Chapter 1020 Accursed Sunstone Specters
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"Give us back… our lives…"
"Accursed gods… you betrayed us!"
"Why?! Why? WHY?!"
"What did you do to my daughter… Give her back… GIVE HER BACK!!!"
"AAAHHH… MAMA!"
The terrifying specters that surged from the Sunstone Tree started overflowing with crimson and black flames, groaning and screaming.
They were souls that were in constant agony! Has the Miasma infected this place enough to create such creatures?
"T-Those are ghosts?!" Pyuku, surprisingly, was quite scared.
"I-It looks like… They're most likely the souls of the people that were turned into that tree made of Sunstone." I said, unsheathing my sword. "We have to deal with them, before they become too much of a problem."
"Right…" Aquarina seemed slightly dispirited, taking both of her daggers. "We'll end this quickly!"
FLAAASH!
The Sunstone Tree suddenly gave a bright glow, the specters gained an Aura of Sunlight, somehow enhancing their strength and size.
Ding!
[The Accursed Souls sealed within the Sunstone Tree have manifested themselves!]
[They are absorbing the Spiritual Energy and Miasma of the environment, taking the form of spectral beings filled with Fire Attribute Mana.]
[A dozen [Accursed Sunstone Specters (Tier 7)] have been summoned!]
[The Sunstone Tree remains as their Core, enhancing their Stats and Fire Attribute Magic Power by +150%]
"That Tree is giving them some sort of powerup, Lady Sylphy." Said Nephilim. "Should we destroy it?"
"I don't know if that's the right thing to do!" I said. "After all, Lara did say they were where spirits were born the most… Let's deal with specters first and leave. They seem to have only reacted to our presence!"
"Very well. [Spear of Oblivion]! [Lance of Pandemonium]!" Nephilim nodded, suddenly summoning two spears, one made of holy light and the other made of demonic darkness, dual wielding them. "
"GRAAAAHHH!"
The specters quickly rushed towards us, their bodies constantly twisting in form. We leaped into action while Pyuku remained watching in silence, he seemed somehow afraid of ghosts.
"BURN! YOU'LL PAY FOR WHAT YOU DID TO US!"
Three specters reached me in a flash, their bodies overflowing with crimson and black flames. Teir very bodies transformed into dozens of fireballs, bombarding them towards me.
"Ignatius! [Fire Absorption]!"
I fused with Ignatius, as my passive Draconification was boosted, while giving me his Skills. With a mere command, his powers activated.
"On it!"
FLUOSH!
The fireballs that fell over me were absorbed into my body, suddenly making my Aura erupt with even more power.
"Now- Ugh!"
However, I quickly felt strangely exhausted. These flames were not pure enough, somehow making me feel really sick inside.
"Sylphy! You can't handle these? They must be contaminated!"
Ignatius quickly released the flames I absorbed into the form of a giant dragon claw.
CRAAASH!
The dragon claw destroyed one of the specters with a single swipe, while releasing a shockwave of power that sent the other two flying.
"I'm fine now… Phew, we better not absorb that, it must be contaminated with demonic energy or something. It almost affected my soul."
"It seems to be the case."
Ignatius popped out of my body as our Spirit Fusion finished abruptly.
"Let me handle them! I can do it quite well."
"But it'll hurt!"
"Not if you combine me with him."
Suddenly, Curse appeared by my side, telling me to combine him with Ignatius.
"Wait, like when I did it with Ignatius and Alice?"
"You do have the Skill for it, don't you?"
"I do… Okay, let's do it."
I gathered my Mana and Spiritual Energies into my hands, as I directed my power towards Curse and Ignatius.
"[Spirit Fusion]!"
FLUOSH!
Both Spirits quickly converged together. This was a Skill I acquired from a Scroll containing Lara's Skills. I got it when I managed to rescue her, alongside the scepter she's always using.
And its power was… not something that could be scoffed at!
Ding!
[You've fused the Spirits [Curse] and [Ignatius]!]
[Both Spirits have temporarily transformed into the [Abyssal Cursed Flames Dragon] High Spirit!]
[All of their Stats have converged together and increased by an additional +25%, and their Skills have been temporarily fused.
[Due to the instability of your control over Spirits, the duration has been reduced.]
[Fusion Duration: 5 Minutes.]
"ROOOAARR!"
A huge black dragon, covered on purple flames materialized, with a large crimson eye in the middle of its forehead, and big, demonic black horns.
Its wings spread out, releasing a shockwave of abyssal, accursed flames!
"Amazing…"
I was shocked by what Spirit Fusion could accomplish. I hadn't practiced it much after that one time I tried it out, but I should really try using it, especially when I still can't evolve all my Spirits to the next stage yet.
"GRAAAH!"
"LIZARD!"
"NO MATTER!"
Four more specters attacked us, as I quickly intercepted them with my sword, imbuing it with Holy Light from Alice.
"[Sea Blade] + [Demonic Katana Infernal Dance] + [Holy Dragon Fang] = [Heavenly Katana's Demonic Dragon Exorcizing Dance]!"
I swung my sword horizontally and vertically as I spun while moving, boosting my speed with my dragon wings and my Yggdragon Aura, each of my attacks manifested beautiful clouds and bright holy light.
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
The manifestation of a furious holy dragon biting through the Specters ethereal bodies emerged as I attacked them, their bodies dissipating and only leaving their mana crystals after I felled them.
POOF! POOF! POOF!
At the same time, Ignatius absorbed the fire attacks they released, making it easier for me to target the specters once they were caught off-guard.
"GROOAARRGH!"
However, I saw how three of them merged together into a larger and more menacing specter, rushing towards me.
"[Holy Dragon Breath]!"
Nonetheless, I received it by fusing Alice's Magic into my Draconification techniques and releasing a deadly beam of golden flames.
BOOOM!
"GUUAAGGHH…!"
The fused specter quickly burned into ashes, leaving behind only the magic crystals that seemed to be their cores.
I noticed that Nephilim and Aquarina were handling things just as fine as I was, however, the Sunstone Tree was acting strange.
It was beginning to burn with black flames…
RUMBLE!
And then, its roots crawled out of the ground and started moving like giant legs, while its branches twisted into enormous arms with sharp claws.
Ding!
[The resentful souls only desire retribution and death! They have used the Sunstone Tree as their vessel!]
[The [Accursed Sunstone Treant (Tier 8)] has emerged!]
"GRAAAAHHH!"
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