"puff!"
The branch pierced the boy's shoulder.
【-674】
A damage number appears.
The boy gasped and a look of horror appeared in his eyes!
In an instant, his health was reduced to only a few dozen points.
If he hadn't avoided the vital points at the last moment, he would have died on the spot!
And at this moment, the second wind appeared.
The boy immediately shouted in fear: "Help...help me..."
At the critical moment, Renis shot an arrow.
"call out!"
The arrow hit the branch accurately, interrupting the attack.
What was strange was that everyone actually heard a hoarse cry of pain from a human being.
"ah!"
Before they could react.
The next moment, all the trees in the area began to move.
Blah la la…
The branches are flying.
The ground, which had been frozen into permafrost, was also rising continuously, as if something was moving underground.
Then, slowly, the trees turned around.
They were horrified to find that on the trunks of these trees, there were actually pale human faces.
The faces slowly opened.
"This is our territory... Anyone who intrudes... will die!"
The next moment.
Dense branches shot towards them!
The survivors at the rear of the team had no ability to stop them.
According to the agreement with Qiu Yating, Cao Xing would lead them into the forest.
So Cao Xing shouted.
"Bron, stop it!"
After hearing this, Braum leapt over the guard and rushed to the back of the crowd.
Then he raised his shield and blocked the branches.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
Most of the branches' attacks were blocked by Braum's shield.
Another part of the branches were cut off by Renis's arrows.
The group of survivors escaped the disaster and stood there in a daze.
Bron turned around and smiled, "Don't just stand there, little guys. Get moving."
After hearing this, they finally reacted.
Then they all hid behind Braum or took defensive postures.
At this moment, Assam and others were also fighting against the attack of these branches.
What surprised Cao Xing was that the toughness of these branches was beyond his imagination.
With Assam's third-tier boss-level attack power, he didn't cut it off directly with one sword strike, but only repelled it briefly.
Cao Xing scanned the attributes of this group of human-faced trees.
【Ice Crystal Human Face Tree lv27】
[Species: Human-faced tree]
[HP: 17640/17640]
[Attack power: 652~681]
[Skill: Tough Branches (The human-faced tree has tough branches that can wrap around and pierce enemies)
Touch of Frost (The Man-Faced Tree swings its branches and attacks the enemy, dealing damage equal to ATK*133% of the enemy's attack power, freezing the enemy's blood for 1 to 5 seconds, reducing its mobility by 50% with a cooldown of 60 seconds)
Frost Dance (Waving thousands of branches, madly attacking all enemies, cooldown time 5 minutes)]
【Talent ①: Longevity (having a long life)】
[Talent ②: Vitality (Health increases by 30%)]
[Bond: Human-Faced Tree, when the number of Human-Faced Trees moving at the same time reaches 5, attack speed +10%, 10: health increased by 20%, 20: attack power increased by 20% (activated)]
(Introduction: A monster created by an alchemy experiment. It lives in the Witch Forest and attacks all creatures that enter the forest.)
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"What a strong third-level creature!"
Cao Xing commented.
There are more than 20 human-faced trees appearing here at the same time, and their bonds have been activated, making them much more powerful than ordinary third-level creatures!
The next moment, a dozen branches attacked everyone.
Under the attack of this third-level creature, the attributes of these first-level survivors could not keep up with the reaction speed of the human-faced tree.
For other teams, even a level 3 team, if they were besieged by so many man-faced trees, they would most likely be wiped out.
However, the attacks of these human-faced trees only shattered one or two layers of the holy shields on Cao Xing's men.
It didn't even hurt them!
Seeing this scene, Cao Xing felt relieved and ordered: "Go all out and kill these human-faced trees."
At the same time, he and Liu Muxue jumped off the mammoth's back.
After receiving Cao Xing's order, Assam and others each used their own methods.
The sword of justice swept across!
The storm of arrows begins to rage!
Dabai, on the other hand, began to run wildly in the forest.
