Find a Troubled Girl after leaving the Guild-Chapter 421 - 232: Treasure Wood Guard

And he approached Meimei and the Immortal Spirit Maiden in a gentle manner, as if afraid of startling some extremely timid and cautious creature.

When he got about ten meters close, the fairy suddenly turned her head and looked over.

Her olive-stone-like pupils trembled violently, and a look of immense fear appeared on her face.

Meimei also saw Li Ang coming and immediately said to the maiden in front of her, "Sister Shu, he’s a good person, don’t be afraid..."

The Immortal Spirit Maiden grabbed Meimei’s wrist, and a few small trees suddenly grew from the tree roots to surround them. In an instant, branches and leaves grew, completely enveloping them.

The Moon Concealing Rabbit quickly jumped into Meimei’s arms. After a wave of high-purity magic power rhythm, the ball of leaves wrapped around the two scattered, and they too disappeared without a trace.

"What’s going on, what’s going on?"

Zoe arrived in a daze.

As soon as she asked, her expression immediately turned serious.

"Li Ang, is it the Star Soul?"

Sure enough, the girl who looked like a wilderness plant incarnation was the star soul of Mengze Island. Her humanoid appearance couldn’t escape Zoe’s perception of the Light of the Star Soul.

"Yes, she just appeared briefly. It seems she knows Meimei, and she took her away too."

"What the heck?"

Zoe scratched her head, making her already messy chestnut hair even messier due to her horrible sleep posture.

"It was strange when I got on the island. Eden said there was a Star Soul here, but I didn’t feel a thing. I wondered if it was hiding."

She went to where the Immortal Spirit Maiden and Meimei had been standing and picked up a handful of leaves: "I see, my previous feeling was right too."

"What feeling?"

"The flowers on those demons’ heads."

"Oh, you were staring at those flowers. Did you feel there was power of the Star Soul?"

"Actually, I didn’t sense anything, but my intuition told me it was there."

You really have that beast instinct, Li Ang marveled again.

The islanders summon demons relying on the igloo branch, which is believed to be a blessing from the Flower God. They have believed for generations that the Flower God protects them, yet the igloo branch’s effects cease once it’s taken off Mengze Island.

Looking at it now, the Flower God was that girl just now. Her image fits that title well.

From the behavior of bliss-protected islanders, she is clearly kind and gentle, but why was she afraid of Li Ang?

Li Ang thought, even if she’s afraid of me, she should’ve sensed Zoe from afar, can’t this "Star Soul of the Creation Tree" perceive that?

"Do you feel she’s hiding?" Li Ang asked Zoe.

The girl’s little head nodded repeatedly.

"I can’t figure out why." Li Ang pinched his chin.

"It’s so strange. If she’s not friendly with us and doesn’t want to attack us, why?"

Zoe referred to the Earth Serpent’s attempt to occupy and control Zoe. According to previous understanding, if the Star Soul wasn’t like Eden and Baal, who were willing to help Zoe, it would have a strong hostility towards her.

In Eden’s words, Mengze Island’s Star Soul is in league with her, yet the behavior of that Immortal Spirit is incomprehensible now.

"Meimei was taken by her too, but she originally came by borrowing this Star Soul’s power, so there should be no danger."

Li Ang looked around at the seemingly endless maze-like giant tree roots, thinking that the Star Soul of the Creation Tree should be able to teleport between plants on the island, just like that, controlling the power of nature.

"Will we reach the foot of the big tree tomorrow?" Zoe said, "Let’s chop down the tree first and then look for her."

Li Ang nodded to her; for now, that’s all they could do.

The night passed, and the next day, the team continued onward.

As the tree roots continued to grow, they began to form a scene resembling a wondrous spectacle.

The previously rolled-up tree roots, already about the size of small houses, blocked people’s views and were difficult to cross. But as they grew even larger, for humans, they became broad bridges and roads.

The path became easier to walk, and the view gradually opened up.

Starting from the rough surface beneath their feet and looking ahead, their eyes could reach the towering large tree base, which stretched upwards like sky pillars.

These giant trees in the distance looked like miraculous phenomena, and the closer one got, the more one could feel their magnificence. Upon observing the surface, various demon nests could be seen.

Demons built nests on the surface or excavated within, with some clearly identifiable deep holes as their handiwork.

This giant tree reaching into the clouds seemed like a colossal tower filled with aquatic environment demons.

