Chapter 418: Chapter 362: Rica’s Elemental Body
In the sky, Rica and the Forest Saintess were floating, facing each other from afar.
Only one of them had a bizarre smile on their face, while the other was filled with terror.
The Forest Saintess’s four hooves scrambled desperately, her mouth agape, yet no sound could be heard.
Strands of green light emanated from her body, then converged into Rica’s body.
Rica’s green eyes grew more eerie, and her skin seemed to flicker in and out of view.
She was on the verge of a breakthrough!
Upon reaching level fifteen, the body can advance in two directions: Elemental Body or Law Body.
Elemental Body is the most common, while Law Body is exceedingly rare.
Of course, as Rica stated, strength isn’t strongly correlated to having an Elemental or Law Body.
For example, her mother, the Five-Colored Dragon Mother, was a formidable Elemental Body, yet practically invincible against current foes.
Thus, Lin Ke understood that Rica’s point was similar to how earning money isn’t necessarily correlated with having a middle school or graduate education.
Individuals with middle school education can amass wealth, while those with a graduate degree might struggle financially.
But how many "middle schoolers" can be as exceptional as the Five-Colored Dragon Mother?
Therefore, Lin Ke felt it was crucial to achieve a Law Body at once.
However, achieving a Law Body is famously difficult.
To reach a Law Body, mastery of a particular law is necessary.
And mastering a law implies being at least an Epic-level Powerhouse.
An Epic-level Powerhouse who fortifies and perceives this law ultimately becomes a Star-level Powerhouse.
After becoming a Star-level Powerhouse, advancing to Legendary becomes exceptionally challenging.
One begins to touch upon laws after level fifteen.
An Epic-level Powerhouse at level eighteen can condense Law Divinity, which is akin to the divinity of pursuing divine paths but fundamentally different.
At level twenty, a Star-level possesses at least one Law Divinity, using its strength to overcome the bottleneck between levels nineteen and twenty.
To cross the threshold of Legendary, Law Divinity must be condensed within the body, merging with either elementalized or law-embodied forms.
Post-merger, the divine power returns to the self, thus achieving Legendary.
Of course, if multiple Law Divinities are condensed, one must be chosen to merge with the body.
After achieving Legendary, more laws lead to higher levels.
Gods are similar, encountering divinity, mastering it, condensing it, divinity becoming deity, thus becoming gods.
An Elemental Body later may harmonize with specific elements.
For instance, Rica’s future attributes will align with plant elements, completely excluding others.
It’s not that other elements can’t be perceived anymore, dual abilities are still possible, but the constitution will cause efficiency to suffer.
The Law Body differs; even if transformed, perception of other laws and elements remains unaffected.
This is why Law Bodies are powerful.
At this moment, Rica had prepared in advance.
"Natural power? Perfectly suited for me to command!" Rica chuckled softly, gently flexed her finger gripping the Magic Staff, and emitted a silent screech.
The screech transformed into a shockwave directed at the opposing Forest Saintess, who couldn’t resist.
Immediately, the Forest Saintess’s eyes turned white, her body convulsed, and two sand-like clusters were extracted from her head by Rica.
These sand-like clusters hovered up and down as if forming a small sandy waterfall in the air, representing the Forest Saintess’s twin divinities!
"Natural Power" and "Green Leaf"!
The two clusters of divinity floated, emitting star-like radiant dots.
Rica chose the Elemental Body over the Law Body!
According to her, she is uninterested in other things; if an Elemental Body can’t successfully achieve Legendary, a Law Body likely can’t either.
Of course, Lin Ke knows that Rica is simply lazy.
Breaking through to Legendary practically ensures avoiding natural death; even if planes are destroyed, a Legendary can travel in the All Heavens Star Realm to survive in another.
With Rica’s talent, a little effort should be enough to break through to Legendary; considering her path has been laid out by others.
Those two clusters of divinity serve as Rica’s nourishment for her breakthrough!
As the divinities left the Forest Saintess’s body, she fell like a desiccated corpse.
Once a Star-level existence intended to extract blood from Rica met the counter fate of being drained.
"Truly pitiful." Lin Ke stroked his bare chin as he gazed at the corpse on the ground.
To the onlookers, it seemed daunting.
This corpse, alive, had been completely drained by Rica!
A line echoed in the spectators’ minds: no exhausted oxen, only overworked land.
Rica wouldn’t use the skill Emerald Extraction then, would she? Otherwise, who knows what their lord would become...
Lin Ke didn’t ponder the onlookers’ thoughts, instead approached to collect the Forest Saintess’s corpse.
With the live broadcast going on, it wasn’t wise to examine the Saintess’s belongings now, perhaps after Rica’s breakthrough.
Rica was at a critical juncture, absorbing the two clusters of divinity into herself.
These two clusters attracted them immensely, but they resisted due to opposing directions.
After absorbing the divinity, Rica seemed unsatisfied, beckoning everyone from nearby forest huts under her control.
The Order Potion elevated Rica’s level several levels, reaching almost seventeen.
Plus, her Tree Shepherdess bloodline, a branch of Jade Tree Court lineage, holds a powerful suppression over nature-based bloodlines.
Just like in the same land, taller trees typically root deeper, absorb more nutrients, while smaller trees struggle for survival.
Under Rica’s absolute control, others were fine, except for those Deer-man pursuing the path of nature, tightly suppressed.
"Emerald Extraction." Rica didn’t even need to utter a banshee’s scream this time, just a gesture lifted many Deer-men into the air, even the four severely burned Deer-men.
They struggled wildly, some seeming to contain other laws, but before using them, were drained dry.
An expensive Order Potion for an even pricier cluster of Deer-man powerhouses, worthy?
Perhaps a discrepancy exists in cost, as Order Potions aren’t common, and Star-level powerhouses are abundant.
Yet considering these as Deer-man slaves, especially Naseng native female Deer-man slaves, along with Rica’s breakthrough, it’s somewhat worthwhile.
After absorbing these Deer-men, Rica gently landed, closed her eyes, then frowned slightly, whispering: "Not enough..."
Rica looked at Lin Ke, who nodded immediately.
He pulled out a rotten piece of wood from his coat.
Divine Artifact fragment!