Chapter 324: Loot and Experience (1/2)

Charging straight towards the giant statue, Udann brandished his Spearforce-covered glaive. While doing so, a change happened on his arm which increased the power of his swing. The muscles on his arms bulked up and turned it into a rusty-metal color. A skill or ability from his Pathway.

Feeling the intensity of energy charging from their backs, the Dafirae Tribe Transcendents instinctively moved out of the way, opening a path for Udann to charge straight to the hulking visage of the giant statue.

Surprisingly, the statues weren't emitting or leaking any form of Energy despite having the baseball-sized stones inside them. Their attacks were all pure physical force.

Using my eyes and my Adaptability while they're busy fighting and dodging them, the regular statues' strength is around the latter half of Rank 1 Transcendent, more than 200 UPL which was most likely pure Strength and Endurance.

They probably thought that they're not a threat because of the lack of energy emission as it was contained well in the statue's bodies. And that carelessness caught the Dafirae Tribe off-guard, resulting in a loss of a few lives.

Like us, they're most likely inexperienced at this point.

On the other hand, the giant statue's strength is enough to compare it to an experienced Rank 2 Transcendent.

When Udann's charge finally arrived, the giant statue raised its giant sword which matched its frame to parry his Spearforce and Energy-supported attack.

Along with the sound of metal hitting one another, Udann was flung back as a result of their weapons clashing, two layers of Quintuple Shields broken. Likewise, the giant statue was pushed back as its feet bore through the ground. From its feet up to its knee, cracks started appearing which leaked out of its contained Energy.

”Attack! Target its feet and take it down!”

The impromptu leader of the Dafirae Tribe Transcendents shouted upon noticing it. At the moment, all of them were emitting a crimson-colored aura that matched their garb and most of their hair color. Similar Domains were also spread out beneath their feet, subjecting the moving statues from the Domains' restrictions, albeit minimally.

They all trod the same Mortal Pathway. Although it's hard to determine the Dark World denizens' Pathway before, seeing them use it in its entirety made it easy for me. Right now, there's no doubt that it's a Spirit-type.

Because of the Dimensional Space's restriction, every Dark World denizen will have their efficiencies reduced to 80%. That 20% reduction could certainly become fatal.

The difference of the Dark World denizens' various Spirit-type Mortal Pathways could be seen from how the abilities or skills they got from it were being applied in each and every move of theirs. Also, once they started their Transcendent Pathway, it would show a faint property of another type.

Udann's skill showed that. If I'm not wrong, his Transcendent Pathway involved merging Physique-type properties to his completed Spirit-type Mortal Pathway. Since it's still just in the 1st realm, it doesn't exhibit a big change yet. As to what tribe he came from, I have no idea and for now, I have no motivation to know.

Once the command from that Dafirae Tribe Transcendent was carried out, around twenty Rank 1 Transcendents heeded it and targeted the giant statue's feet. And although there's no additional help on the other side, they also copied the command and targeted the other giant statue's feet.

With their weapons raised, Dark Energy instantly filled their surroundings which aided them as they unleashed different kinds of skills, barraging the two giant statues at their feet.

”Udann, forget the giant for now, focus on those human-sized. They will be easy for you.”

I commanded Udann while throwing three types of boost which instantly energized him.

He looked back and nodded before picking himself up. Pointing his glaive to the regular-sized statues, his body once again exhibited a change. If earlier, it's only his arm who changed into rusty-metal color, this time it included his whole body and even his glaive. From below him, a brown circular Domain expanded.

In a blink of an eye, a statue's head flew up and a burst of energy escaped from the hole on its neck before it crumbled to pieces leaving behind the baseball-sized stone.

Upon seeing that eagerness by Udann that he even went all out, I continued picking up the baseball-sized stones while inspecting the destroyed statues.

”Considering they're moving as a lifeless object, I could only rule out that they're a new race. This Space was conjured using the power of the enemy world's World's Will. Maybe it was projecting a part of its world and these statues were just a byproduct to hinder us. Unfortunately, both sides will have to clear them up before they could continue. Now the question is… will they respawn?” I muttered under my breath as I turned the broken statues around, using my Adaptability to thoroughly investigate it.

While I was busy at that, some of the freed Transcendents who saw us charging in arrived at the fortress. They're those who were also excited for a fight unlike the other cowardly Transcendents still trembling at a distance.

I already cleaned up the baseball-sized stones and stored them at the Necklace. Upon seeing me observing broken rocks, they immediately lost interest in me. After putting down what they're carrying, they split up to join the fray.

Really, the only threat at the moment was the two giant statues. As long as they don't get squashed one by one, they could take it down. They didn't possess any Skills after all.

To prevent them from suspecting me, I joined in with the newcomers.