Wizard: Starting from Escape from the Thorn Garden

Chapter 84 The Fisherman Reaps the Benefit

Shadowthorns Ring - Thorn Sprint Mode activated!

hum!

A cool energy instantly enveloped her legs! Subtle, dark golden energy thorns covered her calves!

Kate's figure vanished from her spot in an instant; this was pure, amplified physical speed.

Whoosh—!

His body transformed into a dark gray streak of light, almost imperceptible to the naked eye, with a distorted afterimage.

The air was torn apart with a sharp crack, and the speed far exceeded any previous movement.

The Thorn Sprint mode fully demonstrates its advantage in short-range burst damage.

The target was Mordred, the leader of the undead knights who had just completed his charge and turned around, and whose soulfire was at its dimmest!

The distance was traversed in a fraction of a second!

Kate appeared beside Mordred like a ghost.

"Bloodthirsty Poison Ivy: A Strangulation Feast!"

Kate roared inwardly, and the Bloodthirsty Vine patterns on her right arm erupted with an unprecedented dark golden light.

Several monstrous vines, solid as solid, as thick as a child's arm, covered with a metallic carapace of interwoven dark gold and jade, and with deadly purple light swirling around their tips, instantly tore through the air like giant pythons emerging from hell.

Their targets are precise and deadly!

Two vines, like venomous snakes, coiled around Mordred's right arm joints and wrist as he held the rune greatsword.

Joints are relatively fragile connection points.

The other two stabbed viciously at the relatively slender cervical vertebrae and knee joints of the supporting leg of the skeletal warhorse beneath it.

Disable the mount.

The last two chains, like the most vicious chains, went straight for the center of Mordred's chest armor—the very core area where her ghostly blue soulfire pulsed most violently.

The seed of origin has already been locked in!

*Pfft! Pfft! Snap!*

The tips of the vines, possessing the sharpness of golden thorns, were driven by the ferocious power of the Bloodthirsty Vine to pierce and pierce through the gaps in the dark bone armor!

The nerve-paralyzing toxins were injected like a floodgate opening!

"hiss-!!!"

Mordred let out a silent, soul-piercing scream.

It tried to swing the giant sword, but its right arm joint was locked tightly by vines, and its movements became stiff and sluggish due to the corrosive effects of the poison.

It tried to maneuver the warhorse to dodge, but the warhorse's cervical vertebrae and knee joints were pierced and twisted by vines, making a tooth-grinding cracking sound, and it collapsed to its knees.

Its chest armor was pierced fiercely by the tips of vines.

Although it failed to penetrate instantly, the terrifying impact and toxins caused its soul fire to flicker violently.

Even more terrifying, the vines began to wriggle and contract wildly, as if they were alive!

The metallic carapace edges cut through the bone armor like serrations.

At the same time, a terrifying suction force came from the tip of the vine.

It devours Mordred's soulfire energy and the essence of death contained in his bones!

"roar-!!!"

Mordred felt an unprecedented sense of threat and weakness!

It attempted to unleash its last bit of soul power, just as it had done against Morris and his group's attacks, to break free of its restraints with a soul-shaking attack!

But would Kate give it that chance?

"Seed of the Spiritual Pivot - Moon Shadow Anchor - Mental Blast!"

Kate pointed her left index finger at the flickering soul fire in the gap of Mordred's helmet and flickered it in mid-air!

At the flower's stamen, two silver seeds, entwined with pale blue moonlight and shimmering with tiny spatial anchors inside, silently shot out!

This time, the seeds didn't trace an arc; instead, they appeared on either side of Mordred's helmet as if by teleportation.

Boom! Boom!

The seed did not directly hit the helmet, but exploded violently at a distance of about an inch from the helmet.

Buzz—! ! !

A powerful energy storm, a combination of mental impact and spatial anchoring effect, erupted instantly.

The space around Mordred's helmet seemed to be forcibly frozen.

Its attempt to unleash a soul-shaking impact was forcefully blocked!

At the same time, the violent mental shockwaves fiercely pounded against its already weakened soul fire core due to the charge.

"Hiss—!"

Mordred let out an extremely mournful cry, and the ghostly blue soul fire inside his helmet dimmed almost to the point of being extinguished, like a candle flickering in the wind.

The blood-devouring vines wrapped around it tightened instantly, like sharks smelling blood.

The suckers on the vines opened and closed frantically, greedily devouring the dissipating soul fire energy and bone essence.

Mordred's massive body trembled violently, as if all his strength had been drained, and he crashed to the ground from his kneeling warhorse.

Its dark bone armor quickly lost its luster, cracks spread, and the runic greatsword fell from its hand, embedded in the bone powder, the runes completely extinguished.

