53: Ancient tree roots at night

Ten minutes later, Gu Qinghan arrived back at the spot where he had left the Treant Guardian during the day.

However, the area was now completely clean, with no trace of the Treant Guardian.

After such a long time, Gu Qinghan had gained a certain understanding of this global game.

Monster corpses, for example, would be refreshed after a day, even if he stored them in his necromantic space.

Aside from the equipment and items that dropped, these monsters would leave nothing behind.

As for humans and Mutated Creatures, when they died, they were simply dead; they wouldn't drop anything.

Besides providing some experience points or Necromantic Energy, the greatest value of these Mutated Creatures was probably their corpses.

But the summoned Treant Guardian was also a type of monster, and only about ten minutes had passed in total.

In just these ten minutes, its corpse had already vanished?

Gu Qinghan gathered all the skeletons around him; he felt a strange aura spreading through the surroundings.

He wasn't afraid of powerful enemies, but this unknown threat irritated him.

He disliked being toyed with.

Chen Yuting's face also paled slightly, and she instinctively retreated two steps towards the tree wall.

Suddenly, she felt someone wrap an arm around her waist.

Chen Yuting's small face immediately flushed, then she shot Gu Qinghan a glance.

After spending so much time together, especially in such circumstances, it was impossible for her not to have some good feelings for Gu Qinghan.

But then, Chen Yuting was startled to realize that Gu Qinghan was in front of her.

So, whose hand was touching her?

She shrieked sharply, trying to run towards Gu Qinghan.

But the next second, she felt herself being dragged backward by a huge force.

"Gu Qinghan! Save me!"

In despair, Chen Yuting looked down at her waist.

What was wrapped around her waist was not an arm at all.

It was a branch, or rather, it looked more like a tree root!

Gu Qinghan reacted instantly, immediately ordering his skeletons to pounce on the tree root that was pulling Chen Yuting away.

The tree root originated from beneath the tree wall and was rapidly retracting, seemingly trying to pull Chen Yuting underground.

However, Gu Qinghan's few skeletons immediately used their Berserker skills.

They quickly jumped behind that section of tree root, raised their battle axes, and brought them down.

It didn't split open on the first try, but Gu Qinghan had more than just one skeleton!

In almost just one second, that tree root was severed.

Then, the remaining section of the tree root twisted in pain and retracted at an even faster speed.

However, Gu Qinghan had quickly obtained the attributes of this thing:

【Mutated Ancient Tree Root: Level 8】

【Combat Power: 100】

【Description: A diligent porter, supplying all nutrients to the main body.】

This thing was actually an eight-level Mutated Creature!

After being rescued, Chen Yuting quickly ran behind Gu Qinghan and summoned her Divine Craftsman Puppet.

Her Divine Craftsman Puppet could also be stored in a special space, but it couldn't store other items.

"It was perfectly fine here during the day, so why suddenly at night—!"

Chen Yuting felt her heart pounding violently, and her eyes showed fear as she looked at the tree wall.

She never wanted to experience that feeling again.

She felt like she was rapidly being pulled, as if weightless, and in that instant, she sensed the aura of death.

If she had truly been pulled underground, she would definitely have been in trouble.

Gu Qinghan didn't speak; he was currently looking at the spot where the Mutated Tree root had retracted, his expression very solemn.

Combining this with the previous disappearance of the Mutated Treant, he had a rough guess about this place.

During the day, those tree walls would not attack people; they would only block any monsters or people trying to leave.

However, once night fell, Mutated Tree roots would extend from these tree walls, pulling away anything in the vicinity that could provide nutrients!

Gu Qinghan didn't even need to think about where these nutrients went.

It must be the school's century-old Ancient Tree!

"This is bad. Are we really going to be trapped in the school forever?"

Gu Qinghan frowned slightly. He wasn't worried that the Ancient Tree would cause him trouble.

The Ancient Tree's location was unknown, so unless it could fly over, he should be safe for a while.

However, if they were constantly trapped in the school, who knew if this Ancient Tree would one day simply wipe them all out.

As he was thinking, he suddenly noticed a patch of liquid on the ground where the tree root had just been severed.

It was the sap that sprayed out when the tree root broke, emanating a vibrant life force that Gu Qinghan found somewhat unpleasant.

But the speed at which the tree wall peristalsised where the Mutated Tree root had retracted seemed to have slowed a little.

Was it an illusion?

His eyes moved, and he immediately ordered his skeletons to attack those tree roots.

The tree roots forming the tree wall didn't attack, but they were incredibly tough, leaving Gu Qinghan helpless during the day.

Moreover, once a gap appeared, these tree roots would quickly squirm like coiling pythons, filling the gap.

But now, Gu Qinghan found that his skeletons quickly chopped off a thick section of tree root!

The surrounding tree roots immediately squirmed towards this spot, looking disgusting and eerie.

However, their squirming speed was indeed slower than before!

Gu Qinghan didn't continue to have the skeletons destroy them, because the tree wall was more than one layer, and there wasn't enough time to create a gap.

But compared to before, he now had a general idea.

"Chen Yuting, do you want to get out?"

Gu Qinghan looked at Chen Yuting with shining eyes, his expression much like a suspicious man enticing a little girl.

Chen Yuting had just calmed down and subconsciously replied:

"Of course! I didn't know these things were around the school before, but now I'd fly out if I could!"

As she spoke, she noticed that Gu Qinghan's gaze towards her seemed a bit off.

"What are you doing? Looking at people like that is scary!"

She retreated half a step, but then felt safer next to Gu Qinghan and timidly shrank back.

Gu Qinghan chuckled, then pointed to the side of the tree wall and said:

"These Mutated Tree roots aren't interested in me, or rather, they dislike my aura, so they won't actively attack me."

"So?"

Chen Yuting suddenly had a bad premonition, her eyes warily fixed on Gu Qinghan.

"But they will actively attack you, and I judge that they don't have very high intelligence; they're just acting on instinct.

I just tried it, and if those Mutated Ancient Tree roots are destroyed, the automatic repair speed of these tree walls will also be greatly weakened."

Gu Qinghan grew more excited as he spoke, finally pointing sharply at the tree wall and saying:

"So, I need you to go over there and lure those tree roots out, then I'll eliminate them, and maybe we can get out!"