Chapter 60: Spatial Storm
“La—la la—”
Drowsiness crept in, clouding the mind.
Just like the first time, the Howling Moon Direwolves, possessing formidable physical strength but poor resistance to mental-type witchcraft, quickly succumbed once more.
Seizing this opportunity, Soro Flare and Richard Eva, who had long been poised to strike, moved like phantoms in the night, becoming two afterimages that continuously harvested the dazed lives.
“Roar—”
The fear of death jolted the Howling Moon Direwolves, immersed in the [Siren Chanting] witchcraft, back to consciousness.
However, before they could react, a faint sweet fragrance wafted to their noses.
In an instant, illusions assaulted them.
Though their bodies remained unscathed, the Howling Moon Direwolves suddenly collapsed to the ground, convulsing violently.
“Phew—”
Inside the flower bud, having just cast the medium illusion, Lo Silverfox let out a long breath.
Then, raising his head to look at Janna, whose forehead was covered in fine sweat, Lo Silverfox directly released the magic sealed by his ear.
“You look pale. Are you alright?”
“I'm fine, just a bit drained from the heavy magic expenditure.”
Maintaining the Contract Summoning magic for an extended period, along with repeatedly casting [Siren Chanting] and [Floral Guard] witchcraft, had caused Janna's magic stone to replenish her magic slower than she consumed it.
“Take a rest. A few Howling Moon Direwolves are no threat with Soro and Richard handling them.”
“Mm.”
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With Janna's [Siren Chanting] and Lo Silverfox's illusions assisting, the battle on the ground heavily favored Richard Eva and Soro Flare.
Janna believed it wouldn't be long before those Howling Moon Direwolves, whose strength peaked at Second Tier Wizard Apprentice, would fall to the two top-tier Third Tier apprentices.
The magic stone in her hand flickered as magic flowed into her, gradually replenishing her previously depleted reserves.
“Though we're in a forest, there's no natural aura here…”
Before entering the spatial rift, the Misty Forest's environment allowed Janna's magic to recover swiftly.
However, upon arriving in the mirrored domain, despite its projection being the "Misty Forest," Janna, highly sensitive to natural auras, couldn't sense any plant elements here.
Therefore, she could only rely on magic stones to replenish her magic.
“Crack—”
While Janna focused on meditating to restore her magic, a sudden change occurred.
The sound of crumbling earth and stone approached rapidly from nearby, heading straight for the flower bud's hiding spot.
“Get up quickly!”
Receiving Janna's mental command, the Thornflower Sprite immediately withdrew from the ground.
But as the flower bud rose, the earth's collapse intensified.
Before the bud could fully emerge, a large sinkhole had already spread to Janna's location, leaving the Thornflower Sprite with no escape.
“Ever-changing—”
At the moment the Thornflower Sprite was about to fall into the ground fissure, Janna directly dispelled the contract power, sending it back to the Spirit Realm.
Simultaneously, her butterfly wings spread.
While swiftly dodging falling rocks, Janna didn't forget to throw seeds to the ground, commanding vines to grab the falling Lo Silverfox.
“Roar—”
With frequent anomalies, before the two could emerge from the ground, a deafening wolf howl pierced the sky.
A three-meter-tall, silver-white giant wolf with foul-smelling fangs charged straight toward Janna.
“Sensory Deception!”
Seeing the giant wolf about to collide, Lo Silverfox, just pulled from the ground by vines, immediately waved his wand to cast a spell.
“Crack—”
Under Lo Silverfox's illusion, deep, bottomless black fissures suddenly appeared before the giant wolf.
Seeing this, the charging wolf had to change direction and slow down.
“Phantom Doppelgänger!”
Seeing the giant wolf successfully deceived by the illusion, Lo Silverfox, despite the intense magic consumption, created dozens of "Janna" duplicates to replace her position.
Through the deception of [Phantom Doppelgänger], Janna successfully flew away from the collapsing ground with Lo Silverfox.
“Those two are being held back by the wolf pack brought by the Howling Moon Alpha! Let's fly up and leave here first!”
Using [Eagle Eye Spell] to lock on, Janna quickly saw the situation with Richard Eva and Soro Flare.
They were already surrounded by dozens of Howling Moon Direwolves, fighting fiercely to break through.
“Wait! It's a spatial storm! Quickly return to the ground!”
While Janna focused on Richard Eva and Soro Flare, Lo Silverfox, suspended by vines in mid-air, looked up at the rapidly forming dark clouds above.
Sensing the terrifying energy within, he immediately warned Janna to change course.
“Roar—”
With a spatial storm brewing above and the Howling Moon Alpha eyeing them below, Janna, whose magic was nearly depleted, made a swift decision.
She rapidly flapped her butterfly wings, flying at high speed toward Richard Eva.
“My magic is exhausted.”
Her forehead hair soaked with sweat, Janna barely managed to land on a relatively tall tree.
With both physical strength and magic drained, she leaned weakly against the trunk, her voice trembling.
Seeing this, Lo Silverfox supported Janna to prevent her from falling and shouted at Richard Eva and Soro Flare with all his might:
“A spatial storm is coming! You two, quickly return to the protection range of the [Guardian's Veil]!”
Splatter—
Blood sprayed as they killed another pouncing Howling Moon Direwolf.
Hearing Lo Silverfox's shout, the two immediately paused their actions.
“Rumble—”
Thunder roared as the low-pressure from the sky pressed down.
Richard Eva unfolded his bat wings, grabbed Soro Flare, and flew swiftly toward Lo Silverfox.
“Roar—”
Just as the two reached mid-air, the Howling Moon Alpha, possessing quasi-wizard-level physical strength, leaped and opened its fangs to pounce on them.
Seeing this, Soro Flare, fully transformed into the [Lava Dragon Lizard] form, immediately raised his arm to shield Richard Eva.
With blood spraying, Soro Flare, despite his strong physique, had half his arm bitten off by the Howling Moon Alpha.
“Go quickly!”
Enduring the intense pain from his severed arm, Soro Flare reverted from the [Lava Dragon Lizard] form to human.
The well-coordinated Richard Eva immediately dragged Soro Flare's body, and in an instant, they reached the tree trunk where Janna and Lo Silverfox were.
“Your arm…”
Seeing Soro Flare's mangled right arm, Janna, who had barely recovered some energy, was shocked.
“It's nothing, just half an arm. It'll grow back soon…”