Four enormous, blood-red, muscular monsters, each over five meters tall, stood before them. Surrounding them were numerous other monsters of varying shapes, all with ferocious, even somewhat disgusting, expressions.
These monsters formed a defensive line, firmly guarding the front of the greenhouse.
Alka and the others had gathered, staring at the enemy ahead.
They were also accompanied by a hundred or so soldiers.
The monsters ahead roared and screamed at them non-stop.
As if ready to charge and tear them apart at any moment.
Even so, the monsters remained firmly planted, not moving an inch forward.
"The energy of fear is still gathering," Jason said.
"We can't wait any longer," Gilliana said, frowning.
They couldn't stand by and watch the enemy complete their ritual.
As soon as he finished speaking, invisible waves began to spread outward.
As the waves swept over their bodies,
Everyone, except Alka, shuddered, a flicker of fear rising in their hearts.
Then, they quickly dispelled it.
"Looks like the ritual has begun."
Gilliana raised her sword and prepared to charge.
Akar immediately stopped her: "Don't rush. Give me a little more time."
Hearing Alka's words, Gilliana frowned at him, but ultimately lowered her hand and stood there, waiting.
Waves of fear began to spread outward in circles.
Some soldiers' morale was clearly failing; their weapons were shaking slightly.
Fear was rapidly growing within him. If he didn't act now, he would collapse.
The monster ahead continued to roar.
Glistening antlers sprouted from Alka's head, and a pink mist spread outward.
The invisible waves of fear were blocked, instantly absorbed by the mist and absorbed into it.
As the waves struggled to penetrate, the soldiers' spirits began to recover rapidly.
The pink mist spread over them, giving them a profound sense of tranquility.
It was as if everyone's mind had been shielded.
"Here it comes."
Looking at the characters appearing on the communication mirror in his hand, Alka smiled.
"Swoosh!"
Mechanical devices stored in six different nodes radiated blue light into the sky.
This spring light was so vibrant.
Everyone in the city, even those outside, saw the beam of light. They looked up into the sky.
Then, the blue lights converged into a single beam in the air.
Simon appeared beside the crowd.
His right hand transformed into a massive column, covered in neatly arranged cracks. Blue light emanated from it.
It seemed as if this massive column would shatter and explode at any moment.
"Jason! Come help me!"
Hearing Simon's cry, Jason quickly approached the column.
A large number of crystals materialized in his hand, forming something like a support, securing the column.
"I can't control it anymore. Help me aim."
"No problem. Watch me."
Jason smiled, even constructing a translucent crystal scanning lens on the column.
Aimed in the direction of the enemy formation.
"Fire!"
With a roar from Jason,
A massive burst of energy erupted.
The magic power surrounding them was instantly emptied, leaving a suffocating sensation.
They could clearly feel an immense surge of energy sweeping through their heads.
The ground beneath their feet, under the heavy pressure, erupted in puffs of dust, enveloping them.
The massive beam of light, in the blink of an eye, slammed into the enemy formation.
The entire world fell silent in an instant.
A dazzling blue light expanded like a sphere.
Sofia stretched out his hand and grasped it, gathering the surrounding light into his own.
As the light vanished,
Everyone witnessed the power of this attack.
A blood-red monster had collapsed to the ground, lifeless.
The one standing beside him had a huge gaping wound on one arm and abdomen, clearly half-destroyed.
Only two blood-red monsters, further away, managed to rise from the ground intact.
But apart from them, only a few of the surrounding monsters remained alive.
"Charge!"
Gilliana roared, raising her sword.
The soldiers, stunned by the blow and standing still, immediately followed suit.
A roar of charge erupted.
The entire team's morale soared; the attack gave them boundless courage.
A trumpet-like flower appeared on Gilliana's back.
She leaped from the spot.
The flower radiated energy, allowing Gilliana to leap great distances and even glide through the air.
The sword in her hand was already entwined with thorns.
With the sword in hand, she landed directly on the back of the towering monster. The longsword sank completely into the monster's body, and the thorns covered in it began to spread from the wound.
Gilliana had already held one enemy hostage, and judging by the way they were fighting, it wouldn't take long. Gilliana would finish it off.
After all, these monsters were forcibly shaped through ritual.
Simon was already sitting there resting, his magic power almost completely drained by the previous blow.
They had prepared for so long, just for this one attack.
But this attack didn't disappoint them at all.
"Jason, Sofia, the three of us will take down the intact one."
