Chapter 142 First Encounter
Rhodes had seen many plants and animals contaminated by black soil, but this was the first time he saw a life that could still maintain self-awareness after being contaminated.

Although the large size can be broken halfway through.

But it was a bit weird that the pollution stopped halfway, and it was the elves he was familiar with.

This strange existence instantly aroused his strong curiosity, and he wanted to take it back to study it.

Maybe through this elf, he can study the pollution principle of black soil, or even find a way to walk on the black soil at will?
"After all, he is a member of Yilin's tribe. Let's see what the situation is first."

After whispering something to the little thing and Kaba, Rhodes hid behind the ore and observed from afar.

And at this time.

The elf had already run to less than two hundred meters away.

Finally, due to exhaustion, or perhaps due to the increasing contamination on his body, he staggered to the ground and crawled forward with difficulty.

Her eyes were fixed on the direction of the Forest of Death through her messy hair, and her bitten lips were bleeding.

"Run? Aren't you a good runner?"

Chasing after them were two humans riding on skeleton warhorses, one holding a barrier and the other controlling a skeleton warhorse, with mockery and anger on their faces.

If they were not chasing the elf, they would not have risked their lives to come to such a heavily polluted place. They were naturally very unhappy and immediately blocked the elf.

however.

But the elf did not look at them.

With his scarred arms stretched out and his whole body trembling, he crawled towards the Death Forest bit by bit.

The pollution on her body was slowly getting worse, even her vision was becoming blurry, and scenes were appearing before her.

"Monster! You monster!"

"It's all because of you that my tribesmen are dying one by one!"

"Get out of here! You are not welcome here!"

"Mom, why is she black?"

"Go quickly, don't look at her, be careful of getting infected."

"Interesting, cover up her contaminated area! This should sell for a good price."

"Black Beast! She is the Black Beast! Don't let her escape!"

The distorted images, mixed with screams and roars, kept echoing in her mind, causing her body to tremble even more violently.

I just remember running away, running away.

No matter where he went, he was like a rat crossing the street, and everyone's face was filled with hatred and fear.

Only the voice echoing in her ears kept her awake for the last moment.

"Child, leave here. Only in the place where dreams originate can you find your true self..."

The place where dreams originate.

Can she really get there?

Looking at the Death Forest that was so close, the elf's pupils trembled violently. He stretched out his arms, but they felt out of reach.

Snapped!
The whip fell and hit her arm hard, leaving a long wound.

"Yeah!"

The little creature hiding not far away screamed, looked at the elf, then looked back at Rhodes with an anxious look.

"You stinky bitch, do you really think we don't exist?"

On the skeleton warhorse, the man held a bone whip and looked down at the elf condescendingly, as if his patience had been exhausted.

"Let's capture her quickly. I heard there are many high-level black beasts nearby." The necromancer next to him looked around worriedly.

This place is very close to the Death Forest, and the pollution level is so high that even with the barrier, they still find it difficult to resist.

It is also said that a fifth-order fire dragon appeared some time ago. If they encounter it, they will die without knowing how they died.

"What are you afraid of?"

The man curled his lips in disdain: "As long as we take this bitch back and sell it, the resources we get in exchange will be enough to make up for this loss. Those people are very interested in this kind of semi-contaminated body."

Even though he said so.

But he still turned over and jumped off the skeleton horse, came to the elf, and stepped on her trembling arm.

"Run? Do you think you can run away? Even if I kill you now, your tribesmen will not come to save you! They will only treat you as a monster, an ugly monster!"

The elf groaned. She had been extremely determined, but when she heard the word "tribe members", tears finally flowed down her face and her tightly bitten lips trembled violently.

"I... have no tribesmen..."

A hoarse voice, almost inaudible, came out of the elf's mouth.

As if she had a last burst of energy, she suddenly pushed the man away, stood up and staggered towards the direction of the Death Forest.

"You still dare to run?"

"I think you don't know how to live or die!"

The man's face darkened, and a stream of magic power was poured into the whip, which instantly turned into an afterimage and rushed towards the elf.

The necromancer sat on the skeleton warhorse, watching everything coldly, with no intention of stopping it.

But at this moment.

The magic light comes on.

As the elf was running, layers of spiked shields suddenly appeared on her body, protecting her hunched body.

Snapped!
There was a crisp sound.

The outermost three layers of shield shattered directly.

Before the man could react to what was happening, he sensed a terrifying energy gathering rapidly.

"No! Back away!"

The necromancer's face changed drastically, and he rode his skeleton horse and retreated quickly without hesitation, and at the same time a undead bone shield appeared on his body.

"boom!!"

A deafening explosion swept across the black earth.

The man, who was still whipping the whip, was suddenly thrown out and fell heavily to the ground dozens of meters away. The barrier around him instantly dimmed.

"who!"

The man got up from the ground and looked around with a vigilant look on his face.

If he hadn't been protected by the barrier just now, he would have been seriously injured by the power of the explosion. His face suddenly turned ugly.

And just as his voice fell, a huge figure slowly walked out from behind the ore in the distance, staring at them coldly.

"Dragon!"

At a glance, the two recognized the figure.

It turned out to be the legendary dragon clan!
how come!
How could a giant dragon appear in a place so far away from the outskirts of the Death Forest?

