After leaving the team, the adventurer ladies regretted it deeply-Chapter 402 - : 320. Winning the Dark Tree Fruit, trembling Lia?_2
Chapter 402: 320. Winning the Dark Tree Fruit, trembling Lia?_2
Lin Da let out a sigh of relief and proceeded with the picking of the second Dark Tree Fruit.
Lia also calmed down, patted her cheeks, and began her struggle against the restraints once again.
This time, she learned from her lesson and used flames to deplete the energy of the Void Snake before catching it off guard and breaking through in one fell swoop, successfully harvesting the Dark Tree Fruit.
“Good!”
Lia wiped the sweat off her forehead and pressed her lips together as she looked around.
“It must have been over a minute by now, right? I need to speed up and try to pick more fruits!”
With the success of this attempt, Lia gradually became more adept.
One, two, three…
Ten…
Lin Da’s Magic Guide Wristwatch emitted a ding-ding sound, signaling that the preset three minutes had passed.
“It’s time to leave.”
Lin Da’s expression turned serious as he and Lia made their escape.
On the way, the two shared their haul: he had gathered twenty-seven fruits, and Lia twenty-three, making exactly fifty when combined.
Every twenty fruits could restore the magic power or battle qi of a Star-ranked adventurer from zero to full.
Since Lin Da had only recently leveled up, he still had about ninety percent of his magic power remaining, Lia had twenty percent, while Tasya, who had taken on the task of distracting the Two-Headed Serpent Chieftain, likely used a great deal, probably leaving at most ten percent…
Tonight, they’d fill their magic circuits with the Dark Tree Fruits!
“Is it too quiet?”
While fleeing, Lia suddenly stopped.
Lin Da’s train of thought was interrupted, and he hesitated.
He rubbed his chin in contemplation. Indeed, if the Snake-man soldiers returned to find the Dark Tree picked clean, they should be raging mad.
Yet he hadn’t heard a sound, not even the footsteps of Snake-man soldiers returning to the tribe.
“Could it be Tasya buying us time?”
“With her rigid personality, three minutes is exactly three minutes, not a second more, not a second less.”
Lin Da furrowed his brows.
A bad feeling started to creep into his mind.
After a moment of thought, he took off the Space Ring from his finger and handed it to Lia:
“I’ll go check it out. You take the supplies back to the cave first and use the Dark Tree Fruits to restore your battle qi.”
Lia’s expression changed, and she pushed the ring back, “No, I’ll come too!”
“Tasya is also Miss’s temporary companion; I can’t just leave her behind.”
“But your battle qi condition…”
Lin Da felt hesitant.
“Even if there’s not much left, I can still unleash an ultimate skill,” Lia ran ahead, “Don’t worry about me, saving Tasya is what’s important!”
“You’re right.”
Lin Da clenched and unclenched his fist.
They quickly retraced their steps and hid in a large tree to observe.
In the Snake People camp, only a few scattered soldiers, about fifteen, had returned, with no sign of the leader.
It was highly probable that something had happened to Tasya.
Lin Da pushed off the ground to jump from one large tree to another, following the direction where Tasya had lured the Snake People.
…
On the western side of the Snake People camp, amidst Chaotic Stone Ridge,
huge bizarre rocks stood tall, with the blood-red sun overhead shedding light and warmth, dispersing the mist.
The adventurer’s and Magical Creatures’ vision, along with their perception, were slowly returning.
Tasya was holding the Magic Cannon in both hands, gasping for breath as she looked towards the two-headed Serpent Chieftain ten meters away, who had a sinister smile at the corner of its mouth.
Beneath it, a green snake head as thick as a human arm had unexpectedly sprouted, unleashing a poison-laden Wind Blade that injured Tasya’s right leg.
Nobody expected the third snake head to be hidden beneath the Armor covering its loins.
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More than twenty Snake-man soldiers surrounded Tasya, closing in on her.
The Snake People Chieftain lifted his Magic Wand, chanting an obscure, raspy spell.
Its surroundings began to glow with numerous red specks of magical power, converging above.
The temperature in the area quickly doubled, as if under the scorching sun.
Tasya steeled her heart, her eyes tinging with the color of the darkest shadows.
“Forest Dragon’s Rage Fang!”
Just then, an angry shout came from afar!
The intention behind calling out the name of the move was to draw the Snake People Chieftain’s attention.
