Ascending the spiraling stone steps, you will soon come to a large hall.

The interior is rather eerie, with vines crawling on the stone walls, which may have been carved with frescoes, but have long since weathered or broken to make them unrecognizable.

"Those guys are coming." Queen Medusa whispered.

But instead of being prepared, her troops retreated some distance.

Lu Yuan understood that the other party wanted to see his strength.

Only those with equal strength have the basis for cooperation.

With a rustling sound, more than thirty pitch-black treemen slowly approached in the darkness.

Tall, the treemen were two meters tall, with strange faces carved beneath the pitch-black bark, and sharp branches waving and making hollow sounds.

Behind the Treants is a Dryad in half-human form.

The upper half of their bodies are like young girls, and their green hair is full of bright flowers, but the lower half of their bodies are completely formed by tree roots, which looks a little weird.

【Dark Tree Man】

[Level: Lv35]

[Skill]: Thorn (★★), Ironwood Bark (★★★), Poison Branch (★★★).

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【Jasper Tree Demon】

[Level: Lv35]

[Skill]: Soothing Mist (★★★), Tree Spear (★★★), Root Entanglement (★★★).

"Attack! Watch out for their thorns! Lu Yuan reminded loudly.

The treants weren't fast, but they weren't slow, wielding sharp branches and colliding with the Annoyors.

Sharp twigs rubbed against the shield with a tooth-aching sound, but it didn't do any damage to the Annoyor at all.

"Whew-" The spear pierced through the crack in the shield, piercing the black bark, and the dark green sap flowed out, causing the treeman to hissed sharply.

"Whoosh-"

Several arrows rose into the air, enveloping the treemen in a rain of flames.

Flame arrows fell on the treemen, burning rapidly.

In a moment, the treemen turned into fiery men and hissed in pain.

The branches of the pitch-black tree man suddenly lengthened, and the tips had an eerie green color, clearly poisoned.

The willow-like branches were waving, but they were firmly blocked by the relieved soldiers with large shields, and they could not hurt the soldiers behind them at all.

The Jasper Dryad finally struck, green smoke flying out of their slender hands and enveloping the dark Treants, healing their injuries.

Unfortunately, the continuous burning fire damage was far higher than its healing, and the black treeman's health was rapidly decreasing.

The Jasper Dryad let out a sharp hiss, and several green rays of light came out of his hand.

The masonry on the ground suddenly cracked, and a thick tendrils wrapped around the Soldier's legs, dealing damage continuously.

Unfortunately, this damage is not high, and the control effect does not cause much trouble for soldiers who do not intend to move.

"Smack-smack-"

One by one, the tree men fell weakly, with the flames that had not yet been extinguished, but they were lying on the ground like a piece of scorched wood.

The Jasper Dryad let out a sharp hiss, and in its hands condensed spears made of trees, and threw them at the soldiers.

Most of them were blocked by the Relief Soldiers, and the few wooden spears that hit them didn't do any damage.

The intense counterattack of the fiery archers caused the Jasper Dryad to wail, and those flaming arrows made them extremely painful.

And as the melee troops pressed in, under the sword, the Jasper Tree Demon, whose HP defense was even weaker, was very powerless to struggle, and soon fell down one by one.

"Clean up the battlefield." Lu Yuan commanded.

"Your Excellency Lu Yuan's strength is really strong, and I am beginning to have confidence in being able to explore this temple completely." Queen Medusa laughed.

"Now that you've seen my strength, it's time for Her Excellency the Queen to show herself, at least we should be honest with each other." Lu Yuan chuckled.

"Yes."

Soon, the hunter handed him some materials and soul crystals.

There are about 20 soul crystals dropped by a single tree spirit.

In addition to special bark and branches, the dropped materials also include the three-star material Wild Seed, and a four-star material Life Essence.

Lu Yuan was still very satisfied.

Put things away, and the team moved on.

This time, Queen Medusa's team was changed in front, and Lu Yuan was behind.

Before leaving the hall, I soon encountered a team of thirty or forty tree people.

The snake man force is mainly composed of soldiers of three or four stars, and the defense of the big shield warriors in front is very strong, and the attacks of the archers in the back are also sharp.

And the most powerful are some snake warriors armed with giant tridents.

These four-star special classes are extremely powerful, leaving deep wounds on the Treant with every blow, and can kill the Treant in a few hits.

Although the snake people did not have fire damage, the speed of killing the tree people was not much slower than Lu Yuan's team.

I don't know if Queen Medusa has the intention of comparison, or if she wants to hide it, and she also didn't use heroes.

This also shows the strength of Queen Medusa!

Being able to occupy an area of the Black Swamp is definitely not easy!

The team continued to advance, and the two sides tacitly tacitly dealt with a wave of monsters by themselves, and the process was very smooth.

Lu Yuan also noticed that the rooms on the first floor had traces of searching, and nothing was left behind.

This made him a little disappointed, but it was not surprising, and it would be the same if it was him.

It is impossible to cheapen others for nothing.

The two teams quickly cleared the first floor and descended the dark stone steps to the second floor.

Walk through a narrow corridor with a wide hall in front of you.

A tattered curtain hung from the dome, and the tables and chairs inside were decaying.

A large number of treants heard the sound and approached this direction, including several huge treants up to four meters in size.

Their brown skin and green foliage grow outside, and they are more humanoid than the pitch-black tree people, with a hint of majesty on their bark-like faces.

【Treant Guardian】

[Grade: LV38]

[Skill]: Thorn (★★), Ironwood Bark (★★★), Trample (★★★), Heavy Attack (★★★).

Nearly a hundred treants, mixed with the Dryad Guardians and Dryads, rushed towards them, the intruders, with a fierce momentum.

"Your Excellency Lu Yuan, do you need my help?" Queen Medusa asked, in order, it was Lu Yuan's turn.

Queen Medusa's bewitching body was hidden behind the rippling water barrier, and the green silk fluttered gently, but unfortunately she couldn't see her face clearly.

"It's a little thing, so you don't have to bother." Lu Yuan chuckled.

The Treant Guardians charged forward with heavy steps, their legs formed by their roots extremely long, each step spanning a large distance.

The heavy body made the ground tremble slightly, and the sense of oppression was extremely strong.

Several Poisonblade Assassins stepped forward, throwing smoke at them.

A thick fog spread, interfering with the vision of the Dryad Guardians, causing them to lose their way and stand still.

And the pitch-black tree man behind him, with his little short legs, also rushed into the fog at once, and was also lost in an instant.

"Whoosh-"

Dense flaming arrows enveloped them, causing them to hiss sharply.

The sound of branches tapping on the ground or the tapping of tree trunks is endless.

The pain of the flames, and the anxiety of losing sight, caused them to attack everything around them in a rage.

In the flaming arrows, their health is rapidly consumed.