Cruel. After Lin shared his thoughts with Fen, the word popped up in his mind. If this were to be made into a movie, there would be a close-up of his cruel smile and a narration of how arrogant he was.
But to be honest, he did not feel anything. Because the scene in front of him was not of broken limbs, blood splattered everywhere, screams, begging for mercy, or cruel laughter. Lin, who was not familiar with the battle between elemental creatures, felt like he was out of a movie as he watched the scene in front of him.
Perhaps it was too much to say that wild dogs were biting each other. But looking at this battle that was no different from a puppet show on TV, even if he had any emotions, they dissipated. But because he did not have any unnecessary emotions, he was able to observe and record the facts in a more fair manner.
Of course, there was a difference in strength between the two sides. But the outcome of a battle between elemental creatures was not what Lin had imagined. The winner would devour the loser completely.
Just like the giant rock worm that he encountered earlier, after being cut into three parts by Fen, its huge body became the nourishment for the other elves, and its strength was constantly being depleted. But in the end, the rock worm would still revive. Although it was only the size of a finger, it was a far cry from its original size.
But the two sides in the battle before him were fearful of the other elemental creatures' elven cores. Even if they attacked with all their might, no one was able to break the opponent's elven core, devour it, and strengthen themselves.
But this did not mean that there were no benefits between the winner and the loser.
Lin noticed some characteristics of the two sides. The most obvious thing was that the elemental creatures in this Earth Elemental Universe were not as pure as the elemental elves that were summoned in the Maze Land. The elemental creatures here were usually mottled in color, which meant that their bodies were not made of the same material. They did not even seem to be well-organized, and they were scattered all over the place.
Among the two sides, the weaker side was an elemental creature that was mainly made of sand. Occasionally, there would be some metallic luster. The elemental creature that was the best at fighting was humanoid. Its qilin arm was emitting a demonic glow.
It did not look like metal because it did not look like a high-purity or low-purity metal. According to the characteristics of light, ordinary metals would refract the light directly on the surface. However, the special humanoid elemental creature's arm seemed to let the light pass through its body before scattering it. As far as he knew, the only material with such characteristics was gemstones.
In other words, this special elemental humanoid creature had a Qilin arm made of gemstones. Throughout the entire conflict, he was the only one who stood out. He waved his arm and knocked down one opponent after another. The reason why it was so powerful was because a certain someone had seen the afterglow of the magic effect.
Logically speaking, with such a War God who could kill gods and devils in his way, this primitive village should be in an invincible position. But in reality, they were still the weaker side. Aside from the fact that they were outnumbered, there were three gemstone people who didn't make a move from the very beginning. It wasn't until many of them had been knocked down by the Qilin arm that one of the gemstone humanoid elemental creatures made a move.
The three gemstone people who didn't make a move in the beginning didn't have pure gemstone bodies. It was just that their bodies were mostly made of gemstones. At the very least, they had more than one arm. Moreover, the purity of their gemstone bodies wasn't high. It seemed that they had gemstones of all colors and colors. Metal and sand parts were also occasionally seen.
Even so, when one of them made a move, he still exploded with powerful combat power and overturned many stalemates. Then, he punched the humanoid elemental creature with the Qilin arm.
The two elemental creatures with gemstone bodies attacked each other. There wasn't anything special about it. Every time they clashed, there was the power of magic. But in the eyes of these two true mages, it wasn't much better than a chicken pecking at each other. Because they went back and forth with the same few moves. There was no variation, and they didn't have the ability to win in one blow. It was a pure war of attrition.
Thinking about it, this was quite normal. Earth elemental creatures' first choice in a maze was to be a meat shield, and their second choice was to be a strategic weapon. It was a magical weapon that only mages would use to attack a city. A city wall that wasn't reinforced by special magic couldn't withstand a few touches from high-level earth elemental creatures. Usually, it was a hole in the wall. There were very few accidents.
In the battle between two humanoid elemental creatures with gemstone bodies, the result was no surprise. The one with the larger gemstone area had the upper hand. After a hard battle, the afterglow of magic on one side gradually faded, and the other side maintained their original level. Under this situation, the attacking side finally defeated the other person who was waving the Qilin arm.
Then, a scene that someone didn't expect happened in front of his eyes.
The two elemental creatures seemed to be partially fused. Almost half of their bodies were embedded together. But this wasn't the devouring scene that Lin had imagined. Instead, it was one of them taking away part of the other's body to replace the impurities in their body.
This process was not an easy job for both sides. Although the soil of the maze couldn't transmit sound, Lin seemed to hear tragic wails echoing in this valley, shocking the souls of those nearby.
When the two elemental creatures separated, the Qilin arm of the loser disappeared. Instead, it was replaced by a gray, inconspicuous stone arm. It was even thinner than the original arm. And the area of the gemstone on the invading side's body was even larger. And in this process, the composition of his body also seemed to have been purified, and there were slight changes from the original mottled color.
This change was also thanks to Lin Yi's use of the logic and method of the program to store and control the people in his memory. Only then could he play 'everyone is here to pick a fight' from the memories before and after and confirm the difference.
The same changes didn't only appear on the two elemental creatures with gemstone bodies. In almost every battlefield where the victor was decided, the victor used the body material of the loser to purify his own actions.
In the end, the group of elemental creatures that came to the door cheered loudly as if they had won a major victory. At the same time, they raised the defeated and smashed them heavily to the ground. And once and twice, until they were smashed to pieces, then they left, leaving behind a scene of devastation and traces of battle.
Even if the defeated elemental creatures were broken into pieces, the more intact parts could still move. These elemental creatures that could still move gathered their bodies as much as possible, or helped others collect body fragments. After arranging and stacking them into their original appearance, their elven cores extended tentacle-like ends again, gluing the body parts back to their original positions.
However, not all broken elemental creatures could glue themselves back together. Even if their companions, who had recovered completely, carefully pieced them back together, there was still no movement. In Lin's observation, the elven cores of these elemental creatures that couldn't recover on their own were so weak that they were gradually dissipating.
However, most of the elemental creatures seemed to have no emotions. They worked together, crushing the body fragments of their companions that couldn't recover into powder and sprinkling it on the ground. Other than that, there was no other expression of emotion. They just began to tidy up the messy settlement.
After watching this entire development, the thoughts in someone's heart intuitively felt that there was hope. He just didn't know if the various concepts of elemental creatures could be simulated with human experience.
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