Online Game: Crazy Skeleton-Chapter 863 - 785

"How so? Do you recognize this sapling?"

Seeing the shocked expression on Banana’s face that didn’t seem feigned, Su Ran asked in amazement, a flicker of hope igniting in his eyes.

"Of course I recognize it! This renowned Sky-reaching Vine, how could I not recognize it!"

With gritted teeth, Banana glared at the sapling at his feet and bitterly said, "Our Elf Palace was built upon the Sky-reaching Vine. Because I trespassed into the palace, it straight up wrapped me in its tendrils and hung me there for three whole days! I will remember this humiliation for a lifetime!"

"That powerful?"

Su Ran looked at the small vine sapling, not expecting that when this little fellow matured, it would have such immense energy that even the Elf Queen would choose it as the foundation for the palace!

An extremely superior plant sapling!

If he could plant this Sky-reaching Vine in his own territory, how impressive would that be!

The flame in Su Ran’s eyes danced wildly, his fervent gaze fixed on the small sapling as the thought of making it his own grew more and more intense.

But clearly, this was an item deliberately placed by the system for a quest, it simply couldn’t be possible... pah, how would he know without trying!

With that thought, Su Ran couldn’t suppress the desire in his heart, took out the novice hoe and vigorously started to dig at the sapling.

"Whoa there, Overturning Water, could you give a heads-up next time before you start digging?"

Banana was startled and quickly sidestepped, fearing the hoe might strike him, and advised, "Brother, don’t bother exerting yourself; if this thing were so easy to dig up, it wouldn’t be valuable!"

"Such a pity."

After wielding the hoe a few times and realizing that the soil layer couldn’t be broken, Su Ran finally accepted this reality and looked at the sapling with great regret, no longer harboring any illusions about it.

"Overturning Water, I see that you’re really trying to pluck feathers from a passing goose, not willing to give up until you squeeze the last bit of oil from this quest..."

Banana now understood why Su Ran was wielding the hoe with such flair.

"Banana, do you have any idea what the intent behind placing this vine here is?"

Su Ran put away the hoe and carefully inspected the Sky-reaching Vine, but he didn’t obtain any useful information.

"Who knows what the system is thinking, but since the quest location is set on this island, exploring the entire terrain should yield some useful information."

Banana cast his gaze towards the depths of the island, pointing at the dense forest and saying, "I have a feeling you’ll find the answers you’re looking for over there."

"Then what are we waiting for, let’s set out!"

Summoning Wang Cai to lead the way, Su Ran first opened his skill panel and found that the Treading on Air Technique was still unusable, and then resignedly started walking together with Banana.

"Gurr gurr gurr."

Strange cries came from the sky, Su Ran looked up and saw a huge bird beast flying overhead. He had never seen this type of creature before, and his eyes grew more serious, a sense of danger arising in his heart.

This island, it’s not safe!

"Eh? Overturning Water, isn’t this damned place a no-fly zone? How can that big bird fly?"

Banana pointed at the bird beast above, also sensing something amiss.

"No..."

Before Su Ran could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by a series of frantic barking. He hastily shifted his gaze and found that next to Wang Cai, eight gaunt tree monsters had spawned, attacking Wang Cai with wooden swords in their hands.

"Crap!"

Su Ran’s heart skipped a beat as he hurriedly picked up his pace, dashing forward.

"Big brother, don’t worry, this is the lowest level Tree Spirit, a ten-year one—it poses no threat at all."

Banana said with a laugh, "I’m familiar with this creature, having seen plenty in the Elf Forest. A level 20 normal mob probably couldn’t even dent that earth dog’s defenses!"

"Hmm?"

Upon hearing Banana’s words, Su Ran’s speed immediately slowed down, a question rising in his mind, filling it like a dense fog, impenetrable and mysterious.

"Banana, are you saying that this island is already within the bounds of the Elf Forest? Why are the mobs we’re encountering products from your neck of the woods?"

"Who knows, I’ve never been to this island anyway."

Banana said carelessly, before lifting his golden bow and casually loosing an arrow. With a whoosh, a Tree Spirit was pierced through and fell to the ground as a dead body.

Just as Banana had said, these Tree Spirits were very weak and posed little threat.

"Hehe, killing Tree Spirits is easy. I’m feeling confident again!"

As Banana instantly killed a Tree Spirit with a single arrow, his face beamed with pride, and even his tone when speaking carried an extra flourish of arrogance.

"Cackle cackle cackle."

Su Ran raised his hand and summoned ten Bronze Skeletons from the ground. Wielding their Bone Blades, they charged towards the Tree Spirits up ahead.

Using summoned skeletons to deal with these minor creatures was indeed appropriate.

Seizing the opportunity, Su Ran checked the attributes of the ten-year Tree Spirits, and they were as Banana had described: level 20 minor monsters with no special skills, the only thing noteworthy being a resistance to water properties by 30%, yet an additional 50% damage from fire properties.

Once the Skeleton Army joined the fray, the few ten-year Tree Spirits didn’t even manage to put up a fight, quickly surrendered, and contributed their few points of experience.

"Haha, such good luck, these Tree Spirits actually dropped a bunch of Plant Essence!"

Banana exclaimed with delight, trotting over to the corpses of the Tree Spirits and scooping up the sparkling Plant Essence. His excitement was akin to someone who had just hit the jackpot in the lottery.

"What, is this Plant Essence valuable?"

Su Ran also walked over, looking quizzically at the green sparks in Banana’s hand, wondering to himself, how valuable could an item dropped by a level 20 minor monster really be?

"Overturning Water, bro, you don’t understand. This Plant Essence might not be valuable to your Human Race, but for us Elves, they are quite a rare treasure,"

Banana took out one and held it in his palm, speaking with a happy grin, "This is like a temporary attribute enhancement charm. It can randomly increase an Elf’s attributes. The drop rate of this Plant Essence in the Elf Forest is very low, I didn’t expect it to have such a high drop rate here!"

"This is seriously lucky. This island is definitely my blessed land! Overturning Water, bro, I’ve decided to stay here longer! I must take this opportunity to farm a bit more; otherwise, I’d be doing myself a disservice!"

"Plant Essence?"

Su Ran fell silent for a moment, taking one from Banana’s hand to check its attributes.

[Plant Essence] (Special)

The life essence extracted from plants, condensed into this form. It can accelerate the growth of plants, as well as randomly grant temporary attributes to beings with Elf physiques, lasting for 20 minutes.

"Can accelerate the growth of plants?"

Su Ran whispered to himself, then his eyes lit up with excitement as he exclaimed, "Sky-reaching Vine!!!"