The more they oppose, the more it shows that I am doing the right thing

When Merlin was a child, his teacher thought that as the successor of Radiance, besides learning to cast spells with his hands, he also needed to learn to cast spells with his toes to truly be considered all-powerful. Thus, he forced Merlin to only use his toes to cast spells during school hours in the church. At that time, Merlin, who was still an excellent student, had to take off his shoes every time he was selected to demonstrate on stage...

That day, all the little girls who had a crush on Merlin found out—

The heartthrob had smelly feet.

Under such wonderful childhood influences, Merlin designed the Stitched Life Toe Worm!

The smaller toe worm represented Merlin as a child, while the larger one represented him as a young man—his teacher, even after Merlin had grown up, still wouldn't allow him to use his hands against the Esoteric Sect Followers!

The toe worms, harboring an unparalleled grudge, rolled towards the church from two directions, crushing all the Demon Seeds that An Su had planted in front of them, and were about to reach the front of the Dawn Church; but then, the Dawn Giant slightly smiled from the corner of its mouth and pulled out several magic seeds from the ground, scattering them around the tower.
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The Druids recognized them; these were the seeds of the Gluttonous Fruit.

The Gluttonous Fruit grows directly from the ground, not from a tree, and they were all materials blessed by the Gluttonous Mother Goddess. Due to the attributes of gluttony they held, unless consumed by a living being, they could not be destroyed by other means.

But that was it.

Even because their fruit had a uniquely soft and savory flavor and was fire-resistant, they were once artificially cultivated by the Druid Court and sold massively in the market, making them a quite common type of magical seed.

Once those gluttonous seeds hit the ground, they began to grow and appreciate rapidly.

Contrary to the Druids' expectations, after being irradiated by An Su's Radiant Light, these gluttonous seeds became especially enormous and terrifying. In just an instant, they grew larger than typical Magical Plants, continuously swelling and distorting until each piece of fruit reached the size of a tower, even stacking up in thick layers.

Arranged in a long circle, they filled the gap in the Magic Barrier, blocking the toe worms outside the church.

Using the special properties of the Gluttonous Fruit as a line of defense... The Druids saw a new possibility in its unique use.

The toe worms, blocked by the Gluttonous Fruit, raised their soles, where a huge gaping mouth suddenly split open, ruthlessly biting down on the fruits.

Just a little snack... Merlin smirked coldly.

Merlin had preemptively stitched a mouth inside the sole, not out of any foresight... it was just that he simply thought it was sufficiently grotesque and disgusting.

The toe worms, trap-trap, voraciously gnawed at An Su's Gluttonous Fruits, eyeing the defense line that would ultimately fall. However, after taking a few bites, they suddenly felt something was off. The soles of their feet turned pale, and a few toes twisted eerily.

This Gluttonous Fruit has poison inside... The Druids frowned, but after inspecting with Life Magic, they were shocked to discover it wasn't poison, but a blessing instead.

Because it was watered with the Holy Blood of the Dawn Saintess, the property of the Gluttonous Fruits had changed. They oozed red juice, each drop emitting a Holy radiance. In a way, this was the juice of the Dawn Saintess.

This wasn't Gluttonous Fruit; they had all been mistaken. These were altered by the blood of the Dawn Saintess, the two combined, so they should damn well be—[Saintess Fruit]!

[Saintess Fruit]

[Rank: Ordinary Third Tier]

[Effect: Fruits transformed from Gluttonous Fruits through the watering of the Saintess's blood and the distortion of Radiant Light. Aside from being 'eaten,' they cannot be destroyed or removed. Their juice has a restraining effect on dark creatures, making them weaken, equivalent to Low Tier Holy Water]

The properties of gluttony and Holy Water mixed together...

The Druids couldn't help but resent and regret that An Su, this young man, was so adept at biological manipulation, yet he had to choose heresy for his last Druid exam!

The more the toe worms ate the Saintess Fruit, the weaker their bodies became, and the more horrifying their toes twisted. They made pitiful cries, the more they ate the worse they felt, but if they didn't eat, they couldn't enter the church.

Merlin, with a dark expression, didn't care; a bit weaker meant a bit weaker, since they wouldn't die anyway.

As long as they ate all these Saintess Fruits, they could march straight into the church and devastate it.

An Su looked toward the direction of the tower, revealing a calm smile. During this time, his Radiant Light had illuminated another batch of Demon Seeds,

Luo Xiaohei, carrying a small bag of seeds on his shoulder, trekked through mountains and waters, and in a whiff of smoke, leaped onto An Su's palm from the shoulder of the Dawn Giant, then wiped the non-existent sweat from his face with his cat paw, thinking to himself that the Saintess sure was hardworking.

The Druids recognized the types of these Demon Seeds, and their expressions subtly changed, a foreboding feeling rising within them.

These seeds had sharp spiky edges and were encased in the sharpest shells, resembling hedgehogs curled up into balls; the Radiant Light Giant formed by An Su clenched the Demon Seeds in his hand, hurling them toward the tower and the chapel!

This is the Thorn Demon Species... The Druids looked grave. Planted on ordinary days, they could only serve for a sudden attack as a one-time use, but considering An Su's approach, he seemed to be turning this into sustained damage...

These seeds were scattered around the toe worms, landing before the Saintess Fruits, burrowing into the soil.