By the time the puppet finished harvesting the loot, Lin Yun's mana had mostly recovered. He looked at his harvest and saw that there were about thirty Life Crystals. This was already a very high probability. Undead Ancient Trees were also divided into different heights. The taller the Undead Ancient Tree, the easier it was to condense a Life Crystal.
Most of the hundred Undead Ancient Trees Lin Yun had destroyed were no more than twenty to thirty meters tall, and only a small portion of them had reached the standard to condense Life Crystals. Being able to condense thirty Life Crystals was already very good.
Lin Yun put these thirty Life Crystals in his pocket and ordered the puppet to follow him. He then passed through this several-hundred-meter-wide area of scorched earth and set out towards the depths of the Blood Forest.
On the way, Undead Trees that were twenty to thirty meters tall appeared one after another, and they would occasionally meet one or two that were over fifty meters tall. But fortunately, Lin Yun already had five Magic Arrays and two Spiritual Magic Tools. Compared to the last time he entered the Bone Plane, his fighting strength had increased by more than ten times.
The puppet held its Gold Essence Spear and led the way while Lin Yun held the Lava Dominator in one hand and the Spiritual Magic Staff in the other. He was like a lumberjack as he forcibly killed his way to the center of the Blood Forest.
After entering the center of the Blood Forest, Lin Yun clearly felt the pressure increase.
The tallest Undead Ancient Trees in the entire Blood Forest were all in this area. There were more than a dozen Undead Ancient Trees that were sixty to seventy meters tall. Although Lin Yun could still deal with them, it was a lot more strenuous. Moreover, Lin Yun knew that behind these Undead Ancient Trees, there was a truly formidable existence waiting for him.
Moreover, he had no choice but to face that formidable existence.
He couldn't do anything about it, because that was the source of the Blood Forest's power, the ancestor of all Undead Ancient Trees. That was the Giant Blood Tree, a terrifying tree born together with the Bone Plane.
If Lin Yun wanted to take a shortcut to the Book of Death, he would have to destroy the Giant Blood Tree. This was something he couldn't avoid!
"Strange …" An hour later, Lin Yun had about 200 Life Crystals in his pocket. At the same time, he stepped into the heart of the Blood Forest.
The ground beneath their feet was dark red, as if it had been dyed with blood. A thick stench of blood lingered in the air. Just by standing there, one would feel as if their entire body was covered in blood. Their surroundings were also empty. Not to mention the Undead Ancient Tree, there wasn't even a single weed growing.
This was very normal. The Giant Blood Tree could be said to be the ancestor of all Undead Ancient Trees. It was also the source of all the power in the Blood Forest. It was impossible for other Undead Ancient Trees to exist where the Giant Blood Tree had taken root.
But there was one thing that was not normal …
Lin Yun searched for a long time, but couldn't find the Giant Blood Tree.
"What's going on?" Lin Yun was stunned. Almost all the information he had read said that the Giant Blood Tree was a colossus several hundred meters tall. Its treetop pierced through the sky and its roots were deep in the earth. Every time it swayed, gales would blow, and every time it was angry, the mountains would shake.
'Could it be an illusion?' Lin Yun's heart tightened as he hurriedly cast a Spirit Defense.
Now that Lin Yun had merged the Spirit Defense with his Magic Array, and with the buff from the Soul Walker on his left hand's ring finger, it could be said that Lin Yun's Spirit Defense had already reached the level of a High Mage in terms of mind and soul defense.
'Strange, it's not an illusion …' Lin Yun didn't feel any change after casting a Spirit Defense. In other words, everything was real, the legendary Giant Blood Tree truly didn't exist.
At this moment, Lin Yun's face gradually sank.
The two Mage Eyes were released and quickly searched the dark red soil within a kilometer.
Nothing, nothing, still nothing …
'How could this be …' Lin Yun couldn't remain calm. Under normal circumstances, after entering the Blood Forest and discovering that the Giant Blood Tree didn't exist, Lin Yun would be overjoyed, because it meant that he wouldn't have to fight a bitter battle with the Giant Blood Tree.
But it was different this time.
The reason Lin Yun entered the Blood Forest this time was for the shortcut leading to the Book of Death. Lin Yun clearly remembered that only by destroying the Giant Blood Tree would he have the opportunity to obtain that Blood Heart. It wasn't only the crystallization of the Giant Blood Tree's power, but it was also the life source of all the Undead Ancient Trees. The life energy contained within was enough to nurture a Blood Forest in an instant.
