The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Of course, the most important reason for daring to enter the unknown temple to find out is based on Ren's rapidly growing strength.

Ren glanced at the panel:

Name: Ryan Callan

Occupation: Wizard Apprentice (Extraordinary) lv4 (132/1000)/Knight (Extraordinary) lv4 (57/1000)/Beast Tamer (Extraordinary) lv3 (12/500)/Blacksmith lv4 (329/1000)

Physique: 18

Strength: 16

Agility: 16

Spirit: 20

Remaining attribute points: 3

Skill points remaining: 4

Looking at the 3 and 4 at the end of the attribute column, Ren couldn't help but think of a sentence, 'If you have food at home, don't panic'.

In addition, as Ren's mental power exceeded twenty points, his mental activity and perception sensitivity have been greatly improved.

Therefore, although Ren could feel that there was some kind of danger lurking in the ruined temple in front of him, he could also faintly feel that this danger did not seem to be so strong that he could not resist it at all.

So, after weighing the possible dangers and opportunities in his mind, Renn nodded and said:

"I have no objection, but, Father Rudolf, I suggest that the night watchmen and security guards should not go in."

"How about we let them be on guard duty outside?"

Dean Rudolph smiled slightly, nodded, and said, "Of course."

Hearing this, many night watchmen breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, after seeing the combat power of the Evil Spirit Knight, they already knew that this time they were facing a mysterious event. The combat power of these monsters was difficult for even the Templar Knights to deal with.

Let alone ordinary people like them, it is really difficult to play any role.

"Ren, I want to go too. I haven't found my brother's other battle ax yet." Lagre walked to Ren's side and said with a pair of beautiful eyes looking very expectant.

"This. It may be dangerous inside. I will help you keep an eye on your brother's weapons. My suggestion is that it would be safer for you to stay outside."

Renn could understand Lagre's urgent mood, but compared to the danger in the temple, he was more hesitant.

"I'm not afraid of danger! In addition, I will also protect myself." Lagre said, raising the blood-patterned steel shield in his hand.

"Okay, but just follow me closely and retreat immediately if something goes wrong." Seeing this, Ren knew that he couldn't convince LaGrei, so he nodded and reluctantly agreed to LaGrei's idea of ​​entering together.

In the end, after Rudolph and Ren discussed it, they decided to let the seriously injured Templar and all the night watchmen and security guards stay outside the temple.

Rudolph, Renne, Lagret and three Templars, a total of six people, entered the temple to explore.

After taking a short rest and preparing, a group of six people slowly entered the dilapidated temple garden.

Originally, this was supposed to be a very beautiful garden. After an unknown amount of time being exposed to wind and sun without being cared for, the gray-white granite wall had almost collapsed.

The walls are covered with vines of various shapes, such as ivy, rose, and ivy, which look lush and lush, giving a sense of the weight of time.

In the garden, there are no longer all kinds of delicate flowers artificially planted and cultivated, but all kinds of wildly growing weeds and shrubs. Occasionally, one or two tall trees can be seen, growing with luxuriant branches and leaves. With.

From the outside, if it were not for the collapsed granite walls, there would be no signs of artificial gardens at all.

"Ren, look." Lagre said, pointing to the ground.

Since she had been paying attention to whether the weapons of her brother and team members were left on the ground or in the corners, LaGrei immediately discovered some kind of drag marks on the ground.

As soon as Lagrei finished speaking, everyone's eyes focused on the ground pointed by her finger.

"These are traces of being dragged by heavy objects." A Templar squatted down to examine it.

"Not only are there heavy objects, there are also sporadic blood stains on the surface of the soil. These should be traces of dragging the body." Ren, who has a keen sense, also looked at it carefully and added.

In the ruins of this temple where birds and beasts are extinct, it seems that the only ones with the ability to drag corpses are the three evil spirit knights. Renn thought to himself.

Before, he thought that the evil spirit knights only attacked and killed the intruders in this area.

It turned out that they would also collect and drag the corpses of the enemies they killed to the temple.

This is a bit interesting.

Collect flesh and blood?

Why does it look so similar to the blood sacrifice ceremony of the Black Flame Church?

"There's one here too." Another Templar walking in front pointed to the newly discovered drag mark.

Everyone hurried forward and checked again.