The two were shocked and subconsciously took a step back.

What shocked them even more was that there was a figure standing on the dragon's back, a terrifying tree spirit with black lines all over its body.

He held the dragon's head with one hand and looked down at them with a cold gaze.

"You...who are you!"

The man shouted with a trembling voice, thinking that it was the fifth-order dragon mentioned in the previous news. But the next second.

The necromancer next to him reacted immediately and looked at the black dragon with excitement, which was obviously not as big as the rumors said.

"Black dragon! It's actually the legendary black dragon! And it's a second-level cub!"

"What did you say? Level 2?"

At this time, the frightened man finally sensed the breath of the dragon.

As expected, he was just like them, only at the second level, and it looked like he had just advanced to the next level, with an expression of ecstasy on his face.

An unexpected surprise.

Definitely an unexpected surprise.

If he could tame this black dragon cub, or take it back and sell it for resources, his strength would definitely be greatly improved.

"Okay, okay, this dragon cub is ours!"

"Do it! We must take it down!"

Greedy desire instantly filled the hearts of the two.

He didn't care about the elves at all and rushed directly towards the black dragon cub, magic power gushing out of his body.

"Second level?"

Kaba on his back.

Rhodes frowned slightly and looked at the two people rushing towards him.

This should be the first time he saw humans on the black soil, and their strength had reached the second level, so he couldn't help but take a few more glances.

While he was stunned, the two of them had already come to within twenty meters ahead.

The magic spell came out and a dazzling light appeared.

"go to hell!"

The man shouted, and a huge fireball quickly condensed on the staff, aiming directly at Rhodes and Kaba.

That ferocious and greedy gaze seemed to have seen the scene of taming the black dragon and making countless people bow down to him.

however.

But at this moment.

But something strange happened.

Just as he was about to launch a fireball at Rhodes, the ferocious and blazing fireball suddenly went out quickly and disappeared in front of him with a snap.

Even the necromancer who was about to summon a skeleton warrior paused, and the spell casting action was interrupted.

"What's going on? Why is my fire magic ineffective?!"

The man looked at the disappearing fireball in disbelief, as if he had seen a ghost.

When he looked up, he found that the fire elements that had gathered around him had all run to the black tree spirit opposite, looking well-behaved and obedient.

This bizarre scene made the two men's hair stand on end. Without even thinking, they quickly retreated in the direction they came from.

"Just right, I'll use you to try out my cultivation magic."

The sound of an ancient well without ripples rang out, echoing in the ears of the two people like a whisper from the abyss.

This was the first time that Rhodes used a living creature for experimentation. Even when he was assisting the little creature before, he only cast spells on the thorn armor on the little creature.

So when he saw the two men retreating, he raised his arms, and with a loud rumbling sound, a large group of thorn guards broke out of the ground, forming an encirclement to block their way.

The sudden appearance of the twisted vines made the two of them terrified and they wanted to break free from the restraints and escape.

"Om-"

The magic light lit up, instantly covering an area of ​​four meters in diameter, enveloping them.

He had just taken half a step when his feet went weak and he half-knelt on the ground as if all his strength had been drained.

"What's going on? I feel like the power in my body is draining away!"

"Oh no! It's that monster's magic, get out of here!"

The two men's faces changed drastically, and they tried their best to break through the vines and escape outside.

But the magical circle beneath their feet seemed to catch up with them, bringing them to their knees once again.

Even the vines next to it are growing at a terrifying speed.

then.

Under the shocked gaze of the two people.

Their bodies began to age, and an intense hunger almost overwhelmed their consciousness.

"Do not!!"

The two roared in anger.

But he was too hungry to exert any strength.

Eventually the barrier broke and was entangled by dense black tentacles, which madly poured into their bodies and turned into nutrients for the black soil in the blink of an eye.

"Uh... is it really useful?"

Rhodes was also completely shocked.

He thought that cultivation magic was only effective on plants, but he didn't expect that it could even cultivate living things.

The only flaw is that the ten times speed takes a while to take effect.

If they were not on the black soil, these two guys could at least hold on a little longer, or even find a chance to escape from the range of cultivation magic.

But even so, it was enough to surprise him.

Moon Goddess, what kind of magic are you studying?

It's biological fusion and rapid birth, and now even living things can produce effects. Doesn't this seem a bit wrong no matter how you look at it?

Fortunately, he had been careful before and did not use it on any living creature, otherwise, who knows what kind of mess would have been caused.

"Forget it, let's go back quickly."

Rhodes didn't pay much attention to the two guys who wanted to attack him and Kaba.

After simply dealing with the corpse and confirming that it would not turn into a black beast, he stood up and looked into the distance.

"How are you doing over there little one?

Originally, he wanted the little thing to hide in case he couldn't defeat it and launch a sneak attack, but now it seems like it was completely unnecessary.

There is no need for the little guy to take action, as he, the back row assistant, can handle everything.

"Yeah!"

The little thing's voice came from a distance.

I saw it dragging the elf who had fallen into a coma towards this side.

Rhodes was even a little skeptical.

Will this elf be dragged to death by it?

"Be careful, this is a very important research subject, don't kill it."

Rhodes quickly jumped off the black soil, took the elf with him, and then rode Kaba back into the forest.

(End of this chapter)