From Alchemy Apprentice to All-Powerful God King

Within the underground river, the waves surged.

Even after Elena was out of the moonlight, her body still emitted a glow, illuminating the dark underground passage.

Looking down at the underground river flowing into an unknown destination, Elena scanned the area below with her eyes and spoke.

"The mark has already been placed upon you; you will only grow weaker. You'd better submit to me willingly to avoid suffering!"

But the snake king did not respond, and did not even show its head.

Compared to the other four, it found the woman who had been following it relentlessly from above to be more terrifying.

The spiderweb pattern that appeared above his head, constantly and forcibly plundering his magic power, was the same.

"Hmph, you asked for it!"

Elena received no response, her expression gradually turned cold, but her eyes shone brightly again.

Immediately, the pattern on the snake king's head also emitted light, revealing its location.

The next moment, both the man and the snake moved.

The underground river was stirred up by huge waves, and the Serpent King desperately accelerated within them. Its already battered body, coupled with a pattern mark that was constantly plundering its magic power, meant that it was no longer as strong as before.

Elena was also hovering in the air, chasing after the giant waves, which did nothing to hinder her.

As soon as they got close, they were evaporated by the light emanating from her body.

Behind them, Matthew, dressed in knight's armor, followed silently, unnoticed by anyone.

The combination of the Hidden Slug and the Living Dead Label is a perfect match.

"My abilities are practically made for an assassin."

After gathering magic in his eyes, he noticed that the white aura above Elena's head was even denser than the black aura above Flynn's head before.

"It seems this snake king is no match for her. With such good luck, she's probably going to succeed."

After analyzing the situation, Matthew quickened his pace and followed. He absolutely couldn't miss this opportunity to steal the prize.

Elena continuously emitted light in the air, and the mark in the dark river drew ever closer.

The Snake King looked at the spider web mark that was gradually expanding above his head and tried to use magic to dissolve it, but found that no matter how much magic he used, it would be absorbed by the spider web, which would instead accelerate its expansion.

It sensed that it wouldn't be long before the virus spread throughout its entire body and completely took control of it.

Seeing this, the Snake King immediately turned around, and with a fierce determination, leaped out of the river, its gaping maw aimed at Elena in mid-air.

If you can't deal with the mark, then deal with the owner of the mark!

Instantly, countless rock crystal spikes gathered in its mouth and shot towards Elena.

Each one is no less powerful than a full-force attack from a first-tier ability user. With such a quantity, even the Snake King itself would not be willing to withstand it head-on.

However, just as the Serpent King was about to gather its spikes a second time, a dazzling light suddenly erupted.

On Elena's forehead, a spider-like mark appeared, which, combined with the light, looked exceptionally sacred.

Magic rose from her body, forming a barrier of light that enveloped her entire being.

The rock crystal spikes melted instantly upon contact, dissipating back into magic in the air.

But it's not over yet.

At this moment, Elena's eyes were completely covered by light, and her expression was solemn and dignified, just like a true goddess of moonlight.

To the Snake King's astonishment, Elena slowly raised her right hand and pointed at it with her fingertips.

"bundle!"

As the sound spread around, the Snake King felt a tightening in its snake head. The next moment, the spider web mark shone brightly, magic surged, and continuously condensed into moonlight spiders, which began to spit out real spider webs, trying to bind itself.

The Snake King immediately condensed rock crystals on his snake skin to cover the spiders, which slowed down the growth of the marks, but could not stop the plundering of magic power.

"Oh, you've got some skills after all!"

Elena was slightly surprised, as this was the first time she had encountered an ability that could restrict her mark.

"I was originally going to spare your life, after all, it's not easy to grow to this level, but since you chose to seek death, there's nothing I can do."

The snake king slapped against the underground river, stirring up large splashes of water.

Unexpectedly, this mighty beast king was driven to such a state by a woman, and the situation continues to worsen.

The speed at which magic is absorbed can no longer keep up with the speed at which the mark on the head is plundering it.

The wounds inflicted by the attack on the ground were now bleeding to varying degrees, gradually staining the underground river red.

Realizing that it could not delay any longer, the serpent king's rock crystal spikes erupted again, and at the same time, it used its own blood as a catalyst to release magic towards the river surface.

The next moment, the once turbulent underground river was instantly assimilated into rock crystals.

With the slapping of the snake king's giant tail, large sprays of water shot towards Elena.

Seeing this, Elena was not to be outdone and unleashed her strongest attack at the same time.

Not only did the mark on the Serpent King's head break through the rock crystal and expand rapidly, but several rays of light also gathered in her palm. As the magic surged, a halo appeared above the Serpent King, enveloping him.

"Arrival!"

Countless rays of light converged within the halo, forming a beam that struck the snake king's upper body.

The rock crystals were continuously weakened and melted, and the spider web mark was also rapidly expanding, completely covering the snake king's body.

But at the last moment, the Snake King exhaled a burst of yellow mist from its mouth, instantly filling the space they were in and accelerating the crystallization of the river water and rocks.

Outside Elena's body, earthen-yellow rock crystals also rapidly condensed, constantly absorbing the magic power within her body to replenish the rock crystals, enveloping her and leaving only her head exposed.

He then fell onto the underground river below, which had become crystallized rock.

For a moment, both the man and the snake froze in place, unable to move.

"Damn it!" Elena's face turned ugly, clearly not expecting the Snake King to have one last trick up his sleeve.

He felt the magic power draining from his body, but thankfully it wouldn't be relayed to the Snake King, which relieved him.

Elena scoffed as she watched the Snake King still trying to break free of the mark.

"The more you struggle, the tighter it will tighten. Looks like I've won!"

Although they were both trapped, as long as Gareth and Seth escaped from above to help, the Snake King would have no chance of turning the tide.

"Yeah?"

Suddenly, a familiar yet unfamiliar voice rang out from behind, and Elena and the Snake King's expressions changed drastically.

When Elena saw Matthew appear among them, clad in armor and standing on crystal rocks, a smile immediately spread across her face: "Matthew! Quick, help me get out of here!"

Although I don't know why he's here, he's still one of my people.

However, Matthew ignored her and instead looked at the snake king who was bound to the side.

At this moment, it was extremely weak, with almost all the blood drained from its body and little magic power left. It was at its last gasp.

Seeing Matthew draw his greatsword, and realizing his intentions, Elena's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately spoke up to stop him.

"Matthew, what are you doing! You can't control a third-tier magical insect! Help me escape first, and I can give you a second-tier magical insect to tide you over!"

But the next moment, Matthew's magic erupted, and he instantly appeared in front of the snake king's vital spot, slashing down with his sword along the already cracked wound.

At the same time, a demonic insect covered in yellow rock crystal particles flew out of the wound, trying to escape.

"Trying to run away! Refine it!"

Matthew grabbed the Rock Crystal Worm, and the gray mist from the Otherworld Chronicles flowed into the worm's body through his palm.

[New Demon Insect Recipe Detected - Rock Crystal Insect]

[The third-tier demonic insect has been refined... 10% completion]