Chapter 282

Just like he expected, seeing the sentient lifeforms walking in the land that looks like some sort of plant monsters, he knows that his earlier prediction was correct.

This was truly Liliaghant’s masterpiece.

"That girl, I didn’t expect that she would try to invade the Core Zone on her own."

Unlike everyone else, she doesn’t need to be afraid of being killed, this wasn’t her true body anyway but still, it would be a major loss if her humanoid body was destroyed.

"Well, no matter, I’ll meet with her once I regain my strength." He mutters and left the place.

Everyone was now on the verge of becoming Innate, once they achieve the perfect transformation, they wouldn’t stay as lesser Innate for long.

His figure left behind cloud of dust, he still can’t fly, he can only run, that’s why he was speechless upon seeing the place turning into a ocean.

If it wasn’t for the fact that he can run through water, he would have a much harder time reaching the Core Zone so quickly.

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"Wow! High quality fertilizers for my children! I wonder if they can reach their full potential after devouring all of you."

In the Core Zone, a tense atmosphere can be sensed.

"To think that the intelligence was right, the divine guardians are truly advancing towards the battlefield." An undead with a body the size comparable to that of a titan beast, it doesn’t have a head but it was able to speak.

The giant undead was carrying a club with three heads belonging to the giant race, he’s controlling them to talk.

"The plant goddess!" A woman with bat wings hisses.

"So, this is the plant goddess, your knowledge is certainly greater than mine." A lich muses.

"Enough talk! We’re going to crush her, here and now!" The giant instantly makes a move and it’s speed was incredibly fast, without teleporting, it was now in front of Liliaghant, swinging it’s weapon.

BOOM!

It was blocked by a giant vine, the expression of the other two changes.

Liliaghant’s airhead expression with her slit eyes has disappeared, replaced by a serious expression and bright green flashing pupils.

A wing made out of various flowers appears behind her as her aura transforms into an image of a giant tree.

"Fertilizers, die!" She waves her hand and the plants in the area converges into a giant humanoid entity and it swings it’s fist towards the three.

The lich casts a spell and the already enormous undead grows bigger, it’s presence also powers up.

BANG!

The giant undead blocks the punch but suddenly, it’s body starts trembling.

"Don’t continue fighting her in close quarter, her energy suppresses ours!" The vampire shouts, she glares at Liliaghant.

She will never forget her humiliation, she only managed to survive because of her clan’s special technique.

SWOOSH!

Sensing something, Liliaghant’s hand was covered with thick bark and blocks an attack from the side.

Sparks fly, the vampire’s claws clashes with the bark handguard.

Liliaghant opens her mouth and fires a beam from it, the vampire nimbly dodges and summons six drops of blood that acts as a bullet, trying to pierce Liliaghant.

A green barrier appears and blocks the attack, Liliaghant frowns and summons her sunflower, firing at the lich.

The lich chuckles, it seems that his plan was seen through, he teleports away from the blast.

The vampire transforms into multiple bats, she tries to surround Liliaghant.

A high voltage explosion occurs, a green wave of energy blast the bats away.

"Tsk! She’s still as annoying as ever! Big guy, can’t you deal with your opponent already?"

The three of them still hasn’t gone all out, neither of them wanting to become the shield.

"Now, now, you can’t blame him, that creatures harness a energy that suppresses ours, you’re the one that told us that."

Liliaghant wasn’t going to let them continue talking, with a clap of her hand, the two suddenly senses their figure being sealed.

"A spell." The lich quickly notices what type of skill this was.

The giant sunflower once again appears.

With a bright flash of light, a searing heat blasts through the spot of the two.

"Hmm? A mage? Too bad neither Jasmine or Scorchy are here." She mutters and leaves appears besides her, they then transform into blades that flies towards the two.

She also controls strong vines to restrict the movement of the giant undead.

A shield with a skull appears in front of the vampire and the lich.

The vampire cuts off the vines with her claws, while the giant undead swings it’s weapon to the ground, creating a shockwave that flows towards Liliaghant.

She claps her hand again, this time, summoning a wall of trees.

BOOM!

The two attacks collide, causing the entire area to shake.

The lich summons a large fireball empowered by yin energy.

BOOM!

When the wall of trees was destroyed, the power of the attack didn’t stop there but spread outward.

The vampire summons six drops of blood once again and let it fly towards the smoke.

The lich summons a barrier covering himself, multiple wraiths, they didn’t attack but flies around him.

He also summons a gold rank bone dragon as a mount and two undead knights to stand beside him.

"Why are you even summoning weaklings!?"

"To protect me!" The lich snarls.

He can’t just focus at attacking and buffing while trying to block and dodge every single attack thrown at him, do they really think that he can waste his attention while facing someone at Liliaghant’s caliber.

Suddenly, multiple sharp wooden spears were fires at them.

The lich summons multiple barriers, blocking the attack, suddenly his expression changes.

"Quick! Disperse the dust!" Even though the vampire dislikes being ordered around, she still follows his instructions.

