Knight Carter nodded, and the Iron Claw Demon Horse under his crotch connected with its owner, and immediately launched a charge. Knight Carter also pulled out his cross sword, and his whole body ignited with orange flames.
"Iron-Blooded Cross Slash!"
Knight Carter's eyes were calm, his cross sword passed through the air, his flaming fighting spirit formed a cross, and he launched an attack using the basic swordsmanship of the Iron Knight Academy.
Click!
There was a cracking sound from the twisted tree. The crocodile monster was huge in size, but its movements were very flexible. Its thick limbs crawled like a gecko. It avoided the cross slash and at the same time swooped forward.
Stab!
The crocodile monster opened its bloody mouth, and Knight Carter immediately slashed it with his sword. The hard teeth rubbed against the cross sword, making a harsh sound. The crocodile monster fell to the ground, but stood up like a humanoid creature.
Gululu!
There was a strange sound from its abdomen, and then it opened its mouth wide and vomited out a ball of mucus. Inside was a broken standard cross sword with a red crystal inlaid on it.
"It's Edmund's weapon!" Carter's eyes narrowed, and a trace of anger appeared on his face.
The weapon that belonged to his companion appeared in the crocodile monster's belly, so it was basically certain that Edmund had been killed, and even his body was eaten by the crocodile monster.
After the crocodile monster spit out the broken cross sword, in everyone's surprised eyes, it stretched out its front paws and grabbed the hilt of the sword.
"Iron-Blooded...Cross Slash..."
A strange sound came, and the crocodile monster held the cross sword, swung it gracefully like a rune knight, drew a cross in mid-air, and slashed at Knight Carter.
Bang!
Knight Carter reacted very quickly, swung his sword and struck out a stream of sword energy, crushing the crocodile monster's cross slash.
"Three Flames Slash..."
The next moment, the crocodile monster waved the cross sword again, and this time, its movements were even weirder, and its whole body even ignited with blazing flames, turning into three streams of fire and attacking wildly.
Knight Carter's pupils suddenly shrank, and he pulled off his shield with his backhand and held it in front of him.
Bang!
Three streams of fire hit the shield, and then exploded. The hot flame energy spread out, causing the surrounding air to glow with a touch of orange. Knight Carter, who was hiding behind the shield, had an ugly expression on his face.
Three Flame Slash, Knight Emond’s own skill, is also his strongest combat skill!
"Damn beast!" Knight Carter roared, throwing away the shield in his hand. Surprise and anger intertwined in his eyes. He raised the cross sword in his hand horizontally, level with his shoulder, and suddenly slashed out a violent sword energy at the next moment.
brush!
It was as if the air was torn apart, and the sword was as powerful as a broken bamboo, cutting the crocodile monster in front of him into two halves.
On the same spot, Knight Carter's chest was heaving and he was panting a little. The sword energy just now was his strongest attack method. He could only use it once a day, and it put a huge burden on his body.
The crocodile monster was cut into two parts, and green juice flowed from the cut.
"A creature born from the twisted tree?" Enzo walked forward and looked at the body of the crocodile monster.
The shape of this crocodile monster is very similar to the biological larvae found in the fruits of the twisted tree before, so it is most likely that the creature bred by the twisted tree has entered the complete state.
Enzo leaned down and put his hand into the belly of the crocodile monster.
The green blood was somewhat viscous, like tree sap, and in the crocodile monster's body, Enzo soon discovered an organ similar to a stomach pouch, and found several broken metal fragments inside.
"It's Emond's armor." On the side, Knight Carter picked up a metal fragment and saw the vague lines on it, his expression became a little sad.
It is basically certain that Edmond has been eaten by the crocodile monster.
"Drag this monster back to the camp!" Enzo stood up and ordered the two rune knights.
The Twisted Jungle seems peaceful, but in fact it is full of unknowns and dangers. A pioneering team has disappeared before, so Enzo did not dare to be careless at all, and cautiously decided to drag the crocodile monster back to the camp before considering other things.
Later, the team dragged the crocodile monster back to the camp.
"Why can it make human voices?" In the largest tent, Enzo looked at the corpse of the crocodile monster on the ground, his eyes flashing with luster, and there was a trace of doubt on his face.
"Could it be that this monster gained his abilities after eating Edmond?"
