Chapter 279: The Great Cultivator

"You're generous, giving away two sixth-tier magic rings so casually. What's the current market price? 800 Jin Along? Or 900 Jin Along?"

Watching Watching Yuna's retreating figure.

Sharon, standing nearby, felt a pang of jealousy and spoke coldly.

Rod smiled.

Both of these were products of the zombie Selena; the cost of the two didn't even exceed 50 Jin Along.

Girls, after all, need to be treated.

Moreover, the important thing is to cast a wide net; the Wind Wall Forest is vast, with many more locations.

He grabbed a handful from his spell satchel, intending to hand them to Sharon.

But the dog-kin girl dodged, unwilling to accept them.

She sneered:

"Do you have many tricks? A mere Spirit Warrior, how dare you give these to me? Keep them for yourself."

"Tsundere?"

"Tsundere my ass! I'm clearly worried that one day you'll lose and have no tricks left to escape."

Sharon cursed immediately, getting angry as she spoke, and pulled a red gem from her spell satchel, throwing it over.

"This is the 【Escape Gem】. If you ever feel things are going south, use it. Don't use it casually, or give it to others. It contains a formation; once used, it will automatically notify me, and I will come to save you then."

"Saying that makes me lose face. Do I need you to save me? A defeated foe."

Hearing this, she immediately bared her teeth, clearly unconvinced.

"That was Amel, the fool. Got the guts to fight me again?"

"Sure, I still have the 【Leonard's Secret Chamber】 magic ring. Let's fight again in bed."

Sharon was instantly speechless.

She struggled for a long time but couldn't utter a single word.

Seeing Rod approach, the image of his burning body heat immediately surfaced in her mind, even vaguely recalling the sensation of hot, burning hands gripping her waist and hips.

Her body tingled again; she hastily activated 【Fly】, fleeing towards the direction of the Botanical Garden.

Rod laughed: "Let's go together; I have a group Fly spell that consumes no mana."

Rod still caught up with Sharon.

And used the group Fly spell with no consumption.

After all, the two were still some distance from the Botanical Garden; if it could be avoided, it was best not to consume anything.

Both possessed 【Agility Boost】, plus 【Cloud Wing】, making them already significantly faster than normal flight speed.

But even so, it still took nearly an hour to arrive near the Botanical Garden.

During the journey, another 【Scorching Sun Burst】 and another 【Burning Cloud Technique】 occurred.

Clearly, the Dark Elves also needed some preparation time.

And when they drew near.

Rod once again experienced just how powerful that legendary spell was, which poured all its magical mastery into raw power.

Honestly.

With this 【Scorching Sun Burst】 coming down, he truly had no confidence he could withstand it.

"I'm not hard enough yet."

Fortunately, even the Dark Elves could only unleash these two spells once every half hour.

Legendary spells are powerful indeed, but their chanting time and the duration and quantity of spell materials required are unmatched by other spells.

Rod and the other arrived at a hillside not far from the Botanical Garden.

The situation inside the garden was indeed more severe than before; the Gardeners were busy forging various new Plague Beasts, melting plants and flesh together, to continuously replenish the gaps on the battlefield.

Meanwhile, the front line had clearly tilted, moving closer to the Botanical Garden, with massive numbers of black spiders and Dark Elves appearing in view, fighting wildly.

The Botanical Garden's defeat was already evident.

The troop gap was huge; being completely breached was only a matter of time.

"What's the situation? Are there guards?"

Rod was somewhat puzzled.

When he first entered the Botanical Garden, he clearly remembered being mistaken for the 'Great Cultivator', who must be the owner of this garden.

Yet now, this Great Cultivator still had not appeared.

Sharon was equally puzzled.

"Strange. They've sent out a batch of Gardeners, going in and out of the tunnels in the Rose Garden; something feels off."

"Once the Dark Elves break in, we'll probably have an even harder time making our move."

"Trust me, wait a little longer; I can feel the Plague Domain writhing."

"Really? Why can't I feel it?"

Sharon turned to look at him, lifting her chin proudly and saying: "That only proves my Plague Domain is superior to yours."

Rod fell silent and chuckled.

His hand secretly moved to her round, peach-like buttocks and gave it a hard squeeze.

"Get lost."

Rod ignored her; since they had already been completely open with each other, he stopped pretending and continued to roam freely.

Sharon couldn't dissuade him, nor did she want to make a big scene.

She could only grit her teeth and glare at him, her breathing slightly disordered, while saliva in her mouth couldn't help but keep secreting.

The two waited in place for a while.

Indeed, the Plague Beasts were retreating step by step, and even the front section of the Botanical Garden was successfully breached.

The Dark Elves accompanying the army let out excited cries.

And just at that moment.

All the plants in the entire Botanical Garden began to glow and tremble, carrying a human-like deference and fear.

As if welcoming some noble presence.

The dark yellow poison mist grew even denser, the stench emanating from within becoming more intense and pungent.

Then, it gathered together at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The Dark Elves over there clearly knew something; they shouted in their own language, filled with panic.

Rod gripped the 【Trembling Soul Blade】; using the translation skill within, he could vaguely hear words like "returned" and "seal."

But the two were simply too far apart, so they didn't hear much.

"It must be a summoning-return ability. Although these Cosmic Beasts each possess abilities, they cannot cast spells, yet they can still achieve this."

Sharon clicked her tongue in amazement.

Her attitude was the same as that of most mages.

She viewed the Cosmic Beasts much like she viewed beasts with slightly greater power, holding them in no special regard.

After all, she had never seen them develop major technologies like spells, spiritual arts, or the like, as humans do.

Rod nodded.

It wasn't hard to guess.

The Great Cultivator of the Botanical Garden was likely unable to return to his own territory for unknown reasons; facing the assault, he was forced to have his subjects summon him for a temporary return.

Regarding human spell summoning rituals, most come with time limits.

For instance, Lady Kali's friend, the cat-fairy Little Orange, returned to her own place half a month ago because her summoning time had expired.

However, perhaps the summoning techniques of the Cosmic Beasts are even better.

With that thought.

Over there, the yellow, foul-smelling thick mist gathered at a single point, compressing wildly.

Then, in the next instant, the mist suddenly vanished as if absorbed by a void, leaving only a faint residue dissipating outward.

A humanoid creature, only human-sized, walked out of the mist very plainly.

The surrounding plants cheered and leaped with joy, respectfully welcoming their master's return.

This was a one-eyed monster with arms longer than its knees.

Its skin was pale green, dotted with pus-filled sores all over its body.

A single hand rested on a huge, fearsome, and rugged pair of pruning shears leaning against its shoulder, while the single eye, occupying nearly a third of its long face, scanned the surroundings, revealing an expression of disdain and contempt.

Its irregular skull grew arbitrarily, sprouting bone horns resembling tree branches on both sides.

Only the bone horn on the left side was clearly chopped off, bearing a fresh, bleeding wound.

(End of this chapter)