Samsara Paradise: Dream Weaver of Connections.

"Be careful, the other party has already regarded us as prey." Erica felt the change in the other party's body breath and also took a guarded posture.

As for Daphne, accompanied by a flash of soft and fiery light, a small and exquisite miniature phoenix appeared and flew slowly around her.

After leaving the camp, Daphne's combat power decreased a lot, but as the bishop of the Phoenix Temple, Daphne can still use divine magic through other methods.

The small phoenix in front of her is the phoenix clone summoned by Daphne with the power of the phoenix flame.

For Daphne, it is like a remote connection device that can provide assistance at any time. With it, Daphne is like having a remote "WiFi", which allows her to perform various magic spells more smoothly.

The moment the phoenix appeared in the cave, an invisible wave spread out in the cave like ripples, with the phoenix as the center.

The fungal carpet that originally covered the floor of the cave suddenly burst into flames as if a fuse had been lit.

The jumping flames spread rapidly, engulfing large areas of fungal carpet.

At the same time, the fungi attached to the fourth-level polluted body were not spared and were instantly ignited by the red flames.

The flames raged on the fungi, making crackling sounds. For a moment, the cave was filled with a pungent burnt smell.

Unfortunately, the power of the phoenix clone summoned by Daphne was too weak. Even if the contaminated body was burned by the phoenix flame, it had no effect on it.

"With such weak power, it seems that it won't be long before this world will belong to the master." The fourth-order contaminated body stabbed hard in the abdomen, and when it pulled out its arm, a large amount of thick black blood spurted out, and used this blood to extinguish the nearby Phoenix Flame.

[Comparing the intelligence attributes of both parties...Comparison completed, our intelligence attribute is 1.32 times that of the enemy, and we have obtained 90% of the enemy's information (the reconnaissance eye is increased by 20%). ]

The information is as follows
Name: Cumberland Meeker
Category: Polluted Life (Level 4)

Health: 100%
Ancient God Power: 10800 points

Strength: 100 (true attribute)
Agility: 86 (true attribute)
Physical strength: 100 (real attribute)
Intelligence: 58
Charisma: 3
Skill 1: Contaminated Body (Passive, LV.40): Health +10000 points, Physical Defense +80 points, Power of the Ancient Gods +5000 points, All attributes increased by 10 points, Charm reduced by 30 points, No sense of pain, 20% reduction in physical damage.

Skill 2: Melee Combat Master (Passive, Lv.39): Increases melee combat attack power by 191%, greatly improving melee combat skills and reaction speed. (Originally, it was melee combat master lv.16. After death, the amnesia caused the skill ability level to decrease. Now some memories have been lost.)
Skill 3: Polluted Roar (Active, Lv.30): Roars to attract all polluted creatures in the surrounding area, causing them to go into a frenzy and attack nearby enemies.

Skill 4: Smash (Active, Lv.28): Causes smashing damage equal to Strength attribute × 8 to the front, and makes a Strength attribute judgment. If the judgment is successful, the enemy will be crushed. The strength of this attack is doubled, and there is a chance of killing the enemy.

Skill 5: Spore Parasitism (Passive Lv. 40): While attacking and causing damage to the enemy, the spores in your body can parasitize the enemy's body. Over time, the spores will gradually reduce the enemy's abnormal resistance.

Skill 6: Corruption Frenzy (Active, Lv.21): Release the power of the ancient gods in the body to bombard the area within a 10-meter radius, destroy the surrounding terrain, and form a shock wave that can cause physical dizziness. The attack power is the same as Smash (Active), and multiple strength judgments can be made.

Skill 7: Heavy Attack (Active Lv.38): Launches a heavy attack on the target, causing physical damage equal to Strength x 11. If the target is already parasitic with spores, this attack has a 50% chance of triggering the "Spore Resurrection" effect, reducing the target's abnormal resistance by 50%.

Skill 8: Corruption Strangulation (Active Ability Lv.26): ???

