Poof!
The other tree spirits, when they saw that the brother beside them had actually caught on fire, they didn't bother with that arrow anymore. They immediately turned their heads and all started spraying water at their brother.
Compared to putting out a single arrow, putting out a whole tree was much harder.
Especially since a tree itself was a flammable thing.
Right now it was already burning over a large area. You could pretty much call it a giant bonfire and it wouldn't be an exaggeration.
Even a firefighter's huge water cannon would struggle to extinguish such flames, not to mention just a few tree spirits' spit.
Poof~
Poof~ Poof~"
The tree spirits' water of life also seemed to be very limited.
The two trees closest to the burning one soon couldn't spray any more water, probably because their stored water had been used up.
At this moment, not only did they fail to save their brother, they even got themselves touched by the flames.
Very quickly, fire surged all over their bodies, spreading wildly.
The tree spirits who got hit started trembling.
Because they were too worried, they all began shedding their hair.
Sssla~ Sssla~
One by one, these energetic youngsters turned into bald uncles.
Then the blazing fire swallowed them completely. They were cremated on the spot and in an instant, the oasis turned into a sea of fire.
This huge fire lasted for about half an hour.
Only after all the big trees were burned into ashes did the flames slowly die down, wisps of white smoke rising up toward the sky.
But Ethan didn't rush up recklessly.
He first had the white eagle come down to absorb the remaining fire element, cutting off any chance of embers reigniting. Only then did he step onto the oasis.
No... Now it should be called the ash-isle.
First stop, he went to the golden treasure chest. For safety, Ethan carefully looked around it from top to bottom and left to right.
After confirming that he hadn't missed any red exclamation marks, he finally lifted the lid of the golden treasure chest.
[Spirit Stones +100]
[Premium Dragonbone Blade Blueprint +1]
[Skill Book: Slide Tackle +1]
[Instant Noodle Seasoning Packs +4]
[Agility Temporary Boost Scroll +1]
[Gold +10]
A good amount of nice stuff came out.
Just the premium dragonbone blade blueprint alone made this golden chest worth it.
As for the skill book Slide Tackle, was this here to make a joke?
Ethan quickly opened it for a look.
[Skill Book: Slide Tackle: This is a very powerful move. As long as you have a knife in your hand, you can absolutely succeed at a slide tackle. Doesn't matter if the opponent is a lion or a tiger. As long as you do a slide tackle, you can definitely rip its guts open.]
[PS: Can only be used once every 24 hours.]
"Alright then."
"If you say slide tackle, then slide tackle it is."
'Doesn't matter how weird the skill is, as long as it works.'
Next, Ethan checked the other two strangely named items.
[Agility Temporary Boost Scroll: After using the scroll, agility doubles instantly. Duration: 30 minutes]
"A pretty good item, just a pity it's one-time use."
'Better to save it for danger. Might save my life.'
As for the last strange item... Ethan truly had no words.
[Instant Noodle Seasoning Pack: Didn't you notice the instant noodles you got last time didn't come with seasoning? To make up for my mistake, I've decided to give you double seasoning, which is 4 packs. Enjoy your meal!]
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"What the hell!"
"The instant noodles I got last time actually didn't come with seasoning?"
"Good thing I haven't eaten them."
"Could this damned system be any more heartless?"
"Giving instant noodles but no seasoning, what kind of criminal does that?"
"No wait!"
"The system isn't a person at all!"
"Fine, since it gave me four seasoning packs, I will let it go!"
After dealing with the golden chest, Ethan finally started surveying this ash-isle. Very soon, he noticed a cluster of red exclamation marks among the ashes.
Harvest time had finally arrived.
[Advanced Charcoal: Burns ten times longer than normal charcoal and produces no smoke or dust. Absolutely top-tier charcoal.]
[Wood-type Beast Cores: These cores are rare, but the longer a tree spirit grows, the more wood-type beast cores it contains! Up to 108 pieces.]
[Life Spring Crystal: The essence left behind after Life Spring Water is burned dry. Its effect is even better than drinking Life Spring Water directly.]
[Sacred Wood: The true thing the tree spirits protect. It is the source of the trees' spiritual consciousness! Its real body fears neither water nor fire. Containing a huge amount of earth energy, sacred wood is an important material for crafting magic tools of all grades!]
[Five-Colored Beast Core: The core of the Sacred Wood.]
Sacred wood?
Ethan looked at the red exclamation mark in the ashes marking where the sacred wood was!
Although only a patch of charred wood remained here, in the center of that pile of dead wood, Ethan noticed a small tree only one meter tall, standing in the ashes. Although its trunk had turned black, its crown was still lush and green, not losing a single leaf.
Which was very puzzling.
Burned this badly, even if it didn't burn to nothing, no way it wouldn't drop leaves, right?
Ethan walked up.
He touched the sacred tree with his hand, and all the ash covering the leaves fell away.
The sacred tree instantly revealed its true appearance.
It was a... Green, clear, almost gemstone-like tree.
Ethan didn't even know how to describe it. It looked like an artificial tree carved from jade.
But the moment you touched it, you could feel for certain that this tree was no fake.
Because on this deep emerald sacred wood that even emitted a faint vitality, he could feel an overflowing life force and an indescribable life energy.
The instant his hand brushed the sacred tree, Ethan could even feel all things in the world. He could feel the roots of the sacred tree constantly drawing energy from the earth, and he could see the worms wriggling underground.
He could even see countless ants moving their homes.
And above the ground, he sensed the fire element lingering in the air and saw the drifting ash.
He could also see above the mist, the sun that was blocked, and even the villa he had built not far away.
Ethan didn't even need to turn around.
As long as his thoughts moved, his spiritual sense seemed to extend infinitely through the sacred tree.
'What about the gray ore zone?'
That was an area isolated by a spatial barrier. Could the sacred tree see it too?
The moment Ethan felt curious, the sacred tree carried his spiritual sense across several miles and arrived at the gray ore zone.
But within the sacred wood's spiritual sense, what Ethan could see was only a crack that abruptly appeared between heaven and earth, a crack emitting bright white light.
'That should be the spatial rift.'
As for the other areas, all of them appeared in a gray, blurry state.
Like an unexplored map, impossible to observe.
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