Chapter 247: Count Engel's Adventure, Essence of Life

“Boom!”

The powerful life force surged, and Earl Engel looked ugly. At this moment, his right hand had fallen down, and he could only rely on his left hand to hold the knight's long sword to fight. The almost exhausted life force in his body made it difficult for him to fly at this moment.

Except for the initial luck, the entire Dressrosa Knights were undoubtedly unlucky in the following time.

First, they were attacked by a fourth-level monster, and it was a fourth-level peak monster. Then they were attacked by several waves of third-level monsters. At this moment, they could no longer hold on.

“Mr. Earl, we will hold on here, you retreat first!”

Michael's mouth was bleeding, and he spoke with a hint of anxiety.

“Yes, Mr. Earl, you retreat quickly, you have a chance to survive.”

Michael also spoke, and his face was also pale at this moment. The continuous battles caused the two of them to suffer considerable trauma.

And more importantly, they were blocked in a cave at this moment. Except for Earl Engel who could fly, it was almost impossible for others to escape.

"Shut up!"

"Since we're here together, I can't escape alone."

Earl Engel spoke in a low voice, his face looked particularly ugly, the power of the life seed in his body was constantly squeezed, trying to burst out more powerful power.

But the previous battle with the fourth-level peak monster made Earl Engel overdrawn a little seriously, even if he kept squeezing at this moment, his strength could not burst out much.

But just when everyone was anxious and Earl Engel was a little desperate.

A surprised voice sounded.

"Mr. Earl, there is a dark river inside the cave!"

The voice mixed, and instantly made the dead Earl Engel recover.

After retreating into the cave, he sent people to explore the depths of the cave, and there was actually a result.

"Everyone retreat into the cave!"

"I'll be the last one!!"

Earl Engel's voice sounded.

"Let's go!"

Michael and Chesil looked happy, and then they also stopped hesitating.

The two led the remaining knights to evacuate quickly to the rear. As the knights evacuated, the pressure on Earl Engel suddenly increased.

But it was only for a moment.

The next moment, a huge source of life force burst out, and a sword energy suddenly bombarded the stone wall of the cave.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

The sword energy bombarded, and the entire stone wall began to collapse rapidly in an instant. The third-level monsters had no time to react and were directly pressed down by the stone wall.

The weight of the stone wall was not great, and the third-level monsters struggled to get up.

However, Earl Engel did not give them more opportunities. Several sword lights that squeezed the source of life rushed up again, and then led the entire cave to collapse.

Earl Engel's face was pale, and his figure quickly retreated.

The cliff outside was still collapsing, and the third-level monsters were completely pressed in it, and the third-level monsters outside were blocked outside the stone wall.

In the dim cave.

Relying on the powerful power of perception, the crowd quickly retreated to a deeper depth.

It was not until they ran wildly for more than half an hour that they slowly stopped.

"Puff!"

At this time, Earl Engel couldn't bear the injury, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. He staggered and almost fell, but fortunately Michael was quick to support Earl Engel.

"Lord Earl?"

Michael spoke, with a trace of worry in his expression.

"Don't worry, you won't die, let's go quickly!"

"That thing can't stop them for too long!"

Earl Engel shook his head. He knew very well that the most terrifying thing was not those third-level monsters but the fourth-level peak monster. Although it was severely injured by his life-for-life fighting method, the monster's recovery ability was stronger than that of humans, and it would soon be able to catch up.

"Okay!"

Michael nodded, raised his hand, and carried Earl Engel on his back.

Then the group quickly went deeper.

At the same time, Cheshire and a knight began to continue to destroy the cave.

Such behavior may be no less than digging their own graves. If there is no exit in the cave, they may be trapped in it forever.

But they can't care about these at the moment.

If they don't continue to destroy, once those monsters chase them, they will die.

They move forward quickly.

This time, they walked for about a quarter of an hour, and they finally arrived at the dark river.

"Go down~!"

Count Engel did not hesitate at all, and then signaled everyone to go down to the dark river.

The dark river is very dangerous, but entering the dark river will undoubtedly completely eliminate their smell, and then quickly leave this place from the dark river. Even if a fourth-level monster chases them, it will be difficult to catch them.

But if they don't go down, that fourth-level monster will probably not be too long.

"Plop!"

"Plop!"

A sound rang out, and soon a Dressrosa knight jumped down, and even Michael jumped down with Count Engel on his back.

The dark river was deep and fast, but fortunately everyone had strong knight skills, and although the consumption was serious, they were still able to hold on.

They continued to move forward along the dark river.

I don't know how long it took, and I don't know how long it lasted.

When Earl Engel's consciousness gradually became a little blurred.

A ray of light appeared, and then everyone quickly moved towards the light.

Half an hour later, in an underground space, Michael and Earl Engel emerged from the dark river panting.

"Damn it, this is not the exit!"

Looking at the dark underground space surrounded by mud, Michael's face changed.

Then one figure after another appeared, and their faces also changed.

Because at this moment, what appeared in front of them was not the exit, and the light did not represent the outside world, but a huge root system in front of them emitted a faint light. They were in an underground space, surrounded by mud, and there was no way out.

"Go up first and recover!"

With a hoarse voice, Earl Engel forced himself to be energetic and ordered everyone.

Whether this is the exit or not, Earl Engel knows it.

