Chapter 61 Demon’s Blood
Carrying the collected supplies, Rodaina and the little creature quickly left the canyon and returned to the altar.

As soon as I stepped onto the clean land, Augla hurried over to me.

"How's it going? Did you encounter any danger?"

Augla was definitely the most enthusiastic about this exploration, because Rhodes said that he would first use the Moon God Stone to repair the statue of the tree god and strengthen the connection between the forest and the dryads.

By then, they should be able to accommodate more souls of the same race into the forest and expand their team.

When the forest fully recovers in the future, they, the tree spirits, will be the heroes and veterans, and won’t they be envious of those guys?

but.

As soon as this thought came to his mind, his attention was drawn to what Rhodes was carrying.

"Eh? Lord Rhodes, what's on your back?"

"An egg."

Rhodes untied the things on his body and put them together with his previous gains. At a glance, there were more than a dozen Moon Goddess Stones.

But the most eye-catching thing is the egg.

"Egg?"

Augla was full of confusion, and his attention was all on the egg.

After seeing its appearance clearly, he was also shocked: "Such a big egg, where did you get it, Lord Rhodes? And there are signs of life!"

Obviously.

He also noticed something strange about the dome.

It's not that it's strange that life appeared in the Black Soil World, but also that's where Rhodes and his friends went.

That’s a druid’s lair filled with black beasts!
How could life survive there?

Could it be that Lord Rhodes and this succubus had a child together?
After thinking about it, Augla couldn't help but look at Aina, or to be exact, at her belly, and then glanced around the dome.

This obvious action made Aina feel breathless: "Why are you looking at me? This egg was not laid by me!"

This egg is almost bigger than her. What kind of inferior eyes and brain does one have to have to think it was laid by her?
And have you ever seen a demon lay eggs?
"Oh, so he is not Lord Rhodes's heir..."

Augla scratched his head, looking a little regretful.

He was just thinking that if Lord Rhodes really had a child, he could take the child to play horse riding games, teach the child how to fight, and so on.

That picture feels good just thinking about it.

"What do you mean my offspring? I found this in the druid's nest. I thought it was strange that it could absorb the scent of black soil, so I brought it back." Rhodes said while observing the giant egg.

"Absorbing the scent of black soil? Wouldn't that make it the same as the lantern tree?" Augla asked in surprise, and Ina also looked over.

“Something is different.”

Rhodes stood up, looking thoughtful. "The lantern tree is a plant with a very weak soul breath, but this thing has a very strong soul breath, which means it has independent consciousness. I guess it is likely left over from three hundred years ago, and for some reason it has not been completely corrupted by the black soil."

"Three hundred years ago!"

Augula and Aina said in unison, shock written in their eyes.

It has survived from three hundred years ago to this day and has even survived the corrosion of the black soil. What kind of horrible creature can do that, or has it mutated?

"How about we hatch it and see?" Ina suggested.

"No! This will bring danger to the forest! My suggestion is to just crush it and bury it in the soil as nutrients." Augla's voice of objection followed.

Ina's face darkened, and she suddenly remembered the bad memory of how she was almost turned into nutrients when she first came here.

It is said that the tree spirits advocate peace.

Are you sure you're not a demon?
"Okay, it's still uncertain whether it can hatch, so find a place to put it first, and don't get close to it casually."

Rhodes really wanted to know the secret of how the giant egg could survive on the black soil, but of course he couldn't really smash it.

It just so happened that the lantern tree was a good match for it, so after thinking about it, I placed it next to the lantern tree and covered it with a layer of grass to prevent it from rolling.

Seeing that he said so.

Ogula and Aina naturally no longer had any objections, but looked at the remaining Moon Stones with fiery eyes.

"I just counted them. There are thirteen pieces of Luna Stone in total, and more than half of them are well preserved."

Ina's voice contained a hint of excitement.

Even when the demon race was still strong, she couldn't believe that she could see so many Moon Stones at once.

But now, she had gained so much after just going out a few times, which was far beyond her expectations.

