“Moo—”
Dabai obeyed the order and moved forward with his strong elephant hooves.
Then, he stopped in front of the big tree.
Under Liu Muxue's curious gaze, Cao Xing stood up directly.
He stepped on Dabai's back and took out a [Catapult Hook (Blue)] from his backpack.
As Cao Xing pressed the switch on the cylinder.
"call out!"
A sound of breaking through the air was heard.
In an instant, the sharp claws shot out into the sky.
Then he firmly grasped one of the branches of the giant tree.
Sensing Cao Xing's intention, Liu Muxue said softly: "Ah Xing, be careful..."
Renis, Sarah and others beside him said, "Lord, let me do it!"
Elisa also volunteered, "My Lord, let me do it. Elisa is the best at climbing trees!"
Including Assam, Bron and others all signed up eagerly.
It can be seen that they are all very worried about Cao Xing's safety.
This scene made the four newly joined Nightmare Court archers look slightly surprised.
They could see that these people's concerns were genuine and not just flattery or posturing.
This also shows that the lord in front of them is deeply loved and respected by them.
Can make so many powerful beings so loyal to one person.
This made them curious about what kind of personality charm this lord had.
Cao Xing laughed and said, "I'm just climbing a tree, why are you so nervous?"
"Don't worry, I used to climb trees when I was a kid, so I'm pretty good at it."
"Besides, I have the Holy Shield on me, so I won't be hurt even if I fall down."
After hearing this, Assam and others were stunned and did not continue to insist.
Then they watched Cao Xing grab the vines and start climbing up.
Due to the humidity in the forest and the extremely low temperature, the trunk of this giant tree was also frozen with a layer of frost.
Very slippery.
Although Cao Xing was not worried about his own safety, he climbed up slowly and carefully.
When we reached an altitude of about 80 meters.
Cao Xing stepped on a thick tree trunk.
Since the [Shooting Hook] is not long enough, the vines must be reeled in and shot a second time to reach the top of the tree.
There is about a 30 second cooldown period.
When all the vines were retracted, Cao Xing suddenly fired at one of the tree trunks above his head!
"call out!"
The hook once again firmly hooked onto a thick branch at the top.
"Not bad, it seems my aim is pretty good." Cao Xing laughed.
Then he grabbed the vines and jumped up on the trunk of the giant tree.
Soon, we arrived at the top of the giant tree.
This tree is unusually tall, tens of meters taller than other trees in the forest.
Therefore, Cao Xing’s current position is considered the highest point in this area.
Looking around, you can even see the entire forest.
The white snow covered the vast forest, making the whole place look like silver.
All I saw was a vast expanse of desolation, as if the world was shrouded in this snow-white color.
The vast forest within a radius of tens of kilometers is of this color.
Occasionally you can see some white birds flying low in the sky.
Further away, the mountains are also covered with snow, like a beautiful ink painting.
This scene looks just like a CG scene from a game.
Cao Xing couldn't help but exclaim: "This beautiful scenery is absolutely amazing!"
"It's a pity that it's too cold..."
He turned on the system's built-in camera function and started taking pictures of his surroundings.
“Crack! Crack!”
At this moment, Cao Xing suddenly noticed that there was a person about tens of kilometers away from him.
That is the area in the center of the forest, where some buildings can be vaguely seen.
It looked like some ancient city walls, and through the dense trees, the outlines of the tops of several towers could be seen.
"Walls and towers? What the hell?"
"How could there be something like this in the forest?"
There was a look of doubt in his eyes.
But because the distance was too far, Cao Xing couldn't see what it was exactly.
He shook his head, putting these thoughts behind him.
"Forget it, let's not worry about it for now. We have to continue exploring the Witch Forest anyway. We'll know when we get closer to take a look."
"Now let's see what these red fruits are."
So he grabbed the branch and carefully came to the red fruit.
This fruit is as big as an adult's fist and has a crystal-like color. It looks more like some kind of exquisite work of art.
However, there is an extremely powerful aura emanating from the fruit.
At the same time, the properties of this thing appeared in front of Cao Xing.
