Chapter 529: Dramatic Changes in the Conference

Chapter 529: Dramatic Changes in the Conference
At this moment, in the audience, Felix Vander's expression had completely changed.

"The other shore... this is impossible..." he murmured, as if trying to convince himself that everything before his eyes was not real. As an excellent alchemist, he naturally knew clearly what the "other shore" published by Schelling meant to the entire alchemy world.

But the scene before them was extremely real. Everyone was shocked by Schelling's research. Even several alchemy masters who presided over the conference stood up and carefully observed the spectrum, their eyes full of surprise and enthusiasm.

His face turned from blue to red, and finally flushed red, as if he had been slapped in public.

And Eleanor's voice sounded softly in his ears -

"What? Who was laughing at me just now? I remember someone said that Schelling 'got a bad reputation'?"

Her tone was not sharp, and even had a hint of nonchalant briskness, but it was this effortless sarcasm that made Felix even more embarrassed. He could feel the teasing glances from the audience around him, and some were even laughing. His pride was trampled on the ground at this moment.

From the initial disdain, to disbelief, and then to the current shock and shame, his expression was distorted greatly, and his fingers were tightly clenched on the armrest, until his knuckles turned white.

"You can't even understand his work, and yet you still want to evaluate him?" Eleanor chuckled, looking at his embarrassment with amusement, "Don't you think it's ridiculous?"

"You..." Felix's chest heaved violently, shame, jealousy, unwillingness, and deep frustration intertwined together. He felt that his self-esteem was severely crushed and he was about to explode.

He stared at Xie Ling on the stage, with a hint of gloomy resentment in his eyes.

No... he would not give up just like that! Even if Xie Ling was in great glory today, he would not be willing to be completely trampled under the other party's feet!
Felix clenched his teeth, lowered his head, his nails almost digging into his palms, and his eyes were filled with unwilling hatred.

……

After detailed discussion and confirmation by several alchemy masters, the conference finally ruled that Schelling won this year's "Gold Award for Pioneering Contributions".

This is the highest honor an alchemist can obtain, and it also represents the highest recognition of a research by the entire alchemy community.

However, just as the award ceremony was about to begin——

boom!
The door to the conference venue was blown open by a powerful impact force, and several dark shadows suddenly rushed into the air.

"Ah!!" Screams instantly resounded throughout the hall, and panic quickly spread among the crowd.

Several beams of magic light intertwined in the air, and the exploding flames ignited a blaze on the ceiling, and the entire hall was suddenly in chaos.

All those present were alchemists of distinguished status, including many celebrities in the magic world. However, alchemists were not actually very good at head-on combat in this kind of situation, because they were very dependent on their various wonderful equipment and alchemical weapons.

This time they came purely for alchemy exchanges and had no preparation for battle at all. Apart from their wands, they did not carry much with them.

In fact, as an international event, the guard force of the International Alchemy Conference is actually quite impressive, which is why the alchemists who come to participate let down their guard and come lightly.

Xie Ling's eyes turned slightly cold, and the divine Amaterasu was activated with all his strength. Every tree and blade of grass from inside to outside the venue came into his mind. There were about forty enemies, and their actions were orderly and swift. It was obvious that they were well prepared and organized.

Outside the venue, all the guards had been killed silently, and more than 20 corpses were scattered everywhere, indicating that the other party was a ruthless black wizard who was not afraid of killing and arson, and even regarded wizard laws as nothing.

The other party has surrounded the Alchemy Research Center. It is obvious that their target is not him, but to capture all the alchemists present.

This is not surprising. In addition to the "other shore" that he displayed, this year's Alchemy Conference also saw the emergence of many exciting new products, such as Yingyue's demon-suppressing bell.

Xie Ling quickly took Yingyue's hand and reunited with Eleanor.

A deep and unfamiliar voice sounded from the darkness: "Everyone, give up resistance and hand over your research... or you will be killed without mercy!"

The speaker was a tall, dark-skinned man who wore a priest's crown made of a beast skull and a fur cloak. His hands were covered with strange black lines, like the mark of some ancient curse. His eyes glowed with a strange golden light and he had a hideous smile on his face.

"Anubi..." An alchemist in the audience whispered the name in horror, and his face turned pale instantly.

"The leader of Cairo's black market... the 'Beast Priest'?" The other man swallowed, sweat breaking out on his forehead.

"Hahaha!" Anubi laughed in a low voice. His eyes swept across the entire venue and finally landed on Xie Lin. "The other side... you alchemists have finally encountered this door."

The next second, he waved his hand, and a cold and biting gust of wind swept past, carrying the smell of decay and dust.

The ground in the conference hall suddenly shook, and strange things happened on the ground. More than twenty mummies broke out of the ground. The mummies looked a bit like Egyptian mummies. They were skinny and their skin was cracked like weathered bark, revealing their eerie bones. They were wrapped in tattered shrouds, and the smell of decay filled the air.

But they are subtly different from mummies. Their eye sockets are deep, with strange blue phosphorescent flames burning in them, like the rage of the dead, while their bodies seem to be nailed to the ground, unable to move at all.

