Chapter 175 Sword Thorn Tree, Mu Qiao's Thoughts

Under Mu Qiao's guidance, the team walked forward about forty or fifty meters, and the scenery in front of them suddenly became empty.

What appeared before my eyes was a huge plant that looked like an iron tree.

Its branches and leaves spread out like sharp swords, pointing in all directions.

Within a radius of more than ten meters from this plant, there was nothing but bare ground, with no living creatures to be seen.

Originally, the group of iron-clawed monkeys were following the crowd, but when they got closer, they were afraid to move forward.

"Is this... Swordthorn?"

There was a hint of surprise in Mu Qiao's doubtful voice.

The swordthorn tree, a rare and extremely aggressive plant, is a very powerful weapon of war for them.

"Do you know him?" Mo Yu was a little curious.

The information detected by the reconnaissance technique only showed that the plant in front of him was a very rare plant.

There is no way to know where to cherish.

Mu Qiao nodded and explained, "This plant is very rare. I also read about it in a book. Its sword leaves are excellent forging materials."

At this point, Mu Qiao put on a flattering smile.

"If you can give this plant to me to cultivate, within a month, the territory will be able to add a fifth-level combat force." He said confidently.

There is one thing Mu Qiao didn't mention, that he himself can also use this to break through to a higher level.

For the jungle herders, the most important thing for their tribe is the plant puppets.

Whether it is strength or breakthrough, it is closely related to plants.

How could he not be surprised to see such a rare and powerful plant at this time.

Although he knew in his heart that the lord had called him out to find the plant for other purposes, he still hoped to convince the lord to give him the plant for domestication.

Mo Yu smiled and shook his head. "When Brute is free later, ask him to take you to the forest to find it. This plant is useful now."

The mere fifth-level combat power cannot shake his determination.

If there could be a seventh level, perhaps Mo Yu would consider it.

But think about it, it's unlikely, high-level combat power is not so easy to cultivate.

Now, the most important thing for Mo Yu is to upgrade the Tree of Life Tower to the second level as soon as possible.

He already had five Life Magic Crystals on hand, and only needed four more to complete his promotion, so he would not give up any possibility of obtaining Life Magic Crystals.

As they were talking, earth ants had already crawled out densely from the trees on both sides and were crawling towards the swordthorn tree standing in the open space.

Although it was just a plant, Mo Yu did not look down on it.

Having witnessed the madness of the thorny sunflower demon, he believed that even a blade of grass in this world might have the ability to kill people, let alone a plant with such an aggressive posture.

Mu Qiaobaba watched and thought to himself that he must ask Bruman to protect him and search for him in the forest someday.

In the open space, the earth ants crawling forward rapidly were indeed attacked by the sword-thorn trees.

Some translucent sword energy flew out from its outstretched sword leaves. It was extremely sharp and instantly killed the earth ant when it landed on it.

None of the earth ants that approached were able to escape, and were pinned to the ground by the sword energy.

But the next moment, more summoned creatures came forward and attacked the swordthorn tree.

It is called an attack, but in fact it is more of a consumption.

Mo Yu wanted to obtain the complete life magic crystal, so he didn't dare to damage the sword thorn tree too much, so he didn't dare to use attacks like the Earth Spear Stabbing Tower.

He mainly consumes it by summoning creatures, destroying its sword leaves or exhausting its energy, and then he will reap the fruits of victory.

Jian Jimu was not aware of the tactics that Mo Yu had put on the table.

As a plant, it has not yet developed a complete consciousness and relies more on instinct to deal with summoned creatures that approach and try to threaten its survival.

With a large amount of cannon fodder piling up, the swordthorn tree was defeated in less than five minutes.

No more, really not a single drop left.

I can't squeeze it out anymore.

Seeing this, Mo Yu no longer hesitated and wanted to arrange for the Flame Demon Wolf to remove the sword leaves of the sword-thorn tree.

Mu Qiao said hurriedly, "Lord, if you need any material from the swordthorn tree, you can give it to me. I am very familiar with plants, and this will not damage other materials."

Since he couldn't get a living swordthorn tree, he could only hope to find some plant seeds from its corpse.

If the Flame Demon Wolf were allowed to look for it, it would most likely destroy such a rare plant completely.

"Okay, then you should be careful. If you need help, those summoned creatures will cooperate with you." Mo Yu nodded and let Mu Qiao go up.

The energy of the swordthorn tree has been exhausted and it is safe in the short term. As long as we are quick and take away its magic crystal quickly, there will be no danger.

Mu Qiao also knew this very well. He took a deep breath and came to the side of Jianjimu.

