Chapter 7. The Tree Demon's Secret Realm ②: Fierce Battle Against the Green Tree...
As she approached the grove, Lin Xiaoxiao felt a strange unease, but the pressure on her bladder prevented her from thinking about it too much.
She quickly slipped into the grove and hid behind a huge tree.
Cheng Cheng's gentle voice came through: "Xiaoxiao, don't be afraid, I'm waiting for you outside."
Lin Xiaoxiao was still struggling with the belt on her pants when she heard Cheng Cheng's words. Without thinking, she replied in a muffled voice, "Okay, Sister Cheng."
Neither of them noticed that while they were chatting, the green vines twining around the trees beside them slowly twisted as if they were alive, silently winding around behind the two girls, wanting to deliver a fatal blow to them unexpectedly.
'Click--' The buckle on Lin Xiaoxiao's belt had just been undone, and she hadn't even had time to take off her pants.
The overwhelming green vines, like snakes, quickly and silently coiled around her small body, wrapping her up in a dense vine ball.
Standing outside the grove, Cheng Cheng, being a seasoned veteran of many dungeons, dodged the attacking vines with a quick roll before they could break through the air, and then swiftly drew his staff and a signal flare.
As the signal flare rose rapidly, Lin Xiaoxiao, who was wrapped in the center of the vines, wore a protective necklace around her neck.
The moment it was entangled, it turned into powder and turned into an egg-shaped protective shield, protecting her firmly inside.
Xiao Weizhi, who was in the tent, was the first to react. Without her glasses on or her robe buttoned up, she picked up her staff and hurried towards the small woods to the west.
Xiao Weizhi's teammates were also quick to react, only about twenty seconds slower than him.
When the Dragon Tooth Squad arrived at the grove a minute later, they were met with a huge clump of vines that were twisting and turning in the middle of the grove, making it impossible to breathe.
Just one glance at it is enough to give you goosebumps, because it's so disgusting. It looks like a bunch of green worms, piled up and tangled together, constantly moving and twisting.
Xiao Weizhi coldly commanded: "Cheng Cheng, come back; Junxuan, activate your shield and go up! Wang Hao, fire ten mortar shots away from Lin Xiaoxiao's direction; Chen Feng, attack from the left; Huihui, attack from the right; Jiang Tao, stay by Cheng Cheng's side and wait for orders. DPS me up to the maximum, don't save your mana."
A series of commands came out of Xiao Weizi's mouth in an orderly manner. Even while making battle deployments, he waved his staff continuously with his right hand and quickly performed skill gestures with his left hand.
In just two seconds, hundreds of fireballs, lightning balls, wind blades... appeared out of thin air, flying towards the roots of those green vines with clear objectives.
Li Junxuan roared, and his hands emitted a yellowish-brown light, instantly conjuring a semi-transparent yellowish-brown skill shield that was 3 meters wide and 5 meters long.
The veins in his arms bulged as he grabbed the handles on the shield and lifted it up one meter. He held the shield high to forcibly block the attacks of thousands of green vines, firmly blocking all his teammates behind him and providing them with a safe environment for output.
Every now and then, some vines would try to break through from the side, but they were all cut down by Chen Feng and Liu Huihui.
In an instant, an explosion rang out, and amidst the towering flames, sword light and various skills flashed... the entire grove was enveloped in flames.
While Cheng Cheng was applying support skills to Li Junxuan—healing, replenishing mana, applying status effects, and boosting buffs—he also had to keep an eye on the other teammates.
Cheng Cheng looked towards where Lin Xiaoxiao was, his eyes filled with worry, and reminded, "Boss, Xiaoxiao is still inside."
"Yeah." Xiao Weizi held the staff with both hands and drew a special character in the air with the top of the staff.
Then, a 50-meter-wide dark cloud materialized within 5 seconds and quickly drifted above the trees.
Lightning began to crackle and flash across the dark cloud, like the buildup before unleashing a powerful attack, as if to teach the ignorant vines below a lesson.
Xiao Weizhi's eyes were sharp as he stared intently at the vine ball wrapped in green vines in the center.
