Legend of the Pinnacle of Online Games

Chapter 158 The Little Wish Spell (12K, Please Subscribe)
The moment Lin Hanchuan and his companions stepped into the core area of ​​the [Demon Plant World] dungeon, it was as if they had entered a deathly silent world, where everything was completely still and they could not hear a sound.

Many of the buildings in the core area are in a semi-collapsed state, without roofs, leaving only some broken walls, preserving the original appearance of the buildings.

Some of the houses that hadn't collapsed also had fist-sized cracks running across their walls, extending from the roof to the corners.

However, judging from the overall outline of these buildings, it is clear that this is a luxury residential area, and the materials used are much more luxurious than those of the houses outside.

"Captain, the duration of the Berserk Rhino Monster's summoning is about to end," Long Xiaochen reminded Lin Hanchuan.

Pets summoned by summoning skills have a limited lifespan, unlike pets summoned by beast tamers who can exist indefinitely as long as they are not sent back.

The Rampaging Rhino Monster exists for approximately one hour.

After the entire Heavenly Path Squad dismounted from the back of the berserk rhinoceros monster, it quickly disappeared into a white mosaic.

With their feet treading on the cracked stone slabs, Lin Hanchuan led his team along the road between the mansions.

"If the city in the [Demon Plant World] is based on the outside, then is the core area here the main battlefield of that battle?" Cao Renjie looked around. The further in he went, the more serious the building collapse became. At first, he could still see a few houses that were just full of cracks but had not yet collapsed.

But now, there are no intact buildings in sight; many are in a state of near ruins.

The system's voice finally rang in everyone's minds.

"Ding! Congratulations! You have entered the second stage of the Asura-level [Demon Plant World] dungeon survival mission - [Sanctuary]!"
[Shelter]: You have entered the core area of ​​the Shura-level [Demon Plant World] dungeon. You will face various disasters created by the demon plants. During this time, please find a suitable shelter and complete the two-hour survival time.

Tip: You can seek shelter in existing buildings, or you can clear this dungeon directly by killing the demonic plants.

After the system's voice finished speaking, Lin Hanchuan immediately said, "The core area, the next one should be the central area. Let's go to the barrier that's close to the central area first!"

They have roughly figured out the situation in the core area of ​​the [Demon Plant World], and the upper limit of the upcoming demon plant disaster is also the upper limit of this instance.

This will not have any impact on the current Heavenly Dao Squad. If it weren't for improving the completion rate of the final dungeon, Lin Hanchuan would have already tried to find a way to go directly to kill the demonic plants.

After each mission is issued, the system will provide a prompt that you can directly kill the demonic plant and clear the dungeon.

This indicates that in the Asura-level [Demon Plant World] dungeon, there is a way to directly reach the location of the Demon Plant BOSS.

Lin Hanchuan led the Heavenly Dao Squad, and they hadn't gone far on the shattered streets...
The long river of green light in the sky suddenly burst forth with astonishing light, as if it had been filled with a deep green liquid, dyeing the entire sky above the core area green.

Green clouds then began to gather in the sky.

A cool, damp feeling began to permeate the air.

Long Xiaochen looked up at the sky and exclaimed in amazement, "It can actually change the weather and summon clouds and rain! Aren't the demonic plants in the Asura-level [Demon Plant World] dungeon a bit over the top!"

“A powerful demonic plant in its late-stage form can have absolute control over the area it inhabits,” Lin Hanchuan said unsurprised. “Not to mention clouds and rain, it can even manipulate time and space!”

"I've said too much. So far, no demonic plant that can manipulate space and time has appeared in Zone 1," Lin Hanchuan added. "Some demonic plant master players on the forum have made this speculation in their posts."

The post exists.

With such a large player base, the forums are filled with all sorts of comments; there's nothing they won't write.

Some players especially enjoy discussing the future prospects of certain professions, and the Plant Master, a profession that was unpopular in the early stages, naturally couldn't escape their speculation.

Of course, what Lin Hanchuan said was true.

In the late game, plant masters truly become rulers of their own domain.

Once inside his controlled area, it's very difficult for ordinary players to escape.

However, this also proves that the demonic plants in the current Asura-level [Demon Plant World] dungeon are not simple at all, possessing the abilities of many high-ranking demonic plants.

Fortunately, they are all simplified versions.

The green clouds in the sky seemed to have reached their limit, and green rain began to fall.

Snap! !
At first, it was raindrops the size of mung beans, falling sporadically, hitting the ground, hitting the stones, hitting the buildings, and hitting Cao Renjie's screen.

Raindrops are highly corrosive; once hit, they instantly corrode and create dents the size of coins.

The rain was heavy.

