Farming Tree Spirit

The moment he entered the black soil range.

Rhodes clearly felt that the vitality in his body was constantly passing away, and he felt like he was watching himself slowly aging.

If it is an ordinary flesh and blood creature.

This damage is almost irreversible.

But the structure of plants is different. Even broken branches can regenerate in a very short time.

Only when it decays to the inside and roots will it be completely destroyed and lifeless.

Therefore, as long as there is a steady supply of nutrients, the lost vitality can be replenished. In theory, it can resist black soil erosion.

certainly.

The difficulty of doing so is not trivial.

Just like Rhodes now, even though he is stimulating magic to restore himself, he still feels that he cannot make ends meet.

Ten minutes at most.

When the magic power is exhausted, he has to go back to the altar.

"Hold on, I'm going to speed up."

After speaking to the little thing, Rhodes started running.

Every step he took into the black soil felt like stepping into a mire, with countless black tentacles trying to wrap around his body.

Fortunately, his physique improved after upgrading.

Those tentacles can be torn off with just a little force.

Like driving a train, sparks and lightning rushed towards a place far away from the altar.

"Eaaah!"

Suddenly, the little thing on his head screamed.

As if he had discovered something, he kept pointing the spear in his hand into the distance, his eyes full of anxiety.

Rhodes glanced at the direction it was pointing.

But it was discovered that it was the body of an ancient tree.

The bare tree trunks have long been eroded by the black soil, like an elder who has reached the end of his life, just sitting on the hillside, surrounded by a circle of charred trees.

"Do you want to save it?"

Rhodes raised his head and asked.

"Eaaah!"

The little thing responded immediately.

And just as the two were talking.

The ancient tree suddenly "clicked" and slowly stood up.

As if feeling a living thing approaching, the surging black aura actually gathered towards the ancient tree and poured into it crazily.

On the originally dark and hollow tree trunk, a pair of dark and violent eyes suddenly opened.

"roar!!!"

A deafening roar resounded across the land.

The ancient tree that was supposed to be dead for a long time turned into a familiar monster in the blink of an eye, staring at them intently.

"Black beast!"

Rhodes breathed out.

Although the appearance is different.

But he felt the same aura from the ancient tree as the jungle hyena before, and he couldn't help but be shocked.

These black beasts.

It turned out to be the original creature of the Dream Woodland!

What kind of hatred or resentment?

Even the dead body is not spared.

But also to transform into this bloodthirsty monster.

No wonder he always felt strange after killing the black beast before. Not even a piece of meat was left. It turned out to be a corpse that had been dead for a long time.

"Are you sure? This one is bigger than the one last time."

Rhodes looked at the ancient tree's huge body with a guilty conscience. It seemed that his aura was a bit more powerful, and because he had just mutated, he couldn't tell the level at all.

"Eaaah!"

The little thing responded, not flinching at all, but full of fighting spirit and anger, staring at the ancient tree.

Probably it also knew that it was not its companion.

But a puppet controlled by Kurotsuchi.

Considering that this threat could not be left alone near the altar, Rhodes also became serious: "Come on, I will assist you from behind!"

when saying this.

Rhodes felt his cheeks irritated.

This is the first time I've seen someone talk about assisted paddling so confidently.

However, he was thick-skinned, so he was not affected much. Seeing the little thing rushing towards the ancient tree without hesitation, the magic power in his body began to circulate rapidly.

Nurture!

The surging magic power transformed into a surge of vitality through his branches and arms, completely wrapping the little thing's body.

All of a sudden.

The black energy around the little thing was forced back.

The protective thorns on his body also grew at a speed that was noticeable to the naked eye, turning into a pair of hard thorn armor in an instant.

This is a new method of cultivating magic that Rhodes researched a few days ago. I didn't expect that the first actual combat effect would be so good.

With the blessing of Thorns Armor.

The little thing suddenly jumped up and shot towards the ancient tree.

"Boom——"

Debris flew.

The ancient tree pulled out two thick palms from the ground, struck the little thing from the left to the right, and blew up a terrifying hurricane on the hillside.

Just when Rhodes was worried.

Instead, the little thing stepped on the palm of his hand, flexibly used the force to bounce, and, condescendingly, inserted the short spear in his hand into the ancient tree's forehead.

"Ouch!!"

Unexpected.

A short spear made from tree branches.

It actually easily broke through the ancient tree's defense and sank directly into it.

The ancient trees screamed in pain, or the black energy attached to the ancient trees was severely damaged, and they escaped from the ancient trees one after another, as if they encountered something that made them afraid.

The scene is spectacular.

Like a hundred ghosts walking at night.

Some of them turned into resentful spirits, trying to wrap themselves around the little things, but they avoided them accurately and drew out their short spears to scatter them one by one.

"Let me go, when did you become so fierce?"

Rhodes was surprised.

He remembered that it was not so easy to deal with the black beast before.

Could it be that this ancient tree black beast is just looking to bluff people, but is actually of no use?

Or is it that the moon god sent a miracle last time and added an invincible buff to the little thing?

There was no time to think.

The battle had already reached a white-hot stage.

Although the little thing was agile and dodged a large number of attacks, it gradually lost its physical strength under the entanglement of more and more resentful souls, which made Rhodes scratch his head.

"Oh, the girl's prayer!"

At the critical moment, Rhodes suddenly thought of the magic that made him ashamed.

Without caring too much, he directly injected magic power to activate the wreath. The girl's phantom floated towards the little thing and gave it an adrenaline kiss.

In an instant.

The little thing rose up again.

With the dual blessing of cultivation magic, it finally broke free from the bondage of the resentful souls, and the short spear fiercely inserted into the energy gathering place of the ancient tree, completely cutting off the control of the black soil on it.

The huge body that lost its support paused.

Then it slowly fell to the ground.

"Good job, little thing!"

"The single dog artifact has made great contributions!"

Rhodes shouted in surprise and hurried over to check the condition of the little thing.

After finding that it was just over-consumed, he fed it some fruits he carried with him.

"It seems that I need to make some containers to carry the Moon Spring Water with me."

Looking at the little thing that was eating voraciously, Rhode fell into thought.

In terms of recovery effect, the Moon Spring Water is definitely the strongest.

Although the black fruit also has a recovery effect, the speed is too slow, and it is completely incomparable with the direct full health recovery of the Moon Spring.

The only problem.

It is that it is inconvenient to carry.

So next time I pray, I have to ask the Lord God for some containers.

Oh, right.

There is also a corpse!

Rhode turned back to look at the corpse of the ancient tree.

Just like last time, after the black air on its body was cleared, its body began to slowly dissipate.

But this time it was a little different.

The dissipated energy did not disappear immediately, but condensed into an old face, looking at the little thing that was working hard to eat with its head down with relief, and then saluted Rhode slightly, and then floated into the air.

Following.

A shadow of a tree bud turned into a stream of light and sank into Rhode's brow.

[Obtain the Mark of the Tree God x1]

[Note: The mark can be used to reshape the demigod statue. 】

Demigod statue?

What?

Rhodes was slightly stunned.

He didn't expect that the old tree spirit would actually explode something.

Could it be that he had liberated its soul and it was giving him a special reward?

If he remembered correctly.

In addition to the Moon God statue in the center of the altar, there were indeed other statues, but they were severely damaged and their appearance could not be seen.

Are those the demigod statues?

Rhodes touched his forehead and planned to study them carefully after returning.

"Let's go, while there is still some time, let's go to other places to have a look."

After that, he left the hillside with the little thing.

With the altar as the center radius, he continued to patrol the surrounding area.