An ocher crystal glead with a tallic sheen, its long, sharp spikes extending and retracting intermittently.
Liu Ji stared at it, swallowing nervously.
This was a pure earth elental spirit.
This was clearly earth (elent), yet it had a tallic luster and was covered in sharp spikes…
It looked painful to bite into, and chewing would probably be worse.
Noticing Liu Ji's constipated expression, Yaine asked, "Are you sure you can eat that? Don't choke on it. Cali's not here, and I won't be able to heal you."
"Uh, I'll be careful and have a tiny bite first…" Liu Ji said, cupping the pure elental spirit and squatting down. Recalling the impulse he had when transforming into a burrowrat, Liu turned into a green armadillo of sorts.
Then, with tiny paws, he brought the pure elental spirit to his mouth and took a small nibble.
Hmm…
Rock-hard.
Still, with so effort, Liu Ji could bite into it, though chewing was tougher; it was like gnawing on frozen at.
More surprising was that although there wasn't any taste, Liu Ji, in his burrowrat form, found it strangely "delicious." It was like he was driven by a physiological craving.
Slowly but steadily, Liu Ji gnawed at the entire pure elental spirit, while Yaine gawked in amazent.
While this was an earth elental spirit in na, earth encompassed all materials found in the ground. The four fundantal elents of water, fire, earth, and wind corresponded to life, destruction, land, and sky.
Thus, pure earth elent couldn't be compared to ordinary rock. The tallic luster wasn't superficial either; an earth elental spirit's hardness resembled well-tempered steel.
Yet, it had been consud by Liu Ji just like that.
Are these little creatures' teeth that strong? Or did Liu Ji's transformation enhance even his bite strength?
While Yaine was pondering these questions, Liu Ji's form began to change. He took on a humanoid shape, his skin shimring with the sa tallic luster as the earth elental spirit.
Liu Ji tried moving his newly ford limbs, and he imdiately ca to a conclusion—it wasn't as strong as the desert manifestation form.
Seed like compared to pure elental spirits, Myza was still way more aweso.
However, Liu Ji was now able to sense the densely concentrated pure elental spirits in the walls of these structures. Moreover, he could accurately distinguish the differences between earth and water elents.
Liu Ji found water elental spirits seemingly affable and lively; communicating with them was easy, but without sustained directions, water elental spirits would disperse very quickly.
Earth elental spirits, on the other hand, were a complete contrast. Stubborn and inert; requiring effort to communicate with but were steadfast once commanded.
Perhaps that was also the reason Yaine said that smashing through these walls would be difficult. However, that was the case when it was person to earth elental spirit communication. Things weren't so complicated when one was an earth elental spirit themself.
"Hey fellas, mind making way? I need to get through!" Liu Ji called out to the earth elental spirits as if he were navigating through a crowded cafeteria.
After a mont, these earth elental spirits grudgingly parted, creating a passage. Delighted, Liu Ji pulled Yaine through.
Once Liu Ji had passed through, these earth elental spirits returned to their original positions, leaving no trace of their passage. It felt like a wall-hacking cheat.
Even Yaine was stunned. In human magic concepts, assuming control of elental spirits belonging to another's magic was unheard of—because no one had transford into an elental spirit before.
Seeing its effectiveness, Liu Ji didn't hesitate and used the sa cheating thod to swiftly navigate through the layers of this maze.
On his 13th attempt, Liu Ji "opened" another wall and found himself face-to-face with over a dozen earthwalker giants and an endless army of earthwalker grunts behind. The sheer number and scale dwarfed the previous encounter.
"Sorry for the disturbance," Liu Ji muttered, then quickly retreated, scooping up Yaine and running back where they ca from.
Their numbers were too much to handle, even if he was nearly indestructible. Facing such overwhelming force head-on wasn't an option…
As Liu Ji planned to retreat and regroup, the arch-shaped construct behind him split open, forming a massive gap. Giants and soldiers poured through, charging at them.
This was the enemy's ho ground, and Liu Ji wasn't the only one with a cheat for breaking through walls.
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Elsewhere in the labyrinth, Osar, who was being led by the small potatoes ca to a sudden halt, his ears twitching. "Hmm? Did you hear that?"
"Does it sound like activity outside?" Girunini said, pressing her ear to the wall. "But it's faint and hard to pinpoint with these soundproof structures."
"Mm, never mind. Let's just continue following these little ones." Osar sighed. The complex structure made it nearly impossible to trace the source of distant sounds.
Just as Osar was about to continue forward, he realized that the little potatoes had stopped moving. Following that, they heard strange sounds of activity again.
Gradually, it got louder, sounding like it was coming from in front of them.
No, it sounded like it was behind…
Osar had a bad feeling.
Osar's guesses were ascertained as it got closer. The sound of activity was simultaneously coming from their front and back.
Realizing they were surrounded, Osar quickly moved the little potatoes into his basket and tossed it into a corner. "Enemy attack! From both sides!"
"Ah, I know already!" Girunini responded, her eyes glowing red as she brandished her axe. "You guard that side, I'll take this! Don't let a single one through!"
"Rest assured. In this sort of setting, no one gets past unless I'm dead," Osar said, his body swelling as golden waves rippled across his skin.
"Don't say such ominous stuff. If you can't hold, fall back, and I'll cover you," Girunini said as blood aura surged around her. "Stay alive, got it?"
"Of course." Osar, influenced by the blood energy, grinned.
As their exchange ended, earthwalker soldiers appeared on both sides, swarming forward in an endless tide.
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