Ancient Ark: A Dark-Themed Historical Survival Game

This new skill is amazing.

This gave Xiao Yu even more confidence.

Even without relying on Sun Tzu's spirit, he can now gain an advantage in competition with other players.

not enough.

Even stronger!

He came to a place called Twisted Forest.

This dark and eerie forest, with its twisted trees resembling braids and coral-like branches, is the most challenging area in the Lost Forest.

At this stage, players who accidentally enter will die!

There is a monster here, which is a twisted dwarf tree in the shape of a human, about five or six meters tall, with many eyeball-shaped tubercles growing all over its body.

[Twisted Treant], Tier 3 Common Unit, 60 Health...

These are level 3 normal monsters.

Its overall strength is close to that of elites of the same level.

Its defense and recovery are extremely high, making it very difficult to damage. Even if damage is managed to be inflicted, it can quickly heal itself.

The Twisted Treant's mental attack can induce hallucinations, and players currently have no way to resist it; once affected, they will inevitably lose their combat power.

Twisted forest.

There are nearly a hundred twisted tree people.

A level 4 elite Twisted Treant.

In addition, the area is covered with various highly poisonous plants, and natural traps are everywhere, making it extremely difficult and challenging.

of course.

The Twisted Treeman is ultimately just an ordinary monster.

Although it was very tricky.

However, its weaknesses are also obvious.

First, the effective range of mental attacks is only fifteen meters. Second, their mobility is weak, and they move clumsily and slowly.

The most important point.

This monster is very weak to fire!

Xiao Yu cast the "Invasion Like Fire" spell and used a drop of mental dew before locking onto the first Twisted Treant.

Whoosh!

One arrow, and it hits!

-14!

Xiao Yu's spirits lifted; without the addition of fire attribute, it would only cause one or two points of damage at most.

I want to wear one down to death.

It will take at least twenty or thirty minutes.

Now it can not only easily deal high damage, but also cause a continuous burning effect, which can inhibit the Twisted Treant from regenerating health.

"This place is hell for others, but it's the perfect training ground for me!"

The twisted tree-man let out a low growl.

It came with heavy steps.

Xiao Yu was familiar with his opponent's abilities, so he naturally avoided getting close and immediately adopted a kiting-style fighting approach.

-14!

-2!

-2!

-16!

……

The fire-attribute arrows continued to deal high damage, and the flames burned ever brighter and brighter. The twisted treant could not withstand the pressure and soon collapsed.

[You have lost loot, Spirit +4, Gray Soulstone +1, Twisted Blackwood +1!]

They tasted the sweetness of success.

Xiao Yu continued his hunt.

The second, the third, the fourth... one after another, the twisted tree-men fell in the flames.

【…】

[Energy +4!]

[Energy +4!]

[Energy +4, Gray Soul Stone +2!]

[Spirit +4, Black Tree Leggings +1!]

【…】

Xiao Yu spent half a day clearing out almost the entire Twisted Forest and reaped a very generous reward.

First, there's the income of over 400 units of vital energy!

They did not rely on the heroic spirits.

It all depends on myself.

Secondly, there are as many as 56 gray soul stones and 25 portions of gray mid-grade treant material "Twisted Blackwood".

The drop rate for materials is quite high.

Twisted ebony is a rather useful grey material, and its value is much higher than that of ordinary materials.

Two gray-quality items.

A pair of blackwood leg guards and a blackwood shield, both of medium-grade gray quality, with relatively average attributes.

They were equipped with leg guards.

Take a short rest to recover your mental strength.

I used the last drop of spiritual dew.

Such high training efficiency is exhilarating. As long as we defeat the Tree Demon BOSS, this hunt will be a complete success!

The Twisted Treant is more difficult.

However, it cannot move, so you can easily clear out the nearby monsters before finally dealing with the wild boss.

Xiao Yu dared not let his guard down.

The Twisted Treant's mental attack radius is up to 40 meters, and it has three methods: summoning treants, summoning minions, and manipulating vines.

Summoning the Tree People is the most dangerous thing.

The Twisted Treant can instantly awaken all the treants in the forest and attack the challenger, which is why Xiao Yu wanted to clear out the smaller monsters first.

First, arrive near the BOSS.

There is a grove of unusually tall trees that look no different from other trees. If an unsuspecting player walks into it, they will be ambushed.

The Twisted Tree Spirit is extremely skilled at disguise.

These trees look exactly alike, and one of them is the true form of the Twisted Tree Spirit. Without information or proper identification, one will suffer a great loss.

Omniscient at present.

The twisted tree spirit had nowhere to hide.

Xiao Yu drew his golden bow and shot an arrow from a distance of about 45 meters. The arrow pierced through the forest and hit a large tree precisely.

