The continually growing plants and roots, also the widespread mana Marth released, those factors were already causing, the ground to shake at a rapid rate, in such condition just standing on the ground would be hard,

The movement was too sudden, Marth was too distracted, as he was trying to deal with the plants and my body in front of him,

So, when suddenly I came from underneath him, he could not react, his reaction speed was delayed,

Undead sorcerers have a mana sphere in the center of their chest, it was not their core, nor could it be destroyed, it merely stored mana, slicing it would be like trying to cut a flowing river in half, meaning it would be useless, mine was a mix of black and blue in color, his was red,

Right, when I emerged through the ground, I turned my fingers in one hand into long branches of wood, surrounding him, and next hand into the sharp wooden structure, tearing through clothes, once my hand reached near his mana sphere, I covered it with wood,

“Mana Steal”

Marth noticed it and tried to burn the branches binding him, but my body was also covered in the aura of darkness, thus resisting some damage,

The enormous amount of mana present in the sphere filled my own mana pool in an instant, but I could not absorb more mana than the capacity of the replica, that was a flaw, but my legs were connected to the roots, the plants I grew evolved by consuming mana of others, so I started distributing mana throughout the forest,

However, Marth noticed this, suddenly his bones began to grow in size and density, his strength rose,

Suddenly he broke the branches with pure strength, grabbing hold of my head, and freezing everything around him, the things that froze scattered into pieces including my body that he was holding, but I had already escaped through the roots.

Still, I had already taken most of his mana, the mana was distributed throughout the forest, the way these plants previously survived was by continually evolving, their growth rate and adaptability was their greatest strength after I supplied them with Marth mana, they began to change according,

The forest that was mostly green before now was changing its color and form, its color started to switch to grey and black, the size of the vines enlarged, the branches got more robust, and 10 flower buds were created,

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One more bud came from underneath when the bud opened a humanoid shape could be seen, that was my body,

The 10-flower bud bloomed, reveling a red layer inside, while blooming it spread pink gas everywhere, surrounding the entire room,

I opened my mouth, took a deep breath, the entire gas within the room slowly entered my mouth,

Marth was inside a cocoon, it looked like he was transforming,

The entire gas in the room gas in the room went inside my stomach, craving to get out,

“Infernal Pollen Incinerator!!”

Condensed flames came through my mouth, striking the cocoon in front of me, the fire surrounded the cocoon, then went towards the walls, making a hole in the front, the lifeless empire in front was a completely destroyed by the flames,

I took a sigh, but I was surprised after seeing the cocoon completely intact

It suddenly cracked, the shell was destroyed, inside the shell, I could see a masculine figure, with red skin, and tattoos all-around, he was not wearing any armor but just light clothing below his stomach

This was most likely his trump card, if he used this form from the beginning then I would not have been able to steal his mana or even face him, it was not that he underestimated me, after his first defeat he knew he could not underestimate his opponent, but he thought it would be more favorable to not to reveal many abilities when I first fought Marth I also did not reveal many of my abilities as I was fighting his replica, the same thing also applied for him, he even knew I was using a replica, in his mind he thought right after he destroyed my replica, he would have to then battle with my real body, so he was preserving his abilities, but when he noticed I was stealing his mana he was backed into a corner thus having no choice but to use everything he had got,

This time he did not carry a sword, he had already understood that his sword did no damage,

The hole created in the wall was already filled, again blocking all of the sun rays, he struck his fist into the ground causing a massive shockwave,

He leapt across the ground, directly jumping in front of me, his fist coved in a fire, but the grey vines surrounded him, this time the dark flames could not burn away the vines, as they had already adopted to his dark flames,

Having understood that he froze them, turning them into shining ice vines, rather than trying to burn them,

But turning the vines into ice, what effect could it have? as long as there was a forest, the number of vines trying to bind him would never decrease,

The only way from him to deal with this situation was to destroy the entire forest, but now that the forest had evolved, it would not be an easy feat,

The vines were not the only problem, there were carnivores’ plants everywhere, if he made one wrong move, he would be without a doubt devoured,   

He was now in a deadlock situation.