Chapter 236 The Malice of the Forest
Boom——
The moment Xia En and the tree man collided, there was a sudden muffled sound in the sea water.
The undercurrent is centered on the collision point between the two parties and suddenly expands to all directions.
The nearby trees were affected by the current, swaying this way and that, their branches and leaves swaying, as if a small storm was set off underwater.
When the overall quality reached 5.8, Xia En's strength had already reached an extremely terrifying level.
It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a ferocious beast in human form.
Especially in the state of [Projected Body], he can exert his full strength without worrying about any injuries.
However, what surprised Xia En was that the power of the tree man in front of him was actually quite good.
I stood in front of him for about three seconds before falling backwards.
The pair of arms made of branches continued to shatter under the huge force, and cracks appeared on the trunk.
Shane is not exaggerating.
At similar levels, anyone who can wrestle with him head-on for a moment can be regarded as having natural divine power.
“How could you...?”
At this moment, the tree man’s mood could only be described as horrified.
You know, the tree people, as one of the companion races of the elves, have always been known for their strength and defense, like a walking fortress.
In those ancient times, tree people were used as natural siege machines.
However, in front of this vague figure, he couldn't even hold on for three seconds?
Shocked, but after receiving the [Seed of Life] given by the [Giant Wood God], the tree man decided to dedicate everything he had to that great god.
Even if...
is its life!
"Go to hell, outsiders who invade the kingdom of God!"
The tree man roared, and his injured body exploded.
Those vines and branches formed an overwhelming net, entangling Xia En from all directions like tentacles.
The "tentacles" of this branch are unusually powerful, and the barbs on the vines are trying to penetrate Xia En's body and draw blood.
If ordinary people fall into this big net, they will most likely be sucked directly into having sex!
As a [projection body], Xia En can ignore the attacks of vines.
But the entanglement of those tentacles still startled him slightly, and it took some effort to break free.
At the same time.
A few lines of text flashed on the panel.
[Kill the alienated tree man! 】
[Trophy obtained: fragments of alienated tree people]
[Quality: inferior]
[Type: Material]
[Description: Suffered ▇▇The tree people infected by the mysterious power have undergone changes in their body, mind and way of survival. 】
[They are willing to sacrifice everything for their gods. 】
【Please note that this race is a social creature. 】
“Huh?”
Xia En frowned slightly.
In the description, the prefix about "secret power" has become unclear and difficult to distinguish.
Why does this happen?
Xia En not only recalled the chaotic illusions that flashed before his eyes during the previous [Submarine], but also vaguely felt that there might be some connection between the two.
【It has been detected that "Secret Sea Crystal" is present in the corpse. Should it be absorbed? 】
“These tree people also have [Secret Sea Crystals]?”
Xia En felt happy and decided to absorb it.
[Ship Soul Experience +1%! (Black Swan)]
[Ship Soul Experience +2%! (Diamond Star)]
During this period of time, when Xia En was submersing at a long distance, he certainly did not forget to brush up the ship soul experience of the two ships.
However, after the ship soul level reaches LV5, it is quite difficult to increase every point of experience.
So much so that the ship spirit level of [Black Swan] is stuck at LV5 and cannot be upgraded yet.
On the contrary, [Diamond Star] successfully passed the LV4 threshold.
At this time, the experience progress of the two ships is as follows.
[Black Swan: LV5 (53%)! 】
[Diamond Star: LV4 (8%)! 】
The familiar coolness flowed into his body. Before Xia En could feel it carefully, he suddenly noticed some rustling noises coming from the sea water around him.
Xia En looked at it intently, and his scalp suddenly felt numb.
Not far away, I saw that the forest on the seabed was already agitated. One giant tree after another pulled out its roots from the soil below and swam menacingly in the direction of Xia En.
Each tree man is extremely tall, and when they move together, they have the momentum of a mountain falling apart.
At this moment, Xia En understood why there was a reminder in the description that they are social creatures.
