66 Legacy (1/2)
Because of the speed, at which the gap between them closed, he was unable to muster much strength to defend himself. He could only use his sword to block as many incoming branches, which were trying to impale him, while twisting his body in every possible way.
Even though he managed to block most branches, one of them still stabbed through his shoulder.
As soon as it penetrated his skin it started to emit a suction force, which slowly moved his blood towards the wound. The blood was then absorbed by the branch.
When Ivan felt his blood starting to drain, he felt fear and hurriedly tried to cut of the branch with his sword. Because his sword was only a simple iron sword and the branches of the Murderous Treant had high fire resistance, he was unable to cut it of.
Moving backwards to pull it out was useless too, since there were still some branches behind him and the strength of the Treant wasn't something he could contest against.
He pulled out his dagger and tried to cut the branch of and this time he managed to do it. But during the time needed to accomplish this the branches behind him, that had originally tried to whip him, had changed their style of attack and now speared towards him from the back.
This time he wasn't as luck as the first time and multiple branches went though his back. They too started to pump out his blood and this time he was unable to get rid of them.
Soon the amount of blood left in him was reduced so far, that he blacked out.
<< You have died and entered Soul-form.
Because you are in a special dungeon you are currently unable to revive. Leave the dungeon or finish the soul quest. >>
For the first time the notification had changed.
”Hm, so this dungeon is a special dungeon?”, Ivan wondered, ”But what is this soul quest?”
Soon he had to temporarily concentrate on something else, as another prompt popped up.
<< Congratulation you have fulfilled the two conditions and received the legacy quest of the Herb Garden.
Condition 1: Have a Heaven Grade bloodline or higher.
Condition 2: Be able to enter Soul Form while being in the Body Refinement Realm.
>>
Both of these conditions weren't something he could understand. He had never heard about Heaven Grade and bloodlines. But was still able to make some guesses as what it meant.
Bloodline should have something to do with his ancestors and it having to be of at least Heaven Grade should mean that it had to be of a specific grade.
The second was easier to guess, but the term ”Body Refinement Realm” surprised him. He guessed that him using the energy of his surroundings to temper his flesh should be part of the Body Refinement Realm. But it indicated that there was something above it, but he had heard that even the strongest in the four empires still refined their bodies.