Chapter 82: Ogre Flower
“If conditions permit, these two magical creatures can actually be simulated.”
The Ogre Flower had extremely fast attack speed.
As it devoured its enemies, it would secrete a large amount of neurotoxic paralytic poison from its stamen, causing prey to fall into shock instantly, and then complete digestion through corrosive acid.
However, the Ogre Flower had very low defense.
With poor resistance to fire and its fragile plant-like body, it had no choice but to end battles quickly.
Otherwise, it was highly likely to fail.
In contrast, the Grotesque-Faced Tree Spirit had a massive build, boasting strength on par with giant races, along with a terrifyingly formidable defense and self-healing capabilities.
Its high defense even offered decent resistance against fire-based sorcery to some extent.
But its shortcomings were equally evident.
The Tree Spirit’s enormous body weight severely limited its speed.
In battle, it was usually too slow to counterattack, often stuck in a passive state, taking hits continuously.
Therefore, the Grotesque-Faced Tree Spirit usually relied on attrition tactics in combat.
It would wear down the opponent’s stamina, then seize the moment to crush them into pulp with a single iron fist—
Plop—
To speed up the exploration, Janna transformed into her butterfly-winged form and flew above the Thorny Vines Forest, casting Eagle Eye Spell to search for her target.
“Found it!”
At ten o'clock, an Ogre Flower roughly three meters tall, its petals a blazing red like fire, appeared in Janna’s field of vision.
“It’s a bit far away. I still need to get closer.”
To complete a basic transformation simulation, Janna had to thoroughly understand the target’s body structure in advance.
Thus, using spirit power to probe was undoubtedly the most efficient method.
“If Lo were here, I could’ve used his illusion magic to hide beside the Ogre Flower unnoticed and start observing—”
Although the magical creatures in the breeding zone couldn’t actively harm White Coral Academy’s apprentices due to the [Hostile Backlash] curse spell,
Their instinctive territorial awareness still made them knock people over “accidentally” or hang apprentices from trees with vines “just for fun.”
Examples like these had been countless since the founding of White Coral Academy.
So, to complete this exploration properly, Janna didn’t intend to provoke the magical creatures here.
“Maybe I can try hypnotizing it with [Siren Chanting]? That shouldn’t violate academy regulations, right?”
Just as magical creatures couldn’t attack apprentices, likewise, White Coral Academy apprentices weren’t allowed to harm the magical creatures in the breeding zone.
Otherwise, if discovered, the Academy would pursue the matter relentlessly.
“Forget it. Better not take any risks. If I end up offending the Academy, I won’t be able to explain myself.”
Giving up the idea of using [Siren Chanting] to hypnotize the Ogre Flower, Janna continued flapping her wings cautiously, inching closer to the creature.
“Huh? This is not quite what I imagined.”
When Janna was about ten meters away, the Ogre Flower, extremely sensitive to smells, quickly noticed her beneath the faint green shield.
But contrary to Janna’s expectations of a fierce reaction, the Ogre Flower appeared… quite friendly after spotting her?
“This feels a lot like when I contracted the Thornflower Sprite. Maybe it’s because of the ‘Tree Seed’ inside me?”
Plop—her wings fluttered rapidly.
As she drew nearer, Janna realized the Ogre Flower wasn’t displaying any hostility.
On the contrary, it actively emitted signals of friendliness.
“Well, that makes things easier.”
Retracting the butterfly wings that constantly drained magic power, Janna had just landed when the nearly three-meter-tall Ogre Flower hunched its body, closed its petals, and leaned its bud close to Janna’s side to accommodate her height.
“Do you want me to touch you?”
As low-level elemental creatures had limited intelligence, the Ogre Flower didn’t react much to her question—
It simply kept nudging its bud toward her and made anxious gurgling sounds.
“Wait… do you want me to form a contract with you?”
This time, whether or not the Ogre Flower understood, when Janna placed her hand on the bud, she clearly felt its excitement.
“I’m afraid I can’t. I’m just a First Tier apprentice. I can’t contract a third summoned creature yet—”
Regardless of whether the flower understood her words, since she had come for transformation simulation, and the opportunity was just right, Janna activated her probing magic.
Two streams of spirit power extended from her eyes, dyeing her pupils silver-white.
“So the stamen is the secretion point for the poison… and the filament-like tentacles on the petals wrap around prey and secrete corrosive acid for digestion—Huh? Even the pollen from the stamen has a paralytic effect—”
As her spirit power continued to spread outward, it took only a few minutes for Janna to complete the anatomical scan with the Ogre Flower’s cooperation.
“Everchanging Form!”
The details of the [Basic Transformation Spell] flashed through her mind. Integrating her observations, Janna quickly performed the casting gestures while chanting the incantation.
In an instant, her body twisted.
Accompanied by a surge of magic power, a “mini” Ogre Flower, just over two meters tall, suddenly appeared beside the real one.
Hiss—
Like the Thornflower Sprite, the Ogre Flower could only produce insect-like hissing sounds due to its oral structure.
“Feels pretty good—just takes some getting used to—”
After successfully completing the transformation, Janna returned to her human form. However, feeling the magic circuits nearly drained, she chanted another spell and transformed into her most practiced tree-body form.
“Character Panel.”
As her magic recovered, Janna summoned her Character Panel.
Looking at the [Basic Transformation Spell] in her wizard skill list, which she had upgraded to its current level cap last night, she felt quite satisfied with this transformation.
“Once I’ve recovered my magic, next is the Grotesque-Faced Tree Spirit.”
As a wizard apprentice who had become increasingly proficient with [Basic Transformation Spell], Janna wouldn’t choose between the two plant-type magical creatures.
After all, both the Ogre Flower and the Grotesque-Faced Tree Spirit had very clear strengths and weaknesses.
If she could utilize their powers wisely, Janna believed that the next time she entered an interdimensional space like the Mirror Layer Domain and faced magical beasts like the Howling Moon Alpha, she wouldn’t be so helpless again.
“It's just a shame that, for now, I can only use [Basic Transformation Spell] once in battle—if the first strike fails, the consequences could be dire—”