Chapter 30 The Earth Element Gathering Place

After Eytemis finished speaking, a palm-sized object radiating an earthy-yellow light appeared in her hand. At first glance, it looked like a miniature model, barely fitting in her grasp. However, to Fang Senyan, it felt like towering mountains, imposing and undeniably extraordinary.

Fang Senyan was no fool waiting for his opponent to prepare. Enduring the blinding light and dizziness, he lunged at Eytemis, his movements fierce and eager. He hoped to extinguish her plans before they could take effect.

But things rarely go as planned. As he charged, Jian slammed his axe into Fang Senyan's back. The axe was imbued with a combination of ice, poison, and electricity!

Fang Senyan was immune to poison, but he couldn't withstand the ice and electricity. He was inflicted with the Frozen debuff, reducing his movement speed by 30%, and the Paralyzed debuff, reducing his movement speed by 20%, attack speed, and casting speed by an additional 15%. In total, his movement speed was reduced by 50%!

This setback slowed Fang Senyan's attack, delaying his strike on Eytemis by at least one and a half seconds.

Fang Senyan immediately sensed something was wrong. If this woman wasn't dead, she would have fled, using the one and a half seconds her teammate had bought for her.

"Could it be that my previous throat-slitting attack didn't frighten her?" Fang Senyan immediately dismissed the thought. With her cunning, she wouldn't use the item in front of him if it required a long casting time.

With these thoughts swirling in his mind, Fang Senyan realized it was a trap. Instinctively, he rolled backward to retreat. A frustrated sigh echoed as he did so.

Squinting, Fang Senyan saw that the "Eytemis" he had been attacking shimmered and transformed into a swirling ball of mercury! It was a fake!

Had Fang Senyan struck blindly, the mercury bomb would have detonated. Even with his poison immunity, inhaling the mercury vapor would have been detrimental to his health, leaving him in an even worse state.

The real Eytemis was now standing in the corner of the wall, holding the "model" in her hands. She placed it on the ground, where it rapidly absorbed the surrounding soil and grew larger. The intricate carvings expanded, becoming lifelike. It transformed into a muddy pond of fifty or sixty square meters. The mud was viscous, as if a pot was constantly boiling beneath it. The mud bubbled incessantly, resembling a pot of thick porridge.

Fang Senyan recognized it and gasped.

"Earth Element Gathering Place?"

Earth elements were creatures from fantasy worlds. Their physical components were theoretically ubiquitous, but their rarity was due to specific requirements. The world's elemental density had to reach a certain level, and more importantly, the total amount of elements had to be large enough to form liquid properties.

With these two conditions, the tides throughout the world would exhibit water-like characteristics, forming strong elemental vortices in certain areas. These vortices weren't like water currents that suffocated or killed. Instead, they were imperceptible to ordinary people but were considered sacred places for those who practiced magic.

When an earth element vortex lingered in a place for a long time, the accumulation of elements would slowly give rise to life. This was the origin of earth elements. Once formed, the earth element itself would promote the turbulence of the elemental vortex, further creating more earth element life. This was the origin of earth element gathering places, and over time, it could even form an earth element altar, where the surrounding earth elements would transform into rock elements.

And what Eytemis had brought out was intended to create an earth element gathering place on this planet that completely lacked elemental vortices! Of course, the device was powered by some precious crystal. Once the crystal was exhausted, the natural elemental vortex would disappear, and the earth elements would die like fish out of water.

However, before the energy ran out, the earth elements that emerged from the earth element gathering place would undoubtedly obey the user's command!

Seeing the muddy pond of the earth element gathering place bubbling like boiling porridge, Fang Senyan's face hardened. He launched a fierce attack, but his vision was severely impaired, and he was being intercepted by an MT who was risking his life. Even with his freakish abilities, he couldn't overcome Eytemis!

So, when the first mud-covered earth element climbed out of the pond, Fang Senyan retreated a few steps, backing up against the wall to face only a 180-degree attack.

The newborn earth element easily absorbed the surrounding rocks onto its body. Its upper body resembled a human form with long, thick arms. In contrast, its legs were short and stout, giving it a stable base.

As it moved, the ground trembled slightly, as if a heavy cube was rolling over it. Its innate ability was a Slow spell. With a lift of its arm, an earthy-yellow light enveloped Fang Senyan, reducing his movement and attack speed by 30%.

The earth element lumbered towards Fang Senyan, raising its heavy arms to smash down! Fang Senyan grunted, enduring the blow. At the same time, he thrust his blade, piercing the earth element's chest, triggering Extinction!

A muffled sound came from the earth element's chest, as if something had shattered. Its body stiffened, and cracks appeared all over its surface, resembling the cracks in dried rice paddies. Finally, it collapsed into a pile of mud and dust!

But Fang Senyan also groaned, clutching his abdomen. Eytemis, moving like a ghost, had seized the opportunity of his attack and slashed him again!

Eytemis landed a blow and retreated, determined to continue her attrition tactics.

As a summoner, Eytemis knew the strength of the summoned earth element. But Fang Senyan's casual strike that instantly killed it was terrifying and astonishing!

However, Eytemis felt an even greater desire, coveting Fang Senyan's magical weapon! The light on the weapons in her hands gradually faded, as if absorbed into the weapons themselves. They were a pair of eerie iron hooks.

These were a specialty of the Pirates of the Caribbean world, but even though Fang Senyan had spent a long time there, he had never seen high-level versions of them, let alone a pair!

Fang Senyan was cornered. He knew the situation was unfavorable. While he could seemingly kill an earth element with a single strike to its core, Extinction was not a free ability! The consumption of vitality and merit points was unsustainable!

He had considered using Wither Impact, but the ability's destructive power was considerable. The starting stance alone could collapse the entire cave, burying him and his enemies alive.

Fang Senyan's biggest problem was his impaired vision. Everything was a blurry, white mess, so he couldn't use Fury of the Horn. Even if his opponents showed vulnerabilities due to the infection, he couldn't attack them in time! And even if he did attack, there was the tenacious MT to intercept him.

Logically, the Dark Gold Leech would be effective in this situation. However, considering Ronnie's poor survivability and the Dark Gold Leech's amplification of bleeding, Fang Senyan had given it to him. For a moment, Fang Senyan felt helpless. Fortunately, his opponents were also infected with SARS, and more importantly, the damage from SARS was considerable and not negligible.

"Hmm… The key to breaking the situation isn't killing them or destroying that damned summoning pool!" The thought flashed through Fang Senyan's mind. "It's to escape from the mechanisms in this cave. Once my vision recovers, killing them will be a piece of cake!"

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Okay, I forgot to click publish again.

My bad. I'll get some grilled brain flower tonight to make up for it.