Boom!
The explosion swept through the entire building, and Xu Le himself bore the brunt of it.
Although he had ducked behind a pillar after firing the bullet, the Alchemical Bomb's outrageous destructive power still blasted Xu Le away, shield and all.
Fortunately, the Red Moon shield's defenses barely held against the shock of the blast.
The shield had not yet dissipated when Xu Le hit the ground, blocking a good deal of falling rubble for him.
The aftershocks gradually subsided, and the building stopped shaking. Not much of it had collapsed, but it was no small amount, either.
Xu Le slowly climbed to his feet. Looking at the battered Scarecrow that had walked up to him, he felt a slight pang.
How much had this battle cost me?
I used the Red Jade Earring, Fate’s Scarecrow was damaged, I suffered some injuries, my Spirit Energy was almost overdrawn, and I was exhausted.
It could be called a tremendous expenditure.
If I had taken a different approach and simply consumed a fruit to summon White Cicada, would the results have been better?
After all, the resources he had expended in this fight could already have bought a Heart Energy Fruit.
Even without the Polluter effect, the White Cicada he summoned was still a genuine level 3 Oddity.
Could it have held its own against the Light Spider?
After pondering for a while, Xu Le decided it was impossible. First was the problem of overdrawing his Spirit Energy.
Had he summoned White Cicada, in his condition at the time, he would not have had any Ancient Yin Duo Energy left to continue Elementalization. The Light Spikes would have turned him into a pincushion on the spot.
Second, the Light Spider itself was definitely far stronger than White Cicada.
Once White Cicada