On the ground, the Lord’s Mansion Ruins.
Sophia, relying on her Wind Control Ability, remained flying in the sky.
Although she could continue to rise a certain distance higher, doing so would prevent her from providing timely support to Nina on the ground.
Her gaze was locked onto a giant cocoon wrapped in slender Purple Thread.
The massive object was currently expanding and contracting.
Was it like a heart?
Sophia felt her own heartbeat pulsing in synchronization with the cocoon.
An ominous aura radiated from the cocoon, making those who sensed it feel short of breath and restless, as if something terrifying was about to be birthed from within.
Gulp…
Sophia swallowed hard.
Nina’s eyes were cold as she stared intently at the cocoon.
The reason she hadn’t attacked yet was that the thing inside had actually finished gestating; its current appearance was merely a trap.
The dark-purple cocoon seemed to take a deep breath.
Then, the color on those threads rapidly faded, turning into a grayish-white.
Two sharp, dark-purple spikes pierced through.
One side of the claw was a shining purple blade while the other was a black barb.
These two claws sliced the cocoon open from the inside.
After the cocoon was slashed open, the now-gray husk gradually crumbled into dust, revealing the body hidden inside.
It was a Dark Purple Giant Spider!
Eight long, spike-like legs supported a massive body comparable to the size of a room.
Its vicious mouthparts hung open, revealing sharp teeth and fangs that made one’s skin crawl.
Attached to the head of the purple spider was the exposed upper body of a woman.
Sylvia had lost her lower half—or rather, her lower half had become that terrifying spider.
Six crimson eyes, each larger than a washbasin, locked onto Nina and Sophia in the sky.
Sophia felt a wave of numbness wash over her, but the abnormal status quickly vanished.
It was the same for Nina.
This was the effect of the Forest Elf Divine Protection, though it hadn’t been granted by Wendy.
The eyes on Sylvia’s spider body suddenly exploded, and she was hit by a piercing, heart-wrenching pain.
Although her human eyes did not explode, she couldn’t help but cover them as she felt a burning phantom pain.
After recovering slightly, the spider body beneath her raised two pairs of forelegs and swung them down fiercely, sending two Magic Power slashes ripping across the ground.
Nina dodged with a flash, the golden light on her body flickering like fire.
At this moment, a pair of thin, transparent wings unfurled from her back.
As the wings appeared, a flower manifested on Nina’s forehead.
Its center was a single golden dot surrounded by several white, spindle-shaped petals.
The intense golden power on Nina’s body gradually faded, transforming into a white light like the Sun.
This white light diffused through the space, surrounding the entire Elf in a layer of iridescent halo.
She now possessed a hint of divinity.
High in the sky, Sophia let go of the Staff in her hand. The wooden Staff rapidly disintegrated until only an Emerald Gem remained.
The Gem was like a fruit; its emerald-green color faded, transforming into a pure Gem radiating a colorful glow.
Sophia held the Gem against her chest, and her body also emitted a faint, colorful light.
After revealing these forms, the momentum of the two Elves was completely different from before.
“Bloodline Release!”
“Bloodline Release!”
Sophia and Nina spoke the words in Elvish at the same time.
Seeing these two lights, Sylvia couldn’t help but frown. After a cold snort, she tilted her head back.
Her human body gradually sank into the spider body.
Sylvia didn’t care at all about the weeping, pleading voices coming from beneath her Face Skin.
In the end, only Sylvia’s face remained, growing right in the center of the spider body’s six eyes.
Then, the giant spider body crouched low and suddenly leaped from the ground.
Nina’s figure was now slightly taller.
Her Double Swords had turned into a single translucent light sword, and her body was clad in a thin layer of light armor.
Her loose blonde hair was now tied into a ponytail.
The Gold Elf loli had transformed into an Earth Knight.
Tier 6 Divine Art: Nature’s Grace!
Nina raised the Longsword in her hand, the light on her body intensifying several times over.
She leaped up, soaring through the air.
She collided with the giant purple spider that Sylvia had become.
The massive chelicerae slashed toward Nina.
Nina spread her palm, and a portion of the light on her body transformed into a shield to block the front.
Bang!
The massive impact triggered a violent surge of air.
The heavy wind whipped Nina’s ponytail, but it failed to make her figure drop even an inch.
The light sword in Nina’s other hand slashed at Sylvia’s spider body. Sylvia took the attack head-on with her body.
A crack appeared on the spider’s body, and white spots of light flickered within the wound.
Sylvia’s regeneration ability was temporarily disabled.
Seeing this, Nina let out a soft snort.
The expression on Sylvia’s face grew increasingly solemn.
After landing, she spoke.
“It seems I underestimated you.”
But even after saying that, Sylvia had no intention of stopping. She was merely a Puppet, a tool used to stall for time.
Since she was a tool, she had to make herself useful to the very end!
The purple spider opened its mouthparts, and a massive ripple of Magic Power surged out. The dark purple of the spider body gradually faded.
A deep purple orb of light condensed within those terrifying mouthparts.
