Chapter 1800 The Reds Assemble
Chapter 1800 The Reds Assemble
Commander Edson and his generals were busy with the arrangement as they were not expecting the attack through the portal. Even though he knew that the enemy could do this, he did not expect them to do it. The Hurakan Legion and its soldiers were busy among themselves, leaving the two administrator teams alone.
"Alright guys, line up. It's time for the power-up!" Tang Shaoyang called out his team. If he wanted to use [Spirit Fusion] for his team members, then this was the time when everyone was busy on their own. Ira was the first one to step up and stood right in front of Tang Shaoyang.
"Do you want the wyvern, or something else?" Ira's first experience with Spirit Fusion was with Aerelion, The Infernal King Wyvern.
"I want Aerelion!" There was no hesitation in her answer.
It was followed by Castor, who immediately stood behind Ira. Ira transformed and moved to the side. She was still marveling at the integration and did not realize that she talked out aloud instead of speaking directly to Aerelion in her head.
"I will trust in your choice, Cap!" Castor did not wait for Tang Shaoyang to ask him. He had two good choices for Castor, two calamity spirits. Zephyr The Black Wind Calamity, and Doombringer The Calamity Behemoth.
He thought of integrating Doombringer with Castor, but the Calamity Behemoth immediately made a fuss about it, telling him that he wanted to fight on his own instead of integrating with Castor. With such a hard refusal from the Doombringer, he picked Zephyr for Castor.
Castor grinned ear to ear as he sensed the wing on his back, trying to flap his wing and launch himself upward. The next one to step up was Renan, the elephant beastmen. The guy towered over Tang Shaoyang, looking down straight at his eyes. Just like Castor and Ira, he fully trusted Tang Shaoyang with this power-up.
He had a good spirit for someone like Renan, putting another bigger guy into Renan, Afi the Primordial Urosa. The red fur of Urosa's characteristic grew on Renan's skin, his chest got broader, his arms got even more jacked resembling that of the Urosa Warrior, and of course, the towering beastmen got even taller, reaching almost ten meters.
Tang Shaoyang tried not to attract attention, but the change in Castor and Renan made them the center of attention. The soldiers who were busy with their work suddenly stopped their tracks, turning toward Renan.
The elephant beastmen was not aware of the attention on him as he tried to get used to his new body. He swung his arms which created a strong wind gush, and the guy grinned ear to ear with his newly acquired power. There was no need to ask as Renan showed it with his expression, he liked the power-up.
"Can you move away if you are done!" Lucia's annoyed voice rang from behind the massive Renan.
"Sorry!" Renan could not hide his grin as he stepped to the side.
Lucia was focused on her magic. Tang Shaoyang did not see her using a specific element during the fight, meaning she was not an elementalist. He had three spirits in his mind for Lucia, Baccara the Black Phoenix, Radiance the Primal Frostbringer, and Maldros the Stormbringer.
Baccara and Radiance might be a great help for Lucia since the two relied on their magic attack. However, Maldros was more into a close combat fighter with a stronger elemental power.
"Do you want frost, black fire, or storm?" He asked the girl.
Lucia's eyes lit up and did not hesitate to give her answer. "I want the fire!"
'Baccara it is.' Fortunately, The Black Phoenix did not refuse the integration. It was more like she was interested in the integration. She wanted to try to fight inside someone else's body.
Lucia's transformation was straightforward. Her whole body turned into black fire except for her eyes. It was like she used an Elemental Body Skill. A pair of Black Phoenix's wings grew on her back, and she looked at her own skin in surprise. If the others tried moving their bodies and getting used to the new strength, Lucia immediately checked her new stats after the integration. Her eyes widened in shock after seeing the boost provided by the integration. She understood why her captain said that they might be able to take down one of the kings if they worked together.
Kiara the tiger beastmen was behind Lucia, and Tang Shaoyang had someone in his mind for her. Two choices, Maldros or Rowan the Abyss Storm Wolf. It was not because they had a similar fighting style, because Maldros could be considered beastmen, and Rowan was a beast. They might be a match with Kiara and also minimize the awkwardness between his spirit and Kiara.
He did not know what kind of Kiara's reaction if she knew the spirit was a human or a demon, or even a Golem. That was why he had Maldros and Rowan for her.
[What about me instead? I want to know what it is like inside a beastmen's body. I am kinda envious of their races because they are born with greater stats than us humans.] Out of nowhere, Nikolas, the former Hurakan Legion Commander IV volunteered to do an integration with Kiara.
Tang Shaoyang did not agree with Nikolas' request right away and asked the involved person first. "There's a human spirit that wants to do an integration with you. Do you mind doing it with him or do you want an integration with the beastmen spirit instead? Don't worry about their strength, all the spirits are equal in rank."
"I don't know much about this integration thing. So I don't mind if one of the spirits is choosing me." Kiara replied immediately. This was a kind of trial. She did not know much about the benefits of the integration except for the new skills and the boosted stats. It didn't really matter if it was human or beastmen to her.
