During her ti in the alchemy furnace, Alice could clearly feel her strength skyrocketing.
However, after reaching the Elental Deity level, the pace of her strength increase slowed down significantly.
The secret technique passed down by William had no bottleneck, but the requirents for enhancing one's power were much higher than those of ordinary secret techniques.
For a typical Elental Deity at the early stage to break through to the mid-stage, around ten million energy crystals would be needed.
At the sa level of power, Alice would need twice as many, or even more.
If not for the thousands of Nature Deity elites bombarding her day and night with spells and magical artifacts, and if not for the alchemy furnace's extraordinary effects, Alice would have no idea how many years it would take to break through from the mid-stage of Mortal Deity level to the peak of Elental Deity level.
On the tenth day of being pursued, those Nature Deity elites finally began to realize that their attacks were futile. The ones who initiated the attack looked at the newcors as if they were fools, as if they had never done sothing so stupid themselves.
The newcors gradually stopped their attacks as well.
To continue such a fruitless endeavor for ten days was quite sothing.
When everyone stopped attacking, a Nature Deity elite nad Robert, who was one of the initiators, stood not far away and loudly said, "Alice, you can't hide in there forever!"
Feeling disappointed as the influx of soul energy stopped, and hearing the words from outside, Alice scanned the surroundings with her consciousness and was startled.
So many people?
Wouldn't she be killed on the spot if she went out?
"Hey! Why can't I hide forever? If you lot, this bunch of losers, can do nothing but squat outside, then do so!" Alice, truly following in William's footsteps, pulled hate with such stability, "You can't even break a lousy alchemy furnace; you don't seem to have any prospects. Facing a weak woman like , you dare not challenge one-on-one, so why waste your breath?"
The Nature Deity elites outside were furious upon hearing this, having heard that the woman inside the alchemy furnace was just a minor Mortal Deity level.
A re Mortal Deity level daring to be so arrogant?
Most importantly, her alchemy furnace was terrifyingly powerful, resisting the attacks of so many elites in turns.
And yet, Alice dared to call it a lousy alchemy furnace.
Which broken alchemy furnace can withstand such a beating?
"You say one-on-one duel, then co out!" Robert had no real intention of a one-on-one duel,such a thing seed utterly impractical.
A thousand people challenging one person to a duel?
How could that ever be a fair one-on-one?
Alice laughed mockingly, "Do you think I'm stupid? You guys figure it out, draw numbers, line up, and whoever wins gets my artifact!"
"After you've lined up, swear an oath!" Alice now understood that in the Divine Realm, oaths were bound by so universal rules, and breaking an oath would result in divine retribution.
To be at peace, making them swear was the only way!
A group of Nature Deity beings being forced to take a collective oath by soone suspected to be of Mortal Deity level was indeed odd!
"Alice, what do you take us for?"
Robert sneered, "We won't swear, so what? Do we have to agree to whatever you say? What do you take us for?"
Alice, often rendered speechless by William's rebukes on regular days, showcased her verbal sparring skills to the fullest this ti. She loudly said, "What do I consider you all?"
"What else? A bunch of losers! A bunch of idiots!"
"So many of you taking turns for a one-on-one duel with a weak woman, and it's a war of attrition, yet you dare not swear an oath?"
"You're planning to ambush, aren't you?"
"A bunch of noobs! Trying to play foul, are you?"
...
William, sitting at a distance, laughed out loud upon hearing Alice speak like this.
He had always thought of Alice as a demure, sowhat naive girl!
Hmm, a Manic Pixie Dream Girl?
That's probably the term!
But as a 21st-century woman, many girls' thoughts are quite open. Even though Alice was originally a girl who stayed at ho focused on studying dicine, she wasn't ignorant of internet slang or insults!
With William not by her side, a group of people chasing her, and William seemingly ready to find a new wife, her more formidable personality naturally ca to the fore.
As the saying goes, "A man is known by the company he keeps."
Hanging around with William, picking up so trash talk and learning how to get under people's skin ca with the territory.
Sure enough, Alice's words infuriated so of the Nature Deity beings into attacking the alchemy furnace again!
"Have you eaten?" Alice let out a mocking laugh, "A bunch of noobs, let's see how long you can last against !"
Soone, who knows who started it, said, "We'll swear the oath! Are we really afraid of her, all of us against one?"
This made sense to many.
The alchemy furnace was like an indestructible turtle shell,they had been at it for so long without any success. A one-on-one duel with Alice seed like a better idea.
Whoever wins, gets the top-tier artifact!
It could also prevent a second lee!
But first, they had to coax Alice out, right?
Otherwise, were they all supposed to stand there like idiots waiting?
Seeing how confident Alice was, they might indeed end up waiting for tens of thousands of years.
"Who goes first?" Robert had no objections,to win the treasure, they first had to lure the person out.
Alice, too, wanted to hone her skills. She knew those outside were Nature Deity level elites.
But she had slain Nature Deity level elites when she was at a high Soulmancer level. Now that her strength had surged, why should she fear them?
If it ca to a one-on-one duel, she could use her overwhelming tactics to kill so and dominate in terms of montum, perhaps even breaking through their ranks!
It seed this was the only option now...
"Decide by drawing straws!" Alice wasn't just sitting idle inside the alchemy furnace; besides enhancing her strength, she had been refining her secret sword technique.
Having the Sword of Soulbreaker and being with William for so many years, to put it plainly, the Sword Spirit of the Sword of Soulbreaker was the best teacher.
Alice's understanding of swordsmanship advanced rapidly as she continuously visualized William drawing his sword, coupled with the power of a holy aura for deduction and observation.
"Alright, drawing straws it is!"
Robert and the others compromised yet again, facing Alice, this little rascal, they were helpless, and drawing straws indeed seed the best solution.
In their view, anyone present could potentially kill Alice instantly, given the overwhelming difference in strength levels.
After all, wasn't everyone who reached the Nature Deity level considered a chosen one of the heavens?
Being killed by soone of a lower level seed like a scenario only found in online novels.
Even if Alice got lucky and managed to win one or two duels, those who were drawn to fight earlier held a natural advantage.
But there was one thing to consider.
Whoever won Alice's artifact would undoubtedly face a collective attack, and how they would manage to escape unscathed was a concern.
With this in mind, everyone was in no rush.
The order of challenge was not the issue,securing Alice's artifact was just the beginning of the conflict.
Alice?
She was hardly within their consideration,as soon as she appeared, she was dood!
Everyone had their own thoughts, but the oath and drawing straws were completed under Alice's direction.
The matter of swearing oaths was mutually monitored, otherwise, each would feel at a disadvantage.
Once everything was ready, Alice erged from the alchemy furnace, holding the Sword of Soulbreaker, clad in white, standing amidst the encircling Nature Deities.
"Who's first to court death!" Alice's voice was cold, her deanor resolute, embodying the air of a peerless master. Her gaze slowly swept over the Nature Deity-level powerhouses surrounding her, showing not a trace of fear on her face.
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