Orochimaru narrowed his eyes and said, "Words alone are not enough. We cannot trust you."
Akainu and Smoker shared the same thought, their gazes fixed on Master Ning.
Rip.
Master Ning, without hesitation, reached out, tore off his wrinkled face, and threw it to them.
[Devilish Garment Scholar's Face]: Contains the source of Devilish Garment Scholar's demonic energy.
With his face gone, Master Ning bled, revealing his ghastly black teeth, and laughed, "This is my sincerity."
The Navy Alliance team no longer hesitated.
If they refused again, a battle with Devilish Garment Scholar would likely break out on the spot, and they didn't want that before everything was clear.
Everyone returned the way they came. After leaving Ning Mansion, they followed the old woman's guidance and headed out of the city.
"Sorry, I cannot leave Ning Mansion too far. You all must walk the rest of the way yourselves."
The old woman, hunched over, waved her hand, and then her figure became ethereal.
Just in the last second before the phantom was about to disappear,
The old woman's face suddenly became distorted, like a malevolent ghost, and she lunged at them with her hands transformed into sharp claws.
Thud.
A Dead Spirit Curse Snake severed the old woman's neck.
Orochimaru hadn't expected it to be so easy. The game item that fell to the ground was an embroidered sachet, something a young lady awaiting marriage would carry.
[Nie Xiaoqian's Sachet].
Inside, apart from fragmented Yin energy crystals used as food for spirits, there was nothing else.
Its value was very low.
Smoker frowned deeply and said, "We just agreed to help Master Ning collect Dark Treant Hearts, so he shouldn't have sent a female ghost to attack."
Moreover, the female ghost was very weak; even a sneak attack would hardly kill a player from the Navy Alliance team.
So… was it the female ghost old woman's own idea?
Orochimaru laughed, "Is she sacrificing her life to warn us of Master Ning's danger?"
Only this possibility could explain the old woman's final actions.
"Then what should we do?"
"First, let's hunt for the Dark Treant Heart. We'll put it in our inventory and wait and see. No matter how powerful Master Ning is, he can't break the Reincarnation Game's rules and snatch items from a player's inventory."
The discussion quickly concluded.
The Navy Alliance team had already walked out of Guo Bei County, and a desolate temple gradually appeared in front of them.
[Lanruo Temple].
Demonic energy permeated the air, and Dark Treants roamed everywhere.
"Light Flame Gun Rain…"
Borsalino swung his arms, continuously throwing golden light flame guns into the sky, forming a golden cloud sea.
Innumerable fine, needle-like light guns rained down fiercely.
Even the black mist covering the forest was partially broken by the golden light flames. The Dark Treants, pierced by the golden light, let out shrill roars.
"Inferno Hell!"
A cold voice rang out.
Akainu's skin turned crimson, and his temperature suddenly rose. Immediately after, his entire body seemed to writhe like magma, covering the Dark Treants like waves swept up by a strong wind.
Light flames and magma killed all ten-plus Dark Treants blocking the outside of Lanruo Temple.
[Dark Treant King Lv.49]: The king who commands Dark Treants, a Gold-tier boss.
A giant tree with a canopy that obscured the sky and a trunk as thick as a baobab tree extended countless vines, sweeping towards the five individuals like a sea of vines.
"A Gold-tier Dark Treant, don't just watch! It's not easy to deal with!"
Smoker looked up, his expression serious as he watched the terrifying assault of the Tree Demon King.
A vortex of venom condensed at his feet, enveloping his entire body and solidifying into a small giant clad in purple venom armor.
Bang.
His venomous fist struck the Tree Demon King's trunk, but it felt like hitting steel, completely failing to break through its defense.
The Tree Demon King seized the opportunity to swing its branches, its vines wrapping around Smoker, drawing the energy from his purple venom armor like a vacuum cleaner.
Its leaves and trunk were rapidly dyed purple at an alarming speed.
However, the Tree Demon King showed no signs of being poisoned.
"Such powerful poison resistance, hurry and help!"
A bead of cold sweat trickled down Smoker's forehead; he hadn't expected this Tree Demon King to be so troublesome.
