"With the power of the residual formation, I wonder how long you can hold on!" Chrom immediately noticed the reason for Eileen's transformation. Although he sneered on the surface, he couldn't underestimate her.
"You are truly naive!" Eileen's tone was filled with contempt. Even though she no longer possessed her former glory, she wouldn't allow anyone to provoke her.
"Spirit of Nature!" Eileen raised her heavy sword, and a emerald golden light fell upon her body. She swiftly charged towards Chrom, while a phantom of a giant buffalo appeared on her body.
Of course, this was not a buffalo, but the infamous creature in the world of Warcraft, the Raging Earth Bull. It was said to be a champion-level demon once it reached adulthood, although it was almost extinct now, with only remnants remaining in the lost forests of the continent.
"Bull Charge!"
"Life's Protection!" Chrom, unafraid, slammed his staff into the air, creating ripples in space.
"Boom!" The phantom of the Earth Bull collided with the golden shield, creating a violent storm of energy that made faces sting and caused large chunks of rubble to fall from above.
"Elephant Stomp!"
Eileen changed her move, bringing down her heavy sword with force. A huge black elephant shadow emerged and stomped on the shield, but it failed to break Chrom's protective shield.
The shadow of the giant elephant was not an ordinary elephant, but a raging demon elephant on the same level as the Earth Bull, whose stomping force could not be resisted by any organism of the same level.
"If this is all the strength you have, then I have overestimated you." Chrom waved his staff and a whip of light, accompanied by a howling wind, swept towards Eileen.
"Guardian of the Sacred Tree!"
Eileen raised her shield, and a verdant tree shadow appeared. The whip of light landed on it and was instantly shattered, but the whip also disappeared.
"Since that's the case, try this!" Eileen felt somewhat annoyed. She slightly retracted her heavy sword and slender energy vines extended from the hilt, forming a spiral spike that suddenly pierced out.
"Piercing Strike!"
"It's actually the Spirit of the Divine Thornvine!" Chrom was surprised to see this, immediately left behind his shield, and at that moment, Eileen's sword landed on the shield. After less than a second of confrontation, cracks appeared.
"Poof!" Chrom's reaction was a bit late. The strike still pierced through his arm, but it was fortunate that he moved at the last moment. Otherwise, it would have pierced his chest by now.
"Get out of my way!"
Although he was not physical, Chrom still felt the pain. So he didn't care too much. As an experienced elf warrior, he instinctively swung his staff toward Eileen.
"The Bind of Thorns!"
Eileen immediately blocked with her shield, and at the same time, rose thorns extended along the staff. Chrom realized it was not good and tried to retract his staff immediately, but he was already a step too late. Eileen withdrew her heavy sword and fiercely flicked his arm.
"Eagle Soars!"
As if echoing a clear eagle cry, Chrom's arm was suddenly severed, as if a golden eagle carried his arm and flew away. As a spirit, Chrom's arm quickly dissipated, and the staff in his hand flew out and spun a few times before finally embedding itself in the nearby soil.
"I didn't expect you to be this strong, but even if I die, you won't have it easy!" A hint of madness rose in Crom's eyes as his body suddenly began to expand. Seeing this, Aileen instinctively tried to step back.
"Die!" Crom crazily pounced towards Aileen, unaffected even when impaled by a heavy sword. In an instant, a deafening sound erupted, and countless pieces of rubble and dust fell from above. A massive stalactite forcefully pierced the ground, causing many people to cry out and scream.
"Bang!" A figure was thrown out from the center of the explosion, forcefully breaking several giant stalactites before coming to a stop. It was Aileen, who had been battling Crom head-on.
At this moment, Aileen's condition was very bad. She had returned to her previous appearance in a white dress, with both her dress and the corners of her mouth stained with blood.
"Are you okay?" Bexia leaned in close to Aileen, approaching her to offer support.
"I can't die...you!!" Aileen, being helped up by Bexia, was about to push him away when a strong sense of danger hit her. Before she could react, she was sent flying, spurting out a mouthful of blood. Even Bexia, who was supporting her, was also thrown away. Although he was also in pain, the main attack had been blocked by Aileen, so he wasn't seriously injured.
"Who?...cough cough!" Aileen clutched her torn chest and looked forward, but this action couldn't stop the continuous flow of blood.
"I didn't expect this treasure to be so powerful. Could it be a divine artifact? Hahaha!" The voice that came over made Bexia feel uneasy. Suddenly, he caught a faint fragrance, but before he could identify it, he suddenly felt weak and fell onto the ground.
"Hahaha! I didn't expect the contingency plan I left behind to actually work!" Obern burst into wild laughter, holding the scepter in his hand. He felt the immense power emanating from it and became uncontrollably intoxicated. Moreover, the biggest threat had already been crippled, and everyone else had fallen under his poison. The only ones left standing were his own people.
"Obern, why are you doing this?" Xin leaned against the wall, looking at Obern in confusion. He had just been a fairly kind-hearted leader of the adventurer group, but suddenly he made a move.
"What fools! Do you think I would show up here for no reason? Do you think those spiders in the dungeon started rioting for no reason?" Obern sneered in contempt. At the same time, he waved the scepter in his hand, and a golden light enveloped his subordinates. In the blink of an eye, their visible injuries were rapidly healing, and even those on the verge of death crawled up from the ground after a few breaths.
"Tie them all up for me!" Obern ordered.
"Yes, boss!" The others saw their boss obtaining a powerful artifact and maliciously took out ropes to bind the rest of the group. Their skilled techniques proved that this wasn't the first time they had done such a thing. A few of the girls were even groped a bit, but Obern stopped them.
"Now, don't you dare move, or else!" Obern stared at his terrified subordinates and enjoyed the feeling of being feared. This overwhelming power made him immensely intoxicated.
