As Ed's body gradually floated up, more and more players who thought they were still in the middle of a cutscene turned their attention to Ed, who dared to speak tough to the BOSS, and then a gasp of surprise followed.
It turns out that not only do bosses have two forms, but even your own faction's NPC leader has one?!
Good, good, that's more like it.
If we were to describe it using terminology similar to a card game, the current situation on the field would be:
The Initial Tier character card: [ Ed Adrian - Verdant Bishop] has been replaced with the Initial Tier character card: [ Ed Adrian - Psionic Energy ].
This ability to change one's external form is a product of Little Green's complete digestion and absorption of that Territory Secret Pact, and it is also one of the reasons why Ed was able to lead people to forcefully break into the church without fear.
Once that bead was refined, it was no longer, or rather, more than just a simple Territory Secret Pact.
Claims of territory and the use of a type of Psionic Energy have been digested and engraved into Ed's body.
Seeing the scene before him, Yiden's wrinkled face trembled slightly. For the first time today, he was observing this experimental subject who had escaped a month ago with a serious eye:
"What exactly are you?"
"Hehe, guess."
Ed smiled and gave a perfunctory reply.
The instant Ed completed his transformation, as if his true intentions had been seen through by the enemy, Yiden in mid-air was already waving his wooden staff:
"Attack! Annihilate the invaders!"
Completely out of their minds, the Tree Worship Church priests roared as they pounced on the players trapped by the environment's debuffs.
At that moment, Ed slowly clenched his right hand in front of him:
Command: Hang Upside Down!
Players first felt their hair flying upwards, then their entire body began to break free from the Boston Ivy's control and fall upwards.
The feeling grew stronger and stronger; an invisible force was pulling every part of their bodies, dragging them out of the Boston Ivy the ground.
Those players who were tightly entangled were pulled away by the other players as they fell, thus freeing them all.
In this vast, enclosed space without doors, windows, or light, the definitions of "up" and "down" seem to have been altered by Ed.
In less than two seconds, the bound players, the pale-faced volunteers and the boxes they were protecting, and even the three-person-tall alchemical golem all rose into the air and began to fall towards the ceiling. The huge difference in height meant they were about to be smashed to pieces.
The players' screams suddenly overlapped, and the alchemical golem also grabbed several volunteers who were scared out of their wits in mid-air.
But just as the last person broke free from those constraints, Ed's new instructions came again:
Command: Cancel!
Command: Weightlessness!
The players, who had just escaped their restraints, felt themselves enter a state of complete Weightlessness before they even had a chance to accelerate. Their already slow speed was quickly dissipated by the surrounding air.
This time, it's not that the definitions of "up" and "down" have been altered, but rather that "up" and "down" have completely lost their meaning.
Instead of confronting Yiden's domain rules, Ed added new rules to this Gloomy Sanctuary.
The priests of the Tree Worship Church can move freely between ceilings, walls, and floors using Boston Ivy and vines, while Ed's players can now perform spacewalk-like movements using just one or two simple appendages.
Now, fairness seems to Descent, and the battle has been completely upgraded from a two-dimensional battlefield to a spatial battlefield.
But it wasn't over yet; a new prompt appeared before the players:
[Combat Assist Function: Gravity Field Conversion
Ed Adrian has transformed into his Psionic Energy form. After locking onto a target and confirming it a second time, he can obtain the gravity in the vertical direction of the corresponding plane through Ed.
Seeing the combat notifications scrolling across their screens, the quick-thinking players immediately grasped the current situation.
To counteract the continuous flipping of the ground and the binding effect of the layers of Boston Ivy, Ed used his skills to levitate them in the air.
By simply identifying their target, they can obtain the gravity in that plane and thus avoid the negative effects of scene flipping.
In other words, with Ed's help, they can choose which direction "down" they want!
genius!
While the vast majority of players were praising it in their hearts, a couple of rather unromantic players started gagging.
Damn it, which side is down? My head is so dizzy!
Realizing this, the battle finally entered a new phase.
"A mere trick, get to work!"
" Soul Returner, launch the attack!"
The leaders of both factions issued another order: the players formed squads of three to five people in the air, collectively locked onto a few unfortunate priests, and then launched an attack.
Priests were able to stand on walls and ceilings by clinging to and binding themselves with Boston Ivy, which was more than enough compared to players who could only move on the ground. But now that players have gained the powerful buff of gravity conversion, their bindings seem ridiculously inadequate.
[ Lion Hidden in the Eyes ] looked at the [ Dragonkin Transformation ] buff in his status bar, knowing full well that once it expired, it would definitely leave him in a weakened state.
There's still an hour and a half left, that should be enough!
Thinking of this, his burning fighting spirit was rekindled, and he led the four slacking technicians behind him to launch a fierce attack on the two closest priests.
While everyone else chose to change the direction of gravity to launch an attack, only one person was the exception.
[ Pond Fish and Old Abyss ] I feel like that superhero in the movie who leaves cobwebs all over the sewers.
After leveling up, she added all two special attribute points to [ Plant Compatibility ] and all her ordinary attribute points to Constitution to improve her health (current attribute: 35893000).
Therefore, at this point, [ Pond Fish and Old Abyss ] can manipulate three of the lowest-grade Deadwood Vine at the same time, and can add one more if the issue of life loss is not considered.
Although her combat abilities aren't as strong now, in Weightlessness gravity, she can use these vines to move between different surfaces throughout the Gloomy Sanctuary space, helping players mark enemies that parachute behind them in an attempt to ambush them.
The priests were naturally furious with this guy who swung around on the vines, but no matter how the location of [ Pond Fish and Old Abyss ] changed, it was always a special "above" for them, making it very difficult to launch an attack.