Comprehensive network wizard, magic emperor.

Chapter 155: The Giant Fish-Body Tree That Devours Skeletons

There are two boss monsters in the Purgatory difficulty [Botanical Garden] dungeon, and there is one in Garden No. 5, but it is not easy to find it.

Standing in the shade under the sky forest, everyone looked up and saw that each air sac tree looked like a bulging cylinder with pale white bark to reduce heat absorption. The roots were intertwined and could transfer nutrients to each other to increase the survival rate of the population.

This layer of white sky is like a tightly woven thick blanket. The light from the sun lamps can only penetrate through the tiny gaps between the leaf crowns and tree roots, forming tens of thousands of slender light beams that penetrate the sky and the earth.

In the shade of the trees, diffuse atmospheric reflection brought dusk-like light. Every step they took was among thousands of beams of light, and each of them was covered with bright spots of light, like a group of leopards.

The group's target is the elevator base in the center of Park No. 5, where they will take the elevator all the way to the Sky Forest above their heads to start the boss battle.

The base was located in an oasis. The sound of horse hooves crossed the desolate rocky desert, and the iron feet of the machines stepped over the broken ravines, and they arrived at the edge of the oasis.

The lush green land in front of us is mostly composed of immature saplings, with a few exploding dandelions mixed in. They are the defense system of the No. 5 Garden ecosystem.

The exploding dandelions growing in large numbers in the glass corridor were as dense as sardines in the sea, but in their native land, their numbers were relatively rare. Because Garden No. 5 was severely short of water, precious water resources were needed to support the growth of the Sky Grove seedlings.

Rather than purging their dead, silent brethren, these living trees remained in their ecological niche, becoming a simple link in the Sky Forest chain. Only after leaving their native habitat did they display the same tenacious vitality as an invasive species.

They quickly cleared the oasis of living dandelions and arrived at the base.

There are some abandoned human buildings on the surface, surrounding a large elevator. Eight white-painted steel columns extend from the surface to the glass dome, forming a stable support structure.

The mounts remained on the surface, and the group boarded a large vertical lift platform with a diameter of 20 meters.

The heavy pull-rod switch seemed to be welded shut. The kid was so frustrated that his face flushed with frustration that he couldn't even turn it. The female orc took over, her biceps trembled suddenly, and she pulled the lever open.

The hum of machinery and the sound of the hydraulic system releasing air as it activated resembled a muffled gasp. Eight heavy cables connecting the dome to the surface began to work, slowly pulling the thick circular steel platform off the ground.

At this time, except for Lin Bo, the air unit, the activities of other players were limited to the platform.

The wizard looked up and saw groups of black dots jumping out of the high and distant forest in the sky. They were as nimble as monkeys, climbing up the tree roots and flying, then pounced on the eight steel column supports, sliding down the poles and launching a surprise attack from the sky.

Those are the vassal soldiers of the boss monster in Garden No. 5.

According to the guide, they are camouflaged plants that can mimic humans. They generally wear protective clothing, which significantly increases their resistance to fire before the clothing is damaged. Their weapons are two plant arms: the left arm twists into a sharp long knife, and the right arm is a thick gun barrel. They can fire wood spike shotgun shells by detonating the high-pressure airbags in their bodies.

The most bizarre thing is that these plants have a small amount of human emotions. They will show anger and fear at the death of their own kind, and murmur some fragmented words. Perhaps they have inherited the memories of the company employees who were swallowed and digested by them.

These guys are not easy to deal with, and there are so many of them. On average, each player has to deal with nine pretenders. It's not a big deal in open areas, but it's quite deadly in a limited space. It's impossible to use them when there are too many people.

"(True Word) Wind."

A hoarse noise came from under Lin Bo's mask, and the things whose real names were read out obeyed the wizard's orders like obedient puppies.

The resonance brought by the dual words allowed him to sense the airflow without the help of his eyes, ears, mouth, nose, etc., and the wind under his control was no longer limited to the surface of his body.

At first, it was just a breeze that brushed across his palm, which was then blown out by the Flow Control Technique. The force became stronger and stronger, and the speed became faster and faster, bringing in more air currents to join in, making the wind under his control gradually become larger.

From breeze, to cyclone, to gale.

From the palm of his hand, to his entire body, to a huge vortex of wind covering the sky above the elevator platform.

Lin Bo's long robe fluttered, he opened his arms and pushed the wind vortex in all directions. The rapidly surging air flow wrapped around the eight cables, forming a strong crosswind, which made the steel columns shake, the cables twitch, and the steel platform sway gently like quiet waves.

The teammates stepped on the shaking lift, looking up at the figure of the mage. His clothes fluttered like flags, and he rose rapidly, wrapped in a whirlwind of wind, blowing violently all the way, sweeping away the clinging pretenders like mosquitoes, and they fell to the ground so far away that no sound of impact could be heard, only black dots that were no longer moving.

Occasionally, one or two fish that were caught particularly firmly would slip through the net, but they would be swarmed by the nine hungry and thirsty players, chopped into four or five pieces, and kicked out from the edge of the lift.

After getting rid of the last pretender, most of the journey has been completed.

They reached a height of several hundred meters and were about to arrive at their destination.

Above, the vertical roots of the lush trees drooped like curtains, and the white bark reflected the skylight, making the environment brighter. Tiny arcs of electricity ran between the needle-shaped leaves, and the blue-green treetops looked like a group of electrified hedgehogs.

The air is humid and has a strong smell of ozone.

The elevator is docked on the circular sky island.