Light rain – Moderate rain – Heavy rain – Torrential rain

Pat pat!
The sky seemed to be covered by a thick green curtain, immersing the world in the core area in a deep green scene. Now, everyone Lin Hanchuan sees appears to glow green.

Beyond the defensive barrier, raindrops the size of soybeans tore through the sky with a world-ending force. The city's ruins twisted into grotesque silhouettes in the rain, rubble and clods of earth tumbled in the torrent, and broken stone slabs emitted a metallic, dying hum as they were whipped by the rain. The entire city was being devoured into a flowing swamp by millions of green snakes.

Rainwater carved waterfalls into the dilapidated building's facade, washing away the faded walls into wispy, ghostly shapes. The water gathered on the road, quickly forming a torrent, highly corrosive, carrying various construction debris as it rushed towards the Heavenly Path Team.

Under the protection of Cao Renjie's barrier and the enhanced defense of the stars, the entire Heavenly Path Squad strolled through the torrential rain, walking amidst the green floodwaters, completely unaffected.

The rain lasted for a full half hour before the thick green clouds in the sky slowly dissipated, allowing light to shine once again on the core area of ​​the Asura-level [Demon Plant World].

From the sky, the entire core area was submerged by floodwaters. Lin Hanchuan and his companions strolled leisurely through this vast expanse of green floodwaters, not only without losing any blood, but also without getting wet at all.

"This rain is really heavy!" Standing inside Cao Renjie's defensive barrier, Long Xiaochen looked at the waist-deep water outside and muttered, "It's only been half an hour, and it's already more than a meter deep."

"But how are we going to drain such a large amount of water? We can't just let it stay there forever, can we?"

"This much water really makes me feel like I'm walking through industrial wastewater. It's making me feel a little nauseous. I wonder what it would taste like if I took a sip—sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, salty..."

Seeing Long Xiaochen muttering to himself, Long Xiaoyue couldn't help but say, "Brother, can you be quiet for a bit?"

Cao Renjie, who was standing to the side, also deliberately sighed loudly.

Long Xiaochen is sometimes like a chatterbox. No matter what the situation, he can always find something to complain about and he is also very good at divergent thinking.

He started complaining not long after the downpour began.

He can occasionally chime in with a few words.

But there's really no way to continue from there.

Long Xiaochen nodded and obediently shut his mouth, but his eyes were still full of desire to express himself.

Long Xiaoyue breathed a sigh of relief, and then inexplicably felt a bone-chilling coldness permeating the air, coming from all directions and passing through Cao Renjie's defensive barrier to land on her.

"It's going to snow!" Lin Hanchuan looked up at the sky, where the clouds that had just dispersed were quietly gathering again.

Then came plumes of green snow, each the size of popcorn, falling from the sky. The coolness emanating from the snowflakes caused the surrounding temperature to drop rapidly, and a thin layer of ice began to slowly condense on the water's surface, which then grew thicker and larger at an extremely fast pace.

Green snowflakes fell on the ice and quickly piled up into a layer, like a green cotton blanket.

The entire Heavenly Path Squad stood still, watching the swirling snowflakes, like green goose feathers, blanket the entire core area. The chilling cold made them feel as if they were inside the freezer compartment of a refrigerator.

The green snowflakes in the sky gradually condensed into ice crystals. These fluorescent green ice crystals did not fall gently, but were like shrapnel carrying tiny ice spikes, striking the surface of the ruins and creating fine blue flames, before densely pounding the barrier.

Although Lin Hanchuan and his companions were not attacked, they could clearly feel the bone-chilling cold outside. Their breath froze into icy mist before it could even take shape, and their eyelashes were instantly covered with frost needles.

The boiling sound of the water freezing was like a giant beast grinding its teeth. The ice layer did not spread smoothly, but burst out with thousands of ice thorns, turning all the debris it washed along into frost-covered sculptures.

A high-frequency tremor suddenly came from the ice surface, the green snow in the sky suddenly stopped, and then all of them turned and swirled into a huge blizzard tornado towards Lin Hanchuan and the others.

The blizzard tornado was enormous, connecting heaven and earth, like a moving pillar supporting the sky. The ice crystals it carried were like the blades of a rapidly spinning chainsaw, cutting everything in its path into dust.

"Holy crap!" Long Xiaochen, who had been holding back his words, finally couldn't help but exclaim as he stared at the oncoming blizzard tornado. "This...this...this is outrageous!"

You even managed to conjure up a tornado!

"This isn't a high-level dungeon; it's more like a downgraded dungeon disguised as a level 25 dungeon!!"

"Can you hold on?" Lin Hanchuan ignored Long Xiaochen's complaints and turned to Cao Renjie, asking seriously.

Cao Renjie looked at the oncoming tornado and nodded confidently, "No problem!"

Lin Hanchuan planned to use Cao Renjie's protective barrier to withstand the tornado.

