"Blessing Spell!"
After a burst of white light flickered on Gauss, he became much more agile.
"Gauss, it’s at the top of the tree!" Aaliyah reminded.
Her power of nature had already enveloped the surrounding environment, quickly locking onto a spot at the top of the tree where the creature that had just cast the Wood Spike spell was.
At the same time, the Entanglement Technique surged wildly, and under the stimulation of the Scale Powder Butterfly, the vines produced by the Entanglement Technique became even stronger.
It’s not only these creatures that can harness the power of nature!
The Entanglement Technique firmly bound it.
The Magic Missiles released by Gauss immediately followed and pierced through its body one after another.
"Yee!!!!" A brain-numbing sonic attack, like a death throe, reappeared.
Everyone preemptively covered their ears.
Even if they wouldn’t be "brainwashed and bewitched," it was better to suffer less.
"Thud." After the wailing, the convert with its body pierced fell from the tree top but did not lose, as the active thorns in its body seemed to be slowly melting, attempting to merge into the earth.
The Blessing Spell put Gauss in an excellent state, and he quickly sensed and captured a force within the creature’s body that was being transferred, pointing his Magic Wand.
"Bang!" A rapidly fast attack, like a bullet, tore through the air, hitting some wriggling mass.
"Elite Demon Convert killed *1"
After an extremely feeble wail, Gauss killed another convert.
However, due to it being a duplicate entry, the Elite Points gained this time was only 1, bringing the total to 41 points.
Could it be that the bewitching power is limited? Gauss noticed that its death this time didn’t cause significant mental pollution, speculating it might have run out of "mana" from the previous use.
Killing the converts was not very difficult, not for Gauss’s elite adventure team, which surpassed a normal level 3 team.
However, one demon did escape.
Gauss couldn’t do much about that.
Their combat ability isn’t strong, but fighting on home ground, combined with powerful hiding abilities, it’s tough to stop them if they want to flee.
Can’t just punch the ground and blow it up while they merge into the earth along the tree trunk to move rapidly underground, right?
converts, a total of 4 were killed.
The Elite Points finally settled at 43 points.
Still 7 points short.
Gauss shifted his gaze.
It’s very close now, and he remained very patient with this.
The number of converts in this forest seemed quite numerous, so even without encountering new elite demons, killing another 7 should suffice to gather the required amount.
Of course, it would be even better to encounter a new entry.
The dust settled.
Gauss and his team briefly searched their surroundings, collecting some thorns that had lost their Life Force as materials and evidence.
They also gathered four small clumps of blue-green slime, which was the convert’s body, seemingly a kind of soft-bodied insect.
Besides points and loot, Gauss gained an additional reward.
That’s the spirituality of two elite-level demons.
The first one died in the explosion of a Blast Spider, and the second was dealt with by a Venom Spider in cooperation with an Armored Scout.
Spirituality of two elite demons.
Gauss thought for a moment and retrieved the corpse material he had just acquired.
The blue-green slime swiftly fused with the soil under the manipulation of the Clay Magic, changing form.
Soon in front of Gauss, they merged into two chubby soft worms, resembling enlarged versions of green beetle larvae.
"Mmm!"
The newborn convert babies quickly conveyed simple and affectionate thoughts of yearning.
Of course, this spirituality couldn’t maintain relatively complete intelligence like the original bodies.
Fortunately, through the "Hive Mind Prototype," Gauss could communicate with these clay lifeforms.
"Can you transform into the forms of those creatures we just encountered?"
Gauss conveyed the thought.
Although the clay converts couldn’t directly answer, they quickly responded with actions.
They emitted magic power, and the collected thorny branches were attracted and adhered to them by some force.
"Crack! Crack! Crack!"
The glowing green thorns continuously pieced together and combined, growing taller until they tightly wrapped the convert, forming a slender creature nearly 3 meters high.
Only a pair of green lights was visible.
"Yes, exactly right." From the appearance, there was no discernible difference.
Gauss felt that by controlling them, he might even infiltrate among them.
Because unlike other clay lifeforms, converts hid their true bodies within thorny branches using magical power, making them hard to detect.
He thought this was a good idea.
After a brief rest at the original spot, the two clay converts moved forward, while the three of them maintained some distance, slowly heading deeper into the Black Forest.
Riding on a Chocobo, Gauss also directed part of his attention to one of the clay converts, sharing its perception.
Suddenly, Gauss sensed a subtle pheromone signal being conveyed.
"Tribesman?"
Turning his head, an unfamiliar convert had appeared beside the clay convert at some point.
It seemed to have not discovered that it was a fake.
Gauss was unsure of how to respond; although the Hive Mind Prototype could seemingly respond, he was wary of revealing any flaws, so he decided not to act for the time being.
Luckily, the convert didn’t overthink, soon moving forward.
"The leader summons resistance... follow me."
After leaving a pheromone signal, it took the lead, merging into a tree trunk, swiftly traversing underground along the connected roots, entirely ignoring the two "companions."
Having finally found a clue, Gauss wouldn’t miss such a great opportunity.
He ordered the two clay converts to follow closely.
Meanwhile, they trailed behind like cicada hunters, staying as far back as possible under the stealth powder effect of the Scale Powder Butterfly.
He had a hunch that this time they might trace the lead back to the source.
Fortunately, with the disguise provided by Clay Magic, otherwise, finding their lair with their highly concealed movement would almost be impossible.