Chapter 82 The change of the divine tree, this is a trap!
Obviously, these elves in front of them are receiving the blessings of the sacred tree.
Forest green light surged out from the hanging branches and enveloped the bodies of the elves.
No wonder the elves in this [Forest of Sacred Trees] are so powerful. It seems to be not without reason.
"Boss, isn't this sacred tree good? Is there anything abnormal about it?"
At this moment, Chen Bei spoke with a confused look on his face.
And what he said was exactly what Lin Yuan was thinking.
The sacred tree in front of me looks extremely normal.
Thinking of this, Lin Yuan immediately turned around and looked at the Elf Queen beside him.
Before he spoke, the Elf Queen already knew what he wanted to ask.
"You must want to know what happened to the sacred tree, right?"
The Elf Queen said calmly: "Keep reading and you will know."
Now that she had said this, Lin Yuan did not continue to ask further, but turned his attention to the sacred tree again and waited patiently.
Five minutes, ten minutes, fifteen minutes...
Soon, half an hour passed.
Chen Bei became a little impatient while waiting. He frowned and said, "Boss, how long do we have to wait?"
Lin Yuan glanced at him and said in a low voice: "Be patient, the hidden mission is not that simple."
He was telling the truth. Most hidden tasks were extremely complex and often could not be completed by strength alone.
At this moment, the Elf Queen suddenly spoke: "It's about to begin."
Chen Bei was confused, what is going to start?
However, the next second, he understood.
I saw dozens of branches hanging down from the top of the sacred tree, suddenly turning into a dark color like ink, exuding a gloomy death aura.
The face of the elf sitting on his knees under these branches clearly showed a look of fear.
Are they afraid?
Lin Yuan's eyes immediately locked on those black rattans.
Perhaps, what frightens these elves is these vines that suddenly turn into black!
Driven by fear, some elves finally couldn't help but stand up and ran like crazy towards the outside of the green space!
"Don't choose me...I don't want to die..."
However, just as the elf stood up, the black vines hanging above his head also moved, winding towards him at an extremely fast speed, like a poisonous snake preying on prey!
Immediately afterwards, an extremely horrifying scene happened!
After entangling the elf, the black vines actually penetrated directly into his mouth, and bulged one after another, as if he was sucking something!
At the same time, the elf's body quickly shriveled up. Before it died, its eyes were wide open, with a look of despair and unwillingness on its face.
Lin Yuan and Chen Bei looked at each other, and both saw a look of horror in each other's eyes.
The branches and vines of this sacred tree are actually sucking the flesh and blood of elves!!
"Has the sacred tree never sucked flesh and blood before?"
Lin Yuan turned around, looked at the Elf Queen, and asked.
"of course not."
The Elf Queen shook her head and said: "Before this, the sacred tree has always been the belief of our clan and the source of our strength."
"Do you think it's possible for us to believe in an evil tree that absorbs flesh and blood?"
"makes sense."
Lin Yuan pondered for a moment, then asked again: "Then why don't you choose to stay away from the sacred tree?"
"Even if you don't know why the sacred tree mutated, as long as you stay away from the sacred tree, won't you avoid being sucked out of flesh and blood?"
"It's not that simple."
The Elf Queen's eyes flickered: "The sacred tree is our source of power. When we receive the power blessed by the sacred tree, our lives are also bound to the sacred tree."
"Once we give up absorbing the power of the sacred tree, we will age rapidly in a short period of time."
Having said this, the Elf Queen stretched out her hand and pointed towards a dark corner outside the green space.
There, there was also a group of elves gathered there, but this group of elves looked extremely old and exuded the aura of twilight.
"After the sudden change in the sacred tree, they refused to absorb the energy scattered by the sacred tree."
"As a result, in less than a month, they all aged to what they are now."
"So, even if something changes in the sacred tree, we have no choice but to continue to absorb the energy of the sacred tree."
Chen Bei interjected: "In that case, can't you just cut off those black vines?"
"I took a look just now. There don't seem to be many black vines, right?"
"If I kill them all, won't I be able to continue sucking your flesh and blood?"
The Elf Queen said calmly: "This method will not work either."
"If it doesn't absorb flesh and blood, the sacred tree will gradually wither."
"Without the sacred tree, we will all grow old and die, and we will not be able to escape the fate of the entire clan being destroyed."
"So, before we find out the cause of the changes in the sacred tree, the best way is to maintain the status quo."
"Although elves will die every day as their flesh is sucked by the sacred tree, it is better than our entire clan being destroyed."
I have to say that their approach is indeed the best choice under the current circumstances.
However, what Lin Yuan did not expect was that the elves, who had always been gentle in temperament, would actually make such an extreme choice.
After all, once you choose to do this, it means watching helplessly one after another of your kind being absorbed by the sacred tree and dying.
Afterwards, Lin Yuan immediately led his troops into the green space and said, "I also hope to help you find out the cause of the sudden change in the sacred tree."
"It's just that before that, I have to take some samples and take them back for research. Is there any problem?"
"I know an alchemist in Star-Moon City. He may be able to help me."
The alchemist Lin Yuan spoke of was naturally Araqi, who developed the dark potion formula.
When the matter has no clue, leaving it to professionals is undoubtedly the best choice.
The Elf Queen smiled and said, "Of course there is no problem."
Then, Lin Yuan immediately gave an order to Ugesar: "Go and cut off the black vine."
"As you command, Lord."
Ugesar immediately stepped forward, pulled out a rib from his body, and turned it into a bone demon blade.
After Ugesar approached, the nearby black vines immediately attacked him!
The bone demon blade in his hand kept slashing out, and each slash could cut off a section of black vines!
What Lin Yuan didn't expect was that these black vines actually had health bars!
Soon, Ugesar collected many broken black vines and walked back towards Lin Yuan.
At this moment, Lin Yuan turned his head, looked at the Elf Queen, and asked, "To be honest, I still haven't figured it out."
The Elf Queen smiled and said, "What didn't you understand?"
"Why can you still appear so calm even though this is already the case?"
Lin Yuan's eyes were extremely sharp, staring at the Elf Queen's beautiful face: "Could it be said that seeing each of your fellow tribesmen being sucked into mummies by the sacred tree with your own eyes, didn't you feel any waves in your heart?"
"of course not."
The Elf Queen denied with a smile: "The reason why I am so calm is because I have found a solution to the problem."
Lin Yuan frowned slightly and subconsciously said: "What can I do?"
He really couldn't think of any way to break this dead situation.
And, if a solution is really found, why issue a commission?
At this moment, the Elf Queen's voice sounded faintly in his ears.
"Did you know? In fact, you are not the first batch of adventurers to come here."
After hearing this, Lin Yuan finally reacted, and his pupils tightened!
At the same time, more and more black vines were hanging down from the canopy of the sacred tree, like venomous snakes, spitting out snake messages and surrounding them!