Chapter 236 The Malice of the Forest

Boom——

At the moment when Xia En and the tree man collided, a muffled sound suddenly came out in the sea.

The undercurrent expanded around the collision point.

The trees near were hit by the water flow, and they fell to the ground. The branches and leaves were shaking, as if a small storm had been set off underwater.

With a comprehensive quality of 5.8, Xia En's strength had already reached an extremely terrifying level.

It was not an exaggeration to say that he was a humanoid beast.

Especially in the state of [Projection Body], he could exert his full strength without worrying about any injuries.

However, what surprised Xia En was that the strength of the tree man in front of him was actually not bad.

In front of him, he persisted for about three seconds before falling backwards.

The arms made of branches continued to break under the huge force, and cracks appeared on the trunk.

Xia En was not exaggerating.

Under the circumstance of similar rank, the existence that could fight him head-on for a moment could already be considered as a natural god.

"How could you...?"

At this moment, the mood of the tree man could only be described as horrified.

You know, as one of the companion races of the elves, the tree man has always been known for his strength and defense, like a walking fortress.

In those ancient times, the tree man was used as a natural siege machine.

However, in front of this blurry figure, he couldn't even hold on for three seconds?

Although he was horrified, after receiving the [Seed of Life] given by the [Giant Wood God], the tree man decided to dedicate everything he had to that great god.

Even if...

It was his life!

"Outsider who invaded the kingdom of God, go to hell!"

The tree man roared, and his already injured body exploded directly.

The vines and branches connected into a huge net that covered the sky and earth, and entangled Shane from all directions like tentacles.

The power of the "tentacles" of this branch is unusually great, and the barbs on the vines are trying to pierce Shane's body and suck blood.

If an ordinary person falls into this big net, he is likely to be sucked dry!

As a [projected body], Shane can ignore the attacks of the vines.

But the power of the tentacles still made him slightly startled, and he had to spend some effort to break free.

At the same time.

A few lines of text flashed on the panel.

[Kill the alienated tree man! ]

[Obtain the spoils: the fragments of the alienated tree man]

[Quality: poor]

[Type: material]

[Description: The tree man infected by the ▇▇ secret power has undergone changes in form, mind and way of survival. ]

[They are willing to give everything for their gods. ]

[Please note that this race is a social creature. ]

"Hmm?"

Shane frowned slightly.

In the description, the prefix about "secret power" became blurred and difficult to distinguish.

Why did this happen?

Shane not only recalled the chaotic illusions that flashed before his eyes when he was [diving] before, but also felt that there might be some connection between the two.

[Detected the presence of "Secret Sea Crystal" in the corpse, should it be absorbed? ]

"These tree people also have [Secret Sea Crystal]?"

Shane was delighted and decisively chose to absorb it.

[Ship Soul Experience +1%! (Black Swan)]

[Ship Soul Experience +2%! (Diamond Star)]

During this period, Shane did not forget to brush up the ship soul experience of the two ships when he was diving at a long distance.

However, after the ship soul level was upgraded to LV5, it was quite difficult to increase every bit of experience.

So that the ship soul level of [Black Swan] was stuck at LV5 and could not be upgraded.

However, [Diamond Star] successfully passed the threshold of LV4.

At this time, the experience progress of the two ships was as follows.

[Black Swan: LV5 (53%)! ]

[Diamond Star: LV4 (8%)! 】

The familiar cool feeling flowed into his body. Before Shane could feel it carefully, he suddenly noticed some rustling sounds in the sea water around him.

Shane looked closely and his scalp suddenly tingled.

Not far away, the forest under the sea had become restless. One after another, giant trees pulled their roots out of the soil below and swam towards Shane with great momentum.

Each tree man was extremely tall. When they moved together, they had a momentum of collapse and earth-shattering.

Only then did Shane understand why there was a reminder in the description that they were social creatures.

It took Shane a lot of effort to kill that tree man just now.

At this moment, if he was surrounded by this group of tree men...

Although Shane might not die, he would at least be dragged down.

And there was no telling how many tree men there were in the entire sea of ​​trees. Killing one would only attract more.

If he kept fighting, Shane's ship soul power would be exhausted sooner or later.

Thinking of this, Shane swam in another direction without hesitation.

Compared to the tree people, he was obviously much smaller, hiding in the dense forest, and it was difficult to be found.

——It should have been like this.

But soon, Shane realized that no matter how he hid.

The violent tree people could always quickly find his position and swarm over him.

Boom!

Shane knocked back one of the tree people with a punch, and at the same time retreated backward with the recoil.

"Strange, how did they find me?"

Shayne glanced through the forest with his peripheral vision, and suddenly sensed a faint malice and a feeling of being watched.

"Wait... is it the forest itself!?"

Shayne suddenly realized.

As residents of this underwater forest, the tree people have a close connection with the forest.

Or, they are part of the forest!

And in the mouths of the tree people, this forest is even called "God's Kingdom."

"Maybe... this forest has its own will, and the feeling of being watched just now is that it is watching me."

"In other words, as long as I am in the forest, the tree people can always lock my position."

Shayne couldn't help but frown.

What he has to fight now is not one or two tree people, but the malice of the entire forest!

Shayne looked around and saw that more and more tree people were waking up from hibernation and surrounding him.

The previously peaceful and peaceful forest suddenly became murderous.

However, Shane has faced countless dangers, so he will not panic because of this momentum.

At worst, I can just turn around and fight these tree people!

Earning some ship soul experience is also a good choice.

You may earn, but I will never lose!

Of course, as his first dive in the [Giant Wood City], Shane still hopes to collect as much information as possible.

Thinking of this, Shane simply stopped hiding his whereabouts and rushed directly to the center of the [Giant Wood City].

