Chapter 88: Elementary Transformation
Bang—Filth permeated, shadows invaded.
Just as the 【Corrosive Blade】 was about to pierce the deep pink flower bud and complete the shadow pollution, suddenly, the petals bloomed, and a treant nearly two meters tall with a strange face abruptly appeared in the center of the flower bud, raising its hand covered in brown bark to block the attack of the 【Corrosive Blade】.
"Grimace Treant!? Could it be her third Contract Summoning!?"
Seeing the "Grimace Treant" less than an arm's length away, Bell-Moonshadow immediately abandoned the attack and prepared to widen the distance between them.
However, compared to Bell-Moonshadow's delayed reaction, the Thorn Flower Fairy, which had been accumulating power for a long time, directly swung its thorns and tightly wrapped around Bell-Moonshadow's limbs.
But unlike last time, no matter how tightly the thorns constricted, Bell-Moonshadow's skin seemed to be coated in a layer of plaster, and the thorn barbs could not pierce her skin to inject the toxin.
"Stone Skin Art?"
Looking at the gray stony coating on Bell-Moonshadow's skin, Jia Na felt speechless. She didn't expect that in just a few weeks, Bell-Moonshadow, who was determined to win, had cultivated Witchcraft specifically to target her.
"Then I hope next time, you also think carefully about how to deal with this move of mine."
Watching Bell-Moonshadow constantly breaking free from the thorn restraints, Jia Na immediately dispelled the Grimace Treant's deformation form and chanted the spell again.
"Ever-changing."
Her body stretched and quickly grew taller. Along with the intense consumption of magic power, Jia Na perfectly utilized the three-minute time limit,
And quickly completed the second deformation—the Ogre Flower deformation form!
"This is impossible!"
Her eyes widened. When the nearly two-meter-tall "Grimace Treant" in front of her transformed back into Jia Na's appearance, Bell-Moonshadow felt her heart skip a beat.
However, when Jia Na transformed from her human form into a strange red flower over two meters tall right in front of Bell-Moonshadow, at that moment, Bell-Moonshadow was so shocked that she completely forgot to struggle. A gentle breeze blew, and the mist gradually dispersed.
Since the entire combat took place under a thick fog, the apprentices outside the field who couldn't see the situation inside could only wait boredly for the final result of the match.
As time passed little by little, the originally extremely thick fog quickly dissipated within a few breaths.
"The fog has finally cleared, it seems the result is out—"
The apprentices who had been waiting boredly, seeing that the result of the first combat was about to be revealed, all raised their previously lowered heads.
"Who do you think will be the first to fall in the combat arena this time?"
"It definitely won't be Miss Jia Na—"
"It's hard to say. This time the venue simulates a swamp environment, which will be more favorable for Bell, who has the Gathering Mist talent.."
"But it was Miss Jia Na who won last time!"
"I'm just stating the facts, I'm not targeting anyone. You don't need to be too agitated."
As someone with a very high mass base, Jia Na's supporters could not stand hearing remarks that were unfavorable to Jia Na. Of course, for those apprentices who were just watching the show, they were more concerned about winning and losing.
Although Jia Na had shown extremely outstanding combat talent in the Black Magic Defense classes these past few times, outdoor combat is greatly affected by the home field environment. If you don't target anyone and just analyze the advantages and disadvantages of both sides by listing objective facts, the swamp environment is clearly the home field of Bell-Moonshadow, who has the Gathering Mist talent—
"Whoosh—"
The wind rose again, and within a few breaths, the fog covering the Combat Training Ground had completely disappeared.
"What—is that thing?"
A greenish flower stalk, bright red stamens. Although the flower was over two meters tall, from a distance, the entire flower still had a glamorous and strange beauty. The source of the strangeness was the two human legs hanging by the side of the closed flower bud—
"Ptooey!"
The flower bud opened and closed, and with a very human-like "spitting" action, a limp humanoid thing that had fallen into a deep coma was directly spat out of the flower bud.
"It's an Ogre Flower! There's no mistake! I've seen this plant monster in the Magical Creature Cultivation Room—"
Before the sharp-eyed apprentice below the stage could finish speaking, the Ogre Flower standing on the Combat Training Ground rapidly shrank. In just the blink of an eye, the flower stalk wriggled, the petals receded, and a girl whose face had turned pale due to excessive consumption of magic power stood quietly in place.
It was only at this moment that the apprentices below the stage, who were already dumbfounded, reacted. It turned out that the strange and terrifying Ogre Flower was Jia Na transformed!
"Unbelievable! It's simply outrageous! That was actually Deformation Art!?"
"It's Elementary Transformation! And the object of transformation is the most difficult magical creature to transform into—"
"How do you know so much?"
"Because I also took this week's Transformation Class—"
Looking at the girl on the stage who was swaying slightly due to magic power exhaustion, a male apprentice below the stage who was in the same Transformation Class as Jia Na felt a complexity and shock in his heart that could not even be described in words.
"It seems—. There's no need for me to continue attending the next Transformation Class—"
"It's not only a waste of money but also a waste of time."
In addition, the feeling of just watching others succeed while you are still standing still is really easy to break through. "Cleanse—"
Looking at Bell-Moonshadow, who had fallen into a state of shock after being poisoned by the Ogre Flower's nerve paralysis toxin, Jia Na forced out a trace of magic power and cast a cleansing spell on Bell-Moonshadow, who was covered in stamen mucus.
"That should be about right."
As a qualified opponent, Jia Na can be said to have given Bell-Moonshadow enough dignity. Of course, if others saw Bell-Moonshadow's miserable state, covered in strange mucus, Jia Na's dignity might be a little flawed.
"Do you still have magic power to detoxify her?"
A sudden voice sounded from behind. Turning slightly, Jia Na saw that it was Grace-Eva standing behind her and just shook her head truthfully.
"If you can't detoxify her, then forget it. Remember, when fighting in the future, don't use up all your magic power, otherwise, this habit will only harm you."
"Thank you for your reminder, Professor Eva."
Seeing that Jia Na's attitude was as humble and polite as ever, Grace-Eva, who rarely privately advised others, nodded in satisfaction.
Immediately, her fingers moved slightly, and accompanied by a trace of crimson light flowing from her fingertips, Bell-Moonshadow, who was slumped on the ground, and Jia Na, whose legs were kneeling, were both sent back by Grace-Eva to the outside of the muddy swamp-filled Combat Training Ground.