The ground beneath her feet was shaking violently, and a strong sense of crisis surged in her heart. Livia raised her eyes and looked towards the place where the sense of crisis came from.

The black-robed man standing in place suddenly turned into a blood-colored vortex, slowly spinning, emitting blood-colored airflow and engulfing everything around him.

Livia looked solemnly at the bloody vortex that exuded a strong sense of crisis, and retreated quickly with sword in hand. At this moment, the vibration under his feet became even more violent, and even with Livia's strength, he felt a little unstable.

The ground under the blood-red vortex suddenly cracked like a spider web, and several streaks of blood shot out, attacking the two people retreating.

Seeing the blood light suddenly shooting out from the ground, Livia, who had been prepared, quickly stood firm and decisively used "Defense". At the same time, the Toharne in his hand glowed with dark golden light and met the blood light in mid-air.

boom!

The blood light exploded when it hit Toharne, and Livia was blown away by the sudden explosion. She flipped in the air and landed on the ground in a half-squatting position. The wolf shadow attached to her body dissipated as she landed.

Livia stood up solemnly, without suffering any actual injuries.

Although the sudden explosion just now was not within his expectations, fortunately he was alert and used "defense" in advance. The damage caused by the explosion was offset by about 90% by the wolf shadow, and the rest was actually just the impact force generated by the explosion.

The impact force was roughly equivalent to being hit by a car at a speed of about 40 mph. An ordinary person would definitely suffer fatal injuries. Even Livia would have been seriously injured before going through the Green Grass Trial. However, for Livia now, this amount of impact force would basically just cause some numbness in his body, and he would recover in a few minutes.

Just as Livia took on the blood light almost unscathed, Purvis also dealt with the three blood lights that were shooting towards him.

Without knowing the specific power of the blood light, Purvis tentatively slashed out a shadow sword energy to intercept the blood light. The blood light hit by the sword energy exploded as quickly as Livia's blood light. Although it was some distance away, it was still knocked over by the air wave generated by the explosion of the blood light.

However, the remaining two blood lights were easy to deal with after knowing that they would explode if touched. They were easily solved by simply keeping a slight distance and slashing out two sword energies.

After Purvis and Livia got rid of the blood light, they looked towards the place where the black-robed man turned into a blood-red vortex. They hadn't known when several huge cracks had appeared on the ground under the blood-red vortex, and a strange blood-red tree had grown out of it. The crown of the blood tree was absorbing the power in the blood-red vortex.

Livia looked at the strange blood tree and didn't know what to do. She approached Purvis cautiously.

"Purvis, do you know what this is?"

Purvis' attention was not entirely on the blood tree, as he was looking around for the disappearing figure of the man in black robe.

Hearing Livia's question, he frowned as he looked at the blood tree. He had never seen such a strange tree, and there was no record of a bloody tree in his knowledge.

"I don't know what this thing is, but I think it should be a method used by some cultists to deal with enemies. In my experience, to deal with trees like this, you just need to keep your distance."

Looking at the strange blood tree, Purvis said solemnly.

Livia looked at the blood tree that was just absorbing the power of the blood vortex on the top of the tree without any other movement. She was a little unsure whether the strange blood tree in front of her was really as Purvis said, that it would not affect them as long as they kept their distance.

After all, they were so far away, but he could still feel the danger emanating from the blood tree from time to time.

"Why don't we stay further away? I feel like it's still dangerous even at this distance. I don't think the black-robed man would leave a blood tree with such an obvious weakness to deal with us."

Livia said solemnly.

Purvis thought about what he said for a moment and felt that there was some truth in it. He also felt that something was wrong at this moment.

"Okay, let's just keep some distance."

Purvis nodded and agreed to Livia's suggestion.

Just as the two were retreating warily after watching the strange blood tree, a teasing voice came from behind them.

"oh?

Where do you two want to go? The fun has just begun."

Hearing the sudden words coming from behind, Purvis and Livia reacted quickly, and they attacked behind them together with swords in hand.

The sword cut through the air, touching nothing. Purvis and Livia looked behind them, seeing no one there. They glanced around but did not find any trace of the man in black. However, the words just spoken were like whispers in their ears. There was no way they had heard wrongly.

Purvis and Livia looked at each other, then stood back to back, alert to their surroundings.

Damn it, it’s like this again, I can’t sense anything!

Livia's power flowed rapidly in his body, but he could not find any trace of the man in black robe.

Livia was sure that she was not affected by the spell again, so the reason why she could not sense the man in black could only be because the man in black was too strong, and the gap between his strength and hers was too great, so she could not sense where the man in black was.

Damn it! Livia gritted her teeth, her sight kept moving, and she used all her senses to try to find the figure of the man in black robe.

Purvis felt the violent power fluctuations behind him, turned his head and looked at Livia and reminded him in a low voice.

“Livia!

Calm down!

We must try to conserve our strength to deal with the black-robed man, and not waste too much energy at this time!"

Hearing his reminder, Livia calmed down a little.

"Sorry, I got a little impulsive."

"It's okay. I'm actually quite nervous too, but we have to stay calm because we can't make any mistakes."

Purvis looked at Livia, whose expression had calmed down, and said solemnly.

Listening to what Purvis said, Livia calmed down completely, and retracted his perception to three meters around him, alert to the movements around him.

············In the darkness in the distance, Guet, who had appeared here at some point, sneered at the two people who were standing back to back and on guard around them.

"You think you can defend yourself against me like this? You are so naive."

After saying that, Guete shifted his gaze away from Livia and the other person, and looked at the strange blood tree not far from them. Looking at the blood-colored vortex at the crown of the tree that was about to be completely absorbed, he murmured in a low voice with some anticipation.

"It's almost done, Blood Demon Tree, let me see what you are capable of..." He remembered the scene when Moore suddenly appeared beside him before he set out and handed him the branch.

"This is?"

Guet took the bloody branch handed over by Moore and asked with some confusion.

"If what I expected is true, the person coming to the grassland should be my old acquaintance Delong. There may be someone else hiding there."

Moore paused for a moment, as if he had thought of something, and continued with a nostalgic look on his face.

"Will can probably only hold back Deron under normal circumstances, so this is the trump card I give you to use against Deron and those people hiding in the dark."

Guet listened to his words and nodded as if he understood, but he still looked at the branch in his hand with some confusion.

"What is this, then?"

"The species of the Blood Demon Tree."

Moore said with a serious expression.

"Blood Demon Tree?"

Moore looked at Guette, whose face was full of doubts, and fell silent.

Guet touched his nose awkwardly, not knowing how to face the scene before him.

"You don't need to know so much. You just need to know that once this grows up, it will be enough to deal with the enemies you encountered on the grassland this time."

Moore sighed helplessly and said.

How to use: drop blood on the branch to form a communication relationship, then infuse it with power and throw it into the ground.

After the Blood Demon Tree grows out, it can be cultivated by infusing it with a large amount of blood and energy to give it basic combat capabilities. After swallowing some powerful flesh and blood, it can become a complete form, a real Blood Demon Tree that is capable of dealing with Delong and the people in the dark.

Coming back to his senses from his memories, Guet laughed strangely as he looked at the blood tree that had absorbed all the blood-colored vortex.

The time has come. The next step is to kill these knights and let the blood demon tree devour their flesh and blood to grow.

Well... let's start with the kid who made me what I am now.

Guette looked at Livia on the grass with a cold and sharp look in his eyes, and his figure disappeared into the darkness...