Chapter 228: Wood Star
Because the forest was too dangerous, Imperial University did not dare to drop students directly from the air, but instead had them line up at the edge of the forest to enter. This time, each student was specially allowed to bring a cold weapon.
The students of Teito University, who had a certain understanding of the dangers of the forest, followed their captain obediently and slowly walked into the forest.
The team led by Mai Dong and Mai Xuan, two seventh-level cultivators, is undoubtedly the most popular.
Especially behind Mai Dong's Phantom Team, there are not only command teams but also art teams, a huge group.
The Phantom Sentai followed their captain without complaint and led the way.
After entering the forest of Mufei Star, Mai Dong restrained his aura, revealing only the aura of a sixth-level warrior.
The trees in this forest are generally not very tall and are relatively far apart, so the light of the stars shines through the sky, and the temperature is just right, making it feel very comfortable.
If they hadn't seen the brutal video of the mutant tree before, almost everyone would have thought they were here for a picnic.
The group walked neatly into the forest for more than ten minutes without encountering any unexpected incidents.
But I didn't relax because of this and I still remained vigilant.
Suddenly Mai Dong stopped suddenly and made a gesture for everyone to pay attention. Then the captain in front made the same gesture. One by one, everyone stopped.
The team at the back had no idea what was happening in front, but the team in front followed Mai Dong's gaze and saw a relatively short tree in the woods not far away, which was obviously being competed for nutrients by the trees around it.
"Captain, this tree looks like just a Level 1 mutant tree. Is there something wrong with it?" Zhuang Huiya asked immediately.
"No, this mutant tree looks only Grade 1, I think..."
Before Mai Dong could finish his words, the malnourished-looking tree suddenly expanded five times in size as if it had exploded, and flew towards them with its dangling branches and leaves bared.
Everyone immediately retreated in unison, unable to get out of the attack range, and used their weapons to repel or chop off the branches that were flying at them.
Because they were so focused on attacking their branches, everyone ignored their feet and didn't notice the roots that were quietly emerging from above.
The brown-black tree roots, like snakes, first quietly wrapped around the feet of the people and then pulled them violently.
There are holes about half a meter in diameter on the sides of these tree roots, which are large enough to pull an adult human in.
Naturally, the crowd could not sit idly by, and everyone took out their weapons and tried to chop off the tree roots. When the students who had originally withdrawn from the attack range saw this, they also took out their weapons and came up to assist the crowd.
But the tree roots were very strong, and they couldn't cut through them all with their swords. When they finally cut through one root after several attempts, another root would entangle them.
When everyone was fighting in a group, Mai Dong stood out, as if something was blocking her from the outside world. The roots and branches could not entangle her body, nor could they stop her from walking quickly towards the mutant tree. In the blink of an eye, Mai Dong was within meters of the mutant tree.
I don't know if the mutant tree has any intelligence. It seems to have found Maidong to be a dangerous creature. Except for the roots that are still entangled with other students, all the branches are retracted and they are wrapped around Maidong like a net.
However, these branches still could not break through Mai Dong's mental barrier, nor could they stop her from moving forward. Any branches that blocked Mai Dong's way were cut off by the sharp blade in her hand.
When Maidong walked up to the mutant tree, he placed his palm on the trunk of the mutant tree.
Following Mai Dong, the other friends were caught in a battle with the tree roots. Although they noticed Mai Dong's movements at first, they were blocked by the mutated branches and did not see what she was doing.
Although they knew that their captain was very powerful, the Phantom Team couldn't help but worry about her in this situation.
The Phantom Team was quite powerful, and without the interference of the mutated branches, they quickly cut off the mutated tree roots.
However, some of the teams at the back were not strong enough, and some of them were unable to resist and were half dragged into the mud. The Phantom Team had to turn back to rescue them.
When Zhuang Hui was about to pull out a student who was about to be pulled into the hole, the force pulling him suddenly stopped, and he easily pulled the student out.
Zhuang Huiya was not the only one who encountered this phenomenon. Others also experienced the same thing. The tree roots that were tightly entangled with them suddenly seemed to lose their life and turned into dead roots.
After being freed, everyone discovered that Maidong walked up to the mutant tree and put his hands on the trunk of the mutant tree.
The mutant tree seemed to be rapidly drained of its energy. The entire tree became even thinner than before, and the leaves on the tree continued to wither and fall off. It looked like the entire tree was about to wither.
At this time, Mai Dong's aura changed. When they looked over, Mai Dong's wood element alien had already been upgraded to the early stage.
Seeing this scene, I watched her Wood Anomaly level continue to rise, and finally stopped at the late stage.
"Cousin, what's going on?" Fearing that something was wrong, Zhuang Huiya couldn't help but stepped forward and asked.
At this moment, Maidong felt that he was about to "eat the tree" and immediately pulled him over and let his hand touch the root of the alien tree.
"Quickly absorb the wood energy."
As soon as he placed his hands on the tree trunk, Zhuang Huiya immediately felt a pure wood-type energy flowing from his palms into his body, and he began to absorb it.
Then the others saw that Zhuang Huiya's wood-type monster level also rose like Mai Dong, one small level at a time, and it didn't stop until the late stage of the second level.
There was no need for Maidong to explain the reason specifically. Her friends all knew that this mutant tree must contain enough energy to upgrade wood-type mutants. Otherwise, there was no way to explain why the levels of these two wood-type mutants were promoted so quickly.
Mai Dong thought that there were many wood-type mutants in the Imperial Capital University. If they all advanced at this speed... she immediately sent a message to Instructor Shan.
"There is a mutant tree in the forest of Jufei Star. When it reaches level 6, a ball of pure wood energy will form at the root of the tree, which can be directly absorbed by wood mutants. However, this mutant tree is very rare and mostly grows in the center of the forest. You are lucky to have encountered it in the outer part of the forest."
Instructor Shan explained calmly that he had already used it when he was surprised that Maidong began to absorb the energy of the mutant tree.