Arthur smiled slightly, seeing Iryna cough up even more blood.
It was so rough.... it couldn't even be called an Attribute Control Skill. Even as a Combined Control Skill, it was still far from any sort of acceptable standard.
The flow of origin essence was all muddled up, even if Iryna had the idea to use the origin essence of the other three, seeing that this was the first time they every used this, Arthur was surprised it even activated in the first place.
He wasn't sure whether he should be proud or disappointed. Arthur didn't want them to be too weak, and only wanted them strong together.
He shook his head slightly, showing a slightly self-depreciating expression.
'It seems I have underestimated the talents in Parachenko Village. Whether it is my influence or just their natural disposition, I must remember to not take my opponents lightly....'.
Despite the fact that Iryna called it an Attribute Control Skill, it was far from being a proper Attribute Control Skill. It was still quite a distance from being called a pseudo-Attribute Control Skill as well.
Arthur glanced at Milena, Nyssa and Dagen, noticing the pale expressions on all of their faces as well, before Parvan's voice echoed out over the faint humming of the "Verdant Corpse Garden".
"Aha! See! It's not so difficult to create an Attribute Control Skill! Even if we are only Rank 1 Fae Masters, we can still band together in order to overturn the Heavens and the-".
The halberd Fae in Arthur's hand vanished, and his Rank 2 leafsword turned a blood coloured crimson. The expression on Arthur's face was blank and his posture domineering as his arm flicked out multiple times, sending out half a dozen bright crimson coloured slashes towards the "Verdant Corpse Garden".
Arthur's Attribute Control Skill absolute teared through Iryna's fake Attribute Control Skill, causing her, and the other three that were also connected to it to turn pale and vomit up an enormous amount of blood.
Only Dagen was relatively fine, seeing as though he possessed the Crimson Vein Physique. But his wobbly knees made Arthur certain that he was in no shape to fight.
Arthur gazed towards Parvan and Henrik, the only two that Arthur could see from his current position. The small polite smile on his face caused shivers to crawl up the spines of the two young men in front of him.
Arthur glanced at Iryna and the rest of them, a curious light could be seen within his eyes.
"You four made this together?".
Parvan gritted his teeth, glancing at the unconscious Iryna and the heavily panting Milena through the stone monolith forest. He was certain that he would at least be able to capture, or pin down Arthur for a couple seconds, before he used his Falling Autumn Maple on it.
They all knew that the Combined Attribute Control Skill was rough, not even halfway off the drawing board. The Skill had multiple faults, and they just tried to fill the gaps in the Connection Fae with Nyssa and Dagen's Fae.
But.... their knowledge and comprehension of Fae wasn't nearly as much as Arthur's much less an Elder of the Clan.
It was obvious that they would fail, even if their hopes were high.
"You laughing at how we failed! Is that it Arthur!?".
Parvan couldn't help but feel a little aggrieved. He and the others had put so much time and effort into creating this fake Combined Attribute Control Skill, only to have it completely destroyed in a single moment.
It was more than just annoying, it made them feel slightly worthless inside.
Arthur just shook his head, before turning towards Iryna's body.
"Not at all. In fact, I am quite proud of this.... whatever you called it, "Verdant Corpse Garden"?".
Parvan nodded.
Arthur smiled before placing his hand on Iryna's unconscious body, pulling out some of her Fae. His eyes landed on a strange looking green coloured spider, whose body's proportions were much larger than what their legs should be able to physically carry.
"Ah! This is a Root Web Fae.... no wonder why I didn't recognize it....".
Parvan and Henrik glanced at Arthur for a moment, noticing that after taking Iryna's Fae from her origin essence sea, he moved towards Dagen.
The Blood Attributed Fae user lifted his head slightly towards Arthur, who just smiled and placed his hand on his shoulder.
"I'll be borrowing your Fae for a little bit. Don't worry, I'll give them back....".
Arthur moved towards Milena and Nyssa, both of whom gave up their Fae without too much trouble, although they did look at him, an expression of confusion on their faces.
Arthur just waved them off, gesturing for all of them to look at him.
"Make sure you don't blink. I don't want to have to do this again you know".
Arthur took in a deep breath and activated numerous Connection Fae within his origin essence sea. The image of a giant formless web appeared within his mind and he instantly activated numerous Fae.
Arthur leapt up, and shot out numerous green coloured webs with the Root Web Fae, at a speed and power that far exceeded the limits of a Rank 1 Fae Master.
All of these Fae were Rank 1, so it wasn't too much trouble for Arthur to activate them in such quick succession.
'Next comes the Bone.... then Blood... then Corpse....'.
Numerous bone buds appeared all over the thick, root-like webs all over the top of the stone monolith forest. It seems that this too was apart of the Attribute Control Skill....
The large root webs bloomed with bone tinted petals and bright blood coloured flowers. A thick, black coloured poison gas was released from the petals, hovering in the air just above Henrik, Parvan and the others.
Arthur's voice.... caused all of them, even Zlatanna hiding behind one of the pillars, so shiver at the sight in front of them.
"Wood Attribute Control Skill: Verdant Corpse Garden".
Arthur lifted his head and looked around, feeling the origin essence inside of him churn uncomfortably as he used this Attribute Control Skill. He frowned slightly before jumping down off the web and pointing at some of the Fae used.
"Milena, the use of your Corpse Flower Fae is pretty good although it clashes uncomfortably with your Corpse Gas Fae and Nyssa's Bone Dissolving Fae. They aren't connected properly through Connection Fae, so try using Link Fae instead, it may make the connection easier....".
"Dagen, the Blood Flower Fae is pretty good although considering that you also have a Blood Lance Fae you could try and use the Blood Lance Fae to nurture some of Milena's Corpse Bone Fae. From there it can also boost Nyssa's Bone Petal Fae and strengthen the offensive power of the Attribute Control Skill as a whole....".
"Nyssa, your offensive power in this Attribute Control Skill is the weakest, and as the base from which Dagen and Milena strengthen their own Fae it lacks a certain strength. Look at this, I'll use a Rank 1 Bone Growth Fae and a Rank 1 Bone Strengthen Fae and see what the difference makes".
The moment Arthur activated those two Fae, the entire look of the flowers growing on the root web fae shifted, growing bigger, more vigorous, and much more deadly. The amount of blood that was created increased dramatically, and the poison that was born from the blood intensified, dripping down onto the floor, causing a thick pool of acid to form underneath.
The eyes of everyone present widened, as they turned towards Arthur, who just smiled before dismissing the Attribute Control Skill.
Even Iryna, whose gaze was unfocused and weak, gazed at Arthur, with an expression of shock and awe on her face.
He was so far ahead of them, just the idea of trying to catch up was ridiculous....
All they could do, was try and follow in his footsteps on the path to the apex....