Behind this Treant, there were also two giant Stone Men, slightly shorter at just over six meters tall, with strong physiques, made entirely of white magic-sealing stone.
The Stone Man on the left had a pair of blue eyes and held a shield and a stone hammer in his hands.
The Stone Man on the right had red eyes and held a shield and a stone axe in his hands.
These two guys could be recognized at a glance as having evolved from the original Red and Blue Warriors.
Aside from being one size larger and their body color changing from the original grayish-white to white, there was almost no significant change.
Ezreal's figure emerged from behind the Treant, his eyes shining as he circled the three behemoths several times, nodding as he walked.
"Tsk tsk tsk!"
"This Life Alchemy was quite perfect."
"Red Buff evolved to A-Ranked, and Red and Blue Warriors evolved to B-Ranked."
For this Life Alchemy, Ezreal sacrificed hundreds of Rank D and Rank C Magical Beasts; these Magical Beasts could provide the vitality needed to sustain the Life Alchemy, and their souls could also be thrown into the crystal nexus by him to create Canyon Soldiers.
With the souls of magical creatures, the crystal nexus was indeed able to create Ranged Soldiers and Siege Minions, and even Super Minions.
However, the consumption of these three types of soldiers was slightly higher.
But the benefits were also obvious: Ranged Soldiers came with a magic skill—Energy Bolt!
Its power wasn't great, roughly equivalent to a child throwing a stone, barely able to leave a small pit in a tree.
If used to hit people, it was not as good as him throwing a stone himself; unless aimed at the head, there might be a chance to knock someone out, but hitting the body would at most cause a momentary pain and a scratch.
Siege Minions came with a magic energy cannon skill.
The power of this skill was greater, with an actual effect similar to a pistol.
Super Minions had no skills, but their attack power and defense were extremely high, and their health was also very high.
Ezreal had briefly tested them; aside from not being able to use magic, their attack power was close to that of a small Shadow Wolf, their defense was comparable to an unevolved Ancient Krugs, and their health was close to that of a large Shadow Wolf.
Ezreal invested all the souls of the sacrificed Magical Beasts and his own magic power into the creation of these three types of soldiers.
Ultimately, he created 30 Red and Blue Super Minions, 60 Siege Minions, and 600 Ranged Soldiers.
The number was considerable, but in reality, they were all cannon fodder; even the Super Minions, with the strongest combat power, were not as good as the Treant Warriors created by the War Ancient Tree.
Moreover, there was a major drawback!
These minions could only last for 10 minutes!
He had originally created many soldiers, but he found that the created soldiers could only exist for ten minutes, after which they would automatically die.
This made him quickly stop production.
After careful investigation, Ezreal finally determined that these minions were constantly consuming magic power and soul power.
When the power that constituted their bodies was exhausted, their bodies would naturally dissipate.
This caused Ezreal's mass-production plan to die in its infancy before it even began.
Ezreal had read materials in the library, and the War Ancient Tree's Treant Warriors magic was a very special innate magic.
Essentially, it involved vitalizing its own seeds, endowing them with magic power, vitality, and a portion of soul power, and rapidly growing them into form.
The Treant Warriors created were like the offspring of the War Ancient Tree, inheriting plant magic and basic combat skills.
Their strength was generally two levels below that of the War Ancient Tree.
For example, if the War Ancient Tree killed today was A+-Ranked, the Treant Warriors it created would be D+-Ranked.
And after successful creation, Treant Warriors could last for varying durations depending on the strength of the main body, but the shortest was still three days.
This was equivalent to magical soldiers who didn't require training and had extremely high combat proficiency.
In terms of skill practicality, it was much stronger than the crystal nexus.
When Ezreal discovered the drawback that the minions produced by the crystal nexus had a time limit, he had no choice but to gather a wave of minions and start the Life Alchemy early.
Then, during the Life Alchemy process, Canyon Soldiers were continuously produced and immediately invested into the Life Alchemy.
In this Life Alchemy, he fused the corpse of the War Ancient Tree with the Red Buff, and also fused a large number of Super Minions to enhance melee offense and defense capabilities.
As for the magic skills of the Siege Minions and Ranged Soldiers, he didn't value them, so he didn't fuse them with the Red Buff, instead giving them all to the Red and Blue Stone Warriors, who knew nothing but their innate splitting magic.
Originally, the Red Buff was a typical ranged spellcaster, with superb plant magic augmented by the innate magic crown of embers, which could burn vitality, making its attack power even comparable to Ezreal's Amaterasu.
Melee capability was its biggest weakness.
Now, after fusing with the War Ancient Tree and a large number of Super Minions, its melee capability rapidly improved.
Furthermore, after absorbing the War Ancient Tree's magic crystal, its form directly transformed from a turtle-tree monster shape to a humanoid form, and the Red Buff completely inherited all of its magic.
Many of these were very useful spells.
For example, the area-of-effect attack magic that helped the War Ancient Tree escape danger multiple times—Vibrant Life!
Its effect was to unleash magic power in a special way, emitting shockwaves centered on itself with no blind spots, and also capable of restoring some injuries, a magic that combined offense, defense, and healing.
It was practically a bug-like skill!
There was also the plant-based healing divine skill—Endless Life!
Its effect was to absorb the vitality of surrounding plants to replenish itself, and it could even heal others.
And, the War Ancient Tree's unique innate magic—Treant Warriors!
This mass-production divine skill was also present in the magic crystal.
Ezreal directly used Life Alchemy to erase the War Ancient Tree's conventional memories from the magic crystal, leaving its combat memories, magic insights, and cultivation methods to fuse with the Red Buff's soul.
Not only was the Red Buff's soul strengthened, but it could also immediately use the magic without needing to re-cultivate it.
Besides magic skills, there was also residual magic power from the War Ancient Tree in the magic crystal and corpse, totaling about one-sixth.
After completely devouring the War Ancient Tree, the Red Buff that emerged from its corpse successfully transformed into an A+-Ranked Magical Beast.
The Red Buff itself already had immense magic power and had mastered quite a few spells.
After this Life Alchemy, its total magic power directly reached an astonishing level; Ezreal estimated it could at least rival twenty of himself, several times more than the Blue Buff.
As for magic, the current Red Buff could be called a master of plant magic, and combined with its crown of embers' characteristic of burning vitality, it held a steady advantage in battles within the same rank.
In terms of strength, it was only slightly weaker than the War Ancient Tree in its prime, roughly equivalent to 0.7 of a War Ancient Tree.
Looking at the imposing, majestic, and steady Red Buff before him, Ezreal couldn't help but smile happily.
"From now on, I'll call you Fire Crown Treant."
The Fire Crown Treant, upon receiving its new name, knelt on one knee, its massive body hitting the ground, causing a slight tremor.
"Fire Crown Treant, greets my Lord."
The Fire Crown Treant spoke human words, its voice deep and hoarse, with a very respectful tone.
After evolving into an A-Ranked Magical Beast, most Magical Beasts could speak, so Ezreal was not surprised.
He looked at the Fire Crown Treant bowing before him, the flickering flames on its head illuminating his eyes, bright and joyful.