Chapter 585: Chapter 585

"It’s cleared up, the sunlight ahead is strong, and the Mushroom Warriors are gone." Du You looked at the bright light ahead, which had almost fully restored. At some point, the cliff had completely opened up.

There were indeed many large trees growing on both sides, but they could no longer block the sunlight.

On the ground, there were no big mushrooms either, just a few small ones. However, there were plenty of large trees around.

Despite not being very strong, these Mushroom Warriors were rather troublesome. They’d pop out of nowhere to attack, causing quite the scare in the dark, too much for the average person to withstand. Fresh chapters posted on 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵~𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖~𝙣𝙚𝙩

Fortunately, these Mushroom Warriors didn’t have the ability to attack from a distance; at most, they could grow mushrooms to nauseate their enemies. Once the group reached the bright sunlight, the Mushroom Warriors retreated.

"Master, there are signs of a battle on the ground, along with some shards of armor and weapons."

Suddenly, Lin Yucha pointed to the ground. Du You shifted his gaze from the mushrooms and indeed noticed these artifacts. Their presence indicated that a battle had taken place here.

"Only us professionals could have reached this place. Judging by these fragments, some of the weapons and armor reached the second tier. It seems this place isn’t safe either." Du You commented, signaling Lin Yucha.

Lin Yucha once again activated her Little Demon Amulet. As the cooldown time ended, a new little demon emerged and bounded its way clumsily forward. Seeing its clumsy appearance, Du You had to admit that the demon was oddly cute. However, knowing the demon’s ferocious nature, he shook his head to dispel such thoughts.

It must be said, the chaotic power of demons naturally opposes the forces of the forest. Even the best-hidden enemies couldn’t resist revealing themselves once the demon emerged.

Several large trees around them suddenly uprooted - they had turned into Tree People.

Red Paulownia Treants: Level 15

Scanning over them, Du You noticed that all the Tree People were of a specific species, and most were Red Paulownia Treants. These Tree People were not quick but very powerful.

The little demon had just sprinted towards them when some of the tree roots sprang from the ground, trapping it on the spot. Then a Tree Person punched down, squashing the demon into a pancake.

"Red Paulownia Treants, do we have any information on them?"

As Du You spoke, he pulled up the information on his wrist tablet. He had left any detailed information about this world on the device for reference as there hadn’t been time to read from it. The previous encounter with the Mushroom Warriors hadn’t warranted checking the information due to their weak strength, but this time it was different.

Of all these Tree People, quite a few had reached the second tier.

Before Du You could check, Lin Yucha and Lin Yushi had already begun to fight. Lin Yucha fired a Spiral Snipe, the high-speed rotating arrow hitting a Tree Person. Only a harsh noise ensued, and the arrow only managed to drill a hole in the tree trunk.

Compared to the sturdy tree trunk, the damage dealt was minimal. It seemed it would not be easy to penetrate a trunk like that. Lin Yushi’s attacks weren’t as powerful as her sister’s, and they resulted in a far grimmer situation. Plus, the Thunder and Lightning attack, though the Hell Blood Demon Thunder counteracted life forms, it did not have excellent results on the Tree People.

It seemed Lin Yushi was restrained by these Tree People. Upon arriving here, she felt she had not had an easy time.

"That’s troublesome. I didn’t expect them to have a damage reduction skill." Du You addressed the two sisters. "You see, these Red Paulownia Treants have a damage reduction skill. Any enemy attacks from the same tier can reduce about 80% of the damage."

"What should we do then? With such damage reduction, neither physical nor magical attacks will have much effect, right? Well, Master, why don’t you use Destruction Flames and smash all the way through?"

Du You hit Lin Yushi on the head. "This is Elf territory. If we cause a commotion, it would definitely attract the Elf’s attention. If we were to attract a third or even fourth tier Elf, we’d be in hot water."

The highest tier in this world is fifth, and fourth-tier Elves are considered the upper class. But Elves had different habits from humans, and you never knew when one might suddenly appear. It could very much happen.

"What do we do then? Those Tree People are almost upon us. If we retreat, we’ll have to face those big mushrooms again."

Du You looked up and indeed, the Tree People were about to reach them. Although the Tree People moved slowly, their steps were quite large, making their overall speed not that slow.

"Let me give it a try, their damage-reduction ability might be formidable, but they don’t possess high magic resistance. Magic of the Law type might work. If it doesn’t, we will have to fly up and gradually deal with them."

Suddenly, Du You raised his hand. "These Tree People don’t have anti-aircraft capabilities, get above them and slow them down."

The Ghost Pattern Crow flew over and spread out a Weakening Aura. After the comprehensive attribute drop, the Tree People’s speed did decrease significantly. Meanwhile, Du You released a Disintegration Spell against the enemies ahead.

The Disintegration Spell landed on a level 17 Red Paulownia Treant, instantly splitting the trunk in half. The two halves of the body continued to struggle. With such an injury, it couldn’t survive.

"It’s quite big, but judging by the area the spell affected, the Tree People’s magic resistance indeed isn’t high."

There really were gains and losses. For Du You, who could utilize the Disintegration Spell, these Tree People weren’t much of a threat. While for other professionals, this would be an insurmountable hurdle, but for Du You, it was no big deal.

Resisting with the Ghost Pattern Crow on one side, Du You sent out Disintegration Spells one after another. Each time nine spells split into nine directions, taking out nine Tree People at once. The speed of the killing was quite swift. The Tree People, split in two, usually struggled for a while before they died. If they got too close in the struggle, they would still attack.

In a sense, these Tree People were akin to puppets as they didn’t feel pain.

The Hell Blood Demon Dogs were behind continually absorbing magic power from the Tree People, funneling it to Du You. This method of killing was draining Du You’s magic power quickly, and the absorption of the Slaughter Badge was limited.

It was fair to say, though, that the magic power of these large trees was incredibly massive. Using this absorption method, Du You’s magic power was fully sustained. Lin Yushi and Lin Yucha occasionally shot their arrows, seeming to be practicing their skills.

Living trees in the area kept coming closer, continually being killed off, and the party slowly moving forward.