing into the air.

Valen did not seem to have noticed, but the Eye of Truth could see it all. In contrast, the person that was affected was the one who had a hard time seeing through it.

Since his goal was accomplished, Xiao Lin did not bother wasting time talking to the man anymore. Valen did not seem to have had enough, furrowing his eyebrows as he said unhappily, “Why aren’t you continuing? If I’m happy enough, I might even let you live.”

Xiao Lin smiled coldly. With the current situation, Xiao Lin definitely needed to be rescued if he were to get out alive, Valen naturally knew that as well. Letting him live was just a cruel lie.

Valen still did not know he had lost the source of his strength, as well as the power to resurrect. However, his current power would not disappear just like that, which meant that Xiao Lin still needed to kill him once for it all to end. For Xiao Lin, who had run out of power, it was impossible.

Xiao Lin had planned on his Ruin state still being around by the time Ibeiya got Liang Taibai to destroy the black resurrection tower, then he would use his dragon breath to kill Valen, but he did not expect everything to be delayed for so long.

Thankfully, Xiao Lin had other plans. He had wanted to get more information from Valen, such as information about Asabanor, but with Valen’s increasing impatience, Xiao Lin knew he did not have much time left, and he could no longer hesitate with his life on the line.

So, Xiao Lin reached his hand out, using all the mental strength he had gathered up during his forced conversation with Valen.

Valen felt that something was off, but he only smiled. He was too conceited and had too much confidence. He thought that anything Xiao Lin did would be futile. No spell that could be used with that little mental strength would harm Valen, and with that, he lost his last chance.

In the next moment, a shocking amount of death energy began to seep out, like a volcano finally erupting after being contained for too long. Valen did not even have the chance to retract the pleased look from his face, since the death energy that seeped out was too close. In just a flash, a sword surrounded by a black aura pierced through Valen’s heart.

Xiao Lin finally let out a breath of relief after his sneak attack was successful. Standing behind Valen was the black knight. The undead knight still had its full suit of armor on, and the only holes were for its eyes that danced with green flames. It had loyally followed Xiao Lin’s orders, and no matter how hard Valen struggled, how hard Valen slammed his fists on the armor, it held onto the sword tightly, completely plunging the sword into Valen’s body.

“You really should not have shown my stuff off in front of me!” Xiao Lin finally managed to vent, smiling with mockery. “Weren’t you so curious as to why you could not open the ring, and why I can do it so easily?”

Valen just stared. He opened his mouth to speak, but all that came out of his mouth were the remnants of his organs. The blade held by the black knight was no ordinary weapon, it had a large and thick amount of decaying aura, which was seeping into Valen’s body.

“You want to know the reason? Oh, I won’t tell you!”

The black knight had always been in the spatial ring. The ring was taken away when Xiao Lin was kidnapped, and Xiao Lin saw the ring again on Valen’s hand at the start of the banquet.

It was not impossible to force Valen to return it, but Xiao Lin was sure that Valen could not open the spatial ring. It had been sealed by Silverlight who had lived for thousands of years, and only Xiao Lin’s own mental strength was allowed inside. Only those with greater power than Silverlight could force themselves in, and no matter how strong Valen was, he definitely was not at that level.

Valen had definitely seen through the shocking value of the ring. Even if he could not use it, he would definitely not throw it away. It was this greed that had caused his own demise. Xiao Lin had already started considering this plan the moment he saw the spatial ring. The black knight was actually stronger than he was, and would definitely not be detected by Valen.

Thankfully, Valen’s strength had been depleted. Xiao Lin had actually been very worried that the black knight would not be able to kill Valen in one blow. After all, he could not accurately say how powerful Valen was after his transformation.

Valen was unable to accept the result, and was struggling as he laughed. Even if his carelessness had led to him receiving a fatal blow, he only needed to resurrect before he could destroy that man in front of him.

After a few seconds, Valen’s face stiffened. He could feel his strength rapidly disappearing. After resurrecting a few times, he knew that it definitely was not a sign of resurrection.

Surprise, cluelessness, shock, and rage…

Many expressions flashed through Valen’s face. He finally understood something, but did not seem to have grasped the reason. It was a pity he would never understand it. He fixed his glare on Xiao Lin, hoping to get an explanation for his death, but Xiao Lin had already issued the last order to the black knight.

Valen had died to his own hubris. If he had killed Xiao Lin earlier, he would not be in this situation. Xiao Lin could not commit the same error.

“Eliminate him!”

The black knight raised his sword, and slashed through Valen’s throat. Valen’s head quickly flew off, and his body collapsed. Once Xiao Lin retrieved his ring, he threw the corpse into a fire before picking up the head, eyes still open. He walked out of the castle, swaying in his steps.