Chapter 62 Randomly select a lucky believer

"what happened?"

Rhodes raised his head and followed Augla's gaze.

At the top of the shadow of the Tree of Life, a translucent green light curtain slowly descended, covering the entire altar and planting area.

It is like a huge life shield, separating the altar from the black soil outside, forming a small world.

The jungle souls, elemental elves, and soul beasts in the plantation were all rejoicing, wandering freely in the area, and it felt like the breath of life had become much richer.

"what is this?"

"An independent little world?"

Rhodes looked at the altar and the black soil outside with amazement, as if it was a small world isolated from the outside world.

Hearing his voice, Augla finally reacted and said in doubt:
"This is... the Tree God's barrier!"

"Tree God barrier?"

"Yes, there is a life barrier around the Tree of Life. When it reaches a certain level, it will become a small world. It is also the place where Lord Moon God once lived!"

With a look of reverence in his eyes, Augla recalled the information left in the heritage of the tree spirit clan.

"In other words, this was once the residence of the Moon God?"

After hearing his words, Rhodes was surprised.

He thought that this altar was built by the believers of the Dream Forest, but he didn't expect it to be the residence of the Moon Goddess.

No wonder one can communicate with believers from other dimensions through this altar and receive the power of faith, and it is also a place that the black soil was unable to contaminate in the end.

It's really different.

just.

This is too fucking poor.

As a god, why don’t you put more treasures in your home?
For example, a magical medicine that increases level by +100, a forbidden spell that can be activated at level 1, a powerful hidden profession scroll, etc. At least leave something for him!

Just walked away like that.

Leaving him a broken altar pool.

It's almost as stingy as my grandma's.

"Well...it could also be that Master Moon left in a hurry and didn't leave anything behind."

As if knowing what he was thinking, Augla couldn't help but speak.

Rhodes wanted to complain a few more words, but at this moment, a message appeared in front of him.

[Obtain the protection of the tree god (medium): When attacked, reduce damage by 20%, permanent effect within the range of the life barrier, and disappears 30 minutes after leaving the range. ]

Protection upgraded!
Rhodes' face lit up with joy.

When the Tree God's Protection is upgraded to the intermediate level, not only the defense effect is doubled, but it also becomes a permanent effect.

As long as they do not leave the range of the barrier, their overall strength will rise to a higher level!
Is this the power of the Tree God's barrier?
So domineering!
Just as he was shocked, he suddenly heard the exclamations of Augla and others nearby.

"what happened!?"

"Yeah!"

Augula, who was originally immersed in this visual feast, was now looking at his body in shock.

I saw that his originally somewhat transparent soul body had become much more solid, almost as if it had materialized, and even his aura had increased sharply.

"Could it be that the restoration of the Tree of Life statue has strengthened the connection between the dryads and the forest?" Rhodes said in amazement.

"That should be it." Augla showed a happy expression. "Before, I could only stay here for one day because my soul power was very unstable. Now I feel that I can stay here for a few days without any problem, and I can already exert more than 80% of my strength."

Because it was the soul that entered the Dream Forest, it had great limitations. Being able to exert 80% of the strength of the original body had exceeded his expectations and made Rhodes happy.

It seems that Aina was right.

The Moon God Stone does have the effect of strengthening the soul.

We have only partially repaired the statue, and there have been such changes. If we repair it completely, wouldn’t the effect be even greater?

Luna Stone.

He needs more Luna Stones!

Now Rhodes wanted to rush over and destroy the entire druid nest.

And he was sure of it.

If every demigod leaves a mark, then the mark of the Archdruid must be in the deepest part of the nest, and it is also the second demigod mark that he is most likely to obtain.

Just get it.

He could then repair the second statue, and perhaps contact the remaining druids in other planes to strengthen the forest.

When Rhodes thought of the many changes that the Mark of the Tree God brought to the altar, his heart was burning with excitement, and he felt that the entire druid's nest was a giant treasure.

Unfortunately.

His strength is still too weak.

So far, we can only explore the outermost part.

"How about adding a few more powerful auxiliary skills?" Rhodes immediately thought of a way to quickly improve his strength.

He has a clear positioning of himself.

Gardener, assistant, and bystander.

what?
You mean fighting?

Isn't it normal for him, a gardener, to not be able to fight?
Learn a bunch of auxiliary magic and hide behind, letting your younger brothers rush forward to fight. This is the style that a big boss should have.

"Sure enough, I still need to learn a few more first-level magics."

Rhodes had a weird smile on his face.

Since he wanted to learn new magic, he would of course have to take advantage of the Moon God's followers.

Ever since he determined last time that the spiritual connection on the Moon God statue came from those believers, he has become much bolder.

