Chapter 202 Black Forest

Starlight Calendar Year 1278, Book Month (August).

The last independent city-state in the Northwest Territory was captured by the Golem Legion, announcing that the entire Northwest Territory had completely fallen into the hands of the Star Alliance.

So far, the underground world has welcomed its first ruler in a thousand years.

After the war subsided, the Star Alliance completely entered a development period, no longer launching large-scale military campaigns, and instead focused on developing the underground world.

Sunan specially made a list of what was needed to build the wizard tower and gave it to Carolina and Red Widow to collect. As long as they returned from the Black Forest, the construction of the wizard tower would be put on the agenda.

This is a huge project that cannot be completed overnight.

Even if there are sufficient materials and labor, it will take more than ten or twenty years to complete.

Given the current situation of the Starlight Continent, Sunan estimated that it would be fast to complete it within a hundred years.

At the end of the month, when there were only three days left before the Harvest Month (September), the energy of the Black Key was finally full.

The moment the Black Key was activated, Sunan almost immediately had a dense and gloomy forest full of black trees in his mind, and instantly learned its location.

"It's quite far from the Demon Spider City."

The map of the underground world had long been engraved in Sunan's mind. After a brief recollection, he determined the city-state closest to the Black Forest, and then arrived at that city-state through the space channel of Longlin, and flew towards the location of the Black Forest.

More than a hundred kilometers passed in a flash, and Sunan soon found a dark cave entrance in a remote cave.

"Space channel?"

"It seems that unlike the Starry Tower, the Black Forest is in an alternate dimension."

Sunan was not surprised.

If the Black Forest existed in the material world, his men would have found clues long ago.

So he guessed that the Black Forest was either an alternate dimension itself, or, like the Starry Tower, it could travel between the material world and other dimensional planes.

And this dark space channel undoubtedly proved that the Black Forest was the former.

After casting a defensive spell on himself and activating the Ring of Extreme Protection, Sunan then stepped into the space channel without hesitation.

His eyes flashed, and when his vision became clear again, Sunan found himself in a strange forest.

All he saw were tall black trees.

The trunks were black, the branches were black, and even the leaves were black.

Above his head was a starry sky, and the dim starlight fell in the forest. From a distance, the black trees looked like devils with bared fangs and claws, stretching out terrifying shadows on the ground.

The whole forest was full of ghosts, which made people feel terrified from the bottom of their hearts.

There seemed to be a very light gray fog in the air.

However, Sunan knew that it was not fog, but negative energy particles that were so dense that they were almost materialized.

"Such dense negative energy particles."

Sunan was amazed.

Unlike positive energy particles, negative energy particles cannot infiltrate and strengthen the body, but will cause damage to the body.

Except for wizards (apprentices) who specialize in the undead system, very few people will actively absorb negative energy particles.

Being in an environment with a high concentration of negative energy particles for a long time will also damage the body.

"The wizard organization that left this wizard heritage is most likely to belong to the evil camp."

"First-level wizard apprentices and knights below legends will be corroded into a ball of pus in a short time after entering here."

"The requirements for entrants in this wizard heritage are obviously more stringent than those of the Starry Tower, and the assessment method should also be different."

Su Nan had a vague guess in his heart, but he needed to continue observing to verify whether it was accurate.

The mental power spread out, Su Nan sensed for a moment, and then chose a direction with a higher concentration of negative energy particles to walk.

If nothing unexpected happens, the core of the Black Forest should be in this direction.

The starlight fell into the forest, as if it was also stained with a layer of darkness.

There was a dead silence all around, and there was no other sound except Su Nan's own footsteps. Combined with the gloomy and dark environment, it was extremely depressing.

Sunan was originally thinking about whether he could find some rare magic plants, but after searching carefully all the way, he found nothing.

Just when he was about to give up, a bright red suddenly appeared in his vision.

Sunan's eyes moved, and he walked over with a little caution.

When he got closer, he found that it was a field of red roses.

The bright red petals were dotted with black or golden stars, and the roots were surrounded by hollow flower thorns about 6 inches long, blooming in groups on the pale bones!

