Chapter 153: Stone Forest 1
Chapter 153: Stone Forest (1)
Pu!
Su Chen spat out a mouthful of blood as he dragged his beaten body out of the forest. His clean white robe was now stained red with blood, and he was unable to maintain his previously even stride on top of the marsh’s surface. These injuries spoke to the difficulty of the battle he had just fought.
"Damn, I still looked down on that guy too much," Su Chen said to himself as he walked out.
That old tree demon had absorbed flame energy for thousands of years, and its strength was shocking. Even though it had no way of moving, that didn’t mean there was nothing it could do against ranged targets. In the end, even though Su Chen had been victorious, it had come at a price.
Even so, Su Chen had still managed to claim the tree’s heart for himself.
He had no idea what this thing was. There were too many strange beings and items all throughout the Primordial Continent. If one found something that no one had ever seen before, they could only make up an impromptu name for it on the spot. Since the fruit-heart was still beating, Su Chen called it the Tree Demon’s Heart as it seemed appropriate. As for whether or not it was actually the old tree’s heart, or if there was already something that went by that name, he didn’t care.
Its properties and usage were still unknown, but given that the old tree’s strength was roughly equivalent to that of a level four Light Shaking Realm cultivator, it was obvious that they would all be uncommon.
Most importantly, the item itself was rare and difficult to find.
Even a piece of dog poop could be worth a lot of money as long as it was unrivalled across the continent.
Su Chen put away the Tree Demon’s Heart and rested for a short moment before getting back on the Silver Moon Shuttle and starting to search for his next target.
His next stop was a nearby field, as there was a stone forest here.
The reason why Su Chen believed that this stone forest might also house some unique treasures was because this stone forest had developed in a strange pattern, and it also emanated Origin Energy fluctuations.
Searching for these fluctuations was the easiest way to search for treasures. Not every treasure released these Origin Energy ripples, but anything that did so at a high concentration was definitely uncommon.
The world was so vast that Su Chen didn’t need to get hung up on trying to uncover all the extremely well-hidden treasures that existed.
He already had his hands full gathering the ones that he could easily see.
Soon enough, he arrived at the field and found himself floating above the stone forest.
The stone forest had developed on an uneven terrain, and the trees were all of different heights and sizes. However, each treebranch emanated powerful Origin Energy fluctuations. As Su Chen got closer, massive chunks of stone began to fly into the air, turning into stone beasts like wolves, monkeys, pigs, crabs, etc. The largest ones were taller than a hundred feet, while the smallest was only around the size of Su Chen’s palm — it was a crystalline, transparent stone scorpion.
The one thing these stone creatures had in common was that as soon as they formed, they all charged at Su Chen, yelling angrily,"These annoying guys are here again."
"Kill them! Kill them all!"
A chant rang out through the air.
Su Chen retreated. To determine his opponents’ fighting style, the most reliable tactic was to unleash a large group of Firehawks into the air.
He was just probing their strength with these attacks, but the Firehawks slammed into these stone creatures and unexpectedly instantly killed them. Even Su Chen was stunned; these creatures were too easy to deal with, weren’t they?
"He killed our comrade!"
"You demon!"