Enzo narrowed his eyes and had this thought in his mind. Based on everything that happened not long ago, it can be known that the crocodile monster has the ability to speak human language, and can use cross swords and even release fighting skills.
"Chip, name of the creature: Bionic Crocodile Monster!"
Based on his guess about the crocodile monster, Enzo named it: the bionic crocodile monster. This kind of creature was bred from the twisted tree. It was initially inferred that they have the ability to decipher the genes of their prey. Therefore, after eating Edmond, they can master the genes that originally belonged to them.
The combat skills and abilities of the Rune Knight.
...
Outside the camp, on a twisted tree in the distance.
In the darkness, a pair of eyes stared at the scene ahead. It was a bionic crocodile monster. Its originally green body now blended into the night, as if it had turned into a shadow.
"The outsider...the brain..."
The bionic crocodile monster's throat trembled, and it made a female voice, and the twisted trees around it shook slightly.
The entire twisted jungle is like a giant network. Messages are transmitted in a special way through the meridians between the trees. Through the eyes of the bionic crocodile monster, deep in the jungle, a huge twisted tree is quietly
Gaze at the scene of the camp.
It was a giant twisted tree that looked like a castle.
From the appearance point of view, it is no different from other twisted trees, except that it is countless times larger. The only difference is that there is this human-like face on the surface of its thick trunk.
"After waiting for so long, is it finally here?"
On the surface of the trunk of the giant twisted tree, a strange smile appeared on the human face, murmuring: "Come here quickly, I can't wait to get everything from you!"
...
The weak sunlight shines through the gaps between the trees and onto the earth.
In the camp, the Rune Knights cleaned up everything around them and then continued their development mission. Enzo rode the black horse transformed by Swain and walked at the front of the team.
After experiencing the bionic crocodile monster incident at night, Enzo was wary of the Twisted Jungle.
The jungle is still eerily silent. Apart from the large number of twisted trees around, only a few sawgrass can be seen occasionally on the ground, waving their zigzag leaves to repel intruders.
"It seems that not all twisted trees can breed bionic crocodile monsters."
As the pioneering team moved forward, Enzo always paid attention to his surroundings. He discovered that deep in the twisted jungle, the most common plants were twisted trees, but twisted trees that could produce fruits were extremely rare.
Only when the size reaches a certain level and the branches of the twisted tree will grow crocodile monster fruits.
When he cut open those fruits, without exception, they all contained unformed bionic crocodile monsters. Enzo was somewhat unable to tell whether these bionic crocodile monsters that had not broken their shells were considered plants or animals.
"What a magical world!" Enzo sighed again in his heart.
As the pioneering team moved forward, they discovered many strange and strange plants around them, some of which had appeared in Herbert's laboratory, but most of them were new species.
Enzo collected them one by one as samples of new plants.
These unknown plant samples can be exchanged for merits after being brought back to the tower. The expedition is a coexist of danger and opportunity for everyone, and every merit represents magic stones and resources.
"Alert! High-energy creatures are found ahead!"
In my mind, the sound of the chip rang out, and the jungle ahead shook slightly. The bionic crocodile monster, like a shadow, rushed out in vain and pounced on Enzo ferociously.
Snapped!
On the ground, the shadow turned into a long whip, whipping the bionic crocodile monster into the air.
Shadow Whip!
One of the prerequisite abilities for solidifying witchcraft. After Enzo completely mastered the first-level wizard [Shadow of Ghost], the twelve shadow witchcraft seemed to have become a part of his body. No matter at any time, there is no need to cast a spell at any time.
Can be released.
After the bionic crocodile monster was knocked away, it immediately turned into a shadow and disappeared.
"Shadow rune?" Enzo's eyes flashed, light blue appeared in his eyes, and the outline of the bionic crocodile monster appeared. It did not disappear, but merged with the surrounding shadows.
All around, the twisted jungle shook.
Bionic crocodile monsters came out one after another, and Enzo could feel a trace of rune breath from their bodies. It was obvious that these bionic crocodile monsters had eaten the corpse of the Rune Knight.
"Could it be that the missing wizard team was attacked by these monsters?"
Enzo frowned slightly, with a puzzled expression on his face, but then he shook his head and said, "No, these bionic crocodile monsters are too weak to fight alone. It is impossible for the Rune Knights to be unable to deal with them."
"What's more, there is also a guardian wizard Gram in the wizard team!"
