The Heart of Elements is named Bard, a native resident of Ares Castle. He is very talkative and told Tianyang a lot about the customs and culture of Ares Castle on the way, which broadened Tianyang's horizons and also killed the boredom on the way.
As for the murdered Levi, Bud had no intention of revenge for him. He even kept listing Levi's shortcomings and said in a roundabout way that he had long wanted to get out of Levi's control.
Of course, he wouldn't think so now, because Levi was dead, and as a level 5 Stormbringer, Bard Invisible became the boss of that team.
After several rounds of not-so-intense battles and a half-day of walking, they came to a small river. Bud walked around the area several times and found a dead tree. In front of the tree, there was a small pile of stones, on which a red cloth was pressed.
"This is a danger sign. We found the fog tree people near here. In order to prevent us from accidentally entering the tree people's territory again, we made a mark here."
Bud squatted behind a bush and pointed toward the other side of the stream. "Sir, after crossing the river and going deeper, you will find a valley. The Fog Tree Man is in the valley, in the upper reaches of the stream deep in the valley."
"It's too dangerous in there, so we won't go in with you."
Bard smiled and said, "Let's go back to the fortress. If you need my help, you can find me at the Warrior's Bar in Axe Lane. I often hang out there before I enter the Reverse Realm."
Tianyang nodded in agreement.
With his permission, Bud put on his hood again and became mysterious again. He gestured to his people, and the exploration team broke away from Tianyang's control and disappeared into the thick fog.
"Okay, now it's our job." Tian Yang stood up and said, "You've heard it before, right? If we attack the fog tree man, the whole forest will be hostile to us."
"So my plan is this, Yin Meng, after you find the fog tree man, you will take action to deal with it. You must obtain a complete tree heart. You only need to complete this task, and you don't need to worry about other things."
Yin Meng tightened the "Night Rain in Small Building" in her hand and nodded slightly.
Tian Yang said to Ye Xiao again: "You are responsible for intercepting the black people who come to assist the fog tree people. I will let Xing Luo help you if you can't stop them. It's okay, I'm still here, but I hope to end the battle as soon as possible and complete the goal of our trip."
"Therefore, I hope both of you can show your due strength. This is our first cooperation. I don't want anyone to hide their strength and drag the whole team down."
Yin Meng and Ye Xiao exchanged glances, and then Yin Meng said, "Don't worry, we know our limits."
Tianyang nodded: "Okay, rest for ten minutes, then we'll set off. Do you know how to use 'Hide'? After crossing the river, you'd better eliminate your own breath, at least don't attract the attention of the forest before finding the fog tree man."
As Silver Knights, they all knew one or two Star Skills, so they all nodded when they heard this.
Tianyang didn't give any other instructions.
Ten minutes later, Tianyang made the nearby black fog gather around them intentionally or unintentionally. He used "Dark Breathing" himself and ordered Xingluo to use
'Hide' means to eliminate one's own breath.
Yin Meng and Tian Yang also used the same technique, but in terms of technology, Yin Meng mastered it better. Even when she and Tian Yang walked together, Tian Yang could not sense her aura.
Ye Xiao seemed rather rough. As soon as he approached, Tianyang could sense his faint aura. In other words, he had not yet fully mastered the skill of 'hiding' and could only gather his aura around him.
But this is enough. By gathering the breath around him and adding the black fog gathered by Tianyang, it is basically difficult to find him as long as he does not get close to the tree man in the thick fog.
They passed the stream and followed the direction Bud pointed. In the mist, they soon entered a valley.
The river that flows nearby comes from the valley. As you go deeper into the valley, you can feel the terrain gradually rising. It seems that because of the appearance of the fog tree man, the fog in the valley is obviously thicker than outside.
As a result, the visibility of Tianyang and others became even lower. The range of the lighting equipment they carried had been compressed to about two meters around them.
After walking for a while, Tianyang stopped. In the light, in the thick fog ahead, a human-like figure suddenly appeared, but much taller than a human, and with a distorted shape.
The black shadow was motionless. After a while, it twisted and swam away like a snake in the mist, disappearing quickly.
That was a real fog monster. Tianyang had encountered this formless black creature several times on the way here.
Those things are not offensive, they just confuse people, if you ignore them and don't show any particularly intense emotions, then after a while, the fog monster will leave on its own.
keep going.
In the valley, Tianyang saw the slow-moving gray tree people who took a long time to take a small step; he saw the fog monsters floating in the mist, waiting to receive intense emotions; he saw the insect people who looked like cicadas but had limbs and attached themselves to the gray tree people... .