Before the lightning strike landed, he activated his water-based skill again, creating a wave that swept directly towards the grove of trees.
Everyone understands that water can conduct electricity, so combining water-based skills with lightning-based skills results in a combination skill with double the power.
With a series of crackling sounds, the entire grove was enveloped in a vast expanse of lightning, and the flashes of light reflected off the faces of the Dragon Fang Squad members.
Xiao Wei unleashed two powerful skills in one go, instantly depleting his mana to zero, and his face turned deathly pale for a moment.
With Cheng Cheng's skills and the help of the mana potion, his mana bar was quickly replenished.
Ten minutes later, most of the vines seemed to have been electrocuted, with only a small portion stubbornly remaining. Lin Xiaoxiao, who was wrapped in the center of the vines and protected by an egg-shaped shield, was also revealed.
But the strange thing was that even the forest, which was also shrouded in a large number of skills, could not have even a trace of bark scraped off.
Holding a pair of antique-looking but ornate pistols resembling those from the last century, Wang Hao stood with his hands on his hips, laughing wildly: "Nothing special, hahaha~~~"
Xiao Weizhi, Chen Feng and Liu Huihui, who had extensive experience in dungeons and secret realms, sensed something was amiss. The three of them tightly gripped their weapons, pretending not to care, but were actually paying attention to the strange grove in front of them.
Sensing the opportune moment, Xiao Weizhi swiftly unleashed a skill, a brown rope appearing out of thin air, flying towards the target and binding tightly, quickly pulling Lin Xiaoxiao out from the center of the grove.
When Xiao Weizhi saw that Lin Xiaoxiao inside the protective shield was unharmed, he finally felt relieved.
Ultimately, he won't be taken to see Buddha by this stupid woman for the time being.
Xiao Weizhi sneered: "I've seen idiots, but I've never seen one as stupid as you!"
Lin Xiaoxiao stood in front of him, and when she glanced at his handsome face, which was dark, she knew she was in the wrong. She lowered her head and shrank her neck in fear, not daring to speak.
Cheng Cheng saw that Lin Xiaoxiao was so frightened that she didn't dare to lift her head, looking pitiful, and was about to say a few words to help explain.
He was pulled back by Chen Feng, who was standing next to him, who gestured for him not to say anything out of turn, as this was a matter between the captain and the new team member.
Suddenly, something unexpected happened.
The trees, which I had initially thought were just ordinary plants, began to shake rapidly from the crown to the trunk without any wind.
Suddenly, the middle of all the tree trunks twisted and revealed old faces. The tree closest to them used its branches as fists and swung them fiercely towards the location of the Dragon Fang Squad.
Jiang Tao pointed the dagger at him and sneered, "I've been waiting for you."
The blade flashed, and large sections of tree branches snapped off, signaling the attack.
Li Junxuan reacted quickly and raised the giant shield again.
"Counterattack!" Xiao Weizhi grabbed Lin Xiaoxiao's wrist, pulled her behind him, and gave the order in a stern voice.
From the very beginning, no one in the Dragon Fang team let their guard down, and they even maintained the best offensive positioning.
Lin Xiaoxiao stood behind Xiao Weizhi, biting her lower lip with worry in her eyes. She dared not speak, afraid of disturbing their attack.
Time passed second by second amidst the explosions of skills, and all members of the Dragon Fang Squad looked rather pale due to excessive exertion.
Three hours later, with the last tree spirit falling, they officially ended the battle.
[Congratulations to the Dragon Fang Squad for defeating the level 75 Green Tree Vine Horde]
Experience gained: 9456554513, Experience distribution mode: Based on output
[Top DPS: Captain Xiao Weizhi, Second Top DPS: Vice Captain Chen Feng...]
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Lin Xiaoxiao also leveled up from level 26 to level 29 in this battle because she was a support character. She only needs 20,000 more experience points to reach level 30 and do the quest to upgrade to the third job advancement.
While the Dragon Tooth Squad took a break, Chen Yijin, who was in charge of logistics, immediately took over and began harvesting the treasure chests, materials, gold coins, and scrap materials dropped by the Green Vine Tree Demons.
