“I’ve really gone too far this time...”
Qimeng dodged a massive vine swinging toward her.
Glancing at the dense crowd surrounding her and the elf lolis drawing their bows to full draw, she couldn't help but sigh.
Since she had been spotted, fighting was her only option.
Facing the thrashing, rampaging vines and a sky-blotting rain of arrows, Qimeng focused entirely, unleashing the full combat potential of her humanoid body!
Combo technique system: Myriad Manifestations!
Flower Shadow Dual Flash: Earth Slash!
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Two slender scythe blades flashed with cold light in the air as her figure dragged a hazy afterimage across the center of the battlefield.
A vast flurry of pink petals materialized out of air, accompanied by a drifting cloud of scale powder, swallowing up the leading loli guards and the rampaging vines alike.
“Cough, cough! W-What is this...?”
“My eyes hurt so much... I’m hallucinating!”
The scale powder’s disorienting effect was remarkable.
Qimeng moved nimbly, weaving through the smoke and dust with ease.
She dodged, shredding piles of vines and knocking down the guards who got too close.
At that moment, the Wood Elf spiritual seeds and spirit attendants holding staves in the distance launched an offensive, sending a dense barrage of wood-attribute spells whistling toward her.
“Do not think you can escape, monster!”
“Escape? Who said I was escaping?”
Using the wildly thrashing branches of the magical plants as cover, Qimeng easily avoided the incoming spells. She then leaped off a branch, launching herself into the air.
Flower Shadow Dual Flash: Aerial Drop!
Leveraging the momentum and acceleration of her low-altitude dive, her twin scythe blades tore through the air. Plunging down like a meteor, she crushed the vines on the ground to splinters.
Chain Bind!
Mana transformed into countless fine water threads and shadow lines, binding all the loli archers shooting from the shadows into tight packages.
Occasionally, a dense volley of arrows broke through her defense.
Iron Wall!
A layer of hard wood armor coated her skin, clattering and deflecting all the arrows.
“How is this possible... Full-drawn arrows can’t even pierce her skin?!”
The elves on the perimeter wore expressions of utter disbelief.
However, the massive commotion here finally drew out the true powerhouses of the tribe.
“Stop! Black-haired monster, how dare you run amok in our Wood Elf territory!”
With a sharp shout, a silver-and-red-haired Head Spirit Attendant holding a staff rushed over like a shooting star.
Behind her were the Chief and Elders who had been lured back, along with the bulk of the Wood Elf main forces.
In an instant, the area was surrounded so tightly that not even a drop of water could leak through.
“Heavy Forest Bind, rise!”
Several Elders shouted in unison, and a massive Wood Elf spell took shape in the air.
Countless magic circles glowing with green light spread across the ground, and giant trees erupted from the earth, trapping Qimeng where she stood.
The loli archers and spirit attendants on the outer perimeter reorganized their offense. Cold, magic-enchanted arrows and various Wood Elf offensive spells were all aimed squarely at the center of the battlefield.
The situation was tilting in an unfavorable direction, but Qimeng actually let out a small laugh.
“My, looking at this lineup, it seems you have no intention of letting me off easily.”
Her gaze turned sharp as she prepared to unleash her ultimate move.
This was the latest trump card she had researched.
Utilizing the pure wood-attribute power inherent in her Demon Tree main body, combined with the Water Spirit power contained within the Water Core in her body.
A composite magic born from the perfect fusion of the two.
A variation of the Myriad Manifestations series...
“Arise, Water-Wood Spirit!”
Boom!
As Qimeng raised her hand, a vast surge of water elemental power erupted.
Rising from the center of the battlefield was a colossal, azure Water Spirit.
Amazingly, the spirit’s body was interwoven and covered with a layer of vine armor and a shell formed from hard, ancient wood.
“This... What kind of composite magic is this?!”
The arriving Head Spirit Attendant’s face paled.
“Water and wood? Why can a magical beast command such pure natural origin energy?!”
Water-Wood Composite: Rising Jade Tide!
The attack method of this composite magic was incredibly domineering.
The moment it appeared, a violent blast of air violently pushed the surrounding giant trees outward.
As the massive waves surged, the roots and vines of the giant trees were swept up in the water, violently thrashing outward in all directions like roaring dragons!
The water was laced with the strangling force of the wood element, multiplying its power exponentially.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
“Oh no! Retreat, quickly!!”
The Elders shrieked as they formed barriers, but it was utterly useless.
The Wood Elf elites and Elders who had charged forward were forcefully blown back by this terrifying wave of composite magic, while the outer archer formation was thrown into complete disarray.
The entire field was left in stunned silence, save for the sound of horrified gasps.
Using the suppression of the Water-Wood Spirit, the vast stream of pure water transformed into countless massive vine tentacles, slamming heavily onto the four rampaging magical plants.
Water nourishes wood, but under Qimeng’s control, this power became a form of assimilation.
The moment the four rampaging giant magical plants came into contact with this power, their frenzy actually began to subside.
“I don’t care anymore. So what if it’s a waste!”
Since they had already fallen out, Qimeng had no intention of leaving these four giants behind as spoils of war for the elves.
Devour All Things, activated to its limit once again!
Her figure transformed into a dark shadow, pouncing directly toward the four magical plant husks that now only contained rampaging physical energy.
Siphon!
The domineering devouring power forcefully decomposed the four massive magical plants.
A massive amount of mana flooded into her body.
Initially, Qimeng thought this mana would dissipate because she couldn’t store it.
But to her surprise and delight, the moment this energy entered her humanoid body, it didn’t overflow!
Instead, it was directly converted by Devour All Things into the strength of her humanoid body itself!
The husks of these magical plants, although they no longer possessed sentience and had very little residual mana left, did indeed possess the mana fluctuations of one Novice-tier, two Intermediate-tier, and one Advanced-tier magical plant.
Even if it was just residual energy, it was still a massive supplement for her!
Mid-tier Novice... High-tier Novice... the peak of the Novice level!
Qimeng could feel the level of her humanoid body skyrocketing madly.
Regrettably, however, the moment she reached the peak of the Novice level, the growth of her power came to a halt.
“Damn it, just a tiny bit more and I could have broken through the Novice level to advance to an Intermediate humanoid body...”
Meanwhile, the commotion on the battlefield gradually quieted down.
Having forced open her composite ultimate move and continuously used high-intensity skills, Qimeng was shocked to discover that the mana inside the black magic stone she held—which served as her primary power source—was nearly depleted.
On the field.
Relying on the deterrent of that ultimate move just now, Qimeng temporarily held the upper hand.
The Wood Elves who had been blown away scrambled back to their feet in disarray. Looking at the black-haired girl before them, their eyes held not only wariness, but even more of a lingering terror from surviving a near-death experience.
For a moment, none of them dared to make a move.
However, this was merely a temporary shield.
Up until now, she had only stunned or knocked these guys back.
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