Chapter 96: Matriarch Sunflowria
A few hours later, many of the experts truly exploded into battle, going all out in various areas, even outside the Fae Region, leaving devastation with every move.
During this period, even within the Whispering Expanse, things were in total disarray as a massive invasion into the Whispering Expanse True World occurred at a rate none of the resident experts had anticipated.
They were caught far too unguarded, having focused their efforts on plundering and invading the Red Star Continent's region.
Most shocking of all was that, unexpectedly, an expert whom even two Late Stage Mortal Lords could not stop led the charge.
The person was wrapped in dark blue enchanted hooded robes, their face masked with white star patterns. The only visible parts of their body were hands that looked pure and delicate, as well as small strands of blonde hair spilling over their mask.
They utilized powerful magics mixed with Nature, Blood Arts, and the base elements of Wind and Water.
The two Late Stage Mortal Lords suffered heavy injuries, partly due to carelessness, but primarily due to the masked person's overwhelming might combined with the powers of the other experts from various tribes following behind them like a heroic Messiah, leading them into a world they had long yearned to enter.
The two Late Stage Mortal Lords rapidly made their escapes at the cost of their vitality and blood, while various other experts, especially at the Early Stage Mortal Shedding Realm and below, swiftly lost their lives.
By this point, the invasion into the Whispering Expanse True World was complete.
Thousands upon thousands of experts swiftly poured through the massive entrance and began to assault every place they saw.
Some sought revenge, some sought to lessen their frustrations, some simply wanted to plunder, and some aimed to establish a foothold in this new territory.
Whatever the motive, it was inconsequential to the masked individual.
Many experts bowed to the person in thanks, but the person merely gave them cold looks and a curt nod.
It was at this time that a communication talisman suddenly activated, and the masked figure listened to the message they received.
"Matriarch Sunflowria, this is King Ambertonleaf. I've received a message from both the 1st and 2nd Grand Elders that everything has overall gone according to plan. I and the others will begin the process of summoning you back now."
The masked person, with a cold yet beautifully melodious voice, simply responded, "Alright, understood. I have already achieved the goal I came to do just now."
"Understood, Matriarch."
After that, the transmission cut off.
"Hmph, I told you bastards that your time would come."
Matriarch Sunflowria suddenly vanished and reappeared far in the distance as she swiftly began to chant a long and powerful spell with her spirit tongue moving at fifty times the speed of normal beings.
The lands began to violently quake as many powerful experts in the region of the Whispering Expanse True World locked onto her.
Some even yelled in fury as they rapidly headed in her direction.
By this time, she reached the end of her chant.
|"Royal Fanged Elven Vampirial Magic: Fanged World Tree Summoning. Devour the wicked essence of this land and infect it with your plagues..!"|
Suddenly, a giant black tree projection appeared in the sky, and a colossal summoning circle stretched far into the lands for over a mile as the earth trembled violently.
Without warning, the grounds burst open with branches spreading outwards, smashing into anything nearby.
Black and green mist also swiftly began to be expelled from holes within various giant branches.
Any living thing that came into contact with it would break out into rashes, and blood would leak from their opened wounds.
If blood touched any of the branches, it would then be used as nutrients to strengthen them.
By the time any powerful expert at least at the Middle Stage Mortal Lord arrived, it was too late for them to contain it as it spread like a horrifying plague.
By the time Late Stage Mortal Lords began to arrive in different areas, more than ten miles of land had already been covered, and countless deaths were already occurring.
Not only that, but it spread far faster than when it was initially summoned!
After a period of time, it already stretched to more than twenty-five miles before it slowly halted, and various powerful attacks were used to smash apart many of the branches that would often attempt to regrow.
It was also by this time that experts beyond the Mortal Shedding Realm began appearing in fury as they tried to deal with the branches and their poisonous mist that continuously spread far into the sky and over thirty-five miles from even the branches themselves.
It was truly a disaster.
Suddenly, the appearance of an expert at a certain rank appeared, smashing his way into the depths of the branches, the poison unable to truly affect him.
It was none other than the man who had declared he would devour the 'Key' and create a foothold into a middle continent.
His demonic energy ripped through many of the branches and roots, setting it all ablaze.
The Demon finally reached an area where he could just vaguely discern a figure in the distance, hidden within a blank space between a newly grown black tree.
"Halt right there!! I will make you pay for your transgression!!"
He shouted with a glint in his eyes as a storm of demonic energy gathered into his palms, and he unleashed it.
