I created a safe zone in the nightmare world.

"A transcendent being has died just like that?!"

Xi Xue, Xuan Jian, Yang Linna, and Xiao K all gasped in shock.

The Spade people have traveled all over the country and have been to many places. They also know that the extraordinary are not so noble.

However, Xi Xue and the others were all newbies who had only been in the Dreamfall experience for a few months.

Not to mention a few months ago, even two months or a month ago, extraordinary beings were considered important figures in their eyes. Any extraordinary being held a pivotal position in Baijiang City.

The death of any one of them would shake the entire city of Baijiang.

Xuan Jian calmed down: "Indeed, the elders of the martial arts school have long warned that even extraordinary beings must walk on thin ice to survive in the nightmare world."

Spade spoke up: "Because most of the time, we Dreamers can't figure out what we're facing, how strong the enemy is, what methods they have, or whether there will be any unexpected events... These are things that often have to be tested with our lives."

"Now, we have glimpsed some of the extraordinary and strange methods of this being. Its innate ability is undoubtedly vines, and one of its characteristics is, unsurprisingly, 'piercing.' Just now, the rock armor protecting the extraordinary being was pierced through on the spot."

"Another characteristic is something like 'assimilation' or 'spreading.' The vines of the eerie demon tree itself cannot extend that far, but it assimilates the surrounding trees, turning them into its own tentacles. The eerie demon tree now has a great home-field advantage."

At this point, Spade paused, then continued, "If this strange demon tree is at the mid-stage of the Transcendent realm, then it has these two main characteristics. If the other party is at the late-stage of the Transcendent realm, then there is another hidden, undiscovered characteristic. I estimate that there is a 90% chance that the strange demon tree is at the late-stage of the Transcendent realm." He made this judgment based firstly on the demon tree's extremely high curse power value.

1100 points is higher than the human's transcendent perfection.

Secondly, it's based on one's own experience and intuition.

Spade is incredibly experienced; he has personally confronted dozens of extraordinary and bizarre beings.

This is also why Shi An appointed Spade as the captain.

This person has far more experience than Chen Jianghuai, and even more than Yan Xiangtian and Long Xingzhou!

Xuan Jian and the other newly promoted extraordinary beings were completely convinced. "No wonder the shopkeeper chose this person to lead the team. I still have a lot to learn in terms of intelligence gathering and exploration analysis."

Xi Xue didn't have so many thoughts; her super brain only wanted to use her super power.

"Hmm, I wonder if the store manager has noticed this place."

at this time,

The group from Greyshire Town finally escaped the area of ​​the giant tree and breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the vines had stopped spreading and chasing them.

But looking around again, they realized that when they went in, there were seven of them, but when they came out, there were only three left.

Not far away, the Nest Tree leader also ran out, dragging Blood Blade along.

They were disheveled and looked terrified.

The team leader of the envoy team, Sha Chen, had a dark and gloomy face. He stared at the giant forest, seemingly lost in thought.

Suddenly, he said, "By the way, did you see those out-of-towners?"

The entire giant tree region was still trembling, and it did not return to silence just because of the sandstorm and the escape of the Nest Tree leader and the others.

in contrast

These extraordinary beings, who had already escaped the area of ​​dust storms, even heard eerie, loud roars coming from afar.

The demon tree roared even louder!

What exactly happened inside?

"Could it be...?"

The dust cloud's expression shifted between light and shadow. After hesitating for a moment, he ventured back into the area of ​​the giant tree.

He must acquire something of value.

Whether it's treasure or intelligence, it's all fine.

Otherwise, having already lost a transcendent being without gaining anything, his position in the town would likely be in jeopardy when he returned!

at the same time,

Deep within the area of ​​the giant tree.

While the eerie demonic tree focused its attention on the group in Nightmare Town, the eight powerful figures from Black Spade and Mystic Sword had already quietly crept into the depths of the area. They could now see the demonic tree's true form from afar.

From the demon tree, vines radiating green light hung down. Human faces were branded onto the tree's trunk.

These faces, some in pain, some laughing, vary in age and gender, and are both bizarre and terrifying.

Little K was trembling with fear, but at this moment he had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow, as it would be even more dangerous to be away from the protection of the strong.

Fortunately,

A guiding light appeared, its destination being the rootstock of a giant tree not far away.

Previously, when Xiao K activated his membership card, the navigation indicated that they were outside the designated area and had to walk quite a distance to return to the safe zone. This time, however, a total of seven members activated their membership cards simultaneously, including two premium members, finally opening the gates to the safe zone inside the designated area.

Little K secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Xuan Jian, Xi Xue, Yang Linna and the others were also encouraged by this and were immediately full of confidence.