Sunan's nose moved slightly, and he could smell the sweet fragrance in the air, which was faintly mixed with a hint of rotten meat.

This shape of flower, coupled with a very recognizable smell, Sunan quickly recognized the origin of the object in front of him, and without hesitation, he released a spell missile to take the initiative.

The Demon Palace Rose, an evil plant that feeds on corpses, will attack all creatures that approach, suck their blood and turn them into new flower beds.

After realizing that they were exposed, all the magic palace roses immediately spread their petals and flapped like wings, like a swarm of bees taking off into the air and swooping over.

Buzz buzz buzz!

The dull sound of a swarm of bees flapping their wings suddenly rang out in the void.

More than 20 magic missiles killed many magic palace roses, but more magic palace roses surrounded Su Nan.

Su Nan looked indifferent.

The combat power of a single magic palace rose is only at the level of a knight. If they appear on a large scale, they are enough to threaten the great knight, but that's all.

There was no threat to him.

After four burning hands, Sunan easily dealt with the remaining Demon Palace Roses.

However, this battle seemed to have pressed a switch, and a strange rustling sound suddenly came from the darkness around.

Boom!

A huge sound suddenly came from the left, as if a huge rock was rolling, accompanied by the sound of trees being crushed.

The next moment, a round giant sphere rushed out of the darkness and rolled towards Sunan.

With the dim starlight, Sunan quickly saw the true face of the sphere.

It was a sphere made entirely of vines and branches, as big as a building, with a layer of pale green spores on the surface, and it looked like something that could not be touched.

"Plague vine ball!"

Sunan raised his eyebrows. This is a three-ring legendary creature that can spread plague. The plague poison cloud on the surface is enough to poison a two-ring legendary knight to death instantly.

At the same time, bursts of metal friction sounds came from the front.

One after another, tall and burly voices rushed out from the depths of the forest.

At first glance, these creatures looked like apes wearing black armor, with hideous and ugly faces, two tongues sticking out of their mouths dripping with disgusting pus, and snakes sticking out of their helmets entwined around their armored arms.

"Corrupted Dead King!"

Su Nan's eyes flickered slightly.

The Corrupted Dead King is a three-ring legendary level undead creature. In addition to having strong combat power, it can also summon and drive undead creatures.

As the Corrupted Dead Kings raised their battle axes and roared, the ground suddenly cracked, and undead creatures with rotten bodies and pale bones in many places drilled out from the ground.

More and more creatures appeared from the surroundings, and surrounded and killed Su Nan like a tide.

"Is this the test of the Black Forest?"

Even though he was surrounded by countless monsters, Su Nan's face was still calm.

With a slight movement of his mind, countless puppets appeared out of thin air around him, marching in a uniform pace to kill a group of monsters.

A fierce battle broke out instantly!

Roars and roars broke the silence of the night!

Hundreds of elite steel golems and fine gold golems guarded Sunan in the middle, like a sharp blade tearing through the monsters' encirclement and advancing forward.

The density of the monsters surprised Sunan.

Almost every step forward was accompanied by the death of monsters or puppets.

Looking down from a high altitude, his path forward was a track covered with blood and metal fragments.

"Something is wrong."

"This kind of attack intensity, even a third-level wizard apprentice can't withstand it, and the assessment has lost its meaning at all."

Sunan was puzzled.

Could it be that the Black Forest is different from the Starry Tower and was not built to recruit qualified wizard apprentices?

But if this is not the case, why did the wizard forces behind the Black Forest leave this wizard heritage?

Or did something happen to the Black Forest?

Although he was puzzled, Sunan had no intention of stopping, and from time to time he released spells to kill the fish that broke through the defense line.

Anyway, we'll know once we get to the core of the Black Forest.

The number of monsters in the Black Forest is limited after all.

As time passed, Sunan clearly felt that the number of monsters surrounding him began to decrease.

He estimated that he had killed at least 1,400 to 1,500 monsters all the way here, and the price he paid was the destruction of hundreds of golems.

