Chapter 157
But the blow still missed and was parried.
However, this time, it was not the Wood Person doll's hands that received the Blade of Lightning, but a Dragon.
"Wood Dragon Technique!"
Nahida clasped her hands together and looked up at Aizen. Behind her, a huge Wood Dragon coiled around the Wood Person, its mouth wide open, biting the falling Blade of Lightning with its teeth.
"I see. Besides summoning Wood Person, it is also possible to summon other forms of tree creations."
Aizen nodded as he looked at the Wood Dragon that had bitten his Blade of Lightning.
"Is this the way the Dendro Archon fights?"
"That's right, this is the fighting style I possess as the Dendro Archon."
Nahida raised her hands and clapped them together forcefully.
"What will it be this time?"
Aizen watched Nahida's movements and asked curiously, but his hands did not stop moving.
"But it doesn't matter, because what trees can do is ultimately limited."
The Blade of Lightning in Takemikazuchi's hand suddenly disappeared, turning into a Spear of Thunder.
Holding the Spear of Thunder, he hurled it directly at the Wood Person.
Under Nahida's control, the Wood Person crossed its hands and caught the Spear of Thunder with its own.
Boom--
The Spear of Thunder exploded in the Wood Person's hand, and the huge lightning explosion directly raised a purple mushroom cloud outside Sumeru City!
"Lord Lesser Lord Kusanali!"
The Sumeru people screamed in panic, but after the purple light dissipated, what they saw was Wood Person with green light emanating from its hands.
The Wood Person's hands were completely shattered, but the green light above them was constantly repairing them.
"At the moment my Spear of Thunder exploded, I released the Elemental Power of the Dendro element into my palm, which reacted with the Electro element in the Spear of Thunder, thus consuming the elemental impact unleashed by the Spear of Thunder."
Aizen, looking at the Wood Person doll's hands that were being continuously repaired, gave his evaluation.
"A very good fighting style."
"But how many times can you withstand such an attack?"
As soon as Aizen finished speaking, Takemikazuchi sprang into action again, wielding his thick arm and slashing directly at the Wood Person Tachi.
Facing the descending Blade of Lightning, the Wood Person repeated its previous technique, using its hands clasped together to parry the blade barehanded.
The Blade of Lightning was grabbed by the Wood Person's hands, but Takemikazuchi immediately used his other hands to simultaneously create Spear of Thunder, preparing to bombard the Wood Person doll with two Spear of Thunder at the same time.
However, before Takemikazuchi could throw his Spear of Thunder, his massive body suddenly staggered.
"Um?"
Aizen looked down and realized that Takemikazuchi's legs were entangled by a large number of trees.
"When? Did you mean just now?"
Just now, Nahida made a gesture of putting her hands together, but nothing changed afterward. So that's where it was summoned, right?
"But that alone won't stop me."
As he spoke, lightning erupted from Takemikazuchi's legs, instantly splitting the trees wrapped around them and freeing his legs from their original position.
"If your power is only this much, then it is far too weak for me."
"My strength is indeed very weak compared to yours."
Nahida did not offer any explanation; in fact, she directly acknowledged her weakness.
"However, being weak does not mean there is no way to win."
Nahida raised her small hand, and the enormous Wood Dragon reappeared, emerging from beside Takemikazuchi.
This time, eight dragons appeared!
Eight Wood Dragon emerged from the water, standing like wooden pillars, raising their heads and colliding together. Their heads then clashed and formed a knot, creating a huge cage that imprisoned Takemikazuchi inside.
However, the cage did not last long before it was severed by Takemikazuchi's horizontal slash.
While Nahida was waiting, she controlled the Wood Person to rush forward. When Takemikazuchi cut open the huge wooden cage, the Wood Person rushed into the cage and grabbed Takemikazuchi's hands.
After the Wood Person entered the wooden cage, the severed cage was restored.
"Hmph~ You want to control me by restricting my movement range like this?"
"But that's no use."
Takemikazuchi's wings suddenly slashed open, releasing lightning that shattered the wooden cage behind him.
"No, it's useful!"
Nahida controlled the Wood Person and the Wood Person Wood Dragon on its body, which tightly wrapped around Takemikazuchi's body.
"Because only in this way can I get close to you."
After the Wood Person had entangled Takemikazuchi, it slammed its head into Takemikazuchi's head with a single, forceful movement.
"What!?"
Takemikazuchi's head was knocked back, and Aizen was also very surprised. He did not expect Nahida to have such a fighting style.
"Gotcha!"
Nahida controlled the Wood Person to Takemikazuchi completely, but the moment the Wood Person embraced Takemikazuchi's entire body began to erupt with purple lightning, and his whole body was engulfed in a thunderstorm.
