Chapter 294 Sword and Witchcraft, Yeats: Fortunately, I have accomplished my mission!
To be fair, the Moon Pig is one of the most beautiful pig-shaped monsters. It is white in color, with silver mane flowing in the wind and a pair of white jade-like fangs arching upwards, making it look arrogant.
But at this moment, this huge Moon Pig followed behind Celine sullenly, like a child who had done something wrong. When it looked up at Ye Zhi's back, its eyes were full of vigilance and fear.
The Moon Pig has a lot of troubles.
Time goes back to a quarter of an hour ago.
The Moon Pig was originally digging for food in the woods, eating mushrooms and humming songs, when it was suddenly beaten by humans.
As a regular member of the Moonlight Sect, he had never suffered such an injustice before. He roared and pounced on Ye Zhi.
As a result, he was beaten without any resistance and was almost made into a hot pot. Fortunately, Celine arrived in time and saved Yuezhu.
Yeats has left an indelible shadow on Moon Pig.
The majesty of the emperor-level monster was gone. The Moon Pig tucked its tail between its legs and followed behind Celine in small steps.
Celine saw it all, and a hint of surprise flashed in the depths of her silver eyes.
Emperor-level monsters are all powerful ones who look down on others and have the aura to be kings or emperors. However, when facing Ye Zhi, Moon Pig was suppressed and couldn't even raise his head.
"Ye Zhi has only been promoted to the fifth ring for a short time, but his strength is already far superior to Yue Zhu. The talent of this God's Chosen One is truly incredible..."
Shilin pointed forward and said calmly, "Sir Yeats, that is the residence of the Faye priest of the Natural Cult."
Following the direction, I saw a red Amanita as tall as an ancient tree. There were windows and wooden doors built on the mushroom stem, and it was divided into two floors, just like a mushroom house.
Yeats remembered that the clergy of the nature cults, mainly druids, usually chose to live in tree houses or mushroom houses.
The god of nature they worship sometimes appears as a wise male elder, and his belief is most common among elves.
——Finally there is a male god.
Naturalists like to live in seclusion deep in the forest, voluntarily serve as guardians of nature, and rarely interact with human society.
"Priest Fei would mind if someone else visited him?" Ye Zhi asked.
"With my introduction, you are not considered an outsider. Please come in, Your Excellency Yeats. I will let Priest Fei tell you what you need to pay attention to."
Celine reached out and pushed open the wooden door, and a staircase made of vines appeared in front of Yeats. The first floor was furnished with alchemical cauldrons, cabinets and potted plants, with rare herbs such as ambergris, ghost mushrooms and bone thorns planted. Butterflies flew through the windows and fluttered in the sunlit hall.
"Shilin, he is..."
The butterfly was enveloped in a ball of emerald green light and uttered the childish and hesitant voice of a little girl.
"This is the chosen one of the goddess of youth, the bard of five rings, Yeats Bronte," Celine introduced. "I invited him to manage the Moon Well with me."
Xilin paused, glanced at Ye Zhi, then looked at Butterfly and said, "He is trustworthy. The priest can rest assured."
"Come up."
The butterfly flew to the second floor and led Yeats and his party up the vine stairs.
A little girl about 1.5 meters tall, wearing a pointed witch hat and holding an oak staff that was taller than her, with long dark blue, almost black hair, introduced herself in a soft voice:
"Nice to meet you, chosen poet. I am Faye of the Nature Cult... I have heard of your deeds. Your fame has spread to this remote forest along with the footsteps of the bards."
She looked to be in her early teens, but one could never judge a witch's age by her appearance.
Ye Zhi nodded slightly and said, "I would like to ask the priest, when should we set out to destroy the deer-headed demon?"
Facing the direct question, Fei hesitated for a moment and said, "The Deer-Headed Spirit usually appears on moonless nights, accompanied by violent magical turbulence. According to my observation, tonight is the night when the Deer-Headed Spirit appears..."
"It will transform those who enter the forest into tree people. This kind of ancient magic from the old era is very restrained by magic under the law of the magic network." Fei said solemnly, "You must be careful!"