Seeing a group of bionic crocodile monsters surrounding the pioneering team, Carter and the other three Rune Knight captains all drew their cross swords, and the rest of the Rune Knights also formed a defensive formation.
boom!
At this time, a bionic crocodile monster opened its mouth and sprayed out a ball of fire.
Knight Carter swung his cross sword and shattered the fireball. At the same time, the surrounding twisted jungle suddenly began to shake, and vines attacked everyone like poisonous snakes.
Brush! Brush! Brush!
The Rune Knights in the defensive formation swung their swords and slashed, cutting off the incoming vines. Enzo, who was at the center of the team, calmly took out an explosive potion and threw it forward.
Bang!
Amidst the explosion, a twisted tree split into pieces, but this did not stop the invasion of the tree vines. The bionic crocodile monsters also began to slowly approach, standing up like humanoid creatures.
"Shadow Spear!"
Enzo calmly looked at a bionic crocodile monster, and the shadow spears condensed in front of him. After using the chip to calculate the angle and trajectory, they all shot away.
Phew! Phew!
The Shadow Spear was extremely fast, and the bionic crocodile monster's body was instantly penetrated, and a strange sound came from its throat, like the roar of a beast before it died.
At this moment, a chip alarm sounded in Enzo's mind.
"Alert! There are high-energy creatures ahead, please stay away as soon as possible!"
The surrounding jungle shook, as if the earth was shaking, and a huge figure appeared in front of him, as tall as a castle, waving thick branches.
"Kahn is dead! You actually killed my Kahn!"
The ear-splitting sound was like the roar of a giant beast. In the astonished eyes of everyone, a twisted tree demon with a terrifying size slowly appeared, covering the front like a shadow.
Enzo's pupils shrank, and he felt a sense of shock in his heart.
It was a giant tree as huge as a castle. Its thick trunk was more than thirty meters in diameter. It had eyes and mouths on the surface, like a human face. The whip-like vines hung upside down, forming a huge crown.
And in the center of the lush umbrella tree, there is a ball of green mucus.
In each ball of mucus, there is a human brain wrapped in it. The blood vessels and branches are connected and have long been integrated into one. It looks disgusting and weird.
"Are you... Enzo?"
After the twisted tree demon appeared, he slowly said: "I recognize you, Gustav's disciple. The third-level apprentice who won the coordinates for the academy in the bloody battle in the secret realm. Has he been promoted to a wizard now?"
Enzo was shocked when he heard what the twisted tree demon said.
"Why do you know these things?" His eyes were stern, and suddenly a thought flashed across his face. He looked at the twisted dryad demon's face, took a breath of air, and said in surprise: "Could it be that... you are the Gram wizard!?"
Before carrying out the mission to explore the Twisted Jungle, Enzo had obtained information about the missing team, and the surface face of the Twisted Dryad trunk was very similar to the wizard of the missing team, Guardian Gram.
"Gram? Yes, that's exactly my name!"
The Twisted Dryad seemed to be thinking. After a moment, a branch pointed to the crown of the tree and said slowly: "I have too many memories, and they are all stored in my brain. Maybe I was a wizard in the past, but now I am obviously not."
Incomprehensible words were spoken in the mouth of the twisted tree demon.
Enzo felt his scalp numb, and some speculations flashed through his mind. Chills could not help but rise from his spine. He took a breath of air and looked at the crown of the twisted tree demon's head.
Among the lush branches and leaves, brains are wrapped in mucus.
"Could it be that those are the brains of the missing members of the pioneering team?" Suddenly, the thought came to Enzo's mind. The originally unconscious twisted tree evolved into an intelligent creature because it obtained the human brain.
"You killed Wizard Gram!" Enzo said solemnly.
"Kill? No, I have never killed anyone." The twisted tree demon spoke slowly, denying Enzo's statement and said, "This is just a fusion, a way to evolve towards a higher level of life!"
"Young man, we are different."
The vines around the twisted tree demon swayed, and the bionic crocodile monsters around it all returned to its protection like fledglings returning to their nests. Then they quietly said, "You are still very young. It has been less than a hundred years since you embarked on the wizard's journey. In the future,
There are countless possibilities.”
"But I'm different!"
"As a 300-year-old human being, even if I am an official wizard, my life is about to come to an end, and there is no possibility of being promoted to a second-level wizard."
