Chapter 10: Encountered a trap
All day long.

Rod spent most of his time exploring the surroundings.

The method he used was very simple.

Set off in a designated direction. When your magic power is almost exhausted, rush back to the altar. Wait until your magic power is restored and then continue exploring in another direction.

Using this method, he almost figured out the general situation within five kilometers around the altar and became familiar with the terrain.

Except for the ancient tree at the beginning.

They also encountered several attacks by black beasts.

There were cheetahs, bears, and flower monsters, but they were not too strong, so they were all dealt with one by one, temporarily eliminating the hidden dangers around the altar.

"Let's go, go back."

The sky was getting dark.

Rhodes didn't dare to stay outside any longer, and hurried back to the altar with his remaining magic power.

Because he found out.

Every night, the breath of the black soil will become more violent, and the speed at which it devours life will increase a lot.

Even if he had the magic recovery effect of the wreath, he couldn't hold on for long.

Not to mention the little things.

He just came back a little late, but he looked a little listless. It took him eating a few fruits to slowly recover and return to his own little pit to take root and recover.

But it has to be said.

The little thing is worthy of being the guardian of the tree spirit.

After several battles and absorbing the energy from the corpses, his aura became much stronger and he grew taller than before.

The only thing that hasn't changed.

There was only Rhodes himself.

After working so hard for a long time, not only did I get nothing, I didn't even gain any experience.

Damn, using cultivation magic to provide support doesn't even add any experience!

So gardeners are not worthy of fighting?
"No, I have to learn an offensive magic."

"If you don't give it to me, I'll just give it up!"

At this point, Rhodes could only hope for his daily routine of prayers, and the Tree God's Mark he obtained today, wondering if he could exchange it for some rewards.

After all, he risked his life to go out and help his fellow tribesmen collect the bodies. It would be unreasonable not to show some appreciation, right?
Return to the altar.

Rhodes looked at the surrounding layout.

There are four statues in total, located at the four corners of the altar.

Two of them were so corroded that they were beyond recognition. The remaining two could be vaguely distinguished as the limbs of an animal and the roots of a giant tree.

He had a feeling that the black soil outside did not invade the interior of the altar because of the existence of these statues, even though only the bases of the statues were left.

"The demigod statues...are you talking about these?"

Muttering, Rhodes came to the tree-shaped statue.

After observing for a moment, he finally slowly reached out his hand and placed it on the base of the statue.

one second...

Two seconds...

three seconds...

boom--

A circle of green ripples spread out.

Rhodes was forced to close his eyes subconsciously and put one hand in front of him.

The base of the statue, which was made of tangled thick roots, suddenly burst into a dazzling light, shooting straight into the sky, as if trying to break through the chaotic darkness.

Followed by.

Leaves were falling all over the sky.

The shadow of a vast and boundless giant tree towers over the sky and earth, like a giant blooming umbrella.

But this scene came and went quickly.

In just a few breaths, it turned into countless points of light and quickly dissipated. In the end, only the shadow of a tree bud floating above the statue remained, flickering.

"Is this... gone?"

After waiting for a while without any movement, Rhodes finally reacted and went to the tree bud to look left and right.

The little creature that was recovering in the distance was also awakened by the grand scene just now. It hid behind a rock and watched secretly, looking like a curious baby.

It was only then that Rhodes noticed.

The black soil around the altar actually disappeared!
From its original position close to the edge of the altar, it retreated to ten meters away, as if forming an invisible protective circle.

What surprised him even more was...

The plants he had planted before actually grew a lot taller without the black soil pressing them down. Even the seeds he had killed were reborn, taking root and sprouting. Messages kept popping up. [Planting successful, experience points +2]

[Planting successful, experience value +2]

【Planting success...】

[Experience value: 21/40]

In a blink of an eye, Rhodes gained more than ten experience points, and was only halfway to reaching level 5.

Suppress the black soil and bring the seeds back to life.

Such a powerful vitality instantly reminded Rhodes of the legendary existence, the totem of all natural creatures, the Tree of Life!
and so.

This statue of a demigod.

The sacrifice is actually to the Tree of Life?
No wonder that mark is called the Mark of the Tree God. It truly deserves the title of Tree God.

There are four such statues on the altar.

In other words.

There are a total of four demigods under the Moon God!

Since the Moon Goddess has disappeared, why don’t the four demigods come to take care of the Dream Grove?

Disappeared with the Moon Goddess.

Or is it for some other reason?

Rhodes had more and more doubts in his mind.

Throwing such a mess to a little tree spirit, could it be that he was being scammed?
"Yeah!"

Just thinking about it.

A scream was heard from the little thing.

Rhodes looked in the direction of the sound and was surprised to find that a patch of blood-red thorny vines had grown out of the edge of the originally empty altar.

One of them even stretched into the altar, entangled with the little guy's short spear weapon, and pulled it back and forth.

The little thing obviously didn't expect that there would be a bad creature trying to steal its weapon. It was shouting loudly and throwing stones and vines, looking very angry.

But no matter how hard it tried, it was unable to get the spear back, and the two sides remained in a stalemate.

This surprised Rhodes.

You have to know that although the little thing is small in size, it is very strong.

Apart from the three tall small trees, other plants were basically not strong enough for it to chew. Unexpectedly, it would be defeated by this strange vine.

"Isn't that where the thornball seeds are grown?"

“Can it really sprout?”

Soon, Rhodes remembered the source of the vine.

It was the seed that was pulled from the dragon blood vine staff before.

Unexpectedly, with the blessing of the tree god's mark, it also sprouted, and grew several vines three or four meters long.

He thought they were seeds of chestnut or Xanthium sibiricum, but they turned out to be dragon blood vine just like the staff itself.

I don't know how long this plant will grow.

Maybe we could build a fence around the altar.

Rhodes walked over while thinking and reached out to help.

As if sensing something, the vine that had refused to let go suddenly loosened its grip and retreated outside the altar.

Seeing this, the little creature who had regained its weapon hurriedly ran away, and while running, it did not forget to turn back and babbled to the dragon blood vine, as if it was cursing it with the most unpleasant words it thought, and it dared not get any closer.

Little coward.

Rhodes didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and was also a little surprised.

Could it be that this vine has developed intelligence?
However, he soon found out that he was wrong.

Those vines are just growing by instinct.

The reason why the little creature's spear was entangled was that it was unable to stop itself from poking the roots of the vines, wanting to see what the new thing was. Pure curiosity killed the cat.

In other words.

This vine plant has the ability to fight back.

Just like those Venus flytraps and lantern plants.

The reason why it didn't hurt Rhodes was probably because the dragon blood vine had become familiar with the magical aura on him during his cultivation during this period.

as predicted.

When Rhodes reached out and touched the vine, the vine's binding counterattack was not triggered, and it was no different from an ordinary plant.

"nice one."

"Now we have the fence for the plantation and the altar."

(End of this chapter)