Chapter 55
"Weren't you supposed to be unable to use your abilities because of the Bomb? How come you--"
"Oh dear, it seems you've already defused the Bomb?"
Before Anlia Finna could finish speaking, Amabane Shizuna interrupted her.
"Hey, hey, this can't be a joke, right? This guy actually took down over two hundred Wizard so easily?"
Turning her gaze to the Lingmeng had just fought the Wizard, Emilia Reylos found that the Wizard had completely vanished, her expression one of disbelief.
"What's there to be skeptical about? It'll be your turn soon anyway." Turning to look at Shido, Lingmeng smiled and said, "Shido, I'll take care of them soon. You can just watch the show from the sidelines."
"Um... Lingmeng, be careful."
"I understand."
Smiling and giving an OK sign, Lingmeng turned her attention back to the trio.
"You lot want to arrest me? Then come on!"
Anlia Finna and Emilia Reylos expressed their displeasure with Lingmeng's tone, while Amabane Shizuna merely frowned and offered a reminder.
"You two better be serious, or you'll be in big trouble."
Having said that, the three of them nodded in unison, and the next second they launched an attack on Lingmeng simultaneously.
The three moved at an extremely fast speed, Shido was watching from the sidelines, couldn't see them at all.
However, these things were child's play to Lingmeng.
"Click--"
"Smash... Valudo!"
The Clock ticked, and then, for reasons unknown, the trio were sent flying.
Ah--! ×3
Shido could clearly see that all three of them had many wounds of varying sizes, and different amounts of blood were flowing from their wounds.
What's going on?
Shido had been staying by Lingmeng's side, was puzzled by this bizarre situation.
"It's nothing, I just paused time for a moment."
Lingmeng blew on her fist, which looked like she had just punched someone, and casually revealed the truth.
However, Shido and Fraxinus both opened their mouths in surprise at Lingmeng's seemingly indifferent attitude.
Stop time!? Just a brief pause?!
These are Shido and Fraxinus's inner thoughts.
The ability to stop time should be incredibly powerful, but why does it sound so cheap coming from Lingmeng's mouth?
Is this the Strongest Spirit? I love it!
"Damn it... what just happened...?"
After flying a long way, Anlia Finna crashed to the ground and struggled to her feet, looking completely bewildered.
"Cough—" Amabane Shizuna coughed painfully and replied, "She must have used her ability to stop time and then attacked us at that moment."
Then, glancing once more at Lingmeng in the distance, Amabane Shizuna spoke again.
"It seems I was too naive. I thought that as long as I was careful, I could still save my life."
Judging from the current situation, even if ten more Wizard of our skill level came, they would still be instantly killed by her. So, should we run? Staying here would only make us cannon fodder."
Despite Lingmeng's strength, Amabane Shizuna did not show much fear, but instead rationally stated what she believed to be the best solution.
But before Anlia Finna and Emilia Reylos could reply, Lingmeng's voice came directly from the cerebral cortex of the three of them.
"Don't leave so soon, we haven't even had a chance to sit down yet!"
"What!?" ×3
The three of them gasped in surprise.
As soon as they finished speaking, the three of them felt the space around them change.
When they came to their senses again, the three of them were teleported back by Lingmeng.
What came into view was Lingmeng's kind and friendly smile, as if she were saying, "Welcome home."
In that instant, Amabane Shizuna realized that it was absolutely impossible for the three of them to escape from the Strongest Spirit, Element Maker.
(Looks like I have no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it. If I had known it would turn out like this, I wouldn't have taken this mission...)
Looking at Lingmeng with mixed feelings, Amabane Shizuna was already regretting that she had listened to Isaac and come here to die.
"Oh, you guys seem pretty energetic?"
Lingmeng said contentedly.
Honestly, she could have easily taken care of them during the Time Stop.
But after thinking it over carefully, Lingmeng decided that simply killing them so easily would be too easy on them.
So she only used attacks that could cause damage but wouldn't kill them.
"So, what's next..."
He gently waved the Elemental Spirit in his hand.
Several elements appeared behind Lingmeng, and then, as if they had their own consciousness, they pounced on the three of them like a Beast.
"!!!"×3
Realizing the situation was dire, the three quickly grabbed their weapons and began to defend themselves, but—
"Snap--"
Amabane Shizuna's shield shattered the instant it came into contact with Lingmeng's attack.
