Chapter 45: The Dead Tree and the Living Man

Before entering the village, two streams of evil spirits flew in from a distance.

A ghost, the residual soul of Monk Huijing.

As soon as he discovered the problem, Lu Feng released the two ghosts he had subdued to explore the surroundings.

One is to find a way out, and the other is to obtain more intelligence.

"If you stay away from the giant tree, you will slowly enter a black fog. You can't get out, and if you force your way in, you will be consumed!"

Receiving the information discovered by the ghost, Lu Feng pondered.

Lu Feng thought he was knowledgeable about such a weird and strange place, but this was the first time he had encountered one.

"And how did I get in here? I have no recollection of it. Where did Annie, my second brother, and Wizard Matyu go?"

All these mysteries make me feel very uneasy.

However, the only thing that made him feel fortunate was that the existence that built this strange place did not seem to be very powerful.

The black mist puppets that attacked him just now had strength similar to their own.

Soldiers are soldiers, villagers are villagers. Even though the Baron practiced the Savage Elephant Breathing Technique, he still couldn't change the fact that he was a weakling.

The only thing that made Lu Feng feel a little strange was the wizard Matyu.

The others seemed to be fooled by the Baron's words and followed the Baron in charging, but Lu Feng could clearly feel that the others were just blindly following the Baron.

They are like a group of puppets, controlled by a dark entity.

The wizard Matyu, who cast only one spell and then turned around and ran away, seemed different from the others and had a clear subjective consciousness.

"Could it be that because Matyu is a second-class wizard apprentice and his mental strength is stronger than others, he still has a little consciousness left, and when faced with danger, he instinctively chooses actions that are beneficial to him!"

There is still too little information about the mysterious black fog, and Lu Feng can only guess based on his experience.

Walking into the shadow of the giant dark tree, the village appeared in front of Lu Feng. The village without people was particularly quiet, and the only sound echoing in the air was the friction of the giant tree's leaves.

Walking into the village, Lu Feng looked up and stared at the tall black tree.

With the protection of the space gate, the other people in Lu Feng's eyes and the village in front of him were all made up of black air, but the giant black tree alone did not change at all.

It is still huge and still exudes a majestic aura.

It looks like a huge black tree, and that is its original appearance.

"It seems that the root of all this is this giant tree in front of me. But this tree is so big, can I beat it?"

Lu Feng was full of doubts and was thinking about what to do next when suddenly a voice came from the courtyard next to him.

"Who are you? Why are you here? Are you here to investigate the black fog as well?"

Wizard Matyu poked his head out from the wall of the courtyard and asked Lu Feng questions cautiously.

"Um?"

Lu Feng turned his head and his eyes fell on the wizard Matyu. He was puzzled by his appearance, but did not attack him. He just raised his shield and took a defensive stance.

Seeing that Lu Feng did not attack, Matyu became happy and said quickly:

"Don't do anything, listen to me first! We are in an illusion space, and those people just now were deceived by the owner of this place. If I were not a necromancer, I would always carry a few skulls and ghosts with me, and have a few more perspectives to see the world, so I would not be able to resist the illusion here!

I have been here for a few days, carefully exploring and finding out a lot about the situation here. Apart from those people just now, there is only a giant black tree. The tree has no other abilities and is very weak. I have used my ghost to test it, and the ghost was not attacked when it touched the giant tree! If you have the ability, you can go and give it a try! The giant tree may be the key to breaking this illusion!"

Lu Feng listened to Matyu's words, half believing and half doubting.

In his eyes, Matyu in front of him was still made up of a ball of black mist.

"I'm Lester. Can't you see what I look like? What do I look like in your eyes?"

Lu Feng thought about it and asked.

"Oh, it's Lester! We met not long ago, of course I remember..."

Before Matyu could finish his words, Lu Feng had already moved in front of Matyu, and his large shield broke through the wall of the courtyard and hit Matyu hard.

A huge force came, and Matyu's body flew up into the air. Before it fell, the hammer in Lu Feng's hand followed and hit Matyu's head.

The huge head was instantly torn into pieces, with blood and flesh splattering everywhere.

Remember shit! Matiyu wouldn't dare to speak to me like that!

"It seems that you can't check their memories! Is that what I said!"

Lu Feng ignored the shattered Matyu on the ground, turned his head suddenly and looked to the side beside him.

At some point, the towering black tree standing in the village had come to his side.

The originally tall, dark tree shrank to the size of a person when it reached Lu Feng.

The branches and leaves became hair, the trunk became the face, and the roots became legs, transforming into a strange-looking black tree man.

“Wow wow wow!”

On the tree man's distorted face, his mouth opened wide and strange sound waves emanated from it, attacking Lu Feng. There was a bewitching power in the sound waves, and even a third-class wizard apprentice would be fascinated by this tree man after hearing them.

Lu Feng listened, but there was no change at all.

With the [Space Gate] protecting his soul core, Lu Feng just felt a little uncomfortable listening to the tree man's sound waves.

As soon as the tree man made a move, Lu Feng’s counterattack followed.

In the courtyard, a thin layer of mist had appeared in the air at some point. Lu Feng held a hammer in his hand, and a emerald green magical light spread.

In order to deal with this strange tree man, Lu Feng used the water mist technique that he had arranged around him a long time ago, and at once he made a move, he used his strongest combination spell.

【Seed of Life】

The emerald green light spread, and the face of the dark tree man suddenly became more distorted and hideous.

Tiny seeds absorbed the emerald magic aura and water vapor, and took root in the tree man. The roots penetrated into the tree man's bark, absorbing nutrients from the tree man's body with all their strength, competing to show the greatness of life to the world.

"Ahhhh!" Under the attack of the Seed of Life, the dark tree man let out a creepy scream.

Its trunk was drying up at a speed visible to the naked eye. The tree man tried in horror to pull out the plants sprouting from its body, but no matter how hard he pulled, it was of no use.

In a few moments, the black tree man had turned into a pile of ashes as it was absorbed by many plants.

The dark tree man was unexpectedly weaker than Lu Feng had expected.

Just one [Seed of Life] was enough to get rid of the dark tree man. As soon as the tree man died, the whole world began to shake.

“Boom!”

Loud noises continued to be heard, and Lu Feng saw that everything between heaven and earth was collapsing, the sky was falling, the earth was sinking, the village was disappearing, and then his head sank and he lost consciousness.

When Lu Feng regained consciousness, he heard a familiar voice.

"Master, are you awake?"

Second update! This chapter is not well written, please feel free to comment if you have any opinions.

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