Death Train: SSS-level talent right from the start!

"It seems that obtaining the blessing of the tree god is not difficult."

Chen Ye withdrew his gaze and looked at the crowd in front of him who were still wielding their weapons.

A moment later, a muffled thud came from Li Tianran's side as well.

He chose a slender tree hidden between two thick trees. After stabbing the dagger into the trunk, he twisted his wrist, and the trunk split open.

A ball of green light, exactly the same as the one Zhao Hai had just obtained, flew out from the heart of the tree and entered Li Tianran's brow.

Li Tianran paused, glanced down at his panel, then looked up, a slight smile curving his lips.

Next was Jiang Ning. He chopped down a red-barked tree about twenty meters away from the crowd. The moment the tree fell, a ball of green light flew out and entered his brow.

Jiang Ning glanced down at his trial mission status, then sheathed his bow and retreated.

"Hey bro, let's go cut down some trees!"

Qin Zhaoyang's voice carried a hint of barely suppressed urgency.

Chen Ye turned to Zhao Hai: "Brother Hai, you take Chaoyang and the squad leader to cut down trees. Their safety is in your hands. If you encounter any elite monsters, you can handle them."

Zhao Hai nodded: "Don't worry, leave Zhao Yang and Zhou Yating's safety to me. I won't let anyone else in our team die."

The three of them then headed toward a sparsely wooded area not far away.

Chen Ye watched them walk about ten meters away before turning his gaze away: "If there's no problem, we should get moving too."

Gu Qinghuan did not respond, but her figure had already moved in another direction.

Chen Ye followed after him, carrying the Demon-Slaying Halberd.

The two men, one on the left and one on the right, cut into the undisturbed forest from different directions.

Chen Ye stopped after walking a certain distance.

His gaze swept over the trees in front of him, locking onto a tree growing behind the thicker one, its trunk thinner than the surrounding trees, and its bark a darker color.

He did not hesitate.

He twirled the Demon-Slaying Halberd halfway in his hand, and the spear slammed into the tree trunk with a whooshing sound.

The tree trunk snapped in response, and blood mist gushed from the break. A tree spirit burst out of the mist, but before it even hit the ground, its head was pierced by the spear tip.

Chen Ye pulled out the tip of his gun, glanced at the broken end of the tree, and then continued forward.

On the other side, Gu Qinghuan also chose a slender tree. Her throwing knife swiftly swept across the trunk, and with a flash of light, the trunk was severed at the root, the cut as smooth as a mirror.

Blood mist also surged out, but the throwing knife had already spun several times in the mist, cutting the tree spirit that emerged from the mist into several pieces.

Gu Qinghuan's expression remained unchanged. She returned the throwing knife to her side and turned to the next tree.

The team continued hacking away in this area where the blood mist was thin all afternoon.

The higher-ranking passengers dispersed within a radius of nearly 100 meters, cutting down trees one after another.

The lower-class passengers remained in their original positions, and no one dared to step forward.

Some of them squatted on the ground, listlessly picking at the fallen leaves, while others craned their necks to look at the logging site in the distance.

The sky was slowly darkening.

Chen Ye stopped and glanced back at the path he had come from.

The area had been almost completely cleared by them, with nearly a hundred broken trees lying haphazardly on the ground, and the blood mist at the cuts had long since dissipated.

The crimson mist in the forest was thickening at a slow but not negligible rate.

The mist, which was originally as thin as gauze, was gathering from all directions, accumulating between the trees to become a more noticeable presence.

His gaze lingered for a moment on one of the broken trees before turning back to the undisturbed forest in the distance.

On the other side, Gu Qinghuan also stopped what she was doing; there was still nothing between her eyebrows.

Chen Ye walked a few steps in her direction, and the two stopped about ten meters apart.

Gu Qinghuan glanced at Chen Ye and asked, "You haven't received the Tree God's blessing yet either?"

"no."

Chen Ye shrugged.

"Looks like our luck isn't so good." Gu Qinghuan looked around. "The blood mist is too thick here; we should move on."

Chen Ye nodded slightly, his gaze passing over the low shrubs and fallen tree trunks, landing on Zhao Hai and the other two not far away.

Zhao Hai was facing away from him, his right foot planted on a recently broken tree trunk, his right fist still in the punching position.

Qin Zhaoyang squatted down beside it, craning his neck to look into the broken part of the tree.

Zhou Yating stood a few steps away, the icy blue halo at her fingertips had mostly dissipated.

Zhao Hai seemed to sense Chen Ye's gaze, turned around, and shook his head slightly, indicating that he hadn't come out yet.

Wen Ning was not far from Zhao Hai, and she had not completed the trial mission either.

On the other side, Jiang Ning was also helping Jian Lan and Li Jiahao deal with the monsters they had encountered while cutting down trees.

The sky continued to darken.

Chen Ye withdrew his gaze, turned to Su Jin's direction, and called out, "Su Jin, assemble the team, we can't stay here any longer."

Upon hearing this, Su Jin sheathed his longsword and began to assemble the team.

A moment later, the group of more than sixty people regrouped.

Chen Ye's gaze swept across their faces and then landed on the space between their brows.

Besides Zhao Hai, Li Tianran, and Jiang Ning, Yang Qing from Su Jin's team and a level 11 passenger named Han Wei also received the blessing of the Tree God.

Lei Xing noticed Chen Ye's scanning gaze, glanced around, and then curled his lip: "This tree god's blessing really depends on pure luck. I've knocked down at least dozens of trees, but I still haven't received this damn tree god's blessing."

"No need to rush. This is only the first day of the seventy-two-hour trial. As long as you cut down enough trees, you will naturally receive the blessing of the Tree God."

Wen Ning said slowly and deliberately.

Su Jin looked up at the darkening sky through the gaps in the tree canopy: "It's getting late. Let's find an area where the blood mist is thinner to set up camp and continue tomorrow. Let's observe this forest tonight to see if there are any changes."

"Let's go."

Chen Ye picked up the Demon-Slaying Halberd and led his team forward.

Gu Qinghuan followed.

Su Jin and Lei Xing's group continued to walk on either side of the main group at the rear.

The group passed through several groves of trees, and the soil under their feet changed from soft humus to slightly harder sand.

The surrounding trees gradually became more sparse, the gaps between the trunks widened, and the canopy was no longer so dense and impenetrable.

The blood mist in the forest also thinned out.

Previously in the logging area, the fog was so thick it was almost like a flowing red veil, but here, the fog just floats faintly in the air, occasionally blown away by the wind.

"Let's set up camp here."

Chen Ye stopped after walking to a relatively open space.

As soon as he finished speaking, the lower-class passengers behind him got busy.

Some people took out tents from the storage space, some began to search for usable branches in the surrounding area, and some squatted on the ground to organize their belongings.

After a flurry of activity, about a dozen tents appeared in the open space, forming a circle with a large open area in the middle.

Soon a campfire was lit.

The flames licked at the withered branches, crackling and popping, their warm yellow light dispelling the surrounding darkness and illuminating the weary faces.