This isn't a souls-like game at all.

"Revenge..."

The oak fragments scattered on the ground were crushed by a huge steel foot wrapped in blue-black vines.

In the dense dust, a tall figure slowly walked out.

He was a tree knight with dense small trees growing on his head and shoulders, and holding a three-meter-long wooden spear in his hand.

Ye Yiyi looked indifferent as he slowly stood up and pulled out the furnace-charged axe from behind him.

"You bastard, you don't even have a hymn or an independent health bar, you're looking for death!"

Chapter 244 [Hymn of the Children of the Forest]

The Tree Knight who had first met them in front of the bishop's office in the Church of the Earth Mother and had kidnapped Wator in front of them not long ago.

At this moment, he finally appeared in front of Ye Yiyi.

Although he appeared like a boss, in Ye Yiyi's eyes, the tree knight, who didn't even have an independent health bar or hymn, was just an elite monster that looked very powerful.

"Bai Yu, keep an eye on him."

Ye Yiyi stared closely at the Tree Knight who was standing not far away, and the axe in his hand gradually turned red.

"do you need my help?"

"No, it's just a tree knight."

He pulled out the Blue Devil's Claw from behind, tilted his head back and took a big gulp, then took out the Psalm Book from his arms and spread out the animal skin book.

"He might have a way to remove Wator's condition... If that doesn't work, we'll go find the bishop."

Hymn: Deep Pain

Hymn: Give Strength to Burn the Body

Hymn: Galloping

A flash of scarlet blood flashed by, then disappeared into his body. A light red flame ignited on his body surface, merging with the deep red flame of anger.

He moved his legs, feeling the lightness, and took out a white-feathered evil mushroom and ate it.

"I hope you don't die so soon..."

He stared at the tall, statue-like tree knight leaning on his spear, saying nothing, and finally swept his axe across the psalm book.

Hymn Whirlwind Weapon

A strong wind swirled around, forming a striking vortex around the weapon.

“…Otherwise, it would be a real letdown.”

He raised the axe at an angle and chopped it forward heavily through the air.

Combat Skill: Storm Wing Blade!

A wing-shaped wind blade broke through the air. At the same time, Ye Yiyi took a step forward. His legs turned into afterimages and he actually caught up with the wind blade!

But in an instant, he arrived in front of the Tree Knight.

The Tree Knight raised the spear in his hand, shortened the spear head and turned it into a sledgehammer to smash the wind blade. At the same time, he used the force to step back suddenly and avoided the hot axe blade wrapped in the whirlwind.

"hide?"

Ye Yiyi raised his eyebrows and sneered in disdain.

"You're over two meters tall and wearing heavy armor, yet you're a coward. Do you only know how to shrink?"

"Duty... is my duty, so... die!"

The Tree Knight suddenly spoke, took a step forward, and pushed hard towards Ye Yiyi with his sledgehammer in hand.

"Huh? You finally spoke? I thought you were a wooden man."

Ye Yiyi smiled, but her steps were wrong and her body swayed violently.

Combat Skill: Small Steps

He lowered his body, dodged the push from under the staff, and slid across the front as if his feet were on wheels, coming up behind the knight.

He held the ends of the axe with both hands, and slashed forward with the axe blade while spinning his body.

The Tree Knight raised his hammer sideways and barely blocked the blow with the handle, but the wind whirled around the axe blade and deflected the handle.

The blazing axe blade then grazed his body, severing several vines and leaving long, burning gashes on the surface of his metal armor.

"it's a pity."

As he spoke softly, he suddenly jumped up, spun sideways in the air, and chopped down the axe blade from top to bottom!

Combat skills: Leap and spin slash!

The axe blade fell down with unstoppable force, and the Tree Knight suddenly turned into leaves all over the sky and disappeared on the spot.

Ye Yiyi put away his axe and stood still, looking up at the green leaves flying in the sky, his expression slightly helpless.

"How come you also know this trick?"

He turned his head and looked at the Tree Knight floating up from the grass.

"grassland?"

He was lost in thought, thinking of the vines that the tree knight had created all over the ground when he first saw this teleportation technique.

It turns out that this group of people couldn't teleport out of thin air, but had to have something to attach to.

The attachment can be a tree or grass.

As long as it is related to plants, it can probably serve as their teleportation point.

"I see."

He understood, and then he saw the knight put the hammer on the ground and looked down at the armor with a gap.

"You... are very strong!"

The Tree Knight clenched his fists, looked up, and made a rumbling sound.

"But... for the sake of the greater plan, you... must die!"

"Big plan?" Ye Yiyi spat on the ground with disdain.

