Chapter 243 The Fog Rises Again
Chapter 243 The Fog Rises Again
The Nine-Snake Mother Tree grew against the wind, its already massive body swelling to four hundred meters; its vines tumbled like green pythons while the ground rumbled loudly, its roots occupying even broader stretches of land, covering an area over thirty kilometers wide.
The entire northern district of the city could see this ancient tree, akin to a Demon God; the Radiance of the Lamp Tree dispersed much of the fog, making it appear almost like daylight.
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A vast influx of Spiritual Energy surged into Su Han's body. After the Nine-Snake Mother Tree had metamorphosed into the Fourth Rank Lower Class, a torrent-like Spiritual Energy nourished him in return, making his aura grow increasingly powerful.
It took a full half an hour for Su Han and the Nine-Snake Mother Tree's auras to gradually settle, but the entire Tree Domain almost felt that powerful force flash by.
Su Han looked at the Nine-Snake Mother Tree, towering like a colossal creature, unable to conceal the joy in his heart.
A total of over one hundred thousand monsters' flesh, and if you count the flesh of the Second and Third Order monsters, it would not be an exaggeration to estimate over one hundred thousand.
The collection of flesh was incredibly lengthy, but the harvest was undoubtedly worth it.
Su Han, feeling the power of the Nine-Snake Mother Tree, felt somewhat relieved in his heart; even if the fog returned, at least it wouldn't be unmanageable.
"The Blood-winged Tigers have advanced two levels, reaching a thousand, and can now spawn Second Order beings? That's quite good," he remarked.
Su Han focused on the three advanced skills, which were all lineage skills, but their significance was extraordinary.
Because their levels were quite high, the impact they could have was naturally immense.
Take the Blood-winged Tigers, for example, initially in small numbers and only used as scouts with a range of 20 kilometers; but now, with a thousand head, they had become an excellent combat unit.
Not to mention, their operational range had expanded to 50 kilometers, almost more than double.
After reaching LV8, both the Vine Giant Rats and the Tree-born Worms multiplied to 8000, and their range also doubled to 40 kilometers.
Su Han observed the changes in the skills before him, his eyes flickering slightly. A range of 40 kilometers was enough to cover the entire city district, the northeast, west, and south city districts, leaving only the most remote suburban areas possibly out of reach, but it was now sufficient.
With a single thought, pouches began to drop from the Nine-Snake Mother Tree, and a massive Spiritual Energy began to converge, slowly nurturing new Vine Giant Rats and Tree-born Worms.
Since it had already advanced, it was time to start big actions; the days ahead were just enough.
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Despite not being officially declared, the breakthrough of the Nine-Snake Mother Tree to the Fourth Rank Lower Class sent the logistics into a frenzy.
Yan Meiyu and Zhu Xiong had already received Su Han's message, which was to take over the east district of the city within seven days.
For a survivor, seven days would be a long time to struggle for survival.
But, for reclaiming the entire district, these seven days would be incredibly brief.
An immense amount of manpower and resources, ceaselessly searching and patrolling, were the only way to fully clear the monsters and reclaim the area.
Meanwhile, the construction team was working non-stop to build the towering walls, a task that required more than just seven days.
However, Su Han now aimed to reclaim the entire eastern district within seven days, a task whose difficulty was easily imaginable.
Yan Meiyu, Zhu Xiong did not object but gritted their teeth and started operating frantically.
Zhu Xiong enlisted the entire scouting team, half of the patrol team including Gan Xinglei, and Guo Gang's reserves, pulling them all to the east district.
Yan Meiyu was responsible for orchestrating the massive transportation of supplies to the camp, thousands of spiritual energy rifles and tens of thousands of bullets were all prepared. Even Xie Qishan's group was equipped with weapons and gear from the Tree Domain.
Although the Nine-Snake Mother Tree had yet to move, the Vine Giant Rats and Tree-born Worms it had previously nurtured rapidly surged into the eastern district of the city.
Three thousand of each species, totaling to six thousand systemized monsters, flooded into the eastern district of the city like a torrent.
With a roaming range of forty kilometers, they had plenty of space to wreak havoc on this land.
The battle erupted, and Zhu Xiong and his team launched an even more terrifying scale of cleansing.
Clad in armor, the Vine Giant Rats marched across the streets, their thunderous noise resembling an earthquake, rendering all other monsters minuscule before their tidal wave.
Whether hundreds or thousands, or even if they were Second-grade Monsters, they could only block them temporarily, but could not stop their path.
The monsters' dens were scattered, Zhu Xiong led the Tree Domain warriors straight in. The Angel Envoys fought on, spiritual energy rifles firing nonstop, monsters were slaughtered in droves and many were driven away.
Zhu Xiong took charge of the central area, Gan Xinglei was on the right side streets, and Guo Gang on the left, all three pressing forward, continuously driving the monsters out.
The entire eastern district was cleaned up at an unimaginable speed, and although the walls were not built in time, the creepers from the Nine-Snake Mother Tree and its descendants acted as the most solid barrier.
Massive vines surged in, blocking the streets and strangling the monsters hiding within the buildings.
Nine black Vine Snakes rampaged, attacking the most numerous and strongest monsters.
At this time, the Vine Snakes' power had significantly increased, with the Nine-Snake Mother Tree advancing to a Fourth Rank Lower Class, their individual combat strengths also reached near the medium level of the Third Rank Lower Class.
Their terrifying strength and the accompanying vines made their monster killing efficiency extraordinarily horrifying.
Zhu Xiong constantly waged war, both the Black Rock Bull Demon and the Bone Armor Giant Pig also unleashed even more powerful forces in battle.
The next day, under the influence of the injection and after fighting with several Second-grade Monsters, the Black Rock Bull Demon's strength advanced a step ahead, reaching the Lower Tier of the Third Order.
After defeating the Second-grade Monsters, the Bone Armor Giant Pig used their bodies to conduct its own Divine Initiation Ritual.
Tearing into the bodies, fusing with the flesh, enveloped in the red glow, the Bone Armor Giant Pig completed its metamorphosis into the Blood Bone Pig Demon.
Its entire body bizarre as blood, with blood flowing like tribute and solidifying into crystals, bones and blood crystals intertwined, forming a defense even more terrifying than the bone armor.
Gaining strength, the Blood Bone Pig Demon also mastered the Blood Crystal Shield.
Using the Blood Crystal as a shield, unstoppable in its charge, its formidable defense, ordinary monsters found it hard to break, and if it exploded on offense, it was like a massive bomb.
With such a method, Zhu Xiong and the three Third Order Apostles went further on a rampage, killing even more monsters.
Eventually, Gan Xinglei caught up, relying on the awakening of his Talent and sufficient enhancement potions, also managed to achieve a breakthrough on the sixth day, transforming into a Third Rank Lower Class Contractor.
The first to break through was not the Bonestead Rat Demon, but the Tree Armor Tyrant.
Without a Divine Initiation Ritual, but rather through an injection, accumulation triggered a metamorphosis, completing the leap to the Third Order, advancing into a Tree Python Tyrant.
Just as Gan Xinglei barely made his breakthrough, the entire Tree Domain was gearing up for a major offensive push, but unexpectedly, by then the fog tide had descended, and it began to mist.