Receiving a green light from Kiara, Tang Shaoyang used [Spirit Fusion] on her with Nikolas. Unlike the previous integration, there was nothing changed on Kiara.
"It's done. You don't undergo transformation since it's a human spirit but you can check your stats."
Kiara sensed the change inside her. She could feel the foreign power and entity inside her. She walked to the side as she opened the window status. In fact, she was glad that there was no change in her appearance.
Nayla was ready as she took a step closer to Tang Shaoyang. She was observing her friends, noticing their changes from a distance. Of course, she noticed that Kiara did not really transform too. She wanted a cool transformation like Castor, Ira, and Lucia. At the same time, she did not want to look weird.
After some thought, she turned toward her captain. She asked with her eyes shining brightly. "Do you have a dragon spirit?"
"I had one in the past, but I have resurrected the dragon. He is in my home with his family now." He replied with a low voice while putting his finger on his lips, telling her not to say anything to the others.
"But I do have a spirit with dragon blood." Nayla nodded her head quickly and agreed with the suggestion. In her mind, anything related to the dragon was cool.
Tang Shaoyang chose Maldros for Nayla, and she was amazed by her own transformation. She got a pair of black wings, the dragon scales while maintaining her actual look, and she was so happy that she got taller than Kiara after the integration.
The last one from his Admin Helper was Agnes. The elf seemed to be cautious with this power-up, and he sensed her hesitation.
"It's okay if you don't want to do an integration. I am not going to force you to do it, but this is for the better of your survival." Tang Shaoyang did not intend to force them to do the [Spirit Fusion] in the first place.
"Do you have an elf spirit?" Agnes asked after a short hesitation.
"Nope." He shook his head.
"What about human spirits?" She did not want beats or demons or even monsters inside her. That was why she asked for an elf spirit.
"I have three human spirits," Agnes responded with a nod, indicating that she was willing to try with the human spirit.
Tang Shaoyang chose Jovrick the Forsaken Infernal Knight for Agnes. There was no specific reason behind his choice, but the mature Jovrick might be able to help Agnes.
Then the next one was Senior Administrator Anne, and she did not wait for Tang Shaoyang to ask her whether she wanted the integration or not. She came to tell Tang Shaoyang that she wanted the transformation. If she could get more power to kill those void creatures, then she would not care if she turned into an ugly monster.
"I will trust you with the choice!" Anne was resolute with her decision.
'What do you think, Mathias? Do you want to join her to fight the void creature? The only way for you to fight the void creatures is through [Spirit Fusion]. I will not summon you out, in case your people recognize you, and that would bring me unnecessary trouble.' Tang Shaoyang thought of Mathias when he saw Anne.
[I don't care as long as I can see these void creatures dying!] Mathias immediately agreed with the idea. It did not matter whether he could fight directly or not. As long as his power was used to fight the void creature and the Void Cult, then he was happy with it.
After Anne, it was her four Admin Helpers. Anne's Admin Helpers had a peculiar taste when choosing the spirit. Two of them wanted the demon spirits but fortunately, he had two demon spirits. Orlean the Demon God and Galeon the Archdemon.
The third one wanted a beast spirit, and he gave her Rowan the Abyss Storm Wolf. The fourth one was even weirder, asking for a calamity spirit. He had many Calamity Spirits from his previous special mission to take over the calamity-infested world. He gave her the coolest one.
The last batch was Khaya and her Daenelis Clan. The hesitation was clear in their faces, reluctant to transform like the others.
"As I said, you don't have to force yourself to take the power-up if you don't want to." Tang Shaoyang told them once more.
"No! We will take the power-up!" Khaya replied as she sent her subordinate first.
There were not many choices anymore, mostly he had the beast spirits, an undead, and the Revenant that had become a shadow-like creature. He had pulled the three shadow spirits back from the post-zero after the portal formed.
Senior Administrator from the Daenelis Clan was the first one to choose, and she chose the shadow spirit. The next two who came after the Senior Administrator also picked the same spirits after noticing the minimal change in their friend. The fourth one chose Arkanos the Blade Emperor, a human spirit as she expected a minimal change as well.
The next three chose an abyss creature, Jet the Sky of Abyss, a raven-like creature but massive in size. Rokian and Artras Shadow of Abyss, the wolf from Abyss with Shadow Elemental Power.
The last one was Khaya, she showed no expression after seeing the transformation that her people underwent.
"I will trust your judgment, Captain!"
Tang Shaoyang rubbed his chin, thinking of putting Radiance with Khaya. Power-wise, Radiance would be a big help for sure, but personality-wise, he doubted that Radiance would be any help to Khaya. Radiance was quite mischievous, and Khaya was the serious type. It was a clash of personalities for sure, but deep inside he wanted to see the outcome if they met inside one body.
After a short consideration, Tang Shaoyang decided to put Radiance the Primal Frostbringer with Khaya. Khaya did not undergo any change aside from her skin getting paler and also releasing the frost air. With that, The Reds Team was ready for the fight.