In fact, the root of the resentment of the four princes is still in strength. When Nereth and Agamemnon were both stuck in front of the Sanctuary, the two were basically equal in strength. If it is a match, because of the flexible and changeable style, Nereus has a better chance of winning. Later, Agamemnon advanced to the Sanctuary in the Peerless Battlefield, and Nereth lived for more than half a year, and only entered the Sanctuary after completing his tempering. This was originally his place of pride, but the problem was that Agamemnon's strength had been growing rapidly since he entered the Sanctuary. By the time Nereus had also entered the Sanctuary, Agamemnon, who had taken the lead, had already opened up the gap with Nereus in terms of strength. Nereus's Thunder Destroyer bloodline is very strong, and he thinks that with equal strength he always has a better chance of defeating Agamemnon. But now Agamemnon is not the same strength as him, but a deeper than him, so that Nereus will lose more and win less.

As for Richard......

Both Nereus and Agamemnon believed that Richard was already a pervert who could not be measured by rank. Although they haven't actually fought yet, they can all feel that there will definitely be no happy ending to the battle against Richard.

In fact, Nereus is still a little unwilling. However, Richard has been running for battle, and he really has no time to cut him off. Second, Agamemnon also told Sù Nereus that Richard's combat power in the late stage of the Peerless Battlefield was even stronger than his current one. And Richard wasn't the Grand Magus at that time. Agamemnon's implication is naturally that you can't even beat me now, and you still want to go to Richard to fight alone?

These are just a small episode. In the past few years, Richard has been soaring, and Nereus and Agamemnon have not been idle. In addition to his investment in the Green Forest Plane, Neres also obtained a private plane from the royal family, and bought a newly discovered plane with Agamemnon. Now they have opened up the situation in the new plane, built a forward base, and firmly put down roots. With the support of dimensional resources, both Nereus and Agamemnon now have a decent army in their hands.

At present, there are more than 2,000 private armies belonging to Nereus and Agamemnon. There were more than a thousand people belonging to the royal family and the Iron-Blooded Duke's family, and the rest were Richard's troops.

As night fell, campfires were everywhere in the barracks, and the scorching flames not only heated the meals, but also expelled the dampness and provided warmth. Even when camping in the cold, damp forest, Richard's soldiers were able to sleep in warm and dry bedding. This fuel, made from rock wood, requires only a small piece and burns all night. A warrior can carry enough rock wood fuel with him for a month. If you can eat and sleep well, then even if you march and fight continuously for a month, the combat power of the army will not decrease at all. In a difficult environment or a lack of supplies, although it is possible to overcome these difficulties with a strong will, it will always have a significant impact on the combat effectiveness of the troops.

After a round of inspection, Richard found that the role of rock wood fuel was much greater than expected. This may seem like a small improvement, but it greatly improves the environment in which the warrior is situated. This experience of forging a path in the forest also made Richard re-examine the use of gunpowder and think about whether it could be used in other ways. When Richard decided to return to Norland, he immediately found a way to increase the production of dwarven gunpowder and rock wood accelerants. It's just that no matter how hard Richard tries to figure it out in the short term, there will be no substantial increase in production.

Over the next few days, Nereus and Agamemnon also saw the benefits of rock wood fuel, and each ordered dozens of tons from Richard. Not because they couldn't afford it, but because there was only so much production, and most of the reserves were now transported by Richard to the Green Forest, where they were consumed on these marches.

A few days later, the army returned to the base city, rested briefly, and began to cut down trees, expanding the path opened during the march.

During this time, the Golden World Tree grew a second new leaf. When the second new leaf grows, the entire green forest plane vibrates again. The first new leaf represents the birth of the Golden World Tree, while the second new leaf signifies the initial formation of the Golden World Tree's domain. Within the core realm of the Golden World Tree, every natural force is controlled by it. If it doesn't agree, even the Living Tree can't grow, even though the Golden World Tree is still a small sapling with two leaves. Beyond the core areas, there are sub-areas. Within the sub-realm, the Golden World Tree can exert some influence, and as it grows, the sub-realm will not only expand in size, but also become more and more influential. In the future, when the Golden World Tree continues to grow, another derivative will emerge outside of the secondary realm.

The core realm of the Golden World Tree now has a radius of one kilometer, and the limit of the secondary realm is one hundred kilometers. When Richard knew this number, he couldn't help but sigh at the natural strength of the Golden World Tree. In the era of the Elven Empire, the Golden World Tree could be used as the seat of the royal court, and it was by no means an ordinary world

Trees are comparable.