"Star, give him a defensive blessing!" Lin Hanchuan said to Star, still feeling uneasy.

"Okay, Brother Huang!" Xingchen nodded obediently, then immediately gave Cao Renjie two defensive enhancement wishes.

"Ding! You have received a blessing from the stars, increasing your barrier defense effect by 50%!"

The defensive barrier immediately became much thicker, and even developed a new effect, being able to block out some of the cold from the outside.

Whoohoo! !

However, the intense wind that made his eardrums vibrate made Cao Renjie, who was guarding the front, take a deep breath, grip his shield tightly, and stare intently at the blizzard tornado that was getting closer and closer.

This blizzard-like tornado that swept across the sky was so visually striking that even Cao Renjie, who knew it was just an attack from a level 25 dungeon boss and that he could withstand it, still felt a bit of pressure deep down.

Long Xiaochen then summoned the Earth Spirit.

"Use Earth Shield to create a defensive barrier in front!"

At Long Xiaochen's command, the Earth Spirit clapped its hands together.

A thick earthen wall immediately burst forth from underground, shattering the frozen river and forming the first barrier between Lin Hanchuan and his companions and the approaching blizzard tornado.

The barrier only looked very thick, but the moment it touched the blizzard tornado, it was mercilessly torn to ashes and rushed towards Lin Hanchuan and the others along with the tornado, adding a touch of yellow to the green tornado.

boom! !

Looking up at the blizzard tornado, Cao Renjie suddenly raised his shield, the one given to him by the Mercenary Guild leader. The shield immediately enlarged the moment it slammed down on the ground again.

It transformed into a hemispherical steel defensive shield, over four meters high, its surface emitting a faint, deep black light. It looked extremely heavy, protecting Lin Hanchuan and the others behind it.

It blends perfectly with the previously released transparent barrier.

The blizzard tornado, carrying ice blades and rubble, collided with Cao Renjie's shield in an instant. Countless dense ice crystals, like bullets, struck the shield, emitting a piercing explosion.

At the same time, the extreme cold caused the frost on the shield to thicken at a visible rate, and the three-inch-thick frozen ground beneath Cao Renjie's feet was cracked like a spider web by the shock wave.

He was single-handedly withstanding a blizzard and tornado that seemed to pierce the heavens and the earth.

Despite the blizzard and tornado, Cao Renjie remained motionless, like an iron stake driven into the frozen ground, while Lin Hanchuan and the others behind him were not affected by the slightest breeze.

boom! !

The demonic plant controlling the tornado from behind seemed to be enraged as well, and the tornado's wind force immediately increased to another level. This time, in addition to ice crystals and rocks, there were also wind blades in the wind.

The invisible wind blades, like scythes, slashed fiercely at Cao Renjie's shield and barrier, so powerful that they forced his feet to sink half a foot deeper into the frozen ground.

"Immovable as a mountain!!" Cao Renjie's muscles bulged with veins as he unleashed another skill, which coated his skin with a dark golden light.

In the end, the last wind blade of the Blizzard Tornado silently disappeared the moment the shield exploded. Cao Renjie, relying on his own abilities, managed to stop the Blizzard Tornado from advancing and absorbed all of its attacks.

From beginning to end, not a single step was taken back.

"Old Cao, you're amazing! No wonder you're the number one tank in the Ninth District!" Long Xiaochen praised. "That blizzard tornado just now was definitely one of the ultimate moves of the Shura-level [Demon Plant World] Demon Plant BOSS, and you took it all by yourself."

"It's alright!" Cao Renjie put away his shield, his expression calm and indifferent. "Even if a few more of these ultimate moves come my way, I can withstand them."

Surprisingly, Long Xiaochen didn't use his sharp tongue this time.

To be honest, Cao Renjie really can do it.

The blizzard tornado just now only cracked the defensive barrier; it wasn't damaged yet. Cao Renjie activated the "Immovable Mountain" skill purely to protect Lin Hanchuan and the others behind him. In addition to withstanding the tornado's attack, they also had to withstand its incredibly strong winds.

If I get blown away.

Your teammates will suffer as a result.

After the tornado.

The sky gradually cleared, and the streets covered by ice shone with a cold, bluish-gray light. The view was full of mess, as if it had been chewed by a dog. Debris was scattered all around, broken stone pillars were stuck in the ice, and iron streetlights were twisted into pretzel shapes, wrapped in a three-inch-thick ice shell, like modern sculptures encased in crystal.

Countless hexagonal ice crystals are suspended in the air, and whenever the airflow is disturbed, they refract a strange green spectrum like the aurora.

On both sides of the street, the walls that still stand strong are covered with scratches from ice blades and dense pits from the previous green rain, like the orange peel of an adult's face.

The ambient temperature is getting higher and higher.

