Under the elder spirit's explanation, Yang Ling roughly understood what was going on.

  It turned out that in the ancient times, there were mysterious and powerful Tree Herders who could summon withered warriors from ancient trees. For them, the forest filled with ancient trees was their territory and the source of their power, where they could summon countless withered warriors to fight at any time.

  Ancient Summoner, Shepherd of Trees...

  Looking at the withered wooden warriors crawling on the ground, and then looking at Yang Ling who was hiding secretly, the elder of the spiritual being was greatly shocked.

  The ancient summoner can summon a large group of demons to fight, forming a terrifying demon legion; in comparison, the treant is not inferior and can summon countless withered warriors from ancient trees. The elf elder dared not imagine how terrifying Yang Ling's combat power would be after possessing this dual ability.

  The Trass Forest stretches for thousands of miles, facing the sea to the south, and to the west lies the vast Bantu Empire and the prosperous Livensa Kingdoms Alliance; to the north, after crossing several thousand kilometers of marshes, is the powerful Ros Empire. As for the east, it stretches for thousands of miles, and no one knows just how big the Trass Forest really is.

  In this vast forest, there are towering ancient trees everywhere, which means that Yang Ling can summon thousands of withered wooden warriors like Labuluo. With the addition of numerous magical beasts, the elder elf understands that this continent's largest primeval forest is simply a blessed land for Yang Ling. As long as he lends his full support, even if a hundred Yimias come back to exact revenge, it won't be any problem at all.

  "The vast forest is the habitat of our forest spirits and also the home and source of power for the tree herders. Legend has it that in ancient times, each tree herder had a vast territory stretching thousands of miles, sharing joys and sorrows with the forest spirits. The spirits were responsible for cultivating and nurturing the ancient trees, while the tree herders were responsible for summoning the withered wood warriors to provide protection for our spirits."

  After the shock, the Elf elder slowly began to speak of ancient legends. The Elves had thrived on this continent for tens of thousands of years, and in their thick genealogy, there were many stories about the Tree Herders.

  "Not bad, mutually beneficial!" Seeing the elder emphasize the legend of the forest spirits and the tree herders sharing weal and woe, Yang Ling didn't need to think much to understand his meaning. However, being a stranger in a strange land, cooperating with the other party was obviously a good idea.

  In this land of survival of the fittest, only great power is the way to go. Otherwise, let alone enjoying life, it's even a problem to be able to beg in peace.

  The forest spirits, although unmatched in archery, are actually not to be trifled with in close combat. This was exposed when they were killed by the lion eagle warriors of Ymiria. At this time, the powerful Dryad Guardians are their trump card. If there is a large group of Dryad Guardians, I estimate that Ymiria will not only take revenge, but even if he has ten times the courage, he will not dare to enter the Tras Forest.

  They clicked immediately under the circumstance of being on the same wavelength.

  After successfully pulling Yang Ling over, he noticed that Sophia was occasionally paying attention to her side, and then looked at Sophia's bright red face. The old elder of the spiritual world thought back to the two sneaking around together in the middle of the night, and his face lit up with joy. If the two of them could get married, it would be a great blessing for the tribe. With a tree herder sitting in town, the safety of the tribe would be guaranteed.

  After a moment of contemplation, the wise and aged elder of the tribe bid farewell with his people, leaving Yang Ling and Sophia alone together.

  "Sophia..."

  "Hmm..."

  "The weather seems to have turned cooler!"

  "Hmm..."

  Watching the wise and aged elf elder leave, both Yang Ling and Sophia understood his meaning. For a moment, Yang Ling didn't know what to say, while Sophia was so embarrassed that she didn't even dare to lift her head.

  "Rise up, La Brouck!"

  After the withered wooden warrior Labrock stood up, looking at his gigantic wolf-toothed club as thick as a house beam, and then at his chest muscles bulging like obsidian, Yang Ling's thoughts were in disarray. The unconscious wooden guardian was already more formidable than Keraff's war chariot; he dared not imagine how terrifying their destructive power would be if they possessed intelligence.

  Looking at the spiritual Labuluoque, Sophia said with envy: "Yang Ling, Labuluoque is a spiritual withered wood warrior. As long as he absorbs enough heavenly magic, he can quickly advance and become stronger than our tribe's carefully cultivated withered wood guardian."

  Can absorbing enough heavenly and earthly magic powers allow for rapid advancement?