The diameter of this sky island is 500 meters and is dotted with some important experimental buildings.

Lin Bo was one step ahead of his teammates, standing on the sky island and looking around at the scenery. The oncoming air current was wrapped with wisps of cold clouds, blowing a slight coolness on his skin. The clouds quietly told the mage that a huge monster was coming to his southeast.

It is the overlord born of the forest, a thunderstorm beast that swallows clouds and spits out mist, and the sky is the ocean in which it swims.

Lin Bo soared into the air and looked towards the southeast. Above the treetops, a white fish shadow glided towards him.

The leader of Garden Five is a giant tree with the body of a fish that devours skeletons. It emits a distant, majestic, and eerie cry, as if hundreds of humans were howling at the same time.

It is thirty meters long, with a barrel-shaped, round body. The fins on both sides are spread out like wings, and the dense roots on its abdomen rub against the leaf canopy of the sky trees, absorbing huge amounts of electric charge and turning it into thunder spewed from its mouth.

The pale surface of the body is covered with blood vessel-like vines, and there are nine crater-like buds on the back. The enlarged ovary of the buds can continuously produce pretenders.

The Fish-Bodied Giant Tree's only means of attack is charged lightning. As a base-type boss monster, it mainly relies on creating new pretender soldiers to eliminate players.

The way to defeat it is to break the nine ovaries, and the giant tree will lose its biological activity and fall from the sky.

At this moment, glass cracks appeared in the air, and the third wave of nightmares arrived unexpectedly.

A crack opened up on the lift platform, and purple-black mist gurgled out, forming a group of disc-shaped intelligent drones and a familiar figure.

[Astrology Fan]: The Morning Star is here again!
[荒漠飞转]: Why do you come to cause trouble at this time!

Nightmare's transformed Morning Star, wearing a white coat, beamed with joy upon seeing the players behind him, raising his hand and greeting them: "Are you tourists?"

"What are you mumbling about? Eat my magic explosion!" The sorcerer raised his hand and pointed, and the dark green magic power turned into a ray, hitting Nightmare Morning Star directly, piercing her chest and abdomen.

"What are you doing? Bastards, swarm drones, subdue these guys!" Nightmare Morning Star covered his stomach and ordered the intelligent robots to rush towards the players.

These drones can release electric currents and spray plasma flames. They were originally designed to suppress out-of-control experimental subjects. They are very agile and nimble, and can resist ordinary attacks like loaches.

The halfling ranger pulled out his sepak takraw net gun and casually pulled the trigger, catching fish instantly. However, new drones continued to pour out of the Nightmare Rift, and it would take a while to clear them all out.

The leader monster, the giant tree with a fish body, has approached the edge of the sky island.

Lin Bo glanced down at his teammates. He only needed three or four men to handle the Nightmare Invasion. He called for help from a few teammates on the chat, and they responded immediately.

The wizard raised his hand and formed the Three Mountains Seal, rolling the iron balls into thin chains. They flew out like living snakes and bound the waists of the knights, barbarians, tricksters, and artillerymen.

[Lighthouse Operator]: Let’s go!

The steel tightened, propelling four teammates into the air. Lin Bo, dragging his helpers along, faced the approaching pale fish. The leader monster's hollow, barrel-shaped mouth was like a dark well, and within its depths, lightning like ripples brewed, aiming in the direction of the mage.

When humans face this overlord, it is like staring at a ten-story building. Its huge mouth is comparable to an indoor stadium and can easily swallow everyone.

The electric charge in the air made their hair stand on end and their hair fly.

The first lightning strike is ready to strike.

Lin Bo had too many low-resistance conductors on his body. Even if he avoided the direct hit, the lightning that pierced the air would catch up with him and his teammates. This lightning strike was inevitable.

All he did was to shoot three iron balls into the big mouth of the fish-bodied giant tree.

[Swift Shadow Beast]: It's going to thunder!
The four teammates who were dragged into the air by the wizard felt as if they were on the edge of an abyss. They were so frightened that their facial features were distorted and their eyes were wide open.

Lin Bo stared at the gradually brightening electric light in the fish's mouth, his lips moving as he silently said, "Disperse."

The three flying iron balls suddenly exploded, and countless thin iron wires extended in all directions, interweaving into a large metal net, suspended in the air.

Boom!

Thunder flashed suddenly, and the sky turned white.

Although the lightning spewed out from the mouth of the giant fish-shaped tree is not as strong as the thunder in nature, it also has the wild posture of venting and running. The plasma outlet, which is as thick as several people's arms, diffuses in the air, growing like the branches of a tree, and looks like a blooming firework. In just a blink of an eye, it swallowed up Lin Bo and the other five people.

The teammates on the sky island were horrified and at a loss, squinting their eyes and trying to see.

[Zhi Zhong Shi]: My Wall of Laws was not attacked, they are safe and sound
The time mechanic made the most correct judgment. When the lightning dissipated, the figures of Lin Bo and others were fully revealed.

The only thing that disappeared was the large net formed by the three iron balls, which was instantly turned into metal vapor by the strong electricity.

There was cheering and applause in the team channel.

Lin Bo dragged his teammates onto the back of the giant fish-shaped tree.

[Lighthouse Guest]: Stand still, block the monsters for me

The wizard hung the whale-breath lantern around his waist, turned on the flame, raised his hand to make a fist seal, then changed to a flame-shaped seal, and made an empty palm seal with his other hand.

The azure whale fire spewed out of the lantern and condensed into a quiet ball of flame in front of him, dancing with a heart-pounding flame.

(End of this chapter)