Strongest Tree 68 Chapter 67

"[Innate Skill: Nature's Battle Armor!]" In just a second Kence's wooden armor were formed on his body. He used his floating skill and kicked on his tree body to propel himself closer to Ivy. "[Innate Skill: Sword-Leaf Slas.h.!.+]"

Two crescent shape sword slash made from cl.u.s.tered leaves shot out from Kence's wooden sword. It flew on each of Ivy's side and killed the beast fallens closest to her. Ivy increased her speed and took shelter besides Kence's tree body. The other carnivorous flowers on the other hand crawled closer to her like guards that will protect her from danger

The beast fallens' number increased as without Ivy knowing aside from the hundred who chased her more fallens appeared out of nowhere. Their numbers reaching about three hundreds. Kence was not afraid though, as all of them are just Warrior and Knight Ranks

As if to mock him, a burst of powerful aura came from the fallen horde. A beast type fallen about a meter and a half tall launched itself towards Kence. It was already that tall even though it walked on all fours. This fallen was more powerful than the others as it was at the Early Grand Knight Stage

"Ivy, help me buy some time!" Ivy nodded, although Kence was more powerful than other people at his rank but he still need some time to kill a Grand Knight Fallen

The fallen's claw was about to reach his face but he used his sword to block it. Kence crossed his sword in front of him and used it as s.h.i.+eld from the fallen's attack. The collision forced him to took a few steps backward, however the fallens continued its attack

This time the fallen used its long tongue. Kence immediately tilted his head but the tongue still graze his neck causing some blood to leak out

Kence kicked the fallen on its jaw, thanks to the offensive power that the wooden armor on his feet gave to him a cracking sound was heard indicating that it broke some of the fallen's jaw bones

Ivy made wisps of poisons again to attack all the fallen that wants to join the fight of the two Grand Knight Rank creatures. If it was her alone the fallen's number will overwhelm her and she won't be able to keep them at bay

Fortunately, she was not alone. Flora opened her mouth and spit out green colored seeds. When the seeds landed on the fallen's body it used their body and energy as fertlizer and soil. Green colored flowers and vines grew on the fallen's body using their energy and vitality. The fallens devoid of any strength landed on the ground as dead as they can be

Ivy was shocked at how powerful Flora is. Although, she's already at the same rank as her. Peak of Knight Rank but this was the first time that she fought someone. They weren't aware of any of her abilities aside from it having the ability to make more carnivorous flowers

The other carnivorous flowers on the other hand crawled towards the fallens' head and started munching on it. Some of the flower was destroyed in the process but some managed to kill a fallen by fully eating its brain first then eating its whole body

Only seventy of the flowers survived and they retreated towards Kence's tree body

As though it didn't felt any pain which was actually the case, the Grand Knight Fallen launched yet another tongue attack. Kence was ready this time and used his wooden swords to slash at the tongue. As the fallen's trump card were its tongue it was naturally durable and the wooden swords break as a result. Its tongue on the other hand only bled a little

Kence was not shock though and activated another skill. "[Innate Skill: Wood Palm!]" His hands transformed into two big wooden palms and the palms slammed on the fallen's body. The fallen didn't even dodge and just used its tongue again. The tongue pierced the wooden palm but the size of the palm was larger than the tongue

Kence's attack struck the fallen's body and more cracking sounds was heard as another bones of it were destroyed. If it was another creature it will lose any ability to fight due to the pain but fallens normally don't feel pain and just ignored any injury on their body

It attacked again using its tongue but this time a layer of gray colored energy covered the tongue. Kence didn't know how powerful it was and didn't dare to block it. He side stepped to dodge but the tongue but as if it has a mind on ifs own changed its direction which made Kence to be caught off guard

He quickly generated a wooden armor on his whole arm and used it to block the fallen's vicious attack. He feels as if a truck collided on his arm and it immediately destroyed the armor he generated. Wood debris flew everywhere while Kence flew to the horde of fallens

The beast fallens roared and pounced on him. What happened was too fast that Ivy was not able to react and help Kence.

