At this time, Sheyan had no way to stop the 'Stairway of the Sun'! Or rather, even if he could stop it, he wouldn't want to because he didn't have a better way.
Therefore, he could only watch and wait!
Suddenly, Sheyan felt his vision blur again. It was as if the scenery in front of him rippled like water. The basin in front of him was still the basin and the scenery was still the same, but the black tendrils that were trying their best to snake towards the Golden Fruit were no longer there.
While he was stunned, he couldn't help but blink his eyes, but he found that the black tendrils were still growing stubbornly, stubbornly extending towards the Golden Fruit! They all looked crazy and brave, like moths flying into a flame.
"What... what's going on?" Sheyan shook his head, but when he looked carefully, the tendrils were gone again. The strange alternating between illusion and reality gave him a bold idea. In fact, Sheyan was a meticulous person.
"Could it be that the 'Stairway of the Sun' is slowly releasing a hallucinogenic substance when it pierces into the roots of the plate-shaped root? The hallucinogenic substance is being absorbed by the mother tree that Treebeard resides in, and then transmitted to it, causing Treebeard to hallucinate? "
As soon as this idea appeared, Sheyan immediately felt that his inference was probably correct.
Treebeard's strength was definitely far inferior to Sauron's. He should be an existence on the same level as Legolas, Gandalf and Saruman in the Lord of the Rings world. Of course, there would definitely be individual differences between existences of the same level. For example, among the first-rate generals of the Three Kingdoms, it was obvious that the strength of Captain Zhao was higher than that of Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He.
Treebeard's strength should be at the top of this level.
And as the ultimate secret creature of the hidden world, the 'Stairway of the Sun' should not be inferior to Treebeard.
More importantly, Treebeard was currently in the "childbirth" stage of bearing the Golden Fruit, so his strength had suddenly decreased. Furthermore, the 'Stairway of the Sun' was a deliberate attack against Treebeard. With all these factors combined, the illusion it created was very likely to deceive Treebeard.
Sheyan almost held his breath at this moment, his eyes unblinkingly following the progress of the matter. Sweat kept dripping down from his forehead, quickly wetting his hair. Drop by drop, the sweat soaked into the soil below.
The black tendrils grew tenaciously bit by bit, and finally reached the front of the Golden Fruit. However, they kept wriggling around like tentacles, and did not rush to invade.
He took a deep breath and immediately activated 'Gloryheal'. If it weren't for the fact that taking out the leaf of the World Tree might alert Treebeard, he would have used the 'Rejuvenation' spell on it as well.
After recovering some energy, his vision blurred once again. Instantly, he saw a layer of incomparably turbulent darkness surrounding the Golden Fruit! The darkness was boundless and deep. It was as if when one's gaze came into contact with it, one would feel the pain of being forcefully ground and scraped.
Against the backdrop of the darkness, one could see that although the surface of the Golden Fruit was shining brightly, there were still a few green lines looming on it. Obviously, it was not fully ripe yet. Obviously, the tentacles of the 'Stairway of the Sun' were wary of this seemingly invisible darkness and did not dare to extend into it. Treebeard seemed to be using the darkness to refine the essence of his power, making it purer!
'Since he's using the darkness to temper his power instead of destroying it, it's very likely that the instantaneous explosive power of the darkness won't be that strong. Instead, it's like a millstone that's being squeezed out bit by bit.' This thought immediately flashed through his mind.
"That's why I still have an honorary dosage that I haven't used yet! I still have enough HP to consume it. The 'Stairway of the Sun' can take a gamble! "
As though sensing Sheyan's thoughts, the black tentacle abruptly halted its meandering spirals in mid-air. Following that, it aimed towards the churning and surging darkness, and ferociously pierced in like a sharp needle.
After piercing into it, Sheyan immediately felt an intense pain as if every cell in his body was being crushed. His vision darkened. He had bitten the corner of his mouth so hard that blood flowed out.
At this moment, the black tendrils of the 'Stairway of the Sun' had pierced into a Golden Fruit. Sheyan could clearly see that the molten gold-like power in the fruit had found a channel to vent. The power boiled and poured into the Golden Fruit through the tendrils!
More importantly, Treebeard was still motionless at this time. He was obviously still deceived by the illusion created by the 'Stairway of the Sun'.
Sheyan had finally passed the hurdle that he was most afraid of. The most painful thing was that when the tendrils pierced into the Golden Fruit, Treebeard laughed and slapped Sheyan with his palm....