Pat pat!
Green liquid began to drip from the icicles on the wall, and the messy ice river in front of Lin Hanchuan also began to melt.

The dissolution rate is getting faster and faster.

Streams of green liquid began to trickle out along the cracks in the wall, and the street was once again flooded.

Long Xiaochen looked up at the sky and, without realizing it, the green river of light had condensed into the outline of a green sun.

It continuously releases scorching heat, baking the earth.

"What kind of weather is this? The temperature has risen so quickly!" Long Xiaochen frowned.

No sooner had he finished speaking than fireballs began to fall from the sky.

One after another, green fireballs, the size of fists, flew out from the sun and hurtled towards the earth.

Bang bang bang! !

The fireball was incredibly hot. When it hit the green water, it instantly created green steam several meters high, causing the green flood to boil like boiling water.

A layer of gray smoke began to rise from the ruins of the building.

The ambient temperature in the core area of ​​the Asura-level [Demon Plant World] has now soared to over 100 degrees Celsius.

"Keep going!" Lin Hanchuan ignored him and continued forward, heading towards the barrier between the central area and the core area.

Long Xiaochen and his group followed closely behind.

This high temperature lasted for an hour.

The water on the ground had evaporated completely, the walls were so dry that they would turn to powder at the slightest touch, and the air in front of us was distorted due to the high temperature, making everything in our field of vision appear distorted.

The fireballs continued to pound against Cao Renjie's defensive barrier without stopping.

The Heavenly Path Squad has now entered a church without a roof.

They had been walking around inside for over twenty minutes. The church was very large, and it was clear that, in its original condition, it was a magnificent building.

The deity enshrined inside the church is an old man standing under a tree, who should be a plant spirit.

As for who it is and what their name is...

Lin Hanchuan found no answers in the ruins of the church, nor did he have any impression of this deity.

After all, there are just too many gods descending upon us.

They are also divided into local deities and external deities.

Lin Hanchuan had neither the time nor the inclination to memorize the information about those deities.

Walk from the back door of the church to the front.

Directly in front of us is a huge square.

In the center of the square, it seemed to be divided by a dividing line. The inner half was like spring all year round, while the outer half was currently enduring the scorching sun and the attacks of fireballs, just like Lin Hanchuan and the others.

Every now and then, the ground beneath your feet would shake violently.

Hundreds of cracks, several meters wide and bottomless, have appeared on the path Lin Hanchuan and his group have come from.

"The barrier leading to the central area should be just ahead!" Lin Hanchuan said softly, leading Long Xiaochen and the others straight ahead. When they arrived at the center of the square, they bumped into an invisible wall that looked like cotton.

The system notification sound immediately rang in the minds of all members of the Heavenly Path Squad.

"Ding! Please note that to pass through the green barrier ahead and enter the central area, you need to complete the second stage of the Asura-level [Demon Plant World] dungeon quest—[Sanctuary]!"

"We've arrived!" Lin Hanchuan patted the area barrier and breathed a sigh of relief.

If the interior of a dungeon is divided into areas, it is generally divided into three areas: the outer area, the core area, and the central area.

The final boss in a dungeon is usually located in the central area. Once you can reach the central area, it means you are not far from clearing the dungeon.

The central area is spring-like all year round, with lush vegetation, towering trees, green lawns, and a house hidden deep in the greenery.

But there were no living things.

Lin Hanchuan stared wide-eyed at the environment inside the central area, but so far he had not seen any signs of any living creature, not even insects.

It seemed to be a desolate world existing in another form.

However, a clearly visible green beam of light shot into the sky from the center, continuously supplying energy to the green sun in the sky.

"Captain, look at that tree!!"

Suddenly, Long Xiaochen pointed to a tree on the edge of the lawn. Lin Hanchuan looked over and saw that it was an exceptionally lush tree, over 50 meters tall. "Captain, look at the very top of the canopy!"

Lin Hanchuan looked up.

At first glance, the lush canopy of trees seemed to block out the sun, covering most of the sky in front of it.

But if you look closely, you can vaguely see a person sitting in the tree canopy. When Lin Hanchuan looked at him, the other person seemed to be looking in this direction as well.

"It looks like there's someone there!" Lin Hanchuan said softly.

Long Xiaochen nodded quickly, "Could that be the final boss of the Asura-level [Demon Plant World] dungeon that I just saw by accident?"

"I don't know!" Lin Hanchuan shook his head.

After locking onto the other party's location, the figure became clearer and clearer in Lin Hanchuan's pupils.

The other person had changed from sitting to standing.

He stood in the lush canopy of trees, exchanged a glance with Lin Hanchuan, and then looked up at the green sun in the sky.

Bang bang bang! !

The fireballs continued to rain down, striking the barrier that Cao Renjie had created.

