Chapter 418 Plundering the Island

The defenses of this Gold Digging Island secret base were mostly on the surface of the island. Perhaps Archduke Raphael hadn't anticipated someone silently infiltrating directly into the laboratory.

The Dawn Mercenary Group members looted for a good while before the army began to mobilize outside.

But this secret experimental base was too large, with too many valuable items to move all at once.

Before long, Su Lun sensed something and murmured, narrowing his eyes, "Tsk, as expected, there are top-tier professionals. A very strong fellow has arrived..."

Qian Tiao raised her eyebrows slightly, "Oh?"

Su Lun wasn't surprised at all, saying, "It should be one of the Ten Legendary figures. Let's go, Sister Qian Tiao, let's go take a look."

"Alright!"

Qian Tiao placed her hand on the hilt of her sword, her expression eager.

......

A spatial fluctuation flashed, and the two appeared outside from the laboratory.

As soon as they came out, they heard a commotion.

"Intruders in the laboratory! Lord Commander has ordered all exits sealed! Kill any outsiders without exception!"

"..."

At this moment, hundreds of guards had gathered outside.

Judging by the formation, almost all the second and third-tier professionals in the underground world were here.

Because the laboratory door was completely locked, these people couldn't get in.

They also didn't have the concept of the "outside world," probably thinking it was just some thieves who had gotten in.

But when the spatial rift opened and two people walked out, these people were stunned.

Spatial manipulation?

This was a capability no one had ever seen.

Su Lun and Qian Tiao released their auras, one wielding a black scythe with a looming Death God phantom behind him, the other with purple lightning crackling around her and a dominating Rakshasa golden body behind her.

In the eyes of those people, they were terrifying, like deities.

They couldn't believe that such powerful individuals existed in the world.

Someone fired the first shot, followed by a barrage of gunfire.

Su Lun and Qian Tiao ignored it, the bullets blocked by their protective aura without any effect.

The people in the mine were all slaves from various places who had their memories wiped. They weren't necessarily Raphael's accomplices, and Su Lun didn't intend to indiscriminately kill them.

He glared fiercely, and the Death God phantom behind him suddenly released an invisible pressure.

The hundreds of people felt as if their souls had been struck hard, instantly collapsing into unconsciousness.

Only a few third-tier professionals with strong wills remained, staring in terror at the young man who looked like the true Death God incarnate. One of them was none other than Captain Mark from before!

Seeing his savior here, his eyes were filled with complexity.

The great shock brought about by the collapse of his worldview frequently impacted him, causing some of his understanding of the world to seem to crumble.

.......

The Death God phantom had a deterrent effect, but Su Lun rarely used it.

Because it wasn't very effective against high-level professionals.

It was perfect for clearing out low-level professionals.

Su Lun and Qian Tiao's target had never been these mine guards.

They looked at the castle on the heights; that was where the real threat lay.

Just as they came out, with a "bang," a large hole was blown open in the city wall, and a huge centipede with a metallic sheen darted out.

Looking closer, a person slowly materialized on the skull of the centipede's head.

The person had highly recognizable features, with prominent cheekbones and a wide bone structure, resembling a completely unevolved savage.

Qian Tiao lightly exclaimed, showing no fear, "Oh, it really is this guy."

Su Lun shrugged and said, "That's why I said it would be troublesome to fight."

The person who came was none other than one of the Ten Legendary bounty hunters, "Beast Speaker" Darwin Coboloni.

In fact, when he saw Archduke Raphael's mechanical magic beast legion in Lingdun, he had guessed that this Ten Legendary figure had been recruited.

After all, those mechanical magic beasts were essentially biological modifications, and to control such a large number of them, a top-tier beastmaster was needed.

And seeing those top-tier magic beasts waiting to be modified in the base further confirmed that it was this person.

There weren't many beastmasters who could control top-tier magic beasts.

This one in front of him was the most famous.

With a "clang," a blade was drawn.

The sealed soul of the demon sword Onimaru Hyakume was originally a centipede monster from the mountains, and seeing the large centipede in front of it, the demonic aura on the sword surged out.