And indeed, upon hearing this shout, a flicker of emotion crossed the Snake People Chieftain’s eyes, and its chanting of magic syllables faltered.
It turned its head, and all six of its eyes revealed a look of terror.
A vine-made wooden dragon, containing a trace of a dragon’s aura, assaulted it!
The Snake People Chieftain’s body trembled slightly, its magic incantation completely disrupted.
The vine wooden dragon bit the Snake People Chieftain’s neck, entwining its body as the horrifying sound of cracking bones echoed continuously.
The Snake People Chieftain screamed in agony, trapped where it stood, unable to escape.
A flicker of unusual color passed across Tasya’s face.
Those two figures in the distance, weren’t they Lin Da and Lia?
Seizing the moment when the Forest Dragon’s Rage Fang bound the Snake People Chieftain, Lia, who had finished energy charging, stepped forward quickly, raising her greatsword and preparing to unleash the Explosive Flame Slash.
However, the Snake People Chieftain’s left red head opened its mouth wide and spewed out flames, burning the vines to ashes.
Its right hand brandished a shining curved blade, while the left hand’s magic wand swayed, and one of the snake heads began chanting a spell.
“Retreat!”
Lin Da sensed a hint of danger and solemnly said, “Take Tasya and withdraw first; I’ll hold off this magical creature!”
“What about you?”
Lia dodged backwards to avoid the Snake People Chieftain’s attack, noticing her voice tremble as she spoke.
Her brow furrowed, she tilted up her head, looking up at the Snake People Chieftain, five meters tall and fearsome of visage, and for a moment, felt as if she were back on the twelfth layer of the Great Mystic Realm.
There, Lia had come close to being beheaded by a gatekeeping Snake Person, though she was lucky in the end, losing only an eye, and had managed to heal… but the adversary still appeared in her nightmares every night.
The one before her was a Three-Headed Snake People Chieftain, possessing water, fire, and wind attributes, far surpassing the single-headed Snake People Chieftain.
The nightmare had vividly come to life.
No matter how many times Lia told herself she “definitely could win,” to “not overthink it,” to “grip the sword and focus on the battle,” it was futile; her body was gripped by fear, urging her feet to flee.
When Lin Da told her to take Tasya and run, Lia felt a shameful sense of relief deep within her.
“You and Tasya go ahead, use the Dark Tree Fruit to recover your Battle Qi. If I’m not back by then, come find me!”
Lin Da made a quick decision.
Now was not the time for hesitation; the noise of battle would attract more magical creatures. Rationally, having him, with the most abundant magic power, cover the rear could not be more appropriate.
“Verdant Shield.”
Lin Da enveloped himself in an Emerald Light Shield and, wielding the Sword of Royalty, charged forward.
“Hiss!”
The Snake People Chieftain had long found him displeasing, hoisting its magic wand high, and an [Ice Spear Array] appeared above its head.
A dozen spear-like sharp ice blocks shot towards Lin Da with a swish!
Lin Da surged his chest with a breath, focusing most of the Life Barrier’s energy to the front.
Clang, clang, clang!
The Verdant Shield blocked a full ten ice spears, while the remaining four hit the barrier.
The ice spears exploded in front of him, the shards cutting into Lin Da’s lightly armored calves, making the leather boots seem like paper, slicing open the boots and stockings within.
The burning pain was fleeting; adrenaline pumped wildly amidst intense combat.
Battling an epic demon creature alone was a situation that made Lin Da both nervous and excited, reminiscent of gaming days where he faced a boss on the edge of defeat.
Since arriving on Mystic Continent, he had mostly been cautious, prioritizing safety, but when it came down to a life-or-death struggle, the blood of adventure in him began to boil.
Unaware of the wound on his left leg, he pushed off the ground with all his might, using the momentum to reach the Snake People Chieftain.
Even when looking up, he could only see the massive body, the dense scales like armor, the large, bloody, curved blade… it made Lin Da’s heart race with thrill!
A trace of madness unseen by others flickered across his face; the dark flames similar to those of the Dark Shadow sparked in the depths of his eyes.
“Forest Dragon’s Rage Fang!”
Lin Da used the rare technique once again, and with a burst of vines transformed into a giant dragon, it bit off the head of the Snake People Chieftain between its thighs.
Crimson blood spurted all over, narrowly missing Lin Da’s face.
