The Lord of Elements from a Drop of Water - Chapter 37

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Instantly, Jon had a thought,

Elemental power was being consumed at a crazy rate?

He understood why the wound caused by the sword seemed to have no effect on the demon leader.

It must have consumed its mana to heal the wound just like Jon had done!

However, its speed of recovery was too fast, which was why Jon had not noticed it.

In that case, he could only cut it continuously and let it consume mana to heal its body. As long as it finished consuming its mana, he could successfully kill the demon leader.

“Battle Aura Ice Sword!”

Jon changed his strategy and summoned his Battle Aura Ice Sword to slash at the demon leader.

Having witnessed the power of this sword, the demon leader didn’t dare to take it head-on. Instead, it dodged Jon’s slash at an extremely fast speed.

After all, the Ice Sword only had a range of two meters, and the demon leader was 20 levels higher than Jon. Therefore, Jon’s speed wasn’t fast enough, and he was actually fooled by the demon leader’s kite tactic.

“Battle Aura Ice Wings!”

The gorgeous ice crystal wings spread out on Jon’s back, flapping with a cold wind, which also provided Jon with a terrifying movement speed.

Jon immediately caught up with the demon leader that was dodging and slashed at it with the sword in his hand.

Puff!

The demon leader’s body was once again divided into two groups like a swarm of flies. After being slashed by the Ice Sword, it returned to its original appearance.

“Battle Aura Ice Sword!”

Jon struck out with another sword. The demon leader’s body had just returned to its original state when it was slashed open again.

However, this time, Jon was careful not to cut the demon leader’s body. Instead, he kept the sword inside its body.

Facing Jon’s trick, the demon leader’s body turned into dense black dots like a swarm of flies. It rapidly retreated, trying to escape from the Ice Sword.

The Battle Aura Ice Wings that were emitting cold air flapped, giving Jon enough speed to keep up with the demon leader. He closely followed the swarm of flies that had turned into dense black dots, keeping the Ice Sword inside its body.

“Ice Spirit Attack!”

At the same time, Jon used Ice Spirit Attack.

Whoosh!

Sticky blood splattered all over the ground. Jon finally managed to effectively injure the demon leader while it was dizzy.

“Ahhhh!”, the demon leader cried out in pain, “Berserk Blood!”

Its speed suddenly soared as it quickly escaped from Jon’s sword. Then, its movement state suddenly changed, turning into a bloody light as it charged towards Jon.

Jon could feel that the bloody light contained an extremely terrifying power. Moreover, the demon leader’s physical state had changed. In order to display its strongest attack power, it had broken away from that indestructible state.

“Triple Sword Ultimate, Battle Aura Ice Sword!”

Sensing its seriousness, Jon also used his strongest attack skill.

The ice covered the bloody light. The demon leader’s body suddenly collapsed, and its life began to rapidly drain away.

‘Ding! Mission completed. Level 42 demon leader quasi-lord level killed. Level fragment + 460,000 obtained. Successfully extracted battle aura advanced fragment + 1,200, mana advanced fragment + 1,000 from the target’s body!’

The system’s notification sounded, and the demon leader’s life force completely drained.

After killing the demon leader, Jon and Iris carefully searched the spacious space and finally understood what these berserk demons were doing in this cave.

They were creating a summoning circle, a permanent summoning circle. It seemed that they wanted a huge magic circle with enough magic power to summon a demon army.

Fortunately, they had discovered it early. If these berserk demons finished their work, not only Wind Riding City, but also all the towns within a hundred miles would be trampled by the demon army.

“Ding, advanced fragment assembly found. Do you want to extract it?”

Just when Jon was having a headache about how to dismantle the almost-built summoning circle, the system notification suddenly sounded and marked on the virtual screen. The so-called advanced fragment assembly was precisely that summoning circle.

Jon could not help but be overjoyed, “Extract!”

“Ding, the host’s will has been confirmed. Ready to extract…”

“Ding, extraction successful. Obtained mana advanced fragment + 100!”

“Ding, extraction successful. Obtained divine power + 100!”

“Ding, extraction successful. Obtained mana advanced fragment + 100!”

“Ding, extraction successful. Obtained divine power + 100!”

…

It took almost an hour to completely drain the summoning circle. At the same time, the harvest was also very gratifying. A total of mana advanced fragment + 14,000 was obtained, and a total of 15,000 points of divine power were obtained!

The fact that he was able to extract divine power from such an item puzzled Jon for a while.

The number of advanced fragments he obtained this time, together with the stock he had used in the past, was actually enough for the next level up.

When the matter came to an end, Jon noticed that Iris’s face had become extremely pale. It was a sign that she was about to run out of mana.

It seemed like it was time to dispel the summoning spell, return to the water elemental plane.

Considering that it was unknown how many levels and advancements Jon would be able to reach after this return to the water elemental plane, it was unlikely that Iris would be able to successfully summon Jon the next time.

However, Jon didn’t want to stay in the water elemental plane forever. The two times he was summoned by Iris to battle had been quite fruitful. He still felt that this was a good partnership.

Thus, after much consideration, he decided to help Iris advance to the next level.

He took out the statue of the water god from his interspatial ring, injected his divine power into it, and then transmitted his will to the system:

“Level up for Iris.”

The statue of the water god emitted a gentle blue light that surged towards Iris.

“Ding! The host’s will to level up has been confirmed. The consumption of divine power to level up has begun.”

A look of shock appeared in Iris’s eyes. “I’m actually… really leveling up? I’ve felt the blessing of the Water God!”

She was now at the elite level and had level up once before. Thus, when she recognized the changes that were happening to her body, she was ecstatic.

However, Jon was not that ecstatic. It was clearly a gift from him, okay? Don’t push all the fame onto the Sea God!

‘Ding! Do you wish to level up your target to the pinnacle commander tier without any regard for the cost?’

The last time he had level up Daria, he had only spent a few hundred points of divine power. Now that Jon had more than 10,000 points in his body, it was a time when he was extremely well-off.

Jon immediately had the system level up Iris to the highest tier that a medium object could reach.

“Without regard for consumption, complete upgrade!”

“Ding, level up completed. Target has advanced to the pinnacle commander-tier!”

Iris felt that reality was as unbelievable as a dream. Although her total mana had not changed, she felt that the density of her mana had increased by more than ten times! She felt that her body was filled with power.

Advancing to a higher level was a great skill that only gods had. Only gods could do it.

Iris looked at Jon with awe. She felt that Jon’s abilities were unfathomable. The stronger he became, the harder it was to see!