To be honest, the moment the shield cracked, Amabane Shizuna was completely stunned.
In her memory, the shield that could block several of Ellen's full-force attacks cracked in less than a second, leaving her with incredibly mixed feelings.
The next second, all the elements hit her without exception.
"Ahhh... this... this is impossible..."
After being hit by Lingmeng's elemental attack, she was overwhelmed by a series of excruciating sensations.
The tearing sensation of the wind
The burning sensation of fire
The chilling feeling of ice
The paralyzing sensation of thunder
The penetrating sensation of light
The feeling of being swallowed by darkness
The feeling of being bound by wood
Even the mental aspect involved experiencing intense dizziness.
And so on and so forth. Any one of these effects would be enough to make someone feel bad, let alone all of them combined.
If you were to ask Amabane Shizuna how she feels right now, she might answer--
"It's probably only a hundred times worse than Lingchi, right?"
Compared to Amabane Shizuna's simple defense, Emilia Reylos's approach was much more straightforward and brutal.
Picking up her Longbow, after a few seconds of charging, she fired more than a dozen Light Bullet with all her might, which collided with Lingmeng's Elemental Bullet.
In the world of anime and manga, this phenomenon is called "wave counter".
This usually happens when the Protagonist and the antagonist decide who wins and who loses.
At this moment, Lingmeng was standing on the right, while Emilia Reylos was standing on the left.
According to common knowledge in anime, in a contest of points, the right side usually wins.
The result was obvious; compared to Amabane Shizuna, Emilia wasn't much better off. Reylos's attack was instantly neutralized by Lingmeng's attack.
Several elements, like tadpoles looking for their mother, rushed into Emilia Reylos's embrace.
"Ahhh..."
Emilia Reylos then let out the same scream as Amabane Shizuna.
(Zhongsheng: "I'm so good at swimming! I was shocked when I saw myself...")
Chapter Fifty-One Victory
"Damn it! Why did this happen!?"
Seeing that her two companions had lost their fighting ability, Anlia Finna let out a furious roar.
Despite being one of the World’s Top Five Wizard, a figure revered and admired in DEM.
Normally, she should have easily annihilated any enemy, but the elf in front of her completely shattered that idea.
Not for any other reason, but simply because she was terrifyingly strong.
She managed to easily defeat hundreds of them all by herself, and Anlia Finna could clearly sense that Lingmeng wasn't using her full strength.
This made Anlia Finna acutely aware of the vast, galaxy-like gap between herself and Lingmeng.
Even so, Anlia Finna would not give in so easily.
After using all her strength to unleash Territory to protect herself, only to have it shattered like glass by Lingmeng, Anlia Finna simply burst into wild laughter.
"Hahaha... Even if I, Anlia Finna, lose, I'll still leave a scar on you!"
Just before she was about to be hit by Lingmeng's Elemental Bullet, Anlia Finna deftly pulled out a metal ball slightly larger than a ping-pong ball from her back and quickly threw it at Lingmeng.
"This is Bomb I specially prepared. You demon, you may disappear along with this city!"
After uttering her last words, the once incredibly arrogant Anlia Finna was struck by Lingmeng's Elemental Bullet, letting out a heart-wrenching scream before falling silent.
"Brush--"
Because it was thrown with all her might by Anlia Finna, the Bomb traveled at an incredible speed.
During its high-speed flight, the Bomb, which was originally in a spherical shape, began to deform into an irregular sphere, and the blue patterns emanating from its interior could be clearly seen.
"What should Lingmeng do now?"
Shido looked at Lingmeng with extreme panic and asked her this question.
Lingmeng simply waved her hand dismissively, her expression showing no concern whatsoever.
"Well, it's just a Bomb. It can be dealt with easily."
"Real--"
"Bong--!"
Before Shido could finish speaking, the Bomb in mid-air began to explode, spreading rapidly with red sparks and a powerful shockwave.
Shido almost lost his footing and was sent flying.
If Lingmeng hadn't stopped him in time, Shido might already be playing with Kars.
"Oh--"
Lingmeng scoffed. Then that familiar voice rang out again.
"Click--"
"Zawarudo!"
After the sound signaling the Time Stop rang out, everything around Lingmeng, whether living or non-living, instantly stopped moving.
Of course—the same goes for Bomb.