Chapter 236 The Malice of the Forest


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    The moment Xia En and the tree man collided, there was a sudden muffled sound in the sea water.


    The undercurrent is centered on the collision point between the two parties and suddenly expands in all directions.


    The nearby trees were affected by the current, swaying this way and that, their branches and leaves swaying, as if a small storm was set off under the water.


    When the overall quality reached 5.8, Xia En''s strength had already reached an extremely terrifying level.


    It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a ferocious beast in human form.


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


    ?However, what surprised Xia En was that the power of the tree man in front of him was actually quite good.


    I stood in front of him for about three seconds before falling backwards.


    ?The pair of arms made of branches continued to shatter under the huge force, and even the trunks had cracks.


    This is not an exaggeration by Shane.


    At similar levels, anyone who can wrestle with him head-on for a moment can already be regarded as having natural divine power.


    “You...how is that possible?”


    At this time, the tree man''s mood could only be described as horrified.


    You must know that the tree people, as one of the companion races of the elves, have always been known for their strength and defense, like a walking fortress.


    In those ancient times, tree men were used as natural siege machines.


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


    ?Horse to horror, but 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 is its life!


    “Outsiders who invade the kingdom of God, go to hell!”


    ??The tree man roared angrily, and his injured body exploded.


    ?Those vines and branches formed an overwhelming net, entangling Xia En from all directions like tentacles.


    ?The "tentacles" of this branch are unusually powerful, and the barbs on the vines are trying to penetrate Xia En''s body and draw blood.


    ??If the average person falls into this big net, it is very likely that they will be directly sucked into having sex!


    As a [projection body], Xia En can ignore the attacks of vines.


    ?But the entanglement of those tentacles still startled him slightly, and it took some effort to break free.


    at the same time.


    A few lines of text flashed on the panel.


    【Kill the alienated tree man! 】


    【Obtain trophies: Fragments of alienated tree man】


    【Quality: inferior】


    【Type: Material】


    int End to the end] The tree man who was infected by the secret power of ▇▇ has undergone changes in his body, mind and way of living. 】


    【They are willing to sacrifice everything for their gods. 】


    【Please note that this race is a social creature. 】


    "Um?"


    ?Xia En frowned slightly.


    In the description, the prefix about "secret power" becomes vague and difficult to distinguish.


    Why does this happen?


    ?Xia En not only recalled the chaotic illusions that flashed before his eyes during the previous [submersible], but also vaguely felt that there might be some connection between the two.


    【The presence of "Secret Sea Crystal" in the corpse has been detected. Do you want to absorb it? 】


    “These tree people also have [Secret Sea Crystals]?”


    ?Xia En was overjoyed and decisively chose to absorb it.


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


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


    ?During this period of time, when Xia En was submersing in long distances, he certainly did not forget to brush up the ship soul experience of the two ships.


    However, after the ship soul level reaches LV5, it is quite difficult to increase every point of experience.


    So much so that the ship spirit level of [Black Swan] is stuck at LV5 and cannot be upgraded yet.


    On the other hand, [Diamond Star] successfully passed the LV4 threshold.


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


    【Black Swan: LV5 (53%)! 】


    【Diamond Star: LV4 (8%)! 】


    ?The familiar coolness flowed into his body. Before Xia En could feel it carefully, he suddenly noticed some rustling noises coming from the sea water around him.


    ?Xia En looked at it carefully, and his scalp suddenly felt numb.


    Not far away, I saw that the forest on the seabed was already agitated. One giant tree after another pulled out its roots from the soil below and swam menacingly in the direction of Xia En.


    ?Each tree man is extremely tall, and when they move together, they have the aura of a mountain collapsing and the earth shattering.


    ?At this moment, Xia En understood why there was a reminder in the description that they were social creatures.


    It took Xia En a lot of effort to kill the tree man just now.


    At this moment, if you are surrounded by this group of tree people...


    ??Although Xia En may not die, he will at least be held back.


    There are countless tree people in the whole sea of ??trees. Killing one will only attract more.


    ??If they continue to fight, Xia En''s ship soul power will be exhausted sooner or later.


    ?Thinking of this, Xia En swam directly in the other direction without hesitation.


    Compared to the tree man, he is obviously much smaller in size. He hides in the dense forest and is difficult to find.


    —That’s how it should be.


    ?But soon, Xia En realized that no matter how he hid,


    ??The furious tree people can always quickly discover his location and swarm him.


    Boom!


    Xia En knocked back one of the tree men with one punch, and at the same time, he used the recoil to retreat backwards.


    “Strange, how did they find me?”


    ?Xia En glanced at the forest with his peripheral vision, and suddenly noticed a hint of malice and a feeling of being spied on.


    “Wait...it’s the forest itself!?”


    Xia En suddenly came to his senses.


    ??As residents of this underwater forest, the tree people are inextricably linked to the forest.


    In other words, they are part of the forest!


    In the mouths of the tree people, this forest is even called the "Kingdom of God."


    "Perhaps...this forest has its own will. The feeling of being spied on just now was that it was watching me."


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


    Xia En couldn''t help but frown.


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


    ?Shaan looked around and saw more and more tree people waking up from their dormant state and surrounding him.


    ??The previously peaceful and peaceful woods suddenly became filled with murderous intent.


    ?However, Xia En has faced countless dangers, so naturally he will not be panicked by this kind of momentum.


    The worst case scenario is to turn around and fight these trees!


    ?Earning some ship soul experience is also a good choice.