It took Xia En a lot of effort to kill the tree man just now.
Now, if I were to be surrounded by these tree people...
Although Xia En might not die, he would at least be held back.
There are countless tree people in the entire sea of trees. Killing one will only attract more.
If the fight continues, Xia En's ship soul power will be exhausted sooner or later.
Thinking of this, Xia En did not hesitate and swam directly in the other direction.
Compared to the tree man, he is obviously much smaller and is difficult to find when hiding in the dense forest.
——This is how it should be.
But soon, Xia En realized that no matter how he hid.
The furious tree people can always quickly discover his location and swarm him.
Boom!
Shane knocked back one of the tree men with one punch, and at the same time used the recoil to retreat backwards.
"Strange, how did they find me?"
Xia En glanced through the forest with his peripheral vision, and suddenly noticed a faint malice and a feeling of being spied on .
"Wait... is this forest itself!?"
Xia En suddenly woke up.
As residents of this underwater forest, the tree people are inextricably linked to the forest.
In other words, they are part of the forest!
In the mouths of the tree people, this forest is even called the "Kingdom of God."
"Perhaps... this forest has its own will, the feeling of being spied on just now. , it is watching me.”
“In other words, as long as I am in the forest, the tree people can always lock my position.”
Shane couldn't help but frown.
What he has to fight now is not just one or two tree men, but the malice of the entire forest!
Xia En looked around and saw more and more tree people waking up from their dormant state and surrounding him.
The previously peaceful and peaceful woods suddenly became murderous.
However, Xia En has faced countless dangers, so naturally he will not panic because of this kind of momentum.
At worst, I'll turn around and fight these trees!
It is also a good choice to earn a sum of ship soul experience.
You may make a profit, but I will never lose!
Of course, as this is his first dive in the [City of Giant Trees], Xia En still hopes to collect as much information as possible.
Thinking of this, Xia En simply stopped concealing his whereabouts and rushed directly towards the center of [City of Giant Woods].
He plans to use the life of [Projection Body] to test the real owner of this city -
[Giant Wood God]!
With Xia En's current physical fitness, under full acceleration, he simply turned into a black shadow and shuttled through the sea water.
And his unabashed actions undoubtedly immediately attracted the attention of many tree people. It seemed that he was aware of Xia En's intention to approach the giant tree.
Around him, the underwater forest quickly became restless, showing him an extremely violent side.
Countless tree people began to wake up, swinging their bodies like crazy, swimming in the sea water, and floating upward.
Some of them blocked Xia En, some swam above Xia En, and some stretched out vines below, as if they wanted to keep him in this forest forever.
Vines, branches, roots... swaying in the sea water, looking soft and smooth.
This scene reminded Xia En of jellyfish.
That's right, the tree people at this time were like emerald green jellyfish all over the sea, almost completely blocking their sight.
Behind this dreamy and magnificent scene, there is a deadly murderous intention.
At the same time, Xia En also saw some strange existences among the tree people.
For example, among the tree crowd, there was a huge lobster.
It is about ten meters long and can move freely.
Xia En was inevitably surprised.
Isn’t it said that this forest is a restricted area for life?
Why is this lobster still alive and well?
But upon closer inspection, Xia En discovered the clues.
At the joint between the lobster's carapace, there are many roots and vines.
In the belly of the lobster, the body of a tree man is tightly attached to it, and the two have become one.
A chill suddenly rose in Xia En's heart.
He still couldn't tell that the lobster was actually dead.
Now it is just a puppet controlled by the tree man.
In other words, it is the nourishment for the tree people to parasitize.
Just like hermit crabs taking the shells of other crustaceans, doves take over magpie nests.
These tree men seem to have mastered similar abilities.
Xia En glanced around and saw several similar parasitic beasts in the forest.
A giant turtle covered with moss, a giant crab with branches, and even a whale over thirty meters long!
The person controlling this whale is not one tree man, but at least ten tree men.
