Chapter 1190 - Reappearing Moon Shadow (2) (1/2)

Hundreds of thousands of fire crows glided across the sky, letting out ear-piercing caws that shrouded the whole campsite. Under Corina’s command, the elves hurriedly activated the enchanted field that was prepared long ago. Shortly after, a dozen green rays of light emanated from the verdant trees, intertwining to form a thin, crystal-like barrier that protected and enfolded the campsite.

But the enemy apparently came prepared. Right after the defensive enchanted field was set up, Corina discovered that the sturdy enchanted field flickered in dazzling magical radiance, which proved that someone was attempting to break the enchanted field. Looking at this scene, the corner of Corina’s eye twitched instantly. The elves’ magical enchanted field couldn’t be dismantled that easily. Judging from a certain degree, elves’ spells and demons’ spells were the same; unique only to their specific race and ordinary spells couldn’t possibly remove their effects. But now, the elves’ magical enchanted field was obviously disrupted. This meant that the enemy was well prepared for this scenario!

“Replenish the power. Maintain the enchanted field. The rest of you will be in charge of wiping out the lurking enemies!”

Corina yelled her orders and sprinted up the city wall. She clutched her bow in her hand and aimed at the sea of flames ahead. Shortly after, arrows coalesced from magic spells were released, scattering from the middle, where she stood like a violent storm. Upon hearing Corina’s command, the elves quickly got to work. They climbed up to a tall height, aiming their arrows at the fire crows ahead from between the gaps of huge leaves. As the elves let go of their arrows, the fire crows circling in the sky exploded one after another like fireworks.

But it was a pity that their efforts were utterly inadequate.

“Heh, heh.”

Gazing at the elves from a distance, trying their best to defend the stronghold, a pitch-black, shadowy figure let out an eerie laughter. If Corina were here, she would immediately recognize this person who was dressed almost exactly like the black-cloaked mage earlier. The only difference between them was that he didn’t seem to own a physical body. An illusory, ghostly, and pitch-black darkness represented his body instead. Looking at the elves above, the black-cloaked mage let out an unpleasant and hoarse laughter before raising his right arm. Along with this action, a shriveled, pitch-black arm was revealed from under this sleeve. A mysterious black fog surged from his arm and coalesced into a black drop of water that fell on the ground, fusing with the blazing flames.

The instant that unknown black drop of water touched the ground, the conflagrations transformed all of a sudden.

“What happened?”

Corina put away her bow, staring alertly at the burning forest below. A few seconds ago, the raging forest changed entirely. The scorching heat that burned her skin turned bone-piercingly cold in an instant. The flames were clearly burning and yet, it felt as though there was a snowfield of 10,000 years below, leaving her shivering. Not only that, but she also sensed an unnatural and hateful energy.

What exactly is…

Before Corina reacted, several streaks of flame that were several meters tall surged into the sky right before her very eyes, metamorphosing into a towering, flaming giant that was at least 10 meters in height. The flame giant had enormous limbs coalesced from raging flames. Its face that resembled a malicious spirit was so terrifying that one would lose consciousness out of extreme fear. The flame giant let out the fierce bellow of a wild animal, sauntering toward the encampment in big strides, where not even the towering trees were able to stop the terrifying giant. The moment the flame giant extended its arm, the trees crumbled to the ground like fragile matchsticks and lit up in flames immediately. In just a few seconds, the flame giant turned the lush forest entirely into ashes. Not only that, but Corina also noticed the instant the trees perished to the fire, the flames returned to the flame giant’s body as though they were attracted by some unknown force. Along with the return of the flames, the flame giant instantly increased in size.

“Attack immediately! Destroy it!”

Looking at this scene, Corina commanded and felt a chill run down her spine. She raised her bow and released several streaks of dazzling arrows that shot straight at the flame giant. At the same time, the remaining three elf mages in the encampment lifted their cypress canes and chanted spells loudly in unison. Shortly after, a gigantic, icy cone appeared in the air, under the elf mages’ control, striking at the enemy ahead.

But all was for naught.

There was no doubt that Corina’s arrows hit the target. The magical arrows should have exploded the instant they came into contact with the target, dealing incredible damage where even elemental monsters couldn’t avoid the explosion and powerful magic torrent. However, the arrows didn’t seem to cause any damage to the flame giant at all. After they penetrated the flame giant’s body, they were like raindrops falling into a pond; apart from causing ripples, there were no other effects. Not only that, but the icy cone that the elf mages summoned also didn’t stop the flame giant one bit. Looking at this scene, the elf mages quickly changed their battle strategy. They tried to forcefully null the contract of this elemental monster to drive it back to its world. However, it was equally pointless. The flame giant was indifferent about the runes that were filled with mystical powers hovering before it. It continued to stride forward like a robot, stepping closer and closer to the elf encampment.

Corina tried all ways to slow it down, but nothing worked. As the flame giant blazed the forest and took in more flames as it advanced, it grew to around 18 meters, where Corina had to lift her head to see its head even as she stood above the wall of vines. Its eye sockets coalesced from flames were filled with darkness on the inside. It was like a form of terrifying, disorderly, and soul-piercing wrath.

At that moment, the elf mages’ incantation spell was completed.

“Mnas!”

The elf mages yelled out the spell command and the runes hovering in midair shook abruptly. A mysterious energy began to gather and after a few seconds, the powerful force exploded, attempting to drive everything that didn’t belong to this world back where it came from. This time, the flame giant finally came to a halt. Its body trembled and warped abruptly. But shortly after, it returned to its original state. Not only did the incantation fail to drive it away, but it also added fuel to the fire of its rage.

“———!”

The flame giant snarled, raised its tightly-clenched fists, and hammered the magical barrier above the encampment. This massive impact was unbearable, causing some of the elves to lose their balance and falter to the ground. The magical barrier protecting this encampment dimmed under this assault and it seemed like another two to three punches would be enough to shatter it completely. When that happened, a catastrophe would fall upon the whole campsite.

“Damn it!”