This body was leaping with instinctual joy!
Because her compatibility with the power of nature was unbelievably high, the integration of the Wood Spirit's blessing triggered an immediate mutation—a transformation that even the Wood Spirit, a mere fragment of the world's laws, had never anticipated.
The most direct sensation was her mana.
It felt as though her body had connected directly to a boundless underground ocean! The total capacity of her mana was expanding rapidly with brute-force momentum.
Qimeng let out a comfortable sigh.
“Excellent... As long as I stay within the forest's Root Domain, this mana recovery speed means I can kiss mana shortage worries goodbye.”
Not only that, but all the surrounding vegetation had become extensions of her own limbs.
A continuous stream of life force surged up through the soles of her feet. This was no longer just a simple abundance of mana; as long as her domain covered the area and her feet remained on the vibrant forest soil, she was essentially an unkillable, walking fountain of life!
“Wait a minute... Isn't this Wood Spirit's blessing a bit too much? Even the power of my spells is...”
The emerald mana swirling around Qimeng's palm had actually darkened to a deep, near-black green.
Not only had the power of her natural spells doubled, but even her attacks now carried a tyrannical additional effect: 【Life Deprivation】.
Wait, this feeling... was actually an 【Authority】 at the level of world laws?!
“To think that in this second life, I'd actually get my hands on an Authority-level power. This is absolutely mind-blowing.”
In other words, as long as Qimeng's attacks grazed even a sliver of an opponent's skin, their life force would become her nourishment, and it couldn't be dispelled at all!
This stolen life force could not only be used to push past her own species rank limit, but she could also pass it on to others to extend their lifespans.
As expected of an Authority born from a fragment of the world's laws. This dimension-reducing strike effect was practically a cheat code custom-made for her.
However, what made Qimeng burst out laughing was the combat skill the Wood Spirit had casually planted in her mind.
“【Spirit Spell: Emerald Sacred Spirit】!”
With a low cry from Qimeng, an emerald light detached from her body and gradually took shape in midair, condensing into a natural spirit entity whose mana fluctuations and pressure were almost identical to her own!
“Master,”
the emerald entity bowed, its voice ethereal and respectful.
“Excellent! This skill is perfect for someone as mischievous as me. I love it!”
Qimeng giggled, pointing toward the blood-shrouded battlefield outside the valley.
“The mental pollution from the crimson moon outside is way too noisy. Go out of the valley and wipe out all those lizardman scum. Don't leave a single one alive.”
“As you command, Master.”
The Emerald Sacred Spirit transformed into a streak of green light, carrying the distinct pressure of an Advanced Rank magical beast as it shot toward the chaotic battlefield outside the valley!
Meanwhile, inside the valley, Qimeng basked in the infinite mana coursing through her.
Facing the two demonized monsters that had lost all sanity, she loosened her wrists, looking at them as if they were prey already caught in her net.
“Now... it's time to clean up the trash.”
After all, condensing the Emerald Sacred Spirit just now had consumed quite a bit of her life force. She might as well take it all back from these two demons.
“Roar!!”
The two demonized monsters shattered the ground beneath their feet, lunging forward with an overwhelming torrent of bloody light.
With the boost from the Crimson Moon's Authority, their auras had surged to the level of High-tier Advanced magical beasts.
They had leaped across two entire sub-ranks.
Any ordinary magical beast would have been crushed by this pressure, but Qimeng merely glanced at them as if they were cheap toys.
“Well... they sure make a lot of noise, but they're surprisingly useless.”
Qimeng burst into a giggle.
She saw right through their facade; the strength of these two was nothing but a bloated bubble, their auras as flimsy as a leaking balloon.
“Die, arrogant brat! Under the crimson moon, we are invincible!!”
The Crimson Moon Blood Wolf roared, charging forward like a bolt of bloody lightning.
Yet Qimeng didn't even budge. Dozens of thorn spears floating around her whipped forward with ear-splitting screeches, piercing several horrific, bloody gashes into the blood wolf's body!
But in the next second, the bizarre red light in the sky flared, and under the illumination of the crimson moon, the wounds on the blood wolf actually began to heal!
“Hahaha! Do you feel it? This is the immortality of the crimson moon—”
“Oh? Why don't you take a closer look?”
Qimeng interrupted him with a smirk.
The Crimson Moon Blood Wolf's arrogant laughter came to an abrupt halt, like a vinyl record suddenly getting stuck.
To his horror, he realized that the wounds pierced by the spears had stopped healing. Instead, dark-green flames had begun to flicker within them.
The fire didn't feel real, yet no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't extinguish it.
It was none other than the 【Life Deprivation】 Authority attached to Qimeng's attacks!
“Oh dear, what a shame. It turns out your so-called invincibility under the crimson moon is just a basic healing factor? How unfortunate for you—I happen to specialize in shutting down health-regen cheats.”
The two monsters' illusions of invincibility shattered on the spot.
They had long since abandoned any thoughts of capturing Qimeng alive, their eyes glinting with raw malice.
Who could have imagined that they, who should have held all the cards, would be driven into such a corner!
“We must kill her, no matter what!”
Sensing their desperate final struggle, a flash of disdain crossed Qimeng's cool eyes, and she struck ruthlessly.
“【Advanced Spell: Demon Tree Prison Burial】!”
Qimeng couldn't be bothered to drag things out with them any longer.
After advancing to an Advanced Rank magical beast, her control over natural mana had undergone a complete transformation.
With a flick of her finger, dark-green light condensed into a beautiful yet eerie obsidian tree.
The tree's sprawling branches turned into thousands of pitch-black blades that sliced through the air, blotting out the sky as they skewered the two monsters and pinned them midair!
Immediately after, the demon tree collapsed inward, forming a suspended wooden coffin that constricted tightly, instantly crushing their bones!
“Damn it! Horn Demon Disintegration, mutual destruction!!”
The Giant Horn demon let out a desperate roar. As a final, suicidal resort, he chose to inflate his body, attempting to drag Qimeng down with him in a self-destructive blast.
However, before his self-detonation could succeed, Qimeng directly activated Devour All Things to siphon his life force.
Several pure white roots shot out from behind her, piercing into the Giant Horn demon's body with a sharp squelch.
The swelling monster deflated instantly, shriveling up and turning to ash with a face full of sheer frustration.
On the other side, in the final moment before being shredded by the demon tree, a venomous look flashed in the Crimson Moon Blood Wolf's eyes.
“Even if I die... I'm taking you with me! 【Crimson Moon: Forest Wolf Demonization】!!”
Boom!!
With a deafening explosion, the crimson moon magic patterns on the blood wolf's back burst apart, transforming into a dense mist of blood. Like a reverse bloody waterfall, it branded a scarlet moon high above the forest canopy!
“Tsk, he actually had one last trick up his sleeve. What a persistent nuisance.”
Through the root network spreading underground, Qimeng received feedback: a massive number of wild forest wolves around the valley were falling into a demonized state one after another.
There were at least several thousand demonized wolves responding to the crimson moon's mutation, all of them bloodshot-eyed and incredibly violent, launching a bloodthirsty charge toward the valley!
“Looks like this annoying crimson moon is going to hang in the sky all night... Tonight is bound to be a wild one.”
But then again, wasn't this just another disguised gift from nature?
Qimeng chuckled softly, stepping over to the corpses of the Advanced Rank magical beasts to happily tally up her loot.
Rate on N.U.