Finally, deep in the valley, on the swirling bend of the river, Tianyang and his friends found a large dead gray tree.
It is not as tall as the Gray Tree Man, but it is also four or five meters tall. Its crown is lush and covered with gray-white leaves, but those leaves have a small mouth.
There are vines hanging from the treetops, which are made of gray hairs tangled together. On the trunk of the tree is an old man's face, with eyes tightly closed, obvious downward lines at the corners of the eyes, and clear nasolabial folds.
From time to time, thick mist would rise from the crown of this gray tree. The mist would spread in the air and then dissipate, making the strange tree appear and disappear in the mist.
"found it."
Tianyang said softly, the characteristics of this tree can be said to be very obvious, it is obviously the 'Fog Tree Man' without a doubt.
"I'm ready." Yin Meng tightly grasped 'Xiao Lou Ye Yu' and gave a look that showed that she was ready to take action at any time.
Tianyang looked at Ye Xiao, and the latter also made a gesture to indicate that he was fine.
Tianyang then made a gesture to Xingluo, who left with the longbow "Yangyan" on his back, and went to find a sniper position by himself.
A moment later, Tianyang received Xingluo's response.
Feedback, she is ready.
Looking around, Tianyang smiled and said, "Let's shine some light."
whoosh!
In the valley, the black people suddenly saw a silver line suddenly rise into the sky, and then a bright light appeared above the valley.
Although the light could not dispel the thick fog, visibility was still improved a lot. Moreover, a silver beam of light shot up into the sky. The energy impact created a strong wind, which instantly thinned the thick fog in the valley a lot.
The gleaming fighting spirit formed a set of clearly outlined armor on Yin Meng's body. Then, 'Night Rain in Small Building' was unsheathed, attracting the water vapor nearby. The sound of water in the small river not far away suddenly became loud. Suddenly, a water dragon rolled up and followed Yin Meng's long sword, rolling towards the foggy tree man by the river.
The tree man in the thick fog seemed to sense the change in energy. The lines on the face of the old man with closed eyelids on the tree changed slightly, and then he suddenly opened his eyes.
Yin Meng immediately shook his sword, and the water dragon exploded into thousands of water droplets, which shot towards the tree man in the thick fog.
Those water droplets reflected the brilliance of the stars and fell all over the sky. Each drop had the power to wear away a rock. The falling drizzle almost completely covered the tree man in the thick fog.
The branches of the foggy tree man swayed violently, and the dense leaves on the crown of the tree opened their mouths and let out bursts of silent howls.
Suddenly, the water droplets falling from the sky exploded one by one, shattering into rain powder as fine as dust. The water curtain above the tree man in the thick fog seemed to evaporate in an instant, turning into a ball of thick water mist, which dissipated into the fog and disappeared.
Yin Meng's pupils suddenly contracted, and her whole body turned into a brilliant ball of light and crashed into the tree man. The thick fog around the tree man suddenly spun as if it had its own life and consciousness, forming two gray-white tornadoes that crashed into Yin Meng.
Suddenly, Yin Meng rushed in, and there was a loud bang in the valley. The thick fog was swept away, making the riverside gloomy and gray. It was gray everywhere, and the air became extremely chaotic.
Just like Bard said before, the fog tree people were attacked and threatened, and the surrounding black people immediately sensed it and took action.
The fog monsters reacted the fastest. Almost the next moment after Yin Meng made his move, these formless creatures flew and swam in the thick fog like pythons, rushing towards the direction of the fog tree man to provide support.
But before they got close to the river, suddenly golden beams of light broke through the thick fog and hit the fog monsters swimming in the fog one after another, creating one golden fireball after another.
Boom boom boom—
There were continuous muffled sounds in the valley, and brilliant waves of fire rolled around, diluting the fog, burning the black grass, and turning the fog monsters into puffs of translucent powder in the thick fog, which spread out in the wind.
The strange roar of the fog monster was heard in the valley. More fog monsters turned into vague and distorted figures in the thick fog and quickly rushed over, but they were all intercepted and killed one by one by Xing Luo who was in the sniper position.
Golden flames continued to explode, and hot waves of fire gushed out in all directions. In the firelight, the slow-moving gray tree people took big steps, making rustling sounds as they walked, and slowly but steadily came towards the river bend.
At this time, Ye Xiao did not rush forward to intercept the tree people. Instead, he took out a weapon like a hand cannon, put it on his wrist, pressed a few buttons on the weapon's screen, then Ye Xiao raised his hand and shot a fireball from the muzzle of the weapon!