The sword intent gathered around Qian Tiao grew stronger and stronger, and she said to Su Lun, "I'll take care of this guy!"

She needed an opportunity to advance to the seventh tier, and an enemy from the "Ten Legendary" was perfect!

Su Lun nodded, "Okay."

He was naturally aware of Qian Tiao's strength.

Even if she couldn't win against this guy, there was no reason for her to lose.

And Su Lun's own abilities were the same; even if he couldn't win, he could at least protect himself.

......

However, what made "Beast Speaker" Darwin troublesome wasn't just his main body. This guy was a top-tier beastmaster.

There was still some debate about who ranked first among the Ten Legendary hunters.

But if you were to say who among the Ten Legendary had killed the most people, this guy was definitely number one!

He had once been hired by a great lord and single-handedly controlled a magic beast legion, slaughtering several of the opposing lord's cities, causing hundreds of thousands of casualties.

Beastmasters were also a professional sequence that employed the sea of bodies tactic.

He was considered half a colleague.

Su Lun didn't dare to be careless in the slightest.

He made a warlock's hand seal, and a super huge cross appeared in the sky, with countless transparent threads hanging down.

He tore open a scroll, and hundreds of rune puppets with different expressions also appeared around him.

Qian Tiao had already rushed over, her sharp sword energy slashing against the armored centipede, creating "clanging" sparks and occasionally cutting off small limbs.

However, there were no signs of a victor being decided in the short term.

Just then, the walls not far away exploded, and a tide of monsters surged out.

Thousands upon thousands of mechanical spiders climbed up the walls.

Mechanical spiders were the most suitable mechanical magic beasts for combat in complex terrain, breeding quickly in large numbers, and capable of spitting poison and special sticky spider silk. Their swarm attacks were simply devastating.

In an instant, the mechanical spider swarm clashed with the rune puppet swarm.

In just one exchange, various limbs were torn off and flew everywhere, and threads tangled wildly...

It was a scene like hell.

Watching this scene that was practically a fight between gods, the "natives" of the mine were simply stunned.

They were originally the "top-tier professionals" of the underground world and thought they had reached the pinnacle of their lives.

But looking at these two in front of them, their beliefs had collapsed!

.......

Not only were there these calf-sized mechanical spiders, but there were also some palm-sized, tiny poisonous insects...

"Beast Speaker" Darwin's domain was the "Myriad Beast Domain," which allowed him to control almost all insects and beasts within range, and he also specialized in breeding some deadly poisons.

Su Lun didn't dare to underestimate him in the slightest.

Fortunately, the Death Domain was very special. Almost all creatures that entered its area of influence would quickly die and rot.

Those poisonous insects or mechanical creatures were simply unable to approach Su Lun's main body. Within a radius of a dozen meters affected by the domain, they died in droves, forming a death vacuum zone.

Before they could even rot, his nearby corpses quickly piled up into mountains.

Moreover, with this high density of killing, the black light on the crown above Su Lun's head flickered, and he gradually gained some insights in his heart: "As expected, it's as Senior Sister said. If I want to perfect this Death Domain, I need to gain more insights into [Death]."

And the most direct way to gain insights into death was through killing.

Su Lun was lost in thought.

But then he looked at his puppet legion, which was at a disadvantage, and pouted, thinking, "The number of puppets I can control is not enough. My mental strength has also reached a bottleneck. A few hundred is already the limit. I need to find a way to improve it..."

In the past, he had always overwhelmed his enemies with numbers, but now he was being overwhelmed by them, and he saw some of his shortcomings.

The sea of bodies tactic was originally about sacrificing a large number of cannon fodder to wear down the opponent.

The solution was to kill the opponent's controller.

But at the moment, Qian Tiao's side was fighting intensely, and a victor couldn't be decided in the short term.

Su Lun himself was also unharmed.

Maintaining the domain originally consumed a lot of energy, but fortunately, he had the [Isaac Alchemic Heart] and didn't fear the consumption.