The Wood Person figure was instantly charred black by the lightning, and wood chips flew everywhere.
Oh no, what's flying out isn't sawdust anymore, it's huge chunks of wood.
"Hang in there! Please, you have to hold on!"
Nahida clenched her hands, using all her strength to continuously maintain the regeneration of the trees on the Wood Person with her Elemental Power.
"Go Lesser Lord Kusanali God! Keep it up!"
"Lesser Lord Kusanali God, you must hold on!"
Seeing Nahida's difficult situation, the Sumeru Man couldn't help but encourage her.
However, only the Doctor felt that Nahida's efforts were in vain.
From his perspective, Aizen had already left Takemikazuchi's head and appeared alone behind Nahida.
"Although you did a good job, it's a pity you didn't work hard enough."
As Aizen appeared behind Nahida, he spoke and pierced Nahida's petite body with his sword.
"This..."
The sudden turn of events left all the onlookers stunned.
"Really..."
The Doctor's slice was dealt with by this move, appearing suddenly behind him without his knowledge. To this day, he still doesn't understand how it happened.
"As the god of wisdom, your power is already quite good, but unfortunately, it is not enough in the face of me."
Sheathing the knife, Nahida's body slowly fell forward.
However, before Nahida's body could fall to the ground, it suddenly exploded, turning into countless branches that directly enveloped Aizen.
"This is?"
Aizen looked at the branches that had tightly wrapped around him with surprise.
"Wood Clone".
Nahida appeared behind Aizen.
"Wood Clone?"
Aizen looked at the branches that were entangled around him. The source of these branches was indeed a Nahida, but a Nahida that looked completely made of wood. Its body was covered with various wood grain patterns, making it look like a wood carving.
"What an interesting ability. When did you use this clone? I didn't see your original body leave."
"When they hit you with the head of Wood Person."
"So that's how it is. They changed the personnel at that time. I didn't even notice."
Aizen gave his evaluation again, and then unleashed a tremendous force that ripped apart the branches enveloping him.
"Unfortunately, it's useless."
"No, it was very useful. I have completed my attack."
Nahida stared intently at Aizen.
"Um?"
Aizen frowned and noticed a small wooden splinter embedded in his chest. He hadn't even felt it before because the splinter was so small.
The thin splinter had already pierced his chest.
"Just because..."
Pfft
Before he could finish speaking, a large number of wooden spikes suddenly emerged from Aizen's body, piercing through him.
His entire body instantly became covered in blood.
"Cough cough—"
Aizen, whose body was pierced by wooden spikes, coughed up a mouthful of blood. His entire body was covered in wooden spikes, and to outsiders, it looked as if a tree was growing out of his body, with branches sticking out from all parts of his body, which looked extremely terrifying.
"How could such a thing be...?"
"I'm very sorry, this is the first time I've used this attack method, and this is also my first battle."
Nahida stood beside Aizen, looking at Aizen miserable state, and couldn't help but apologize.
"But for the sake of Sumeru, I have no choice but to ask you to fall."
Then Nahida took a deep breath.
Goodbye, my cowardice!
After saying that, the branches inside Aizen's body erupted again, and the huge branches completely burst Aizen's body apart.
266. Aizen reappears
Did we win?
"They must have... won, right?"
"I can move! I can move! We won! Lord Dendro Archon God won!"
The residents of Sumeru City witnessed Nahida defeat Aizen, and the immense pressure they had felt suddenly vanished.
"It's over! It's all over!"
The residents of Sumeru City got up from the ground one by one and cheered. They were glad that they had survived and that the Dendro Archon had defeated the terrifying Aizen.
"Is it over?"
"Hmm, it should be over by now."
Alhaitham and Cyno were among them. Like the other desert people, they had been pinned to the ground, but now that the pressure was gone, they were finally able to stand up again.
Looking at the giant Wood Person still standing in the river Sumeru City, especially the petite human figure on the Wood Person, the two of them couldn't help but sigh.
"Is that the Dendro Archon?"
"Yes, that is the Lesser Kusanali."
"I never expected the Lesser Kusanali to be so strong."
Having just completed the entire battle, they reflected on their experiences over the past few days and felt a sudden realization.
These past few days have been absolutely surreal.
First, he was framed and forced to bear the burden of being wanted. Then, while being wanted, he joined the Aizen faction and witnessed Aizen's rule over the desert. In particular, Alhaitham even managed to become a Chief Steward in the desert. Although Cyno did not join the desert or get any position, he got along very well with the mercenaries in the desert. Because he was relatively short, the desert mercenaries always treated Cyno like someone's child and were willing to play with him.
Overall, Alhaitham and Cyno were doing quite well in the desert. Aizen didn't seem to have any intention of controlling them and gave them a lot of freedom. However, they had no way to resist Aizen's actions.