Chapter 323: Chapter 323: System's Earth Demon - 4

Arterro emerged from the chemical cauldron like a primordial beast, the earth responding to its will with an ease that compensated for its nearly exhausted mana. 

The five minutes of metamorphosis granted almost absolute control over its element, though its meager ten remaining mana points limited its ability to create more material to control.

The muddy mass rose with it, transforming under its enhanced control. Its magical power, now multiplied to one hundred points, turned every fragment of earth into a deadly weapon.

One it planned to use to dispose of the weak pests who thought they could surround it.

Hundreds of stone spikes erupted from the fluid mass, projecting in all directions like an enormous long-spined sea urchin toward the soldiers surrounding it.

'Die, parasites!'

But the crimson flash in Elio's eyes was the only warning it received.

The human leader's reaction speed defied all logic.