Chapter 99: Body Swap
Thud! Crack!
A small fist, burning with Dou Qi flames, slammed onto Fidia’s bone armor, instantly shattering the hard protection conjured by the Supreme Mage. The violent impact generated a howling shockwave that struck Fidia’s body. Like a cannonball, she flew off the undead dragon, crashing onto the ground with a boom, creating a large crater.
“Fidia!” Shor cried out in alarm.
“Leona” turned her head, a lazy smile playing on her lips, and looked at him.
Meeting that gaze, Shor felt an icy chill run through his body. He chanted a spell at incredible speed, and copious amounts of green smoke billowed from his mage robes, rapidly solidifying into ferocious undead creatures. Without needing Shor’s command, they let out heart-stopping roars and lunged towards “Leona,” who had swapped souls with Abyss.
“So Leona’s body holds such astonishing power…”
Abyss marveled inwardly, then moved. Ignoring the undead charging at him, he weaved through them with impossible speed, bypassing them and landing a punch directly on Shor’s shoulder.
Though Leona’s body was petite, the punch carried the force of thunder. As Abyss, controlling the body, threw the punch, he could clearly feel the air compress into a solid state due to the sheer speed, only for his fist to instantly break through that layer and compress the next… finally striking Shor’s hastily summoned bone armor.
Shor’s magical proficiency seemed inferior to Fidia’s. His bone armor didn’t even last the blink of an eye before Abyss’s punch reduced it back to bone powder. The immense impact force, barely diminished, landed squarely on Shor’s shoulder.
Splat!
Because Leona’s punching speed was absurdly fast, Shor’s shoulder seemed as fragile as jelly upon impact. Caught off guard, his shoulder was easily pulverized by the punch.
The pain reached his brain only moments later. Just as he was about to cry out, Abyss grabbed his jaw and, with a slight exertion of force, crushed it!
“AAAAAAAH!” Shor’s scream finally erupted. The undead he had just summoned quickly flowed back into his body through his chest, collar, and other openings.
The instant the undead returned to his body, Shor’s shattered shoulder and pulverized jaw instantly regenerated. He had sacrificed his undead to heal his injuries.
But now, fear completely consumed his mind. His previous anxiety was nothing compared to his current terror!
Such power! This strength was simply beyond mortal comprehension! And this was just one of Abyss’s familiars! How did that guy manage to acquire such immense power? Could anyone in this world stop him?
The nearby Iron Lily members, witnessing “Leona’s” god-like display, were utterly stunned. They had no intention of sacrificing their lives for these Necromancers. At the Vice-Commander’s order, the thugs, whether waiting behind or already engaged with the Druids, all turned and fled, scattering in all directions.
The Druids gave only a limited pursuit, unwilling to stray too far from their gathering.
“Stay back! Do you know the consequences of killing me? My master is your martial uncle, Prodo! If you dare touch me, my master will inflict the bloodiest revenge upon you! His strength surpasses yours! Because he has already obtained another kind of extraordinary power!” Shor retreated, shouting loudly at Abyss who stood before him. “I don’t want the Sage’s Blood anymore! Let us go!”
“Shor! You coward!”
Fidia’s furious rebuke came from behind Abyss. Her bone armor had absorbed most of the damage, leaving her with only a dozen broken ribs and ruptured kidneys, liver, and spleen. Now, using magic to levitate herself, her injuries were already healed. She glared daggers at the fear-dominated, utterly disgraced Shor.
“We have no bargaining chips! We have no chance of winning!” Shor yelled, completely broken.
“Who says we have no chance!” Fidia suddenly began chanting loudly, her speed also incredible. As her incantation completed, the undead dragon beneath Shor and Abyss suddenly deflated like a punctured balloon. Large amounts of white bone powder flowed out from the dragon’s orifices and rotten holes, rapidly converging on her body. With astonishing efficiency, it compressed and covered her, forming an ornate suit of armor and a two-meter-long broadsword in the blink of an eye.
“Master gave you full control of the dragon!” Shor, falling from the sky, said to Fidia in surprise.
Abyss glanced lazily at Fidia. Bone magic utilizing dragon bone powder was interesting. Dragon bone possessed extremely high magic resistance and shock absorption capabilities, but precisely because of its magic resistance, manipulating it was nearly impossible. He hadn’t expected Fidia to possess such skill… And, the armor did look quite cool.
A slight smile appeared on “Leona’s” small face. Although Fidia was strong, it wasn’t enough, because Abyss’s plan had already been perfectly executed.
In the next few minutes, the situation would completely change. The defeat of these two unfortunate senior martial siblings was already sealed…
…
Leona finally understood what Abyss meant by “gaining enough magic.”
She hadn’t reacted at first, then suddenly felt herself teleported somewhere. A strange sensation followed; she felt taller, her hair instantly shorter, and something elastic was now in her pants. More importantly, she discovered she possessed an incredibly powerful magic core, as if all the magic in the world bowed to her command. Flora sat beside her, looking worried.
Yes, she had swapped bodies with Abyss.
Without time for astonishment, Leona immediately remembered Abyss’s instructions and began chanting the spell she knew by heart. As Abyss had instructed, she needed to channel magic while repeating the incantation one hundred times.
…
Meanwhile, in the cavity where the break in the Sacred Tree’s root had been discovered, a black cat wagged its tail, patiently using a dropper to drip blood from a flask onto the break point, allowing the root to absorb it. The sound of a pulse echoed around him. Some kind of power seemed to be growing stronger with each drop of blood injected.
As this power intensified, high up in the Sacred Tree’s crown, a gray flower bud rapidly grew, swelling larger and larger…
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