novelaction Chapter 276 Dryad
Chapter 276 Dryad
"If Xiaocan can master these and suddenly burst out when fighting the enemy, the effect will definitely be unexpected."
Lu Luan thought to himself, he remembered what Xiao Can had said before, about the illusion array, but he also knew that Xiao Can's current cultivation level was not enough to master this kind of thing, and even if he learned it, he wouldn't be able to use it.
It seemed as if there were invisible vines blocking the way all around them, and the few people walked very slowly.
"Fortunately, today is the time when the restraining force is at its weakest, otherwise, we would be unable to move forward."
Sun Li used his sword to push away a bird corpse floating in front of him, turned around and sighed softly.
Casual cultivators usually put their resources into cultivation, and rarely pay attention to their bodies. Improving the body consumes a lot more resources than improving cultivation, and no one would waste spirit stones like this.
The same is true for these people. Although their cultivation has reached the point of touching the mid-stage barrier, their physical strength is actually still not as strong as when Lu Luan just broke through to the foundation-building stage.
So it seems difficult to walk in this confined place.
Although Zhao Kaishan was at the middle stage of cultivation, he did not seem to be in any relaxed mood.
"Be careful to prevent sneak attacks from ghosts or monsters, and prepare the formation."
Zhao Kaishan ordered.
"Ah."
Han Yuan nodded and held the formation plate in his hand, ready to activate it at any time.
In this place, their abilities are limited. If they encounter attacks from those scary things, they will not have the upper hand and may even be in danger of being killed. They have to use formation plates to prevent accidents.
I don’t know how many people who ventured into Tianjue Island died this way.
"Friend Lu, this is your first time here, so just stand in the middle."
Won smiled at him.
"Thank you all for your care."
Lu Luan bowed to several people and thanked them without being polite.
After everything was arranged, the five of them took a defensive stance, walked forward with serious eyes, and began to pay full attention to the situation around them, and would react immediately to the slightest movement.
Fortunately, the journey was smooth and after half an incense stick of time, we successfully passed through the area.
After a contest of physical strength, everyone's face turned slightly red and they looked very uncomfortable.
"It's finally out."
Sun Lisong stretched his back and muttered:
"It would be great if I had a puppet power talisman, so I wouldn't have to worry about being trapped by these restrictions."
"Who can afford that thing? The gains from it are not as much as the cost of the talisman."
Wu Yingyu gave him a disdainful look, as if to say, "Why don't you check your own wallet?"
Zhao Kaishan looked up into the sky and said in a deep voice, "We don't have much time left. Don't slack off. Otherwise, if we miss the time, we will be trapped in here and wait for death."
The place they just passed through was changing periodically, and now was its weakest time. If it recovered, except for Zhao Kaishan, the other three would be almost unable to move.
On Tianjue Island, being unable to move is tantamount to declaring death.
They have to get out of here before dark.
"Walk."
Several people continued to move forward.
In front of them, the long and narrow canyon was already looming.
In fact, if you look closer, the canyon is not as narrow as it appears from the outside.
The deeper he went, the more obvious the restrictive force around him became.
He knew that they were already some distance away from Tianjue Island.
However, the surrounding scene has not changed much. There are still birds singing, flowers blooming, gurgling streams, moss on the ground, and insects chirping. It is just like an ordinary deep mountain forest.
But they all knew that in the peaceful darkness, there was an unfathomable danger.
Lu Luan looked around as he walked, and when he arrived in the valley, he found obvious signs of fighting in some places.
"Brother, there was originally a good spiritual herb over there, but it was picked away."
Xiao Can seemed to sense something and suddenly spoke, and his voice was full of regret.
"Nice spiritual herb?"
Hearing the tone, Lu Luan knew that it must be very valuable.
"Well, it has been picked, but the rhizome seems to be still there, and is worth some spirit stones. Do you want to dig it out?"
"where?"
"It's fifty feet to the left front, but there are restrictions and illusion arrays around it, so it's hard to be found."
Lu Luan looked at the location Xiao Can mentioned, but he didn't see what he said, not even a trace of it.
It seems to be very secretive.
“Fellow Daoist Lu, there are many magical herbs growing on Tianjue Island. I’ve even heard that some people have seen traces of medicinal herbs that have transformed into human form. They have transformed into medicinal immortals and are hiding in the island to practice.”
Seeing him looking around, Zhao Kaishan said with a smile.
"It looks like we'll have a good harvest today." Lu Luan replied.
"With every bit of danger comes opportunity. As long as we unite and work together, we will not return empty-handed. There are no more spiritual herbs outside. We need to go deeper. Let's go."