[Successfully defeated the Skeleton General (Level 4 Peak), gaining 100 points.]

The alerts from the Vientiane recorder are cold and clear.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye.

From Kate's sudden attack to Mordred's soul fire going out and her falling to the ground, the whole process took less than three seconds.

It wasn't until their leader collapsed to the ground that the undead knight squires around him, who were briefly weakened, reacted.

"Roar!" "Hiss—!"

They let out angry and terrified soul howls, the dim soul fire in their eye sockets reignited, driving their skeletal warhorses, brandishing bone spears or rusty swords, trying to charge at Kate and avenge their master!

However, it was too late!

Kate finished off Mordred in an instant, without pausing!

His Thorn Speed ​​mode remained unchanged, and he moved like a whirlwind of death through the ranks of knights.

"Bloodthirsty Poison Ivy - Piercing and Strangling!"

He swung his right arm, and several new vines shot out like venomous snakes, accurately targeting the closest and weakest of his squire knights.

Puff puff!

The vines precisely pierced the relatively vulnerable gaps in their breastplates or the junction between their helmets and neck armor.

The nerve-paralyzing toxin is injected instantly.

At the same time, the vines, like greedy roots, frantically absorbed their soul fire energy.

These level 4 early-stage followers, already weakened from the charge, had their soul flames extinguished instantly under the double blow of poison and devouring, like a blown-out candle.

The skeletal remains scattered on the ground with a clatter.

[Successfully killed the Skeleton Knight (Level 4, early stage) 1, gaining 1 points.]

[Successfully killed the Skeleton Knight (Level 4, early stage) 1, gaining 1 points.]

The notification sounds rang out one after another.

Kate moved swiftly through the group of knights, leaving behind trails of afterimages.

His tactics were extremely clear—to utilize the extreme speed of Thorn Swiftness and never engage the knights in a direct confrontation.

Each charge precisely targets lone or relatively isolated squire knights.

The vines, like the tentacles of death, always pierce vitals with pinpoint accuracy before the opponent can react, injecting poison and then instantly devouring the soul fire.

The knights' counterattacks appeared clumsy and powerless; their bone spears pierced only afterimages, and their rusty swords struck only the air.

Their charging formation was already scattered after their leader's death, and coupled with their weakened state, they were unable to form an effective encirclement.

Kate was like a ruthless and efficient reaper; with each pause, the soul flame of a squire was extinguished.

Fifteen seconds!

Just fifteen seconds!

When Kate reappeared at the edge of the battlefield, slightly out of breath, she stopped her Thorn Sprint mode.

Behind him lay scattered broken bones and extinguished soul flames.

Fourteen skeleton knights as his followers were converted into his points!

[Successfully killed the Skeleton Knight (Level 4, early stage) 14, gaining 14 points.]

The remaining six squires, their soul flames flickering, looked at Kate, who stood like a demon god, and the scattered bones of their companions on the ground, and finally felt a fear that came from the depths of their souls!

Instead of charging, they let out terrified neighs, urging their skeletal warhorses to scatter and flee like frightened wild horses, rushing in all directions of the valley and disappearing instantly into the rugged fossilized skeletons and shadows.

Kate did not pursue them.

He breathed slightly, feeling an unprecedented sense of satisfaction and immense power emanating from the Bloodthirsty Vine in his right arm.

The Bloodthirsty Vine's essence was greatly nourished and strengthened by absorbing the pure death energy and soul fire energy of a level 4 peak undead knight leader and fourteen level 4 early-stage minions!

In fact, Kate felt a bit like Vivian's Chaos about the Bloodvine, which gave Kate some ideas.

He could even sense that deep within the core of the Bloodthirsty Vine, certain ferocious characteristics originating from the abyss seemed to be further activated, making the vine's metallic carapace thicker and the poisonous light at its tip more profound.

He walked up to Mordred's massive, fallen skeleton.

The once majestic dark bone armor is now covered in cracks and has lost its luster.

Kate's gaze fell on the center of its shattered breastplate.

There, where the soul fire originally burned, now floats a crystal the size of a walnut, entirely blue, as clear as the purest sapphire, with countless starlight flowing inside!

The crystal exuded a pure and powerful aura of death, as well as a faint yet tenacious and indestructible will!

[Item: Heart of the Dead (Essence)]

[Characteristics: Forged from the soul core of Skeleton General Mordred and the essence of battlefield death energy. Contains pure death primordial energy and fragments of faint, undying will. Can greatly enhance necromancy spells/talents, temper the soul's will, or serve as a core material for high-level undead summoning/contracts. Extremely valuable.]

The Heart of a Lost Soul!

