135: Continue on to the Treant Forest

Jian Wuxie laughed, "What's the difference if you change it or not? Even though you're using a female character right now, look at yourself. Where are the female features? This Secret Realm adjusts automatically; there's no difference at all. Look at my Senior Sister!"

A Fei nodded, "To be honest, Brother Quan, other than being a bit shorter, I really can't tell you're using a female character."

Quan Wudi retorted, "You guys don't know jack. Look at me right now, wrapped up tight in whatever Avatar I have. A real man should show off his pecs and abs!"

Xiao Hongyuan said, "I don't really feel anything different. I'm still using a male character, and after Fusion with my own image, I don't feel uncomfortable anywhere."

"Right, and you've become even more heroic!" Jian Wuxie agreed.

"I don't care. As soon as the male Fighter is released, I'm switching immediately!" Quan Wudi said.

"Alright, suit yourself. Stop discussing it, I see monsters!" Xiao Hongyuan warned.

A few Cat Demons were in a cluster of flowers under some oddly shaped large trees, doing something unknown. The flowers blooming in the cluster were ones they hadn't seen before—not Shrieking Flowers, but large, pink flower buds.

All four of them activated their buff skills. Jian Wuxie said, "I'll test them out first. They look like ordinary Cat Demons."

After speaking, he walked straight to the edge of the flower cluster and poked at that huge flower bud with his Greatsword.

Seeing that the flower bud remained motionless, Jian Wuxie felt a little relieved and leaped toward the Cat Demons in the flower cluster with a Mountain Collapse Strike.

The Greatsword smashed into the Cat Demons, and they let out miserable shrieks. Jian Wuxie brandished his dual blades, and immediately, Cat Demons began to die, turning into white light.

"Haha, they really are just ordinary Cat Demons!" Jian Wuxie said happily.

The three people behind saw that this was indeed the case, so they relaxed and slowly walked into the flower cluster.

Jian Wuxie cleared out the Cat Demons and looked at the few huge, crooked trees not far away, saying, "The trees here are so ugly! No wonder it's called the Treant Forest; they all look like monsters."

Quan Wudi curiously approached a large tree, extended his claw, scratched the bark, and said, "Why don't these trees have many leaves? They must be withered, right?"

Who would have known that after his weapon scraped across the bark, that large tree actually entered a Bleeding state.

Because of his class, Jian Wuxie was very sensitive to blood qi, and he immediately noticed it.

But before the two of them could react, the large tree suddenly moved, and a thick branch lashed directly at Quan Wudi.

Quan Wudi let out a miserable shriek and flew backward.

"Watch out! Those trees are alive!" Jian Wuxie hurriedly shouted a warning.

A Fei didn't hesitate at all and slashed directly at the large tree beside him.

With a "thud," the blade embedded itself into the tree trunk, and some sap flowed out.

"Hmm?" A Fei made a sound of confusion.

He quickly pulled the blade out, observed it carefully, and said, "This one of mine is a real tree!"

Jian Wuxie couldn't care about anything else and rushed straight toward the large tree that had just attacked Quan Wudi, brandishing his dual blades in a frenzy of hacking.

Xiao Hongyuan also hurriedly joined in. With a flash of her light sword, she also held the sword with both hands, coordinating her attacks with Jian Wuxie.

But what Xiao Hongyuan didn't notice was that every time her light sword attacked the Treant, although it caused damage, after the damage, a trace of green light would enter the Treant's body.

Although it restored health, it was nowhere near enough to keep up with the damage Xiao Hongyuan was dealing. Eventually, under their combined assault, the Treant turned into white light and disappeared.

Quan Wudi stood up, cursing, "Damn it, these Treants are really good at pretending. No different from real trees!"

A Fei looked at the large tree beside him and laughed, "They really are!"

The four of them entered the flower cluster again and walked toward the next room.

Xiao Hongyuan looked at the pink flower buds they passed by and laughed, "I have to say, the scenery here is actually quite nice. These flowers are pretty."

Jian Wuxie said, "Wait a moment, everyone. I'll pick a flower for Senior Sister as a souvenir."

Since Xiao Hongyuan was the only woman in the team, everyone naturally noticed her fondness for them and all stopped in their tracks.

Jian Wuxie looked at the flower bud beside him, lowered his head, and prepared to find where the flower stem was.

But just as the four of them were standing still, a flower bud beside them suddenly sprayed out a large amount of pink pollen.

The pollen instantly surrounded the area where the four were standing, and all four figures fell to the ground with a thud.

They had all actually fallen asleep on the ground.

After a long while, A Fei slowly opened his sleepy eyes, but suddenly remembered something. He jumped up abruptly, drew his long blade, and hacked wildly at the nearby flower buds until he had cleared an open space before stopping.

Xiao Hongyuan also woke up and stood up, looking bewildered.

Jian Wuxie was the third to wake up and cursed, "Damn it, so not a single one of these plants is good, huh?"

The three of them looked at Quan Wudi, who was sleeping very soundly and even snoring on the ground, and were all speechless.

In the end, Jian Wuxie couldn't hold back anymore and kicked Quan Wudi right in the butt.

Quan Wudi jumped up abruptly, looked around guardedly, and asked, "Was there a monster ambush just now?"

A Fei said, "Uh… yes, it's already been eliminated."

Quan Wudi felt relieved then.

"It seems the pollen from these flowers can cause people to fall asleep. Let's try our best to destroy them whenever we see them from now on," Xiao Hongyuan said.

The four of them hacked a path through the flower cluster and struggled their way into the second room.

As soon as they entered, they discovered that the stone ground of the original ruins was completely gone, replaced by green vines covering the floor.

There were quite a few large trees scattered throughout the room, all motionless in place, making it impossible to tell which were real and which were fake.

For a moment, the four of them didn't move and stood in place to discuss.

"It seems there's only one way now: we have to test every single tree," A Fei said after observing carefully.

"That's going to be too much trouble!" Jian Wuxie was a bit annoyed.

"Didn't Ophelia say the Treants here are very friendly to humans, and that we just need to watch out for Cat Demons? Why is it like this now?" Quan Wudi asked, puzzled.

"It seems the plants here have also been affected by Rotus and have mutated," Xiao Hongyuan said in a deep voice.

Just as the four were discussing, no one noticed that the vines under their feet were slowly wriggling, gradually crawling up their legs.

"Alright, let's just charge through!" As soon as Jian Wuxie said that, he prepared to run forward.

But as soon as he moved, he felt his legs were out of control.

He looked down and saw that the vines under their feet had already wrapped around all four of their legs.

Jian Wuxie frustratedly swung his sword to hack at the vines, but the more he hacked, the faster the vines grew.