Lin Xiaoxiao clamped her legs together, her body trembling slightly uncontrollably. Her bladder, about to burst, was reminding her that she would wet her pants if she didn't go to the toilet soon.
Just as he was about to sneak away to go to the toilet while no one was paying attention, he was caught red-handed by Xiao Weizhi.
His voice was cold: "Where are you going?"
Is this troublemaking, stupid woman planning to send herself into the mouth of another monster? Why does she have to come out in the middle of the night to feed the mosquitoes? What's wrong with her?
Lin Xiaoxiao mumbled a few words awkwardly in a whisper.
Xiao Weizhi frowned slightly and said coldly, "If you can't hear me, speak up."
Lin Xiaoxiao stood up straight, her hands pressed tightly against her thighs, her face flushed red all the way down to her neck. With her eyes closed, she answered loudly, "Report, I need to go to the toilet, I can't hold it in any longer."
Hearing this, the others couldn't help but burst out laughing, and Xiao Weizhi choked on his saliva.
Xiao Weizhi's ears turned slightly red. She turned to look at Cheng Cheng and was about to ask him to take her to the restroom when she saw Cheng Cheng with his eyes closed, leaning wearily in Chen Feng's arms.
After a quick look around, I found no suitable candidate.
He coughed lightly twice: "I'll go with you."
Then Xiao Weizhi led Lin Xiaoxiao to a safe patch of grass, turned around and stood about two meters away from her to wait.
Her bladder felt like it was about to burst, and unable to fight back against her body, she suppressed her embarrassment, covered her face, and squatted down. Soon after, the sound of gurgling water could be heard.
After it was all over, Lin Xiaoxiao's face was so red that it looked like she was about to ripen, and she silently followed behind Xiao Weizhi.
Xiao Weizhi also felt a little uncomfortable: "Let's go back, they should have taken care of everything."
Back in the grove, now charred black and littered with the corpses of fallen tree spirits, the entire team was busy at work.
Wang Hao said excitedly, "Boss, what a great harvest! Besides what's dropped, the bark from these tree spirits is good stuff, the leaves are good stuff, and the core is good stuff too."
Liu Huihui interrupted Wang Hao's rambling in a muffled voice: "Stop talking, get to work. Hurry up and finish, then go back to sleep before dawn."
Jiang Tao sneered, "You've been talking so much nonsense, just stop now~"
Li Junxuan added, "You shut up too."
After everything is processed and put away.
Lin Xiaoxiao bowed to her companions, maintaining a 90-degree angle, and apologized, "I'm sorry, what happened tonight was my fault! I had a special masonry-level lottery tool, and it said it wouldn't be easy to go west today. I didn't take it seriously. I'm sorry, I should have explained the situation."
He then repeated the contents of the divination slip and continued to apologize.
Xiao Weizhi's gaze on Lin Xiaoxiao became inquiring. Is it a special brick-level prop?
Everyone noticed Lin Xiaoxiao's unease, looked at each other, and exchanged knowing smiles.
Wang Hao asked with a smile, "So, in the future, will we draw lots before setting off, and go in the direction where we'll reap the greatest rewards?"
Jiang Tao, used to bickering, couldn't help but retort: "Silly Bo, at least consider the danger level."
Li Junxuan chimed in with a sarcastic remark: "Haven't you heard that the greater the danger, the greater the reward? If you're afraid of danger, go back to raising pigs."
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The Dragon Fang Squad may be strong, but their luck has been really bad lately, often resulting in very little gain after fierce battles.
When Liu Duoxin was around, we were pretty lucky...
Compared to the bloody battle, it was more frightening for the Dragon Fang Squad to gain nothing.
Cheng Cheng also joked with a smile: "Oh, then Xiaoxiao will be our team's mascot from now on. Before we set off, we'll have to let you choose the direction we're going to take."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone chimed in with their own suggestions.
From now on, let Lin Xiaoxiao draw lots before setting off, and go wherever the harvest is greatest.
Lin Xiaoxiao, who was still feeling uneasy, smiled upon hearing this, feeling helpless. It seemed that these people only cared about the gains and didn't consider the dangers at all.
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