Da Morte stepped onto the soil of the proibida realm. Da Morte was a sorcerer spell binder like the Dark Lord.
He was at the foot of a hill. He uttered an incantation, causing mystic symbols to glow around his face. Mystic qi was gathered inside him, and he used it to propel himself like a rocket to the top of the hill.
The hill's top stretched for about 2 km in all directions. Before arriving at the top of the hill, there was a small herd of Mouse Willows on the hill.
He scoffed, "Oh! Great! There are more of you guys this time. "
The Mouse Willow he saw before was about 1 foot tall and lean. But those ones he saw at the moment were 3 feet tall and bulky. He guessed that they were adult Mouse Willows.
Mouse Willows were Demon pets that had resemblance to Koalas but had anatomical structure of wolves.
The herd of Mouse Willows aggressively howled at him. They didn't like outsiders of the herd trespassing on their territory.
He smirked at them menacingly and said, "Your attitudes won't make me leave. I have planned to stay and cultivate here." He sat down in a lettuce pose.
The herd didn't like that he wasn't about to leave. The Mouse Willows' bodies sparked off tongues of fire that faded into the air.
Da Morte rose to his feet while he brushed off the dust on his bum side. With his attention locked on brushing off dust on his bum side, he said to the herd, "I see you all have chosen violence."
The tails of Mouse Willows were like spiral-shaft arrows.
On the tails of the Mouse Willows, fire flames charged into fire balls. The herd fired at Da Morte. Da Morte conjured a force shield for protection, which was held steady by mystic qi released by his forward-extended left arm.
The attack on him was relentless. He hadn't cultivated his mystic prowess to the extent of being regarded with reverence. He couldn't conjure fire, water, or air elements to attack his attackers while he was inside a force shield.
His attack options were limited to only soil element attacks. His soil attacks were unfortunately limited. He could only attack at intervals.
Numerous soil stalagmites sprang out and impaled a few Mouse Willows to death after Da Morte stamped his right foot on the ground. The other herd members were quick enough to evade death.
The herd continued their relentless attack on Da Morte.
A voice announced in his head, "You have earned a grade five fire spirit! Mouse Willow fire spirit added to your prowess inventory!"
He said with pleasure, "Finally!"
He put his other arm forward and closed his eyes. Red thin lines appeared on him. The lines threaded through the centre of each of his body parts.
Then, a red-lined circle appeared around his feet. And within the circle was another red circle. Gold-glowed mystic symbols gently cruised around the space that separated the two circles.
While the lines, circles, and symbols happened, Da Morte said a silent incantation. A fire spirit with an indiscernible appearance emerged from his dantian and then merged with his body.
A voice announced in his head, "Grade 5 Mouse Willow fire spirit was summoned and combined with the body! Your fire element prowess has temporarily increased by 20 points! Fire element prowess is temporarily at 40 percent!"
The voice also announced that because of the fire prowess boost, his soil prowess had also been boosted.
"It's go time," Da Morte excitedly said to himself.
He shivered and got on his knees. His arms were still stretched forward.
A voice warned him in his head, "Warning! Warning! Warning! Your body has not evolved to the point of possessing a grade 5 fire spirit! Cancel the merging to save yourself from drastic consequences. "
The voice still warned him, but he wasn't going to listen to it soon. He clinched his fists. Instantaneously, a flaming boulder emerged from the ground directly outside his force field's battle front. The boulder countered every fireball with rocks, which caused an explosion of dust that soon filled the air and blocked vision.
Despite the fact that they couldn't see their target, the herd attacked right on the spot where it was.
Da Morte activated his see-through-vision. He changed his position and evaded the instinctive attacks. He made use of the optical advantage to produce flaming soil attacks that killed a lot of Mouse Willows.
In a few minutes, it was only a few Mouse Willows that were alive. The survivors clumsily ran away. Da Morte wasn't happy that he didn't kill them all.
He felt warm liquid drip from his nostrils. It was blood. Then he felt dizzy and lost the bearings of his body. The force shield came down. He hyper-ventilated and could only see blurs around him. He fell to the ground.
The voice in his head relentlessly said, "Your body has suffered damage due to merging with an inconvenient fire spirit." "Cancel the integration, authorise the cancellation, or refute the cancellation."
Da Morte's thoughts weren't coordinated. He couldn't hear what his system said to him. After moments of repeated announcements, he was fortunate to hear the last sentence. Since his thoughts were a mess, his guts were on the wheel. His guts told him to pick authorize and he did.
The fire spirit returned to his dantian.
His system announced that the integration was cancelled.
He still lay on the ground, but he was exhausted.
Da Morte's system said in his head, "This area is rich in mystic qi. Authorize automatic cultivation so that qi can be cultivated to repair your body and to regain lost energy."
Kyle authorised automatic cultivation. He felt qi flow into his dantian. He felt qi disseminate to the areas it was needed in his body. It made his body relax and feel better.