CHAPTER 850: CHAPTER 662: TREASURE BEAD FETUS

At this moment, inside the granary, a ravaging which made one doubt whether it was a nightmare, utterly impossible to appear in reality, was taking place.

"Boom...!"

The gigantic flower transformed into a runaway train, crashing through piles of rubble and clusters of stone pillars, while sweeping forward with shockwaves and billowing dust, causing the entire cavity to tremble frequently, bringing one earthquake after another.

It was simply a scene of natural disaster.

"Ais!"

Reiger had already leapt high, avoiding the collision of the giant flower monster, yet was still blown fiercely by the shockwave triggered as the monster passed by, causing his whole body to rustle, so he could only raise his hand to shield his front and instinctively shout.

"I’m fine!"

Ais didn’t leap into the air, but dodged to the side of the cavity, avoiding the direct strike, just being hit by countless flying debris, making her look somewhat disheveled.

"Boom!!"

The giant flower couldn’t stop its momentum and crashed into the wall, smashing it into pieces, an ear-splitting boom echoed throughout the cavity, causing secondary tremors and vibrations.

Under such circumstances, even the green flesh formed from the tentacles of the giant flower was scattered into midair like a downpour, splashing everywhere along with the swirling dust, creating an overwhelming spectacle.

The super-sized monster, larger than a floor master, created a scene indistinguishable from a disaster by a mere charge.

Such power made both Reiger and Ais squint their eyes, faces tense, forced to take it seriously.

"Boom...!"

The giant flower monster pulled its huge head from the rubble pile that buried the tunnel, letting the grit flow down its body, turned its head, and launched a second charge at Reiger and Ais.

"Wind Breathing·Second Form·Claw·Kohu Wind!"

Seeing the giant flower monster charging towards her with great momentum, Ais, without hesitation, adjusted her breath, slashed out four claw-shaped wind blades, letting the wind slashes strong enough to cut through boulders tear through the air, landing on the giant flower monster.

"Slash!" "Slash!" "Slash!" "Slash!"......

The wind slashes repeatedly slashed the giant flower monster, slicing through its body, causing blood to splatter out.

However, compared to the monster’s huge body, these slashes were too small, equivalent to a small knife cutting a stone pillar, only able to shave off a bit of powder, unable to cause much damage.

Thus, Ais quickly dashed away, avoiding the charge of the giant flower monster.

"Wind Breathing·First Form·Dust Tornado·Slicing!"

At this moment, Reiger rapidly dove down from mid-air, his whole body whirling with spiral wind blades, transformed into a tornado with powerful shockwaves, slashing a sword at the giant flower monster.

"Slash!"

The giant flower monster’s head was instantly cut by the tornado, a petal was sliced off, leaving a gap.

Yet, still the same problem, such attack merely broke the skin of this gigantic monster, not an effective attack.

The giant flower monster seemed to realize this point, completely ignoring Reiger and Ais’s attacks, letting its surface be sliced, hacked, ripped open, continuing to transform into a runaway train charging back and forth, and let the gigantic vine tentacles carry on its body frantically dance around, sweeping wind pressure across all directions, crushing everything in its path, ruthlessly.

"Ugh...!"

Ais wanted to rush forward to chop the giant flower, but was propelled away by the shockwave raised during the giant flower’s charge, unable to approach.

"Tch..."

Reiger also clicked his tongue softly, his figure crazily darting away, dodging the frantically dancing gigantic tentacles, even a transparent gloss appeared in his eyes.

This gigantic monster resembling a man-eating flower was entirely on a different level compared to a man-eating flower, perhaps because it absorbed the nutrients of the granary’s main pillar, fully grown, its enormous body was unmatched by normal monsters, not an opponent to defeat within a few moves.

This was not a matter of strength, but an ant even if it could nibble an elephant to death, has to nibble slowly, bit by bit, otherwise, being so small, even with short fangs, how could it nibble an elephant so much larger to death at once?

It’s merely such a problem.

"Seems like only relying on close combat won’t be able to solve this monster."

Reiger thought so and decisively bypassed countless wildly dancing tentacles, like an arrow leaving the string, violently shot towards the giant flower.

"......!"

Ais, who had just dodged another charge by the giant flower, was blown away by the shockwave as she watched this scene, seemingly grasping Reiger’s plan.

"Is he going to use Magic?"

This conjecture was correct.

Reiger not only planned to use Magic, but intended to use wide-scale extermination magic capable of eliminating such gigantic-sized enemies at once, meaning large-range attack magic.

"[Proud warriors, archers of the forest.]"

The chant belonged to the super potential stock viewed as the next-generation successor of the city’s strongest Magic Guide within Loki’s familia, the elf girl whose magic at merely Lv.3 could produce firepower comparable to Lv.5.

