Chapter 132: Tree Ent Warriors and Moving Walls

Chapter 132: Tree Ent Warriors and Moving Walls

After killing the monsters with a few swings of her sword, Astrid stood on the other side of the platformed room.

She was disappointed to discover that they hadn't even given her another level, but there were still the System notifications from fighting the army that she had skipped over.

You have defeated - Draider Knight - level 125

You have defeated - Brain Mole - Level 106

...

You have levelled up!

Psychokinetic level 94 -> Psychokinetic level 95

Voidmare level 94 -> Voidmare level 95



Gained 10 stat points.





You now have 284 wisdom.

Skill level up!

Void Graviton level 5 -> Void Graviton level 6

Eye of the Void level 7 -> Eye of the Void level 8

Void Storage level 4 -> Void Storage level 5

[ Stage 2 ] Major Image level 17 -> Major Image level 18

[ Stage 2 ] Mind domination level 17 -> Mind Domination level 18

[ Stage 2 ] Weightless Levitation level 15 -> Weightless Levitation level 16

[ Stage 2 ] Mind Armour level 19 -> Mind Armour level 20 [ Max ]

[ Stage 3 ] Mind Barrier level 3 -> Mind Barrier level 4

[ Stage 3 ] Crash level 2 -> Crash level 3

[ Stage 2 ] Psych Warp level 12 -> Psych Warp level 13

[ Stage 2 ] Psych Domain level 16 -> Psych Domain level 17

[ Stage 2 ] Psychic’s Power level 16 -> Psychic’s Power level 17

[ Stage 2 ] Psychokinesis level 5 -> Psychokinesis level 6

[ Stage 2 ] Anti-Disabling Field level 8 -> Anti-Disabling Field level 9

Experience gained!

Astrid dodged hit after hit. She attempted to raise her defences, but they were being erased the moment she placed them up.

It was the first time encountering something that was capable of cancelling her mana with just a look.

Look... Astrid widened her eyes as a plan entered her mind. The beast relied on its eyes to use the Skill, so she just had to cover them.

Dodging another hurtling blade, she gave a spare glance to the floor. Although it was dirt, it was heavily compacted. Some excavation was in order for her plan to work–if it worked.

Astrid was able to dodge so well by connecting to the matter in her body and violently pulling it this way, and that. Adding onto her already existing footwork with her sword techniques, made her just able to dodge the life reaping attacks of the tree ent.

Each dodge of the bladed axe would smash into the ground as it missed its target. The dust was beginning to pile up, but it wasn’t enough.

Connecting to the matter of the dirt floor, and along with the already loose soil from the rampaging attacks of the tree ent, Astrid [Crashed] it.

Just as the monster was about to blink its pretty pink eyes, a wall of dust blasted all around the large, circle room. The dust was like a blanket that made it impossible to see, but Astrid didn’t need to rely on her sight to fight.

After all, she could make out the matter of the monster. Sifting through the dust particles, she connected to the matter of the tree ent and [Crashed] it.

Astrid blasted the monster into the wall, it was about to raise its head when repeated [Crashes] rocked its bark armoured skull. Astrid repeatedly used her [Crash] ability as she charged straight for the monster. While moving, she created a spiralling drill of dark matter as it roused the dust around it.

The spinning, surging sound of the screaming dark matter tingled her ears, but it was a sound she had come to love. It was the sound of a powerful Skill.

Stepping right in front of the monster, she [Crashed] its skull once more, sending it halfway into the wall. Then, she rammed the spiralling lance of dark matter straight into the monster's chest. It emitted a pained roar, but Astrid didn’t care as she used more of her strength to plunge it straight through.

Blood seeped, yet the purple drill seemed to absorb it as it continued to reap the monster's life. Finally, it fell to the ground as the notification of the kill entered her mind.

Level 127 – Tree Ent Warrior.



Not even a Level... Astrid shook her head. But she was close. It seemed that killing monsters above Level one-hundred and twenty-five was the threshold she had to achieve for continuous fast growth. Although next Level it would increase once more.

It was why not a lot of warriors on Rebirth surpassed level two-hundred. It was a monumental achievement that not many could reach in a lifetime. After all, not everyone could continuously, and endlessly, slay monsters.

Especially at higher Levels, and even more so in Cities.

When it came to Cities, there wasn’t just a Level difference. But something within them made them stronger than they should be. It was why City expeditions were only to be undertaken once a year, and only those above a certain Level could take part. It didn’t matter if one was a Wayfarer, Seafarer, or anything else. Everyone could take part if they had the strength to do so.

Of course the rewards were incredibly lucrative, or they wouldn’t surrender their lives otherwise.

It was where many of the families had gained their family heirlooms.

At first, Astrid believed it to be a great treasure exploration mission. Where thousands of the strongest warriors would fight for heirlooms of grand rarity. However, with her current experience of the world, she could only imagine the amount of treachery involved.

And obviously blood.

Shaking her head at the miserable thoughts, she gazed around at the room now that the immediate threat was dealt with. It reminded her of the large domed roof of the auction house, just, pitch black. Although she looked closer, she was able to make out a pale-white that sent a tingle down her spine. Bones.

Humanoid bones, to be exact. She had no idea how long they had been down here, and she had no interest in finding out as she was about to head toward the only other exit in this damned place. It was a door with interlocking vines. A skull and crossbones hung above.

Astrid frowned. Really? She thought. Was the tree king trying to scare her? Because it was working, she just wished nothing would come back to life. She quickly shut off her thoughts, worried that it was somehow reading her mind.

She just hoped she didn’t have Brett’s secret passive ability of talking things to fruition. It was overpowered.

Inching forward to the passageway. She was about to press on the door to open it when the ground shook. It was a familiar sensation, but this time there was no strange pit of mushrooms, but rather the walls trembled, then moved.

The walls groaned, then began moving toward her all at once as they inched ever closer...

Shit.