"What a bullshit plan! I don't need to guess, you're either trying to gain power or profit, what other lofty goals can you have? Don't make me laugh to death!"

"You...won't understand!"

The Tree Knight seemed a little angry and couldn't help but clench the hammer in his hand.

"Don't even think about... ruining my sect's plan!"

"Oh, if you don't tell me what the big plan is, how am I supposed to understand?"

Ye Yiyi sneered, "Besides, we haven't done anything out of the ordinary before, have we? You suddenly captured Wator and planned to turn him into wood. Is this what you call a grand plan?"

"Turning living people into trees, this can't be your grand plan, right?"

"You... the Hall of Stopping War... and the Imperial Inspection Bureau! Neither of you... are good people!

"I... must fulfill my knightly duty and kill you!"

But unfortunately, Ye Yiyi's trick failed.

I don’t know if this tree knight is really stupid or he knew that this is a trick, but he refused to say anything.

In short, put yourself in the position of the victim first and then blame others.

"But the Imperial Inspection Bureau?" Ye Yiyi raised his eyebrows.

He knew about the Hall of Stopping War, but which organization was the Imperial Audit Bureau?

Before he could think about it carefully, he saw the Tree Knight holding up a book that looked like a wooden block.

"The Psalm?" His eyes lit up.

That’s great. No matter what these people plan to do, let’s kill them and steal the treasure first!

This item belongs to the one who is destined to get it, and unfortunately, I am that person!

And who knows, there might be a hymn in there that will save Wattold.

"Bang! Bang!"

The Tree Knight chanted a dull, unknown hymn, then raised his sledgehammer and slammed it onto the ground.

Hymn: Holy Oak in Spring!

An invisible force spread outward from where the hammer landed. As Ye Yiyi watched silently, the sound of violent earth rolling echoed in the devastated forest.

Then, a large number of oak trees seemed to wake up from their sleep. They waved their sharp wooden claws, and their root tentacles lifted the soil and rose from the ground.

"It seems that it wasn't a coincidence before. These oak trees are originally oak people."

His eyes were deep and somewhat confused.

But these oak people are far from the real non-human tree people.

In other words, these are not imprisoned tree people?

Soon, the entire oak forest woke up from its slumber, and everyone turned into oak men, surrounding Ye one by one with bared fangs and claws.

Ye Yiyi was not worried about this. He turned his head and saw that Bai Yu had already left the Yinghui Temple with Wator, and was now looking towards this side in front of the gate they came from. Only then did he feel relieved.

Since there is no need to worry about hurting friendly forces, there is nothing to worry about.

"Surrender... and die."

The Tree Knight stood on the trunk of an oak tree, casting a merciless glare at him.

"This way... we can avoid the pain of being torn into pieces."

"Oh, you're really thoughtful."

Ye Yiyi sneered,

"Well, I'll give you a chance. Rescue Wattol, then kneel down and call me Master.

"So that when I kill you, the Forest Oak Cult, I can be more direct and not let them suffer the pain of being burned by the flames."

"Stubborn...unresolvable!"

The Tree Knight sneered and pointed the mallet in his hand forward.

"Tear him... into pieces!"

"Buzz... Kill!"

The oak man received the instructions and rolled up a large amount of dark soil, rushing towards Ye Yi from all directions.

"Heh~ I gave you a chance but you didn't use it."

Ye Yiyi smiled indifferently, then raised the axe in his hand and swung it vigorously.

Combat Skills: Storm of the Spread-winged Eagle!

As the axe was swung, the atmosphere gathered, withdrew, and flowed, eventually transforming into several huge tornadoes.

Countless fallen leaves were swept into the sky by the strong wind, and the army of oak people was torn apart in the tornado, with their body parts flying everywhere, and their miserable wails were drowned in the violent howling wind.

Ye Yiyi took a step forward, treating the strong wind as nothing, and walked through the tornadoes as if it were flat ground.

The tree knight, who was so invincible before, was now inserting the sledgehammer in his hand into the ground, turning into a small tree swaying in the strong wind, trying his best to resist the invasion of the tornado.

The fierce wind was like a knife, tearing off the armor and vines on his body, and the helmet on his head disappeared, revealing the dark blue wooden body underneath.

and a strange tree face with human features.

"I thought it was something else, but it turns out you're a tree person."

"You... hateful!"

The tree man stared at him intently, his pair of crystal-green eyes revealing resentment.

"You...damn it!"

"You're about to die, and you're still stubborn?"

Ye Yiyi sneered, swung the axe and chopped off the legs of the tree man who had no power to fight back!