[C'mon, you guys got this!]
[Just a bit more!]
[It's nearly down!]
Different from before, words of encouragement are posted into the official chat box, as the weapon spirits work together to take down the 50-meter stone soldier.
With her whip gone, what serves to replace Li Zi Xiang's weapon is the black robe that she is currently wearing.
Coiling around one of the sleeves of Li Zi Xiang's robes are a total of four golden thorn patterns.
As these golden thorn patterns peel themselves off the robe's surface, they act as four whips that can be manipulated freely.
Raising her right hand over her head, Li Zi Xiang performs a cleave with the four thorn whips of light following her movement!
*Pah!!!* struck by Li Zi Xiang's whips, the stone soldier takes a single step back, prior to closing its right hand—manifesting a phantom spear in its grip.
"Careful!"
As the stone soldier lunges its phantom spear towards Li Zi Xiang, Shao Tianming leaps upwards from beneath the spear's shaft, and strikes with his halberd—shifting the weapon's trajectory to just barely avoid the latter.
In the same instance—
"My turn!"
Chen Lan appears beside the stone soldier's right hand, and slashes with his blade!
As Chen Lan falls, Wang Yongning steps on top of the former's shoulder, and cleaves his white flamed daggers at the exact spot that the former had struck.
"Tch!"
Clicking his tongue in response to not being able to cut through the hand's wrist completely, Wang Yongning rolls his body in the air, and—
*Boom! Boom! Boom!* repeatedly cleaves away at the wrist—managing to cut through a quarter of it prior to losing altitude, and falling towards the ground.
As this is happening, weapon spirits gather at the feet of the stone soldier—in an effort to cripple its legs by striking its ankles!
Overall, it should only be a matter of time before, the stone soldier is taken down, as comments of encouragement are continuously posted in the official chat box.
...…
"…"
Standing at the base of the black tree—surrounded by damaged floor tiles, and dense masses of overgrown vegetation, Long Hua looks up at the tree's crown, which is made up of blue leaves.
Detecting the sound of footsteps, Long Hua sees via his divine senses—that Zhou Chen and Yang Ning are drawing closer to his position.
"Devourer."
Muttering this, Long Hua summons a phantom serpent's maw, and right in front of Zhou Chen and Yang Ning's eyes—the maw snaps itself shut over a massive portion of the blue leaves.
"…"
"…"
Simultaneously, Zhou Chen and Yang Ning halt their footsteps in astonishment; however—
"…?!"
"Uh?"
*…!!!* what causes them to experience an even greater amount of shock is the heavy mass of earth elemental energy that is emanating from Long Hua.
"I see."
Turning around, Long Hua raises his right hand, and mutters—
"Dì Xīn."
Following a flash of golden radiance, a golden gemstone—in the shape of a heart organ, manifests above Long Hua's palm.
This is the Relic that "Long Hua" had left behind, and with every heartbeat-like sound that is being emitted by it, the earth beneath Zhou Chen and Yang Ning's feet would tremble subtly—as if responding to it.
"What is that?"
"A magic treasure of some kind?"
As the phantom maw leans down from above—
"Earth elemental magic treasure, effortlessly obtained, how comedic."
Long Hua tosses the object into it.
Upon the maw's disappearance, the same mass of earth elemental energy erupts from Long Hua's body once more, but this time, it signifies his attainment of perfect mastery over the earth element.
In the same instance, the world within his spiritual sea experiences its next transformation.
Due to the abundance of earth elemental energy, the landmass's soil gains a greater sense of richness—causing the minerals and greeneries, which use them as their cradle, to emit a greater degree of luster.
"This is…?"
"Perfect mastery over the earth element?"
"…"
Tearing the choker that is wrapped around his neck, Long Hua sees—via his divine senses, that there is no longer a bar code tattoo present.
And as a means to test Zhou Chen and Yang Ning's memories further, Long Hua simultaneously unleashes the elemental energies of metal, water, and wood.
"Four of five?"
"Metal, wood, water, and earth…"
Realizing that Long Hua had attained perfect mastery over four of the five elements, both Zhou Chen and Yang Ning drew in a cold breath of air.
During their lives as practitioners, a talent of this class is as rare as phoenix feathers and Qilin horns—causing both Zhou Chen and Yang Ning's complexions to turn pale at the abrupt realization of their opponent's true strength.
"Recognition of elemental energy. Seems like you two have mostly recovered your memories as practitioners."
In response to Long Hua's remark, a sense of solemness appears on Zhou Chen and Yang Ning's faces.
"Oh?"
Raising a smile of amusement, Long Hua sees more weapon spirits approaching the area, and among them are Ning Qiu Heng and Lan Shan.
"Qiāng Lìng."
"Fú Nù."
Without wasting any time, Ning Qiu Heng and Lan Shan assumed their Weapon Spirit True Body states.
Held within Ning Qiu Heng's hands are twin short spears. Appearance wise, his Weapon Spirit True Body state—grants him a bulky set of white armor with a red mantle, while also raising his stature to three meters in height.
Similarly to Ning Qiu Heng, Lan Shan's stature is also raised to three meters in height. His armor is pitch black in color, and fits tightly onto the skin—resembling a body suit, while his lower body is wrapped in an armored skirt. As for weapons, it is none other than the bulky pair of golden gauntlets that are wrapped around his forearms.