Ye Zhi nodded slightly.
Before Minerva established the Magic Network, humans were unable to master the power of magic and could only use swords to fight against snake-men, goblins, and evil spirits who were good at witchcraft.
It was a dark age of sword and sorcery.
Later, the magic network established by Minerva transformed the disordered ancient magic power into mana that could be used by humans, and thus, wizards who could compete with wizards were born. Then, the wizard genius Merlin emerged and created seven major schools of magic, bringing the way of wizards to a whole new level.
The magic net covers the continent, and naturally there will be loopholes. The magic power that escapes from the magic net through the loopholes will gradually become violent and move closer to the disordered ancient magic power.
The Deer-Headed Spirit is a monster born from ancient magic. The magic flowing in it will pollute holy objects including the Moon Goddess Well. If not dealt with in time, the magic network here will collapse, causing greater hidden dangers.
"Snowy Owl and I are both chosen by the magic gods, so maintaining the magic network is our job..."
Ye Zhi thought to himself, "Maybe we can get an opportunity from the Deer-Headed Spirit and let the Snow Owl master [Ancient Magic]!"
Ancient magic is almost insulated from humans, and only races like elves who are naturally friendly to magic can master it. Compared with modern magic, ancient magic is more rugged, with its consumption and power increased exponentially, and it is extremely restrained against protective spells.
Due to the doubled consumption and greater susceptibility to magic backlash, the study of ancient magic was once banned by the Mage Guild.
But the mage's pursuit of truth will never stop.
Over time, the study of ancient magic was gradually liberalized, but many people gained nothing in their lifetime.
Most humans who can master ancient magic are already masters at the top of the wizard world, and they will not show it to others easily.
"With Snow Owl's magical talent, wouldn't it be easy for him to learn ancient magic using the Deer-Headed Spirit as a model?" Ye Zhi thought to himself.
Zuanya suddenly said, "Since you want Snow Owl to learn [Ancient Magic], why don't you ask the magical fish of wisdom for advice?"
Ye Zhi was stunned, as if this was the truth, and said: "Feitan, can you do it?"
Fei Tan said honestly: "I used to know it, but now I have forgotten it all."
Ye Zhi: “…”
I can understand that everything I have learned has been returned to the Magic Goddess.
Night falls.
The dark forest was shrouded in thick fog and not a single ray of light could be seen.
Celine temporarily took the Moon Pig back to the Magic Pet Plane, and went deep into the thick fog with Ye Zhi and Gray. She whispered, "Lune is one of the names of the Moon Goddess. This Lune Forest is dedicated to the Moon Goddess Well. I think the deer-headed spirit is hiding near the Moon Goddess Well..."
"Why are you so sure?"
"Because the water in the Moon Goddess Well is full of magical power, the Deer-Headed Spirit will also covet it, so we will move towards the Moon Goddess Well first."
The deeper we went into the woods, the thinner the air became. The atmosphere became increasingly eerie, and even breathing became difficult. In the night, the sound of pine needles falling to the ground was like the footsteps of ghosts.
Yeats noticed a tall banyan tree with a tumor on its trunk that looked like a human face. Upon closer inspection, he discovered that there were human-faced trees on both sides. The struggling human faces looked like souls nailed into the tree trunks.
Ye Zhi frowned and retreated behind Gray.
Flutter——
A crow flapped its wings and flew through the dense forest. A bloody wind swept through the forest. The shaking of the leaves sounded like the wailing of the human-faced tree. Then the black wind fell in front of the three people and transformed into three ghost wolves with scarlet eyes.
Gray's flying axe went straight through the ghost wolf's body, spun around, and flew back into Gray's hand. She frowned and said, "Ye Zhi, these wolves don't seem to be afraid of fighting skills!"
"Since it is a summoned creature without a physical body, leave it to me—"
A clanging iron chain shot out from Ye Zhi's sleeves, and the chain was surging with black mist, directly locking the neck of a ghost wolf.