However, so far, those fireballs have not caused any damage to the barrier, not even a single crack has appeared.

Lin Hanchuan, meanwhile, was watching the other person, standing quietly at the edge of the barrier, waiting for the moment the mission ended so he could gain the right to enter the central area.

Everything he was experiencing in the core area of ​​the Asura-level [Demon Plant World] was just a formality for him; he could simply wait for the time to pass.

Before long, the fireballs in the sky turned into burning arrows, which stuck into the ground and struck the defensive barrier.

Then came a series of wind blades that raged through the core area, like extremely sharp blades, cutting even the smallest stones into pieces wherever they passed.

The earthquakes continued and grew increasingly violent. The ravines that appeared on the ground had multiplied into thousands, like deep wounds cut into the earth. Even the location where the Heavenly Dao Squad was standing had changed several times.

Time passed second by second until the sun in the sky turned into fragments, which then transformed into a green river of light, flowing back to the central area at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Once everything in the core area returned to normal, the system message notification finally rang in the minds of all members of the Heavenly Dao Squad.

"Ding! Congratulations! You have successfully completed the second stage of the Asura-level [Demon Plant World] dungeon survival quest - [Sanctuary]! Completion level: SSS!"

"Congratulations on receiving the second-stage reward: 8 experience points, 6 gold coins, one [Weather Scroll], and Central Area Access Permit!"

The notification sound about the reward had just finished playing when Lin Hanchuan received a notification sound about leveling up.

"Ding! Congratulations! You have successfully reached level 28, triggering the Berserker Archmage class trait: base attributes +3, free attributes +6, and intelligence +1!"

After shifting all his freedom attributes to intelligence, Lin Hanchuan took out a scroll from his backpack.

It was a green scroll, made of brand new material, as if it had just been made and delivered to Lin Hanchuan.

[Weather Scroll]

Quality: Special Item

After use, it can control the weather environment within a radius of three kilometers, including rain, snow, high temperatures, cold temperatures, earthquakes, and so on.

Note: Damage dealt to targets within range is determined by the weather conditions at the time, and the maximum single damage value shall not exceed 1000 + 100% of spell/physical damage.

Duration: One hour!

Number of uses: 1
The rewards for the second phase are also quite generous; it's just a weather scroll, but if used properly, its effect is no less than that of rare items.

After all, Lin Hanchuan and his group had personally experienced the weather conditions just now; it was no exaggeration to call it hell on earth. Without Cao Renjie's level of defense, normal players simply couldn't get through.

It's perfect for continuous monster farming by blocking specific spots. For example, in the [Endless Beast Tide] dungeon, two weather scrolls can directly clear the Shura difficulty level.

The Weather Scroll is a unique reward in other Shura-level dungeons of the same level, but in the Shura-level [Demon Plant World] dungeon, it is only a second-stage reward, and each member of the Heavenly Dao Squad was given one, for a total of four.

That's incredibly extravagant!

"Boss, here you go!" Cao Renjie took out the [Weather Scroll], glanced at it, and handed it directly to Lin Hanchuan.

"Captain, here's mine too!" Long Xiaoyue quickly handed it to Lin Hanchuan.

Long Xiaochen was quick to follow up, “The damage effect of the [Weather Scroll] is closely related to the user’s base damage. If we had this thing, it would be useless. At most, it could change the surrounding environment, but as for killing enemies, there is absolutely no possibility of it.”

The weather scroll is good.

But it depends on who is using it.

Just as Long Xiaochen said, with low base damage, using this thing is a complete waste.

But Lin Hanchuan is different.

His spell damage is terrifying. The damage from a single spell with no cooldown is far greater than the damage of a mage's trump card spell of the same level.

If the [Weather Scroll] is given to Lin Hanchuan, it will be a sharp blade of area-of-effect damage.

"Thanks!" Lin Hanchuan didn't stand on ceremony with his old teammates. He took the scroll and tossed it into his level 25 gold-grade spatial ring.

After sending out the weather scroll, Long Xiaochen and his team happily opened their personal panels. Although they didn't encounter many monsters in the second phase, the experience they gained was plentiful!
Adding the experience gained from monster hunting and quests in the first phase, they now have only a small portion of their experience bar left to reach the level 30 threshold for their second job advancement.

Lin Hanchuan looked at the barrier in front of him.

Take out the token you just received.

[Central Area Access Token]: Holding this token allows entry into the central area of ​​the Asura-level [Demon Plant World] instance.

After taking a look, Lin Hanchuan passed directly through the regional barrier and entered the central area of ​​the Asura-level [Demon Plant World].

The moment you enter, the fresh scent of grass wafts over you, the temperature of the surrounding environment is just right for the human body, and there is a gentle breeze, carrying the unique comfort of the central area, blowing across your cheeks and neck, making you feel relaxed.

