Chapter 71: The First Strongest Under the Starry Sky

  Hussein finished speaking, and with a light flick of his wrist, the old long sword in this knight's hand actually emitted a clear and low hum, a sound that carried a murderous aura. Du Wei, standing beside Hussein, could clearly feel a chill run down his spine, causing all the hairs on his body to stand on end, and he couldn't help but shiver.

  Dadanier was also tense and looked around: "What did you find? Is it a golden-eyed python?"

  "Not." Hussein said coldly: "Golden-eyed pythons are solitary magical beasts. These guys... there are many of them."

  In the air, a faint rustling sound like that of tree branches and leaves came, followed by a low rumbling sound from afar, like distant thunder. The sound shook the surrounding trees and rocks, causing the accumulated snow to fall off with a "plop".

  In addition, Du Wei could also feel a strange sound, one after another, as if it were a conversation, buzzing and responding, but not like human voices, nor like the howls of magical beasts, but rather mixed in with the rustling sounds of the leaves swaying back and forth, and yet again, it seemed to be the hum of bees flying about in groups.

  Suddenly, around the three people, countless places transmitted a "crackling" sound, just like the sound of wood breaking, and then this sound was followed by a loud crash!

  Next, Du Wei was greatly shocked!

  First, a snow pine about twenty or so steps away from them suddenly shook itself, and then the entire tree's roots automatically pulled out of the snowy ground with great force! With ice fragments and soil particles, it shook several times, and two huge rootstocks seemed to open like human legs, and then took two steps forward in an awkward manner.

  Du Wei suddenly woke up!

  The rustling sound of the sand, just like a kind of awakening signal! Soon, in the surrounding forest, countless trees began to sway and then "wake up"! These trees seemed to have come alive, pulling their roots out of the snowy ground, and then awkwardly walking on the snowy ground as if they were human.

  Duvie and Dadaniel were stunned, while Hussein had a thoughtful expression on his face, holding the sword in his hand, narrowing his eyes to look at these resurrected trees.

  These "tree people" gathered more and more, from a dozen or so to several tens, these huge bodies densely surrounded the valley entrance, but kept a certain distance from Du Wei and the other three. These trees had no eyes, no mouths, but they had many arms! The branches curled up, and many tree people used their branches to roll up "weapons" from the ground.

  There are huge boulders, some of which split open from the frozen soil under the snow, and others simply grabbed large chunks of ice, wrapped them in branches, and slowly moved towards the valley mouth after all!

  "They... are they preparing to attack us?!" Du Wei shouted loudly: "We retreat! Go into the canyon!"

  "Wait! Just wait!" Hussein's voice was calm and steady: "These are tree people! I know this creature... But, the tree people are a kind of gentle magical beast, they never attack others actively, don't be rash! If you provoke them, they can wake up more trees! Don't forget, we're in the Ice Forest now! There are trees everywhere!"

  Just then, suddenly, the several tree people standing in the front row seemed to be startled by the conversation between the two. The big tree let out a strange roar (Du Wei couldn't understand how these things without mouths could make such a sound), and in this roar, the stone blocks and ice blocks wrapped around the "hands" of several tree people were thrown towards the place where the three stood!

  "Good grief!"

  Du Wei shouted, he rapidly chanted an incantation, two wind blades shot out, shattering a huge ice block in mid-air, while the other wind blade blew away a disguise.

  Facing the dense rocks that were falling from above, Hussein suddenly grabbed Du Wei's collar with one hand and then used the hilt of his sword to forcefully strike Dandanier's chest, pushing him away. Immediately afterwards, Hussein also pulled Du Wei to jump aside...

  A dense rumble, the dense "rock rain" immediately pounded out countless large pits on the large empty space where the three people were standing at the entrance of the canyon just now. Du Wei watched with a shocked heart, and in the midst of the chaos, he still turned his head to look at Hussein: "Old brother! What did you say earlier? Gentle nature? Won't attack actively? They almost pounded us into mush!"

  A giant tree man strode over, lifted his massive root (his foot), and with one step crushed the stone statue at the entrance of the valley, then let out a roar.

  Behind him, more than a hundred gigantic tree-like human bodies responded with a deafening roar.

  "Hey! They don't look too friendly! It seems like they're about to attack, are we still standing here stupidly?" Du Wei said with a bitter smile.

  "Nonsense, this place is full of trees everywhere! Unless you can run out of the frozen forest immediately! Otherwise, the tree people can wake up all the trees in the entire forest as their companions! Don't provoke them!"

  "Damn it, I didn't provoke them," Du Wei cursed with a smile.