Only this level of life force could open up the River of Ten Thousand Ghosts, where countless vengeful spirits gathered.
At that time, he would be able to follow the flow of the River of Ten Thousand Ghosts and reach the location of the Book of Death.
Originally, this was a perfect plan.
But now, the first part of the plan, the Giant Blood Tree, had disappeared.
This also meant that the rest of the plan had failed.
How could Lin Yun remain calm under such circumstances?
'Hold on, Blood Forest …'
As he thought of this, Lin Yun 'eyes shone. Indeed, it was the Blood Forest. The Undead Ancient Trees in the Blood Forest didn't seem to be as powerful as he had imagined. The tallest Undead Ancient Tree was only close to a hundred meters, and its fighting strength was far inferior to that of a Bone Devil. This was different from the legendary Blood Forest.
Moreover, he could clearly feel that the entire Blood Forest seemed to be in a deep slumber. Only when he awakened the Undead Ancient Tree would he be attacked by groups of monsters.
'Doesn't this mean that the Giant Blood Tree is also slumbering?'
It would be very easy to prove this point.
"Rumble!"
Lin Yun raised the Spiritual Magic Staff in his hand and the Magic Array quickly revolved, casting an Elemental Shock Burst. In an instant, the ground within several dozen meters was turned upside down. Gravel flew in all directions, covering the earth. That kind of power was like the might of the heavens.
Moreover, Lin Yun didn't have the slightest intention of stopping.
As the Magic Array frantically revolved, one Elemental Shock Burst after another was cast. The surging mana was like a flood pouring out of the floodgates, and loud sounds kept echoing one after another. The dark red earth within a kilometer was turned over by Lin Yun in an instant.
When the seventeenth Elemental Shock Blast was cast, the ground under his feet finally trembled. Hundreds of bucket-thick tree branches drilled out of the ground like pythons. Amidst the flying soil and dust, these bucket-thick tree branches had already fiercely pierced into the dark-red soil. At a glance, each branch had actually penetrated over a hundred meters into the ground...
Then, a series of rumbling sounds rang out …
Lin Yun immediately felt that something was wrong and poured mana into the Lava Dominator, instantly activating the pair of flaming wings as he soared into the sky.
Then, Lin Yun saw a huge monster rising from the ground.
After all, the Lava Dominator's flaming wings were already very fast, almost able to catch up to Lin Yun's Elemental Incarnation. But at this moment, the speed of the flaming wings was actually far from that huge monster's speed. Lin Yun only flew a few dozen meters in the air before that huge monster already surpassed Lin Yun's height.
'Shit …' Lin Yun was startled. In an almost impossible situation, he fiercely flapped his flaming wings and made a right-angle turn in the air in a way that defied common sense.
Almost at the same time, a dozen shadows brushed past Lin Yun's body and fiercely passed through.
In that instant, Lin Yun felt cold sweat trickling down his back.
Each of these Giant Blood Tree's branches was comparable to an all-out attack from a Bone Devil. When a dozen of them attacked at the same time, it was as frightening as a dozen Bone Devils. If he hadn't reacted fast enough and changed the trajectory of his flaming wings, he would have already been pierced by those branches.
But before Lin Yun could sweat, the dozen branches that brushed past him turned around in the air in a way that defied common sense, chasing after Lin Yun and circling back to him.
Lin Yun really wanted to die after hearing the sharp sound of the branches tearing through the air. He cursed while pouring even more mana into the Lava Dominator.
By relying on that mana, the already fast Flaming Wings sped up a second time, bringing Lin Yun out of the danger of being chased by a dozen branches.
But at this time, the Giant Blood Tree had already climbed out of the ground. Lin Yun could clearly see that this several-hundred-meter-tall behemoth was just like in the legends. Just the huge treetop covered a hundred meters, and the countless branches were like countless pythons, each attack carrying a suffocating power.
Lin Yun only needed one glance to know that the power of this Giant Blood Tree was equivalent to that of a 6th or 7th Rank High Mage. He would definitely die a miserable death if he clashed with it. The only thing he could rely on was the Lava Dominator Necklace in his hand. Only the Lava Dominator's flaming wings could allow him to tangle with this behemoth in the sky.
Lin Yun knew about the dark red soil under the Giant Blood Tree.
That was the place where the Giant Blood Tree was born. After countless years, it had already become a part of the Giant Blood Tree. If he carelessly stepped on it, he would immediately turn into a bug that had fallen into a spider's web. The Giant Blood Tree would unceremoniously suck out every drop of his blood.
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