"The half-broken one will be left to you two."
Hearing Alka's words, the group immediately split into two teams.
Matrica waved her hand, and sixteen needles flew out, eight of which pierced directly into Pororo's back.
"Boom!"
A mighty roar of thunder echoed.
A frenzied gray lightning flashed across Pororo's body, and the lightning patterns on his body also glowed silver-gray.
He stomped his foot heavily on the ground.
His entire form shot out like a cannonball.
The lightning continued to gather.
"Bang!"
Amidst a resounding explosion, Pororo slammed into the monster, and frantic lightning spread wherever he struck.
A huge, bowl-shaped divot appeared in the center of its abdomen, and the flesh and blood scattered like ash.
The monster let out a heartbreaking wail.
But the wound was visibly healing, and a large amount of lava spewed from its mouth.
The scorching energy forced Pororo to dodge, and the frenzied lightning hurled upward like arrows. Stopping the magma spewing towards him.
‐‐Matrica controlled the other eight needles, which flew out and pierced the monster's body in various places.
‐‐The tiny needles didn't notice any problem in the monster's body.
‐‐The intense pain from the wounds inflicted by Pororo earlier distracted him from anything else.
‐‐And for someone of his size, these needles were practically insignificant.
‐‐As the needles pierced his body, the healing speed of his abdominal wound became almost invisible. Instead of healing, it oozed a large amount of fluid.
‐‐A hint of dark green appeared at the wound.
‐‐But the monster was clearly not very intelligent and didn't notice any of this.
‐‐Seeing this, Pororo began circling the enemy, occasionally attacking it with lightning bolts.
Even if he were hit, the wounds would be quickly healed by the energy transmitted from the needles in his back.
He began to engage the enemy. He only needed to hold them off for a while, and they would naturally become disappointed.
"Feeling so weak." Sofia kicked the monster's leg, then easily moved two steps to the side, dodging the attack.
The attack was effective, the dodge was easy.
At Sofia's words, a pink mist had already enveloped the enemy, invading his mind.
"This monster was forcibly constructed and elevated. Essentially, it's just a soldier who's only just reached the third stage of strength.
Its mind is abnormally confused, with no thoughts. It must be controlled by something."
At this point, the monster was already attacking randomly, unable to tell the enemy's direction. Alka and the other two were right below it.
The crystal dragon, carrying Jason, launched an attack on the monster from the sky.
Each time the crystalline, irregular bullets struck the monster, they froze the surrounding flesh and skin into crystals.
This attack effectively curbed the enemy's powerful recovery ability.
Sofia constantly shifted his body to attack the enemy's legs, allowing the energy of his impact to penetrate the enemy's body.
This rapidly exerted immense pressure on the enemy's internal bones, cracking them and ideally causing damage from within.
Compared to the external flesh and blood, these internal injuries were much more difficult to heal.
Alka used a pink mist to disrupt the enemy's mind, forcing him to attack recklessly, sometimes even damaging friendly monsters.
Suddenly, a smile broke across Alka's face, who was controlling the attack.
"Found it! This is it."
Several spikes of pink energy converged and pierced the enemy's head.
The pink power began to invade.
The monster suddenly froze in place, not even using its attacks.
Seeing this, the two men halted their attacks.
"You two go help the others, I can handle this." Hearing Alka's words, they nodded.
Alka raised his right hand, extended his five fingers, and slightly pinched them together.
A pink mist completely enveloped the enemy's head, rapidly circling it.
A large number of mirrors converged around the enemy's skull, transforming into a fluid that enveloped the pink mist and its surroundings.
Then, the monster seemed to be wearing a mirrored helmet.
"Haha, come and fight me!" Alka laughed, leaping onto the enemy's shoulder.
Under his control, the monster spun around and punched the other blood-red monster beside him.
The monster, already entangled and tortured by various plant vines, was knocked to the ground by this sudden punch.
The blood-red monster with the mirror began to attack its own people frantically.
Even its attacks were no longer as random as before, but had become extremely skillful.
Though Gilliana and Jason, who was helping him, didn't understand the situation, they immediately joined forces.
The blood-red monster with the mirror circled behind the other monster and used its hands and feet to lock it tightly.
The crystal dragon took this opportunity to glide down and spit wildly at the enemy's head.
A large amount of rainbow energy poured directly into the enemy's head, transforming it into a crystal.
Then it turned sideways and swung its long, slender tail with force.
