"So there's no need for everyone to worry too much... If anyone has something to do, they can leave to take care of their own business. If anyone is interested in staying and studying this Level 7 magic tide with me, I also welcome everyone to stay and observe."

None of the powerful figures from the Lohid Club were willing to leave. Everyone was very interested in how Emeryt was going to research the Level 7 Magic Tide, and even if they had other things to do, they would postpone or simply cancel them.

Even the three researchers, who were completely defenseless, were reluctant to leave:

"Um... if we stay and observe, will there be any danger?"

“The core area of ​​a level 7 demonic tide is the most dangerous place in the world. Of course, it will be dangerous for you to stay here.”

Emery first deliberately startled the three researchers, and after they all showed conflicted and regretful expressions, she chuckled and changed the subject:

"But with me here, this place is safe... Even if you are really unlucky and accidentally killed by monsters, I can revive you, and maybe even transform you into something more suitable for research. Don't worry."

"Uh... in that case, I'll leave it to you, Miss!"

The three researchers were stunned for a moment before they realized what was happening. Overjoyed, they bowed to Emery in gratitude.

For people like them who are obsessed with research but have little combat ability, being able to safely observe first-hand data in the most dangerous place is a dream... Now, Emery is the one who has made their dream come true, and they are grateful from the bottom of their hearts.

With the matter settled, and with about 16 hours left before the rebirth of the demonic tide, the group set up a simple campsite, eating, drinking, chatting, and waiting.

A day passed in this way, and under everyone's watchful eyes, the monster fragments that Yulia had smashed into pieces gradually disintegrated into the power of the demonic tide and disappeared, returning to the cycle of the world system, and were about to be reborn as monsters here.

Around midnight, about 16 hours after the researchers estimated, the re-emerging demonic tide indeed took shape, and powerful ancient dragon-level monsters began to appear at the convergence point of the demonic tide's power, just like wild monsters that spawn in a game.

"These small fry are yours, darling."

What would be a monstrous, ancient dragon-level monster to ordinary people is nothing to Emerald now, and she has no interest in it. She simply pats Julia on the shoulder:

"A swift and decisive victory."

"okay!"

Yulia clenched her fist with a cracking sound and began to fight.

The other powerful figures showed no intention of making a move. They had already witnessed Yulia soloing the level 7 Demon Tide during the day and did not feel the need to intervene. In comparison, they were more curious about how Emeryte would deal with the Demon Tide Lord.

The battle then broke out, and it was indeed a one-sided crushing defeat.

Regardless of their attributes or abilities, Yulia could easily defeat those bizarre monsters with a single punch, perfectly demonstrating the power of numerical values.

Faced with absolute power, all techniques are mere fancy tricks. The newly reborn monsters were smashed into pieces one after another by Yulia.

Another half hour passed, and after Yulia had killed almost all the ancient dragon-level monsters in this level 7 demonic tide, the giant spider that could use spatial abilities during the day, which was also the demonic tide lord of this demonic tide, finally appeared.

Somewhat unexpectedly, this giant spider clearly still had memories of the daytime. It knew that the person guarding its resurrection here was not someone to be trifled with, so it had no intention of fighting to the death. The first thing it did after being resurrected was to use spatial teleportation to escape.

But Emeryte was waiting for the giant spider to appear, so why would she give it the chance?

The giant spider's spatial abilities are activated very quickly, but still not as fast as the speed of a gaze.

Amelie's golden eyes flashed slightly, and the magical concept of the mortal nature of all things was applied to the giant spider, forcibly stopping its ability from activating.

Then, multiple invisible ribbons shot out simultaneously, each binding one of the giant spider's legs, just like how a tentacle monster captures a magical girl, completely suspending the giant spider's eight legs in mid-air, rendering it unable to move.

The giant spider struggled and resisted frantically, but Amelie, just like Julia had when she beat up other monsters, put on a show of numerical beauty... Through the resonance of her three fused organs, she maintained the strength of the invisible ribbon with pure magic power, making all the giant spider's struggles futile, and even binding it tighter the more it struggled.

