Novel Full Chapter 1974: Sylphy VS The Permafrost Forest Ruler, Winter Dryad
Chapter 1974: Sylphy VS The Permafrost Forest Ruler, Winter Dryad
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While I battled the monsters alongside my new Living Strength Spirit, one of the three bosses emerged.
She towered over thirty meters tall, her slender, feminine humanoid body pale blue and overgrown with frozen plants and vines. Long hair of shimmering ice crystals framed her form. Now corrupted by the Evil God’s Curse, her skin had turned pale purple, sprouting long spikes and oozing virulent poison.
This was her—one of the three bosses of the Glacial Caverns Dungeon.
[Permafrost Forest Ruler, Winter Dryad – Curse of Miasma Corruption Form (Tier 9: Rank 3)]
The wolf had been Tier 9: Rank 2; this one stood at Rank 3. A single rank higher, yet in the upper tiers that small difference meant everything. From everything I had learned so far, the higher the tier, the greater the power gap between each of the ten ranks within it.
Just one rank above the wolf I had fought, this dryad was on an entirely different level. I felt it in every bone—an overwhelming chill that seized me. Her mere gaze unleashed a snowstorm so frigid it began freezing my body and snuffing out my flames, even the strongest ones.
“FREEZE… HUMAN…”
The corruption had warped her so deeply that she had learned to speak. That was terrible news. Monsters were already programmed to slaughter humans; one intelligent enough to speak would only make the slaughter more efficient and cruel.
I had to end this—fast.
But the cold was unbearable!
I wrapped myself in my Quintuple Yggdragon Aura, fusing my Double and Triple Yggdragon Auras together. Five distinct spiritual and draconic elements surged within it: fire, nature, holy light, steel, and space. A five-headed hydra manifested inside the aura.
My draconic form began to shift as I tried to internalize the power and transform into something like the state I had unleashed against my brother.
The problem was…
BAAAM!
I was too slow.
“Agh!”
She closed the distance instantly and kicked me without hesitation. Her massive foot sent me hurtling through the frozen forest, my body smashing countless ice-coated trees to splinters.
“HOW… WEAK…”
She advanced toward me. Each step sent tremors rippling through the entire dungeon. As she moved, the forest around her twisted and grew larger, corrupted miasmic frost trees erupted everywhere, charging at me like a forest of crystal spears.
“Sylphy!”
Furoh rushed forward and transformed into a gigantic dragon—a perfect copy of Ignatius’s brother, a red-scaled behemoth of immense power and mass. He hadn’t used this form in a long time because it drained so much of his life force, but right now he could sustain it for a few minutes at least!
“Come on, what are you doing— Aaagh, it’s cold!”
Ignatius joined him, expanding into a colossal dragon of spiritual flames. Together they shoved the giant dryad back—only for her to slap them away with furious force, encasing their bodies in solid ice.
“Furoh! Ignatius!”
Panic gripped me. I clenched my teeth, leaped forward, and slammed into her with everything I had—sword and shield raised. Golden thunder and rainbow flames erupted from my blade as I compressed all my elements into one devastating strike, then amplified their power further with Mana Destruction.
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!
“NNGGHH!”
She roared in fury as my attacks pierced her barrier-like magic and spiritual aura. My Mana Destruction Skill excelled at disrupting and annihilating mana itself, letting me break through.
“Holy Blazing Dragon Blade Arts.”
“First Form – Holy Dragon Blazing Fangs!”
“ROOOOAAARRR!”
Mighty draconic roars echoed from my aura as I swung with all my ferocity and strength, absorbing and compressing the power of Flames of Strength while slashing through her hands.
SLAAASH!
BOOOM!
A massive explosion shattered her arms like glass. Her eyes widened—then she smiled. Dozens of new frozen arms sprouted instantly, wrapped in frost-tree wood, and unleashed a relentless barrage.
“Wha…?!”
BAAM! BAAM! BAAM! BAAM! BAAM! BAAM!
Her enormous hands battered my entire body, slamming me down through the remaining forest. Hundreds of monsters surged toward me at her command as she floated closer.
“Hahah… she’s tough.”
I forced myself upright and spread my aura wide. Ignatius and Furoh remained sealed in cursed ice; I quickly summoned them back into my Soulscape to rest and recover.
The rest of my spirits rushed to my side.
“Sylphy! Are you okay? We wanted to help sooner, but the monsters kept coming without end…!” Yggdra said.
“Master, let me heal you!” Naturia cried. “Eat these!” She offered dozens of leaves and fruits.
“Ignatius and Furoh are both knocked out… How are the fire users weaker this time?” Nephilim wondered. Her divine and demonic aura flared, shielding us all. “Master, let me stay with you—I’ll cover your back. As for everyone else, I suggest merging with your body. It will give you the massive power boost you need.”
“You’re right,” I sighed. “I was being too prideful, trying to fight with only my own strength. But you’re all my power! Come—Spirit Fusion!”
FLAAASH!
Everyone surged toward me at once: Yggdra, Naturia, Brownie, Violet, Glutton, Red, and Beelzebub. Even Ignatius and Furoh offered their strength despite still recovering.
“Are you sure?!” I asked, worried.
“Don’t worry—when we fuse with your body, your unique immortal physique heals us instantly!” Ignatius said.
“Yeah!” Furoh nodded. “I’ll merge you into Ignatius’s brother’s form—double the firepower!”
“Okay then—thank you!” I roared.
My aura exploded with draconic power and spiritual energy. I felt everyone inside my soul and body, becoming part of my very cells.
At the same time, Divine Thunder Rings, a Divine Sunlight Halo, and a Star of Destruction spun around me.
“Armageddon!” I called. “Unleash five percent of your power—enough to help, but not destroy everything.”
“You want me to fuse with you?” she asked.
“No—that would probably make my body explode,” I sighed.
Realizing that fully fusing with her current form might shatter me under the sheer divine power she carried, I chose instead to summon only five percent of her strength.
“Fine!”
Her small form rapidly expanded into a slender, towering humanoid red ant with long transparent wings and an exoskeleton of hard orichalcum-red-and-gold armor.
RUMBLE!
Her divine power erupted in a wave of searing heat that melted everything around us. The ice vaporized in seconds.
The boss glared at us with utter disdain, teeth clenched and unleashed her Winter Aura once more. A ferocious snowstorm tried to suppress our power by freezing it solid.
But it no longer worked as effectively. Although ice still formed over us in layers, our divine flames constantly melted it away.
“Now—let’s go!”
I roared in unison with Armageddon and Nephilim. The three of us charged together, crashing into the dryad while tearing through her army of monsters.
CRAAASH!
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