Rise of the Alchemy God

Chapter 106: Corrupting Energy

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The fight between the creature and Prince Jian had just begun, but in this short time, both sides had already exchanged several blows, ranging from the most innocuous and insidious to the most destructive.

The more the prince fought the creature, the more he was disturbed by its strange attacks.

It wasn't just the creature's fighting methods that left him thoughtful, but also its attacks.

He could tell that the energy being used was not at all the natural spiritual energy.

Or rather, it seemed as if it absorbed the energy present in the surrounding environment and transformed it into another form of energy.

The prince had avoided any attacks imbued with that energy because he could instinctively tell that trying to counteract that energy would not be good for him.

And he received confirmation of this when the creature managed to scratch his arm, destroying the golden scales that covered it, leaving behind a superficial wound, as it would regenerate in no time.

If that had been all, he wouldn't have paid much attention, but as soon as he saw that the wound, instead of regenerating, began to darken and infect the rest of his arm, he made a quick decision and tried to expel the foreign energy from his body.

It turned out that this energy was extremely corrosive and had, to some extent, accelerated its spread.

In the end, he wasted no time and directly severed that part of his arm, thereby eliminating the infection with it.

He still had no idea what kind of energy this was, but he knew he didn't have time to study it, so he took the fastest route to get rid of it.

As long as his arm wasn't completely severed, he could recover from the wounds with his high regeneration and the help of some pills.

After that first successful blow, he avoided being directly hit by the creature and instead summoned his beast soul manifestation and fought using that.

Unlike Elder LéI soul manifestation, the prince's was much more realistic and not just a mass of aura condensed into a beastly form.

It was almost as if the prince himself had transformed into the dragon.

Prince Jian's beast form was that of an eastern golden dragon, nearly 100 meters long.

The battle between the two intensified with every passing second, and at a certain point, even the tail of the mountain range could no longer withstand their blows and ended up being leveled to the ground.

The commotion caused by the battle between these two beings, almost at the pinnacle of the mortal realm, was perceived by all the cities and villages near the Spirit Forest.

Even Ethan, who was now out of the danger zone, wondered how terrifying the clash between these two beings must be.

He had reached the outer edges of the forest, so he decided to stop there and bring the others out of the lesser dimension.

It had been almost 15 minutes that he had been running at full speed, and he had now reached the outer area of the Spirit Forest.

These 15 minutes were equivalent to almost a day inside the lesser dimension, and from his perception, he could tell that some were close to waking up.

He wouldn't have been surprised if someone from within the lesser dimension woke up in the next half hour, so although he wanted to take them even further away, he decided that this area was sufficiently good for them.

He preferred not to take any unnecessary risks and reveal one of his most important secrets.

He examined the surroundings of the area and made sure that no beast, no matter how weak, was nearby.

Seeing that the area was relatively safe, he began to bring out the others and had them lean against a sufficiently large tree.

The trees in the Spirit Forest were quite tall and wide, especially those imbued with spiritual energy, reaching heights between 20 to 50 meters, with some old ones even exceeding that.

The tree Ethan used to support them was wide enough that it would take at least five people to wrap around it entirely.

This tree was almost twice the size of the one Ethan and Da Shu had cut down in the past.

Once he had brought them all out, he removed the bandages from each of them.

The bandages had lost their effectiveness, and leaving them around their necks would only be a source of trouble.

Especially for the women.

He was certain they would have beaten him to death if they had known he had put bandages around their necks.

It was easy to misunderstand even the simplest things.

And a highly educated person like Ethan would not have made such a mistake.

During the time Ethan had been away, the elder of the sect had also reunited with the rest of the disciples who had come with him.

Currently, they were all heading towards the edge of the forest as well.

The elder had already informed them of the situation, and now they were on the move to leave the area.

They knew they would be at risk of being involved in the battle.

The other disciples of the sect did not know what to think of the situation.

They couldn't tell if the rescue mission had been a total disaster or a success.

They had come to rescue people but ended up in a seemingly lost battle against the enemy.

The people they had come to save were nowhere to be found and now the only thing they could do was leave quickly, to avoid being killed by a stray attack.

As the group of disciples was lost in their sad thoughts, the sect elder continued to explore the Spirit Forest with his spiritual sense, searching for the scattered disciples.

He kept sending out pulses of spiritual energy every two or three seconds.

Although he thought that perhaps the disciples had fled the area, he couldn't be entirely sure after all; the opening of that portal had created much chaos, damaging everything in the area.

He was certain that the disciples had been affected by the shockwave produced by the portal, and although he could say it wouldn't have killed them, he was sure they had sustained some serious injuries.

He continued searching with his spiritual sense for a while longer until, at some point, he sensed something.

Examining the area from where he had detected the return signal of his spiritual energy, he sensed eight auras.

'Found them.'

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FRANK_LEE_JUNIOR:

Here's today's chapter. I hope you enjoyed it.

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See you tomorrow with another chapter.