The ghost wolf's eyes were ferocious and its fangs were bared viciously, but it could not break free from the Wild Hunt's chains.
Ye Zhi's eyes were stern, and a blood-red light flickered in his eyes. His strength increased exponentially under the influence of 'Blessing·Rage'.
Bang! One end of the chain locked the ghost wolf's neck, and the other end was wrapped around Ye Zhi's arm. Ye Zhi suddenly jumped up to a height of three meters, swung the chain burning with black flames, and pulled the ghost wolf into the air, swinging it in a circle, like a meteor hammer, smashing down on the other ghost wolf!
boom!!
The two ghost wolves were annihilated in an instant and dissipated into black mist.
The remaining ghost wolf's scarlet pupils contracted, revealing human-like fear.
Celine was a little stunned.
——Isn't Yeats a bard? How could he have such a violent fighting style?
[Wild Hunt Knight] Known for his furious fighting and endless hunting, Ye Zhi follows the way of the Wild Hunt, aggressive as fire, and full of fighting spirit! Boom! Ye Zhi fell from the sky and stepped out of the huge pit. His figure disappeared from the spot, followed by a roar of breaking wind, and a cluster of bright orange-yellow flames swept away.
His fist ignited with the [Flaming Fist] taught by Axe, instantly illuminating the entire forest, and he smashed the ghost wolf's forehead with a heavy punch, instantly defeating it! Celine's mouth opened wide, her eyes in disbelief.
Please...collect 6...9...books...!
I must be dazzled, the bard stopped playing the harp and started using his fists! Boom boom—
The forest trembled, and the human-faced trees around it rose from the ground. This "human-faced tree spirit" is an evil creature that is a fusion of human souls and trees. It will use roots and vines to tightly bind humans and then devour their flesh and blood.
It was roughly estimated that there were more than ten human-faced tree spirits surrounding Ye Zhi and others, waving their bony branches, and their hideous tree trunks opened their mouths and let out hoarse howls.
A crescent moon mark suddenly appeared on Celine's forehead. The holy emblem flashed with silver light, opening a magical pet plane. The silver-white moon pig roared and rushed out of the plane, and with a "boom" it knocked a human-faced tree spirit flying.
Boom! The suffering tree-faced spirit fell to the ground, breaking into pieces, with no life left.
"roar--!!"
The Moon Pig howled towards the sky, and its flowing white mane radiated moonlight, as if it were covered with a layer of moonlight armor, making it look majestic.
If I can't beat him, how can I beat you? You're courting death!
Ye Zhi translated the words of the Moon Pig, raised his hand and cast a 'Heroism' spell on the Moon Pig, covering its sturdy body with a layer of light golden light.
The Moon Pig was greatly encouraged, and roared as it charged towards the rows of tree spirits. There was a deafening roar, and dust and smoke flew everywhere. The Moon Pig rushed out of the encirclement. Celine couldn't help but feel a little nervous, and called out:
"Don't be reckless, beware of the Deer-Headed Demon!"
At this time, the magical light covering the Moon Pig dimmed.
The magic network in the realm of creation suddenly seemed to be blocked, and no spells could be cast again.
Ye Zhi's heart was pounding. The oppressive feeling of the emperor-level monster was like a towering mountain crashing down, already covering the forest!
Boom! A huge vine suddenly sprang out from the ground, blowing the huge Moon Pig away.
Until the Moon Pig crashed to the ground with a loud bang, creating a huge crater, he was still a little dazed, looking blankly at the figure standing in the dark night.
The air smelled of death and decay.
The Deer-Headed Demon is a nightmare-like monster with a body similar to that of a human, about three meters tall, covered with dark green scales, and flashing a faint light.
The deer head on its neck had hollow and deep eyes, and its antlers were like dead branches, spiraling upwards. Suddenly, the deer-headed spirit stepped lightly and flashed in front of Shilin, with the fire of the soul flashing in its hollow eyes, like the god of death in the forest.
Celine stared blankly at the deer-headed spirit. The endless despair and fear seemed to drag her into the abyss, but a high-pitched flute sound suddenly awakened Celine from the hallucination.
