"Okay, I've written it down, please pay attention, we're getting close!" Ivan stared ahead carefully, lowered his voice, and warned without looking back. When Sika saw Alvin's absent-minded attitude, he knew that his words were in vain, and he was immediately discouraged. However, the situation at the moment did not allow him to talk nonsense anymore, so he could only cheer up and always pay attention to what was going on around him. , as for the matter of the mage's brand, let's wait until this matter is over before finding an opportunity to mention it! No dignified mage can tolerate this feeling of being constantly monitored. After chasing for a short distance, Alvin suddenly saw that the scenery around him seemed familiar. He searched carefully for flowers and found traces of broken grass stems in many places. He thought in his mind and suddenly realized that this was clearly the direction they came from. Unexpectedly, the captured soldier was taken in a big circle and finally returned to the same place, while those of them who were chasing behind were taken to other locations far away. ¡°If you put it this way, could it be that there was something hidden in the direction they were heading? With a 'chila' sound, the three finally broke through the obstruction of the vegetation in front of them. Suddenly, their eyes lit up, and the dark atmosphere surrounding them all dissipated. They found themselves entering an open space with a large number of dead branches and leaves. The light from the dome Fluorescence sprinkled from the sky without any cover. The open space is circular in shape, and the edges are still covered by dense vegetation. The strange thing is that these vegetations are fiercely competing for each other's living space, but no plant dares to grow into the open space. Ivan glanced around, and then began to look at the open space in front of him. There was nothing unusual in the open space, except for a dead tree in the center that was as thick as four people could hug each other. The whole dead tree is brown and yellow, and the upper half of the trunk has been broken off. However, no trace was found in the open space. Its lower body was unusually developed, just like an ordinary tree stem. The roots were swollen and twisted, giving birth to many vines as thick as arms, which looked a bit scary. Except for this dead tree, there is no other abnormality found in the open space. "Lord, why did such an open space suddenly appear in this forest? It's so strange!" The soldier who followed Aiwen stepped on the edge of the open space, holding the machete in his hand tightly. said cautiously. Ai Wen didn¡¯t know the reason, so he could only say yes casually. "I have found the person. Did you see the dead tree in front of me?" Ivan pointed to the dead tree in the middle of the clearing. In Aiwen's sense, the kidnapped warrior is now hiding behind the dead tree. Although it's a little strange why he appears here. Where is the attacker now, but since there is obviously no hiding place in the open space, it can only be concluded that the attacker is hiding in the surrounding woods. "However, someone still needs to go out and act as bait. "That tree" The remaining soldier looked at the dead tree and said with some confusion. "He is behind the tree, go and have a look!" Ivan said. But having said that, whether it is Alvin or Sika. His feet were motionless, but he looked around more cautiously. The warrior with the machete didn't even think about it. Wanting to let his lord and the noble third-level mage Sika take risks for his companions, he nodded naturally and said: "Then my subordinates will go over!" Ivan hummed, but his mind was not on that warrior at all. In his opinion, there was no danger in walking behind the dead tree to rescue the kidnapped soldier. The danger was still in the surrounding woods. Sika also judged like Aiwen. He and Aiwen were on the left and right, monitoring the jungle on the left and right in a tacit understanding. When the soldier approached the dead tree, Ivan still didn't feel anything strange from the surrounding trees. He frowned, thought for a while, and released his talent for physiognomy. Three yellow runes immediately responded quickly. Returned to his mental space, no more, no less, exactly corresponding to the other three people in the team. Ivan is not particularly surprised by this result, because there is danger on this island. Since he can silently eliminate the third-level professionals and rob people under his nose, then his own Naturally, the strength will not be weaker than the third level. It may have reached the fourth level, which would be beyond the detection range of physiognomy. The reason why Ai Wen used physiognomy was just to be safe. The soldier also knew that he might be in danger at any time. He held a knife and walked cautiously towards the dead tree step by step. His eyes were always paying attention to the movements around him. After a while, he walked to the dead tree. . "Lord, he is here, he is still alive!" The soldier looked behind the dead tree and suddenly shouted in surprise. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Hearing this, Sika couldn't help but look away. As if they had been waiting for this opportunity, two black shadows burst out behind them at the same time, attacking towards the two of them. "Fire Shield!" Feeling the sound of wind behind him, Aiwen's mind moved slightly. A shield made of flames suddenly appeared, blocking the incoming black shadow. However, Fire Shield was only a low-level spell after all, and it only supported one or two Within seconds, it collapsed into a large ball of flames. Fortunately, the little time gained was enough for Ivan to keep a safe distance from the attacker. Sika didn't have Aiwen's ability to cast low-level spells instantly, but he was also well prepared, and his body was strong enough. After the black light of the defense behind him was shattered, he took a hit and only stumbled forward a few steps before stabilizing. His body was injured, but no serious injuries were seen. Ai Wen avoided the attack and looked back, only to see a section of charred tree vine standing in