Kence twisted his body in mid air and instead of his body flying backwards he was now facing the horde of the fallens. He kicked on the fallens tongue that was coming to him while his foot transformed into a ten meter long root that pierced all the fallens on its way

Gray blood splashed and since Kence made sure that the height of his foot root was on the level of the fallen's head the fallens in a straight line in front of him all fell on the ground devoid of any life

Ivy sigh in relief and controlled her wisps of poison to attack the other fallens around Kence. Flora also did the same and her seed attacks concentrated on the area around Kence

Kence looked back at the Grand Knight Fallen and he thought of a plan to end the fight faster. He covered his hand with wood and poured a lot of his energy on it

He waved his other hand and thousands of leaves were instantly generated to block the fallen's vision. He poured his strength on his foot and sprinted towards the fallen. The fallen used its tongue to destroy the annoying leaves. When Kence finally reached the fallen he used his powered up fist and threw a punch in a calculated angle on the fallen

The punch cause it to flew in the air just like Kence and since he calculated it, the fallen flew straight to his tree body. A thick root emerge from the ground on his tree body and impaled the Grand Knight Fallen on its head thus finally killing it

It if were other Grand Knight Supernatural they might be the one that was killed by that fallen. Fortunately for Kence he improved his soul control and can make attacks much faster than the others

Now, it was time for the clean up of weaker fallens. Before that, Kence plucked a blue fruit from his tree body to replenish his energy. Although he still has quite a lot of energy but it was better to be ready for a sudden variable

With replenished energy, Kence made his Nature's Battle Armor again to 'clean'

He danced in the battlefield, sword lights flashed and the fallens fell on the ground one by one. It was like a domino effect, once a fallen was killed and fell on the ground another one will follow suit

He doesn't even need Ivy's help to do the clean up and she just sat and rested her back on Kence's tree body. Ghol on the other hand weakly crawled to the corpse of the Grand Knight Fallen and started eating it to replenish its power

When the 'clean up' was finally over, Kence has a bitter expression on his face. More corpse were needed to discard after they just cleaned the place. A week ago they finally finished cleaning the sea of corpse but they didn't build a house yet because they are all focus on their training

They planned to build houses tomorrow as all of them finally has some progress. However, that will be postponed for maybe another day to clean up again

The seventy carnivorous flowers were still digesting the fallen they ate and it will take some time before they can eat another one again. Ghol on the other hand who has the biggest appet.i.te was 'sleeping' on Kence's tree body. It was like a snake who ate a huge meal and fell in a deep slumber

"Thank you for helping me, Master!" Ivy stood up and thanked Kence with grat.i.tude. If it was just her those fallens were enough to kill her over and over again

"Don't sweat it, but it looks like we need more defense in our base" if things like this occurred again their cultivation will be affected

If it was before they were more than happy to have as many fallens to come to them because they can absorb them. Too bad, they just can't absorb anything that has energy

"After you rest can you call Cesar? Tell him to empty his backpack and bring it with him. We need to boost our defenses"

"Yes, Master!" Ivy didn't even rest and just went back to the cave where Cesar and the others are.

When she came back, Cesar was trailing back at her

"How's your progress in making the rune barrier?" Cesar shook his head bitterly

"It looks like I still need a few months to make my Soul strong enough to make the barrier" making the rune itself was easy and with enough knowledge he already made its design. The problem was his Soul Power, the heavens deemed that his will was still not enough for the desired results

"It's okay, I actually have another task for you if that's okay with you"

Of course, Cesar won't refuse and he immediately accepted even though he still doesn't know what the task was

"Take your backpack and stuff it with as many blue fruits it can. I want you to go to the Angel's Shop and buy as many raw Energy Pearl as you can"

Now, Kence knew why the Angel's Shop was using Energy Pearl as the currency. Those pearls if filled with energy has a lot of use. You can fill it with your energy and when you need it you can reabsorb it to replenish your energy

Unlike the blood serum that only has a single energy attribute because it came from the fallens the Energy Pearl will have a variety of energy attributes. Kence even think that in the future the Energy Pearl will be the currency in the new earth

Aside from replenis.h.i.+ng energy it also has other amazing functions. Kence need those pearls to increase their base's defense

"Okay!" Cesar took his empty backpack and started plucking blue fruits on their 'ancestor' tree. Soon, his backpack was filled to the brim with fruits.

"I'll go now!" Kence and Ivy bade farewell to him as be started his journey

Kence turned at Ivy "Can you take Flora with you and search for useful herbs and plants inside the forest?" Since Ivy can become a Potion Master it was better if they start stocking useful herbs and plants

She was the one most suited to the task as the path given to her has a list of many useful and common ingredients. Also, Kence need some of the ingredients for himself

"Okay, Master!" She was more than happy to contribute another thing to their small family

"But don't go too far okay? Make sure you can easily come back here if something happened"