Chapter 76 Believe in Fate
Although liches can be reborn continuously, few liches will detonate their bodies before they reach desperate situations.
The body of a lich is created by constantly condensing dark magic power. It is itself a high-level undead. The magic power that Amberxiu needs to cast spells is all accumulated bit by bit in normal times.
Such a body is not much less precious than the life box.
At any time, having the body destroyed is a heavy blow to a lich, so no one expected Amber to self-destruct on the spot.
The dark magic power that was condensed to the extreme burst out instantly, forming a dark wave that swept in all directions, covering all the summoned puppets.
Wherever the black wave went, a suffocating stench began to fill the air. Countless twisted and deformed strange insects appeared, including two-headed spiders, tumor-like centipedes, worms with eyes all over their bodies... These strange creatures were not physical entities, but a curse formed by the overly strong dark magic.
Just as rotten things gathered together would produce poisonous gas, when the concentration of dark magic reached a certain level, it would naturally produce a vicious curse.
Even the lifeless puppets were quickly corroded by the black waves and soon rotted into scrap metal.
Dippel can only continue to use his legendary power to repair his private car, otherwise he will be corroded by Amber's resolute self-destruction.
The surging black waves lasted for two or three minutes, and after they dissipated, only rusty iron debris remained on the ground.
Dippel looked at the wreckage on the ground and uttered vicious curses.
However, Amberxiu could no longer hear. After his self-detonation, his consciousness had broken through the blockade of space and returned to his life box.
Lich's life box, this is a very special thing.
Many people mistakenly believe that the phylactery is the lich's weakness and the place where the soul rests.
In fact, this is not the case. The lich's soul is always in the body. Otherwise, how could it react quickly and cast spells instantly? Remote control will definitely have a delay.
Amber's soul fire has always been in his body, but after his body is destroyed, it can break through any blockade and allow the soul fire to be directly transmitted to the prepared life box.
The life box is the retreat, an absolute escape route.
No one in the history of the continent has been able to isolate the connection between the lich's soul and the phylactery. No matter what dimensional anchor, spatial isolation, or exile... none of them can block the escape effect of the phylactery.
Maybe a wish could be used, but no one would use it to make such a boring wish.
When the soul enters the phylactery, the lich can begin to regenerate.
The time of rebirth depends on the lich's usual preparations. If a new body has been prepared long ago, it can naturally be reborn quickly, and the strength will not be much different. This is the most powerful part of the lich. If you run out of mana and potions, he will resurrect on the spot. This is a nightmare for most adventurers.
That is why there is a saying circulating in the nine kingdoms: one must first find the lich's life box before killing a lich, otherwise it will be a waste of effort.
Amber's soul returned to the life box, which was a space slightly larger than an ordinary coffin.
The dark magic that had almost condensed into liquid filled it, and Amber began to quickly absorb the dark magic in preparation for rebirth.
This is undoubtedly a very long process, but there is no way. After all, Amberxiu has not been a lich for long. Unlike those old guys who have been around for thousands of years, he does not have that much time to prepare, so it is troublesome to be reborn.
But it's not a big problem, his life box is in a very safe state and will not be discovered.
It's not just because Amber made a lot of fakes, in fact, these so-called fakes are actually the shells of the life box. Amber's real life box is not hidden in a certain shell, but is constantly transferred between these shells.
Amberxiu had carved a space magic circle inside each mithril box. In addition to expanding the storage space, it also had the effect of mutual teleportation.
As long as this mithril box is not opened in a normal way, the space magic array inside will be destroyed, and the real life box will never be teleported into this broken empty shell.
In addition, there are many additional restrictions.
For example, if there are other empty shells within a certain range, the phylactery will not be teleported to this location. Only the mithril shell stored alone may have a real phylactery. The main purpose is to prevent the current situation, where the house has been demolished and hundreds of phylacteries have been put together, waiting for Amber to fall into the trap.
These gathered empty shells automatically become fakes, and the true life box will never be teleported into this pile of empty shells. Only by splitting them up again and collecting them separately over a long distance can they become teleportable empty shells again.
There are also things like empty shells that cannot be teleported if there is holy light energy nearby, and empty shells that are frequently moved within a certain period of time cannot be teleported... In short, all the settings that can be thought of have been added.
Therefore, although Amber was not sure where his life box was, he was sure that it was safe.
In fact, there is a better choice. There is a legendary spell called Ovo's Broken Phylactery, which can really split the phylactery into countless pieces. As long as one piece is still there, the lich can be reborn. However, Amber's level is not high enough and he cannot cast this spell.
