CHAPTER 34: CHAPTER 33: SHOCKWAVE

High-quality diamond-transformed earth element arrows were sharp and heavy, and although they couldn’t break the dense scales, the giant serpent still shook its head.

Zoe found a vantage point, another earth element arrow floated in her palm.

The few strands of chestnut hair exposed from the edge of her helmet slightly fluttered. Her entire body trembled slightly, perhaps due to nervousness or fear, but she did not avert her gaze, her red eyes seriously fixed on the giant serpent.

The serpent’s interest in Zoe far exceeded that of Leon. As soon as the young girl attacked, it immediately switched direction.

Zoe’s gaze crossed over the crowned serpent head, looking towards Leon’s direction, and their eyes met.

Leon saw her concern and her efforts to overcome fear, and he nodded at her, tossing a cat’s eye gem.

He raised his hand, activating the wind element within the cat’s eye gem, using Tier Four magic power to release a wind attribute mage spell. This operation was called ascended casting, allowing a spell from the Mortal Realm to possess the qualities of the Transcendent Realm, wherein magic power could shape and alter material forms.

Elemental Shock!

The pale blue wind element energy carried a whirlwind to strike the serpent’s head, producing a booming explosion. Originally, the Tier Two shock might only have created a strong gust, but now in the Transcendent Realm, this wind mass was as formidable as steel.

Using diamond with Tier One magic power could greatly enhance the power of elemental arrows, and the combination of Tier Four Elemental Shock with Tier Four materials cat’s eye gem, even if it didn’t evolve to the stage of Excellence, the accumulated magic power was high, resulting in multiple waves of attack.

Boom boom boom boom!

High-intensity wind elements continuously created explosive pressures impacting the serpent’s body surface.

Although its smooth and beautiful scales shed most of the impacts, the characteristic of the wind allowed minute impacts to penetrate the gaps, squeezing golden blood out, splattering in patches through the air.

"Hiss—! Gaaa—!"

The pain ignited the serpent’s fury, and it turned its head toward Leon, the gem on its head started flashing continuously again.

Zoe launched another earth element arrow, causing the serpent’s head to sway from the impact, halting its energy buildup, and once again turning to look at Zoe.

Good.

Leon nodded to himself in praise.

In many games, there’s a gameplay tactic called "kiting," which as the name implies, involves drawing the monster’s aggression but staying out of its reach.

When one person finds it challenging, multiple people can manipulate the aggression.

In Nebis, when dealing with less intelligent demons, adventurers would often use this tactic.

During this incursion into the island’s heart, Leon had already considered Zoe part of the combat unit. Even though she lacked experience, there’s always a first time.

If she couldn’t execute the strategy, then Leon would pay an additional price to achieve the objective.

He was glad she succeeded, especially after they had talked about many other topics and had been mysteriously affected by that ancient site.

Of course, the battle wisdom of the Star Soul being still in a state of ignorance was also a key factor.

After summoning two elements and consecutively casting spells, as well as unleashing the wind elemental shock, Leon’s magic power reserves were already more than half spent.

With Zoe aiding in restraining the enemy, he could afford to use more.

Spiritual manipulation activated, and the jade giant statue cast a storm from close range, capturing the serpent’s attention, while Leon took the opportunity to sneak to the spot where elemental beast and Divine Rock Guard were battling.

Using the cat’s eye gem, he condensed a wind element arrow, tossing it out directly.

The elemental arrow dragged a cyan spiral wind tail, resembling a spindle, directly penetrating the guard’s body, rotating within and exploding, exhausting the last sliver of magic power it relied upon.

When a summoned creature was dispelled, it equaled dismantling a substantial part of the earth serpent’s combat strength.

The jade element beast charged forward with its four limbs, like a cheetah, leaping onto the back of the ancient snake, forming a pincer attack with the jade giant on one side.

This time, when Leon attacked with the wind element again, there was no way for the earth serpent to address both threats.

The armor of the two summoned creatures also served as his magic ammunition.

The whirlwind raged once more, the encircled earth serpent letting out painful howls, its body crashing onto its former mountainous corpse, scattering countless glittering gems, flipping its long body and dragging out a golden trail mixed with rainbow colors.

The serpent lay exhausted on the ground, and just as Leon was about to intensify his assault, it suddenly lifted its head. The shining brilliance of its scales rapidly dimmed, with the energy rushing to the crown of its head, and at this moment, the red, blue, and green gemstones emitted their brightest light yet.

The Serpent Head Crown crashed onto the ground, instantly shattering the impact point into spiderweb-like cracks. Then, a shockwave spread outward with the giant serpent as the epicenter, causing the dust, mud, rocks, and gemstones on the surface to rise and fall as the wave passed.

