Chapter 333: Name

It's ugly, sure.

But it doesn't matter—as long as the Spirit Energy War Soul works!

"Then what's their connection to Luo Si?"

"The Fungus Lady once had conflicts with the being named Luo Si, but later the Fungus Lady Zugmoi was defeated by her."

Sharon explained.

As she spoke, she smiled at her best friend Dimea.

"Dimea's family owns a collection of illustrations of the Fungus Lady, a secondary creation by the famous bard Gwennith, and it's extremely lewd and explicit—you should borrow it."

"How do you know?"

Dimea gasped, then immediately realized she'd slipped up, her face flushing red.

She explained: "Many people find the Fungus Lady Zugmoi's appearance appealing, especially in certain eastern ethnic kingdoms, where they regard her as a symbol of something positive."

"Sounds like a cult."

Luo De leapt forward.

He silently had Tally record the monster's appearance.

The succubus gasped in shock: "So the master likes this kind?!!! Tally Tally is willing too—if the master likes it, Tally can do anything."

"What are you thinking?"

The blazing longsword struck in a thrust; Gorgon raised a shield of mycelium and spores, wrapping the golden blade. Fluid oozed from the mycelium, sizzling against the fire sword and spewing black smoke.

Luo De twisted his wrist, and sharp spiritual energy infused with resentful flame instantly tore a gaping hole through the mycelium shield.

A flash of spiritual light blazed across the golden sword.

Nine flaming sword shadows cascaded down like a tidal wave, vanishing in an instant.

When they looked again, Gorgon bore nine massive fan-shaped sword wounds.

【Nine Flash】.

Gorgon staggered and roared at Luo De.

His wounds healed at a visible rate.

He healed fast—but the pressure felt weak.

"So weak?"

"Spiritual energy on the continent repels the aetheric spirit energy within cosmic beings. Any entity entering the other's domain suffers severe weakening, especially upon arrival—its effect is strongest at first, then gradually fades over time."

Haley said.

She raised her staff and cast calmly.

Magic formed four scorching lightning fragments around her; with a hiss, they shot out at incredible speed, piercing four large holes through Gorgon.

Cosmic beings entering the continent suffer a condition similar to altitude sickness.

Zombie Selina had told him this.

The zombie lady believed cosmic beings all sought ways to reach the continent, but the "altitude sickness" constantly plagued them—hence the labyrinth, whose monsters were cosmic beings assimilated by the continent's spiritual energy.

These smuggled cosmic beings, over time, would be spiritually altered, giving rise to unusual demons.

"Kill him quickly!"

Luo De closed in.

Another 【Nine Flash】.

Nine sword shadows flashed past.

Fan-shaped wounds burst forth like fireworks; Gorgon moved as if stunned, unresponsive.

Luo De frowned slightly—he felt the texture had grown slightly harder than before.

Did his body strengthen just from speaking a few words?

Definitely need to end this quickly.

Behind him, Dimea and Haley cast their spells.

Luo De's left hand split into the Slime Black Sword, which shot out with a swing.

Gorgon tried to raise mycelium to block it, but Luo De unleashed 【War Trample】, instantly immobilizing him.

The black sword drove into his skull, half emerging from the back.

Then 【Corrosion Domain】 and 【Plague Domain】 activated simultaneously, crawling over his bloated, tumor-covered body.

The domains corroded and decayed with full force to suppress regeneration.

【Nine Flash】!

【Nine Flash】!

【Power Release】+【Nine Flash】!!

Three consecutive 【Nine Flash】 strikes.

Combined with prior expenditure, this drained all spiritual energy from Luo De's body; he took a deep breath and instantly replenished half.

Gorgon was dazed, like a stationary target.

【Dragon's Breath】!

【War Soul Impact】!

【Steel Vine Charge】!

Steel vines hurled him into the air; Luo De unleashed 【Gravity Wave】 to pull him back.

Another 【Dragon's Breath】.

Not possible.

The power of 【Dragon's Breath】 depends on food stored in the dragon's stomach—what he'd just used had exhausted all stored energy.

Only now did Gorgon react, his twisted face showing a flicker of fear.

He turned toward the spatial rift, as if trying to flee.

But behind him, Dimea and Haley had finished casting.

They took over with relentless bombardment.

One was a Star Spirit, who could solidify spells onto stars, saving many casting steps.

The other was a witch, whose magical organs granted her naturally faster casting speed and greater mana reserves than ordinary mages.

Their spell barrage was relentless, impenetrable.

Luo De stepped back out of the spell impact zone.

He drew in a deep breath of spiritual energy.

He still had one final move: 【Blessing of the Ancient Sky Tree】—if even the mages' spells failed to destroy it, he'd have to rely on this.

Gorgon had to die—it was the key to his promotion to the seventh tier!

"Aona, ready?"

"Done!"

Aona let out a soft hum; an invisible spatial lock spell anchored both sides of the rift's opening, like a zipper—zip! it sealed shut.

The damp stench vanished instantly.

The rabbit mage exhaled, coldly eyeing the battered Gorgon ahead.

"As the Fungus Lady's enforcer, Gorgon's greatest threat is his terrifying reproductive ability—he didn't regenerate; what you saw was the spore offspring he scattered during spore release."

She said.

Holding her wooden staff wrapped in pink crystal, she chanted slowly and calmly.

Magic overflowed.

Within two meters, space trembled and compressed with each of her breaths.

"Oh—"

Luo De knew the eighth-tier mage was about to unleash something huge—he perked up and nudged Sharon's shoulder to get her to look.

The dog-girl slapped his hand away.

"I'm not blind."

Aona's robe stirred without wind, gently fluttering.

Just then, Haley and Dimea's spell barrage ceased.

The smoke cleared.

Aona's eyes snapped open, locking onto Gorgon's shattered form.

【Mind Annihilation Wave】.

No flashy light pollution, no dazzling elemental effects.

Spiritual spells are like this—formless, invisible.

Gorgon froze solid, his single dull-yellow eye flooding with countless emotions.

Fear. Shock.

Then gray. Then murky. Empty.

He collapsed backward, lifeless; even the swirling multicolored spores in the corridor lost vitality and fell like a curtain.

Luo De approached through the stench, observing—until he saw the text 【Resentment +2000】 and finally relaxed.

Phew—

A cosmic being with a true name, still in the midst of "altitude sickness," was crushed to death right here.

(End of Chapter)