As Matthew was musing over the rapid advancements in combat prowess that could come from Catchang soldiers learning the strength system and becoming professionals,
the retreating Green Tide in the distance was undergoing a drastic transformation as well.
Those twisted plants, fueled by the fungal mat, grew rapidly, turning into Twisted Treants one after another.
These incredibly strong Twisted Treants slowly developed a grey-black shell on their surface.
Noticing this change, Matthew said thoughtfully, "Defensive Flame Shell? Such rapid changes are truly fascinating."
Matthew, engrossed in his research on Flesh Magic Spells, naturally understood the difficulty of fabricating a specialization out of thin air.
That something as simple as the fungal mat and mutant plants could have achieved such "processing" so easily was astounding.
But it was precisely because these fungal mats were so "aberrant" that they piqued Matthew's interest all the more.