[Blood Crystal Fruit (Gold): Magical Plant]
【Quality: rare】
[Effect: After consuming a whole blood essence fruit for the first time, you can increase your strength by 100 points. This effect can only be taken once.]
(Note: An extremely rare fruit. The blood crystal fruit tree takes 200 years to grow, and then bears fruit every 17 years. Eating it can greatly increase strength.
However, because the power it contains is too strong, if a being with a weak constitution consumes it, it will have strong side effects, so it can only be consumed by creatures of at least level three.)
…
When Cao Xing saw the above attributes, his pupils suddenly shrank!
He exclaimed on the spot: "Fuck! Golden fruit!"
"After eating it, my strength increased by 100 points. This effect is too strong!"
At this moment, even his breathing became a little rapid.
You know, this was his first time to come into contact with the golden magic fruit!
For those melee professions, this is an artifact-level existence.
Just eating one of them can increase your attack power by at least a hundred points!
He took a quick look and found that there were 23 blood crystal fruits hanging on the tree!
It almost goes without saying what a staggering fortune this is!
"I'm rich! I'm really rich now, haha!"
Cao Xing was delighted.
Without any hesitation, he picked all 23 [Blood Crystal Fruits] from the tree.
[Obtained: Blood Crystal Fruit (Gold)*23]
…
The moment the fruit fell into his pocket, Cao Xing felt relieved.
With excitement, he slid down the tree quickly.
Then, in the astonished eyes of everyone.
Cao Xing took out one of the fruits.
Asam felt the aura emanating from it and exclaimed, "What a powerful aura."
"I feel a strong attraction to this fruit."
Lab next to him echoed, "Me too, I feel that after eating this fruit, I will have even more powerful strength!"
Cao Xing smiled and said, "You are right. This is a fruit that can increase strength."
"After eating it, your strength will be greatly enhanced!"
Hearing this, the melee professionals on the field immediately showed eager looks in their eyes.
As for remote jobs such as Isabelle and Hilda, I am not very interested in them.
Cao Xing was not stingy and directly took out a large amount of [Blood Crystal Fruit] from his backpack.
For Liu Muxue, Sarah, Assam, Renis, Elisa, and two Dragon Blood Warriors and other melee professions.
Including Baymax and Wally, each of them took one.
A total of 10 [Blood Crystal Fruits] were distributed.
Everyone held the fist-sized fruit in their hands.
Cao Xing said directly: "Okay, eat it."
After hearing this, everyone on the scene started to devour the food without hesitation.
As the sound of fruit chewing was heard, these melee professions finished eating the whole fruit.
The next moment, system prompts appeared one after another.
[Your territory member: Renis Eagle Eye took the Blood Crystal Fruit, Strength attribute +100, remaining uses: 0]
[Your territory member: Sarah Blade Dance has taken the Blood Crystal Fruit, Strength attribute +100, remaining uses: 0]
【your……】
…
now.
Those who ate the fruit felt a warm current surge in their stomach!
And this heat quickly spread throughout the body!
Little Elisa's eyes widened and she exclaimed, "Wow! Elisa feels so hot, I think I'm getting taller!"
Tong Chuchu next to her said innocently, "Sister Elisa, you are already past the age of growth, you won't grow any taller~"
Hearing this, Elisa's face suddenly fell.
"Wuwu... How could this happen? Elisa wants to grow taller..."
She squatted on the ground, looking very depressed.
Tong Chuchu patted her back and comforted her in a low voice.
The others all had looks of surprise on their faces because they all felt a surge of power!
Cao Xing was also very satisfied.
Because 1 point of strength attribute can increase 1.5~3 points of physical attack power according to the growth of each profession.
In other words, these 100 points of strength can at least increase their attack power by 150 to 300 points.
This is almost equivalent to the upgrade of half a weapon!
Therefore, it is almost self-evident how powerful this upgrade is for these power professions.
And those in the magic professions also had envy on their faces.
However, they also saw that Cao Xing himself did not eat this kind of fruit.
After all, the strength attribute has no effect on them.
