Chapter 58: Unexpected Harvest, Thousand-Year Withered Tree!

After entering the Withered Forest.

Su Hao's goal was clear: to cut down at least one withered tree over a thousand years old, and if conditions allowed, to cut down two more.

Then he could combine the withered trees once, take them to build a Withered Ancient Tree, perhaps making the Withering Curse of the Withered Ancient Tree exhibit a stronger effect, possibly even causing a qualitative change!

Since he already had a clear plan, Su Hao used the Item Appraisal Technique on each of the relatively larger withered trees around him.

【Five-hundred-year-old withered tree……】

【Two-hundred-year-old withered tree……】

【……】

【One-thousand-five-hundred-year-old withered tree……】

……

"Found it!"

Soon, Su Hao found a withered tree not far away that met the requirements, he lifted the Gravity Rock Axe and cut the withered tree into two sections.

Because the withered tree's height exceeded ten meters, it could not be stored inside the Storage Bag.

So, Su Hao could only drag the withered tree while heading outside the Withered Forest.

While doing so, he continued to use the Item Appraisal Technique on the remaining withered trees around him, searching for another two suitable targets.

"Huh? This is……"

Not having walked far, Su Hao's gaze was attracted by a completely withered giant tree nearly one meter in diameter and over fifty meters tall.

This is a——

A withered tree that has reached Supernatural Grade Second Tier!

【Thousand-Year Withered Tree】

Supernatural Grade: Second Tier

Effect: The Thousand-Year Withered Tree can absorb vitality from surrounding living beings until death.

……

"Using Thousand-Year Withered Tree to build a Withered Ancient Tree will definitely have amazing effects!".

Su Hao didn't even think, casually tossed the withered tree in his hand aside, lifted the Gravity Rock Axe in his hand, and swung down at the Thousand-Year Withered Tree.

With a Second-Tier Thousand-Year Withered Tree, who the hell would want this ordinary withered tree!

Puff——!

Accompanied by a dull thud, the Thousand-Year Withered Tree violently shook twice, but it was not cut into two sections, and not even a scar appeared on its trunk.

"So hard!"

Su Hao couldn't help but freeze slightly, then revealed a look of surprised delight.

The harder the Thousand-Year Withered Tree, the more naturally sturdy the Withered Ancient Tree built from it will be, lowering the chance of it being destroyed.

Afterward, he retreated more than ten meters, gripped the Gravity Rock Axe with both hands, and sprinted toward the Thousand-Year Withered Tree.

When he was about two meters from the Thousand-Year Withered Tree, Su Hao forcefully stepped forward with his right foot, swung both hands powerfully to the front-left, and his body spun rapidly twice.

Immediately after.

Su Hao mobilized his mental power, gradually changing the Gravity Rock Axe's weight-reducing effect to a weight-increasing one, and with a mighty, heavy blow, he swung down at the Thousand-Year Withered Tree.

Only hearing a "bang," the Thousand-Year Withered Tree violently trembled and toppled to the left.

The nearly one-meter-diameter, over-fifty-meter-tall Thousand-Year Withered Tree was thus uprooted and felled by Su Hao with a single axe strike!

Merely from enduring Su Hao's astonishingly destructive axe blow, the Thousand-Year Withered Tree's trunk retained only a shallow wound.

"Great stuff, this is damn hard!"

Su Hao grinned, immediately put away the Gravity Rock Axe, dragged the Thousand-Year Withered Tree, and headed toward the entrance of the Withered Forest.

Inside the Withered Forest, after all, there is a monster suspected to be a Third Tier tree demon; Su Hao dared not just leave this Thousand-Year Withered Tree there.

Fortunately, the Thousand-Year Withered Tree is still a withered tree, its weight is not too great, and with Su Hao's considerable strength, dragging it did not take much effort.

In a short while, Su Hao dragged the withered tree to beside the Da Xiong Mao.

"Hmm……let's keep looking!"

After hesitating for a moment, Su Hao entered the Withered Forest again.

