Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

The moment the corrupted tree demon's arm touched Hughes's clothes, his body suddenly turned into a wisp of thick black mist, which was scattered like the wind by the corrupted tree demon in the forest. The arm was stuck deep in the ground because of the excessive force and could not be pulled out.

Just as the corrupted tree demon roared furiously as its arm sank deep into the ground, Hughes strode out from the shadows of the trees to the side.

He seized the moment when the Corrupted Tree Spirit was slow to react, then suddenly swung his arm back and then forward, sending three bottles of Blazing Ointment, glowing with an orange-red luster, hurtling towards the Corrupted Tree Spirit's twisted trunk with a sharp whooshing sound.

"Boom boom boom—"

The moment the three bottles of Blazing Ointment touched the corrupted tree spirit's body, the glass containers shattered, and the orange-red ointment reacted abruptly, bursting forth with blinding flames.

The first burst of flame shot up like a python, instantly licking away the tree spirit's bumpy trunk and carbonizing the outer bark.

Immediately following was a second explosion, the flames even brighter than before, tearing a charred gash in the corrupted tree spirit's body, and foul-smelling black smoke billowed through the forest.

The third Blazing Ointment landed on the tree spirit's stuck arm, and flames exploded, scorching the joint between the arm, which was deeply embedded in the ground, until it was brittle.

In just a few breaths, the three flames overlapped, eventually converging on the tree demon's body into a raging sea of ​​fire, completely engulfing the corrupted tree demon's massive body in flames.

Flames are most deadly to tree spirits covered in flammable materials, especially since one of the bottles contains high-quality Explosive Flame Balm. Its body convulsed violently in the fire, making a crackling sound like it was about to explode.

"Click—"

The tree spirit's arm, which was stuck in the ground, snapped off with a crack. The corrupted tree spirit collapsed in pain on the snow, rolling around in agony. Its muffled howls echoed intermittently from the sea of ​​fire, but were quickly drowned out by the howling of the flames.

Just as Hughes was catching his breath while staring at the gradually dying flames, the rest of the pursuers had already caught up and cleverly completed the encirclement.

A putrid stench surged forth like a tide, and countless corrupted tree spirits emerged from all corners of the dense forest, their twisted branches weaving together to form an impenetrable encirclement that surrounded Hughes and his companions.

The tree spirits in the innermost circle were mostly short and thin, with only a few blackened, withered leaves growing on their branches. They were at the level of second-class wizard apprentices. They made strange hoarse noises from their throats and waved their twisted branches.

The corrupted tree spirits in the inner layer were completely different. Their trunks had very thick branches, and their trunks were filled with a grayish-purple corrupting light, indicating that they were at the level of a third-class wizard apprentice.

Looking at the impenetrable "high wall" in front of them, the group's expressions were somewhat solemn. Just as Hughes was thinking of a solution, a clear and cold voice came from behind.

"Make way, everyone."

It was Elena, her smooth white hair fluttering in the wind, a few strands clinging to her blood-stained cheeks, her icy eyes now flashing with a chilling icy blue light.

As she slowly raised her arms, a rich, icy blue light danced in her fair palms, gathering into a ball of extremely cold air. The surrounding air was covered in fine frost, and even the rotting leaves on the ground were frozen and brittle.

"Don't let them get close."

Irene's voice was clear and cold like an ice spring, as if she were giving an order to someone. As soon as she finished speaking, the icy blue ball of energy in her palm suddenly expanded.

"boom--"

Suddenly, a giant icy hand emerged from the churning air mass. Ice crystals were stacked layer upon layer at the knuckles, and every inch of its skin was sculpted from translucent ice, gleaming with a cold, eerie blue light.

Even more astonishingly, this icy hand was actually wrapped in a set of perfectly formed ice elemental armor, with diamond-shaped ice plates covering the back of the hand, spiral ice shards floating on the finger bones, and barbed ice spikes condensed on the edges of the wrist guards.

The moment the giant hand reached out, the surrounding air suddenly dropped, fine ice shards condensed in the white mist, and even the decaying leaves on the snow were frozen into a layer of ice.

The giant hand slowly reached out towards the surrounding corrupted tree demons, its five fingers slightly spread in mid-air, and the icy blue patterns on the ice armor on the back of its hand flowed like living things, rippling out circles of extremely cold light.

The next second, a huge cloud of ice mist swelled up in his palm, and the icicles on his finger bones suddenly broke off and fell into the white mist, surging forward with it.

"Hiss hiss hiss—"

The sharp sound of icicles tearing through the air pierced the forest, and several icicles, mixed in with the icy mist, accurately shot towards the two corrupted tree spirits in the front row.

The trunks, already riddled with holes, were no match for the ice spikes. The ice spikes pierced through them, and the resulting mist instantly condensed into frost at the breach, spreading wildly along the tree spirit's branches.

In just a few breaths, the two tree spirits were frozen into ice sculptures, their bodies turning completely white. The originally wriggling branches were completely stiffened, and even the low growls coming from their heads were isolated in the ice crystals.

Finally, as the two ice sculptures cracked one after another, the two huge ice sculptures quickly shattered, turning into ice shards and rotten wood scattered all over the ground.

The surrounding tree spirits were stunned by the sudden attack, even their roars became quieter, and they subconsciously shrank back.

However, this fear lasted only a moment. The Knoxian symbiotic vines that wrapped around the trunks of the dryads suddenly began to sway violently, their gray-green tendrils taut like venomous snakes.

As if guided by an invisible hand, all the corrupted tree spirits' movements became frenzied in unison—those second-class tree spirits that had been hesitating roared and pounced on the five people, their thin, short bodies bursting with astonishing speed.

Meanwhile, the third-class tree spirits behind them grew their branches wildly, and clusters of gray-green poisonous mist gathered around them, clearly brewing an even stronger attack.

The corrupted tree spirits, controlled by the symbiotic vines, completely abandoned their instinctive fear, their eyes filled only with ferocity.

The tree spirits in the front row had already pounced close, their towering figures almost obscuring the entire sky, completely trapping the five of them in this death net woven from rotten wood and sharp claws.

But Ice Hand's offensive was not over. The icy mist in his palm surged again, and the icy blue patterns suddenly lit up. Several newly condensed ice shards, carrying a biting chill, shot out one after another like arrows, piercing through the treants in front of him.

Just as the giant icy hand shot out ice shards in mid-air, forcing the corrupted tree spirits in the front row to retreat and creating a brief suppression, Elena, who was directly below the giant hand, suddenly swayed.

Her long, silvery-white hair stopped flying and fell gently down her pale cheeks. The icy blue halo that had been gathering in her palms suddenly dimmed—the next second, her legs went weak and she fell straight forward.

Her slender body crashed onto the cold snow with a muffled thud. Elena curled up, her shoulders trembling slightly uncontrollably. Cold sweat soaked her hair, her lips were pale, and her breathing was rapid and difficult to control.

She tried to sit up by pushing herself up from the ground, but her arms were so weak they felt like they had no bones, and she fell heavily back down as soon as she managed to push herself up.

Fortunately, the giant hand above did not disappear and continued to spew ice shards.