Although the Spade Quartet didn't quite understand—after all, it was their first time using a membership card—they knew it was an extremely reliable tool. Given that,

"Then we can be more aggressive. By now, those people from Nightmare Town should be almost out of the Giant Tree area. On the contrary, once those people are no longer drawing our attention, we'll be discovered no matter how well we hide. After all, this is the Demon Tree's lair."

Spades opened their mouth, announcing a fierce attack.

He took the lead, unleashing a surge of powerful magical energy, and produced a three-meter-long iron rod-shaped magical artifact.

Spade held the spell weapon, his muscles bulging inch by inch, his aura continuing to rise.

He was clearly a combat-oriented, offensive superhuman.

The rising aura instantly attracted the attention of the demon tree, but Spade had already rushed forward, like an ancient beast, covering a thousand meters in the blink of an eye. He swung his black club and struck heavily at the strange human faces.

boom!

The fierce wind raged, splitting the trunk of the demon tree with a huge gash, and the eerie human faces burst open like popped pimples in an instant. Blood and juices gushed out.

Instantly, the faces of the other people on the tree trunk all turned to look pained, and they let out deafening roars and howls.

Vines hung down all around, thorns coming from all directions.

It looked as if several extraordinary experts were besieging them, but the spade iron rod danced wildly, defending them tightly.

Xuanjian's talent is not suited for large-scale destruction; even ordinary spells like the Instant Sword Strike are somewhat lacking in destructive power. However, he also possesses rare-grade spells.

"Rising Dragon Slash"

With the enhancement of his weapon-type talent, a black dragon-shaped sword beam surged forth, relentlessly destroying the tree bark and crushing the human faces on it.

The Xuan Sword also attracted the attention of many vines.

At this moment, the Snow Flame Demon's clone appeared behind Xi Xue. As everyone knows, fire has a special effect on trees, and the Black Spade duo's first move was also to create an opportunity for Xi Xue.

Xi Xue held her breath and focused her mind, as the temperature of the Snow Flame Demon's arms behind her continued to rise.

Yang Linna appeared beside her, shielding her from the spreading vines and the withered tree demons that kept attacking from all sides.

Power charged up.

"Invincible Explosive Flame Powerful Punch!"

She threw a punch.

Snow Flame Demon threw a punch! The crimson fist swelled several times or even ten times its original size the instant it was thrown, and this punch, as big as the front of a car, slammed into the trunk of the demon tree.

Like a battering ram crashing down!

"boom!"

The ground trembled, and a crimson ripple spread outwards, the heat wave igniting the surrounding trees, some twenty or thirty meters tall. The hard bark shattered into dust, leaving a deep, massive fist-shaped imprint, from which countless cracks spread outwards! In the distance, the blocks whipped up a gale, fueling the flames and causing them to spread further across the tree trunks.

The eerie demon tree was still roaring.

It has significant advantages: geographical advantage, size advantage, and magical power advantage.

However, it also has its drawbacks.

Its drawbacks include its immobile body and the densely packed human faces on it.

At the same time, it is just a strange creature without intelligence; although powerful, it does not know how to fully utilize its advantages.

"We can kill them!"

Everyone was excited.

Spade also guessed the third extraordinary characteristic of this demonic tree: absorption.

If one is bound by its vines, their strength and life force will be drained and converted into the demon tree's own life force. Therefore, relying on sheer numbers and a protracted battle is absolutely insufficient to defeat this late-stage transcendent demon tree.

But all seven people present were extraordinary.

Both the Spades and Hearts are at the mid-stage of the Extraordinary Realm, possessing rich experience and high combat strength.

Although the clubs and cubes are only at the early stages of the transcendent realm, they are equally experienced in fighting the bizarre and extraordinary beings.

Xuan Jian, Xi Xue, and Yang Linna are all geniuses.

At this moment, the seven powerful individuals worked together to distribute the firepower of the demonic tree vines, so the pressure on each of them was not great.

They persisted, steadily advancing their efforts.

at the same time,

The extraordinary powerhouse, Sha Chen, has also returned to this core area.

In the distance, flames burst forth, raging alongside a fierce wind, heatwave, and billowing smoke.

But when his gaze pierced through the billowing smoke and dust and he saw the terrifying demonic tree... the tree's body was already broken, and the powerful outsiders he had just encountered were now besieging and attacking this terrifying demonic tree.

The demonic tree is terrifying, but the strong humans have already gained the upper hand.

The sandstorm gaped wide open.

"Seven... a full seven extraordinary beings!"

"Did all the extraordinary experts from which faction come out in full force?"