Within the realm of the Golden World Tree World Tree, the influence of the Will of the Forest is weakened to the extreme. In fact, there is another kind of forest will in the realm, and that is the will of the Golden World Tree. As long as it is in the realm, the suppression of the will of the Golden World Tree is even more powerful than the will of the forest. Closer to the field, the will of the forest is also significantly weakened.

At this moment, the tens of thousands of bird-eating spiders transported from the mother hive body are close to full development, and there are more than 2,500 worker bees made by the mother hive. So Li sensed that the time was ripe, and it was time for the Tree of Life to be promoted.

This promotion, Richard is determined to win. Not only did he mobilize 300 Constructed Knights, but he also selected 2,000 elite and loyal warriors to camp at the location of the Living Tree. On the strong side, Richard not only left all his followers and Grand Priest Nolan, but also temporarily transferred Semir and Oral to Green Forest. Although the elven poet was still stuck in front of the Sanctuary and could not advance an inch, the role he could play on this kind of battlefield was not much less than that of the battle priest.

When everything was ready, Richard finally let the Tree of Life officially begin to advance.

By this time the warriors had built simple but strong fortifications around the Tree of Life, and sprinkled the outer trenches with the powder of burning rockwood. Constructed Knights are concentrated under the Living Tree. They will be responsible for dealing with the most dangerous and urgent situations. The Guardian Tribes of the Living Tree have been withdrawn from the trees, leaving only the most elite archers and druids. The surviving druids and hunters of the Eternal Night Tribe were also brought in to guard the canopy.

The worker bees of the mother hen doppelganger burrowed into the soil and began a three-day hibernation, leaving only 100 worker bees to continue collecting food. When the dormant worker bees wake up, the Tree of Life will also complete its preliminary preparations and officially enter the middle stage of maturity. In about half a day or a day, various predators will appear.

Soon, the time for the Tree of Life to advance to the Tree of Life will come. The giant tree shook and began to grow at a rate visible to the naked eye. The whole process of growth will last for several days, during which time the Living Tree will become very fragile and predators will come in. For the Tree of Life, every advancement is a test of life and death. The past is a new stage of life, and if you can't get over, it will turn into mortar. It won't be long before a new tree of life will appear.

Tens of thousands of bird-eating spiders are ready, and they crawl densely all over the trunks and branches. Although many of the elves who guarded the tribe had seen bird-eating spiders last time, there were so many of them this time that they still shuddered. Although the tree of life is large, after climbing tens of thousands of bird-eating spiders, there is not much open space left. Whether it is a guardian elf or an eternal night elf, it is inevitable that you will encounter or even step on bird-eating spiders as you travel back and forth. The bird-eating spider has an unexpectedly docile personality, and even if it is stepped on, it does not react. But even so, the elves still break out in a cold sweat. This is especially true of the hunters of the Eternal Night Elves, who have never seen bird-eating spiders before, and who intuitively know how dangerous these giant spiders the size of puppies are.

Half a day after the Tree of Life began to ascend, the first predators finally appeared in the distant sky: the Woodpecker.

Richard was familiar with this creature, and knew that the most difficult thing about it was that there were too many of them. When the woodpeckers flew closer, Richard was surprised to find that their numbers were much smaller than expected! The last time the tree of life was promoted, there were nearly 10,000 woodpeckers, and now the tree of life has advanced from the first level to the middle level, and there are only 6,000 woodpeckers flying in.

Six thousand woodpeckers is not a few, but Richard has tens of thousands of bird-eating spiders in his hands, and even dealing with twenty or thirty thousand woodpeckers is not a problem. Before the woodpecker can reach the bird-eating spider, the elven archers in ambush in the canopy and the archers stationed below shoot at the same time. The rain of arrows rained down on the woodpeckers, shooting down more than 200 of them at once. At this moment, the warriors brought by Richard were all elite, and their instantaneous burst of fire was not much worse than that of the hunters of the eternal night. Several rounds of arrows rained down, and the archers shot down nearly a thousand woodpeckers. When the surviving woodpeckers broke through the rain of arrows and rushed towards the tree of life, gray-white cobwebs suddenly erupted from the dense canopy! The cobwebs are sticky and tough, and once they are glued, few woodpeckers can break free.

The bird-eating spiders jumped and pounced on the woodpeckers, who were restricted in their movements, and began to munch on them.

It didn't take long for the oncoming woodpeckers to be wiped out. At this time, Richard suddenly heard a faint rustling sound in his ears. The voice was very slight, but it made Richard feel a chill to the bone!

After a while, a huge ant half a meter long jumped out of the forest, a wood-eating ant! The biggest difference between a wood-eating ant and an ordinary ant is that it has an unusually good jumping ability. As more and more wood-eating ants poured out of the forest, the wood-eating ants in front of them had strong hind legs to kick the ground, leaping more than ten meters and pounced on the tree of life.