Only I Level Up By Shoveling-Chapter 98: "A Three-legged Venerable"
The crow the size of two palms suddenly grew bigger, its bones creaked eerily and its size ballooned to the size of Garfin’s cat form, and then Lady Fera’s dog form, a lamb, a cow...
And then, it became as big as an elephant.
But no, it was still growing!
Its wings spread far and wide, truly blocking the sun and the moon.
Its body grew bigger and longer, now as tall as a giraffe and as big as an elephant!
Even the gigantic Garfin looked miniature compared to the bird.
The sky darkened but the temperature instantly rose like crazy, and a wave of hot air blasted the three spirits with no mercy!
Castra’s whole skin turned red from the heat, his back was drenched in sweat and he had just wiped his forehead when...
His eyes met a crimson moon.
Wait, no. That sharp almond-shaped pupil at the center...
That’s an eye!
Standing in front of the eye, Castra’s whole body was reflected in it and he finally felt the familiar pressure from Lady Fera back then.
The overbearing momentum came as swift as the wind and suddenly pressed down on Castra!
Boom!
"Gah!"
Castra spat out blood and his body instantly fell flat on his face again, but this time, his whole body was glued to the ground, pressed so hard that he couldn’t breathe!
The hot ground burned his skin and a strange burning smell wafted in the air.
Castra even faintly heard the sound of his bones snapping and a wave of pain assaulted him from head to toe.
"Ugh! Ugh! Ughhh!"
Oh, fck!!
What kind of big shot did Garfin just provoke??
Even the usually mighty Garfin stiffened for a second, sweat dripping down its face but he still leapt towards Castra and stood right above, shielding Castra with his own body, elevating the pressure.
"GRRRRRR!! Bold bird! How dare you attack this king’s slave??"
Lady Fera, whose real body was in the snowy mountain, maintained her samoyed form but a blizzard already stirred behind her.
The ground slowly turned into ice slabs and the previously burning hot air slowly turned chilling cold.
"Fufufu, do you think you’re the only strong spirit here?"
The clash between ice and fire made the already heavy pressure even heavier.
Castra felt as if he was boiled in magma a second ago and then thrown into a glacier, about to freeze to death.
"Ughhh..."
Castra couldn’t even move his mouth, and the toilet spirit that he used as a chair?
It had already turned into its fog state, trembling while hiding in Castra’s pants.
Dudu already rolled its eyes and fainted peacefully, leaving the panicky Poo behind.
[Omg! Omg! Host! This aura, this pressure! It’s no less than Lady Fera!!]
And actually, it felt stronger than Garfin...
If Garfin was an SS-rank spirit, then Lady Fera and this crow...
Poo didn’t dare to imagine but the poop system quickly issued a notification.
DUNG! [Warning! Warning! The host’s vitality is declining!]
Gahhh! His host is about to die! Again!!
Poo wanted to remind the big bosses to be careful of his fragile host, but no one could see or hear him aside from Castra, so he could only pace around anxiously.
[Host, host! Wake up! Ask your majesty King Garfin to help you!]
Castra still had a sliver of consciousness left and he slowly...poked Garfin’s belly that was right above his body.
Garfin: Meow? Meow?
Don’t you know that a cat’s belly was their sacred place??
How dare you touch this king’s sacred place??
Garfin was about to squat and squash Castra to death when Castra spoke feeblely, so soft that it sounded like a mosquito buzz.
"Your...majesty...help me..."
Just how many times has it been already??
Was it so easy for high-level spirits to crush lower-level spirits with just their aura?!
Apparently, yeah, it was that easy.
But Castra felt unwilling.
He had climbed up all the way to D-rank...one day, he too, could stand at the pinnacle!
Only then did Garfin notice Castra’s dire situation and he immediately used his own aura to shield the crow’s pressure on Castra, barely saving the human from the brink of death.
"Hmph, hooman. You’re too weak!"
Actually, Garfin’s back was also cold and hot with sweat, his heart thundering noisily.
So strong!
So this is the power of a pinnacle-level spirit second only to the spirit lords?
He too, wanted to advance to that pinnacle level!
Garfin, the SS-rank spirit, felt his resolve becoming stronger and the idea of following Castra on his adventure also became stronger.
Hmph! Just you wait!
While Castra was barely hanging on for his dear life, the two powerhouses of the opposite elements stared at each other menacingly, not wanting to back down at all.
This is their pride as the pinnacle-level existence!
Just by breathing, the temperature changed, the sky darkened, half of the island was boiling hot while the other half froze stiff.
After a staring contest for God knew how long....
The gigantic crow with three legs suddenly spoke in a loud, grating voice.
"Ka! Ka! Ka! How— how could you, intruders, barge into this venerable’s house and then attack this venerable?? Caw!!!"
The crow cried out loud and then...started to shed tears.
Lady Fera: ...?
Garfin: ...??
Castra: ....???
Wait, what?! Why did you start crying??
Aren’t you going to attack or something??
What’s the use of your big body??
All the tension in the air vanished as the giant bird hugged itself with its wings, crying like a newborn baby.
"Waaaaw! Caw! Caw! You bully me, you bully me! Is it because this venerable is from the east??"
"Caw, caw, caw, racial discrimination! Shame on your ancestor, ka!"
The big bird balled itself into a big ball and then started to roll around, throwing a tantrum.
Is this bird really an SSS-rank spirit??
Lady Fera also felt that the crow was too cowardly and slowly retracted her aura when the next second...
The crow’s eyes glinted with a hint of cunning and it instantly pecked at the tiny samoyed.
SWOOSH!
"Gyah! Gyah! Gyah!! Got you— "