As for the four Nightmare Court archers, although there was desire in their eyes, they didn't say much.
Cao Xing looked at the 13 fruits left in his backpack and did not distribute them to them.
He said: "Those who obtain these fruits have made contributions to our territory."
"If you perform well, I will not only reward you with blood crystal fruit, but also with the ability to transform into elites, the souls of the leaders."
“I think everyone can prove this to me.”
Assam was the first to respond, "Yes, we all rose up little by little with the help of the Lord."
Braum held up his shield and said excitedly, "A few days ago, I was just an ordinary first-level shield guard, but in just a few days, I have gained the power I have now."
"All of this is possible with the help of the Lord."
The others also nodded.
After hearing this, a glimmer of light gradually appeared in the deep pupils of the four archers.
They nodded slightly and said, "We understand, dear Lord."
Then, Cao Xing led everyone deeper into the forest.
Feeling the terrifying improvement of [Blood Crystal Fruit], everyone on the field became more motivated!
As we went deeper, the visibility became lower and lower, and the environment became increasingly gloomy and cold.
But this cannot dilute their enthusiasm for exploration.
Including the four Nightmare Vine Archers, they became full of fighting spirit because of Cao Xing's previous words.
Cao Xing thought to himself, "This kind of blood crystal fruit has a rather demanding growth environment. It takes a blood crystal tree 200 years to grow, and then 17 years to produce a round of blood crystal fruit."
"This time, I was lucky enough to meet you."
"As expected, opening up these high-level areas always brings unexpected surprises."
"I just wonder if there are any fruits that increase spirit or agility?"
Thinking of this, Cao Xing became even more excited about the upcoming exploration journey.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The group continued to move forward. With two huge monsters, Baymax and Volibear, leading the way, they had basically no obstruction.
Half an hour later.
Cao Xing glanced at the map.
They were almost forty kilometers deep into the Witchwood.
We are almost reaching the deepest part of the Witchwood.
The monsters here are all above level 35.
However, for Cao Xing, as long as there are no level 5 monsters, they basically pose no threat to him.
And at this moment, Cao Xing stopped again.
Because he saw a towering tree in front of him that was over 100 meters tall and had a trunk diameter of three meters!
Next to it, there are many giant trees with the same height of fifty or sixty meters and the same thick trunks.
He clearly felt that the giant tree in front of him was emitting a faint aura of danger.
"Is it a human-faced tree?"
There was a thoughtful look in Cao Xing's eyes.
Although they have dealt with the human-faced tree many times.
But this monster, in its normal state, is no different from an ordinary giant tree.
So Cao Xing is not easy to identify either.
He glanced at Renis beside him.
She immediately understood what Cao Xing meant.
Simply pull open the [Horned Eagle Bow] and shoot an arrow.
"call out!"
"Dang!"
【-3027! 】
The arrow hit, causing a critical hit.
Just as Cao Xing expected.
The moment the giant tree in front of me was attacked, its branches suddenly retracted.
“Blah, blah!”
At the same time, the frozen soil beneath the giant tree bulged up and down, as if many powerful earth dragons were moving around underneath.
The giant tree turned around, revealing a pale human face on its trunk.
"Invaders...die..."
At the same time, following the movement of this giant tree, the surrounding giant trees turned around one after another.
At least forty or fifty human-faced trees waved their branches at the same time.
Cao Xing casually glanced at their attributes.