"Demon-Shattering Iron Fist!"
Iron Fist Garp bent his legs, stomped the ground, and, like a launched cannonball, punched the Tree Demon King's head.
Crack… crack… crack…
The pure physical iron fist imprinted a fist mark into the Tree Demon King's steel-like trunk, with cracks extending outwards from the mark.
However, the Tree Demon King seemed to feel no pain, still holding onto Smoker.
And as it absorbed Smoker's energy, the fist mark visibly recovered rapidly.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Brilliant fist glows continuously exploded, like blooming fireworks.
Iron Fist Garp, like a pickaxe mining a vein, used his bare fists to forcibly break off one of the Tree Demon King's thick branches.
"What hard fists! Is he a pugilist? Or a martial artist?"
Orochimaru constantly licked the corners of his mouth, somewhat shocked by the power Garp unleashed.
A Necromancer like himself feared nothing more than being approached by such a brute.
It seemed he would have to avoid him when attempting to ambush Smoker.
Snake Curse.
Orochimaru opened his mouth wide and spat out countless Dead Spirit Curse Snakes, which writhed their tails and crawled onto the Tree Demon King's body.
Then, all the curse snakes seemed to self-immolate, turning into ashes.
Where they self-immolated, a layer of black marks, as if burned, remained.
The black snake marks, as if alive, moved across the Tree Demon King's trunk, converging to form a massive black snake pattern.
Boom.
The black snake pattern exploded, blasting a huge gap in the steel-like trunk that even Iron Fist Garp would have needed dozens of punches to break.
Although the Gold-tier boss was powerful,
The members of the Navy Alliance team were all top players in the Reincarnation Game. Working together, the Dark Treant King was quickly killed.
Game items dropped all over the ground.
[Dark Treant King's Wooden Heart]: When consumed, permanently increases energy defense by 500 points.
[Dark Treant (Gem)]: When socketed, [Dark Attribute] increases by 600 points.
[Dark Treant King's Scepter (Gold)]: When equipped, can consume energy to summon Dark Treants. The Dark Treants' level is related to the player's energy quality.
...
"These are all good things!"
Orochimaru's eyes gleamed, settling on the Gold-tier scepter.
Dark Treants are Yin-aligned, which perfectly suits the attributes of a Necromancer's army.
The Necromancer Scepter he currently equipped was also Gold-tier, and its effect was to enhance the attack power of summoned undead, a very rare and precious attribute, so it was naturally impossible to replace it.
However, the [Equipment Devouring System] could allow his [Necromancer Scepter] to devour this Dark Treant Scepter.
Granting it the ability to summon Dark Treants.
"This Dark Treant King's Scepter would be a great help to me. There shouldn't be any other summoner players here besides me, right?"
Orochimaru didn't stand on ceremony. Like a snake flicking its tongue, he grabbed the Dark Treant King's Scepter and threw it into his equipment slot.
The others didn't stop him either.
Orochimaru had contributed greatly to hunting this Gold-tier Dark Treant, and besides, this scepter wouldn't be of much help to the other players present.
"Vice Admiral Garp, why don't you take the Wooden Heart?"
Smoker looked at Iron Fist Garp after observing the Wooden Heart's attributes.
He was a pure physical cultivator. If he consumed this Wooden Heart, his energy defense would be greatly enhanced. 500 points of energy defense would be enough to ignore the magical skills of some mages with mental attributes below [100].
It could completely transform Iron Fist Garp into a mage killer.
"New season… We haven't even encountered Grandma Tree Demon yet, and the game items dropped by a single Gold-tier boss can already transform a player."
Akainu's gaze was serious. When it came to strategic vision, he was considered one of the more outstanding Admirals.
Otherwise, in his original fate, he would not have become Fleet Admiral.
Just from the drops of this Dark Treant King, he sensed the treasure trove that the Black Mythology map contained, like a rich mine.
If they could seize the initiative, the Navy Alliance might be able to sweep through the Reincarnation Game.
"Continue, let's enter Lanruo Temple first!"
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