However, he needed to worry about more than just these cannon fodder-level mechanical constructs.

Just then, the castle built against the mountain exploded, and three more huge magic beasts, each tens of meters long, climbed out aggressively.

The seventh-tier [Ironback Centipede] was right in front of him.

Now there was also a seventh-tier [Poison Spotted Fire Serpent]. Both of these were known to outsiders as "Beast Speaker" Darwin's tamed beasts in the intelligence reports.

And there was also the never-before-seen seventh-tier [Golden Scale Titan Python] and the seventh-tier [Dark Salamander]. Judging by their extremely fierce auras, they weren't easy to provoke.

One person controlling four seventh-tier magic beasts, with both durability and output, would give any seventh-tier professional a headache.

Su Lun wasn't too surprised.

Because when he was on the island before, he had sensed the presence of two of them.

But looking at these behemoths, he also had a headache.

The size of a magic beast was also its combat power, representing great strength, high life, and thick skin.

Even if the Dragon Slaying Dagger could break their defense, such a large size meant that a few cuts wouldn't even tickle them.

The Puppet Theater's threads couldn't control them, and the Death Domain's effects weren't too great either.

To kill them, he would have to grind them down slowly.

The only obvious weakness was that in this underground world, their massive bodies weren't very agile.

As soon as these monsters appeared, one of them went to encircle Qian Tiao.

The other two also set their sights on Su Lun.

The puppet legion's formation was brutally broken open, and two mountain-like giants rushed towards him.

Su Lun thought about it, put away the black scythe, rolled up his sleeves, and suddenly his muscles bulged and knotted all over.

The gargoyles and elemental wax figures trapped one of them, and he, showing no fear, charged towards the other one with his iron fists, hiding the Dragon Slaying Dagger in his hand.

Perfect for tempering the compatibility between his Giant Armor and his body.

For a time, in the vast underground space, "thump," "thump," "thump"... earth-shaking tremors rang out.

It was extremely terrifying.

.......

The battle grew increasingly fierce, and more and more mechanical magic beasts joined the fray.

In the vast inner city, corpses had piled up into dozens of small hills.

However, for Raphael's side, as long as the enemy was contained, these battle losses didn't matter.

Mechanical warfare was just about expendable materials. After the main materials were recycled, they could quickly be restored to factory condition.

Therefore, these guys released tens of thousands of mechanical magic beasts as if they didn't care about the cost.

Su Lun and Qian Tiao, fighting against tens of thousands with just the two of them, were under a lot of pressure.

Although "Beast Speaker" Darwin's own abilities weren't too troublesome, the four seventh-tier tamed beasts were indeed a problem.

Even after dozens of rounds of fighting, Su Lun had poked holes all over two of them, but their combat power hadn't decreased by much.

Compared to human stamina, magic beasts were obviously countless times better.

Fortunately, Su Lun and the others weren't trying to decide the victor against this Ten Legendary figure. They were just trying to buy time so that the Dawn Mercenary Group members inside the laboratory could loot as much wealth as possible.

This was the desolate sea, and Archduke Raphael's reinforcements wouldn't arrive for a while.

The longer they stalled, the more things they could loot.

But obviously, the other side was also thinking the same thing.

"Beast Speaker" Darwin grew increasingly shocked as he fought.

With his strength as one of the "Ten Legendary," he could hold his own against several people of the same tier.

Originally, having him and his tamed beasts stationed on the island was more suitable than having several legions.

But he hadn't been able to kill these two sixth-tiers from the Dawn Mercenary Group.

One puppet master with a sea of puppets was entangled in a difficult fight with his magic beast legion, and the other's sword energy was the sharpest he had ever seen from a seventh-tier.

There were also occasional undead using high-level cursed objects to launch sneak attacks.

Even Darwin himself was fighting with fear and trepidation.

So, he could only notify reinforcements.

Although it was a deserted island, after the last pirate attack on Old Lingdun, Archduke Raphael had spent a great deal of money to construct an ultra-long-distance teleportation array.

