Chapter 1358: Transforming Fossils into Mud and Linen-Clad Ascetics

"Not a fountain, it's black mud, it's that black mud!"

Even the campfire on the ground was constantly trembling because of the strong earthquake, and the horses tied to the trees were frantically trying to break free from the ropes and escape.

In the shaking firelight, Xia De finally realized that it was black mud, surging black mud spraying toward the sky from the top of the low hill in the manner of a fountain, and then the viscous black mud flowed down from the top of the hill.

"Roar!"

Roars appeared under the cloudy starry sky. From the land where the black mud flowed, pitch-black stone arms stretched out from the soil under the hill one by one, and then a large number of fallen earth elemental giant spirits appeared here.

Those fallen earth elemental giant spirits were taller and bigger than the ones the three encountered in the evening. And as they walked toward the area under the hill with heavy steps, the crazy earth actually spread outward with their footsteps.

Before the three Xia De took action, the church camp had already launched an attack. The team that came this time was dominated by the Sun Church. Dozens of middle-ring warlocks jointly used one of the basic spells, "Earth Wall," to summon huge walls from the bottom of the hill, briefly blocking the pace of those fallen earth elemental giant spirits walking outward, and then the church's follow-up team also launched an attack head-on.

Because the area of the crazy earth was too dangerous, the church team didn't enter the hill area, only crushing the elemental aggregates summoned by the earth one by one on the periphery of the hill.

"There are people on the top of the hill."

Miss Bernice said to Xia De, squinting at the blurred shadows in the night:

"This matter is still not simple. The evil cultists and the Blood Spirit School people are probably over there. However, how did they get up? No one saw them... 【Puppeteer's Notes】?"

"These are no longer important."

Xia De shook his head and said to Luvia:

"You and Miss Bernice stay here, I'll go over alone."

"But..."

The purple-eyed girl wanted to refute, but the witch pulled her:

"Compared to me, you should believe in Xia De more."

She said to Xia De:

"Luvia and I will be on the periphery, assisting the church in blocking those monsters that want to walk to further places, and preparing to meet you here. Don't be brave, if you find something wrong, just retreat. It's still very easy for me to take the two of you and escape."

Saying this, she took off her gold ring and handed it to Xia De:

"Tonight, you need this more than I do."

"Understood."

Xia De nodded with a smile, waved to them, and then ran into the dark night under their worried gazes.

There were fighting lights everywhere in the dark night. Although the fallen elemental giant spirits moved slowly and were not very aggressive, it was not so easy to completely crush them.

Fortunately, probably because there were many people from the church, Xia De didn't encounter a second fallen earth elemental giant spirit.

After entering the battle zone between the church and those fallen earth elemental giant spirits, Xia De also noticed that the church still sent a thirteen-ring warlock this time. However, this time it was no longer the "Earth Shaker" Granger that Xia De had seen, but the old friend of Sister Devlin, the "Nightmare Witch," Miss Maria, whom Xia De had seen during the Battle of Pantanal.

She didn't join the battle, but floated above the forest sea, looking at the top of the hill, as if she was guarding against something. Even if Xia De looked at her unconsciously from below, she didn't observe Xia De because her inspiration was touched.

This meant that something that even thirteen-ring warlocks felt troublesome would appear tonight.

Continuing forward, he officially entered the area where black mud flowed. The black mud that had been erupting for ten minutes was still maintaining the appearance of a fountain at the top of the hill, so that Xia De wanted to continue upward, but couldn't find a safe enough foothold.

Originally, there were some trees with bare branches growing on the small hill, but at this time those trees had turned into gray stone carvings. Although Xia De could resist the pollution from the distortion of the earth to a certain extent, he still felt strong discomfort after being stained for a long time:

"This crazy earth is another level of strong pollution."

The church's ring warlocks were only on the periphery, so the monsters on the hill were unobstructed. Even if Xia De was cautious, he inevitably had a conflict with a stone giant during the process of climbing the hill.

"Lagley's Jump."

He took a light step forward, and then appeared behind the stone giant that was wrapped in earth-yellow light and rammed toward him sideways. He originally thought about escaping, but didn't expect the enemy he had dodged to turn around and launch a second charge at him immediately after stopping.

