Bizarre Realm-Chapter 297 - 1: Power of Nature! Lake Fairy

A vast blue lake, with lush reeds swaying by the riverbank.

Everything here was different from the past. Shawn saw a large school of fish from afar, but they were all carnivorous, with mouths full of sharp teeth. The reeds by the bank grew more than three meters high, making it almost impossible to see anything once you stepped inside. On the outskirts, there was a constant rustling sound. As Shawn flew overhead, a half-grown raven suddenly took flight, its three peculiar eyes watching him warily, emitting an eerie, whisper-like sound.

Swoosh!

Just as Shawn was landing, suddenly spikes shot toward him.

——Energy Shift Force Field.

In the instant Shawn raised his hand, an energy protection field shielded him, with the sharp spikes passing by on either side.

Roar!

A sound like a lion’s roar echoed through the air.

From the side of the reed bed, the lush vegetation suddenly parted, revealing a menacing head made of countless thorns, roaring and advancing toward Shawn, exuding a dangerous aura.

"A large activated plant?" Shawn’s expression was somewhat astonished.

This was a massive creature over ten meters long, with its beast-like body formed by countless thorny vines after activation. Its appearance was somewhat like a majestic lion, and what it had just fired were its own mane. Its limbs and claws were all composed of thorny vine spikes, while its tail was a cactus-like sphere, resembling a mace. Its mouth was full of black, sharp poisonous thorns.

A flame appeared in Shawn’s palm.

Large activated plants all have one weakness: they are weak to fire. The monster before him had considerable combat power, roughly equivalent to a high-tier Transcendent.

"Stop!"

At this moment, a cry of panic came from the lake, and then a figure of a Lake Fairy appeared. She was treading the waves as she approached, urgently saying, "Lord Shawn, please spare it!"

Hearing her plea, Shawn dissipated the fireball in his hand, and the beast-shaped activated plant nearby settled down.

——Battlefield Piercer [Large Activated Plant] [War Giant Beast]!

This massive creature, more than ten meters long, approached the Lake Fairy like a tame kitten. It retracted all its spikes and lay on the ground beside the lake, wagging its tail.

The Lake Fairy looked at Shawn with delight and slowly walked to the edge of the shore.

Shawn looked at the thorn beast in puzzlement, asking, "Where did it come from?"

The Lake Fairy softly replied, "We found it in the territory where you used to live. After you left, we went there to look for you, and unexpectedly discovered it."

"It was already activated and had consciousness, so we helped it gain wisdom."

Enlightened Plants! 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Indeed, the Lake Fairy used the Druid spell list, and the Enlightenment Skill is an essential ability. They are naturally capable of enlightening mountain spirits and monsters, turning anything from plants to animals, and even spiritual stones, into spirit monster forms.

Many of the Druid abilities resemble the Immortal Cultivation Skills from Earth’s past lives. Enlightened trees can become wise treefolk (tree demons), and enlightened animals can become talking animal spirit monsters (Magic Beasts, equivalent to monsters). With Transformation Technique, they can even transform into human form like monsters.

The Path of Nature power is very much like Immortal Cultivation Skills, and Druids even possess the gift of immortality.

"I see." Shawn nodded slightly.

The Lake Fairy before him seemed stronger than before, possibly due to the Dark Prosperity that enhanced the surrounding life force and helped restore her power.

She gazed at Shawn with a slightly trembling voice, "Lord Shawn, have you advanced to a high-tier Wizard?"

It was precisely for this reason that Shawn had come, and he nodded, "Yes."

"I have already developed my own half-plane, although it is still in the process of growing."

"I came to check on you all."

"If your situation isn’t great, you can also move in early."

The half-plane is still growing at a rate of nine meters in diameter per day. Currently, its diameter is about one kilometer, not yet able to accommodate the lake before them. But if a crisis occurred, he could house the three Lake Fairy sisters in it for safety.

He was here to fulfill the promise he made back then.

The Lake Fairy seemed surprised that Shawn had advanced to a high-tier Caster so quickly and had already developed his own half-plane. Their initial prediction was that it would take many years, but in reality, it was less than a year.

Aemon had fully supported Shawn’s advancement.

After pondering for a moment, she said, "Lord Shawn, could you take me to see your half-plane?"

——Teleportation Skill.

Shawn nodded slightly and raised his hand to open a Teleportation Gate.

The half-plane also has a drawback, which is that entering and exiting requires consuming a level-5 Teleportation Spell. It’s not usually possible to come and go as one pleases, as the mana cost is quite high.

An empty, barren plain.

The most eye-catching feature was a mountain peak that Shawn had conjured out of thin air with the Earthquake Technique, now grown to a height of more than fifty meters. It would continue to grow and should become the highest peak inside the half-plane in the future. The layout of the half-plane was a circular continent around one kilometer in diameter, resembling a spinning top, with a lake surrounding the peak in the center, occupying over eighty percent of the area.

At the edge of the half-plane was a void of pale purple nothingness, with an enclosing bubble plane barrier continually expanding and growing. At the boundaries of the half-plane, rocks constantly gathered, drawn from the Earth Elemental Plane.