9: Soul-Devouring Demon Tree

【 Soul-Devouring Demonic Tree 】

【 Rank 】 41

【 Health 】 48000 / 48000

【 mana 】 30000 / 30000

【 Strength 】 820

【 Agility 】 300

【 Physique 】 1600

【 spirit 】 1200

【 Talent 】 Demonic Qi Contamination 3, Camouflage

【 Skill 】 Mental Entrapment, Lash, Root Spike, Life Recovery

Xu Le gasped. The ordinary-looking banyan tree, indistinguishable from the surrounding ones, was actually a Rank 41 Soul-Devouring Demonic Tree.

If not for "Divine Eye" and "Mind Link", he probably would have fallen into its trap.

Relying on its Camouflage Skill, this tree had repeatedly dodged the military's clean-up operations and had now become a major threat.

"Forget it, no need to take risks. I'll come back to deal with it once my Rank is higher."

Xu Le wanted to leave, but how could the Soul-Devouring Demonic Tree let its prey escape? From over a thousand meters away, it directly cast the "Mental Entrapment" Skill.

"Come here!"

"It's so much fun here!"

Seductive voices echoed in his ears. The banyan tree in the distance suddenly looked "charming and exquisite". Its sturdy branches could be used as swings, and under the tree, one could enjoy the shade, read, run...

Xu Le's spirit wavered for a moment, but he quickly regained his senses.

The description of "Innate Divinity" trait 3 appeared before his eyes:

【 Any attack below Divine-Grade is reduced by 99.99%, and attacks reaching Divine-Grade are reduced by 50%. 】

It wasn't just damage values that were reduced, but also control effects.

The Demonic Tree's "Mental Entrapment" controlled him for less than 0.01 seconds, completely unable to harm him.

Little Yellow Chicken and Little Black Snake, however, had low Ranks and consequently low spirit attributes, so they had no power to resist and were rapidly approaching the Demonic Tree.

"Wake up!"

Xu Le called out in his heart. Under the "Mind Link", the two little ones instantly regained their senses and hurriedly walked back.

Seeing the prey that had come to its door escape, the Soul-Devouring Demonic Tree was furious. Its branches shook wildly, and a tree root pierced the ground, stabbing at the faster-moving Little Black Snake.

Little Black Snake possessed the "Indestructible Vajra" talent, which could reduce damage by 80%. With the protection of its scales, it only lost 180 health points.

The damage wasn't great, but it felt it had lost face in front of its master.

It was furious.

It turned around and cast the "Deterrence" Skill.

Then, without caring if it was effective, it turned and fled.

Xu Le: "..."

The Demonic Tree's Rank was much higher, easily shattering the will check of "Deterrence".

Its body felt weak for a moment, and its attacks were weakened by 20%.

What a disgusting Skill!

The Demonic Tree was enraged.

But by the time it regained its senses, Little Black Snake had already run back to Xu Le's side, raising its head and flicking its tongue, looking as if to say, "Come over here and I'll bite you."

Little Yellow Chicken slanted its eyes: "Idiot!"

The Demonic Tree was so angry its branches danced wildly, knocking down a large area of surrounding banyan trees, preparing to pack up and flee.

Xu Le's eyes lit up. The Demonic Tree had just revealed its three Skills, and it seemed...

It could be fought!

The man and the snake retreated another kilometer.

Only then did he command Little Yellow Chicken to fly high into the sky via "Mind Link". Once it entered the attack range of "Flame Shockwave", it spat out a fireball.

The Demonic Tree's Agility attribute corresponded to its branches, and its own movement speed was slow, so it couldn't dodge at all.

A small chunk of health was blasted away.

It cast a "Mental Entrapment" on Little Yellow Chicken, and its roots coordinated to pierce the ground, trying to impale Little Yellow Chicken and drag it over.

However, Little Yellow Chicken had the warning from Xu Le's "Mind Link", so with just a sway, it spread its wings and flew away.

"Phoenix Dance of the Nine Heavens"!

"Meteor Fire Rain"!

To save mana, it only summoned 5 Clones.

Including Little Yellow Chicken's main body, six red clouds appeared above the Demonic Tree, continuously raining down fire.

