Chapter 449: Setback (1/2)
Chapter 449: Setback
From the moment Nie Tian set foot on the green, vegetated ground, the green aura within his heart started swimming around unceasingly.
The crystal-like chains within the green aura glittered with sparkling light, as if they were tiny snakes that were madly twisting their bodies.
Meanwhile, the innumerable green spots within the crystal-like chains shone with increasingly bright light.
Standing there without moving a hair, Nie Tian felt copious amounts of green, misty energy pouring into his vortex of wood power.
Drops of liquid that were made of concentrated wood essence rapidly came to form at the bottom of his vortex of wood power.
The luxuriant, hundred-meter-tall tree beside him looked like a huge umbrella, blocking almost the entire sky over his head.
Not only did he not feel that it was dangerous standing under the tree, but he even felt rather relaxed, as if the tree was protecting him.
He could vaguely sense that something in the depths of the forest was attracting the green aura in his heart.
“I don’t believe the tree will attack me again!” With these words, Dong Li, who couldn’t find an answer to what had happened just now, once again dashed into the forest.
Staring coldly at the enormous tree, she infused her bone shield with dazzling spiritual power.
Changes occurred again!
The enormous tree, which had turned a blind eye to Nie Tian, once again launched attacks because of Dong Li’s entrance.
One sharp branch after another whizzed directly towards Dong Li before hitting her bone shield, giving rise to loud clanking sounds.
Gritting her teeth, Dong Li struggled to bear the strong impacts and trudge forward, regardless of Nie Tian’s incessant calling and dissuasion.
At this moment, an even thicker tree in front of her suddenly started moving.
Its sharp, blade-like branches shot down towards Dong Li as if they were falling from the heavens.
Dong Li raised her bone shield with both hands to fend them off.
CLANK! CLANK!
Repeatedly bombarded by the tree branches, Dong Li started to feel intense soreness and pain in both her hands. Apparently, she was having great difficulty defending herself from the trees’ attacks.
Not only did she stop moving forward, but she even started trudging backwards.
Under Nie Tian’s gaze, she slowly backed out of the forest. Only then did the tree branches stop attacking her and slowly shrink back.
Standing in the dark-yellow wasteland, Dong Li panted heavily as she stared at Nie Tian and said, clenching her jaw, “Why are they not attacking you?”
With an innocent expression on his face, Nie Tian said, “Perhaps it’s because wood power is one of the powers I practice.”
“What kind of fool do you take me for?!” Dong Li asked with a cold snort. “For thousands of years, countless people who practiced wood power just like you have come to the Realm of Unbounded Desolation during their last years, hoping to find this magical place. Many of them were experts who practiced nothing but wood power. However, every single one of them died of old age before finding the slightest clue.
“What has allowed you to find this place so easily on your first trip to the Realm of Unbounded Desolation?
“Don’t you tell me that you discovered this place by relying on the wood power you practice. Lots of them had far superior cultivation bases and understandings of wood power than you.
“They all failed. Why did you happen to succeed?”
Nie Tian rubbed his nose and said with a dry laugh, “Perhaps it’s because I had better luck than they did.”
“Save your nonsense!” Dong Li said with a cold snort.
The tip of Nie Tian’s eyebrow rose as he said, “How about this: Since you can’t seem to enter this forest, I’ll go to the heart of the forest by myself. If I do discover the Fruits of Life in the depths of the forest, I’ll get one for you.”
“Don’t you dare leave me here!” Dong Li strongly disagreed.
Before Nie Tian could open his mouth again, she attempted to summon her black phoenix with a thought, hoping to have the black phoenix carry her over the barrier of enormous trees before her.
However, no matter how hard she tried, the black phoenix didn’t answer her summons.
“Even you are not going to help me?!” Cursing the black phoenix inwardly, she gathered her remaining strength, preparing herself for a third attempt.
After a moment of hesitation, Nie Tian realized that his persuasion had failed, and thus took the initiative to walk out of the forest. “Wait!”
After arriving by Dong Li’s side, he gave a soft laugh and said, “Okay, I’ll see if I can get you inside.”
Dong Li was puzzled. “What do you mean?”
“This forest is bit strange. As you’ve noticed, these enormous trees only attack you, but won’t identify me as a target.” Nie Tian pondered as he spoke. “Why don’t you try to stay close to me?”
He gradually realized that it probably wasn’t because of the wood power in his spiritual sea that he was free from the ancients trees’ attacks.
Just as Dong Li had said, for thousands of years, countless Qi warriors who specialized in wood power had come to search the Realm of Unbounded Desolation, but none of them had actually stepped into this magical land.