Then he slammed into one of the human-faced trees!
"Bang!"
【-1973】
A horrible collision injury occurs!
After Dabai broke through to the third level, he was blessed by Liu Muxue's Aurora and Courage, and his damage was extremely terrifying.
Then it stomped forward, directly dazzling seven or eight human-faced trees around it.
The new member Putana raised her giant axe high and chopped down one of the trees.
Bang!
【-518】
As a newcomer, Putana is a second-level elite creature, so this damage is quite good.
After becoming a boss, Braum was able to hold off the attacks of three or four human-faced trees by himself.
"Ahaha! Let's attack Braum!"
"I'll show you what a watertight defense is!"
Compared to the day before yesterday in the Ascalon Crypt, the strength of everyone on the field has improved significantly.
Dealing with monsters of this level is no problem at all.
At this moment, the group of survivors stood behind, watching their fight tremblingly.
They were horrified by the soaring injury figures!
The most terrifying thing was that they saw Cao Xing's attack.
This man could inflict four to five hundred damages with just one spell attack.
In other words, to deal with these survivors whose health is only over 600 or 700, Cao Xing only needs one or two spells to take them away.
Not only that, they also saw Liu Muxue, who was as beautiful as a goddess, holding a gorgeous shield and guarding Cao Xing on both sides.
This scene made the group of boys look envious.
After a few minutes, Cao Xing's battle came to an end.
[Your territory member: Bron Iron Wall killed the Ice Crystal Man-faced Tree lv28, and obtained experience value: 560]
[Experience points gained by combatants: 280]
[Your territory member: Sarah Blade Dance killed the Ice Crystal Man-faced Tree lv27 and gained 540 experience points]
[Experience points gained by combatants: 270]
[Your...]
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Kill prompts keep appearing.
When the health of the last human-faced tree reached zero, these strange trees seemed to have lost their strength and their branches became limp.
The survivors breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he looked at the corpses of human-faced trees around him with a look of relief.
At this time, Qiu Yating came out, bowed slightly to Cao Xing and said: "Thank you, Mr. Cao Xing..."
Others also expressed their gratitude: "Thank you, Mr. Cao Xing, for saving us."
Cao Xing nodded and didn't care.
He was just fulfilling his agreement.
Then, Cao Xing looked at the corpse of the human-faced tree.
Something seemed to appear at the root of the tree.
Seems to be the item they drop upon death.
Cao Xing walked over and picked up everything on the ground.
A system prompt appears.
[Obtained: Intermediate Element Crystal*1]
[Obtained: Ice Crystal Human Face Tree Heart (Green) *1]
[Obtained: Ancient Man-faced Tree Bark (Green) *1]
[Obtain: Tree Sap (Green) *3]
[Obtained: Book of Intermediate Agility]
…
Cao Xing looked puzzled, "Huh? What is a human-faced tree-heart?"
Suppress your curiosity.
Cao Xing decided to first collect all the materials dropped by the human-faced trees on the ground, and then check the properties of these things.
[Obtained: Intermediate Element Crystals *12]
[Obtain: Ice Crystal Human Face Tree Heart (Green) * 21]
[Obtain: Tree Sap (Green)*114]
[Obtain: Ancient Man-faced Tree Bark (Green) *17]
[Obtained: Intermediate Chaos Book *3]
[Obtained: Intermediate Agility Book *2]
[Obtained: Intermediate Spirit Book *2]
…
Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction, and then began to check the properties of these materials.
[Ice Crystal Man-faced Tree Heart (Green): A heart filled with pure life force.]
[Effect 1: After use, the upper limit of health can be increased by 300 points (can be effective up to 2 times)]
[Effect 2: Allows magical plants to absorb the vitality contained in it, accelerating their growth cycle by 0.5 to 1 year.]
…
"Oh my god... this thing seems to be the same type as the Snow Demon Heart. It can accelerate the growth of plants!"
