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Chapter 444 A Chinese Ghost Story: The Ghost Tree Demon

Garp happens to be a brute with pure strength and a straightforward personality, so he feels an instinctive aversion and rejection when he sees Orochimaru.

"Don't say that, Lieutenant General Garp."

Smoker, with a cigar in his mouth, shook his head helplessly, reminding Garp of his careless words.

The Navy Intelligence Department had already informed them of Orochimaru's deeds. Although she seemed cold, she held a strong sense of justice in her heart and also disliked Orochimaru.

But now it's a cooperative relationship.

If you make your actions too obvious, it will reduce the success rate of hunting down the Tree Demon Granny.

"Vice Admiral Garp, he's always been like this, isn't he? He really has an enviable youthful mindset."

Borsalino pouted, his tone odd, as if it were none of his business.

They didn't care at all whether the hunt would be successful.

The overall situation is as if they were forced to come here because they were being paid by the Navy Alliance.

Akainu was already annoyed, and upon seeing this, he angrily shouted, "Shut up, all of you! The reputation of the Marine Alliance is ruined by undisciplined and lax people like you, which is why we are looked down upon."

Once he becomes the Admiral of the Navy, he must thoroughly reform the discipline of the Naval Alliance.

Borsalino feigned surprise and said, "You're getting more and more irritable, Akainu. It's said that you can't rely on brute force alone to get past the Dryad's portal; you also need a calm mind."

After the Reincarnation game was updated,

The biggest change is that it's no longer about relying solely on brute force to overcome obstacles and hunt; some game maps and scenes have been enhanced with suspense and puzzle-solving elements.

If you can discover the key points and details of the game map, you can weaken and reduce the strength of the boss.

If you don't discover it, the difficulty of passing the level will increase several times.

The most obvious example is the [Underworld Mission].

Jiraiya's main mission is to resist the giants and protect [Wall Maria].

He chose to face the Colossal Titan and the Armored Titan head-on, as well as countless ordinary Titans. A slight misstep could result in him being trampled into mincemeat by the Titans.

In other words, Jiraiya has enough [Yomi Points] to buy various Titan skills, which allows him to resist until his strength is unleashed.

This is a typical example of brute force to clear the game.

For an average player, without Jiraiya's methods, they could have simply retreated to Wall Rose with Eren, joined the training group, and then followed the majority to reclaim Wall Maria.

The task can be completed in the same way.

For example, Orochimaru,

Even if he were to acquire max-level basketball skills in the basketball world he transmigrated to, it would still be extremely difficult to lead an immature basketball team to defeat the strong teams from various academies.

The best strategy for clearing the game is to work with teammates like Yuan Daying, cultivate friendship and trust, strengthen training, and grow step by step.

However, Orochimaru secretly injected snake venom into the opposing academy's basketball players, causing all the opposing academy members to be poisoned and hospitalized, making them unable to play the game, thus winning without a fight.

This led to a barrage of criticism from Yuan Daying and others after the incident.

As a result, Orochimaru ignored them completely and treated all these players as slaves and test subjects for the cursed seal.

Getting back to the main topic...

If we can find the key, discover the Tree Demon Granny's weakness, or find game items that can counter her, even the threat level of a Dark Gold-level boss will be greatly reduced.

Smoker's gaze fell on Garp, and he said, "So, Lieutenant General Garp, don't rush in with your fists thrown before you've even found any clues, understand?"

Although Akainu is cold-blooded, he won't let you down when it matters.

Borsalino is nonchalant, but he won't do anything unnecessary.

My biggest worry is Garp the Iron Fist and Orochimaru. If they don't follow orders, it could easily cause the Tree Demon Granny to go berserk and wipe out the whole team.

"Of course I understand!"

Karp made a solemn promise, then casually pulled a donut from his pocket and popped it into his mouth.

Orochimaru didn't say anything, but he smiled and nodded, meaning he was willing to follow orders and wouldn't act recklessly.

"Let's go."

Akainu pulled out a palm-sized totem, and the patterns on its surface lit up.

A giant pioneer, as large as a mountain, was summoned, and white smoke, like burning sandalwood, billowed from the top of the totem, connecting to the giant pioneer's body.

Once the totem has burned out, the giant settler will disappear.

Therefore, players need to continuously consume [Giant Totems] to ensure the existence of Giant Settlers.

The Navy Alliance pioneer team stepped into the black mist.

hiss……

As soon as he emerged from the black mist, Orochimaru expressionlessly snapped off his finger. Countless small snakes, formed from black magic, crawled out of the wound and spread in all directions.

Garp, watching from the side, nodded repeatedly and said, "This is a really useful ability."

He is a player who takes the ultimate martial arts and melee combat route, and he is completely blind in the fog-filled map.

[Martial Arts Heart Lv.45]: Able to sense surrounding fluctuations through the Martial Arts Heart.

In the ordinary world, Karp can sense the slightest movement of wind and grass, as well as various energy fluctuations, within a range of hundreds of meters.

However, within the black mist, the range of perception that the Heart of Martial Arts could spread was less than five meters.

sizzle...

Even after seeing the necromancer serpents released by Orochimaru, Akainu was still uneasy and summoned several small fire demons to explore the surrounding area.

"Notice!"

Almost simultaneously, Akainu and Orochimaru's expressions changed drastically.

The necromancer serpents and fire demons sent out to investigate have all lost contact.

Smoker drew his short stick from his back and, following the direction Akainu was looking, stood ready.

Within sight,

Visibility was extremely low; beyond five meters it was pitch black, and countless tiny, paper-like fragments floated and hung in the air, followed by ashes.

Five meters is more than enough of a warning distance for an ordinary person.

But they could not stop the elusive dark monsters.

bang bang.

The extremely faint sound was like someone pushing a stone, constantly scraping against the gravel-strewn ground.

A huge black shadow came into view.

The branches are sprawling and thick, resembling a human torso, with countless vines intertwined at the base.

The sound that was just made was the rattan pushing aside the gravel.

【Ghost Tree Spirit Lv.49】: A dark monster transformed from the branches of the Tree Spirit Granny. Once bound, it will be drained dry as nourishment.

"Hellfire".

Akainu straightened his arm and suddenly clenched his open hand.

A magic circle shimmering with fiery red appeared beneath the feet of the ghost tree demon, and scorching flames, carrying the aura of hell, erupted like pillars.

"Tree spirits are afraid of fire, especially hellfire, which is the nemesis of all plant-based monsters."

Akainu didn't follow up with another attack, clearly showing his absolute confidence in Hellfire.

but,

The ghost tree demon, already engulfed by pillars of fire, swayed wildly, its branches as stiff as steel, and did not burn as expected under the scorching heat of hellfire.

Instead, it resembled a fiercely burning torch, rushing towards the crowd.

puff.

A dazzling golden light prison sealed the torch-like ghost tree demon, and then countless golden light spears pierced through the bound ghost tree demon.

Borsalino remained in the throwing posture, with residual golden shavings constantly spilling from his palm.

(End of this chapter)