Long Xiaochen, who came in later, immediately stretched and said comfortably, "The environment here is really good. If I could build a villa in such an environment in real life, I feel like I could live to be a hundred years old."

"Once those top tech companies and the official Paradise Project succeed, you can move in," Lin Hanchuan said with a smile.

Since its inception, major top companies have seen the huge business opportunities behind virtual online games and have proposed various projects that link with reality. The hottest project on the market right now is Project Paradise.

It is a plan to allow human souls to enter a virtual online game after death and achieve immortality.

In his previous life, the plan seemed to have progressed quite smoothly. At least before Lin Hanchuan died, he could often see news about the plan in major online newspapers and media.

"That's good!" Long Xiaochen readily accepted.

To be able to live in such a place after death is indeed a very happy thing for human beings.

Cao Renjie chuckled and said, "Then we can form an elderly Heavenly Dao team and continue to dominate the mortal realm."

“The person in the tree has come down!” Long Xiaoyue suddenly said.

Lin Hanchuan immediately turned his head to look over.

Not far from here, under a tree at the edge of the lawn, stood a boy who looked like a human, with long black hair, fair skin, and deep green eyes.

He looked at the entire Heavenly Dao Squad and suddenly said, "You actually came!"

The voice was exactly the same as the one Lin Hanchuan had heard before.

"It's you!?" Lin Hanchuan looked at the other person and said loudly.

The boy did not answer Lin Hanchuan's question and turned to leave.

The third phase of the task finally resonated in Lin Hanchuan and his team's minds.

"Ding! Congratulations! You have entered the third stage of the Asura-level [Demon Plant World] dungeon survival mission - [Survival or Death]!"
[Survival or Death]: You have entered the central area of ​​the Asura-level [Demon Plant World] dungeon. You will now face the wrath of the demon plants head-on. It's either you or them who will perish.

Note: You need to find the demonic plant within one hour, otherwise it will move to another area.

After glancing at the text message that appeared in sync with the system notification, Lin Hanchuan immediately locked onto the departing boy.

"Follow him! He might be a guardian of the demonic plant."

The distance was too great, and although he couldn't see any information about the other party, Lin Hanchuan was 80% certain that it was definitely not a demonic plant.

Otherwise, the system wouldn't have given him the time to find the demonic plant within an hour.

It's most likely a demonic plant guardian.

A creature created by a demon plant using a part of its own body; it was also a way out left for the demon plant when it faced life and death.

The demonic plant could sense his location, and he could sense the demonic plant's location as well.

Long Xiaochen and his group immediately quickened their pace.

But the other party's walking speed was getting faster and faster, and they were about to disappear from their sight. Lin Hanchuan could not care about anything else. He summoned the Holy Sword, stood on the Holy Sword, and increased his speed to catch up.

The demonic plant will stay in one place for one hour while waiting for them, but it will automatically move to another location after one hour.

Then we'll have to rack our brains to find it again.

That would not only fail to improve the completion rate of the dungeon, but might even decrease it.

Lin Hanchuan had no interest in playing hide-and-seek with the demonic plants anymore. He needed to find them as soon as possible, kill them as soon as possible, and achieve the first clear of the Asura-level [Demon Plant World] dungeon.

The Holy Sword's speed increased dramatically.

Lin Hanchuan caught up with him in less than 10 seconds and saw his specific information through the system.

【Demon Plant Guardian】

Level: 25

Rank: General

Attack: 1000-4000
Health: 14

Note: Creatures created by the demonic plant are completely controlled by the demonic plant and are absolutely loyal to it, but they possess their own thoughts and abilities to act. When necessary, the demonic plant will also use them to achieve its own goals.

The boy turned around and saw Lin Hanchuan riding the holy sword, closely following him in mid-air, and anger flared in his eyes.

He raised his hand.

His index finger transformed into a vine, lashing out at Lin Hanchuan with such speed that it almost left a blur, a speed far surpassing that of the vines that had previously sprung from the ground.

Lin Hanchuan activated the Infinite Barrier.

They took the attack head-on.

Without fighting back, he still had to rely on the demonic plant guards to lead him to the demonic plant.

But the boy didn't seem to want to give up so easily.

"Go to hell!!"

He roared, and a blue vortex appeared above his head. Swift wind blades surged out from the vortex, overwhelming Lin Hanchuan.

Buzz! !

The wind blades churned up the air, creating the sound of a helicopter taking off.

Bang bang bang! !

Wind blades slammed into Lin Hanchuan's barrier one after another.

Seeing that the demonic plant guard had another staff in its hand, Lin Hanchuan became furious.

"You're really pushing your luck!"

Lin Hanchuan waved his staff.

Boom boom boom! !

One after another, large fireballs were hurled at the demonic plant guards.