That was wide-scale extermination magic of long chant, even more so of flame attribute, undoubtedly a trump-card-level high-firepower magic for Reiger who could doubly enhance the effects of Light and Heat Magic.

"[The encroaching raiders at the front, take up your bows.]"

"[Answer the comrades’ voice, nock your arrows, and light the flame, the forest’s lamp.]"

Accompanying these solemn chants, a red Array unfolded beneath Reiger.

"————!"

The giant flower reacted fiercely to this phenomenon, abruptly turning its head, pouncing towards Reiger.

Apparently, this giant flower monster, like the man-eating plant, also has the trait of overreacting to magic and being attracted to Magic Power.

"Rumble...!"

The giant flower monster, stirring up a tempestuous gale, opened its massive mouth to bite at Reiger, but Reiger easily dodged it.

"[I command thee, shoot arrows, the fiery arrows of the spirits.]"

"[Fall like a sudden rain, burn the savages with fire.]"

Without stopping the incantations, Reiger jumped onto the giant flower monster’s huge body and ran on it.

The giant flower monster sensed danger and twisted its body frantically, swinging its tentacles at itself fiercely, intending to harm itself almost as much as the enemy.

Unfortunately, its enemy was not just one person.

"Wind Breathing·Ninth Form·Vidyarama Typhoon!"

The golden-haired, golden-eyed swordsman flashed into the air, reversed her body, and slashed down with a silver saber. The airflow around her turned into sharp wind blades, slashing overwhelmingly at the tentacles on the giant flower monster.

"Swoosh!" "Swoosh!" "Swoosh!" "Swoosh!" "Swoosh!"......

The sound of slicing continuously rang out, and those tentacles whipping toward Reiger were sliced by the sharp wind blades one by one, turning into flying fragments of vines, losing their threat.

"[Simultaneous Fire Spear]!"

Seizing this opportunity, Reiger completed the magic chant, causing the magic array beneath him to suddenly expand and fly into the sky.

The next second, a fiery rain ravaged the battlefield, dyeing the entire granary red and striking down on the giant flower monster.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom——!"

In an instant, an earth-shattering explosion erupted.

Fiery meteors poured down, bombarding the giant body of the monster, scorching its form, blasting away its tentacles, and peeling its tough outer skin layer by layer. It let out furious cries of pain, bathed in the fiery rain, engulfed in the sea of flames, purified by the fire.

"Good!"

Seeing this, Ais, descending from mid-air, couldn’t help but exclaim, her expression relaxing a lot.

This swordswoman, however, as she fell, suddenly glanced towards the red crystal pillar.

She saw it.

On the pillar, there was a tiny object.

Looking carefully, it seemed to be a crystal-clear Treasure Bead, about the size of a palm, entirely green, resembling a green crystal ball. At first glance, it had a certain peculiar beauty.

However, inside this peculiar Treasure Bead, there was a sight that made one’s pupils suddenly contract.

Inside, it seemed to be filled with some mysterious liquid, in which floated a small curled-up fetus.

The fetus’ body was small and round, yet it had a large eye. A lock of long hair symbolizing femininity hung at the back of its head. A curved line was drawn from its head all the way down to the front of its spine, as if a nerve connected its head and tail, as eerie as it could be.

This "Treasure Bead Fetus" adhered to the surface of the red quartz pillar, protected by the vines of the huge flower also attached to it, and like the giant flower monster, it was absorbing the nutrients from the main pillar.

"Gulp..."

Amidst some nauseating sound, the fetus inside the Treasure Bead suddenly turned a large eye, locking its gaze with Ais, showing no emotion inside, only somberness, indifference, and ferocity.

"————"

Ais’ form was frozen.

"Thump thump——thump thump——thump thump——"

Her heartbeat began to accelerate.

The moment she made eye contact with the fetus’ eyeball, the blood within Ais started to surge terrifyingly.

"What... is this...?"

Ais wanted to speak, only to find she couldn’t produce even the slightest sound. She could only feel her body becoming more abnormal, her mind increasingly muddled, even experiencing tinnitus, trembling, and nausea.

At this moment, Ais finally understood.

Understood why she had a bad premonition before entering the 24th floor.

Understood why seeing the green flesh wall made her lose control, almost drawing her sword impulsively.

Everything was because of this "Treasure Bead Fetus."

Because of this "Treasure Bead Fetus," she felt abnormal, so out of place.

This was what the white-robed man referred to as "her"?

What exactly was "she"?

Why did "she" need to absorb nutrients from the main pillar of the granary?

What on earth did "she" want?

Ais knew none of this.

But, Ais knew one thing.

That is, this thing (girl) must not live.