On the shore of the dark lake, the Twin Kings stared in astonishment at the scene before them.
"Where... did this... plant come from?"
The Immortal King, who had been all smiles just moments before, was now no less puzzled than Adelaide, who was underground.
The King of Domination on one side sighed:
"Plants can be used like this... I have a feeling this could be a formidable enemy."
"It's a pity we can't kill him now."
The Immortal King snorted and said:
"But I think the amount is already sufficient. Let's see what else he can do."
In the dark lake, the Willow Men of Cuiske, no, perhaps now they should be called "Rattan Armor Men," launched another desperate charge towards the stone pillar before them.
With a deafening explosion, the thickest stone pillar in the Rotting Corpse Dark Lake snapped completely.
Countless pebbles flew in all directions, and players, Blood Corpse, and even the resurrecting Margaret all suffered.
Ed witnessed this scene the moment his consciousness returned to his body. He lightly tapped the direction of the Resurrection Tree cluster, speeding up the players' resurrection and causing the plant roots to grow upwards along the cracks in the rock wall.
With so much blood and Blood Corpse on it, leaving it to Adelaide would only aid the enemy; it's better to use it ourselves.
At this moment, the ground tremors had reached their limit, and finally, with the collapse of the stone pillar, the intense tremors disappeared instantly.
Ed sighed softly:
"The Monkey King has been born."
"Smack!"
A thunderous roar followed, and the hurricane that followed instantly dispersed the smoke and dust that filled the dark lake.
The players arched their backs to withstand the immense force that could have blown them away, and through the gaps in their defensively raised arms, they caught a glimpse of what was happening before them—
Having completely merged with the half-tree body, Cuiske appeared stronger than ever before.
At this moment, the enormous tree giant, which had grown to nearly thirty meters tall, was slowly rising from a kneeling position in a large pit.
With the replenishment from the previous half-tree people and a large number of Blood Corpse, Cuiske's body was no longer in a near-human shape, but was now fully armed, with the edges of armor formed by the interweaving of different plants visible.
The players didn't know when they had last witnessed a similar scene, but at that moment, several different works of art instantly came to mind for everyone.
Based solely on this less than twenty-second clip, many people are convinced that regardless of whether Cuiske dies or is captured and becomes a little donut in the Dungeon, model and mech enthusiasts will forever cherish this moment.
Sure enough, whether it was the Alchemy Golem or the Willow Mech, countless players reaffirmed their gaming XP at this moment.
I just like big things!
As Cuiske slowly stood up, players saw more details about the giant.
Cuiske had now grown six arms. Two arms were wrapped around the back of his head, two arms were outstretched behind him as if embracing something, and two arms were placed flat together in front of his chest, making him look like a strange and sinister otherworldly Buddha statue.
And a figure, tiny compared to Cuiske, stood on the tree giant's two joined hands.
Despite his small size, he looked incredibly majestic, instantly making it clear who was dominant between him and the giant behind him.
The man was dressed in half-rotten noble attire, his long gray hair fluttering slightly in the wind of the underground space, his face ashen, like a corpse that had been soaking in water for days.
His appearance was somewhere between youth and middle age. The only incongruous thing at this moment was that, even now, this middle-aged man with sharp features and a sinister and dignified demeanor still kept his eyes slightly closed and remained silent.
Seeing this scene from afar, the King of Domination couldn't help but softly murmur the name he could never forget:
Adelaide.
At the very moment that the King of Domination uttered the name of his prey after a long absence, the man standing on the giant's hand finally opened his eyes—
"Buzz!"
A sudden burst of intense noise filled everyone's minds, their thoughts fragmented like a radio being jammed.
Everyone looked up and saw that between the giant's arms, which seemed to be embracing something, an eye from the void had opened.
Those arms held up the illusory single eye as if they were holding up a cold sun.
And all those targeted by that gaze were plunged into extreme agony at that moment.
[ Easily Soluble in Water ] was positioned relatively early, and he originally planned to come back and get another orange, then rejoin the battlefield in his combined form.
Unfortunately, the enemy didn't give him that chance; before he could even collect the oranges, the seal was completely Shattered.
He stared blankly at the giant that rose from the ground before him, at the majestic BOSS, at the enormous single eye that seemed to come from the void.
The next instant, he looked at his status bar--
Weakness, bleeding and vulnerability, accelerated aging, loss of stamina, bone deterioration, Psionic Energy leakage, sensory decline, stagnation of absorption, sticky environment, loss of resistance...
A dozen or so different levels of debuffs instantly filled his status bar, and each debuff was accompanied by a bright red upward arrow.
The debuff level starts at "I" and quickly increases to "II", "III", "IV", and so on.
As for whether there are higher-level debuffs above, [ Easily Soluble in Water ] is unknown.
Because his body had completely collapsed from the inside out before he could even see what would happen next.
He looked at his arm and saw that pieces of skin and flesh were falling off, turning into blood before they could even fall off.
A tasteless liquid dribbled from the corner of his mouth, and his vision quickly blurred.
"Ugh, I feel a little unwell..."
He uttered half a murky sentence, "[ Easily Soluble in Water ]," and fell backward, dissolving into the lake water of the underground cave.
With just a glance, Adelaide wiped out all the Low Tier on the field, including not only the players but also the knights and squires around the Twin Kings, all of whom were put into a state of waiting to be resurrected.
Xilǐ'er stretched out his hand, looking at the gauntlets that had inexplicably begun to be covered in patches of rust, and couldn't help but sigh:
"Looks like he's been holding back a lot of anger."
"Heh, I wonder if the ' Son of God ' can withstand it."
" Tim " said with a sinister smile.
Adelaide, who started with a full-map AoE attack, neither looked at the Twin Kings nor at Ed.
A drop of bright red blood condensed at his fingertips, which he casually flicked onto Margaret's Shattered body, which was attempting to reassemble itself.
As the True Blood fell, Margarita's broken bodies swarmed forward like wild dogs spotting food, crashing together and merging without regard for anything else.
A few breaths later, a giant spider several meters tall appeared on the other side of the cave.