If he had just led the way without any trouble, Lin Hanchuan could have killed him later. But this guy was clearly determined to fight to the death.

What's the point of keeping it then?

Half a minute later.

Lin Hanchuan stood on the ashes of the corpse of the demon plant guardian and used his gathering skill to collect the ashes. The ashes of the demon plant puppets, demon plant guardians, and other plant-like creatures after their death could be used as nutrients and fertilizer for other medicinal plants.

After collecting the dropped items.

Long Xiaochen and the others followed.

They witnessed the demonic plant guards attacking Lin Hanchuan.

There was no reaction to the death of the demonic plant guardian; it was just that he was dead, so it didn't matter.

"Let's go take a look at that house!"

Lin Hanchuan looked at the house not far away. He had seen it from outside the barrier before, but now that he was closer, he could see more.

It was a villa with a fountain in front of it. A small river flowed into the villa from the fountain. The demonic plant guard had just been heading towards the villa.

They walked straight ahead without encountering any attacks or seeing any moving objects along the way.

After walking past the fountain, Lin Hanchuan stood in front of the villa.

The villa's door was closed.

There was no sound from inside.

Lin Hanchuan arrived at the door and reached out as if to knock, but after thinking for a moment, he stretched out his foot instead.

There's really no need to be so polite when grinding monsters.

Lin Hanchuan kicked open the villa door.
The scene inside the villa immediately filled Lin Hanchuan's pupils.

There is a garden, a lawn, and a small river.

There is a bridge over the stream, and on the other side of the bridge is a meadow with a two-story stone building standing on it.

The stone building was built along the river, and its style and specifications made Lin Hanchuan feel extremely familiar at first glance.

"I feel like I've seen this somewhere before!"

After a moment of doubt, the building I had just seen recently flashed into my mind.

"The city lord's stone building looks exactly the same as this one, even the orientation of the stone house is the same."

Lin Hanchuan frowned.

Generally speaking, it is rare to find two identical buildings in the Advent, let alone one that is built in the same environment and with the same orientation.

Is this a coincidence?
Or is there some kind of connection?
Lin Hanchuan wasn't quite sure.

But then he remembered the scene of the city lord disappearing at the entrance of the city hall after seeing him off.

At that time, Lin Hanchuan was speculating whether the city lord Sharp had some kind of special ability, but now he was starting to suspect that Sharp's profession was a plant master.

Instead of the mage or druid as previously speculated.

"But what if he's a plant master!"

Lin Hanchuan's heart skipped a beat.

Without dwelling on it further, Lin Hanchuan cleared his mind and stepped into the villa.

Unleash your spiritual perception and explore your surroundings.

Walk through the garden.

Walk across the lawn.

Cross the small bridge.

We arrived at the stone building.

I didn't encounter anything.

The entire villa looked as if it had been abandoned.

Lin Hanchuan pushed open the stone doors and went inside.

The furnishings inside were extremely simple: stone tables, stone benches, stone beds...

Everything was made of stone.

Including the stone painting on the wall.

A boy is kneeling on the ground, holding a plant seedling in his hands, with an old man in front of him.

Standing behind Lin Hanchuan, Cao Renjie noticed the old man's problem: "Isn't this old man the same deity we saw in the church before?"

"Could it be that this painting depicts a young boy receiving a divine inheritance?"

"Who knows? I just checked the information through the system, and it only showed me an ordinary stone painting with no other information." As he spoke, Long Xiaochen took the stone painting off the wall and threw it into his backpack.

During the game, some collectors will deliberately collect items that have no practical use but have artistic value.

Long Xiaochen felt that this stone painting had collectible value.

Apart from the stone paintings, there was nothing else of value inside the first floor of the stone building, since even the ground was made of a single, solid stone.

Lin Hanchuan went up to the second floor.

The second floor contains only a stone bed, a studio, and two stone paintings hanging on the wall.

One of the paintings depicts a young man standing respectfully beside an old man, with a tree behind the old man and a vine beside the young man.

The second painting depicts only a middle-aged man.

He stands in the middle of the painting, with a tree on his left and a thick, flowering vine on his right.

"That plant master deity left his plant to his disciple?" Based on the content of the painting, Lin Hanchuan could only make a shallow guess.

However, even now, no trace of the demonic plant has been found, and it is still unclear what kind of demonic plant it is.

Lin Hanchuan left the stone building.

Long Xiaochen was having his pet search around when it saw Lin Hanchuan and asked him something.

"Boss, what did you find?"

Lin Hanchuan shook his head.

Xingchen then tugged at Lin Hanchuan's clothes.

Lin Hanchuan looked down.

Xingchen said, "Brother Huang! I can help!"

"Oh! That's right!" Lin Hanchuan immediately realized.

If you're looking for someone.