Of course, this is a situation that only those who can see the invisible ribbon can see. In the eyes of other powerful beings, it is as if Amelie's eyes widened and the giant spider's ability was interrupted, and it was fixed in mid-air, no matter how much it struggled, it was useless.

...The Witch's Eye, how terrifying!

Many of the powerful onlookers exchanged glances discreetly, sighing inwardly.

Compared to the violent aesthetics embodied by Yulia's pure power, the witch's methods are indeed more terrifying. It's hard to imagine how desperate it would be to be her opponent.

Emerald didn't care what the onlookers thought. After confirming that the giant spider bound by the invisible ribbon was powerless to resist, she floated over and hovered beside the giant spider to observe it.

Having been friends with old man Langdon for so long, Amelie may not be a professional biologist, but she does know how to extract research samples when studying an organism... and even if she misses something, Suzuran can help her fill in the gaps.

So after observing the giant spider for a while, Emerald used her divine magic to condense several scalpel-like light blades and began to cut the giant spider's body alive, classifying the materials according to biological research methods.

To ensure that every piece of material retains its vitality, Amelie immediately sealed each part of the giant spider's body into a sacred crystal as it was cut off. By sealing the absolute vacuum state inside, where there is no concept of time, she ensured the stability of the research samples.

All of this took about an hour. Emery cut more than 300 pieces of material from the giant spider as research samples, leaving the giant spider covered in blood.

Even so, the giant spider did not die. Instead, it went mad and tried many times to gather power to self-destruct, but was forcibly interrupted by Emery's words that all things must die.

"...Hmm, that's about it."

After collecting biological samples from the giant spider, Emery thought for a moment and instead of sealing it away directly, she raised her right hand, and a large amount of magic power instantly condensed.

"This...this is transcendental magic!"

Many of the powerful individuals who sensed the strong magical fluctuations changed their expressions and decided to retreat further to avoid being affected by the attack from the super-level magic.

The three researchers were even more panicked. They couldn't run at all, let alone protect the instruments that stored valuable data.

"Everyone, don't worry, just stay where you are and keep watching."

Seeing this, Emerald comforted them with a word:

"The range of my super-tier magic can be absolutely controlled."

As soon as the words were spoken, the super-tier magic was completed. A high-speed spinning whirlwind of fire, composed of dazzling holy light and blazing solar fire, engulfed the giant spider.

Holy-type Superior Magic: Sunfire Storm.

Amelie wanted to test the purifying effects of holy magic and solar fire to see if she could completely kill the Demon Tide Lord; if she could, it would save her a lot of trouble.

Torn apart by the whirlwind and burned by the high temperature, the giant spider, already covered in wounds, could not hold on for long. It was first torn into pieces and then burned to ashes, dying once again.

The newly formed Level 7 demonic tide has now been completely annihilated.

However, victory did not truly arrive, because the researchers, with the help of instruments, discovered that the magical power of this place had not dissipated and was still condensing at the same speed. It was estimated that a new magical tide would be conceived again in about 15 hours, and its intensity would not change much.

"...So it really is so? Even holy magic and solar fire...this demonic tide is so difficult to deal with."

Emery wasn't too surprised, but she frowned slightly, feeling that she was about to face another problem comparable to the Dao Ancestor's attainment of Dao.

There's no need to worry about a Level 7 demonic tide occurring only in this one place. However, according to the original game storyline, a Level 7 demonic tide will appear on a large scale after the main storyline ends, which is when the Dao Ancestor merges with the Dao.

Of course, in the original game, they just added a few more high-difficulty dungeons so that players who had already completed the game could also grind monsters, which didn't seem like a big deal.

However, if this is also the case in reality, and level 7 demonic tides appear one after another, then we must take it seriously and find a way to deal with it.