Skill 9: Spore Revival (Ultimate Ability Lv.11): ???

It has to be said that Cumberland’s strength should not be underestimated.

Once accidentally hit by Cumberland, the parasitic spores will invade the body of the attacked person and reduce abnormal resistance. This is no joke.

In this world, a large amount of ancient god power is floating in the air.

Once the abnormal resistance of the infected person is reduced to a certain level, the free power of the ancient gods that originally seemed harmless in the air will swarm in like sharks smelling blood and begin to corrode the host parasitized by the spores.

"Daphne, pay attention to my condition." After saying this, Erica rushed towards Cumberland.

Cumberland took a step forward, and the power of the ancient gods gushed out from his body.

The entire cave began to shake violently, rocks on the cave walls fell down, and the ground undulated like waves.

When Cumberland saw Erica rushing towards him, he immediately used a big move. Both sides knew that the other side was not an easy task.

At this critical moment of life and death, no one would waste time testing the other party with those insignificant little skills.

Although Cumberland was not very intelligent, his instincts as a master of close combat prompted him to distance himself from Erica.

As Cumberland unleashed a wave of corruption, Erica bore the brunt of it and was forced back.

Seeing their captain in trouble, several members of Erica's team wanted to rush over to rescue Erica.

Who could have thought that Cumberland suddenly changed the direction of his attack and hit a team member's head with a heavy punch.

The punch was incredibly powerful, and with a dull thud, the team member's head exploded like a watermelon.

His body swayed twice, like a puppet without support, and then fell to the ground.

At this moment, the corpse that had fallen to the ground suddenly twitched twice without any warning.

Not long after, the headless corpse began to stagger up from the ground. Its limbs moved stiffly and strangely, as if controlled by an invisible force.

When Cumberland saw this, he simply moved his fingers and controlled the corpse, making it sway and stand beside him.

Although this resurrected corpse was only a first-level contaminated body, its strength was insignificant in Cumberland's eyes.

But for him, this is an excellent psychological tactical tool that can effectively undermine the morale of Erica's side.

Erica witnessed this scene and took a deep breath, trying to calm the emotions surging in her heart.

Seeing this, Cumberland raised his lips with a cruel arc, and immediately commanded the controlled contaminated body to attack Erica.

Seeing her former subordinates now being used as tools by the enemy to attack her, Erica's eyes flashed with sadness.

She faced the corpse that was rushing towards her, gathered all her strength and punched out fiercely.

With a dull sound, the corpse exploded instantly, and the broken limbs were scattered all over the ground.

But this time was enough for Cumberland to break into Erica's team. Under Cumberland's attack, the other two team members were successfully parasitized by Cumberland's spores. In just a few seconds, the corruption began.

The spores quickly spread to their brains, eating away at their consciousness.

The eyes of the two men gradually became empty, and their bodies began to tremble involuntarily. In just a moment, they became Cumberland's puppets.

Seeing this, Erica ordered others to retreat.

Cumberland didn't care about it. In his perception, Erica in front of him and Daphne who summoned the phoenix clone were the truly threatening opponents and deserved his special attention.

As for Lin Yi, under the aura of the Little Blood Ancient God and the fact that Lin Yi restrained his own aura, he reduced his presence to the minimum.

Cumberland's attention was completely attracted by Erica and Daphne. He didn't notice Lin Yi's existence at all and subconsciously ignored him.

"You retreat too, it's too dangerous here." Daphne glanced at Lin Yi, then controlled the Phoenix clone to come to Cumberland's side.

Now Erica is responsible for the main attack, and Daphne is responsible for the support, and the two cooperate very well.

Every time Erica endured Cumberland's attack, Daphne would wave the short staff in her hand to purify the pollution from Erica's body.

The purification method is also very simple and crude, which is to use the Phoenix Flame to ignite Erica's body.

These phoenix flames can burn off the parasitic spores in Erica's body, but Erica will have to endure pain that ordinary people can hardly imagine.

