Farming Tree Spirit

After this period of exploration.

Rhodes already roughly knows that those black beasts transformed from corpses will basically retain some of their habits in life.

For example, the ravens that protect the outer edges of the forest, the giant bears that patrol the forest, the gophers that dig holes...

It's all easy to understand too.

Because there is more or less a trace of the soul power left in those corpses, which affects their actions.

Combat units like little things can make themselves stronger by absorbing this power, just like gaining experience points.

The amount of experience points.

It is completely linked to the remaining soul power.

"so……"

"Is it sacrificing to the moon?"

Not much is known about Mountain Giant Rhodes.

I only knew that it was once a fighting force under the command of the Moon God, and was known as the battlefield crusher together with the giant war tree. I didn't expect to encounter it in a place like this.

After waiting in place for a long time, no movement was seen from the mountain giant in the distance.

He finally plucked up the courage to leave the giant vine and approach the edge of the lake.

Until then.

Only then did Rhodes notice.

The entire lake has been polluted by black soil, and traces of black gas are coming out, as if there is some terrifying monster hiding inside, which makes people feel terrified.

"It seems that even if we deal with the mountain giant, we still have to find a way to purify the water source here."

Rhodes thought silently in his mind, while being alert to the movements of the mountain giant, he slowly approached it.

However.

Until within a hundred meters, the mountain giant remained oblivious, as if falling into a deep sleep.

"Could it be that...it doesn't move during the sacrifice?"

"Eh?"

Rhodes and the little thing looked at each other.

As soon as he finished speaking, the loud rumble sounded again.

The giant vine forest in the distance opened up, and mountain giants appeared one after another, gathering towards the lake.

The spectacular scene was no less shocking than the first time the dwarf entered the kingdom of giants.

There were even a few figures who were about to reach the fourth level. Rhodes was so shocked that he quickly retreated behind the giant plant and restrained the magic aura on his body.

only.

Those mountain giants didn't seem to notice this.

With heavy steps, he slowly walked to the edge of the lake, raised his hands to the sky in a sacrificial gesture, and then there was no more movement.

This weird scene.

Rhodes immediately wanted to give up.

No matter how awesome he is, he can't afford to offend such a big group of tough guys.

"Huh? What is that?"

Suddenly, Rhodes' eyes fixed.

I saw countless shining points of light starting to float on the mountain giants in the distance, turning into threads and gathering towards the sky above the lake.

That familiar scene made him think it was the same sacrifice to Black Moon as the Druid's lair.

But when he saw the energy clearly, his expression changed.

"Essence of the Moon!"

That's right.

It is the essence of the moon.

The aura flying out from the body corroded by black soil was exactly the same as the aura he felt in the Well of the Moon.

But these mountain giants are all black beasts!

How come they have the essence of the moon in them?

Don't wait for him to think too much.

The strips of moon essence have gathered together and condensed into a teardrop-shaped thing above the lake, with the outermost layer wrapped by tiny vines.

It looks like a... seed?

Don't say it.

It really looks like a seed.

Rhodes' expression changed.

He wasn't sure exactly.

But there is a feeling that that thing is not simple, otherwise it would not have gathered so many mountain giants, and it does not even look like something a black beast would do.

Instead, it’s more like…

Want to give birth to new life?

Rhodes was shocked by his idea.

Although the black beasts he encountered before had retained some of their instincts in life, they were not many, let alone wanted to give birth to life.

Unless the mountain giants have some special physique, Kurotsuchi cannot completely control them.

That is to say.

That seed was most likely not controlled by the black soil, but something conceived by the mountain giants following their instinctive actions!

"not good!"

Rhodes' complexion changed.

As if in response to his conjecture, the water suddenly surged in the middle of the lake, which was originally calm.

Countless black energy turned into tentacles and entangled each other, quickly reaching towards the seed above, trying to drag it into the dark lake.

It can make black soil react.

There is no doubt that it is a living thing!

Seeing that the seeds were about to be entangled by the tentacles, Rhodes didn't care too much and rushed out from under the giant plant and rushed to the edge of the lake.

Strengthen the Thorn Guard!

As soon as he stretched out his hand, a thick vine rushed out from the edge of the lake, wrapped around the seed in a swish, and pulled hard towards the shore.

The little thing had a telepathic connection with him, and jumped onto the vines like a monkey climbing a tree. It rushed over and cut off the tentacles that were chasing it one by one.

"Come back quickly!"

Seeing the vines losing inertia and falling downwards, Rhodes made a thought and controlled the vines to throw the small objects and seeds towards the shore.

The vine guard who lost his support fell into the lake, was sucked out of life by the black water in the surging waves, and died. He could not hold on for even five seconds.

You must know that even on black soil, the enhanced version of the vine guard can last for at least one minute.

Is this black water scarier than the land next to it?

I'm afraid some little fairy has washed her feet in the water source.

What was even more unexpected to Rhode was that.

He thought that after taking away the seeds, the mountain giants would go berserk and attack him, but they did not move, as if they had passed away on the spot.

Then, with a loud rumble, they collapsed into piles of familiar rubble.

Rhode was shocked.

Because he found that the stone pestles scattered by the mountain giants were exactly the same as the strange stone pestles of various sizes on the edge of the lake.

In other words, those stone pestles, which added up to tens of thousands, were all the bodies of the mountain giants after they died!

How is this possible!

Could it be that in the past three hundred years, they would come here every once in a while to offer sacrifices and then pass away on the spot?

Just to breed the seed in his hand?

Rhode lowered his head and suddenly felt that the seed he had just received was very hot. It was obviously only the size of a palm, but it was particularly heavy.

Because.

This was the mountain giant clan.

Something that was bred with their own lives!

Rhode didn't know.

What kind of strong obsession can make these giants rush here one after another, even at the cost of their last strength.

If he hadn't appeared today, wouldn't the crystallization of their efforts have been wasted and drowned in the lake?

"With believers like you, the forest will flourish!"

Rhodes looked at the stone pestles in the distance with respect, then turned and left in a hurry.

He could feel it.

After losing the suppression of the life breath on the seeds, the black air of the entire lake became more violent, and roars came from the forest, as if more mountain giants were approaching.

"Let's go, go back first."

Rhodes didn't dare to stay for long.

He put the seeds into the space ring, turned around and fled with the little thing, and hurried back to the direction of the altar.

And not long after he left.

On those giant vines that should have died, strange purple buds suddenly grew, beating gently like a heart.