While Livia and Purvis were on guard against the black-robed men who might be hiding around them, no one noticed that the strange blood tree in the open space had already absorbed all the blood vortex at its crown.

As the bark of the strange blood tree continued to break as it absorbed the power of the blood vortex, the tree body emitted a dazzling red light... Livia and the others' attention was attracted by the blood tree that suddenly burst into a dazzling red light. Looking at the strange blood tree that was shrouded in red light and unable to see what changes had taken place, their faces became solemn.

Just as the strange red light gradually shrank into a cocoon shape, Livia's heart suddenly began beating violently, as if a great danger was approaching. He glanced around in confusion, but found nothing.

"What's wrong?"

Feeling Livia suddenly getting excited beside him, Purvis asked with some confusion.

Seeing Purvis seem to feel nothing, Livia's eyes became serious.

"Don't you feel it?"

Hearing Livia's question, Purvis looked around with his sword in hand, but apart from the blood tree that was suddenly shrouded in red light, he did not find anything else unusual.

"Feel what?"

Not finding anything, Purvis looked at Livia in confusion.

"Maybe it's just my imagination, but we'd better be careful."

Livia shook her head helplessly.

But the dangerous atmosphere felt stronger and stronger, and I could even smell the breath of death.

Livia did not hesitate at all and mobilized the little power of the seal in her heart.

The power of the seal surged out from the heart, and the moment it flowed through the body, Livia felt something was wrong around him. Different from his previous perception of just a little blood in the air, with the power of the seal, he felt that the air around him was filled with a madly flowing bloody aura, and even the grass was covered with a faint red light.

Livia's face looked a little ugly, sensing the completely different surroundings from before. She looked in the direction of the source of the bloody aura, and it was the location of the blood tree that was previously shrouded in red light.

Looking at the blood tree obscured by the red light, Livia not only could not see the red light clearly, but even now that he had mobilized the power of the seal, he could not sense what was happening inside.

He gritted his teeth and mobilized the little power of the seal in his heart without any hesitation.

At the moment when the power of the seal surged into his eyes, Livia saw through the dazzling red light, and his gaze fell on the cracked ground. At this time, the ground was covered with dry and crushed bark. Looking along the bark into the depths of the red light, what came into view was a strange tree-like creature with human skin... What is this?

! !

The blood tree from before?

Shocked at the strange tree-like creature in the red light, Livia instantly thought of the strange blood tree before. It was the first time he saw such a strange change, and Livia was unable to recover for a while.

As if sensing his gaze, a human face strangely protruded from the middle of the tree-like body with human skin. It slowly opened its eyes and met Livia's gaze... Livia's eyes suddenly went dark, and his brain began to hurt violently as if it had been hit by a sledgehammer. A system prompt quickly popped up below the dark vision.

[Mental attack detected, light of the mind activated] A flash of white light suddenly appeared in front of the dark eyes, dispelling the darkness.

Livia recovered and found herself lying on the ground. She endured the stabbing pain in her head and sat up. Then she remembered something and saw a system prompt in the corner of her eye.

Have I been attacked mentally again?

Remembering the strange trees that suddenly revealed human-like faces, Livia looked around excitedly, wanting to remind Purvis, but found that there was no one around. At this time, he felt a violent fluctuation coming from not far away. He looked up and saw Purvis who was fighting with the man in black robes... A few minutes ago, Purvis felt that the person next to him suddenly fell backwards. When he reacted, he supported Livia who fell backwards with his hand while being alert to his surroundings.

Where did the attack originate?

I didn't feel anything at all.

Purvis looked around nervously. Cold sweat began to seep out of the palm that held the hilt of the sword. He stood there motionless, alert to his surroundings. The only sounds in his ears were the strange noises made from time to time by the blood tree shrouded in red light and the sounds of his comrades fighting with the men in black robes not far away.

After several minutes without seeing any attacks from the surroundings, Purvis relaxed his guard a little and paid some attention to Livia, who he was supporting. After a quick observation, he found that Livia had just fainted.

Did he just faint? That's okay... Purvis breathed a sigh of relief, but then frowned.

How could he suddenly faint?

He was a little confused as to why Livia suddenly fainted.

Just when he relaxed his guard, three strange blood lights suddenly appeared in the darkness behind him.

Feeling the sudden magical fluctuations coming from behind him, Purvis decisively threw Livia to the side and turned around to deal with the sudden attack.

boom!

The collision between different elements produces a violent explosion.

Then a black light lit up in the thick smoke produced by the explosion, and then a black sword energy shot out from the thick smoke and slashed towards the black-robed man who was walking out of the darkness.

"oh?"

Guet, who was wearing a black robe, seemed a little surprised as he looked at the black sword energy coming straight at him.

Just as the sword energy was about to reach Guet, he moved.

He quickly stretched out his right hand from under the black robe and waved it in front of him. A thick blood-colored mist emerged from his sleeves and quickly formed a blood-colored barrier in front of him.

Bang!

The black sword energy slashed on the blood-colored barrier. After a few seconds of stalemate, the black sword energy dissipated, and the shadow element turned into a rain of light and dissipated in the air.

Looking at the disintegrating shadow elements, Guet snorted coldly and waved his right arm again, but this time no mist emerged from his sleeves.

A translucent mark appeared where the arm was swung, and the next moment a strong wind suddenly blew around Guet, blowing towards the smoke produced by the explosion.

After a while, the fog was blown away by the strong wind summoned by Guet, revealing a figure standing with a sword in hand.

Purvis felt the strong wind blowing across his armor and looked at the man in black robes not far away.

Looking at the black-robed man who was no different from the black-robed man who turned into a blood-red vortex before, Purvis almost thought that the black-robed man who appeared this time was another clone.

"It seems like we are really going to take action this time."

Sensing the powerful force contained under the black robe, Purvis confirmed that the man in black robe who appeared this time was his true self.

Then his eyes fell on the blood-red barrier that was cut by the black sword energy. Seeing that there was only a shallow sword mark on the barrier, he smiled bitterly in his heart. It turned out to be an enemy of the deputy commander's strength as Livia said.

Thinking of Livia, his eyes swept over the person lying on the ground not far away, looking at Livia who was still unconscious, Purvis helplessly focused his attention on the man in black robe.

It seems that he can only handle it by himself. Looking solemnly at the man in black robe walking towards him, Purvis exudes an indomitable aura...