Many alchemists instinctively raised their wands and wanted to cast spells, but their wands seemed to have lost their magic power and could not even release the simplest "fluorescent flash".

"What, what's going on?"

"My wand...!"

Xie Lin also frowned slightly, and moved his wrist slightly, trying to release a basic levitation spell, but the wand only flashed for a moment before it completely fell silent. "Be careful." Xie Lin said in a low voice, his eyes swept across the group of mummies sharply, "This is a spell-binding barrier."

Eleanor and Akabane Sakurazuki's expressions became more serious.

"Spell-binding barrier?" Eleanor reacted quickly and repeated in a low voice.

Xie Lin nodded, his eyes solemn: "Those mummies are chanting low-frequency spells that are inaudible to human ears, interfering with the casting of all spells."

Akabane Yingyue's hands unconsciously clenched her demon-suppressing bell, with a thoughtful look on her face: "In other words, these mummies themselves are equivalent to a huge magic interference field?"

These mummies are not ordinary undead creatures. Each of them carries some extremely ancient curse, which affects the wizard's spellcasting with continuous low-frequency magic fluctuations. As long as they exist, any magic that relies on the magic wand will be greatly restricted or even completely ineffective.

However, Anubi's men were not affected at all.

Their wands were still able to cast spells, but those alchemists who tried to resist were ruthlessly swallowed up by green killing curses before they could even react.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Figures fell silently one after another, blood spread on the stone floor, and not even a scream was uttered.

A bone-chilling fear slowly spread throughout the venue.

At this moment, Felix Vander's legs had completely gone limp.

His face was as pale as paper, his lips were trembling, his body retreated uncontrollably, and finally he fell to the ground with a "thump". Fear made his bladder completely fail, and a stream of warm liquid flowed down his trouser legs, soaking his clothes and forming a puddle of water on the ground.

He screamed without caring about his image: "Don't kill me! I surrender! I surrender!!"

"...This guy really brings shame to the alchemist world." Eleanor frowned, her eyes full of disgust.

However, Felix suddenly had an idea and thought of a way to survive. His eyes flickered, and then he suddenly raised his finger and pointed at Shaylin, shouting: "It's him! It's Shaylin Malfoy! The secret of the other side is in his hands!"

At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Xie Ling.

Eleanor was furious and snapped, "Felix, you coward! Do you know what you are doing?"

“Heh…” Felix gritted his teeth, and suddenly pointed at Eleanor and shouted, “And her! Eleanor Hohenheim! She is the next head of the Hohenheim family! If you catch her, you can threaten the entire Hohenheim family, and they will definitely pay a huge price to redeem her!”

The moment the words fell, Eleanor's expression suddenly changed.

Anubis's smile grew more sinister and he licked his lips, a predator's gleam in his eyes.

"The heir of the Hohenheim family... this is really a pleasant surprise."

"Felix...!" Eleanor gritted her teeth and stared angrily at the man who had wet his pants, her eyes wishing she could tear him to pieces.

However, at this moment, Anubi slowly raised his hand, signaling his men to surround Sherin and Eleanor——

"Then please both of you follow us obediently."

There was no sign of panic on Xie Ling's face, instead he had his signature evil smile on.

"Should I say you are stupid or dumb?"

Akabane Yingyue chuckled and immediately rang the demon-suppressing bell in her hand. The melodious sound of the bell rang in the air, and an invisible wave spread out, covering the entire hall.

The mummies' bodies seemed to pause slightly, and the flames in their eye sockets seemed to be weakening.

At the same time, Xie Lin used Sharfu's magic power to make his own magic power reach the level of a quasi-magician. A violent aura burst out from his body.

Schelling could have gone one step further and used the power of the Night Wand to directly step into the level of a Grand Magus, but he did not do so because it would be too shocking and he did not want to expose his true strength in front of the public. Look at what happened to Dumbledore. Being too powerful will only arouse the fear of those in power.

Even though he was still only at the level of a quasi-mage, Xie Ling was much stronger than he was during the battle of Little Hangleton Cemetery - throughout the summer vacation, he mastered several new secret skills and his black magic skills also improved by leaps and bounds. Although the current situation was not suitable for him to cast black magic, the increase in his soul power caused by black magic was real.

Simply put, he is now a completely different person than when he faced Voldemort one-on-one.

A hint of coldness flashed across his smiling face, and he gently pressed down with his left hand——

A huge pressure suddenly descended upon them. The twenty-odd corpses, the alchemists present, and the dark wizards in black robes all fell to the ground, as if they were being pressed down by an invisible mountain, with their backs facing the sky and their faces pressed tightly against the ground.

In the field, besides Xielin, Eleanor, and Yingyue, only Anubi was still standing. The crown on the latter's head flashed green light, which seemed to offset the effect of Xielin's "super-heavy field" for him.

Xie Lin kept pressing down with his left hand, and raised his magic wand with his right hand, aiming it at Anubi. He said in a very cold voice: "I'll give you a chance. Now, we'll have a one-on-one duel."