Chapter 230 Crisis
The crab, with its massive shell blazing in flas, ran across the rocky terrain, leaving a trail of scorched earth in its wake. The spider, on the other hand, moved with a grace that betrayed its colossal size, leaving a trail of frost.
As the two behemoths clashed against each other, it caused the very asteroid to tremble violently. The air around them cackled with mana, its energy waves so intense that it caused the surroundings to either incinerate or freeze.
Surprisingly enough, the purple flowers blooming underneath them weren't damaged in the least. This could only an one thing: their control over mana was simply extraordinary!
The magic circles in front of the crab's pincers lit up with a fiery light and the next mont, a torrent of searing flas was unleashed, aiming to drown the spider completely.
However, the spider was not so easy to deal with. At the sa ti that the crab unleashed its flas, the magic circles in front of the spider's spinnerets glowed with an eerie blue light, following which, a barrier of frost was erected.
The two elents clashed against each other, resulting in a magnificent dance of fire and ice.
Adam was srized when he witnessed this magical scene. The ease and fluidity with which these spirit creatures cast their spells was truly a sight to behold.
Just by watching them battle, the youth was able to learn a lot.
As the torrent of fire slowly lted the frost barrier, another magic circle lit up behind the spider. Out of this magic circle, countless ice spears materialized and flew toward the crab at an incomprehensible speed.
But how could the flaming crab be so easily defeated?
The fire covering the crab's shell lit up with such intensity that it turned blue! Before the ice spears could even touch the crab's shell, they were already incinerated by the flas.
As the battle raged on, each of the creatures unleashed the full extent of their elental powers. Fire and ice clashed over and over again and the two sides gradually reached a stalemate.
Adam suddenly snapped out of his daze when he saw the two creatures slowly moving further and further away from the purple flowers. Seeing this, his eyes lit up.
It's now or never! He scread inwardly and moved out of the crevice he was hiding in. He then hurriedly ran toward the field of flowers.
But suddenly…
His eyes widened yet again when a large magic circle appeared before the spider.
However, this ti, the energy that slowly started to manifest out of this magic circle wasn't made of mana but sothing else entirely.
"Spiritual power!" Adam involuntarily blurted out in shock.
The mass of energy glowed with an ethereal white light and transford into a dozen large, pointy shards that shot toward the crab.
Realizing the type of attack it was, the crab also expended its spiritual power and erected a do of energy surrounding him.
BOOM!
The pointy shards collided against the do, each getting destroyed into tiny pieces and then finally dissipating into tiny motes of energy.
Tumultuous waves were rising inside Adam's heart as he thought to himself in disbelief, They're casting spells using spiritual power and not mana! How can that even be possible?!
He knew for a fact that it was practically impossible for a Magus to use spiritual power as fuel to cast spells. However, the spirit creatures in front of him were doing it so effortlessly.
Suddenly, realization dawned on him.
Wait could it be because they are Spirit World creatures that they can use spiritual power to cast spells?
They would make sense since their physiology is fundantally different from any species in the material world.
BOOM!
He was jolted out of his thoughts when the spirit creatures crashed with each other once again.
No ti to waste! Adam's gaze turned solemn as he once again started dashing toward the flowers.
There were dozens of these purple-colored flowers on the ground, the bigger ones being at the center. But Adam didn't need the big ones. He doubted if he would even be able to withstand the potency of those big flowers.
He only needed the small ones growing at the periphery. If he could obtain just one then this trip to the Spirit World would have been extrely worthwhile.
He didn't even think of trying to acquire the big ones at the center.
Yes, he was greedy. But he wasn't that greedy.
Just when he was a few ters away from one of the flowers, the gigantic crab and spider sensed his presence!
SCREECH!!
They were enraged that a puny creature had the audacity to even think of taking sothing that they had been fighting over.
As if coming to an unopposed understanding, the spirit creatures stopped fighting with each other and jointly faced Adam. The next mont, two large magic circles—one red and the other blue—lit up in front of them.
And then…
A deluge of fla and frost gushed out of the magic circles and threatened to drown Adam!
Seeing the joint attacks of the spirit creatures, the youth was scared shitless. However, this wasn't the ti to hesitate.
Danger and opportunity have always coexisted since ti immorial. Just as sothing fortuitous could turn into sothing life-threatening, a crisis could also turn into an opportunity.
Adam's eyes glead with great determination as he ran toward the purple flower closest to him. At the sa ti, he had already started weaving hand signs. He planned to grab the flower and imdiately leave this place.
Just as he was a mont away from completing the physical component of the spell that would teleport him out to the material world, he leaped toward the flower and viciously bit its stalk, yanking it out of the ground with his mouth.
The flower had been acquired and the physical component of the spell had been completed.
However!
It was already too late.
By that ti, the tidal wave of fire and ice had already arrived in front of him before drowning him entirely.
A few monts later, when the effects from the elental spells subsided, the youth had vanished.
The crab and the spider only thought that the puny creature was annihilated by their combined attacks. The next mont, they glanced at each other and restarted their battle with even more ferocity.
…
In the material world, Adam's eyes snapped open. His dark, abyss-like pupils were filled with fear and panic thinking back to what had just transpired.
The next mont, his eyes rolled back as inhumane pain assaulted his mind.
"GAAAAAHHHH!!"
Blood stread out of his eyes, nose, and ears as he writhed on the ground in excruciating agony. His mind felt like it was being bombarded by fire and ice. The dual sensation of opposing forces was too much for him to bear.
Although he had managed to successfully teleport out of the Spirit World, toward the end he was still struck by the attacks of those gigantic creatures.
Since he had received the attacks in his soul-body form, his mind upon returning to the material world was in absolute chaos.
His spirit sea, which had been calm and peaceful ever since its inception, was suddenly invaded by flas and frost.
Just as the twin elental attacks threatened to decimate his mind, in the depths of his spirit sea, sothing astonishing happened.
The white lotus had awoken!
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