"Brave adventurers, are you here to exterminate the evil Ancient Tree Spirit in the forest?"
After getting the little warrior to pick up the five Forest Crystals, the two of them walked out of the forest and arrived at the lakeside.
There was an old wooden house by the lakeside, and an old NPC was sitting on a rock beside the house, chopping wood with his head lowered.
The old man raised his head, and his eyes lit up when he saw Chen Mo and Maxim.
"Yes, Mr. Maxim. However, we have searched the forest for a long time without finding any trace of it. Does Mr. Maxim know where it is hiding?
As long as we know its location, we can get rid of it! "
The NPC's name was Maxim. Chen Mo privately messaged the little warrior to not speak and let him deal with it. He then walked forward and spoke respectfully to Maxim.
"I don't know either. That Ancient Tree Spirit has long since become a spirit. It is very cunning and will not stay in one place. After disguising itself, it looks no different from an ordinary tree. Unless it shows itself on its own, it is impossible to find it in such a large forest." Maxim shook his head.
"Moreover, although the two adventurers have amazing strength, I'm afraid they won't be a match for the Ancient Tree Spirit if they rashly find it. The Ancient Tree Spirit has an extremely amazing defensive ability. Ordinary attacks won't be able to cause any effective damage to it. As far as I know, many people who wanted to kill it were killed by it because they didn't understand it."
Maxim looked at Chen Mo and added.
"Mr. Maxim, then may I ask how we can kill that Ancient Tree Spirit?" Chen Mo knew that the main point was coming and asked humbly.
"You have asked the right person."
Mogil smiled. "I've lived in this forest for decades. No one knows it better than I do. I'm well aware of its weaknesses, and I've developed some potions that can deal with it. If you need these potions, you can take them away as long as you pay the cost price!"
A product interface popped up in front of Chen Mo. There were three items on it.
Corrosive Liquid: Smear it on the weapon, allowing the weapon to easily break through the Ancient Tree Spirit's defense. Effect lasts for 5 minutes.
— — Price: 5 Forest Crystals
Flame Blade: Turn the weapon into a fire attribute, increasing damage to the Ancient Tree Spirit by 50%. Effect lasts for 5 minutes.
— — Price: 5 Forest Crystals
[Mutation Suppressor: When the Ancient Tree Essence's HP drops to a certain level, it will mutate. Using this potion will prevent it from mutating for 5 minutes.]
– Price: 15 Forest Crystals
Looking at the three items, Chen Mo remained silent.
Just as he had expected, there were many types of tools. However, all three of them had obvious effects when killing the Ancient Treant, especially the Corrosive Liquid and the Mutation Suppressant. These two tools were indispensable.
"Brave adventurer, if you really want to kill the Ancient Tree Spirit, then don't hesitate. Without these things, the Ancient Tree Spirit is almost invincible." Maj laughed.
"Thank you for your advice, Mr. Mogir. Unfortunately, we don't have enough Forest Crystals. I'll come back when we find more," Chen Mo said regretfully.
"No problem, I'll wait here for you guys to come back. Be careful on the road, this forest is not peaceful."
Mojir nodded amiably.
"By the way, Mr. Mogir, are there any other humans in this forest other than you?"
After taking two steps, Chen Mo suddenly turned around and asked.
Mogir paused for a moment before answering, "I'm not sure. In this forest, there are occasionally people who come here for adventures."
Chen Mo nodded and didn't ask any more questions. He led the little Warrior away.
"Brother Chen Mo, it seems that as long as we buy the potion from the NPC grandpa, we can kill the Boss and clear the dungeon. It's not too difficult."
After walking for a short distance, the little Warrior couldn't help but ask Chen Mo.
"It's not that simple." Chen Mo shook his head.
Originally, he planned to stay near the lake like Mountain Cat and the others and wait for them to come. However, he changed his mind after seeing the three items.
Out of the three items, the Mutation Suppressant and the Corrosive Liquid were necessary. Without these two items, it was impossible to kill the Ancient Tree Spirit.
If all six of them attacked with all their might, they would need at least one bottle of Mutation Suppressant and six bottles of Corrosive Liquid, which would cost 45 Forest Crystals.