mid-air. Wisps of green smoke floated from the vine, and it seemed that it was burned by the flames. "How could it be a tree vine? Is it a druid? Or some kind of plant monster?" This idea flashed through Ivan's mind like lightning. Since seeing the myconids, Alvin is no stranger to plant life. If it is a druid, it is easy to say, but if it is a plant monster, it is really difficult to guard against, because they basically cannot survive alone. "Hey, these vines look familiar" Ivan was stunned. Suddenly I remembered the dead tree behind me. It seemed that there were such vines growing at the roots of that dead tree. If these vines were related to that dead tree. It makes sense that the missing soldier ended up under the dead tree. With scruples in his heart, Ivan immediately did not dare to retreat anymore. He raised his hand to summon several fireballs, but did not attack the trees and vines in front of him. He just controlled them to form a circle and float around him to ensure that he would not He was sneak attacked by the dead tree behind him. "Viscount Alvin. What the hell is this? What should we do?" Sika fired several magic arrows in succession to repel the entanglement of the tree vines. Then Kubu walked up to him and asked. "Lord, be careful of this tree, it's this tree that's causing trouble!" Before Ivan could answer, he was behind them. Suddenly a frightened voice sounded. Ivan casually launched two fireballs forward. Then I took the time to look back, and sure enough I saw a few tree vines that were originally hanging on the ground, like dry and dead things. At this moment, they were twisting and rolling like poisonous snakes, and nimbly attacked the soldier who walked over to check. The soldier was waving. Holding the machete, he struggled to fight with the vines, but the soldier who was taken away had already fainted and was tied into a ball by the vines and hung up. A large number of barbs on the tree vine pierced into the warrior's body. The tree vines wrapped around the surface of the warrior's body expanded and contracted like breathing, and you could clearly see a large amount of body fluids following these movements. was sucked out of the warrior's body. As if aware of the gazes of Alvin and Sika, the dead tree finally no longer concealed its identity. A series of rustling sounds sounded, and the dead leaves piled up in the open space broke open, revealing the tree that was originally hidden under the dead branches and leaves. All the vines appeared, spreading their teeth and claws like the arms of a demon, leaping in the air. A rough count showed that there were twenty vines in total. Seeing this scene, Ivan breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought it was a human druid controlling it remotely, but it turned out to be just an ogre tree!" After confirming the identity of the enemy, his original hesitation suddenly stopped. Go, Ivan drew his arms without hesitation, pushed out with both palms, and the eight fireballs surrounding him flew out along an arc trajectory, and all hit the dead tree not far away. Ivan did not attack randomly. He deliberately chose the connection between the trunk of the ogre tree and the vines to attack. Although the ogre tree is a rare plant monster, it is still a plant after all and cannot move. For now, Judging from the situation, its only physical attack method is tree vines. As long as all these tree vines are smashed, it can only be left to Ivan's flesh. Sensing the high temperature that burned the air as the fireball approached, several tree vines lying in front of Ivan suddenly swiped towards the fireball in mid-air. However, these tree vines were plants after all, and their reaction speed was not as agile as that of animals. The blocking tree vines There was only time to block the last two fireballs, and the remaining six fireballs all bombarded the connection between the tree vines and the trunk. Violent explosions sounded continuously, and several tree vines were raised high and tried to attack Aiwen and Sika, like It fell to the ground like a snake with its bones removed. Suffering such a heavy blow, the ogre tree really couldn't bear it anymore. A scream suddenly sounded in the minds of Ivan and others. This ogre tree was actually able to launch a spiritual attack. Ivan and Sika were better off. Although they were the main attack direction of the Ogre Tree, as mages, they had accumulated enough mental power. Their brains were only slightly dizzy, and then returned to normal. However, the man who was resisting with a knife The soldiers were defeatedDamn it, he was too close, and the impact he received was no weaker than that of Aiwen and others. His eyes turned white and he fell to the ground. Fortunately, after the initial contact, the Ogre Tree seems to have weighed out the strength of the three enemies present. Its main enemies are Aiwen and Sika. As for the warrior, he is just a small player. He has to deal with the big enemies. It's not too late to deal with him. So after the warrior fell, several tree vines that were used to deal with him were actually deployed to deal with Alvin and Sika. He himself suffered a lot from this wave of soul attacks, but luckily he was not attacked by the ogre tree. Poisonous hands. However, Aiwen and others have rich fighting experience. After the scream, they immediately moved to a location where there were no tree vines in their memory. They avoided the counterattack of a large number of tree vines, and then there was another fierce offensive and defensive battle. The smoke of the flames dissipated, and Ivan finally saw his results clearly. To his surprise, although the roots of the tree vines on the trunk of the dead tree that were directly attacked by the fireball were mostly broken, a red-black liquid was coming from the crack. Slowly overflowing, repairing the broken parts at a terrifying speed, a few seconds passed. A few dead vines that had fallen to the ground like dead snakes began to tremble slightly again. "That's weird, isn't fire able to restrain plants?" Sika was shocked. Originally, as an insect master, he could restrain plants. It was a pity that those blood-sucking larvae could