The latter half of the night passed quickly, and as dawn broke, some of the powerful figures hesitated for a moment before choosing to take their leave. They were satisfied after witnessing Amelie's actions firsthand, but they were also somewhat afraid of her.

However, some powerful individuals who had a good relationship with Emerald and were also very curious stayed behind to see how Emerald would seal the demonic tide.

Then they were captured by Emerald and forced into hard labor.

"Since you are all willing to stay, please do me a small favor."

Emery didn't hold back in ordering these powerful members of the Lohid Club to her advantage. She took out some materials commonly used for setting up magic circles and then used magic to project a design diagram of a magic circle:

"Please each choose a direction and help me set up this formation."

"This is……"

The female archmage of the Lohid family studied Amelie's magic circle for a moment, seemingly understanding Amelie's intention, and said with some surprise:

"Young Miss, are you planning to seal away all the monsters in this demonic tide?"

Chapter 384 The Demon-Suppressing Sisters' Idea

"Yes."

Seeing that many people were looking at her with surprise, Emery nodded slightly:

"Through the previous tests, you should all have noticed, right? Each time this level 7 demonic tide is reborn, it revives all the demonic creatures, not just the demonic tide lord... In that case, we have no choice but to seal the entire demonic tide."

"Because most sealing spells are easier to break from the outside, if I only seal the Demon Tide Lord and not the other demons, the other demons will definitely try to break the seal and rescue the Demon Tide Lord... We can't stay here indefinitely, so I plan to seal the entire Demon Tide all at once."

"Understood."

The powerful figures watching nodded in agreement, though they couldn't help but be surprised.

This is a level 7 demonic tide... Just how powerful is this witch's sealing magic to seal the entire demonic tide in one go?

Driven by this curiosity, the powerful individuals diligently completed the task given to them by Emerald, placing the materials and inscriptions needed for the sealing array in the locations designated by Emerald. Afterward, Emerald herself cast a spell to activate the array.

After the seal was activated, the powerful figures all had strange expressions as they looked at the sealing barrier that enveloped the entire core area of ​​the demonic tide.

...This seal looks like an overturned cauldron.

Time passed, and another 15 hours or so went by. Under the cyclical and condensing effect of the magic tide, the level 7 magic tide here gave birth to a large number of monsters for the third time, and the leading monster lord was still that giant spider.

Having experienced death twice before, even the dumbest monsters knew that the golden-haired two-legged beast and the pink-haired two-legged beast were far more ferocious and terrifying than themselves. They couldn't afford to mess with them and could only hide. So, after being resurrected, they wanted to escape.

But once ingredients are in the pot, how easy is it for them to escape?

Emerald's inverted cauldron-shaped sealing barrier trapped all the monsters. No matter how much they struggled, it was to no avail. The seemingly thin holy light membrane completely imprisoned them. Even if they crashed into it and bled, they could not cause any damage to the holy light membrane.

This is sealing magic. Breaking the seal from the outside may not be difficult, but for the beings inside the seal to break free, they would need to exert at least two to three times the power of the sealing magic itself. These monsters obviously do not have that kind of power.

"……ha!"

Not only that, with a forceful clap of her hands, the sealing barrier, shaped like an inverted pot lid, began to shrink, shrinking from a radius of several kilometers to a few hundred meters in the blink of an eye, squeezing the numerous monsters together like chunks of meat in a can.

"Roar!"

The numerous demons within the seal cried out in pain, but Emerald remained unmoved, continuing to manipulate the sealing barrier to shrink, causing the demons within the barrier whose strength was below the Ancient Dragon level to be squeezed out and transformed into the purest demonic tide.

However, the sealing barrier continued to shrink, and soon some weaker ancient dragon-level monsters could not withstand it. Their bodies were squeezed and deformed, like soft metal under a hydraulic press, either forcibly pressed into a pancake or squeezed into a strip.

When the sealing barrier shrank to only a few tens of meters in radius, the giant spider, the lord of the demonic tide, was also affected.