The potion's effect lasted for five minutes, but could they kill the Ancient Tree Spirit within five minutes?
Before using the items to fight the Ancient Tree Spirit, no one would know.
So the most reliable method was to have a teammate use the Corrosive Liquid after the Ancient Tree Spirit appeared and estimate the Ancient Tree Spirit's HP and the team's damage. Then, they would return to Mogir to buy the potion.
If they could kill the Ancient Tree Spirit within five minutes, everyone would be happy. But even in this situation, a team would still need to buy one bottle of Mutation Suppressant and seven bottles of Corrosive Liquid, which would cost 50 Forest Crystals.
Then, clearing the dungeon would require 60 Forest Crystals. If a team wanted to clear the dungeon, they would need at least 110 Forest Crystals!
But this was the Hell Level Talent Trial, and no one had ever passed it!
A team using only the Corrosive Liquid and Mutation Suppressant to kill the Ancient Tree Spirit within five minutes. No matter how one thought about it, the possibility was too low!
If they couldn't kill the Ancient Tree Spirit within five minutes, the team would have many options.
One was to use the Flaming Blade to increase their damage to the Ancient Tree Spirit, which would cost 30 Forest Crystals for six people.
Two was to recruit four more teammates, which would greatly increase their damage. But the cost of Forest Crystals was also considerable, which would cost 60 Forest Crystals.
Three was to buy an extra bottle of Corrosive Liquid and Mutation Suppressant for each of the six people, which would cost 45 Forest Crystals.
These three methods would cost a total of 140 to 170 Forest Crystals, which was about half of the 300 Forest Crystals.
Of course, it wouldn't be easy to get half of the 300 Forest Crystals. But if they could kill all the other players in the dungeon, leaving only their team or ten people, they would at least be able to get around 250 Forest Crystals.
According to the three methods, the possibility of killing the Ancient Tree Spirit with 250 Forest Crystals was very high.
This was a very high possibility, not only for him, but also for all the teams.
But what was with the roars of those monsters before they died?
Chen Mo believed that the roars of those monsters wouldn't be without reason. If they followed the normal path and bought the potions to kill the Ancient Tree Spirit, they wouldn't be able to pass the trial!
But the conditions for clearing the dungeon had clearly stated that they had to have 10 Forest Crystals and kill the dungeon guardian to clear the dungeon.
If they couldn't clear the dungeon, there were only two possibilities. One was that they didn't have enough Forest Crystals, and the other was that they didn't kill the dungeon guardian.
10 Forest Crystals wasn't hard to achieve, so there was only the second possibility!
Kill the Ancient Tree Spirit and not the dungeon guardian!
Although Morkil had said that the Ancient Tree Spirit would not normally appear, he had never said that the Ancient Tree Spirit was the dungeon guardian!
Assuming that the Ancient Tree Spirit was not the dungeon guardian, then the dungeon guardian must be someone else.
However, the Ancient Tree Spirit was not the dungeon guardian. It would appear that if the Players used 100 Forest Crystals to summon it, or if there were less than 10 of them, it would be exposed.
Could it be that the system wanted this fake Forest Guardian to waste the Players' Forest Crystals? When the real Forest Guardian appeared, there wouldn't be enough Forest Crystals and they wouldn't be able to clear the dungeon?
Chen Mo didn't think so. At the very least, the Players in this dungeon wouldn't spend Forest Crystals to purchase items from Morkil until the very last moment.
If so, there was only one possibility. Even if the Players used 100 Forest Crystals, or if there were less than 10 Players, when the dungeon guardian appeared, the Players would not be able to tell if the Ancient Tree Spirit was the real Forest Guardian or the fake one.
Chen Mo came up with a conjecture regarding this hypothesis.
…
The little warrior was puzzled to find that it had been nearly half an hour. Chen Mo had been leading her around the lakeside in circles. Whenever they saw some tall or suspicious-looking trees, he would shoot an arrow at them.
"Hua!"
One of Chen Mo's arrows struck an ancient tree and the little warrior was shocked.
The ancient tree actually moved!
"As expected!"
Looking at the ancient tree, Chen Mo sneered.
He had more or less figured out what was going on with this dungeon!
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