Chapter 857 - 416: Only One Agent
Zoe woke up on a natural bed surrounded by a ring of flowers, where the dry desert thorns intertwined into a thick mattress that surprisingly offered no prickly sensation, but instead a soft comfort.
This sensation was due to the power of nature, intentionally avoiding harm to the individual resting upon it.
This bed was made by Li Ang last night, as he initially received the Earth Power passed down by the Six Earth Dragons, comprehending some of the intricate controls over the power of nature.
The soil, the earth, is composed of Earth Elements, and the Elemental Spirit nurtured by the Earth Element draws magic power that tends to replenish and nurture the earth. The power of nature is a branch of high-tier magic, naturally mastered by the Earth Dragon.
And, of course, Li Ang obtained this ability from her.
At this thought, Zoe felt a surge of anger.
What Earth Dragon, what Divine Spirit, what Inanna, even if they help Li Ang, not letting him rest and clinging to him is just too much. I know better than to disturb someone’s rest.
In a hurry, she rose, crossing the peculiar pale purple flower beds blooming inside the cave, rushing to the earth outside the cave.
"Wow."
Even though she witnessed the change in scenery last night, the young girl was still amazed by the further transformation.
The flat wilderness had expanded several times, becoming almost boundless, with layered rock mountains reaching up at the end, resembling the limitless earth of the real world rather than the finite space of a nurturing ground.
The wilderness could hardly be called a wilderness anymore; while there was still sand and loess, many places were already covered with vegetation, sparse woodland with streams, moss, and tree shadows providing a comfortable habitat for living creatures.
Topographically, there were now undulating sand dunes, rock mountains filled with holes, underground sand caves, and stratified rock platforms, turning the flat plane into a complex environment with depth.
Even though Zoe had not visited many Sky Islands, she could understand that this was closer to the embodiment of nature.
Searching for direction, she walked and halted intermittently, finally spotting a familiar figure in an oasis.
Li Ang was floating cross-legged in the air, with Anna in her original form coiled in a ring around him, swimming in the air.
The majestic horned crown of the giant serpent and its flowing golden river-like scales were filled with divinity, while Li Ang, whom it guarded, was evidently in a transcendent realm.
And Inanna... her true form had also manifested.
Zoe had heard the conversations between Li Ang and the Dragon Gods before and had seen the Jellyfish Dragon leap across the sky in the City of the Ship’s Rudder. She understood that although they weren’t physically present, they could still summon the projection of their true form to demonstrate power beyond their embodied level.
Akuya only used a Tier Seven incarnation to walk the Material Dimension, and her true projection could maintain the healing across the entire Destruction Battleship campaign, so naturally, Inanna’s true power was as vast as a mountain.
The dark brown, rough surface, resembling overlapping earth rocks and also the scale armor of a giant dragon.
Of course, the parts that could unmistakably be seen as giant dragon scale armor were only its head, neck, sharp claws, and the continuous tail end on the earth, while other parts amassed real soil and rocks. Various types of plants grew within this soil, as if the dragon was genuinely a mountain.
Does it like to smear mud on itself? Just so unclean. Zoe internally mocked.
Of course, she also knew that this was different from when she played with mud as a child and was scolded by her parents, or later when she got herself all muddy for fun and was laughed at by the villagers of Satus Island.
Li Ang said yesterday that in the past, it might have remained still for a very long time, naturally accumulating soil on itself. Now, if it still had soil and plants on its body, these materials had surely become extraordinary, likely being rare resources.
The young girl gazed at the giant mountain before her, under whose shadow she seemed like a very tiny dot.
Big as it was, climbing up didn’t seem hard. The girl thought.
However, considering that Dragon God fought fiercely before, she dared not act recklessly for now.
Currently, Inanna, dressed in a splendid long dress, was standing beside the human-snake circle formed by Li Ang and Anna, continuously casting magic with a raised hand. She invoked the true form projection to utilize the dragon’s power to resonate with this piece of land.
Around the Earth Dragon’s true form, faint tremors carried magic power outward, and through Anna, Zoe shared Earth Affinity, easily sensing this wave, which extended to the end of the wilderness, deeply transforming this land.
Through the power obtained from the Star Soul, Zoe could discern that this was beyond Anna’s capability, even if she could cause an earthquake to destroy a Sky Island.
And the wilderness was also returning power; it was conveyed back in form of waves, entering the harmonious circle of Li Ang and Anna.
It wasn’t magic, nor elements, and seemed not even to be spirit, yet it somehow encompassed all these. Zoe couldn’t articulate the precise nature of it, but could comprehend it as a higher level of power.
Inanna was applying this power to influence Li Ang and Anna.
Sensing Zoe’s approach, Inanna slightly turned her face but said nothing, continuing her spell-casting.
It’s alright so far, it’s alright so far.
Watching this woman stay here last night, Zoe didn’t mind, she initially intended to explore a bit, but since Li Ang was tired, she planned to wait until he woke up before calling him to join her.
However, this woman wanting to keep Li Ang here was something Zoe couldn’t tolerate.