Celine immediately pulled back and looked at Yeats with gratitude.
The bard's ability to release control is first-rate among many professions! Ye Zhi nodded and said, "There is no need to talk about justice when dealing with evil demons. Let's fight together!"
Facing the Deer-Headed Spirit with five-ring combat power, Ye Zhi and Gray attacked together. Since the Deer-Headed Spirit had extremely strong magic resistance, Ye Zhi used the Blood King Spear and Medusa Shield, and used Blood Flame Blessing and Scarlet Fighting Spirit to continuously consume it.
Ding! The Deer-Headed Demon swung its sharp claws and chopped on Medusa's shield, leaving a shallow mark. Its large swing exposed a flaw. Ye Zhi took advantage of the situation and stabbed the Blood King Spear from the side of the shield. The three-pronged spear burning with blood flames fiercely pierced the Deer-Headed Demon's body, causing it to let out a low roar.
——There is no effort, just numbers.
As the vessel of the Moon God, Shilin possessed a large amount of moonlight divinity in her soul. She cast a blessing called "Bright Moon Sphere" on the Moon Pig, and a moonlight sphere was suspended above the Moon Pig's head, constantly emitting moonlight to either kill the Deer-Headed Spirit or heal the Moon Pig's injuries.
Grey was the main output, and her flaming red dragon claws tore at the body of the leopard-headed demon. The firelight illuminated the woods, and the terrifying output made Ye Zhi sigh with emotion. The shield-poking flow was just for fun, and the sense of security still depended on Grey!
The Deer-Headed Demon was unable to capture Ye Zhi for a while, so he split into two other clones and attacked Grey and Celine at the same time.
Its clone was glowing with the patterns of ancient totems, making it easy to identify. Ye Zhi called on everyone to attack the deer-headed spirit's body, forcing it to retract its clone.
This kind of ancient magic has high benefits but also high costs. The Deer-Headed Demon was facing the attack from three Five-Rings at the same time and gradually fell into a disadvantage.
Clang! Ye Zhi's Blood King Spear pierced through the Deer-Headed Demon's body.
Boom! The Deer-Headed Demon fell to the ground with a loud bang.
Ye Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this mission was quite easy, but a sense of crisis suddenly surged behind her.
Looking back, the Deer-Headed Demon had come back to life, occupied the body of a human-faced tree demon, and regained his vitality!
The Deer-Headed Demon opened his two withered arms, and thousands of crows swarmed out from his body. The crows formed a huge dark storm, surrounding the Deer-Headed Demon and sweeping across the entire forest!
Spell: Crow Storm!
Celine tried her best to hold on to the protective spell, and Priest Fei's nervous message rang in her ears:
"This deer-headed spirit actually possesses the magic of resurrection... We must destroy the heart of the deer-headed spirit, otherwise it will keep resurrecting!"
"But where exactly is the heart of the tree?" Celine asked solemnly.
"The most delicious part is the heart of the tree." Ye Zhi said suddenly.
Celine: “Huh?!”
Relying on the food knowledge in his mind, Ye Zhi clearly understood the heart of the tree and nodded, "Anyway, leave it to me!"
Before the Crow Storm, Yeats's "Talent: Dance with the Storm" made him concentrate his mind, draw his bow and arrow, and the arrow condensed into a hot and dazzling brilliance.
Combat skill: Arrow of the Fiery Sun!
Celine's pupils contracted.
The dazzling arrow of light pierced through the storm of crows and hit the deer-headed demon accurately two inches below his neck.
A trace of astonishment flashed across its empty pupils, and the flickering fire in its eye sockets gradually dimmed.
Boom! The flames engulfed the Deer-Headed Spirit.
Even after she was sure that the Deer-Headed Spirit had no chance of resurrection, Celine was still a little dazed, staring blankly at Ye Zhi's profile.
Ye Zhi slowly put away his bow and arrow, nodded and said:
"Fortunately, I have accomplished my mission!"
(End of this chapter)