Chapter 86 Success

At this time, Fang Senyan had no way to stop the Sun Ladder's actions! Or rather, even if he could, he wouldn't want to, because he didn't have a better method.

So at this moment, he could only watch and wait!

Suddenly, Fang Senyan felt another dizzy spell, as if the scene in front of him rippled like water. The basin was still the basin, the scenery was still the same, but the black tendril that was diligently snaking towards the golden fruit was gone.

While he was stunned, he couldn't help but blink, only to find that the black tendril was still growing persistently and stubbornly, extending towards the golden fruit with a kind of moth-to-flame madness and bravery.

"This... what's going on?" Fang Senyan shook his head violently, but on closer inspection, the tendril was gone again. This strange alternation of illusion and reality immediately gave him a very bold idea. In fact, Fang Senyan was a meticulous person:

"Could it be that the Sun Ladder's roots, piercing into the buttress root, are slowly releasing hallucinogenic substances? These hallucinogenic substances are absorbed by the mother tree where Treebeard dwells, and then transmitted to Treebeard, causing him to hallucinate?"

As soon as this thought appeared, Fang Senyan immediately felt that his deduction was likely correct.

Treebeard's strength was definitely far inferior to Sauron's. He should be an existence in the same league as Legolas, Gandalf, and Saruman in the Lord of the Rings world. Of course, within the same level, there were definitely individual differences. For example, among the first-rate generals of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun were obviously stronger than Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, and Zhang He.

Treebeard's strength should be at the top level of this tier.

The Sun Ladder, as the ultimate secret creature of the hidden world, should be no less inferior to Treebeard.

More importantly, Treebeard was currently in the "childbirth" period of bearing golden fruit, and his strength had suddenly decreased. Moreover, the Sun Ladder was acting with intention against an unsuspecting target. With the combination of various factors, the illusion it created was very likely to deceive Treebeard.

At this time, Fang Senyan was almost holding his breath, watching the progress of the matter without blinking. Sweat kept sliding from his forehead, quickly wetting his hair, and then dripping down, soaking into the soil below.

He saw the black tendril growing stubbornly bit by bit, finally reaching the front of the golden fruit. However, it kept exploring around like a tentacle, without rushing to intrude.

At this time, Fang Senyan felt an indescribable weakness all over his body. He took a deep breath and immediately activated the Brilliance of Healing ability. If it weren't for the consideration that taking out the Leaf of the World Tree might arouse Treebeard's vigilance, the Rejuvenation spell on it would definitely have been used as well.

After recovering some energy, Fang Senyan's eyes suddenly blurred again. He immediately saw that the golden fruit was surrounded by a layer of surging darkness! The darkness was very vast and deep, as if even the eyes would feel a grinding, scraping pain when they came into contact with it.

Against the background of darkness, it could be seen that although the golden fruit's surface was dazzling with golden light, there were still a few immature textures faintly visible, indicating that it had not completely matured. Obviously, the tentacles extended by the Sun Ladder were afraid of this seemingly invisible darkness and dared not penetrate it. Treebeard also seemed to be using this darkness to temper his power essence, making it more pure!

"Since this darkness is used to temper his power, not to destroy, then it is very likely that the instantaneous explosive force of this dark force will not be strong, but it will be squeezed bit by bit like a millstone." This thought immediately flashed through Fang Senyan's mind:

"Therefore, I still have a bottle of Honor Potion unused! And enough life points to consume, the Sun Ladder can gamble on it!"

Seemingly sensing Fang Senyan's thoughts, the black tendril suddenly stopped winding and hovering in mid-air, and then aimed at the churning darkness, and pierced into it fiercely like a needle.

As soon as it pierced in, Fang Senyan immediately felt a severe pain as if every cell in his body was being crushed. His eyes went dark, and he had already bitten through his own lip, causing blood to flow out.

But at this moment, the Sun Ladder's black tendril had already pierced into a golden fruit. Immediately, it could be clearly seen that the molten gold-like power in the fruit immediately had a channel for venting, boiling and surging along the tendril!

More importantly, Treebeard was still motionless at this time, apparently still being deceived by the illusion created by the Sun Ladder.

The most feared hurdle for Fang Senyan was finally over. The most painful thing would have been if Treebeard had laughed and slapped over when he pierced the golden fruit...

