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
Dark Witch ran her fingers down the length of her sword, causing the dragon-like tattoo on it to glow. “Nether Sword Arts…” She raised her sword with both hands and brought it down viciously onto Gary with no hesitation or mercy. “Severance Strike!”A snaky dragon fang shaped energy burst forth and smashed into Gary’s energy armor, causing a tremendous reverberation that blew away all the people in the neighborhood. Lots of dust lifted about for dozens of meters high into the air.Dark Witch grinned. “Severance Strike separates the soul from the body and then damns the soul straight to hell. Defending from it is useless. It is particularly effective against aura.”As the dust settled, her eyes squinted because Gary was blocking her sword with the back of his forearm. There was an earthen gauntlet covering his arm now.“You must be the Dark Witch that made Leah forget her past,” Gary’s gaze turned very cold.“Hahaha,” Dark Witch grinned. “Yeah. You’re right. That’s me. I don’t remember
“You cannot hurt me, but I can hurt you,” Dark Witch grinned and then leaped forth. “This fight is already over! Nether Sword Arts…” she diagonally swung the sword. “Void Strike!”Her sword split the very fabric of space.Gary’s eyes widened, and he immediately moved out of the way at the last second.The space tore open, and thick flames leaked out from the other side of it. Gary could hear screams from there. “Is that hell?”“No, it is the prison where I have sealed the souls,” Dark Witch said. “It is like hell. And I will also send you there soon.”A octopus-like monster tore open the hole in the space and stepped out.“W-What the hell is that?” Gary felt very ominous energy from it.“Hydra, my precious pet,” Dark Witch touched it and rubbed its skin. “His level is over 500. He is going to drag you back to his hideout, where you’ll suffer for eternity. Go and break him to bits and pieces, Hydra.”The hydra monster with white fleshy skin hissed and ran forth on multiple of its limbs
Gary put his hand on the back of her hand and pulled her face in and kissed her firmly.Dark Witch’s eyes widened to the max.Goya’s eyes popped out of her sockets. She jumped back and hid behind the tree in shock. “W-W-What is he doing? H-How can he just kiss her like that?”It was not a short-living kiss but one that lasted many seconds, enough to leave a strong impression on not just Dark Witch but also on Leah’s soul that was now forced into the depths of her heart.It had a very negative effect on Dark Witch because she had long given her heart away to the Immortal King, but it inexplicably had a positive effect on Leah. As a result, the scale of their powers tipped.And the black lightning around Leah began to disappear, and so were the strange markings on her face and body.Leah’s eyes also returned to normal.Leah’s consciousness also returned, but the problem was that Gary was still kissing her with his eyes closed.She put her hand on his shoulder and clenched his shirt as t