Chapter 1184: Fruitful Results

"Not too close, not quite right."

The witch said to Xia De. In fact, the unicorn was also blocking them. After they approached, it stood in front of them and didn't let them continue forward.

It seemed that there was nothing special in the nearby area. The color of the snow and the sound of the wind were all normal. But both Xia De and Miss Bernice's sixth sense sensed that something was wrong, so Xia De bent down and rolled a snowball and threw it into the forest in front, but nothing happened.

"It's a bit too quiet."

The witch said to Xia De in a low voice:

"Even in midwinter, the earth has sounds, but I didn't hear any sound, as if the land in front of me had died."

She frowned slightly:

"You stay here and don't move. I am stronger than you, I will go and see the situation."

"No, no, this is not the time to see who is stronger."

Xia De hurriedly stopped her, and then realized that the young unicorn standing in front of them didn't dodge because of his approach. Obviously, the unicorn also got his gender wrong:

"What happened in front?" (Ancient Elvish)

Xia De asked. Miss Bernice looked at him suspiciously, not quite understanding what he was saying.

That pure white little beast obviously was also confused for a moment. Xia De was very sure that in the era when Ancient Elvish was still in use, it definitely hadn't been born yet, but according to the information mentioned in "Elf Knowledge," the unicorn race had an extraordinary understanding of this peculiar language.

"What happened in front?" (Ancient Elvish)

To prevent himself from having an accent, Xia De said it again. This time the pure white little beast obviously understood, happily "Ang~"ed, and then happily circled around Xia De. So, under Miss Bernice's biting-lip expression, Xia De raised his hand and touched its forehead. Because he practiced techniques when touching cats, the unicorn seemed to enjoy it very much.

"I just spoke Ancient Elvish, asking it if it knew what happened in front."

Xia De explained to Miss Bernice, and the witch asked:

"It seems to understand what you said, but how are you going to understand its answer?"

"Even ancient elves couldn't communicate directly with unicorns, but don't forget I have the 【Fish-Training Ring】, which you saw last week..."

Just as he wanted to search his pockets for the ring, unexpectedly, the little beast gently bit Xia De's hem and then signaled him to look at the snow. In the surprised eyes of Xia De and the witch, its hooves actually wrote characters in Modern Elvish on the ground:

【Earth, Madness, Petrification】

"The unicorn can actually write?"

The witch said in shock, and Xia De frowned slightly:

"The unicorn's intelligence is not low to begin with, but since it used Elvish, it shows that there were elves around it originally. The larger elf gathering areas in the material world are either overseas or with the three major academies. Interesting, where exactly did it come from?"

"No matter where it was originally, since it has nowhere to go now, I think it would be quite good for me to take it in."

The witch said, looking at the characters on the ground. She recognized this:

"Petrification... Interesting, is it 'Mad Earth' again?"

That kind of peculiar area must be stepped into to perceive that something is wrong. You can't feel it on the periphery.

"But this kind of problem only appears in Randall Valley once every few decades, right? Adding the one last week, I have already encountered it twice."

Xia De muttered, but this was not beyond his expectation:

"Let me handle it."

Saying that, he bent down, pried hard soil from under the snow, and wanted to move forward, but not only did the unicorn bite his front lapel again, even Miss Bernice stopped him:

"What are you doing?"

"The use of 'Earth Power: Healing Aura' requires standing on that problematic land."

Xia De said as a matter of course.

"If the unicorn is right, you will be petrified. Although I am not very clear about the principle, its meaning is probably that any flesh and blood entering the area in front will be petrified."

The witch emphasized, and casually threw a fireball. The fireball flew toward the area in front and hit a tree trunk. The flames burst and the bark peeled off, and the inside was actually a stone heart:

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"Obviously, I guessed right, and even the plants were affected."

Xia De nodded:

"Don't worry, I have encountered a petrification-type relic before, and my own resistance is very high, so you don't need to worry about me."

Actually, "she" had already given a hint. Xia De didn't need to worry that "Mad Earth" would have too much impact on him, as long as he was fast, it would be fine.

The witch was still very worried, but seeing Xia De so confident, she could only watch him walk forward and prepare to respond. The unicorn stood in the snow looking at him, as if Xia De was about to die immediately.

Stepping forward, when he entered the problematic forest, he immediately felt that oppressive and crazy power.

Although the petrification effect was ineffective against Xia De himself, he still felt that his movements became somewhat sluggish. Without hesitation, he crushed the hard soil with his hands. He held his hands forward in a cupping gesture, and as his ten fingers spread, the soil fell from his fingertips.

