Chapter 96 – Conservation Magic
The Divine Prince and the priest cowered behind the sturdy shield of a knight, while Princess Filisia stood like an iron tower, blocking Tillysha’s path. Filisia guarded them like a mother hen, shielding the squishy duo behind her from any harm.
Seeing Filisia showed no signs of attacking, Tillysha nocked an arrow on her wooden bow but didn’t rush to let it fly. Light wings extended from the bow’s ends, gathering divine power. The sheer force built up visibly; its strength doubling with every passing moment.
Wenfu was also keeping busy as Tillysha prepared her arrow. She contributed her own effort by channeling divine authority to boost Tillysha’s abilities, thereby enhancing the potency of her next divine attack.
A peach-pink glow hung like a delicate ribbon tied to Tillysha’s arrow, brimming with potent energy.
Filiisia, seemingly protective of the safety of the two squishy allies behind her, didn’t intervene in Tillysha’s charge.
Golden and pink lights intertwined, shooting toward the sky in a dazzling display beneath a trembling sea of divine power. From Tillysha’s delicate hands erupted an explosive shockwave that tore through the air.
The terrifying force unleashed howled with gale-force winds, reducing solid rocks to dust and sending sand flying in every direction. The enduring stones crumbled to powder upon touching the ground, and the colossal beam of golden and pink energy broke the stillness of the air, leaving in its wake a trail of fractured earth as if tidal waves were rending the land apart. The visible landscape was bathed in glimmers of gold and pink.
The sheer magnitude of the power was spine-chilling, and even Tillysha herself stared in awe.
It was clear that the power of a fully charged arrow far exceeded that of a quickshot. But it shouldn’t have transformed to this extent!
The devastating force was the result of the top-tier priestess’s divine authority boost.
Tillysha didn’t think she was wrong; Filisia’s divine resistance wasn’t negligible—it was decent by relative standards. But among her four resistances, divine was her weakest, only rated at 2.5 stars.
Before the battle, Tillysha had already been contemplating how to breach Filisia’s turtle-shell-like realm defenses. Knowing Filisia’s realm defenses leaned heavily toward four resistances, it had been clear that divine power would be her best bet.
But could it really be this easy?
Surely Filisia knew her own weaknesses? Would she not have planned some countermeasures?
In the blink of an eye, the intertwining beam was upon Filisia.
At this distance, there was no way Filisia could dodge it in time. She merely raised her crown blade in a defensive stance.
Block it? Was that even possible?
Seeing this, Tillysha furrowed her delicate brows. She didn’t believe Filisia was the kind of naive and clueless, bl**d-boiling idiot who couldn’t figure things out. But why…?
Her excellent vision caught a confident smirk tugging at the corners of Filisia’s lips.
Could she really be confident enough to withstand this amalgamated divine attack?
How could that even be possible??
“BOOM BOOM BOOM!” As the beam struck Filisia’s blade, the divine energy resisted, causing an explosion of power that engulfed the princess in a blinding flash.
Did it work!?
Wenfu’s expression turned dubious when she saw the aftermath.
It astonished her that the attack had seemingly hit so easily. She was incredibly confident in her divine authority—so far, no one had ever survived a divine attack enhanced by her powers. Every single target, once struck, fell in a single devastating blow. The boost was unmatched, capable of trampling over any opponent of similar rank.
Why, then, had Filisia not even attempted to dodge?
As Tillysha observed the attack hit home, her calm demeanor shifted into one of seriousness.
Why was this happening?
As the chaotic divine energy dissipated, the crown blade stood firm, like an unscalable mountain.
Filisia casually swung her massive blade back onto her frail-looking shoulder. Her amber twin tails fluttered gently in the breeze, unbothered by the divine blow, not a single strand out of place.
“What… how could this be?!” Wenfu’s deep blue eyes were full of disbelief. She began to wonder if perhaps she had forgotten to activate her divine ability.
She could accept it if Filisia had managed to dodge or counteract the divine attack with her own divine power. But to take the hit head-on and emerge unscathed? This result was completely unacceptable to Wenfu, who was supremely confident in her divine authority.
Could it be that Filisia’s divine resistance was just as astonishingly high as her physical resistance?! High enough that even a divine attack of this caliber couldn’t scratch her?
Or was this some effect of her realm?
Was she somehow immune to divine power within her realm? If that were the case, how on earth were they supposed to fight?!
Thinking back to the day of the divine node contest, Wenfu recalled watching Filisia remain unharmed no matter how the other contestants attacked her. She felt a creeping despair.
Evidently, challenging Filisia was too much. …….
Uncertainly, Wenfu glanced toward Tillysha and found her expression calm as ever, as though everything was completely transparent to those emerald-like eyes.
By Tillysha’s side, her golden-beaded butterfly hairpin emitted a faint blue line, and her eyes shone faintly with an ethereal glow.
While Wenfu was lost in confused assumptions and self-defeating thoughts, Tillysha was clear on what had happened. Thus, her reaction was more controlled and lacked excessive surprise.
Filisia:
【Throne Protection】
Physical Resistance: 2.5
Magic Resistance: 4
Alchemy Resistance: 3
Divine Resistance: 9
Divine Resistance at 9 stars? Strange, right? But just a glance at her physical resistance quickly clarified things.
Her divine resistance and physical resistance had swapped.
Filisia certainly couldn’t swap her four resistances herself, but Tillysha caught the blue icon next to Filisia’s stat sheet. That icon symbolized an external divine effect, specifically originating from the somewhat bashful priestess behind Filisia.
Tillysha scanned the priestess.
Name: Anna Arcana
Realm: 【Conservation Realm】Level 6
Physical Resistance: 3
Magic Resistance: 3
Alchemy Resistance: 2
Divine Resistance: 2
Realm Effect: When life force falls below one-fifth, all resistances shift to counter the incoming attack.
Divine Ability: 【Conservation Magic】Level 7
Effect: Targets any individual besides oneself. Allows the exchange of all four resistance values within a five-meter range. Can be upgraded with level. (Cooldown: 40 seconds)
Ah. Now everything made sense.
Tillysha stayed composed, silently comprehending the secrets of her opponent.
Her divine ability was still at a lower tier, with a lengthy forty-second cooldown.
While Wenfu was stuck in self-doubt, Tillysha had already made her decision. She slung her bow and let her hands touch the barren soil.
【Holy Oblivion Casting Blades】
Two blades of the earth’s element materialized into her hands, and she charged forward without hesitation.
This action shocked the other four present and left the spectators in awe. Filisia was particularly stunned.
She wondered why her impressive show of force had failed to fool Tillysha and why a mere archer could wield weapon transmutation—a divine ability traditionally reserved for knights.