They grow all over the whale's body, penetrating the thick flesh, but keeping it alive and preventing it from rotting.
But it is precisely because of this "alive" characteristic that makes people feel more instinctively uncomfortable.
It’s like, this is a kind of...
A blasphemy against life!
“Is this one of the abilities bestowed by the [Giant Wood God]?”
Xia En raised his eyebrows and guessed in his mind.
In his opinion, tree people should not have the ability to desecrate life.
This is also different from the image that the Elf Goddess has always shown, full of an evil feeling.
After all, the Elf Goddess was once a righteous god. How could she have such weird and blasphemous authority?
It is more like a power that only evil gods can control.
Xia En turned to look at the astonishingly huge tree in the center of the city and thought.
“This [Giant Wood God] is getting more and more evil.”
“Who is he?”
At this time, Xia En’s test plan is just It can be said that half of the success is achieved.
He did test out another weird ability of the tree people.
But the problem was that the densely packed trees in front of him blocked his way to the [Giant Wood God].
Even for Xia En, it is unrealistic to kill so many alienated tree people.
Not to mention, there are more tree people coming here nearby.
"It seems that this submarine trip ends here."
Xia En sighed and decided to fight with his back to kill a few more tree people to gain more experience.
But that's it.
An old voice suddenly sounded in Xia En's ears.
“Boy, if you don’t want to die, just dig into the mud on the bottom of the sea.”
Xia En looked around but could not find the source of the sound.
Looking at the behavior of the other tree people, they didn’t seem to hear this reminder.
Come to think of it, this is a method similar to "spiritual sound transmission".
Although I don’t know who the owner of this voice is and what its purpose is, at the moment, Xia En has no choice.
Rather than die under the siege of the tree people and waste this opportunity to submerge, Shane still wanted to live a little longer.
Thinking of this, Xia En no longer hesitated, and went straight towards the sand at the deepest point of the sea like an arrow from a string.
At the same time, he displayed the field of [Great Dark Sky] and compressed the field to a very small area around him.
——This is the inspiration that Xia En got on [Sand Island].
[Big Dark Sky] can not only be used as an attack field that encompasses the enemy, but can also be used as a protective armor.
With the help of the field, Xia En successfully isolated the sand outside his body and penetrated deeper.
Immediately, the old voice sounded again.
“Follow the direction of the roots in front of you!”
A root appeared not far from Xia En and began to lead him.
Now that he had listened to the advice of the voice, Xia En simply believed it and quickly followed the root.
At the same time.
The tree people above also noticed Xia En's intention to hide, and fell to the bottom of the sea one after another.
The roots of their feet easily penetrated into the sand and began a sweeping search.
Judging from their proficiency, it is obvious that this is not the first time they have encountered this situation.
In fact, the marine life hiding in the sand on the seabed has long been swept away by the tree people in this way.
Xia En followed the direction guided by Roots.
About two or three minutes later.
The old voice said: "Stop! Right here!"
"Hide the breath and don't move!"
Xia En did what it said.
But soon, the roots of other tree people searched all the way, and once they came to a place less than five meters away from Xia En.
Xia Endu hesitated for a moment whether to take action.
But suddenly, several roots blocked the tree people's search path, as if to express——
This area is its territory.
The other roots hesitated for a moment, and finally left silently.
The silent waiting passed for a long time.
Xia En clearly felt that the restlessness in the surrounding mud gradually calmed down.
This means that the tree people's search has come to an end.
"Boy, you can come out."
The old voice reminded: "But don't leave the area covered by my leaves."
Hearing this, Xia En slowly emerged from the ground, Look up.
The previous scene of "emerald green jellyfish" in the seawater has disappeared, and the entire forest has settled down again, returning to its original tranquility.
If you hadn’t seen it with your own eyes, it would be hard to imagine that this underwater forest would show such a crazy aspect.
And at this time.
A tall tree tree was standing in front of Xia En, casting its own shade.
(End of this chapter)