Chapter 423

But there were just too many of them.

Vast numbers of skeleton monsters, even a First Rank not reached, died at the touch of holy light, but the bone arrows they shot still posed a certain threat if any elf was accidentally hit.

Fortunately, the elves were extremely cautious, using trees for cover, and had not suffered a single injury.

They possessed at least Two Ranks of strength, and were quite formidable.

Over forty thousand Green Forest Elves had clustered together into a single area, one kilometer square, forming a large circle and continuously taking turns to crush holy flames, denying the at least Eighth Rank skeleton monster any chance to close in.

If this Eighth Rank skeleton monster managed to get close, even under the assault of holy light, it could still take the lives of many Green Forest Elves.

After circling around, that Eighth Rank skeleton monster finally decided to launch a direct assault.

It charged forward even while enduring the holy light—its formidable strength was evident.

Just as it was about to reach them, suddenly, from the sky, a far stronger holy light descended, instantly erasing that Eighth Rank skeleton monster from existence.

"The Flame Lord! It was the Flame Lord who acted!"

The Green Forest Elves erupted in cheers.

"Oh no, I got cheated!"

In the Heavenly Realm, within that magnificent divine realm, the Elf Goddess muttered.

The war in the Dark Forest had raged so fiercely that, as the deity of the Green Forest Elves, she had received a few prayers from some of the forty thousand Green Forest Elves.

Then the Elf Goddess had noticed.

Although the Green Forest Elves' contribution of faith power to her had decreased, she decided that if they were in danger, she still had to intervene—otherwise, her presence would vanish entirely!

You know, the fact that the elves have held out until now with zero casualties is 80% thanks to the Flame Lord, Holy Flame.

These elves only needed to pray, and the Flame Lord would immediately summon holy flame—equivalent to the Flame Lord continuously pouring out power.

Yet she had done nothing at all.

"Does the Flame Lord's divine power have no limits?"

As the Elf Goddess gazed downward, she couldn't help but wonder.

During the forest reclamation, it was different—back then, the holy flame could be recycled, and each elf prayed at most a few times per day.

But now, in this frequent combat, the consumption of holy flame had increased dozens of times.

Yet the Flame Lord still lowered it without hesitation.

As a goddess, the Elf Goddess naturally knew the Flame Lord must be channeling power through the mechanism of his divine core.

But such a high-frequency outpouring of power, with not a single pause, indicated the Flame Lord had set no upper limit on his divine core—or at least, the limit was extremely high.

If the Flame Lord possessed little divine power, he would never dare to do this!

Thus, as the Elf Goddess watched continuously, her heart swelled with boundless astonishment.

To her, the Flame Lord had already grown immensely powerful.

"No wonder he ignores me."

The Elf Goddess couldn't help thinking this.

Then the Elf Goddess saw the Eighth Rank skeleton monster attempting to force its way into the Green Forest Elves' formation.

Her spirit instantly perked up—this meant her chance to act had arrived.

So she expended considerable divine power to descend and directly kill that skeleton monster.

The best weapon against dark creatures was, of course, holy light—summoning holy light required less effort than summoning any other power.

If she had used any other power, even after crossing the Heavenly Realm barrier, she might not have killed this Eighth Rank skeleton monster in one strike unless she was willing to expend even more divine power.

Yet when the Elf Goddess descended holy light to kill the Eighth Rank skeleton monster, the Green Forest Elves believed it was the Flame Lord who had acted.

The Elf Goddess instantly felt a little annoyed!