  After coming into contact with the mysterious spell, Yang Ling understood that as his magical powers increased, the tamed Evil Eye and Hornet Beast would also advance, becoming stronger. If it was true what Sophia said, that the tamed Tree Spirit could also advance, then that would be simply wonderful.

  Yang Ling looked a bit skeptical, so Sophia explained in detail. It turned out that the forest spirits had lived in the forest for generations and were proficient in natural magic, which could artificially promote the growth of trees. As long as they persisted, when the time came, they could summon the withered wood guardians from the trees.

  Unlike the spiritual Labrook, the withered wooden guardians cultivated by the elves are not wise, slow in movement, and even more difficult to advance. Moreover, due to the long cultivation time, most elven tribes only have a few withered wooden guardians.

  "Oh, what's with the green sprout on Thorbrook's body?"

  "Yang Ling, the green sprout on Labrock's body represents his superpower of being indestructible. Even if he suffers severe injuries, as long as he still has a breath left, he can slowly and automatically heal himself!"

  Under Sophia's interpretation, Yang Ling understood that the withered warriors summoned by the Shepherd had different abilities from birth. For example, the withered warriors summoned from the evergreen broad-leaved pine of the four seasons had the ability to automatically heal wounds; those summoned from the hard iron fir had the ability of copper skin and iron bones, which made them immune to swords and guns.

  In a surprise move, Yang Ling commanded an Angle Beast to take a big bite out of La Burok's body. Sure enough, the deep wound stopped bleeding on its own and slowly began to close up, making him almost indestructible.

  After understanding the strength of the withered wood warrior, Yang Ling quickly put away the tens of meters high Labrock and took Sophia back to the tribe. Before dawn, they set out to find a spiritual thousand-year-old tree, hoping to strengthen their own strength as soon as possible. The evil eye's attack is strong but its defense is insufficient, the hornet beast is good at ambushing, but when facing many high-level mages, it is difficult to launch a powerful attack from the front. Now, what he lacks is Labrock, this kind of powerful and charging warrior.

  Near the Spirit Tribe, there were no other trees except for the thousand-year-old broad-leaved pines that grew everywhere. What made Yang Ling disappointed was that after searching for more than half a day, he only found five ancient trees with spiritual energy; what's worse, even if he exhausted all his magical powers and vital energy, he could only tame one withered wood warrior in a day.

  After understanding Yang Ling's difficulties, the elder of the spiritual tribe accepted the task of finding the thousand-year-old ancient tree without hesitation, and sent all the priests out. At the same time, he urgently contacted the nearby spiritual tribes, hoping they could help find a thousand-year-old ancient tree with spirituality, and even more hoped to obtain the life spring water that could quickly enhance Yang Ling's magical powers from them.

  After hitting it off, the Elf Elder understood that strengthening Yang Ling's strength was equivalent to strengthening his own tribe's strength, so he went all out with everything.

  The Life Spring Water can rapidly enhance Yang Ling's cultivation, unfortunately, the Life Spring Water accumulated by his own tribe over the years has been depleted, and he can only pin his hopes on other spirit tribes. The Spirit Elder believes that once they understand Yang Ling's identity as a Shepherd of Trees, they will definitely not be stingy with the precious Life Spring Water, after all, the allure of the Withered Warriors to the spirit tribes is simply too great.

  Next, apart from domesticating the thousand-year-old spiritual tree, Yang Ling seized the time to command the army to capture the demon beasts and condense their essence blood to swallow. Without the Spring of Life, the demon beast's essence blood was the fastest shortcut to enhance his sorcery power. At the same time, he could also train the withered wood warriors, hornet beasts, and evil eyes to cooperate in battle, killing two birds with one stone.

  Ever since he tamed the withered wooden warrior, Yang Ling discovered that his body's dark red magic power had an additional thread of green color, and his cultivation speed became faster, achieving twice the result with half the effort. Every time he sat on a tree branch to cultivate, the vast heavenly spiritual energy seemed to pour into him like a waterfall; at the same time, the nearby trees, even the small grasses, all emitted threads of green energy that seeped into his body through his skin.

  After more than a month, Yang Ling had fifteen powerful withered warriors. Among them, ten were pine tree warriors that could automatically heal themselves, and five were iron cypress warriors that were impervious to swords and guns. At the same time, Wu Li made great progress, able to tame two spiritual ancient trees every day, cultivating to the last layer of Blood Witchcraft. With just a bit more effort, he believed he could break through to the realm of Spiritual Witchcraft.