It was roughly the size of a human head, but when it erupted, it was much thicker than Sylvia’s spider body.
A Magic Flash with a diameter of twenty meters?!
A massive amount of Magic Power was compressed to the extreme and erupted from a single point. The devastating energy shot straight toward Nina.
Tier 6 Divine Art: Spider God’s Sigh.
The moment this breath appeared, a violent gale swept across a ten-mile radius.
Those near the battlefield were terrified, not knowing what major event was occurring.
Nina did not dodge. She faced the thick purple breath head-on, and the iridescent white halo around her did not dim in the slightest.
She gripped the light sword with both hands and raised it above her head.
The white light on the blade exploded, its momentum as grand as a pillar.
The power contained within was not inferior to Sylvia’s Spider God’s Sigh.
Tier 6 Divine Art: Divine Light Radiance!
The light sword slashed down.
The two rays of Magic Power, white and purple, collided.
In an instant, the area within a thousand meters of the Lord’s Castle became as bright as the Sun.
Sophia held high the Gem with the iridescent white glow.
Sunlight seemed to converge upon it, triggering layers of ripples.
Tier 6 Divine Art: Dawn Light.
A translucent pillar of light descended from the heavens, crashing onto Sylvia’s spider body and crushing that already pale corpse into a deep pit.
Deep underground, Enya looked up at the ceiling that was rumbling and shaking, and she couldn’t help but complain.
“Aren’t you two making a bit too much noise?”
“Sigh, forget it. At least I’ve fulfilled that old man’s request.”
“Phew…”
Enya breathed a sigh of relief, as if a burden had been lifted.
That girl Sylvia was just a Puppet.
Although she was an important Puppet who had been nurtured for a long time, she was still a Puppet.
As a tool, she was meant to be used.
Her purpose was to exhaust Enya, but unfortunately, she had been used against Sophia and Nina instead.
Enya could sense it.
Not only did they activate their Bloodline, they each used a Sixth Rank Divine Art as if Magic Power cost them nothing.
How extravagant!
It was a good thing they were Elves and had the inherent effects of their Bloodline to reduce the consumption of Divine Arts.
Otherwise, just this one round of combat would have drained both Elves’ Magic Power completely.
Enya regained her composure and continued to control the Teleportation Array beneath her.
After a while, two figures crossed the hole Enya had made.
They walked to the edge of the stairs and looked at Enya, who was standing in the center of a large Magic Array, holding a floating gray sphere in her hand.
Sophia let out a breath of air.
Nina, however, was already running ahead, bolting down the stairs.
Seeing Nina’s impatient look, Sophia smiled helplessly and followed behind her at a slower pace.
Enya turned around.
Nina was already standing a mere meter away from her.
If she hadn’t turned around, Enya felt Nina would have pounced onto her back.
The Gold Elf loli stood with her hands on her hips, looking at Enya with a proud expression and shouting with great satisfaction.
“Hey, Dragon, what do you think?”
“Mhm, our Nina is truly amazing! I could feel Nina’s vibrant energy even from underground. I was shocked.”
Enya was not stingy with her praise. “Oh my~ how could our Nina be like this? Such a strong, handsome, and cute Elf~”
“Huhu!”
Listening to that was incredibly soothing for Nina, and the corners of her mouth almost reached the sky. She couldn’t hide her happiness as she said to Enya.
“Hmph~ Dragon, you certainly have a good eye!”
“That’s because Nina is too dazzling. As long as one isn’t blind, they can see Nina’s excellence!”
Enya praised her vigorously.
Watching this scene, Sophia felt like Enya was just playing with a child.
But Enya’s praise was so intense that while Nina might not have felt it as the recipient, Sophia felt like she had eaten a whole jar of honey.
It was sickeningly sweet!
Her body shuddered, and Sophia stepped forward to interrupt Enya’s wicked fun.
“Predecessor, look at this.”
As she spoke, she stretched out her hand and opened her palm in front of Enya.
Enya looked down.
Good heavens, there was actually a mouth in the middle of that beautiful palm!
The mouth was pink and moist, and it looked quite nice. One could assume that the person this mouth belonged to wouldn’t be ugly.
Sophia introduced the mouth.
“This is all that’s left of her. She says she has something to say to the Predecessor.”
Enya looked at Sylvia, who was now nothing but a mouth. She reached out and poked the thin lips of the mouth with her fingernail.
It slowly opened and spoke.
“Is that Sister Ain? Hehe, I didn’t expect those two to be so powerful.”
“And?”
Enya stared at it with her Dragon Eyes.
Sylvia’s mouth continued.
“It’s a pity I couldn’t send the news that Sister Ain is from the Dragon Tribe back to my main body. However, we will meet again in the future~”
Splat!
Nina grabbed the mouth that remained of Sylvia, slammed it onto the ground, and then raised her foot to stomp on it several times.
“Ugly woman! Spider hag! Just hurry up and die!”
Enya and Sophia exchanged a glance, and then they looked at the Teleportation Array at their feet.