Swish, swish, swish! The Demonic Tree was furious, waving its branches to lash at the red clouds above.

But it was like hitting phantom shadows; those red clouds were not corporeal at all.

Little Yellow Chicken smiled contemptuously. If that Skill were so easily broken, would it still be able to make a living?

It commanded the five Clones to cast "Flame Shockwave" together with it.

In terms of single-round output, this Skill had the strongest power, capable of erupting with ten times its spirit damage.

Six fireballs bombarded the Demonic Tree non-stop, blasting off piece after piece of charred bark.

Fire counters wood, and Little Yellow Chicken was a Nine Heavens Divine Phoenix, so its flame power was even greater, causing longer-lasting burn damage.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh... The Demonic Tree furiously waved its branches, casting the "Mental Entrapment" Skill.

But it was just a waste of effort; it couldn't do anything to the incredibly agile Little Yellow Chicken and its Clones flying in the sky.

The Demonic Tree suddenly gave up on camouflage, its body swelling tenfold. A giant tree covered the sky and blocked the sun.

The branches all over its body were like Sharp Blades and thorns, stabbing at the Little Yellow Chicken and its Clones that were besieging it.

Little Yellow Chicken and its Clones hurriedly cast "Flame Shield", and combined with the fire element's suppression of the wood element, they withstood this wave of surprise attacks.

Angry! Little Yellow Chicken was angry! Its Clones were also angry!

The subsequent attacks were even more dense!

Fireballs were hurled at the Demonic Tree as if they didn't cost a thing.

After Little Yellow Chicken ran out of mana, it would stay on the side and slowly recover mana, which made the Demonic Tree so angry it almost exploded on the spot, snapping off several of its own branches.

Time passed second by second. The Demonic Tree cast "Life Recovery" three times, but unfortunately, it couldn't change its fate of being hunted.

【 experience points + 262800 】

It was still twenty thousand experience points short of leveling up.

"I hope I can find a pet equipment that quickly recovers mana."

Xu Le quickly ran to the Demonic Tree and found two dropped items.

【 Item 】 Life Wood Core

【 Grade 】 Epic Rank

【 Usage Conditions 】 Pet Beast, Physique ≥ 120

【 Item Effect 】 After consumption, Max Health + 1200, + 10 points/second Life Recovery.

【 Skill 】 Life Recovery

【 Grade 】 Rare Rank

【 Usage Conditions 】 spirit ≥ 120

【 Skill Description 】 Consumes 800 mana, restores self spirit × 1.5 Health. Health exceeding the maximum health limit will be converted into a Life Shield. Cooldown time 120 seconds.

Xu Le did not hesitate and fed the 【 Life Wood Core 】 to Little Black Snake.

Its role was a melee warrior, needing to charge on the front line, so the higher the health, the better.

Its current combat power was still a bit lacking, but with the blessing of the "Indestructible Vajra" talent, plus the "Elephant Swallowing" talent, the future was definitely promising.

Little Black Snake caught the Life Wood Core in its mouth and looked at Little Yellow Chicken with its little eyes.

Little Yellow Chicken held its head high and slanted its eyes, looking disdainful, but hidden in its eyes was a touch of joy: "This little brother, sensible!"

Little Black Snake happily swallowed it, and its health increased by quite a bit.

Xu Le gave 【 Life Recovery 】 to himself. After the "Innate Divinity" talent bonus, the Skill changed again.

It could not only heal himself but also heal others, and the healing amount was increased from spirit × 1.5 to spirit × 3.

With his current 1210 points of Mental Energy, a single 【 Life Recovery 】 could instantly restore 3630 health points.

Just ask, who else is there?

"It's a pity it's not an attack Skill."

"In the future, when I encounter monsters, I'll still only be able to watch."

"Could it be that I have to go back and get a Fireball spell?"

"But it lacks style!"

After waiting for Little Yellow Chicken to recover full mana, they continued forward.

After walking for a while longer, a strange link fluctuation appeared.

A monster was approaching!

Looking in the direction of the "Mind Link", it was empty.

It was a monster capable of stealth.