After the Sun Ladder began to absorb the power of the golden fruit, it no longer consumed Fang Senyan's life force. Its body color began to change constantly, sometimes transforming into the mottled and colorful appearance of its original plant form, and sometimes transforming into a bizarre black color.

Fang Senyan suddenly had an idea. The venom of the Ouroboros, the nemesis of the Sun Ladder, was also this kind of pitch black. And the Sun Ladder in his body had also been injected with venom by the Ouroboros. Could it be that there were any variables in this? Could it be that the soul of the Ouroboros was going to defy the heavens and be reborn?

Soon, the power of one golden fruit was completely absorbed, but it seemed that the Sun Ladder's "nourishment" was not yet satisfied, so it pierced into another golden fruit.

Fang Senyan waited patiently. To be honest, the Sun Ladder's absorption speed was already quite fast. The time it took to absorb one golden fruit was only about ten seconds, but these ten seconds felt like ten years to Fang Senyan!

After absorbing enough four golden fruits, the Sun Ladder finally seemed to be finished eating. Fang Senyan was thinking of getting a golden fruit back to hand in the quest. More importantly, there was no doubt that Treebeard would definitely be his mortal enemy from now on, so its weakness was definitely not a bad thing for him. Therefore, he tried to get the Sun Ladder to take all the remaining three golden fruits in one fell swoop.

The Sun Ladder's tendril deftly coiled up the remaining three golden fruits, looking like three eggs tied to a rope, and slowly retracted. At this time, Fang Senyan felt something was wrong, but he couldn't say it was an ominous feeling. He always felt that something had changed, but after all, he was under the greatest pressure at this time. The golden fruit had not yet been put into his private space. Although Treebeard was still meditating with his eyes closed, who knew when he would wake up with a blink? So he didn't have time to pay attention to it carefully.

Fortunately, nothing bloody like failing at the last moment happened. Fang Senyan safely got the golden fruit in his hand. He really wanted to learn from the Sun Ladder and absorb one, but no matter how he fiddled with it, it was displayed as a quest item... This was quite normal. If Fang Senyan could kill Treebeard, then he should immediately have the qualification to enjoy it.

Watching the two black tendrils extending from the Sun Ladder slowly retract into his body, Fang Senyan also felt quite strange. As the saying goes, even the most meticulous person will have oversights. He suddenly woke up to one thing and immediately asked frantically in his heart:

"If the Sun Ladder stops injecting venom into the tree roots, how long can the illusion last?"

The answer came quickly:

"Three minutes."

Fang Senyan was stunned for a moment, but after wasting only two or three seconds, he immediately screamed in his heart, using all the abilities and potions that could increase his movement speed. After backing up timidly for dozens of meters, he immediately turned around and ran away desperately.

Even so, Fang Senyan hadn't run to where he killed Iron Thorn when he suddenly felt an extremely terrifying aura erupting behind him!

That aura was like a nuclear bomb exploding, full of endless anger. When that anger was transmitted to Fang Senyan, it directly knocked him over!

What kind of concept was this?

Fang Senyan immediately realized that he might have underestimated the monster Treebeard. If the Sun Ladder in his body wasn't an even more perverted monster, then he really wouldn't have been able to create an illusion that could paralyze him.

Even though the golden fruit had been thrown into Fang Senyan's private space, Treebeard's huge and angry will was immediately locked onto him!

This wasn't because Treebeard's perception was too strong to travel through planes, but because the Sun Ladder had absorbed the energy of a full four golden fruits... It could be said that it had eaten without even wiping its mouth clean!

Fang Senyan's only hope at this time was to bet that Mr. Treebeard was not a member of the Phase Clan... Otherwise, no matter how awesome Treebeard was, he was still a treant, just like an emperor among beggars was still a beggar. Since he was a treant, then slow movement and fear of fire were innate weaknesses.

Fang Senyan did bet right. Phase Treants were a new type of treant, similar to parkour in sports. You can't expect an old man in his sixties or seventies to enjoy this kind of sport.

However, Fang Senyan still underestimated Treebeard's strength. You must know that this was Fangorn Forest, Treebeard's lair that he had managed for thousands of years, a place that even the terrifying Dark Lord Sauron had failed to touch!

Almost at the same time as locking onto Fang Senyan's position, the trees in front of Fang Senyan simultaneously let out muffled roars, and then pulled out their roots. These trees didn't have the "qualifications" to become treants, but under Treebeard's will, they were temporarily given life. Their only purpose in life was to tear this human apart!