But it’s the smaller, not yet unfolded, but very broad small pillars of tree crowns at the top that were Li Ang and the team’s target.

Though little sky pillars from afar, in reality, it would still take over a dozen people to hug them; they’re enormous when placed anywhere.

Swarms of flying demons began to hover overhead, some beast-like demons gazed from the tree roots, while the water surface around them was unsettled, and demons swam freely with no intention of hiding."

This was no man’s land but a paradise for demons, as it should be.

"This is where it really gets tough, huh?" Dorothy said.

"Yes, from here it’s continuous fighting. Distribute your stamina well, we need to fight all the way to the Shipbuilding Treasure Tree," Li Ang said.

The waves crashed toward the shore as a Wave Breaking Flood Dragon emerged, similar to a four-legged dragon beast. Its four sharp claws hooked onto the rough surface of the tree roots, standing up with its neck raised slowly.

In the distance, the sound of magic explosions and the friction of blades against scales echoed clearly, even through the mist.

There were other adventurers fiercely battling demons.

The girls readied for battle against the Tier Five demon, the Wave Breaking Flood Dragon.

This Sub-dragon Demon, though extremely strong in brute force, quickly fell at their various divine skills, becoming a potential equipment material for Li Ang.

The continuous fights saw increasingly stronger demons, transitioning from outstanding Tier Fives to Tier Sixes as the norm.

As the number of foes exceeded what the four could handle, Li Ang began to participate, maintaining the challenge to train them.

Finally, when they could clearly see a large tree’s trunk, the toughest challenge arrived.

"Up next, this is the last Treasure Wood Guard. Defeat it, and our journey will be complete," Li Ang told the group of four.

"Where is it?"

Zoe wiped the sweat from her forehead and gripped her sword, looking around.

Li Ang pointed upward.

In the middle-to-lower section of the giant tree in the lake, about forty to fifty meters high, a dragon head slowly extended from a rotten wooden hole.

"Is it also a Wave Breaking Flood Dragon?" Dorothy said.

"No, it’s different." Andasu observed the dragon head carefully: "These scales don’t look like those of an aquatic demon. The neck has fur, and the magic power fluctuations are even more abrupt—"

Before she could finish, the demon responded to her description, darting out of the tree trunk, leaving a muddy yellow trail in the sky.

Its exceedingly long and winding body descended from the air. The dragon’s tough body, even when crashing directly into the tree roots, did not suffer any damage. Instead, it shattered the resilient surface, turning into splintering wood blades.

Its entire body was dark yellow, with densely packed scales that seemed seamless, yet they bore rings like those of insects. It’s not a serpent, nor does it resemble a dragon; it’s a fearsome dragon beast with only a pair of forearms supporting its front, akin to a ferocious beast.

The entire body was slender, nearly forty meters long, and when the forearms extended, they were six to seven meters wide.

It is the descendant of the most malevolent King of Ten Thousand Scorpions in Farina’s Dragon Myth, featuring venom and characteristics of a diamond-burrowing sinew body wyrm dragon.

[Treasure Wood Poison Dragon]

[A wyrm dragon residing within the largest Shipbuilding Treasure Wood on Mengze Island. Nourished by abundant natural power, it preys on other demons borne from the Treasure Wood, intensifying its already vicious and cruel nature by fusing Treasure Wood shards with its scales, blending with the terrain and environment, making it an incredibly difficult demon to deal with.]

[Species: Dragon Species [Wyrm Dragon Branch]]

[Combat Wisdom: 6]

[Energy Source: Heart of the Poison Dragon, Tier Six] 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

[Physical Strength: Diamond-Burrow Sinew Body, Tier Six. Siege-breaking Claw, Tier Six. Injection Poison Tube, Tier Six. Wood Armor Dragon Scale, Tier Six]

[Special Attack: Absolute Poison Destruction Realm, City Breaking Drill]

[Skills: Prince of Ten Thousand Poisons, Dragon Blood Enhancement, Temporary Natural Power]

[Combat Power Amplification: 95%]

"Be careful, this is a Tier Six peak demon. Its body’s destructive power reaches the transcendent realm’s utmost level, and its venom, due to bloodline causes, is immune to none. Do not judge by tier; don’t let it touch you," Li Ang reminded.

Of course, when lethal venom would reach the girls, he would help defend; the rest was up to them.

"Okay—"

Zoe barely began to speak when the Wyrm Dragon seized the moment, twisting its whole body, plunging toward the crowd like a giant steel drill.