Chapter 85: Be Careful Not to Get Blown Up
The white light gradually dissipated, and the two different areas on both sides suddenly turned into complete ruins, with billowing black smoke.
The burning flames were also reduced by half by that intense white light. The lava was completely stripped of energy, gradually solidifying, and eroded by strong winds into an unrecognizable state.
The dense forest and sea of flowers opposite this scorching land also looked lifeless.
The flowers and grass that had been deprived of vitality became uneven and withered under the impact of this white light.
The sparks flying in the void also climbed onto those dry branches, igniting new flames.
The smoke and dust gradually dispersed in the air, completely obscuring Viktor's view.
Feeling the strong impact, Haim and Cocotte peeked out, surveying the devastating scene around them. From behind a broken rock without lava, they tremblingly asked Viktor:
"Is... is it over?"
The terrifying strike that produced the sun-like white light made the barrier supported by their combined efforts shake and nearly collapse.
If it weren't for the magic potions Viktor had given them, plus the extremely strong defense inherent in Halgal's alternate space,
Under this level of attack, the two of them wouldn't have had enough mana to sustain this barrier.
As the debris and smoke in the scorching land gradually dispersed, they looked along the curved lava coat to see Viktor standing on a towering giant rock, overlooking the front.
The coat behind him seemed to still be swaying slowly in the void. At this moment, Viktor's face seemed to have become somewhat thinner, with faint red patterns spreading across it. The eyes that had grown out of the coat still flashed with red light.
His figure was still as firm as at the beginning, as if the powerful attack that had torn through space earlier had not affected him at all.
"Viktor... won?!"
At this moment, a weight lifted from Haim's heart. Viktor's strength was indeed extraordinary.
He had just stood up and let out a sigh of relief.
The next second, he was pulled back behind the giant floating debris by Cocotte.
"It's not over yet."
"I can feel it."
Cocotte's face was heavy. She could clearly feel that the powerful natural energy was like a blade, held against her neck, chillingly cold.
Suddenly, a huge roar sounded from under the sparks and smoke in the distance, blowing Haim down violently.
He hurriedly hid beside Cocotte, quietly feeling the powerful pressure coming from not far away.
Those withered grass and defeated flowers that had been burned to ashes were replaced by vibrant fresh flowers and green grass, looking so out of place among the red and green.
The sparks on them were also extinguished, submerged by the thick life energy.
Those extremely large flower buds regained their color and once again began to scatter pollen into the void.
Haim saw the lush green scenery, but his heart was not happy. Instead, he felt worried and anxious.
"That thing... it's still not dead..."
He didn't know that the Druja before him was still far from death.
Viktor looked at the extremely thick health bar of the Wood Calamity before him and pondered for a moment.
With health as thick as a mountain, even under the extremely powerful attack just now, it had only lost about 20% of its health.
Druja stood motionless in that green ocean, and Viktor also put away his flying cards, quietly waiting.
Druja raised its giant snake head to the sky, sticking out its huge tongue, constantly trembling.
Five tentacles extended from its head, vibrating along with the tongue, as if performing some mysterious ritual.
Like a drop of water falling into the ocean, the influence produced by those five tentacles was like ripples. The surrounding flowers and wild grass also gradually began to shake, and even those huge flower buds swayed along with them.
A wisp of green aura slowly rose from the plants, extending towards the few tentacles on Druja's head.
Tens of thousands of slender auras instantly gradually enveloped Druja's entire giant snake-like body, becoming denser and denser until not a single gap could be seen.
Soon, after a deathly silence, Druja seemed to break through its cocoon, and that snake-like body disappeared.
Instead, it transformed into a six-eyed giant, its green body seemingly covered by a thick layer of black armor. The three pairs of compound eyes on its head were still familiar, and the five tentacles on its head gradually lowered.
The sea of flowers at its feet was deprived of vitality, becoming withered again.
The natural aura bursting from its body even began to erode the environment around Viktor.
Green flower buds were born out of thin air on the lava, showing off to Viktor.
Viktor quietly looked at the transformed Wood Calamity before him.
That was Druja's final true form - Luxuriant Complete Form.
"What?! That form just now wasn't even its full appearance?!"
Haim and Cocotte were shocked as they looked at Druja, which was bursting with green aura after its transformation.
The powerful aura from before was still putting immense pressure on the two, and now it was getting even stronger?!
"Viktor... can he still win..."
That monster seemed to have just begun its prime state, but Viktor had already used up all his trump cards.
How could he possibly defeat this monster with such a gap?
Unless.
"Unless Viktor can still use that kind of powerful natural magic from before."
The astonishing lava pillars were something Haim and the others had never seen before, nor had they ever heard of such powerful magic. It seemed to use the purest natural force of this world.
Haim felt somewhat unwilling. He was unwilling to hide behind this rock, letting Viktor face such a terrifyingly powerful being alone.