The effect of the Thousand-Year Withered Tree is already this strong; if he could obtain three Thousand-Year Withered Trees, combine them, and then use them to build a Withered Ancient Tree, the result would obviously be extraordinary.

Of course, most importantly, Su Hao left a heart fragment outside the Withered Forest for the Da Xiong Mao to watch over, so he didn't have to worry too much about his safety.

After re-entering the Withered Forest, Su Hao used the Item Appraisal Technique on each of the tall withered trees around him.

【Nine-hundred-year-old withered tree……】

【One-thousand-two-hundred-year-old withered tree……】

【……】

【Thousand-Year Withered Tree……】

After searching for about ten minutes, Su Hao found another Thousand-Year Withered Tree.

After felling and uprooting this Thousand-Year Withered Tree and dragging it out of the Withered Forest, for ease of carrying, Su Hao took two curtains from his Storage Bag and tied them together.

Thereafter, Su Hao followed the same method, spending nearly half an hour, and finally found the third Thousand-Year Withered Tree.

Next, he still performed a smooth little combo: cut it down, then——drag it away!

But just as Su Hao was dragging the third Thousand-Year Withered Tree to the edge of the Withered Forest, he suddenly felt a chill.

Immediately after.

Only hearing the sound "puff-puff-puff" repeatedly, more than ten emerald green vines shot up from the surrounding ground and, without a word, lashed toward Su Hao.

Whoosh——!

Listening to the piercing wind sound produced by the vines whipping over, Su Hao could imagine how terrifying the power contained in these vines was.

It's a pity, but these vines are incredibly fast; even Su Hao's physique has already surpassed that of most first-rank supernatural beings.

But facing the vines' attacks, Su Hao still had no chance to dodge; all he could do was bend his arms to shield his head and heart, watching the vines whip toward him.

Pfft—pfft—pfft—!

More than a dozen emerald-green vines lashed at Su Hao from all directions.

Even though Su Hao's physique now had decent defensive power, he still suffered severe injuries under the vines' assault.

Almost the instant the vines whipped at him, the skeleton bone armor on Su Hao's body shattered into bone fragments, some scattering around, some embedding into his flesh.

After breaking the skeleton bone armor, the vines still retained considerable force, lashing harshly at Su Hao's body.

Even the skeleton bone armor—a first-rank supernatural-grade piece of equipment capable of blocking most first-rank supernatural beings' attacks—was easily shattered by these vines, let alone Su Hao's flesh.

Compared to other first-rank supernatural beings, Su Hao's relatively tough skin was torn open by the vines, leaving deep, gruesome gashes down to the bone.

But it didn't end there; after the vines shredded Su Hao's skin and flesh, they slammed hard into his bones.

Crack—crack—crack—!

Accompanied by a series of cracking sounds, the bones on Su Hao's body—harder than his flesh and blood—only held up for a moment before the vines snapped them.

The broken bones pierced into Su Hao's body, stabbing multiple internal organs and causing severe injury.

Especially his hands, which suffered the worst damage; the bones in several vines' strikes broke into several pieces, held together only by a layer of flesh.

To put it bluntly, if it weren't for the skeleton bone armor blocking a bit, and if he hadn't taken a drop of scarlet blood the day before, which greatly enhanced his physique, Su Hao's hands would now be nothing but lumps of rotting flesh lying on the ground.

"Holy shit, is this a third-tier monster? Its destructive power is freakishly strong!"

Looking at the wounds on his body that would be fatal to an ordinary person, Su Hao hastily took out a bottle of 【Double-headed Stitching Monster's essence blood】 and controlled the blood to flow into his mouth.

The second-rank supernatural essence blood is one rank higher than Su Hao's own supernatural grade; the energy it contains is more than enough for him, and the effect is remarkably good.

The moment it entered his mouth, the wounds on Su Hao's body began to heal at a visible speed.

In just a moment, Su Hao was already able to regain basic mobility.

But just then, the emerald vines lying on the ground, noticing that Su Hao was still alive, suddenly snapped back and lashed at him again.