Magicians never make wishes

"Captain, you should have brought out this magic sooner!" the drill rat complained, but felt a great sense of security.

"Captain, will this have any side effects?" Evil Axe asked with some concern.

Those black flames looked no different from those of mercenaries, and didn't seem to be any kind of noble or righteous move.

As the saying goes, powerful skills are often accompanied by risks.

Who knows what price the captain will have to pay for casting this spell, or what adverse reactions might occur afterward.

Ronan was very satisfied with the Black Flame Arrow's destructive power and said with a smile,

"If I had to point out a side effect, maybe... it makes me seem a little unlike a good person?"

Upon hearing this, the deputy commander, who was standing not far away and looked shocked, immediately turned pale.

Who are you saying isn't a good person?

If this had happened in the past, he would have slapped the mouth of the person who said that with a spear until it was swollen.

Right now... he's still in the middle of a battle and doesn't have time to care who said that.

"Bai Ye, you actually managed to forcibly absorb 'Black Hellfire' and undergo elemental transformation..."

After confirming that Ronan's Black Flame Arrow and the power possessed by Kane, the vice-captain of the Shadow Mercenary Group, Red Star...

They came to a conclusion that even they themselves found hard to believe.

The mechanism by which "Elemental Arrows" absorb and transform elements usually involves absorbing substances that do not involve the supernatural realm, such as the simplest water, fire, and earth.

Once the elements ingested involve the extraordinary,

Therefore, absorbing this requires a huge amount of mental energy as a foundation, and sometimes there are other restrictions and thresholds attached.

He also remembered that there was a senior in the academy who was proficient in "Elemental Arrows".

One day, I had a sudden idea to absorb some kind of spiritual flame for elemental transformation.

The moment he absorbed it, he was burned to a crisp by the spiritual flames.

And that spiritual flame was not even half as strong as the 'Black Hellfire'.

"Are you... a member of the Cerberus family?" Akahoshi asked hesitantly.

"Who?"

Ronan was a little confused; was the other person talking to him or the mercenary vice-leader?

He remembered that the mercenary deputy commander had this surname.

The deputy commander was about to blurt out, "He doesn't deserve it."

But the thought that the other party could also use the same power as him made him hesitate.

"Bai Ye, do you have the blood of Cerberus?"

Akahoshi asked again with a serious expression, as if the question was extremely important to him.

"No...right?"

Go ask the original owner.

Ronan really didn't know the original owner's background.

However, if it's only because of the ability to absorb black flames and transform them into black flame arrows, then it's most likely not the case.

Because this was the result of him forcibly suppressing and absorbing it with a massive amount of mental energy.

But his answer, though unintentional, was taken to heart by the listener.

Akahoshi seemed to have heard a satisfactory answer and stopped dwelling on the absurd conclusion she had drawn.

The deputy commander in mid-air was deep in thought, his eyes flashing with light.

Akahoshi's expression softened, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Only then did he notice a familiar figure standing behind him.

"Growth rings, you're awake?"

Akahoshi was overjoyed and was about to share the good news that the crisis was over with him.

Suddenly, Nianlun reached out with both hands, grabbed Chixing by the neck, and lifted him up.

"Years...rings..." Akahoshi struggled to utter.

"What are you doing?!"

Everyone immediately realized what was happening.

The Drill Rat immediately activated "Hidden Strike" to get behind the ring and swung his hand to slash at the back of his neck.

The attack hit its mark, but had no effect whatsoever.

As if nothing had happened, Nianlun remained expressionless, continuing to pinch Akahoshi.

Ronan seemed to see a semi-transparent phantom on him.

The phantom, like a spirit behind the scenes, was controlling every move of the tree rings.

"What are you good for?" the evil axe cursed, quickly appearing behind the tree rings.

He flipped the axe over, with the back of the axe facing the back of the trunk, and jumped up to smash it down.

With a thud.

