Chapter 79: Setting Fire to the Forest
Legend has it that the dryad was an incredibly rare and unusual monster, not a mere tree but an evil life form with the power to extract energy from the earth and manipulate nearby flora. The Dryad’s strength lies in its ability to control all the plants within a certain range, turning them into formidable weapons. In a sense, the energy of the dryad was endless, giving it an attack range that extended far beyond its physical reach. As such, defeating this creature was no less challenging than taking down the forest ogre they encountered before.
Xiao Yu had heard about some extremely powerful high-level dryads that had the ability to control a vast radius of hundreds of miles and could even establish their own kingdoms. Within this range, all the plants become their own weapons and soldiers. Anyone who enters the forest will be immediately attacked, and many people have been killed without even knowing where the dryad was or what it looked like.
This dryad was young and though it might not be as strong as the high-level ones, it was still rare and difficult to encounter in the early stages. The attacks that everyone was facing were not actually coming from the dryad itself, but from the plants that had been assimilated and controlled by it. These plants were like weapons of the Dryad, and they were attacking everyone with hundreds of roots and branches.
Jinshi suffered a big loss against the monster and quickly retreated, not daring to approach it easily. Despite his incredibly high defense, his eyes were vulnerable. And while his defense was impressive, his movements were relatively slow, and his attack power wasn’t strong enough to effectively deal with the dryad’s endless onslaught of roots and branches.
Xiao Yu cut through thorns and thistles all the way, dodging all of its heavy attacks, and rushed towards the dryad. His blade glowed with a cyan light as it left a deep gash on the trunk of the monster. However, the incision healed almost instantly, leaving Xiao Yu astonished. As expected, the dryad was capable of extracting vitality from the surrounding plants and the earth, making it almost invincible!
The dryad’s body trembled, and an outline of a face suddenly appeared on its trunk. It looked like the wrinkled face of an old man, with an open mouth and a fierce stare. The image was blurry, which made it even more ferocious. From the gap between the two eye-like shapes, a purple demonic fire suddenly burst out.
“This is bad!”
At the same time as this thought appeared in his head, Xiao Yu’s pupils suddenly shrank, and he entered the bullet time state.
The entire world went silent in an instant, as if everything had stopped operating at once. Hundreds of tree roots and branches hung in mid-air like hair strands, frozen in time. On the trunk of the dryad, a powerful force was being condensed in front of the ugly face with the vague outline. It was a burning and boiling energy, similar to a flame, but with a greenish hue, and some purple-black energy was faintly mixed in it. Xiao Yu’s pupils shrank suddenly as he entered “bullet time,” sensing the dangerous situation unfolding before him.