Full-Time Magister: What kind of demonic tree is this? It's clearly a sacred tree!

Chapter 104 The Illusionary Blue Tree Demon

The next day, led by Henry and his two guards, the group arrived at the Plant Magic Exchange Association. The entire association was located inside a giant tree, and each branch of this giant tree seemed to be a completely new plant that did not belong to the giant tree.

But upon entering the association's hall, things changed. Zhang Chen noticed that every object there, whether it was a chair or the magic pen at the front desk, seemed to be a living plant, and they were subtly connected, suggesting they were all from the same plant.

Led by Henry and his companion, they quickly found someone who could help with the plant hunting business. He was wearing a vintage jacket, an oval hat that covered his half-gray hair, wrinkles around his eyes, and a large blue tree emblem on his chest.

He bowed politely to everyone and said, "Distinguished guests from afar, let me introduce myself. I am Kant, a director of the Plant Magic Association."

He had clearly been informed in advance, and he immediately recognized everyone's identities.

Ai Jiangtu returned the greeting and asked, "Ai Jiangtu from China, is this where I register for a Plant Hunting Guild? How do I upgrade my Plant Hunting Guild's level?"

"That's right! There are many ways to level up. You can take on quests to collect plant specimens or seeds in Blue Mountain, help cultivate some plants, or publish some valuable papers —"

After they came out, they already had a grass badge on their chests. If they wanted to advance to the third level of the Plant Hunter Group, they needed to complete at least ten missions. Among them, the mission to the Blue Mountain Forest had the richest rewards and took the least amount of time. So they directly accepted ten missions to the Blue Mountain Forest, which was perfect for going with Henry, and they didn't need to find anyone else to lead the way.

Henry and his companion were happy to lead the way, as it would give them a chance to observe the strength of the rest of the Chinese national team.

As the warm morning light shone down on the Blue Mountain forest, the group walked through the misty blue fog, with century-old eucalyptus trees emitting blue mist overhead and acacia trees blooming with creamy-colored flower spikes at their feet.

Breathing in the forest air, which is filled with the unique fragrance of eucalyptus trees, and listening to the melodious music of birds chirping, if it weren't for the vines wriggling around us like snakes, this place would be a paradise on earth.

"The Blue Mountain Forest is named for the blue mist that always lingers in the mountains, but we must be careful of this blue mist. Once it changes color, it means that there is an extremely powerful plant demon nearby. Also, never attack any plants. You have no idea what it is or what its roots are connected to. Often, if you touch it, all the surrounding plants will immediately attack you."

Henry said, "Then how do we get parts of their bodies to make specimens without attacking them?" Jiang Yu asked, "You can pick some branches that are about to fall off and pluck them by hand. Since you don't use magic and they're about to fall off and have less connection to the main body, they usually won't react." Henry said, "Oh! That doesn't sound too difficult!" Mo Fan said, "That only sounds easy. If you disturb one plant, you'll face attacks from all the surrounding plants, not to mention that some plants will actively attack others. Moreover, in this forest where plants grow in an intertwined way, you don't know how big a plant's territory is, so you often just run around."

"If the plants along the way attack you and you fight back with magic, it will attract even more, eventually turning into the entire forest being hostile towards you until you completely escape the forest and you are safe!" Paul said. "It's definitely not as safe as we imagined. Three of the missions we've taken on are to rescue other hunting groups or collect their relics," Ai Jiangtu said. "What's the closest mission to us?" Guan Yu said. Right now, he just wants to complete the mission and leave Sydney. The thought of his performance during the competition is too heartbreaking and too embarrassing. Besides, he always feels uneasy looking at these plants.

"The missions we've taken on are all deep within the Blue Mountain Forest. The closest one is beyond that mountain, which is the territory of the Thousand-Year Eucalyptus Tree Demon, also known as the Illusionary Blue Tree Demon. We need to rescue another hunting group there or bring out their relics, collect a section of the Thousand-Year Eucalyptus Tree specimen, and a Illusionary Blue Tree Demon! There are three missions in total. We need to be careful. The Illusionary Blue Tree Demons are at least at the level of a Great General, but fortunately, there are no monarch-level creatures in this forest." Ai Jiangtu said about the Thousand-Year Eucalyptus Forest. They have abandoned the green that symbolizes the vitality of plants, and instead have turned blue, which subtly echoes the blue mist. Towering blue trees stand tall, their branches fully outstretched, vying for sunlight. Blue vines thicker than a person grow on them, hanging from the branches, swaying and crawling as if searching for prey, hence the name Illusionary Blue Tree Demon.

"Look at the locator, that's where the hunting party sent out the distress call!" Ai Jiangtu carefully avoided the blue vines. The group cautiously walked around one blue vine curtain after another and came to a blue-purple tree. There was a red backpack under the tree. They looked around but did not see any signs of a fierce battle or bloodstains. There was only a red backpack standing alone by the tree.

It had sparse blue-purple leaves on it, which they assumed were leaves from a thousand-year-old eucalyptus tree and didn't find it strange. Just as Ai Jiangtu walked over and picked up his backpack, the leaves suddenly opened their eyes and a mouth that took up the entire leaf.

It opened its mouth and bit at Ai Jiangtu's hand that was gripping the backpack. Ai Jiangtu subconsciously used his mind to create an impact that sent the leaf flying. The leaf crashed into the blue giant tree and made a strange laugh. Then, just like when Lily was competing, it disappeared from everyone's sight.

Ai Jiangtu and the others were left to face the already alarmed Illusionary Blue Tree Demon. The vines on the surrounding tree demon intertwined and turned into fists covered with sharp spikes, which smashed towards the group.

Zhang Chen and Jiang Shaoxu immediately spread their mental energy outwards, trying to soothe the tree demons in the area. However, the surrounding area was filled with violent and frenzied emotions, which could not be calmed at all, and even subtly interfered with Zhang Chen's mental energy probing.

"What the hell is this thing!" Zhao Manyan exclaimed. Henry, clearly seeing this plant for the first time, asked with considerable confusion, "It's probably a new plant! Hundreds of new plants emerge in this forest every year! But this strange plant is the first I've ever seen before!"

"Send it out first!"

"Kill a few while you're at it! Then we can finish the other two missions!" Mo Fan's fists were wreathed in a few wisps of pale white flames as he swung them out. Eighteen pale white ghost dragons roared as they crashed into the tree demon's fists. But to everyone's surprise, the ghost dragons and the fists seemed to be in different dimensions. The ghost dragons passed right through the fists and flew straight into the sky.

"What's going on!" Mo Fan exclaimed in bewilderment. One after another, ice locks, blood-red demonic vines, lightning bolts, and the pale white fire dragon all pierced through his fist.

The next second, a fist covered in spikes came hurtling towards them, smashing through the transparent barriers.

Zhang Chen immediately sensed something was wrong. All the wooden fists were clearly coming from above, so why were most of the attacks coming from the side? There was clearly nothing on the side in his field of vision!