By transferring through several islands, with a little time, reinforcements could arrive.

The two sides continued to fight fiercely for nearly an hour.

The vast inner city was in a state of chaos, with collapsed buildings everywhere, and even the giant stones on the roof of the mine had collapsed in many places.

Finally, Raphael's reinforcements arrived.

Seeing the several seventh-tiers that suddenly appeared, Su Lun and Qian Tiao no longer had any intention of fighting head-on.

Fortunately, the elemental wax figures were still very sturdy. After a dozen wax figures were lost, good news finally came from the base: "Mr. Su Lun, we're ready!"

......

Because there was a battle plan in advance, this situation was expected.

As long as an eighth-tier didn't come, there wouldn't be any major problems.

"Sister Qian Tiao, hold on, I'll go down first!"

"Okay!"

With a teleport, Su Lun appeared inside the base.

At this moment, the hundreds of Dawn Mercenary Group members had already put almost everything that could be moved into their storage spaces, and the engineers and researchers had been gathered together.

Spatial alchemy arrays had been drawn on the large items that couldn't be moved, and energy crystal cores had been set up.

Su Lun teleported all the way, without any delay, activating the arrays to instantly put a huge piece of equipment into the Small Void Realm.

In this way, he teleported and collected all the way, visiting almost all the zones in the base.

All in all, he moved seven complete mechanical magic beast production lines, eighteen independent A-level or higher laboratories, three data blueprint libraries, a special-grade rare materials warehouse, an energy warehouse, three S-level magic beast breeding rooms... and the giant beast research institute, etc.

Finally, he also kidnapped all the more than a thousand captured researchers in the laboratory!

If the Small Void Realm wasn't full, Su Lun would have even wanted to take away the mountain-like ore warehouse, various super-large mechanical arms, mine carts, and the like.

But it was really full!

And although there were still some things left in this base, there weren't many.

The most important experimental equipment had been marked by the Dawn Mercenary Group members and completely emptied by Su Lun in one go!

Su Lun used his spatial abilities like a snake, teleporting around the base, plundering it layer by layer. In just a few minutes, he teleported back outside.

Qian Tiao was being besieged by a group of seventh-tiers.

She seemed to be at a disadvantage, but the three-headed, six-armed Rakshasa golden body behind her grew brighter and brighter, and her sword energy stretched for hundreds of meters.

If the enemy reinforcements hadn't been increasing, Su Lun felt that with her personality, she might have really wanted to fight to the end.

The Rakshasa woman grew stronger the more she fought, becoming even stronger when facing strong opponents, and her fighting spirit grew more vigorous.

Strong enemies were like whetstones to her.

As long as she didn't die,

She would become stronger and stronger.

Qian Tiao's state of momentum had already risen to the extreme, and she even faintly suppressed that Ten Legendary figure!

Su Lun didn't dare to delay any longer, and took Qian Tiao away.

Amidst the crowd's furious but helpless gazes, he disappeared.

Spatial professionals were rare.

Treasures that prevented spatial displacement were even rarer.

"Beast Speaker" Darwin and those reinforcements were powerful, but they had no ability to stop Su Lun.

In fact, from the beginning, they had never thought that someone could quietly approach Gold Digging Island and then enter the laboratory.

Even less did they expect that someone could empty the experimental base!

The "Small Void Realm," this plane-based armor, had unleashed a wonderful effect that no other armor could match this time!

The emergency plan in the mine was originally to block people off if they couldn't be beaten, and then the Duke's mansion would send a continuous stream of reinforcements. Under no circumstances could they allow anyone to take away anything from the laboratory.

But now, Su Lun had given these people a painful lesson with his special abilities.

......

Su Lun had left displacement coordinates on the outside islands and at sea, and with a few spatial teleports, he had already returned to the Eternal Night.

Almost exactly according to the planned details.

When he stepped back onto the familiar deck, this heist was declared a perfect success.

The harvest... was immeasurable.

Su Lun stood on the deck, looking at the island at the end of his vision, and smiled brilliantly.

What could relieve worries? Only getting rich!

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