Chapter 2196 Gathering

"You, follow me," said the tree spirit tribe as they led Fang Heng slowly toward the depths of the forest.

Not far ahead, there was another natural barrier that only affected vision.

The tree spirit patrol team led Fang Heng through the barrier.

It didn't take long after entering the tree spirit territory for a group of tree spirit individuals to appear gathered together.

Vannes was among them.

"Fang Heng! What are you doing here?"

Vannes was discussing the next steps with the others when he saw Fang Heng returning with the patrol team, his eyes filled with surprise.

Fang Heng!

He wasn't dead after all!

And how did he even get into the Inner World?

Upon hearing the call, Fang Heng turned his head and looked towards Vannes.

"Hold on!"

Vannes stopped Fang Heng as he was about to enter the central region of the camp, staring at him intently, "Fang Heng, what about Elder Raven? What happened to him?"

"He's dead."

Fang Heng had no fondness for Vannes, giving him a cold glance before continuing, "After you all left, Raven and I attempted to break the electronic spirit and release the spiritual domain blockade. Unfortunately, he exhausted all his vitality in the battle and died in the end."

As Fang Heng spoke, Vannes' tightly clenched right hand trembled slightly. He abruptly raised his head, glaring at Fang Heng, "You're lying! It must be you! You're the one who killed Elder Raven! There were only the two of you there at the time. Tell me! Did you do it?"

A hint of mockery played at the corner of Fang Heng's mouth as he sneered, "Interesting. There was more than just me who entered the energy domain together. I wonder who was the first to turn and run with their subordinates after danger struck, leaving Elder Raven behind alone. And now you're coming to me for trouble..."

"Shut up! Nonsense!"

Fang Heng hit a nerve with Vannes, who was immediately infuriated. He raised his hand to attack Fang Heng first!

It was worth noting that the position of the Great Elder in the entire tribe had just become vacant, and there were more than just him who had aspirations for that position. Now, everything Fang Heng said would have a negative impact on his inheritance of the position of Great Elder!

What Vannes couldn't bear even more was that everything Fang Heng said was true!

Vannes was immediately surrounded by several swirling green vortexes.

Instantly, sharp thorns of dense leaves shot out from the green vortexes like a torrential rain!

Each thorn shimmered with a faint green edge.

Fang Heng kept his eyes on the incoming leaves, swiftly dodging them one after another, avoiding the continuous attacks.

Seeing no way to resist, the blood-colored longsword behind him burst open directly!

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...!"

The dense leaves bombarded the blood-colored light barrier, swiftly disintegrating upon impact.

Fang Heng deflected all the attacks from the leaves, revealing half of his face from behind the blood screen. He provocatively looked at Vannes and sneered, "What's wrong? Feeling anxious? Afraid I'll expose your secrets?"

"Nonsense!"

Vannes' expression darkened to the extreme, and on his face, already twisted by extreme wrath, appeared streaks of greenish-blue lines.

Fang Heng's heart skipped a beat.

What was this?

The surrounding natural energy fluctuations seemed somewhat abnormal.

Were they triggered by Vannes?

Even after the spiritual domain blockade network was lifted, did the tree spirit clan possess even more special abilities?

Fang Heng sensed something amiss and was about to leave when suddenly the ground beneath his feet softened.

Ground spell!

Vannes stared intently at Fang Heng, while several of his trusted aides behind him simultaneously cast mud marsh spell and root entanglement skill.

Fang Heng frowned and lifted his head.

Whoosh!

Vannes' speed increased dramatically in an instant, almost reaching Fang Heng in the blink of an eye, enveloped in a faint blue light.

Bang!!!

Fang Heng was sent flying by Vannes' punch, leaving a visible depression in his chest where the fist had struck. He crashed heavily into a nearby tree with a resounding boom.

A look of astonishment flickered in Vannes' pupils.

After unlocking his state of suppression, his physical attributes underwent a qualitative transformation.

He hadn't expected this human to withstand the blow! He hadn't been knocked out by his punch?

Then let's continue!

Vannes' eyes were filled with intense killing intent.

He couldn't let this human continue to babble!

"Stop!"

As Vannes was about to move forward again to pursue and silence Fang Heng once and for all, a commanding voice rang out in his ears.

"Great Elder."

Turning around, Senzo, the Great Elder, arrived with a crowd of tree spirit clansmen.

Senzo had heard the commotion outside and came to investigate.

He hadn't expected to see Vannes and Fang Heng locked in a fierce battle.

Initially, Senzo didn't intervene, but when he saw Fang Heng falling behind while Vannes broke free from his seal, he stepped in.

Looking at Fang Heng, he felt extremely puzzled.

Fang Heng was still alive?

And he can enter the Inner World too?

How did he manage that?

Did other clan members bring him in?

Fang Heng stood back up, his chest quickly healing from the indentation caused by Vannes' punch.

A game prompt appeared on his retina.

[Hint: The player has completed the prerequisite mission-Test of the Leaf tribe.]

Mission name: Test of the Leaf tribe.

Mission difficulty: S.

Mission description: Hold your ground in combat against Vannes for 2 minutes without being defeated, demonstrate your strength in front of Elder Senzo, and earn Senzo's approval.

Fang Heng pursed his lips and put away the Blood Clan blood that he was about to counterattack. He thought to himself that the mission was actually triggered in such a hidden mode.

Fang Heng smirked, retracting the vampire blood he was about to retaliate with, thinking how rare it was for the mission to be triggered in such a hidden manner.

So Senzo had been watching all along without intervening, huh?

Fang Heng glanced at Senzo from the corner of his eye, inwardly cursing the old silver coin.

Senzo, unaware of Fang Heng's thoughts, looked at him and asked, "Fang Heng, how did you enter the Inner World?"

"I am a follower of nature, and I have my methods. As for entering here, it was with the permission of Elder Raven. Elder Vannes can confirm this," Fang Heng replied.

Vannes stared at Fang Heng, his eyes filled with malice, itching to retaliate. Unfortunately for him, Fang Heng wasn't bluffing about this.

The other tree spirit clan members looked at each other, whispering among themselves.

Was it true?

Believers of nature?

A human?

Vannes just wanted to get rid of Fang Heng as quickly as possible, unable to help himself but say, "Great Elder, he..."

"Enough, Vannes. I understand. You may step back for now," Senzo interrupted.

"Yes."

With a grim expression, Vannes retreated behind Great Elder Senzo.

Senzo was indeed surprised when he saw Fang Heng and Vannes fighting, but after some thought, he had a plan.

Regardless of how Fang Heng entered the Inner World, he was now a valuable asset.

Senzo looked at Fang Heng. "Fang Heng, your strength is impressive. Coincidentally, we were also looking for you. Perhaps it's the guidance of the God of Nature."

Huh?

Fang Heng furrowed his brows upon hearing this.

Now he was the one feeling puzzled.

The tree spirit clan wanted to find him personally?

Was this for real?