He planned to use the life of the [Projected Body] to test the real owner of this city - the [Giant Wood God]!

With Shane's current physical fitness, he turned into a black shadow and shuttled through the sea water at full speed.

And his unconcealed actions undoubtedly immediately attracted the attention of many tree people.

It seems that they noticed Shane's intention to approach the giant tree.

Beside him, the underwater forest quickly became agitated, showing him an extremely violent side.

Countless tree people began to wake up, swinging their bodies like crazy, swimming in the sea water, and floating upwards.

Some of them blocked Shane's way, some swam above Shane, and some stretched out vines below, as if to keep him in this forest forever.

Vines, branches, roots... swaying in the sea water, looking soft and slippery.

This scene reminded Shane of jellyfish.

Yes, the tree people at this time were like emerald green jellyfish all over the sea water, almost completely blocking the line of sight.

Behind this dreamy and magnificent scene, there was a deadly murderous intent.

At the same time, Shane also saw some strange existences among the tree people.

For example, among the tree people, there was actually a huge lobster.

It was about ten meters long and could move freely.

Shane was inevitably surprised.

Isn't it said that this forest is a life-forbidden zone?

Why is this lobster still alive?

But after a closer look, Shane found a clue.

At the connection of the lobster's shell, there were many roots and vines.

In the belly of the lobster, the body of a tree man was tightly attached to it, and the two had already merged into one.

A chill suddenly rose in Xia En's heart.

How could he not see that the lobster was actually dead.

Now it was just a puppet controlled by the tree man.

Or in other words, it was a nutrient parasitized by the tree man.

Just like hermit crabs would take away the shells of other crustaceans and occupy the nests of magpies.

These tree men seemed to have mastered similar abilities.

Xia En swept his eyes and saw several similar parasitic beasts in the forest.

A large sea turtle covered with moss, a giant crab with branches, and even a whale with a body length of more than 30 meters!

The one who controlled this whale was not a tree man, but at least ten tree men.

They grew all over the body of the whale, penetrated the fat flesh, but kept it alive to prevent it from rotting.

But it was precisely because of this "alive" characteristic that people instinctively felt uncomfortable.

It was as if this was a kind of...

blasphemy against life!

"Is this also one of the abilities granted by the Giant Tree God?"

Xia En raised his eyebrows and guessed in his heart.

In his cognition, tree people should not have this ability to blaspheme life.

This is also different from the image that the Elf Goddess has always shown, and it is full of an evil feeling.

The Elf Goddess was once a righteous god, how could she have such a weird and blasphemous power?

It is more like a power that only evil gods possess.

Xia En turned his head and looked at the astonishingly large giant tree in the center of the city, thinking.

"This Giant Tree God is getting more and more weird."

"Who is He?"

At this time, Xia En's test plan can only be said to be half successful.

He did test out another weird ability of the tree people.

But the problem is that the dense tree people in front of him blocked his way to the Giant Tree God.

Even for Xia En, it is unrealistic to kill so many alienated tree people.

Not to mention, there are more tree people rushing here nearby.

"It seems that this dive will end here."

Shane sighed and decided to fight to the death and kill more tree people to gain some experience.

But at this moment.

An old voice suddenly sounded in Shane's ears.

"Boy, if you don't want to die, go to the mud and sand on the seabed."

Shayen looked around and couldn't find the source of the sound.

And looking at the performance of other tree people, it seems that they didn't hear this reminder.

I think this is a means similar to "spiritual transmission".

Although I don't know who the owner of this voice is and what his intention is, Shane has no choice at the moment.

Compared with dying in the siege of the tree people and wasting this diving opportunity, Shane still wants to live a little longer.

Thinking of this, Shane no longer hesitated, and drilled directly into the deepest mud and sand on the seabed like an arrow.

At the same time, he used the domain of [Great Dark Sky] and compressed the domain into a very small area around him.

——This is the inspiration Shane got on [Sand Island].

[Great Dark Sky] can not only be used as an attack domain that encompasses the enemy, but also as a protective armor.

With the help of the domain, Shane successfully isolated the mud and sand outside the body and drilled deeper.

Then, the old voice sounded again.

"Follow the direction of the roots in front of you!"

A root appeared not far from Shane and began to lead the way for him.

Since he had listened to the advice of this voice, Shane simply believed it and quickly followed the root.

At the same time.

The tree people above also noticed Shane's intention to hide and fell to the bottom of the sea.

The roots of their feet easily penetrated into the mud and sand and began to search like a sweep.

From their proficiency, it was obviously not the first time they encountered this situation.

In fact, the marine life hidden in the mud and sand on the seabed had long been swept away by the tree people in this way.

Shaen followed the direction guided by the roots all the way.

After about two or three minutes.

The old voice said: "Stop! It's here!"

"Hide your breath, don't move!"

Shaen did as it said.

But soon, the roots of other tree people searched all the way and came to less than five meters away from Shane.

Shaen hesitated for a moment, whether to do it or not.

But suddenly, several roots blocked the path of the tree people's search, as if to say -

This area is its territory.

The other roots hesitated, and finally left silently.

The silent waiting lasted for a long time.

Xia En clearly felt that the restlessness in the mud and sand around him gradually subsided.

This means that the tree people's search has come to an end.

"Boy, you can come out."

The old voice reminded: "But don't leave the range covered by my leaves."

Hearing this, Xia En slowly drilled out from the ground and looked up.

The previous scene of "emerald jellyfish" in the sea water has disappeared, and the whole forest has settled down again, returning to its original tranquility.

If you don't see it with your own eyes, it's hard to imagine that this underwater forest will still present such a crazy side.

And at this time.

A tall tree man is standing in front of Xia En, casting his shade.