Sure enough, the traces here are more obvious.

"Could it be that the Evil Ghost Knight is collecting human corpses for use in some evil ritual?" The lightly injured Templar knight thought about it and came up with a possibility.

"No, it doesn't have to be just human remains."

"The width of this trace is obviously much wider. It seems to be caused by dragging the body of a beast. You see, there are hairs in the soil. This kind of thick and long hair is unlikely to be human."

Renn picked up a piece of black hair that was as hard as a steel needle with dirt in it.

Since his mental power has continued to grow, Renn's perception level has also increased. With his current perception, he seems to be able to easily discover some details that were easily overlooked before, which makes Renn feel quite happy.

"Ren is right, this kind of hair, if I read it correctly, should be the mane of a ferocious wild boar." Rudolph nodded.

At the same time, he recognized Ren's meticulous observation skills.

Careful and sensitive observation is also a manifestation of strength.

"Collecting flesh and blood, or collecting corpses, it seems that there should be an altar inside, but I don't know if the sacrifice ceremony has been successfully held."

"In addition, everyone should be more vigilant and be careful." Rudolph reminded with a serious look on his face.

Everyone nodded, tightened the weapons in their hands, and continued to move forward.

After passing through a garden overgrown with weeds and dense vines, what appeared in front of everyone was a tall building similar to the Parthenon in ancient Greece in Renne's previous life.

It's just that this temple seems to have collapsed due to its age. Like a garden wall, various vines have wrapped it up, and the entire appearance is like a green hill.

Most of the more than ten tall Doric-style columns outside the temple are still standing majestically, seeming to silently tell the story of its former glory and majesty.

"I seem to have seen a temple with this shape somewhere before," Dean Rudolf murmured in a low voice. At the same time, a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

Ren looked around and found that the drag marks on the ground were getting denser.

It seems that the traces of dragging corpses gathered from all directions have their final destination in the dilapidated temple hall in front of them.

Especially on the ground at the entrance of the temple hall, the drag marks have been superimposed many times, forming obviously thick and slightly sunken marks like a stream converging into a river.

Ren thought for a while, then walked to the outer wall of the temple that was blocked by vines and observed it carefully.

Generally speaking, if it is a temple, there should be some patterns on the outer wall. Renxin said.

Generally, these patterns are used to record the worshiped gods, their great deeds or grand battles. After all, gods require belief and worship, and murals are one of the effective ways of publicity.

Soon, Ren discovered something.

Under the cover of the vines, there are many line-shaped patterns on the outer wall.

"Hiss!"

After Ren directly tore off a large number of vines, a very special pattern appeared in front of him.

The patterns are drawn with simple lines. The most eye-catching one is an extremely tall tree. Compared with the pattern of the little man under the tree, the height difference is dozens or even hundreds of times.

Obviously, this means that this is a huge tree, and what stands out is the height and majesty of the tree.

On the other hand, there are hundreds of little people who are offering sacrifices and praying under the big tree, with humble movements.

At this time, other people also saw the sound of Ren tearing the vines and came over immediately.

"Is this a tree?" a young Templar said in surprise.

"That's right!" The voice of Dean Rudolf came from behind.

"I think I should have guessed the origin of this temple. This is the iconic pattern of the Mother Tree Sect!"

"The Mother Tree Sect was active a long time ago and is recorded in ancient books thousands of years ago. It is said to be an ancient sect that existed in the ancient times of ignorance."

"However, about two thousand years ago, when the empire was first established, it was classified as a cult and eradicated by the empire. Although I later heard that some scattered believers were spreading, it has basically been extinct for many years." Rudolph simply said Introducing the Mother Tree Sect.

"In addition, the main doctrine they preach is that life originated from a strange mother tree from the void. It is this mother tree that brings vitality to the world. Therefore, everyone must respect and believe in the mother tree."

"So it sounds like there's nothing wrong with this Mother Tree Sect?" Ren asked, rubbing his chin.

"I can't remember exactly why it was annihilated. It seems that it was because of the overly bloody sacrificial rituals and the pursuit of absolute autonomy. It should be these two reasons that led to its annihilation by the empire." Rudolf thought for a while and answered road.

"That's it." Renn nodded.

In his opinion, bloody sacrificial rituals should not be the focus.

