Chapter 435: Twisted Tree Spirit

Su Sheng looked up…

A male player dressed as a white Holy Light Priest approached Su Sheng and the others.

He bore the nickname of a Holy Light Saint on his head.

"Chairman Mo Wen, hello," the Holy Light Priest greeted Su Sheng with a friendly smile.

This guy's in‑game avatar looked extremely friendly…

He wore a white robe, and faintly seemed to have holy light flashing through it.

When he opened his mouth, he immediately said, "May the deity protect you."

Charlatan!

The thought spontaneously sprang to Su Sheng's mind.

Su Sheng gave the Holy Light Priest a strange look and said, "Hello."

"May the deity protect you…"

"I don't know, Chairman Mo Wen, what you are up to?" the Holy Light Priest said amicably.

"…" Su Sheng fell silent for a moment.

I don't know whether the deity is deceiving me, but I know… you seem to be deceiving me.

Anyone would understand that this situation is about the BOSS, right?

Beep—

At that moment, a Private Chat pinged.

Su Sheng looked on in confusion…

Huan Jie.

"I've heard that this guy is a priest in real life,"

Reading Huan Jie's Private Chat, Su Sheng realized… No wonder this guy had a charlatan look; in reality he truly is a charlatan.

"Naturally, we're here for the BOSS; this BOSS has a quest item we need," Su Sheng said without any pretense.

"No problem, after we defeat the BOSS, we'll hand over the quest item with both hands, how about that?" the Holy Light Priest continued.

"No!"

Su Sheng shook his head without hesitation.

If we switch to another ordinary quest, Su Sheng would probably agree; completing a quest without exerting effort is a no‑brainer.

Anyway, even if we fail, it's just an ordinary quest.

But it concerns Huan Jie's class change; if the Holy Light people take the quest item away, hide it or discard it, Huan Jie's Hidden Class would be ruined.

Su Sheng didn't want to gamble; although the likelihood was low, perhaps he, with a petty heart, tried to gauge a gentleman's intentions.

But what if it happens?

You may bet on others' evil, but never on others' good!

"You seem to be struggling, so we'll take over. After we defeat it and obtain the quest item, we'll first pick one loot for ourselves, since we contributed, and give the rest to you," Su Sheng said.

"This…"

The Holy Light Priest clearly hesitated, glancing back at the tree spirit BOSS being kite‑controlled, whose health was already about eighty percent under the Punishing Priest's attacks.

"Um… Chairman Mo Wen, you've seen our guild's situation; it's hard to find a BOSS we can actually fight…"

The Holy Light Priest looked at Su Sheng with inner conflict.

"Can't trust me?"

Su Sheng gave a half‑smile and said to the Holy Light Priest, "My name, and the name of Yanhuang, aren't greedy enough to covet just one BOSS from you."

"Chairman Mo Wen, you also can't trust me…" the Holy Light Priest said, looking at Su Sheng.

"That's right, I indeed can't trust you, Holy Light," Su Sheng admitted outright.

"Furthermore, you must understand…"

"I… am not negotiating with you."

Su Sheng rode a bright‑red steed, brandishing a splendid Shield of Defensive Will, and swung his long spear.

Magnetic Pull~

Silver‑white thunder leapt atop the spear tip, and colorful radiance flickered faintly along the spear.

Anyway, everyone knows… Divine Thunder Magic Light is in Su Sheng's hands, so the Divine Artifact's exclusive glow need not be fully concealed.

The Holy Light Priest's pupils suddenly contracted…

He had also witnessed the Battle for the Cauldron…

The skill of Mo Wen, Qian Chen, instantly annihilated the elites of Huan Yu and the Morning Star.

His Holy Light crew is a bunch of fragile skins…

This…

"You have only two choices: follow me, or abandon this BOSS," Su Sheng said calmly.

"May the deity protect me…"

"I'll follow you."

Glug—

The Holy Light Priest swallowed hard while eyeing Su Sheng's spear.

"Scatter, I'll take the BOSS," Su Sheng said to the Holy Light Priest.

…

All the Holy Light Priests dispersed.

But he didn't go far; he just watched from nearby.

The Boss, after the Dawn's people stopped, began to recover health.

Su Sheng didn't mind, and led Lin Huan and the other four straight toward it.

…

"Chairman? Are we just... letting this Boss go?"

The Dawn's people looked at the Dawn Saint.

"Otherwise? Can you keep Mo Wen and Qian Chen, or stop Yanhuang?" the Dawn Saint glanced at that member.

"Isn't that bullying?" the other said, feeling a bit aggrieved.

"May the gods fool you... child, in this world, aside from the gods, no one is fair," the Dawn Saint said lightly.

"Can't we ask Tian Sheng Changge for help?"

"Look at Tian Sheng Changge; does he now want to provoke Yanhuang... or rather Mo Wen and Qian Chen?"

…

…

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Taunt!

Su Sheng directly pulled the monster.

Twisted Tree Spirit (Elite Boss)

Level: 56

Attack:??

Defense:??

Health:??

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A level‑56 Elite BOSS, huh.

This thing, covered head to toe in branches and vines, twistedly wrapped around its body, truly looks especially "twisted".

Its roots below and leaves above are both lush.

Its root system allows it to move slowly.

Because its speed is slow, a Dawn punitive Priest can kite it from afar.

Spawn~

Immediately, a branch shot out.

Su Sheng Shield Raise, Falling Demon Body!

Bang~

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Not bad.

Su Sheng raised an eyebrow; with Bai Pangpang's buff and the Falling Demon Body, his attack and defense reached 5900+, close to six thousand.

This level‑56 Elite Boss is clearly not as strong as the previous Great Elf tomb bosses.

Whoosh~

Lin Huan immediately drew his bow.

The arrows already glowed.

The activation of the Elf bloodline is just one step away.

Boom!

Equal‑damage explosion!

Murong Peipei also approached from the side and began dealing damage.

Puff puff~

Shen Yang, foot on a Z-step, moved like a phantom; a trail of after‑images followed, and each attack released four or five bursts of damage.

Those after‑images... also attack.

Su Sheng's shield led the front, his spear thrusting repeatedly; both damage and damage taken, he ranked first in the team.

Li Wenwan was absent, so no one could suppress Su Sheng's output.

Whoosh~

Dense vines burst open, entangling densely.

"Blood Axis Trigger!"

On the Dawn side, eyes lit up.

"Kill them!"

"Even if we can't kill Mo Wen and Qian Chen, we must kill the others."

The Dawn's people cursed Su Sheng and the others with words.

Facing this Boss's Health Axis, they could only sacrifice a few.

But…

They were doomed to be disappointed.

When health neared the 70% Health Axis, Murong Peipei had already retreated.

Lin Huan and Bai Pangpang had long withdrawn to the maximum distance…

Only Shen Yang remained, still greedily dealing damage.

But when the vines coiled toward him, Shen Yang's figure suddenly vanished.

Chasing Shadow…

Shen Yang's figure had already appeared behind Bai Pangpang.

In the arena, only Su Sheng remained, alone with his mount…