A believer.

Isn’t it just a crop of leeks?
Even if the gods give us a piece of broken stone, we will be grateful and worship it as a family heirloom.

He has a good heart.

It's not too much to give him some mushrooms and fruits, right? At least he can fill his stomach.

The main reason is that these are the only things he can offer. He doesn't have the ability to get some treasure to perform miracles for the believers, so he can only use other things as a substitute.

But before that.

He still had something important to do.

Think of this.

Rhodes stood up and walked to the edge of the land that had just been expanded. He called Augla and asked him to transplant the lantern tree outside the black soil.

He went to the other side and took out the lantern tree seeds he had collected on the road, intending to plant them in a circle around the altar.

"I don't know how to cultivate a lantern tree that responds to living things..."

Looking at the lantern seed in his hand, Rhodes fell into deep thought.

Then, his eyes lit up and he suddenly thought of something. He rummaged around in his pocket and quickly pulled out a small bottle filled with red liquid.

That's right.

It was the demon blood that Aina gave him!

Anyway, he now has plenty of things that can restore magic power, so he doesn't lack this. He might as well use it to try and see if it can be useful for planting.

After thinking for a while, he simply opened the bottle, dripped a drop of devil's blood onto the lantern seed, and then carefully placed it on the black soil.

"Boom!"

The ground shook, and a lantern tree rose from the ground, greedily absorbing the corrosive energy from all directions.

In the blink of an eye.

The lantern tree is taking shape.

As Rhodes watched in amazement, red lanterns grew and hung from the tree.

"Red?"

The seeds that absorbed the devil's blood actually changed, and the lanterns that grew even changed color.

Could it be that……

Rhodes was delighted and quickly spread his spirit, trying to communicate with the lantern tree.

"Blood...blood...I like it..."

Intermittent mental information was transmitted into Rhodes' mind, allowing him to finally confirm one thing.

This mutant lantern tree.

Reacts to things containing blood!

In other words, it can parasitize and spread within some living organisms!

“Is this possible??”

Rhodes looked stunned.

He looked at the red lanterns and then at the small bottle in his hand.

He didn't expect that the demon blood he casually accepted would have such magical effects and directly grow what he had been dreaming of.

Doesn't that mean.

As long as he raises a few high-level demons, he will have an endless supply of demon blood for research?

loss.

I should have asked for more blood.

This small bottle is not enough for him to use a few times.

Looking at the few drops of blood left in the bottle, an absurd thought suddenly flashed through Rhodes' mind.

Is there a possibility.

The reason why the Moon Goddess raises demons in the Dream Forest is to use their blood to grow things?
"My goodness, could it be that the Moon God has treated the Dream Forest as a plantation?"

Rhodes had a strange expression on his face. The tall and majestic image of the Moon Goddess in his mind suddenly became outrageous.

He seemed to finally understand why the Moon Goddess always stuffed strange things into the forest. It turned out that she wanted to use them for research!
Then what is the purpose of raising humans?
See why they mate and reproduce so quickly?
Now Rhodes became interested in other races in the Black Soil World. He thought that when he had the chance, he must catch a few and study them to see what the differences were.

that's it.

After using spiritual communication to make the Red Lantern Tree stop attacking other lives at will, he planted all the remaining seeds.

I went around in a circle without missing anything.

Only then did he return to the plantation with satisfaction and began to prepare things for prayer.

"How about getting some mushrooms this time?"

Rhodes looked around and it seemed that there was nothing worth showing off in his plantation except those colorful mushrooms.

Especially the black fruit.

Because we have been exploring the druid's nest all day today, we have consumed a lot of energy, and the remaining ones are basically newly grown and are still green.

So after thinking it over, he finally walked into the plantation somewhat embarrassedly and picked two red mushrooms.

The two black mushrooms before were purely accidental.

I don’t know if any of the believers were eaten dead.

Red mushrooms look good, their bright red color is very festive, and they will definitely not kill you if eaten.

"Eh? What are you doing here little guy?"

Holding the red mushroom in his hand, Rhodes spotted two fire elemental elves hidden under the mushroom cap at a glance and asked curiously.

Swish!
A red light flashed.

The fire elemental spirit flew away with laughter and hid under other red mushrooms.

"Hey, be careful not to burn the flowers and plants here."

At first, Rhodes was a little worried that these fire elemental elves might burn the plants.

But as time went on, he found that as long as they did not activate the fire energy in their bodies, they would not cause harm to the plants, so he felt relieved.

After giving a few simple instructions, he turned and left, returning to the altar, ready to randomly select a lucky believer.

(End of this chapter)