392: Chapter 391 Another Treasure Acquired [The Tree House of Life]

"Since that's the case, I won't stand on ceremony."

Chu Xuan had come to this place precisely to improve his base attributes, so there was naturally no need for false modesty. He raised his hand and took the strange fruit directly.

[barbarian soul holy fruit: Produced from the barbarian soul tree, it is a precious treasure carefully cultivated by the Orc Race that can significantly increase strength and agility attributes.]

Upon receiving this System prompt, to be safe, Chu Xuan did not relax. Instead, he spent 120 points of spirituality value to perform a System verification.

After confirming that the fruit had no hidden side effects or traps, he felt relieved and stored it in his System space.

Following that, Chu Xuan collected all the remaining ordinary barbarian soul fruit as well.

The System's information description for these ordinary barbarian soul fruit stated that they only provided a small increase in strength and agility; a single word difference made a world of difference.

For the sake of caution, Chu Xuan still verified them one by one.

Each barbarian soul fruit cost 10 points of spirituality value to verify, consuming a total of 630 points of spirituality value, after which they were all stored in the System space.

Many Orcs watched this scene with eager eyes, and many were even drooling with greed, but none dared to say another word.

Tan Ziming and the others were extremely excited.

With Chu Xuan obtaining so many treasures, even if he let a little bit slip through his fingers later, they would still benefit significantly.

Tan Ziming said impatiently, "Boss Chu, when we were hunting down the remnants of the Elf Race, one elf ducked into a tree house. However, there seemed to be an invisible barrier blocking it, and none of us could get in. I have a feeling there must be something good inside."

"That is the place where the Elf Race brews high-grade life essence. It was moved to this location when the tide arrived!" Lie Shan's eyes lit up, and he blurted out.

Upon hearing this, Chu Xuan didn't say another word and waved his hand. "Lead the way. We're going there right now!"

It didn't take long for Tan Ziming and the others to lead him to a tree house.

This tree house wasn't very tall compared to the other trees in the forest; it looked to be less than fifty meters, but it was extremely thick, with a diameter of about ten meters.

When they neared the surroundings of the tree house, they were indeed blocked as expected.

Chu Xuan raised his hand and threw a punch.

With a roar, like rippling water, the invisible barrier before him shook violently. A crack, barely visible to the naked eye, appeared instantly, but it repaired itself in the blink of an eye.

"Lord Chu, let me assist you!" Lie Shan stepped forward slowly and shouted in a deep voice, "The Elf Race's barrier has nothing special about it. As long as the destructive force reaches a certain level and is applied continuously, the barrier won't have time to repair itself."

Seeing Lie Shan coughing up blood from time to time, looking like he was about to die, Chu Xuan waved his hand. "There's no need for that. I am enough on my own."

As he spoke, Chu Xuan raised his hand, and the indestructible flowing shadow transformed into a large hammer.

The hammer head was round, like an oversized watermelon, but it was covered in spikes. At a glance, it gave people a sense of dread.

"Expand!"

As Chu Xuan spoke calmly, the hammer body suddenly surged in size, its diameter reaching half a meter. It looked as if he were carrying a stone bollard used to block cars at an intersection.

"Expand again!"

As Chu Xuan spoke again, dark light swirled around the great hammer, and the hammer head expanded once more, reaching a diameter of about 1.3 meters.

The mud under Chu Xuan's feet instantly sank slightly, and his right hand felt heavy.

"Is this about the limit…" Chu Xuan's eyes flickered slightly.

This indestructible flowing shadow could change its shape and weight at will, within the limits of his own abilities.

With his current spirit strength, he could estimate it instantly.

The density of the indestructible flowing shadow as he currently controlled it was about equivalent to solid iron. Counting the weight of the hammer handle, it was estimated to be around 20,000 jin.

A sharp glint flashed in Chu Xuan's eyes. He stepped forward suddenly, and his entire body instantly soared into the air.

This Void Burst Step, which normally allowed him to soar dozens of meters in a single step, could currently only propel him a little over a person's height. Chu Xuan took several consecutive steps until he reached a height of over ten meters.

Then, angling himself downwards, he stepped again. Accompanied by an explosion of Qi, Chu Xuan utilized the momentum of his dive and swung the massive iron hammer with one hand.

Hum!

A shrill whistle that tore through the air rang out instantly, and it slammed into the semi-transparent barrier with a boom.

The power of this hammer blow, borrowed from his momentum, reached the force of ten thousand jun. It was entirely concentrated in one spot, to the point where even the spikes on the great hammer shattered, only to turn back into dark flowing light and be retracted.

A dull, deafening sound that made hearts tremble exploded. The light flickered violently, and countless fine cracks spread rapidly like a spiderweb.

In the horrified gaze of the crowd.

The barrier shattered!

The next second, Chu Xuan landed steadily.

"Let's go in and take a look…"

Chu Xuan was calm and composed. Without any hesitation, he kicked open the tree house door.

"I'll fight you to the death!"

A roar came from inside.

Chu Xuan's expression did not change. He casually hammered to death an elf hiding in the back with five feathers stuck in its head, then stepped inside.

The interior of the tree house had been completely hollowed out. Densely packed, over a thousand grid-like compartments resembling a beehive had been dug out, most of which were already empty.

However, nearly half of the grids still contained a jade-green liquid.

Bursts of intoxicating fragrance wafted out.

Chu Xuan stepped forward to examine them and immediately discovered that life essence was brewing in all of them.

However, most of them were Intermediate life essence, and only a few individual grids contained high-grade life essence.

"This is the place where the Elf Race brews high-grade life essence." Lie Shan smacked his lips, pointing to the empty grids, looking somewhat gleeful:

"It's just a pity that most of the high-grade life essence that had just finished brewing was stolen by Molo before it could be collected."

"In other words, can these Intermediate life essence also become high-grade life essence?" Chu Xuan asked.

"That's right. As long as they are stored in this tree house, they can naturally brew into it."

Lie Shan nodded, but then shook his head. "But it also requires special brewing methods; unfortunately, only the Elf Race is skilled at this. However, it looks like the remaining Intermediate life essence won't take long to brew into Advanced ones; it's just a matter of time."

Chu Xuan's eyes immediately lit up with interest.

Each grid here could hold about 1,500 milliliters of liquid.

If all these thousand or so grids could brew into life essence, there would be about 2,000 liters.

And even if it were just the roughly half of the Intermediate life essence currently present, if they could eventually finish brewing, there would be about 800 liters of high-grade life essence.

Right now, the total remaining life essence in the greed tank that Chu Xuan possessed was less than 800 liters.

"I have to find a way to take this tree house with me…" Chu Xuan's eyes flashed, and he immediately attempted to verify the tree house.

[Life Tree House: The place where the Elf Race brews life essence.]

[Do you wish to consume 3350 points of spirituality value to perform verification? (Note: Your rank is insufficient. You have been detected as a Purifier, so this verification is permitted. However, when you brew super life essence, at least 10 liters must be prioritized for System reclamation.)]