Chapter 276 : Form of the Demon Flower – Laura
Chapter 276: Form of the Demon Flower – Laura
“Wah wah—”
The moment Flame Guardian–Flameard was rescued by Janna, he immediately shouted in excitement upon seeing several of his long-time enemies looking as though they were at death’s door. He transformed into a massive fireball and pounced into the battle.
“You can go back.”
Seeing the Hundred-Eyed Mirror Demon and Lightning Accumulation Cloud being crushed under the weight of the Plane Will and the battle outcome already clear, Janna dispersed the power of the contract and sent them back to the Spirit Realm.
At that moment, upholding the principle of striking the enemy while they were weak, Flame Guardian–Flameard swiftly took down the other two severely wounded Flame Guardians with overwhelming speed.
At the same time, Flame Guardian–Flameard did not forget to open his mouth wide and unceremoniously swallowed the other two Flame Guardians into his belly.
“Hic~”
After devouring two same-rank fire-elemental creatures, Flame Guardian–Flameard looked as though he had drunk an entire vat of alcohol,
stumbling into the magma lake, letting out a long hiccup.
“It won’t be long before Flameard evolves as well.”
Violent by nature, fire-elemental creatures typically improved their strength by seeking areas rich in fire-elemental energy for cultivation or by devouring others of their kind to accumulate power.
Since becoming Janna’s companion, Flame Guardian had consumed numerous fire-elemental magic stones, even top-quality fire-elemental essences.
Thus, what once had only the strength of a Second-Tier Witch Apprentice had, without notice, climbed close to the level of a Third-Tier Witch Apprentice.
And now, after today’s battle and the devouring of two same-tier fire-elemental creatures, Janna judged that within a few days, Flame Guardian–Flameard’s strength would break through to the level of a Third-Tier Witch Apprentice, achieving a small advancement in his tier.
After completing this emergency rescue, Janna left the Spirit Realm and returned to the Primary Material World.
“Good, no one came in.”
After storing the Hidden Nook back into her Thorn Bracelet, Janna unlocked the door to the resting room and, seeing the sky had not fully darkened yet, quietly departed the Nightingale Opera Troupe.
According to her original schedule, Janna had planned to head to the Misty Forest to finish today’s Main Quest before returning to the dormitory.
However, just after exiting the Fire Elemental Plane, she received a telepathic signal from the Thorn Flower Fairy.
“Seriously, what a troublesome bunch.”
Her robe fluttered, her hair danced.
Concealed by the Psychological Invisibility, Janna quickly traversed the main street of Dulin City using the Light Feather Spell, melting into the shadows of trees in the Misty Forest, and returned to White Coral Academy.
“…”
As Janna’s figure vanished into the vine-covered path, the once-slumbering Human-Faced Willow in the mist suddenly awakened and gazed in the direction she had disappeared.
“So it was her—”
“This time, the aura around her is noticeably stronger than before.”
The setting sun cast slanted light, tree shadows flickered.
Watching the sky dim, the contemplative Human-Faced Willow slowly closed its eyes again and returned to slumber.
“Laura?”
“Master…”
As soon as she stepped into the dormitory, Janna saw a massive flower that reached the ceiling standing tall beside the balcony.
“You can’t return to your original form?”
At that moment, seeing the Thorn Flower Fairy bending her body with difficulty to avoid piercing the ceiling, Janna asked in slight confusion.
“Master, I can’t—I feel awful right now. It feels like my body is going to split open—”
Hearing this, Janna immediately dispersed the power of the contract and returned the Thorn Flower Fairy to the Thorn Plane.
“Spirit Traverse—”
Buzz—The feeling of spiritual weightlessness struck again. Janna, activating the Spirit Traverse talent for the second time that day, followed the Thorn Flower Fairy into the Thorn Plane.
“Laura?”
The moment she entered the Thorn Plane, what appeared before Janna was a massive deep-pink flower about four meters tall—taller than what she had seen earlier in the dormitory.
“Crack—”
In response to Janna’s call, the Thorn Flower Fairy did not react immediately as usual but instead trembled uncontrollably, her stems and leaves emitting dense cracking sounds.
“What on earth is going on?”
Observing the abnormal state of the Thorn Flower Fairy, Janna, flapping her butterfly wings, instinctively flew into the air to silently observe from the side.
“Swish swish—”
As the Thorn Flower Fairy finally ceased trembling, a large number of thorny vines burst from the ground like buried green pythons.
Next, flower leaves emerged from the soil, and two more deep-pink flowers identical to the Thorn Flower Fairy appeared to her left and right, forming a stable three-way stance.
“Are those clones?”
“Master~”
Just as Janna was silently surprised from the side, a crisp voice suddenly sounded beside her ear.
“Laura, how are you feeling?”
“Master, I am—————very well!”
Janna couldn’t help but feel that the Thorn Flower Fairy’s voice seemed to be shifting—as though her consciousness were jumping between the three flowers.
“Laura, are these two clones a new ability you gained after evolving?”
“Yes—but more precisely, they were split off from me.”
Split?
Hearing the Thorn Flower Fairy’s answer, Janna immediately sensed the potential power of this new ability.
“You mean the other two flowers aren’t avatars, but actual split bodies?”
“Yes, Master.”
After a second evolution, the Thorn Flower Fairy’s thought process and expression had clearly outgrown the primitive and clumsy stage of an elemental sprite.
In terms of intelligence alone, she was now nearly on par with the Celestial Sparrow and Hundred-Eyed Mirror Demon.
“If your main body were destroyed, what would happen to the two split bodies?”
“They would be unaffected. My will would revive in one of them, until I can no longer split a new body.”
Upon hearing the Thorn Flower Fairy’s explanation, a glint of delight flashed in Janna’s eyes.
“As expected, as levels increase, the ‘hard to kill’ trait of plant-elemental creatures gradually becomes evident...”
Longevity and resilience were the defining traits that set plant-elemental beings apart from others.
Perhaps the Thorn Flower Fairy lacked the raw offensive strength of Flame Guardian or Lightning Accumulation Cloud, but in terms of endurance, even those two combined would not match her.
“Can you still return to your original form now?”
“Of course, Master—”