A look of surprise appeared in Cao Xing's eyes!
Because according to Juliette, the Pale Tree has now grown into a sapling, and it will take another one or two years of growth to bring an amplification effect to the territory.
And according to the strength of the vitality contained in the heart of this human-faced tree, it should be able to accelerate the growth time of the pale tree.
Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction.
I didn't expect to have such an unexpected harvest right after entering here. I am lucky enough.
Then he began to check out the second prop.
[Tree sap (green): Tree sap with a magical aura, with a refreshing taste.]
(After taking it, you can recover a certain amount of mental strength, and the cooldown time is 60 seconds)
…
[Ancient Man-faced Tree Bark (Green): Thick and tough bark]
(Crafting materials can be handed over to blacksmiths, or made into high-quality armor or other props in sewing shops)
…
Cao Xing's eyes lit up: "Huh? This tree sap can actually restore mental strength. Isn't this similar to the effect of Moon Condensation Flower Dew?"
However, Moon Dew is a blue quality recovery item, while Tree Sap is only green quality, so there is still a gap in the recovery ability between the two.
But this does not affect the large amount of sap!
This time, he directly harvested more than a hundred drops of sap and could use them with confidence.
"It just so happens that I'm running low on Moon Flower Dew!"
"With so much sap, I can use my Devil Transformation skill without restraint!"
"Andrew can now use his owl form continuously!"
Cao Xing was delighted.
Moreover, he remembered that tree sap was also needed to make [fine rum].
In addition, the bark of the ancient man-faced tree is also good and can be made into excellent protective gear.
Hand it over to the dwarf Harold, and his troops will have new equipment.
He nodded with satisfaction and said, "I didn't expect to have such a good harvest just after coming in."
"We've come to the right place, the Witch Forest!"
At this moment, Cao Xing took a look at these human-faced trees that had lost their life characteristics.
All of their branches drooped limply on the ground like men who had just reached orgasm.
But Cao Xing remembered how resilient this thing was.
"Harold said that making a catapult hook requires a very tough rope. I wonder if this thing can be used as a substitute?"
Cao Xing shook his head. "Never mind. Even if they can't be replaced, the resilience of these vines alone is a good thing!"
So he ordered, "Cut down all the vines of these human-faced trees for me."
After hearing Cao Xing's order, the group of recruited creatures all took action.
They either chopped with swords, bit with teeth, or even tore with claws.
They tore off the branches one by one.
Since the body of the human-faced tree cannot be decomposed, this primitive method is the only one that can be used.
It took a lot of effort to pull all the vines down.
Cao Xing walked over and picked up one at random.
[Obtained: Tough vine of the human-faced tree (green) *1]
Look at the attributes.
[Tough vines of the man-faced tree (green): extremely tough vines]
(A tough material that can be made into fishing nets and other items.)
…
A look of joy appeared on Cao Xing's face.
Then he gathered all the vines on the ground.
[Obtained: Tough vines of the human-faced tree (green) * 1574]
"Wuhu! There are more than a thousand vines, which add up to several kilometers!"
"This wave of harvest is really good!"
Qiu Yating and other little girls looked at Cao Xing and the others' actions in surprise.
It seemed that they had not expected that they would not even let these vines go.
At this time, Cao Xing looked at Qiu Yating and asked, "How long do we have to go before we enter the Witch Forest?"
Cao Xing didn't want to take this group of survivors with him into the forest so that he could search there recklessly.
Qiu Yating whispered, "We probably need to go about one or two kilometers..."
Cao Xing nodded, "Okay, let's move on."
Next, everyone moved forward.
On the way, they encountered two or three attacks from human-faced trees, but they were all killed by Cao Xing and others.
When they saw that the mammoth Dabai had knocked down a human-faced tree with one charge.
The survivors were simply stunned.
“So…so scary…”
"Too strong..."
The strength displayed by Cao Xing was completely beyond their imagination.