Even in a regional hegemon like their Gray Earth Town, there are only a dozen or so extraordinary individuals within their entire force.

Seven extraordinary individuals—that's more than half the total.

If anything goes wrong, the entire force will suffer a severe blow. Therefore, in the history of Gray Earth Town, the number of times it has sent out six or seven extraordinary individuals is extremely small.

Maybe three times, two times, or even less.

Sandstorm understood even more clearly, "These seven extraordinary individuals are probably not all the powerful figures in this mysterious force. But which force do they come from, and why don't I recognize any of these extraordinary experts?"

He was still pondering a question at that moment.

Is there an opportunity for me to take advantage of this?

As a ruthless individual who had survived two years in the nightmare world, he certainly dared to do something as risky as snatching chestnuts from the fire.

just,

After assessing the situation, Sha Chen suppressed his thoughts.

"The opponent's playing style is very steady, not aggressive at all. Who knows what cards they still have up their sleeves."

"Unless something unexpected happens."

"Wait, an accident?"

The dust storm was directed in another direction.

He had only hoped for it, but then a terrifying aura appeared in the distance, rapidly approaching.

"Extraordinary and bizarre! Two extraordinary and bizarre beings!"

"The commotion here is so great that it has indeed attracted the attention of the supernatural and eerie forces in the surrounding area!"

"And these two extraordinary and bizarre figures..."

Even just two ordinary extraordinary beings would be enough to disrupt the current balance.

He might actually have a chance to snatch chestnuts from the fire in this sandstorm!

"Heaven is on my side!"

He was overjoyed, yet he tried his best to suppress his emotions and conceal his aura.

The sandstorm waited quietly.

A dozen or twenty seconds later, the extraordinary aura was already approaching, stirring up a terrifying and ominous storm.

Sure enough, several powerful figures in the distance became serious. They seemed to be preparing to send some people to intercept the two extraordinary beings, but this would greatly increase the pressure on the others.

The thought had just arisen in the sandstorm's mind.

Another figure appeared.

The newcomer was tall and imposing, like an iron tower, and his black armor gleamed under the green light.

The burly man with the iron tower leaped onto the canopy of a large tree and held his giant sword horizontally.

"Halt ahead."

But these two strange creatures, which were not very intelligent to begin with, would not turn back so easily.

then,

Under the watchful gaze of the sandstorm, the two ferocious and eerie figures crashed straight into the burly man with the iron tower.

The burly man wielded his sword, the giant blade spinning and creating beautiful light and shadow effects.

Fast! Accurate! Violent!

The burly man in black armor unleashed sword strike after sword strike, causing the surrounding giant trees to collapse and a raging storm to erupt.

When the burly man in black armor finished his final strike and plunged the greatsword into the ground...

Before them lay two bizarre figures, their auras completely vanished, their bodies dismembered.

Sha Chen swallowed hard.

"There...there are even stronger individuals?!"

"There are more than seven extraordinary individuals; this one is even stronger. Could he be the leader?"

"Are there other, even stronger individuals behind them? Just how many extraordinary beings are there in this force?"

Li Feng cast his gaze from afar.

Sha Chen shuddered, feeling as if he were seeing an ancient, colossal monster, utterly terrifying.

Scared!

terrible!

We can't stay here any longer!!

He had originally intended to take advantage of the chaos to find some treasures and search for the heartwood of trees that were ten or a hundred years old, but now he dared not linger for even a moment longer.

He was afraid of being misunderstood by that black-armored expert.

He really was just passing by.

The sandstorm slowly receded from the area around the giant tree.

When they arrived outside, another extraordinary member of the delegation and the Nest Tree leader were still waiting.

As soon as he returned, his extraordinary companion asked, "Brother Sha, what's the situation inside? It seems like there's a big battle going on. Is there any chance we can take advantage of this?" As an old acquaintance, his companion had already guessed what Sha Chen was thinking.

However, Sandstorm was still shaken. He simply shouted, "Don't ask anymore. The situation inside is complicated. Let's get out of here first." The Nest Tree leader, of course, didn't ask. However, he seemed to hear from afar the sound of something enormous collapsing within the giant forest. The group ran quickly, until they had run several kilometers before Sandstorm stopped.

He looked at the Nest Tree leader and said, "Chief Yang, find some time to investigate that giant tree area and send us some information. We have other missions, so we'll be leaving now."

The sandstorm left cleanly.

After they had gone far away, Chief Nest Tree Poplar fell into deep thought.

Blood Blade asked, "Chief, what do we do now? It seems we've missed out on the treasures in the Giant Tree region."

Chief Yang: "We've missed out on the treasure, but this might just be an opportunity for us."