It tore through many of the branches, nearly hitting the masked person, but before it could, a summoning circle appeared above and below them as they suddenly warped and disappeared from the area.
A large, destructive explosion blew many of the branches in that area away, leaving a huge crater.
The man then cursed to himself as he sighed and yelled with his mighty aura.
"The culprit has escaped!! Our main goal now is to dispose of this wretched Magic!"
And so, that began.
The biggest problem of all, though, was that there were far too many invaders from the Whispering Expanse now loose and wreaking havoc, and they simply didn't have the power to deal with it right now.
Back in the Fanged Elf Kingdom's Royal Palace, the summoning circle vanished as the Matriarch appeared, slightly coughing up a bit of blood from the demonic Ki that had briefly touched her.
The Fanged Elves present all looked at her with concern, but she simply swung her arm to silence them before taking off her hood and mask.
Her beautiful face and blonde hair with green streaks were revealed.
"Let's finish this war so that we can finally leave this place," she said with a very serious and determined expression.
"Yes, Matriarch!" shouted all of the Elves, both Fanged and those from the other Elf Tribes, in unison.
Not long after, a huge report that decisively turned the tides of battle in the Fae Region was brought forth.
"The rest of the Mortal Lords from all of the Elf Tribes and the other allied Lands have finally appeared… Following the Fanged Elf Matriarch!!"
Just as swiftly as they all appeared, they wiped out numerous enemy forces with heavy momentum.
"Unleash the Grand Three-Point Vertices Killing Formation!"
The formation that had long since been set up, covering most of the Fae Region, shined brightly. Thunder and lightning filled the area, but it was also at this moment that a huge battle erupted at one of the points, completely disrupting the formation.
"Kill the Matriarch! Kill Daoist Bloodleaf!!" shouted the maddened man who was once kneeling before Daoist Bloodleaf, with many severe wounds all over his body.
"Kuuh!! Argh, Ghettudan!! What's gotten into you?! Why have you betrayed us?!" shouted the man who was initially activating the formation, a gruesome injury on his left leg and blood pouring from his lips.
Half of the battalion that aided him were completely dead or seriously injured, while the other half continued to try and fight, their own injuries piling up.
It was also at this moment that another Fanged Elf, unbeknownst to any of the group there, silently took the seat in the middle of the formation spot with the plate in hand.
It was none other than the 4th Grand Elder of the Fanged Elf Tribe. The entire formation was once again reactivated.
A powerful expert from the Whispering Expanse True World suddenly made his way forward with various others, planning to target the Matriarch now that the Formation had been reactivated.
"Hehe! Matriarch this, Matriarch that, I believe that even if she has reached the Refined Soul Realm as well, she won't be any higher than a Pristine Soul Level expert, just as well. And with the formation activated, she will die without a doubt once struck!!" the man confidently declared.
Suddenly, an extremely powerful rumble quaked the land as many experts who were believed to be in the know about what was about to take place swiftly charged their way to where the Matriarch was located, including the Pristine Soul expert who laughed excitedly as his eyes met hers.
In the blink of an eye, black lightning gathered and seemed as if it was going to strike the Matriarch, who looked up with a seemingly surprised expression until…
Booooooommm!!!!!!
The Soul Pristine expert was completely caught off guard as he and quite a few of the weaker Mortal Lords behind him were struck by the black bolt.
Everyone besides him died, but his injuries were severe as he looked in complete disbelief, unable to comprehend what had just happened.
Because of his now very dull senses, he did not feel the sharp water bullets that riddled his body and killed him on the spot.
A second black bolt of lightning swiftly charged up and continuously grew and expanded before it shot off into a certain direction like a giant dragon, striking down in a widespread area just outside the Fae Region, between a large number of Monsters, Sects, Demons, and Whispering Expanse True World experts.
Unlike the more targeted bolt from earlier, this one had far more reach and destructive capability, even though it was not necessarily powerful enough to completely kill a Late Stage Mortal Lord like the first.
The catastrophic damage could hardly be imagined.
The Giant 3 Point Killing formation completely collapsed after 2 strikes and the remaining Whispering Expanse True World expert sitting at the final formation spot suffered the brunt of the intended backlash the the formation would bring once it collapsed. His injuries were incredibly severe and this concerned the battalion that surrounded him as protectors. It was also at this moment that a wave of experts appeared utilizing powerful formations and trump cards to swiftly attempt to kill all of them. Aside from the half dead Late stage Mortal Lord the rest died.
But…
This was still not the end.