The key point is the latter's "seeking autonomy." If the empire is strong enough, it will never allow autonomy. What is the difference between this and splitting off and becoming an independent country.

"It seems like this should be the ruins of a temple of the Mother Tree Sect."

"No wonder, the tops of the helmets of these evil spirit knights are shaped like tree crowns. From this point of view, this kind of helmet should be a tribute to the mother tree." Renn thought for a while and continued.

"That's right!" Rudolph nodded.

People are always extremely afraid of unknown things.

When everyone knew that this was the temple site of the Mother Tree Sect thousands of years ago, they suddenly seemed to feel much more relaxed and no longer as nervous as before.

Soon, everyone followed the dragging traces and walked towards the temple hall.

"Hey! This is my brother Harald's battle ax!" Lagree quickly walked to the half-collapsed door of the temple and shouted softly.

Renn looked along the position of La Gray, and sure enough, another moon blade battle ax was left here.

Judging from the marks on the ground and the impact point of the axe, it is likely that Harald was not completely dead when he was dragged over, so he still held the battle ax tightly in his hand.

Thinking of this, Lagret, who was holding her brother Harald's battle ax in her hand, looked at the temple hall with a look of excitement, which seemed to contain a little bit of hope and expectation!

"Be careful, I feel that the evil atmosphere ahead is getting stronger and stronger, right in the temple hall." Reverend Rudolf reminded him with a serious face as he stared at the temple hall in front of him.

"Okay, Dean!"

Three Templars were at the front holding swords and shields, while Rudolph, Renne and Lagree were behind. The six of them slowly walked into the dim hall.

As soon as they entered the hall, everyone's pupils tightened!

Mainly because the scene in front of me was too bloody and shocking!

A dense forest of flesh and blood appeared in front of everyone's eyes. There were intelligent creatures such as humans, ogres, and jackals, as well as the corpses of some other beasts. The corpses of these beasts were extremely large, and they seemed to have been ferocious beasts during their lifetimes.

But at this moment, these individuals, who were very powerful in life, are like skewers, skewered on thick and sharp branches.

At first glance, these corpses seemed to be just corpses, but when everyone got closer, goosebumps instantly stood up.

It turns out that the heads or upper bodies of these intelligent creatures and beasts are still basically intact, but the flesh and blood of the lower bodies have been strangely mixed with the tree trunks, forming a kind of "Tianjin Big" that Ren saw in his previous life. Twist's spiral structure.

It's just that the 'flesh and blood cannabis flower' in front of me is half gray bark and half bright red flesh, and then mixed together like a cannabis flower.

This scene, in the dim hall, under the mottled light and shadow, gives people an indescribable feeling of disgust, horror and weirdness.

"This is the remains of my brother!" Lagrei's eyes were red, pointing to a tall humanoid corpse on a thick tree trunk that had been twisted and twisted with the tree.

"It looks like this should be a simple altar, preparing for some kind of sacrificial ceremony." A Templar knight said solemnly.

"It shouldn't be that simple." Looking at the scene in front of him, Ren felt that it was more than just a ritual for sacrifice.

In addition, he also had a clear understanding of what Rudolf said about the ‘bloody sacrificial ritual’ of the Mother Tree Sect.

Just when Lagret and several Templars were about to step forward and take a closer look.

Suddenly, a "rustling" sound came from behind the team. It sounded like the sound of a dense group of snakes scraping against the ground as they crawled.

At the same time, as the sound sounded, the light in the originally dark temple hall suddenly became even dimmer.

Everyone immediately turned around and saw that the half-collapsed door behind them when they had just entered was now covered with thick vines that were squirming like living snakes.

"Keng!"

A Templar knight quickly pulled out his knight's sword and was about to split the vines. Suddenly, everyone turned their heads again and looked at the forest of flesh and blood in the center of the temple hall.

Because everyone noticed a feeling of heart palpitations, and a huge and obscure aura seemed to be awakening quickly!

The next second, the dense forest of flesh and blood suddenly trembled, and even the twisted flesh and blood on the branches trembled. At this time, the core skill 'Danger Sense Level 3' began to give Ren a frantic warning!

Ren narrowed his eyes and immediately pulled Lagrei back in front of him!

Before he could say anything, there was a "boom", the ground suddenly exploded, and a huge monster jumped out from the ground!