But they didn't fall into the earth under his feet. With the earth-yellow spiritual light gestating from Xia De's hands, the falling soil gathered in the air. The light around seemed to be collected by that soil. It was clearly afternoon, but the surroundings became pitch black. Only Xia De, who was emitting silver light, and the Earth Holy Grail, which was emitting golden light, still had light.

But that strange scene only lasted for a moment. As the light around recovered, the Earth Holy Grail slowly sank into the snow and soil.

At the position where the Holy Grail fell, earth-yellow spiritual light emerged like a fountain. But this time, it was not as smooth as when he was with Miss Lassus at the manor. The strange power underground was stimulated, and black sludge seeped out from the ground while the Earth Holy Grail was healing the earth.

Xia De was very familiar with this thing. During the "Burying Miss Norma Alive" incident in Tobesk, the Emerald Dream, and the Randall Valley Manor incident, this kind of black sludge had appeared.

The unicorn and Miss Bernice both showed expressions of facing a great enemy, but Xia De was not panicked at all. He stood in place, watching the black sludge seeping out of the snow surface gradually turn into a black humanoid with an unclear face. The humanoid pounced on him, but as Xia De's body glowed—Light Art was not only used by hands—the brilliant silver moonlight forced the black mud to stop.

The Earth Holy Grail underground took advantage of the short moment when the black mud was in a stalemate with Xia De, and finally let the gushing earth-yellow spiritual energy completely cover every piece of land around.

But this still didn't end. The spiritual energy quickly wrapped those black sludges and slowly dissolved them.

The massive consumption of spiritual energy brought a sense of physical collapse. When the Earth Holy Grail floated from underground to his eyes again, Xia De staggered and almost couldn't stand firm, but fortunately, Miss Bernice arrived in time to support him:

"The Earth Holy Grail, it is actually constructed by the effect of a curse, this doesn't conform to common sense... Oh, Hamilton, how are you now?"

The little beast also called happily at this time, came to the forest still covered by spiritual energy, and ran around Xia De.

"It's okay, sorry, I probably need to drink some potion..."

After saying that, he whispered in his heart:

"The appearance when using the curse this time seems to be a bit more fancy than last time."

【As you continue to purify the land, the effect of the curse will also increase. This is the gift of the earth.】

"She" whispered. Xia De, whose face was somewhat pale, nodded and held the Earth Holy Grail in front of him. What surprised him slightly was that the characters on the cup body were no longer "Pure Water," but "Fruitful Results."

"Although I have heard Lassus describe it once, I am still surprised to see it. This absolutely cannot be called a curse; this is a divine art, a divine art derived from the most ancient Earth Sect."

Miss Bernice made a listening posture, and she was listening to the joy of the earth:

"It's really powerful, completely purified, and only the power of the 【Earth Mother God】 can do this."

Then she looked at Xia De somewhat worriedly:

"What potion are you going to drink? Using such a range of divine art, if you feel you can't hold on, let's go back to the city first. I can squeeze out time to go out of the city with you at any time."

"It's okay."

He found the small pink bottle, pulled out the stopper, and carefully drank a (Chapter incomplete!)

mouthful. Not only did he feel the exhausted spiritual energy recover quickly, but he even felt his whole body heating up.

Although Xia De's movements were fast, the witch still smelled the scent of the perfume. She felt that she was somewhat blushing, but didn't know the reason, and the unicorn in the forest also smelled the scent, tilting its head to look at Xia De.

Xia De didn't explain what this was, took back the bottle, and showed the Holy Grail to the witch:

"This Holy Grail is a bit different from the last one. 'Fruitful Results,' what does it mean? The last one I got was 'Pure Water'."

"Pure Water" had already been configured into a potion by the witch.

"It seems your basic courses are still a bit lacking."

The blonde witch, whose face was somewhat unusual, said, and her fingers shook, and a large piece of soil flew from under her feet.

_o_m

She let that piece of soil fall into the Earth Holy Grail in Xia De's hand. With the consumption of spiritual energy that Xia De almost couldn't feel, some light appeared at the mouth of the cup. Looking at the contents of the cup again, the soil had disappeared, but instead, there was a red apple:

"Just as I thought."

The witch said lightly:

"Turning soil into fruit, this ancient character 'Fruitful Results' has a special meaning in the Sun Church."

"This curse is really magical."

Xia De also praised, took back the cup, broke the apple, and shared it with the witch and the unicorn.

"That's why I am curious, what kind of person is the soul that gave you power in your dream."

The witch refused the apple. Xia De didn't want to eat it himself, so the whole apple was cheap for the pure white little beast.

Its mouth was very big. After chewing the apple, it happily bit Xia De's hem and led him forward for dozens of steps. Under the "stone tree" that the witch had blown a gap in, Xia De discovered a human stone statue. ===== CHAPTER 1185 =====