If he stepped in, it would be one more force, one more chance to defeat this monster.
Although such a powerful being seemed undefeatable in his eyes.
He poked half of his body out, but Cocotte, seeing Haim's intention, pulled him back and shook her head:
"Haim, if you go now, it's suicide."
"Am I supposed to watch Endymion be destroyed by this monster?!"
"No, no, no, Haim, you're wrong."
Cocotte waved her hand and said:
"That's not what I meant. I meant..."
"If you rashly go to help, you might get blown up by Viktor's magic."
Haim: "?"
He turned to look.
At some point, Viktor's aura had suddenly increased, and extremely dense, exquisite magic completely surrounded him.
The most central red formation hovered in the middle, with those tiny formations revolving around the giant formation like satellites.
The complex patterns on it constantly merged, like buttons connecting all the magic together.
The intricate runes seemed to materialize, constantly fusing and replacing each other on several formations.
Haim looked at the magic runes on it, utterly shocked.
"These... these magic runes... it's like an infinite combination of magic, how did he do it?"
Bursts of thick mana erupted between the complex patterns, vast like an ocean. That was definitely not something a fourth-tier mage could use.
Haim was a bit confused. The current Viktor seemed even more powerful than before.
He couldn't help but tremble, muttering:
"Viktor... what exactly are you trying to do?"
Viktor stood on the broken rock, allowing the luxuriant Druja to release skills at will. Soon, it was once again covered by dense jungle vegetation, only this time the towering tree trunks seemed about to break through the dome.
Druja raised its head, and its previously lost health began to recover continuously, wrapped in a faint green light.
Viktor stared intently at this moment, right as it began to recover its life.
The countless spells behind him began to bombard Druja furiously.
Fire snakes... phoenixes... suns... all poured out from the formation at once, rushing forward.
In an instant, the entire void under the barrier turned into a chaotic sea of fire, with countless fire particles continuously attacking the same target.
At this moment, Viktor seemed to have transformed into a pure spell machine gun, endlessly attacking without pause, rapidly consuming his mana.
Druja's attack method was completely different from Guledon's. It mostly attacked players through recovery consumption and summoning magical beasts. Relying on its own strong defense and adaptability, it was more troublesome than Guledon, who focused on attacks.
Viktor could only use powerful magic to continuously output and consume as much as possible.
The life that Druja had just recovered had almost no effect under Viktor's world-ending offensive.
Bits of scattered fire energy continuously fell beneath Druja, and the withered grass and flower buds under its feet were engulfed by flames.
The surrounding energy grew more vigorous, and the sea of fire beneath Druja actually turned into surging, violent lava, melting Druja's wood magic power. Like a dagger cutting into Druja's heart over and over, it caused it immense pain.
Even its three pairs of compound eyes couldn't distinguish the environment clearly. Focusing its gaze, all it could see was red surrounding it, with nowhere to hide.
Cocotte stood dumbfounded. The Viktor before her had already become a magic god.
He cast spells as if there were no limits, as if even mana had become an unnecessary condition.
"He seems... as if he doesn't need mana at all."
Haim stood stunned, speaking as if confused.
Why?
Magic was indeed powerful, but the most fatal problem for mages was the incantation of spells and the scarcity of mana.
This meant that the higher the tier of the mage, the longer the chanting time needed to use powerful magic, and the more mana consumed.
So Viktor was an anomaly.
He seemed as if he didn't need to chant at all. After each spell was released, the next spell would connect perfectly.
Giving a sense of continuity without interruption.
Cocotte glanced at Haim and shook the blue bottle in her hand.
"If you also stockpile a bunch of these, you can use magic continuously just the same."
Haim suddenly came to his senses, dispelling all doubts in his mind.
He had almost forgotten about these miraculous mana potions.
They were made by Viktor himself!
Thinking of this, he hurriedly took out a bottle of the remaining potion and took a sip.
Feeling the recovery of mana within his body, Haim was filled with confidence.
So he continued to divide into more phantoms, beginning to support Halgal's barrier, transmitting energy to it...
...
After leaving the illusory realm, Aurelian wandered in the library for a long time.
She had never seen such profound and strange magic before. Walking among the bookshelves was like entering a treasure house where she could choose freely.
Aurelian delved deeper into the library as she learned more. When her head began to ache, she shook it, realizing it was time to stop learning magic for now.
She looked up and saw a dark fork in the maze-like library.
Driven by curiosity, Aurelian slowly walked into that dark place.
As she explored deeper, Aurelian gradually lost sight of the surrounding walls, leaving only darkness.
Walking along the black wall, Aurelian turned a corner and stopped in her tracks.
She saw a golden scale suspended in the sky.
A flash of inspiration suddenly entered her consciousness.
Aurelian looked at the scale and murmured:
"The... scales of the Goddess of Justice?"