Because the swordthorn tree is protected by a large number of sword leaves, it is not easy to approach.

Mu Qiao stepped on the ladder wall built by several summoned creatures and finally climbed over the sword leaves and reached the top of the central cylindrical trunk of the swordthorn tree.

It took out a small dagger from somewhere on its body and started scratching the swordthorn tree.

The sword-shaped leaves of the swordthorn tree are very hard, but the cylindrical trunk in the center is much softer.

The dagger cut through the brown fuzz on the top of the swordthorn tree trunk. After digging only a foot deep, Mu Qiao found the swordthorn tree's life magic crystal and took it out.

Without the life magic crystal, the swordthorn tree quickly died.

Mu Qiao's movements became faster. He first removed the sword leaves of the swordthorn tree one by one along the connection, and then found five swordthorn tree seeds on its trunk.

With these seeds, his dream of growing swordthorn trees was finally fulfilled.

However, compared with the finished swordthorn wood, the time required to cultivate these seeds is much longer.

"My Lord, there is a total of one Life Magic Crystal, five Swordthorn Wood seeds, and thirteen Swordthorn Wood leaves."

Mu Qiao did not dare to conceal or withhold any of the spoils.

This was one of the iron laws of the territory that Da Zhuang had read out repeatedly, so he naturally had to abide by it.

The life magic crystal of the swordthorn wood is a crystal like a green gem, but it is not hard and feels a bit like QQ candy.

There are still three left... Mo Yu looked up at the sky and there were probably about three hours of activity time left.

At the rate of collecting one Life Magic Crystal per hour, there is hope that the remaining three Life Magic Crystals can be collected.

Mo Yu put away the spoils, looked at Mu Qiao, and said, "Thank you for your hard work. These three swordthorn tree seeds are for you. Cultivate them well. I hope that you three brothers can form a plant army for the territory in the future."

"Thank you, Lord!" Mu Qiao was ecstatic.

He was already satisfied if he could keep three out of the five seeds.

It just so happened that the three brothers each got one, so they didn't have to worry about conflicts arising from uneven distribution.

"Let's go!" Mo Yu put away the defense tower and called out to the pilot Salt beside him.

This dragon eagle knight was still a little depressed.

He was clearly a hero with unparalleled combat power, but under this man's command, he was reduced to a pilot.

The dragon eagle quickly took off, leaving only the bare trunk of the swordthorn tree.

After losing the Life Magic Crystal, its life breath quickly weakened. I believe that it won't be long before this piece of vacant land will be occupied by the wildly growing plants around it.

The enthusiastic group of iron-clawed monkeys hummed and chased the dragon eagle for hundreds of meters to see it off.

Seeing that he could not catch up, he could only hang on the treetop dejectedly and watch the dragon eagle fly away.

The subsequent search was not smooth.

For nearly two hours, Mu Qiao did not sense the energy aura of the target plant.

Although there are many plants in the forest, those that meet Mo Yu's requirements are very rare.

This location is already quite deep inside the forest. Logically speaking, there should be many plants that meet the requirements.

But Mo Yu didn't encounter any along the way.

There’s no way, Mu Qiao’s perception range is too small, I can only say it’s bad luck.

"A group of wind witch vultures are coming from behind. I'll go deal with them." Salt suddenly shouted.

Mo Yu nodded and waved his hand, indicating that Salt could go.

It wasn't that he didn't want to speak, it was just that the wind was too strong and he felt dizzy once he opened his mouth.

Seeing this, Salt left two dragon eagles to guard Mo Yu and Mu Qiao, and took the remaining dragon eagle, circled, and swooped down behind him.

Mo Yu looked back and vaguely saw some strange birds with human heads, a bit like harpies, but with some differences in details.

These wind witch vultures possess remarkable magical abilities. When they saw Salt approaching, they screamed and flapped their wings, creating a large number of tiny wind blades.

Seeing this, Salt did not dodge, but led the group of dragon eagles and charged straight forward.

Soon, the group of dragon eagles came into contact with the wind blades.

The wind blades seemed to hit an invisible barrier and shattered one after another, unable to break through the barrier outside the group of dragon eagles.

Mo Yu knew this skill, which was Salt's hurricane attack. The rapid attack could protect him from the hurricane.

These wind blades hit the hurricane and were crushed to pieces.

Originally he thought this skill was a single-target skill, but now it seems that it has a wide coverage range.

The entire group of dragon eagles was protected from the hurricane's sudden attack.

Two rounds of rain-like wind blades were quickly broken through by the group of dragon eagles, and they pierced into the wind wizard vultures like sharp arrows.