If he escaped while being chased like this, Xia De was worried that the movement would be too big. By the time he reached the top of the hill, there would be at least ten fallen elemental giant spirits chasing behind him. So he simply stopped. However, this time he didn't take out the Moonlight Greatsword, but opened his arms.

When he was dealing with the enemy with Miss Bernice and Luvia just now, he had a vague idea, and it happened to be time to practice his plan.

"Roar!"

The clumsy monster was very close to Xia De in the charge, and Xia De disappeared after taking a step forward again. It was just that this time, he didn't appear further behind the elemental giant spirit, but appeared directly on the back of the giant spirit, hugging it tightly with his arms open:

"Transform Fossils into Mud!"

Although "Transform Fossils into Mud" belongs to basic spells, Xia De's "Transform Fossils into Mud" is a bit different from others. This was the power given to him by the existence suspected to be the incarnation of the Randel Valley earth when he tried to go deep into the source of the black mud to explore the power of divinity.

Normal "Transform Fossils into Mud" can only have an effect on natural unprocessed stones, but Xia De's "Transform Fossils into Mud" can have an effect on any stone with a volume not greater than himself.

He originally just held the attitude of trying it out, but didn't expect that after his body touched the elemental giant spirit, the back of this elemental aggregate really "melted" rapidly.

Although Miss Bernice said that this kind of monster doesn't have a "fatal point" in the true sense, he still pierced his hand from behind the giant statue into its chest position:

"Feilian's Witch's Light!"

For the first few seconds, the fallen elemental giant spirit just slowed down suddenly. And immediately afterward, the stone at its chest position seemed to be heated and faintly emitted red light.

Finally, with the appearance of the first crack, the dark golden light completely penetrated from the chest. The cracks continued to spread toward the whole body, and the huge elemental aggregate turned into a pile of gravel in Xia De's hands.

Xia De patted his mud-covered hands, somewhat suspicious that the "Randel Valley Earth Incarnation" gave him this spell just to deal with today's scene.

Continuing forward, because of Xia De's caution, although he encountered enemies twice, and even the second time there were two companions, he successfully solved the opponent without making too much movement.

At the edge of the petrified forest at the lower part of the hill was a winding path leading to the top of the hill. For some reason, after approaching the petrified forest area, there were no enemies blocking the way.

However, it was not that there was no one else here. When Xia De came to the edge of the forest,

preparing to go to the top in one breath, he saw a tall and thin man with bare feet, wearing a linen robe, and carrying a dirty brass oil lamp, standing at the edge of the forest with his back to him, facing the top of the hill.

"Church ascetic? Why is he here?"

The ascetic's feet were completely stained by the black mud, but even so, he didn't show signs of limb petrification without using any spells or miracles.

If it weren't for the fact that this was a real living person, Xia De would really think it was the guardian waiting for him here.

And after Xia De approached a bit more, he clearly perceived the heavy miracle elements on the other party. That warm and heavy power undoubtedly belonged to the God of Sun and Earth 【The Old Man with the Lantern】. Even, Xia De felt that the power on this unknown ascetic was purer than the thirteen-ring warlock "Earth Shaker" Mr. Pierre Granger.

He hesitated for a moment, but still walked over quickly. In his heart, he decided that as long as the other party didn't take the initiative to talk to him, he would pretend not to see the other party. It was just that when he came to the ascetic, the other party spoke:

"You are the God-Caller, right?"

The ascetic used the Karsenrik language with a heavy East Southern accent. Because the stress of every word was at the back, it even sounded a bit funny.

Xia De could only stop, nod, and want to ask about the other party's identity, but this time he saw the simple clothing from the side and saw the kerosene lamp he was carrying, which looked old but quite ancient. A bold idea suddenly arose:

"When I was in

"You are the God-Awakener, right?"

The ascetic used the Carsonric language with a heavy southeastern accent; because the stress of every word was at the end, it even sounded a bit comical.

Xia De could only stop, nod, and then want to ask about the other party's identity, but this time he saw the other party's simple clothing from the side and saw the kerosene lamp he was carrying, which, although it looked worn, was quite ancient. A bold idea suddenly occurred to him:

"When I was in Mid-Hill Fort, I once met that 'Thorn Nun,' Ms. Sherry Winster, of the Church of Nature (Chapter 778)."