In order to survive and break the seal, the giant spider did not hesitate to use its spatial spider silk to cut all the other monsters into small pieces and eat them, absorbing their power in an attempt to break the seal in one fell swoop.

However, the power of the seal is not fixed. As the caster, Emery immediately increased her magic output, strengthening the seal and trapping the giant spider, which had absorbed most of the magic tide's power, firmly within it. Moreover, the seal continued to shrink.

Click click click click!

Finally, the giant spider's body could no longer hold on. Its eight spider legs were the first to be crushed by the ever-shrinking sealed space, followed by its carapace being shattered by the sealed holy light membrane, leaving only a blurry mass of flesh being continuously compressed.

The shrinking of the seal stopped when the radius of the sealing barrier was less than 5 meters. The giant spider inside the seal had completely lost its shape, leaving only a paste-like flesh and blood... But even so, it was still not dead, full of filthy life force.

"Phew... This is the maximum size I can seal for now."

Amelie sighed with a hint of regret. She had originally intended to seal the demonic tide into a portable crystal, but it seemed that was no longer possible.

After all, it was a level 7 demonic tide, which was still very strong. To be able to seal it to this extent had already made Emery sweat profusely and even a little out of breath... Those black stockings that she had just changed into the day before yesterday could be given to Marcy as a reward when they got back.

"What powerful sealing magic!"

"As expected of the young lady, she has truly broadened our horizons!"

"Young Miss's strength should be no less than that of the Dao Ancestor and the Elf Queen, right? Our Federation finally has its own top-level expert. That's wonderful."

Seeing that Amelie seemed to have completed the sealing, the other powerful onlookers quickly came over to flatter her, showering her with praise.

Emerald did not deny these compliments, accepting them all with a smile.

Although in reality, Emerald's strength is still quite far behind that of the previous Dao Ancestor and Elf Queen, those two won't come out to refute her now, so there's nothing wrong with taking these praises as true.

Of course, accepting everyone's praise did not mean that Emerald would become careless. While enjoying the praise, she kept her eyes fixed on the sealing barrier.

"...Just as I suspected."

As Ameliete had predicted, with her personally infusing magic to maintain it, the seal was indestructible, and the demon lord inside could not possibly break free on its own.

However, if Emerald is left unattended and relies solely on the rate at which the sealing array absorbs magic power to maintain its strength, it will be unable to withstand the struggles and erosion of the Demon Tide Lord. If left unattended for a long time, the Demon Tide Lord will be able to break the seal on its own.

This is not what Emeryte wanted to see. She worked hard to become the strongest so that she could enjoy herself as she pleased, instead of having to guard the seal like she was in prison.

Is there any way to strengthen the seal and free oneself?

Emery squinted, recalling her experiences, and soon thought of something.

The sacred tree of the Kingdom of Sakura.

The divine tree once told Amelie that several powerful demons were suppressed beneath its roots. These demons were difficult to kill and could only be sealed and suppressed.

The powerful demons suppressed by the divine tree were naturally unwilling to lose their freedom, and for thousands of years they have been trying to erode the divine tree from the inside, which is very similar to the situation of the giant spider, the demon lord, who is currently sealed in the barrier.

How did the divine tree solve this internal erosion problem?

She actively guided the evacuation and established the Tengu Shrine, relying on the pure hearts of the shrine maidens to share the burden of filth.

Just as even the most potent venom becomes ineffective if diluted with water, the most powerful filth of demons ceases to be a threat if enough priestesses share the burden.

If the Divine Tree can use this method, then Ameliette certainly can too. She can devise a way to continuously release the power of the sealed inner demon lord, just like releasing pressure from a pressure cooker through a valve to prevent it from exploding.

The power of the demonic tide released in this way, if well controlled, will not be very strong, and can be handled even without a strong person, just like how even the most ordinary shrine maiden of the Heavenly Shrine can participate in the purification of impurities.

This plan should be feasible, so the next step is naturally to go find the sacred tree to learn its techniques.

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