"Boom!!!"

hiss!

Lagret's beautiful eyes suddenly widened twice, her mouth opened slightly, and she took in a breath of cold air.

What a monster is this!

Only then did everyone realize that the flesh and blood forest just now was not a forest, but actually the roots of this giant monster.

That’s right, it’s the roots!

The other side can be seen as growing upside down.

The flesh and blood forest itself is hidden underground, and its roots grow upside down on the ground. They are twisted and strangely combined with the various flesh and blood corpses dragged by the evil ghost knight.

This giant monster seemed to use these energy-rich extraordinary (violent) corpses as nourishment.

But Ren had a feeling that the corpse was not simply nourishment for the opponent, but seemed to be integrated into the opponent's body.

An environment that is too dark is definitely not conducive to team fighting. After all, most people do not have Ren's "dark vision" ability.

Therefore, with a wave of Dean Rudolf's right hand, a divine spell similar to a flare lit up in front of the monster.

In an instant, everyone saw clearly the monster in front of them.

The opponent's body is a huge wooden pile with a diameter of two to three meters and a length of seven to eight meters. It is surrounded by roots of different thicknesses that are a mixture of flesh and blood.

This kind of roots are of different shapes and sizes, and the winding roots extend for more than ten meters. Therefore, this is a giant monster nearly twenty meters long.

This is the first time that Ren has seen such a huge monster!

In addition, he also found that even if the opponent's roots were not wrapped around the corpse, in addition to the original gray root skin, there were also blood-red biological muscles and fascia entangled and exposed.

It seems that these roots have just finished digesting the corpse?

These red flesh and blood fascia seemed to be still active, swelling and undulating all the time, like a heart, and at the same time, red liquid was slowly oozing out.

This plant doesn't look like a plant, and the animal doesn't look like an animal monster. It looks like it makes people's scalp tingle.

As the air flow surged, Renn immediately smelled the fishy and rotten smell that hit his nostrils. He just didn't know whether the rotten smell came from the red flesh or the smell of the roots themselves.

"Flesh and blood tree spirit!" Dean Rudolf suddenly thought of something and blurted out.

Since he knew in advance from the murals that this was a temple site about the Mother Tree Sect, Rudolf immediately thought of this monster when he saw it. Soon, he remembered the origin of this monster!

"This is the flesh-and-blood tree spirit recorded in the books. It is a guardian of the Mother Tree Sect used to protect the Supreme Mother Tree!"

"It is said that it is usually in a state of slumber and needs to sacrifice a large number of extraordinary creatures to wake it up. I didn't expect that there would be a flesh and blood tree spirit guarding it!" Rudolph said quickly.

"If there are flesh and blood tree spirits here, could it be said that there is something to do with the mother tree?"

"boom!"

The sudden attack interrupted Rudolph's story.

I saw dozens of huge entangled roots, suddenly hitting everyone, and everyone quickly rolled to avoid it.

Including Renn, no one in the team planned to try a head-on confrontation to test the opponent's strength.

Because the opponent's size is too huge, the weight alone is estimated to be as high as tens of tons, which is not at the same level as the size of a human being.

This is like a strong man among humans who would not be stupid enough to try wrestling with an elephant.

The flesh-and-blood tree spirit in front of him was ten times the size of an elephant.

In addition, judging from the opponent's attack just now, although it is huge in size, its movements are extremely flexible and as fast as a monkey.

Facing this huge monster that is more than ten meters long and cannot be hugged by several people, with dense roots of flesh and blood growing all over its body, even though Ren has an indestructible power, he doesn't know how to start. .

After thinking for a moment, Ren quickly switched weapons, replacing the pig-headed hammer with a shimmering giant sword!

Obviously, when faced with such a monster with many roots, you won't even be able to attack its body without first shaving its head and growing a beard or something.

At this time, the huge body of the flesh-and-blood tree spirit that missed the attack also began to change.

The two thickest roots are like arms, holding its huge upper body upright, while hundreds of roots at the tail are intertwined together, forming a tail similar to a giant snake.

The top of the tree stump suddenly tore open a large bloody mouth, several meters long, like a giant slit monster.

The next second, like a crocodile, the opponent made an extremely fast sprint and death roll towards the slightly injured Templar who was slightly slower!

