"Look! That giant tree has started attacking the Hero!"
Idris suddenly shouted.
Countless petals instantly turned into blade-like weapons and swept toward Ethan.
From a distance, it looked like a snowstorm mixed with huge snowflakes. There were so many petals that it made people despair.
Not only that, wherever the storm of petals passed, forget the leaves of the small Blade Trees that had already fallen to the ground, even the trunks of the small Blade Trees were rapidly carved with deep cuts.
Branches as thick as an adult's arm snapped one after another.
"Heh!"
Looking at the sky full of flower blades, Ethan only smiled slightly and began chanting the Fireball Spell.
He wanted to try using this sword to release the Fireball Spell.
What kind of effect would it have?
"Grand Fireball Technique, Grand Fire Rain!"
This was currently the highest-level move of the Grand Fireball Technique, an area attack spell.
The next second, countless fireballs rained down from the sky, smashing into the blade-like petals.
But flowers were still just flowers in the end.
The petals were immediately knocked down by the fireballs and began burning on the spot.
Of course, with that many petals, some would definitely slip through.
But the few remaining ones no longer gave Ethan any pressure at all. One casual move of the Chaotic Sword Form cleared them all away.
In the end, only that giant towering tree remained.
Ethan stared at the tree from afar, then poured all his mental power into the attack.
"Strange Sword Form!"
The next second, a huge blade light flashed, then disappeared into the empty air.
The giant Blade Tree also seemed to sense danger approaching. It rapidly shook its trunk, moving all its vines and branches in front of the trunk, trying to block Ethan's final strike.
But, forget the giant Blade Tree, even a master probably wouldn't have guessed that Ethan's attack would appear from behind the tree.
BANG!
A loud explosion sounded.
The giant Blade Tree shook violently twice, then finally collapsed with a huge crash.
[Discovered one Blade Tree. Collect?]
[Discovered one Blade Tree. Collect?]
[Discovered...]
Ethan walked forward.
Countless notifications kept appearing.
'Collect!'
[Advanced Wood +100]
[Wood Attribute Beast Core +1]
[Blade Tree Seed +1]
[Advanced Wood +123]
[Wood Attribute Beast Core +1]
[Blade Tree Seed...]
The countless Blade Trees were rapidly dismantled just like that.
And the road ahead that had originally been completely blocked was quickly cleared as Ethan continued collecting them.
He had no interest at all in these ordinary Blade Trees.
Only this giant Blade Tree interested Ethan a little.
Past experience had already told him, the larger the plant, or the more outrageous the size of a monster, the more likely some strange energy was nourishing them.
For example, advanced treasure chests, or various treasures scattered throughout this world.
So, Ethan was curious how this giant Blade Tree had grown so huge.
After approaching the giant Blade Tree, Ethan became even more aware of how small he was. His height wasn't even as tall as one branch split in the massive canopy.
Fortunately, the system would automatically dismantle it for him.
[Discovered Giant Blade Tree. Collect?]
'Collect!'
[Top-grade Wood +10000]
[Vines +1000]
[Five-colored Beast Core +1]
[Lost Divine Statue (Fragment) +1]
"As expected!"
Joy appeared in Ethan's eyes.
As expected of a giant Blade Tree. Not only did it give him ten thousand units of Top-grade Wood, which was even better than Advanced Wood, it even dropped a fragment of the Lost Divine Statue.
Ethan quickly took out the Lost Divine Statue and discovered that it was also...
[Lost Divine Statue Fragment buried within the earth: If you can gather the complete Divine Statue, you will obtain some shocking secrets from it.]
[PS: Under the nourishment of the divine statue, the sapling grew wildly until it eventually wrapped around the statue itself and gained the statue's mysterious power. Anyone approaching within ten meters of the tree will be directly sliced apart by the statue's spatial ability and turned into nutrients for the tree.]
"Holy shit!"
"You'll get chopped to pieces if you get within ten meters?"
When Ethan saw this notification, he froze for a moment.
Fortunately, this tree itself was already abnormal and had long-range attack abilities, otherwise he really might have walked right beneath it.
As expected, the Lost Divine Statue's abilities were insane.
"This Lost Divine Statue is also a Prophetic Statue. Could it be part of the same one I got earlier from the spring in the Mist Forest?"
Ethan looked carefully and realized it really was.
This Lost Divine Statue looked like the lower half.
He needed to hurry back and try combining them.
Maybe he'd end up with another life-saving treasure.
"Ahhh!"
"Idris, protect Nini!"
"Sister Nana!"
Just as Ethan was studying the divine statue fragment, a scream suddenly sounded from not far away.
He turned toward Nana and the others, only to discover that a huge swarm of giant black moths had appeared from somewhere and were attacking them.
The giant moths were made up of black, white, and gray colors. Each one had a wingspan close to one meter wide.
They looked terrifying.
[Ghost-faced Moth: Lives near Blade Trees. Feeds on the nectar of Blade Trees or the blood of various animals. Because its wings and body are extremely soft, it is unaffected by the Blade Tree's attacks, making it one of the few natural enemies of the Blade Tree!]
[PS: Ghost-faced Moths are group creatures. Once one takes flight, the entire swarm follows, often creating a sky-covering effect that is extremely terrifying.]
Nana swung the greatsword in her hands, desperately slashing at the giant Ghost-faced Moths flying through the air.
But there were simply too many Ghost-faced Moths.
She couldn't cut through all of them alone.
Meanwhile, because Idris was protecting Nini, he couldn't move away at all. He could only wildly swing the large blade in his hands, trying his best to stop those damn Ghost-faced Moths from getting close.
"Ahhh!"
Unfortunately, even Nana couldn't completely defend herself against thousands upon thousands of Ghost-faced Moths.
One Ghost-faced Moth stabbed into her back, causing her to instantly lose her ability to defend herself. Immediately afterward, countless Ghost-faced Moths took the chance to swarm onto her body and directly lifted her into the air.
"Sister Nana!"
Nini screamed, then immediately used the Gate Opening Technique.
She sent a defensive dagger into Nana's hand, but at that exact moment, a Ghost-faced Moth's mouthpart viciously stabbed into her as well.
"Ahhh!"
"Nini!"
Seeing this, Idris hurriedly protected Nini while retreating backward, not wanting her to end up like Nana.
But when Ethan saw Nini open a black spatial gate, stick her hand into it, and then somehow deliver a dagger into Nana's hand, he was surprised.
He clearly remembered...
'Isn't this girl only a healer?'
'Since when did she suddenly have spatial abilities?'
[🎉 Shoutout to Aethergray and what_iz for joining p@treon. Thank you very much.🤗]