It's a difference of just one word, but it's not the "heart of the dead" mentioned in the wise man's intelligence.

Kate was not disappointed. This was also a material on the material list. A hint of joy flashed in her eyes. She immediately took out a specially made insulated jade box and carefully put away the dark blue crystal.

At the same time, he didn't forget the runic greatsword that Mordred had dropped.

The sword is covered in cracks and the runes are faded, but the material is extraordinary. It contains a trace of anti-magic and anti-curse properties, making it an excellent material for crafting necromancy or curse-type magical artifacts.

Income from the dimensional bag.

Finally, his gaze fell upon the center of the valley, on the area strewn with broken spears.

Just before Mordred died, his gaze remained fixed on that spot.

The perception of the Seed of Origin also clearly points in that direction—that is the source of the energy fluctuations of the Heart of the Dead, and also the possible byproduct or nurturing environment of the Heart of the Dead!

Kate flashed into the area.

The ground was covered with a darker layer of bone meal, as if it had been soaked in countless drops of blood and then dried.

Countless broken and rusted spears and greatswords were deeply embedded in the ground, like a forest of metal, exuding an aura of desolation and death.

Guided by the Seed of Origin, Kate soon discovered several strange plants in an inconspicuous depression formed by a fossilized half of a huge rib.

They are translucent grayish-blue in color, shaped like tiny, leafless coral branches, and covered with extremely fine, frost-like particles.

The plant exudes a faint, primal aura of death, a scent that originates from the heart of the deceased, but is more restrained and peaceful.

[Item: Undead Coral (Companion)]

[Characteristics: A rare magical plant nurtured by the energy radiation of the Heart of the Dead. Contains pure essence of death and sediment of souls. Can be used to craft high-level necromancy stabilizing potions or soul repair potions, or for cultivating the undead.]

nice one!

Kate carefully dug up the several dead corals, roots and all, and sealed them in a specially made yin-attribute jade box.

After doing all this, he quickly cleaned up the battlefield, collected all the valuable spoils, including some of the squire's soulfire crystal fragments and weapon fragments, and erased any obvious traces he had left behind.

He took one last look at the spot where Mordred had fallen and the scattered remains of his squires.

This battle was incredibly fruitful!

Not only did they obtain the crucial Heart of the Dead and its accompanying magical plant, causing their points to skyrocket, but more importantly, the Bloodthirsty Vine absorbed a large amount of pure death energy, strengthening its origin and seemingly making it even more effective against undead creatures.

He sensed the direction Morris had fled in, and a cold smile curled at the corner of his lips.

The "fisherman" of Shadow Keep almost became the "clam and the snipe" this time.

Without lingering, he activated the stealth effect of the Shadow Thorn Ring, his figure blending into the shadows of the valley, and quickly left the battlefield.

One kilometer away, in the shadow formed by a giant skull fossil.

Morris leaned against the cold bone wall, breathing heavily. The chaotic magical fluctuations on his body caused by the Explosion Potion had not yet completely subsided.

His eerie green soul flames were fixed on the direction of the Valley of Bones, his eyes filled with fear, anger, and disbelief.

Through a secret technique, he vaguely sensed the end of the brief but terrifying battle within the valley.

That terrifying speed that bursts forth in an instant and tears through the air!

That precise and ruthless vine attack, like a viper's strangulation!

That ruthless and efficient way of eliminating ten undead knights as easily as harvesting wheat!

Finally, there was the eerie fluctuation when the leader of the undead's soul fire went out, and the enormous death energy was instantly swallowed up!

"Thorns—Kate—" Morris's voice was like the grinding of sand, carrying a chilling edge and a hint of apprehension.

He never expected that the Barrier Apprentice, whom he regarded as a "tool" and a "potential prey," would possess such terrifying strength and such ruthless methods!

What's even more terrifying is that the other side had been lurking in the shadows all along, watching them and the Undead Knights fight to the death, and then reaping the biggest reward with lightning speed!

He could never be wrong about the pure, primal energy fluctuations of the Heart of the Dead!

"Good—very good!" Morris's eyes flickered with a frenzied, eerie green flame. He laughed in fury, "The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole? Kate—I'll remember you! The Heart of the Dead—and the secrets within you—will be mine sooner or later!"

He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing his surging blood and killing intent.

Now is not the time to act impulsively.

The side effects of the burst potion began to appear, and he needed to find a safe place to recover as soon as possible.

He glanced one last time in the direction of the valley, then his figure silently blended into the shadows and disappeared completely.

The Valley of Bones returned to deathly silence, with only the broken bones scattered on the ground and the lingering deathly aura and blood in the air, silently telling the story of the thrilling hunt and counter-hunt that had just taken place.