Age of Adepts

A subtle energy flux appeared momentarily before vanishing!

If they hadn’t all been Fourth Grade powerhouses, the three fighters would have easily ignored this unusual energy flux amidst the chaos of the battle.

This energy flux was subtle, yet sinister, and carried with it a terrifyingly overwhelming aura.

What was truly horrifying wasn’t this flux of energy, but its source!

At the same instant that the shadow energy erupted, a tall, blurry figure emerged from Fahssn’s shadow. The sharp, blade-like claws in his hands stabbed in and out of the Fungal Giant’s body.

As the claws continued to slash, waves of fearsome shadow power erupted inside the Giant’s body. These miniature energy explosions not only inflicted even more severe damage to the Giant’s flesh but further corrupted most of his core organs with shadow energy.

The shadowy figure circled Fahssn rapidly, his claws continuously weaving and stabbing. In just the blink of an eye, hundreds of wounds had appeared on the Fungal Giant’s body. Shadow energy continued to explode in these wounds. Blood as black as ink seeped out of the gashes, along with pieces of organs.

Fahssn, who was using his entire body to restrict Greem, had now become the perfect target. He could not even retaliate.

Dong! Dong! Dong!

A violent chain of explosions blasted the podling’s stem and ruptured it even further. Green sap splattered across the ground. The flames had even ignited one of the branches. The green mouth on the end of the branch struggled in agony and let out a scream resembling that of a baby’s wail.

However, no amount of screaming could save its life. The green mouth turned into a pile of ashes as it wailed.

“You damned bastards. I will kill you.”

The podling was the one caught between two enemies now.

Shadow Demon and Greem were both incredibly slippery and cunning.

When the podling tried to chase after Greem, Shadow Demon would sneak close to its body and inflict devastating damage. When the podling attempted to chase after Shadow Demon, Greem would use his terrifying might to hurl an endless stream of violent spells.

Attacks from two powerful Fourth Grades. Either one of them was enough to injure the podling badly.

The podling’s greatest weakness was the fact that it was rooted and unable to move freely. It could only tiresomely chase after the two enemies, without the freedom to choose its own battlefield.

In the end, driven to a rage by the constant harassment of Greem and Shadow Demon, the podling finally went berserk.

It twisted and lashed out with its vines and branches, chasing off the two enemies that buzzed around him like annoying flies. It then pulled its roots out of the pile of skeletons with much difficulty, causing the entire hall to rumble and shake as it did so.

Due to how much of a hurry it was in, the podling had no time to extract its roots slowly. It was basically cutting off and leaving behind the majority of its body in doing so. As the bones rolled off of the skeleton pile, the sound of snapping roots could be heard.

Pungent, green sap flowed from the severed roots, staining the pile of skeletons a sickly green color. The bones that were covered in this sap started to soften and collapse like a bad cake before turning into a puddle of disgusting green liquid.

The moment the podling pulled out its roots, the skeleton pile completely collapsed, revealing the strange well hidden deep below. The water in the small well was extremely clear and gave off an unusual, overwhelming sense of unending lifeforce.

The tens of thousands of the podling’s roots had been wrapped around the well and further covered in the skeletons of thousands of swamp creatures. That was why the aura of the well had not leaked out and been detected by anyone.

However, when the podling finally uprooted itself in a desperate attempt to attack the enemy, Greem finally discovered the existence of the well.

Primal Water.

So the Primal Water was there!

According to Emelia’s information, there was certainly Primal Water in the Podling Cave. However, Greem had found no signs of the Primal Water in all his probing and fighting earlier.

Just as he was suspicious of having been tricked or lied to, he discovered what he was searching for beneath the roots of the podling.

It was now that he finally understood why this podling could grow to such a colossal size and possess such horrifying power. It had dug its roots into the well and used the Primal Water to grow and absorb the nutrients he needed to grow rapidly.