This purification method is completely different from Lin Yi's. The operating principle is very simple and crude. It just burns where there is a problem.

Fortunately, the Phoenix blood in Erica's body is much richer than that of ordinary sparrows. Otherwise, if it continued to burn like this, Erica might be burned to death by the Phoenix flame before defeating Cumberland.

"Soaring attack."

Erica leaped into the air and a pair of transparent red wings emerged behind her. After the wings appeared, countless crimson feathers began to appear in the cave.

These feathers are the condensed product of Erica's Phoenix bloodline. Whenever Erica fully activates the Phoenix bloodline in her body, these feathers will appear. These feathers contain the power of the Phoenix. Once an enemy touches them, the feathers will ignite a blazing fire.

But unfortunately, these feathers failed to produce the expected effect against Cumberland.

The rich power of the ancient gods in Cumberland's body was like an invisible shield, resisting the attack of the phoenix feathers.

Even though these feathers fell on Cumberland's body, the flames would go out on their own soon.

Fortunately, Erica did not take the failure of the feathers to heart. After the wings behind her were completely solidified, Erica kicked Cumberland.

Cumberland felt Erica's attack and wanted to dodge, but Daphne beside him muttered something, and a chain made of flames flew out and accurately wrapped around Cumberland's right leg.

The flame chains kept twisting, and the scorching heat caused the surrounding air to distort, which restricted Cumberland's movements and made it impossible to escape.

Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, Cumberland acted decisively, clenched his right fist, stepped forward with his left leg, and threw a straight punch that collided heavily with Erica's kick.

At the moment the two collided, the scarlet power of the phoenix reacted with the purple-black power of the ancient god.

After a one-second stalemate, the two forces reacted like strong drugs against each other, causing a violent explosion at the point where the two people collided.

The impact force of the explosion was so terrifying that Erica and Cumberland were instantly blown away.

Daphne, who was standing by, was also unable to dodge and was hit by the aftermath of the two people's attacks. She couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.

Fortunately, the Phoenix clone beside Daphne came into play. The moment she was injured, a ball of white flame appeared on her body.

As the white flames burned slowly, Daphne clearly felt that the injuries in her body were improving rapidly.

Before Daphne could get up from the ground, a gust of rapid wind suddenly sounded in her ears.

At this moment, Daphne looked up in front of her, and saw Cumberland, with purple-black blood flowing in his body, had come in front of Daphne.

After finally repelling Erica, Cumberland naturally wanted to seize this opportunity to kill Daphne, the troublemaker.

Just when Daphne was about to fight to the death, a long sword suddenly stabbed out from her right side.

Cumberland's attention had been focused on Daphne and Erica before, and he didn't notice at all that Lin Yi in the cave did not leave with the other team members.

"Sorry, this guy can't die yet."

Lin Yi held the sword in his right hand and began to slash upwards. With a clear tearing sound, a shocking wound appeared from Cumberland's chest to his shoulder.

After the wound appeared, a thick purple fog appeared in the air.

All of this thick fog is made up of spores in Cumberland's body. Once the spores come into contact with the air, they begin to parasitize nearby objects frantically.

Just as the spores were about to hit Daphne, the phoenix clone, which had previously expended a lot of energy, flapped its wings vigorously and let out a loud phoenix cry.

Following this cry, red flames instantly ignited at the wound on Cumberland caused by Lin Yi's cut.

The flames were not extinguished by the blood flowing from Cumberland's wound. Instead, like the interaction between a fire extinguisher and the flame, the flames eroded the blood and emitted a large amount of white smoke.

As for the spores in the air, they disappeared without a trace in an instant under the attack of the Phoenix.

However, this attack also exhausted the little power in the Phoenix clone's body. It was originally an incarnation summoned by Daphne. Although this place is not far from the Wall of Living Beings, the concentration of the power of the ancient gods here is extremely high. In this environment, it is difficult for the power of the Phoenix to be transmitted here.