-6!

A muffled growl.

The entire forest trembled.

The seemingly ordinary, twisted tree underwent a transformation, with wriggling tumors appearing on its surface, one of which formed a hideous, one-eyed human face.

[Twisted Treant], Tier 4 Elite Unit, Health 134/140...

Xiao Yu remained unmoved.

Two more arrows struck the tree demon in succession.

The twisted tree spirit naturally wouldn't sit idly by and wait to be killed. It quickly launched a counterattack, and several small monsters with tangled roots and thorns burst out of the ground.

Treant Golem, a level 4 common summoned unit...

These are the minions summoned by the tree spirit.

Killing them won't drop anything.

The difficulty of this battle lies in the fact that even if you escape the range of the mental attack, the tree demon can continue to summon minions to retaliate. If you cannot kill the tree demon as soon as possible, the minions will be almost endless.

Xiao Yu was prepared.

First, summon the archer spirit.

"Aggression is like a curse!"

He used up his remaining spiritual energy to cast the spell on the archer spirit as well.

"Deal with the puppets!"

Xiao Yu gave orders to the archer heroes.

The Treant Puppet is also weak to fire, and the arrows from the archers with the "Aggression Like Fire" spell can completely suppress it. Xiao Yu only needs to focus on dodging the vine attacks and dealing damage.

-7!

-6!

-8!

The tree spirit was constantly being attacked and damaged. The flames on its body grew stronger and stronger, and it was unable to use any means of recovery, so its health bar quickly reached zero.

A mournful cry.

The tree spirit's trunk shattered.

A white ball of light burst forth.

Xiao Yu breathed a sigh of relief; the problem was finally solved.

[You have collected loot: Soul Essence +15, White Soul Stone +2, White Heroic Spirit Essence +1!]

Not bad.

Another batch of Heroic Spirit Essence exploded.

Two portions of white Heroic Spirit Essence should be enough to upgrade the Archer Heroic Spirit's quality from gray to white.

The significance of this battle goes beyond that.

The stored essence has once again exceeded 450.

This means that to cultivate another spell from the Six Secrets of the Military Sage, Xiao Yu needs to choose one from wind, forest, or mountain.

"There's nothing to hesitate about."

"While Forest Spell and Mountain Spell are also useful, one increases recovery and skill cooldown speed, and the other increases defense and resistance. At this stage, they are not as practical as Wind Spell!"

[Soul Essence - 450!]

[You have learned the skill "Swift as the Wind" through the spirit of "Sun Tzu, the Master of War"!]

【Swift as the Wind】, a purple skill... Consumes 15 points of spirit. You can increase any unit's agility attribute by 20 points for 600 seconds, and the agility amplification is increased by 20%... Current skill level 1, maximum skill level 9, consumes 500 spirit to upgrade.

The results speak for themselves.

This skill increases speed.

What does 20 points of Agility mean?

This attribute boost alone is enough to make Xiao Yu's speed and reaction speed twice that of other players of the same level!

Moreover, it adds a 20% agility boost!

In the long term.

This kind of increase yields greater benefits.

This allows for incredibly fast speeds in a short period, making it impossible for current players of the same level to keep up.

The two spells are used together.

The effect is even greater!

The advantage of having one purple skill is already significant, and now that he has mastered another, Xiao Yu's power is now unmatched by anyone else.

I'm a little tired.

The supplies have run out.

Xiao Yu decided to enter the main city as soon as possible.

……

It took about half a day.

They fought their way north out of the forest.

Many players have traveled this route, and because it is relatively close to Suiyang City, there are not many monsters to kill, and only thirty or forty points of essence have been collected.

When Suiyang City came into view.

Xiao Yu breathed a sigh of relief: "We've finally arrived!"

Although it has evolved in the deep sea for a hundred years, it still retains many of the styles of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.

The starting point of this ancient world is the Spring and Autumn Period, and its spatial scope is not small, theoretically including many cities and people.

But natural disasters and mutations followed one after another.

Nightmare tides erupt periodically.

The living conditions of our ancestors were extremely harsh.

Most cities have been reduced to ruins, and the vast majority of the population has perished. Suiyang, with a population of over 100,000, is now the largest city.

The one in charge.

Lord Suiyang, Sima Geng.

He was one of the seventy-two disciples of Confucius.

The old world provided an environment conducive to cultivation, and those who possessed historical destiny were more likely to comprehend knowledge from the deep sea, naturally possessing extremely high potential.

Sima Geng was not weak.

However, they are only nominal managers.

The strongest guardian is someone else.

This person was Fan Li, who was known as the "Sage of Commerce".

This was also Xiao Yu's target, except that Fan Li was different from Sun Wu; he did not die and did not become a heroic spirit.