The tail was wrapped in tough crystals and smashed into the crystal head like a meteor hammer.
A cracking sound, like a shattering mirror, echoed.
The entire head shattered into fragments, scattered across the ground.
A large amount of blood gushed out from the wound in its neck.
Another bloody monster fell.
Another, already half-dead monster also fell to its knees. Compared to its companions, its death was far more tragic.
The monster's wails were feeble.
A dark green liquid oozed from its wounds, and its entire body was melting.
The melted liquid was extremely corrosive.
Matlisa controlled eight silver needles and launched them out.
Due to Pororo's manipulation, a large amount of toxin had been injected into the monster's body, causing its death.
The main reason was that the monster was too large and inflexible, and the fine needles inserted into its body were beyond its reach.
Even if they discovered the problem, it was too late.
The monster, forcibly elevated to the fourth stage, possessed only size and brute strength.
"Charge in!"
Alka controlled the massive, blood-red monster, which strode towards the flower gate.
Its immense bulk slammed heavily against the gate.
Under the attacks of the others, the gate was instantly broken open, and the monster rushed in.
As the door swung open, a stench of blood gushed out, along with a wave of fear.
Everyone looked inside.
On a magic circle formed of blood, a sphere beating like a heart gathered energy.
Below him stood a massive, muscular man, his body growing to a full five meters tall. He was still absorbing the sphere's energy.
Three energy tubes, like pipes, extended from the sphere, connecting to the burly man's back.
The massive axe in his hand also grew larger for some unknown reason.
"Haha! More blood, more slaughter!"The burly man roared, his bloody mouth agape, at the incoming Arka and the others.
Behind the magic circle, at the innermost corner of the hall, a priest in blood-red robes gazed at Arka and the others.
Gilliana recognized him instantly.
"He's Kalutto Nafas."Hearing this, everyone turned their gaze.
The black-robed priest, facing the crowd's gaze, simply bowed slightly, a mocking gesture as if in greeting.
Then he waved to them and left through the door behind him.
Before anyone could catch up, a powerful wave of energy reached them.
The burly man before them had grown to six meters, nearly bursting through the greenhouse.
He brandished the massive axe in his hand and chopped down the group.
"Fourth stage complete, still growing!" Jason exclaimed, now wearing glasses.
Hearing this, Alka immediately began to absorb the energy from the dream.
Giant mirrors began to appear around them, enveloping the entire room in an instant.
The scene displayed by the mirrors wasn't the one before them, but a distorted, bizarre space.
Sofia and the others could immediately tell that the scene displayed was the world of dreams.
A large amount of light and shadow, as well as a pink, shimmering aura...
Mist gushed out from the mirror.
In an instant, it filled the entire space.
Alka's antlers gleamed brilliantly. With a single clenched hand, a vast cloud of pink mist formed into a spear, which he hurled with all his might.
The spear vanished the instant it was thrown.
When he reappeared, it had already pierced the burly man's shoulder.
"Pain! Good! Die!"
The burly man's words began to slur, but he raised his axe and charged again.
A ball of light appeared before him, then exploded rapidly.
The intense flash of light caused the burly man to scream and close his eyes.
Sofia stretched out his hand and clenched it.
The entire space immediately plunged into darkness.
Points of light, one after another, fell upon Alka and the others, granting them absolute darkness vision.
One after another, silver needles pierced the sturdy man's body.
Then, they were all blocked by the black and red shield, unable to penetrate
A large amount of pink mist assaulted the monster's mind.
The blood-red monster with a mirror rushed forward and tightly embraced the sturdy man.
"Now!"A large number of attacks slanted directly towards him.
The attacks landed completely on the sturdy man's body.
The original shield began to waver under the heavy attack, then shattered like glass.
Several pink spears were hurled out again, pinning the sturdy man to the ground.
"He doesn't have a treasure?" Jason asked, somewhat puzzled.
He didn't see any trace of treasure on the sturdy man's body.
His ability to reach the fourth stage of perfection was entirely due to the energy provided by the ball of light behind him.
Just when everyone thought victory was imminent, a roar tinged with intense fear erupted, and a terrifying aura began to spread wildly.
The dreamscape Alka had created began to be blocked and pushed back. A certain energy was blocking him.
Blood-colored energy clung to the sturdy man, and a ball of terrifying energy behind him pulsed wildly.
"Gatekeeper? When did you become that woman's slave?"