At this time, Erica finally ran out from the depths of the cave.

Seeing Cumberland standing in front of Daphne and Phoenix dying, Erica instantly understood Cumberland's plan.

Feeling the wind coming from behind, Cumberland stepped on the ground.

A large amount of ancient god power burst out from Cumberland's body, not only dispelling the Phoenix flame burning on his body, but also knocking Erica away when she was about to launch a sneak attack.

In mid-air, Erica adjusted her body and gave Cumberland a spinning kick in response.

With a crisp sound, Cumberland's neck was broken by Erica's blow.

Even so, Cumberland's health was not greatly damaged.

For a fourth-level polluted body like Cumberland, the head is not a vital part.

They have a special organ in their bodies that functions like a signal transmitter, and this is the real key to the pollution.

But the problem is that the location of the "signal transmitter" of each pollutant is different, so the most reliable way is to burn the pollutant completely.

Unfortunately, the process of killing the contaminated entity will cause oneself to become contaminated.

Therefore, the camp has currently adopted a second-best approach: first chop off the limbs of the contaminated body, then sprinkle blood on it, and then throw it into the corrupted plants.

In this case, the corrupted plants can completely destroy the contaminated body, destroying the "signal transmitter" in the body, and will not cause the executor himself to be contaminated.

Cumberland did not turn around after being hit by Erica.

On the contrary, all his attention was on Lin Yi. Lin Yi's sword just now made it extremely inconvenient for Cumberland to move.

Half of his body hung limply, and it was difficult for him to even move quickly.

As far as the current situation is concerned, Lin Yi poses the greatest threat to Cumberland, followed by Erica, and Daphne poses the least threat.

"Strange, why do I feel that the power in you is unfamiliar?" Cumberland looked at Lin Yi in confusion. He felt the power of the ancient gods in Lin Yi, but the problem was that this power of the ancient gods was completely different from the power of the ancient gods he used.

The power attributes of the ancient gods who invaded this world were mainly concentrated in corruption and erosion.

Because of this, when living beings in the world die, they will be transformed into horrifying appearances under the influence of this power.

The power of the ancient god possessed by Xiaoxue is more inclined to the power of shadow possessed by the Shadow God.

For ordinary creatures and low-level pollutants, it is difficult to accurately distinguish the difference between these two forces.

But high-level pollutants like Cumberland can still perceive the subtle differences between the two forces.

Cumberland grasped his neck with his right hand, and then a spore-producing factory seemed to open inside his body, and a large number of spores swarmed out.

These spores covered Cumberland's wounds in the blink of an eye. Just one second later, under the effect of the spores, Cumberland's upper body was glued together again.

boom!
Stone chips flew under Cumberland's feet, and in just a moment, Cumberland disappeared from Lin Yi's sight.

With his perception ability activated, Lin Yi felt something strange coming from the right, and he immediately placed the black and white rose across his side.

With a clang, the crisp sound of metal colliding was heard, and a strong air wave spread out from the collision point. Cracks were instantly created on the surrounding cave walls, spreading as densely as a spider web.

At the moment of launching the attack, Cumberland used the endless stream of spores in his body to generate a special protective layer on his hands.

This protective layer may seem thin, but it is actually very tough, like an invisible armor. It can not only increase the power of his attack, but more importantly, it can effectively prevent his hands from getting injured when there is a violent collision with the Black and White Rose Sword.

Cumberland is not one of those low-level polluted entities without intelligence. He is not stupid enough to use his own flesh and blood to knock out the opponent's weapons.

Lin Yi held the hilt of the sword with his left hand to block, and raised his right hand to hit Cumberland's abdomen hard with his elbow.

As luck would have it, Lin Yi's attack hit the part of Cumberland that had just been opened.

Under Lin Yi's elbow strike, the spores that were trying to repair Cumberland's wounds began to disintegrate.

The wound split open again, and a thick purple-black liquid oozed out. (End of this chapter)