On Nyra's side, things were far smoother than on Korrin's. Without powerful professionals like the giant warrior or the sharpshooter to contend with, the opposition was far less threatening.
The gangsters, though numerous, lacked coordination and shattered around, they were easily overwhelmed by Nyra's shadow assaults and the precision of her group.
Nyra spun to her left, narrowly avoiding a clumsy swing from a desperate gangster.
Her sharp reflexes allowed her to counter instantly, soon a shadow blade materializing in her hand as she slashed across his throat.
The man fell to the ground, groaning in pain. None of them showed any mercy, they all know not a single member of the BloodHawk gang was a good one, and each committed more crimes than another.
"Another down," she muttered, glancing over her shoulder.
Her team was performing flawlessly. In just a short time, Nyra and the four others had cleared out more than 15 gangsters by themselves.
The remaining three gangsters who watched one of them dead in front of their eyes, realizing they were outmatched, began to retreat in disarray, their earlier bravado shattered.
Nyra smirked, "Cowards, you cannot escape from my hands," she said, her voice dripping with disdain. She raised her hand, creating a large Fireball, and hurled it toward the retreating group.
The explosion lit up the dim subway station, sending several gangsters sprawling and blocking their path with burning debris.
Soon other Half-Drow hunters reappeared from their shadows and finished them with a backstab, ending their lives.
As Nyra and her group finished off the last of the retreating gangsters, they didn't pause to celebrate their victory.
They moved dragging the bodies of the fallen BloodHawk members back toward Korrin's and others.
On the other hand, Ram who was about to meet a small group, suddenly stopped again as an unexpected sensation surged through his body.
The Bio Armor wrapped around him seemed to connect with the spiritual lines inside his body, resonating deeply with his Life Spirit Body.
"What... is this?" Ram muttered, his gaze lowering to his chest where the transformation had begun.
He stilled, focusing inward. Instead of resisting, he allowed the process to unfold, observing each change with his Spiritual Eye.
Recently after coming out of the void space, he became busy with all the Lord's stuff and reviving Korrin and others, he completely forgot to improve Groot and Thorny to Tier 3.
Before he planned to evolve them all to general quality, now that Groot was transforming on his own by absorbing his life energy and spiritual power, he didn't stop him but actively provided more energy.
Looking at the attribute panel, Groot's level soon broke through to Tier 3 and continued to increase as it absorbed more and more of his life energy.
The armor, once rugged and functional, began to alter its appearance.
Its previously rough, wooden texture transformed before his eyes, becoming a harmonious blend of smooth, polished bark and slightly rugged, sci-fi-looking fibrous roots covering his body.
The alternating textures shifted with an almost organic flow, creating a dynamic pattern that seemed alive.
Glossy sections caught the faint light, while matte surfaces absorbed it, enhancing the armor's intimidating presence.
Ram's Spiritual Eye honed in on the glowing lines now coursing through the armor-like veins, spreading from his body outward. Each line pulsed faintly with energy, converging at the center of his chest.
Suddenly, the lines gathered into a single point, turning into a brilliant, glowing crystal-like substance.
A protective casing of bark-like material encapsulated the crystal, its white surface gleaming with a faint luminescence.
From the crystal, a vivid green light radiated outward, resonating with both Ram's massive life energy and that of his Wood Spirit, Groot.
[Regeneration]:
When injured, one can swiftly regenerate an entire broken body or specific parts of it, even from mere fragments, as long as there is enough life energy available.
[Note]:
The host can utilize Regeneration through Bio Armor; however, the life energy required to heal will increase from twice the amount of life energy to multiple times that of healing its own body, depending on the extent of damage sustained.
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[Talent:
[Bio Armor]:
Upon activation, the Titan Wood Sprout can merge with its host, forming an even deeper bond with its host. Upon activation, the Bio Armor envelops the host in a living armor that is both durable and adaptive, seamlessly adjusting to the host's physical and spiritual needs.
[Enhanced Attribute Superimposition]:
The Bio Symbiote amplifies the host's physical and spiritual attributes, superimposing the host's stats with those of the Titan Wood Sprout.
[Dynamic Adaptation]:
The armor actively responds to environmental and combat situations and hardens against blunt impacts or physical strikes.
Softens and flexes for increased mobility during high-speed movements or evasion, and creates root-like protrusions for grappling or anchoring during unstable terrain or mid-air combat.
[Bio-Life Core - Energy Surge]:
The core can unleash bursts of energy when unlocked all attributes improve by an additional 500% for 10 secs. Experience tales at m v|l e'-novelhall.net
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Compared to before both its physical and Spirit attributes improved drastically, while its physique already broke through two physical limits, and its quality was also improved to One Star General grade.
Unlike his high expectations, Groot didn't awaken any new skills, but his initial talent was upgraded with new powerful features like [Bio-Life Core - Energy Surge], which can improve attributes by 5 times.
The upgraded talent, Bio Symbiote, was an enormous step forward in terms of combat potential, even if it can only be used for ten seconds, the combat power improvement is not small, comparable to a Level upgrade.
Just as Ram was marveling at the new abilities and enhancements of the Bio Armor, a loud, blood-curdling scream echoed through the area.
It came from the direction where Korrin and the others were engaged in their battle, snapping him out of his thoughts.
He quickly shifted his focus back to the group of gangsters he had initially targeted. Now, however, he felt a tinge of excitement coursing through his veins, eager to test the capabilities of the improved Bio Armor in combat.
As Ram moved, the gangsters ahead finally noticed him. One of them, a wiry man holding a rusty crowbar, shouted, "What the hell is that?!" His voice wavered, betraying his fear.
Without answering, Ram dashed forward. The Bio Armor responded instantly, amplifying his speed as he closed the distance in a fraction of a second.
One of the nearby gang members instinctively swung a knife at him, but Ram barely had to think—his instincts and the armor's dynamic adaptation took over.
The bark-like plating hardened at the point of impact, deflecting the strike effortlessly.
Ram retaliated with a powerful punch. The roots around his fist extended on impact, slamming the gangster into the wall with a force that left him unconscious.
The remaining gangsters scrambled backward, clearly panicking. Ram extended his hand, and from the armor, tendrils of wood and vines shot out, tightly wrapping around their legs and arms.
From the moment he appeared to know, he only made two or three shots, but the gang members were all lying down helpless, like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.