"I see."
A relieved smile appeared on Cuiske's not-so-aged face:
You want to be promoted to High Tier.
Ed nodded and said:
"That's right."
"You want to steal my Aberration plant."
"Right."
"And I am the material for your advancement to High Tier."
"Yes."
" The Holy Scripture say that all power comes from the gifts of the Tree of Origin."
"I haven't read it."
"I've read it."
Cuiske's demeanor suddenly changed:
"It is my honor to demonstrate my strength before you."
As soon as he finished speaking, Cuiske's body seemed to be torn apart, and countless Aberration plants grew from beneath his skin, turning him into a bouquet-like entity.
Ed sensed that Cuiske's Blood Corpse power had locked onto him, and that the Aberration plants were following the guidance of this power.
This old guy really combined the two systems perfectly.
A torrential downpour of sharp spikes shot out, like a giant cactus being waved around in someone's hand.
The Resilient Beechwood from Motley came in handy at this moment, its almost instantaneous growth rate blocking all attacks in front of Ed.
He casually plucked a thorn stuck in the bark of a beech tree and tossed it into his mouth. A message immediately appeared before Ed's eyes:
[Genes collected - Deadly Poison Cactus ]
Just as Ed was about to habitually try to disrupt the other person's mindset, Ed suddenly frowned and felt a sharp pain in his internal organs.
Dozens of morning glory buds burst open instantly, and violent shockwaves of different frequencies echoed simultaneously in the underground space.
Simply being affected by it, the bodies of ordinary Blood Corpse instantly disintegrated like rubble, as if they had been hardened and then shattered by a hammer blow.
Ed felt his internal organs were on the verge of falling apart, and even his usually tightly bound Little Green was at risk of being shaken out of its eye socket.
Having lived in this world for so long, this was the first time he had encountered an attack that could almost completely disintegrate him.
That old bastard Cuiske has a lot of treasures; choosing to drain him dry before defeating him was definitely the right decision!
The Parasitic Boston Ivy Spread throughout Ed's body, binding his organs in their original positions and preventing them from wandering off.
Ed flicked his wrist, and snowflake-like gray reed seeds instantly filled the space around him.
Using the rhythm of these light plant seeds, Ed quickly located the plants that were emitting shockwaves.
Two Strangler Fig pierced through Ed's pampas seed and Cuiske's poisonous fog, locking onto the plant far above the rock face and shooting off, instantly bringing back the sample for Ed.
[Genes collected - Shockwave Morning Glory ]
Ed became more and more excited as the game progressed, while Cuiske on the opposite side remained expressionless.
After just two rounds, his opponent had already seen through two of his cards. Should he continue to stall for time for his father, or choose to reveal all his cards and try to overwhelm his opponent?
Cuiske clenched his fists and charged forward...
On the battlefield not far away, Adelaide was closing in on Xilǐ'er, who was possessed by the King of Domination.
Surprisingly, the knight, who had always been invincible, did not rush forward to fight him; instead, his steps became somewhat sluggish.
Cough cough cough!
A violent, muffled cough came, and Xilǐ'er's body lurched forward, a mouthful of black blood gushing out from under his helmet.
"Destroying your Descent will inevitably injure your main body to some extent, won't it?"
Adelaide's cold voice echoed, but Xilǐ'er remained silent.
Why bother, Vanessa?
"Even if I am utterly worthless, I am not so easily defeated by a mere Descent."
Xilǐ'er remained silent. His spear was already shattered. He braced himself with one hand and reached for the throwing daggers behind him with the other.
He reached out and squeezed hard, but only brought back a handful of rust in his palm, so he dejectedly tossed the rubble aside.
"Going back won't be that easy."
Adelaide continued:
"My curse includes ' Consciousness Binding, ' and to break free now, it will be a painful process."
He approached the King of Domination step by step, as if no other being existed in this world.
Adelaide looked at Xilǐ'er's face beneath the helmet and asked leisurely:
"Is this body belonging to a marquis in your lineage?"
"I think it would be a good thing if we could seize some of your Authority from this."
As she said this, Adelaide approached Xilǐ'er, about to place her hand on his helmet, which was about to crumble.
Just then, a pleasant sound, tinged with a slight panting, suddenly rang out:
"Father."
Adelaide, like a king, cast a merciless gaze toward the source of the sound.
Not far away, Margaret was limping toward them.
Behind her was a battlefield composed of mountains of half-tree people and Blood Corpse corpses.
Margaret, Incarnation a giant spider, was now almost half her original form. Only three of her thick spider legs remained, and half of her eight eyes were gone. A shattered knight's sword, piercing through her body, was still stuck in her round spider abdomen, and white and green fluids were slowly dripping from the tip of the sword.
At that moment, a man in armor, his body completely shattered, was hanging from the giant spider monster's mouth.
The bright, sunset-like light that had previously shone through had vanished, and now only a dim, yellowish light flickered occasionally through the cracks in the armor, like a low-wattage light bulb with a faulty connection.
"Your offspring have fortunately fulfilled their mission."
The spider monster knelt before Adelaide in the distance, offering up its precious prey.
Before Adelaide could say anything, her words seemed to have flipped a switch on the armored man.
A stream of light slowly gathered from within the shattered armor, converging at the fingertips of his right hand.
The armored man, who had long since died, suddenly raised his right hand as if in a final burst of energy, and pointed it towards Xilǐ'er from a distance.
In that instant, the cracks on Xilǐ'er's body closed up and the rust disappeared. With lightning speed, he reached behind him, pulled out a short spear that was now spotless again, and stabbed it fiercely into the ground in front of him!
"Boom!"
The massive impact propelled Xilǐ'er backward, causing him some damage but also pulling him off the battlefield.
The silver-armored knight rolled a few times on the ground and stood up somewhat disheveled.
Radish walked over to his side and nuzzled against its master. On the other side, a guy dressed as a knight's squire walked straight out of the Eternal Domain's vanguard and came to Xilǐ'er's side.
This attendant was of average appearance and had nothing particularly memorable about him.
But his eyes were incredibly deep at this moment, and there seemed to be specks of dim, yellowish Psionic Energy within them. He was none other than the Immortal King had changed his body.
He approached Xilǐ'er, looked at Adelaide not far away, and said to those around him:
You have one minute left.