There was blood rain in the sky and wind witch vultures were falling like raindrops.

The melee combat capabilities of these Wind Witch Vultures are very weak, and no one knows where they get the courage to covet them.

In less than ten minutes, the group of Wind Witch Vultures were killed.

Only then did Salt give up and rushed back to Mo Yu with an excited look on his face.

After a fierce fight, the depression in his heart dissipated a lot and he felt much more energetic.

"continue!"

The team continued searching in the forest.

Mo Yu planned to search for another half an hour. If there was still no result, he would have to give up today and return to his territory.

The wave of Wind Witch Vultures just now was not a coincidence. It was the third wave of flying monsters they had experienced.

As we go deeper into the forest, we encounter more and more monsters.

It's so frequent in the sky, not to mention in the forest below.

At this time, the sky was beginning to darken. If we delayed any longer, it would only become more difficult when it got dark.

The team searched forward for more than ten minutes, and just when Mo Yu was about to give up, Mu Qiao finally spoke.

"My Lord, I got it... I got it!"

"It's on the left. There are one... two... hiss, there are five or six plants below..."

Mo Yu's eyes lit up. Was it because he saw that he was working so hard that he was defeated in one go?

Either you can't find it, or it's so fat.

"Let's go and check out the situation. Mu Qiao, you point the direction."

"We'll approach from the air. Salt, you must stay alert at all times. If the situation becomes unfavorable, we must evacuate immediately."

There are five or six high-level plants gathered together. Mo Yu feels that the danger of this place is definitely not low.

It is very necessary to stay vigilant. Nothing can be done but saving your life is the priority.

Under Mo Yu's guidance, the team slowly lowered the altitude to about twenty meters.

The terrain of the forest here is not flat, but undulating, and tends to develop towards mountains.

The trees are still dense, but most of them are low, making it easy to see the scene below.

As they climbed over a low mountain, a valley appeared in front of everyone.

Five huge ancient trees over 20 meters tall are located in the valley.

"That's them?"

Mo Yu turned his head to look at Mu Qiao and got a positive answer.

He frowned. It was a little too big. He wondered if it was a living tree like the ancient war tree.

If so, it would be a bit troublesome, after all, the body shape is there.

While he was thinking, Salter exclaimed, "Lord, be careful!"

I saw a large number of javelins being thrown out from the crown of the giant tree, forming a square formation and covering everyone.

Salt whistled, and the group of dragon eagles suddenly descended collectively, avoiding this wave of attacks.

More spears, stones and other projectiles were thrown out from the treetops.

At this time, everyone also saw clearly what kind of creature was attacking.

Monkeys, another group of monkeys!
The giant tree was densely packed with monkeys of many kinds.

There are all kinds of monkeys, from gibbons, iron-clawed monkeys... to the strong and powerful gorillas.

This is actually a huge monkey tribe.

Fortunately, there were no signs of tampering on the five ancient trees.

"Land and prepare for counterattack!" Mo Yu gave the order.

He naturally would not give up after finally encountering these few plants. No matter what, he had to defeat them first.

The team quickly landed in an open space in the valley.

As soon as they landed, the War Gate opened and the defense towers lined up to attack.

Exploding arrows, Holy Judgement swords... a large number of attacks caused the monkeys hiding in the treetops to jump around in panic.

The monkeys quickly launched a counterattack, and the gibbons, who were good at long-range throwing, quickly threw spears to counterattack.

But above the ground, the golden maze has risen.

Most of these javelins were blocked by the walls of the golden maze and could hardly harm Mo Yu and others inside.

As for the defense towers exposed outside, they are not afraid of spear attacks at all.

At this time, the monkey group's melee troops have appeared.

A mixed melee force of more than 200 Iron Claw Monkeys and King Kong Apes fell from the giant trees like rain, jumping towards the golden maze to attack.

Soon, they poured into the maze.

In fact, the area calculation of the golden maze does not start from the outermost wall.

Instead, the calculation starts from the open space about five meters outside the wall.

Any creature that enters the open space is considered to have entered the Golden Maze area and must abide by its rules such as no flying and no climbing.

So when the monkeys rushed in and tried to climb the walls of the golden maze, they naturally encountered setbacks.

With no other choice, they chose to attack along the passage.

However, the complex terrain quickly caused the monkeys to lose their direction.

After several forks in the road, the monkey group dispersed and divided into countless small groups.

At this time, in the golden maze, under the leadership of the golden fighters and golden armored soldiers, the guards stationed in it took advantage of the terrain and quickly strangled the monkey group.

(End of this chapter)