Lu Luan knew that the spiritual herb that Xiao Can had mentioned just now must have been picked by them. Anyway, they knew how to get in. After ten or twenty years, the spiritual herb with roots and stems left would grow rapidly, and they could come back to pick it then.
"What dangers are there in the depths?"
he asks.
Zhao Kaishan shook his head and said, "We can only know this after we explore, but we have cleared out everything outside bit by bit."
"It seems that there is a lot of danger inside."
Lu Luan thought, if it wasn't dangerous, why would they spend so much money to buy the array? It was obviously targeted, so he said, "Fellow Daoist Zhao, since we have come here, you should explain it to me first."
After they looked at each other, Zhao Kaishan came out and said with a smile, "It seems that Fellow Daoist Lu guessed it."
"Fellow Daoist Lu, this is what happened. There is a powerful tree demon deep in this canyon. We almost died at its hands the last time we explored here. Although it is only two meters tall, its strength should be comparable to that of an ordinary mid-stage foundation building cultivator. The four of you will use the Wood Mysterious Array to contain it, and then I will lead the attack. This way we can take it down."
Wu Yingyu also came out and said, "Daoyou Lu, I didn't explain it before because I was afraid that the purpose of this trip would be exposed and someone with ulterior motives would follow and cause an accident."
"But don't worry, Brother Lu, we won't do anything bad to you."
Several people looked at his reaction solemnly.
If Lu Luan retreated at this time, their overall strength would be weakened and the possibility of capturing the tree monster would decrease.
The most important thing is whether Lu Luan will believe them.
After thinking for a while, Lu Luan smiled and said, "You guys are overthinking. I have gotten to know you guys a little bit after spending the past few days with you. I have traveled around and seen a lot of people. I know that you are not sinister people. Otherwise, I would not know that danger is coming."
Maybe it's because birds of a feather flock together. These people have similar personalities and are not vicious people.
This is what he thought. Of course, his strength was there. It didn't matter what kind of person the other party was. His main purpose of coming here was to see how they dealt with the dangers, learn from their experience, and prepare for going out on their own in the future.
Xiao Can is his best partner. He has the ability to kill gods and a strong body, so he doesn't want to stay with other cultivators, especially since his physical strength can be easily exposed.
After all, think about it, if a casual cultivator has such physical strength, anyone can understand that it must be due to some fortuitous encounter or some magical power. Once it is leaked and known to others, there will be endless trouble.
After hearing his words, several people's faces changed slightly. They understood that Lu Luan's implication was that he had a trump card and was not afraid of what they might do.
For a moment, the atmosphere became a little subtle.
Seeing this, Lu Luan smiled and broke the deadlock: "My fellow Taoists, business is more important. Don't worry, I will do my best."
Zhao Kaishan replied: "Please rest assured, Brother Lu, as long as you kill the tree monster, all the treasures you get will be shared with you without any reduction."
After chatting for a while, the five of them continued on their journey.
This place is already considered to be in the middle range. Only people in the middle stage of foundation building dare to come here, and not many dare to go to the island. Tianjue Island is not small, so basically no one has been able to come to this place for decades.
Although Zhao Kaishan and his men had broken through the road leading to here, it was impossible for them to check it carefully, so as they walked along it, Xiao Can told him that there were several places with spiritual herbs and other things.
But they are all ordinary spiritual medicines and hundreds or thousands of low-level spirit stones.
……
"Brother, there is a strange tree a hundred feet ahead."
After walking for a while, Xiao Can suddenly spoke to him.
When it reached these places, although it was less restricted, its perception range had been compressed to within a hundred feet. Once it made a discovery, it would immediately tell Lu Luan.
"It seems that is what they call the dryad."
Lu Luan murmured in his heart. At this moment, the range of his Yuanshen had been completely restricted into a ball, and he couldn't even feel ten feet.
"Friend Lu, this is where we met the tree demon last time."
Zhao Kaishan stopped and looked at the traces of battle ahead.
Then he continued, "The four of us brothers and sisters narrowly escaped death. I was severely injured by it here. If it wasn't for my good luck that it didn't chase me, I would have died here and turned into its food. Actually, I have to thank it. If it wasn't for the enlightenment I experienced between life and death that elevated my state of mind, I would not have been able to break through. Today, I must express my gratitude to it."
The black gun in Zhao Kaishan's hand emitted an icy cold light, as if it was already impatient.
After a while, he reminded again: "Everyone be careful, the tree demon may be spying on us in the dark."
After he finished speaking, he thrust the spear in his hand forward, and an attack hit the front.
