CHAPTER 703: CHAPTER 698 ONE-SIDED

The underground space erupted into battle.

The previously hesitating space had completely disappeared.

Surrounding the young girl, the five people, despite one of their companions already having perished, didn’t rashly launch a suicidal attack. Instead, they tried to stabilize their stance and began deploying their spells for defense and counterattack.

"Quite a capability."

"Just with this, you think to take me down? Far from enough!"

With the support of plant roots and vines lifting her position higher, the young girl began to evaluate the struggling group below her from her elevated position, seemingly unconcerned about the outcome of this battle.

"Bring out all your tricks now."

"Older sister couldn’t possibly expect you to defeat me with such methods alone. Whatever has been altered in you, now is your last chance to show it."

"..."

While the young girl was shouting at the group,

the number of tree roots emerging from the ground continued to increase.

Centered around the first caster who died, many surrounding roots had begun adopting a lifeless appearance, clearly an effective method against plants.

The only problem

was the sheer number of roots emerging too rapidly.

With just the infected speed of a single corpse, it clearly couldn’t keep up with the appearance of the roots here, so its impact on the battle hadn’t yet manifested.

"Monster!"

"I... I’ll fight you with everything!"

The sight was filled with wildly dancing roots, a bizarre and terrifying scene that evidently became unbearable for some. Among the remaining four casters, one immediately followed his companion’s fate.

Faced with such a situation,

he removed his protective spell and charged toward a swinging root.

Bang—

Under the ruthless attack,

the caster’s transition from life to death was merely a moment.

And just as this man dressed in a long robe died, the same scenario as the first casualty unfolded before them.

More tree roots that were infected immediately withered.

The previously more chaotic underground space surprisingly became more tranquil at this moment.

Except for the continually increasing debris of roots from the ground cracks, everything seemed to grow quiet.

"..."

Faced with such a situation, the young girl in the high position curiously blinked her eyes.

She didn’t seem angered that her actions were being countered, but instead, voluntarily descended to the ground.

"Interesting."

"It seems older sister isn’t always that foolish, still managed to come up with something interesting."

As she was speaking, the young girl approached the corpse to carefully examine the underlying mechanism.

But at the very moment her words nearly settled down, two of the three remaining casters suddenly charged at her.

"Ah ah ah—"

A heartrending scream erupted from the two.

As they covered the not-so-great distance, they frenziedly tore open their clothes, the second their skin touched the air, thorn-like sprouts began to extend over their bodies.

And just in a few seconds,

two spiky balls, barely recognizable as human due to the spikes covering them, slammed right in front of the young girl.

"..."

"Sir, there is no magic response."

At this moment, Costate, who was now quite close, spoke up.

Although the scene before them was incredibly fantastical, aside from the initial resistance from a few casters, in other combat phases, neither side showed signs of Magic Fluctuation.

In other words,

those altered by the "Organic Encyclopedia."

were now neither human nor plant.

Even in these life-or-death battles, spells were not the primary choice of combat.

The infinite possibilities inherent in life,

were displayed before them in this unusual way.

And facing such a scene,

Ronald abandoned the usual thinking mode of Casters when clashing, and instead made a decision based on the rules of hunting:

"Let them exhaust their energy first, then take action immediately after the fight ends."

Costate nodded slightly:

"I understand."

When Ronald approached, he was extremely cautious and concealed himself.

Thus, despite being very close, the few people engaged in the fight had not noticed their arrival.

At this moment,

the battle was indeed undergoing changes.

Faced with two Casters who had transformed into spiked balls charging at her, the girl merely frowned slightly.

Although the two deceased had sealed one of her offensive methods with their lives, that was just one method. Since awakening in Yizi Forest, her strength had continuously increased with evolution.

This level of battle,

was completely within her control.

Sigh—

With that, the girl raised her right hand and gently waved.

A faint colored powder blew out of her hand and collided with the surfaces of the two spiked balls rushing toward her.

The next second,

the powder burrowed into their bodies.

It took root and sprouted at an extremely fast speed, drawing nutrients from their flesh to strengthen itself. In just the blink of an eye, plants resembling algae grew out of their bodies.

The two Casters,

completely drained, fell to the ground without much of a fight.

Faced with this scene, the girl who held an absolute advantage smiled again.

She looked at the two clumps of plants on the ground,

her expression filled with admiration and satisfaction.

"Sigh..."

"Independent living really does hone one’s abilities."

"Just a few months’ time, and my sister’s brain could actually think of such a method?"

Just in front of her,

the algae that had replaced the bodies of the two Casters suddenly underwent a rapid decay reaction, even faster than the speed at which they had grown.

While the girl was voicing her admiration,

these algae had already turned into clumps of rotten, gelatinous substance, emitting bursts of foul smell.

If she had followed her usual habit of devouring her enemies,

then even if she wouldn’t have been directly killed by this move, she would probably have suffered considerable damage.

The girl’s sister had thought of using their instinct to set up a trap.

This could definitely be called a milestone of tremendous progress!

At that moment,

the last Magic Fluctuation on the battlefield suddenly disappeared.

The only remaining Caster, seeing the battlefield turned into such a state and being the only one left fighting alone, finally couldn’t hold on any longer and fell to his knees.

"I... I don’t want to die..."

"Eh?" Seeing the opponent’s behavior, the girl displayed a very curious expression, "This... are you different from the trap set by those four?"

In the girl’s way of thinking,

there was no option for the opponent to give up fighting due to cowardice.

She interpreted the opponent’s kneeling as a kind of deception to lure her into a trap.

—It was just like some animals.

—Choosing to play dead when facing predators too challenging to handle.

"..."

The last Caster apparently saw the girl’s expression.

He just watched as the beautiful ’girl’ curiously walked toward him.

The Caster, who understood these non-human beings, had only the color of despair left in his eyes.