    You may make a profit, but I will never lose!


    ?Of course, as this is his first dive in [City of Giant Woods], Xia En still hopes to collect as much information as possible.


    Thinking of this, Xia En simply stopped concealing his whereabouts and rushed directly towards the center of [City of Giant Woods].


    ??He plans to use the life of [Projection Body] to test the real owner of this city—


    【Giant Wood God】!


    ?With Xia En''s current physical fitness, under full acceleration, he simply turned into a black shadow, shuttled through the sea water.


    His unabashed action undoubtedly immediately attracted the attention of many tree people. He seemed to be aware of Xia En''s intention to approach the giant tree.


    ?Beside him, the underwater forest quickly became restless, 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 upward.


    ??Some of them blocked in front of Xia En, some swam above Xia En, and some stretched out vines below, as if they wanted to keep him in this forest forever.


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


    ?This scene reminded Xia En of jellyfish.


    That''s right, the tree people at this time were like emerald green jellyfish all over the sea, almost completely blocking their sight.


    ?Behind this dreamy and magnificent scene, there is a deadly murderous intention.


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


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


    It is about ten meters long and can move freely.


    ?Xia En was inevitably surprised.


    Isn’t it said that this forest is a restricted area for life?


    ??Why is this lobster still alive and well?


    ?But after taking a closer look, Xia En discovered the clues.


    ?At the junction of the lobster’s carapace, there are many roots and vines growing impressively.


    In the lobster''s abdomen, the body of a tree man is tightly attached to it, and the two have become one.


    A chill suddenly rose in Xia En''s heart.


    He could not tell that the lobster was actually dead.


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


    In other words, it is the food that is parasitized by tree people.


    Just like a hermit crab taking away the shells of other crustaceans, a dove takes over a magpie''s nest.


    ?These tree people seem to have mastered similar abilities.


    Xia En glanced around and saw several similar parasitic beasts in the forest.


    A giant sea turtle covered with moss, a giant crab with branches, and even a whale over thirty meters long!


    The whale is controlled by not one tree man, but at least ten tree men.


    They grow everywhere on the whale''s body, penetrating the thick flesh, but keeping it alive and preventing it from rotting.


    But it is precisely because of this "alive" characteristic that people feel more instinctively uncomfortable.


    It’s like, this is a…


    A blasphemy against life!


    “Is this also one of the abilities bestowed by the [Giant Wood God]?”


    Xia En raised his eyebrows and guessed in his mind.


    In his opinion, tree people should not have this kind of ability to blaspheme life.


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


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


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


    ??Xia En turned his head and looked at the astonishingly huge tree in the center of the city and thought.


    “This [Giant Wood God] is getting more and more evil.”


    “Who is he?”


    ?At this point, Xia En’s tentative plan can only be said to be half successful.


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


    But the problem was that the densely packed trees in front of him blocked his way to the [Giant Wood God].


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


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


    “It seems like this dive ends here.”


    ?Shaan sighed and decided to fight to the death and kill a few more treants to earn more experience.


    But at this moment.


    An old voice suddenly sounded in Xia En''s ears.


    “Boy, if you don’t want to die, just dig into the sand at the bottom of the sea.”


    ?Shaan looked around but could not find the source of the sound.


    ?Looking at the behavior of the other tree people, they didn''t seem to hear this reminder.


    Think about it, this is a method similar to "spiritual transmission".


    ??Although he didn’t know who the owner of the voice was and what its purpose was, at the moment, Xia En had no choice.


    ??Compared to dying under the siege of the tree people and wasting this opportunity to submerge, Shane still wanted to live a little longer.


    ?Thinking of this, Xia En no longer hesitated, and went straight towards the deepest part of the seabed like an arrow.


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


    —This is the inspiration that Xia En got on [Sand Island].


    【Great Dark Sky】can not only be used as an attack field that encompasses enemies, but can also be used as a protective armor.


    With the help of the field, Xia En successfully isolated the sand outside his body and penetrated deeper.


    Soon, the old voice sounded again.


    “Follow the direction of the roots in front of you!”


    ??A root appeared not far from Xia En and began to lead him the way.


    Since everyone had listened to the advice of this voice, Xia En simply believed it and quickly followed the root.


    At the same time.


    ??The tree people above also noticed Xia En''s intention to hide, and fell to the bottom of the sea one after another.


    ?The roots of their feet easily penetrated into the sand and began a sweeping search.


    Judging from their proficiency, it is obvious that this is not the first time they have encountered this situation.


    In fact, the marine life hiding in the sand on the seabed has long been swept away by the tree people in this way.


    ?Xia En followed the direction guided by his roots.


    About two or three minutes later.


    ??The old voice said: "Stop! Right here!"


    “Hide your breath and don’t move!”


    Shane did as he was told.


    ?But soon, the roots of other tree people searched all the way, and once they came to a place less than five meters away from Xia En.


    Xia Endu hesitated for a moment whether to take action or not.


    But suddenly, several roots blocked the tree people’s search path, as if to indicate—


    This area is its territory.


    The other roots hesitated for a moment, and finally left silently.


    ?The silent waiting passed for a long time.


    ?Xia En clearly felt that the restlessness in the surrounding mud gradually calmed down.


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


    “Boy, you can come out now.”


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


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


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


    ??Had you not seen it with your own eyes, it would be difficult to imagine that this underwater forest would still show such a crazy aspect.


    At this time.


    A tall tree tree was standing in front of Xia En, casting its own shade.


    (End of this chapter)