Nianlun staggered a few steps, and Chixing took the opportunity to struggle and escape from his grasp.

"As expected of the boss." Drill Mouse couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

"Well, of course," Evil Axe replied somewhat guiltily.

He actually wanted to knock the other person unconscious, but to his surprise, the other person showed no signs of losing consciousness at all.

Instead, she turned around and attacked him.

The evil axe felt that the dwarf's dignity had been challenged, so it flipped its blade back over.

"You've never died, right?"

The evil axe had decided that if the other party dared to attack, whichever axe they dared to extend, he would chop it off.

"don't want."

Red Star seemed to have seen through Evil Axe's plan, and immediately spread his arms to face Evil Axe, using his body to block the growth ring.

After he struck this pose, the rings of his tree suddenly stopped moving.

Chixing turned around and saw Nianlun standing behind him.

A semi-transparent, humanoid phantom emerged from his body.

It covered his entire body, as if he were wearing a semi-transparent suit of armor.

"Year..." Akahoshi began, but before he could finish speaking.

The phantom began to eat the body of the tree rings, bite by bite.

From skin to flesh to bones, the rings of a person seem to disintegrate out of thin air, being devoured in the blink of an eye.

In an instant, the illusory image became more solid.

At this time.

An arrow made of black flames flew swiftly towards the phantom.

This is a black flame arrow that Ronan shot at the phantom.

However, the scene that was expected to severely injure the phantom with an arrow did not occur.

The arrow pierced right through the phantom, leaving only a wisp of dying black flame on its body.

The Black Flame Arrow has limited effectiveness against phantoms.

However, compared to physical attacks, it at least has some effect.

Ronan saw the vicious axe-wielder rush forward, striking the phantom with axe after axe.

Each powerful slash passed right through the afterimage, hitting nothing at all.

All physical attacks are ineffective against the phantom, and elemental attacks have almost no effect either.

Ronan also took the time to use a "scorching ray," but the effect was minimal.

Since neither physical nor elemental attacks are effective...

What about psychological attacks?

It's important to know that the "Elemental Arrow," a non-elemental arrow, is entirely composed of mental energy.

What would happen if we attacked with only non-elemental flying arrows?

Ronan was somewhat reluctant to part with the Black Flame Arrow.

But after seeing that the black flames still lingered in the entire square and could still be transformed into black flame arrows again,

He then proceeded with the attribute-free transformation without hesitation.

Before long, a transparent arrow made of spiritual energy appeared in his hand.

"shoot."

Ronan roared and urged the arrow in his hand to shoot at the phantom.

This is his last resort; if it still doesn't work, he'll have to prepare to run away.

call out.

The neutral arrow struck the phantom precisely in the chest.

In an instant, the phantom writhed, as if it were experiencing immense pain.

It works!

Ronan's face lit up with joy, and five more transparent arrows immediately appeared in his hand.

However, the phantom's pain seemed to have triggered some kind of switch.

Suddenly, the altar beneath everyone's feet seemed to activate, and various unknown runes began to appear on the altar floor.

Ronan sensed something was wrong and immediately fired five attribute-less arrows at the phantom.

He won't give the enemy time to prepare.

Five arrows struck the phantom simultaneously, causing it to twist even more violently, but they did not kill it.

Just as Ronan was preparing to make more flying arrows,

Suddenly, the altar beneath their feet lit up with faint green light.

Immediately afterwards, the injury on the phantom's chest stabilized.

"This is……"

A green light enveloped everyone on the altar, and Ronan felt his fatigue vanish instantly.

Even in his belated realization, he understood that this was a group healing spell.

Given Ronan's current attacking prowess,

Try to outlast this group healing spell with non-elemental flying arrows, whose duration is unknown.

He will be the first to fall.

Just as he was hesitating whether he should run away immediately, a familiar voice came from the other side of the altar.

"Where is this... Huh, White Night?" Gray Leaf exclaimed in surprise.