However, for Sunan, who now has a big family, this loss is completely bearable.

Compared with the secret puppets, the materials of the steel golem and the adamantine golem are much easier to get.

He would rather lose some puppets and save his strength to deal with the next situation.

After a while, accompanied by a wail, the last corrupt dead king fell under the giant fist of the adamantine golem.

At this point, the monsters surrounding Sunan have been annihilated, and there are no more monsters around except for the dark trees.

"Is it over?" Sunan's eyes flickered slightly.

At this moment, the tree behind him shook violently, and several extremely thick roots and branches suddenly broke out of the ground and whipped him back like a whip!

Thump!

With a muffled sound, the root branch was blocked by the invisible force field a few centimeters away from Sunan's body.

Sunan swung a lightning bolt with his backhand, turning the root branch into charcoal.

Crackle!

The sound of branches shaking one after another rang out!

At this moment, all the trees around shook violently, and countless branches emerged from the ground, densely packed like a storm and sweeping towards Sunan and the puppet!

Creak!

In an instant, several elite steel golems were tied up by the roots. As the roots continued to tighten, the metal body twisted visibly, making a harsh sound, and turned into a pile of scrap metal in an instant.

Sunan fired a flaming ball without saying a word, and the surrounding golems also released fire spells, instantly burning the surrounding roots to ashes.

But the next moment, there was another sound of branches shaking in my ears.

With Sunan as the center, the trees within a hundred meters began to tremble violently, and roots and branches emerged from the ground one after another, shooting towards this side like sharp arrows.

The roots and branches that had just been cleared became sparse, and in the blink of an eye, they became dense again.

Looking at this scene, Sunan couldn't help but frown.

Could it be that all the trees in this forest are monsters that can control roots and branches?

Although it was not very clear because of the dim light, Sunan had been using his mental power to sense the surrounding environment along the way. He preliminarily estimated that the number of trees in this forest would never be less than four digits.

If these trees were all living monsters, it would be tricky.

While Sunan was thinking, the whole forest had slowly awakened like a sleeping giant beast.

The trembling of the trees gradually spread in all directions like a wave.

Countless trees woke up one after another, pulling out branches from the ground, stretching them to the sky like crazy demons dancing wildly.

Seeing this, Sunan no longer hesitated, decisively put away the golem, and the whole person floated in the air.

At the same time, a large amount of silver liquid drilled out from the pores, and in a blink of an eye, it wrapped his whole body, and quickly condensed into a giant spike more than ten meters long.

Boom!

Accompanied by the piercing sonic boom, the giant spike shot out like lightning.

While moving forward rapidly, it also rotated at high speed like a turbine!

Whoosh!

Dense black roots gathered from all directions, covering the sky and pulling down fiercely, but they were crushed into debris the moment they touched the giant spike.

For a moment, the giant spike was like a high-speed tank, forcing a path in the black ocean, and countless black roots were turned into powder wherever they passed.

After an unknown period of time, Sunan suddenly felt the pressure in front of him lighten.

He looked around and found that he had rushed out of the encirclement of roots and branches and entered a wide open space.

This open space seemed to have some kind of restrictions. Those roots could only twitch and swing wildly within the boundary line between the open space and the trees, but could not enter.

After confirming that those roots could no longer pose a threat, Sunan retracted the liquid metal and looked at the center of the open space.

A huge black tree with branches and leaves quietly took root in the center of the open space.

The tree was estimated to be two or three hundred meters high, and was completely black, almost perfectly blending in with the night. It seemed to have the ability to block spiritual perception, so that Sunan did not notice the existence of this towering tree at first, until he entered the open space, and suddenly discovered its existence.

The dark giant tree stood still, and although the color was deep and profound, it presented a kind of weird beauty, forming a strong visual conflict with the desolation around it, as if seeing a scene of real illusion, full of fantasy.

"Dark Demon Tree."

Sunan murmured in his heart.

His previous experience, combined with the huge black giant tree in front of him, his guess in his heart has been verified.

He knew which wizard organization was behind the Black Forest.