With a deafening explosion, countless crystal shards shot out in all directions, using their extraordinary hardness and speed to equally ravage everything around them, like an air-exploding offensive grenade.
[ Lion Hidden in the Eyes ] As the being closest to the crystal, he could clearly feel more than a dozen crystal shards embedded in his entire body in an instant.
After a loud bang, the expected crashing sound, like hail hitting the ground, did not come.
The half-dragon opened his eyes through the gap between his arms and looked up. He saw the black mage, now freed from his shackles, hovering in mid-air, his staff radiating surging Psionic Energy.
Around him, the shattered crystal fragments were Solidification in mid-air, just like the fruit pulp in the gel jelly he loved to eat in real life.
[ With Lion Hidden in the Eyes ] Seeing this, he was not afraid at all, but instead became even more excited.
The heavier the attacks I take, the more powerful the sealed entity is.
With this dark magician's power, dealing with that "runaway nobleman" who's feigning a pitiful appearance to deceive his companions shouldn't be a problem, right?
As the dim, warm light transformed into a sharp blade that sliced through space, the Blood Arrow that had begun to Spread among the players were silently severed.
The remaining dozen or so players, including the half-dragon, were temporarily safe.
However, with nine players already attacked, and nearly half of them lost, no one can be laughing now.
As the trail of the Blood Arrow was erased, the expressions on the faces of the players who had already been attacked froze.
They all stopped what they were doing, turned around, and looked at the black mage floating in mid-air with empty, lifeless eyes. Their faces were expressionless, but a voice filled with extreme rage emanated from their throats:
What do you want from me to stop?
The mage standing in the air seemed to have not spoken for a long time; he swallowed a few times before giving a hoarse response:
"It's a fight to the death."
"What a madman!"
The players, who had been staring blankly, all let out a low shout and immediately began to act separately, unleashing an absurd speed that left the onlookers, the half-dragons, speechless.
In just a few breaths, each of their bodies has been rapidly Aberration and strengthening, and they now already have a sense of being at the Middle Tier.
The [ Good Times Don't Last ] that had been controlled let out a howl and pounced on its companions who were trying to avoid it, as if venting their resentment at not having supported its choice just now.
The others quickly ran around, and [ Shit Appraisal Master ] disappeared behind the crystal cluster in the blink of an eye, while [ Retreat in the Face of Difficulty ] ran towards the crystal with the fewest cracks that sealed the female assassin.
Watching the group instantly distance themselves from the crystal cluster, the half-dragon turned thoughtfully to look at the crystal that sealed the "runaway noble."
Although the surface of the crystal was covered with cracks, it was not actually completely broken.
But the elegant human nobleman inside had now completely turned into a dried-up corpse, and even his magnificent robes seemed to have been stripped of their essence, rapidly weathering and disintegrating.
Seeing this, [ with Lion Hidden in the Eyes ] surely realized they had been tricked.
The "runaway nobleman" sealed inside the central crystal is none other than the vampire grand duke they have been searching for!
As the players, eager for amusement, tried to extort an Lion amount, the other party was also hoping to use the players' bodies to escape.
With the unintentional help of the players, that person actually escaped from the cage and regained their freedom!
This time, I must have gotten myself into trouble...
In an instant, the half-dragon's face darkened. Seeing that his companions were still reeling from their brief shock, he immediately shouted:
"Hurry up and summon Boss Ed!"
Oh, right! They have this other trick up their sleeve!
The few people who had been cornered by [ Good Times Don't Last Long], who had already entered puppet form, suddenly remembered that they, as Soul Returner, still had such a move they could use.
Immediately, [ Chocolate Ice Cream Scoop ] and [ Traditional Eccentric Wheel ] stepped forward and engaged in combat with the surging [ Good Times Don't Last n't Last Long]. Even before its neck was crushed, [ Chocolate Ice Cream Scoop ] managed a hissing cry:
"Hurry up, Xiaodeng!"
Having only fought a few battles with [ Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop ], I suddenly remembered that my brother had given me a bag containing various saplings and tree seeds.
She immediately reached in and pulled out the seeds of the Temporary Resurrection Tree. As she cut her palm and let her blood soak into the seeds, her eyes darted around trying to find a suitable spot to plant them.
This place is different from ordinary places; even in the eerie and terrifying environment of the Rotting Corpse Dark Lake, there is still water, which is essential for plant growth.
This sealed area, which appears to have been formed by high-temperature melting, shows absolutely no signs of life. Not only is the ground so slippery that one could easily fall, but there isn't even a drop of water.
My brother was strangled to death by the puppet form of [ Good Times Don't Last ] right after he said those words.
However, the [ Traditional Eccentric Wheel ] obviously couldn't withstand the test for too long.
She certainly wanted to use her own corpse as nourishment for the Resurrection Tree, just like she had done at the Rotting Corpse Dark Lake.
Unfortunately, they now only have seven or eight people left, which is far from enough to nurture a mature Symbiotic Tree.
We must find soil!
A location appeared in her mind--
That was the opening cut by the King of Fall Resistance, I Guess, the entrance through which they rappelled down.
The stone walls there are only two steps thick. If you're accurate enough, you can throw the activated seed out of the stone wall and into the outer soil layer by standing on the ground.
Once the seed falls into the soil, Ed will be able to get here, and this crisis will be resolved.
Thinking of this, [ the Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop ] cried out in a trembling voice:
"Quick, get me to the cave entrance! That's the only place where I can plant trees!"
She spoke a language from another world, and the surviving players quickly began to flee with her, while the manipulated players seemed to understand nothing at all.
Seven or eight people rained down their props on him, but the Good Times Don't Last n't last long, and they finally managed to slow him down temporarily.
As everyone escaped their predicament, an invisible force also descended upon [ the Lion Hidden in the Eyes ].
He couldn't help but look at his chest, abdomen, and legs, where he saw crystal shards being pulled from his flesh bit by bit by an unseen hand.
A somewhat awkward voice entered his mind directly:
"Feel sorry."
Although the voice was different from the one he had used when he spoke with the Grand Duke, the half-dragon instantly realized who the voice belonged to.
He suddenly looked up and saw that the "dark mage" in the air had already loosened his grip on the staff with his right hand.