  One of the treants suddenly bent down, its massive branch sweeping towards the three people fiercely. Hussein was also somewhat annoyed, a faint golden light flashing across his body, he let out a loud shout, and with a horizontal sweep of the broken sword in his hand, the faint golden light flashed by, and the treant's "hand" was immediately chopped off horizontally!

  The knight made his move, and he didn't hold back! He put down Du Wei and charged forward himself. With a roll on the ground, he dodged a giant foot that came crashing down like a cone-shaped pillar. Then, with a reverse sword strike, he chopped off the tree's roots with a loud "ka-ching" sound. The treant lost its balance and immediately fell backwards.

  This huge guy's weakness is that it moves slowly, one treant falls down and almost knocks over three or four companions. It's like a domino effect, one falls and the whole row goes down.

  The knight charged head-on into the crowd of tree people, relying on his small body to jump and run back and forth in the gaps between them. His sword had already cut down seven or eight tree people, but those tree people couldn't hit him at all, and instead many attacks landed on their companions' bodies, causing chaos in the ranks of the tree people...

  Just as Du Wei was relieved, the rustling humming sounds from afar suddenly became urgent, as if it were a command, and all the tree people let out a roar. They no longer clumsily tried to smash Hussein with their huge and slow hands and feet, but instead, the leaves on these tree people's bodies suddenly fell off, making a sharp whistling sound, and those leaves seemed like sharp blades, sweeping towards Hussein with a howl!

  This attack is even more terrifying! It's almost as if countless magicians are simultaneously releasing countless wind blades! Even if the knight's speed is fast, he can't dodge this kind of four-sided and eight-sided slashing that comes from all directions. He immediately rolls on the ground, and then his whole body's aura disperses, turning into a golden air mass. The round golden light ball around his body blocks all the leaves... For a moment, the dense leaves almost bury the knight, and his small body instantly becomes a haystack covered with leaves.

  It wasn't that Du Wei didn't want to help - he actually wanted to lend a hand, but as soon as he poked his head out, two sharp sounds rang out, and two leaves were nailed onto the rock in front of him! The soft leaves had even been deeply embedded into the rock! All Du Wei could do was hide behind the rocks with Dada Nil.

  Hussein was already covered in leaves, but the knight took a deep breath and suddenly stretched out his arms. With a burst of energy, he shook off all the leaves on his body. Although he had aura to protect himself, he couldn't withstand this endless leaf attack for long. At this moment, Hussein's two pupils seemed to have turned golden, and a golden light appeared on the long sword in his hand!

  Du Wei hid behind a rock and suddenly heard an explosion...

  BOOM!!

  That golden sword aura swung out, instantly cutting through the roots of the surrounding trees! Even several nearby trees, under the sword's fierce slash, were completely shattered, their massive bodies instantly reduced to a pile of splintered wood by the unstoppable sword aura!

  Hussein's move was astonishing, after the golden light dissipated, within a 20-meter radius of where he stood, all the tree people turned into fragments of wood, and those slightly farther away also fell to the ground! With this one sword strike, more than half of the hundreds of tree people were eliminated by him!

  However, this sword also consumed a lot of energy from the knight. He was originally carrying injuries on his body and his vitality had not recovered yet. After this sword, his breathing became somewhat uneven, and he couldn't help but lean on the ground with his long sword, panting heavily, with beads of sweat appearing on his forehead.

  Duvie and Dandanil exchanged a glance, then jumped out from behind the rocks and sprinted to Hussein's side. Dandanil quickly lifted Hussein onto his back and took off running towards the rocks, while Duvie disregarded the magic consumption and shot out as many fireballs as he could in one breath, igniting the piles of wood around them before turning to follow.

  "Run into the canyon!" Du Wei shouted loudly.

  "How can we run! The entrance is blocked!" Dandanil shouted.

  In the first wave of chaotic stone attacks, the originally narrow entrance to the canyon was already blocked by rocks.

  "Then hide behind the rocks first!" Du Wei shouted loudly.

  The three retreated to the place where Du Wei and Dada Nil hid earlier. However, behind them, the rustling humming sound in the forest came again, this time louder than the first time, and the sound spread further!

  "They're calling for more companions." Hussein sighed, "Let me go, I just used a bit too much force with that one sword... Alas, if it were in peacetime, I could have taken down those things with just one sword!"

  "If you were still a Holy Knight in your daily life, you wouldn't be chased to this godforsaken place." Du Wei sighed: "You're injured now, and at most 30-40% of your strength is left. You can't deal with these endless monsters. Can you summon that old guy? I think using martial skills for close combat won't work against these things. It's best to use magic... large-scale range attack magic."

  "Wait a minute, that doesn't seem right..." Dathanil lay on the rock with his eyes peeking out to observe, and suddenly lowered his head and said: "They're not attacking, but instead retreating."

  "What?" Du Wei also poked his head out.

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