All this was possible thanks to the lantern trees planted by Rhodes, and they didn't even encounter any major danger.

"As agreed, we will split the items we discovered together equally. Is that okay with you?" Rhodes spoke first.

"No problem." Ina answered without thinking, "But I want these smaller ones, which are easier to carry. The big ones are fine."

"Are you sure you want to divide it this way?"

"Sure. I have a lot of people in my tribe, so small ones are more convenient to carry. I want to exchange the extra for food. Is that okay with you?"

"Food..." Rhodes lowered his head and thought.

Seeing this, Aina thought that he felt that the chips were not enough. After all, food was extremely precious on the black soil.

He gritted his teeth, took out a small bottle from his body, cut his finger, dripped some blood into it, sealed it and handed it over.

"What is this?" Rhode asked in confusion. "Devil's blood! You are willing to take out this thing?" Augla exclaimed, obviously recognizing the origin of this thing.

Aina glanced at him, then looked at Rhodes and said solemnly, "This is the devil's blood that only high-level demons can possess. After absorbing it, it can burst out several times the magic power in a short period of time. With this, I should be able to exchange for more food, right?"

The blood of a high-level demon?

This is very valuable for research.

Rhodes thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay, but you have to wait until the food is ripe before you can get it."

"it is good."

Soon, the Moon Stones were distributed.

Because I care about my people.

Ina didn't say anything more.

After a brief recovery on the spot, he left in the night.

Taking the "wages" from the two days' work, some wheat and wild fruits, and a black fruit, he hurried back towards the volcano.

According to her, the black moon appears every time the moon is full, which is once a month.

By then, the entire Dreamwood will be in turmoil.

Not only will the black soil and black beast fall into frenzy and increase its destructive power, but the moon in the sky will also tear apart the soul, and if you are not careful, you may die on the spot.

It has been more than half a month since the last black moon, so we need to prepare in advance.

"Let's go and repair the statue first."

Rhodes put away the demon blood, intending to study it slowly later.

Then, surrounded by Augla and the little ones, they came to the Moon Well and tried to repair the statue of the Moon God.

However, there was no response.

Then he ran to the Tree of Life statue, selected a piece of Moonstone the size of his head, and gently touched the base of the statue.

hum-

A circle of life ripples spread out.

The shadow of the Tree of Life appeared again.

The huge branches and leaves almost covered the entire sky.

The Moon Stone in Rhodes' hand also turned into starlight and merged into the statue, making the base grow higher.

"Fixed, fixed!"

"Yeah!"

Augla and the others cheered excitedly.

As a species born from the Tree of Life, they naturally hope to reproduce the glory of the tree god and spread the power of life to every corner of the Dream Forest once again.

Rhodes glanced outside the altar and found that just as he had guessed, the black soil had retreated another half meter and was completely suppressed by the power of the Tree of Life statue.

Without hesitation, he immediately took out all the complete Moon Stones and placed them on the statue.

next second.

An even more terrifying breath of life emerged, causing the entire shadow of the Tree of Life and the mark of the Tree God to shine with dazzling light.

The starlight that scattered across the sky was like a sacred white jade tree standing between heaven and earth, inviolable.

The land outside the altar expanded directly to fifty meters, and the statue was restored from its original root base to the position of the trunk. Although it was not as exaggerated as the phantom, it was also extremely magnificent.

What surprised Rhodes even more was...

With the help of this power, the plants in his plantations and wheat fields continued to grow rapidly. They grew taller in just a few seconds, and some even matured directly.

[Crops mature, experience points +2]

[Crops mature, experience points +1]

[Crops mature, experience points +1]

……

Information popped up one after another.

Rhodes' experience points increased significantly in an instant.

【Demonized Tree Spirit lv10】

[Experience: 92/100]

"So fast!"

It turned out to be a wise choice to risk his life to search for the Moon Stone. It directly increased his experience level by half a level, and he was now not far from level 11.

You have to know that he has just advanced.

"what is that?"

Suddenly, Augula's shout was heard.

The little ones seemed to have discovered something and all looked up at the sky.

(End of this chapter)