At the same time, these survivors couldn't help but become more curious about his level.
Cao Xing ignored their looks, walked over again and collected all the materials.
After several battles, the total amount was gained.
【Ice crystal human face tree heart (green) * 52】
【Tree sap (green)*415】
【Ancient Man-faced Tree Bark (Green)*46】
【The tough vines of the human face tree (green) *3273】
【Intermediate Element Crystal*35】
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Cao Xing picked up the fruits with a look of joy on his face.
"This human-faced tree is really full of treasures!"
At this moment, Renis, who was in the form of [Hunting Eye] all the time, came to Cao Xing.
She pointed to a huge tree in the distance and said, "My Lord, there are a few flowers over there that seem to be emitting magic and the breath of life."
Hearing this, Cao Xing's eyes suddenly lit up.
He ignored the puzzled looks of Qiu Yating and others, left the team directly, and went straight to the place where Renis said.
There, he did find several flowers that were blue-green in color and had seven petals.
When they looked closely, the properties of these flowers appeared before them.
[Ice Dragon Flower (Blue): Special Plant]
[After taking the petals, you can immediately recover 200 health points and restore a certain amount of mental strength. ]
(Plants that contain vitality only grow in places where vitality is abundant.)
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Cao Xing's eyes suddenly lit up!
That's it!
There are indeed ice harpy flowers in this forest.
Cao Xing took a look and saw that there were 7 ice eagle flowers here, with about thirty petals.
In other words, it is enough for him to produce more than thirty bottles of improved life secret medicine!
Cao Xing was in a good mood, "Not bad!"
Thinking of this, he carefully took out a dagger and shoveled away all the soil around the ice harlequin flower.
Then, he put it directly into his backpack.
[Obtain Ice Dragon Flower (Blue)*1]
Cao Xing breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that this transplantation method is feasible.
Then, he picked down another six ice blue flowers one by one.
After a moment, Cao Xing returned to the team with a satisfied look on his face.
Seeing his expression, Qiu Yating seemed to understand something and said with a smile on her face, "Congratulations, Mr. Cao Xing."
The other survivors also knew that Cao Xing came out this time to look for the ice harlequin flower.
It seemed that he had found what he wanted, and his face was filled with envy.
Cao Xing nodded.
"Let's go."
Next, they continued to advance another kilometer or two.
The temperature here is getting lower and lower.
There are more and more kinds of plants that have never been seen before.
At this time, a system prompt appears.
[You have entered a special area: Witch Forest...]
A look of realization appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.
It seems that we have entered the inner area of the Witch Forest after arriving here.
He looked at the students and said, "Okay, as agreed, you guys are on your way."
Hearing this, the students' faces changed slightly.
Along the way, they have learned how terrifying this forest is!
Even the monsters that appear on the periphery are no lower than level three!
You can imagine how terrifying the monster inside is.
If these first-level survivors were left walking alone in a forest like this, they would be killed in no time, let alone complete the mission.
They finally realized how difficult the task they had taken on was.
At this time, the boy named Xu Haocheng came over and said with a fake smile: "Boss Cao Xing, we have heard of your name a long time ago and have always admired you."
"See if you can be a good person to the end and help us complete this mission."
"We'll thank you!"
After listening to him, Cao Xing glanced at him calmly and said, "Not interested."
"As agreed, I have nothing to do here."
Hearing this, Xu Haocheng's face froze, and he was about to speak.
Qiu Yating, who was standing by, interrupted him and said, "Xu Haocheng, stop talking."
"Boss Cao Xing still has things to do, so we shouldn't waste too much of his time."
The other little girls also tried to dissuade them.
Xu Haocheng seemed to want to say something, but he was afraid of Cao Xing's strength, so he swallowed the words back.
Cao Xing ignored them and turned around with his men and said, "Let's go, let's change the direction."
These survivors wanted to say something but stopped themselves. All they could do was stare at Cao Xing's back with helpless looks.
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