After the 'Stairway of the Sun' began to absorb the power of the Golden Fruit, it no longer consumed Sheyan's life force. Its colour began to change constantly. Sometimes, it would turn into a colourful plant like its original form, and sometimes it would turn into a strange pitch-black colour.
Sheyan suddenly had an idea. The venom of the 'Stairway of the Sun', the nemesis of the Ouroboros, was also pitch-black like this. The 'Stairway of the Sun' in his body was also injected with venom by the Ouroboros. Could there be some kind of variable in this? Could it be that the soul of the Ouroboros was going to go against the heavens and be reborn?
Soon, the power of the Golden Fruit was completely absorbed. However, it seemed that the 'Stairway of the Sun' was not satisfied yet, so it pierced into another Golden Fruit.
Sheyan waited patiently. To be honest, the absorption speed of the 'Stairway of the Sun' was already quite fast. It only took about ten seconds to absorb a Golden Fruit, but these ten seconds felt as long as ten years to Sheyan!
After absorbing four Golden Fruits, the 'Stairway of the Sun' finally seemed to have finished its meal. Sheyan wanted to get at least one Golden Fruit back to complete his mission. More importantly, there was no doubt that Treebeard would be his mortal enemy from now on, so Sheyan's weakness was definitely not a bad thing for him. Therefore, he tried to let the 'Stairway of the Sun' take away all the remaining three Golden Fruits.
The tendrils of the 'Stairway of the Sun' gently rolled up the remaining three Golden Fruits like three eggs tied to a rope. They then slowly retracted. At this moment, Sheyan felt that something was wrong, but it was not an ominous feeling. He felt that something had changed, but after all, he was the one who was under the greatest pressure. The Golden Fruit had not been stored in his personal storage yet. Although Treebeard was still resting with his eyes closed, who knew when he would wake up in the blink of an eye? Therefore, Sheyan did not have the time to pay attention to it.
Fortunately, nothing dramatic happened. Sheyan took the Golden Fruits in his hand with peace of mind. He really wanted to absorb one like the 'Stairway of the Sun', but no matter how he fiddled with it, it was still a quest item.... Well, this was quite normal. If Sheyan could kill Treebeard, he would immediately be qualified to enjoy the fruits.
Watching the two black tendrils of the 'Stairway of the Sun' slowly retracting back into his body, Sheyan felt rather strange. As the saying goes, a hundred secrets can lead to a careless mistake. He suddenly realized something and immediately asked frantically in his mind, "That's right.
"If the 'Stairway of the Sun' stops injecting venom into the roots, how long will the illusion last?"
The answer soon came out:
"Three minutes."
Sheyan was stunned for a moment, but he only wasted two or three seconds. He immediately screamed in his mind and used all the abilities and potions that could increase his movement speed. After crawling a few dozen meters away, he immediately turned around and ran back.
Even so, before Sheyan could reach the place where he killed Ironthorn, he suddenly felt an extremely terrifying aura behind him!
The aura was like a nuclear bomb exploding. It was full of endless anger. When the anger was transmitted to Sheyan, it directly flipped him over!
What did that mean?
Sheyan suddenly realised that he might have underestimated Treebeard. If it weren't for the fact that the 'Stairway of the Sun' in his body was an even stronger monster, he might not have been able to create an illusion that could paralyse Treebeard.
Although Sheyan had already thrown the Golden Fruits into his personal storage, Treebeard's huge and angry will still locked onto him!
This was not because Treebeard's Perceptive Sense was so strong that it could travel through planes, but because the 'Stairway of the Sun' had absorbed the energy of four Golden Fruits.... It could even be said that Treebeard did not even wipe off his filth!
Sheyan's only hope at the moment was to gamble that old Treebeard was not a Leaver. Otherwise, no matter how strong Treebeard was, he would still be an Ent, just like how the emperor of beggars was also a beggar. Since he was an Ent, his slow movement and fear of fire were his natural weaknesses.
Sheyan's gamble was correct. The Leaver Ent was a new type of Ent, similar to the parkour of sports. You couldn't expect an old man in his sixties or seventies to like this kind of sport.
However, Sheyan still underestimated Treebeard's strength. After all, this was Fangorn Forest, the lair that Treebeard had operated for thousands of years. It was a place that even the Dark Lord Sauron could not touch!
Almost at the same time that Sheyan's position was locked onto, the trees in front of Sheyan let out a dull roar and pulled out their roots. These trees did not have the "qualifications" to become Ents, but under Treebeard's will, they were temporarily given life. Their only purpose in life was to tear this human apart!! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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