There is truly nothing more fitting than the stars.

"Find a demonic plant, anything with a life force!" Lin Hanchuan immediately made the request, "The area should be our current central region."

"Okay, sure!" Xingchen nodded repeatedly.

Then under the gaze of everyone.

Xingchen closed her eyes, clasped her hands together, and then a layer of pale golden starlight flowed out, forming a nebula that enveloped her palms.

Xingchen opened her clasped hands and gently blew out a breath, from which flew out tiny, shimmering butterflies.

"Go and find me a living, magical plant!" Xingchen told the Wishing Butterfly her wish, as Lin Hanchuan had requested.

As soon as the sound fell, thousands of Wishing Butterflies scattered instantly, like shooting stars falling in different directions.

This was the second time Lin Hanchuan had seen Xingchen summon the Star Wish Butterfly with a prayer, and he was only slightly amazed.

But the others were seeing it for the first time.

Long Xiaochen, in particular, was so excited his eyes were practically glued to the butterfly. “Holy crap, that’s amazing! The stars actually summoned a creature I’ve never even heard of before.”

Xingchen smiled.

Cao Renjie then asked, "Can I have any wish?"

Xingchen quickly shook her head and said, "No, the wishing butterflies have very weak wishing power; they can only be used to find things."

"That's already incredibly impressive!" Long Xiaoyue crouched down, hugging Xingchen and praising her.

Soon.

One by one, the Wishing Butterflies have returned.

One of them flew in a certain trajectory in front of the stars, as if trying to express something.

Xingchen understood and turned to Lin Hanchuan, saying, "It said it found the demonic plant."

"Where?" Lin Hanchuan looked at the time on the panel; there were less than twenty minutes left, and immediately asked.

This time, the stars don't need to answer.

The returning star-wishing butterflies fluttered their wings, scattering countless starlight and weaving a picture in front of Lin Hanchuan.

It was the map of the central area of ​​the Asura-level [Demon Plant World] dungeon. Following the Star Wish Butterfly that had found the demon plant, it transformed into a shooting star, streaked across the canvas, and fell towards the upper center of the canvas.

The other star-wishing butterflies fall in other directions on the canvas, filling in the details.

Once the rivers, houses, trees, weeds, and everything else had taken shape on the map, a system notification sounded in Lin Hanchuan's mind.

"Ding! Congratulations, you have received the [Map of the Hidden Locations of the Demon Plant BOSS in the Asura-level [Demon Plant World] Dungeon] gifted by the Star Wish Butterflies."

The map was transformed into a physical piece of paper and landed in Lin Hanchuan's hands.

Map of the hiding places of the plant bosses in the Asura-level [Plant World] dungeon.

Quality: Special Item

You can use this map to find the hiding place of the Demon Plant boss.

Note: This map only represents the current location of the demon plant. It is very likely that it will move its hiding place next.

Lin Hanchuan's gaze immediately locked onto a point on the map.

The distance on the plane is very close to my current location, less than 300 meters. The correct location is behind the stone building.

But it's underground!

About 200 meters away!
Long Xiaochen leaned over, glanced at the coordinates, and immediately couldn't hold back any longer.

"Holy crap, the final boss in the Asura-level [Demon Plant World] dungeon is hiding underground! Who's going to find it?!"

"There are still more than ten minutes left. How are we going to get there? My Earth Spirit can go, but he can't take us. Digging a straight tunnel will take at least half an hour."

Lin Hanchuan also looked helpless.

The hiding place of the demonic plant was indeed unexpected, and even a bit of a cheating move.

Even if a normal player discovers the location of the demonic plant immediately, they would not be able to dig a tunnel leading 300 meters underground within an hour.

"I! I can help you!"

At this moment, Xingchen raised her hand again.

"Hmm?" Lin Hanchuan cast a curious glance.

He knew that Xingchen had the ability to teleport, but it seemed that he couldn't take them with him.
Long Xiaochen and the others also looked at the stars.

This MVP who has repeatedly created miracles!

This time, Xingchen didn't clasp her hands together. Instead, she stood still, staring at the void in front of her with her big, bright eyes. She gently raised her chubby hand and said, "I want a teleportation portal that leads to any location within a 500-meter radius!"

next moment.

Under everyone's gaze.

A portal had actually appeared in the void ahead.

Long Xiaochen's mouth was half open.

I glanced at the portal, then at the stars.

I glanced at the stars, then at the portal.

"My goodness! Words become law!"

Lin Hanchuan asked curiously, "The Little Wish Spell?"

He knew all the skills that Xingchen possessed.

Currently, only the Little Wish spell possesses this ability.

Xingchen nodded and replied, "Mhm!"

Then, with a hint of regret, she added, "But I can only help you fulfill some small wishes."

(End of this chapter)