Rose Witch’s hands were like serrated knives with sharp edges like the thorns on rose branches.Her attacks had an advantage in that they managed to better pierce through Gary’s defenses better than even a regular knife or sword could.So she was able to dig her way through Gary’s aura defense and strike his body, causing him to bleed from his arms.And she laughed maniacally as his blood sprayed into the air.However, Gary’s expression didn’t change one bit. He was already feeling tremendous pain in the heart because he was in the middle of fusing it, so he felt numb to pain anywhere else in the body, and it proved to be a blessing disguise now.He was able to bear the pain and counterattack Rose Witch.However, his fists couldn’t reach her because she was flying so fast he only managed to hit her afterimages. This frustrated him, but he kept on attacking nonetheless as he was not in a position to drag this battle. He had to finish this as fast as possible.Rose Witch was still grinn
Though Rose Witch was glaring at Gary, a lot of thoughts were running through her mind. (He used aura, and he has the healing skill of a vampire, and now he’s used lightning ability. Just how many abilities does he have? He’s not ordinary. He’s dangerous. He’s probably not far from my level. I have to beat him now. If I can’t, then I should at least deliver the message to my mom so she’ll come and deal with him.)A rose bloomed on her head and sent sound waves into the distance.“Are you sending signals to your mother?” Gary asked.“So you were able to see it,” she wasn’t too surprised. “I guess you do have the ability to use aura.” (I’ve killed people using aura before. Not all of them are dangerous, but this guy gives a very dangerous vibe. My instincts are telling me that I need to destroy him even if it means I need to sacrifice myself.)“Your plans will not go as you want,” Gary said.“What do you mean? I’ve already sent the message,” she replied. “No one can stop it. In a minute
Goya was the first to reach where Rowan was.Rowan was still conscious, but his whole body was in a mess. More than outer injuries, his body suffered internal injuries because of Rose Witch’s sonic attack.Rowan was slowly healing thanks to his Jackal’s Recovery skill.“Who did you fight for you to lose like this?” Goya asked him, almost laughing at him in pity.“If you came here just to laugh at me, then get the fuck out of my sight,” Rowan growled, “before I grab you by your ears and break all your teeth.”“You can’t do that now, though,” she covered her mouth with her paw and giggled some more.Rowan wished he could get up right now so he could smash the smugness off of her face. “Mm?” Just then, he noticed something. “Wait, were your eyes always yellow?”“Ah, no,” she said, blinking a few times. “I leveled up and crossed level 100. My sight vastly improved now. I can even see the lines on the leaves of the trees that are hundreds of meters away from me. This is a very handy skill.
A few minutes later.Sesi was the first to arrive at the center where Gary and others were. Before she even got to them, she was laughing. “Hahaha.”Rowan could already understand the meaning behind her laughter, and it disturbed him from his meditation. “Dammit. Did she already reach level 200?”“200? I’m at level 202 now,” Sesi said, snickering. “I wonder what your level is at. Is it 165 or 170? Or is it still at 160? And wait, what happened to your ear? Did a crow bite it off?”“Krgh, if I wasn’t injured, I would have also reached level 200,” Rowan barked.“Hmph, loser’s excuse,” Sesi snorted.“It’s not an excuse. The sentinel came after me. If I wasn’t injured by her,” he pointed at Rose Witch’s head, “I would have hunted more ants.”Sesi looked at Rose Witch and blinked twice. “I-Is that a sentinel? Why is she still alive?”“Boss Gary told us to keep her alive,” Goya said. She was still sitting on top of Rose Witch’s head.“Alive? Why?”“You should ask him.”Sesi looked at Gary w
An ant came running out of the bush. It was a level 173 ant commander.“I’m here!” Rose Witch shouted. “Save me!”Goya stood up in a hurry. She was about to fight, but then a flying slash came out of nowhere and cut the ant commander’s body in two halves.Goya focused her gaze, and in the distance, she saw a spider web joining two big trees. Leah was standing on top of the spider web, with her sword unsheathed. “She managed to kill that ant from more than half a mile away? That’s cool.”Rose Witch, on the other hand, couldn’t believe that the ant commander was killed so helplessly. “W-Who killed my commander? Which bastard did it?”“Hehe, it is one of our team members,” Goya told her. “They are going to come here soon. So, you can take a look at them yourselves.”“Exactly how many members are there in your team?” Rose Witch asked.“Six less than six million,” Goya said.“W-What?” Rose Witch looked petrified. “Six million people? T-That’s impossible. That many humans can’t possibly sti
The fourth echelon of aura was energy integration, where the energy core would fuse its energy with every part of the body, enhancing an individual’s physique and taking them to the next level.However, the fifth echelon was a different ball-game altogether.The fifth echelon of aura was energy transformation, where the entire core itself would be transformed into becoming a creator of natural energy.The difference between the fourth and fifth level was like the difference between a river and an ocean.Gary’s level was yet to pass even 300, but he was already trying to attain something that would only be possible after one’s level rose to at least 500.According to Ai, the chances of Gary succeeding were one percent.Many minutes passed, and it didn’t seem like there was any progress. The energy core was supposed to transform, but nothing was happening.And then faint sparks of lightning began to come out of the energy core, which greatly stunned Ai.[This guy…] Ai looked very much s
A few minutes earlier.The queen of ants, Endeva, was currently on the white sand beaches of El Nido, drinking a lot of wine and then diving in the underwater cavern, competing with her fellow antsmen. However, nobody dared to overtake her as they knew very well that they’d be dead before they even reached the end line.After winning the diving race, Endeva took the trophy: a bunch of human heads served on a platter. And she munched on them as if they were fruits. She looked like a humanoid, but she had rows of sharp teeth inside, and she was able to crush bones with ease and grind them into powder without much effort at all. She had only two eyes that looked completely black. And she had four antennas on her head and smaller antennas on her ears and on the back of her neck. With these antennas, she was able to obtain information from far away. She could also send information without even talking.This was the fearsome strength of Ant Queen Endeva. Boasting a level of over 720, she wa
Sesi, Rowan, and Leah were utterly stunned by what they were seeing. The trees were all turning back into humans.And they seemed to have lost some of their memories, but they also seemed to still remember almost everything that happened since they had turned into trees, as if they could still see what was happening around them.Most of them didn’t even know why they turned back, but those around Gary’s ground somehow knew that he had something to do with this change. And they wanted to thank him, but Gary’s body was now leaking not just electricity, but the winds around him were swirling and collided with the lightning, creating flames. The earth under him was rippling, with water rising out of it like fountains.“All the five elements of nature…” Sesi’s eyes glowed. She could feel her own aura vibrating and reacting to the changes in nature. It wasn’t oppressive but rather pleasant now. “Is this the sixth echelon where the mind helps transform the energy core and thus the body into