"boom!!"

The Templar knight who was unable to dodge was actually swallowed directly into the body of the flesh-and-blood tree spirit by the suddenly opened bloody mouth.

The whole process was so fast that the young Templar disappeared from the world before he even had time to scream.

This made Rudolph instantly shocked and angry!

I saw him taking out the high-level magical scroll in his arms without hesitation and tearing it up immediately!

"Divinity: Sword of Judgment!"

As Rudolph shouted angrily!

Suddenly, he saw a light blue long sword with a tip facing forward, five meters in length, emitting violent energy fluctuations.

The energy sword appeared extremely suddenly, completely out of thin air, and in less than a blink of an eye, this light blue giant sword was seen attacking the flesh and blood tree spirit as fast as lightning!

The flesh-and-blood tree spirit that had just devoured a Templar Knight seemed to be still savoring the 'delicious food'. His huge body had no time to react, let alone dodge.

"Pfft!"

The body of the tree stump of the flesh-and-blood tree spirit was instantly penetrated by a light blue energy sword, with a large hole the size of a washbasin, transparent from front to back!

Seeing how powerful the divine magic exerted by Dean Rudolf was, the other two Templars, who had just been immersed in the shock and grief of losing their companions, couldn't help but be overjoyed!

The next second, a violent roar echoed through the temple hall.

"Roar!!!"

The flesh-and-blood tree spirit that had just swallowed a Templar knight was howling in pain, and its huge body was rolling in extreme pain.

Renn looked at the magic spell just now in surprise.

As expected of the church, its background is strong. The attack speed of the light blue giant sword just now was really too fast, and its power was also quite powerful.

Even he didn't know if he could dodge the blow just now.

If you can't avoid it

The fate of the flesh and blood tree spirit at this moment is the best explanation of the power of divine magic.

but

Ren's keen perception discovered that although the flesh and blood tree spirit could not withstand the attack of the Sword of Judgment, after resisting a blow, it was seriously injured and survived!

No, not only is he immortal, his wounds are gradually healing!

Many small roots around it withered and broke at this moment, fell to the ground and quickly turned into a piece of dead wood, and the flesh and blood that was originally wrapped around the roots also instantly turned into carrion.

But this process seems to be quickly repairing the physical wounds of the flesh and blood tree spirit by absorbing the life and energy of the roots.

Although there is a lot of energy from the light blue sword remaining on the wound, as more and more roots die, a large amount of strange energy is born, causing the light blue energy on the wound to be quickly offset by the strange energy. Lose.

I saw that the penetrating wound on the body of the flesh and blood tree spirit, which was just the diameter of a basin, was shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye.

With the blessing of dark vision, even in the dim hall environment, he could still clearly see that the flesh and blood tree spirit penetrated the inner wall of the wound and was growing countless finger-thick beards, quickly repairing the wound.

But this scene was not noticed by others due to the extinguishing of similar light spells.

In particular, the two Templars who were closest to the Flesh Tree Spirit saw each other's roots falling to the ground and turning into dead wood. They felt that the powerful magical spell just now should have wiped out the Flesh Tree Spirit.

The rest, just need to wait for the flesh and blood tree spirit to slowly die away in the miserable howl!

Ren immediately shouted a reminder: "Be careful! The flesh and blood tree spirit is not dead!"

"It's recovering quickly, hurry! Keep attacking!"

"Huh?" The two Templar knights turned to look at Ren in confusion.

It's obvious that the opponent is constantly howling miserably, and a large number of roots have broken and fallen off. Is he still not dead? ——

a minute ago.

When Rudolph tore open the high-level magical scroll ‘Sword of Judgment’.

"Hey! What a strong energy fluctuation!" The black-haired female elf who was also on her way in Yege Forest quickly stopped.

The direction where she looked up was the ruined temple where Ren and his team were.

"This kind of energy fluctuation, hey! There is also an energy, this seems to be it." After thinking for a while, the black-haired female elf's beautiful eyes widened with surprise on her face.

After thinking for a moment, she immediately adjusted her direction and quickly advanced towards the ruined temple.

It seems that it is not fast enough.

The next second, her tall figure suddenly disappeared from the spot and transformed into an eagle, quickly rising into the sky and flying rapidly.