Their current situation is no longer suitable for further exploration. Once they encounter danger, the consequences are almost unpredictable.

What they need most now is to recover.

Not only him, but also others.

"Okay!"

Although Michael looked ugly, he did not neglect the words of Earl Engel, and quickly climbed up with Earl Engel.

In addition to the lake formed by the dark river, the entire underground space also had a large platform, and everyone arrived at the platform.

As soon as they arrived, the knights fell to the ground.

After a long battle, not only Earl Engel, Michael, and Chesil reached their limits, but they also reached their limits.

Earl Engel waved his hand and distributed bottles of life potions to everyone to recover.

He took out a bottle of high-level recovery potion and took it, and took out another bottle and gave it to Michael.

The price of high-level recovery potion is not as high as that of high-level life potion, but it is much higher than that of medium-level recovery potion. This bottle is worth more than 50,000 gold coins, and two bottles are 100,000 gold coins, but Earl Engel can't care about this at the moment.

In this dangerous foreign world, he must restore his combat power as soon as possible, otherwise no one can predict what will happen.

That fourth-level peak monster is still a threat.

Since this is not the exit, they may have to return the same way, or even prepare for the possibility of that fourth-level monster killing them.

"Gudong!"

The high-level recovery potion quickly entered his mouth.

Waves of life force surged, and Earl Engel began to emit a faint green glow, and his injuries began to recover slowly.

And the knights around him also began to recover after swallowing the life potion.

Time passed slowly.

In a blink of an eye, it was a day. As the day passed, the effect of the high-level recovery potion gradually faded.

"Huh!"

Earl Engel sighed after exhaling a turbid breath. Even the high-level recovery potion was a bit dwarfed by his current overdraft. It only restored his broken right arm, and the overdrawn life force in his body and the suppressed mental power could not be restored.

Compared with his heyday, his strength is only about 30% at most.

It might not be a big problem to deal with ordinary sky knights or ordinary fourth-level magic beasts, but it was just ordinary. Facing a fourth-level peak magic beast, and a magic beast with some dragon bloodline, you can basically go to bed.

"Michael, how are you?"

Count Engel looked at Michael, who was also open-eyed, and asked.

"I have recovered about 50%. If I want to recover completely, it is impossible even if I get another bottle of high-level recovery potion."

Michael smiled bitterly. Although he was only an earth knight, his injuries were not lighter than Count Engel's. Similarly, even a high-level recovery potion could not completely repair his injuries.

Hearing Michael's words, Count Engel shook his head.

Some sighed slightly.

Being able to seriously injure that fourth-level peak, dragon magic beast, on the one hand, he was willing to die, and on the other hand, Michael also played a great auxiliary role.

Now he has not recovered, and Michael has not recovered either. Once they fight again, you can imagine what will happen.

Even though that fourth-level peak monster was not in its prime, the body of a monster was much stronger than that of a human. Even if it was equally injured, it would recover faster.

Shaking his head, Earl Engel slowly stood up and began to look around.

Since he could not fight, he had to think of other ways.

But as Earl Engel looked at it, a look of shock appeared on his face.

"What is this?"

Muttering to himself, his eyes could not help but fix on the huge tree roots that were emitting a faint light.

"Mister Earl?"

Hearing Earl Engel's words, Michael was a little confused and subconsciously looked at Earl Engel.

"Let's go and take a look!"

Earl Engel's heart suddenly beat, and he spoke quickly, and his figure went to the center of the intertwined tree roots.

The sudden words and sudden actions made Michael even more confused, but he hurriedly followed.

The two swept across this direction and arrived at the other side of the platform.

At this moment, there was another scene.

A large number of densely packed huge tree roots intertwined together, and at this moment, they all emitted a faint light. In the gathering of this faint light, a ball of liquid emitting a strong breath of life appeared in the center of the tree roots.

"What is this?"

The same words came out, but this time it was Michael.

At this moment, Earl Engel's breathing became heavy, and his expression was filled with an uncontrollable excitement.

"Life Essence!"

Muttering to himself, Earl Engel's excited expression was filled with a trance.

It's not that he is not calm enough, but the things that appeared in front of him made his soul tremble with excitement.

A thousand-year-old ancient tree is enough to give birth to the divine tree fruit.

And to give birth to the essence of life, at least ten thousand years of ancient trees are needed, and it is not just ten thousand years. In fact, it is possible to give birth to ancient trees that are at least fifty thousand years old, and most of them only have one drop. Such a huge ball in front of you is hard to imagine how many years the ancient tree that gave birth to it has experienced.

Of course, this is not the key.

The role of the key life essence.

As an existence born from a thousand-year-old ancient tree, the life essence naturally carries a huge source of life force, which is not only enough to help the knight practice, but also can forcibly improve the knight's talent and increase the knight's life, that is, it can make people live longer.

Even if it is just a drop, it is enough to attract countless sky powerhouses in the entire continent. Even the Saint Domain powerhouses, or even the general God Domain powerhouses, I am afraid they will not give up this kind of existence.

But here is a full group, it seems that the number is probably no less than twenty drops.

"Gudong!"

"I am not dreaming!"

Michael also subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva at this moment, and couldn't help muttering to himself. He obviously also knew what life essence was.

"It seems that this time, we are also favored by the goddess of life like Thor!"

Count Engel came back to his senses from the shock and couldn't help but chuckled.