not be brought to the island. He wanted to temporarily enslave a group of bugs on the island, but unfortunately found that the number of bugs was very small, so he could not use his strongest method. "It's probably the result of those red and black liquids. Strange, is there such an ogre tree in the world?" Ivan was also stunned, but he quickly remembered it. Now was not the time to think about such things, so we continued our offensive. After several attacks and defenses, Ivan was convinced. Fire spells still have an attack bonus on the ogre tree in front of you. Although the red and black liquid can repair the injuries on the torso, its reserves are limited. If it keeps causing damage to it. The red-black liquid stored in the ogre tree's body will be used up sooner or later. After making this judgment. Ivan adjusted his position slightly, took out a spell scroll from his arms, tore it open, and recited a spell in his mouth. After a few seconds, the magic power in Ivan's body suddenly decreased by a large amount. Then, a blazing wall of fire appeared next to the ogre tree. The position was just right to wrap half of the ogre tree's body, and the flames quickly infected the ogre tree's body. The ogre tree was attacked. Immediately there was another scream, and the blazing flames dimmed, but then burned violently again. The Ogre Tree's counterattack had little effect on the flames, but it was like a heavy hammer blow to Ivan and others. The warrior who finally got up and wanted to secretly take his companions out of the battlefield felt his feet weak again and fell. Fall to the ground. Aiwen held back his headache and asked Sika to resist the whipping attack of the tree vines for him. He continued to take out the spell scroll and recited the incantation. After a while, another wall of fire appeared next to the ogre tree. Under Wen's intentional control, the placement of the two fire walls deliberately avoided the two warriors and did not cause any harm to them. The original fire walls were used to block enemies. They were long and tall, but only one to two people wide. But now, in order to damage the ogre tree as much as possible, Ivan has temporarily changed them, condensing the length and width. Several times, the two of them overlapped to form a square fire pillar. The burning power was suddenly several times greater, comparable to a third-level spell. Just maintaining these two modified spells required several times more mental energy. . The main body was attacked again, and the ogre tree went crazy. Not only the vines kept flapping, but also screamed one after another. This attack was twice as powerful as the last time. If he was just dizzy just now, Ivan now has a headache. And as the culprit who released the wall of flames, he was the main direction of the psychic attack and received enough care. It was more than ten times that of other people. For a while, his whole head was buzzing, and his vision began to become a little blurry. Fortunately, the fire wall technique does not require commanding movement, but only needs to pay attention to maintenance, so Ivan can barely maintain the attack on the ogre tree. The mental screams of the Ogre Tree sounded one after another, and Ivan had a splitting headache. His situation at this time was similar to that in the Death Cave, but his strength now was much stronger than that then, and he suffered a lot. The attack is also too strong. On the other side, Sika's situation is much better than that of Ivan. Not to mention that as a vampire demon with a semi-undead physique, he has a certain resistance to this kind of psychic attack. Besides, he is not the main attacker of the ogre tree now. Object! Sika was helping Ivan to resist the incoming tree vines at this time. As the fire column continued to burn, the frequency of attacks by the tree vines became less and less, and their attack power became lower and lower. He suddenly became more alert. stand up. As we all know,Even if the plant monsters are powerful, most of them have no sanity, but this ogre tree not only looks weird, but can actually use soul attacks, which is simply horrifying. Even though Sika has been studying biological modification, she still wants to study it carefully. Under the constant burning of the flames, more than ten minutes passed, and the ogre tree finally lost its life. Ivan breathed a sigh of relief and dispersed the two walls of fire. Although they were only two second-level spells, they lasted for more than ten minutes and consumed one third of his magic power. Next, it¡¯s time to check out the loot. Fortunately, the fire wall technique does not require commanding movement, but only needs to pay attention to maintenance, so Ivan can barely maintain the attack on the ogre tree. The mental screams of the Ogre Tree sounded one after another, and Ivan had a splitting headache. His situation at this time was similar to that in the Death Cave, but his strength now was much stronger than that then, and he suffered a lot. The attack is also too strong. On the other side, Sika's situation is much better than that of Ivan. Not to mention that as a vampire demon with a semi-undead physique, he has a certain resistance to this kind of psychic attack. Besides, he is not the main attacker of the ogre tree now. Object! Sika was helping Ivan to resist the incoming tree vines at this time. As the fire column continued to burn, the frequency of attacks by the tree vines became less and less, and their attack power became lower and lower. He suddenly became more alert. stand up. As we all know, even if the plant monsters are powerful, most of them have no sanity, but this ogre tree not only looks weird, but can actually use soul attacks, which is simply appalling. Even though Sika has been studying biological modification, she still wants to study it carefully. Under the constant burning of the flames, more than ten minutes passed, and the ogre tree finally lost its life. Ai Wen breathed a sigh of relief and dispersed the two fire walls. Although they were only two second-level spells, they lasted for more than ten years I was afraid of background lag, so I sent a draft first, sorry (to be continued)