179: Chapter 179 Flesh Pie

As the three entered the formation, the Sludge Monster crashing against the barrier also spotted them.

To the Sludge Monster, this Toxic Miasma was no different from its own eyes.

At this moment, a large number of Corrupted Puppets gathered below everyone, huddling together as densely as a swarm of locusts.

As the Toxic Miasma surged, the flesh of the Corrupted Puppets began to melt, and the liquefied flesh immediately began to fuse with other Corruptors.

Seeing this scene, the three naturally knew the Sludge Monster was up to no good.

Skadi looked at the huge dark shadow in the Toxic Miasma with a solemn expression: "You two clear out all those Corrupted Puppets. I'll go hold back the Sludge Monster first."

With that, Skadi charged toward the Sludge Monster.

In an instant, blue light flared within the Toxic Miasma, and the sounds of explosions rang out one after another.

Nie Ning withdrew his gaze and looked down at the gathering Corrupted Puppets below.

Although he didn't know what the Sludge Monster intended to do, the most important thing right now was to clear them out first.

Chebuman looked at Nie Ning's back, a strange light flashing in his eyes as a golden metallic blade appeared in his hand.

Sensing that intense surge of malice, Nie Ning turned to glance at Chebuman and the metallic blade in his hand.

"Hmph!"

Just as Nie Ning thought the other party was going to make a move against him, Chebuman gave a cold snort and threw the metallic blade downward.

The metallic blade was incredibly sharp, piercing through the bodies of the Corrupted Puppets and pinning itself into the ground.

Under Chebuman's activation, numerous spikes extended from the metallic blade, which then began to spin like a top, tearing apart every Corrupted Puppet in its path.

Perhaps out of confidence in his own strength, Chebuman controlled the spinning metallic spikes while casting a provocative glance toward Nie Ning.

Seeing this, Nie Ning's expression remained indifferent.

He did not perform an eight-fold fusion, instead using ordinary Explosive Fireballs to attack the Corrupted Puppets.

To him, now was not the time to fight Chebuman; it was better to conserve as much strength as possible.

Although his efficiency was somewhat lacking, the searing flames were still able to burn both the Toxic Miasma and the Corrupted Puppets.

While Chebuman's kill speed was fast, in Nie Ning's perception, the shattered corpses beneath the Toxic Miasma were actually using the damage to accelerate their fusion.

Clearly, Chebuman was not only failing to help, but was also creating a minor problem for them.

Though Nie Ning didn't point it out, Chebuman was, after all, a peak Second Ring Wizard, and he eventually noticed something was wrong as he continued his attacks.

Because the grinding speed of the metallic spikes was getting slower and slower, the clumped-together Corrupted Puppets seemed to have become even tougher.

Chebuman glanced at Nie Ning, but Nie Ning didn't even bother to acknowledge him, continuing to clear the surrounding Corrupted Puppets on his own.

Nie Ning's attention remained fixed on Skadi.

Although he couldn't see the situation inside clearly, judging by the energy fluctuations, the strength of a Third-Ring Wizard was indeed formidable.

Of course, it was only to that extent.

Sensory-wise, Skadi didn't seem much stronger than himself, though he didn't know if Skadi was holding back.

"Hurry up and clear them! I can't restrict the Corruptor for very long!"

At that moment, Skadi's voice drifted out from the Toxic Miasma.

Hearing the voice, Nie Ning glanced at the Corrupted Puppets below.

Although many Corrupted Puppets had been devoured by the Sludge Monster, their numbers below were still in the tens of thousands.

Furthermore, at this point, most of the Corrupted Puppets had already fused together.

They spread across the ground five hundred meters wide and stood about forty to fifty meters high.

It was like a giant pie woven from countless people, with various joints, limbs, and heads serving as the meat and vegetable toppings.

Seeing this, Nie Ning raised his right hand above his head, and a massive fireball nearly ten meters wide condensed into existence.

The scorching flames incinerated the surrounding Toxic Miasma.

As Nie Ning threw the fireball, the flesh pie formed by the Corrupted Puppets folded over, swallowing the fireball like a giant maw.

Boom!

A massive explosion rang out, blasting a huge crater into the center of the corrupted flesh pie.

For a moment, severed limbs and broken appendages flew everywhere, with blood mixing with shredded meat splashing in all directions.

Looking at the shredded meat landing on his shield, Nie Ning couldn't help but frown.

That flesh seemed to possess a life of its own, actually eroding and weakening his shield.

Nie Ning's keen perception sensed a shift in the Toxic Miasma; the surrounding poisonous gas seemed to have thinned slightly.

He shifted his gaze to the Blazing Sun Zenith Array in the sky.

Looking closely, those blasted-away limbs and meat fragments were clinging to the formation, while a large amount of poisonous gas was clashing with the searing aura of the formation.

Seeing this scene, Nie Ning's expression turned solemn.

...

To the side, Chebuman was still slaughtering the Corrupted Puppets.

He summoned a massive golden light sword, which could divide the human flesh pie into several equal parts with each swing.

However, Metal-element spells indeed lacked significant lethality against such creatures with fast recovery and massive sizes.

Besides treating the symptoms rather than the root cause, the consumption of mana was also very obvious.

Chebuman seemed to realize this as well; as he extended both hands, a golden magic circle appeared before him.

As a vast amount of mana poured into the circle, a massive golden beam swept across, obliterating all flesh in its path.

Although the mana consumption for this move was enormous, this single strike wiped out more than half of the human flesh pie below.

Nie Ning's brow twitched slightly, a strange light appearing in his eyes.

Indeed, few people who could cultivate to the level of a Second Ring Wizard were pushovers.

The sorcery the other party had just displayed already exceeded the power of the Wind-Thunder Blade.

In comparison, while the eight-fold elemental fusion was more powerful, single-attribute sorceries were also not weak when augmented by Runic Formulas.

This was the charm of runes.

The reason for this wasn't that fusion sorcery was weak.

It was because single attributes, aside from the core formula, had more vacant slots to add runes that enhanced power.

Furthermore, single-attribute sorceries were much easier to learn.

Nie Ning's fusion sorcery was different; there was simply no room to carve other runes, as the formula for the Elemental Sphere alone occupied over 90% of the space.

...

Looking at the panting Chebuman, Nie Ning's eyes shifted slightly.

"Metal-attribute sorcery doesn't show much power against these things. You go help Lord Skadi first; I'll head over after I finish clearing this up!"

Hearing this, Chebuman nearly spat out blood from anger.

He had just destroyed more than half of the Corrupted Puppets, and you're telling me it 'doesn't show much power'?

"You..."

"Hurry and help! Let Bronk handle the rest!"

Just as Chebuman was about to snap back at Nie Ning, Skadi's voice spoke from within the Toxic Miasma.

It wasn't that Nie Ning was better at clearing those Corrupted Puppets.

It was because Nie Ning had consistently performed average; clearly, his rapid advancement had left his mastery of sorcery limited.

Currently, the main priority was dealing with the Sludge Monster. The longer they delayed, the lower their chances of winning. In such a situation, the stronger Chebuman was naturally the one who could help him more.

Hearing this, Chebuman couldn't say much. He could only give Nie Ning a fierce glare before flying toward the interior of the Toxic Miasma.

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