210: Chapter 210 [The Thousand-Year-Old Tree Demon]

Tang Yao did not notice anything unusual about the large tree in the distance, but Hu Gualing's current state was as if he had been bewitched by something, and she subconsciously realized that there was a problem with that large tree.

Xiao Niao also noticed that Hu Gualing's state was wrong at this moment, and hurriedly reached out to grab Hu Gualing's arm to prevent him from moving forward. Although Xiao Niao's strength was far less than Hu Gualing's, if Hu Gualing was determined to go forward, he wouldn't be able to stop him at all. Fortunately, after feeling the resistance, Hu Gualing stopped, shook his head, and asked with a bewildered and fearful expression: "What happened to me?"

Tang Yao frowned and said: "That tree seems to have a problem, it seems to be able to make people..." She thought for a moment, but for a moment could not find a suitable word to describe Hu Gualing's state just now.

"Charm, it's Charm!" Xiao Niao played games often and immediately realized what was going on with Hu Gualing's state just now, "Gualing must have been charmed by that large tree just now!"

"Charm??"

Hu Gualing naturally knew what 'Charm' was; it was a relatively rare skill in games. After being cast on a target, it could cause the target to fall into a dazed state and temporarily drop all defenses to approach the caster. Could it be that he had entered a Charmed state just now? Hu Gualing was a bit skeptical, because the 'Charm' skill generally required the caster to use beauty as bait to make the target's will scatter and thus fall for it, but where was the beauty right now? Just that green tree? No matter how he looked at it, it didn't look like it!

However, no matter how much Hu Gualing didn't believe it, when he carefully recalled his state just now, he had indeed lost control of his body for such a short period of time. In other words, he couldn't help but believe it. Even if he hadn't entered a Charmed state just now, he had undoubtedly been hit by some kind of mental control skill.

Thinking of this, Hu Gualing looked at the eerie large tree with lingering fear, 'What on earth is this thing!?'

Suddenly, Hu Gualing's pupils constricted, "Did I see it wrong? That large tree seems to have a name?"

Hearing Hu Gualing's words, Xiao Niao and Tang Yao both looked up in the direction of Hu Gualing's gaze toward the canopy of the large tree. After their expressions shifted, they both gasped.

It was because, just as Hu Gualing said, that large tree actually had a name!

And this name was blood-red, hidden among the dense, deep green leaves!

[Millennium Tree Demon]!

The reason why Xiao Niao hadn't been able to discover the name of this large tree earlier when he was just inches away from it outside the partition was because this large tree was simply too big and too tall—conservatively estimated to be over ten meters tall. Therefore, being close could not allow Xiao Niao to see the full view of the large tree; he could only see a section of the trunk and dense leaves in front of him.

In fact, when Xiao Niao ran so far away, still shaken after being attacked by that Earth Spike, he couldn't see the name of the large tree at a glance either.

It was fortunate that Hu Gualing was tall, stood high, and could see far, which was why he saw the blood-red name hidden in the canopy over ten meters high.

"Millennium Tree Demon!?"

After the three of them saw the name of the large tree clearly, they all showed expressions of disbelief.

The previous Mutated White Wild Boar was one thing; no matter how powerful it was, it still belonged to the category of beasts. But this large tree was a demon, and a demon with a millennium of Dao cultivation? For this thing to appear in a Wuxia-style game was truly something the three of them found hard to accept for a moment.

Fortunately, Hu Gualing was thick-skinned. Although he was the first of the three to be charmed by this 'Millennium Tree Demon' just now, he was also the first to break free from the shocking and unbelievable emotions. "Xiao Niao, check how much HP this Tree Demon has?" Hu Gualing asked, patting Xiao Niao on the shoulder, but his eyes were fixed on the Millennium Tree Demon without blinking, as if he were afraid that this Millennium Tree Demon would grow legs and run away.

"One thousand." Xiao Niao used Detection to look at the Millennium Tree Demon, and saw a long health bar emerge, with a full 1000 HP.

After reporting the Millennium Tree Demon's HP, Xiao Niao realized something, and looked at Hu Gualing with a puzzled expression, asking: "Do you mean that we should attack this Millennium Tree Demon?"

"Of course we must. I see that its HP is even higher than the White Wild Boar we killed earlier; it must be a BOSS too. After killing it, it will definitely drop a lot of loot, so not only must we attack it, but we must completely kill it!" Hu Gualing replied to Xiao Niao as a matter of course. The eyes that were still tightly fixed on the Millennium Tree Demon revealed an unconcealable desire. Of course, this time it was no longer because his spirit was controlled by the Millennium Tree Demon using some unknown means, but simply because he was thinking about the items that would drop after killing the Millennium Tree Demon, which caused a strong desire to appear in Hu Gualing's eyes.

But Xiao Niao cautiously reminded him: "This Millennium Tree Demon's HP is much higher than that Mutated White Wild Boar, so I'm afraid it won't be easy to deal with. Also, if I'm not mistaken, the Earth Spike that suddenly popped out of the ground and took away 71 points of my HP was probably not some mechanism trap, but a type of attack method used by this Millennium Tree Demon."

Although Xiao Niao had participated in the splitting of the loot after killing the Mutated White Wild Boar and had successfully obtained a blue-quality 'Recovery Spell' skill book to learn, he was not blinded by the temptation of loot when facing this Millennium Tree Demon in his field of vision; instead, he cautiously analyzed the strength of this Millennium Tree Demon.

Hu Gualing naturally knew that this Millennium Tree Demon was not easy to deal with. If nothing else, just looking at its physique, which was over ten meters tall and as thick as what a dozen people could wrap their arms around, he knew that this thing's strength must not be underestimated. Moreover, with a name like 'Millennium Tree Demon' that looked very extraordinary at first glance, how could it be easy to deal with? However, it was also impossible for Hu Gualing to give up.

"I think this Millennium Tree Demon is hidden so well, it might be a legendary hidden BOSS. We're lucky that Xiao Niao discovered it this time, so we absolutely cannot miss it! Otherwise, it might be refreshed and gone the next time we enter the Dungeon." Hu Gualing said solemnly.

Tang Yao nodded in deep agreement: "Right, right, we can't miss it."

Xiao Niao also nodded skeptically. This Millennium Tree Demon was not simple in every aspect and should be more powerful and rarer than that Mutated White Wild Boar BOSS. However, as for the 'hidden BOSS' that Gualing mentioned, was it called a 'hidden BOSS' just because it was hidden well? Xiao Niao always felt something was not quite right, but at this time, there was no need to dwell on these minor details.

"Since everyone doesn't want to miss this BOSS, let's give it a try. If we really can't clear it, we'll talk about other things then." Seeing that Gualing and Tang Yao were both very interested in this BOSS, Xiao Niao was the same himself. However, before that, they still had to make some combat preparations.