In an instant, the rocks shook and a large number of trees were destroyed.
Zhao Kaishan's move was to force the tree monster out, then use the Muxuan Formation to trap it, and then wait for an opportunity to kill it.
"Brother, there are three spiritual herbs behind the tree monster. The total value is about two hundred intermediate spiritual stones. The quality is very high."
Xiao Can has made another discovery and is reporting it to him.
"so much?"
Lu Luan was a little surprised. This was equivalent to a demon crystal of pretty good quality among those he extorted from Tiger-headed Bandit.
"It seems that there are many good things on Tianjue Island. The tree demon is not an ordinary creature either. There are demon crystals in its body. If we collect all these things, we can buy treasures to increase our physical strength when we return."
Before the battle even began, he already regarded these things as his own.
"Whizzing……"
After the blow, the air suddenly became quiet.
But soon, the surrounding giant trees began to shake violently without wind, as if they came to life.
"These are all tricks of the tree demon," Zhao Kaishan looked around, and then warned Lu Luan: "Daoyou Lu, don't get more than ten feet off the ground. The restrictions above are very strong. If you can't get rid of them, you will be used as a target by the tree demon, and then it will be dangerous."
"Don't worry, Brother Zhao."
"Brother, the tree demon is moving very fast. Be careful. It's not easy to deal with." Xiao Can sent a message to him.
"Xiao Can, where is that thing now?"
Lu Luan asked.
"It's forty feet to our left. It's so well hidden that I almost didn't notice it."
"It seems that his intelligence is not low." Lu Luan said secretly after hearing Xiao Can's report.
Knowing how to hide, and hiding it so well, must be an extraordinary wisdom.
"Brother Zhao, why hasn't the tree demon appeared yet?"
Sun Li looked around nervously, his eyes very serious.
Zhao Kaishan did not speak, and launched attacks in all directions, but he kept his aura at the initial stage of foundation building, and his attacks were also at the initial stage of foundation building. It seemed that he was afraid that the tree demon would be afraid of their increased strength and would not dare to fight head-on.
At the same time, he sent a message to them: "This tree demon is quite intelligent. If it comes out later, we may only have one chance. We must catch it and trap it tightly. Otherwise, if it knows it has been tricked, it will not bother with us."
"understood."
Several people did not dare to be careless. They did not have much time. If they failed to succeed before the restrictions outside became stronger, they did not know when they would have another chance.
If the tree demon just hides and harasses them, it will be very difficult for them to explore deeper into the valley.
"Go forward, it will prevent us from going deeper."
Several people moved forward.
"come yet?"
Finally, the tree demon couldn't hold it anymore.
Lu Luan felt something strange on the ground beneath his feet.
Then he moved his toes and jumped four meters away.
After he moved, the ground suddenly opened up, and two black tree roots finally broke out of the ground, entwining with each other. If he was a step later, he would have been tied up and then dragged into the ground.
The others immediately dispersed and activated defensive talismans to prevent any accidents.
Seeing that the sneak attack failed, the tree demon continued to attack with its roots, but this time it stabbed directly from the forest towards Zhao Kaishan.
Moreover, this tree root is three inches thick and is a main root with great attack power.
Seeing the attack coming, Zhao Kaishan quickly fired a shot to block it, unleashing all his strength.
"Catch it!"
After blocking the attack, Zhao Kaishan immediately roared and grabbed the tree roots tightly with both arms.
The others immediately rushed over and pulled it tight.
"Whizzing……"
The trees in the direction of the shot roots shook more violently. The tree monster wanted to retract it. Although Lu Luan did not use his full strength, the strength of five people exceeded that of six thousand horses. They could even pull down a small mountain.
Sure enough, after just two breaths of stalemate, the tree demon screamed and was dragged out alive.
This is the main root. If it breaks off, it will cause great damage to its strength, so it is reluctant to do so.
"Set up the formation!"
The tree demon was already exposed in front of him, and Zhao Kaishan immediately roared.
"Whizzing……"
Without him saying anything, they knew the opportunity had come. Four figures flashed, and before the tree monster landed on the ground, they appeared around it.
As a green light flashed, the array plate was quickly activated, and the Muxuan Array completely enveloped the tree monster in an instant.
Then several rays of light shot out from the top of the formation, like crisscrossing nails, pinning the tree monster inside.
Only at this time did Lu Luan see the true appearance of the tree monster.
Just as Zhao Kaishan said, it is two meters tall, with leaves like pine trees but branches hanging down like willow branches, and there are purple spots on the branches that are eye-catching.