【Ice Crystal Human-Faced Tree Elder】
[Species: Human-faced tree]
[Level: Level 37 (Level 4 Boss-level Creature)
[HP: 67239/67239]
【Attack Power: 2589~2632】
[Skills: Strong Branches, Frozen Touch, Frozen Dance, Bloodsucking Vines, Life Drain]
【Talent ①: Longevity】
【Talent ②: Full of vitality】
[Bond: Human-Faced Tree (20 activated)]
…
【Ice Crystal Man-Faced Tree Leader】
[Species: Human-faced tree]
[Level: Level 38 (Level 4 Boss-level creature)]
[Health value: 123494/125507]
【Attack power: 3413~3457】
[Skills: Strong Branches, Frost Touch, Frost Dance, Bloodsucking Vines, Life Drain (same attributes as above)
Life Forbidden Zone (When the health of the Man-Faced Tree Leader is less than 20%, it will fall into a completely violent state. It will wave all its tentacles and attack all enemies indiscriminately. In the violent state, the attack speed of the Man-Faced Tree Leader is +100%, and when it hits the enemy, it has a 100% blood-sucking effect. It lasts for 50 seconds and has a cooldown of 1 hour)]
【Talent ①: Longevity】
【Talent ②: Full of vitality】
[Talent ③: Human-Faced Tree Leader (When there are other Human-Faced Trees nearby, HP increases by 20% and HP recovery speed is increased by 100%)]
[Bond: Human-Faced Tree (20 activated)]
(Introduction: An ancient human-faced tree that has existed for hundreds of years. It has strong vitality and excellent fighting ability.)
…
"Good guys, they are all level 4 Human-Faced Trees!"
"One leader, two chieftains, five elites, and more than forty ordinary human-faced trees!"
Obviously, this was the most powerful wave of enemies Cao Xing had encountered since entering the Witch Forest.
But he didn't feel scared, he was surprised!
"Great! I finally encountered a leader-level human-faced tree!"
"As long as we kill it, the heart of the tree in our body will accelerate the growth of the White Tree!"
"As for those boss-level human-faced trees, their hearts can also be given to Baymax and Wally!"
With an expectant look in his eyes, Cao Xing jumped directly off the mammoth's back.
Then he quickly commanded: "Bron, Assam, Jonathan, Jonathan, Rab, go up."
"Andrew, switch to the ancient tree form and help as well."
"All long-range weapons, start outputting at full strength!"
After receiving Cao Xing's order, everyone instantly entered combat mode.
Braum took the lead and directly faced the human-faced tree, which was a fourth-level leader!
However, the attack of this human-faced tree was extremely violent!
The branches attacked madly like dozens of spirit snakes.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
“Crack! Crack!”
The three layers of holy shield on Braum were broken in an instant!
The remaining branches whipped at Bron.
【-1472】
【-1382】
【-1253】
【-1325】
Braum's health dropped bit by bit, and then was raised bit by bit by [Ice Healing] and [Life Blossom].
At this moment, Cao Xing quickly gave the order: "Wally, Heaven's Voice is falling, go help Bron deal with this human-faced tree."
After receiving Cao Xing's order, Wally jumped high and roared like a beast!
"roar!"
In mid-air, the terrifying power of thunder and lightning began to burst out from its body!
Then, a huge figure, carrying a huge thunder, suddenly jumped to the side of the human-faced tree.
"BOOM!"
It was like a human-shaped lightning descending, and terrifying lightning burst out!
It instantly enveloped an area of 30 meters around it.
At least a dozen human-faced trees were covered by this wave of attacks, causing widespread damage.
【-7013】
【-7254】
【-7312】
【-7714】
【-7152】
…
A string of terrifying injury figures appeared!
The damage coefficient of 274%, combined with Wally's terrifying attack, caused a damage of up to 7,000.
Furthermore, all human-faced trees were affected by the electric current.
He stood there stiffly.
Seeing this, Cao Xing was delighted. "Dabai, you should also go to Wally's place and fight against this human-faced tree leader together."
He raised his staff and quickly gave instructions to others.
"Isabelle, Hilda, each of you will take on a boss-level human-faced tree, and finish it quickly!"
"Jonathan, Jonathan, Rab, the other five elite human-faced trees are in your hands."
"Everyone else, focus on killing those ordinary human-faced trees!"
After receiving Cao Xing's order, everyone started to act.
Isabel and Hilda looked at each other, and seemed to see the competitive spirit in each other's eyes.
"snort!"
"whispering sound!"
After saying that, the two girls separated and quickly found their opponents.
Looking at the fourth-tier boss-level Human-Faced Tree in front of them, the two powerful women showed no fear at all. Instead, their eyes were filled with surging fighting spirit!
It seems as if we are going to decide the winner today.
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