Therefore, he could only rely on his imagination and numbers to imitate Ovo's Broken Life Box spell, which was a lower-level alternative version of the miracle of great strength.
The body is being reconstructed bit by bit. The first thing to be restored is the skull, which is where the soul fire is placed. Only with a brain can everything else exist.
Although his own safety was not a problem, Amber felt a little unwilling to be forced to self-destruct by Dipper.
He originally thought that the Alchemy City was focusing all its energy on the sewers, so he could escape from the tower first, then find a chance to sneak into the sewers, and then wait for the opportunity to seize the final fruit of the wish.
Just leave that tower. The Alchemy City is so big, it's not easy to hide.
He had already reached the door, but was blocked by Dippel.
Is it really true that he has no chance of performing the prayer ritual in the sewer? These bastards can't do this. That was the reward he paid to those holy warriors. He was cheated of his money. This fact made Amberxiu feel itchy all over.
"No, I should calm down. In the previous prophecy, there was a scene where I appeared in the sewer and presided over a ceremony. At that time, I didn't understand what the ceremony was, but now it seems to be a prayer. With my personality, I will not jump out to preside over the ceremony unless I can definitely gain an advantage. So before I am reborn, they will not be able to complete the ceremony.
"The prophecy will definitely come true. The destiny is in my hands!"
Amber comforted himself and waited quietly for rebirth.
The skull has slowly grown out, but the dark magic contained in the life box has been almost consumed. It feels like only half of the neck can be grown at most.
"Alas, if only I had a few hundred more years, the lich is like some other professions, the older you get the more powerful you become."
The bones were loaded with levitation magic, the coffin lid was pushed open, and Amber's head left the life box and returned to reality.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Such a huge skull emerged from the mithril box, and the moment the box was closed, the life box was once again teleported to another location to prevent Amberxiu from being killed by someone who opened the door.
Only then did Amberxiu try to look around and felt that something was wrong.
In front of him was a dimly lit, but extremely gorgeous room, seemingly made entirely of silver, with intricate patterns painted in gold. This was not simply for the sake of luxury, as Amber Xiu recognized at a glance that these patterns were the patterns of magic arrays, layered one on top of the other, with no idea how many magical effects were added.
Looking more closely, this is not ordinary silver and gold, but mithril and refined gold... The value of these materials alone is more than all of Ambershu's life boxes combined.
"What a luxurious palace! Have I ever been to such a place? Or did someone collect the phylactery I threw away here?"
This speculation is very convincing because Amber's life box was placed on an altar, and there were also complex magic circles drawn around it.
Amberxiu felt that the situation was not good, because this was most likely the inside of a spellcaster's wizard tower. He couldn't be so unlucky that he would be killed right after being reborn, right?
The dark magic in the life box has been used up. It will take at least 20 to 30 years to be reborn again.
"No, I believe in fate."
Amberxiu began to comfort himself with the words "wealth and honor are in his hands" and prepared to quietly leave this gorgeous room and escape from this strange wizard tower.
A trace of dark magic floated out of Amber's mouth and explored the surroundings cautiously.
As soon as they left the altar, the magic circles around them emitted bright light, followed by the sound of burning magic scrolls.
A ball of translucent energy spread out, covering the entire room. Amberxiu's head could only stay in the posture of spewing black smoke, unable to move anymore. Even the dark magic power he exhaled was solidified in mid-air by this transparent energy.
Amber's extensive knowledge came into play, and he immediately recognized that this was the effect of the time stagnation spell. A quasi-legendary spell that could seal things within a certain range and stop their time. Although it was called a stop, it was impossible to really stop time completely. In fact, it greatly slowed down the flow of time, making it look like it had stopped completely.
Moreover, this spell was cast through a scroll, which would burn at least 500,000 gold coins.
Amber was a little flattered. He was reluctant to spend 500,000 gold coins to protect a life box.
Amberxiu, who was left with only a head, was in a weak state at the moment. Even if he knew a way to break the spell, he couldn't use it now. He could only wait for others to release him like a little bug trapped in amber.
It should not take too long.
Being able to use such high-level defensive magic, the other party must value this life box very much. Now that the spell has been triggered, the owner of the wizard tower should appear soon, right?
Who could it be?
As Amber was nervous and curious, a team of mighty death knights rushed in. They held black flame swords tightly and vigilantly searched for traces of invaders.
After the Death Knight came in, a beautiful woman in a black robe and with a graceful figure appeared at the door of the room.
After seeing Amber Xiu, she showed a surprised expression, walked quickly to Amber Xiu's side, and said to the skull: "I thought it was a fake life box, you actually gave me the real life box for safekeeping?"
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