After the shockwave swept through, the deeper layers of the ground seemed to be affected as well; the entire ground cracked and began to shake continuously.

Zoe shouted to Li Ang, "She said, together, destroy!"

The Earth Serpent struck the ground again, spreading a new shockwave. This time it seemed stronger; the dust and gemstones were flung out a certain distance by the force.

The shaking ground made it difficult to stand firm.

Li Ang glanced at the giant serpent’s panel again, fearing that this was its other special skill [Seismic Level Climbing].

[Special Attack: Seismic Level Climbing [Weakened]]

[Inducing magic power and earth resonance to trigger an earthquake. As energy accumulates in the ground, each shock causes the tremor to become stronger, eventually leading to an earth-shattering earthquake sufficient to destroy civilization. Due to initial rebirth, the starting point and climbing speed of the seismic level are slower, but it will eventually reach its peak.]

Li Ang saw that due to the shaking of the ground, the hollow heart of the island was vaguely shaken. It harbored hatred, wanting to trigger an earthquake that would destroy the entire Satus Island, bringing Li Ang and Zoe down with it.

Soon, the giant serpent raised its head again, gathering strength to unleash a third shockwave.

Li Ang cast a spell, guiding a violent wind to sweep around the giant serpent.

Its movements were slightly slowed, but it still managed to crash into the ground.

The third vibration directly caused all the soil and rocks on the surface to splash like bullets, striking Li Ang’s boots with metallic sounds like rain hitting leaves. Instantly, the leg guards with the power of the Water Flow Array at the front were covered with dents.

Zoe, wearing Desert Beast Leather Boots, had excellent defense against cutting but was no good against blunt impacts, and the stone hits made her yelp.

The third earthquake after the shockwave began, directly shaking the Ancient Snake’s carcass. This time the tremors caused the ground to tear significantly, resulting in cracks appearing on the serpent’s body as well.

The glassy sky of the island’s hollow heart trembled in the vibrations, with many crystal stones falling from above.

"Go! Kill it with full force!"

"Okay!"

Zoe tightly gripped the Wind Breath Sword, her small face tense, knowing that there was no room for delay given the current situation.

Li Ang rapidly engaged in spell writing, his whole body bathed in faintly visible curse runes, enhancing himself with amplification.

This was his strongest enhancement support spell: Tier Seven Curse — Spiritual Activation.

The spirituality of the subject, including their equipment, would be amplified. Reaction speed, magic power reserves, magic power output, muscle exertion, and equipment strength would all increase by approximately two-tier magnitude. Though it couldn’t surpass the realm, it would allow one at the peak of a realm to exert multiplied strength.

Most powerful beings use their spirituality to harness magic power, with few methods to influence the body’s own spirituality. Only a witch like Li Ang, who had been immersed in the understanding of spirituality for years, could develop this spell.

It was an auxiliary skill unmatched throughout the Aerial Realm, also the foundation of his status as the strongest support in the Celestial Group.

After the effect ended, due to spiritual fatigue, there would be side effects like physical fatigue and a decrease in magic control, so he wouldn’t use it lightly.

After receiving the amplification, his magic power reserves expanded, his entire body as if washed by a clear stream. This sensation was due to spiritual growth, as the body was readjusting its control over magic power, with new atmospheric magic flowing towards him.

Since every aspect of the complex spirituality of intelligent life was amplified, physical and mental recovery speeds also noticeably increased, and even thought processes quickened.

Once the magic power reserves increased, he also cast Spiritual Activation on Zoe, who was already swinging her sword at the serpent.

The wind stream entwining the Wind Breath Sword in the young girl’s hand instantly became a gale. The erupting wind blade crackled against the serpent’s scales. Under the influence of Spiritual Activation, the treasure artifact seemed to awaken slightly to its original realm, with controlled winds directly transcending the realm.

A few drops of golden serpent blood splattered onto Zoe’s face, the scorching temperature causing her to furrow her brows. Yet she didn’t daintily wipe it away; instead, she gritted her teeth, standing firmly with her feet apart.

Utilizing enhanced arm, waist, and leg strength, she gripped the sword with both hands, channeling the power from her legs through her waist to her arms for a full-powered slash, while all the wind around her gathered to propel the blade.

Bang!

After an extremely crisp explosive sound, the weakened golden serpent scales, already fragile from Li Ang’s repeated attacks, instantly shattered. Serpent blood sprayed forth, blown by the gale, fine droplets of golden blood solidifying into small particles mid-air, enveloping the young girl in a golden curtain of light.

Li Ang drove two Summoned Beasts to pounce, their bodies covering the giant serpent’s wound as the wind attribute gemstones on them successively unleashed torrents.

The torrents, following the wound, caused massive damage, but the serpent, determined to perish with its foe, exerted all its strength for a fourth attack.