Her wings suddenly grows bigger and she flaps them, what left behind was a wooden statue of Liliaghant.

"We’ve been tricked after all." The lich was frustrated.

"What the hell!? She’s already gone but this thing is still fighting!" The giant undead curses, the plant creature that Liliaghant has summoned is still attacking.

"Let’s deal with this thing and return back to base to report." The lich states, without even his decision, the vampire has already flew towards the creature, she’s going to vent.

They are unaware that there’s tiny spores all around the body of the giant undead, they also exude the aura of death, it’s similar to that of the giant undead.

Meanwhile, a distance away from the fight, Liliaghant was smiling, in her hand was a glowing flower.

"Master will definitely like my gift, he always said that he wants to know more about the fertilizers’ movements."

A couple of days later, Sean has returned, he was surprised to find that the bustling atmosphere of the city is still there even though there are now billboards and screens that are telling everyone that war is coming.

"I’m going to ask Jasmine about this later but for now, here I come, my power!" He silently dashes towards the space gate.

Inside the city, multiple individuals were preparing, some of them are excited, while, some are very solemn.

"Finally, it’s happening, I didn’t expect that those filthy undead would use such a move just because they are afraid of our divine guardians."

"I don’t blame them, facing the divine guardians is nothing more than a punishment."

"They deserve such treatment!"

Everyone agrees.

"Big bro, are you really going to join the war?"

"Yes, I’m already at gold rank, advancing higher requires more than just cultivation, I need experience and encounters too, besides, I won’t let that fool fight alone."

"Are you really sure that he has returned?"

"Do you really think that Jasmine and the others would think of encroaching on the territory of our enemies is a good idea?"

"Right, only someone like him would give them confidence to do such outlandish idea."

"In fact, I’m going to visit Ganko tomorrow, after I have a talk with my wife."

"Right, Missel would definitely not agree on you joining the war without her." The two individuals were Bones and Jericho.

Jericho can’t help but sigh, he’s truly helpless at this, they can’t just leave behind their family at the same time, at least one of them needs to stay.

"It seems that we can only do that to pick whom of the two of us is going to join."

The thing that he’s talking about is having a match, not just a sparring match but a true battle.

"Oh wow, I didn’t expect that you really are serious about joining."

"You should know that I don’t only walk the path of wildness but also the path of slaughter, I don’t want to taint my Aura of Slaughter with impure killing intent, what I want is the pure killing intent obtained from killing a powerful foe or fighting in a brutal even such as a war."

"If you really are going to join, the two of us should go duo."

"Shouldn’t we go trio instead? Bobby is definitely a good teammate."

"Hmph! That fat bxstard is definitely going to team up with his two best friends."

"Hahaha! Are you still sour that he considers the two best friend material but not you?"

"Man, shut up! Why the hell am I the only one that don’t have a best bro!? Am I always going to be the third wheel!?" A look of certain despair appears in his face.

Jericho can’t stop laughing. "Don’t be too sad, you’re not the only third wheel of a trio, don’t forget, we have Leo, why don’t you become best friends with him?"

"Hell no! That guy always have nefarious intentions towards me, he’s always staring at me with fiery eyes."

In another location, someone sneezes loudly.

"It seems that like someone is talking about you." In a lavish room, three individuals were having a feast.

"Before, I would know who it is but now, I don’t think I know who it is anymore."

The two chuckles.

"You have attracted the attention of a lot of people, wether it’s because of your own strength, your status, or because of yourself." The fat one states.

"Yeah, especially, since you’re joining the war, I know that some of the old folks from your family isn’t really supportive of your decision."

"Hmph! Let them be, I don’t really follow any of their command, I listen to their advices but if I deemed them unfit, I just ignore them."

This was the pride he cultivated starting since he became the head of their family.

"At least, the three of us can fight together again." Shouted by the largest of the three.

The three were Bobby, Leo, and Sweet Fruit, the three of them were having a meeting on what to do in the upcoming war.

"Yeah, I can trust my family with a lot of things but if it’s combat related, I’m probably going to die looking after them."

"So, both of our families are joining the war and yet their strongest fighters are going to fight alongside each other." Bobby chuckles.

"This is the fastest way for us to earn contribution points, we won’t let any newcomers immediately dethrone our positions." Leo seriously said.

The only thing that’s keeping their two family from being brought down is because of the two of them, they can’t always be the one holding their entire family afloat.

"Yeah, especially, my family, we aren’t even noble family material, I’m just glad that we opened trading to other worlds, my family can shine again."

"Right, I can’t help but notice that the younger generation of your family is training harder than many of their peers."

"We can’t help it, being merchants might be good in a stable and peaceful world but it’s actually quite demeaning in a world such as ours where might makes right."

"My family is also quite substandard compared to the other more martial focused family, we’re thinking of training the younger generations into warriors, those that don’t have enough potential will be trained to become managers, supervisors or merchants."

"Wow, you guys sound like cold-hearted old people."