Chapter 101. Relentless Fighting. Sylvans Transform!

Chapter 101. Relentless Fighting. Sylvans Transform!

Liu Shu looked on with a neutral gaze as the five people closed the distance.

While the attacks of the Aether Mana users were devastating, the Rose Fairies and Ants were hidden by her wall, avoiding fatal strikes that were created when the explosions occurred. At most, Liu Shu could see the weaker ants and Rose Fairies being blasted away by the air pressure they generated.

'Hm. They will breach the walls.' Liu Shu was certain that they could do so. She had not expected the defensive qualities and skills of the shield bearers to be so high. Even when the giant trees on the walls or <Mother Of Thousand Flower Field> landed attacks, they weren't dealing more than fifty damage per attack.

Of course, that slowly sliced the tens of thousands of Phoer Body Shards they had. However, it was not enough to stop them.

As she expected, the five of them arrived in front of her dented wall, and all five of them had activated different skills simultaneously, aiming at the same place.

"HAAA!"

"BURST OPEN!"

With their mighty shouts, a massive shockwave spread when the attacks landed, and Liu Shu saw how the root wall was ripped apart, creating a massive hole that passed through it.

Seeing the opening, one of the humans rushed the rest. The female shield bearer ordered. "Quick! Break through and kill all those low-level monsters! We can deal with the World Tree later!"

The Earth Sylvan frowned as they moved without her orders and shouted. "Wait! Don't rush!"

However, how could they listen? The Phoer Body Shards of the melees were already at 70%, while the rest had around 80% of their vitality left.

The attacks of the supposedly low-level creatures were proving to be much more effective than they expected.

Nevertheless, once they crossed the wall's boundaries, the group that had not been attacking as much moved.

The Myconids, who didn't have strong long-distance skills, were experts at crowd control and inflicting ailments on enemies.

The Level 10 Myconid took the lead and stomped the ground several times in a row, shaking his body and making his large fungal head jiggle. The rest of them followed, doing the same actions.

While it looked funny, the effects were nothing but that.

The humans were covered by several mists of different colors, creating a brownish fog once they combined. The Earth Sylvan's face changed when she saw that the Rose Fairies and Ants were actually retreating even when they had breached through and shouted. "DON'T BREATHE THE FOG IN!"

However, even she was a bit late, having inhaled a little of that mix.

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The five people's faces paled tremendously as the same message flashed in their minds. On the battlefield, even a simple headache was enough to become lethally dangerous. All of the effects they received combined were enough to place a healthy human bedridden; it was superfluous to mention what would happen when a soldier on the battlefield received them.

The Earth Sylvan's mind flashed with several thoughts, trying to know what to do. While she had learned spells that could alleviate some of the symptoms, others were not so easy to cure. "<Mind Sharpness>."

The first thing was to naturally cure all ailments she could, like <Nausea>, <Dizziness>, <Headache>, and <Numbness>.

However, the last three were a real pain, and she could do nothing about it. Hence, she warned while the melees protected them from the constant ranged attacks of the Rose Fairies and Fire Ants. "Our stamina has just dropped severely! We need to deal with the World Tree first since these are not a threat!"

"SHUT UP!" The blonde human woman shouted as she felt her breathing becoming rough while receiving a relentless assault from hundreds of creatures. "If you want to order us around, at least say something with sense! Have you ever looked at the World Tree!? We couldn't see it before, but now you can! GIVE IT A LOOK!"

The Earth Sylvan had been so focused on her surroundings that she failed to do so, so she did.

However, the second she looked over, her breath got stuck in her throat.

In the middle of the town, around 100 meters away from them, a 13-meter-tall tree stood with a terrifyingly deep aura around it.

The aura of the World Tree was surging like a tsunami and coating everything around it like an all-encompassing hand.

Not only that, the second she looked over, as a Sylvan with a high affinity for nature and earth, she could immediately sense the deep and complex root system going on below her feet. Moreover, Liu Shu's gaze landed on Sylvan at the same time she looked over, making her feel small even when she had doubled the level of the creature.

"W-What is that?"

The humans quickly checked the Fire Sylvan's stats, and they noticed that things took a turn for the worse.

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Level: 8

Aether Mana Shards: 19,476/19,476 (+28,800/Hour)

Phoer Body Shards: 15,019/15,019 (+28,800/Hour)

Anima Energy Shards: 13,672/13,672 (+28,800/Hour)

***

Then, after checking Life Sylvan's stats, they noticed that things looked even worse.

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Level: 8

Aether Mana Shards: 13,673/13,673 (+28,800/Hour)

Phoer Body Shards: 14,646/14,646 (+28,800/Hour)

Anima Energy Shards: 25,293/25,293 (+28,800/Hour)

***

Ignatia walked from the hole the humans did and commented. "You've provoked the wrong people."

As soon as she stopped speaking, the place started trembling, and everyone looked in the direction of the sound, which was the smoke cloud created by Liu Shu's attack.

From it, a tall woman, reaching almost 4 meters tall, appeared, having yellowish rocky skin. Her hair flowed like dirt, and even when her body was covered with injuries, a deep anger could be felt behind her sturdy aura.

Cinderielle was close, so she charged at her, not wanting to give her a chance to recover. Her entire body burst into flames, and she rushed toward her like a flaming asteroid, her punch swirling with powerful flames.

Yet, the slow-looking Earth Sylvan reacted with surprising agility, her own body being coated by a sturdy rocky skin and answering with a punch of her own. "Blast off!"

BOOM!

Fists collided, and Cinderielle's face changed to one of surprise as she was blasted back for several steps while her Phoer Body Shards decreased by more than 1000.

Surprised, she quickly analyzed the transformed enemy Sylvan.

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Level: 13

Aether Mana Shards: 16,744/25,716 (+46,800/Hour)

Phoer Body Shards: 11,105/23,415 (+46,800/Hour)

Anima Energy Shards: 28,720/41,218 (+46,800/Hour)

***

The Earth Sylvan's voice spread around with a deep tone. "Now, form <Level 10 Earth Golem>."

Three mounds began rising around her, and soon, three extra Level 10 creatures appeared by their side.

Ignatia's face was solemn. 'This won't be as easy as it seems.'