Chapter 1557: Combat Circuit [5]

BOOOOOOOOOM!

Elena shot into the ground with speed far exceeding what the monstrosity she created before could replicate.

This transformation was like the next level of the abilities she started to develop when she was just a girl.

The desire she once had to be an infinite combatant who never got tired, this was the peak of it that she could accomplish at her current level.

Stamina didn't exist in her mind when she was in this form. Exhaustion was the same.

Power was not a problem, because her current physical strength could even rival Damien to an extent.

The current Elena was truly a monster. If it wasn't for her beautiful appearance, nobody would have ever believed she was a human.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

She immediately went to work, disarming the people around her.

Her hands flicked forth, and miniature explosions of vitality overran the hands of those in her immediate vicinity, causing them to explode.

Naturally, those people dropped their weapons.

SHIK!

Elena's hand turned into a claw and stabbed through the neck of the man to her right.

BANG!

He immediately lit his body on fire with law to try to injure her. His life may have been reaching an end with her move, but that didn't mean he would just allow her to kill him.

WHOOOOOSH!

The flames enveloped Elena, turning her into a torch and a clear target for the rest.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

It wasn't Elena this time.

Countless attacks flooded her position as she was revealed to them all.

'Damn!'

She dodged and weaved as much as she could, but it was impossible to avoid everything.

BANG!

A hit to her right side flung her left into the path of another.

BOOM!

It hit her straight in the chest, forcing her to cough up blood as she took several steps back.

The fire around her wasn't a problem. Her skin was like a layer of scales, not allowing the high temperatures to actually affect her internal body.

However, the physical impacts she took still caused damage.

'[Heal].'

It wasn't the same [Heal] skill that Damien used, but the effect was right about the same.

Elena's blood returned to her body and her injuries disappeared. She stomped on the ground, slamming into the air as the enemies approached her.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

A third test, but one that didn't matter as much.

It was more of a curiosity than anything else.

Could Life Laws on their own be used offensively?

Elena knew she could overload people with vitality and force their bodies to expel it to compensate. This action would usually cause internal explosions and severe injury.

The problem was that if she wanted to affect more than a single body part, she needed to precisely calculate how much vitality it would take to overload the individual she was targeting. Otherwise, she would just be healing them.

The shots she fired were not calculated.

Instead, they were pumped with as much vitality as Elena could produce in that short span of time and thrown wildly into the crowd.

They did cause explosions, but they didn't affect the environment. The energy flowed out and hit everyone nearby.

For the most part, it was ineffective. The majority of her enemies saw themselves getting a slight buff, while others didn't receive anything at all.

Just one person was hit directly by the blast, and he was surely overloaded.

His body ballooned into something inhuman, almost like a certain blueberry from media, and exploded into a blood mist.

It seemed to be the staple when Elena killed someone.

Nevertheless, the attack was mostly unsuccessful.

Including the man that just died and the man she'd killed earlier, her current form had only netted her three kills. It wasn't much, but she was trying to aim for individuals rather than the group, so it was expected.

'Twelve left.'

In her current form, if she wanted to, she could absolutely challenge them in close combat and win.

That was the assurance that she wanted to gain from this experiment, and since she had it, there was no reason to continue.

This was a test run, after all. It wasn't a battle for her to use her everything.

One by one, she was putting the pieces into motion and turning her strength into something it had never been before.

She was reaching her best state as the threat of true death became a real factor in her mind.

That feeling, chilling yet thrilling, invigorated her mind.

She couldn't get enough of it.

It wasn't as if her enemies were weak.

Of the twelve that were left, ten of them were the original high-

rank Demigods. Those men hadn't been injured severely by Yggdrasil or anything that followed its appearance.

They were the ones Elena could only fight against if she used her full power, and while she didn't do it intentionally, she eventually started saving them for later.

The two remaining middle-rank Demigods were at the back of the pack.

The deaths of their peers had reminded them of their mortality. They couldn't charge into battle confidently knowing that they were just cogs in the machine.

However, would Elena allow them to hide?

Of course not!

Until the two of them died, she couldn't focus on her dessert!

VOOOOOOOM!

A huge aura of life spread through the land.

Yggdrasil was finally back in action.

Its roots were already known by the enemy. Its recovery wasn't a surprise to them.

The ten high-rank Demigods immediately put up their defenses and started attacking to incapacitate the tree again.

As for the two behind them...

Frankly, the high-ranks couldn't care about them anymore.

And without their protection, the two of them didn't really stand any chance.

BOOM! BOOM!

Two roots of Yggdrasil spurted out from below them, aiming to grab them as they'd grabbed the man before.

One of the high-rank Demigods noticed and attacked backward, shooting bursts of high-intensity flame at the roots.

These flames were blue and contained properties of ice, both cooling and heating at the same time.

He remembered what had happened before.

That monstrosity was killed easily because there were a lot of them, but if two more appeared at this time, it would cause chaos.

He didn't want the roots to take the two middle-rank Demigods, but how was he supposed to stop it while also attacking Yggdrasil and protecting his allies?

He couldn't.

It was as simple as that.

And rather than having more threats to threaten their remaining forces...

...he'd much rather get rid of the weak links who made them subject to such threats.

"AHHHHHHHHH!"

Two agonizing screams rang out.

The blue flames enveloped not only the roots of the tree, but also the two men those roots were trying to grab.

Their skin was burned off instantly, and their insides cooled to dangerous temperatures.

Eventually...

BANG!

BANG!

He stopped hesitating and made the decisive move.

...those two middle-rank Demigods were burnt to a crisp and turned into nothing more than ash.

Ten remained.

Ten strong enough to defeat Elena on their own.

And facing them, Elena's eyes widened in concentration.

This was the main course but also the dessert.

This was where she'd truly allow her skills to shine.

'Rise.'

An army of her own, an army that she hadn't called in a very long time.

The warriors of Valhalla, those lost souls who swore their allegiance to her...

They appeared in the Heavenly World for the first time.

With bloodlust that simply couldn't be contained.