Chapter 413
Chapter 413 Unavoidable Battle
Adept’s Tower, Energy Room.
Gargamel sulked as he dutifully performed his task.
It wasn’t anything complicated. All Gargamel had to do was toss the mountain of beautiful magical crystals into the pool and watch as they turned into pure magical energy to be drained away by the tower’s defense system.
His continuous efforts poured one hundred and forty thousand magical crystals into the elementium pool, but these crystals were quickly vanishing as the battle raged on.
It was fortunate that Greem hadn’t activated the defensive forcefield. Otherwise, the thousands of instances of attacks per second would have been a fatal blow to the tower. The magical crystals here would never have been able to hold on for very long.
In light of this, Greem had decisively given up on the forcefield and relied on the tower’s durability to endure the attacks from outside. Most of the energy was redirected to the offensive arrays instead. Magma fireballs were being shot out of the tower at every second, relentlessly clearing out the horde of beasts.
All of these fellows were extreme meat shields with tough hides and resilient life force. However, if they fell into the flowing magma, they wouldn’t even have a chance to struggle. Within minutes, they would burn until only their bones were left, and a little later, there wouldn’t even be bones.
The flying creatures were still able to use their wings to remain in the sky and survive the flood of lava. However, hot air and flames swiftly consumed all the oxygen in the cavern. There was also no place for the birds to land. Soon, exhaustion overcame them and one by one, they fell into the lava, where they burned until nothing remained.
Fifteen minutes later, less than a hundred magical creatures still survived. It was a significant difference from the tens of thousands that had crowded the hall earlier. All the survivors hung onto thick stone pillars, panicked and looking around for a place they could escape to. This continuously rising sea of lava had already devoured all their subordinates and tribe members.
Of the dozen magical creature lords, only a few could fly.
Even the minotaur that had been following right behind the Medusa had fallen into the lava when fighting with the Giant Berserk Gelada over a stone pillar.
Tula shot out a white spider web and pulled himself to the ceiling of the cavern. For the moment, he was safe from the looming threat of the lava. However, the other magical creatures had no such ability. They could only cling to the walls or stone pillars with their sharp claws and try their best to climb as high as they could.
However, in their moment of worry and anger, another threat appeared. A gigantic humanoid rose from the roiling lava. The body formed of red lava solidified, and a human’s face developed on the uneven head.
“I am honored to be able to meet the lords of the Black Forest here,” Greem smiled and took a look at the terrible state the lords were in, “This war you started has failed! I wonder what plans you lot have for the future?”
“Human.” Demon-Hunting Spider Tula hung from the ceiling as he bared his fangs. A complicated glint of light glowed within his compound eyes, “Do you think you can own this territory simply because you have won this time?! Wishful thinking! The Black Forest belongs to us magical creatures. You humans, get out of our land.”
Tula let out a ferocious roar and loosened his limbs from the ceiling. He then lunged towards the giant flame humanoid.
The demon-hunting spider’s body was like a metallic spider-shaped monster. Not only did Tula wield immeasurable strength, but had also fought with a unique style of combat.
The armor of the flame humanoid cracked and dissipated into the air as sparks of fire.
A human adept appeared within. The adept raised his head and stared at the lunging spider.
He had crimson hair, black eyes, and a clear gaze. An unnatural calmness and coolness existed between his brows.
The gray robe he wore was nothing special, but a silver chain kept a grimoire tied to his waist. Three Ioun Stones flashing red, purple, and blue floated above his head. He held a great black staff with red patterns in his hand.
Greem moved somewhat and drifted twenty meters away. He then shook his staff slightly, and a fire arrow shot towards Tula’s wide-open mouth.
Tula struck at the arrow with a massive limb and instantly shattered it.
A hot breeze blew against his face, but that kind of temperature couldn’t possibly do anything to a powerful demon-hunting spider like himself.
Tula’s sharp limbs almost appeared to be as light as a feather at this moment. They pressed against the sea of lava and even stabbed into the viscous liquid, yet the surface tension didn’t break. His four pairs of limbs allowed him to stand upon the lava as he quickly lurched towards Greem again.
No wonder he didn’t feel threatened by me. To have such a fantastic ability…
Greem thought to himself as he completed his Flame Fiend Transformation.
The next moment, a five-meter tall demon of flames emerged from the sea of lava.
A massive battle was about to occur!