143 Giant Blood Tree (1/2)

By the time the puppet finished gathering the spoils of war, Lin Yun's mana had almost fully recovered. Looking at his harvest, there were about thirty Life Crystals. This was a good drop rate. The larger the Undead Elder Treant, the easier it would be for it to condense a Life Crystal.

Most of the Undead Elder Treants that Lin Yun destroyed were twenty to thirty meters tall. Only a few among them had reached the standards for the condensation of Life Crystals, so it was already pretty good to get around thirty of them.

Lin Yun put these thirty Life Crystals into his pocket, and after ordering the puppet to follow him, he went through the several hundred meters of scorched earth to set out for the depths of the Blood Forest.

On the way, there were still endless numbers of the Undead Elder Treants that were twenty to thirty meters tall. Occasionally, he would even meet one or two that towered over fifty meters. But fortunately, Lin Yun already possessed five Magic Arrays. At the same time, he had two Spiritual Magic Tools in hand. He was over ten times stronger than when he had first entered the Bone Plane.

The battle puppet was opening the path ahead with its Gold Essence Spear. Lin Yun, with his Lava Dominator in one hand and the Spiritual Magic Staff in the other, looked like a lumberjack as he killed his way to the center of the Blood Forest.

After reaching the center of the forest, Lin Yun could clearly feel the pressure increasing.

The tallest Undead Elder Treants of the Blood Forest were all in this location, some of them sixty to seventy meters tall. Although Lin Yun would still be able to deal with them, it would clearly be too strenuous. Moreover, Lin Yun knew that behind these Undead Elder Treants, there was a truly powerful existence waiting for him...

And he had no choice but to face this truly powerful existence.

This was inevitable, as the origin of the Blood Forest's power all came from the Undead Elder Treants' ancestor. That was the Giant Blood Tree. A terrifying tree born alongside the Bone Plane.

If Lin Yun wanted to get the Book of Death through this shortcut method, he would have to destroy the Giant Blood Tree!

'Strange…' An hour later, the number of Life Crystals in Lin Yun's pocket had already passed two hundred. At the same time, he had already walked to the core area of the Blood Forest.

The soil was dark red as if it had been dyed with blood. A thick smell of iron wafted through the air, making anyone standing here feel as if they had been covered in bloody mud. The surroundings were empty. Not to mention Undead Elder Treants, there was not even a trace of any weeds nearby.

This was quite normal. The Giant Blood Tree could be said to be the ancestor of the Undead Elder Treants, the source of power of the Blood Forest. There would be not a single soul in the area where the Giant Blood Tree was rooted.

But there was something wrong.

Lin Yun looked for a long time, but he didn't find the Giant Blood Tree.

'What's going on?' Lin Yun was somewhat stunned. Nearly all the materials he'd read described the Giant Blood Tree as a colossus that towered several hundred meters in height, its treetop piercing through the sky, its roots reaching deep under the ground. Each sway would lead to a whirling gale, and its anger would cause earthquakes.

'Is it an illusion?' Lin Yun's heart suddenly tightened. He hurriedly cast Spirit Defense.

Now, the Spirit Defense had already been merged into Lin Yun's Magic Arrays, and with the buff of the Soul Walker on his left ring finger, it could be said that Lin Yun's Spirit Defense already reached the High Mage level both in mind and soul.

'Strange, this isn't an illusion…' Lin Yun didn't feel any change after casting his Spirit Defense spell, which suggested that this was all real. The Giant Blood Tree truly didn't exist.

Lin Yun now had a heavy expression.

He cast two Mage Eyes and searched the area of dark red soil within a kilometer.

Nothing, nothing, still nothing.

'How could this happen…' Lin Yun couldn't calm down. In ordinary circumstances, not finding the Giant Blood Tree after entering the Blood Forest would be cause for joy, since he wouldn't need to fight it to the bitter end.

But it was different right now...

Lin Yun had entered the Blood Forest this time specifically for the shortcut for obtaining the Book of Death. He clearly remembered that only by destroying the Blood Tree would he be able to get the Blood Heart. It not only was the crystallization of the Blood Tree's power, but also the life source of all Undead Elder Treants. The life energy contained within was enough to regenerate the Blood Forest in an instant.

And only this level of life energy could be enough to make countless ghosts gather and cause the River of Ten Thousand Ghosts to appear.

At that time, he would be able to follow the River of Ten Thousand Ghosts up until the Book of Death's resting place.

This should have been a perfect plan.